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USS Point Defiance (LSD 31) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Point Defiance (LSD 31). 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 Point Defiance (LSD 31).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1960 | 1961 – 1964 | 1965 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1977 | 1978 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell, William C. | YN3 | Aug 28, 1952 – 1955 | Personel | Plank owner, Pre. Commissioning. School Norfolk, Ship Commissioned in Pascagoulla, went Through Panama Canal to Long Beach which was home port, took 1st trip to far east. Great times were had. |
| Williams, Nicholas | Seaman | Jan 1, 1953 – Jan 1957 | USS Point Defiance | Lost my documents from the time I was discharged from the Navy. My name is Nicholas Williams, 86 yrs old. I served in the Korean War from 1953-1957. If anyone has any info , please contact me at 1-570-867-4430 |
| Barton, George | SEAMAN COMMISARY | Sep 1953 – Sep 1954 | I am looking for Spenser, second class corpman. Would like to have him contact me. 603-340-4026 c, or 603-267-6306. | |
| Obinger, Paul | SEAMEN FIRST CLASS | Nov 25, 1954 – Dec 23, 1956 | Boatswain Mate | Plank Owner; commissioned in Pascagulla; steamed the Far East for nine months with stops at Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Japan. Got into a fight at the Bar Baby in Yikuska, Japan. Made Third Class Boatswain Mate three times, never got it on my arm. |
| Waite, William/bill | MM2 | Mar 1955 – Apr 1958 | Forward Engine Room | Plankowner. Went aboard right out of MM School. Enjoyed the trip through the Panama Canal on my birthday. Made the first 2 trips over to Japan. Met a lot of fun guys on board but have lost track of many of them. |
Patz, William  | IC2 | Mar 1955 – May 1, 1956 | E | I was a Plank owner and this was my second assignment. Going thru the Panama Canal for the third time was as interesting as the first 2 times. New ship, new equipment, new people made the time interesting. |
| Mosley Jr., Harold | SN | Mar 1, 1955 – Nov 19, 1956 | 2ND | PLANK OWNER,PUT PD IN COMMISSION AT PASCAGULLA, MISS.MADE FIRST CRUISE TO FAR EAST,I THINK I WAS FIRST TO HAVE SUMMERY COURT MARSHALL FOR AWOL ON PD.WORKED WITH MUNCY BM3-LENAHAN BM2, IN 2ND DIV.RAN PETER BOAT #3, CRANE OPERATOR.EMAIL ME,AS |
| Miler, Richard | FT3 | Mar 6, 1955 – Oct 8, 1956 | Gunnery | Put shiP in commission , one of original crew. One Westpac tour. |
| Lenahan, Andrew | BM2 | Mar 31, 1955 – Jan 14, 1961 | 2nd | I am his son....Andrew Lenahan. My father passed away 6/22/98 I have several photos of the cruise that I would like to post. My father was at the Great Lakes Training Center 6/30/52 to 1/20/55 prior to the USS Point Defiance |
| Yeager, Clifton | SA Seaman Apprentice | Mar 31, 1955 – Mar 31, 1958 | unk | I am son. Dad passed in 2007, was on board from the beginning, and was on board for Commissioning Ceremony. I know he went to Japan, unk what other missions. Thank You for doing this, he would be thrilled. Paul Yeager |
| Mayle, Sherley / Sam | E-4 BT | 1956 – 1958 | B | Looking for other plank owners to contact |
| Jerry, Philbrick | Seaman | 1956 – 1957 | G | Good Times..Good bar room brawls...Anyone remember Foxy Grooms, Chic Swenson, Zerlander,1st Class Yates? Gil Laird and I still friends after all these years. |
| Puent, Frederick | rm3 | 1956 – 1959 | operations | Joined PD in dry dock in Frisco and loved every minute of it. Saw Japan Hong Kong and a lot of other places. I was on the ship when we went to Pago Pago with the nike/asp rockets and i became a shellback. Great ship |
| Thomas, Hat | mm2 | Jan 7, 1956 – May 15, 1957 | m engine room | great duty lots of great guys great memory |
| Wickstrom, Gail (Wick) | GM3 | Mar 1956 – Sep 1957 | Gunnery/Fire Control | Almost two fantastic years in the Pacific; boarded in Sasebo, Japan. Am now retired engineer. I remember Obinger's fight at the Bar Baby. Lenahan was with him and they did what was needed to be done. Would like to hear from Jerry Wilcox |
| Biermann, Walter | SEAMAN | May 18, 1956 – Nov 25, 1957 | Boatswain Mate | Memories of swimming in the well deck and being a helmsman! |
| Miali, Guy | Seaman | May 30, 1956 – Jan 15, 1958 | Deck Force | I operated the crain, I worked under Lenahan and I was trained to paint the side of the ship all the way to the water line by Mosely. Whatever happened to Mertz and Zayley? Great Memories! |
| Lackey, Charles K | ENFN | Jun 15, 1956 – Jun 15, 1962 | R | The PD was my first ship and after 6 yrs, I hated to leave. I enjoyed every cruise - especially to the Phillipines and to Samoa on the Danger Island Cruise. I went on to make EN1. I retired in 1975 and enjoy all the memories. |
| Hainey, Gordon | 1957 – 1959 | |||
| Cowan, James | MM2 | Jun 1957 – Jun 1958 | m | Fwd. engine room |
| Sloan, Howard Aka Red Dog | MM3 | Aug 27, 1957 – Mar 2, 1961 | M Division | Served with buddies, Dave Burke, John Broderick, Peter Murphy, Tiny Knuppenburg, Jasper Richardson, Jim Stephenson, Jack "Moon" Mullins, Jack Pratt, Dave Rewoldt "Waldo". And many other great mates. Two Westpac tours. |
| Clifford, James | Machinest mate 3rd class | Sep 14, 1957 – Aug 31, 1959 | Engineering | |
| Smith, Bob | IC2 | 1958 – Jun 30, 1959 | DIVISION E | I CAME ABOARD SHORTLY BEFORE WE LEFT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA. WHAT AND EQUATOR CROSSING. MANY ON BOARD WILL REMEMBER THAT. WE WERE ASSIGNED A NUMBER OF SCIENTIST TO CAPTURE INFORMATION FROM THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. |
| Rea, Edward (Scooter) | FN (E-3) | Feb 6, 1958 – Sep 10, 1961 | Engineering | Enjoyed watching MM1 Close retire. Hope Greenbaum finally got sober. Great duty! Retired and now living on Hilton Head Island, S.C. (806) 283-0285 |
| De Wey, Mike | E-3 | Feb 18, 1958 – Aug 25, 1960 | Deck | This was my first duty station out of boot camp. Worked the starbord wing wall and both cranes. Eventually ran LCVP landing craft. Andy Lenahan was my supervisor. Great ship. 1958 IGY expedition to Danger Is. View 'now' Photo |
| Tibbs, Ed | Electrician's Mate 2nd Class | May 1958 – Jun 1961 | E-Division | Was on the ship when it went on the Eclipse Expedition in the Samoan Islands. In San Diego we loaded 8 3-stage Niki missles and crossed the Equator with 32 scientists and Lowell Thomas. |
| Sillers, Robert | Qm3 | May 15, 1958 – Jun 12, 1960 | Deck crew | Great experience watching Nike rockets off our flight deck during total eclipse with Lowell Thomas filming the whole thing. Spent 1 night on Puka Puka. Samoa was pretty great too. |
| Baker, Robert | ET2 | Aug 1958 – Nov 1958 | O | Went temp duty to South Pacific for IGY (ecclipse of sun) Oct 12, 1958. My ship, LSD 28 had a flooded engine room and couldn't go. Crossed equator and became a Shellback! Wow! Fond memories of Samoa, climbed Rainmaker Mt. in Pago Pago harbor. |
| Seach, Pete | S.F.P.2 | Nov 24, 1958 – Jan 16, 1962 | R Shipfitter | Went aboard in Long Beach, Calif. right from boot. P.D. just returned from Somoa. Became a shellback, enjoyed the yards at Seattle (Yard birds went on strike) ship was hung up for 4 months. Lots of good memories and friends. P.D. reunion every year. |
| Evans, Jim | SM3 | Dec 16, 1958 – Mar 21, 1961 | OPERATIONS | |
| Jones, Gary | MM2 | 1959 – 1962 | M/Forward Engine Room | I still have a lot of good memories of the PD, ports we visited, shipmates. |
| Burke, Dave | MM | Jun 1959 – Nov 1962 | M | After eng. room |
| Burke, Dave | mm2 | Jun 1959 – Nov 1962 | M div. | |
| Grzywinski, Gus | MM3 | Nov 1959 – Apr 1963 | Engineering Aft engine room | Thanks to Jerry Fleming I just learned of this site. I'll always have fond memories of time and tarvels aboard the Point Defiance. We had some great times. Will never forget WestPac cruises and the Missle Crisis. |
| Jones, Gary | Machinest Mate 2/C | Dec 29, 1959 – Jan 31, 1963 | M Division | Enjoyed my stay on the PD and all my shipmates. I will remember them and the ship. Sad to say the PD was scrapped not long ago. |
| Noh, Jerry | MM3 | 1960 – 1962 | M | Lots of god memories. Retrd, Live in Apple Valley, CA. Contact me and let me know how things are. I need picts. I served in aft eng room & was master at arms. |
| Ross, Jerry | BT-3 | 1960 – 1963 | Engineering | |
| Greenbaum, Michael | MACHINEST MATE FIREMAN | Jun 5, 1960 – Jun 5, 1963 | Anybody remember the old days give a holler. | |
| Colley, Clayton/spade | MM3 | Aug 15, 1960 – Feb 15, 1963 | aft engine room | came aboard at night, was slated to be an EM, but was bunked in M division, they were short handed, so stayed on' First long cruise was to Okinawa, many other ports, but favorite was station ship in Subic Bay, Phillipine |
| Ericksen, Erik | BT2 | Oct 1, 1960 – Jul 1, 1963 | Some of the fondest memories of my life!West Pac cruise 1962.Many hours in aft. fireroom.Cuban Missle crisis 62.Two trips through Panama canal.Brought bathascope to Boston when the Thresher went down.Sad time!! Smooth Sailing!!! | |
| Wegner, Robert | RM2 | Oct 10, 1960 – Jan 4, 1964 | OPERATIONS/CRYPTO | ABOARD FOR THE LANDING OF THE FIRST "COMBAT TROOPS" AT BANKOK, THE CUBAN CRISIS, THRESHER DISASTER, AND SURVEYING CHRISTMAS ISLAND FOR OPERATION DOMINIC |
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