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UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INC.




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POCONO BASE
Serving the Pocono Region
Eastern Region North, District 3
(Formerly Eastern District Two, USSVI)
Tom Denton ETC(SS/SW) CDR ERN/D3
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Pocono Base is the 70th USSVI Base to be formed.
Charter Received 15 Feb 2000.
There are over 11,000 members nationally.

The Pocono Base is a Boat Sponsor
  of the  USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795)
 and the  USS Montana (SSN-794)


We support the following Submarine Rescue & Restoration Projects:
USS Drum (SS-228) — Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama
USS Batfish (SS-310) — Muskogee War Memorial Park, Muskogee, Oklahoma

In Memoriam
Shipmate Stanley Paul Merker
On Eternal Patrol. Nov. 19, 2024



Annual Base Christmas Party,
Sunday December 17th.
[There will be a brief meeting.]

Base Meetings are held Monthly,
on the 3rd Wednesday at 19:00 hrs
at the Wilson Fischer
American Legion Post 413,
248 Old Route 940,Pocono Lake,
Pennsylvania


Wilson Fisher AL
Wilson Fischer American Legion Post 413
Web Site



We are proud to support charities [*] that support the military, and first responders, and we support the Eagle Scout Program, BSA
 
Fisher House
 
 



Wounded Warrior
Project  
 

VALOR Clinic
Foundation  
 


Warwick Valley
Quilters' Guild
&
Quilts of Valor
 

Operation
Touch Of Home  
 
Salvation Army


Disabled American Veterans  
 
Tunnel to Towers  
 

Operation Chillout  
 
American Legion
Post 413  
 
Eagle Scout Program
Eagle Scout Program
[Click for list of Scouts]
 

Our Creed
" To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country.  
 That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments,  
and to pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution. "
 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Pocono Base is grateful to the Wilson Fischer American Legion Post 413, Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania
for its continuing support and the use of its facilities in providing a meeting room for our regular meetings.


         Flag Retirement Program          American Legion site          Maps and Directions          POW MIA site          Best USSVI Site Award          not Found Wanting         


           

Books by fellow Submariners

     


Treason
A bold plan to disable American strategic nuclear capability.   
The newest in a series by Rick Campbell CDR USN, RET.
All his works are at Amazon., Barnes&Noble, & BJ's Wholesale Clubs
Visit Rick's Informative and Entertaining WebSite.
     

Deep Venture
A Sailor's Story of Cold War Submarines   
by Gary Penley EN1(SS) (Used to be)
Available at Amazon.

Poopie Suits & Cowboy Boots
     Life aboard a "nuke" during the Cold War   
by Frank Hood & Charles Hood
Available at Amazon.


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