Sea Stories
Ordered by years aboard
Oral History HomeI.D. 'Inny' Cerbini F2, '44 -'45
Mark Hardisty AOM1/C TBM(F), '45
Andy Gibbons, SN1, '44 - '46
Daniel Gallery, Capt, USN,
Commanding Officer, USS Hancock (CV-19) - Sept 7 - December 10, 1945.Richard A. Kirsch, PH3,USNR, '53 - '55
Kenneth D. Groom, YN2, X-Div '54 Plankowner
LD Tullis, AOU3, VF-154, '56 - '59
Robert G. Jenkins
Capt's Yeoman '57 - '59Ralph Irish, Radioman '57 - '61
Chronicles of a Ships MessengerPaul E. Barnicle, CDR, USN
'57 - '60Phil Enke, ETN3,
OE Division, '61 -'64Dennis Spang '61-'65
OI DivisionBob McKay VAH-4, VAH-123 "Whaler" - '62-'66
Dennis Milliken
Navigation '62-'64Pat McNally AQB2 VAH-123 1962-1964
Jim R. Barbour (ABE) V-2 Arresting Gear and Catapults 1962-64
John Tinoco
Navigation '62 - '66Ken "Jake" Jaccard, YN3, USN
X-Division '62-'64Ron Wandler, AT2, VAW-11, 62-64
Rich Stevenson
VA-215 Yeoman, '62-'64Jerry Crosser, CR Div, '62
Thomas Painter, OI Div '62-'66
Lt. Bob Adams, Hancock Ass't Air Intelligence officer '63- '65
Allen Steiner, AO3, '63-'65
GM DivisionFred A. Kralowetz, AVCM, USNR, (Ret), VAW-11 Det Lima '63-'65
John Yeoman, RDC, OI Division '64 - '66
Lee Ridenour, SK3, USN '64
Joesph F. Reynolds, EN, USN, E-Division '64-'67
Bill Foley, DT2, USN '64-'67
Daniel Blevins AO3 '64-'67 - A Memorial to LT John Richard McDonough VAW-13 Det 1
David A. Church, HM3, ''65 - H Division
Wayne Erven, CWO3, USN, Sep 65 - Jan 68
YN3 - YNCMMatt Johnson, CWO3, GM/G Div'66-'68
Don Yeggy, V-4 Div '66 - '70
Dave Caffey, Fox Div '67-'69
James Hultman, B-Division '67
Dennis Lund, VA-163 '68 - '69
JD Thomas, VA-212 '68-'70
Earl Budweiser
3rd Div '69- '71Capt Tom Wimberly XO, '70 -'71
Alan J. Figone
with VF-211 '70 - '73Gary Burkhart, USNR-R '71 Best Shipboard Plumber on Hannah!
Bruce Boland, USN, XO/CO VF-24 (F8Us) '71 - '74
Thomas Bolender ADJ2 - James Pruit, AO2 - VF-211, '71-'75.
Tom has a Mission and an Intesting ReunionGerry Hamm, PR1, G Division, 1974-1975
Fred Shacklett, QM2, N Division 1974-1976
Bill Shipley, HM1, '75
C.R. "Corky" Johnson, NCCM(SW), USN (Ret)
Joe Zeller
Hanna's Last Operations '75Richard L. Baker, PH1, USN (Ret) ''75
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Ship's Quarters for Muster - Former Shipmates Online
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Other Ships
Other Ships & Bases PersonnelKen Groom's U.S.S. YANCEY (AKA-93) - by Kenneth D. Groom, YN2, USNl
Navy Boot Camp Cronicles - by Mike Caffarel
Gilbert Devault
USS Neches AO-47 '63-'67Gene Edwards USS Neches AO-47 '63-'65
Other Interesting Reading, etc.Jake and the Chief on "Privacy" or how the Captain's Office missed out on Chow one day in 1963.
The NCCM Corky Johnson Hancock Chronicles - Our Late Command Master Chief Corky Johnson tells about the Last Operations of the Hancock - Vietnam 1975
Terror at Sea - Typhoon Cobra from "Halsey's Typhoons" by Adamson & Kosco
CPL Daniel Snuffer, USMC- Just a Marine - A Hancock Visitor during Frequent Wind, tells of Flight Deck Action during the Evacuation of Saigon - 1975
The Last Marines KIA in Vietnam - HMM-164 aboard the USS Hancock
Son Tay Prison Camp Raid into North Vietnam
The Hancock
Patch -YNs Robert Jenkins and Jake. Visit the Log-19 Gallery when you have a chance.The Navy Chief - From the Perspective of a Sailor who remembers them well
Deck Log Poems - These were a Navy Tradition for a long time!
Old Sailors Sit - A Poem that will stir up recollections of your youth as a Sailor in our Navy!
The Goat on the Boat - A Very Humorous and True Story from the Smoke Boat Sailors of USSArcherfish.com
The Gedunk and Other Sea StoriesDon't Shoot - We're Republicans! - An amusing now, not so then sort of Story that is True and hence not exactly classified as a Sea Story which you will enjoy reading.
ShipmatesBe sure you visit Jake's Guest Book (Ship's Deck Log) as many of our Shipmates have signed in. You may recall someone as a former shipmate.