to our master database - currently working June 1951. This data will be added to the shipmate section of the website after transcribing.

Memorial: New listings.

Photos: many photos added to 1968 era and to 1940's era.

News: update on Association; new inquiries & greetings; see the Website News section for up-to-date additions to TIRU's website.

Special thanks this month to:
  Art Steinke for grounding newspaper articles.
  Jim Olivas for pre-sinking photo of Silversides & Tiru (1979) and dependents cruise brochure (1963).
  Phil White for 1968 WestPac Photos.
  Mike Staehle for high resolution sinking collage.
  Captain Dorman (USS Silversides SSN679) for sinkex commentary.
  Jim Palmer for 1954 photos of crew's party.
   
Planned Additions:
      a. Still awaiting photos from Navy Archives, believe they have been shipped.
b. Chronological History section is continuing revision.

Need inputs from shipmates (send to webmaster(at)usstiru.com) on:
a. History - additions and correction on both chronological and engineering. Especially  need oral history inputs.
b. Shipmate Listing - any information on shipmates listed with an asterisk before name or any missing from the database.
c. Memorial Section - names (and obituaries if available) of any deceased shipmates.
d. Photos - need photos from all time periods and captions for posted photos.
e. General - comments and suggestions about the website.

If you have registered and have not received a reply please try again or send email to webmaster. You should get an acknowledgement within one to three days if everything is working correctly. Continuing to have problems with email to AOL members due to its emailspam control. If you have an AOL account, please put webmaster(at)usstiru.com in your allowed email listing.

Webmaster: Dave Booth, webmaster(at)usstiru.com


USS TIRU SS416 ASSOCIATION NEWS:

The process continues of registering the Association for a tax-free number. A meeting was held 19 May between Dick Murphy and a Michigan IRS agent who is assisting us in the filing of the proper forms and documents to qualify for a tax-exempt Veterans Association status. Updates will be posted in the Association and News section of Tiru's website.

Preliminary Plans are underway for the 2005 Reunion in Charleston. Highlights include a personal tour of the CSS H.L.Hunley facility and a low country shrimp boil and oyster roast... a true Charleston delicacy on a scenic covered dock in then middle of nowhere.

Association President (Acting): Charles Steinert, association(at)usstiru.com.