After a major modification in 1958 and 1959, the forward torpedo tubes were removed and the bow replaced by a blunt nose and a mushroom anchor was installed. A 23-foot section was added between the Forward Battery and the Torpedo Room to house the experimental Long Range Sonar Detection (LORAD) equipment. The number three 1600 HP diesel and 1120 KW generator were removed and replaced by an air conditioning system for support of the sonar equipment. These modifications increased her length to 330', surface displacement to 2,220 Tons, and submerged displacement to 2,600 Tons. These modifications decreased her surface speed to 10.5 kts and submerged speed to 8 kts.

The original main propulsion motor reduction gear drives for the propeller shafts, were also replaced by direct drive motors in order to reduce ship-generated noise. Because of these modifications and new mission, her designation was changed from an "SS" (submersible ship) to "AGSS" (auxiliary general submersible ship).

HISTORY

Obituary Capt. Benjamin C. Jarvis dies - sub skipper Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer (San Francisco), March 22, 2008 Benjamin C. Jarvis was a legend in the submarine service in World War II, receiving the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" for taking on Japanese gunboats and sinking an enemy convoy during surface attacks in 1945. A tall, powerfully built man whose crew referred to him as "Big Ben," Capt. Jarvis died at his home in Fairfield on Feb. 22 at age 91. He was one of the last surviving submarine skippers from the war. The cause of death, his family said, was non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Capt. Jarvis was a member of a family that traced its roots back to an ancestor who landed in Virginia in 1657, and he was also related to George Washington, his family said. He began life on a farm in Arkansas, where his family owned cotton plantations. He was inspired to join the Navy by Adm. Richard E. Byrd, the famous Antarctic explorer who was his father's college roommate. The young Jarvis went to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., where he played on the football team and earned honors as commander of the cadet color company. He graduated in 1939 as a commissioned officer. He was posted to the Atlantic fleet as a gunnery officer aboard the battleship Idaho, but he was drawn to the submarine service and was selected for the Navy's submarine school in New London, Conn. He made 14 wartime patrols - three as commanding officer of the submarine Baya. The Baya had a fine reputation, according to Eugene Conrad, an enlisted man whose war recollections are posted on the Internet. In the spring of 1945, the Baya, then operating in the shallow waters off Thailand and what was then French Indochina, made a surface attack on a convoy protected by two enemy gunboats. The Baya's first attack was beaten back by the enemy warships. The Japanese came so close that the Americans could see the individual Japanese firing away and machine-gun bullets ricocheted off the Baya's conning tower. Another submarine attacked the convoy the next day, but was lost with all hands. Capt. Jarvis brought his boat back in another attack at close quarters and again was driven off again. The next week, however, he found a convoy of four ships - also protected by a gunboat escort - and sank them all, according to war records. All three of these operations were daring. The water was only 42 feet deep, too shallow to submerge, and Capt. Jarvis made all his attacks on the surface with few options to escape. The citation accompanying the Navy Cross, the Navy's highest award for valor, called the action "one of the outstanding attacks of this war." It was "beautifully executed," the citation read, and Capt. Jarvis "distinguished himself in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy." After the war, he stayed in the Navy and served as commanding officer of submarines and surface ships, as well as staff officer duties. He also served on special missions with the British, Belgian, Danish, Dutch, French, Turkish, Peruvian and Japanese navies. He retired after 34 years of naval service with the rank of captain in 1968. He worked as an executive for Campbell Industries in San Diego for 11 years after that. He then lived in Sonoma and Fairfield, often giving lectures on his wartime service. He is survived by his daughter, Sharon, of Stockton; two sons, Whitby of Castro Valley and Benjamin of Mountain View; and by five grandchildren. His wife, Cecilia, died in 2002; they had been married 62 years. Capt. Jarvis requested that no services be held. The family prefers memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society.

Sank: Kinagasa Maru-8407 Tons-Transport	Oct. 7th 1944 2200-CO Holtz
Sank: Palembang Maru-5236 Tons-Oiler	Mar. 4th 1945 0200-CO Jarvis
Sank: Kainan Maru-524 Tons-Net Tender	Mar. 21st 1945 0100-CO Jarvis
Sank: Yosei Maru-2594 Tons-Oiler	May 13th 1945 0400-CO Jarvis
Sank: Kari-840 Tons-Torpedo Boat	Jul. 16th 1945 0300-CO Jarvis

**The above information:US and Allied Submarine Successes in the Pacific and Far East During World War II by CDR John Alden-2nd Edition, October 1999 and is derived in great part from recently declassified "Ultra" Japanese messages from WWII archives.

In September of 1945, BAYA left Subic Bay and arrived at San Francisco on the September 24th and began preparations for inactivation. On May 14, 1946 the BAYA went out of commission and placed in reserve at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California. BAYA was re-commissioned February 10, 1948 with CDR John D. Mason as the CO. She was converted to an experimental submarine to conduct experiments for the Naval Electronics Laboratory (NEL) and gather scientific data off the west coast of Canada during November and December of 1948 during a Joint American-Canadian Task Force operation. In 1949, BAYA was turned over to NEL at San Diego, California to become a sonar test ship. All torpedo loading and handling gear in the forward torpedo room was removed to provide space for the experimental sonar equipment. From July through September of 1949, she made a cruise to the Artic to gather scientific data in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. On August 12, 1949, BAYA was redesignated as an AGSS.

From July to October of 1955 BAYA conducted experimental research in the Pacific Ocean around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During 1958 and 1959, BAYA underwent a major modification at Mare Island Naval Shipyard to remove her forward torpedo tubes, add a new section to her hull, and other modifications to support new sonar equipment. In 1961, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, BAYA went to Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco for what the Navy thought was an overhaul. The crew however, saw this as an opportunity to get everything on board that could be chrome-plated or polished that wasn't already chrome plated or polished, fixed up and shined up. You needed to wear sunglasses anywhere below decks. What a pretty sight. Each division tried to out do all the other divisions. This was one boat that should have been made in to a museum and not sold as scrap. Other sonar modifications were made in 1962 and 1963. In 1964, the BRASS-II sonar equipment and a second set of LORAD hydrophone "wings" were added. All remaining fire control and weapons equipment were removed leaving the BAYA completely demilitarized. The BAYA continued to serve NEL and made her final West Pac run in 1972. She was finally decommissioned and stricken from the Naval List on October 30, 1972. She was sold for $142,615 to be scrapped by the National Metal and Steel Company of Terminal Island, California.

BAYA'S LAST WAR PATROL

This story written by Eugene Conrad was submitted to me by his daughter Ellen Finn, who wanted to share her father's recollections of the last Baya War Patrol. Thanks Ellen, Dan.

THE LAST WAR PATROL

by Eugene Conrad

It was early June of 1945 when I was informed that I was being transferred from relief crew to the ships company of U.S.S. Baya. Baya, a fleet submarine of the U.S. Navy was destined to make a patrol in the south Java Sea with a mission to seek out and destroy enemy shipping. Until that time I had been a member of Submarine Division 302 stationed in the harbor of Freemantle, Australia, just south of Perth, where we were kept busy refitting U.S. submarines returning from war patrols. My first feeling upon hearing the news of the transfer was one of youthful exuberance, after all I was just twenty-one, and now I was going to get a chance to engage the enemy on the high seas. A new crew member of a submarine is always curious about the past performance of the "boat" he is shipping out on, the type of man the skipper is, and the general attitude of the crew. From the grapevine I learned that Baya had destroyed eight to ten enemy ships and that her skipper was Lieutenant Commander Ben Jarvis, affectionately referred to as "Big Ben" among the crew. "Big Ben" reputedly had an expanded chest measurement of 57 inches and as I was to find out later, the battle alarm clock which called the crew to general quarters was known as "Big Ben's alarm clock". "Big" was an understatement where Captain Jarvis was concerned, indeed, he must have been the colossus of the submarine service, and if a larger submariner existed I would fail to understand his reasons for accepting the limited confines of a submarine. Although I was never so intimate with Captain Jarvis as to confirm his chest measurements, I might best describe him as light complected, square-jawed, standing somewhere around six feet - four inches in height and weighing in at 225 pounds or more. He was about thirty years old, talked with an Arkansas drawl, was well respected by his crew, and above all, he impressed me as a man of good moral character. Exact dates have disappeared into the oblivion of time, but it was about the 14th of June when Baya set sail northward from Freemantle. We were a day and a half at sea when a fire occurred in the maneuvering room which damaged some vital electrical cable and it necessitated a return to Freemantle for repairs. This incident facilitated additional shore leave for the crew and we were all briefed on secrecy before taking liberty. On June 20th th we steamed out once more, headed for Lombok Strait which was to be our passageway from the Indian Ocean to the Java Sea.

My first assignment on Baya was in the crew's mess where along with another seaman named Robinson, I helped set up tables, serve food, wash dishes, etc.. As Baya edged northward from the Tropic of Capricorn she began to plow through turbulent waters, as was evidenced by a feeling of butterflies in the stomachs of certain members of he crew, of which I was no exception. As the choppy waters continued to prevail, the crew continued to consume more soda crackers. Probably the hardest hit was "Robby", my mess hall partner, and he requested that I set up the tables and allow him to wash dishes, since a slop jar was available at the sink which was convenient for his periodic regurgitations. All this was accepted by the crew as matter-of-fact and they continued to munch their meals with the usual candor. About the fourth night of our voyage we reached the approaches of Lombok Strait. The strait was about nine miles across at its narrowest point, with the Japanese holding the land on both sides, and due to the water depth or current it was expedient to pass through it on the surface. "Big Ben" was on the bridge as Baya made her way through the pass and we arrived at the general region of our patrol area without incident. We had not yet been on station a week when we made our first contact with the enemy at about 0500 hours. It was a patrol craft similar to one of our own PC's and of a type referred to by American submarine men as a "Spit Kit". Baya closed in on the target, firing six torpedoes in two spreads of three each, but no hits were scored. However, by this time the enemy craft was alerted to our presence and began bearing down upon us. The klaxton sounded and he order went out - "Take her down" - then… "Rig for depth charge and silent running". The hunter now became the hunted. We submerged to the test depth of the boat and proceeded at a speed of three knots on our main motors. "Silent running" meant that the air cooling system was turned off and that all hydraulic pumps were shut down to conserve our battery charge and to maintain silence so that we might elude our predator. The conditions of silent running had an even greater significance to the crew inside Baya: when submerged we breathed the same air, but now it was not being cooled or recirculated; and with hydraulic pumps shut down it required a great deal more energy to steer the boat. The air became hot, stale and sickening and the decks inside the boat were wet with human perspiration. The word went out that seamen were needed at the helm in the control room and I was sent forward to bear a hand. I had just taken the wheel when an order was given to come from 15 degrees left to 15 degrees right. I began to pump the wheel and as I watched the needle move over to the ordered position, beads of sweat stood out on my forehead. Then a sickening feeling came over me; I felt nauseated and dizzy. "I don't feel well", I said. "What are you trying to do - make admiral" asked one of the petty officers. I made my way back to the crew's quarters and a short while later in the passageway; I realized that the diminishing supply of oxygen in our environment greatly reduced the efficiency of the human machine. Soon I began to hear depth charges exploding; I counted fourteen explosions, but they seemed to be at a safe distance from Baya. At about 0800 hours we surfaced after having escaped our pursuer and I was exhilarant when cool air began to recirculate throughout the boat. We immediately began to set up breakfast in the crew's mess and about three hours later, after we had secured the mess hall, I could still wring perspiration from my undershirt which I had used a sweat rag.

In the days that followed I was transferred to look-out duty and my battle station was now in the forward torpedo room. At the same time "Robby", my cohort in the crew's mess, was also transferred to look-out duty. It was customary procedure to trim-dive Baya every other morning since keeping the trim tanks with proper water content allowed her to dive speedily and efficiently. To become submerged quickly was a matter of major importance to the safety of all hands, and every man was required to read and become familiar with the diving procedure written up by the executive officer which concluded with something like this: "…40 seconds is a good dive, 50 seconds is poor, 60 seconds is suicide. Remember men, all our eggs are tied up in one basket."

When Baya made a dive all look-outs and personnel on the bridge would yell "clear the bridge" to insure that everyone "got the word" and then came a mad scramble to get below deck. This mad scramble ensued whether it was an actual emergency or just a trim-dive since it was believed that it kept the crew in tune for battle. It was on the morning of one of these trim-dives that "Robby" was injured. In the process of descending he either bumped the ladder or his binoculars flew up and struck him in the teeth. At any rate, one of his teeth was broken off and another one or two pushed up into the gum. The following day we made a rendezvous with a sub going back to Australia and "Robby" was transferred by rubber boat for the purpose of receiving dental surgery at a land-based hospital. Outside of "Robby's" injury, the three weeks following our encounter with the Jap "Spit Kit" were relatively uneventful. The waters were smooth and on occasion we would see a lonely island, or a native sailboat probably fishing for the protein of the local diet. Then one evening at about 3000 hours we made an enemy contact. The target was a Japanese torpedo ship and Baya began to close the range. The order came down to make ready on the bow tubes; then…"Fire one…Fire two". Each time the torpedo man on the mechanical firing mechanism reported that the torpedo had fired electrically. There were seconds of silent waiting, then---Wham! One of our torpedoes had scored a hit and a cheer went up in the forward room. Baya immediately submerged and rigged for depth charge. There were minutes of waiting as we tried to determine if the enemy craft's propellers were still active. No propeller sounds were discernible on our sonar apparatus and it appeared that the wounded ship was floundering. Baya upped periscope and the first information was that the stricken ship was afire from the bridge to the stern. Baya reeled about bringing her stern to bear on the target and the order was given to make ready on the stern torpedo tubes. Two more torpedoes were fired from the after torpedo room and again there was a mighty explosion. Baya upped scope once more, but this time there was nothing left to view since our quarry had disappeared into the depths of the Java Sea. That night the baker made two cakes and decorated each with a Japanese battle flag-one for each torpedo room. Baya was to have only one more encounter with the enemy and this was a surface engagement with three small ships, during which she inflicted heavy damage upon one of them with gunfire. Shortly after this we "hightailed" it for port. On the morning of July 31, 1945 Baya pulled into Subic Bay in the Philippine Islands and tied up alongside a submarine tender after having completed a successful war mission. It was her fifth and last patrol of World War II. Within the next two weeks, while Baya was being refitted for sea duty, came the news that rocked the world - the explosion of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a cessation of hostilities which ultimately led to the end of the war. Many years have passed since that voyage and, although it wasn't exactly a voyage of pleasantries, it still remains a most memorable travel experience.

Personal History:

I n March 1960 I left Sheridan, Wyo. went to boot camp and EM "A" school in San Diego, and then on to New London for sub school. After graduation in Jan 61, I was transferred to the BAYA in San Diego. The BAYA's bow is 12 feet above the waterline and made a good launch platform for four guys who threw my skinny 135 lb body high into the air before I hit the water in San Diego Bay when I earned my dolphins. In 1962 I then went to Mare Island and Idaho Falls for Nuke School, and in Jan 1963 was transferred to the Sculpin SSN 590 back in San Diego. In 65, I went to EM "B" School in Great lakes and then on to the precom unit of the George Washington Carver SSBN 656 in Newport News. I made three patrols on the Carver for the Blue crew out of New London, and in 1968, transferred to the precom unit of the Seahorse SSN 669. Made CPO in 1969. After commissioning, the Seahorse was home ported in Charleston. During 70 through 72 I was assigned as the Navy Recruiter in Ames, Iowa. After Iowa, I went back to San Diego and reported on the Drum SSN677. After leaving the Drum, I was assigned to the S1C prototype at Windsor, Ct in 1975, made E-8, and became the Senior Instructor. In 1978 I was transferred to the nuclear repair group on the USS Hunley AS-31 in Guam. Then transferred to the USS Proteus AS -19 as the Assistant Nuclear Repair Officer when she returned to Guam from upkeep in Long Beach. Made E-9 in 79, and retired from the Navy in May 1980.

After retiring, I returned to Sheridan, Wyo. and worked for a year as an electrician at the Spring Creek Coal mine in Decker, Mt. Due to a reduction of force, I had to leave Wyoming and took a job with United Nuclear Corp. in Hanford Washington, with the training department for the N-Reactor. I have been working in numerous training areas with UNC, Westinghouse, and the current Hanford Site subcontractor Fluor Hanford Inc. Kennewick, Washington has been our home for the past 18 years.

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• Braun, Carl A--EN2--From 7/48 to 10/50--axel@digitalpassage.com--Jacksboro, TX
• Bronner Jr, Riginald G--SOS3--From 60 to 62--regybear@aol.com--Belmont, CA
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Crew List from 1954 Thanksgiving Day Menu. Courtesy Art Randall

OFFICERS
1. LT E. M. MASICA, Commanding Officer
2. LT G. S. RAY, Executive Officer
3. LTJG D. W. DeCOOK, Communications Officer
4. LTJG W. W. von CHIRSTIERSON, Gunnery Officer
5. LTJG S. S. HELLMAN, Commissary Officer
6. LTJG J. R. KUZIA, Supply Officer

Chief Petty Officers
1. J. KREIS, TMC (Chief of the Boat)
2. A. E. RAGOS, ENC
3. C. D. MILLER, HMC
4. T. T. BLASINGAME, RMCA
5. G. L. WADE, EMC
6. E. L. CARL, ENC
7. W. WARREN, QMC
8. F. H. FOGG, ENC

Crew
1. ADAMS, O.T., TM2
2. ALLEN, R.H., EM1
3. ARBOGAST, P.D., SA
4. AUGUSTINE, D., IC3
5. BAGLEY, W.E., Jr., SA
6. BAKER, R.D., TM2
7. BASHER, D., CS3
8. BROWN, E.K., CS1
9. BROWN, R.H., RMSN
10. CAMPBELL, R., SD1
11. CASTEN, J.R. EM3
12. COCKRAN, ME., SN
13. DICKINSON, N.R., EN1
14. DUDMAN, P.A., RM3
15. EAGENY, D.C., SN
16. EATON, G.G., END1
17. ENRIGHT, E.A., SA
18. EVANS, T. FN
19. FLEMING, L., TN
20. GAMORAS, A.D., RM2
21. GAYLOR, R., ET2
22. GRACE, A.L., FT3
23. HALL, R.C., EM3
24. HEES, M.T., RM3
25. HOGAN, R.H. GM2
26. HOSE, A.E., SO1
27. JOHNSON, B.C., EM2
28. LARSEN, N., EN1
29. LOVETTE, C.E. SN
30. MCGUIRE, W.E., EM1
31. METCALF, T.M., EN1
32. MILLIGAN, R.L., FN
33. MOODY, P.L., EN1
34. MUELLER, J.R., ET3
35. PAVLAT, R.L., RMSN
36. PETTY, R.L., SN
37. POTEAT, E.L., EN1
38. QUINN, J.A., SN
39. RANDALL, A.M., YN1
40. ROSS, C.R., EN3
41. RUD, A.A., EN1
42. SEALS, N.J., EM3
43. SHIELDS, T.A., QM3
44. SINCLAIR, R.A., SN
45. SMITH, A.E., QM1
46. SMITH, M.M., ETSN
47. STULCE, J.C., QM2
48. THOMPSON, D.R., CS2
49. TREBONI, L.A., FN
50. VERDINE, J.D., IC3
51. WISE, L.S., SN