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The New York State Submariners
Memorial |
The New York State Submariners
Memorial is located in the
Village of Ballston Spa on Route
50 in a Veterans Park between
the Village Library and the Post
Office. This Submarine Memorial
is the first Memorial dedicated
to the Submariners from a State
rather than the Submarine they
served on. This Memorial
contains the listing of 447 New
York State Submariners who paid
the supreme sacrifice while
serving their country in the
Silent Service of the U.S. Navy.
The Memorial design starts with
a 4 ft. by 8 ft by 10 in. black
gem mist stone mounted on a
light gray base stone. The front
of the Memorial has a
header with a set of Dolphins on
the left and a World War II
Patrol on the right laser etched
into the stone. The front
has 7 columns of 38 names each.
The back has a header of 3
lost boats laser etched
representing the boats lost
prior to, during and after World
War II and 7 columns of 32 names
each for a total of 490 possible
names.
Click
here for photos of the
completed memorial and the
dedication ceremony on May 20th
2012.
Click
here for a history of the
project. |
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The memorial will has 3 parts to
it to be done in 3 phases: |
Part 1 is the
memorial stone surrounded by an
8 ft patio of made up 9 in. by 7
in. memorial pavers in light
gray outlined in a darker gray
pavers. In this patio field will
be darker gray pavers listing
the 65 Lost Boats going around
the memorial stone. The light
gray pavers that make up the
remaining area of the patio will
be memorial pavers that
submariners can purchase to have
their names, boat or shipmates
name etc. engraved into the
pavers. -
DONE
Part 2 is a
Veterans Memorial Walkway
between Low Street and Route 50.
The walkway will consist of 9
in, by 7 in. light gray and
darker gray memorial pavers with
3 light gray pavers parallel to
Route 50 and darker gray pavers
perpendicular to the light gray
pavers. All the walkway pavers
will be memorial pavers for all
branches of the military. The
Veterans Memorial Walkway will
be connected to the Submarine
Memorial patio by a small
walkway of light gray and darker
gray pavers.. -
DONE
Part 3 will be a
25 ft. to scale model of the
submarine U.S.S. Albany SSN-753
mounted on pedestals with a
patio of dark and light gray
pavers. Also in this area will
be a plaque listing those who
donated their time and materials
to the memorial. -
DONE
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