USS MENHADEN (SS-377) DECOMMISSIONING
 
AUGUST 13th, 1971
 
After the Decommissioning Ceremony, Commander Les Guille (with the black folder) is talking with some of the guests. The Officer in the middle (with his left hand on his hip) is Commander James P. Crowder, Jr., Menhaden's Commanding Officer from August, 1962, until April, 1964. The two young ladies on the right (standing near the chairs) are Katherine and Sarah Guille, Les' daughters, and to their right (wearing the black, white and green checked dress) is Les' wife, Nancy Guille.
 
 Commander James P. Crowder, Jr., with his eldest son, Midshipman James Michael Crowder, Naval Academy Class of 1974. "Michael" followed in his father's footsteps and served aboard the nuclear fast attack submarine, USS Puffer (SSN-652).
 
(Images Courtesy of Ava and Bruce Crowder, daughter-in-law and son of Commander James P. Crowder, Jr.)