Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975

Historian Glenn A. Knoblock is the author of many works of New England, New Hampshire, and transportation history. A lecturer for the New Hampshire Humanities, he lives in Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire.

• Table of ContentsForeword by Melvin G. Williams, Jr., Rear Admiral, United States Navy      Acknowledgments      Preface      I. Black Sailors and the Evolution of the Steward’s Branch in the United States Navy from 1775 to 1939      II. Overview of the Steward's Branch of the United States Navy During World War II      III. Becoming a Steward      Joining the Navy: Voluntary Enlistment      Joining the Navy via the Draft      The Navy Boot Camp Experience      Black Sailors and the Navy’s Rating System During the War      IV. Becoming a Submariner      From Boot Camp to Submarines      From the Surface Navy to the Silent Service      Transfer from a Tender, Relief Crew, or Shore Duty      V. Life as a Wartime Submariner      The Daily Routine of a Submarine Steward      Qualifying as a Submariner      Battle-Station Action      The Men of the O-, R-, and S-Class Boats      Other Shipboard Activities      Crew Relations Aboard the Boat      Rest and Relaxation Ashore      Leaving the Boat      At War's End      VI. The Submarine Navy During the Postwar Years      The End of the 1940s and President Truman's Desegregation Order      The 1950s: Enter the Nuclear Age      The 1960s: Boomers and Fast Attacks      1970–1975: An End and a Beginning      VII. Histories of Black Submariners      Carroll Louden Allen      Jesse Allen      William Allison      Bruce Anderson      Dave Ball      George Bracey      Arthur Brown      Mack Butler      Wallace Coleman      Robert Coley      David Collier      Clark Cooper      Tyree Cornish      Joseph Cross      Earnest Danford      Alonza Davis      Everett Davis      Lewis Davis      Shirley Day      Jesse Debro      Nathan Dogan      Russell Donan      Donald Fenner      LC Fisher      Robert Goens      John Gray      William Green      Harold Hale      Alfred Hall      Leslie Hamilton      L.T. Hammond      John Harris      Arthur Haynes      Curtis Hill      Lonnie Jackson      Zedell Jackson      Willie James      Isaac Johnson      Woodrow Wilson Jones      Carl Kimmons      William Knight      Richard Lucas      George Washington Lytle      Sammie Major      Elvin Mayo      Hosey Mays      Edward McNair      Bert Minor      Eugene Mosley, Jr.      R.D. Mosley      William Murray      Edward Neely      Killraine Newton      Claude Palmer, Jr.      Walter Patrick      Roscoe Pennington      William Perry      John Phillips      Paul Ragland      Charles Richardson      Anderson Royal      Albert Rozar      Leonard Rozar      Harry Senior      Spaulding Settle      Mason Smith      Albert Soles      Jake Spurlock      Jim Stallings      Lacey Stevenson      Ezell "Tommy" Strong      O'Neal Thaxton      Hadwick Thompson      Otha Toler      Magnus Wade      Sam Wallace      Strauther Wallace      James Washington      Rufus Weaver      Carl White      John Wesley Whitehead      Walter Wilson      Appendix A. The Steward Rating System, 1939–1974      Appendix B. Black Submarine Stewards Killed or Lost During World War II      Appendix C. Top Stewards During World War II by Number of War Patrols      Appendix D. Black Stewards of World War II      Bibliography      Published Works      Internet Sources      Unpublished Personal Manuscripts, Documents, and Letters      Unpublished Government Documents, Citations, and Commendations      Personal Accounts      National Archives Source Material      Index

“recommended”—ARBA; “impressive and impeccably researched”—Midwest Book Review; “Knoblock does an excellent job tracing the rapid evolution of the role of Black sailors in the submarine service”—The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Word.