Tioga's First Crew Commissioned 20 June 1953 Sort   By Shipmate Shipmate Sorted By Rank/Rating Rank Charles R Patton Commanding Officer LCDR R L Buddington Executive Officer/Navigator LT R D Freeman Engineer Officer/Damage Control Officer LTJG E C Driscoll First Lieutenant/Gunnery Officer LTJG John P Bader Jr Operations/Communications Officer ENS E S Waters Jr Stores Officer/Ass't First Lieutenant ENS R G Weatherford Chief Boatswain's Mate CPO C H Price Chief Electronics Technician CPO R L Johnson Chief Engineman CPO M J Tucker Chief Engineman CPO M I Burnett Chief Gunner's Mate CPO R E Sheehan Chief Pipe Fitter CPO C L Kreizinger Chief Quartermaster CPO E M Bouse Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class BM2 J T Curry Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class BM3 J L MacCarthy Jr Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class BM3 E J Benoit Boatswain's Mate Seaman BMSN R J Ropple Boilermaker 1st Class BM1 W C Sullivan Boilermaker 2nd Class BM2 R L Music Boilermaker 3rd Class BM3 R R Puchino Boilermaker Seaman BMSN J D Hill Boilerman 1st Class BT1 W T Wolfinger Boilerman Fireman BTFN C Dunn Commissaryman 1st Class CS1 H R Leach Commissaryman 3rd Class CS3 B F Copio Commissaryman Seaman CSSN J P Mora Commissaryman Seaman CSSN D W Watts Damage Controlman 1st Class DC1 D W Griswold Electrician Mate 1st Class EM1 V D Penner Electrician Mate 1st Class EM1 J A McCamant Electrician Mate 2nd Class EM2 J H McConville Electrician Mate 2nd Class EM2 P P Richmond Electrician Mate Fireman Apprentice EMFA J R Knox Electronics Technician 3rd Class ET3 G W Harrison Engineman 1st Class EN1 C Presnel Engineman 1st Class EN1 John W Atwell Engineman 2nd Class EN2 P J Kaczmarek Engineman 2nd Class EN2 Joseph S Schork Engineman 2nd Class EN2 M S Gurney Engineman 3rd Class EN3 J I Mollenkopf Engineman 3rd Class EN3 C R Rindfleisch Engineman Fireman Apprentice ENFA N H Bird Engineman Fireman Apprentice ENFA W O Powell Fire Control Technician 2nd Class FT2 M G Pulis Jr Fire Control Technician Seaman FTSN G D Brown Fireman FN K E Gagnon Fireman FN M Lecher Jr Fireman FN J W Mixon Fireman FN O S Paulson Fireman FN E W Robinson Fireman FN H E Shrader Fireman FN S J Webb Fireman FN E Zambrano Fireman FN J V Gladhill Fireman Apprentice FA J W Cooper Gunner's Mate 1st Class GM1 T K Taylor Gunner's Mate 1st Class GM1 H M Brandt Gunner's Mate 3rd Class GM3 P H Judson Gunner's Mate 3rd Class GM3 R J Oglesby Gunner's Mate 3rd Class GM3 J P Hague Hospital Corpsman 1st Class HM1 M W Symon Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class HM3 J T Talley Interior Comm Electrician 3rd Class IC3 G B Atchison Quartermaster 1st Class QM1 F L Cook Quartermaster 3rd Class QM3 J E McGlothing Quartermaster Seaman QMSN D A Matney Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice QMSA J R Engle Radarman 1st Class RD1 E C Pierson Radarman Seaman RDSN J A Payne Radioman 1st Class RM1 A W Breland Radioman 3rd Class RM3 Glenn N Boyd Radioman Seaman RMSN A Botos Jr Radioman Seaman Apprentice RMSA A Andryco Seaman SN C R Applebee Seaman SN F I Ballou Seaman SN G C Barnes Seaman SN H K Betz Seaman SN S J Black Jr Seaman SN J L Buono Seaman SN R L Calkins Seaman SN J S Campoli Seaman SN C W Cannon Seaman SN J J Capozzoli Seaman SN E Carbajal Seaman SN W G Chaput Seaman SN A D Coderre Seaman SN John J Collins Seaman SN J L D'Agostion Jr Seaman SN C DoBono Seaman SN V A DelColle Seaman SN A T Faust Seaman SN R M Fleissner Seaman SN G E Funkhouser Seaman SN D F Herzing Seaman SN R E Jordan Seaman SN L C Kelly Seaman SN O M Layfield Seaman SN D M McCartney Seaman SN E G McIlwain Seaman SN A F Messina Seaman SN L Moon Seaman SN J A Morrison Seaman SN J W Murphy Seaman SN W Rasmussen Seaman SN A D L Santos Seaman SN F A Schluntz Seaman SN G H Snell Seaman SN J W Stackhouse Seaman SN C L Stanley Seaman SN H E Swinford Seaman SN J B Taylor Seaman SN P Vogt Seaman SN L G Wainwright Seaman SN J D Watters Seaman SN C Wilcox Jr Seaman SN J R Ahonen Seaman Apprentice SA W L Beeson Seaman Apprentice SA H F Craze Seaman Apprentice SA Daniel T DelPercio Seaman Apprentice SA M U Eisenbise Seaman Apprentice SA L B Gabor Seaman Apprentice SA M D Hengst Seaman Apprentice SA W G Krahenbuhl Seaman Apprentice SA J J Lawlor Seaman Apprentice SA K E Thomas Seaman Apprentice SA F Blevins Jr Ship's Serviceman Seaman SHSN H L Higganson Ship's Serviceman Seaman SHSN C P Reekes Storekeeper 2nd Class SK2 D W Ashmore Storekeeper Seaman SKSN J E Barton Storekeeper Seaman SKSN J W Parks Storekeeper Seaman SKSN S C Hicks Yeoman 1st Class YN1 D J Connors Yeoman Seaman YNSN T B Cross Yeoman Seaman YNSN D Hendrickson Yeoman Seaman YNSN 6 Officers 7 Chief Petty Officers 123 Sailors If anyone has contact information or knows the whereabouts for any of the above shipmates, please email Darvin Hensley Join USSTiogaCounty Author Ship Misc About Darvin About the Ship Deck Log Archives Email Darvin Commanding Officers Dog Tags In Memory of Dad Scuttlebutt Email a Shipmate Navy Links Ship History Enlisted Ranks Navy Posters Ship News Enlisted Ratings Navy Sounds Ship Photos Officer Ranks 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