VETERAN'S DAY AND MEMORIAL DAY ARE EVERYDAY.
A VETERAN LIVES AS LONG AS HE OR SHE IS REMEMBERED.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ---C. S. Lewis
"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." ---C. S. Lewis
Diving Systems Detachment Three (DSV-3) Turtle Details
Turtle (DSV-3) was designed and built by Electric Boat division of General Dynamics Corportation at Groton, Ct. Turtle and her sister Sea Cliff were launched 12/11/1968. Turtle was named after Turtle Town a small community in Polk County, TN. Turtle was accepted by the US Navy 09/25/1970 at Woods Hole, MA, and assigned as a unit of Submarine Development Group 1 in San Diego, CA. Originally designed for a depth of 6500 she was converted to a 10,000 foot boat during a major overhaul. At that depth Turtle had the capability of reaching over half of the oceans floor.
Construction: constructed of a fiberglass hull over the metal crew sphere, batteries and electric motors.
Officers-in-Charge of Turtle (DSV-3)
LCDR R.D. Waer 09/23/1970 - 07/04/1971
LCDR B.G. Rees 07/04/1971 - 06/15/1973
LCDR J. F. Camerion 06/15/1973 - 07/18/1975
LCDR D. J. Bielicki 07/18/1975 - 01/31/1978
LCDR R. J. Norris 01/31/1978 - 04/07/1981
LCDR D. O. Norris 04/07/1981 - 02/25/1983
LT T. E. Saunders 02/25/1983 - 01/25/1985
LCDR T. D. Benedict 01/25/1985 - 08/07/1987
LT W. M. Drake 08/07/1987 - 12/16/1988
LCDR G. H. Billy 12/16/1988 - 01/24/1991
LCDR T. W. Carpenter 01/24/1991 -