LST-847 Crew Roster

Roster of Officers and Crew as recorded in the ship's Deck Log for 15 Jan 1945
during the commissioning of the ship at the Algiers Naval Station, Louisiana.

Clifford J. Anderson, S1c RM	Robert E. Greenwood, SC1c	Francis J. Kearney, S2c	Arthur J. Operle, S2c
James A. Arentz, BM2c	Robert C. Grobbel, S2c	Frederick W. Kendall, MoMM2c *	Thomas Osinski, S2c
Clyde A. Aspleaf, F1c	Orven I. Hagen, S2c	Douglas F. Kenyon, S2c GM	Clyde E. Parsons, SC2c
Edward M. Ballard, Jr., S2c	Peter C. Hall, PhM2c	Karl G. King, S2c	Dennis F. Pollutro, S2c *
Byron C. Benton, PhM2c	Robert E. Hamilton, S1c	Clifford King, F2c	Robert G. Price, QM3c
Karl S. Bohn, RdM3c	Robert A. Handy, GM3c	Austin F. Kirchoff, F1c MoM	Leonard H. Ratajczak, RM3c
Thomas E. Brown, Jr., BM1c	Arthur K. Harvala, S2c	Edwin B. Kleinhenz, F2c	Grover L. Riggs, S2c
Henry W. Brown, CMoM	Wilbourne B. Harvill, S2c	Clement G. Klimek, S2c	Burton E. Rothman, S2c
Leroy Buchanan, S1c	Chester A. Hasek, S2c *	Benton F. Knoff, EM3c	Donald L. Rury, S1c
Cecil C. Callahan, F1c MoM	Daniel F. Haas, S1c SM	Walter Kolak, MoMM1c	Paul W. Ruth, S2c
Thomas O. Cole, F1c MoM	Peter O. Haugmo, S2c	Harold A. Lauren, S1c	Daniel J. Ryan, S2c
James C. Coleman, GM3c	Robert R. Hauser, S2c	Robert L. Levis, WT2c	Walter Schnoor, S2c
Robert L. Collins, SF3c	Robert J. Hayes, S2c	Floyd O. Lyons, S1c	Vincent Sgueglia, Jr., Bkr2c
Vernon L. Collins, GM3c	Albert D. Headley, F1c	L. J. Maliszewski, S2c	Curtis A. Shell, S1c SC
George R. Conger, Jr., MoM3/c *	William J. Herring, S2c *	Chester Maxim, MoM3c *	Percy J. Spellings, PhM3c
Charles R. Cook, S1c RM	Leonard G. Hester, F2c	James G. McDonald, MoM2c	Lawrence H. Stabnow, S2c
Carl C. Copley, F2c EM	James F. Hewson, F1c MoM	Robert J. McGreevy, S2c	Nicholas Stanovich, MoMM1c
Richard T. Courtney, F1c EM	Lawrence J. Hoffman, F2c	James G. Miller, S1c	Willis Stitt, StM1c *
William R. Etringer, S2c	Percival G. Hoskin, GM3c	Kenneth R. Miller, F2c	Leonard W. Suib, QM1c
Lee M. Faucette, SC1c SC	William A. Huff, GM2c	Charles H. Mobley, SK1c	Fred Tenny, Jr., F1c
Enrique O. Fernandez, Y1c	John J. Jackson, FS2c	H. J. Modzelewski, Cox	Joseph Terry, StM1c
Delmar L. Gilreath, SM2c	Wolff J. Jaglinski, FC3c	Donald J. Moriarity, S2c	Leslie G. Thorn, S2c
Donald M. Glime, F1c WT	Bernard E. Jobes, MoM3c	Dennis Moyers, S2c *	John Toohey, S1c
James W. Grant, S2c	Robert B. Jones, S2c *	Joseph J. Niedbalec, SF2c	Howard J. Tully, S1c GM
Joseph A. Grassoni, S2c	Thurman E. Kantner, F1c MoM	Charles E. Noonan, S2c	Charles A. Williams, S1c FC
Robert T. Gratz, S2c	Herbert I. Kayne, S2c	John L. Olson, S2c	Robert F. Williams, MoM2c
Julian P. Gravely, S2c	Donald L. Kazmierczak, S2c	James A. O'Malley, S2c

Source: USS LST-847 Deck Log, Vol. #1, entry for 15 Jan 1945
(National Archives and Record Administration, College Park, MD; Location: RG 24, Stack 470, Row 38 (Vol. #1) and 45 (Vol. #2))

Names with a (*) indicate that a line was manually struck through their name on the carbon copy of the typed Muster Roll that was stapled onto the Deck Log page for 15 Jan 1945. I've included all of their names in this list because I have other evidence that at least five of them actually did serve on the LST-847 (Wolf, Conger, Hasek, Kendall and Maxim), and that a sixth (Moyers) had his name added back at the bottom of the list by someone using a different typewriter. More recently, I've learned from Fred Kendall that for the most part, the strikethroughs indicate those men who had been re-assigned from other ships to provide a nucleus of experienced sailors and who had not yet arrived on board by the day of the commissioning.

Underlined names are those who I have been in contact with since January of 2004. My uncle, Robert Grobbel, passed away in October of 2000. His last name was spelled "Groble" on the typwritten list, so it is likely that there are other spelling mistakes in the list above. Lee M. Faucette, Jr. has written me and mentions that his father's first name was not "Leon" as was recorded on the Muster Roll and I have corrected it in the list above.

Ray Louis Pape, Dwaine H. Russell, Joe Huser, John LeCouras and Francis A. "Frenchie" La Plante were also assigned to the LST-847 at different points in time after it was commissioned.

Please contact Mike Grobbel if someone you know is on this list, or if you know of a missing crewmember's name or a spelling mistake.

Lieut. Robert S. Marshall, USNR, Commanding Officer	Lieut. Gustav A. Hoffman, USNR, Executive Officer	Lieut. (j.g.) Benjamin V. Wolf, * USNR, First Lieutenant
Lieut. Harold F. Spilker, USN, Engineering Officer	Ensign Keith LaMoine USNR, Communications Officer	Ensign Robert J. Ebert USNR, Gunnery Officer
Lieut. (j.g.) George E. Overbey, Sr. USNR, Stores Officer	Ensign Samuel E. Kinsley USNR, Watch Officer	Ensign Walter D. Keeble USNR, Watch Officer

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