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USS Denebola (AF 56) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Denebola (AF 56). 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 54 crew members registered for the USS Denebola (AF 56).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1970 | 1971 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohanan, Delmar | PFC | Mar 13, 1949 – May 29, 1954 | Supply Ship Cook | I enjoyed the Navy |
| Clancy, Donald | RM3 | Nov 1, 1953 – Aug 10, 1954 | Communications | "Plank owner". Great officers and enlisted men. Looking forward to 2005 1st reunion. Ate a bit of the Capt'n's food as his steward enjoyed listening to music in the radio shack. |
| Adkins, Joe | 1955 – 1959 | |||
| Schulick, Andrew | LTJG | 1956 – | Engineer | My first ship out of the Merchant Marine Academy |
| Patrick, Walter | RM3 | Mar 10, 1956 – Apr 10, 1958 | Operations | |
| Busby, Jim | GM 3 | Nov 12, 1957 – Dec 5, 1959 | Gunnery | My time aboard was great. I joined the Navy to see the world and grow up a little, and I did both. One of the best things I have ever done for myself. Met some great friends and still in contact with a few of them. |
| Simonin, Earl (Mouse) | MM1 | 1958 – 1962 | M | In charge of Refrigeration. Shop and maintaing cargo hold temperatures. Stood watches in the engine room. |
| Hansen, Alan | MR2 | Jun 1958 – Jun 1960 | E | I worked in the machine shop, stood watch in the engine room |
| Gerard, Pat | HM2 | 1959 – 1961 | N/X | Retired after 31 years of active duty service as a Master Chief. Settled here San Diego. Wish that I could make the reunions. |
| Shockley, Harold | MM2 | Apr 1959 – Jun 1962 | E division | became a police officer.. retired after 30 years as a captain in charge of the SWAT team.. |
| Hornyak, Leslie | BT3 | Jul 1959 – Jul 1961 | E | Capt. Wilson's command was great! |
| William G. White Sr., Bill | BM3 | 1960 – | 2nd Division | |
| Shafer, Alvin | RM2 | 1961 – 1963 | ops | |
| Shafer, Alvin | RM3 | 1963 – 1965 | Operations | Best ship I ever served on. Great shipmates and good duty. |
| Darabcsek, Henry/hank | 1963 – 1965 | |||
| Jonckers, Michael (Mike) | RM3 | 1963 – 1965 | Operations | |
| Carlson, Robin | ETSN | 1963 – Sep 1964 | O Division | |
| Thompson, Wayne | SM | Jan 1, 1963 – Mar 15, 1963 | Deck | Fired a full clip from my duty watch .45 into the water tied up in port, Velenzia Spain 1963. Departed the ship in Naples same month. |
| Wildermuth, Dan | DP 3 | Nov 1963 – May 1965 | Supply | It is now 2006 serving atTibbettsPointLighthouse, Cape Vincent, NY |
| Kangas, Larry | 1964 – 1969 | 2nd | first ship for me , one of the best , miss those days ret. BMCM 1989 | |
| Carr, Gerald | GMG3rd | Sep 1964 – Apr 30, 1967 | gunnery 3rd div. | It was a great experience I wish I would have stayed longer, like some of my buddies did. |
| Warner, John | FN | Sep 1964 – Mar 1965 | M | Great shipboard and engine room training in preparation for MM school. Graduated second in my class. |
Rivera, Juan E.  | SN | Sep 1964 – 1965 | 1st | Sent to the fleet prior to starting Radio operators "A" school. Made SN while on board. Great Crew, grew my sealegs abord this great ship. |
| Brown, Stuart | SN | 1965 – 1966 | 1st | Great shipboard experience. Met some great guys. |
| Pendill, Vadim Richard | RD2 | Apr 1965 – Oct 25, 1969 | OI and OC | Served twice, from 1965 to 1967 and 1968 to 1969. |
| Wood, Eric M. | FN | Sep 1965 – Jan 1966 | B | TAD Aboard for the Med Trip. Was on the precom detail for USS Arlington (AGMR 2). Still have good memories of my "first" ship! |
| Zieber, Jack | EM3 | 1966 – 1969 | R | The training I received on board help me all through my life.i would like to tell my shipmates for all the training they gave me. |
| Golberg, Brian | Ltjg | Jun 1966 – Apr 1968 | Operations | Communications Officer on Denebola. Officer of the Deck and Command Duty Officer. Trying to connect with anybody that served aboard Denebola during those years |
| Toedt, Terry C. | E-4 | Feb 1967 – Oct 1968 | LOOKING FOR SHIPMATES | |
| Wood, Jerry L; | GMG-3 | Aug 1, 1967 – Nov 15, 1969 | 3RD | 7 MAN DIVISION HEADED BY GMGC FRANK "ACE" ACELA , GUYS, ROWIDDER, SKI, AMY, FT-2 REED, |
| Phipps, Douglas | CS 2 | Sep 7, 1967 – Jan 12, 1970 | Commissary | Like to hear from anybody that was onboard the ship at that time. |
| Lepper, Martin | RM2 | 1968 – Aug 4, 1972 | Operations | I was stationed on this ship for my complete enlistment. I am now a graphic designer & signmaker. I live in Michigan. |
| Lewis, Henry (Hank) | Seaman E4 | Jun 27, 1968 – | USS Denabola AF56 | Hi Mates I served from 1968-1970 many knew me by the name Hank. You may have remembered me from an accident onboard in 1969 when my finger was pulled off by the chalk line and left arm that turned into gangrene. |
| Kubacki, Jim | PN-3 | 1969 – 1971 | Personnel | |
| Dobbins, Dennis | En3 | 1969 – | A | |
| Benigni, James (Little Ben) | BT2 | Sep 1969 – Oct 1971 | B | |
| Humerez, Jim (Pancho) | E-3 | 1970 – 1973 | Dispursing/Supply | Just resently retired a scenic painter at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fl |
| Bastow, David | BT3 | Mar 1970 – Aug 1974 | B | |
| Humerez, James (Pancho) | SK4 | Jun 6, 1970 – Mar 6, 1973 | Supply | I worked on the Denebola first as a deck hand, then in the dispursing office, and finally in the Supply Office under Chief Scroggins and Warrant Office Dunn. |
| Dobbins, Dennis | E3 | Sep 23, 1970 – Mar 3, 1972 | A | |
| Walker, Larry | YN2 | Nov 1970 – Dec 1974 | Yeoman |
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