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Home Town Salt Lake City
Last Address Winston-Salem Forsyth County North Carolina
RICE WINSTON-SALEM, NC - Howell Barbee Rice "Howie" Oct. 27, 1917 - Sept. 7, 2011 Mr. Howell Barbee Rice "Howie", 93, of Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2011. He was born October 27, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Rice entered the Navy in 1935 at the age of 17. He served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years and was a retired submariner, Chief Radioman. He was the sole survivor of the first maiden patrol of the USS Cisco, and was a Bronze Star recipient. Mr. Rice was employed with Western Electric/ Lucent Technology for 24 years. He was a member of the Christian Science Mother Church; Submarine Veterans of WWII; and Tarheel Chapter of Submarine Veterans. He loved big band music, classical movies, and loved to dance the jitterbug. Mr. Rice was an avid HAM radio operator since he was 14 years old, his call letters were K4NH. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Rice; his first wife, Ruth Rice; and his second wife, Louise Hester Rice. Surviving are two daughters, Linda Rice Davey and husband Thomas, IV, and Elizabeth Rice Ciccolella; two sons, Paul Rice and wife Robin, and Timothy Rice; seven grandchildren, Susan Davey Suarez and husband Eddie, Thomas Davey V, David, Amy and Mark Ciccolella, Julie and Charlie Rice; and one great grandson, Erimer Suarez. A memorial service will be conducted at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.hayworth-miller.com.
Published in Winston-Salem Journal from September 9 to September 11, 2011
Other Memories During 1946, Chub operated from Pearl Harbor, her new home port, visiting the west coast for necessary overhaul. Between 12 November 1946 and 14 February 1947, she served in the Far East, making a simulated war patrol, and training with the 7th Fleet. During late 1947, she joined in a training cruise in Alaskan waters, and voyaged from Seattle to San Francisco with reservists on board for training.
After overhaul at San Francisco she put to sea 4 March 1948 to call at New London, then crossed the Atlantic and Mediterranean to Ýzmir, Turkey, arriving 11 May. She was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register 23 May 1948.