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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Skill (MSO 471). 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 46 crew members registered for the USS Skill (MSO 471).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1968 | 1969 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Meagher, Desmond John | EN3 | 1955 – | Mine Div 84 Get Under Way | My Dad was a plank owner and a crew member. He passed away in 1983. |
Lewis, Peter | so1 | Jun 1955 – Nov 1957 | operations | part of precommissioning crew and plank owner |
Parthe, Wm. L. (Bill) | LTJG | Jun 2, 1955 – Jun 30, 1956 | Deck/Supply | Plank owner.Came from The USS Doyle (DMS34/DD494). Was 1st Lt/MS Officer as well as Supply & Commissary officer. Transferred to Navy Reserve after leaving the Skill and spent another 13 years in the active Reserves,retiring as LCDR |
Beane, Donald | EN 2 | Nov 1955 – Jan 1959 | Engineering | August 1955. Pre-Commissioning Detail, Charleston, S.C. |
Blumenberg, Hymie Or Sonny | rm 3 | 1958 – 1959 | operations | anyone in operations |
Fleming, John | SK2 | Jan 4, 1958 – Sep 27, 1960 | SUPPLY | I AM FROM PHILADELPHIA, PA AND WENT ABOARD THE USS SKILL JANUARY 4, 1958 IN JACKSONVILLE, FL AT DRY DOCK. TRANSFERRED TO USS WAXSAW AND THEN TO THE USS TACONIC AGC17. HON DISCHARGED 9-27-61 AS AN SK2. NOW AT TRAFSGT587@AOL.COM |
Flynn, James | E-4 | Jul 1959 – 1962 | Engineering | I requested to go aboard the USS Skill to serve with my half brother, Gerald Robert Anderson. |
Sheets, Jerry | SN E3 | Aug 1959 – Apr 5, 1965 | deck | |
Mitchell, John | RM2 | 1960 – 1964 | OE | Served on the Skill after re-enterning the Navy from broken service. Many Caribbean cruises, 1 med cruise and the Cuban blockade. Remember doing the u-turn off the coast of Florida after our Caribbean cruise was over. |
Whelan, Kevin | FN | Jun 1960 – Jun 1961 | ENG | MY FIRST SHIP WAS EM STRIKER. MY BROOKLYN ACCENT-STUCK OUT LIKE SORE THUMB. DID 20 IN NAVY AND 23 AS CIVILIAN WORKING FOR DEPT OF NAVY. FULLY RETIRED IN NC NOW. THE SKILL AND CHARLESTON ARE GREAT MEMORIES |
Dexter, Bruce | E4/EN | Nov 1960 – Nov 1962 | Engineering | |
Blackwell, Jerry | SN E3 | 1961 – 1966 | Unknown | |
Burbank, Robert | EN2 | May 1961 – Aug 1963 | Engineering | |
White, John | ETN-2 | Jun 1, 1961 – Nov 1, 1963 | Operations | Had a great time,crused the Carribean,East Coast,Mediterranean,participated in the Cuban missile crisis,great bunch of Officers and Men. |
Dick, Donald | EM1 | Aug 20, 1961 – Jun 4, 1962 | Engineering | Looking for LTJG Wallace. He encouraged me to get more education and it was very instrumental in my life. I just want him to know how appreciative I now am. |
McCormack, Mike | sn | 1962 – Jul 1965 | operations | I was a singnal man and did navagation as well. |
Cranford, Robert "Bob" | FN | Jun 28, 1962 – Apr 3, 1964 | Engineering/Damage Control | Made cruise to Halifax Nova Scotia, the Mediterranean, and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Was aboard when John F. Kennedy was assassinated. |
Hurley, James | FN / E3 | Nov 1962 – Jul 1964 | Electrical | Started as a SN on the Deck Force. Became the Sea Detail Helmsman.& performed that duty until I was discharged. Requested a rank change to FN. Was transferred to the electrical division & worked with electricians. |
Pennington Jr, Harold | Em2 | Sep 6, 1963 – Apr 10, 1967 | Engineering | Loved shark fishing, in the windward passage,while checking for Russian, ships sending Missles. Men of Steel, Ships of Wood. All ships can be a Minesweeper, ONCE! |
Morton, Joseph W. | ETR2 | Oct 26, 1963 – Jul 30, 1965 | Operations | contact for reunion information. I maintain a directory of 80 crew. Just returned from our 6 th reunion. |
Ziegler, William | 1965 – 1969 | SUPPLY | ||
Daws, Raymond | RD2 | Feb 16, 1965 – Feb 27, 1968 | Ops | |
Southern, Sam | E-4 | Jul 15, 1965 – Nov 3, 1967 | ? | Cook |
Hickman, Lewis | ETR'3 | Oct 1, 1965 – Jul 21, 1966 | ||
Miley, Marion K. | 1966 – Aug 1970 | Infomation submitted by widow, Hazel Miley | ||
Cooper, Richard/dick | BM2 | 1966 – 1967 | deck | hello boys. added to crew list 4/10/2016 |
Wedgewood, Bob | Damage Controlman E5 | Feb 1966 – 1968 | Damage Control | |
Hernandez, Gilbert | FN | Jun 1, 1966 – Dec 1, 1968 | E Division | |
Routley, Larry B | gmg3 | Jun 14, 1966 – Oct 1, 1967 | deck crew | gunners mate |
Matthews, John | SM3 | Jul 10, 1966 – Sep 8, 1969 | operations | I was on this ship for about 3 yrs. 3 months and did 2 Caribbean & 1 Med cruise in '68. i still am in touch with Ed Myrter RD3 if you wish to contact him (only by phone)...Please write to me..love to hear from 'ol buds! |
Henkel, Gary | EM2 | Jul 21, 1966 – Jul 1, 1968 | Minesweep Operations | Hope to hear from some crew members who I served with. |
Risti, Joe | BM | Nov 28, 1966 – Jun 1968 | ||
Goad, Larry | CS2 | 1967 – 1968 | S-2 | |
Hyatt, Walter (Roland) | ET1 | Jan 1967 – Dec 1967 | Operations | |
Cooper, Jim | PO3 | Mar 1967 – Nov 1968 | Supply | Spent this time serving with my brother Richard PO2 until he went to Little Creek Va for Navy Divers Training. Multiple Caribbean deployments, 1 Med cruise. Many good times with good shipmates. I now live in sarasota Fl |
Vennard, Dave | LTJG | Jun 1967 – Jan 1969 | ||
Vennard, David | LTJG | Jun 1967 – 1969 | operations | I saw the USS Skill in Kearny, NJ the day she was broken up for scrap. This was in 1984. I was able to remove the Quartermaster logs for the period 1968-1970. Also took the Captain's Mast record book. |
Clark, Doug | ET | Aug 1967 – Dec 1968 | Operations | I remember a two-week storm in the Med...thought the Skill and the crew were going to sink to the bottom! In the Spring of '68, we spent a week searching for the lost submarine, Scorpion. |
Brundage, James | RD2 | Oct 1967 – Oct 1970 | Operations | After radarman A school in Great Lakes I was assigned to the Skill as an E2 and spent the rest of my time in the Navy on Her. I made one Med deployment from Jan 1968 to Jun 1968, during which we participated in the unsuccessful search for the nuclea |
Hebert, Bob, Robert, Herby | EN 3 | Aug 1968 – Dec 16, 1970 | Engineering | Served aboard the Skill until her decom in 1970, lots of great memories! |
Bumgardner, Mickey | YN3 | Aug 1968 – Jun 1969 | Admin | USS SKILL was my first duty station out of boot camp. My time on board was an experience I'll never forget. Would love to hear from some of my old shipmates. |
Goldstein, Alan | SN | Dec 29, 1968 – Sep 30, 1969 | Deck | Division LPO was BM1 Alfred Burns. Also BM2 Jerry LaPorto |
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