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USS Pine Island (AV 12) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Pine Island (AV 12). 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 142 crew members registered for the USS Pine Island (AV 12).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1958 | 1959 – 1962 | 1963 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson, Gordon | GM G2 | 1959 – 1963 | firearms | This was my Dad. He passed on 14 Apr 2013. His comittal service will be on Thurs, May 9 @ 1pm at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL. He served in the WestPac & received a Good Conduct Medal in 1962. |
| Terry, Rex | AE3 | Mar 9, 1959 – Jun 10, 1960 | V-2 | Subsequently served in VP-67m VP-94 and VP-64all in operations division and Combat Aircrewman FCO. Retired 7April, 1990 as AVCM. |
| Horner, Glenn (Little Jack) | ABH2 | Apr 1959 – Jan 14, 1963 | V1 | I would just like to see if anyone remembers the skinny kid from Minnesota during my 4 years aboard the "Piney Maru" |
| Sweeney, Jerry L | SA/SN | May 1959 – Jun 1960 | V-1 | Worked for a 2nd Class by the name of Wagoner. Worked in the V-1 Division Office as the Division Yeoman. There was another crew member by the name of Eisenhower. |
| Key, Billy | Oct 4, 1959 – Sep 16, 1961 | 2nd | I reported aboard Oct 1959, From Naval Training Center San Diego,was assigned to 2nd div.Worked on 5" 38 Guns and worked in ships armory. Made West Pac cruise1960. Left ship Sept. 1961 as GM3. Retired 1978 as GMMC with 20 years service. | |
| Fields, Donald | seaman | Dec 1959 – Nov 1961 | 1 St | I remember John Stricklan from that time period. In fact he dated one of my sisters. We had some good times when on deployment. I remember White Beach getting hit hard from typhoon. |
| Suggs, Ajax | MMFN-E3 | Dec 15, 1959 – Jul 10, 1961 | M division | loved my ship and had many good friends and lots of good times and memories I left ship in late 1961 for shore duty in subic bay phillipeans I did get to see of my old buddies when ship made port call in subic. |
| McKee, Mac | FTSN | Dec 25, 1959 – Sep 1961 | Fox | Reported aboard as a non-designated Seaman, transferred to USS Algol (AKA-54) as FT3 in Sept 1961. Retired in 1985 as CWO-4 |
| Whittington (Mestdagh), Richard (Stiffy) | EM2 | 1960 – 1964 | E | Electrician working out of the electric shop. Stood watches in both engine rooms on main switchboards. G Q staion was Aft Steering. |
| Nottger, Ernest | RMSN | 1960 – 1962 | CR | The Pine Island was the best duty a man could ask for,she was a great ship. |
| Stricklan, John | SEAMEN | 1960 – | 1 ST | I WAS AMD GANON ORDERLY OPB OPERATOR |
| Thurston, Edwin | ETN2 | 1960 – 1963 | OE | |
| Baughn, Carl | RM2 | 1960 – 1962 | communications | Put out ships newspaper, supervisor of the watch both general comm's and crypto., communications office yeoman. |
| Edstrom, Dennis | RD2 | Jan 1, 1960 – Aug 21, 1962 | OI | |
| Jacobs, Edwin (Jake) | QM3 | Jan 1, 1960 – Jan 1, 1962 | NAVIGATION | Would like to contact any crew members from the Pine Island. I can't always get on line, so contact me at 720-937-6302 in Littleton, Colo any |
| Pierini, Robert Pepper | QMSN | Jan 10, 1960 – Sep 27, 1964 | NAV | THE PI WAS ONE HELL OF A SHIP U GUYS IN 1-2 DIV ANDSIGNALS WERE GRATE WE TORE UP SOME VILLIGES ph 1 626 9631969 |
| Beach, Gene | RM3 | Feb 1960 – Dec 1960 | Radio | Last duty station of 10 months. Left the ship in Okinawa; discharged from service late December at Frisco. Buddies George Cuthill and Denny Clark died in 2000 and 2002 respectively. Edited ship's newspaper June-December. |
| Thomas, Dave | DN | Mar 1, 1960 – Sep 1, 1961 | Dental | |
| Meader, Donald | AO3 | Jun 1960 – Dec 4, 1962 | I worked with Curt Bruebaker on the ship's newspaper and family-grams - eventually became editor. Organized on board events & at least one gala party in Manila. Bruebaker designed the bird "Piney Maru" & it stuck for as long as | |
| Boles, Mike | RD | Jun 1960 – Aug 1962 | OI | WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER PINE ISLAND CREW FROM ANY YEARS. |
| Menke, George | E4 | Jun 1960 – Dec 1962 | A DIVISION | INQUIRING ABOUT FRIENDS I MAY HAVE BEEN STATIONED WITH FROM 1960-62. SERVED ABOARD THE USS PINE ISLAND AV12. |
| Stephenson, Steve | machinist mate 3 | Oct 26, 1960 – Aug 13, 1964 | A division | the pine island was a very nice ship to serve on the inport duty was great.this ship was scraped out in tacoma,wa.,where i reside.my job was to provide the crew with fresh water made from the sea. |
| Meek, Michael (Mike) | MM-2 | Dec 1960 – May 1964 | M | Served as top watch MM-2 with the Engineering Officer at Main Controle, located in the aft engine machine room, with the port engine, and directed operations of all engineering spaces. From 60 to 64. |
| Broussard, Jerry | airman | Dec 1960 – Dec 1962 | aviation storekeeper | Ordeed all supplies for air dept(via the commanders office. |
| Zerfas, Allan | E3 | Jan 15, 1961 – Mar 15, 1963 | V1 | Looking for Jim Bonner, Joe Quintaro & Bob Young They were aboard the Pine Island with me. |
| Cox, Anderson (Andy) | ETN3 | Feb 1961 – Oct 1962 | OE | Great Liberty at White Beach Okinawa, Village 1, 2 etc. |
| Kaduce, Jerry | DK | Feb 10, 1961 – Mar 30, 1963 | ||
| Dinkins, William | RM1 | Mar 1961 – Mar 1963 | Communications Squadron | would like to contact Senior Chief Amos Lewis. Also anyone else who may remember me. |
| Purintun, Deorval Dick | RM3 | Apr 29, 1961 – Dec 24, 1964 | OR | I WAS aboard ship off and on do to flag duty.Every person called me bubbles i knew jerry b. rex tate timko,and cardinal. |
| Holden, David | HM2 | Jun 10, 1961 – May 16, 1964 | Medical | Best duty I had in the NAVY |
| Rehberg, Warren | AMS 2 | Aug 1961 – Dec 1962 | V2 | |
| Ritter, Jim | BMSN | Sep 15, 1961 – Jan 15, 1965 | Deck & Gunnery 1st | 3 wespac tours,Galapagos, Vietnam,Miss my Pals "slats" "fatback" & Steve Tompkins.like to hear from anyone who knew me. jimbetritt@aol.com, not much time left have asbestos cancer,miss the old navy crew on piney maru |
| Cetnarowski, Thomas | EM-2 | Dec 1961 – Aug 1964 | E | Two wespac cruises. 1962/1964 Worked out of the electric shop |
| Swiger, Robert | CS/3C | Dec 1961 – Aug 1965 | Commissary Division | I was a cook |
| Cates, Julian (Jay) | EM3/2 | Dec 1961 – Mar 1963 | E | Missed the Piney Maru at San Diego, caught her in Buckner Bay. Good times at the Red Rooster in P.I. |
| McKinney, Ruben (Spoon) | CS-3 | Dec 30, 1961 – Jan 10, 1966 | S-3 | I did my whole hitch on the PI which was unusual then. I started out in the 2nd Dicision and moved to the cooks just before we pulled in to Japan. Jerry Baum! If they called you REGIBE ! I do remember you. |
| Kwiatkowski, Adam | EM3 | 1962 – 1966 | E | I remember serving with Kelley, Karl Honkies, Mike Negel, John Tripp, LT Yeager, and several that your face is vivid in my mind, but for the life of me I cannot remember your names. Contact me at afk60jr@hotmail.com |
| Canaday, Carlton | Ensign/Ltjg | 1962 – 1964 | 2nd Division/Fox | This was my 1st ship. I made many mistakes and I learned a lot. Great Petty Officers both in deck and gunnery. |
| Bergstrom, Richard | E-4 | 1962 – 1964 | CS Division | |
| Rich, Claude | sn | 1962 – 1964 | Radio division | |
| Boggs, Thomas | signalman/sn | 1962 – | SM | |
| Buchanan, Jerry | RM2 | Jan 3, 1962 – Jun 17, 1963 | Radio Shack | I was seasick for 17 months, but I enjoyed the radio shack and being at sea. While in Hong Kong we had to cut short our liberty and go pick up one of our seaplanes that was shot down off the cost of Viet Nam. |
| Horais, Sylvia | None | Feb 1962 – Jan 1963 | Shipfitter | Looking for anyone who knew Chief Horais, known as Tony. |
| Carter, Robert/mouse | bm-3/boatswain mate/seaman | Mar 1962 – Aug 13, 1965 | 2nd div/1st div was good fried | i came from the norton sound avm-1/av-11.d.e. tucker was our LT.you know we hsde good honk kong every year .I left went we got back from Da Nang in 64.Harry Anderson was a good friend |
| Baum, Jerry | RM3 | May 5, 1962 – Jul 16, 1965 | Radio Operator | Does anyone remember me? |
| Wise, Bob | RM2 | Jun 1962 – Sep 1964 | OR | CWO, WS AND SHIP'S TTY REP. ENJOYED MANY A GOOD LIBS WITH S/M CARDINAL AND OTHER S/M'S. TRIP TO GALAPEGOS WAS FUN ESPECIALLY "CHAD'S SHACK' AND THE 1K CASES OF BEER AUTH BY THE CO. |
Mitchell, D. Wayne  | HM3 | Aug 15, 1962 – Mar 13, 1963 | H&S | Enjoyed serving on the Pine Island, I was the Aviation Medicine Tech. served under Chief Kay |
| Bruce, Leroy | QM3 | Sep 1962 – Jun 1964 | Nav | Made one west pac curs. and to E-quarte |
| Rutledge, Kenneth C | MM2 E-5 | Oct 1962 – Jul 1967 | M | |
| Arrowood, Lawrence | AMS | Dec 1962 – Oct 1966 | West PAC |
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