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At random: The late Capt. Don Ulmer, USN SS (Ret.), and noted submarine author, began his military career by enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1947 and in 1949 while serving as an electrical technician E-4 aboard the submarine USS Clamagore, he was transferred to the Naval Academy. When he asked his commanding officer why he was being sent to Annapolis, the skipper replied, "I don't think you're smart enough to make E-5 and I need the bunk space." Ulmer graduated in 1954 and in 1967 returned to command Clamagore, possibly the only officer to command a U.S. warship having served on it as an enlisted man.

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Posted 2025-03-26 6:20 AM (#105320)

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Subject: Wednesday Obit

https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=eternal%20patrol%20by%20ussvi

The above link goes to the USSVI (United States Submarine Veterans, Inc.) Facebook page where their members who have gone on “Eternal Patrol” are noted.

I’ll keep my work here going, trying to get others who were not USSVI members. You’re encouraged to look there as well as here! Obviously, there’ll be some I miss and some I duplicate.

BLANCHETTE .. .. .. Paul "Pauly" Blanchette. Jr., was born in Hartford, Connecticut on September 13, 1942. He passed away on February 22, 2025, at UF Health St Johns (Flagler Hospital). He graduated from Weaver High School in Hartford. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy. Paul qualified in Submarines and served aboard the USS Grouper. After discharge, Paul graduated from the University of New Haven with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He was then employed by the Connecticut Department of Revenue as an Investigator. Paul later became a special agent with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Paul moved to St. Augustine in 2014. He made many friends and gave up his Yankee ways and found heaven.
Paul was a member of the Florida Base Submarine Veterans in Palatka, FL He was also a member of the Holland Club of Sub Vets.
Paul leaves his three nephews, John, Thomas, and Kenneth Gorzkowski, and their families in Connecticut. His special cousins who looked after him are Robert and Glenda Frawley and their family, and his cousin Priscilla Frawley Hull of St Augustine. His special cousins are Teresa and Tom O'Neil of Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Those wishing may contribute to his memory to the Sisters of St Joseph of St Augustine, FL, or the First Coast Honor Flight of Jacksonville, FL.
Memorial Mass will be celebrated 10:00am Monday March 3, 2025 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. Burial will be later in Wethersfield, CT

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