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Remembering the Kursk
By Jennifer McDermott
Publication: The New London Day Published 08/13/2010
Retired Russian navy Capt. First Rank Dmitry Zubkov, foreground, and retired U.S. Navy Adm. Thomas Fargo place wreaths at a memorial for the 118 officers and crewmen who were aboard the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk when it exploded and sank in the Barents Sea on Aug. 12, 2000. The ceremony took place Thursday at the U.S. Naval Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton.
When Jon Warn learned of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster a decade ago, he immediately envisioned the plight of its crew.
"You can't help but imagine yourself sitting at the bottom of the Barents Sea with no hope," said Warn, of Noank. "It's chilling."
After serving 21 years in the Navy, Warn could easily form that mental picture. So could his shipmates from the USS George Washington Carver (SSBN 656), who gathered in Groton Thursday for a reunion.
Thursday was also the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster, and the reunion attendees felt it was important to honor the Russian sailors who served on the doomed vessel.
Just to let everyone know that I've been working on the photo gallery. It will be a few weeks till I get rolling but I plan on getting most of what we had here before and then some. I'm going to start by posting the pictures from the 2010 reunion. Like this photo here, there are some ummm let's just say interesting pics.....
Jim Combs - Rick Brown - Neil Slattery - Unknown EXTRA hands???
We are going to try a new system for registration. All new members must be activated by a site administrator. The up side to this new system is that we will be able to filter the spammers and low life’s who are forever trying to access this site. The down side is it may take a few days (or a week or so) to get activated because a human will review the registration and decide if it is authentic or not. You may get an e-mail from an administrator asking to verify your registration, so check your e-mail and your spam boxes. With that said, lets move forward and enjoy the site.
Our new site is almost complete. I have some security changes to put in place and to tweak some of the settings. After that I will open the site to new members. There will be some changes in the way people join the site, so keep your eyes open for site notes on how to register and get started with the new system.
Wow, Member number 4, does that make me a plank owner?? I had an accident some time back and it affected my long term memory, a lot. I am getting it back in bits and pieces so any sea stories would
