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Official publication of NCR REA, Inc. www.ncr-rea.com 3rd Quarter 2008 Newsletter Volume 12, Issue 3 WHAT’S INSIDE Front Page Story 1 From the Editor To the Editor 2 Did You Know 3 In Memoriam 4 Welcome to New Members 4 Directory Update 5 Annual Meeting 2007 6 Registration for 2008 Annual Meeting 7 F.Y.I. 11 The Tale End 12 From our mem- bers 8 Calendar of events 9 NCR R ETIREE N EWS On Thursday, September 11, 2008, the eleventh Annual Meeting of NCR REA will be held at The NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio. The meeting will include the regular business meeting and presentations by special guests and members. The business meeting will last from 10 a.m. until noon. A continental breakfast, provided by NCR REA, will be available be- ginning at 9 a.m. As we did in 2007, we are offering some new activities to provide more op- portunity for you to network with your former friends and associates at NCR. An optional buffet luncheon will be served following the business meeting. NCR REA will share the cost of this luncheon with your share being $10.00 per person. You must be pre-registered to attend this activity. (NOTE: The NCR Country Club requires a minimum of 25 guests to offer the buffet. If we do not register the minimum number required, your money will be promptly refunded. (You will be given a luncheon ticket when you check in on Sep- tember 11th.) A putting contest will be held following the luncheon. We will award prizes for first, second, and third place. Please register now if you plan to partici- pate in this activity. (Putters will be provided.) A tour of the NCR Archive is offered at 1:30 p.m. in downtown Dayton. This tour is limited to 25 people, so get your registration in early—first come, first served. NCR will offer a tour of the NCR Solution Center at 1:30 p.m. at World Headquarters. Please indicate on your registration form if you wish to take either of these tours. The registration form on page 7 of this newsletter must be submitted by Sep- tember 1, 2008. Alternately, you may print out the form from the MEM- BERS ONLY section of the web site www.ncr-rea.org Please register as soon as possible. We hope to see many of you in Septem- ber. REA E LEVENTH A NNUAL M EETING September 11, 2008
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Official publication of NCR REA, Inc. www.ncr-rea.com 3rd Quarter 2008
Newslet ter Volume 12 , Issue 3
WHAT’S INSIDE
Front Page Story 1
From the Editor To the Editor
2
Did You Know 3
In Memoriam 4
Welcome to New Members
4
Directory Update 5
Annual Meeting 2007
6
Registration for 2008 Annual Meeting
7
F.Y.I. 11
The Tale End 12
From our mem-bers
8
Calendar of events 9
NCR RETIREE NEWS
On Thursday, September 11, 2008, the eleventh Annual Meeting of NCR REA will be held at The NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio.
The meeting will include the regular business meeting and presentations by special guests and members. The business meeting will last from 10 a.m. until noon. A continental breakfast, provided by NCR REA, will be available be-ginning at 9 a.m.
As we did in 2007, we are offering some new activities to provide more op-portunity for you to network with your former friends and associates at NCR.
An optional buffet luncheon will be served following the business meeting. NCR REA will share the cost of this luncheon with your share being $10.00 per person. You must be pre-registered to attend this activity. (NOTE: The NCR Country Club requires a minimum of 25 guests to offer the buffet. If we do not register the minimum number required, your money will be promptly refunded. (You will be given a luncheon ticket when you check in on Sep-tember 11th.)
A putting contest will be held following the luncheon. We will award prizes for first, second, and third place. Please register now if you plan to partici-pate in this activity. (Putters will be provided.)
A tour of the NCR Archive is offered at 1:30 p.m. in downtown Dayton. This tour is limited to 25 people, so get your registration in early—first come, first served. NCR will offer a tour of the NCR Solution Center at 1:30 p.m. at World Headquarters. Please indicate on your registration form if you wish to take either of these tours.
The registration form on page 7 of this newsletter must be submitted by Sep-tember 1, 2008. Alternately, you may print out the form from the MEM-BERS ONLY section of the web site www.ncr-rea.org
Please register as soon as possible. We hope to see many of you in Septem-ber.
REA ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING September 11, 2008
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Board of Trustees
John Schikner, president
Dennis Neufarth, vice president
Lou Bordonaro, treasurer
Ken Carr, secretary
Peg Butts
Jim Carroll
Vern Henkener
Gordon Meister
Howard Reams
Bill West
NCR REA
Our mission is to keep members informed on is-sues related to NCR Cor-poration and other mat-ters of interest. REA was started in 1996, and helps perpetuate the legacy of NCR Corporation and its people. Membership in NCR REA is a great way to stay connected to NCR and its people.
___________________ NCR Retiree News is pub-lished four times per year, by:
NCR REA, Inc. P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327 Phone: (937) 285-0014 [email protected] [email protected] 3rd Quarter 2008 printed and distributed by Think Patented, Dayton, OH
Copyright© 2008 by NCR REA, Inc. No reproduction without written permission of NCR REA, Inc. Printed in the USA
FROM THE EDITOR
You should have received your copy of the NCR REA Membership Di-rectory by now. I’m happy to report that many of you have looked at/used it already. I’m sorry to say you found many errors that I made in compiling it. Some of you also found that you had forgotten to pro-vide us with your updated informa-tion. While we can’t afford to re-print, we are providing a list of cor-rections as we know them so you can update your hardcopy if you wish. (See pages 5 and 11.) Remem-ber the directory is also online on your web site in the MEMBERS
Hello Dennis,
… I try to remember when I saw you last. [It] must have been in the 70s.
After 10 Years in Dayton, five years in the Far East, three years in Europe, and five years South and Central America, I knew it was enough. So I left NCR in 1984 and we headed for California where we started our own company which we operated until 1998. After 15 years of owning and operating the com-pany, we were able to generate in the last year [$]164 Million in an-nual sales. Now it was time sell and happily we were able to do that very successfully.
In 1999, we purchased a 40' motor home and spent five years on the road. It was a lot of fun, but my wife Wilma wanted again a home and not getting any younger helped in the decision. So we bought a small home in San Anto-nio, Florida (27 miles north of Tampa)… Helmut Haeuser
ONLY section. The online version is updated at least every quarter.
The letter to the editor below is an il-lustration of one of the benefits of be-longing to the REA. How nice it is to hear from old friends with whom you’ve lost touch.
This issue includes the registration form for the Annual Meeting. We sure would like to see many of you there.
Happy reading. Hope to hear from you.
Dennis
TO THE EDITOR ( L E T T E R S F R O M Y O U )
Helmut retired from International Technical Services after 28 years with NCR. He has been a member of NCR REA since 2005.
DID YOU KNOW... S T O R Y S U B M I T T E D B Y K E N C A R R , R E A S E C R E T A R Y . Y O U C A N C O N T A C T K E N A T K E N C 0 3 2 @ A O L . C O M
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...that one of NCR’s executives owned one of the most luxurious yachts of its day. More on the story of the yacht later.
This gentleman, who was with NCR three differ-ent times, graduated college in 1897 and began his career with the Thresher Company in Dayton, OH, at $12 per month. It just so happened that the Thresher Company shared the Callahan Building at that time with a rapidly growing company by the name of NCR.
In 1899, Frank Patterson, John’s brother, who had followed this man’s achievements, hired him away from Thresher with an offer of $30 a month. His job was to complete the electrification of the NCR Factory. He left NCR a couple of years later when he accepted the challenge to build a manufacturing factory for a cereal company.
That job complete, in 1903, John Patterson rehired him as the assistant manger for development. During this stay with the company, he had the foresight to hire an Ohio State graduate who later would prove to be a rather inventive person, Charles F. Kettering. Within three years, using this man’s formative work on the project, Kette-ring had developed a working model of the first electric powered cash register. Over the next few years they perfected the electrification of the cash register as well as working on another electric gadget in their spare time. Kettering left NCR in 1908 to spend full time working on this new non-NCR product at a building referred to as Deeds Barn.
Yes, our executive is Edward A. Deeds. Mr. Deeds left NCR for a second time in 1915 to de-vote full time to the new company he and Mr. Ket-tering had formed to manufacture and market their new product, the electric starter for automobiles. With an order from the Cadillac Company, the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) was born. During the ensuing years, he
was involved in many endeavors including chief of airplane procurement for the Army during WWI, starting an airplane engine company with Orville Wright, redesigning Delco to manufacture airplanes during WWI, and selling Delco to the United Motor Company which was later sold to General Motors. Mr. Deeds was asked by New York bankers, who held much of the company [NCR] debt, to take over leadership of NCR to restore shareholders confidence as the country emerged from the Great Depression. In 1931, he accepted the challenge and for the third time joined NCR, this time as president and the execu-tive with a yacht.
Mr. Deeds commissioned the building of the yacht at the height of the depression in 1929 at a cost of one million dollars. It was christened the Lotosland after a Greek mythological creature. The ship was 200 feet long, twice as long as the presidential yacht of the day and required a crew of 30 for full operation. Each stateroom had its own bathtub and shower and was air conditioned, yes, air conditioning in 1929. All the wood was teak and black walnut and the fireplaces were mar-ble. The music room contained a Steinway piano and a full organ. It was the first private yacht to be outfitted with a seaplane. As president of the struggling NCR, Mr. Deeds had little time to enjoy the ship and with the outbreak of WWII, the Lotosland was purchased by the U. S. Navy in 1940 for $140,000. It was converted into a patrol boat complete with guns and depth charge racks and commissioned the USS Siren. It remained with the Navy until it was taken out of service in 1945. The NCR Archive has model of the Lotosland in its collection
Mr. Deed remained president until 1940 and was honorary chairman until his retirement in 1957. He passed away in 1960 at his beloved home, Mo-raine Farm, which at the time was owned by NCR just as it is today.
IN MEMORIAM This column depends on your contribution of information about the deaths of your former co-workers and friends who were NCR employees. Please send a copy of the obituary or information to us. We extend our sincere sympathy to the families of these former NCR employees.
Allman, Charles, 79, Kettering, OH Beavington, Jay, 55, West Carrollton, OH Brewer, Lois, 90, Beavercreek, OH Chenowiteth, William, 80, Kettering, OH Fiore, Sal R, Wilton Manors, FL Hager, Jack, 84, Mansfield, OH Hampton, Ernest, 85, Miamisburg, OH Hannah, Dick, 87, Dayton, OH Holtvoight, Robert, 80, Dayton, OH Jennings, Charlie, Dayton, OH Jones, Joseph, 75, Centerville, OH
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Hicks, Louie, Jacksonville, FL Stuart, Chuck & Linda, Centerville, OH
WELCOME BACK
WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS
Beason, Carl, Kershaw, SC Behn, Gerald, Rio Rico, AZ Brenner, Nora, Bellbrook, OH Brown, Dr. Sharon E., Long Beach, CA Cononi, Victor L. (Vic), Raleigh, NC Dhurandhar, Vinod, Miamisburg, OH Finfrock, Don C., Gainesville, GA Goubeaux, Donald J., Dayton, OH Herndon, Marilyn, Lawrenceville, GA Jacobs, Steve, Hilliard, OH Jaynes, Gary, Cardiff by the Sea, CA Lightner, Richard, Miamisburg, OH
Lyons, Dale, Suwanee, GA Mathews, Gary C., Goodyear, AZ McGratty, Charles (Charlie), Centerville, OH Mensching, Shirley, Marietta, GA Miller, Jim, Roswell, GA Murray, Theodore (Ted), Eldersburg, MD Nann, James R. (Dick), Kings Mountain, NC Noble, Willetta, West Carrollton, OH Pilcher Jr., John E. (Ted), Prescott, AZ Ritchard, Larry, Kettering, OH Robinson, Rodney (Rod), Reynoldsburg, OH Scott, Ed, Anthem, AZ Smith, Paul K., Reno, NV Sporleder, Darrell L., Stewardson, IL Sylvester, Dean, Deerwood, MN Ulrich, Loren, Suwanee, GA Wagner, Gary, Dayton, OH Wagner, Mary, Dayton, OH Welsh, Sally, Centerville, OH Winters, Stan, Simi Valley, CA
Kopens, Helen, 90, Centerville, OH Lowman, Richard L., Downey, CA Myers, John Henry, 59, West Carrollton, OH Pemberton, Gordon, 81, Kettering, OH Riffell, 82, Phillipsburg, OH Ronneau, Reese A. (Bud), 67, Omaha, NE Seeley, Robert, 79, Arlington, TX Talvakar, Shashi, 72, Kettering, OH Wilson, Harold, 87, Dayton, OH Windmiller, Robert, 77, Trotwood,
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Several errors were published in the last hard copy of the NCR REA Membership Directory. We thank all of you for letting us know about them. We apolo-gize for any inconvenience. Also, many of you sent in cor-rected email addresses. The fol-lowing is a list of ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND CORREC-TIONS TO THE APRIL 2008 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY (hard copy) The online direc-tory reflects all of these changes.. Mike Ahern 474 Pleasant St. Marlboro, MA 01752 Cell #774-249-5549 [email protected]
Barbara Bachey Telephone 937-291-3091
Richard Bandow (Dick) [email protected]
Ken Besecker [email protected]
Tom Bochette [email protected]
Robert J. Crandell 6901 Chakarun Ln SE Salem, OR 97306 503-363-6066 [email protected]
Paul W. Croeber Telephone 508-966-0681 [email protected]
Thomas Doddridge [email protected]
George E. Donovan (Gene) [email protected]
Robert Estes [email protected]
Chester L. Geiger, Jr. 6 Waters Edge Mt. Vernon, OH 43050 740-393-6610 [email protected]
Remove Chester L. Geiger, III No longer a member Walter W. Gleason (Bill) [email protected]
Remove Lucian Ghazal Deceased
Kathryn Gleason [email protected]
Frederick Greene [email protected]
Archie M. Hoatson 46 Morris Drive West Orange, NJ 07052 973-731-4566’
Marion C. Hoffman 6445 Far Hills Avenue Centerville, Ohio 45459 937 291-7439
Remove Jim Hunt Deceased
Shirley Mensching 3450 Chastain Glen Ln. N.E. Marietta, GA 30066 770-926-1339 [email protected]
Remove Robert G. Meyer Deceased
2008 REA MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY UPDATE
Ray Miolla [email protected]
Calvin Miller 7208 John Pickett Road Woodbine, MD 21797 [email protected]
Carl Noecker [email protected]
Robert F. O’Connor (Bob) [email protected]
Paul Odegard [email protected] Frederick J. Palm [email protected]
Dean Parker [email protected]
C. Thomas Partridge [email protected]
James W. Petrie [email protected]
Winifred (Kuhn) Powell 157 Rosewood Lane Lexington, KY 29072
John D. Price 2130 Etzler Rd. Troutville, VA 24175 540-992-3410 [email protected]
Arnold S. P. Remaly [email protected] Robert Craig Ritter (Tex) [email protected]
Everett E. Schmidt
Continued on page 11
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MEMORIES OF THE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING IN 2007
Check in Desk
Putting Contest Winners
Last year’s NCR speaker
Peter Dorsman
Packed house
The show goes on.
Let’s eat.
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING REGISTRATION FORM
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Check in opens at 9:00 a. m.
Meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a. m
NCR Country Club 4435 Dogwood Trail, Kettering, OH 45429
PLEASE REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
Name (member): ____________________________________________
Spouse/guest: ______________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________
City: _________________________ State/Prov: ______________________ .
Country: ______________________ ZIP/Post code: ___________________
Phone: __________________________________
Email: __________________________________
# of years with NCR: _______________
Please indicate below how many people will attend each activity.
ACTIVITY TIME # attending
□ Reception / continental breakfast 9:00 a.m. _____
□ Business meeting 10:00 a.m. _____
□ Buffet luncheon ($10.00 each) 12:00 p.m. _____
□ NCR REA putting contest 1:30 p.m. _____
□ NCR Solutions Center tour 1:30 p.m. _____
□ Dayton History (NCR Archive) tour 1:30 p.m. _____
Amount due (enclosed) $________ PLEASE PRINT THIS PAGE, FILL IT OUT, AND MAIL IT (with check for amount due, payable) TO: NCR REA P. O. Box 218 Germantown, OH 45327
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FROM OUR MEMBERS
The NCR Retirees & Spouses of Charlotte, NC, held their 15th Annual NCR Luncheon with 61 attending. Those attending included Dwight Gris-wold from Bellbrook, Ohio, also John & Dianna Wallace from Pinellas Park, Florida, and Dot Douglas from Lakeland, Florida. All others were from Georgia, South Carolina, and North Caro-lina. The meal was enjoyed by everyone with plenty of good food, door prizes, group and individual pic-tures, and lots of fun and fellowship. Many re-marked it was the best and let's do the same next year.
Stan Winters joined REA this quarter What is he doing in California since he retired? Completing honey do list and:winning bowling tournaments 2005 California State Senior Singles Champion - 839 (3 games) California State Senior All Events Champion - 2359 (9 games) 2006 2 Titles - Super Senior Tour of California 2007 2 Titles - West Coast Senior Tour His most meaningful title came in 2006..
State City Name Venue Date/Time Contact
AZ Tucson Village Inn 1st Monday each month
Dick Vail
CA San Diego The NCR Re-
tirees Club Remington Club
Rancho Bernardo
2nd Wednesday of month except Mar, May, Jul, Aug at 1:00p.m.
Gordon Belgum
858-672-0458
CO Colorado Springs / Pueblo
Perkins Restaurant
5190 N. Academy
1st Friday of month at 8:30
a.m.
Fred Miller
719-578-5182
CT Orange Chip’s Restaurant
321 Boston Post Road
2nd Tues each month 8:30 a.m.
Jim Lash
FL Ft. Myers Bob Evans
9500 Marketplace Road
2nd Thursday each month at
11:30 a.m.
Tom Schoenheider
239-498-0468
GA Atlanta The NCR Lunch Bunch
Golden Corral
Hwy 138
Conyers
2nd Wednesday of even months at 11:30 a.m.
Roy Greenway [email protected]
Cal McBroom [email protected]
John Hughes [email protected]
IL Chicago NCR Pizza Night Group
Riggio’s Restaurant
7530 W. Oakton
1st Thursday each month
at 6:30 p.m.
Alan J. Helstern
IL Chicago Aurora Break-fast Group
No regular sched-ule
Mike Ederati
IL Chicago X-NCR sales-men
Stimac’s Restaurant
4843 Butterfield Rd.
3rd Tuesday each month at
noon
John Roche 773-445-0336
Gene Gallagher 630-986-9006
IN Evansville Cracker Barrel
8215 Eagle Lake Drive
1st Tuesday each month 7 a.m.
Jim Bryan [email protected]
IN Indianapolis MCL Cafeteria
3630 S. East St.
2nd Tuesday each month at 6:00 p.m.
Harry Kuhn 317-862-4408
KS Wichita Wichita TFY Club
Quarterly meetings
Linda Ferguson 3718 N. Rock Rd. Wichita, KS 67226
KY Lexington / London
McDonald’s at Palomar Each Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.
Bill Malicote 859-299-5125
MD Baltimore VFW 6506
8777 Philadelphia Rd.
Rosedale
Wed. every month except Dec. at 5 p.m.
Nelson Bengel 410-557-7302
MA Marion Sippacan Café
Marion
Breakfast every Thursday
Pete Suller 508-295-1016
MA Metheun McDonald’s
Pelham St.
Breakfast every Tuesday at 8
Richard Bates 603-394-7760
CA LE N D A R O F ON GO I N G EV E N T S
State City Name Venue Date/Time Contact
MI McComb Township
McDonald’s 45700 N. Gratiot
Every Tuesday morning
Lee Brown 810-791-2061 20812 Lantz Street
MI Saginaw Sullivan’s Restaurant 2nd Tuesday each R. J. (Mickey) McDonald
NE Omaha HY-VEE Grocery 108th and Fort St.
1st Thursday each month at 7:30am
Henry Lokke 3815 N. 100th St. Omaha, NE 68134 (402)571-6467
NJ Central Ye Cottage Inn 149 W. Front St. Keyport
3rd Thursday each month except
June, July, August
Bernie Ondrey [email protected]
NJ Saddle Brook Northeastern Re-tail & Accounting Machine Sales-
Marriott Hotel Saddle Brook
Every 2-3months Anthony J. Pilato 516-561-1144 [email protected]
NM Albuquerque Furrs Cafeteria
Wyoming Mall
1st Monday of each month at
12:30 p.m.
Marc LaChey 505-275-2331 [email protected]
NC Charlotte Tryon Restaurant 215 E. Exmore St. & Pineville Rd.
3rd Tuesday each month at 7:30am
Walt Miller 704-844-6488 or [email protected] or Ralph Weddington 704-366-7226
OH Dayton Former R&D
employees
NCR Country Club
Reservations suggested
4th Wednesday each month
Carl Wick 937-433-1352
OH Dayton E&M Dayton Marion’s Pizza
Patterson and Shroyer Rd.
2nd Saturday of March and Octo-
ber
Ray Roppel 513-777-4399
PA Harrisburg Geo’s Country Oven 300 Mountain Road
Last Tuesday each month at 9:00am
Dick Eberly [email protected]
RI Warwick Bickford Restaurant
Jefferson Blvd.
Every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.
Don Culton 401-942-5594
SC Columbia ROMEO (Retired Old Men Eating
Out)
Brunches 1208 Knox Abbot Dr Cayce
2nd Wednesday each month at
9:00 a.m.
Frank Thrower 803-356-5067
SC Greenville Flat Rock Grille Wood-ruff Road
Saturday noon every 2-3 months
Ted Webb 864-234-7869 [email protected]
WA Tacoma Ma’s Place Near South Hill Mall Puyallup Bowling
Every Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.
Every Thursday at
9:00 a.m.
Vern Schrotenboer 253-848-6872 [email protected] Vern Schrotenboer 253-848-6872 [email protected]
WI Milwaukee Mayfair Mall
Food Court
2nd Tuesday each month at 9:00
a.m.
Don Eggert 414-453-8424 [email protected]
Canada Vancouver, BC XNCRs Group Lunch 1st Tues- Dick Phillips 604-526-8721
MI Grand Rapids NCR440 Bob Evans Walker & I96
1st Tuesday each month at 8 a.m.
Brad DeVries 616-901-7048 [email protected]
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NCR REA NEEDS YOU
MOVING? Don’t forget to tell us your new address so we can ensure you continue to receive your newsletter. Email to [email protected] or write to: NCR REA, P. O. Box 218, Germantown, OH 45327.
ARE YOU SWITCHING TO THE INTERNET WORLD?
If you would like for us to stop sending you a hardcopy of NCR Retiree News since you can now view and/or print it from the web, please let us know.
Are you looking for an opportunity? We will have several positions come open October 1, this year for NCR REA. Inc. Board of Trustees. Minimum re-quirements call for involvement of a once a month Monday morning meeting to keep NCR REA on track to achieve it vision, mission, and objectives. If interested, call V. Henkener at (937) 293-6696 or e-mail [email protected]
F.Y.I.
106 Grandview Dr. [email protected]
John Schroeder [email protected]
Glenn Shean [email protected]
Albert J. Szvetics 14 Bramble Court Hamburg, NJ 07419 973-827-4029 [email protected] Frank B. Thrower [email protected] R. Dale Torrence (Dale) 444 Clubhouse Dr. Unit 5B Gulf Shores, AL 36542 937-558-1466 and/or 251-923-7390 [email protected]
Ted Trzaska [email protected]
Dominic Urbano (Don) [email protected]
John Valney [email protected]
James E. Vogel (Jim) [email protected]
James T. Wade [email protected]
DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS C O N T .
F R O M P A G E 5
THE TALE END
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Specifications: Displacement 720 t; Length 196' 5"; Beam 28' 2"; Draft 11'; Speed 12 kts.; Armament two 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts, two .30 cal. machine guns, two dct; Propulsion two 1,000shp Winton 158 diesel engines, two shafts.
Patrol Yacht: Laid down in 1929 as the steel hulled yacht Lotosland by the Pusey and Jones Co., Wilming-ton, Del; Purchased by the Navy 16 October 1940 from Col. Edward A. Deeds for $140,000. Lotosland was the first private vessel to be outfitted with a seaplane, in this case a 5-passenger Sikorsky. Converted to a Coastal Minelayer, CMc-1, 31 October 1940 by the General Ship and Engine Works, East Boston, MA; Renamed Siren 12 November 1940; Reclassified as a Patrol Yacht, PY-13, 15 November 1940 and com-missioned USS Siren (PY 13); Decommissioned 2 May 1944 at the New York Navy Yard; Placed in ser-vice at the Naval Training School (Salvage); Placed out of service, 23 October 1945 at Thompkinsville, NY; Struck from the Navy Register 3 November 1945 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal; Sold, 13 May 1946. Fate unknown.
Lotosland—1931 USS Siren (PY 13) -1943
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