Austin_Militaria Posted August 26, 2016 Share #1 Posted August 26, 2016 USS Picuda Picked this 44 contract dated deck jacket yesterday in thrift shop. I would love to have seen the expression on my face when I saw the back. The leather name tag names it to D.E. Flowers (or Flawers?) RT1C USS Picuda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin_Militaria Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted August 26, 2016 Name Tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted August 26, 2016 Share #3 Posted August 26, 2016 Very cool! I was able to ID it to Delbert Earl Flowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin_Militaria Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted August 26, 2016 Wow, that was fast. I spent a good hour on the net trying to find his name. Thanks MasnonK ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted August 26, 2016 Share #5 Posted August 26, 2016 That's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted August 26, 2016 Share #6 Posted August 26, 2016 No problem! Avoiding real work this morning, so I put together a quick synopsis of his muster rolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsmith Posted August 26, 2016 Share #7 Posted August 26, 2016 The Plunger in your chart should be SS-179. SSN-595 wasn't around until the 1960's after we went to nuclear propulsion. SS = submarine SSN = submarine (nuclear propulsion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintageproductions Posted August 26, 2016 Share #8 Posted August 26, 2016 Great jacket Rob..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonK Posted August 26, 2016 Share #9 Posted August 26, 2016 The Plunger in your chart should be SS-179. SSN-595 wasn't around until the 1960's after we went to nuclear propulsion. SS = submarine SSN = submarine (nuclear propulsion) Thanks for the clarification. I just copied verbatim from what was transcribed. On the muster roll itself, it just states Submarine Division Forty Three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zsmith Posted August 26, 2016 Share #10 Posted August 26, 2016 Looks like someone at Ancestry got them mixed up. There have been 3 submarines named Plunger. With the way the Navy likes to recycle names it's easy to get confused. USS Plunger (SS-2), renamed USS A-1 in 1911, a submarine in commission from 1903 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1913 USS Plunger (SS-179), a submarine in commission from 1936 to 1945 USS Plunger (SSN-595), a submarine in commission from 1962 to 1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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