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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Pigeon (ASR 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 190 crew members registered for the USS Pigeon (ASR 21).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1974 | 1975 – 1979 | 1980 – 1984 | 1985 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedrick, Roger | EN2 | Sep 1967 – Sep 1969 | M | |
| Kleckner, John "doc" | HMCS (DV) | 1971 – 1975 | Reported to SFNSY (Hunters Point) as member of pre-comissioning crew. Plank owner, saw 3 Skippers come and go as well as XO's and Diving officers. First Capt. J. J. Mcdermott, Diving Officer Stanley Cwiklinski, Master Chips Hurley. | |
| Pigatti, Joseph | E-3 | 1971 – Feb 2, 1973 | Deck | |
| Hague, Don | CWO2 | Jan 1971 – Mar 1974 | Supply | Put the beast in commission. Still have scars on my but. Had a great division of interesting characters that kept the CO from killing me. My best to all that survived their tour onboard Don |
| Kraus, Rod | em2 | Jun 2, 1971 – Jul 26, 1974 | Engineering | Part of the precommissioning crew assigned before the ship came from Alabama. Plank owner. Part of the original 40 or so people assigned during the outfitting of the ship at Hunters Point. Many good times. Great group. |
| Allen, Harrold | EN3 | Sep 15, 1971 – Feb 3, 1972 | Engineering | did not last long. |
| Noll, Mark | EM2 | 1972 – Dec 5, 1975 | ELECTRICAL | I was assigned to Pidgeon from precommissioning crew thru her first 3 years. I loved the stand in the bow of 1 hull & watch as the other cut thru the waves. I am a Pidgeon Plank Owner. I'd like to go on board her 1 last time. USN/USAF RET. |
| Cumnock, Frank | OS2/DV | 1972 – Feb 1976 | Ops/Dive | We had a great pre-com crew. BJ Lee, Pete Sandford, Roxbury, Larry Marsh- too many to remember them all. Does anyone remember the Horse & Cow Saloon? |
| Gonser, Bob | EM3 | 1972 – 1975 | Electrical | Plank owner. Hunters Point was a great place to be from (far away from). Developing the DSRV recovery systems. Bent shaft that didn't let us run fast (as if we could). Great bunch of folks. Lasting memories. |
| Van Cleave, Ronald | SKC | 1972 – 1976 | SUPPLY | I HAD THE BEST SUPPLY OFFICERS AND STOREKEEPERS IN THE NAVY. CWO HAGUE, CWO CARNE, SK3 KESWEDER, SKSA SEMBACH. WHERE ARE YOU GUYS. |
| Lindauer, Chris | RMSN | 1972 – Jan 24, 1974 | operations | |
| French, Robert | sn | 1972 – 1974 | Deck Force | |
| Rosen, David | RM3 | 1972 – 1973 | Comm | Was part of the precomm team up in hunter's point naval shipyard..played on the flag football team that went undefeated. |
| Sandford, Pete | OS3 | 1972 – Dec 10, 1973 | Operations | I have many good memories of great friends and good times. I really enjoyed Hunters Pt. , San Francisco . |
| Simpson, Chris Christopher | sn e3 | 1972 – 1975 | 1st | reported first at sub base in san Diego then to 32nd street for some training then to hunters point to join pigeon and her crew .ran bridge crane and worked out of first div. |
| Senones, Joe | BMC/DV | Jan 1, 1972 – Jan 1, 1983 | Did two tours and retired in 1983 off Pigeon . new the dive system and handling system like the back of my hand. Enjoyed the ship and crew. 850' qual dive,dsrv cert , dive system cert, grayladydown, big bird day, Mexico orphange xmas party | |
| Titsworth, Timothy | Stg2 | Jan 2, 1972 – Jan 28, 1978 | Sonor | Didn"t know how good it really was. Married with children, Liven in Texas, Preachen the gospel- Remember the good times at HuntersPoint, and San Diego--Yeah I remember the Horse & cow. Plank Owner-Lord Bless u all |
| Senones, Joe | BMC/DV | Jan 30, 1972 – May 1983 | two tours a lot of hard work and fun | |
| Freshour, Russ | GMG3 | Apr 18, 1972 – Jan 3, 1976 | 1st | Looking for anyone in the commissioning crew. Gary Gribbon, Chuck Eberhardt, David Connely, Bill Dabbs,or GMG Hall, who I worked for. Anyone would be cool to hear from. Zeno Schaffer the best fast pitch pitcher in the Long Beach shipward |
| Sandford, Peter | OS3 | May 1972 – Dec 10, 1973 | I will never forget the great friends and shipmates I had the pleasure of serving with. I'm looking for Earl C.Peterson (Pete) please have him call 845-876-7542. | |
| Gibeault, Glenn | STG 3 & 2 | Aug 1972 – Aug 1974 | OI | PreCommissioning/ Commissioning crew member. Hunter's Point shipyard ( San Francisco) and Point Loma (San Diego). How I got into SubPac, coming from a Destroyer Escort, I'll never know. Great crew, ship was a hard ride. |
| Wilkerson, Terry | EM2 | Sep 1, 1972 – Oct 1, 1975 | E Division | Went back in the reserves in 1983. Served in Desert Storm in 1990-91 and Iraq in 2006. Retired as a Captain after commanding two Seabee battalions and a Naval Construction Regiment. Living in Houston. |
| McLaughlin, Robert (Bob) | EM3 | Sep 2, 1972 – Sep 30, 1973 | Electrical | Plankowner on commishioning crew ,After competing active duty , spent 2 years in the reserves on the USS WoodpeckerMSC 209 out of pier 90 in Seattle , Graduated from Shoreline Com. College.Am now retired in Aloha Oregon |
| Stringfellow, Bobby | en3 | Sep 15, 1972 – Apr 4, 1975 | engineering | |
| Kimble, Jeff | E2 | Oct 1972 – Jan 1974 | M & A | |
| Hill, Kenneth | SH3 | Oct 10, 1972 – May 5, 1975 | supply | Ran the ships lanudry& vending machines. I was on the ship for 2 1/2 years and got out . looking back it was A crazy time. I keep in touch with Blaine Fergerstrom |
| Zapatka, Dave | EM3 | Nov 1, 1972 – Aug 8, 1974 | Electrical | came aboard in Hunters Point. Played on the football team while we were in drydock. Colt 45 in the soda machines while we were in the high rises, Horse and Cow saloon at night. Then on to Point Loma in San Diego |
| Ebinger, Paul | QM3 | Feb 26, 1973 – Feb 26, 1976 | Operations | Plank owner and comissioning crewmwmber; Great memr'ys original crew- Lt.Cmdr Doyle, Don Hague, Lt Cwicklinsi,Don Risk,Chief Lugo,Lt.Brooks,D.Dutton, C.Whittenbraker,T.Satterfield, R Kraus, Chief White, B.Laurant @ HUNTERS POINT- THANKS |
| Duncan, James | enfn | Sep 8, 1973 – Sep 26, 1974 | eng. aux | Meet the best crew in the fleet and saw some very interesting places. Wouldn't do it again for a million bucks |
| Meister, Mike | en-2 | 1974 – 1978 | a-div | great duty , grey lady down , then it was on to bremerton for a few months |
| Cook, Tommy | PN3 | 1974 – 1975 | Admin | Remember standing watch on bridge during duty and playing Stratomatic baseball when off duty. Had to stop driving CDR Doyle due to him being tall and me being short. |
| Schulz, Bill | RMSN | Jan 7, 1974 – Jan 16, 1977 | OPS and Deck | Finally retired as an RMCM on 31 Dec 2000 and worked in the Pentagon Army Technical Control Facility until Oct 2009. Currently an Air Force Civilian working for the 844th Comm Group on Andrews AFB |
| Ray, Randolph A. | engineman 3rd class | Jan 16, 1974 – Oct 7, 1977 | ENGINEERING | WORKED THE PORT SIDE ENGINE ROOM. |
| Patterson, John | RM3 | Apr 1, 1974 – Oct 1, 1975 | OPS/COMM | Had a good time, swap to go WESTPAC on the USS Cayuga LST 1186. Best time was going down in the DSRV. |
| Williscroft, Robert | LT | Jun 1974 – Jun 1975 | NAV/OPS; 1st LT; | Came from Ortolan (ASR 22). Started out as NAV/OPS. Shifted to 1st LT in Long Beach. Also Assistant Diving Officer. Left for TOG in 1975. I live in Centennial, Colorado. Please email me! |
| Ferguson, Andy | ENFN | Jun 8, 1974 – Sep 4, 1976 | Engineering | Snipe in the port engine room. Knew many plank owners. Looking for Scott Norbury/Chuck Greenwalt/Rabbi Kostlivy.. |
| Fergerstrom, Blaine "Fergie" | STG-2 | Aug 1974 – Aug 1976 | Sonar | Came aboard as STS-2, busted to STG-3, earned STG-2, busted to STG-3, honorably discharged. |
| Berger, Robert (Bob) | EN3 | Sep 1974 – Oct 1976 | Engineering | Remember a few names posted here--Port Engine Room and Engineering Log Room Yoeman. Does anyone remember and know the where abouts of Randy Thornknock or Roy Vance? Good Old Grey Lady Down and water hours!!!!!!! |
| Comshaw, John | SN3 | Sep 15, 1974 – Sep 15, 1978 | deck force, operations | great tour, I'm supprised there are so few names from my time on board |
| Duncan, James | ENFN | Oct 26, 1974 – Apr 8, 1978 | ENG AUX | BEST FRIENDS EVER |
| Halvorson, William | STG2 | Dec 1974 – Jun 1976 | OPS | Interesting times aboard Pigeon. Lots of time out of Ballast Point and up at LBNSY. I remember local ops, the ship being detained in Mexican waters, Tomcats scrambled out of Miramar to our location. My ride in the DSRV was most memorable |
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