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At random: Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat, was an avid submarine enthusiast. He built several submersible warships, one of which was known as the Nautilus.

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Posted 2019-11-17 10:09 AM (#96275)

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CRANDALL, Douglas Robert, 90, of Groton passed away Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born October 7, 1929, in Port Jervis, N.Y. the son of Kenneth Malcolm and Emma Muller Crandall. He lived his early years in the Ten Mile River Scout Camps, where his father was property superintendent. He was inducted into the Order of the Arrow in 1944. Upon graduating from Narrowsburg, N.Y. High School in June 1947, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving on destroyers, submarines and a submarine rescue ship. He was a submarine officer and a helium oxygen deep sea diving officer. He was awarded the Korea Defense Service Medal, China Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation and the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Europe. He retired from the US Navy in 1968, and from the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority in 1994. He was past president of the Groton Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow for Rotary International, past president of the Nathan Hale Branch of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, a former officer and director of the Eastern Connecticut Council of the Navy League, a member of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, and a member of the Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants. He also was a member of the United States Submarine Veterans-Holland Club and a life-member of the Military Officers Association of America. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Chadwick Crandall; two sons, Douglas R. Kent of Indialantic, Fla. and Byron D. Crandall of New London; his brother Richard Crandall of Narrowsburg, N.Y.; and two grandchildren, Amber and Derik Kent. He is also survived by four stepchildren, Sandra L. Adams of Ft. Collins, Colo., Dennis Green of Yakima, Wash., Patsy Covino of Niantic and Joyce Green of Stonington. He was predeceased by his spouse, Floy Nell Crandall; brother Kenneth M. Crandall Jr. ; and his son William Scott Crandall. Funeral service will be private. Interment will be in Glen Cove Cemetery, Narrowsburg, N.Y. Please visit www.byles.com to share a memory with the family. Published in The Day on Nov. 17, 2019

CAUTHEN, Clyde, Rev. Dr., son of the late Rev. Vertis C. and Gertie Ola McNeely Cauthen, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 at the Life Care Center of Charleston, SC. He grew up in Tradesville, SC and was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church. He went into the Navy, where he served in the Navy Nuclear Submarine Force (FBM) for 26 years. He was a Master Chief Petty Officer E-9, assigned to the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine (USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN-624)(B). Rev. Cauthen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in religion and theology from Charleston Southern University. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC. He served as associate pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Charleston, SC and specialized in youth ministry. His funeral services will be held on Monday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1440 Folly Road in Charleston. He will be laid to rest in Ft. Jackson national Cemetery, Columbia, SC. The wake service for Rev. Cauthen will take place this afternoon at the funeral home from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Rev. Cauthen is survived by his wife Jessie Shannon Cauthen of Lancaster, SC his daughter, Dr. Cassandra Shannon Mitchell (Sheldon) of Raleigh, NC; Barry Jones (Bonnie) of Greenwood, SC; Raynard Shannon (Pam) of Simpsonville, SC; Lamar Shannon (Tanya) of Atlanta, Georgia. His siblings preceding him in death include: Bertha Mae Cauthen; Zulee Cauthen (William) Johnson; Elliott Cauthen; and Louis (Katie) Cauthen; George Washington (Lucille) Cauthen and Vertis Cauthen; His surviving siblings include Authur Eugene (Whykiea) Cauthen; and Ester Lee (Cliteus) Ryan. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at: www.lowcountrymortuary.com. Funeral arrangements announced by The Lowcountry Mortuary, 1852 E. Montague Ave., N, Charleston, SC 29405: (843) 554-2117. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ Charleston Hilton's Mortuary, Inc., 1852 E. Montague Ave. North Charleston, SC 29405, 843-554-2117. Published in Charleston Post & Courier on Nov. 17, 2019

CHIDLEY, Ralph E., 88, of Stonington, died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, of complications from pneumonia. Ralph was born in 1931, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Joseph and Florence (Fairfield) Chidley. In 1949, he graduated from Euclid Shore High School where he was an outstanding athlete in football, wrestling and track. After one year of Navy ROTC at Ohio State University, he was accepted at the United States Naval Academy. Ralph graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1954 and became one of the early personal selections by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover to be part of the Nuclear Navy. While stationed at the New London submarine base in Groton, "Home of the Submarine Force," Ralph went on to command two nuclear submarines, the USS Ethan Allen and the USS Henry L. Stimpson. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1975 and was stationed outside of Washington D.C. to take part in the development of the Ohio-class Trident submarines. As one of the leaders of the project, Ralph was the principal designer of that ship's control room. Consequently, he led the development of the initial training programs for its crews. After retirement from the Navy, Ralph co-founded the Interlock Group, which specializes in developing training programs for complex industrial control systems and machinery. Ralph is survived by his son, Brian and his wife Pam; and his three grandchildren, Nell, Simon and Ben, all of Mystic. Ralph was predeceased by his wife Margaret in 2018; his brother Joseph in 2014; and a son Derek in 1988. A memorial service for Ralph will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, at the United Methodist Church of Gales Ferry, 10 Chapman Lane in Gales Ferry. Internment with military honors will follow in the Memorial Garden immediately after the service. The Mystic Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. Published in The Day on Nov. 17, 2019

DARRELL, Charles George, CAPT, USN, Ret., age 89, resident of Shannondell at Valley Forge, Audubon, died on October 20, 2019. He was the husband of his loving wife Joyce (nee Bullock), whom he married in 2011. He is also survived by his children, daughter Maria C. (John) Jacobs, son Robert C. (Jody) Darrell, and daughter Susan A. Darrell, by grandchildren Jerold and Lillian Jacobs and Madison Darrell; and by his sister, Marianna "Pat" Schlegel. Captain Darrell was born on Nov. 3, 1929 in Middletown, Ohio, to the late George D. and Mary T. (nee Hines). His family, also including his late brother George and sister Marianna, soon moved to Worcester, MA, where Charles grew up. In 1952 he graduated from the US Naval Academy, and in 1954, he married Lillian Christine (nee Larson), who preceded him in death in 2002. Captain Darrell's naval service included sea duty in an attack transport ship and a destroyer prior to fifteen years in submarines, including command of USS Charr (SS-328). He served as Chief Staff Officer of Submarine Squadron 15 and Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific. Duties ashore included Director, Ocean Technology Office of the Office of Naval Research; command of the Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (NORDA) and head of the Fleet Logistic Support Office of Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters. Captain Darrell retired from the Navy in 1982. His subsequent civilian career came to include serving as a Principal Engineer at General Physics Corporation and as a Senior Test Engineer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, from which he retired in 2011. In addition to his many professional accomplishments, Captain Darrell will be remembered for his kindness, his smile, sense of humor, and care and concern for others. Captain Darrell will be laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery at a date to be announced. Published on inquirer.com on Nov. 17, 2019

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