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Aten, Raymond Levere, LT USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address Wylie TX
Date of Passing Nov 04, 2012
Location of Interment Saint Columbus Cemetery - Middletown, Rhode Island
Wylie, TX: Qualified in submarines on the USS Becuna (SS-319) in 1946 and was a LT(SC) when he left the Navy.
We regret to inform you that on Sunday November 4th at 6:20 pm Raymond Aten passed away at Baylor Hospital in Garland, Tx. He was diagnosised with acute pneumonia and congestive heart failure after being admitted on Monday October 29th 2012. Raymond fought hard with the strength he showed throughout his life and died peacefully surrounded by his family. There will be a small memorial ceremony at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Wylie Tx on Friday November 9th 2012 at 7:30 pm. We ask that instead of flowers that donations be sent to either Knights of Columbus: Lafayette Council 514 P.O Box 544 Dover, NJ 07801 or Saint Judes. Both Puline and Raymond will be enturned at St. Columba's Catholic Cementary at 55 VAUCLUSE AVENUE MIDDLETOWN RHODE ISLAND 02842 in Mid-June 2013.
Best Moment Re-commissioned Crew.Leading CS. the filming of Submarine Command, Leading Commissaryman.Sonar plot,
Chain of Command Lieutenant Commander George W. Kittredge in command.
Other Memories Just under two years later, on 7 August 1950, Sterlet was ordered reactivated. She was recommissioned at Mare Island on 26 August 1950 with Lieutenant Commander George W. Kittredge in command. On 25 September, she headed for San Diego where she conducted a month of training. In December, she shifted to Long Beach, California, where she became one of the stars in the motion picture Submarine Command with Bill Holden and William Bendix.
Sterlet resumed operations along the West Coast early in 1951.
