USS Silversides (SS-236) — Ship’s Company Muster
Quarter Ending 1 July 1945
Date Stamped: AUG 9 1945 — the day the atomic bomb was dropped on NagasakiTotal Ship’s Company: 75Plankowners remaining: 0Longest-serving: LLOYD, Calvin Stuart 658-03-20 — 39 months (since 3/19/42)
Complete Roster
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Line Name SN Rating Date Received 1 ALBIN, Thomas Schubert 876-70-80 F1c(EM) 7/21/44 2 ALLISON, Joe Hollis 844-21-21 Y2c(T) 12/12/44 3 ARMITSTEAD, Charles Phillip 876-69-62 EM3c(T) 7/21/44 4 ASTORG, Paul Kenneth, Jr. 886-76-58 EM3c(T) 7/21/44 5 BACH, William Grady 614-90-71 MoMM2c(T) 2/5/44 6 BARELA, Jose Benito 871-85-85 MoMM3c(T) 12/8/44 7 BLANCHARD, Ralph Ray 711-85-99 F1c(EM) 5/17/45 8 BOCIAN, Gerald Francis 301-13-40 TM3c 5/17/45 9 BONSELL, Donald Ray 857-69-15 S1c(TM) 5/17/45 10 BOROWSKI, Marion Thomas 610-72-34 EM1c(T) 11/22/43 11 BROWN, William Herbert, III 818-07-33 StM2c 5/17/45 12 BURKE, Thomas Patrick 856-80-09 TM3c(T) 4/24/44 13 CANNON, William Forrest 570-06-45 PhM1c 5/12/45 14 CLARK, William Pearl 892-18-11 TM3c(T) 7/21/44 15 COOMBS, Donald Cecil 565-36-25 TM3c(T) 7/21/44 16 CUNNINGHAM, Robert Wilson 720-75-87 S1c(QM) 5/17/45 17 CUSTER, Herbert Richard 565-65-41 QM3c(T) 5/17/45 18 DAVIS, Jere Ray 566-20-70 S1c 5/17/45 19 DENNIS, Paul Warner 311-54-95 CTM(AA)(T) 9/25/42 20 DEVLIN, Joseph Thomas 857-04-31 TM3c 5/17/45 21 DOLAMORE, Benson (n) 647-29-07 MoMM1c 11/22/43 22 DUFFY, Frank Walter 412-37-40 MoMM1c 12/8/44 23 FLINN, Leland Lawrence 560-50-84 SM2c 12/8/44 24 FREEMAN, Earl Marvin, Jr. 285-31-99 MoMM3c 5/17/45 25 FREEMAN, Robert Edgar 250-51-21 MoMM1c 12/19/44 26 GANZER, Warren George 628-27-74 GM2c 2/15/44 27 GENOA, John Charles 205-42-19 TM3c(T) 12/8/44 28 GEORGE, John Junior 627-59-81 MoMM3c 2/28/45 29 GIBBS, Robert William 864-08-03 EM3c(T) 5/17/45 30 GILBERT, Jack “L” 850-09-66 RM3c 5/17/45 31 GRAHAM, Ross Warren 862-54-81 EM3c(T) 7/21/44 32 GRIFFIN, Grant Dudley 563-87-66 SC1c(T) 8/23/44 33 GUSTAFSON, Raymond Edward 869-93-05 EM3c(T) 8/23/44 34 HALL, James Gordon 238-45-68 EM3c(T) 5/17/45
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Line Name SN Rating Date Received 1 HAMANT, Robert Kenneth 877-58-58 MoMM3c(T) 12/8/44 2 HARRIS, Robert Franklin 625-29-37 EM2c 12/8/43 3 HARRIS, Vernon Earl 379-15-01 MoMM2c(T) 12/8/44 4 HAWKINS, George Raymond, Jr. 225-15-77 TM1c(T) 7/15/43 5 HENRY, Wendell Duane 337-64-98 RM2c 8/24/44 6 HOAGLIN, Floyd Wilson 311-27-98 CMoMM(AA) 7/20/43 7 HOULDING, Lloyd McAllister 883-28-40 F1c(MMS) 3/1/45 8 IVORY, Mark “B” 377-09-19 MoMM2c(T) 4/4/44 9 JACOBSON, Stanley Frederick 663-99-34 RT1c(T) 2/5/44 10 KASTNER, James Anthony 612-58-32 TM2c 2/5/44 11 KEENER, Ishmael Worth 381-89-51 SC3c 12/8/44 12 KLEPPER, Sherman Calvin 610-77-36 RT2c 2/26/45 13 LANGDON, Francis Smith 559-36-84 S1c 5/17/45 14 LLOYD, Calvin Stuart 658-03-20 CEM(AA)(T) 3/19/42 15 LOUTHIAN, Joe Edward, Sr. 943-31-20 S1c(SC) 6/12/45 16 MACALUSO, Peter Joseph 645-87-78 S1c 2/28/45 17 MALIA, William Leonard 711-90-83 F1c(EM) 5/27/45 18 MURPHY, Jerry (n), Jr. 653-64-00 MoMM3c(T) 7/21/44 19 MUTH, John Joseph 875-42-32 TM2c(T) 2/28/45 20 NEIL, Wallace Franklin 564-36-32 MM2c 5/26/45 21 NEWMAN, Kenneth Eugene 628-13-79 GM1c(T) 5/18/45 22 O’HARA, James Timothy 652-00-99 MoMM2c(T) 3/13/43 23 ORCUTT, James Henry 203-75-20 FCS3c 2/28/45 24 PEARSON, Fred Warren 844-96-54 RM3c(T) 12/8/44 25 PURDY, Luther Jirl 342-12-10 QM1c 12/12/44 26 ROSS, Thomas Harold 635-26-31 F1c(MoM) 3/9/45 27 RUHL, Donald Alburtus 614-27-98 MoMM1c(T) 7/15/43 28 SACSEK, Stephen Robert 250-78-53 RM2c(T) 4/24/44 29 SANDERSON, Edward Eldon 378-35-09 EM3c(T) 7/21/44 30 SHARPE, Myles (n), Jr. 933-71-60 StM2c 5/25/45 31 SHEREMET, Harry (n) 862-12-38 F1c(MM) 2/28/45 32 SMITH, Jackson Roy, Jr. 847-91-85 S1c(QM) 5/17/45 33 SMITH, Lawrence Truett 357-34-73 RM3c(T) 3/1/45 34 TAYLOR, Marion Dewitt 274-46-37 TM1c(T) 2/28/45
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Line Name SN Rating Date Received 1 THIEMAN, Robert William 669-40-34 RM1c(T) 10/2/43 2 VERMEIER, Robert Herman 725-61-62 EM2c(T) 4/24/44 3 VERNON, Johny Preston 357-62-81 S1c(SM) 2/26/45 4 VOLK, William Stults, Jr. 706-07-08 SM2c 8/17/44 5 WATSON, Howard George 565-23-95 S1c 12/8/44 6 WICKS, Allen Lowell 889-68-72 F1c(MM) 5/17/45 7 WOJCIECHOWSKI, Michael (n) 611-76-82 FCS1c(T) 3/28/43
Major Departures Since March 45
Name SN Rating Months Notes KELLY, Robert Gordon 201-52-69 CEM ~36 Chief Electrician. One of the longest-serving. KELLEY, Clarence Barlow 630-23-45 EM1c ~19 SCANLAN, Cornell Woodrow 337-57-17 CMoMM(AA)(T) ~28 Made Chief, then departed MULAT, Bernardo Auguis 633-80-57 St3c ~30 Longest-serving steward’s branch member MEHRINGER, Owen John 291-75-02 MoMM1c(T) ~19 NOBLIT, William James 250-49-30 GM1c ~21
5/17/45 Intake Batch
15 men received on May 17, 1945 — the final major crew intake before the war ends:
BLANCHARD, BOCIAN, BONSELL, BROWN, CUNNINGHAM, CUSTER, DAVIS, DEVLIN, FREEMAN (Earl), GIBBS, GILBERT, HALL, LANGDON, SMITH (Jackson), WICKS
Steward’s Branch (plain text — no ship links)
BROWN, William Herbert, III 818-07-33 — StM2c (new)
SHARPE, Myles (n), Jr. 933-71-60 — StM2c (new)
MOLINA departed. MULAT departed. The steward’s branch has completely turned over.
Crew Longevity — Final War Quarter
Months Count Names 39 1 LLOYD 33 1 DENNIS 27 2 O’HARA, WOJCIECHOWSKI 24 3 HAWKINS, HOAGLIN, RUHL 19 2 BOROWSKI, DOLAMORE 14–18 ~10 Various <12 ~56 Majority of crew
75% of the crew has been aboard less than a year. The submarine that started the war with 64 plankowners will end it with no one who was there at the beginning, and most of the crew measured in months, not years.