Perch Base's Beginning

Perch Base USSVI started as a meeting on April 1, 1995 of nine submarine veterans on the patio of Jim Newman's house. (Jim was the first Base Commander and our current Base Historian.)

	This was the sign-in sheet from that first meeting.
This is the charter establishing Perch Base, which was granted by the national headquarters of the USSVI. Use your mouse to click on the image to see a full size picture of the charter.
	Then USSVI National Commander Charles Marin, presents the Perch Base its Charter to Jim Newman and Frank Rumbaugh -- Commander and Vice Commander -- of the Base on Sept. 23, 1995. The date of the charter, and Base "birthday," is June 20, 1995.