Glen W. Paxton's Naval Service
submitted by Michael Bell, Son-in-law 

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Glen was the son of Osa Karns, sister of my father Elmer Karns. Glen was an avid genealogical researcher, especially in his retirement years.

Enlisted US Navy Reserve - 7 October 1942 - Dodge City and to USNRS, Kansas City, Missouri
Great Lakes Naval Training Station - 8 October 1942 to 18 November 1942
Amphibious Force Training Base - Little Creek, Virginia - 20 November 1942 to 8 May 1945 
Rec. Sta., Navy Yard, (R), Charleston, SC - 9 May 1945 to 23 May 1945 
U. S. S. LMS(R) 411 - 23 May 1945 to 17 Jan 1946 
17 January 1946 - discharged from U.S. Navy Reserve for immediate enlistment in the regular Navy. 
U. S. S. LMS(R) 411 - 18 January 1946 to 27 April 1946 
U. S. S. LMS 344 - 27 April 1946 to 6 May 1947 
U.S. Naval Station, Treasure Island, San Francisco - received for temporary duty - 5 June 1947 to 17 June 1947 
U. S. S. Bausell (DD845) - 19 June 1947 to 18 February 1949. 
USN Submarine Base School, New London, CT - 22 March 1949 to 24 May 1949 
U. S. S. Trumpetfish (SS425), New London, CT - 26 May 1949 to 13 Aug 1951 
U. S. S. Spikefish (SS404), New London, CT - 20 Aug 1951 to 11 Aug 1952 
U. S. S. Torsk (SS423), New London, CT - 11 Aug 1952 to 23 Apr 1955 
U. S. Naval Schools Command, Norfolk, VA for TAD UNIST NAV SCOL INSTRUCTOR (COURSE A)"C", 4 week class 
    convening 2 May 1955 - 24 Apr 1955 to 27 May 1955 
U. S. S. Torsk (SS423), New London, CT - 29 May 1955 to 30 June 1955 
U. S. S. Piper (SS409), New London, CT - 30 June 1955 to 13 May 1957 
    In 1956 the submarine that Glen Paxton was assigned to put into the Navy Ship yards at 
    Portsmouth, New Hampshire for several months of repairs. He rented a place in Kittery, Maine and moved 
    the family there. They were in Kittery for only a couple of months, then returned to Connecticut. 
U. S. S. Sarda (SS488), New London, CT - 13 May 1957 to 26 May 1958 
U.S. Naval School Command, U. S. Naval Station, Norfolk, VA - 1 June 1958 to 27 June 1958 - instructor school 
NROTC Unit, Louisville, Kentucky - 16 July 1958 to 15 February 1962 
CO NAVSCOLCOMD NAVBASE NORVA FFT PNS NROTC UNIT, UNIV OF LOUISVILLE, KY - Normal Tour Instructor Duty -  1 June 1958 to 15 Feb 1962 
U.S. Naval Ordinance Unit, Key West, Florida - for duty as officer in charge, YFRT 411 -   23 Feb 1962 to 5 December 1963 
U. S. S. John C. Calhoun (SSBN630), Newport News, VA - from 7 December 1963 to 1 February 1964 
U. S. S. John C. Calhoun (SSBN630), Charleston, S.C.  - 1 February 1964 to 30 November 1965 
U. S. S. Darter (SS576), Charleston, SC - 30 November 1965 to 13 December 1965 
U. S. S. Thornback (SS418), Charleston, SC - 13 Dec 1965 to 3 March 1966 
U.S. Naval Station, Charleston, SC - 3 March 1966 to 17 March 1966
Transferred to Fleet Reserve (ending his active service in the Navy) - 17 March 1966 

                                    ------Information provided by Son-in-Law Michael Bell