Our book SPINDRIFT is now available. The book signing will be in San
Diego 10-23-98 at Bay Books across from the Del Coranado, for anyone in the area.
Secondly, now that it's published we'll get our pictures back which I
plan to offer to the page.
I will mail the pictures to you and have you put them up.
Dan Gillcrist
7/20/98
The editor from SCHIEFFER tells us that our book SPINDRIFT will be out
"mid-August". My portion is about life on an old diesel boat,
specifically Barbero, with lots of descriptions of colorful members of
the crew and lots of anecdotes about the boat. There are many pictures
which will be returned to me from the publisher, which I will be happy
to share with you. I also have a ship's patch. What I do not have now is
a scanner and the ability to use one...this will change however.
If you want to link, we have a web site now under construction for
SPINDRIFT. www.gundeck.com .Incidentally, the other two portions of the
book are by my brothers Paul, a fighter pilot and retired RADM, and Bob,
an old sea going Marine on the Wasp.
Dan Gillcrist (TM2-SS)
Shorty has offered some great material, it will be a great contribution to this page.
Story from Chuck Spence.
Subject: Re: Regulus
The best story about the Barbero would be that she was my first submarine. I
qualified in submarines on her in 1956 after we made the trip from San Diego
to Norfolk. That was some trip for a young farm boy from Ohio. In 1957 I was
offered orders to nuclear power school in New London, Conn. I knew a couple
of men who went to the Growler. One of then was Randell McClure. He was a
EMC(SS) when he left the Barbero in 1958. I saw in Naval Affairs a few years
ago that he had passed away.
I will keep in touch
Chuck
8/3/98 Help from George.
I'm going through all my old 8 millimeter footage (terrible shape) and
found some odds and ends of Battle Stations Torpedo, Missile Ram out,
Thanksgiving dinner, a beer ball game at Pearl and qualifications
dunking, and a few other events. If the crew (members of Barbero that
might be interested in seeing them I could get the material together.
The film is breaking down, (emulsion is deteriorating) will look into
transferring to VHS. Might be nice to have if and when the reunion comes
to be. I was on the Barbero from early 1961 through most of 1963. TM3
(SS). Did some of the periscope photography. I will continue to look
through my effects, I have a patch but isn't similar to the one shown.
george young
(From )