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USS Fortify (MSO 446) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Fortify (MSO 446). 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 128 crew members registered for the USS Fortify (MSO 446).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1983 | 1984 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillinghast, Donald | rmsn | Jun 1954 – Mar 1955 | comminediv 92 | I was division commanders staff radioman. we were assigned to the USS Fortify for this cruise. This div. (5 sweeps) was the first MSO div, to cross the pacific ocean. Stationed in Sasabo Japan for tours off Korea. |
| Hughes, Carl D. | QM2 | Jul 1954 – Dec 1955 | Operations | Was with the pre-commissioning detail and the outfitting of the ship in Tacoma. Sailed her to Yokosuka and was transferred after we arrived. Was a great crew that put her in Commission. |
| Tillinghast, Don | RMSN | Jul 1, 1954 – Feb 1955 | On first crew to take the Fortify to the far east. Stationed Japan. Operated of coast of Korea. Great Crew, Great ship | |
| Weeks, Gerald | Em3 | 1955 – 1957 | engineering | Enjoyed my single Navy years on MSO's |
| Maher, James | Lt(jg) | Jun 1959 – Dec 1962 | Deck | Best time of my life with first real responsibility. Two WesPac tours 1960-1962. Pre-Market Time patrol out of DaNang VN. Still friends with Ops. Officer, Lt(jg) Ken Wood, who later was best man at wedding. |
| Wood, Ken | LTjg | Jan 1960 – Mar 1965 | Operations | Great experience. Was disappointed when assigned to MSO out of OCS but it was the best thing that could have happened. Two tours in WestPac. The 1962-63 tour was especially challenging. But that's another story! |
| Whitten, Edward Gary | ET 2 | Feb 15, 1960 – Apr 13, 1961 | et | Great learning experience. Used these experiences to further my career outside the navy. Since leaving I have traveled the world settling in Atlanta. |
| Zins, Don | RD 3 | Jun 1961 – Sep 1963 | CIC | Seen a lot of places I wouldn't have otherwise. Also, a tremendous amount of bars. It was growing up time. |
| Willis, Layle | E3 | Feb 1962 – Feb 10, 1966 | engineering | Miss my Old shipmate Glenn Hardy |
| Noyes, Doug | E3 | Dec 1, 1962 – Apr 1, 1966 | west pack | |
| Barrett, Alvin, Aj, Jim | RD | 1963 – 1965 | Operations | Especially looking for Dave Mumma and Tom Prindle. |
| Prindle, Tom | RD3 | Jun 17, 1963 – Dec 20, 1966 | 71 | I REMEMBER BERGEON, HEIDMAN, BARRETT,SNOW OFFICER PIKE, NEILSON. |
| Mumma, David | SOG2 | Jul 1963 – Apr 1965 | Ops | I remember Al Barrett, Wally Blake And Captain Ring |
| Grooms, James | EM2 EM 1 | Aug 1963 – Oct 1964 | engineering electrical | |
| Vazquez, John | FN | Nov 19, 1963 – Aug 17, 1965 | ||
| Stevenson, "skater" | E-5 | 1964 – 1967 | Looking for my buddies long lost with time. Remember many stories but have some cloudy memories. Anyone remember the plane shot down near the lighthouse @ Nha Trang, Phu Yen Province. Or me getting lost one night on a Junk? | |
| Peterson, Gary | cs3 | 1964 – 1966 | cook | I fought in Vietnam as a deckape,cook,helmsman,and trainer on our main gun.Tina Wood was our mascot.thanks for the memories |
| Bergeon, Rick | EN-2 | Apr 1964 – Sep 1968 | Engineering | loking for old buddies |
| Bamsey, Luverne [vern] | E-4 | Sep 28, 1964 – Sep 28, 1967 | Fireman | I servied with a good group of guys from Janusry 1965 to September 1967 |
| Hogge, Eddie | EN2 | 1965 – 1967 | Engineman Room, Control, Maintenance, | Still around Guys, out on a medical discharge in 1967, Happy as a lark. Hope to email with anyone that remebers me from the Fortify , Aft Engine room, The Esteem, The Galant or the Constant. |
| Telmany, Edward | BM3 | 1965 – 1966 | Deck | Had a great experience with a great bunch of guys |
| Bracknell, Luther | EN3 | Apr 15, 1965 – Apr 17, 1967 | Engineering | Retired, living in the Great Smoky Mountains. Looking for anyone who can prove boots on the ground during summer of 1966. |
| Dishman, Jack (Dirty Dish) | En3 | Jul 1965 – Aug 1967 | Engneering | Rember Bergon, Hiedman, Snow, Bamsey, Hogge, Harvey, Martinti, Bracknell,Stevenson, Lugden, Pringle, Rush, And WestPac "66" great time good experence would like to make contact with shipmates |
| Harvey, William | ICFN | Jul 15, 1965 – Jul 18, 1967 | Engineering | Retired,fishing and having a good time. Like to here from some of the OLD liberty buddies. |
| Snow, Martin | FN | Aug 15, 1965 – Apr 15, 1967 | ENGINEERING | Came aboard as FN assigned to after engine room,worked fo a EN2 Rick Bergon,learned alot!Trans to USS Woodpecker MSC 209 in April 1967,Like to get in touch with Bergon or any Fortify crew members 1965/1967 ENC Snow ret. |
| Carrison, Henry | LTJG | Dec 1965 – 1967 | ||
| Benjamin, Andy | 1967 – 1971 | Trying to reach Jim McMasters form Massachusetts. Same ship, same years service. Any help? | ||
| Kendall, Carl | EN2 | May 14, 1967 – Oct 1, 1970 | looking for old buddies | |
| Utsey, Arthur (Pat) | EN-1 | Sep 14, 1967 – Nov 4, 1968 | Engineering | First Mine sweep, had a really awakining experience for a engineman that had only been on tin cans up tp this point. Enjoyed the tour especially when the Chief EN left in Cam Ron Bay and dumped the engineering department on me. |
| Stacy, Guy | QM1 | Sep 18, 1967 – Sep 19, 1968 | Operations | Good ship Fortify was a great tour of duty during my 21 years in the Navy with a great crew in the short time I was aboard her! Thanks shipmates. Guy Stacy QMC retired. |
Langley, Wayne  | QM1/C | 1968 – 1970 | ops | Loved this little wood ship. Qualified as underway OOD during "market time" off Nam coast. Made Chief in Hawaii. |
| Hittle, J.b. | Cadet-E3 USNSCC | Aug 1968 – | Deck | Joined Fortify @ Long Beach in Aug 1968 as 17 year old USN Sea Cadet on training cruise. Taught marlinspike, deck seamanship, watch standing from real vets & good guys. Later I served 6 proud years in USCG. Thanks to you |
| Anderson, Rick | ETR3 | 1970 – 1972 | OPS | Would Like to hear from shipmates I was one of the 3 ET's, Dave Drifty and me If anyone remembers that far back let me know that was a time in our lives we need to remember |
| Ernesto, Fierro | SEAMAN RECRUIT | Feb 9, 1970 – Feb 16, 1971 | BOATSAM MATE | USN, HAD A ROUGH TIME OF IT,SHORT CARRIER, DISCHARGED HONERABLY,WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHIEF, ENGINEERING DEPT.CAN'T REMEMBER NAME, WORE A BEARD, WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ALLEN, BOATSOMATE, 1ST CALSS.WOULD LIKE TO APPOLOGIZE TO CREW . |
| Kendall, Charlie | E3 BM/SN | May 1970 – Jul 1972 | Deck Force | Served with some special shipmates sharing some unique circumstances. Will always remember them fondly. |
| Purdy, Mike | CS3 | Jul 8, 1970 – Jul 12, 1971 | Suppy, Commissary | Came on board in Hawaii, Ship was in dry dock at Dillingham ship yards. Barracks at Pearl Harbor. Helped set up the galley and sailed back to Long Beach. Loved cooking on a small ship. Nice to find this web site |
| Conley, Dave | ET1 | Sep 1970 – Jun 1972 | OPS | Qualified as OOD in port and underway. This was and interesting time in my life. Saw a lot of ocean. |
| Wendel, Scott | EN3 | Dec 1970 – Aug 1972 | Engineering | Loving retirement in a log cabin on a lake. Diagnosed at the VA with PTSD several years ago. My local VA has been of great help. Viet Nam was a life changer, to say the least. Hello, brothers. Peace. |
| Reynolds, Joseph | YN3 | 1971 – | THIRTY-FIVE Staff | I was the staff YN for MINE DIVISION THIRTY-FIVE staff and we were embarked at various times during our deployment before leave FORTIFY AND ENGAGE homeported on Guam. |
| Brown, Dana Dan | OS3 | 1971 – 1973 | Ops CIC | Radarman ,Operation Market Time Patrol ,Operation Endsweep |
| Murray, Ted | SA | 1971 – 1972 | Deck | Duty diver and gunners mate |
| Brown, Dana | OS3 | 1971 – 1974 | Ops | |
| Schmierer, William (Bill) | QM3 | 1971 – Dec 1972 | OPS | Great 18 month tour. Homeport was Guam. participated in SEATO exercise in Phillipines |
| Lively, William | EN3 | 1971 – 1972 | Engineering | I wouldn’t change being on the Fortify its part of who I am and I learned a lot about engines from Ray Jones He was a great mechanic and person. I probably would change my attitude if I could do it all again. |
| Van Ry, Jim | SM3 | Apr 1971 – May 1973 | Served during Operation End Sweep | |
| Moore, Furman | BMC | Jun 15, 1971 – Jan 16, 1973 | DECK | HAD FUN ,SHE WAS THE BEST MSO I PULLED DUTY ON,I WAS SAD TO SEE HER GO TO SCRAP |
| Jones, Ray | EN2 | Aug 1971 – Dec 1971 | Engineering | |
| Wright, John | LTJG | Aug 27, 1971 – Feb 27, 1974 | ||
| Gressett, Kenneth | E-2 SKSA/BMSN | Oct 1971 – Dec 1972 | Supply/Deck | I am looking for anyone who served with me during the fall of 1971 and all of 1972. I especially would like information on Donald Ray Crume, BM1 Moore and/or BM1 Gates. |
| Crume, Donald | Seaman | Dec 1971 – Feb 1973 | Deck/Supply | Served my 19 & 20 birthday onboard. Great shipmates and officers. One shipmate, Ken Gressett aka "Chunky" of Chunky, MS, not only served together on the USS Fortify, and the USS Jouett CG29. If U see this email me. |
| Amos, Terrance | Dec 10, 1971 – Mar 8, 1973 | ENFN | I ENJOYED MY TIME ON GUAM AND ON THE SHIP. I AM MARRIED TO MY FIFTH WIFE . I GUESS IT IS HARD TO KEEP UP WITH A MINE SWEEP SAILOR. I NOW LIVE IN KALISPELL MT. |
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