RAYMOND H. TUTTLE, LCDR, USN
Raymond Tuttle '22
Lucky Bag
From the 1922 Lucky Bag:
RAYMOND HODGES TUTTLE
Montpelier, Vermont
"Skipper," "Tut," "Tootul."
"SKIP," the mighty son of the Green Mountains! The pride of Ethan Allen! Small, did you say? Yes, but oh what a rumpus he makes! When he appears, it is a sign to remove all wrist watches, don shin guards and headgear—for there is sure to be a rough-house.
"Skipper's" one ambition has been to grow. He has been section leader of the Growing Squad for the last two years, but in spite of all "Doc" Thyroid's efforts, "Skip" is still one of the runts.
When it comes to the Mexican Sport, "Skipper" rates Admiral. Get him to tell you about going to Canada sometime, and see if he doesn't end up with, "Vive le Canada." He also has a long and pitiful tale about one Army-Navy game when he had to sleep with his overcoat on to keep from freezing.
Growing Squad (3, 2, 1).
RAYMOND HODGES TUTTLE
Montpelier, Vermont
"Skipper," "Tut," "Tootul."
"SKIP," the mighty son of the Green Mountains! The pride of Ethan Allen! Small, did you say? Yes, but oh what a rumpus he makes! When he appears, it is a sign to remove all wrist watches, don shin guards and headgear—for there is sure to be a rough-house.
"Skipper's" one ambition has been to grow. He has been section leader of the Growing Squad for the last two years, but in spite of all "Doc" Thyroid's efforts, "Skip" is still one of the runts.
When it comes to the Mexican Sport, "Skipper" rates Admiral. Get him to tell you about going to Canada sometime, and see if he doesn't end up with, "Vive le Canada." He also has a long and pitiful tale about one Army-Navy game when he had to sleep with his overcoat on to keep from freezing.
Growing Squad (3, 2, 1).
Loss
Raymond was lost when USS Quincy (CA 39) was sunk early in the morning of August 9, 1942 by Japanese surface forces at the Battle of Savo Island.
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
Raymond completed a Northfield University preparatory course before taking the Naval Academy examinations in April, 1918. He was named to the Naval Academy by Senator Carroll S. Page in February, 1917. Raymond graduated from Montpelier high school in June.
In July, 1918, his brother Myers came home from an aviation camp in New Jersey. He was on the Atlantic coast patrol duty. Raymond accompanied him back to camp.
Raymond had pneumonia in early 1920 but recovered by April.
In September, 1921, he and his mother visited in West Chazy, New York, and then attended the fair in Plattsburgh. Later that month, his roommate Carl R. Brown visited for the weekend. In November, his brothers Richard and Myers saw Raymond at the Navy’s 7-0 football win over Army.
In July, 1922, he was on temporary duty in Washington, D. C. He was assigned to the chief of the ordinance bureau and was at the ordinance proving ground at Indian Head, Maryland, until August 31. In mid-December, he joined the North Dakota which then sailed on January 5 for a three-month cruise to the Canal Zone. She was then dry-docked for a month, and Raymond joined her again in May.
In December 1923, Raymond gave a talk to the high school boys about getting into Annapolis or West Point.
In June 1924, Raymond was best man at his brother Myers’ wedding. Myers was a bank clerk.
In November that year, Raymond wrote home about his travels in European waters. On June 30, he was in Palermo where he visited the Catacomba with its 50,000 mummies, the palace of the king of Italy, and the grotto and shrine of Saint Rosalie on Mount Pellegrino. Next, he visited Durrago, Albania, [probably Durres] where he saw the Mohammedan Easter or New Year’s celebration. Traveling on, the ship anchored in the center of Venice where he saw a water carnival with 1,000 gondolas on parade. After stopping at Pola and Brioni, Italy, the ship stopped at Spalato, Jugo-Slavia [now Split, Croatia] where a Navy Day celebration was held. There, Raymond motored to the old Roman city of Salence [probably, the Palace of Diocletian near Salona.] Next, they sailed to Cueta, Morocco, passed the active volcano Stromboli, and then stopped at Cherbourg, France, where Raymond visited the Casino. Raymond took leave and went to Paris where he visited the Casino de Paris, the Trocadero, the Eiffel Tower, and the Arc de Triomphe. Next to England where Raymond visited the British Exposition at Wembley and saw horse racing at Musselburgh in Scotland. After Amsterdam, the ship sailed past Gibraltar for Egypt.
In September, 1925, he went to target practice in Cuba. In November, he attended a lecture at the Montpelier Methodist Church given by the Redpath Lyceum Bureau of Rochester, New York. Raymond had a large chalk sketch made of himself by Mrs. Irene Johnson, the lecturer’s wife.
In August, 1929, Raymond and Myers loaned their military coats for a display during the American Legion Tenth Convention in Montpelier. Myers was in the 219 Aero Squadron at the time.
In January, 1933, Raymond flew home to be with his ill mother. In February, he gave a talk to the Exchange club of Montpelier. He spoke about the strength and maneuvers of the fleet off the Pacific coast and described the ranks and grades in the service.
In June, 1935, Raymond, who was stationed at the naval observatory in Washington, D. C., gave a tour of the city for visiting Shriners of the Mount Sinai temple from Montpelier.
In June, 1938, Raymond and his wife Mary traveled by car from Long Beach to Montpelier. He was next stationed on the USS Gold Star headquarters in Guam. From time to time, the transport would travel to China and Japan, and it took part in the good will tour bringing along naval officers and their wives.
In December, 1941, Raymond gave an illustrated lecture on Guam, the Philippines, Shanghai, Hong Kong and the Portuguese colony of Macao at the Montpelier high school. The pictures were hand-painted slides made by him. The pictures of the Philippines showed the mountain provinces which the Japanese were invading and the native head-hunting tribes who were on the side of the allies. The proceeds of the lecture went to the Montpelier Red Cross.
Other Montpelier men who graduated from Annapolis were Admiral George Dewey, rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, and Rear Admiral Theodore Dewey.
His father James was employed by the City Fuel company and died in September 1929. His mother was Lillie J. (Hodges,) and his brothers were Lawrence Myers and Richard. When Raymond died, Richard was in the U. S. army medical corps at Camp Pickett, Virginia.
His wife was listed as next of kin. He has a memory marker in Arlington National Cemetery.
The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.
The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.
The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.
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