USS Silversides (SS-236) — Ship’s Company Muster
Quarter Ending 31 March 1945
Date Stamped: MAY 18 1945
Total Ship’s Company: 75
Plankowners remaining: 0
295-54-23 — End of the Line
PARSON, Thomas Edward is not on this muster.
After 36 months — twelve quarterly musters, from December 15, 1941 to December 31, 1944 — the last man from commissioning day has left USS Silversides.
His final entry:
31 Dec 1944 CMoMM(AA)(T) Chief Motor Machinist's Mate
[[295-54-23]] 12/15/41
That was the last time 12/15/41 appeared in the received date column of a Silversides muster. It will not appear again.
PSO NOTE - He officially leaves on the ship on 17FEB45. Transferred to SubDiv-241 for duty. CMoMM(AA)(T).
Complete Roster
Page 1 (Lines 1–34)
| Line | Name | SN | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABBOTT, Robert Wilson | 305-77-93 | PhM1c(T) |
| 2 | AIBIN, Thomas Schubert | 876-70-80 | F1c(EM) |
| 3 | ALLISON, Joe Hollis | 844-21-21 | Y2c(T) |
| 4 | ALPERS, Richard Claus | 886-56-68 | S1c |
| 5 | ARMITSTEAD, Charles Phillip | 876-69-62 | EM3c(T) |
| 6 | ASTORG, Paul Kenneth, Jr. | 886-76-58 | F1c(EM) |
| 7 | BACH, William Grady | 614-90-71 | MoMM2c(T) |
| 8 | BARELA, Jose Benito | 871-85-85 | F1c |
| 9 | BOROWSKI, Marion Thomas | 610-72-34 | EM1c(T) |
| 10 | BURKE, Thomas Patrick | 856-80-09 | TM3c(T) |
| 11 | CLARK, William Pearl | 892-18-11 | TM3c(T) |
| 12 | COOMBS, Donald Cecil | 565-36-25 | S1c(TM) |
| 13 | DENNIS, Paul Warner | 311-54-95 | CTM(AA)(T) |
| 14 | DOLAMORE, Benson (n) | 647-29-07 | MoMM1c |
| 15 | DUFFY, Frank Walter | 412-37-40 | MoMM1c |
| 16 | FITZGERALD, Robert Eugene | 671-72-96 | S1c(SM) |
| 17 | FLINN, Leland Lawrence | 560-50-84 | SM2c |
| 18 | FREEMAN, Robert Edgar | 250-51-21 | MoMM1c |
| 19 | GANZER, Warren George | 628-27-74 | GM2c |
| 20 | GENOA, John Charles | 205-42-19 | S1c(TM) |
| 21 | GEORGE, John Junior | 627-59-81 | MoMM3c |
| 22 | GRAHAM, Ross Warren | 862-54-81 | EM3c(T) |
| 23 | GRIFFIN, Grant Dudley | 563-87-66 | SC1c(T) |
| 24 | GUSTAFSON, Raymond Edward | 869-93-05 | EM3c(T) |
| 25 | HAMANT, Robert Kenneth | 877-58-58 | F1c(MoM) |
| 26 | HARRIS, Robert Franklin | 625-29-37 | EM2c |
| 27 | HARRIS, Vernon Earl | 379-15-01 | MoMM3c |
| 28 | HAWKINS, George Raymond, Jr. | 225-15-77 | TM2c |
| 29 | HENRY, Wendell Duane | 337-64-98 | RM2c |
| 30 | HOAGLIN, Floyd Wilson | 311-27-98 | CMoMM(AA) |
| 31 | HOULDING, Lloyd McAllister | 883-28-40 | F1c(⚠️MMS) |
| 32 | HULSEY, Carl Eugene | 848-53-68 | S2c |
| 33 | HUTNICK, Joseph (n), Jr. | 821-95-16 | RT3c(T) |
| 34 | IVORY, Mark “B” | 377-09-19 | MoMM2c(T) |
Page 2 (Lines 1–34)
| Line | Name | SN | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JACOBSON, Stanley Frederick | 663-99-34 | RT1c(T) |
| 2 | JONES, Harry (n) | 606-59-86 | RM1c(T) |
| 3 | KASTNER, James Anthony | 612-58-32 | TM2c |
| 4 | KEENER, Ishmael Worth | 381-89-51 | SC3c |
| 5 | KELLEY, Clarence Barlow | 630-23-45 | EM1c |
| 6 | KELLY, Robert Gordon | 201-52-69 | CEM(T) |
| 7 | KENNEY, William Edward | 205-48-83 | S1c(TM) |
| 8 | KLEPPER, Sherman Calvin | 610-77-36 | RT2c |
| 9 | LLOYD, Calvin Stuart | 658-03-20 | CEM(AA)(T) |
| 10 | MACALUSO, Peter Joseph | 645-87-78 | S1c |
| 11 | MANULOW, John (n) | 652-24-74 | TM2c(T) |
| 12 | MEHRINGER, Owen John | 291-75-02 | MoMM1c(T) |
| 13 | MILLER, Mike (n), Jr. | 621-20-19 | SM2c(T) |
| 14 | MOLINA, Simeon Callejo | 632-95-06 | CK2c |
| 15 | MOULTON, Charles William | 614-25-63 | MoMM3c(T) |
| 16 | MULAT, Bernardo Auguis | 633-80-57 | St3c |
| 17 | MURPHY, Jerry (n), Jr. | 653-64-00 | MoMM3c(T) |
| 18 | MATH, John Joseph | 875-42-32 | TM2c(T) |
| 19 | NOBLIT, William James | 250-49-30 | GM1c |
| 20 | O’HARA, James Timothy | 652-00-99 | MoMM2c(T) |
| 21 | ORCUTT, James Henry | 203-75-20 | FCS3c |
| 22 | PEARSON, Fred Warren | 844-96-54 | RM3c(T) |
| 23 | PURDY, Luther Jirl | 342-12-10 | QM1c |
| 24 | ROSS, Thomas Harold | 635-26-31 | F1c(MoM) |
| 25 | RUHL, Donald Alburtus | 614-27-98 | MoMM1c(T) |
| 26 | SACSEK, Stephen Robert | 250-78-53 | RM2c(T) |
| 27 | SANDERSON, Edward Eldon | 378-35-09 | EM3c(T) |
| 28 | SCANLAN, Cornell Woodrow | 337-57-17 | CMoMM(AA)(T) |
| 29 | SHEETS, William Patrick | 869-94-71 | S1c |
| 30 | SHEREMET, Harry (n) | 862-12-38 | F1c(MM) |
| 31 | SMITH, Lawrence Truett | 357-34-73 | RM3c(T) |
| 32 | SMITH, Rese Huebart | 376-70-35 | Bkr3c(T) |
| 33 | TAYLOR, Marion Dewitt | 274-46-37 | TM1c(T) |
| 34 | THIEMAN, Robert William | 669-40-34 | RM1c(T) |
Page 3 (Lines 1–7)
| Line | Name | SN | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VERMEIER, Robert Herman | 725-61-62 | EM2c(T) |
| 2 | VERNON, ⚠️Johny Preston | 357-62-81 | S1c(SM) |
| 3 | VOLK, William Stults, Jr. | 706-07-08 | SM2c |
| 4 | WATSON, Howard George | 565-23-95 | S1c |
| 5 | WATTS, Charles Bertram | 633-13-17 | TM2c |
| 6 | WOJCIECHOWSKI, Michael (n) | 611-76-82 | FCS1c(T) |
| 7 | WYNN, Oscar Wallace | 273-01-07 | SC2c(T) |
Longest-Serving Men (as of 31 March 1945)
With PARSON gone, the longest-serving man is now:
| Name | SN | Received | Months | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD, Calvin Stuart | 658-03-20 | 3/19/42 | 36 | CEM(AA)(T) |
| DENNIS, Paul Warner | 311-54-95 | 9/25/42 | 30 | CTM(AA)(T) |
| MULAT, Bernardo Auguis | 633-80-57 | 12/10/42 | 27 | St3c |
| SCANLAN, Cornell Woodrow | 337-57-17 | 2/19/43 | 25 | CMoMM(AA)(T) |
| HAWKINS, George Raymond, Jr. | 225-15-77 | 7/15/43 | 20 | TM2c |
LLOYD at 36 months matches PARSON’s tenure when he left — but LLOYD is not a plankowner. He arrived three months after commissioning.
Major Departures Since December 44
| Name | SN | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARSON, Thomas Edward | 295-54-23 | CMoMM(AA)(T) | Last plankowner. 36 months. |
| DEEP, James William | 328-73-69 | CPhM(AA) | Chief Pharmacist’s Mate. Replaced by ABBOTT. |
| McMULLEN, Mark Gibbons | 258-27-84 | MoMM1c | ~24 months |
| DETMERS, Robert | 382-84-16 | GM1c | Departed previous quarter — confirmed gone |
Steward’s Branch (plain text — no ship links)
- MOLINA, Simeon Callejo 632-95-06 — CK2c
- MULAT, Bernardo Auguis 633-80-57 — St3c (27 months aboard — longest-serving steward’s branch member)
- SMITH, Rese Huebart 376-70-35 — Bkr3c(T)
Graph Note
With PARSON’s departure, the plankowner node at the bottom of the Obsidian graph no longer has any gray dots connecting it to the current muster. The spiral’s axis point — the dot that connected every blue node from December 1941 through December 1944 — has gone dark. The remaining musters (July 45, October 45) will orbit without any thread reaching back to the beginning.