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USS Hancock (CV 19) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Hancock (CV 19). 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 550 crew members registered for the USS Hancock (CV 19).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1953 | 1954 – 1959 | 1960 – 1962 | 1963 – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1974 | 1975 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelso, Les | 1967 – | |||
| Dinning, Ken | AT3 | 1967 – 1969 | AIMD DECM Shop | Blue water sailing on the oldest and smallest attack carrier in the fleet. |
| Burns, Harvey | MM3 | 1967 – 1971 | B Evaps | Harvey Burns mm3 Looking for Dennis Shea ,Call 8174377992 |
| Bleakney, Paul (Duck) | AN | Jan 4, 1967 – Jan 1968 | V-4 | Looking for the people I served with ran JP5 pump rooms |
| Heitzmann Jr., Joseph (Joe) | SENIOR CHEIF AVIATION BOATSWAINS MATE | Feb 4, 1967 – Jun 24, 1967 | flight deck | this is honor of my father Joseph Roy Heitzmann jr. who received commendation for design,construction and use of a towbar cart, any pics out there plese let me know |
| Atkins, Doug | ABH-2 | Feb 12, 1967 – Aug 30, 1970 | V3 | Trying to reach out to old, and now they are old shipmates. |
| Egilske, Joseph Joe | abh 3 | Mar 12, 1967 – Oct 1970 | V 3 | looking to get intouch with old shipmates from 47 plus years ago joe egilske |
| Gagnon, Lawrence | ABE 3 | Apr 1967 – Oct 1970 | V-2 Cats | |
| Gibbs, Joseph (Joe) Jr. | RD2 | Jun 20, 1967 – Jun 20, 1971 | CIC Radar operator | What memories this brings back! great group of guys and those WESTPAC liberty ports! how'd I survive?? |
| Melito, Kenneth J. (Mic) | RM3 | Jul 1967 – Mar 3, 1969 | communications | I would like to hear from someone that I served with. |
| Sanderson, Vancil (Sandy) | RMSN | Jul 1967 – May 1968 | Radio | Looking for anyone involved in the drydocking in 1967 and 68 at San Francisco. |
| Lee, Rob | RM2 | Jul 22, 1967 – Dec 22, 1969 | CR | http://www.usshancock.org |
| Christensen, James | GMG3 | Aug 6, 1967 – Sep 29, 1969 | First Division | As Medicare get closer memories are founder. |
| Kline, Louis/crazy | MM3 | Sep 1967 – Aug 1971 | The toughest carrier the Navy ever had! | |
| Marcus, Dave | PH2 | Sep 1967 – Aug 1970 | Op | |
| Strait, Philip | E4 | Sep 4, 1967 – Jun 30, 1971 | Ship Serviceman | Worked in Laundry upon arrival of duty. Transferred to ship stores. Originated out of Gladwin Michigan. |
| Sullivan, Gregory | AK3 | Sep 6, 1967 – Sep 6, 1968 | Aviation Stores S6 | Looking for anyone in S6 division 67-68 |
| Neidringhaus, Maurice | e3 | Sep 20, 1967 – May 6, 1971 | ENGINEERING | |
| Hitchcock, Hitch | az3 | Oct 1967 – Jun 1968 | AIMD | In drydock almost the entire time; lived in barracks. Put to sea to sail up and down the coast for a time. Was launched via catapault on the C1. Drove the CO a couple of times. worked at Master at Arms for a few weeks. |
| Parrish, Randy | e-3 | Oct 14, 1967 – Jun 6, 1971 | fox/5th division | i made 3 wespac cruises , crossed the equator 2 times i'm a shellback! i was a gunner's mate guns loved it , mis my old shipmates. had great fun in ports especially olongapo p.i. mis ole fightin hanna... |
| Lund, John (Jd) | MM2 | Nov 1967 – Jun 2, 1971 | M - Divsion | Served in aft-eng-rm, a lot of memories. Recently published a book "Vietnam 1967-1971" about my three deployment to Vietnam aboard the Hancock. Check out my website for a preview. Purchase on Amazon. |
| Douberly, Ken | AO3 | Nov 1, 1967 – Aug 29, 1970 | G | I worked on the flight with the bomb crew and also worked with Ordnance Disposal I kept track of ordance that left and returned to the Hancock. Great memories from the WestPac cruises and time in the U.S docked at Alameda. |
| Tippie, James | ADJ3 | Dec 1967 – Sep 1968 | AIMD | SLICK DICK AND MAZKATEER, R U OUT THERE |
| Farias, Antone (Tony) | 1968 – 1973 | This is his daughter, Leah. Tony, passed away September, 2005 due to lymphoma cancer...He was a true fighter and will be remembered always. If you knew him please feel free to contact me, he never did speak much of his times in the navy. | ||
| Price, William (Bill) | PH2 | 1968 – 1969 | OP | I was stationed as a photo-mate 2nd class and working the flight deck incoming and outgoing. I took hundreds of photos of the helos, planes and people in 1968 and 1969. I am looking for shipmates. mrbill1215@yahoo.com |
| Ducharme, Michael Duke | E-3 | 1968 – | V-1 | My time aboard opened my eyes to the world ! |
| Ostlund, Wayne C. | E-5 | 1968 – 1969 | CVW-21 | Assigned to Carrier Air Wing-21 (CVW-21) staff out of Naval air Station, Lemoore, California. CVW-21 was in charge of the aircraft assigned for a tour of duty off the coast of Viet Nam. . . |
| Merickel, Edward | AN | Jan 1968 – Nov 1968 | AG - 7400 025 Meterology | |
| Riley, Lynn | E3 | Jan 1968 – Feb 1969 | OPS/CIC | |
| Maszk, Ken | ASH3 | Jan 1, 1968 – Jul 1, 1969 | AMID | |
Thorp, Kenneth  | MM1 | Jan 7, 1968 – Apr 7, 1969 | B | |
| Wavra, Steve | MM2 | Jan 10, 1968 – Nov 6, 1972 | M Division | worked in Aft engine room for four cruises. Started as a MMFN out of A school and Left as a MM2. |
| Ponce, Byron | LISN | Jan 20, 1968 – Jul 21, 1969 | X | Worked in Print Shop and G Division, Bomb Assembly |
| Caffey, Dave | FTG 3 | Feb 1968 – 1969 | Fox | Things I remember of WESPAC cruise: Subic Bay (San Migel beer, Queen Bee bar), Russian Bear flyover, collision during UNREP, Shellback initiation, Bob Hope Christmas show, lots of A/C launch and recoveries. I was 19 YO. |
| Baker, Terry Yn1 | Mar 1968 – Jul 1969 | X | This was my first ship and I really enjoyed the WESTPACs. Worked for Capt Greer and trf to COMCARDIV NINE Radm Morrision. Brother also served onboard SN Chris Baker. Thank you shipmates. | |
| Spence, Bill | RM2 | Apr 1968 – Dec 1970 | CR | |
| Brown, Mike (Charlie) Brown | E3 | May 6, 1968 – Jul 10, 1969 | v1 cRASH lOCKER | wHAT A CRUISE! wOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SOME OF MY SHIPMATES. |
| Schneider, Jim | LT. | Jul 1968 – Oct 1969 | General Stores/Aviation Supply/Disbursing | |
| Sabinsky, Ed | E-3 | Jul 10, 1968 – Jul 10, 1971 | WEAPONS | BEST THREE YRS I EVER SPENT GREAT PORTS OF CALL |
| Sheridan, Dean | AT3 | Aug 1968 – Aug 1971 | AIMD DECM Shop | Typhoons and the Sea of Japan in Dec...who could ask for a wider variety of work environments...It was a learning experience for a young sailor. |
| Leeflang, Pete | ABH-3 | Aug 1, 1968 – Sep 1, 1971 | V-3 | Hey V-3 brothers where are ya? |
| Newton, Richard | AKC | Aug 10, 1968 – Feb 15, 1971 | squadron | Retired 9/30/1975, as AKCS, Leading Chief, NAS Whidbey Is. Supply Dept. Spent 17 + Years with Grumman Aerospace as a "Tech. Rep./LSR; at Whidbey Is., USS Constellation, NAS Miramar, NAS North Island, USS Ranger, & more. |
| Turner, Larry | BT3 | Sep 1968 – Apr 16, 1970 | Engineering | I came aboard the USS Hancock after boot camp. I had a wonderful naval experience and developed many great friendships. I am proud to say, mMy memories will last my life time. It hard to believe it has been 40 years. |
| Almberg, Kenneth | Ken | Sep 1, 1968 – Oct 20, 1970 | V-2 | Assigned to V-2 catapults after ABE A school made two tours to Tonkin Gulf with carrier division nine. Made ABE 3 aboard the ship. Ran the water brakes and retraction (Grab) machine space, and monitored the end speed |
| Mota, Laercio | E-3 | Oct 1968 – Apr 1970 | V-1 | I would like to contact friends from that time |
| Seidel, Bruce | E3 | Oct 27, 1968 – Jul 27, 1970 | V-1 | Still look back and remember all the good times I had and all the great places I visited. Would love to hear from any of the guys on board at that time. |
| Miller, Bill | MR2 | Nov 1968 – Jun 1972 | "A" -- Machine Shop | Thanks to all the guys who made it an experience I will always remember. |
| Langley, Gregory | PH2 | Dec 19, 1968 – Jul 3, 1971 | OP | Looking for Pingle, Pfeiffer and Marcus, not necessarily in that order. Great shipmates! |
| Silva, Alan (Al) | E4 | Dec 23, 1968 – Sep 15, 1972 | V1 | started asblue shirt tthen crash crew,yellow shirt in fly 2 7 flyi , have alot of good memories |
| Wooley, Jack | MR2 | Dec 24, 1968 – Aug 15, 1972 | A2 | I had a great time seeing at least half of the world. The experience I learned in the machine shop help in my career. The guys in the shop were all good to work with. |
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