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USS Picking (DD 685) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Picking (DD 685). 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 32 crew members registered for the USS Picking (DD 685).
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard, Woodrow | Seaman 1st Class | Oct 1, 1942 – Nov 15, 1945 | Destroyer Squadron 49 Pacific Theater | I am writing this with the help of my son, I am 97 years old and served in the Pacific theater during WWII. |
| O'Neill, Robert / Bob | Sailor | Nov 1, 1953 – Nov 1, 1955 | Newport, RI | just moved to the Manteno, IL VA Hospital in Dec 2010 after a lifetime in Chicago |
| Schnell, Robert | DC2 | Feb 1956 – May 1957 | R | |
| Tafoya, Ernie | BT3 | Mar 11, 1961 – Sep 3, 1963 | boiler division | We have a USS Picking Reunion in Philadelphia, PA Sept. 2013. Contact for more info. Great to meet your fellow shipmates. About 100-125. We meet every 2 yrs. |
| Horn, James | RM3 | Feb 1962 – Apr 14, 1965 | CAN'T REMEMBER(RM, RD, QM,SIGNALMAN) | LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO WAS ABOARD 62-65, HOPE ANYONE ONE BOARD WILL COME TO THE REUNION IN SAN ANTONIO IN OCTOBER. IF YOU HAVEN'T COME BEFORE YOU DON'T NO WHAT YOUR MISSING. WE'RE STILL FAMILY |
| Limbert, Mel "Limbo" | EM2 | May 1962 – Jan 1966 | R | Best wishes to all who served on the Picking. |
| Toledo, Leopoldo | E-2 / Steward Apprentice man | May 12, 1962 – Aug 3, 1963 | Supply Division /Steward | I just want to connect to some of my shipmates that remember me . I came aboard and our ship was getting ready to get underway , and I was sea sick for three days :-( Our LPO was SD1 Johnson . |
| Proffitt, Mike | RM2 | Aug 1962 – Aug 8, 1963 | Operations | Had some fun times on board the old girl. |
| Antero, Felix | EM3 | Oct 17, 1962 – Nov 20, 1963 | a | the ship that started my electrical career in the navy. |
| Pagach, Douglas | Gunners mate | Oct 8, 1963 – Oct 2, 1964 | Second | Looking for support of Blue Water Act and/or Brown Water to finish paperwith the VA. Would appreciate any help from shipmates to confirm this. Thank you!! |
| Tate, Kenneth | RM2 | Nov 1963 – Nov 1964 | operations | |
| Hamilton, Russell | E5 | Nov 23, 1963 – Jul 21, 1967 | 7 th fleet | need information about DMZ area for VA claim. Need namrs of "inland waterways" we were on. |
| Davies, Robert/bob | RM1 | Dec 1963 – Aug 1968 | Communications | Aboard for Westpac cruises 64, 65, 67, and her final cruise of 1968. Served with some of the greatest guys that I have ever known in my 72 years. Still, some of the greatest memories of my life. |
| Morrissey, Bill | fireman Boiler Tech | Dec 29, 1964 – Feb 1966 | B Division | I was 17 years old when I came aboard the USS picking. of course I didn't know anything when I came on board but Jerry wisemen,EG Brown & Carlisle, Took me under They're wing and taught me as much as they could. |
| Grissom, Larry | IC3 | 1965 – 1968 | Interior Communications | I am looking for information on behalf of my father. He has dementia and we are working to get pension for him. If you have any information that could help us, please contact me. Thanks so much! |
Brimeyer, Jim  | sn | Nov 1965 – Mar 18, 1968 | deck | |
| Walker, Larry | YN2 / E-5 | Jan 6, 1966 – Apr 7, 1969 | Don't remember | Had a very positive experience aboard PICKING, met a lot of good people and still keep in touch today. Try to attend as many reunions as possible. |
| Johnson, James / Jim | MM3 | May 1966 – Sep 1966 | A-Gang | Wasn't aboard for long. Picking was in Hunter's Point for overhaul. |
| Aragon, Rick. (Art) | EM3 | Jun 1966 – Oct 1, 1969 | R Division | Have been searching for crew members but no success. But I found one shipmates and that has lead to others. Still looking for EM3 C.A. Ronning, Robert Egee?, Chief R. E . Sullivan. |
| Mc Carthy, Thomas | CS1 | Aug 1966 – Aug 1968 | SUPPLY | |
| Vaught, David | SR | Aug 1, 1966 – Jan 9, 1967 | 1st | Went by the name of Varney at that time and was only onboard for a short time and transfered to San Francisco for discharge. |
| Jones, Bobbie | SM3 | Sep 1966 – May 1968 | ||
| Minsel, Peter | SK2 | Nov 1966 – Nov 1967 | Supply | Ted Axton was Supply Officer. |
| Patterson, Jerry (Pat) | SA | 1967 – 1968 | seventh fleet | I am looking for anyone who might have a copy of the crew list for the time frame of April -May of 1967 For a VA claim. My dd214 did not show my service on ship for this time. |
| Johnson, Daniel | BT3 | Feb 1, 1967 – Oct 15, 1968 | B division | The time I spent on the ship with fellow shipmates, now good friends, has stayed with me in a positive manner all my life. |
| Phillips, Earl | E-5/FTG2 | May 1, 1967 – Mar 31, 1969 | Deck | Had a successful career going from (E1-O5). Retired from USNR w/ 33 years. USS PICKING was a real learning experience that.helped me when I fleeted up to the officer ranks. LOOKING for Kenneth Headley, BM3 |
| Webb, Donald | RMSN | Jun 1967 – Sep 1968 | OC | A great ship. We made the last wartime cruise on her before here decomissioning. |
| Von Salzen, Erich | SN | Sep 1967 – Oct 1969 | Deck Division | |
| Thatcher, Stephen | QM3 & QM2 | Sep 1967 – Aug 15, 1968 | OC | WESTPAC '68, GREAT QM gang, best ship I served on (enlisted 1962, discharge, 1971) |
| Carrozo, Joe | bmsn / Qm3 | Oct 1967 – | 1 / O | |
| Skrit Jr, Thomas | BM3 | Oct 1967 – 1970 | first division | WE WERE THE LAST CREW TO MAKE A WESTPAC.IT WAS A REAL EYE OPENER. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE. ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN. WE HAD A HELL OF A CREW AUGIE JANICE, JOE BLANCO, TOM LEONARD. JOE CARROZO |
| Eastman, Lawrence | PN1 | 1969 – Jun 1, 1970 | X Division | I decommissioned the ship on 1 Jun 70 and was the last person on board. |
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