HAWKBILL IN MY BASEMENT Dennis Crile, ETCM (SS), served on Hawkbill from 1987 - 1993 and 1996 - 2000. He made this comment when asked what prompted him to begin this project, "NASA's finest hour was the Apollo program. My finest hour was the USS Hawkbill. This project is a step back in time. My way of recalling that experience."





Dennis has provided a 2019 update to his basement A Naugahyde table cover (bought a sewing machine on Amazon and made it), book shelves above the table (with bars to stow for sea), my shadow box between the book cases, more plaques I dug out of boxes, a cup rack outside of berthing, real submarine bunk lights I found on E-Bay, a bulletin board with name tags and patches in it, and something a little out of character, a small flat screen TV on a swivel mount so I can watch it from the lounge or laying in the bunks. I sleep down there occasionally when I work nights.









