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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 Clamagore (SS-343) — Patriots Point, Charleston, SC [ suffering disposal proceedings ]
USS Batfish (SS-310) — Muskogee War Memorial Park, Muskogee, Oklahoma


Our Next Scheduled Meeting
will be [3rd] Wednesday, June 14th, 2023,
FLAG DAY.
Special date and time: Meeting 17:00,
Flag Retirement ceremony at 18:00.

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


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Wilson Fischer
American Legion Post 413
Web Site



We are proud to support charities [*] that support the military, 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.  
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)


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



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