New Scorpion Memorial at AIMM

This past weekend, Bob Nesbitt of Flooring Consultants, Inc., began work on a memorial to USS Scorpion on the grounds of the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.  While a few details remain to be “touched up”, the memorial is complete enough to show.

The memorial is outside the gate, so it will be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The text at the bottom reads:

In Memory of ETN2 Richard G. Schaffer

1963 Graduate of Sylvan Hills High School

Crewmember USS Scorption (SSN-589)

Dedicated to the 99 Men of the USS Scorpion (SSN-589)

Declared Lost With All Hands 5 June 1968

To All Those on Eternal Patrol

Bob and his company donated all the design work and are installing the memorial for free.

Detail of Memorial

Detail of the Memorial