CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

OF

U.S.S. JOSEPH STRAUSS ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE I. NAME OF ORGANIZATION

The name of the ASSOCIATION shall be THE U.S.S. JOSEPH STRAUSS ASSOCIATION.

ARTICLE II. PURPOSE OF ASSOCIATION

The purpose of the ASSOCIATION shall be to perpetuate the memory of the ship bearing the name           of U.S.S. JOSEPH STRAUSS and it's  SHIP'S COMPANIES.

Such purpose to include:

A. Locating former shipmates and urging their participation.

B. Contributing mementos, pictures, plaques, artifacts, insignias, papers, letters of the U.S.S. JOSEPH STRAUSS, together with any available funds for their procurement, shipping, displaying and maintenance to a memorial museum.

C. Establish, administer and account for voluntary contributions to suitable memorials for the deceased members of the SHIPS COMPANIES.

D. Insuring that the U.S.S. JOSEPH STRAUSS ASSOCIATION remains a non-profit organization.