USS John Marshall bell escorted to Texas for submarine crew reunion

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 04:32 · Archive

The bell from the USS John Marshall, a decommissioned nuclear submarine, was escorted from Marshall University in West Virginia to San Antonio for a former crew reunion.

The bell from the USS John Marshall, a nuclear submarine decommissioned in 1992, left Marshall University's campus on Tuesday morning in a ceremonial convoy headed to San Antonio, Texas. Police officers, the American Legion and former crew members escorted the bell, with American Legion Post #93 taking the convoy to Grayson, Kentucky, where another American Legion Post took over.

Marshall University had housed the bell for more than two decades. Allowing the former crew members to transport it for the reunion required a release from the National Register. Edward Walker, American Legion membership chair for the Department of West Virginia, explained the significance: 'This is the first time that they've done something like this because you just don't transport a ship's bell. The Navy guards their bells and hold them in high esteem.'

The USS John Marshall was an Ethan Allen-class submarine commissioned in May 1962 that served as a fleet ballistic submarine and attack submarine. It is the only US Navy ship named after Founding Father John Marshall. About 80 former crew members are expected at the reunion. The bell will return to Marshall University following the gathering.

How it is being reported

• Bell from former US Navy submarine released by Marshall for crew reunionHUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — A long line of vehicles departed Marshall University's Memorial Student Center Tuesday morning, forming an escort headed to San Antonio, Texas. The VIP was a ship's bell from the USS John Marshall. Former sailors of the now-decommissioned nuclear submarine are meeting in the Lone Star State for a crew reunion. Police [...]Wowktv · 21 Oct, 04:09
• ‘This is the first time that they’ve done something like this’: Bell from USS John Marshall escorted from Huntington to San AntonioThe USS John Marshall bell was escorted from Marshall University’s campus to Texas for a reunion of the submarine’s crew.WSAZ · 20 Oct, 21:46

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