As each veteran has a unique story, we spoke with Buck Crouch, who spent three years serving on the USS Narwhal.
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Pima County Board of Supervisors proclaimed August 27th through September 2nd"US Submarine Veterans Week" in Pima County, as a convention happened in Tucson, welcoming hundreds of submarine veterans from all over the country."My title in the service I was an Electronics Technician first class submarine qualified. I was actually a reactor operator. I ran the nuclear reactor on the submarine, the USS Narwhal," explained Buck Crouch.
So much so, he even keeps a model of the USS Tucson in his yard, which he shows in parades, and brings to local schools. The submarine, maybe unexpected in our climate. Those three years were spent on the USS Narwhal, 315 feet long, and around 7,000 tons, stationed off the coast of Connecticut. Now, many of those sailors are members of a national group of submarine veterans, and they converged on Tucson for a week of events at the USSVI National Convention, featuring guest speakers, field days, a special memorial service recognizing those who died on submarines, and the especially meaningful reunions.
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