Oral History Interview with Charles Schaub, April 4, 2003
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Schaub. He was born on 10 October 1928 in Washington, Pennsylvania and enlisted into the Navy in October 1945. Immediately after enlisting, he was sent to Camp Perry, a Seabee training base in Virginia. He describes the conditions in the camp and his experiences while undergoing eight weeks of basic training. Due to his aptitude with the Morse Code, he was sent to radio school in Bainbridge, Maryland for five months. Schaub graduated in May 1946, and volunteered for Submarine School for advanced training in radio, sonar and radar in Groton, Connecticut. In December 1946 he was sent to the USS Greenfish (SS-351), and following a short cruise to the Caribbean, he was transferred to the Brooklyn Naval Receiving Station in April 1947 to decommission USS LST-506. In September 1947 he was transferred to the USS Steinaker (DD-863) for two years. During his second cruise he was transferred to the USS Cone (DD-866), where he served as a radio operator. In August 1949 he reenlisted and was transferred to the USS Cobbler (SS-344). In June 1950 he was transferred to the USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) where he spent the following three years. Schaub provides an anecdote about meeting his future bride while attached to the Sea Leopard. In August 1953 he volunteered for duty at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where he spent a year before transferring back to Groton and duty on the USS Diablo (SS-479). He also spent time on three other submarines homeported in Groton over the following three years before transferring in July 1957 to the USS Peto (SS-265), a reserve training submarine in Houston, Texas. Schaub followed that assignment with six months at Radioman "B" School in Bainbridge, Maryland and was transferred to the USS Conger (SS-477) in June 1960. He recalls his experiences serving on the Sub Ron Two staff, including a cruise to the Mediterranean on the staff of Submarine Division 101, embarked on the USS Skylark (ASR-20), when the ship's keel was damaged in a storm in January 1962. Upon returning from the Med he was transferred to the USS George Washington (SSBN- 598), the first submarine to carry ballistic nuclear missiles. He reported aboard the George Washington in Holyloch, Scotland prior to going out on Polaris Patrol. He retired in 1965.
Oral History Interview with Charles Schaub, April 4, 2003, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1604275
Oral History Interview with Charles Schaub, April 4, 2003, audio recording, April 4, 2003; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1608087/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.