USS Hunley AS-31


The plate for the motorcycle 29 Sep 2008

by Jim Collins BM3 (Boats)
"Boatswain's Mates are true shipmates!"

USS Fulton AS 11  '60 - '60  State Pier, New London, CT

USS Proteus AS 19  '62 - '63  Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland

USS Hunley AS 31  '63 - '64  Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland
At the USS Hunley reunion of June 2008 in Norfolk, VA the subject of being a Origination, having by-laws, officers, and a treasury for reunion start-up money.

As it stands now, we are setting up the paper work, (coping by-laws from other origination that people are with, taking the best part and leaving the rest.) and will see that people with current roster information will be notified.

To check that your information is current eMail Jim

Organization:  An organization is a social arrangement which pursues collective goals, which controls its own performance, and which has a boundary separating it from its environment. The word itself is derived from the Greek word "organon" meaning tool.

HUNLEY (AS 31)
SUBMARINE TENDER
STATS

Unit Identification Code (UIC): 04689
Class: AS 31

Status: Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal) 37.7 years
Stricken Date: 05/03/1995
Date status changed: 05/01/1999

Builder: Newport News / NEWPT
Delivery Date: 06/16/1962
Award Date: 11/16/1959 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal): 36.9 years
Keel Date: 11/28/1960
Launch Date: 09/28/1961
Commission Date: 06/16/1962
Decommission Date: 09/30/1994
Years from Commission to Decommission: 32.3
Overall Length: 599 ft
Waterline Length: 570 ft
Draft Limit: 27 ft
Light Displacement: 12852 tons
Full Displacement: 17640 tons
Dead Weight: 4788 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.

Remarks:
Hunley was sold by Marad for scrap to Southern Scrap Materials Co., LA on 05 Jan 2007.



USS Hunley Statistics Highlights

PERSONNEL OFFICE - Handles an average of 282 transfers, 702 receipts and 130 reenlistments in addition to 210 separations and 32 retirements a year.

COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT - Processes approximately 21,600 outgoing and 49,200 incoming messages a year.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT - Handles 10,800 visits, does an average of 3,240 X-ray's and 8,400 routine laboratory procedures a year.

REPAIR DEPARTMENT - Completes an average of 23 submarine refits expending over 613,408 man-hours on 9,400 jobs yearly.

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT - Provides refit submarines with over 3,600,000 gallons of diesel fuel and 10,000 gallons of lube oil annually in addition to chill water, potable water, steam, power, telephone and sewage services and various gas charging services.

WEAPONS REPAIR DEPARTMENT - Provides technical assistance and repair services to an average of 23 refit submarines and visiting units annually.

POST OFFICE - Processes 72,000 pieces of out-going and 27,000 in-coining mail yearly and sells an average of 7,200 money orders yearly.

LEGAL OFFICE - Prepares powers of attorney, bills of sale and serves as notary public an average of 2,400 times a year.

SUPPLY DEPARTMENT - Disburses an annual payroll of over $12 million dollars, manages an inventory of 50,000 line items valued in excess of $12 million dollars, in addition to feeding 1,100 patrons daily.

DENTAL DEPARTMENT - Handles over 6,700 patients’ visits; doing over 3,000 fillings, 1,400 cleanings and 2,500 miscellaneous dental services annually.

CAPTAIN'S OFFICE - Processes 36,000 pieces of incoming mail and messages and serializes 2,400 out-going letters a year; publishes the ship's newspaper and operates the crew's closed circuit television system.

HUNLEY - Crew members consume 480,000 gallons of milk, 21,600 pounds of coffee, 540,000 pounds of meat and 86,400 dozen eggs annually.

COMMANDERS OF SUBMARINE SQUADRON FOURTEEN

Captain N.G. Ward July 1958 - August 1961
Captain W.F. Schlech August 1961 - November 1962
Captain D.B. Bell November 1962 - July 1964
Captain L.S. Eubanks July 1964 - November 1966
Captain R.F. Woodall November 1966 - July 1968
Captain B.F. Sherman July 1968 - July 1970
Captain F.D. McMullen, Jr. July 1970 - June 1971
Captain P.J. Early June 1971 - July 1972
Captain A.L. Kelln July 1972 - January 1974
Captain J.R. Lewis January 1974 - June 1976
Captain S.G. Catola June 1976 - October 1978
Captain W.D. Smith October 1978 - June 1980
Captain G.H. Curtis, III June 1980 - July 1981
Captain J. N. Adkins, Jr. July 1981 - May 1983
Captain G.W. Davis, VI May 1983 - April 1985
Captain D.M. Goebel April 1985 - August 1987
Captain E.L. Watkins, III August 1987 - May 1989
Captain F.P. Gustavson May 1989 - May 1991
Captain R.D. Gumbert, Jr. May 1991 - June 1992

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Started on: 30 June 2008
Last revised: 11 June, 2009 by ThistleGroup.