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- U.S. Navy Cruise Book
Captain Raymond Henry Bass
Captain Raymond Henry Bass was graduated from the U.S Naval Academy with the commission of Ensign, in 1931. His first sea duty, in 1931-1933, was in the aircraft carrier Lexington. He then went from the largest ship to the smallest, switching to submarines in 1933.
As a junior officer, his submarine duty included tours of duty in the S2-, Porpoise, and Snapper. He was skipper of the S-20 when the U.S entered the war in 1941. There followed two and a half war years in command of the submarines Plunger and Runner II in the Pacific. Under his command, the Plunger made six successive patrols, during which the vessel’s torpedoes earned a Navy Unit Citation for his command. The Plunger was the only submarine to succeed in making two round trips into the closely guarded Sea of Japan.
Back in the States, he made a speaking tour for Navy school to help spur volunteers for submarine duty and then to command the new submarine, Runner II, which his wife christened. This new submarine reached the Pacific in time to make one patrol off Honshu searching for mines ahead of Admiral Halsey’s fleet. An anti-submarine patrol interfering with this hazardous mission was sunk with three torpedoes. He was on his way into the Sea of Japan for a third time when he was ordered instead to lead a squadron of twelve submarines into Tokyo Bay for the surrender on VJ Day.
Following the war, Captain Bass served as a submarine Division Commander in the Canal Zone, and as Operations officer for Commander Submarine Force, Atlantic. In 1951 he was the Navy member of the U.S. team in Copenhagen which negotiated the Greeenland Base Rights Agreement. He commanded Submarine Squadron Ten in 1952-1953.
From August 1953 to July 1954 he held command of the APA USS Rockbridge, which was awarded the Amphibious Battle Effiency Plaque for her competition group for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1954.
Just prior to relieving Captain Kirkpatrick, Captain Bass terminated a two year tour in the Strategic Plans Division and Long-Range Objectives Group in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
Evansville Courier & Press
Indiana, Thursday, November 3, 2005
Raymond H. Bass
Raymond H. Bass, 78, of Evansville died Tuesday, November 1, 2005, at the VNA Charlier Hospice Center. Raymond was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in WWII and was a member of American Legion Post No. 44. He retired from George Koch Sons in 1989 after 28 years of service. Raymond is survived by his wife of 42 years, Leona Bass of Evansville; daughter, Sharon Roach of Evansville; sons, Roy Bass of Atlanta, Georgia, Mike Bass of Hatfield, Indiana, and Roger Bass of Evansville; stepdaughters, Connie Lanigan of Niceville, Florida, and Debbie Nachtnebel of Evansville; seven grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a brother, Roy W. Bass of Griffin, Georgia. Memorial service will be 7 p.m. Friday, November 4, 2005, at Alexander Newburgh Chapel, officiated by Reverend Ernest Stair. Vanderburgh County Retired Veterans Memorial Club will be conducting military rites. Friends may call Friday from 4 p.m. to service time at Alexander Newburgh Chapel. Entombment will be at Alexander Memorial Park at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA Charlier Hospice Center. Condolences may be made online at www.mem.com Arrangements by Alexander Newburgh Chapel, 5333 State Road 261, Newburgh, Indiana 47630, (812) 853-0077.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1926 - 2005 (78 years)