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Crew of the USS Batfish (6th Patrol) |
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| Batfish Commissioning Officers
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(L-R): Ensign O.A. Morgan, Ensign
W.L. McCann, Lt
D.A. Henning, Lt. Cmdr. Wayne R. Merrill (CO), Lt. R.L. Black,
Lt. J.M.
Hingson,
Lt. Cmdr. P.G. Molteni |
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Batfish Officers, probably before the 6th War Patrol
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Front (L-R): Lt (jg) Reuben H. Pepper, Lt.
Clark K. Sprinkle, Cmdr. John K. Fyfe, Lt. Gerson I. Berman, Lt. Herman W.
Kreis
Back (L-R): Lt. John L. From Jr., Lt. Wayne
L. McCann, Lt. Richard H. Walker, Lt. John W. Ditewig
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WWII Crew Member |
Rate |
Patrols |
Obituary |
| ABEL, Albert F. |
EM1c |
7 |
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| ADAMS, Joseph L., Jr. (*) |
SC1c |
1, 2 |
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| ALLEN, Thomas F., Jr. (*) |
EM2c |
1,
2, 3 |
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| ATHEN, Donald D. |
RT1c |
6,
7 |
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| BALDES, Raymond O. J. (*) |
CMoMM(AA) |
1, 2 |
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| BEARINGER, Glenn A. |
F1c |
7 |
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| BECK, George T. (*) |
TM3c |
1, 2 |
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| BECKER, George (*) |
MoMM1c |
1,
2, 4,
5, 6,
7 |
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| BELCHER, Harold W. (*) |
MoMM1c |
1,
2,
3, 4, 5,
6 |
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| BELL, William Graham (*) |
TM1c |
1,
2, 4, 5 |
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| BENFIELD, Fred, Jr. (*) |
GM3c |
1,
2, 3, 6,
7 |
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| BENNETT, James A. |
STM1c |
7 |
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| BERMAN, Gerson I. |
Lieutenant |
3, 4, 5,
6, 7 |
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| BIRDSALL, Raymond A. |
TM3c |
2, 3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
Obituary |
| BOHREER, John C. |
CEM(PA) |
6 |
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| BLACK, Robert G. |
Lieutenant |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
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| BRESLIN, Joseph J. |
GM3c |
4,
5, 6,
7 |
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| BROCKWAY, Randall S. (*) |
CEM(AA) |
1,
2,
3 |
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| BURNETT, Glenn G. |
SC1c |
5 |
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| BURNS, Sherman E. (*) |
TM2c |
1, 2 |
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| BUTTERWORTH, James T. |
F1c |
4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| CALLANAN, James B. |
RT2c |
6, 7 |
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| CAMPBELL, William W., Jr. |
MoMM2c |
6,
7 |
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| CARTER, Charles W. |
TM3c |
2, 3, 4,
5,
6,
7 |
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| CARTMILL, Charles L. (*) |
GM2c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7 |
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| CASSIDY, John T. |
EM3c |
4, 5, 6 |
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| CAVALLI, Armand W. (*) |
QM1c |
1, 2,
3 |
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| CHEROWBRIER, Edward, Jr. (*) |
QM1c |
1,
2, 4,
5,
6, 7 |
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| CLEPPE, John B. (*) |
EM3c |
1, 2 |
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| COKER, Harry L. |
Cox(T) |
3, 4,
5, 6,
7 |
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| COLEMAN, Milton |
TM2c |
3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| COLLAR, Robert A. (*) |
TM1c |
1,
2,
3,
6,
7 |
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| COMFORT, Kenneth E. (*) |
TM2c |
1, 2, 3,
6,
7 |
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| COMSTOCK, Wallace E. |
EM2c |
5,
6, 7 |
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| CORNWELL, Edward E. |
TM3c |
6 |
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| CORNEJO, Juan E. (*) |
S1c |
1, 2 |
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COUSINS, Thomas E. (*) |
CEM(AA) |
1,
2, 3 |
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| COX, Clifford B. |
CMoMM(AA) |
3, 4, 5, 6,
7 |
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| COX, Joseph Albert |
S1c |
7(c) |
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| CRAIG, Robert T. |
GM1c |
6,
7 |
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| CRAMER, Edwin J. |
S1c |
3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| CROCKETT, William I. (*) |
TM2c |
1,
2, 3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
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DAVIS, Wiley V. (*) |
MoMM2c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7 |
Obituary |
| De GROTTE, Henry C., Jr. |
CPhM(AA) |
6,
7 |
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| DELWORTH, Edward |
QM2c |
5,
6 |
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| DENNIS, Davis L. |
MoMM1c |
4 ,5 ,6, 7 |
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| DITEWIG, John W. |
Lieutenant |
5,
6, 7 |
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| DOUGHERTY, Edward J. (*) |
S1c |
1 |
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| DRZEWIECKI, Albert J. (*) |
SM1c |
1, 2, 3 |
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| DUEFRENE, Edward W. |
SM1c |
4, 5, 6, 7 |
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ELLIOTT, William L. |
EM3c |
4, 5, 6,
7 |
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| EVINGER, Albert J. |
EM2c |
4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| FARNSWORTH, Joseph M. (*) |
CRM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 |
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| FITZGERALD, Pierce T. |
QM3c |
3 |
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| FONTENOT, Ixon (*) |
MoMM1c |
1,
2, 3,
4, 5 |
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| FROM, John L., Jr. |
Lieutenant (jg) |
3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| FULTON, Robert E. (*) |
MoMM1c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7 |
Obituary |
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FYFE, John K. |
CO |
3, 4, 5, 6 |
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| GARNET, James L. (*) |
MoMM1c |
1, 2, 4,
5,
6 |
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| GEORGE, Roy "D" |
MoMM2c |
7(c) |
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| GERHARDT, Manuel A. |
MoMM1c |
6,
7 |
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| GIBSON, William M. (*) |
MoMM1c |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7 |
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| GLACE, John |
QM2c |
3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| GNITKA, George R. |
MoMM3c |
4, 5 |
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GOLDFARB, Adolph (*) |
CRT(AA) |
1, 2, 4, 5 |
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| GOODMAN, Malcolm E. |
F1c |
4, 5 |
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| GRANT, Wallace B. |
TM3c |
6, 7 |
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| GRAY, William H. (*) |
CTM(AA) |
1, 2, 3 |
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| HAMMOND, Lewis T. (*) |
Ck2c |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5,
6 |
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| HAYES, Francis J. |
EM1c |
5, 6,
7 |
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| HENNING, Donald A. |
Lieutenant |
1, 2, 3 |
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HILL, Richard R.
(*) |
MoMM3c |
1,
2, 3,
6,
7 |
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| HINGSON, James M. |
LCDR (XO) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| HOFFMAN, Carl C. |
SC1c |
4, 5,
6 |
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| HOSLER, Richard F. |
TM2c |
4, 5, 6,
7 |
Obituary |
| HOUSE, Richard E. |
MoMM2c |
5, 6 |
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| HUEY, William B. |
MoMM2c |
6,
7 |
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| HYDE, Donald A. (*) |
CGM(AA) |
1,
2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| ISBELL, William J. |
EM2c |
4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| JAVORSKI, Stanley J. |
RM1c |
3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| JOHNSON, Charles R. (*) |
EM1c |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
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| JOHNSON, Lester G. |
F1c |
7(c) |
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| KELLY, Nathaniel L. |
StM1c |
4, 5,
6 |
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| KERNS, Fred R. |
S1c |
7 |
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| KILRAIN, Joseph R. (*) |
EM3c |
1, 2, 3,
6 |
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KOETZ, Leroy |
EM2c |
7 |
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| KOST, Michael |
SC2c |
6, 7 |
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| KREIS, Herman W. |
Lieutenant (jg) |
4, 5, 6, 7 |
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| LABRECQUE, Leon E. (*) |
RM2c |
1, 2 |
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| LANDBECK, Frederick A. (*) |
TM3c |
1,
2, 3 |
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| LARCH, Lynus J. (*) |
CTM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 |
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LAUGHLIN, David W. (*) |
CMoMM(AA) |
1,
2, 3,
6,
7 |
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| LAWRENCE, Virgil W. |
TM1c |
3,
4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| LEASURE, Russell E. |
EM2c |
3, 4, 5, 6,
7 |
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| LECHNER, Kermit L. (*) |
CPhM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| LITTELL, Edward O. (*) |
CMM(PA) |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
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| LOADER, Arthur F. (*) |
MoMM1c |
1, 2, 3 |
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| LOWDER, Hughston E. |
RM2c |
6 |
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| MacEACHRON, David W. |
Ensign |
7 |
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| MacKAY, Kenneth B. |
S1c |
7 |
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| MADDEN, James A. |
S1c |
7 |
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| MAXWELL, Richard J. |
EM2c |
3, 4 |
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| MAYHEW, Francis J. (*) |
MoMM2c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| McCANN, Wayne L. |
Lieutenant (jg) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 |
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| McDONALD, Joseph E. |
F1c |
3 |
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| McGILL, Emmett N. (*) |
CMoMM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
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| McKINNEY, Everett G. |
EM2 |
7 |
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| McLARNEY, Howard R. (*) |
EM3c |
1, 2, 3,
4, 5 |
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| McNAMARA, Edward J. (*) |
TM1c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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MERRILL, Wayne R. (*) |
CO |
1, 2 |
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| MILLER, Edgar V. |
SC3c |
3, 4 |
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| MITCHELL, William J. |
MoMM2c |
3 |
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| MOBBS, Harold V. |
S1c |
3, 4 |
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| MOLTENI, Peter G. |
LCDR |
1, 2 |
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| MOORE, Joe R., Jr. |
BKr3c |
5 |
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| MORGAN, O. A. |
Ensign |
1, 2 |
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| MORIN, Henry J. (*) |
Lieutenant (jg) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| MORREALE, Pete V. |
MoMM2c |
6, 7 |
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| MORRILL, Numeriano G. (*) |
Ck1c |
1, 2 |
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| MOSSMAN, John H. (*) |
CQM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
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| MURPHY, Arthur C. (*) |
EM1c |
1, 2 |
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| NELSON, Ralph W. |
FCS2c |
4, 5, 6,
7 |
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NEWTON, David W. |
S1c |
5,
6, 7 |
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| NORRIS, James R. |
GM2c |
4, 5 |
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| O'BRIEN, John P. |
TM3c |
4, 5 |
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O'DONNELL, Eugene C. |
EM3c |
7 |
Obituary |
| OLSON, Douglas H. |
MoMM3c |
3, 4, 5 |
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| OSWALD, Robert F. (*) |
TM2c |
1, 3,
4, 5,
6, 7 |
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| OWEN, Richard S. (*) |
RT3c |
1, 2 |
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| PALMER, Everett A. |
MoMM3c |
4, 5, 6,
7 |
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| PAOLO, Domenic A. (*) |
S1c |
1,
2 |
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| PEPPER, Reuben H. (*) |
Ensign |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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| PERSICO, Donato |
CTM(AA) |
7 |
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| PETERSON, Wesley F. (*) |
CEM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
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| POPE, Joseph F. |
RT1c |
3 |
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| POWELL, William O. |
Bkr1c |
6,
7 |
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| RANDOLPH, William W. |
RT1c |
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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RECORD, Donald W. (*) |
Y1c |
1, 2, 3 |
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| RICKETTS, Ray A. |
CEM(T) |
7 |
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| ROBARE, Charles J. (*) |
TM1c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| ROBINSON, Leroy |
TM2c |
4, 5, 6,
7 |
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| ROGERS, Walter S. (*) |
CTM(PA) |
1, 2 |
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| RUFFIN, James L. |
EM1c |
6 |
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| RUSH, William G. (*) |
SC1c |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
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| RUTHVEN, John R. (*) |
QM2c |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
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| SANKS, Raymond L. |
RM3c |
6, 7 |
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| SCHLIEF, Marius M. |
CY(AA) |
4,
5, 6,
7 |
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| SCHULDHEISZ, Fred |
EM3c |
4 |
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| SHEATS, Charles B. |
Y1c |
6, 7 |
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| SIECK, Charles A. |
Lieutenant (jg) |
7 |
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| SLUNAKER, Vernon R. (*) |
FCS1c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 |
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SMALL, Walter L. |
CO |
7 |
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| SMITH, Lyford O. (*) |
EM1c |
1,
2 |
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| SNOW, Robert G. (*) |
MoMM3c |
1, 2, 3 |
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| SOGOIAN, Ara A. |
F1c (MoMM) |
6, 7 |
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| SPRINKLE, Clark K. |
Lieutenant (XO) |
6, 7 |
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| STOINSKI, Raymond M. (*) |
SC2c |
1, 2, 3 |
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| STRAUSS, William M. |
F1c (MoMM) |
7 |
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| SWEET, Robert S. (*) |
S1c |
1, 2 |
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| TAMANI, Felix |
St2c |
7 |
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| TEETER, Lewis H. (*) |
CMoMM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| THIBODEAU, Joseph E. |
QM3c |
5, 6,
7 |
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| THOMAS, Thomas A. |
MoMM1c |
4,
5, 6, 7 |
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| THOMPSON, Robert E. (*) |
CMoMM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| TRIMBLE, George Henry |
S1c |
7(c) |
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| TUMA, Joseph R. (*) |
EM1c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7 |
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| VAN LEUVEN, Franklin A. (*) |
MoMM3c |
1, 2,
3 |
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| VICARI, Arthur F. (*) |
RM2c |
1, 2,
3 |
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| WADE, Charles L. |
StM2c |
3 |
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| WALKER, Richard H. |
Lieutenant |
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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| WALLER, Emory A. |
EM3c |
5, 6 |
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| WARNICK, Hubert M. |
SC3c |
7 |
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| WARREN, Martin C. (*) |
MoMM1c |
1, 2, 3,
6,
7 |
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| WASLESKE, Alfred P., Jr. |
F1c |
7(a)(c) |
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| WATERHOUSE, John W. |
SC2c |
6 |
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| WEILER, James L. (*) |
RT3c |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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| WEIS, Adelbert F. |
MoMM3c |
2, 3,
4, 5,
6 |
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| WIGHTMAN, Earl C. |
F1c |
7 |
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| WITTE, Ernest R. (*) |
CEM(AA) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6,
7 |
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| WOOD, Grover C. |
F1c |
5(b) |
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| YANKOVICH, John J. |
EM3c |
3,
4, 5 |
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| The WW2 crew
list is based solely on the U.S. Navy's muster roll for the Batfish.
Please email me with any discrepancies. |
| (a)
July 16, 1945: transferred to U.S.S. QUILLBACK for further transfer to
nearest Medical Facility for treatment/diagnosis. |
| (b)
Transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital #245 on October 17, 1944 |
| (c)
Transferred on to Batfish July 10, 1945, mid Patrol #7 |
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(*) Denotes Plank Owner (member of
the crew when BATFISH was placed in commission). |
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