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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Fort Mandan (LSD 21). 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 35 crew members registered for the USS Fort Mandan (LSD 21).
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Bayer, Robert | BT-3 | Sep 27, 1950 – 1951 | B division | |
Ellis, Dan | SKSN | Jun 1952 – Sep 1953 | S | Would like to contact Lee Jerome DK2 or any other S Div personnel aboard Fort Mandan when we were tied up in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the summer of 1952 |
Tanner, Harold "Hal" | BTG3 | Feb 1953 – Feb 1955 | "B" | Quite an experience Will never forget it, or the guys I worked with.......Kois, McPhail, Mc gee, Hendricks, MA Sullivan, and many others, too many to list here. Hi all. |
Sheppard, H. T. | 1955 – 1957 | some of my friends were, pete necaise,lewis evans and the rest are kind of vague | ||
Roland, Richard | EM3 | Jul 25, 1956 – Jul 20, 1962 | E | |
Clark, Darrel | RM2 | Nov 1957 – Sep 2, 1960 | Operations | |
Cotton, Larry | BT3 | Oct 20, 1958 – May 6, 1961 | ||
Jacob, John { Jake} | sn !st | Jan 21, 1959 – Jan 21, 1961 | 2nd | Remembering the Med cruise. Good times with liddell, collis,saunders,brandel & all the 2nd Div. Went in as a boy, came out a man ! |
Millett, Marty | BT3 | Mar 19, 1959 – Jan 25, 1962 | BOILER_B | |
Bulgin, John | MR2 | Sep 10, 1959 – Jun 1, 1962 | A division | I served in the machine shop of the USS Fort Mandan. I have been either on welding jobs or in machines shops ever since and am now retired. |
Bittinger, Ray | SN | Nov 1959 – Nov 10, 1961 | 2nd | Crew mates I served with: Alan Malm, Robert Diggs, James Manning, Frank Brandel, Pancho, Louis Saut, Stan Grigas, Don Dangerfield, and Tony Duff to name a few. |
Wagoner, Harry | MM3 | 1961 – 1965 | M division | Had a bluegrass band while on the ship. Looking for Wes Thompson and "possum" Frazier. Played on tv in the Dutch West Indies. |
Williams, Slim | FN3 | Jan 2, 1962 – Oct 5, 1963 | B | Served with "Snake" , "Boo" and "Baby: from Jan 62 to Oct 63. Worked in B Division..Still have my 62 med cruise book. Cannt forget PV...I gave him his nickname when he came aboard while we were in San Juan. Memories last |
Beaird, Arthur (Mike) | RM2 | Sep 1962 – May 1963 | Operations | Came aboard just before deployment to the Med. Six months there, returned to Norfolk area (late March?). Underway to Caribbean with skeleton crew because of Thresher loss. I flew off by helo for discharge late May. |
Fanto, Dominick | SF3 | Sep 1963 – Oct 1966 | R | After leaving the Navy, I worked as a plumber, out of the Detroit Plumbers Union - Local 98. I am now retired and living the good life. Mickey |
Price, Bob | ET3 | Apr 1, 1964 – Mar 30, 1967 | OPS | enjoyed my time on the Fort Mandan |
Jones, Rufus | Seaman 3rd Class | Jun 1, 1964 – Aug 29, 1968 | Supply | |
Putnam, Earl | SF2 | Apr 10, 1965 – Dec 15, 1967 | R | |
Croucher, Bobby | HT2 | Jul 19, 1965 – Aug 17, 1969 | R | I reported to Fort mandan about a month before we went to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for a 30 day yard period. I made third and second class while on her. |
Carter, Raleigh ( Dee) | E4 | Nov 1965 – 1971 | Heavy equipment operator | Served from 1965 to 1971. Sent to Vietnam for two tours and served in the Caribbean. Was stationed in danang and camp tinshaw. Survivor of the Tet offensive. Heavy equipment operator United States Navy Seabee. |
Valonis, Bob | BT3 | Jan 1966 – | B Division | I was 17 when I joined the Navy. I learned both good and bad on board ship. Through the years I let go of all the bad and I somehow held on to most of the good. I have great memories and am happy to have served. |
Wilson, Ron | E5 | Sep 5, 1966 – Aug 9, 1968 | A division | Would like to hear from old ship mates...It's only been 41 short years already ! |
Clark, David | YN3 | 1968 – 1971 | Personnel/Ship's Office | Made Med cruise 1968/Naval Shipyard rebuild/several Carib cruises. |
Cramer, Howard | EM2 | May 10, 1968 – Jan 11, 1971 | ||
Knox, Frederick M. | HM2 | May 16, 1968 – Jan 5, 1970 | Made Med Cruise 68 and numerous Carribean Cruises Also onboard during Porstmouth Shipyard overhaul. Leading chief was HMC John Argent. | |
Urell, Mike | Seaman | Jul 1, 1968 – Mar 17, 1970 | 2nd Deck Force | Remembering Pop,Ingram,Boykins,Charles,Seadog, John Driver, Workman, Joe Battle,Gunner Whalen,Rat and other members of a really great crew whose names come and go.68 Med cruise, paint locker, haze gray, German ship. |
Achor, Dean | etsn | 1969 – 1970 | oe | |
Cherry, David | BM3 | Apr 19, 1969 – Sep 9, 1970 | first divison | |
Hamman, Robert | FN | Jul 18, 1969 – Sep 11, 1969 | M | |
Harvey, Butch | IC-3 | Aug 1969 – Jan 23, 1971 | E-Division | Served in E-Division with a great group of guys. Also, on the shakedown cruise to Cuba, sideswiped a West German Destroyer. |
Hamman, Robert | FN | Sep 11, 1969 – Jan 6, 1971 | M | I moved back to South Bend, Indiana for several years after my discharge the moved to Arizona and received my B.S. degree from Arizona State Univ. I retired from Motorola Inc two years ago... |
Delaney, John | LTJG | Nov 1969 – 1971 | OPS | Serving on Fort Mandan was a great experience. REFTRA in Caribbean, Med Cruise, decommissioning. ENS John Driver taught me life lessons I repeat often. After Navy I finished law school. Now a retired trial court judge. |
Hyde, Fred | PN3 | 1970 – 1971 | Personel | On the last Med cruise and helped turn the ship over to the Greek Navy |
Beeson, Dennis | Midshipman 1st Class | Jun 1970 – Aug 1970 | Ops | |
McCrory, Jim (Pennsylvania Mac) | Mid'n. 3rd class | Jun 1970 – Jul 1970 | Deck | First Navy cruise/assignment...Norfolk to Azores to Rota, Spain. Great crew, treated well, learned a ton. |
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