USS CAVALLA SSK-244

CAVALLA HISTORICAL FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTERS


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towards the preservation of the USS Cavalla in Seawolf Park, Galveston. Do you want to help?

To make your pledge,

Cavalla Preservation Pledge
Send your pledge to: Cavalla Historical Foundation 2504 Church St. Galveston, TX 77550
Make your check out to : CAVALLA HISTORICAL FOUNDATION.

 

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White Hat Pledge $10
Chief Pledge $20
Captain Pledge $50
Kossler Pledge $100
Nimitz Pledge $200
Gilmore Pledge $500
Lockwood Pledge $1000+

The Minneapolis/St. Paul SUBVETS Base Challenge:

"Our base contributed $200 collectively.
We challenge other bases to match it!"

Reading Base
Dallas Base
Marblehead Base

 

The Cavalla is being rescued by:

 

LOCKWOOD PLEDGES 1998-2000
Rontini's BBS Crew ($2263) 
Galveston Moto-Sport Foundation ($1000)
Strake Foundation ($20,000)
Gil Raynor ($ 1000)
Houston Endowment $175,000
Enterprise Rentals $1000

 

GILMORE PLEDGES 1998-99
Kent Bettisworth ($500)  
Herbert L. Johnson ($500)
Cavalla Bilge Rats Bash Team ($428+)
Jay Sewell ($500) --  Zeb Alford ($500)
Capt. Ernest J. Zellmer ($450)

 

NIMITZ PLEDGES 1998-99
Minneapolis/St. Paul USSVI -- Neal Stevens 
Dallas Base USSVI -- Reading Base USSVI
Robert Fennell -- Victor T. Linck 
MarbleheadBase USSVI
--

 

KOSSLER PLEDGES  1998-99
Paul Roggerman -- Frederick Polgardy -- Myron Howard -- Aardvark Sparks -- Jim Kegerreis -- Donald Shelton --  Charles Newman -- Woodrow Wert -- Skip Eberle -- Allen Christine -- Herbert E. Tibbetts -- James Joyner,Jr -- Bob McManus -- Phil Urban -- Crews of USS Abraham Lincoln SSBN-602 -- Joseph Shook -- Adolph Baros   USSVI Buffalo Base --George W. Holyfield -- Weis Middle School -- Carter B. Conlin -- Jesse Crain -- Crew of USS Gunnason -- Ron Ulrich Ron Dufour

 

CAPTAIN  PLEDGES 1998-99
Harley Davis -- Warren Shaw -- John McMichael -- Dave Stoops Richard Hedman Roger Warden -- Charles Hinman -- James Bauman -- John Fredricks Dennis Splane -- Patrick Kailing -- Thomas Hool -- William Kemper Heartland Video -- John E. Jarvis -- James Johnson -- Tim Davenport -- James Rankin -- Mark Dobbs -- Louis Roybal -- Patrick Lyon -- Buck & Sue Conrad -- Jim Warrick -- John Martin -- Mrs. Nelson F. Euler -- L. McAllister -- William Clopton -- USVVI, Tang Base -- Dan Dawson -- Herb. Boerstler -- Patrick Ellis -- Robert M. Mahon -- Boy Scout Troop XXXX  -- Triton Base -- Robert H. Harvey -- Mark Ciganovic -- R. "Zeke" Ferrell -- Dave Parke -- Ron Wasdin -- John F. Martin -- Terry R. Williams -- Fred Martinez III -- James B. O'Meara -- Donald Hasely -- Rudy Cieplenski -- James Newman -- Dan Odenweller

 

CHIEF PLEDGES 1998-99
Robert Ballantine -- Michael Streeter -- RobbGrove -- Jim Flanders -- Kenneth Griffin Michael Hickman -- John Finley -- Craig Whitmore -- Owen McLeod -- Neal Jarret -- Robert Spide -- Steven Smith -- George Arnold -- Sidney Harrison -- John Cole -- Mike Rankin -- Ed Koskie -- Greg Peterman -- William Leary -- Lester Thompson -- Ron Smith Thomas Wilbeck John Wynn -- Jim Doherty -- Cool Bob Berry -- James Lavelle -- Gary Cox --Ray Samson -- Dennis Gilbert -- Joe Kamalick -- Scott Clippert Thomas Blake -- James Steinmetz -- Werner "Bill" Friedman -- Brad Perkinson -- Joseph Christen -- Carl Farina -- Park Dallas -- Bob Rogers -- Robin Kirkpatrick -- John Parker -- Bob Hulet --Bob Brinkman -- W.F. Linne -- Perry A. Randall -- Bill Brinkman -- Robert L. Harrison -- Robert V. Hulet -- Jim O'Brien -- Jack L. Hester -- James A. Drannan -- Richard O. Beeghly -- Joseph W. Bryan, Jr. -- Dick Grinstead -- Tom McAndrews -- Don Taylor -- Richard Gibbs -- Jim & Carol Rankin - Michael Rankin -- Glen Keller -- Pearl Harbor Survivirs-San Jacinto Chapter -- Sons & Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors -- Leon Jansyn -- Aaron Robertson  -- Alan J. Martini --John B. Grinstead -- Jim Minor -- Richard Robinson -- Robert F. Weigle -- PC Vision -- Robert E. Galleger -- Clifford B. Perry -- Charles Hilgendfor -- Timothy Scott Myers -- Hiawatha Kilbourn -- Michael W. Winkler -- Jeff Porteous -- Jim Clepper -- Jeffrey T Coldwell -- Al Lansdowne -- Terry W. Clemens -- R. A. Casey -- Bob McFarland -- Charles Jordan -- Dale B. Porter -- Loretta Morley -- Lawrence Thompson -- Lynna Kay Shuffield -- Raymond Butler -- Oris Hicks

Click here: Cavalla Preservation Pledge
Send your pledge to: Cavalla Historical Foundation 2504 Church St. Galveston, TX 77550
Make your check out to : CAVALLA HISTORICAL FOUNDATION.

Read the Cavalla Pledge Guidelines Here

 

MAJOR FOUNDATION GRANTS

Galveston Moto Sport Foundation

$1,000.00

15-Oct-99

Strake Foundation

$15,000.00

17-Nov-99

Houston Endowment

$175,000.00

3-Jun-2000

Strake Foundation

$5000

8-Jun-2000

Total

$196,000.00

.

 

Galveston Park Board Contribution: $50,000

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS
The backbone of our efforts

NAME  PLEDGE    AMOUNT
Neal Stevens (Cavalla historian) $200 $200
Jim Flanders (Radio operator) $30 $30
Ric Hedman $50 $50
R. Samson $20 $20
Tim Davenport $50 $50
Bob Rogers  $20 $20
John Fredricks (National Sr. Vice Commander) $50 $50
Bill Friedman (Cavalla SSK) $20 $20
Ron "Warshot" Smith (WWII USS Seal) $20 $20
Bob "Spider" Spide $25 $25
Paul Roggerman $100 $100
Dave Stoops (Permit SSN594) $50 $50
Greg Peterman $20 $20
Jim Doherty $20 $20
Anonymous $25 $25
Steve Smith $20 $20
Myron Howard (Triton Base) $100 $100
Thomas J. Hool (Grayling SSN646) $50 $50
Rankoon $10 $10
Ens James Rankin $10 $10
L. D. Rankin (ex-RT2, WWII) $10 $10
George Arnold $20 $20
Larry Derouin $10 $10
Patrick Wayne Ellis $75 $75
Cool Bob Berry $20 $20
Mike Hickman $25 $25
Warren Shaw $50 $50
Bill Maness  $10 $10
Aardvark $100 $100
Fred Polgardy (Cavalla SSK) $100 $100
Gary and Dee Cox $25 $25
Jim Rankin (Cavalla WWII) $50 $50
Scott M. Clippert $25 $25
Anonymous $230 $230
William Leary $20 $20
Jim Kegerreis $100 $100
John and Amy Cole $20 $20
Jim O'Brien $20 $20
Sid Harrison (Cavalla Resources) $20 $20
Carl Farina $30 $30
Roger A. Warden (Seawolf SSN-575) $25 $25
Dennis Gilbert (Sec /Treas Redfish Base) $25 $25
Minneapolis/St. Paul Base $200 $200
Joe Kamalick $20 $20
Gil Raynor (RAYNOR & ASSOC.) $712 $712
Bob Harrison (WWII vet) $20 $20
Ed Koskie $20 $20
Rontini's BBS Crew
(Cavalla auction)
$2263 $2263
Jim Johnson   (Triton Base) $50 $50
Charles R. Hinman
Museum Assistant: Bowfin Submarine Museum
$50 $50
Harley Davis $50 $50
Michael Streeter $20 $20
John Wynn $25 $25
William Kemper (Cavalla AGSS) $50 $50
John McMichael   $50 $50
Douglas Stirling  $5 $5
J. R. (Ray) Bauman, CDR USN (ret)
Cavalla C.O. June 1967 to June 1968 (decom)
$50 $50
John V. Parker
RMCS(SS) USN (Ret)
$30 $30
Kenneth & Mary Anderson
Heartland Video Productions
$50 $50
Dennis Splane $50 $50
Don Shelton $100 $100
Jim Lavelle --In memory of
James M. Lavelle TM2c USS Gunnel SS-253
$25 $25
Capt. Zeke Zellmer (Cavalla WWII) $200 $200
Jim Steinmetz, RMC(SS) (Ret) $25 $25
Lester Thompson   $20 $20
Thomas Wilbeck          $20 $20
Jack Finley $20 $20
Patrick Kailing
(Cavalla crew member l960-62)
$50 $50
Valerie & Vickie Stevens $10 $10
Brad Perkinson $20 $20
Craig Whitmore (ex-ET2/SS)
USS Birmingham (SSN-695)
$20 $20
Thomas Blake $25 $25
Gilbert Bohannon Jr $10 $10
Bill Linne (RMCM(SS) Ret.) $30 $30
Bear Randall $25 $25
Bob Ballantine $20 $20
Owen McLeod $20 $20
Mark Dobbs $50 $50
Woodrow Wert (WWII Cavalla) $100 $100
Joseph Christen $25 $25
Park Dallas $25 $25
James Merritt $10 $10
Neal Jarratt $20 $20
Charles Newman
(For Tilefish SS-307 crew)
$100 $100
Skip Eberle (Cavalla WWII Decom CO)
(For Cavalla crewmates now on Eternal Patrol)
$100 $100
John Martin $75 $75
Bob Brinkman $25 $25
Dick Grinstead (SS 394) $20 $20
Kenneth Griffin            $25 $25
Allen Christine            $100 $100
Robb Grove $20 $20
A. Kent Bettisworth    $500 $500
Dan O'Dwyer $10 $10
Bob Mahon EM2(SS) (Cavalla SSK) $60 $60
John E. Jarvis $50 $50
Tom -W0EFV-  McNulty
(Radio operator)
$10 $10
Bob Hulet
USS Abraham Lincoln SSBN-602
$20 $20
Triton Base   $65 $65
Jim Drannan
Cavalla (SSN-684)
$20 $20
Bill Brinkman (former EM2(SS)
USS Sea Owl SS405    Sea Poacher SS406
$25 $25
Buck & Sue Conrad $50 $50
Herbert E. Tibbetts $100 $100
Joseph W. Bryan, Jr.
formerly MT2SS (SSBN609).
$20 $20
Jim Warrick
Ftcs (SS) USN Ret.
$50 $50
Bob McManus [ex-MM2(SS)] $100 $100
Jim Joyner SS348, SSB(N)608
"I am honored to pledge $100.00."
$100 $100
Jack Hester
ex-RM1(SS)
$25 $25
Louis Royball (Cavalla SS WWII) $50 $50
Richard (Doc) Beeghly HMC(SS)ret $25 $25
Patrick Lyon (Cavalla AGSS) $50 $50
Phil Urban (Cavalla SS WWII) $150 $150
Ed McDowell $10 $10
Tom McAndrews
USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN 640
$25 $25
Don Taylor (Sennet SS-408) $20 $20
Crews of the
USS Abraham Lincoln SSBN-602
$100 $100
W W Clopton
USN ret  SS RM Trout  SS566
$50 $50
Allen S. Beddoe,
MCPO(SS), USN, RET
$20 $20
Jim and Carol Rankin $25 $25
Mrs. Nelson F. Euler $52 $52
Edward Dixon $10 $10
Richard Gibbs $20 $20
SUBVETS WWII $10 $10
Aaron Robertson $25 $35
L. McAllister (father B.V.McAllister
served on the USS CAVALLA SSK 244.)
$50 $50
Robert  Short, US Navy Ret.  CPO $10 $10
Terry R. Williams $50 $50
Glen Keller $25 $25
Michael Rankin $20 $20
Joseph Shook $100 $100
James G. Cisar $10 $10
Alan Martini $20 $20
Sons & Daughters of
Pearl Harbor Survivors
$25 $25
Pearl Harbor Survivirs-
San Jacinto Chapter
$25 $25
Cavalla tourist $5 $5
USVVI, Tang Base $50 $50
Reading SUBVETS Base $200 $200
Leon Jansyn $25 $25
Bart Grinstead   in honor of my father and all the fathers
who served our country to stop tyranny in the world.
$25 $25
Dan Dawson (Triton Base member) $50 $50
Herb. Boerstler $50 $50
Richard A. Robinson
(TMC(SS) USN Retired)
$25 $25
Jim Minor $20 $20
Robert Williams
In honor of Earl Logsdon
$10 $10
C.R. Jenke $25 $25
Adolph Baros $100 $100
Robert F. Weigle $25 $25
Neil Logue, Jr. $10 $10
PC Vision $30 $30
Robert E. Galleger $25 $25
Clinton M. Lockamy $10 $10
Hiawatha Kilbourn $20 $20
Clifford B. Perry $25 $25
USSVI Buffalo Base $150 $150
Boy Scout Troop XXXX $50 $50
Robert H. Harvey $50 $50
Charles Hilgendforf         $30 $30
Mark Ciganovic (Cavalla SSK) $50 $50
Jim Clepper $20 $20
Timothy Scott Myers $25 $25
Jeff Porteous $25 $25
Michael W. Winkler  $25 $25
Dallas Base USSVI (These fellows
have adopted the FWD TORP room)
$244 $244
Robert Fennell (Triton Base) $200 $200
R. "Zeke" Ferrell          $50 $50
Jeffrey T Coldwell $40 $40
Al Lansdowne (EMC(SS) Retired, Cavalla 66-67) $25 $25
Dave Parke (Cavalla AGSS-244) $60 $60
George W. Holyfield $100 $100
LCDR James B. Lynch $25 $25
Ron Wasdin $50 $50
JimFlanders and the
Cavalla Bilge Rats Bash Team
$428.50 $428.50
John F. Martin $50 $50
Weis Middle School $128 $128
Terry W. Clemens $20 $20
R. A. Casey, USN Ret. $10 $20
Bob McFarland $20 $20
Herbert L. Johnson, USN (Ret.) $500 $500
Charles Jordan $25 $25
Zeb Alford, USN (Ret.) (Cavalla SSK) $500 $500
Fred Martinez III $50 $50
Dale B. Porter $50 $50
Bob Kremer $25 $25
Loretta Morley $20 $20
Tourists donations
(Handled by Bill Thirtle 6/17/99)
$106 $106
James D. (Silky) Sullivan (Cavalla SSK-244) $50 $50
James B. O'Meara $50 $50
Capt. Reeves R. Taylor $10 $10
Capt.Carter B. Conlin, USN RET $100 $100
Noel A. Hayes $10 $10
Lawrence Thompson $25 $25
Donald R. Haseley (Cavalla SS-244) $52 $52
Lynna Kay Shuffield $25 $25
Victor T. Linck $200 $200
Kathleen, Kevin, Jennifer Odom $10 $10
Reunion Crew [1999] of USS GUNNASON DE-795 $150 $150
Jay Sewell $500 $500
Jesse Crain  $100 $100
Tourist (to Bill Thirtle) $20 $20
Rudy Cieplenski SS-244 $50 $50
Raymond Butler $30 $30
Oris Hicks $25 $25
Switched formats --- ----
Name Date Contributed

Gil Raynor

8-Sep-99

$50.00

J.W. Gibson

28-Sep-99

$10.00

Mitchell Energy & Development Corp

15-Oct-99

$250.00

James W. Newman

25-Oct-99

$50.00

R. Ulrich  SSK-244

29-Oct-99

$100.00

Dan B. Odenweller (Permit SSN-594)

5-Nov-99

$50.00

Raymond Butler

11-Nov-99

$30.00

James Dufour

16-Nov-99

$100.00

Lee R. Smith (USS Seafox 402)

22-Nov-99

$25.00

SuvVets Marblehead

2-Dec-99

$250.00

James H. Kepner

7-Dec-99

$100.00

Thomas R. Hayden

7-Dec-99

$40.00

Douglass Nichols

10-Dec-99

$100.00

Ernest J. Zellmer

17-Dec-99

$100.00

Rosalind Chassan

21-Dec-99

$100.00

Richard Savel

27-Dec-99

$50.00

Timothy B. Bennett

31-Dec-99

$50.00

Brent Cochran

11-Jan-00

$25.00

Monty Fowler

18-Jan-00

$10.00

Robert F. Dow  Cavalla SSK

26-Jan-00

$20.00

Jay H. Smith

1-Feb-00

$50.00

Rontini Sub Base

1-Feb-00

$48.00

Carl C. Hall

6-Feb-00

$50.00

Powell D. Landry

8-Feb-00

$50.00

Vernon Mase  Cavalla SSK

11-Feb-00

$20.00

Albert J. Dempster

14-Feb-00

$20.00

Walker Enterprises L.F. Walker

February 26, 2000

$10.00

Richard Armstrong Guardfish Reunion

February 29, 2000

$20.00

William R. Cowles

March 3, 2000

$10.00

Nathan Dorfman

January 10, 1900

$20.00

Gil Raynor

February 10, 2000

$208.80

Bill Robertson

March 12, 2000

$250.00

Larry Chamberlain

March 12, 2000

$10.00

USSVI NJ North

March 14, 2000

$50.00

Annette L. Hamilton

March 16, 2000

$100.00

V.L. Cathey

March 17, 2000

$100.00

Michael E. Harris

March 19, 2000

$25.00

Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.

April 17, 2000

$250.00

Kelli J. Christenson

April 17, 2000

$50.00

Elizabeth Boriszek

April 17, 2000

$10.00

Robert M. Tatum

April 17, 2000

$35.00

Doris Eichler  in Memory of Edward A. Eichler

April 19, 2000

$400.00

Doug Charleston

May 6, 2000

$250.00

Ronald Biggerstaff

May 6, 2000

$50.00

Garnet Kimball

May 12, 2000

$25.00

Richard T. Jones

May 17, 2000

$25.00

Cavalla Reunion Dinner Fund

$ 60.00

June 8, 2000

Strake Foundation

$ 5,000.00

June 8, 2000

James M. Harmon

$ 50.00

June 8, 2000

Jim Rankin

$ 50.00

June 8, 2000

Gary B. Buttram (TM3) Cavalla SSK-244)

$ 25.00

June 8, 2000

James L. Hickernell

$ 200.00

June 8, 2000

Stephen L. Guenther

$ 25.00

June 17, 2000

Ronnie Lee Posey

$ 10.00

June 17, 2000

Al Smith

$ 5.00

June 17, 2000

Houston Endownment

$ 175,000.00

July 3, 2000

Enterprise Rent a Car Foundation

$ 1,000.00

July 3, 2000

Vietnam Veterans of America #685

$ 696.85

July 3, 2000

Ralph Luther

$ 50.00

July 3, 2000

Paul Ferguson

$ 10.00

July 27, 2000

John E. Branch

$ 100.00

July 27, 2000

US SubVets WWII

$ 260.00

July 27, 2000

James Taylor

$ 25.00

July 27, 2000

Donation Date First Name Last Name Amount
26-Sep-2000 Anthony Ferrigno Sr $10.00
27-Sep-2000 Patrick Householder $100.00
28-Sep-2000 Ernest Zellmer $100.00
30-Sep-2000 James Kegerreis $100.00
2-Oct-2000 Barrie Strachan $20.00
3-Oct-2000 Zeb Alford $100.00
13-Oct-2000 Doug Charleston $100.00
8-Oct-2000 Leland Stewart $100.00
12-Oct-2000 Ron Smith $100.00
11-Oct-2000 Herbert Boerstler $100.00
15-Oct-2000 Douglass Nichols $100.00
13-Oct-2000 Cliff Scherer $100.00
0-Jan-1900 Perry Chastain $10.00
17-Oct-2000 D.E. Kanning $10.00
21-Oct-2000 Jim Rankin $75.00
13-Oct-2000 George Holyfield $100.00
18-Oct-2000 Edward Eberle $100.00
20-Oct-2000 Wesley Meador $100.00
21-Oct-2000 Ms. V.L. Cathey $100.00
20-Oct-2000 Phillip Urban $50.00
23-Oct-2000 M.B. Smiley $107.00
24-Oct-2000 James Kepner $100.00
19-Oct-2000 Neal Stevens $100.00
26-Oct-2000 James Dufour $100.00
26-Oct-2000 Conlan Pierson $100.00
27-Oct-2000 James Hickernell $200.00
28-Oct-2000 Frederick Polgardy $100.00
31-Oct-2000 Daniel Turner $20.00
31-Oct-2000 Bruce Taylor $250.00
1-Nov-2000 Ernest Buerker $25.00
1-Nov-2000 Bob Toothman $10.00
1-Nov-2000 Ernest Zellmer $50.00
1-Nov-2000 Doris Eichler $100.00
11-Nov-2000 Broadway Funeral Home -- $150.00
15-Nov-2000 W. Blair Haworth $20.00
16-Oct-2000 Beverly Friedman $100.00
30-Nov-2000 Judy Brooks $23.50
24-Nov-2000 Dave Harvey $200.00
9-Nov-2000 Robert Slockett $50.00
9-Dec-2000 Paul Frucht $10.00
8-Dec-2000 Carter Conlin $100.00
8-Dec-2000 Leon Davis $1,000.00
1-Oct-2000 Gil Raynor $232.39
1-Oct-2000 Personal Glimpse -- $1,400.00
1-Oct-2000 Jeff Morris $46.08
12-Oct-2000 Walgreens Att: Don Huonker $15.00
13-Dec-2000 Raymond Kilbane $100.00
11-Nov-2000 George Bard $46.69
11-Aug-2000 Mark Crigler $100.00
16-Dec-2000 Thomas Denegre Jr. $200.00
21-Dec-2000 Joseph Kelley $25.00
29-Dec-2000 J. Louis Roybal $100.00
31-Oct-2000 Al Lansdowne $25.00
21-Dec-2000 William Morrow $25.00
5-Jan-2001 Albert Hendricks $100.00
10-Jan-2001 John Smeck Jr. $200.00
10-Jan-2001 Anne Banks $50.00
11-Jan-2001 Dr. Scott Hunter $1,000.00
17-Jan-2001 Eugene Wiles $200.00
18-Jan-2001 Paul Frucht $10.00
20-Jan-2001 John Shaffer $100.00
20-Jan-2001 Ed Speed $100.00
19-Jan-2001 Nancy Zellmer $100.00
1-Feb-2001 Samuel Dorr $25.00
3-Feb-2001 Donald Readman $25.00
8-Feb-2001 Michael Henderson $20.00
23-Feb-2001 Gregory Reeves $48.00
23-Feb-2001 William Payne $100.00
23-Feb-2001 Bob Pagan $300.00
23-Feb-2001 George Mitchell $3,250.00
23-Feb-2001 Bruce Baillie $20.00
22-Jan-2001 Wayne Davison $20.00
19-Feb-2000 Billie McMichael $35.97
4-Mar-2001 Raymon Crumley $100.00

 

 

Since October 26, 1998

Contribution Totals 

364
DONORS
$229,142.63
COLLECTED

Cavalla Preservation Pledge
Send your pledge to: Cavalla Historical Foundation 2504 Church St. Galveston, TX 77550
Make your check out to : CAVALLA HISTORICAL FOUNDATION.

The Cavalla Pledge Guidelines are Here

Your pledge, even the smallest, adds up fast. Thanks!


The Cavalla Historical Foundation keeps a
 summary of its account.
  Click
HERE.

Last updated: April 26, 2001 -- If you see a mistake or your name isn't correctly placed, PLEASE let me know and I will gladly fix it.
Thanks! --Neal.