This website was created in November 2015 and is maintained by three of the grandchildren of Tom McDermott who served on the USS Pringle and survived the sinking: 


  • Jonathon Parsons, jsp235@gmail.com
  • Charles Parsons, charleshhparsons@gmail.com
  • Thomas Parsons, thomasghparsons@gmail.com



Jim Sandelier: created the original USS Pringle website in the 1990's. Jim is the son of a USS Pringle survivor and deserves a TON of credit for finding and compiling all of this information over the years. 


  • jsandelier@bellsouth.net



A big thank you to David Black of Aegis Sciences Corporation in Nashville Tennessee for financially supporting this website. David is the son of a USS Pringle survivor: Donald Eugene Black. 



Please contact us with any questions! 


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