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USS Bennington (CV 20) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Bennington (CV 20). 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 176 crew members registered for the USS Bennington (CV 20).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1956 | 1957 – 1961 | 1962 – 1965 | 1966 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shonyo, Bob | AN | 1957 – Mar 1959 | V 2 | I was in the arresting gear section of the V 2 Division. I ran hooks ,checked all gear top side before every flight ops. did maintaince on all the arresting gear equip.relieved the deck edge operators. |
| Shaw, Robert | Airman | 1957 – May 20, 1960 | V-6 | |
| Sellers, Larry | IC3 | Aug 1957 – 1958 | radar | Went to Sub school from the Bennington, SS Trigger SS-237, 1958, changed rating from seaman to fireman. ended up on USS Yellowstone, AD27. Portsmouth, R.I., IC3, discharged 1960. Nice group of guys in IC repair dept. |
| Smith, Irving R | E-3 | Oct 1957 – Jun 1960 | Aviation Fuel Handler | |
| Kiniry, James "Birddog" | BT-3 | Nov 28, 1957 – Oct 28, 1959 | B | Remember the fun times we had on liberty especially and 2 good friends, Dick Brigance and Vernon Stolz. |
| Schweizer, Keith | SK2 | 1958 – 1959 | S-1 | |
| Rutledge, William | GM3 | 1958 – 1959 | 5th Division Gunnery | He was my Father. I am looking for any photo's of him. He started off on the ship as a Draftsman before changing to Gunners-mate. He arrived on the Bennington in 1958 and left in 1959. |
| Waters, Larry | PH2 | Jan 1958 – Aug 1959 | OP | |
| Martinez, Ray | FN / BM3 | Jan 2, 1958 – Oct 13, 1961 | B / First | Spent first year in # one fireroom. Transferred to First Divison until seperation.Lots of good times and shipmates. Officers were great with Mr Yoland, Mr Skinner, Mr Seacat, Bill Winters stand out. Our Bosn was one smart sailor. |
| Waters, Larry | Ph2 | Jan 15, 1958 – Aug 21, 1959 | Operations | Served in the Photo Lab, Flight Deck, O7 level, and Aerial Photography. |
| Sebright, William(bill) | FN/MM2 | Apr 15, 1958 – 1959 | A | Made Wes-Pac cruise 1958- Remember old ship mates -Leistman,Mahan, Chief Murphy, Culbertson, Clock, Tex, Dingle, Chief Hunsinger, Canfield (still have picture of) Hannock, McCurdy, and many more. |
| Hartman, Darrell | ETRSN | May 1958 – Apr 1959 | OE | In charge of SPN-8 landing radar. |
| Holland, Perry | 3rd class | May 1958 – Sep 1959 | Boatswain mate | |
| Martinez, Robert | MM 2 | May 4, 1958 – May 10, 1962 | M division | Worked in forward auxiliary room and forward engine room |
| Ramirez, Jaime | Jun 1958 – 1959 | |||
| Sowers, Ersul | BT2 | Jul 1958 – 1961 | B Divison | |
| David, Carson | Machiest E3 | 1959 – 1961 | A DIVISION | |
| Slingerland, Wesley | rdsn | Jan 30, 1959 – Sep 1, 1961 | OI | would like to communicate with shipmates from the OI div during my time onboard. |
| Oquinn, Terry | GM2 | Apr 1959 – Mar 1, 1963 | G Division | Some of the best four years of my life. Made two WestPac cruises. Came on board as a boy and left the ship a man. Lots of memories and lots of great adventures abroad. The Bennington was a great ship. |
| Fleming, Robert L. Fleming | E4 GUNNERS MATE | May 7, 1959 – May 3, 1963 | SHIPS ARMERY | LOOKING FOR R.E.WHITTINGTON AN F.E.BRAY |
| Law, Albert | mm3 | May 17, 1959 – Jan 22, 1963 | M | would like to hear from any body who served with me |
| Slingerland Sr., Wesley | RDSN | Jul 15, 1959 – Sep 1, 1961 | OI | |
| Mixon, Johnney | Bm3 | Aug 1959 – Aug 8, 1963 | 2 nd. deck div. | |
| Drake, Stew | AE-2 | Oct 1959 – Nov 1961 | V-6 | MET SOME GREAT MATES ON BOARD. TRANSFERED TO VT-29 CORPUS CHRISTS,TX. |
| Woolley, John | LEGAL | Dec 1959 – Sep 1961 | X | Looking for a Nelson Shirley in PIO office |
| Clackum, Dave | ABH3 | Dec 12, 1959 – Sep 15, 1961 | V1 FLIGHT DECK | WAS A FLIGHT DECK YELLOW SHIRT MOSTLY SPOTTING STARBOARD CAT. RETIRED FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN IN MARIETTA GA IN 1997 |
| Starr, Thomas | PC3 | 1960 – 1962 | X Division | Ship's Post Office |
| Hadley, Robert | EM2 | Mar 1960 – May 1963 | E-Division | Worked in the Lighting Shop and took care of flight deck lighting and all running lights. Retired from a public utility and working as a management consultant in the power generation industry. Live in Cary, NC. |
| Forster, Paul | ET3 | Apr 1, 1960 – Jul 18, 1963 | OE | I was ship board ET. |
| PARRY, DARRYL | RM1 | Sep 16, 1960 – Jul 10, 1962 | Radio | Retired Banker, living in West Central Florida |
| Martin, Jerry | E3 | Oct 1, 1960 – Aug 15, 1962 | GM | Served aboard with GM division aviation ord. for two cruises 60/62. Nickname Marto. |
| Willig, Randy | RD-2 | Nov 1960 – Sep 1962 | OI | There are a bunch of us old scope dopes that get together every summer. Contact me for info. |
| Vaughn, John W. (Jack) | COMMANDER | 1961 – 1963 | This is my Grandfather, the dates may be a little off. He served as Navigator | |
| Bowers, Bobby | AB3 | 1961 – 1962 | V4 | Aviation Fuels Repair 7 Group for shipboard aviation fuel systems from main tanks in the bowels of the ship to fuel lines and pump stations on hanger and flight decks. Our group worked everywhere. |
| Wolfe, Douglas | MU3 | 1961 – 1961 | Com Car Div | Did the standard Westpac tour (Yokuska, Sasebo, Kobe-Osaka, Okinawa, Philippines, HongKong) with some time in the Gulf of Tonkin as things heated up before the Vietnam fiasco. |
| Theriault, Richard | E5 | Jan 1, 1961 – Mar 15, 1964 | E | I made 2nd Class Petty Officer at 19 years old and realized I loved being a boss. This set my career path. 3 college degrees and 55 years in engineering management left me very comfortable in retirement. |
| Austermann, Charles | RD 2 | May 1961 – Oct 1962 | OI | |
| Madison, Doug | AMH3 | Jul 1961 – Oct 23, 1964 | V-3 | ELEVATOR #1,#2  OPERATOR ON HANGAR DECK FIRST, THEN WENT WORK IN AIR DEPT. OFFICE, AS DIVISION YEOMAN. THE BEST THING THE NAVY TAUGHT ME WAS TEAMWORK-NO MATTER WHAT YOUR JOB WAS. ATTENDED 1ST REUNION IN 2008-FABULOUS TIME! |
| Pfeiffer, George Russell | RM 3 | Sep 1961 – Aug 28, 1964 | OR/CR | I reported aboard the Bennington is Sept. of 1961. The next three years were some of the best days of my life and if I had to do it over again it would have to be with the same shipmates because they made the good times. |
| Todd, Carl,dick | ATI | Oct 15, 1961 – Apr 2025 | v6 | Am not too sure of the dates. |
Lock, Leonard  | Sk3 | Nov 10, 1961 – May 10, 1963 | S-1 | West pac 1962 |
| Weers, Loren | RM3 | Dec 2, 1961 – Jan 29, 1965 | OR/CR | Am retired. Also Secretary of USS Bennington Association, Feel free to contact me to join and also for information on reunion planned for Sept 2017 in Deerfield Illinois, (Great Lakes NTC close by) |
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