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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Diamond Head (AE 19). 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 79 crew members registered for the USS Diamond Head (AE 19).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortez, Rocco | RM3 | 1951 – 1952 | Communications | I was on commissioning crew in Orange, TX, where if we wanted "wet" stuff we crossed the bridge into LA |
| Knotts, Gary | SN | Sep 17, 1951 – Feb 10, 1952 | BOILER | PUT SHIP IN COMMISION ,ORNGE TEX.. |
| Watson, Donald | SR | Nov 27, 1951 – Oct 28, 1954 | ? | Donald J. Watson passed away 7/14/2018. Please reach out if you knew him. |
| Diemer, J. Joseph (Joe) | MM1 | 1954 – Jun 25, 1956 | 6 | |
| Rohwohlt, Lester | Ensign | 1956 – 1958 | USS Diamond Head - AE 19 | Looking for others who served from 1956 - 1958 on USS Diamond Head - AE 19 |
| Prokity, Mel | RM2 | Jun 12, 1957 – Oct 25, 1957 | OPS | The Ship of Fools |
| Singleton, Larry | sn 3rd class | Aug 1, 1958 – Jan 1, 1959 | communications | med cruise |
| Mandeville, Thomas | Oct 1958 – Oct 1959 | |||
| Sonnleitner, Tom (Sonny) | SK3 | Oct 1, 1958 – Mar 15, 1959 | Supply | Reported aboard from Boot Camp Oct '58 and we left for the Med on Jan 3 '59. First port of call was Gibraltar followed by Valencia, Spain, etc. Returned to Norfolk in late August '59.Trf USS Mattabesset (AOG52)Mar'60. |
| Reckner, James (Jim) | SMSN | Oct 12, 1958 – Oct 13, 1959 | Operations (Signal Gang) | Looking for any details about the Med Cruise Jan-Aug 1959 |
| Berg, Edward (Butch) Deceased | RD3 | 1959 – 1961 | Operations | |
| Holzshu, Robert | Seaman First Class | Jun 1, 1959 – 1962 | Assalt boatcoxman | I was on board ship during the Cuban Crisis. Got discharged from Guantamino Bay in 1962. |
| Stout, Jack | Boiler makers3rd class | 1960 – 1962 | Boiler | Bay of Pigs when hit by USS Independence |
| Shearer, Richard | ETN3 | 1960 – 1963 | Electronics | Went to Jamaica, GITMO, collision w/ Independence sent us to Brooklyn Naval Ship Yard (A.C. installed, new bow), Med- .Cruise 7 months, Cuban Missile Crisis October, 22 1962, Roosevelt Roads P.R., Mayport, FL., Earl, NJ. |
| Littleton, Daniel (Danny) | BT-3 | Mar 20, 1960 – Nov 12, 1961 | Eng. | I served on the diamond head at bay of pigs when the Indy cv- 62 ran over us at 03:28 .Harvey Pearson give me a call some time if you still have my # |
| McPherson, Phillip (Phil) | E3-PNSN | May 31, 1960 – Sep 10, 1963 | 1st LT Office | Two Meds, one African supply run, and Cuban crisis. Looking for Pete Kutsick and Robert Sikora. And Richard Zeaman - I remember you. |
| Roberts, Houston | PCSN | Aug 6, 1960 – Oct 4, 1962 | Postal | Served during the Bay of Pigs, and collision with the USS Independence while off the coast of Cuba |
| Diggs, Howard (Buddy) | E-2 | Aug 23, 1960 – 1962 | Supply Division | Boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill then Severn River Naval Comm. Annapolis, Md. Next served during the Cuban Missle Crisis,USS Diamondhead. Last duty station the USS Hyades. |
| Rowen, David | ET2 | Oct 1960 – | Operations | I was aboard the DiamondHead when she collided with an aircraft carrier during the Bay of Pigs in 1961 |
| Sherer, Earl | EM2 | 1961 – 1963 | ||
| Shoup, Ken | rm2 | 1961 – 1964 | comm | THREE YRS ON HER, TWO MED CRS, CUBAN CRISIS |
| McKenzie, Kenneth B. | BT - 3 | Mar 16, 1961 – Mar 16, 1963 | Engineering | WAS ON BOARD DURING THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS WITH MY BROTHER MELVIN WEDLAKE. WE WOULD BOTH LIKE TO FIND AN OLD BUDDY, DEWEY S. MACKEY FROM ROXBURY,PA. |
| Olgren, John | E3 | 1962 – 1964 | ||
| Spangler, Tony | RD2 | 1962 – 1965 | operations | Made 4 Caribbean Cruises, 1 Mediterranean Cruise and 1 North Atlantic Cruise in my 2.5 yrs. aboard. Lots of good times; some not so good. Lot of real good friends. |
| Edwards, Don Big Ed | SFM 3 | Jan 1, 1962 – Apr 1, 1964 | REPAIR | I'AM STILL IN TOUCH WITH ROGER LANHAM AND I'AM LOOKING FOR DAN MILLER-JIM HURD-SONNY WEDLAKE OR ANY OF THE GUY'S IN THE REPAIR GANG. |
| Burbine, Joseph | GMT-3 | Aug 1, 1962 – 1964 | 3 | |
| Lewman, Lisa | MM3 | 1963 – 1966 | Engineering | Robert Lewman, looking for Roger Mills, Walter Logan, Victor Truxal, Tony Jones. |
| McManus, Robert | Ensign | Feb 10, 1963 – Jun 10, 1964 | Damage Control | |
| Fredericks, Harold (Ed) | EN-3 | Mar 1963 – Feb 10, 1965 | Engineering | |
| Brown, Dorsey | ensign | Mar 1963 – 1964 | communications | |
| McKenzie, Kenneth | BT3 (E-4) | Mar 1963 – | NAVY USNR | |
| Wiand, Chuck | BT 3 | Aug 1, 1963 – Dec 15, 1964 | B | Got on the Diamond Head after boot camp, went to the Med twice before transfer to Waccamaw AO109 in Jan.1965 |
| Tomsho, Thomas | FTG3 | Feb 1965 – Dec 1966 | gunnery | |
| Kober, Stacey | FN | Nov 1965 – Aug 1966 | BOILER | First duty station after boot camp. Then received orders to the USS Sanctuary (AH 17) in Aug 1966 |
| Tollett, Wayne | E4 | 1966 – 1968 | second | looking for Gotlieb or anyone else who might have served with me. |
| Hodge, Jerry | SK3 | 1966 – 1967 | Supply | Hope someone remembers me, I was in charge of the dry food stores and the freezers where the j-9 was kept, I was good friends with Danny Kessler,he is no longer with us.I would like to hear from anyone that remembers me |
| Garcia, Javier | SN | 1966 – Aug 28, 1968 | Division 1 | |
| Daubenschmidt, Tom | PN1 | 1966 – 1967 | Admi | Westpac Cruise |
| Mois, David | MM2 | 1966 – 1968 | A | |
| Gottlieb, Bennett | LI3 | Jun 1, 1966 – Dec 28, 1967 | First Division | |
| Noble, David | RD3 | Jul 1, 1966 – Jul 1, 1968 | Operations | Retired chief storekeeper |
| Herrera, Hector | E-4 | Aug 10, 1966 – Aug 10, 1968 | Supply Division | |
| Wood, Robert | BT-3 | Nov 1966 – Aug 1968 | B Division | Looking for shipmates that went on WestPac cruise 1967 |
| McAleer, (Mac) Kenneth | SN | Dec 1966 – Dec 1967 | Second | Looking forward to the reunion in Aug 2011 for the crew of the West Pac cruise to Vietnam via the Panama Canel and Back to Norfolk Va. Don't forget to bring pictures if you can find them. |
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