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USS Elokomin Plank Owner Passes Away
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Walter F. Root of Mendham died at home on
Saturday, April 25, 2009, after a long illness. He was 85.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Mendham Borough First Aid Squad, P.O. Box 131, Mendham, N.J. 07945 would be appreciated by the family. -
Published in the Star Ledger on 4/8/2009 |
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Please note that the following
contact information has been changed.
For Applications, Crew Rosters,
Taps Listing, etc. the new
Secretaries are Dick & Yvonne
Crossman
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The USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55) was an auxiliary oiler of the
United States Navy, attached to Service Force, Atlantic Fleet. All Oilers of the Navy, by tradition, are named after
rivers with Indian names; the ELOKOMIN was no exception. The ELOKOMIN river is a small river, 22 miles in length, which
is located in Wahkiaukum County in the state of Washington.
The name
of the river was given by the local Indians and means “lost hunter or chief”. This was derived from an old legend
concerning an Indian Chief being lost in the canyons along the upper Elokomin. To this day, there is some dispute as to the
proper spelling of the river’s name. Locally, it is spelled ELOCHOMAN, however, the Federal and State governments spell
it ELOKOMIN.
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