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| Name :Pat Needham |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: BT2 |
| E-mail : bser64 ~ Yahoo. Com |
| Hopewell Years: 1962-63 |
| Navy Years: 1958-1963 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Stillwater MN |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Kenneth Newman |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: tm3 |
| E-mail : knjnewman ~ infostations.com |
| Hopewell Years: 54/09-56/08 |
| Navy Years: 54-56 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : auburn, ca |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : John Burtt |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: QM2 |
| E-mail : jb50bmg ~ cox.net |
| Hopewell Years: 12/63-01/67 |
| Navy Years: 7/63-5-67 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Choctaw, OK |
| Sea Story or Comment : I served on Hopewell from 12/63 to 1/67. Two W/Pac tours with good Skippers and great crews. Went aboard as a BMSN and left as a QM2. Some of the best memories I have. |
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| Name : J. P. Benson |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: GMG3 |
| E-mail: pbenson ~ bellsouth. net |
| Hopewell Years: 62/06 - 66/01 |
| Navy Years: 62 - 66 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Oakland Park, FL |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : douglas |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: BT3 |
| E-mail: rodviv2 ~ netzero.com |
| Hopewell Years: 1953-1956 |
| Navy Years : 1952-1956 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Hemet, Calif |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Everette C Foster |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: |
| E-mail: BlancheInTx ~ aol.com |
| Hopewell Years: |
| Navy Years: |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : San Antonio, TX |
| Sea Story or Comment : 1. Can’t seem to get to the ships muster page, but wanted to change my address. My husband, Everette C Foster (43-45) died on June 11, 1998. I am receiving the newsletter, etc., and have moved to Texas. Please change my address in your files. Blanche |
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| Name : Bill Brannigan |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank (ie MM3) : LT. |
| E-mail: Billbrann ~ aol.com |
| Hopewell: 61Nov-62 July |
| Navy Years: 1957-62 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Arlington, VA |
| Sea Story or Comment : Aboard for the test of the ASROC nuclear antisubmarine weapon and can relate my experience of that at a later date. |
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| Name : Currey, Gordon Wayne |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: MM2 |
| E-mail(use a public address) : joannandwayne ~ charter.net |
| Hopewell Years: May 1954 to August 1957 |
| Navy Years: August 1953 to August 1957 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Parkersburg, WV 26101 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Gary Pelphrey |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank (ie MM3) : Ltjg |
| E-mail(use a public address) : bats1 ~ mindspring.com |
| Hopewell Years: 60/03-61/06 |
| Navy Years: 53-67 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Marietta, Ga. 30067 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Served on DesDiv 152 staff, under Commodore McMillan, then Commodore Wilhite |
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| Name : Lyle Hipner |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: BM3 |
| E-mail: none |
| Hopewell Years: 64/7-68/9 |
| Navy Years : 60-87 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Clinton Township, MI |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Bill Nelson |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: FN |
| E-mail: bnelson41 ~ earthlink.net |
| Hopewell Years: 1959 - 1962 |
| Navy Years : 1959 - 1962 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Mike McElroy |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: BMSN |
| E-mail: Mc3mcelroy ~ aol.com |
| Hopewell Years: 68-69 |
| Navy Years : 68-71 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Irving, Texas |
| Sea Story or Comment : Snowing in Sasebo...drinking with the boys from Berry Hill,Okla. Hungout at the Beehive in Olongapo. Immagine getting this old. |
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| Name : James H. Gurganus |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: BT2 |
| E-mail: jhgurganus5 ~ starfishnet. com |
| Hopewell Years: Oct. 1954 - July 1955 |
| Navy Years : 51-57 |
| Street Address : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Newport, NC |
| Sea Story or Comment : I was in the Navy from July 1951 - July 1955 active; July 1955 - May 1957 reserves and May 1957 - May 1963 USCG Reserves as a BT1ESG.I was on the Hopewell from Oct. 1954 - July 1955 as a BT2.Sorry I was not able to attend the reunion in Branson. Maybe |
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| Name : Tom Papa |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: CSSN |
| E-mail: cometopapa ~ earthlink. net |
| Hopewell Years: 2/58 to 9/61 |
| Navy Years: 57-61 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Cornville AZ |
| Sea Story or Comment : I miss the days when I was on the Hopewell. Would like to hear from old shipmates. My fondest memories are the years I spent on the Hopewell. Would like to hear from anyone who served on Hopewell the same times I did. |
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| Name : Dave Reeves |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: SN 1st Div |
| E-mail: hondo6437 ~ msn.com |
| Hopewell Years: 54/10-55/10 |
| Navy Years: 7/54 - 6/58 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : lakeside OR |
| Sea Story or Comment : great ship great crew |
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| Name : Bruce Barr |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: ET-3 |
| E-mail: Bruce. Barr ~ sbcglobal.net |
| Hopewell Years: 61 - 63 |
| Navy Years: 59 - 63 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Simi Valley, Ca. 93065 |
| Sea Story or Comment : I look back on my Navy years as some of the best of my life and I thoroughly enjoyed the Hopewell and the men I had to pleasure to serve with. Don W. Johnson, where are you? |
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| Name : Rodney Douglas |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: BT3 |
| E-mail: rodviv2 ~ netzero.com |
| Hopewell Years: 52-56 |
| Navy Years: 52-56 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Hemet CA |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Wallace Thomas |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SH3 |
| E-mail: wctcat1 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 55-59 |
| Navy Years: 55-60 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Fontana, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment : I was on board when the Skyraider hit us. I had just finished having breakfast. The two pilots and two shipmates on board were killed. I was only a few months out of boot-camp. |
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| Name : John Wandling |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : MR3 |
| E-mail: j2wandling ~ yahoo. com |
| Hopewell Years: 66-67 |
| Navy Years: 65-67 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Sequim, WA. |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : George C. Burger |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : GM1/GMC |
| E-mail: gmcburger ~ peoplepc. com |
| Hopewell Years: 1-60 thru 10/62 |
| Navy Years: 1943 to 1965 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Yelm, WA |
| Sea Story or Comment : Went aboard as GM1. Made Chief while aboard in 62. Transfered to Fleet Gunnery School at Naval Station San Diego in fall of 62.Retired in June 65. Stayed in Calif. till 82 and then moved to Oregon, stayed there six years. Then moved to present address in |
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| Name : Trerise, Donald |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: FN |
| E-mail: dontrerise ~ hotmail.com |
| Hopewell Years: 51-52 |
| Navy Years: 47-52 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Los Angeles CA |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Charles R. Kimble |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: SN 1/c |
| E-mail: |
| Hopewell Years: 44-45 |
| Navy Years: |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Fostoria OH 44830 |
| Sea Story or Comment : son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Kimble, Fostoria, graduate of Fostoria High. Entered Navy, 1944, trained at Great Lakes NTC, Ill. Served on USS Hopewell. Awarded AP, AT, Victory and PL Ribbon. Wounded on Leyte. |
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| Name : William W Davis |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: FT3 |
| E-mail: wes-davis ~ sbcglobal.net9/55 |
| Hopewell Years: 9/55 to 9/56 |
| Navy Years: 9/52 to 9/56 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Lockhart, TX |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : David L. Elder |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: STG2 |
| E-mail: delder831 ~ hotmail.com |
| Hopewell Years: 65/12 - 04/68 |
| Navy Years: 65 - 88 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Cocoa, FL |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Earl Roulette |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: GMG-3 |
| E-mail : roulettel@aol.com |
| Hopewell Years: 58/09 - 62/09 |
| Navy Years: 58 - 62 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Longview WA. |
| Sea Story or Comment : We were steaming along in formation with the USS Kidd and the USS Porterfield in front of and off to the port and starboard of the Hopewell when suddenly with no warning the USS Kidd lost all power As it was the mid-watch and there was no moon it was as |
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| Name : Robert J. Wawrzyniec |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : FN |
| E-mail: jeepergiants@aol.com |
| Hopewell Years: 1968-1969 |
| Navy Years: 1968-1970 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Tonawanda, NY |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Jim Young |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : |
| E-mail: Ugleejim ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 1958- |
| Navy Years: |
| Street Address : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Woodland, WA |
| Sea Story or Comment : seeking information or anything to do with the uss hopewell-dd681. I was on board the Hopewell during 1958. |
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| Name : Shelton, Stanley E. |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: SFP-3 |
| E-mail : stahelt6 ~ aol.com |
| Hopewell Years: 1967 - 1968 |
| Navy Years: 7yrs |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Orange, Texas 77630 |
| Sea Story or Comment : I was on board when we collided with the USS Oriskinsny(sorry about the spelling) this happened in the south China Sea, I think in 1967 |
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| Name : Herman [Magne] Hansen |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: XO DD-181 HMS Bath |
| E-mail : c/o Irene ibertoni ~ nyc.rr. com |
| Hopewell Years: 40-41 |
| Navy Years: uk |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Horton, Norway |
| Sea Story or Comment : I learned a little more about the death of my great uncle, Herman [Magne]Hansen (b. Nov. 16, 1911; d. Aug. 19, 1941) of Horton, Norway. He was an officer in the Royal Norwegian Navy, and is listed on your web site as being among those who died aboard the |
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| Name : Bob Butler |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SM3 |
| E-mail : c/o Toal Tim ishokuju ~ comcast. net |
| Hopewell Years : 53-54 |
| Navy Years : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Stuart, FL. 34997 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Aloha shipmate, the old man is king of the bridge signalman. He tells me of the long deployment he had around 53-54. I told him about your web site but he is not too computer savvy yet(topsiders).Anyway, he is technically my step dad, but he is still m |
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| Name : Edd VItagliano |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN |
| E-mail : evassoc ~ rcn.com |
| Hopewell Years : 1966 |
| Navy Years: 08/65-12/68 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Brighton, MA |
| Sea Story or Comment : Fresh out of boot camp, I was assigned to the Hopewell and within a week or so, ventured out from San Diego to sea for the first time in my life in 1966….right into a mid Pacific typhoon…..I spent what seemed an eternity strapped to the upper level aft 5” |
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| Name : Neil Roe |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : ETN3 |
| E-mail : nroe1 ~ comcast.net |
| Hopewell Years : 1966-1968 |
| Navy Years : 1965-1968 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Federal Way, WA. |
| Sea Story or Comment : I enjoyed the years spent on the Hopewell; it holds many fond memories for me. I still remain friends with one of my former shipmates James Ritchie. My best to all who served our great country! |
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| Name : Francis X. ODoherty |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: SM 2/C |
| E-mail : xav ~ pe.net |
| Hopewell Years: |
| Navy Years: 42-45 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Temecula, CA 92592 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Congrats on a great site. I am an old Skive Waver currently a member of USS RADFORD Assoc. Am putting together a history of the old Desron 21 for my memoirs and as a tribute to all of the men who served with that great bunch. |
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| Name : George Kolitsas |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : HCSN |
| E-mail : wtickyw ~ msn.com |
| Hopewell Years: 58-59 |
| Navy Years: |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Clearwater, Florida |
| Sea Story or Comment : I came on board after boot camp in the summer of 1958 and went on the Westpac Cruise during which time I was a corpsman striker with Chief Thomas and the ships doctor Dr. Bodenbender. After returning to San Diego, I went on to Corps School at the Naval Ho |
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| Name : McElroy, Mike |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BMSN |
| E-mail : Mc3mcelroy ~ aol.com |
| Hopewell Years : 68/69 |
| Navy Years: 68/71 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Irving, Texas 75061 |
| Sea Story or Comment : A 50 degree roll on the way to get drunk on Hamms Beer. for a beer in Samoa......Who fell from the lifeguard tower on Waikiki?. Snow in Sasebo....The Beehive in Olongapo....Premature shell bursts....Fired at by big gun....Got into fight with Seymour |
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| Name : Robert St. George |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: mm-3 |
| E-mail: bobbonanza ~ att.net |
| Hopewell Years: 65/03-67/03 |
| Navy Years: 64-67 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Mastic Beach, NY |
| Sea Story or Comment : Great ship to be on. I was in main control, most of the time as throttle man pumps on the lower level. I was saddened to see that she is gone, but she left many happy memories with the time I served aboard her. Though she is gone she will never be forgotten. |
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| Name : Charles W. Ham |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: RD2 |
| E-mail: charleswham ~ cox.net |
| Hopewell Years: 1968-1970 |
| Navy Years: |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : San Diego, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Showalter |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: E3 |
| E-mail: tabishkogescik ~ hotmail.com |
| Hopewell Years: 1962 |
| Navy Years: 1961-62 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Manistee, MI 49660 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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Name : Patrick Pealer |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RD2 |
| E-mail : kn_patrickpealer ~ webtv.net |
| Hopewell Years : June 63 to Nov 66 |
| Navy Years : 59 to 66 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Burlington, IA 52601 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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Name : Tom Rash | |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : DK 2 |
| E-mail : tomrash ~ sbcglobal.net |
| Hopewell Years : 68 - 69 / Jun |
| Navy Years : 66 - 94 Active & Sel Res |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Liberty, MO 64068-3220 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Golfed with CDR Wilson on a Taiwan course featuring 3 sets of Tees for 3 Holes in order to play 9. Have super 8 film of water buffalo crossing our fairway. Hid Mr. Staraces signature stamp... went on leave, and returned to find him a tad nervous! :) Fond |
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| Name : McElroy, Mike |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BMSN |
| E-mail : Mc3mcelroy ~ aol.com |
| Hopewell Years : 68/69 |
| Navy Years: 68/71 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Irving, Texas 75061 |
| Sea Story or Comment : It was a 50 degree roll that we took....I was at the helm because everybody else was sea-sick. I left the Hopewell and went to the Sammy G as a corpsman. Then to the grunts. |
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| Name : JR THOMAS |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RMSN |
| E-mail : thomasjrandjoann~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1951-1952 |
| Navy Years : 1946-1948 &1951-1952 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Sea Story or Comment : We were on Formosa Patrol and I came down with appendix problems. the captain ordered us into KeeLung and sent me by taxi cab all the way to Taipei to the hospital and Needless to say the same night they operated on me there was an earthquake on the other side of the island which shook the hospital pretty bad they evacuated all the patients out on to the lawn . They left me there for a month. Finally a naval attaché officer came in and asked If my name was Thomas. I told him I was waiting for someone to come and pay the bill. He told me they thought I might have passed away on the trip to the Nationalist hospital. They put me on a USAF transport and flew me to Tokyo then train all the way down to Sasebo then on a tanker and transferred me back on to the Hopewell off the coast of North Korea near Wonson. Everyone was surprised and glad to see me back. I was real happy to get back. |
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| Name : H Ray Fowler |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: MM3 |
| E-mail : h.ray.fowler ~ ATT. NET |
| Hopewell Years: 65/11-67/5 |
| Navy Years: 65-69 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Gaffney, SC 29304 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Need to get in contact with anyone on board between 11/65to5/67; I am having some problems with records. Need for VA thanks h, ray (shimp) |
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| Name : Jim Geisert |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: STG3 |
| E-mail : jgeisert ~ socal.rr. com |
| Hopewell Years: 1964-1966 |
| Navy Years: 1963-1966 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Orange, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : John F Felter |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: |
| E-mail : vcampan1 ~ san.rr. com |
| Hopewell Years: 51/03 - 52/08 |
| Navy Years: |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : |
| Sea Story or Comment : Captain John Felter was my father. He retired in 1967 and passed away in 1974. Would like to hear from anyone who remembers my dad. Thank you. |
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| Name : Jim Buzzell |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: MMCS |
| E-mail : mmcsbuzz ~ cox. net |
| Hopewell Years : 1967/04-1969/07 |
| Navy Years : 1955-1974 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Omaha, NE |
| Sea Story or Comment : Email the next reunion information to me!! |
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| Name : Sam Gatti |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RM2 |
| E-mail: |
| Hopewell Years: 62-65 |
| Navy Years: 61-65 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Flower Mound, Tx |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Donovan Don Robida |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: RD1 |
| E-mail: robida ~ tznet.com |
| Hopewell Years: 55/8-59/1 |
| Navy Years: 1955-1959 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Stratford, Wi. |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Al Cecchi |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: EM2 |
| E-mail: alcecchi ~ yahoo.com |
| Hopewell Years: 54/10 - 57/12 |
| Navy Years: 54-57 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Auburn, WA |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : H. Ray Fowler |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : MM3 |
| E-mail : h.ray.fowler ~ att.net |
| Hopewell Years: 65/9-67/4 |
| Navy Years: 65-69 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Gaffney, sc |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Joe Nesnidal |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: CS1 |
| E-mail: tatagram ~ cox-internet.com |
| Hopewell Years: 1964 - 1965 |
| Navy Years: 20 years |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Bull Shoals AR. |
| Sea Story or Comment : Lobster for Dinner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.We were out to sea just out side of San Diego Bomb Barding San Clemente Island. A lobster fisherman came along side that had under size lobster he could not take in and sell and asked what I could |
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| Name : Don Roberson |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: MM3 |
| E-mail : xnavy681 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 55-59 |
| Navy Years : 1955 1959 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Thorndale TX |
| Sea Story or Comment : I was aboard when we were hit by the skyraider. |
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| Name : Paul Weidmaier |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SO2 |
| E-mail: ronquil396 ~ everestkc.net |
| Hopewell Years: 56/03 56/12 |
| Navy Years: 53-56 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Overland Park, KS |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Marion Vander Linden |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : Cox |
| E-mail: harmony_vl ~ yahoo.com |
| Hopewell Years: |
| Navy Years: |
| Street Address : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : |
| Sea Story or Comment : My grandfather, Marion (Bummy) Vander Linden was on the Hopewell during WWII, and is wanting to find a man, Jimmy Keenan. If anyone has any information about Jimmy please let me know so I can pass the information on to my grandfather. Thanks, Harmony Vander Linden |
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| Name : William Bilo |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SM3 |
| E-mail: wrbilo ~ verizon.net |
| Hopewell Years: 09/61 09/ |
| Navy Years: 61 63 |
| Street Address : 5534 Nectar Av |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Hemet, CA 92544-4543 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Welcome email or paper mail from all former shipmates |
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| Name : Donald E Mitchell |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : FT3 |
| E-mail: dmbuilder ~ theramp. net |
| Hopewell Years: 51-54 |
| Navy Years: same |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Wyoming. IL |
| Sea Story or Comment : Does anyone remember...In Hong Kong when Vargo and McNally decided to swim ashore and got run over by a ferry? And our Liberty Launch just happened to be coming back to the boat, picked them up and brought them back. Bet they never forgot that trip to |
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| Name : William Barrett |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : CS3 |
| E-mail : b9barrett ~ earthlink.net |
| Hopewell Years: 1958 |
| Navy Years: 1955- |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : St Cloud, Fl |
| Sea Story or Comment : We made cruise to WesPac in 1958. I would like to learn more about this cruise and my shipmates at the time. |
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| Name : Jim Ferguson |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : GMG2 |
| E-mail: jferguso ~ coniferhs. org |
| Hopewell Years: 1964-66 |
| Navy Years : 1963-67 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Conifer, Colo. |
| Sea Story or Comment : lots of good memories of a great ship and crew. |
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| Name : Ronald Talbott |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : Gunners Mate 3rd Class |
| E-mail: e-rtalbott ~ sbcglobal. net |
| Hopewell Years: 1961-1963 |
| Navy Years : 1961-1963 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Witter Springs, Ca |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Rob Roth |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN |
| E-mail: rob4747 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 64-65 |
| Navy Years : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Wyomissing, PA |
| Sea Story or Comment : How close were we to the Turner Joy when the PT Boats were shooting torpedoes? |
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| Name : Ellen Hall-Moore |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : Navy Brat-daughter of a MCHC |
| E-mail : boulevard_lady at hotmail.com |
| Hopewell Years : N/A |
| Navy Years: N/A |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Tombstone Arizona |
| Sea Story or Comment : I found the page about the song parody of China Nights. I've been looking for the song because a friend of mine (Brian Connolly-now deceased) who performed at the Blarney Stone in San Diego used to sing it. When I went to the page that should contain the lyrics... |
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<| Name : Earl E. Roulette |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : GMG-3 |
| E-mail : Earlyman124 ~ peoplepc. com |
| Hopewell Years : 58/12 - 62/09 |
| Navy Years: 58 - 62 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Longview WA. 98632 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Best years of my life. Lots of memories and they are all great. Would enjoy hearing from old shipmates |
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| Name : McBRIDE , K.F. |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : QM3 |
| E-mail: HANDYSTORAGE ~ MYBLUELIGHT. COM |
| Hopewell Years : LATE 61--10/63 |
| Navy Years: 59-63 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : |
| Sea Story or Comment : TOOK USS BROWN DD546 TO BREMERTON WASH. FOR DE-COMMISSION. GOT TRANSFERRED BACK TO SAN DIEGO ON BOARD THE HOPEWELL. |
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| Name : Ron Copeland |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: GMG 3 |
| E-mail : RDMKBRUNO ~ yahoo. com |
| Hopewell Years: Sept 61-Sept 63 |
| Navy Years : 60-66 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Brinnon, WA 98320 |
| Sea Story or Comment : My two years aboard the USS Hopewell were some of the best years of my life. The men I worked for, and, with have always been apart of my history. I was proud to work with all the men of the Hopewell, especially Ron Talbott, John Mahaffy, Larry Busch |
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| Name : Larry L. Busch |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : GM3 |
| E-mail : nbusch ~ neb.rr. com |
| Hopewell Years : 62/02-64/02 |
| Navy Years : 61-67 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Fremont, NE 68025 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Red Fitch |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : GMG3 |
| E-mail : sfitch4238 ~ yahoo. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1/66 - 9/69 |
| Navy Years : 65 - 69 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Dallas, OR 97338 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Looking for buddies who served on the Hopewell during the time I did. Do you remember when we lost steering while refueling from a carrier? Wasn’t a happy site. |
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| Name : Don Delis |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RD3 |
| E-mail : dondi ~ citlink. net |
| Hopewell Years : 68-70 |
| Navy Years : 64-70 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Sacramento, CA 95828 |
| Sea Story or Comment : I remember the 50 degree roll we took in the Tiwan straits on the way to Japan and crossing in to Chinese territorial waters and meeting a junk fishing fleet. |
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| Name : Bruce Barr |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : ET-3 |
| E-mail : rrabecurb ~ peoplepc.com |
| Hopewell Years : 1961 - 1963 |
| Navy Years : 1959 - 1963 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Simi Valley, Ca. 93065 |
| Sea Story or Comment : My two years on this ship were a couple of the best of my entire life. The WEB sight, has been pretty good to me by the way. I am now on e-mail with three other guys that I was on the ship with from 61 - 63 that I found on the WEB, or one of them found me. It would be 4 guys if the damned VA hadn't bumped off Jim Stomboli. That one really got to me for awhile. Anyway, I hoped all my Navy friends would enjoy that thing on the Navy. Most of those things were very true. If anyone reading this has any knowledge of where Don Johnson RD2 1962 -1964 is please let me know. |
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| Name : Frank Hartwell |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : EM2c |
| E-mail : dd681 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 43/9-45 |
| Navy Years: 1943-1946 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Florham Park, N.J. 07932 |
| Sea Story or Comment : I served on the Hopewell 7/73-12/44 I am going to the 5th Reunion in Branson, Mo. Hope to see some of you there . I was an EM2c After eng room was my watch I remember the good times /fellowship while on the HOPEWELL There are not too many of us old timers left ,But its great to see the Hopewell shipmates from all the years she existed . Frank Hartwell EM2c |
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| Name : Jerry l Millage |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : sm1 |
| E-mail : pnanaw3 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1963-1965 |
| Navy Years: 1957-1975 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Corpus Christi, TX 78418 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Harold Gabree |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : EM3 |
| E-mail : hgabree ~ hotmail. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1965-1967 |
| Navy Years: 1963-1969 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Schenectady, NY 12303-3562 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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Name : Lorin, Bruce |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RD2 |
| E-mail : blorin ~ rcn.com |
| Hopewell Years : 9/62-2/65 |
| Navy Years: 61-65 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : San Mateo, CA 94401 |
| Sea Story or Comment : three great years. Dean Broughton died. |
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| Name : donald.e.mitchell |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : 3rdclass,firecontrolmantech |
| E-mail : dmbuildr ~ theramp. net |
| Hopewell Years : 1951,1954 |
| Navy Years: 1950,1954 |
| Street Address : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : ROBERT M. WRIGHT |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : YN3 |
| E-mail: |
| Hopewell Years: 1954-1956 |
| Navy Years: 4 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Rodney Douglas |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: boilerman3 |
| E-mail : rodvivilore65 ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years: 1952/oct 1956/july |
| Navy Years: 1952/aug 1956/july |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Hemet ca 92545 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Ed Chew |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: LTJG |
| E-mail : ed61 ~ Cox. net |
| Hopewell Years: 62/6-63/10 |
| Navy Years: 61-82 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : San Clemente, CA 92673 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Hopewell was a great experience for me, because of the crew. The Chiefs taught me so much about being a good Officer and just about life. |
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| Name : Gary Hoyt |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BTFN |
| E-mail : gchoyt ~ ctcweb. net |
| Hopewell Years: 62/03 -65\08 |
| Navy Years: 61 -65 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Cascade ID 83611 |
| Sea Story or Comment : There were a lot of great guys aboard the Hopewell, and I’m proud to have been there with them. I especially remember Mr. Irwin our XO, a good officer and leader, and several of our Chiefs, inc. Chief Taylor. I hope that you all are doing well! |
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| Name : Greg Sawyer |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : |
| E-mail : sawyergd ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years : |
| Navy Years: |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Yakima, WA 98908 |
| Sea Story or Comment : My dad John served as communications petty officer, I believe, on the 681 through the war, coming off of the Pennsylvania. Served on her for the length of the war. He is still alive, though isn’t all that comfortable with email. Would you like to contact h |
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| Name : BILLY CROOK |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SK2 |
| E-mail: |
| Hopewell Years: 68/06 TO 69/06 |
| Navy Years: 63 TO 89 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : PORT ORCHARD, WA 98366 |
| Sea Story or Comment : HAD AGREAT TIME ON A GREAT SHIP |
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| Name : Raymond Wendle |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : FNMM |
| E-mail : rwendle ~ tampabay.rr.com |
| Hopewell Years : 51/01--54/02 |
| Navy Years : 50-54 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Lake Alfred FL. 33850 |
| Sea Story or Comment : I came aboard in san Diego and was station in the after engine room for three Tours to the far east. |
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| Name : Stephen snow |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN |
| E-mail : sasnow1940 ~ aol.com |
| Hopewell Years : 1957 195957 |
| Navy Years : 57 61 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Newton, NH 03858 |
| Sea Story or Comment : great bunch of guys to make west Pac tour with |
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| Name : Hoversten, David B. |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: |
| E-mail: |
| Hopewell Years : 1943-1944 |
| Navy Years-: 1943-1944 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Waseca, MN |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : BRAXTON OLIVER |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: QM2 |
| E-mail : rustyoliver ~ yahoo. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1966-1970 |
| Navy Years-: 1966-1970 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : NEW BERN, NC |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Rowland D Hill |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank: EM2c |
| E-mail : familymnr ~ webtv.net |
| Hopewell Years : 43/09-44/12 |
| Navy Years-: 42-46 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Broomfield, Co. 80020 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Russell D Dickens |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : LCDR |
| E-mail : rustydickens ~ juno. com |
| Hopewell Years: 68/02 - 70/01 |
| Enlistment Years: 46/07 -77/03 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Scotia, CA 95565 |
| Sea Story or Comment : Followed Hopewell’s final throes after being used as a target in the early 70s to test the Walleye missile. She refused to sink as expected --- finally the sea got her. |
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| Name : P.R.BOB MORRIS |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : S.A. 1ST DIV. |
| E-mail : ZONE2BOB ~ AOL. COM |
| Hopewell Years: 1964--OCT.1965 |
| Enlistment Years: 1961-67 reserves |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : SOUTH BEND,IND. 46614 |
| Sea Story or Comment : WISH I COULD FIND SOME OF THE GUYS I RAN WITH. WOULD LIKE TO LOCATE EDDIE MENDIBLES, IF ANY OF YOU KNOW ANYTHING OF HIM. |
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| Name : Jerry Horton |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : FTG 2 |
| E-mail : jfhort ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 1956/1959 |
| Enlistment Years: 54/774 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Silverdale, WA 98383 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Carlton Dale |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BT1 |
| E-mail : Csddale ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 66/68 |
| Enlistment Years: 59/81 |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Columbia, TN 38401 |
| Sea Story or Comment : |
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| Name : Casey Drozdowski |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : FC2c |
| E-mail : Ldroz19 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years : 43-46 |
| Enlistment Years : |
| Address : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : RIP |
| Sea Story or Comment : My name is Luke Droz and I am looking for any information about my father's time on the U.S.S. HOPEWELL. Any stories or memories would be greatly appreciated. He often talked fondly of his time in the Navy but as time passes these stories become less familiar to me. Some may know him as Casey Dugan. I know that he had a friend, Don Mc. that stayed in touch. Don even visited once with his wife and I know that my father really enjoyed that. If Don gets this message I would like to say "Hi" and I hope that he and his family are doing well. [Dad] passed away a few years back and I miss him a lot. He was a great father and a wonderful man that I really respect. I hope to hear from someone and I hope all are doing well! |
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| Name : William Jerome Ardrey |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : EM? |
| E-mail : |
| Hopewell Years : 43-46 |
| Enlistment Years : 43-46 |
| Address : |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : |
| Sea Story or Comment : My Dad who passed away June 29, 2003 served on the USS Hopewell. He enlisted in May of 1943 and was sent to help in the completion of the Hopewell and served on her until January of 1946 as an Electricians Mate, however I don’t know what class he was. |
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| Name : Frank Ries |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN (HM Striker) |
| E-mail : frankjries ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1955 to 1958 |
| Enlistment Years : 1954 to 1973 |
| Address : 490 E. 10600 S. |
| Current Home Town, State, zip : Sandy, UT 84070 |
| Sea Story or Comment : When I reported aboard the HOPEWELL, I had a history of always being in trouble but because of the great skipper CDR Tyler and Exec. LCDR Pheister, I was given a clean slate and a 2nd chance. Because of that, I was able to go to Hospital Corps School |
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| Name : Stephen a snow |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : sonar |
| E-mail : sasnow1940 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1959 1961 |
| Enlistment Years : 57 61 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Haverhill, mass |
| Current Home Town : Newton NH, Jensen beach FL. |
| Sea Story or Comment: |
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| Name : John P. Trent |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : FN-BT2 |
| E-mail : jtrent7 ~ cox.net |
| Hopewell Years : 1960-1964 |
| Enlistment Years : 1955 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Tustin, Ca. |
| Current Home Town : Phoenix, AZ |
| Sea Story or Comment: e-mail me and will talk, got lots of sea stories. |
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| Name : James Herrick |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : bt2 |
| E-mail : jimh ~ usintouch. com |
| Hopewell Years : 57/11 61/02 |
| Enlistment Years : 57 61 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Paris ME |
| Current Home Town : Pahrump NV. |
| Sea Story or Comment: served in boiler rooms on ship mostly in aft boiler room, also worked as oil king in after 58 for awhile also stood watches at that time. learned a lot about steam equipment that came in handy later in my working life. |
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| Name : Arnold Zajicek |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SSM3 |
| E-mail : alzmlz ~ att. net |
| Hopewell Years: 45 46 |
| Enlistment Years : 44 46 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Cedar Rapids ,IA |
| Current Home Town : Lakeland, FL |
| Sea Story : does any one remember the hurricane off the coast of Okinawa , 1945 or any thing about trying to explode floating mines at sea |
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| Name : Dennis Robello |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : GMSN |
| E-mail : local ~ gciu.workfam. com |
| Hopewell Years : 67 to 69 |
| Enlistment Years: 67 to 71 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Current Home Town : Kaneohe, Hawaii |
| Sea Story: Talking about that 56 degree roll we took that morning, I lost a whole bag of laundry coming up from the mess deck the ship started to roll hung on to the poll near the laundry dept it was either the bag or me had to let it go or I would have been washed overboard! |
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| Name : Bob Donlon |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SO3/c |
| E-mail : Rdonlon ~ nycap.rr. com |
| Hopewell Years: |
| Enlistment Years: |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : |
| Sea Story : I served on the USS Robert F. Keller DE-419 during the Korean War. I am secretary to CAP-DESA-Capital District Destroyer Escort Sailors Assoc. in Albany, NY and am a volunteer aboard the USS Slater DE-766 moored at the Snow Dock In Albany, NY. Come on down to see us! |
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| Name : Patrick G Rowe |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : yn3 |
| E-mail : fprowe ~ socal. rr. com |
| Hopewell Years : 64 and 65 |
| Enlistment Years : 64-68 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Current Home Town : orange, ca |
| Sea Comment: would like to have crew members that might remember me to get in touch with me? |
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| Name : Gerald Smith |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : IC3 |
| E-mail : |
| Hopewell Years : 56/10-60/02 |
| Enlistment Years : 56-60 |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : |
| Sea Story or Comment: |
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| Name : Michael A. Sumrall |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : LCDR |
| E-mail : nrsjxo ~ cnrf. navy. mil |
| Hopewell Years : n/a |
| Enlistment Years: 04/90 - Present |
| Enlistment Home Town : Los Angeles, CA |
| Current Home Town : San Jose, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment: I am an active duty officer currently assigned as XO of the Naval Reserve Center in San Jose. My Q-deck proudly displays the USS HOPEWELL (DD 681) ships bell. It continues to shine! V/r, XO |
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| Name : John P. Trent |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BT2 |
| E-mail : jtrent7 ~ cox.net |
| Hopewell Years: 60/03-64/09 |
| Enlistment Years : 57-70 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Tustin, CA. |
| Current Home Town : Phoenix, AZ. |
| Sea Story or Comment: Came on board right out of Camp Elliot (BRIDGE). Had a Court Marshall, busted to FN from BT2 in Nov. 59. I was told by Neely BT1, Latter BTC, that what I did from then on is what mattered. I went to BTC, by 70. |
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| Name : GEORGE E. RIVERS |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RM1 |
| E-mail : grivers ~ sbcglobal. net |
| Hopewell Years: 1964 thru 1966 |
| Enlistment Years : 1956 thru 1975 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Birmingham, Al |
| Current Home Town : Carson, Ca |
| Sea Story or Comment: GOOD TO BE ONBOARD |
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| Name : Mike B Bowman |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BT3 |
| E-mail : Mike B Bowman ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years : 64-68 |
| Enlistment Years : 63-74 |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : Coquitlam, B.C. Canada |
| Sea Story : I was on the Hopewell from 1964 to 1968 out of San Diego. I was a BTFN ended BT3 - working out of the aft boiler room. Then left to go on the USS Samuel Gompers AD 37 and then onto the USS Richard S Edwards DD950 in 1970. Stationed in Sandpoint Naval Air S |
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| Name : David D. Hurst (Tex) |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RD3 |
| E-mail : dhurst ~ houston.rr. com |
| Hopewell Years: 62-64 |
| Enlistment Years: 60-64 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Odessa, Texas |
| Current Home Town : La Porte, Texas |
| Sea Story : The Hopewell was definitely a steamer and was my best duty. The 62 test was an ASROC atomic warhead fired @ a sled 1500 yards astern of another TinCan (USS Blaussell empty of personnel),(all systems operating & wash down activated)which was being towed by a fleet tug |
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| Name : Jim Niquette |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : ETR2 |
| E-mail : j.niquette ~ attbi. com |
| Hopewell Years : 61/02 - 64/02 |
| Enlistment Years : 60 - 64 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Denver, CO |
| Current Home Town : Denver, CO |
| Sea Story or Comment: I remember losing steam while in a line formation with Porterfield(I believe) following us and nearly clipping the fantail. Scary moments those! |
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| Name : Jerry Pinney |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : |
| E-mail : pc_techie_1 ~ yahoo. com |
| Hopewell Years : |
| Enlistment Years : |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : Arlington TX |
| Sea Story or Comment: My grandfather severed on this ship during WW2 I am glad to see a site that has all the information on the ship keep up the good work. |
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| Name : John Burtt |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : QM 2 |
| E-mail : jb50bmg ~ earthlink.net |
| Hopewell Years : 12/63-03/67 |
| Enlistment Years : 63-67 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Presque Isle, ME |
| Current Home Town : Riverside, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment: I served on board Hopewell for two exciting West-Pac cruises with a group of the finest sailors and officers to ever put to sea. There was never a dull moment and the time I spent on Hopewell is some of the most cherished memories I have today. What a tri |
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| Name : mike Calkins |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : bt3 |
| E-mail : mcalkins ~ uniteone.net |
| Hopewell Years : 2years10mo. |
| Enlistment Years : 59-63 |
| Enlistment Home Town : St. Joseph, MO. |
| Current Home Town : kearney, mo. |
| Sea Story or Comment: |
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| Name : Bob Strassenburg |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : EM2 |
| E-mail : bigbobstras ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years: 11/58 to 08/60 |
| Enlistment Years: 58-60 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Los Angeles, Ca |
| Current Home Town : Myrtle Point, Or |
| Sea Story : I remember checking out shore power the wrong way, and everything electrical on the ship ran in the wrong direction. |
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| Name : Duane E Hogsett |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : E-2 E- 12 |
| E-mail : dumahogsett ~ juno. com |
| Hopewell Year: 1965 1968 |
| Enlistment Years: 1965 1968 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Kimball NE |
| Current Home Town : Grand Junction CO |
| Sea Story : |
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| Name : Ed Fielding |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : |
| E-mail : |
| Hopewell Years: |
| Enlistment Years: |
| Enlistment Home Town : NA |
| Current Home Town : NA |
| Sea Story or Comment: Dear Mr. Parrish: My father, Chief Edward Fielding was aboard the YMS-48 mine sweeper and was among the survivors who got picked up that day by the Hopewell. I doubt that he got the chance to thank your uncle for his bravery and dedication that day, but I will thank you now in my late father's name to your late uncle. The events of that day basically ended the war for my dad. He retired from the Navy in 1948 and joined the merchant marines where he served an additional 25 years. He didn't talk about the war much, but I know he served aboard the USS Rigel(AR-11) in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked, as well as the YMS-48. Thank all of your family from all of my family for the ultimate sacrifice that William M Parrish made on Feb. 14, 1945.Very truly yours, Ed Fielding |
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| Name : Mark Evdemon |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : RM2 |
| E-mail : markevdemon ~ webtv. net |
| Hopewell Years : |
| Enlistment Years 1957-1961 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Toledo, Ohio |
| Current Home Town : N. Huntingdon, PA |
| Sea Story or Comment : Permission to come aboard? Thank you. I was on another tin can, the USS Beale DDE-471, as RM2. Always glad to visit Destroyer sites. |
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| Name : Joe Herrera jr. |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BM |
| E-mail : whurst123 ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years : 51-54 |
| Enlistment Years : 1950 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Beckley, WV. |
| Current Home Town : Beckley, WV. 25801 |
| Sea Story or Comment : I would like to inquire about memorabilia from the USS Hopewell. |
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| Name : Dave reeves |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN |
| E-mail : hondo6437 ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years : Oct 54 Oct 55 |
| Enlistment Years : 54 58 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Des Moines Iowa |
| Current Home Town : Lakeside OREGON |
| Sea Story or Comment: started on Hopewell from basic; aft engine room for 5 months transfer to 1st div...then trans to Dixie ad 14..coxswain #3 motor launch then to Capt.'s gig. |
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| Name : Gary Mann |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : STG2 |
| E-mail : garymann ~ flash. net |
| Hopewell Years : 65-68 |
| Enlistment Years : 64-68 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Ft. Worth, TX |
| Current Home Town : Hay farm near Haslet, TX |
| Sea Story or Comment: The night I stepped over from our bridge to the most decorated ship on the west coast, USS Frank Knox and borrowed a safety plug so we could fire our hedge hogs the next day during sea trials. We traded turkeys and canned food in dry dock to get the wiring. Even though I was a Sonarman, I went down below into the boiler room and took a number of black & white pictures of people I did not really know. The others are color for the most part. They show damage from the carrier incident. Shore bombardment and just daily life of the top side sailors. Regards, Gary Mann STG2 |
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| Name : William Bilo |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SM3 |
| E-mail : WRBILO ~ AOL. COM |
| Hopewell Years: 11/1961-09/1963 |
| Enlistment Years: 1961-1963 USNR |
| Enlistment Home Town : SANTA MONICA, CA |
| Current Home Town : HEMET, CA |
| Sea Story : SERVED Aboard HOPEWELL AS A TWO YEAR RESERVE. MADE ONE WESTPAC CRUISE AS MEMBER OF CREW. ATTAINED RATING OF SM3. RECEIVED EARLY OUT TO STUDY FOR CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD IN SEPT. 1963. |
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| Name : Roy G. Gonzales |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : BT3 |
| E-mail : IBJamming2 ~ AOL. Com |
| Hopewell Years: 1/55 - 3/58 |
| Enlistment Years: 9/54 - 5/58 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Amarillo, Texas |
| Current Home Town : Bernalillo, NM |
| Sea Story or Comment: |
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| Name : Billy Elliott |
| Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN s |
| E-mail : biell456 ~ charter. Net |
| Hopewell Years: 52 to 55 _ _ |
| Enlistment Years: 52 to 55 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Thomaston, Ga. |
| Current Home Town : Thomaston, Ga. |
| Sea Story or Comment : Had three great years aboard the Hopewell |
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Name : Paul F. Martin  |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : MM1 |
| E-mail : luapveb63 ~ juno. com |
| Hopewell Years : 09/62-06/65 |
| Enlistment Years: 1957-1977 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Madera Ca. |
| Current Home Town : Rio Vista ,Ca. |
| Sea Story or Comment: |
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| Name : Trent, John P. |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : FN, BT3, BT2 |
| E-mail : jtrtent ~ cox. net` |
| Hopewell Years : 1960-1964 |
| Enlistment Years: 1957-1970 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Santa Ana. CA. |
| Current Home Town : Phoenix, AZ. |
| Sea Story : Hopewell was one of my best duties in the navy. I served in 6 ships: USS ROENOKE CL 145. USS ST. PAUL CA73. USS HELENA CA 75. USS WEDDERBURN DD 684. USS ALFORD A. CUMINGHAM DD 752. I reported aboard Hopewell Feb. 1960 as a FN, right out of CAMP ELLIOT, 6 |
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| Name : John E. Mahaffey Jr. |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : GMSN |
| E-mail : johnshar ~ rew2000. com |
| Hopewell Years : Mar.1961-Mar.1964 |
| Enlistment Years: 1961-1964 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Ottumwa, Iowa 52501 |
| Current Home Town : Kirkville Iowa |
| Sea Story : The USS Hopewell was put into commission in 1943, and I was born in 1943. I was 17 years old when I went aboard ship. Since I have left the Navy, I transferred to Treasure Island from the Hopewell in March of 64 for separation. Back in the late 60's I had visited Larry Busch over in Nebraska, I think it was around Lincoln. He was married and had a couple of children, and was farming. Then he came and visited me, and that was in early 70's.I also ran into Dave Cameron in Ottumwa, Iowa a couple of years ago, but haven’t seen him since. Do you know the whereabouts of Ron Talbott, Ron Copeland, G.L. Harris, Donald Petree, Carl Levy, or Terry Pool? I got married in 1966, and the 13th. of Feb. was our 37th wedding anniversary! Our oldest son lives 14mi. from us, and we have 3grandsons;14, 13, 12. We had a younger son, who was killed in an automobile accident in 1991. He was just four days shy of 21. I have had diabetes for thirty years, and have taken shots from day one. In 1996, I had a brain tumor, and went to Rochester Minnesota, and was in surgery for 10 hrs. having it removed. As a result of that, I am deaf in my left ear, and they had to take my left bal. nerve, but my right bal. nerve compensated for it. Then in Dec. of 2001, I had an angioplasty done , and they planted two stints, and done some ballooning. Then April of 2002 they went in again, and reamed out my stints, shot radiation inside of them, and done more ballooning. I have had my share of health problems, but with faith in my Doctors, and believing in the lord , I have come through it all in pretty good shape. I am on disability now, and on the 17th. of this month, I will be 60. I am glad that I have found people like you, and I am looking very forward to the reunion in 2004. I would be more than happy to hear from my shipmates. Please E-mail me, I would like to hear from anyone who was aboard ship the same time. |
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| Name : Jon Kolb |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : ET1 |
| E-mail : twojon77 ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years : 7/677-69 |
| Enlistment Years: 6276 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Oklahoma City, OK |
| Current Home Town : Phoenix, AZ |
| Sea Story or Comment: Subic in the spring... |
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| Your Name : Joe Nesnidal |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : CS1 |
| E-mail : tatagram ~ cox-internet, com |
| Hopewell Years : 1963/1965 |
| Enlistment Years : 2/17/47 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Campbell Ohio |
| Current Home Town : Bull Shoals AR |
| Sea Story: |
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| Name : Wayne Irwin |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : LtCdr. XO |
| E-mail : irwin ~ sonnet. com |
| Hopewell Years: 63-65 |
| Enlistment Years: 51-72 |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : GROVELAND, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment: Gad, 1963 was a long time ago. I was XO from Aug 63 to Sept 65. We were both aboard during the Hunters Point yard period; and you had gone to college before we steamed to the patrol station off Vietnam in Aug 64. I well remember the ship's party in San Francisco. Glad you guys had a good time. You were probably unaware that I started as a dive bomber pilot. I flew 49 strikes flying from the USS Princeton (CV-37) during the first year of the Korean War. In 1952 I flew a patrol bomber from Manila Bay. My vision had not improved and I was grounded, completing my career as a surface line officer. The Hopewell badly needed an overhaul when I reported aboard. She took part in a demonstration off San Diego in the Fall, 1963. It was put on for the incoming SecNav. He was aboard the carrier we plane-guarded while he observed flight ops. We took position off the starboard beam of the carrier for him to observe us fire a full hedgehog pattern. Then Hopewell went alongside and high lined SecNav aboard. ( You can imagine my worry about dropping Sec Nav into the Pacific.) I took him on a tour of the ship. That was intended to show him that the WW II navy ships had been worn out fighting two wars and the cold war. Also to show that twenty-five year old designs simply could no longer be economically upgraded. Hopewell was the horrible example that day [You guys had done such a great job]. The Fletcher class destroyer was a wonder when it was designed in 1939. Its 36 knot speed and five, five inch guns made it the most powerful destroyer in the world. Hundreds were built during the war. The fast carrier task forces that reinvented naval warfare could not have been formed without Fletcher's as ASW screen and AA umbrella. I served in six ships. All had been built during WW II, and all have long since been decommissioned and scrapped, like me. My second career was as a community college teacher in Merced, California. My subjects were physical geography and world regional geography, a discipline I had studied at Stanford. I retired from teaching in 1988, and we built a home in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Sonora, CA, near an airport. I resumed civilian flying in 1970, the year I retired. I made an experimental homebuilt airplane in the early 80's, flew it for ten years and sold it in 1994. I started building two Questair Venture experimental kit airplanes in 1990. I started the Venture Association in 1999. I'll use the custom signature to give you the website for that. If you have absolutely nothing else to do, check it out. Wayne Irwine-mail: venture ~ sonnet. com website: www.wallacecompany.com |
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| Name : Dale Taylor |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : BTC |
| E-mail : dmjtaylor ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years: 1962-1965 |
| Enlistment Years : 1951-71 |
| Enlistment Home Town : San Diego, Panama CZ |
| Current Home Town : Bethlehem Pa. |
| Sea Story or Comment : I came aboard sip as a white hat and a mo. later put on the chiefs hat. I got my sea legs on the Hopewell, I had a good crew that put in a lot of hours when others were kicking back so that we could answer that first bell. One thing that always surprised me |
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| Your Name : Brad Mills |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : |
| E-mail : bradmills1 ~ cox. net |
| Hopewell Years: 60-61 |
| Enlistment Years : |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : |
| Sea Story or Comment: I served on the Hopewell from about July '60 until January 1961. I was discharged from the Navy, February 1961. The CO of the ship was "Blinky" Silvani. I don't recall his actual name. I do remember his attempting to tie up at a pier at the 32 St. Des Base (sometime during the above time frame) and crashing the port side into the pier. The side of the ship was caved in for 8 frames and the deck in the Goat Locker was buckled. |
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| Name : Thomas E. Love |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : IC2 |
| E-mail : telove ~ zbzoom. net |
| Hopewell Years : 1965-1968 |
| Enlistment Years : 1964-1968 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Butler, Pa |
| Current Home Town : Sarver, Pa |
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| Name : Ronald D. Ashby |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : ET-1 |
| E-mail : RDAshby ~ worldnet. att. net |
| Hopewell Years : 08/56 - 09/57 |
| Enlistment Years: 53-57 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Fairmont, MN |
| Current Home Town : Arlington, VA |
| Sea Story or Comment: We had the best skipper in the Navy! His name was Cdr. W. P. Tyler. To my mind and that of many others he was a person who cared for his sailors. We managed to have great liberty in all Ports of call and we worked hard as a team of some 340 to make the Hopewell seaworthy and ready as a fighter. I was fortunate to be the leading ET during my tenure. It was probably the most rewarding time of my life. The Hopewell crossed the Equator at 00 degrees latitude and 165 degrees 55 minutes W. Longitude on 17 February, 1957. I was a pollywog at the time and the experience of becoming a "Shellback" will forever be etched in my mind. We made many ports in WestPac, New Zealand, the Admiralty Is. etc. We once steamed for 58 days without any provisioning. I Hope this helps and I hope that some of my old mates can offer their 2 cents worth as well. I do my best to make the upcoming reunion. |
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| Name : Almando J. Cecchi |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : EM2 |
| E-mail : alcecchi ~ yahoo. com |
| Hopewell Years: 10/54 - 12/57 |
| Enlistment Years : 54 - 57 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Green Bay, WI |
| Current Home Town : Auburn, WA |
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| Name : john d Williams |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : MMC on retirement |
| E-mail : ojisanjohn ~ webtv. com |
| Hopewell Years : N/A visitor |
| Enlistment Years : 1953-73 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Rock Hill, sc |
| Current Home Town : Chula vista ca |
| Sea Story or Comment: operated with Hopewell in '53-57had a couple of acquaintances from that era. in 1956, l had a good friend on the Hopewell, an MM named Newton Herbert Harris from San Angelo Texas and have been trying to locate him for old times sake; in fact, l was on the cruiser Helena CA75,(l believe) and we were operating together somewhere in Westpac and the Hopewell was about halfway to the horizon at about 0630 when l watched a seaplane fly right into the after stack and explode. Harris told me later that a chief and a couple of engineers were killed on the Hopewell, and the crew of the seaplane was also killed. I was an MM also and the two of us went to MM school together in Great Lakes. l was on a number of "cans" after the cruisers. also a DE (419) l was on a couple of 2100's and several 2250'sthe 2250's were much better, mainly because of the inboard passageway. |
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| Name : C. A. Showalter |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : SN! |
| E-mail : Tabishkogescik ~ hotmail. com |
| Hopewell Years : 62 |
| Enlistment Years : 61-62 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Manistee, MI |
| Current Home Town : Manistee, MI |
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| Name : Gair Glasgow |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : RM2 |
| E-mail : gairbarbg ~ yahoo. com |
| Hopewell Years : 08/54-55 & 57 |
| Enlistment Years: 54-58 |
| Enlistment Home Town : San Diego, CA |
| Current Home Town : Livingston, TX |
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| Name : Edward Earl Kerr |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : Lieutenant, USN |
| E-mail : edkerr ~ urcad. org |
| Hopewell Years - : 06/43-07/44 |
| Enlistment Years-: commissioned 42/72 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Houston, TX |
| Current Home Town : Davis, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment: I was a career navy officer because I wanted to be one ever since I was about 8 years old. I enlisted in the Houston Naval Reserve Unit when I was 17, then finished high school and a year at Rice University in Houston. After that I went to the Naval Academy, and graduated in June '42. When I reported to Hopewell's pre-commissioning detail I was assigned as the ship's communication officer. It was WWII time, and some of the radio equipment necessary for sea duty was not easily found, but Hopewell's ingenious radio gang overcame. In the Central and Southwest Pacific I spent many hours coding and decoding messages, and standing officer of the deck watches. Perhaps some will remember getting the ship ready for sea in San Pedro, and will further remember the important role she played against the Japanese at Roi and Namur Islands in the Kwajalein Atoll. She was a good ship during a very stressful time. I hope others' memories are as fond as mine. Following my wartime destroyer duties I went into cruiser seaplane aviation, and then aircraft carrier attack aviation. In addition, I spent much time in foreign intelligence in the Pentagon and elsewhere. I retired from the Navy in '72 as a captain. My wife died 4 years ago so I left the East (San Francisco) Bay, and moved to a beautiful new retirement community in Davis in '00. I wish you well as you continue with your self-assigned Hopewell project. From all I can tell you are doing a great job! Ed Kerr |
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| Name : George, James A. |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : BM2 |
| E-mail : jagranch ~ theriver. con |
| Hopewell Years : 04-64 to 05-65 |
| Enlistment Years : 1954 to 1974 |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : St. David, AZ. |
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| Name : Stacey Christmann |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : Daughter James Christmann |
| E-mail : "Stacey c/o Hopewell" |
| Hopewell Years: Dad served during Vietnam |
| Enlistment Year: |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : |
| Sea Story or Comment: Looking for information about the ship and My Dad. James Christmann served aboard the USS Hopewell during the Vietnam War. My Dad is now deceased and Mom is helping me learn about my Dad and the Ship that he served on. If any of you knew my Dad or has sea stories about the ship to tell me, I would appreciate them. I am starting a scrap book about the Ship and My Dad. Thank You. My email address is Stacey Christmann c/o Hopewell_DD681@Hotmail.com. Thank You, Stacey |
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| Name : W. C. (Chuck) Garrison |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : FTG2 |
| E-mail : lyndagg ~ netzero. net |
| Hopewell Years: 62-65 |
| Enlistment Years: 61-67 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Tulsa, Ok |
| Current Home Town : Alvin, TX |
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| Name : STEVEN E. DEARINGER |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : BTFN/BT3 |
| E-mail : BTCMRET84 ~ aol. com |
| Hopewell Years: 62-64 |
| Enlistment Years: 3-28-1958 to 9-28-1984 |
| Enlistment Home Town : LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO |
| Current Home Town : RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA |
| Sea Story or Comment: We were at morning quarters in port San Diego harbor. Our first class PO a guy named Walker was standing out in front of one of the five inch guns on the fantail facing two rows of neatly dressed sailors waiting for the Chief to come and inspect us and give us any information about what was to be done that day, Etc. While we were standing there a sea gull singled Walker out and crapped right smack dab on his white hat. Here were two rows of sailors laughing so hard we like to fell over the side and I bet they heard us on the bow. Walker was so mad he was hollering at that sea gull and accusing him of being prejudice and a lot of other things because he picked him out instead of someone in the larger group. What walker said is unprintable but I still get a kick out of it to this day. |
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| Name : Dale W. Taylor |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : BTC |
| E-mail : dmjtaylor ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years : 1962-1965 |
| Enlistment Years : 1951-1971 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama. R. de P. |
| Current Home Town : Bethlehem, PA |
| Sea Story or Comment : When I came aboard ship in 1962, I was still a white hat. I had a month to go before I became Chief, so I shadowed the Chief that I was to relieve learning what a Chief does. Since leaving destroyers as a new second class six years earlier, I found it very hard playing catch up due to lack of experience. But I wasn't the only greenhorn. One night I got several calls reporting that the forward fire room was smoking white. I went to the main deck and looked at the stack and saw nothing. I called the fire room, "Nothing going on I said." Again a call, "#1 stack smoking white." I went to the bridge and asked the officer of the deck what he was looking at and he showed me his "white smoke". I explained that the hot gases passing close to the white mast light made it look that way, but if he'd look closer he could see stars through the "smoke". No more calls! I don't remember about anyone dying in 1962 but I will look around for any memorabilia I may have and pass it along to you. I've really enjoyed this site and commend you for your work on it. If I can be of help, please let me know. D. W. Taylor, BTC retired |
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| Name : Dave McComb |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : |
| URL : Destroyers |
| Hopewell Years: n/a |
| Enlistment Years : |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : |
| Sea Story or Comment: Dear Destroyer Friends, At long last, I’ve gotten my destroyer web sites to the point where I begin to like them—more than 1200 web pages linked via a “Destroyer Home Page” at http://www.domeisland.com/destroyers/index.html, a “Fletcher Class Home Page” (with all the color photos I can find) at http://www.domeisland.com/fletcherclass/index.html and a “DesRon 21 Home Page” at http://www.domeisland.com/desron21/index.html. New features you may not have seen before include “history in quotes” at http://www.domeisland.com/desron21/quotes.html and photos of more than half the 1500-tonners at http://www.domeisland.com/goldplater/index.html. Good writing from Capt. Crenshaw (speaker at the recent DesRon 21 and Friends Reunion) may be found at http://www.domeisland.com/goldplater/first_person.html, and if you’re curious about my own destroyer pedigree, you may even find my own grandfather at http://www.domeisland.com/flushdeck/usscraven.html.I belabor this because this is the format in which all this material will appear for the foreseeable future. It is also amenable to capture on CD-ROM, which might make a good item for your ship’s store or a small revenue-generator at your reunions (the Nicholas reunion group charges $30, or whatever a shipmate can pay, as they don’t want to deny anyone for whom $30 would be too steep). If something like that would interest you, please let me know. Development will continue and, as always, your comments, amendments and corrections are most welcome—these web pages are really YOUR web pages in more ways than you may individually know, Dave McComb |
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| Name : Leonardo v, Delagarza |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : SFPFM |
| E-mail : juno2 ~ cox. net |
| Hopewell Years: 1959-1962 |
| Enlistment Years : 1959-1962 |
| Enlistment Home Town : SAN ANTONIO, TX |
| Current Home Town : SPRING VALLEY, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment: JUST LOOKING FOR CREW MEMBER'S ON BOARD AT OF ATOMIC TEST. PLEASE CONTACT ME ANYTIME. |
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| Name : Bernie Turchin |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : RD2 |
| E-mail : turch ~ bektel. com |
| Hopewell Years : fall 61 Dec 62 |
| Enlistment Years : 1959 1963 |
| Current Home Town : Driscoll ND |
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| Name : Holbert Dwayne Jones |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : DK3 |
| E-mail : bjvanjones34 ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years - : 1951-1952 |
| Enlistment Years - : 1948-1952 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Denver, Colorado |
| Current Home Town : Yakima, Washington |
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| Name : Paul (Wally) Wahlmeier |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : MM3 |
| E-mail : |
| Hopewell Years: 1967-1970 |
| Enlistment Years : 1966-1976 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Los Angeles |
| Current Home Town : San Diego |
| Sea Story or Comment: 56 degree roll seemed like it was really a 58 degree. |
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| Name : Jim Hunter |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : F 1/c |
| E-mail : JD1921 ~ msn. com |
| Hopewell Years: 43-45 |
| Enlistment Years: 4/40 - 1945 |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : Hilmar, CA |
| Sea Story: I was on the West Virginia when she was sunk at Pearl Harbor then went on a heavy cruiser, the Salt Lake City then transferred back to the West Virginia to bring her back to Bremerton to be rebuilt. I was immediately sent to San Pedro to catch the Hopewell but she had already had sea trials and was in San Diego. I boarded her in San Diego and never returned to the States until we were hit off of Corrigidor and returned to Mare Island in Vallejo where we were quickly repaired and sent back out to the Pacific. I wonder if any of my old shipmates on the Hopewell during WW2 remember when we were escorting some LST's to some darn island and the Captain wanted to take a closer look at a school of whales. So we wandered off to take a look. I was in the forward engine room and suddenly the whole damn ship shook. I climbed the ladder to see what had happened and here was this huge whale leaping out of the water almost cut into. We had hit him with our screw and bent it and could do no more than 9 knots anymore without shaking the ship apart. Gave us a nice warm feeling to have a ship that could only do 9 knots. And one of the saddest memories I have is when we were in one of the worst typhoons to hit the Pacific and a buddy of mine named Olson who was a Gunners Mate who tried to make it to his watch station in the forward 5" gun turret and was swept overboard. It was at night and he wasn't missed for a while and it was impossible to look for him. I hope and pray he is resting happy in Heaven. Or the time we were tied up to an ammunition barge on some island taking on ammunition and had an air raid. We immediately got underway and I was in the forward engine room. My throttle man named Luster had the throttle wide open and we were hardly moving. I climbed the ladder and was not pleased to see that we were still tied to the ammunition barge and were towing it along with us. We finally cut loose thank God. I don't remember many off my old shipmate’s names now, but I do remember Rebel Parrish. Our first skipper was Commander Shute and we called him don't shoot because he wanted to see their slant eyes before opening fire. Then we had Commander..[Rodimon] who was a big improvement until Corrigidor where I think he goofed badly. Our chief engineering officer was a mustang officer named Bill Carr and he was a good one. Still learning to use the computer and being 80 years old I have a hard time learning anything. I can remember some of the other crew members but not too many. Hope this helps. PS: I type with my fore fingers Jim Hunter. I have many memories of the years I spent on the Hopewell |
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| Name : L. V. DELA GARZA |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : FN |
| E-mail : juno2 ~ cox. net |
| Hopewell Years: 1959-1962 |
| Enlistment Years: 1959-1962 |
| Enlistment Home Town : SAN ANTONIO |
| Current Home Town : SPRING VALLEY, CA |
| Sea Story or Comment: LOOKING FOR ANYONE THAT WAS ON BOARD THE HOPEWELL FOR ATOMIC TEST. |
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| Name : Mel Adkins |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : Signalman 3 |
| E-mail : TC1966SAILOR ~ YAHOO |
| Hopewell Years : 0 |
| Enlistment Years : 63/66 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Reno Nevada |
| Current Home Town : Sparks Nevada |
| Sea Story or Comment: Ahoy to our sister ship Hopewell; Porterfield dd682)1963/66-and Agerholm dd826 late 66, neat pic, wish I had one like it of Porterfield or Agerholm, just returned from Alaska on ferry Mantanuska brought back many thoughts of those Tincan days!! |
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| Name : John E. Mahaffey |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : GMSN |
| E-mail : johnshar ~ iowatelecom. net |
| Hopewell Years: 03/61 - 03-64 |
| Enlistment Years : 01/61 - 03-64 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Ottumwa, Iowa |
| Current Home Town : Kirkville, Iowa |
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| Name : Charles Calloni |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : GMG 3 |
| E-mail : chardona ~ onecliq. net |
| Hopewell Years : 01/60 - 09/62 |
| Enlistment Years : 1959- 1962 |
| Current Home Town : Christopher, Il. |
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| Name : Arnold Zajicek |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : SSM. L. 3/c |
| E-mail : alzmlz ~ att .net |
| Hopewell Years : 44-46 |
| Enlistment Years : 1944-46 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| Current Home Town : Lakeland, Fl. |
| Sea Story or Comment: >"Was wondering who helped me get a promotion; aboard ship ? I remember one night, while I was on starboard watch, seeing a floating mine almost hit the ship, no time to report it. later we spent a day shooting at floating mines, never did know where we were at, suppose in the south pacific, maybe close to Okinawa, not sure? Arnie z. |
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| Name : John T. Natter |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : Ens |
| E-mail: c/o Hopewell_DD681@ Hotmail.com |
| Hopewell Years: 62-64 |
| Enlistment Years: 62-98 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Birmingham, AL |
| Current Home Town : Birmingham, AL |
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| Name : Steve Carlson |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : USAF, 69-73, E4 |
| E-mail : steveca ~ netlink-tech .com |
| Hopewell Years : |
| Enlistment Years : |
| Enlistment Home Town : Lafayette, Indiana |
| Current Home Town : Lafayette, Indiana |
| Sea Story or Comment: Great site, I relived some great info on the USS Hopewell and USS Dempsey sailing together in Feb 44. Many thanks to Noel Nichols. I have added this info to the USS Dempsey web site and also included a link to your great site. Again, Many thanks. Take care. |
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| Name : Robert Smith |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : RMSN/RM3 |
| E-mail : smith ~ highland .net |
| Hopewell Years : 1/65-9/66 |
| Enlistment Years : 62-66/69-76 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Elgin, TN |
| Current Home Town : Elgin TN |
| Sea Story or Comment: would like to make contact with all the radio gang aboard 65-66. Manny Padilla, James singleton(wa5bd4), Johnny Mingella, or anyone else that can remember me. I was some what of a pain in the ass - so might be easy to forget. ended enlistment in 76 as RM1. |
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| Name : Mike B Bowman |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : BT3 |
| E-mail : Mike Bowman ~ aol .com |
| Hopewell Years : 64-68 |
| Enlistment Years : 63-74 |
| Enlistment Home Town : |
| Current Home Town : Coquitlam, B.C. Canada |
| Sea Story or Comment: I was on the Hopewell from 1964 to 1968 out of San Diego. I was a BTFN ended BT3 - working out of the aft boiler room. Then left to go on the USS Samuel Gompers AD 37 and then onto the USS Richard S Edwards DD950 in 1970. Stationed in Sandpoint Naval Air |
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| Name : Lee Mc Clain |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : Seamen |
| E-mail : lorbmcclain ~ centurytel .net |
| Hopewell Years : Feb. 1958 to Aug. 1961 |
| Enlistment Years : Aug. 1957 to Aug. 12961 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Portland Oregon |
| Current Home Town : Tygh Valley Oregon |
| Sea Story or Comment: The ship was the best part of my life, I made 3 cruises on her, all over the Islands between Home port to Japan, Sydney, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Formosa Patrol 3 times for a month at a time, it seemed like a year always on alert, and was there in Aug. o |
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| Name : Basil Ralph Steele |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : RM 3 |
| E-mail : onewemr ~ aol .com |
| Hopewell Years : 1968-1969 |
| Enlistment Years : 1965-1969 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Versailles, Indiana |
| Current Home Town : Fairland, Indiana |
| Sea Story or Comment: Did anyone ever find out why we came under friendly fire from a coast guard ship during this cruise? Who or what went wrong? I have always wondered. A hairy moment for sure. |
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| Name : Forrest Burnett |
| Shipboard Rate/Rank : YNSN |
| E-mail : feb4e ~ atmc .net |
| Hopewell Years: 09/51 - 04/53 |
| Enlistment Years: 1951 - 1955 |
| Enlistment Home Town : Alameda, CA |
| Current Home Town : Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Sea Story or Comment: Had a good time in China, Pescadores Isles, KeeLung, Yokosuka, Mare Island, San Diego - but the best was Hong Kong. Loved singing country with guitar on fantail. Had a lot of help. Also, does anyone remember fuel lines breaking from tender to us and coloring |
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