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Home PageAndrews, Arlie William, "Andy" - 1943-?
(From Son, Aaron W. Andrews E-mail awandrews@aol.com, 678-297-9534 Home) Notes: Served on the Campbell before he reached his 22nd birthday. My dad died on January 12th, 2006, in Springdale, Arkansas, at the age of 84. He was given a 21-gun salute and a real bugler played Taps for his interment at Fayetteville National Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas He served aboard the Campbell during February, 1943, firing a "y-gun" dropping depth charges on the wolfpack that attacked their convoy. He was there when Campbell rammed U-606 and sunk it. 071606
Baudhuin, Thomas J., 1973-1975, E-mail lttjb@charterinternet
Notes: I am a former USCGC Campbell (WHEC-32) sailor. I was with the Campbell from 1973-1975, as a SNQM and QM3. I reported aboard when the ship was stationed in Portland Me. Six months later we took the "Lady" to Port Angeles Wa. by way of the Panama Canal. I still enjoy some very fond memories of that tour, and I am still in touch with an old shipmate from that era. E-mail lttjb@charterinternet.net Lt. Investigator, Sturgeon Bay Police Department, Sturgeon Bay, WI. 54235 033005
Bennet, Robert F. June 1958 To February 1961 E-mail rbennett@charlestonpilots.com
Notes: Served as Deck Watch Officer, Gunnery Officer, Operations Officer and Navigator. 1962 thru 1983 served Marine Safety assignments, inclding XO-CO, MIO/COTP Savannah and CO, MSO Charleston. Retired 1 August 1982. Received MEd Degree The Citadel 1985.1984 to Present, Charleston Branch Pilots' Association Administrator. Author: USLSS history.
Dave Blum. November 1942 To October 1945. Crossed The Bar Saturday, April 7, 2007
Notes: Past President USCGC Campbell Association. February 22, 1943-Ramed Sub U-609. North Atlantic convoy duty to Ireland, England, North Afric, Italy. June 1944-Air attack, Mediterain Sea.Medals eligible to wear- WWII Victory Medal, American Defence Medal, Europe, Africa, Mid-East Medal w/Bronz Star, Good Conduct Medal. pe060207
Blythe, Gailon Hatcher. Sometime Between 1943-1945, E-mail: blythe4@yahoo.com, Jim Blythe, Son
Notes:My name is Jim Blythe and my Dad was on board the USCGC Campbell sometime between 1943-1945. He passed away at an early age and I am not sure when during the above mentioned period he was assigned to the ship. I read the book Bloodstained Sea by Mike Wallings which I really enjoyed and it has re-sparked my interest. Is there any crew lists or records available where I might locate this information? Dad's name is Gailon Hatcher Blythe.
Thank you for your cooperation,
Jim Blythe
13829 Greenbriar Rd
Carterville, IL 62918
618-985-4173 or cell 618-559-3963
blythe4@yahoo.com
Burdick, Tyler B., RM1C 553-425, March 31, 1945 To November 21, 1945, E-mail wt4b@adelphia.net
Notes: Transferred to Campbell on March 31, 1945. Campbell was refitted as communications ship for duty with Task Unit for invasion of Japan. Proceeded to Hawaii, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Saipan,
Phillipines then to Wakayama Japan after the "Bomb" Transferred to USCGC Kirkpatrick in Sasebo, Japan 11-21-45 for trip to San Diego for Discharge.
Transferred to Campbell from Boston receiving station after duty in Greenland Patrol on "Comanche" and then to 1st District Radio Station NMF at Marshfield, MA. Then to Buoy Tender "Cowslip" then to receiving station, to Campbell.
Was Radioman First Class aboard Campbell, we also had radiomen from Navy and Army to handle communications.Coast Guard radiomen better trained than others !
Tyler B. Burdick, RM1C 553-425, 1409 Landon Court, Lynchburg, Va 24503,
434 384-1122 wt4b@adelphia.net
Breslin, George - 1937 To 1940 Notes: Went aboard, in drydock, Brooklyn Navy Yard. (They were repairing damage from the shakedown cruise). Spent a few months on deck, trasfered to engine room. Some high lights: big hurricane hit and we delivered mail to New England area. Took foreign doctors and dignitarys, includeing Nazi Officers up Hudson River to West Point. Was in charge of engineers storeroom. Many weather patrols. Cadet Cruise to Europe 1937. Rescue British ship surviors in '39. Bergen Norway pick up Secretary Morgenthau and Associates from failed Peace Conference with Germany. Challenged by a German submarine. Were at GQ for a while while semefore messages went back and forth. Later we learned that Germany had declared war on England and France. Help transfer survivors from the first British ship of the war that was sunk. Transfered a few survivors from the 'City of Flint', an American ship that had rescued them. Reinlisted in 1941, served the rest of the war in the engine room of a freight/supply ship. Several 83 footers on convoy and escort. As Warrant Machinist aboard LT645 in the Phillipines. Discharged 1946. 111803
Chittock, John , From November 1965 ToApril 1967, E-mail jcuscg65@basicisp.net Brunstetter Rd. SW. Warren, Ohio, 44481. Phone is 330-399-8636. Cell 330-883-3042
Notes:My name is John Chittock, I served on the Campbell (The Queen) from 11-65 (fresh from Cape May-SA) til 4-67 when I transferred to CCGD3(ogr) as a YN-3.
I did all the ocean stations, Getmo, Newport to Bermuda races in 66, chased iceburgs and enjoyed all the activities on board the ship.
I have pictures of Linda Vaughn (Miss Hurst Golden Shifter), who visited our ship in 66, with the crew, Captain Banner, and myself.
I heard of Captain Banners (this)fall, and am going to send him a picture and a letter, which I hope will bring back good memories and pick him up.
This is the first time I have known about this page, and I am really enthused about it. I also have probably one of the few ship patches left (it is on my
motorcycle club vest, along with my service info (Star Touring and Riding Association). Semper Paratus. The patch shows Sinbad, the ocean stations flanked by sea horses, and is still in great shape for 43 years old.
Cox, John J., III From January 1956 To October 1958
Notes: Cadet summer Cruise to the Caribbean, 1956. First US Ship to visit Havana Harbor Since 1948. Eagle was big hit with women there. Campbell also held her own with the ladies!
Capt. George R. Leslie, CO, When I came aboard. It was during this cruise that we assisted in Andrea Doria disaster.
Croasdale, Richard C. (Rick) January 2, 1962 To June 1963 E-mail CaptCrow737@aol.com
Notes: I transferred aboard on Jan 2, 1962 from CG-95306 at Sandy Hook, NJ. I was an SNQM, and made QM3 while aboard. I left the ship in late April 1963, for transfer to Base St. George awaiting discharge. Discharged in late June 1963. Served under Capt. John P. Latimer during this time. I remember the names of some crew members I served with if that will help. Let me know and I will forward them to you. Lives in Naples, FL. Enjoy reading about the "queen" of the fleet. Have you seen the new movie, "The Guardian" yet?
Cronin, James From December 1964 To January 1967
Notes: ALSO DID TEMP DUTY WITH ARMED FORCES POLICE NEW YORK WHILE ON BOARD. MADE ABOUT 20 OCEAN STATIONS AND 1 GITMO. FROM SCRIPS TO ROCKAWAY THEN MACKINAC AND THEN CAPTAIN OF THE PORT NEW YORK. BEST 4 STRIPPER WAS A GRAD. OF CAPE COD COLLEGE ON NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE(MASS. MARITIME) ROGER BANNER. REMBERING THE BEAR! 021304
CROSSON, PERRY E. (GENE), November 1964 To October1966, E-mail pcrosson1@tampabay.rr.com
Notes: I am CWO4, F&S, PERRY E.(GENE) CROSSON. I severed on the CAMPBELL from 11/64 until 10/66 and transferred to the Air Station, Barbers Point. I wore several hats, i.e., Pay, Supply, Accounts, Commissary, Property, and GQ Crypto Officer. One thing I particularly remember was a trip to Guantanamo for underway exercises. The CO told me one day to go to Club/Restaurant and stay until that day’s exercises were over.
I was not to return to the ship no matter what I was told. What it was, the Junior Officers were being tested on receiving and complying with Cryptographic Orders. I was sent for right away. Of course, I didn’t return to the ship until evening time and there were several angry officers waiting for me. Oh well, all in all I enjoyed my tour on the Campbell.
Devine, George (Don) D. December 1952 To February 14, 1955
Donoghue, Michael1946 To 1952, E-mail michael.donoghue@navy.mil
Farrow, James, 1973,
Notes: Was in engine room home port Portland, Maine. Made OS's Delta & Echo. Went to Gitmo for maneuvers. While waiting to highline for a refuleing we did a little fishing off the stern. The Captain got his pole and joined us. Next thing we knew we were underway using the Queen as trawler. Did not catch a thing. We left Gitmo with a 'E' on our stack! In St. Johns we had a good time at a bar called "Stardust". Almost missed a movement on morning. Guess you know why! Olala!! 011904pe
Filippine, Samuel V. - 1942 To 1943 E-mail cuttercampbell@prodigy.net
Notes:Basic training Curtis Bay Maryland, Apprentice Seamen PhM striker. Transfereds directly to USCG Cutter Campbell, (no Basic training Leave). Apprentice Seamen PhM. Sailed to our convoy main base Argentina Newfoundl and our home return base was Londonderry Ireland
Was abroad the Campbell when we rammed Sub, was taken to Providence Rhode Island from damaged ship, Had my first home leave, reported to USCG receiving station while Campbell was being repaired.
Sailed to US Naval Base in Norfolk Va., took convoy to Mediterrean Sea went to Casablanc Africa to await return convoy. Injured on board Campbell, Casablanc, Africa, transfered for state side medical attention. Replacement "BUD HOOVER" Home town friend. Worked in sick
bay light , returned convoy to Brooklyn Naval yard required stated side service, assigned to attend Pharamacy School New York city Columbia college of
Pharmacy.
PF Abilene PhM1/c In charge of Salem Air Station, USNAVAL Repair Base & PF Abilene Sick Bays.
Transfered to USCG receiving station in Boston Mass to wait new assignment.
Transfered to USCG air station in Salem Mass, transfered to Boston Mass reving station for new assignment, transfered to US Naval repair base in New Orleans, La, (landing Barge departures) to await assignment on landing barge. Fornute was in charge of sick bay duty until the base was closed.
Returned to Boston Mass receiving Station, while I was awaiting another assignment at Boston Receing station I was
assigned to Boston City hospital in their xray department then I got transfered to the Frigate PF 58 Abilene, doing air sea rescue in North Atlantic. War ended had points to be discharged. Medical personnel had to serve ninety extra days Was discharged in Philadelphia recruiting station. 122103
Hackney, Chuck, Summer 1974 To Fall 1976, E-mail olehippy50@wmconnect.com
Notes: Alaska Fishery Patrol. Cadet Cruise Summer 1976. Rescue navy Tug YBT-818 (Adak). Reftras, San Diego. Rose Festival Portland, Oregon. 02703
Hertz, Erv. - 1942 To 1943, E-mail Hertz, Erv, mechertz@earthlink.net
Hertz, Erv - Campbell and Coast Guard Exsperiences
Notes: WWII was in full swing now, and Dover (Brother) was snapped up into The military service by the Selective Service. Called the draft And was assigned to U.S.Army duty and was immediately sent to Alaska. When the threat of being drafted also came to Lloyd (Brother) he didn't wait long and went on to join the Merchant Marine which was an organization that was not subject to the draft and the form of service was to become a crew member to man the ships to transport the supplies needed for military forces that were now engaged in facing the enemies, such as food, and medical supplies, aviation fuel, anummition, and U.S.Mail. While they were exposed to the dangers of war, they were not under military command and got paid $600 a month. Their shipboard armament was manned by U.S.Navy that was under military command and got paid $21 a month.
All of their choices influenced me, so when I got to October of 1942 and two weeks until my 18th birthday and two weeks to be eligible to be drafted. I chose the U.S.Coast Guard. I knew they had a lot more bridges over the Mississippi River. so that seemed to me to be the best choice. So on November 2nd 1942 when I was officially 18, I reported for duty along with 275 others in Minneapolis and we were all taken to the terminal, the Milwaukee R.R. station and were on our way to the big Coast Guard Boot Camp. Twelve hours later is when we were told that the boot camp was at Sheepshead Bay on the shore of Long Island, next to a place called New York City, about a l/4 of a mile from Coney Island. Bridges over the Misssssipi River????? They then made it clear that manpower was needed so bad all we had time for was to be issued a seabag of the U.S.Coast Guard uniforms and equipment, and a shipping bag to send our civvies home and then line up for all the medical exams and shots for typhoid, etc., and three days later.We were all loaded on a long train and all on our way to Boston.
Then we were taken by trucks to the South Boston Navy Yard. I was called to join the group being assigned to the ship that was designated W 32, U.S.Coast Guard Cutter Campbell, one of a class cutters named for historical Secretaries of War~ and there it was in the world's largest drydock, the only one big enough to hold the QE2 (Queen Elizabeth), and I reported aboard. The next morning we were floated out and we were loaded with mail and we were on a mail run for the units named U.S.Marines that were stationed in a place called Rejkavik, on an island called Iceland. Here I am a kid from The farmlands of Minnesota who had never seen the ocean before and didn't know how to spell 'seasick'. So it turned out that learning how to walk, talk, and sleep on a moving ship was my boot camp. We delivered the mall and scooted back to Boston. Then the Campbell was assigned to convoy duty and because the Campbell Class Cutters were built as a depression era Federal Program. at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and were embellished with things such as wood lined decks and Waldorf Astoria quality officers quarters, all the Navy Captains and Admirals chose Campbell Class Cutters to be their flagship for convoy protection class when the convoys of merchant ships were organized to start the form of supply to the WW!! Forces in U NO WARE and became the cause of the famous "Battle of the Atlantic" and found that the Atlantic was a bit wider than the Mississippi River. So with civilian crewmen to run the convoy ships and U.S.Navy gunners .and Coast Guard Cutters and Destroyer Escorts with Sonar, and radar and depth charges to sink the German submarines is when the appreciation of what our wartime efforts accomplished in the Battle of the Atlantic was about because all that helped the land forces to be supplied so that they could accomplish the efforts of invasions. I can"t help but think that guys like me that were doing all this for service to our country were payed $21 a month and the guys on the Merchant ships in the convoys got $600 a month and we were there for the same reasons. But the Campbell became famous for sinking six submarines.
Our efforts were a series of trips back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean as the flagship carrying the Commodore's flag to be the lead ship of all the others that were the control and defence of all the Merchant Marine Supply ships that were shaped in a formation that often had as many as 160 ships to form what was called a convoy, that was. timed and planned to assure that the supplies necessary to keep the invasion forces able to continue the forces further efforts to go on to be more successful in destroying the German Army . So that they could could accomplish their goal there were mvasions at Casablanca, Gibralter , Oran , Algiers, Tunis, Bizerte , Palermo, Anzio.
It was on our way home from the Casablanca invasion that we got involved in the continuing 'Battle of the Atlantic' and in the course of 96 hours we were involved in several different efforts of the German U-boats and succeeded.in destroying and sinking five submarines, and in doing so we saved five Germans and brought them aboard. The next encounter with the sixth U-boat was the shortest, because it surfaced so close, we could not bring our, guns to bear, and because the ship when it was designed had a hull that was intended to be an ice-breaker and our ship's captain, Captain Hirshfield, ordered a full speed starboard turn to ram the submarine, we did!!! In the collision the submarine turned and slid along the starboard side of the Campbell and at midship point their hydroplanes cut a hole in the fireroom, and the salt water came pouring in..... a shipmate named George Feurth, and this one,.Erv Hertz....... had to run topside and abandon the power steam boilers because in earlier training we were made clear that the shape of the hull when damaged and filled with water, would capsize before it would sink. . The order to then abandon ship was loud and clear, and we joined the rest of our crew in getting life jackets, which lifeboat, or which raft , or just jump. We jumped !! ........All of this was happening about one hundred miles north of an Island group named the Azores and the water wasn't very warm . There were also eight more Germans so we then had thirteen , and they went with us..
Part of our job in following the invasion forces was to help to pick up the bodies of those that didn't make it ashore, so here we were.....now it was our turn....... .and the way it happened is something we never expected, but it was the success that made it possible for me to be writing this rememberance. In 1939 President Roosevelt created the Lend Lease program And one of the fIrst things he authorized was to give the old WWI U.S.Navy destroyers that had been in storage to Great Britain, and the way they used them was to take the many young men that fled Europe to avoid the Nazi prison camps and trained them to operate the old WWI destroyers and so a group of Polish men were the crew of one and were under the command and guidance of British officers, and to honor them the ship was renamed 'BURZA' which in Polish means the STORM' .......and it was the BURZA that came to help us. So many of us were swimming because there wasn't enough lifeboats and rafts for all of us , the first thing they did was to lower their cargo nets and we all started swimming to where we could climb to safety. When we were swimming so long ,two and a half days in cold water, what happened next was how did the Poles know which were Americans and which were Germans --- because as fast as we were all climbing up the nets they would grab the Germans and throw them over the other side of the ship!! And the British officers had to come down and show their .38 handguns at the Poles and loudly say STOP!!ENOUGH OF THAT!! and from then on, all went well and then the ship BURZA set up the power to full speed and took us all to safety in Argentia, Newfoundland. The next surprise was the weather and Air Patrol reported that the Campbell had capsized- 90 degrees - BUT didn't sink!!! So a sea-going tug boat was dispatched to tow it in to Argentia where there was a floating drydock that could repair it. So that's what they did. And a then famous movie actor, Victor Mature, gave us some entertainment, and we were all taken to Boston and given a 30 day leave. So St.Paul there I went!! and then back to Boston.
When the Campbell was all rebuilt and ready for sea duty again we all got reassigned and boarded. Some of the new members of the crew that replaced some that were at rotation time, came aboard and the one that was assigned to the bunk next to me was a guitar player and good entertainer and we became friends. He was also assigned to the Black Gang as I was, so we spent more time together. The name Black Gang is what was used to describe those of us-that did all the work to make the shipts power units operate dependably at all times...24/7....His name was Tom Curry....... my duties were varied.....some times tending fuel injectors in the boilers and somtimes tending the sea water evaporators that fed ftesh water to the boilers, or lavatories and showers,(called heads) or to the galley where the cooks(kooks) prepared food and washed the utensils and baked the bread and pizza at midnite for the next day, and Tom did engine room duty. When I became the engineroom storekeeper I then had to work in the storeroom on top deck that wasn't as nice and warm and inventory and distribute parts, tools, and feed and play with Sinbad. And so that was when we resumed our flagship position and started our convoy duties and trips to follow the ever advancing advancement of U.S. forces across North Amca. That is Gibralter, Oran, Algiers, Tunis, Bizerte, Palermo, Anzio, and that took twenty trips across the Atlantic until it was my rotation time. Many times when we would be back Stateside, we would get a very short leave, and often it wasn't enough time to ride a train to the Twin Cities and back so I had to find something to do on my own. and often a place called New York City was convenient. One time when our stateside port was Boston and I didn't know what to do, Tom Curry invited me to go with him to visit his family up in Portland, Maine, and that's how I met his sister Mary ! So when it did become rotation time and I had to leave the Campbell and I was put into the Boston Receiving Station to await reassignment, it was very easy to catch the Boston & Maine daily express train to get to Portland and visit the Curry house at their invitation. They were so nice to me, I enjoyed them very much and so I did it as often as I could, even when they went to Hartford, Conn.,for temporary wartime jobs I stayed in touch.
My new assignment sent me to the Coast Guard base in Miami and I reported aboard the USCGC Marion and we went out on the first of our assignment to report to help where ever help was needed for the closing of U.S. Navy bases that were set~up at the beginning of WWII throughout the Carribean, and so in the next 10 months I got to set foot on every island from the Bahamas to Trinidad and helped with the part of the work to make two piles one for salvage and retention, and one for loading onto an LST to be taken out into the Atlantic and dumped into the known deep channels. When that was mostly accomplished I was assigned to be the dispatcher of the truck needs in San Juan. Puerto Rico, and that turned out to be like a civilian 9 to 5 job. Ten months later when I had accumulated enough points to be eligible for discharge I eagerly awaited my turn, and while I waited I had a chance to get to Havana, Cuba, and I remembered how Abe Peilen used to go there when he and Aunt Sylvia would spend every winter in Miami and so I got a box of Havana made cigars that he liked so much and wrapped them and mailed it to him. I didn't count how many times in later years , but he thanked me more than once.
Now the big news....... it got to be my turn to be called to pack my sea-bag and hop on the next available Coast Guard ship that was headed for Miami and there I went... .and the second day in Miami I received my Discharge and a Railroad ticket to the home of my choice so I chose to go to Portland. After the long train ride I got to Portland and to the Curry house on Cornell St. and Mary's mom offered me the use of the bed in the partly finished 3rd floor (attic) so I took it and used it until Mary and I were married on May 4, 1946 , and that's when Mary and I then took the apartment on 12 Reed St. at Prides Corner our first home together. I started school at the Portland Junior College and worked at the auto parts store nearby, and Mary went to work at the S.D. Warren paper mill in Westbrook and that was the start of a marvelous time with her that lasted just two months short of sixty years.
Higginson, David M. From 1967 Through 1969 E-mail dhigginson@performancesales.org Notes: Readied ship for Deployment to Vietnam. "Operation Market Time". In Gitmo blew steam turbine. To Baltimore for repairs. Went to Vietnam. Patroling coastline. Intercepted craft, searched for conterband . Worked with Marine spotter planes. Supported Navy 'Swift' boats. 111706pe
Hollenbach, RonFrom 1965 To 1968 E-mail ronh@pgaoutsourcing.com
Notes: I served on the Campbell from 1965 to 1968 as a Storekeeper 2. I can from the CG training Center at Groton , CT and made several ocean stations trips, Gitmo and served one tour in Vietnam . I was discharged in 1968 and came back home from Vietnam . Great to see an organization like this. 012407
Jenkins, Robert E., Jr. August 12, 1948 To August 24, 1951 and November 2, 1951 To November 1, 1955, E-mail officeserv@metrocast.net Laura (Jenkins) Jepson, Daughter
Notes: My dad, Robert E. Jenkins, Jr. passed away on
January 23, 1997, but always spoke of his years on the Campbell and his
crewmates with great fondness.
He served on the Campbell W32 from 8/12/1948 to 8/24/1951 and from
11/2/1951 to 11/1/1955. His rank was 1st Class Boiler Tender.
His final request was that he be buried at sea from on board the
Campbell. In August 2005, we brought his ashes to the Portsmouth Naval
Shipyard where the Campbell was stationed, and on November 3, 2005, the
crew of the Campbell returned him to the sea. We are forever grateful to
the kindness and professionalism of the crew of the Campbell in granting
Dad's last request.
Today, in Maine, we are experiencing a true northeaster and, as I watch
the TV reports and see the waves pounding the shoreline, I think about
my Dad -- he loved to see the waves roll and would talk about his time
on the Campbell and in the North Atlantic. We miss him.
Sincerely, Laura (Jenkins) Jepson
Johnson, Ben. December 1966 To October 1967, E-mail benton@coho.net
Notes: I did a Bravo, an Echo Patrol, and an Gitmo training during the year I was aboard.The Electronics Officer was Butch (Caroll) Holtz. Ocean Station Echo is in the Bermuda Triangle, but I didn't see oneflying saucer while there. St Elmo's Fire was pretty evident a couple of night, and that was a sight to seefor the first time. The metal masts of the ship glow with a green corona. The static discharge also makes for bad radio communications. We had also left station unatttended onm the excuse that we were helping a merchant seaman that was ill. We met tne merchant and transferred the sailor's body to our sickbay. We left for Bermuda and fortunely, about 100 miles off Bermuda, we finally got the radar going and we were able to report the bearing and range to the bridge as a way to tell them it was working. We pulled into Bermuda early in the morning before anything normaly is open on the Nave Base. Special permission was given to open the Chief's Club and the enlisted Clubearly. We were going to be out of therebeforethere normal opening hours. The crew went on Port and Starboard Liberty for 4-hour shifts to get their fill of what the Navy Base had to offer. Some of the men spent an hour or so diving off the stern of the ship into very clear water. We go underway that afternoon to head back to station. The COas amazedthat so many men could get drunk, in so short a time.
Kanne, John T., June 1959 To Summer 1961, E-mail johnkanne8@aol.com
Notes: Made Guantanamo Training. Several Ocean Station Patrols. Was gunnery officer, OOD, laundry, moral Officer etc. Capt. Wilcox Came aboard in 1959. He had received the Order of the Fatherland for runs to Murmansk! 011904
Kaufman, Marvin John, 1943 To 1944, E-mail (Son's E-mail Address) davidk123@sbcglobal.net
Notes: My name is David Marvin Kaufman, first born son of Marvin John Kaufman who is on the cover of the book, Sinbad of the Coast Guard, with his hand on Sinbads' leg. I am trilled to have found this web site. I've always wanted to be in contact with someone who knew my father and his ship. I have his personal photo album of WWII. In it are photos of the USCG Campbell, the crew of '43 '44, Sinbad, newspaper clipings, at events with his escorts, my father was one of them, Liberty Ports, ect. Please!!! respond. Phone: 636-390-4933, Cell: 636-262-1912, E-mail (Son's E-mail Address) davidk123@sbcglobal.net
Thank You!!! Gratefully, David Marvin Kaufman
Kendall, James R., January 1955/September 1956, Date January 1955 To September 1956, E-mail jim-rob@juno.com
Notes: I was aboard the campbell between 12/55 & 9/56 , after going to SK school in Groton, during these 8 mo. I was aboard the campbell we pulled one North Atlantic patrol and on the way back was one of the first ships to hear SOS for the Andrea Dora. For the next several day we were cleaning the mess up from the sea. I was lucky enough to go on a Cadet Cruise during the few months I was aboard her. After the Cadet Cruise I was transferred to Washington Radio Station, Alex, Va. I finished my tour in November 1958 & was released as SK2. Jim Kendall, Covington, Georgia. 770-474-2603
Kniskern, Gary, From June 1967 To January 1969, E-mail gkniskern@triad.rr.com
Notes: Went aboard. Campbell ordered to Vietnam. Underway Trainging at Gitmo, damaged turbine in hurricane. Repairs at Curtis Bay, MD. Returned from Vietnam October(?) 1968. Made one OS Bravo 12/69-01/69. Discharged January 1971.
Leonard, Mike From 1966 To Return From Vietnam, E-mail leonard@mail2mike.com
Notes: I entered the Coast Guard in March of 66 and went to Gunner's Mate school in Groton Connecticut right after boot camp. I served on the Campbell from about 9/66 until shortly after we returned from Viet Nam.
I have are so many memories of those years. The Campbell was out of
Staten Island at St. George when I went aboard. I sailed with Peter
Eikenberry on a couple of ocean stations, a Bravo and an Echo. Mike
Ansley was a good friend, as well as Henry Newbold, Robby Robertson,
Harry Yamka, and many others. We went to Gitmo to ready the ship for Viet Nam. Had great time in Ocho Rios in Jamaica. Boarded boats in Viet
Nam. Randy Bartlet and I got to go on the Swift boats a few times until one night we argued about who's turn it was to go and our Executive
Officer happened to overhear us and said that neither of us were going.
The boat that one of us would have been on was hit that night and
didn't come back. Upon returning to New York I was assigned to the Governor's
Island base armory with a short stint with the Security Patrol on
Governor's Island before I was discharged. I'm really sorry that I
didn't stay in touch with any of my friends.
Malovetz, Emil S. - October 6, 1952 To September 9, 1953
Notes: I WAS STATIONED AT CG BASE ON STATEN ISLAND, NY AND FROM THERE GIVEN ORDERS TO TAKE SOME NEW SA'S TO THE CG ACADEMY FOR ASSIGNMENT ON THE CAMPBELL W32. WE RETURNED THE CAMPBELL TO HER HOME PORT ON STATEN ISLAND. THEN THE FUN BEGAN FROM AGENTIA TO BERMUDA WE DID ALL THE OCEAN STATIONS FROM ABLE TO EASY. NEVER A DULL MOMENT FROM GENERAL QUARTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT CHASING A RUSSIAN SUB TO FREEZING UP IN AN ICE BERG FIELD. COMPLETED MY TOUR OF ACTIVE DUTY AT CAPE MAY. DISCHARGED FROM INACTIVE RESERVES 1-14-1960.
Meder, Donald 1959 To December 1962 E-mail dmretire@hotmail.com
Newbold, Henry A 1966 To 1968 E-mail hnewbold@comcast.net
Notes:-- I served aboard Campbell from late 1966 till our return from Westpac in 1968. I joine the guard in March 65 from my home in Paterson NJ. My godfather was the late Gordon Canfield, congressman from NJ who had originated the bill establishing the CG Reserve during WWII and for whom the Canfield Trophy for the best Reserve unit is named. I helped him to present it twc befor his death in the mid 70's. Anyway, my dad had a retired employee wh lived in Point Pleasant NJ and every time we would go to visit him, we would pass the Manasquan Inlet CG Station. With the pretty girls on the lawn and their convertibles parked in fron, I decided early that this would be the outfit I would join to"go to war". Anyway, went thru Cape May in K-57 and was assigned to Manasquan as my first duty station - NO, there was no influence involved. I was there til late winter -early spring when I entered the first CG Quartermaster's class at Newport Navy Schools. Because I was a life-long sailor, I was assigned TAD to Castle Hill for the America's Cup team liason that summer (66) and the down to the 3rd district and onto the Campbell as an SNQM. After shepherding the Newport Bermuda Race, our first trip was to Washington for Admiral Smith's change of command and from there on to Bermuda again for a standby, then onto Echo where we rode out hurricane Faith - 70-80 foot waves 500-600 foot long seas. Washington refused us permission to go off station so we had to turn back into the seas. The lore aboard ship was that its righting moment was 41 degrees. As we turned at the top of the crest, we hit 47 degrees but heaven had a hand and we're still her to tell the story. Did crack the keel and after a period in Staten Island and then a Bravo, we headed for Curtis Bay, keel repairs, AC, and preparations for VietNam. We made a second Bravo, then a Charlie, and then Gitmo, the canal, Hawaii, Guam, the San Bernardinp Straits and Subic. I voluntarily did sounding charts for NOAA wherever we went which required celestial plotting to backstop the loran plot, and it was both a thrill and matter of great pride that I was only off by 1.2 miles when we entered the San bernardino Straits after 7500 ???miles of Pacific crossing. We arrived in VietNam two weeks after TET and immediately went ashore to rebuild a catholic orphanage in Hue. We rorared Subic - Market time visitng Sasebo where I trveled with a radioman friend to Tokyo, Nara & Osaka. The ship toured us to Nagasaki and we also managed to spend several evenings with local Japaneese in a Ryokan, a country Japaneese Inn in the local National Park which overlooked the harbor. What a way to become sensitized to local custom - particularly community bathing.
We visited Kaohshung, and again the radioman and I managed some brief leave to get to Taipai - beautiful beautiful country once you got out of the squalor of Kaohshung. We were mother ship to two Navy swift boats, and as 'm sure you know, one was sunk by friendly fire USAF losing us 11 friends. luckily no CG since we used to ride with them for R&R overnight now & then. We pulled into Sattahip, the port city for Bangkok and the ship again arranged travel for Bangkok days - 3 day trips to the capital. We rode the put-puts thru the canals, visited the Emerald and Golden Buddhas and had a great time among these wonderful open and friendly people who loved Americans (as did every Japanese we met). We then went on to Singapore after meeting the Half Moon and gaming with her for three hours in the Adaman Sea. From Singapore, Captain Long took us south of Indonesia to cross the Equator, and we then transited the Palawan Passage coasting Brunei and the southern Phiilipines northbound enroute Subic. It was particularly interesting to me since a friend who I had sailed with before and during service - and since then as well - had named his yacht PALAWAN with great memories of the beauty of the area from his WWII service.
After a respite in Subic, we returned to Market Time and then to a mooring in Hong Kong harbor for a month to transmit for the consulte which could not by agreement with the Local government could not maintain a radio transmitter. Sailed over to Macao while there with friends / business colleagues of my Dad's. The local color, the local food - all of it was wonderful - even the gangway watches in this port - one of the most beautiful and busy in the world.
From Hong Kong, back to Market Time one last time, back to Subic and then farewell to the Far East. Heade home, I was permitted leave to fly home for my sister's wedding and bak to the ship in Hawaii for the rest of the return voyage. If memory serves, on September 19th (1968) we sailed up Ambrose channel to one of the greatest welcomes in the world - Fireboats leading and following with streams of red, white and blue plumes of water, CG planes and helicopters overhead. the brass meeting us at the Narrows and sharing the celebration on board. - - Fantastic day.
About two weeks after returning, I was transfered aboard Tamaroa as lead Quartermaster. I was then a second class filling a chief's billet. I spent the last six months of my enlistment there under Captain Fred? Hanson - great guy patroling Gravesend Bay on standby and towing yard tugs to Curtis Bay.
I thought seriously about reupping or OCS but decided it wasn't conducive to family life.but it was really a strong tug at desire and the heartstrings. Had I gone that route, I would probably chosen the merchies.Obviously, I remember my service years with great fondness and I have had the pleasure of some life long friends and several go-children among their kids as well. These memories will give me great warmth for the rest of my life.
As a funny aside, about a year later I was taking a friend's 72' schooner down to St. Thomas and ran into a winter gale off the Virginia Capes. We began taking on water, the Tam came out to tow us back to NY with pumps aboard and I got a week of heckling from Capt. Hanson.
I also was one of the three friends who in 1971 founded and set up OPSAIL 76 for the bicentennial - Ellen Isbrandtsen (the daughter of the shipping fleet owner Jakob Isbrandtsen) Cas Ewig, a maritime attorney and myself, then a marine insurance broker. We all were volunteer fundraisers for South Street Seaport Museum and wanted something from the bicentennial year to focus on NY, the museum and our seagoing heritage. Op Saill had been arranged previously for the New York World's Fair in 1964 by a guy named Neils Hansell, an IBM employee whom I had met aboard PALAWAN but who was too busy to get involved again. He was a behind the scenes gude to us thruout. He introduced us to the Sail Training Association in London which arranges the bi annual ships' cruise and we were off and running.
1972 was an Olympic year and the ships gathered in Kiel Germany for the maritime section of the Games. I traveled to Kiel and then thruout Europe for 6 months soliciting Governments, Maritime Agencies and private individuals who controlled the various sail training vessels Capt. Ed Cassidy, then master of the Eagle, was a wonderful host to us traveleing aboard with him for two weeks of the Games. Overall, we were wildly successful beyond our dreams raising almost six million dollars before 76. The event itself, which mrrored the Naval Ship Review held in honor of the country's 100th birthday in 1876 was the event of a lifetime and not just to me but to many. The excess funds afterward,almost four million dollars, was donated to the National Trust in Washington for historic ship preservation. While I have not participated directly in subsequent OPSAILS, I have stayed close to them thru Ellen and Cas who did continue for quite a while.
100507Parker, Dennis A., April 1974 To: June 1974
Notes: I served on board the Campbell TAD on a Gitmo Cruise when she was homeported in Portland, ME. I also did a 2 week Reserve cruise on her in 1978 when she sailed out of Port Angeles, WA. 071506
Penrod, D. E., 1956, E-mail dep3@earthlinl.net
Notes: I have developed a hobby of writing poetry, and the local newspapers publish some of my real life type poems from time to time. I've been working on one for many years, "Collision at Sea" with the Doria and Stockholm 032807
Razinsky, Don 1969 To 1970, E-mail drazinsky@bellsouth.net
Notes: My name is Don Razinsky, I was a seaman and worked on the deck crew, We did Ocean Station Bravo, out of Portland Maine, We also did on the way back a search and rescue for the Liberian Tanker Keo, that split in two during a hurricane back in either 1969 or 1970, Transferred to base Boston after the Campbell. If I remember correctly Captain Shuman was CO at the time. I also remember while on Ocean Station Bravo, Bob Hope on his way to the USO tour circled the Campbell and entertained us a short while just before Christmas. Discharged out of base Boston 1973 2nd Class Petty Officer Supply 071806
Reynolds, Marion King, 1939 To 1942/43?, From: Daughter, N. Reynolds Smith, Box 15952, Tallahassee, Florida 32317-5952
Notes:Campbell shipmate heroic actions. 3 September, 1947, CGC Mc Culloch. Wind gradually increased to MODERATE GALE with HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS and GUSTS UP TO FRESH AND STRONG __unknown__ FORCE SEA SEVERE XSea temperature forty five X 020215Z Robert T. Gray 255-034 EMT3/C was LOST OVERBOARD X At 0245 Gray was sighted conscious but weak X At 0247 Marion K Reynolds 222-547 BM1/C went overboard and effected his rescue X Waves were breaking over the ship at the time andvessel rolling deeply X I recommend Request and urge that Reynolds be immediately promoted to CBM by reason completely qualified and extreme HERISM ABOVE AND BEYOND CALL OF DUTY X Recommending GOLD LIFE SAVING MEDAL X Splendid performance accordance best traditions on part of ALL HANDS EFFECTED DRAMATIC RESCUE BT
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(More interesting detain on this event in covering letter. I will hope to be able to OCR this too and post at a later date - Web Master).
Stone, Wayne G. Fall 1968 To Summer 1969 E-mail wstone@waubonsee.edu
Notes: I remember Lt. majerski, Capt. (Bernie) Long & CPO Johnson & RD1 Murtha. First patrol was OS Bravo in the winter. Another Bravo and a Charlie. Underway Training at GITMO. (Stopped by Ocho Rios, Jamacia and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti). Had a man overboard, NO DRILL, (Think it was OS Charlie). OD pulled 'Collision At Sea' instead of 'Man Overboard'. He (the man not the OD)was picked up!
Wade, George 1943, E-mail Wade, Mary-Daughter mwadetucson@comcast.net
Notes: (From Daughter Mary Wade RET, US Army) My father George Wade, of Norman Oklahoma served on board the Campbell and fought in the sinking of the UBoat in the North Atlantic. Feb 1943 I believe. It can be found in the Norman Transcript march 18 and 19th and the Daily Oklahoman. He was a navy.CG gunner and suffered shattered ear drums. He recently passed away Dec 6,2005 in Norman. I am also seeking any additional place I might get information regarding the exact location of the battle as opposed to just North Atlantic. Copies of the 214 and other documents are available. Any assistance you may provide to enter his name on your site and the availability of information would be greatly appreciated. 071806Wojtaszek, Don August 1967 E-mail knucklebuster48@aol.com
Notes: Came aboard August 1967 Staten Island, NY Underwent "OPERATION MARKETTIME" 'training GITMO. Lost steam turbine leaving GITMO in advance of hurricane FAITH September 1967. Turbine repairs I thought were done in GITMO?? Could be wrong. Coastal patrols aboard Campbell and river patrols aboard US Navy Swift boats PFC -19 and others. In rotation with other engineman striker Tom Stats. Return Governors Island, NY September 1968. Assigned U.S.C.G.Engineman School Yorktown Va. Reassigned to Base New York C.G.C.Sauk,and Damage Control and Firefighting School Philadelphia Pa. Continued icebreaking duties and search and rescue. Reassigned to C.G.C. Wire search and rescue duties until discharged 1971.