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USS Taconic (AGC 17) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Taconic (AGC 17). 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 90 crew members registered for the USS Taconic (AGC 17).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1962 | 1963 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clauser, William | SK3 | Jul 1949 – Feb 1953 | Supply | |
| Novotnik, Alex | Draftsman Seaman | 1952 – | Draftsman | |
| Buccafusca, Joseph | SEAMON | Apr 1, 1952 – | ||
| Webb, Richard | QM 3 | 1954 – | comphib2 | |
| Schroeder, James (Jim) | 3rd class | 1954 – 1956 | Mechanical | I'm looking for George W Gibson 1st class and others who worked in the evaporator room in 1954 to 1956. I'll be 82 in sept. |
| Sharp, Duane | QMSN | Aug 29, 1954 – Aug 29, 1958 | Navigation | |
| Burlingame, Wally | RM3 | Apr 1955 – Aug 1956 | OR | |
| Ahearn, Joe | Qm3 | Sep 1, 1955 – Aug 1956 | N Divisiion | I am very pleased to find this site. Sailed to the Caribbean and Then to the Med. Tried the North Atlantic in late fall. Talk about Rough broken expansion seam in officers county Capt finally turned south. Whew |
Tymoczko, John  | ET 1 | 1956 – 1958 | Sixth Fleet | My Dad, John Tymoczko Jr. passed away in 2005. I am his daughter, Valerie Tymoczko. I am putting together a book of his time served in the Navy and I am trying to locate and interview some of his buddies,USS Taconic View 'back then' Photo |
| Taylor, Howard | Ensign | Jan 1, 1956 – Jan 1, 1959 | not sure | My father served on this ship as a radioman. He passed away in 1989. Not sure if he was always assigned to this ship, however, this was the only ship he ever spoke of.. I wanted to at least add his name to the crew list. |
| Tymoczko, Stephen | ET1 | Oct 1956 – Nov 22, 1958 | sixth fleet | searching foe shipmates of my brother John Tymoczko Jr. |
| Stewart, Robert | MR3 | Nov 1956 – 1959 | Engineering | During the time I was stationed on this ship, I broke my ankle when I fell down the ladder. Love the ocean and enjoyed the travel. Learned a lot and served with some good men. |
| Coughlin, Leo | JOSN | Nov 6, 1956 – Apr 5, 1957 | Bunked with snipes. | Too many journalists in PhibLant at the time. I helped Ship's Carpenter to compartment designations; otherwise had no duties and had free run of the ship. |
| Edwards, Jim | ET3 | Feb 20, 1957 – Feb 5, 1959 | #1 | Richard (Dick) Byrne. I made the landing in Beirut.. Any pictures of crew, I worked on electronics I was the tallest sailor on the ship and very thin. |
| Byrne, Richard (Dick) | SN coxswain LCVP #2 | Apr 1957 – Nov 1959 | 1st Deck | I was in the 1st Div. and was coxswain on LCVP #2 . I was with her when she landed troops in Beirut. I left her in Nov. 1959 in Barcelona before she went through the Suez. I rode an MSTS to Brooklyn for discharge. |
| Reich, Joseph | Esign-Lt.(jg) | Jul 13, 1957 – Jul 1959 | OI Div. Officer | Served under Capt.Brisco Chipman the finest naval officer and leader I have ever known during the Lebanon crises 1958. Left the command to COMPHIBTRALANT Little Creek to serve as Aide and Flag Lt..for RADM Romeser. |
| Fleming, John | SK2 | Jan 4, 1958 – Sep 27, 1960 | SUPPLY | I AM FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA AND WENT ABOARD THE USS SKILL JANUARY 4, 1958 IN JACKSONVILLE, FL AT DRY DOCK. TRANSFERRED TO USS WAXSAW AND THEN TO THE USS TACONIC AGC17. HON DISCHARGED 9-27-61 AS AN SK2. NOW AT TRAFSGT587@AOL.COM |
| Perkins, David | MM2 E-5 | Feb 1, 1958 – Aug 4, 1961 | A division | Many good times aboard the T. Always glad to connect with shipmates |
| Johnson, James "Jw" | SN coxwain | Feb 14, 1958 – Jan 2, 1961 | FIRST DIVISION | COXWAIN of Captains Gig 59 |
| Taylor, Paul | SA | Mar 1958 – Apr 1959 | not sure | My father served on this ship. He passed in December 2018. I rec'd records about his service and wanted to add his information to this site. |
| Krashowetz, Don | RMSN | Jun 24, 1958 – Apr 5, 1960 | WE sailed to the Med. with the 6 Fleet and went on tthru the sueze canal and to Pakistan when Prasident Ike went over there. | |
| Mc Gowan, Frank | DK-3 | Jul 15, 1958 – Jun 29, 1961 | SUPPLY | Frank Mc Gowan Email wornank@yahoo.com |
| Bauerle, William | SM3 | Sep 15, 1958 – Jan 1962 | os | in addition to the OS div. looking for Larry Waikel and John Rezepa |
| Skaggs, James, "Jim" | sn, sk3 | Oct 1, 1958 – 1959 | 2nd | made sk3 from deck div, and was transferred to monrovia in 1960 |
| Mangan, John | RD2 | 1959 – Oct 1962 | OI | |
| Settles, John (Hayseed) | sm2 | 1959 – Mar 25, 1963 | os | looking for anyone in os div., or others that may remember me. best time of my life!! please get in touch with me! |
| Sena, Anthony | BM3 | Mar 1959 – May 1962 | 2 ND. Division | |
| Murphy, Robert | pvt | Aug 1959 – Sep 1959 | embarked marine...hq-3-8 | |
| Peplow, Wayne | BM3 | Aug 23, 1959 – Jan 31, 1963 | First Div. | Home port Norfolk, Va. Three cruses to the Med. Cuban Blockade. |
| Leach, Richard | RD3 | Sep 1959 – Sep 1961 | OI | |
| De Meirers, John | RM3 | 1960 – 1961 | OR | |
| Tankesley, Steve (Tanks) | sm2 | May 18, 1960 – Feb 10, 1964 | os | served on board the taconic as a signalman. re-upped and changed rate to et. served on the chilton and the constelation. wish i had stayed a signalman as the time i was on the taconic was the best 4 years ever. |
| Reddick, Isaac | SEAMAN | Nov 22, 1960 – Sep 24, 1962 | signalman | entered as operations yeoman,transferred to 2nd div, transferred to signalgang |
| Bartelli, William | BM/3 | 1961 – Nov 1963 | BOAT | |
| Reed, Noell | FTG3 | Feb 24, 1961 – Feb 23, 1963 | 2nd | I came on as SR and left as a FTG3. |
| Mack, Spencer | BT3 | Jun 1961 – Aug 24, 1964 | ||
| Kearney, Lynwood | E-4 | Aug 14, 1961 – Aug 14, 1965 | A-Division | |
| Whelpley, Jerry | FGT3 | 1962 – Mar 10, 1963 | 3rd Div. Gunnery | Came on board from "A" school, ship then went to Philly for an overhaul. Then to Cuba, and then to the Med. |
| Tomsen, George | Qm3 | 1962 – | Navigation | |
| Kinegak, Ralph | DSMA | Nov 1962 – Nov 1966 | USS Taconic AGC-17 | |
| McGuire, Don / Mac | MM2 | Dec 1, 1962 – Apr 13, 1967 | M | Washed aboard 12/1/1962, ship was in dry dock at Philidelphia, Pa. Walked ashore for the last time on 4/13/67 |
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