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USS Pictor (AF 54) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Pictor (AF 54). 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 48 crew members registered for the USS Pictor (AF 54).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1968 | 1969 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinz, John | ELECTRICIANS MATE FIRST CLASS | Mar 1951 – Feb 1955 | ELECTRIC | LOOKING FOR FELLOW SHIPMATES OF THE EARLY 1950'S |
| Hadley, Ed | QMQ 2 | 1952 – 1954 | signal / navigation | Like to hear from anyone that is know n that I served with.Was just a teenager while aboard |
| Gallegos, Rudy | seaman 2nd class | 1952 – 1954 | supply | I was the ( jack of the dust ) aboard the U.S.S Pictor and became very good friends with several crew members aboard, I was known as the ( phantom ) over the P.A. system. visited many ports while aboard. |
| Moore, Marvin | En | Sep 1953 – Jan 1955 | Engineering | |
| Forcade, Wayne | YNC | Nov 1955 – Nov 1957 | O | USS UNION AKA 106 USS LST 1090 NAS POINT MUGU,CALIF USS PICTOR AF 54 NAD, OHAU,HAWAII NAVSTA, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII GMU-41, POINT MUGU,CALIF NAS POINT MUGU, CALIF CINCUSNAVEUR, LONDON,ENGLAND JSTPS, OFFUTT AFB, OMAHA, NEBRASKA RE |
| Divine, Phil | E 3 | 1956 – May 27, 1960 | 2 deck | I spent my 4 years on the pictor |
| Schulman, Howard | Seaman | Jan 1, 1956 – Nov 1, 1957 | Deckhand | |
| Kline, Jim | SN | 1958 – | deckhand | |
| Chapman, Al | 1959 – 1961 | |||
| Eaton, Gordon | AF54 | Feb 20, 1959 – Mar 2, 1961 | sk 3 | good service |
| Morgan, Larry | MR2 | May 16, 1960 – May 13, 1963 | E | Went aboard the Pictor right out of bootcamp, got it in the Machine Shop as a striker then to School in 1961 after school went back aboard the Pictor, for a couple of years I was the only MR aboard the shop. Great duty. |
| Eichmann, Roger | BM3 | Aug 3, 1960 – Nov 11, 1963 | Second | I was a Deckhand. |
| West, Barry | E3 | Aug 15, 1960 – Oct 15, 1962 | Communications | Just a great ship and lots of ports.Excellent food. |
| Doyle, Les | SN | Mar 23, 1961 – Jul 22, 1962 | second | sailed with roger eichman and bobby mccain (great shipmates) good duty, good chow |
| Bowling, James | fireman apprentice | Nov 5, 1961 – May 5, 1962 | Mdiv | I made 1 Westpac cruise.Looking for Spider BT3 |
| Harston, Albert | MM2/MM1 | Apr 1962 – Mar 1964 | Engineering M | Great Ship, Great Crew. Three WesPacs in two years. Lots of good times. Best to all. |
| Connally, Bo | BM3 | Jun 1962 – Oct 1964 | First | Leroy Weber was my division PO. I made three WESTPAC cruises on the Pictor. It was good duty and great crew members. I recall Kearney Mendenhall, Roger Eichman, Glen Keeling, J.D. Smith, Charles Davis and Kenneth Monier |
| Barret, Mike | MM-2 | 1963 – 1964 | M division | While on the USS Pictor, I made 2 west pack cruises. I was just a kid and had a blast. Worked in the engine/boiler room with a bunch of great men. |
| Ramback, Terry | RM3 | 1963 – 1964 | Operations | I served on the USS PICTOR and had the best time of my life. I'll never forget my pal Jerry Ledbetter and Captain Grimes, who was instrumental in having the ship completely repainted while in Hong Kong. Good looking ship |
| Wheat, Howard | SA | Jan 1, 1963 – Jan 1, 1966 | paint locker | I write this on behalf of my Dad, Howard "Buck" Wheat who recently passed away at Age 70 after being diagnosed only two-weeks with pancreatic cancer. My dad spoke fondly of his time as amateur boxer aboard & paint locker |
| Christian, Percy L. "Chris" | IC-3 | Mar 1963 – Jun 1964 | E | I transferred to the Pictor from being on the AE-18 for one week. They already had a 3rd class. He and I made 3rd class on the Graffias AF-29, homeported at Sasabo, Japan. The Pictor was good duty. |
| Crowe-fjelstad, Richard | SN | Jul 1963 – Jul 1965 | Second Division | My duty station on board was The Paint locker, but during breakout and unwrap I was a winchman on hatch 4. worked for BM2 Abraham (Abe) Nabors. |
| Harbeck, John R. | ETR2 | Dec 1963 – Nov 9, 1966 | OI | Aboard as Sn, left as leading ET. Spent more time working and operating in Comm Center than on the radar. |
| Winschuh, Ken | IC3 | Mar 1964 – Aug 1968 | E | After all these years, I still have some great memories of my time aboard the "Pic". |
| Sultzer, Terry | AE3 | 1965 – 1965 | Transit | Came on board the PIC" in Subic Bay in Transit for about 3 weeks before being Hi-Lined to the Big "O" USS Oriskany CVA-34 off Yankee Station. Had my first hint of action taking on supplies from barges off Danang- |
| Jensen, Peter | HM3 | 1965 – 1966 | H | |
Herron, Jerry  | E-3 | 1965 – 1968 | UNK | |
| Scott, Bob | SN | Oct 16, 1965 – Feb 10, 1966 | Supply | I worked in the ships laundry with Rafferty for awhile. I also was incharge of hole #4. My best comment about life aboard the Pictor would be: "We worked our asses off" |
| Geesa, Lavern | Boilerman 3rd class | Nov 5, 1965 – Dec 10, 1967 | B | |
| Lawing, Robert (Bob) | DC3 | Apr 1966 – Apr 1967 | R DIV | Pic was my first ship of seven, the hardest worker and the best and hardest playing crew. I would love to hear from anyone from that crew. |
| Egrin, Evan | SN | Apr 1966 – 1967 | 2nd | Jim Cinningham, Frank Ring, and Alphabet, Archie Evans, Chief Ingram, Lt. J. Jacobs, Ens. Klin ...greetings and I hope life has treated you all well. You all helped make great memories |
| Champagne, Charles | BM3 | Aug 3, 1966 – Dec 10, 1969 | 2nd | Looking for Bruce Newell and others |
| Carpenter, Doug [carp] | DC3 | 1967 – 1968 | R | |
| Thomas, Willie | MM2 | Apr 20, 1967 – 1969 | A | |
| Bonner, Charles | mmfn | Jul 4, 1967 – Dec 18, 1967 | engine room | hot |
| Rookard, Johnnie | SM3 | Aug 19, 1967 – Dec 21, 1969 | Deck Division/Signal | Greetings to BM3 Champagne. Burce Newell lives in Nep- tune, NJ. Former SM3 Johnnie Rookard will look him up, I live 40 miles from Bruce in Plainfield, NJ. |
| Rivera, Frank | SA | Sep 8, 1967 – Jun 8, 1969 | Deck | Hey Coop! I was one of the guys that went to your house in Leggett. Also, Lived in Ukiah & Ft Bragg. Remember Fortenberry and Calderon and the BBQ's on deck? What a blast we had eh? I was always in trouble! |
| Skaley, Merlyn | SK 3 | 1968 – | Supply | Just want all past ship mates to know that we have a ship's reunion every year and this year we meet in San Francisco in September 14th - 16th. Looking for a Bob Friend that also served on the Pictor. |
| Hogan, Dan | E-3 | Mar 22, 1968 – Dec 10, 1969 | DECK | |
| Hogan, Daniel | E-3 | Mar 22, 1968 – Dec 10, 1969 | 2nd Division | |
| Mills, Everett | BM3 | Jul 12, 1968 – Dec 31, 1969 | 2nd | remembering the times on the Pictor. the friends, the crew, the work, & the honor of serving on her. Cooper, Rivera, Emerson, Hogan, Jobe, Skaley,Chief Haney, Miller(BM3), Champagne(BM3), Jim Clark, and others. |
| Gonzales, Jimmy (Speedy) | RADIOMAN | Sep 1968 – | OC | Trying to locate my old shipmate, Seaman, David Soria |
| Simon, Danny | Fn | Sep 7, 1968 – Dec 4, 1969 | R | Hey Frank Do you remember the weekend we went to your house, and didnt make it back in time before the Pic took off. We got educated in Taiwan. We had some good times back then |
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