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Her Crew


Commissioning Crew – Plankowners

12 March 1945

 

 

 

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To see a copy of the Program for the Commissioning Ceremony, please click here.

 

Officers

 

Rank

Name

Position

Notes

CDR

Meyer, Bernard H. “Bernie”

Commanding Officer

Deceased

LCDR

Liebschner, Orville O.

Executive Officer

 

LT

Somers, Francis E. “Gene”

Gunnery Officer

Deceased

LT

Traxler, D.K.

Engineering Officer

 

LT

Brumby, T.M.

Communications Officer

 

LTJG

Harbert, R.

First Lieutenant

 

LTJG

Corson, B.F.

Intercept Officer

Deceased

LTJG

Keegan, T.J.

Asst. Navigator

 

LTJG

Pennington, Jack H.

Asst. Gunnery Officer

 

ENS

Herre, R.F.

Radar Material Officer

 

ENS

Crawford, F.J.

Asst. First Lieutenant

 

ENS

Juengling, Karl F.

Engineer’s Assistant

Deceased

ENS

Weaks, George G.

Asst. Communication Officer

Deceased

ENS

Frye, Elroy E.

Tactical Radar Officer

Deceased

ENS

Shaw, Robert H.

Recognition Officer

 

ENS

Wright, Noble F.

Sound Officer

 

ENS

Odom, Frank A.

Gunnery Assistant

Deceased

ENS

Plankinton, R.

Torpedo Officer

 

ENS

Northcutt, L.E.

Asst. Engineering Officer

 

LTJG

Bussard, F.W.

Medical Officer

 

ENS

Ihlenfeldt, Dayton L.

Supply Officer

Deceased

 

 

Chief Petty Officers

 

Rate

Name

Division

Notes

CGM

Ashley, C.B.

 

 

CWT

Baker, W.S.

 

 

CWT

Bell, J.F.

 

 

CY

Cook, L.R.

 

 

CMM

Coulter, Dale M.

Engineering Division

Deceased

CMM

Dunton, J.R.

 

 

CBM

Jenkins, A.

 

 

CTM

Jones, T.L.

 

 

CMM

Lipka, C.

 

 

CEM

Longacre, R.K.

 

 

CPhM

Narron, J.A.

 

 

CCS

Poepper, W.P

 

 

CRM

Slaughter, J.B.

 

 

CQM

White, M.H.

 

 

.

Crew

 

Rate

Name

Division

Notes

MM1

Abbott, Thomason Steele

R Division

Deceased

 

Anderson, C.C.

 

 

YN2

Andrews, Nicholas V.

 

Deceased

SO2

Atkinson, Paul E.

 

 

SM2

Aufferman, Walter R.

 

 

FC3

Augsburger, Harold E.

Operations Division

Deceased

 

Bailey, Douglas L.

 

 

 

Baity, Chester C.

 

 

 

Ball, Charles R.

 

 

SO2

Barner, Calvin W.

 

Deceased

 

Beaupre, Ernest A.

 

 

 

Beaver, Melvin A.

 

Deceased

 

Bell, James P.

 

 

 

Belmore, Ira M.

 

 

 

Belt, Gail W.

 

 

 

Bennett, James D.

 

 

SH3

Bentz, George E.

 

 

 

Bevins, Evert J.

 

Deceased

 

Bibb, George N.

 

 

 

Bishop, Austin C.

 

 

FN1/c

Bogart, Russell T. “Rusty

 

 

 

Boido, John F.

 

 

FN1/c

Booten, James W.

 

Deceased

SM1

Boyle, James P

 

 

SOM1

Brady, Thomas E.

 

 

 

Breton, Oscar H.

 

 

 

Brockman, W.L.

 

 

 

Brodkin, Paul A.

 

 

 

Bron, Jr., Ed O.

 

 

 

Brown, Floyd D.

 

 

 

Brown, Nobel J.

 

 

GMG2

Browning, Carl W

 

 

GM2

Brubaker, Joseph L.

 

 

 

Brygidyr, Billie

 

 

MM2

Bucholz, Edward J.

 

 

 

Buck, Robert L.

 

 

GM1

Buckner, Jr., John W.

 

Deceased

RD3

Bunty, William L.

 

Deceased

 

Burrows, Albert J.

 

 

 

Bush, Theodore

 

 

GM3

Calhoun, James E.

 

Deceased

 

Campbell, C.M.

 

 

FC3

Capp, William L.

 

 

RDSN

Carey, Jr., George E.

 

Deceased

 

Carlucci, Frank

 

 

 

Carroll, Charles J.

 

 

 

Carter, Jr., Robert C.

 

 

 

Chambers, James E.

 

 

SN2/c

Chastain, James K.

 

Deceased

 

Chojnowski, M.J.

 

 

 

Christensen, Robert

 

 

SN1/c

Cichirillo, Sam P.

 

Deceased

 

Clark, Charles F.

 

 

RDSN

Clark, Raymond L.

 

Deceased

 

Clayton, Jr., Carroll J.

 

Deceased

 

Coffey, Larry V.

 

 

MM1

Confer, William A. “Red”

 

 

 

Conover, Harry P.

 

 

 

Cooley, James C.

 

 

GM2

Cooper, Howard F.

 

 

SO3

Cowan, James E. “Ed”

 

 

 

Crider, Royce R.

 

 

 

Culpepper, Jr., C.W.

 

 

 

Dale, John P.

 

 

WT3

D’Antonio, Louis

 

 

 

Davidson, Robert A. “Bob”

 

 

FC3

Davis, Charles L.

 

 

 

Davis, Eddie T.

 

 

 

Davis, Walter D.