National Organizations
www.ussvi.org
United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. A national membership organization for anyone qualified in submarines.
www.navalsubleague.com
Naval Submarine League. A professional association for submarine advocates.
Former Crew Members Web Sites
www.us-submarine.com
Jim Lawton's personal web site. Jim was a TM1(SS) plank owner on the Will Rogers gold crew. Sadly, Jim passed away on March 4th of 2005. His web site was still on line as of June 30th, 2005.
www.geocities.com/ggratecc
Greg Roger's web site. Has pictures of the Will Rogers.
www.naturephotography.net
VADM Yogi Kaufman and his son Steve have some spectacular photography on this web site. Some of the wildlife and nature pictures are absolutely stunning and the Alaska pictures are fantastic. There are some nice submarine and aircraft carrier pictures on this site also. Click on the various categories at the bottom of the home page. Yogi (then CAPT Kaufman) was the CO of the USS Will Rogers during new construction and was the Blue crew CO on their first patrol.
NOTE: We are fortunate to have some examples of Yogi’s work in the form of USS Will Rogers pictures posted in the reunion site gallery. Those pictures are displayed with the express permission of Steve Kaufman and may not be reproduced in any form without his written permission.
Crew List Web Sites
www.submarinesailor.com
Looking for shipmates and old friends from other boats? Check the crew lists on this site.
www.rontini.com/dos.htm
Directory of Online Submariners. Ron Martini's extensive list of submarine sailors. Check here for long lost shipmates, also input your own info in case an old shipmate is looking for you.
Will Rogers, the person, in Oklahoma
www.willrogers.com
Click on this site to learn more about Will Rogers, the person, the Will Rogers Memorial and Museum in Claremore, Oklahoma and the birthplace ranch located near Oologah, Oklahoma. Both the museum and ranch are open year round and are just off of Interstate 44 near Tulsa, Oklahoma. If you are passing through or visiting the Tulsa, OK area, stop in for a visit at both the museum and ranch. For additional information on Will Rogers, the person, the Will Rogers Memorial and Museum, the birthplace ranch and Will Rogers Santa Monica ranch in California click on www.willrogers.org, a related web site.
Submarine Service Related
www.bessphotos.com
This site is maintained and operated by Gary L. Walker. Gary has an excellent web site with a large number of class photos from Basic Enlisted Submarine School from the 1940s through the 1980s. This site is extremely easy to navigate. Check and see if your class photo is in his collection. Gary has instructions for sending him a class photo if you find that he doesn’t currently have yours.
http://wajitfeluz.bravepages.com/links/INDEX6.html.
Richard Stanard has done an excellent job on this web site. He currently has 4,700+ links to submarine web sites and he has gathered them all into one place. This is the mega-mall listing of boat web sites. This site is extremely easy to navigate. Just click on “Boats” and Richard has them all arranged very nicely by hull number. Save yourself a lot of Google searching and web surfing time; click on a boat number and a complete listing of pertinent web sites will appear. You will want to book mark this site. It’s the only site you need to find all of the current web sites for any submarine that you want information on. If you are aware of any sites not on his listing, please send Richard an E-mail with the address so that he can get it added to his site |
