Dundas, Don, ET2

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

Last Primary NEC
ET-0000-Electronics Technician

Last Rating/NEC Group
Electronics Technician

Primary Unit
1961-1963, USS Thresher (SSN-593)

Service Years
1958 - 1963

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Kansas

Year of Birth
1940

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Date of Passing
Apr 10, 1963

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1963, In the Line of Duty

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Was a crewmember of USS THRESHER (SSN-593)

Most likely cause of the sinking was a failure in either a pipe, a pipe valve, or a hull weld, causing flooding near the engine room

Other Comments:

Lost onboard USS THRESHER (SSN-593)

1960-1961, USS Balao (SS-285)

From Month/Year - / 1960	To Month/Year - / 1961
Unit USS Balao (SS-285) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Third Class	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

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USS Balao (SS-285) Details

Hull number SS-285

Builder:	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard,Kittery, Maine^[1]
Laid down:	26 June 1942^[1]
Launched:	27 October 1942^[1]
Commissioned:	4 February 1943^[1]
Decommissioned:	20 August 1946^[1]
Recommissioned:	4 March 1952^[1]
Decommissioned:	11 July 1963^[1]
Struck:	1 August 1963^[1]
Fate:	Sunk as a target off Florida on 6 September 1963;^[2] conning tower is a memorial at the Navy Memorial Museum,Washington, D.C.

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel

Parent Unit
Submarines

Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By

MM Summers, Nicole (minnie mouse), MMFN

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Last Updated: Oct 26, 2008

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