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There were three commissioning crew's.  In addition to BANG's original commissioning after construction and launch in 1943,  BANG was decommissioned and placed in the reserve (mothball) fleet after WWII on February 12, 1947.  Brought out of reserve for the cold war, she was recommissioned on February 1, 1951.   On May 15, 1952 BANG was again decommissioned for modernization and conversion to a GUPPY IIA submarine.  BANG rejoined the fleet following her third and final commissioning on October 4, 1952.

BANG was finally decommissioned from the US Navy for the last time on September 28, 1972 upon transfer to Spain and being renamed the COSME GARCÍA  (S-34).   COSME GARCÍA continued to serve in the Spanish navy for another 10 years. The first commissioning crew and the final decommissioning crew as well as the second and third commissioning crews are memorialized here.

Commissioning Crew
USS BANG (SS385)
4 December 1943

GALLAHER, Antone Renkl Lcdr - CO	WELCH, Brian Grant Lt
BAGBY, Oliver Walton Lt - XO	WARDEN, James E. S. Ltjg
JONES, John Francis Lt	BRONSON, Earl Dean Ens
O'BRIEN, Edward Francis Lt	RILEY, JR, Peter Joseph Bos'n

ASHMORE, James CMoMM(PA) - COB	BARRELL, David Clarence CEM(AA)
PARKER, John Alexander CTM(AA)

BATES, Bert Samuel GM2	KOCI, Richard Harold MoMM3
BENSON, Raymond Frank RT2	KRACKER, Edward Henry EM3
BAIRS, Kopel Sidney S2	KRAIMER, Harold Charles EM1
CALDWELL, John Robert SC2	LAFONTAINE, Joseph Charles TM3
CARDAMONE, David Gabriel TM1	LANE, LeRoy Richard EM1c
CARLSON, Roger LaVerne SC3	LARSON, Leonard Paul TM2
CHAMP, Joseph Walter QM3	LASATA, John Casmir MoMM2
CONN, Dwight William RM2	LEMMON, John Paul MoMM1
CRENSHAW, Jack Henry PhM1	LITTLER, James Leslie Y1
DUFFY, Pearce Rally S2	LOWE, Eugene Thomas S2
EISFELDT, JR, Gustave RM1	MAYER, Joseph James RM1
FERRIS, William Foster MoMM3	MCCULLY, Willie Joe EM3
FISK, Harold Roy SC1	MCLAUGHLIN, JR, Charles Francis MoMM1
FLOYD, Cecil Earl FC3	MEYER, Edward Joseph TM1
FOGLESONG, Lloyd Wilber MoMM1	MURPHY, Bernard William MoMM2
GALE, Robert Franklin QM2	NORDMARK, Sigvard Julius F3
GOSS, George Henry EM1	OGDEN, Herbert Richard SM2
GURREN, JR, Edward John MoMM1	PALLO, Stephen Charles MoMM3
HANSEN, Philip Edward MoMM2	RELICH, Nick S1
HEINZ, Vincent Francis MoMM2	REYNOLDS, JR, Lewis James EM1
HERZOG, Robert Benjamin S2	REIL, Harold Jerome S1
HOLMAN, Earl Thomas MoMM1	ROSENFELD, Daniel Marshall F2
HOLT, Carl Chester StM2	ROWLES, JR, Elijah StM2
HUTCHINS, Joseph Ray MoMM2	RUZEK, JR, John S1
JOHNSON, Russel Carl MoMM2	SALEWSKE, Alfred William MoMM3
JONES, Donzil Law S2	SALVESEN, John Adolf TM3
JUTSTROM, Robert Alfred MoMM2	SCHAEFER, George Edwin TM3
KAWITZKY, Henry Orist EM3	TOMER, Phillip Charles S1
KEIM, Walter Walker TM3	TRUJILLO, Avelino S2
KERSBERGEN, Donald Frank S2	VALENTINE, Elgin Richard EM2
KIRK, Calvin Lee S2	VANGEN,Willard Roy EM2
KNIGHT, Ralph Marion MoMM3	WAGNER, Virl Reeves TM3
WALTERS, Carl Clifford SM1

Decommissioning Crew
USS BANG (SS385)
28 September 1972