Monument size is expected to be 15 feet long, 4 feet high on each end, and 3 feet high in the middle,
sitting on a 1 foot thick piece of granite.  (Monument Views Provided by Commander C.L. Harvey)
Commander C.L. Harvey of the Tullibee Base has gained approval from the Ocean Springs Board of Alderman to erect a memorial honoring the memory of the submarine USS Tullibee (SS-284), and thirteen submarines built at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

Originally, Harvey and members of the Tullibee Base, in conjunction with the Magnolia Rebel/W. J. Cheek Chapter of SubVets WWII, presented the proposal of the memorial back on October 9th to the Biloxi Port Commission, then to the Biloxi City Council on October 22nd.  After several months of meetings with the City Council, the Mayor of Biloxi decided not to allow the monument to be erected at the original proposed site in Biloxi, explaining that he wants to reserve the site to honor people from Biloxi.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee Chairman read the disappointing news in the local paper and invited Harvey and the Tullibee Memorial Committee to erect the monument on their grounds.  The site is located in Ocean Springs, MS, just east of Biloxi.
By Paul Lambert
March 5, 2003 - 10:15am ET
Tullibee Monument To Be Erected in Ocean Springs, MS
"We met with the Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen and with the Vietnam Veterans group and have the full blessings of both," said Commander Harvey in an e-mail message to me on March 1st.  "This site is much better than the one in Biloxi and [the mayor and the Biloxi City Council's] refusal was a blessing in disguise."

The submarines being honored are as follows:

        Hull_No  Name                    Delivered  Decommissioned
    SS  284  TULLIBEE               11/11/1942*      3/26/1944**
    SS  581  BLUEBACK                 6/4/1960       10/1/1990
    SSN 590  SCULPIN                 5/31/1961        8/3/1990
    SSN 592  SNOOK                   11/4/1961      10/16/1986
    SSN 596  BARB                    9/27/1963      12/20/1989
    SSN 607  DACE                    4/17/1964       12/2/1988
    SSN 621  HADDOCK                12/20/1967        4/7/1993
    SSN 639  TAUTOG                  8/30/1968       3/31/1997
    SSN 648  ASPRO                   2/20/1969       3/31/1995
    SSN 652  PUFFER                  7/31/1969       7/12/1996
    SSN 647  POGY                    5/21/1971       6/11/1994
    SSN 680  WILLIAM H. BATES         5/1/1973       2/11/2000
    SSN 682  TUNNY                   1/21/1974       3/13/1998
    SSN 683  PARCHE                  8/15/1975            2003?
    *-Launch date
    **-Date lost during a circular run of torpedo

"The basic monument," said Harvey, "will cost $10,000.00."
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Front View Of Proposed Monument
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The Tullibee Base has raised $3,500.00 so far, toward the goal of $10,000.00.  Commander Harvey has provided an address where contributions can be sent.  Checks and money orders should be made out to "Tullibee Memorial" and mailed to:

C.L. Harvey
Commander Tullibee Base USSVI
9108 Orange Lake Road
Moss Point, MS  39562
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The Tullibee Memorial
When does Commander Harvey expect the memorial to be erected?

"We are in a full-fledged fund raising mode now and hope to have enough to manufacture [the memorial] fairly soon.  We would like to have it in place by Memorial Day, but if not then, by July 4th."

(Thanks to Commander Harvey and Commander Bob Hayes for the information in this article.)