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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Ajax (AR 6). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 726 crew members registered for the USS Ajax (AR 6).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1950 | 1951 – 1955 | 1956 – 1961 | 1962 – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 | 1985 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Pedersen, Louis | IM1 | Jan 1951 – Nov 1954 | SUBGRU TWO, SAN DIEGO GROUP, PACREFLT | Served on the USS Laertes (AR-20) and the USS Ajax (AR-6) Would like to hear from any of my old buddies. |
Harkleroad, Jerry | YN-3 | Feb 1, 1951 – | Personnel | |
Fountain, Euel | TE2 | Mar 1951 – Mar 1954 | Communications | Worked on deck force, in post office and in communications. Pitched for ships baseball team 1951-52. Great experience and She was a great ship. |
Reynolds, Major L. (Lee) | QMSN | Mar 7, 1951 – Oct 1954 | Quartermaster/signal bridge | Assigned to Ajax out of boot camp and served till discharge in Oct 1954. Spent a lot of time in Japan and cruised off the coast of Korea. Home ported in Yokosuka and Sasebo.. |
Breene, Jim | SK2 | Mar 15, 1951 – Oct 30, 1954 | Supply | Worked in Deck Div. for awhile in 1951. Caught for ships softball team in Japan in 1951-52. Supply Div. '51-54. Enjoyed my entire time aboard the Ajax. Learned that people with education gave orders and people w/o did grunt work. Worked IBM 35 |
McGilvray, Raymond (Mac) | SK1 | Aug 1951 – Dec 1954 | SUPPLY | Trying to find Larry Hilliard SK2, AJAX 1952-54. Worked for TWA and originally from Pratt, KS. Graduate of Boston Univ. |
Leupp, Franklin | EM-2 | Sep 15, 1951 – Feb 6, 1954 | Engineering | Missing old friends: Walter Bell, John Shown, Ed Atkinson, Patterson, Carnes, Armor, Earl Hebert...and many more. Currently retired from lifetime in computer science. |
Kenison, Orville | MM2 | Oct 20, 1951 – Jan 24, 1954 | fwd eng room | I still have friends I served with. we communicate often dd mooney and delmer neuman also jim holloway. We were aboard when the ashtabula blew. spent 13 mo on first cfuise to japan,and 11 mo the 2nd cruise. These were the good ole days |
Kenison, Orville | MM2 | Oct 20, 1951 – Jan 24, 1954 | fwd eng room | I still have friends I served with. we communicate often dd mooney and delmer neuman also jim holloway. We were aboard when the ashtabula blew. spent 13 mo on first cfuise to japan,and 11 mo the 2nd cruise. These were the good ole days |
Medlock, Bill | PIPE FITTER 1ST CLASS | Nov 26, 1951 – May 1, 1955 | repair pipe shop | a great ship. Great crew. |
Reichley, Wayne: | DK2 | Dec 31, 1951 – Mar 26, 1953 | Supply Department | I transferred to the USS Chara AKA 58. It turned out to be an ammunition ship. |
Henderson, Steven M. | ME1 | 1952 – 1953 | Deceased. Reported AJAX from USS KERMIT ROOSEVELT. One of first to weld aluminum underwater. Installed baffle system in fresh water storage tanks. Saw Sasebo, Korea, Pearl. Son, Steven, served aboard AJAX 1971-72. | |
Wyatt, Arthur | MM3 | Jan 19, 1952 – Jan 19, 1956 | Machinist | Does anybody remember the whale net and the Mighty Mo in the Sasebo Harbor? |
Combs, Richard | RICHARD COMBS | Mar 1952 – 1954 | 10th | I worked in the photo lab with MM Anderson, & Jim Gayle. |
Combs, Richard E. | PH-3 | Mar 1952 – Nov 1954 | 10th | I worked in the photolab with MM Owens, & Jim Gayle. Saw duty in Sasebo, Yokosuka, French Indo-China, San Diego, etc... |
Sahnger, Jim | May 12, 1952 – Nov 22, 1952 | |||
Coleman, Kp | BM2 | May 16, 1952 – May 20, 1956 | Second, Deck Force | Yes, I remeber the mighty Mo & the Net? Does anyone remember the day the Tanker " Estabula " blew up along side of us while in Sasebo? Maybe Bobby Hubbard May know? |
Gupton, Jim | MM3 | Jul 10, 1952 – Jan 18, 1956 | 6th | |
Johnson, Max | SN | Sep 1952 – Jun 1955 | Ship Service | I was in the laundry, comissary, tailor shop, running clothes in small store. |
Sumrall, Duane | EM-3 | Sep 1952 – May 1954 | 6 | I had some good friends aboard the Ajax that Ioften wonder about: Jim Higgenbottom, Garth Landtroop, John Weller, John Cassidy, John Seymore, Albert Montoya. |
Brown, Dan | MLFN - ML-3 | Sep 1952 – 1956 | R-2 | I served in AJAX from '53 to '55 . I went aboard MLFA and left as MLFN . I took discharge as MLFN in June of '55 . I re-entered the Navy in November of '55 , and was sent right back to the AJAX . Picked her up in Sasebo |
Anderson, C. R. | ME2 | Sep 1, 1952 – May 29, 1956 | 7TH | Does anyone remember the Ashtabula AO52 exploding along side of us? Does anyone remember R.J. Marlier, from Hollywood Florida? Any Crew Members that served on the Ajax from 1952 - 1956 can contact me @ capttucker55@hotmail.com (subject C.R |
Gates, Carl "acey" | BT1 | Sep 12, 1952 – Dec 1, 1955 | Repair | I would like to get in touch with Henry Walker, Rex Jackson, Donald Trest, and any others who served in the repair department. Later retired from the USPHS with the rank of Captain. |
Woods, Stanley | ME2 | Sep 17, 1952 – Aug 9, 1955 | Repair 8 | She was a great ship to be part of. After I finished the welding shool in San Deigo I spent the rest of my time in the weld shop. |
Rendon, Ray | MM3 | Sep 21, 1952 – Apr 21, 1954 | Eigth Div. | |
Pechal, Jerome | 1953 – Jun 1954 | I would like to get in touch with old shipmates in the supply division. Please email me with your phone number and I will get in touch. | ||
Jorgensen, Jorg | DM 2 | 1953 – Sep 1954 | Repair Div. | Draftsman. Worked with Photo Lab and Print shop. Tour incld: San Diego, Sasebo, Yokosuka, Kobe, Subic, Indo-China, Hong Kong. |
Agee, Kenneth | MM3 | 1953 – 1955 | 6 | |
Pechal, Jerome | SK2 | Aug 1953 – May 1954 | ||
Hatton, Homer (Steve) | IM-2 | Oct 10, 1953 – Dec 14, 1955 | Repair | Iworked in the watch shop and the gauge shop, I was aboard when we went to Frenc Indo China, Aug. 1954 I swapped and went aboasrd the Jason, ARH-1, 10/55. |
Schulte, Donald | MR 1 | Nov 1953 – Mar 1955 | repair | |
Kirby, Ben | HM2 | 1954 – 1954 | Hospital Corpsman | I ran the laboratory, and got to know many of the crew members. Many friends in the dental dept, altho I can't remember names. Plan to attend the reunion in Charleston, SC in June 08. Really enjoyed Japan. |
Judge, Thomas | BT 2 | Jan 1954 – Jan 22, 1957 | Boiler Maker | Worked in the after fire room 6 B Division. Buddies on Ajax were Frank Butkovic, Billy Flynn and Jack Kay. Looking for shipmates who served on Ajax. 2009 Reunion to be held in San Antonio - website is ussajaxassociation.org. |
Weisser, John | P.O. 1ST CLASS. | Jan 23, 1954 – Jan 23, 1954 | NOT SURE | ITS BEEN A LONG TIME AGO. I WAS DICHARGED OFF THE AJAX AFTER 4 YEARS OF KOREA AND GUAM.ANY BODY FROM THE EARLEY 50S STILL AROUND? |
Samstag, Dick (Sam) | RADIOMAN 2ND | Feb 1954 – Sep 1954 | Comservron 3 | Spent a few times aboard the AR-6, transferring between the Hector, Ajax, Prairie, & the Dixie with CSR-3, either in Sasebo or Sdiego. |
Willoughby, Thomas | PO3 | Mar 1954 – Jul 7, 1957 | 6th Division or E Division | |
Craig, James | Seaman | Sep 13, 1954 – Jul 28, 1958 | 2nd div | |
Roach, Zane | ET2 | Sep 29, 1954 – Sep 25, 1957 | ELECTRONICS | ANYBODY KNOW MORLEY JONES OR MIKE SAVARIO ?????? |
Silbert, Herb | SK2 | Oct 25, 1954 – Feb 15, 1955 | Supply | Looking for email address for Ray McGilvary |
Hail, Jimmy | Petty Officer Third Class | 1955 – 1956 | 2 | I was Hot Shellman on a 5" gun mount on the 02 deck. Another duty was to be helmsman when at sea and I did a lot of chipping and painting. |
Webb, Carl | LI3 | 1955 – 1959 | - | My Dad, Carl Bruce Webb, served as a Lithographer on the USS Ajax 1955-1959. He passed on 05/27/20. Does anyone know the itinerary during this time? |
Riley, Bill | IC 2 | Jan 15, 1955 – Sep 24, 1957 | 6A | Trying to locate anyone from this time period from 1955-1957 in 6A Division |
Schrader, Jack A. | FT1 | Feb 1955 – Sep 1957 | 10th/R5 | |
Winsor, Chuck | FA - IC3 | Mar 1955 – May 1956 | A IC Shop | |
Brown, James "Brownie" | Fireman | Mar 1955 – 1957 | Toolroom | Rotated between San Deigo & Yokosuka every 6 months. served on the USS Luzon ARG2 and Naval Reserve Center, Durham, NC until discharged. Made many new friends. Haven't seen any since discharge. Loved the sea. |
Cheney, Charlie | MR3 | Mar 5, 1955 – Mar 2, 1957 | M | Worked in A Shack -- First under Freddy Faron . Next under Redman (1st ?) Marven Besgrove in log room Mr. Maxom Warrent , Mr. Betcher Div Off. Haven't seen anyone since 1957 . Hope to see someone soon . |
Ferguson, Bill (Dax) | BT3 | May 5, 1955 – May 28, 1958 | I would like to get ahold of Howard Parks from Kansas circa 1957-1959. Have been in contact with Leo George, Billy Flynn, Jack Frost, Pres Serrano & George Sellman. | |
Cook, Richard | MM2 E5 | Jul 8, 1955 – Jul 2, 1956 | USS Ajax | My father served aboard the Ajax 55 -56, would love to get in touch with anyone that may remember him. Plenty of photos to share! He passed away 05-02-09... |
Grace, Chas | FN | Sep 30, 1955 – Mar 14, 1956 | I am adding my brother's name to this crew list posthumously. He passed away of cancer in October of 1978. He loved his time aboard the USS Ajax and spoke highly of his crew mates. He always talked about the great times in Sasebo & Yokosu | |
Atzenhoffer, Edgar Wayne | THIRD CLASS PETTY OFFICER | Nov 4, 1955 – Aug 21, 1957 | welding shop, shipfitter, pipefitter |
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