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Source:  Silent Service Memorial, Edenton. Photo by Dave W.

  • Monument Name

    Silent Service Memorial, Edenton

  • Type

    War Memorial

    Bench

  • Subjects

    Veterans of Multiple Wars

  • City

    Edenton

  • County

    Chowan

  • Description

    The Silent Service Memorial is a black granite bench on a concrete pad surrounded by red brick pavers. The Submarine Service patch and inscription is incised into the front of the seat back. To either side are emblems for two submarine service veterans’ organizations. The rear of the seat back has the primary inscription and the logo for U.S. Submarine Service Veterans. A nautical style flagpole stands to the left with the U.S. flag, N.C. flag and Submarine Service Veteran flag.

  • Inscription

    Front left medallion: UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS Front right medallion: UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS / ALBEMARLE SOUND BASE Rear: IN MEMORIAM / TO OUR SHIPMATES ON / ETERNAL PATROL / “SAILOR, REST YOUR OAR”

    A GIFT OF THE UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS ALBEMARLE SOUND BASE

  • Custodian

    Town of Edenton

  • Dedication Date

    April 29, 2023

  • Decade

    2020s

  • Geographic Coordinates

    36.056030 , -76.609760 View in Geobrowsemap pin

  • Supporting Sources

      Newman, Tyler. “Submarine Vets to Dedicate Silent Service Bench April 29,” Chowan Herald (Edenton, NC), April 19, 2023, (accessed March 1, 2024) Link

      “Albemarle Sound Base Launches New Memorial,” North Carolina Submarine Veterans, ncsubvets.org, June 30, 2022, (accessed March 1, 2024) Link

      “Silent Service Memorial,” The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org, (accessed March 1, 2024) Link

  • Public Site

    Yes

  • Materials & Techniques

    Granite

  • Sponsors

    Albemarle Sound Base, United States Submarine Veterans

  • Subject Notes

    The memorial is a tribute to those who died while serving in the United States submarine service.

  • Location

    The street address for the memorial bench is 503 S. Broad Street in Edenton’s Colonial Waterfront Park, Edenton, NC. Located nearby is the Edenton Bell Battery C.S.A. on the side lawn of the Penelope Baker House Welcome Center. The Baker House is also home to the Edenton Historical Commission. Chowan County Confederate Dead monument stands about 300 feet north. The Edenton Tea Pot and the Joseph Hewes Memorial are close by.

  • Landscape

    The memorial bench stands on a concrete pad surrounded by red brick pavers and faces the waterfront.

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