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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emery, John | BM1/DV | 1975 – 1977 | recovery of F-14 Tomcat @ 740' | |
| Fawcett, John | bm3 | 1975 – 1979 | deck | experienced things I never could've in the civilian world. I continued sport diving while retaining residence in San Diego. I'm now married and living in a small town in southern Ontario Canada with my wife. |
| Womack, David | E-4 | Jan 1975 – Sep 1977 | IC shop | Thanks all who babysat a juvenile and taught me the responsibilities of being a man. I remember Kito's face when he was called to the bridge during the Mexican standoff. God bless the crew of ASR-21. |
| Hughes, Rodney | Rm2 | Jun 1975 – Jun 2, 1976 | operations/Radio | did duty swap from the USS Cayuga LST 1186. boarded her while she was in dry dock getting a refit left the ship by small boat in San Diego harbor shortly before the movie gray lady down was made |
| Carne, Rick | CWO | Jul 2, 1975 – Oct 28, 1977 | Supply | Remember "Grey Lady Down" "Get outta my chair Moses" |
| Barton, Willie | E7 -MSC | Jul 25, 1975 – Jan 22, 1977 | Supply | look to locate SKC VanCleve |
| Stone, Ken | EM2 | Sep 1975 – Sep 1977 | E | |
| Miner, Daniel | MR3 | 1976 – 1977 | Engineering | |
| Lancette, Albert | EN-2 | Apr 1976 – Jul 1977 | Engineering | Worked in the starboard engine room. Met Charlton Heston while the movie Gray Lady Down was filmed. I was airlifted off with a ruptured L4-L5 disk in July 1977. |
| Hrindak, Greg | FN | Apr 22, 1976 – Jun 15, 1977 | "M" | |
| Hrindak, Greg | fn | May 1976 – Jun 1977 | M div. | stb engine room |
| Betts, James David | BM3 | Jun 15, 1976 – Feb 17, 1979 | ||
| Mason, Scott | HT1 (DV) | Jun 25, 1976 – Jul 27, 1979 | Deep Submergence | My time on the Pigeon is all my kids hear about. The 850' qual dive. The 730' F14 salvage dive. Coast Guard Cutter salvage in Astoria. Cruising Santa Catalina and Puerto Vallarta. DSRV ops in Seattle. Good times and a great crew. |
| Martin, Dave | BM3 | Sep 1976 – Sep 1978 | Great ship. Great people. | |
| Perry, Lenn | EN3 | Oct 1976 – Mar 1978 | Engineering | Fuel/water king, until I broke my jaw in a football game at an engineering picnic. Looking for John Hamilton,Howard Nolan,Dan Kearns,John Ross. John Comshaw. Write me at PO BOX335CEDARSPRINGSMICHIGAN49319 Lenn Perry |
| Gary Vilhauer, Gary | e3 | Oct 14, 1976 – Aug 14, 1978 | deck | |
| Vilhauer, Gary A | e3 | Dec 28, 1976 – Mar 11, 1978 | boatmate | |
| Esposito, Don | HT3 | 1977 – 1979 | Hull Technician | Lokking for a few good friends Mike Star, Pepper Shirley and Jim Buihner |
| Monty, Monty | E-4 | 1977 – 1979 | the zoo | In remembrance of Joseph Roots. Hill,John ,remember Mexico ?, above the U.C.M.J.? What a trip on the road of life . |
| Varela, Albert | SK2 | Feb 1977 – Sep 1980 | Supply | cared 4 crews' needs, rolexs' for divers, carpet for the wardroom all unique parts for overhaul at Mare Island. Cruise to Mexico, 1 of greatest times of life. Inspiration for my son to USNA class of '08, now a lt marine |
| Rech, Mike | SH 3 | Feb 16, 1977 – Aug 15, 1980 | SUPPLY | IT WAS OVERALL A PRETTY GOOD DUTY TROPICAL HOURS FOR WORK ONLY WORKING TO 1PM. |
| Zwieg, Jim | EM1 | Mar 4, 1977 – Mar 18, 1981 | electrical | Lots of good memories with Russ Brown, Pappy Parker, and Dan Kearns. Where did everyone end up? |
| Rolfe, David | HT 2 | Jun 1977 – Dec 1979 | Came on board as a Saturation Diver. 2 Dives while on board - Gas King on Tomcat recovery - San Clemente; Diver on Coast Guard recovery - Columbia River. Attorney now in Parker, CO. drolfe@parkerlaw.net. (303) 841-1181 | |
| Dickerson, Fred | MMI/DV, MMC/DV , ENSIGN | Jul 1977 – Sep 1982 | Deep Submergence | Came on as a 2nd class diver and left as an O-1. Great duty station, met alot of great people and made some really great friends, Pepper Shirley,Danny Jennings, Jerry Winemiller,Woody Woodward,Joe Medina, Joe Senones, Mel Paxton, |
| Groover, Jim | PN2 | Sep 1977 – Jan 1979 | Admin - Personnel/Administration | |
| Cooper, Alphonso J | HMCS(DV) | Sep 1, 1977 – Apr 1, 1979 | H | MADE MY LAST SAT DIVE WITH THE TEAM TO RECOVER PARTS OF THE F-14 FIGHTER WHICH CRASHED OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. TWO OF OUR DIVE TEAM MEMBERS HAVE PAST AWAY(JOE FLORES & MIKE STARK) I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH JOHN AND SCOTT DAN MISSING |
| Groover, Jim | PN2 | Sep 1, 1977 – Mar 1, 1979 | EXECUTIVE | PERSONNEL OFFICER |
| Hill, John (Tanktread) | HTC/DV/SW | Nov 11, 1977 – Oct 11, 1980 | Saturation | I did 2 tours 77-80 and 83-85 ?? about Overall I have about 17-18 Sat Divers about 8 below 800ft between Pigeon and Moose Creek. Don't forger we were SubDevGp1. Craven's book "Silent War" put DevGp in the CIA.... so I don't rememb |
| Pytlak, Joseph | IC1/ICC | Dec 1977 – Dec 1981 | E | Great memories. E division was the best. Retired from Navy in 1995. |
| Brown, Russ | EM1 | 1978 – 1982 | Electrical | Had lots of good times on the Pigeon, went on to retire in 93. Anyone know where Pappy Parker EM2 ended up? |
| Garncarz, Bill (Barney) | ET3 | Jan 14, 1978 – May 15, 1981 | operations deck | Looking for people that served on the Pigeon that served January of 1978 till 1981. |
| Worthington, Dan | EN3 | Feb 3, 1978 – Jul 18, 1979 | A Gang | What a time! Skateboarding the helo deck during a storm, salvaging a CG boat in the Columbia River, Mexico, Chief Cadwell, Chief Heine drinking out of his boot, E award, w/ BA |
| Grubbs, Chuck | E5/EN2 | Mar 1978 – Oct 1978 | M-Div (Port Engine Rm) | |
| Murray, Daniel | EN3/2 | Nov 1978 – Jun 1980 | A-Gang Engineering | Met a lot of good people and loved the time I spent on this old girl. I do have one really fond memory of raising a coast guard boat off of Astoria, OR coast in I believe 1979. We had this old duffer Senior Chief Hienne. |
| Underhill, Robert | EM1 | 1979 – 1983 | Had many fond memories of the Pigeon. Looking to contact any and all shipmates from my time. | |
| Weaver, Nick (Dream Weaver) | E - 3 | 1979 – May 1982 | A - Gang | What a time. The captain was a good man and the ship was quite interesting to be on. It was a memorable time in my life. |
| Hall, Orval (Sonny) | ET1 | 1979 – 1982 | Elec. | This is my fother he was a plank owner i dont know the dates he served would love to hear some stories of his time on the ship. I my self have fond memories of dependent cruises and many ship picnics. |
| Williams, Eric | EM2 RETIRED AS EMC | 1979 – 1983 | ELECTRICAL | GREAT memories of days gone by! Remember "Soup Call?" Russ Brown, Pappy Parker, Underhill, Granito, and of course Chief " Mac" !!! |
| Parker, Richard | EM2 | Feb 1979 – Jun 1983 | Electrical | I enjoyed my tour on the Pigeon very much and miss my crewmates, especially Russ Brown and Rick Walters who served with me on this ship. |
| Arnott, Pete | HT3 Barely | Feb 1979 – May 1980 | Eng | Came aboard after being called back to duty. Met some great folks. Did the CG salvage off Astoria Oregon and then went to dry dock at Mare Island. Silver and Seifert are you out there? |
| West, David-loneeagle | e-3 | Mar 9, 1979 – Dec 23, 1982 | deck-gun crew | Good crew-great time.Does anyone remember pigeon fever?LOL! |
| Studt, Alfred (Buddy) | SM/QM-2/1 | Apr 30, 1979 – Nov 27, 1984 | Navigation | Miss my fellow shipmates. VerVery bad out in the civilian world. Homeless an No job. Live out of my pickup truck. |
| Studt, Alfrred (Buddy) | SM-2 | Apr 30, 1979 – Nov 27, 1984 | Navigation | Just found out about ship being Decomissioned. did not know been out of touch for long time. Miss my fellowship mates an the good an bad times we had. Looking for RM-2 Dan Peterson from Orange, California area if anybody knows |
| Langley, Randy | E3 | Jul 1979 – May 1982 | Eng. A gang | |
| O'Neill, Jim | QUARTERMASTER | Jul 1, 1979 – Feb 1, 1980 | navagation | Anybody remember derick maddis from florida or timmy or clay |
| Learn, James | en3 | Aug 17, 1979 – May 10, 1981 | engineering | good times on this ship. looking for brad frick. best friend ever while we were stationed there. |
| Silvey, Gregory | 3rd class Emgineman | Dec 14, 1979 – Aug 20, 1982 | Engineering |
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