Thresher Base
United States Submarine Veterans
Thresher Base Members
Who We Are
USSVI Thresher Base Founding
Thresher Base was founded on November 15, 1989 in Portsmouth, NH to perpetuate the memories of the men lost aboard USS Thresher.
 
Thresher Base founding members include David Cahill, Roy Pierce & Herm Stolzenburg.
USSVI National Convention Host
Thresher Base hosted the annual USSVI National Convention the fall of 1994 at the Sheraton Hotel, Portsmouth, NH.
Member Statistics
Thresher Base consists of 132 Submarine Qualified members and 6 Associate members.
Whether currently Active, Retired, Reserve or a Honorably discharged Submarine Veteran, we all were and some still are members of the elite underseas fighting force of the United States Navy.
The Submarine Qualification date of our members varies from 1945 to 2004, with one of our members, Bill Tebo, having qualified during WWII. Bill also served aboard the surrendered German U-Boat U-2513.
One our members, Captan Daniel Riess, is currently serving as Commander, Submarine Squadron TWO at PNS.
Our members ranks are shown in the table below:
The rates for our enlisted members are shown in the table below:
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Bruce Hauschel
By garage side painting of USS Sarda (SS-488)
WWII SubVets Bill Seaward, Carl Weber, Armand Legare, Sam Cook, Bill Tebo & David Dickey
Bruce Aquizap
January 2013 Thresher Base Meeting
Rose & Sam Hill
2011 Lobster Fest
WWII SubVet Bill Tebo
USS New Hampshire (SSN-778)
Former Thresher Base Commander Tom Young & Former Thresher Base Secretary Bob McAlpine
Chris & Margaret Smith
2011 Lobster Fest
Dennis O'Keeffe
Thresher Base Treasurer
Roger Miller
January 2007
Pat & Larry Oiler
2011 Lobster Fest
Jeanie Campagna & Mary Flannery
Thresher Base Wives
Robin & Kevin Galeaz
2012 Lobster Fest
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