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At random: In their history, submarines were called by many names such as 'eel boats', 'plunging boats', 'devil divers', and 'pig boats'. Technically, and by size, the submarine is a ship, but it has been called a boat since its earliest days, and the term is steeped in tradition. Submariners almost invariably call their ships 'boats".

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Posted 2025-11-07 11:04 AM (#105768)

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Subject: Friday Obits

https://www.facebook.com/ussvi.eternalpatrol/

The above link goes to the USSVI (United States Submarine Veterans, Inc.) Facebook page where their members who have gone on “Eternal Patrol” are noted.

I’ll keep my work here going, trying to get others who were not USSVI members. You’re encouraged to look there as well as here! Obviously, there’ll be some I miss and some I duplicate.

MACIE .. .. .. Our loving father, devoted husband and retired US Navy Captain, Joseph Clayton Macie, 77 of DeWitt, passed away surrounded by his daughters on November 1, 2025. Born June 17, 1948, to the late Charles and Martha Maciejewski (Kleyla), Joseph grew up in Chicago, IL. He was blessed to meet his soulmate and future wife, Patricia, on the first day of their freshman year at Loyola University of Chicago. After earning his bachelor's degree in Physics in 1970, Joseph began his master's work at the University of Wyoming before ultimately enlisting in the United States Navy in 1971. His prestigious naval career started by graduating from the Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island in February 1972. After subsequently attending the Nuclear Power School at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, he returned to marry the love of his life in LaGrange Park, Illinois on August 26, 1972. The newly married couple then packed up and headed west to Idaho Falls, Idaho where Joseph was a member of the Naval Production and Training Unit until he was assigned to the USS Nautilus SSN-571 as the Assistant Operations Officer. After completing his training at the US Naval Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut and then the Naval Guided Missile School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, he was assigned to his most significant role as a weapons officer upon the ballistic missile submarine USS Casimer Pulaski SSBN-633 from June 1974 through July 1976 where he specialized in fleet ballistic missiles and torpedo weapons. Upon his honorable release from active duty and transfer into the Naval Reserve in August 1976, Joseph and his wife moved to southern California where he obtained his Masters in Systems Engineering from West Coast University Los Angeles.
In March 1981, Joseph joined Honeywell as a Principal Systems Engineer where he was the proud Project Engineer for a new design and enhancement to a sonar training system. Joseph and his wife moved to DeWitt, New York with their three daughters in 1986, after accepting a position with General Electric (GE) as an Aeronautical Engineer. Joseph took extreme pride in his work as the company transitioned from GE to Martin Marietta to Lockheed Martin. By the time Joseph officially retired from the United States Navy on June 1, 2001, he had risen to the rank of Captain, had been awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Sea Service Ribbon and received the Submarine Insignia and Polaris Patrol Pin with three gold stars. Even though his career took him and his wife all over the country, they always took time to enjoy life together and their love for nature, camping and hiking, all of which they instilled in their three daughters.
Joseph is predeceased by his wife, Patricia Rosann Macie, and is survived by his daughters, Katherine (Timothy) Hill, Elizabeth Macie and Anne (Carl) Fuchs, sister, Anne (Peter) Eisenhardt, and niece Jennifer (Chris) Johnson.

BAIRD .. .. .. Edward "Ed" Baird passed away on October 27th at age 82 at Chester County Hospital after a brave 10-month battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his devoted wife of 54 years, 2 of his 3 children, his sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
Ed was born in Philadelphia on June 17, 1943 to Janet Fitzkee Baird and Charles Bishop Baird. He graduated from Henderson High School in West Chester in 1961 and went on to study electrical engineering at Duke University on a full Navy ROTC scholarship where he excelled and graduated with honors.
Following graduation, Ed served as a lieutenant under Admiral Rickover in the nuclear engineering staff of the Naval Ship Systems Command in Washington, D.C. His assigned submarine was the "Narwhal".
After 5 years, Ed made a career change and entered Boston University School of Medicine. This led to his long distinguished and satisfying career as an anesthesiologist, first in Providence, RI, then at St. Joseph Hospital, Lancaster and finally at Bryn Mawr Hospital.
In 1971 he married Evelyn Seppelin In Westminster, MA, and together they had 3 children. Ed followed his children's activities with interest and especially enjoyed watching his older 2 children in the marching band and following his youngest's track and cross-country successes in Manheim Township and college.
Ed was very active in Boy Scout Troop 99 with his sons, who each earned the rank of Eagle Scout, as had Ed. He travelled to Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimmaron, NM 3 times with Troop 99 and his sons.
As the children got older, Ed organized high adventure vacations to dude ranches, a Sierra Nevada pack trip and ski areas in the west as well as Killington, VT. Twice the family took cross-country road trips to visit our national parks.
In retirement Ed and Evie built a new home on 10 acres in Chester County. Ed joined Pickering Hunt and later Kimberton Hunt where he served on the board and volunteered at the annual Kimberton Hunt Horse Show. He remained an active fox hunter for almost 15 years.
As a boy Ed had vacationed at Ocean City, NJ so it was natural for Ed and Evie to vacation there with their young family. When their children married and had children, they continued the tradition of weeklong vacations in Ocean City by renting a large beach house so all 3 generations could be together every summer.
Ed will be remembered by family and friends as a man who was honest, kind and generous with a quiet confidence that served him well in life and as a man devoted to his family.
He will be dearly missed.

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