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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Pyro (AE 24). 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 453 crew members registered for the USS Pyro (AE 24).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1963 | 1964 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1977 | 1978 – 1981 | 1982 – 1985 | 1986 – 1988 | 1989 – 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portell, Gary | HM3 | 1969 – Jun 1970 | Medical | |
| Gover Ht2, Dan | DC2 | 1969 – 1971 | R | Great ship.Great crew. Good times... |
| Stayton, Michael | EN3 | Jan 1969 – 1970 | A GANG | First command. Also served on AO105, ARS24, MIUW604, MIUW202, PSHDU1, COMNAVIUWG2. Hank, don't forget EN1 Kanafax. |
| Salviejo, Perfecto (Pete} | SH3 | Jan 1969 – Oct 1969 | Supply | Looking for Mike Stayton |
| Thoms, James | BT3 | Jan 15, 1969 – Aug 26, 1970 | B | WOW SOME YEARS HAVE PASTED SINCE MY TIME ON THE PYRO.SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I CAN SAY SHAPED MY LIFE. I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. WOULD LOVE TO HERE FROM ALL YOU GUYS FROM B DIV. |
| Ireland, Rabbit | SN | Mar 11, 1969 – Mar 15, 1971 | 3rd gunner mate | looking for rich |
| Ireland, Rabbit | SN | Mar 11, 1969 – Mar 15, 1971 | 3rd gunner mate | looking for rich |
| Ireland, Rabbit | SN | Mar 15, 1969 – Mar 12, 1971 | 3rd gunner mate | |
| Snider, Bill | GMG2 | Apr 1969 – Apr 1974 | 3RD | |
| Hale, Nathan | SN | Apr 2, 1969 – Apr 28, 1970 | 1ST | First ship and first time away from home. Had a great tour in West PAc |
| Anklam, Keith | GMG3 | Apr 19, 1969 – Jun 7, 1971 | Third | We humped some ammo didn't we? I made two West Pac cruises. We spent a lot of time working together til exhaustion set in and adrenaline took over. I remeber most of third division. I would like to find John Henry Hornbuckle. |
| Pence, Ronald | BM3 | May 1969 – Jun 1971 | 2nd | It was my first ship right out off boot camp, and probably one of the best I served on. We had a gutsy/ball-bustin/ammo handlin bunch of crazies. |
| Pearsall, Robert | GMG 3 | May 1969 – Jan 1973 | 3 rd | Best times of my life, just reunited with Bill Snider. |
| Keppler, Rich | SN | May 21, 1969 – Mar 12, 1971 | 3rd Gunners | The best ship, The best crew, The best experience. Would love to find my brothers from that time. Rabbit and Hornbuckle Where are you? |
| Curtin, Joe | S/N | Jun 3, 1969 – Mar 10, 1971 | THIRD | FIRST TIME AWAY FROM HOME , IT WAS A VERY INTERESTIG EXPERIENCE .GOT TO SEE SOME GREAT SIGHTS , AND MET SOME LIKABLE CREWMEMBERS . SEEN THE WEST PAC TRIP LEARNED A LOT |
| Thoms, James | BT3 | Jun 10, 1969 – Aug 28, 1970 | B | FIRST TIME AWAY FROM HOME .HAD ONE GOOD TIME A FULL LIFE TIME OF JOY.WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM SHIPMATES THAT I SAILED WITH REACH ME AT MICRO978@AOL.COM |
| Morris, Mike | GMG 3 | Jul 1969 – Jul 1970 | River Division 535 | Would do it all over again! |
| McCormack, John | MM3 | Aug 1969 – Dec 1969 | Engine room | |
| Puckett Jr, Ernest | E-3 MM | Aug 19, 1969 – May 7, 1971 | Engineering | I'm looking for the ships logs and ALL ships movements and the weapons we carried |
| Edcius, Don Aka "ed" The Stew Burner | E-4 | Sep 1969 – Mar 1972 | Supply | Was Cook who hung out with "Baker" Stan Sears, the snipes, & gunnersmates. Have found memories of some wild & crazy times. |
| Welch, Gerald/jerry | HT2 | Oct 8, 1969 – Apr 7, 1973 | R | Great ship and fun, hard working crews. I never worked as hard as I did while on deployment to Vietnam. I made a lot of friends and I miss them. Try visiting the Uss Pyro association and attend annual reunions. |
| Beck, Allan | BM3 | Dec 1969 – Aug 1971 | 1ST | Great experience. |
| Brady, Malcolm | BM 3 | 1970 – 1974 | 2nd | Had a lot of fun and good times |
| Sears, Stan Or Stew | E-5 | 1970 – May 1972 | Supply | would like to hear from any cook and /or baker during this time. Also ran with some gunnersmates. |
| Lozano Sr., Victor Ramond | Signalman | 1970 – 1974 | Signal | Looking for all my old shipmates. I would really like to catch with some of you guys. Give me a call at 713-448-9252 or email at JaponicaStreet@gmail.com Looking for LTJG. Steve Penley (72-75) and Carl Tanner(72-75). |
| Fahrmeier, Gary | EN3 | Jan 5, 1970 – Aug 6, 1974 | GOOD TIMES AND LONG HOURS, GOOD MEN TO SERVE WITH. SORRY TO SEE THE PYRO GONE. | |
| Valenzuela, Joe | ETN3 to -ET1 | Feb 1970 – Jun 27, 1974 | OPS | See you guys at the 2013 Reunion in Seattle in May. Hooking up with division shipmates, Dan Sunde, Rick Hiatt. How about the rest? Kanberg, Denson, Brookhauser, Englishoe, Harris, Miller, Kirkpartrick, Higgins. Hopkins. |
| Barrett, Lawson (Butch) | GMG3 to GMG1 | Apr 20, 1970 – Jan 31, 1974 | 3rd Division | I basically grew up on the Pyro. I learned that only hard work will get you ahead in life. After leaving the Navy in 1977, I worked as a Special Agent for the U.S. Customs Service. Retired in 1999 at Grade GS 14. |
| Barrett, Butch | GMG1 | Apr 20, 1970 – Jan 3, 1974 | 3rd | I came to the Pyro straight from the rivers in Vietnam. It was kinda nice to return to a place where folks didn't shoot at you. Three Westpac tours with some great shipmates! I would love to hear from you all. |
| Matthews Jr., Grafton A/dickie | SN | May 1, 1970 – Jul 1, 1972 | 1st Division (Deck) | |
| Holmes, Gary | EN2 | Jun 15, 1970 – Aug 10, 1971 | A - BOAT DIESEL & HYDRAULICS | A good ship with lots of memories. I had good people working for me. We all four boats working well, I was Gig Engineer. I'd like to locate Louis GOLDMAN (MR3?), Mike Thompson (EN3?) and our lead PO, PAYNE, EN1 - all great guys. |
| Besser, Al | FTG3 | Nov 10, 1970 – Dec 11, 1972 | 3rd Division | Attended and graduated from the University of Kansas. Joined Army and retired in 2010 as First Sergeant. Tour in Iraq and brought back home more metal than I arrived with!! Good ship and good crew! |
| Promes, Jim | GUNNERS MATE / SEAMAN | Jan 5, 1971 – Apr 3, 1972 | 3rd | |
| Hiatt, Rick | ETN2 | Jan 10, 1971 – Dec 5, 1974 | Ops | Great ship.Great crew.Fond memories. |
| Earnest, Kenneth (Ray) | Feb 1, 1971 – Feb 1, 1974 | Disbursing Clerk | Would like to hear from anyone who served with me from '71 to '74. I am living in the Central Valley, CA. Send me a line .... Ray | |
| Ellis, Richard | MM3 | May 22, 1971 – Aug 4, 1974 | M Div. | Glad I found this site. See some names I know. Enjoyed the time I spent on board the PYRO and people I worked with. |
| Rider, Ralph | SME3 | Jul 1971 – Feb 1973 | Operations | |
| Hon, Jack | MM3 | Jul 12, 1971 – Jul 11, 1975 | M Division | Just want to see how everyone is doing, would like to catch up with all the machinist mates I plan on attending the reunion @ Colorado Springs who else will be attending |
| Hon, Jack | MM3 | Oct 1971 – Jul 11, 1975 | A | |
| Steidley, John | MS3 | Oct 1971 – Sep 15, 1973 | Supply | I am Retired and living in Tempe, AZ. I have our Cruise Book from our West Pac Deployment from 1973. I am looking for anyone who remembers our "Shellback" initiation from 1972 or was it in 1973? |
| Duffy, Regis | BM3 | Oct 4, 1971 – Aug 12, 1973 | 1 | lot of good times onboard in port |
| Steidley, John | CS 3 | Oct 18, 1971 – Sep 23, 1973 | Supply | PYRO was my first ship and my 2nd duty station out of boot camp. On of the best commands I served on. I did 22yrs in the Navy. I have the cruise book of 72. Contact me if you want to. All are welcome. |
| Steidley, John | MS3 | Oct 18, 1971 – Sep 23, 1973 | Supply | I am retired as of 28 November 1991 as a MS1. Reaching out to anyone who served on the PYRO from October of 1971 -September 1973. I have the cruse book from 1973. |
| Groff, Gregory | GMGSeaman -GMG2 | Oct 20, 1971 – Jun 1, 1975 | Deck division 3rd | What a way to grow up. CWO Smith and Davis, LTJGs Hubbard, Tempest and Penley. Chiefs Heddricks and Perkins. GMG2 Barrett and Masters. GMG1 Hornbuckle and GMM1 Hutsonada. The PI. What memories. Gunner Smith still with us |
| Penley, Steve | LT.(JG) | Dec 1971 – Nov 1974 | Navigator, DCA, Engineering, CIC | Some great folks on the ship, and interesting times. |
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