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USS Prairie (AD 15) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Prairie (AD 15). 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 584 crew members registered for the USS Prairie (AD 15).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1957 | 1958 – 1963 | 1964 – 1967 | 1968 – 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindley, Richard | TM2 | 1059 – 1963 | ||
| Barber, Herbert | E-4 | 1900 – 1901 | Deck, Nav | nn |
| Verret, Daniel | MR3 | Jun 28, 1900 – Mar 1, 1993 | R-2 | THE BEST YEARS OF MY NAVY CAREER WAS ON THE PRAIRIE. I MET MY BEST FRIENDS THERE! MM3 PRUDEDA, MR2 WICKMAN, MR3 BOHATY, AND MR3 CONLEY. I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL EXCEPT CONLEY, AND BOHATY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE! |
| Robbins, Evan Earl "Robbie" | 1940 – | Plank Owner | ||
Brown, Joseph  | RM3 | Sep 25, 1942 – Oct 15, 1945 | COM | |
| Musgrave, Rex | Chief Petty Officer | Mar 4, 1944 – | Chief Torpedoman | I posted this for my Pop Pop...he passed years ago. But he loved his Country and the Navy. He participated in World War 2. And was a member of The Realm of the Golden Dragons... |
| Poe, Vincent | Unknown | 1945 – 1947 | Unknown | Looking for others who served during 1946 with my grandfather Vince Poe. Also interested in pictures, stories, history etc... |
| Claytom, George | CM2 | 1945 – 1946 | Carpenters mate | My Dad George Clayton was aboard during WWII, Seen one photo of him and his mate playing cards smoking cigars! He died in 1975 |
| Sears, Charles, Chuck, Charlie, Sheriff | ET1 | Oct 1945 – Apr 1946 | Electronics | I joined the Prairie just before she left Japan for the U.S. carrying 1500 Army troops returning home for discharge. I was Acting Chief Master at Arms. She then returned to Pearl to take on the COMDESPAC Flag. |
| Wootton, Jack | S1 - YN3 | 1946 – Mar 1949 | O Div Captains Office - CO Yeoman | Came aboard in X Div 1946 sent to Yeoman school then returned in 1946 to O Div in Execs office then moved to the Captains office under Captain Forrest Close. Good duty! Lots of good friends, most dead by now. (2009) It was cold in China! |
| Drake, Francis | S1(CR TO S1 | Mar 20, 1946 – Oct 24, 1946 | Looking for a picture of my father in his Navy Uniform | |
| Pelton, Herbert M | SO-1 | Jun 1946 – May 1948 | LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THE REUNION THIS YEAR BEING HELD NEAR THE GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION IN ZION ,IL PLEASE CONTACT ME AT MPELTON613@ALLTEL.NET ASAP FOR INFO | |
| Cole, Jim | SK# | Sep 15, 1946 – May 10, 1948 | Supply | Great ship and great crew. Tsingtao China was a good and bad place. Great memories.... |
| Burnett, Paul M | FN TO SF1 | 1948 – 1955 | worked for chief smithson (old shitwonk) in shipfitter shop repairing "galvinized greyhounds" anyone serving those years give me a hollar | |
| Kent, Rochelle - Daughter Father Emmett Cecil Kent | Em2 (t) | Feb 2, 1948 – Feb 2, 1953 | Electrical | My father was aboard the uss prairie during Korean conflict. He died 40 years ago and I am wondering if anyone knew him. Champion boxer. His name is Emmett Cecil Kent |
| Burnett, Paul | SF2 | May 15, 1948 – | repair | i served on Prairie from late 1948 to 1950, came aboard fireman 2nd and made sf2 |
| Nelson, Garry | BM-3 | Nov 16, 1948 – Oct 11, 1952 | ||
| Myers, Herman “sparky” | EM2 | 1950 – 1952 | Electricial | |
| Moore, Bobby Odell (Daughter J'Nell Smelley) | Store Keeper 2nd Class | Sep 21, 1950 – Aug 1953 | Supply | I am looking for anyone who was on ship btw 1950-1953. I have abt 60 photos that were taken aboard ship & on shore that I would like to share. My dad died when I was 2 and we don't know who the people are in the photos |
| Ussery, Lawrence(Useless) | ME-2 | Oct 13, 1950 – Apr 1954 | 5th Division | Worked in Shipfitter Shop |
| Feltz, Leo | SK1 | Oct 14, 1950 – Dec 12, 1951 | Supply | |
| Breton, Robert....(Hambone) | FN1 Shipfitter R Divisioni. | Feb 12, 1951 – Dec 8, 1953 | R Division Ships Company | Sadly I've lost total contacts with old shipmates. Robert Leon Smith (CA.) Donald E Smith( CA).brothers) Raymond J Canty (Mass). Chief Nygaard, Clement Boehm, JImmy Moore, Ken Rutherford (Galveston) |
| Bernu, John | MR3 | Mar 1, 1951 – Jan 1, 1955 | 4th | Still in touch with good shipmates Lee, Hugh, Don, Spano. Lots of good of memories. Good crew, good duty. |
| Holtzclaw, Travis (Clem) | EM1 | Jun 1952 – Oct 10, 1955 | 4th | Would like to hear from the guys from the elect repair shop that I served with. |
| Lovelace, Dennis | Molder First Class | Apr 12, 1953 – Mar 12, 1957 | Believe it was Divison 4 | We had a ball in the old Foundry, but we kept them old Destroyers going.Lot of the others too. Burgess,Hanks,Johnson,Burbe,Smith,My little Arkensaw buddy,your name I can't remember.Just made secound class. |
| Roberts, James | MR1 | Jun 1953 – Dec 1956 | Repair | Worked in Machine Shop- Friends with Bruce N Anderson-Billy J Parker- William Holder. Left ship in Persian Gulf 1956. Anyone rember me I would like to hear from you. E-mail jamesandjewellr@yahoo.com |
| Hoy, Earl | SK | 1954 – 1957 | S-1 | I served aboard the Prairie 1954-57 and 1962. I was in S-1 Division SK3 and came back in 1962 as SK1. I saw a list for Larry Dilts & would like to hear from him & shipmates. My email is fastee4@hotmai.com. |
| Moore, Richard (Dick) | ETR2 | Mar 9, 1954 – Aug 15, 1957 | Repair | Many good times in the round the world cruise. Lost track of most, but relocated my mentor, Lee Wagner in the San Francisco Bay area. We stay in touch. Would like to hear from old friends. |
| Dilts, Larry | SK2 | Nov 10, 1954 – Jul 30, 1957 | S1 | Would like to hear from shipmates especially storekeepers from 1954-57. I hated the Navy when I was aboard ship but that was because I was too immature. I had lots of great experiences and learned a lot. We made a world cruise in 1956-57. |
| Henderson, Jack | DT1 | Apr 15, 1955 – Apr 17, 1957 | D | Glad to find this webpage. Hope to find some old shipmates. |
| Mansell, Robert / Bob | Fa | 1956 – 1957 | Repair | Looking for any old ship mates who may have known my grand father robert travis mansell might have gone by Bob would love to hear the stores I wish he could of shared with me while he was on the world cruise |
| Monaghan, Dennis | FT2 | Jan 1956 – Sep 11, 1957 | Repair | |
| Grenz, Clyde | Feb 10, 1956 – Aug 15, 1957 | S-1 | ||
| Dozier, Ross | OM3 | May 1, 1956 – Jan 28, 1959 | R3 | Looking for others who made the World Cruise |
| Armor, Thomas (Tom) | E1? | 1957 – 1961 | UNKNOWN | My father passed away in March 2010. He served on the USS Prairie from 1957 to 1961. Discharge papers misplaced; awards unknown. Do you remember him? We'd like to make contact with anyone who remembers him. Thanks! |
| Wilson, Alfred (Willie) | sn | 1957 – 1960 | 2nd div | looking for anybody in 2nd div or on board 1957 to 1960 remember wilson a.m. herbet pugh e.f.johnson etc.etc.or on the boxing team with me great memories..happy sailing al wilson..541-227-6851 |
| Lyon, Jay (Bigfoot) | FT2 | Jan 10, 1957 – Sep 10, 1960 | Ships Company | Anyone out there from this era? |
| Erdman, William / Bill | ET2 | Apr 1957 – Jun 30, 1960 | Electronics Repair | I remember Tom Ellis,Michalsky, Ernie Middleton( who bought my motorcycle had an accident and married his nurse), Paul Reams,Pat Reynolds and Robert Shinn. I retired after 41 years as a electronics engineer at ANL in Ill |
| Dorough, Wayne | QM2 | Jul 1, 1957 – Sep 23, 1958 | O | |
| Shinn, Robert | ET2 | Dec 10, 1957 – Sep 10, 1960 | Repair | One of my sons and a grandson continued the Navy tradition. Wonder whatever happened to Al Bearden, Ernie Middleton, Ed & Robert Barela, etc. |
| Newman, Mike | Dec 19, 1957 – Mar 25, 1960 | Wonder how many of the old R3 Div people are still around from the late 50s. | ||
| Newman, Mike | EM3 | Dec 20, 1957 – Apr 25, 1960 | R 3 | |
| Newman, Mike | EM3 | Dec 20, 1957 – Mar 25, 1960 |
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