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USS Philippine Sea (CV 47) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Philippine Sea (CV 47). 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 146 crew members registered for the USS Philippine Sea (CV 47).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1948 | 1949 – 1952 | 1953 – 1956 | 1957 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laporte, Hector (Ross) | AG3 | 0000 – Aug 1954 | Became professional Meteorologist after discharge and retired in 1989 as head of the National Weather Forecast Center in Washington DC. In early 70's was pioneer in analysis and data distribution of early weather satellites. Thanks USN | |
| Barna, Michael J | Seamen | 1943 – 1945 | Engineering | I'm adding my beloved grand father Michael J Barna to the ships registry since he always told me the best time of his life was when he served on the uss Saint Paul during WWII. He passed in 1990. Thanks fo serving Pop. |
| Meyer, James | LIEUTENANT JG | 1945 – 1946 | Airgroup 20 / VB 20 | Flew SB2C Helldiver during the shakedown cruise to Guantanoamo Bay. "Lard Ass" Cooper was our squadron commander. Lt JG Fred Sedorchuk was my roomate. |
| Newkirk, Richard " Bugs Bunny " | PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS | 1945 – 1948 | I'm writing this for my brother who died 1985 in Buffalo New York . I just thought it would be nice to write something about this great guy . My best recollection was when he was in dry dock and stationed in Trinadad . he edited the ship paper . | |
| Reeves, Paul | ARM 3/C | 1946 – | Airgroup 20 | Shakedown cruise to Cuba,from Quonset Point RI. 1946. Airgroup staioned at Charleston, RI. |
| Anderson, James (Jim) A. | 1946 – 1949 | My grandfather was commisioned on the carrier for its first mission. If anyone has any information on the ship and anyone on it please contact me at: | ||
| St. Laurent, Fred | SFC | 1946 – 1947 | My Dad always talked about operation High Jump and going to the Pole with Adm Byrd. He said he carried enough meat on his back on the Carrier to feed the fleet and learned to sleep in any position (with his eyes open) We have a certificate. | |
| Robbins, Robert | YN3 | 1946 – 1948 | Navigator | Served aboard the USS Philippine Sea during the Admiral Byrd expedition to Anartica (operation high jump). |
Catizone, Vincent  | SSMB2 | 1946 – 1947 | ssmb | Ships Head Barber in Officers Shop. Along with cutting Admiral Byrd's hair traveled to the South Pole. Interested in hearing from anyone who served on the USS Philippine Sea. |
| Hayes, Fletcher | Pvt | 1946 – Jun 18, 1950 | ? | My grandfather served on this ship. I've entered his name on his behalf. He is still alive at 94 years of age. If you served with him I'd like to here from you. Thank you |
| King, A. S./ Boats | BM3C | Jan 1, 1946 – Sep 12, 1948 | 7th Division | "IT WAS A GOOD CRUISE!" |
| Snyder, Jerry (Slim) | ABM | Mar 1946 – Jul 1946 | Catapult | Plank Owner---Sorry I missed the shake down cruise and Operation High Jump |
| Strozier, William | PHOM1/C | May 1946 – May 1948 | V-3 | |
| Hyman, Saul | S/2C | May 11, 1946 – Oct 11, 1947 | ||
| Glenn, Virgil | PFC (USMC) | May 11, 1946 – Oct 18, 1947 | USMC 2nd MEF | Plank Owner. Member of first Comissioning crew. |
| Thompson, Harry M | F1c | May 11, 1946 – Oct 24, 1947 | B | Plank Owner; Operation Highjump, Task Force 68.1 View 'back then' Photo |
| Crabb, Joseph Garvon | S1C | May 16, 1946 – Oct 22, 1947 | K2 Signal gang | I served on the Phil Sea from commissioning until October of 1947 when I was discharged. Our biggest trip was to the Antarctic regions on operation High Jump with Adm. Byrd. I have a list of all the signal gang if you are interested. |
| Wanish, George | Rm2/c | May 16, 1946 – Jun 16, 1948 | OR | The best ship I ever served on --- others were the USS RANGER (CV-4) and the USS MIDWAY (CVB-41).. also was a member of Commander Carrier Division-4 staff from 1951 to 1954 |
| Boone, James Dean | Airman 2nd | Jun 1946 – Feb 1948 | Hangerdeck | AirCraft Handeler.Hangerdeck Control last six months. Ran the legs off Chief Mercer. Stewart of Ky. & Barber of Wash. St. Good buddies. Saluited Adm. Bird in 1st. DC4 as they took off for Little America. 2/1948 1st JET |
| Dion, Marcel | USS~PHILIPINE SEA | Aug 1946 – Mar 1948 | Gunnary 4th | Married, 4 children, 6 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren I would like to hear from anyone from my deployment |
| Schultz, John | SEAMAN 1ST | Sep 1946 – Jun 1947 | V-1 | |
| Rodewald, William Bill "rodey" | S1C | Sep 21, 1946 – Feb 3, 1948 | VF4 | Worked in the Gasoline Department fueling planes. Remembering good friends like Dewy Romain and would service number 227 10 78 |
| Casey, John F. | CV 47 | Nov 1946 – 1951 | Airdale | |
| Weston, Calvin | SEAMAN 2ND | 1947 – 1950 | ||
| Schwenzer, William | Son of BW3 COX | 1947 – 1950 | Unknown | My dad was aboard in 1947 and was part of Operation HIGHJUMP and the expedition to the South Pole. The order of the Penguin... If anyone Served with my Dad and has any stories they would like to share.... |
| Molidor, Richard | not sure | 1947 – 1949 | not sure | Heard a lot of stories from my grandpa about his time on the USS Philippine Sea. Not sure exactly on the dates, but know he was on the Med cruise in 48, anybody that knew him I'd love to hear from you. He loved the Navy. |
| Jett, Charles | FN | Aug 1947 – Jan 24, 1950 | IC | HAD A LOT OF GOOD DAYS ABOARD. HAD A LOT OF WORK FIXING THE SOUND POWER PHONES WORKING HI HI THE BOYS WERE HAD ON PHONES WE ALSO HAD 600 DIAL PHONES. MISS THE CREW . |
| Brown, Lewis | FN | Oct 15, 1947 – Jul 11, 1950 | B | |
| Venaleck, Arthur | EM 2 | Nov 1947 – Mar 25, 1952 | E | |
| Cohen, Cohen (Bob) | JOC | Nov 1947 – Nov 1949 | X Printing | Served in the Printing Department. |
| Carr, Chuck | PFC. U.S. MARINE CORPS | Nov 14, 1947 – Nov 16, 1949 | Marine Detachment | Made two Med Cruises.WAs aboard when we picked up first squadron of Jets off Jacksonville,FL. It was a great ship with a great bunch of guys. |
| Nichols, Leland L. And Edna W. Nichols | SK3 | Nov 16, 1947 – Jun 4, 1950 | 4th,S-1 | Was short timer after provisioning ship for Korea so, transferred to USS Curtiss AV4 to await discharge. Was aboard a totl of 33 months. In that time we really saw a lot. Two Med. cruises, Arctic Circle, Cuba a number of times and Panama |
| Moore, Tom | AB - AK | 1948 – 1954 | F-1 - S-1 | |
| Miller, Stanley "sleepy" | SEAMAN | 1948 – 1953 | A | |
| Vietinghoff, Bill | ETM3 | Jan 1948 – Sep 1948 | Electronics | Was assigned responsibility for maintenance of the SX radar, the largest at the top of the island. This was a 200 mile air and surface search radar. Also maintained radar repeaters. Also served on the staff of the ship's newspaper |
| Surman, Herbert | SN | Jan 1, 1948 – Dec 31, 1949 | V1F | Flight Deck crew. Loved that F8F! |
| Castritsis(Cast), Paul | Cpl | Apr 1948 – Jun 1948 | 8th Marines, 2nd Division | Best duty of my career in the Marines. Was able to visit with most of my relatives in Greece and while a radioman often acted as interpreter for the flag while anchored in Athens and various Grecian Islands. |
| Wadsworth, Clifford | BT2 | Sep 10, 1948 – Jan 15, 1953 | engineering | Cliff passed away Jan. 13, 2017. His son Andy is writing a novel about Cliff and would love to hear from any of his shipmates to corroborate and further detail his stories. Please contact andy@wadsworld.net. |
| Ciaburri, Richard | AIRMAN | Oct 8, 1948 – Jan 5, 1950 | V3F | |
| Reynolds, James C. | SEAMAN | Nov 15, 1948 – May 20, 1952 | 3rd | |
| Dyer, Joe (JJ) | RD2 | Nov 20, 1948 – Dec 29, 1951 | OI | Made Med Cruise in '49; around to Pacific and off to 1st Korean Cruise. Transferred to Bon Homme Richard just before ship went on 2nd Korean Cruise. Serving as Pres of Phil Sea Assn for past 12 years. |
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