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WORLD WAR II PHOTO ARCHIVE
Harold M. Nuckols CY (SS) US Navy
USS Chicago CA29 / USS Gabilan SS252
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USS Chicago CA29 & USS Gabilan SS252
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NUCKOLS, HAROLD M. (HANK) CY (SS) US NAVY
1918 - 1989
 

hank nuckols'Hank Nuckols' CY (SS)
Enlisted: June 1938.
Honourable Discharge: June 1945.
Served: USS Chicago CA29, Heavy Battle Cruiser from December 31, 1938 to February 1, 1943; Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, First Savo Island.
Also Served: USS Gabilan SS252 Gato Class Submarine from September 1, 1943 to September 1, 1945; Gabilan saw six (6) patrols, four (4) of which were successful.

 
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USS Chicago in Australia
 
Crossing the Equator King Neptunes Court
 
Family photos, Nuckols, Beard, Wheeler
Hawaii Pearl harbor Hickam Air Base
 
US Navy Photos Chicago Gabilan
 
News Clippings
         
Old Postcards from the South Pacific
 
USS Enterprise Prints Posters
 
Submarine Prints
 

ABOUT THIS ARCHIVE
With the exception of a few pictures these images are all that is left from the estate of Harold M.(Hank) Nuckols CY (SS) US Navy. Twelve years after his death on December 27th, 1989 his youngest daughter, Nora Nuckols, obtained two boxes of his personal effects from his second wife's family. The boxes contained only books and photographs.

These pictures were of family & his years of service in the US Navy. Some of the images had information written by him on the back but for the most part they are faces & places unknown.

Hank joined the crew of the USS Chicago in 1938 and served until 1943. Most of the photographs depict the journey aboard the Chicago from San Pedro on the 29th of December, 1940, to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Heavy Battle Cruiser, USS Chicago, patroled from Pearl Harbor to Australia and supported action at Suva Bay, Louisiade Archipelago, Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea, Port Moresby, New Caledonia, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, Oahu-Johnston Palmyra triangle, Guadalcanal, Midway, Southwest Pacific, Battle of Savo Island and the Battle of Rennell Island.

The USS Gabilan was also stationed in Pearl Harbor and saw action in the Marianas, south coast of Honshu, Japan, Saipan, South China Sea, Palawan Passage, Java Sea, Celebes, coast of Hainan and Tokyo Bay. The Gabilan first rescued six men, the crews of two torpedo bombers, then raced well inside Tokyo Bay, in easy range of shore batteries, to rescue another three-man crew. Six Navy Hellcat fighter planes gave her cover for the mission. On the way out, she paused to destroy a drifting mine with gunfire. Altogether, on this patrol, Gabilan rescued 17 aviators.

King Neptune's Court

When a ship approaches the Equator, crew members who are crossing for the first time must appear before King Neptune and his court to demonstrate their worthiness as subjects of the sea. Proof is exacted through tests and punishments that can range from the mildly embarrassing—singing a song or reciting a nonsensical rhyme—to much more grueling treatments: running the gauntlet, tarring and feathering, or crawling through slops. The custom earns the sailor or passenger little more than a certificate and the right to call himself or herself a "shellback."


 

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