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USS Essex (CV 9) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Essex (CV 9). 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 312 crew members registered for the USS Essex (CV 9).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1950 | 1951 – 1957 | 1958 – 1960 | 1961 – 1962 | 1963 – 1965 | 1966 – 1967 | 1968 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White, George (Bud) | AMS 3 | 1958 – 1959 | Air Group VF-13 | Working on the flight deck when a BIG swell hit the port side causing her to lean 22 degree's. I lost my LOX cart over the side. At the time we had the F4D. |
| Gilkey, Larry | LTjg | Jan 1, 1958 – Sep 17, 1960 | VAW-12 | Any of my oldtimers still around |
| Biorn, Emiel | CVQM2 | Feb 10, 1958 – May 9, 1962 | ||
| Douglas, John | FT2/FT3 | Mar 1958 – May 30, 1962 | Fox | I still maintain control with friends with whom I served on the USS Essex. I retired from the Navy at the rank of Captain with six years of active duty and twenty-two years of reserve service. |
| Shane, Joseph Wiliam | Seaman | Jun 1958 – Jun 1962 | Boat Division | I would like to find Alexander Kerr. |
| Morris, Charles E | SEAMAN | Jul 1958 – May 7, 1962 | GB/BOAT | LOOKING FOR ANYBODY WHO SERVED WITH ME IN FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DIVISIONS ALSO. CONTACT ME FOR SOME TALK. |
| Barnes, James | BT 3 | Jul 9, 1958 – Oct 1961 | B Divison | Came aboard in July of 58 while anchored in Naples as FR. assigned to "Oil Shack". Had a lot of GOOD times;Great shipmates ! Anyone remember crossing through Suez Canal,International Dateline,Equator ? 275,000 miles |
| Henkel, Tom | LTJG | Jul 11, 1958 – Jun 9, 1960 | Repair | For my first 120 days on board ESSEX, we were at sea for 103 and steamed 40,000 miles. I earned 21 years of active and reserve time and retired as CDR USN(Ret). I live in Chapel Hill, NC. |
Messmer, Douglas  | EM3 | Jul 13, 1958 – Jul 16, 1961 | Engineering Div | Looking for any of my father's shipmates. His name was David Messmer, EM3. I would like to hear from you if you knew him or served onboard the Essex at the same time. |
| Brail, Glenn | FIREMAN | Sep 1958 – Sep 1960 | MM | Looking for Hillyer, Conn, Ballard, Akahoshi or anyone from the aft engine room 58 to 60. |
| Ballard, James F. (Jim) | MM3 | Sep 1, 1958 – May 22, 1960 | #2 ENGINE-ROOM | I would like to hear from White, Schneider, Miller, Rufus,Fitch, |
| Farmer, Franklin R. | IC3 | Sep 10, 1958 – Aug 1, 1960 | Electrical | |
| Douglas, John | FTG2 | Nov 10, 1958 – May 30, 1962 | Fox Division | I still in contact with some of those with whom I served aboard the Essex. |
| Snead, Jimmy | MM3 | Nov 28, 1958 – May 15, 1962 | A-3 | Hello,to all my shipmates. |
| Guthmiller, Gerald (Jerry) | SN | Dec 22, 1958 – Mar 15, 1962 | Supply | I was on deck force for about 4 months then to the Post Office. The ship was stationed on the Eastern Coast and sailed to the Meditteranian, Europe, etc. We were deployed to the "Bay of Pigs". Find Jim Sweenee. |
| Bennett, John D. | QMSN | 1959 – 1960 | Navigation | John Bennett was my father - he passed away in 1992. I would love to find out more about his time on the Essex from anyone that knew him, it would mean a lot to me. |
| Farrell, Robert | SN1 | 1959 – 1961 | G-3 | Passed away 2015 |
| Chirhart, Gary "Windows" | SN | Jan 1, 1959 – Jan 20, 1961 | boat | I drove the fastest 40 foot utility boat in the US Navy. With no lights on, I blew by a 3 star Admiral's barge in the dead of night in Barcelona. Special thanks for my stern hook, Minnea, who was a snipe in engineering. |
| Polhamus, Donald | AM | Jan 3, 1959 – Aug 29, 1960 | V6 | ONE OF THE GREAT TIMES IV'E HAD IN MY LIFETIME.SERVED ABOARD THE SAME TIME WITH TWO OTHER BROTHERS.... |
| Bowyer, Julius | ICFN-IC2 | Jan 10, 1959 – Apr 27, 1962 | E | The Interior Communications gang still gathers and has great memories |
| Melton, James | SK-3 | Feb 8, 1959 – Jul 2, 1960 | S-1 | |
| Lamb, Ed (Sheep) | SN | Mar 12, 1959 – Apr 6, 1961 | Boat Div. | Would like to here from any who was in boat div. |
| Feno, Gerald | RD2 | Mar 15, 1959 – May 29, 1962 | OI | |
| Epperson, James M. | SEAMAN | Jun 10, 1959 – Mar 10, 1961 | OI | |
| Hickey, Jim | RD3 | Jun 15, 1959 – Mar 15, 1961 | OI | |
| Lees, Joe | SN | Jun 15, 1959 – Mar 15, 1961 | OI | |
| Rhodes, Travis Rhodes | AM3 | Jul 1959 – Apr 1961 | V-4 | Looking for mrmbers of the fuel gang |
| Lawson, Alvin | Aircraft electrician 2nd class | Jul 31, 1959 – Feb 1960 | VF-13 | |
| Biles, Frank | AE2 | Aug 15, 1959 – Feb 26, 1960 | VF-13 | Would like to hear from you. |
| Schroeder, Larry | SN | Sep 1959 – Aug 1961 | Boat & Navigation | I was in Boat Division for six months and then moved to the Navigation Division as Navigation Yoeman. |
| Thompson, Walt | AVIATION ORDNANCE THIRD CLASS | Nov 23, 1959 – Nov 22, 1963 | GV | |
| Himes, Richard | S A | 1960 – 1962 | g 3 | trying to find some old ship mates . would like to find some photos of the time i was on the essex. |
| Natiello, Thomas | 1960 – 1961 | X | Interested in discussing Bay of Pigs support in April 1961 | |
| Bureker, Robert J. | AO3 | 1960 – 1961 | W Div | My first cruise on the USS Essex and I was a young guy in W div before the GMT rate came out. I have a YouTube video that I took on that cruise. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHv76pPEXKg |
| McRobbie, Robert | AT2 | 1960 – 1962 | V-6 Avionics | Set up new Avionics shop in Brooklyn & Boston. Supported CAG Avionics. COD Aircrew. Ashore at Gitmo w/ Essex vehicles, motor pool driver, (troops, Cuban workers, base staff, munitions etc.) Oct-Nov during Cuban blockade. |
| Hendershot, William (Bill) | AO3 | 1960 – 1963 | AO | A great life experience |
| Tucker, Olin Ronald Ronnie Ole Tuck | IC2 | 1960 – Oct 1962 | E | |
| Williams, Terry | SFM2 | Jan 1960 – Sep 1963 | R | Came aboard after boot for duty with my older brother Tom. (Big Skivs) Worked in the metalshop. Ran R-Vent div for about a year which was manned by tad personnel. |
| Perkins, Floyd | fn | Feb 1960 – Feb 8, 1964 | A/3 | trying to contact old shipmates |
| Johnson, John | BT2 | Feb 1, 1960 – Jan 1, 1966 | B | |
| Dunlap, Charles | IC3 | May 1960 – May 1962 | E Div | IC Gang |
| Hoffman, Nicholas (Nick) | ICFN | May 1960 – May 1961 | Unknown? | Nick Hoffman was my father. He served on board the USS Essex between May 1960 and May 1961. I think he worked in Communications. He later served on the USS Petrel. I'd like to hear from anybody who may have known him |
| Helmick, Brooks | LT | Jun 13, 1960 – | CIC | If you want to know what really happened on the Essex between 19600-1963 when it was the Flagship for the, Bay of Pigs Crisis, Berlin Wall Crisis and the Cuban Missile Crisis go to https://goo.gl/eC9YBn |
| Papciak, Bob | Seaman | Aug 25, 1960 – Sep 12, 1962 | G Division | |
| Cates, Julian (Jay) | FN | Oct 1960 – Nov 1961 | E | |
| Thibodeau, Pete | seamen E3 | Dec 1960 – Oct 1962 | G1 | looking for Terry watkins. From tower city PA. Also looking for Freddie Hengle from New Rochelle, NY |
| Oswald, Donald | QM3 | Dec 12, 1960 – Jun 12, 1964 | Navigation | Reported aboard as a SA in December 1960 and was assigned to G-2 div, three months later transferred to Navigation Division because of QM A school, made QM3 before transferring to the Tin Can Navy in 1964. |
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