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I.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 - '59

Ralph Irish, Radioman '57 - '61
Chronicles of a Ships Messenger

Paul E. Barnicle, CDR, USN
'57 - '60

Phil Enke, ETN3,
OE Division, '61 -'64

Dennis Spang '61-'65
OI Division

Bob McKay VAH-4, VAH-123 "Whaler" - '62-'66

Dennis Milliken
Navigation '62-'64

Pat McNally AQB2 VAH-123 1962-1964

Jim R. Barbour (ABE) V-2 Arresting Gear and Catapults 1962-64

John Tinoco
Navigation '62 - '66

Ken "Jake" Jaccard, YN3, USN
X-Division '62-'64

Ron Wandler, AT2, VAW-11, 62-64

Rich Stevenson
VA-215 Yeoman
, '62-'64

Jerry 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 Division

Fred 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 - YNCM

JD Cooper, '66

Matt 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- '71

Capt Tom Wimberly XO, '70 -'71

Alan J. Figone
with VF-211 '70 - '73

Gary 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 Reunion

Gerry 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 '75

Richard L. Baker, PH1, USN (Ret) ''75


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Since some of you have not kept in touch with the Yeoman, some Email Links may no longer be in affect. I apologize for this, as I really would like all of you to 1) stay in touch and 2) update your Email Addresses and Links.


Other Ships
Other Ships & Bases Personnel

Ken 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-'67

Gene Edwards USS Neches AO-47 '63-'65


Other Interesting Reading, etc.

Jake's Navy Recollections

Jake's Navy Memoirs

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 Stories

Don'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.

Old Sea Stories &  Jokes


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