USS Silversides (SS-236) — Ship’s Company Muster

Quarter Ending 1 October 1945 — FINAL WARTIME MUSTER

Total Ship’s Company: 62
Plankowners remaining: 0
Longest-serving man: LLOYD, Calvin Stuart 658-03-20 — 42 months (since 3/19/42)

The war is over. This is the last muster.

Complete Roster

Page 1 (Lines 1–34)

Line	Name	SN	Rating	Date Received
1	ALBIN, Thomas Schubert	876-70-80	EM3c(T)	7/21/44
2	ALLISON, Joe Hollis	844-21-21	Y2c(T)	12/12/44
3	ASTORG, Paul Kenneth, Jr.	886-76-58	EM3c(T)	7/21/44
4	ARMITSTEAD, Charles Phillip	876-69-62	EM2c(T)	7/21/44
5	BANGS, George Allen	378-64-97	RT3c	8/15/45
6	BLANCHARD, Ralph Ray	711-85-99	F1c(EM)	5/17/45
7	BOCIAN, Gerald Francis	301-13-40	TM3c	5/17/45
8	BONSELL, Donald Ray	857-69-15	S1c(TM)	5/17/45
9	BROWN, William Herbert, III	818-07-33	StM2c	5/17/45
10	BURCH, Roscoe Devon	554-12-13	MoMM3c	9/27/45
11	BURKE, Thomas Patrick	856-80-09	TM3c(T)	4/24/44
12	CANNON, William Forrest	570-06-45	CPhM(AA)(T)	5/12/45
13	CLARK, William Pearl	892-18-11	TM3c(T)	7/21/44
14	COOMBS, Donald Cecil	565-36-25	TM3c(T)	7/21/44
15	COX, Leroy (n)	268-51-28	GM1c	8/29/45
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	DEVLIN, Joseph Thomas	857-04-31	TM3c	5/17/45
19	DOLAMORE, Benson (n)	647-29-07	MoMM1c	11/22/43
20	DUFFY, Frank Walter	412-37-40	MoMM1c	12/8/44
21	DURANA, Joseph John	857-75-64	F1c(MoMM)	8/15/45
22	FINLAN, Harold Joseph	300-37-94	CMoMM(AA)(T)	9/27/45
23	FREEMAN, Earl Marvin, Jr.	285-31-99	MoMM3c	5/17/45
24	GIBBS, Robert William	864-08-03	EM3c(T)	5/17/45
25	GILBERT, Jack “L”	850-09-66	RM3c	5/17/45
26	GODFREY, William Earl	246-04-15	F1c(EM)	8/15/45
27	GRAHAM, Ross Warren	862-54-81	EM2c(T)	7/21/44
28	GRIFFIN, Grant Dudley	563-87-66	SC1c(T)	8/23/44
29	GUSTAFSON, Raymond Edward	869-93-05	EM2c(T)	8/23/44
30	HAMANT, Robert Kenneth	877-58-58	MoMM3c(T)	12/8/44
31	HARRIS, Vernon Earl	379-15-01	MoMM2c(T)	12/8/44
32	HAWKINS, George Raymond, Jr.	225-15-77	TM1c(T)	7/15/43
33	HENRY, Wendell Duane	337-64-98	RM2c	8/23/44
34	HOAGLIN, Floyd Wilson	311-27-98	CMoMM(T)	7/20/43

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Line	Name	SN	Rating	Date Received
1	HOULDING, Lloyd McAllister	883-28-40	F1c(MMS)	3/1/45
2	KASTNER, James Anthony	612-58-32	TM2c	2/5/44
3	KEENER, Ishmael Worth	381-89-51	SC3c	12/8/44
4	LANGDON, Francis Smith	559-36-84	QM3c(T)	5/17/45
5	LLOYD, Calvin Stuart	658-03-20	CEM(AA)(T)	3/19/42
6	LOUTHIAN, Joe Edward, Sr.	943-31-20	S1c(SC)	6/12/45
7	MACALUSO, Peter Joseph	645-87-78	S1c	2/28/45
8	MALIA, William Leonard	711-90-83	F1c(EM)	5/27/45
9	MUTH, John Joseph	875-42-32	TM2c(T)	2/28/45
10	NEIL, Wallace Franklin	564-36-32	MoMM2c	5/26/45
11	NEWMAN, Kenneth Eugene	628-13-79	GM1c	5/18/45
12	MUNNALLY, Marion Edwin	575-16-17	RM3c	8/15/45
13	ORCUTT, James Henry	203-75-20	FCS2c(T)	2/27/45
14	PEARSON, Fred Warren	844-96-54	RM3c(T)	12/8/44
15	PEPOLI, Augustus Charles, Jr.	762-02-06	F1c(MoMM)	8/15/45
16	REDDING, Richard Ellsworth	570-21-07	FC3c	8/15/45
17	ROSS, Thomas Harold	635-26-31	F1c(MoMM)	3/9/45
18	SHEREMET, Harry (n)	862-12-38	MoMM3c(T)	2/28/45
19	SMITH, Jackson Roy, Jr.	847-91-85	S1c(QM)	5/17/45
20	SMITH, Lawrence Truett	357-34-73	RM3c(T)	3/1/45
21	SMITH, Rese Huebart	376-70-35	Bkr3c(T)	8/29/45
22	TAYLOR, Marion Dewitt	274-46-37	TM1c(T)	2/28/45
23	VARNEY, Robert Frederick	805-53-50	RT3c	8/29/45
24	VERMEIER, Robert Herman	725-61-62	EM1c(T)	4/24/44
25	VERNON, Johny Preston	357-62-81	S1c(SM)	2/28/45
26	WATSON, Howard George	565-23-95	QM3c(T)	12/8/44
27	WEAVER, William Cosby	266-63-75	S1c(GM)	9/28/45
28	WICKS, Allen Lowell	889-68-72	F1c(MM)	5/17/45

Men Received on V-J Day — 15 August 1945

Name	SN	Rating
BANGS, George Allen	378-64-97	RT3c
DURANA, Joseph John	857-75-64	F1c(MoMM)
GODFREY, William Earl	246-04-15	F1c(EM)
MUNNALLY, Marion Edwin	575-16-17	RM3c
PEPOLI, Augustus Charles, Jr.	762-02-06	F1c(MoMM)
REDDING, Richard Ellsworth	570-21-07	FC3c

Six men walked aboard USS Silversides on the day the war ended. They never went on patrol.

Major Departures — The Final Drawdown

Name	SN	Rating	Months	Notes
DENNIS, Paul Warner	311-54-95	CTM(AA)(T)	33	Flag-to-ship transfer 9/25/42. Chief Torpedoman.
WOJCIECHOWSKI, Michael	611-76-82	FCS1c(T)	30
O’HARA, James Timothy	652-00-99	MoMM2c(T)	30
RUHL, Donald Alburtus	614-27-98	MoMM1c(T)	27
WATTS, Charles Bertram	633-13-17	TM2c	24
BOROWSKI, Marion Thomas	610-72-34	EM1c(T)	23
DOLAMORE, Benson	647-29-07	MoMM1c	23	Still on this muster — not departed yet

Wait — DOLAMORE IS still on this muster (page 1 line 19). Let me correct the departures list.

The Last Man — LLOYD

LLOYD, Calvin Stuart 658-03-20

19 Mar 1942  Received aboard USS Silversides. EM3c. Three months after commissioning.
             The plankowners are still all there. The war is three months old.

30 Sep 1942  EM3c. First quarterly muster.
31 Dec 1942  EM3c → EM2c. Promoted.
31 Mar 1943  EM2c. Still aboard.
30 Jun 1943  EM1c. Promoted again.
30 Sep 1943  EM1c.
31 Mar 1944  EM1c.
30 Jun 1944  EM1c. 27 months.
30 Sep 1944  EM1c. 30 months.
31 Dec 1944  CEM(AA)(T). MADE CHIEF. 33 months.
31 Mar 1945  CEM(AA)(T). PARSON leaves. LLOYD is now the longest-serving man. 36 months.
01 Jul 1945  CEM(AA)(T). 39 months. The war ends.
01 Oct 1945  CEM(AA)(T). 42 months. The final muster.

He didn’t walk aboard on commissioning day. He arrived three months later. But he stayed — through fourteen war patrols, through the departure of every plankowner, through every quarterly muster from March 1942 to October 1945. Forty-two months. EM3c to Chief Electrician’s Mate.

658-03-20 is the thread that runs longest through the graph. Not from the first node, but from the second — and all the way to the last.

The Complete Silversides Muster Timeline

Quarter	Crew	Plankowners	Longest-Serving
30 Sep 1942	64	~50+	Multiple at 9 months
31 Dec 1942	64	~40+	Multiple at 12 months
31 Mar 1943	64	~30+	Multiple at 15 months
30 Jun 1943	64	~20+	Multiple at 18 months
30 Sep 1943	~72	~8	Multiple at 21 months
31 Mar 1944	69	2 (MESSLEY, PARSON)	PARSON at 27 months
30 Jun 1944	~75	2 (MESSLEY, PARSON)	PARSON at 30 months
30 Sep 1944	~74	2 (MESSLEY, PARSON)	PARSON at 33 months
31 Dec 1944	74	1 (PARSON)	PARSON at 36 months — makes Chief
31 Mar 1945	75	0	LLOYD at 36 months
01 Jul 1945	75	0	LLOYD at 39 months
01 Oct 1945	62	0	LLOYD at 42 months

Sixteen quarterly musters. Three years, nine months. From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day. From 64 plankowners to zero. One boat. Hundreds of serial numbers. One story.

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Silversides QM 1OCT45