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At random: Interests in submarines extends to royalty and presidents. The King of England and the King and Queen of Spain are among those who have made submerged cruises in submarines. As a result of a trip in an early United States submarine, President "Teddy" Roosevelt ordered extra compensation for personnel serving in the "Silent Service." President Harry Truman made a 440 foot dive in a captured German submarine. The first President to cruise aboard a nuclear submarine was President Eisenhower who rode the USS SEAWOLF out of Newport, Rhode Island on September 26, 1957.

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Posted 2025-06-15 1:30 PM (#105486)

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Subject: Sunday 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.

MILROY .. .. .. William ("Bill") Milroy was a Massachusetts native who attended medical school at Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1966. His internship was at the U.S. Naval Hospital in St. Albans, New York. In 1967, he graduated from the Naval School of Submarine Medicine. For the next two years, he served as the Medical Officer for the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) where he qualified as a Submarine Medical Officer. He then earned a master's degree and PhD in radiation biology at the University of Rochester.
His naval service continued as the officer in charge of the Biomedical Research Detachment of the Naval Weapons Laboratory from 1970 to 1975. While there, he also attended the Naval Diving and Salvage School, qualifying as a Diving Medical Officer. His next assignment brought him to the Northeast where he served as the officer in charge of the Naval Undersea Medical Institute from 1975-1979. In Pearl Harbor, he was COMSUBPAC Medical Officer. His final tour brought him back to Groton as the commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory until his retirement in 1985. During his naval career, he earned numerous awards, including the Meritorious Service Metal.
Captain Milroy was board certified in occupational and environmental medicine. He published many articles and abstracts related to submarine and diving medicine. After his military retirement, he continued his work in occupational medicine, including with the U.S. Department of Energy, the Hanford Environmental Health Foundation, and Caterpillar Incorporated.
Deeply concerned about the less fortunate, Bill and his wife, Rosanne, a registered nurse, spent many years volunteering together in a free clinic for the working poor of Peoria, Illinois as well as working out of a trailer clinic in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. That was the kind of physician he was.
On June 6, 2025, Bill reposed holding the hand of his beloved wife of 37 years, Rosanne, in their home by the water in North Padre Island, Texas. He had been cared for by her as well as many attentive family members and close friends, all of whom will miss him greatly.
Bill loved life. He loved to travel and to explore new countries and cultures. He fit in everywhere, enjoying people wherever he went. He and Rosanne traveled the world, hand in hand, always looking forward to the next adventure. He savored good scotch and good cigars. His musical taste extended from New Orleans jazz and opera to bagpipes, country, and old-time rock and roll. He loved to dance and just enjoy every bit of life.
He was preceded in death by his father William, mother Mary, and brother Charles. In addition to wife Rosanne, he is survived by his daughters Amy and Shannon as well as sons George and Robin. His grandchildren are Mikayla, Adam, Elise, Katherine, Dashiell, Regan, Connor, Layna, Alex, and Ridley. His great-grandson is Clayton.

PHILLIPS .. .. .. John was born the year of the Black Penny (1943) and grew up with the post-World War II black and white submarine movies on TV (Run Silent, Run Deep, the Silent Service series) which created his desire to enter the U.S. Navy Submarine Service, which he did in 1961. By 1969, he had completed eight Cold War deterrent patrols on a Polaris missile carrying submarine SSBN 617 Alexander Hamilton and then finished his career with 20 years in the Naval Reserve, retiring as a Senior Chief.
Between 1969 and 1998, John worked for Xerox corporation in Spokane as a Senior Technician, installing and maintaining large printers and high-volume laser printers. For fun, John spent 22 years on the 49° North Volunteer Ski Patrol.
In the conservation and wildlife arena, John was a member of the INWC for over 25 years, serving seven years on the Board and chairing the Upland Bird Committee for eight years. John was active with the local Pheasants Forever chapter in habitat development and was a charter member and one of the founding officers of the Columbia Plateau Wildlife Management Association (CPWMA) formed in 2011. He was also a Washington State Master Hunter and a life member of the NRA, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Safari Club International.
John was a hunter; he hunted in several US Western states, in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, Argentina, and Africa, and finished in Panama and Costa Rica.
He gave into his Scots heritage in the 1980s and learned to play the bagpipes – winning several competitions.
Married to Donna (Potter), they marked their 50th anniversary (in 2011) by rafting the Colorado River through Grand Canyon and going to South America. They have three grown children, eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. John was known as a curmudgeon, but all the family knew he loved them.
A private family service is planned. Any donations in his memory can be made to Horizon Hospice of Spokane, WA.

MEDEIROS .. .. .. Manuel S. “Manny” Medeiros, Jr. a nuclear power engineer, an Outer Banks investor since 1969 and a full-time Outer Banks resident since 1986, passed away on November 17, 2021. Born in Little Compton, R.I. in 1934, he received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering in 1956 from what is now known as the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, after which he completed Officers’ Candidate School in Newport, and was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy in December 1956. Upon commissioning he joined Admiral Rickover’s small staff of engineers designing reactor plants for submarines and surface ships. He also completed graduate studies at the Bettis Reactor Engineering School in Pittsburgh, PA and related courses at the University of Maryland.
After completing active duty in 1960, he continued civilian employment with the US Navy and the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington DC, moving to Napa and Vallejo, California in the early 1960s to help construct nuclear-powered submarines at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where several submarines were built, tested and sent to sea as part of our county’s ballistic missile submarine program.
While in California, he continued earlier work, commenced in Virginia, to help local mentally retarded children become active in their communities. He became president of the Solano County Council for Retarded Children and an active supporter of a sheltered workshop for the retarded, work he continued upon returning to the East Coast.
Leaving the naval nuclear program in the late 1970’s, he joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission where his work involved commercial nuclear power plants producing electricity. While at the NRC and subsequent to the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, he was recruited by the TMI reactor plant designer, Babcock, and Wilcox, as an advisory engineer assisting B & W in Lynchburg, VA in recovery from the TMI accident.
In 1986, he relocated to the Outer Banks where he undertook several pursuits including real estate brokerage, scientific writing, public speaking, and public testimony to various government entities, all concerning energy and the environment. An avid reader, hardly a day passed during his last 25 years without detailed study and research into numerous aspects of environmental science, such study under the guidance of world-renowned scientists, as tutors.
He was quite active in the Knights of Columbus having been a charter member and Grand Knight of Council #6153 in Springfield, Virginia, and later, Grand Knight Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kitty Hawk. He was also an active member of Kitty Hawk, NC, and Bradenton, FL Rotaries, as well as the American Nuclear Society.
He is survived by his two daughters, Anita Stiger (husband Scott) of Darnestown, MD; Cynthia McMillan (husband James) of Rochester, MI; a son Michael Medeiros (wife Donna) of Atlanta, GA; four grandchildren: Carolina Stiger, Mark McMillan, Sam Medeiros, and Molly Medeiros and two great-grandchildren: Shawn and Brianna Stanik. He was predeceased by Carol, his wife of 62 years and his oldest daughter, Valerie Jean Medeiros, who passed in 1980.
In lieu of flowers, Manny has asked that any donations be made to “Knights of Columbus LAMB” (Least Among My Brothers) program and “Ladies by the Sea,” a Holy Redeemer Church women’s group.
A visitation will be held at Holy Redeemer Church on Kitty Hawk Road on the morning of Monday, November 22 at 9:00 am, with a mass of the Resurrection to follow at 10:00 am and interment thereafter at Southern Shores Cemetery.

SMITH .. .. .. Hubert Clayton Smith “Smitty”, age 74, passed away suddenly on April 13, 2017. “Smitty” as he was affectionately known, served his country in the United States Navy for 22 years as a CTTC (SS). He was proud of his submarine service and remained in contact with many of his friends throughout the years and was a member of the Casper Society. He went on to retire from Baptist Hospital where he served as manager of the Mallory House Apartments. He along with his wife, Barbara, opened and managed The Bronze Connection. He was very proud of his workmanship as he built all the internal structures of the salon. He enjoyed motorcycles; from racing them in the 1960’s to just cruising in his later years. But above all things, he loved his wife Barbara and his children and grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by parents, James and Audrey Swinson Smith; sister, Barbara; brothers, Larry, Charles and Kendall.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Barbara Oien Smith of Cantonment; daughter, Sherena (Ric) Smith Cutaio of Pace, FL; son, Christopher Smith of Cantonment; step-mother, Janice B. Smith of Plain View, NC; step-sisters, Sharon Lee of Hope Mills, NC, Tammy (Darryl) Howard of Autryville, NC and Kim (Donnie) of Benson, NC; sister-in-law, Aneita Smith of Plain View, NC; grandchildren, Ashley Cutaio, Adrianna (Kody) Cutaio Williamson, Colby Cutaio, Mackenzie Cutaio, Lynzie Cutaio, Landon Smith, Liam Smith, Lyla Smith and Lennox Smith; and one great-grandchild, Oliva Williamson, along with many nieces and nephews.

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