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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Ajax (AR 6). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 726 crew members registered for the USS Ajax (AR 6).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1950 | 1951 – 1955 | 1956 – 1961 | 1962 – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 | 1985 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Donahue, Tim D Donahue | HM3 | 1971 – | Medical | |
Barnes, Wayne | EN3 | 1971 – 1974 | Repair | |
Duggan, John | E3 | 1971 – 1972 | Deck | |
Sylvia, Robert | om2 | 1971 – 1973 | R-5 | |
Jones, Larry | RM3 | 1971 – Aug 4, 1972 | Radio | |
Lowderman, Gary | DP2 | Jan 1971 – Aug 13, 1975 | S5 | Lots of great memories... 2 WestPacs, Dead in the water, Stuck in Subic Bay, San Diego Beaches. |
Houston, Mark | HM2 | Jan 10, 1971 – May 9, 1972 | H Div, Medical | Great time on the Ajax, one WESTPAC and two trips to Vung Tau, VN made for an interesting tour. |
Canfield, Milo Gene | HT3 SHEET METEL | Feb 1971 – Nov 1972 | repair | looking for any from the sheet metal shop. Had cancer, need to prove I was in Vung tao and like to see old friends. |
Petix, Stephen | RM2 | Apr 1971 – Apr 1972 | O&N | |
Siebert, Tom | CS3 | Apr 5, 1971 – Nov 8, 1972 | s-2 | Had a great time aboard the benjo maru. good friends,Bill Dacklin,Kieth Carr,Baby Hughy. Ahh the Sasebo nights. |
Maddox, Robert | DK2 | May 1971 – Aug 1971 | Payroll Office | Had a great time while onboard but an even better time when discharged |
Stark, Bruce | EN3 | May 1971 – Jan 1972 | A Gang | I was only 17, but saw a lot, but leaned more. |
Larsen, Steven | fa | May 1, 1971 – Jan 12, 1975 | r-2 | lower mech shop engraving shop |
Hamdorf, Terry | MM2 | Jul 1, 1971 – Jun 15, 1974 | R2 | I served on the USS Ajax (AR 6). I was a MM2 and would like my other crewmates to contact me at Navy buddies. I'd like to hear from Bill Holman, Buzz Harris, Jim Vannatta and Darrel Brookin. |
Keuschel, Gary | CS-3 | Jul 15, 1971 – Jul 15, 1975 | CS | had a great time back then and now my son is there on the uss george washington cvn73 same ports 10-3-09 |
Hawbaker, Donald | EN2 | Aug 7, 1971 – Jan 16, 1972 | R2 | Engine Repair Shop |
Goke, Philip | IM2 | Aug 15, 1971 – Jun 20, 1974 | R-5 | Was talking with a fellow Ajax crew member, and looking at the 1073 cruise book sure made me smile, |
Guillaume, Terry (Guill) | HT 2 | Aug 18, 1971 – Dec 5, 1972 | R 1 | Pipe shop. Best ship of the three I served on. |
Butcher, Steve | PH3 | Sep 1971 – Dec 1974 | R-5 | Fresh out of Photo A School Pensacola I was flown to the Ajax in Vung Tau, Viet Nam. Served with PH2 Rohl, PH2 Taylor, PH1 Bentley, PH3 Box, PH3 Morgan and PH3 McCartney. 3 West Pac's. Sasebo twice, last Yokosuka. EOAS Dec'74 |
Bata, John | IC4 | Sep 3, 1971 – Aug 16, 1972 | Electrical | Worked as an Interiior Communications person. Great time and looking for some old shipmates, Ken Richards, Jim McEnroe, James Bienkowsky. I have a Telecommunicatins Company in Des Moines Iowa. |
Giotto, Tom | ET-2 | Sep 22, 1971 – Sep 22, 1975 | Electronics | |
Henderson, Steven M. | SEAMAN | Oct 1971 – Feb 1973 | and later Medical | Third generation Navy enlistee. Reported aboard after boot camp with no designation. Worked in Personnel for six months and later as striker in Sickbay. Saw Sasebo, Vung Tau, Keelung and Pearl ME1 father aboard AJAX 1953. |
Huff, David | EN3 | 1972 – Feb 1975 | Repair | Engine and injector repair shop. Some friends were Gary Long, AJ Hullett, Wayne Barnes, Guttell(?sp) Fred and Harvey |
Bowers, Larry | SA | 1972 – 1976 | Laundry | |
Pettinger, Clarence Ed | HT3 | Jan 1972 – Sep 1975 | Damage Control | Duty Fire Marshall section IV. Two West Pac tours.Learned much party plenty. Spike Trammel join in the memories pal. I am retired now days. |
McCarty, Daniel | E 3 | Feb 1, 1972 – Jun 16, 1975 | R 2 | Assigned to OSR. |
Vannatta, Jim | MM2 | Feb 15, 1972 – Feb 15, 1975 | Outside Repair (OSR) | I loved my time on the Jax with Terry Hamdorf, Bill Holman, Larry Barbosa, Jerry Wagner, David Huff, Rick Williams & Earl Senchuck & all the others. Retired now from Bell Helicopter. Living in Boyd, Texas. Great Life!!!! |
Smith, Patrick Smitty | MR-2 | Mar 10, 1972 – Aug 26, 1975 | r-2 | |
Holly, Mike | DS2 | Apr 1972 – Apr 1976 | S-5 | Take the Rubber hammer & easily tap them cards in the Card Reader. That will fix it. That dang machine. Let's not go to Hiroshima again, or be dead in the water for 3 days. |
Scott, Dick | EN 3 | Apr 2, 1972 – Jun 5, 1972 | ||
Nichols, Joe | IM-2 | May 24, 1972 – Dec 3, 1975 | R-5 | Good Friends, Good Whisky, Good Women Went on 2 west pac tours, partied with all my R-5 friends, including PH-3 Butcher, (also a member of this site I see). Next reunion is in Branson MO in June of 07, See you there!!! |
Brunson, Stan | E3 | Jul 1972 – Jul 1975 | Machinist Mate | Good and Bad times. Lots of memories of West Pac |
Snyder, Michael | MR3/MR2 | Sep 1972 – May 1977 | R-2 Division Lower Machine Shop | First of 3 ships that I served on in San Diego, Calif. |
Watkins, Robert / Willie | RM3 | Sep 8, 1972 – Jul 3, 1974 | Operations | Searching for Radio shack and Ops guys: 72,73,74-Ray Ramierez, Craig Butler, Gus Hogue, Delfino Miramontes (Paco, the green mexican (seasick), others. Sasebo, HK, Keelung, Hawaii. |
Slay, Richard | IC2 | Sep 26, 1972 – Sep 26, 1976 | IC SHOP | |
Brune, David | EN3 | Oct 1972 – Jul 1973 | DC A Gang | Had some good times. It is good that someone has kept the memorys alive, Thanks. |
Boling, Bill | HT3 | Oct 10, 1972 – Apr 24, 1975 | R-1 | Reported aboard in '72' San Diego on return form westpac. 1.5 in Shipfitter, 1.5 in Sheetmetal shop's. Remember Ed Stout, Andy, Mike McCall, LT McNab and Chief Brownie. |
Hollenbach, James | Nov 16, 1972 – Jul 17, 1977 | the best time of my life | ||
Staufenbiel, Eric 'Stauf" | MR-3 | Dec 1972 – Sep 1975 | R-2 | I worked in the lower machine shop, I recall all the great guys, all the fun and not so fun bull****,napping on the "KING" boring mill,swabbin the decks with soluble oil , and making the chips fly on 24 hour duty days. |
Bell, Rodney | SA | Dec 1, 1972 – Mar 15, 1973 | 2nd | |
Grider, Anthony/ Tony | ml-3 | Dec 1, 1972 – Sep 1975 | r1 | served in the foundry shop with william abell dexter hart chief callahan bill mcgrath ken reid . |
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