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The Order of Mariners is an honorary distinction made by District 26 to recognize exceptional service and achievement by individual members. Those so honored receive a certificate of membership and the order insignia, which is a silver lapel pin. To qualify as mariner, a member must have earned 15 merit marks and attained Educational Proficiency Status (Advanced Piloting plus three electives). These awards are presented to recipients at their respective squadron’s change of watch.

The order was first activated in 1981 to promote the essential principles of USPS. Its provisos have been modified over time to reflect changing emphasis in the organization. Initially, there were three classes of membership: Mariner, Commodore and Nautic. In 1992, the classes of Commodore and Nautic were discontinued by the Order and administration was relinquished to the District 26 Bridge.

Member

Squadron

Year Recognized

William W. Abbott, Jr., SN

Long Bay

1981-C

J. Tony Adams, AP

Lake Murray

1990, 1995-C

David L. Allen, JN

Lake Murray

2002

Carleton Anderson, AP

Beaufort

1996

Ralph P. Anderson, SN

Long Bay

1989-C

Douglas G. Andrews, SN

Tybee Light

2002

Thomas E. Baldwin, AP

Hilton Head

1996

Leroy M. Barber, Jr.

Lake Murray

2005

William R. Barclay, SN

Hilton Head

1993, 1994-C

Morgan A. Barnhill, AP

Greenville

2001

Kenneth H. Beeber, SN

Charleston

1988-C

David E. Beeson, N

Greenville

1993, 1994-C

Lloyd L. Black, SN

Tybee Light

1989-C

William A. Bair, SN

Beaufort

1996

Horst Boettge, AP

Greenville

2001

Jasper C. Boles, Jr., SN

Greenville

1981-C, 1982-N

David S. Boyd, N

Greenville

1990-C

Scott A. Bridges, JN Lake Murray 2006

Joseph S. Brinkley, Jr., AP

Long Bay

1993-C

Howell S. Brunson, JN

Tybee Light

1988-C

Carlyle R. Bryant, AP

Greenville

1986-C

Wendell W. Buckhaults, AP

Tybee Light

1987, 1994-C

Albert H. Burts, JN

Lake Murray

1988, 1995-C

Edward A. Bush, SN

Hilton Head

1994-C

Kathryn Byrd

Long Bay

2005

Larry D. Byrd, SN

Long Bay

1983, 1994-C

Doug Caley, Jr., AP

Lake Murray

2004

John G. Campbell, AP

Savannah River

1993, 1995-C

Eugene C. Canfield, AP

Charleston

1981-C

Edward M. Carleton, SN

Tybee Light

1981-C

Richard S. Carter, Jr., JN

Savannah River

1983-C

Myron R. Caverly, SN

Savannah River

1981-C, 1983-N

John C. Clark, AP

Charleston

1984

Scott I. Clarke, AP

Lake Murray

1999

Frank R. Clayton, SN

Lake Thurmond

2001

Ted D. Clement, Jr., AP

Greenville

1995

Don J. Coon, Jr., SN

Savannah River

1988-C

Ben W. Covington, Jr., JN

Long Bay

1981-C, 1982-N

Robert V. Dague, SN

Beaufort

1985, 1988-C

Harry L. Darby, SN

Charleston/Tybee Light

1993, 1994-C

Speir W. Daughtry, AP

Tybee Light

1982, 1988-C

Richard J. Diaz, AP

Tybee Light

1993, 1995-C

Father Wilfred M. Dumm, SN

Tybee Light

1984-C

Kenyon C. Eckfield, AP

Tybee Light

2001

H. E. Edwards, Jr., AP

Lake Murray

1994

Bruce R. Elder, JN Tybee Light 2008

Alfred P. Engelmann, SN

Greenville

1992-C

Margaret P. Epps, AP Longbay 2007

Robert G. Epps, AP

Long Bay

2001

Thomas E. Ewing, SN

Long Bay

1981-C

Raymond S. Fedele, JN

Greenville

1994, 1999-C

Fred H. Fellers, Jr., JN

Lake Murray

1994-C

Edward H. Fetner, Jr., SN

Lake Murray

1981-C, 1982-N

Richard H. Finn, AP

Charleston

1993, 1999-C

Gordon N. Flannagan, SN

Savannah River

1984-C

Donald G. Funderburk, SN Tybee Light 2007

James O. Foster, AP

Beaufort

1996

W. H. D. Gaillard, Jr., JN

Tybee Light

1981, 1985-C

Robert J. Garramone, AP

Long Bay

1998

Robert E. Gephart, JN

Hilton Head

1984-C

Vincent Gerolimi, JN

Hilton Head

2001

Leon Piersen Gilbert, AP

Hilton Head

1995

Martin Gipe, N

Charleston

1995, 1999-C

Robert A. Gissell, JN

Charleston

1985, 1988-C

Stanley F. Goodman, AP

Savannah River

1993-C

Allen J. Graham, N

Greenville

1982-C

Jack Green, SN

Greenville

1996-C

Richard Grellner

Hilton Head

2005

Robert L. Grey Lake Murray 2006

Hobart W. Griffin, SN

Beaufort

1993-C

Frederick R. Gruger, N

Greenville

1986-C

James E. Hackett, SN Charleston 2007

James D. Hammersmith, N

Charleston

1991

John W. Harrawood, JN

Long Bay

1996

Fred C. Harwood, JN

Beaufort

1986-C

Robert Hastie, SN Tybee Light 2007

Walter A. Hawley, AP

Tybee Light

1984, 1988-C

John C. Healy, SN

Long Bay

1988-C

W.T. Henderson, Jr., AP

Greenville

1994

Arthur Hill, Jr., AP

Savannah River

1995

Frank I. Hinchcliffe, AP

Beaufort

2004

Randy Hodge, AP

Lake Murray

2004

Charles Hohenstein

Tybee Light

2005

Audie L. Holmes, JN Golden Isles 2008

Arthur F. Holstein, SN

Lake Murray

1981, 1983-N

Carl R. Hookstra, AP

Beaufort

1981-C

George R. Hoxie, AP

Lake Murray

2002

John Y. Huber, AP

Tybee Light

1994-C

Richard W. Hunt, SN

Savannah River

1983-C

Martin Isetts, SN

Greenville

2001

Joseph C. Jacobs, JN

Hilton Head

1995, 1998-C

William H. Jenson, SN

Tybee Light

1995-C

Munford S. Jeter, AP

Charleston

2003  

Carl V. Johnson, AP

Savannah River

1981, 1984-C

J. E. Johnson, SN

Greenville

1988-C

Donald S. Keeler, JN

Hilton Head

2001

R. L. Kirkpatrick, SN

Tybee Light

1994-C

Albert J. Kiser, SN

Savannah River

1991

C. Dean Klahr, Jr., SN

Tybee Light

1993, 1994-C

Edwin G. Kridler, SN Charleston 2008

Alfred N. Kolberg

Hilton Head

2003

Robert W. Kost, Jr., AP

Charleston

1990

Robert Kunkel

Golden Corner Lakes

2005

Louis H. LaMotte, III, AP

Hilton Head

1990, 1999-C

Robert G. Larsen, SN

Greenville

1995, 1999-C

Robert R. Larsen, JN

Lake Murray

1996-C

Charles L. Latimer, N

Greenville

1996-C

George Lee, JN

Charleston

1985, 1987-C

Edward C. Leibfarth

Savannah River

2005

Edward LeVangie, AP

Beaufort

1995

Henry Levy, AP

Tybee Light

1990

Robert Loper

Hilton Head

2005

Alexander Macrae, AP

Long Bay

2001

Arnold I. Martin, SN

Tybee Light

1981-C

Marvin B. McCreery, AP

Tybee Light

1981-C

Carol A. McVey, SN Swamp Fox 2007
James R. McVey, SN Swamp Fox 2007

Ronald L. Messer, SN

Greenville

2001

Allen L. Moss, JN

Hilton Head

2002

W.W. Muckenfuss, Jr., AP

Charleston

1981-C

William F. Mullin, AP

Long Bay

2001

Thomas E. Nease, AP

Tybee Light

1988, 1994-C

Shelby North, N

Long Bay

1994, 1995-C

Claude M. O'Hara, JN

Tybee Light

1981-C, 1983-N

Bruce Parsons, AP

Greenville

1985, 1988-C

Robert G. Pennstrom, SN

Swamp Fox

1993-C

Bradley H. Peters, N

Tybee Light

1996-C

Robert A. Peters, AP

Hilton Head

1993-C

Stephen G. Phillips, SN

Savannah River

2001

Waldo A. Phinney, Jr.

Beaufort

2005

Frank Pilia, AP

Swamp Fox

1983, 1986-C

Lloyd E. Pitts, AP

Lake Murray

2004

James C. Pruitt Jr., SN

Lake Hartwell

2002

Willfred B. Race, AP

North Strand

2002

James M. Rakes, SN

Lake Murray

2004

Daniel D. Ray, SN

Greenville

1991-C

George E. Reilly

Hilton Head

2005

Delia V. Rettew, SN

Greenville

1999-C

Richard E. Rettew, SN

Greenville

1981-C, 1982-N

Charles Rhea, JN

Charleston

1986-C

Blake G. Roberts, SN

Greenville

1990-C

Robert L. Roberts, AP

Tybee Light

2001

James B. Robinson, AP

Savannah River

1981, 1982-C

William A. Roehl, SN

Tybee Light

1995-C

Ralph S. Rustin, AP

Charleston

1986-C

W. Dale Sandburg, AP

Savannah River

1995

Joseph L. Schady, Jr., SN Charleston 2007

Charles W. Schuler, SN

North Strand

1998

Marianne M. Schuler, AP

North Strand

2002

Majorie K. Schulte, SN

Charleston

1998-C

Victor B. Schwartz

Charleston

2003

G. Frank Semken, AP

Tybee Light

1981, 1985-C

Joyce Shaw, AP

Swamp Fox

1999

David C. Shaw, AP

Swamp Fox

1993-C

John L. Sikes, AP

Charleston

1998

John R. Simmons, JN

Lake Murray

1990-C

Elvin W. Simms, AP

Tybee Light

1993, 1994-C

Hart R. Sineath, Jr., AP

Tybee Light

1995, 1999-C

Jack D. Slater, AP

Tybee Light

1983, 1988-C

Frederick A. Smith, JN

Charleston

1995

Allan J. Snyder, AP

Beaufort

1994

Peter E. Stevenson, AP Lake Hartwell 2008

William D. Strayhorn, AP

Savannah River

1988-C

Donald L. Stewart, AP

Tybee Light

2002

Carl D. Swartzmiller, AP

Lake Murray

2001

E. Gray Swingle, AP

Savannah River

1981, 1984-C

Fred W. Taylor, AP

Charleston

1981-C

William H. Taylor, Jr., AP

Greenville

1991

Thomas A. Terry, SN

Tybee Light

1986-C

Robert J. Thompson, III, SN

Greenville

1995-C

Archie W. Trawick, SN

Lake Murray

2002

Dean Van Dyke, AP

Beaufort

1985, 1988-C

Ron E. Van Stolk, N

Tybee Light

2001

Lowell G. Ward, SN

Hilton Head

1994-C

John W. Wegener, AP

Tybee Light

1981, 1982-C

Charles P. Weiland, AP

Beaufort

1983, 1987-C

Thomas C. Welch, AP

Charleston

1986-C

Paul R. Whitten, AP

Tybee Light

1993-C

Frederick C. Wickmann, AP

Charleston

1986-C

William W. Wilkes, JN

Swamp Fox

2001

John H. Williams, AP

Tybee Light

1984, 1998-C

Elmer H. Williamson, JN

Lake Murray

1993-C

John P. Wilson, AP

Lake Murray

2001

William E. Winter, AP

Beaufort

1993

Hilary M. Winters, SN

Charleston

1982-C

Edwin T. Wood, SN

Hilton Head

2001

Lewis R. Woods, JN

Tybee Light

1981, 1984-C

Glenn F. Workman, SN Charleston 2008

William A. Yates, Jr., AP

Charleston

1993

"C" after the year represents Commodore status and "N" after the year represents Nautic status prior to those designations being discontinued.

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