The subscription website Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com), which is more commonly used for genealogical research, has records of the names of crew members who arrived in various U.S. ports of entry, with many records pertaining to merchant crews arriving during World War II.
In searches of the website, I found records of Richard Myers, LT(jg), arriving in New York City on two dates in 1943 as the Armed Guard officer aboard SS CARIBBEAN. (GULF CARIBBEAN was apparently another ship.) However, I was unable to find Richard Myers elsewhere in the Ancestry.com databases, associated with any of the other three ships you name. This suggests that the databases at Ancestry.com are incomplete.
Following are the names of the Armed Guard crew members under the command of Lt. Myers on the voyages that I found.
SS CARIBBEAN, arriving New York 2 May 1943 from Aruba
Enlisted crew:
DeBlasio, Richard
Floyd, Boyd
Gee, Harry
Holland, James
Janik, Frank
Jones, John
Kellerman, Kenneth
Mahaney, John
Naser, Orville
* New, Eugene
* Roark, George W
Rodkey, Carl
Robson, Donald
Scanlon, John
Shadoin, James
Simpson, George
Sinclair, John
Stone, Andy
Swenson, Howard
Tewell, James
Talbot, Raymond
Tyree, Lawrence
VanBeek, Gerald
Vassar, Roger
Whitney, Nathan
SS CARIBBEAN, arriving New York 1 July 1943 from Reykjavik
Enlisted crew:
Auremna, Giddo
Aubry, John
Barnes, LeRoy
Brennan, James
Carver, Hilbert
Ferebee, Robert
Flowers, James
Gee, Harry
Gerrety, Alvin
Heckendorn, Joseph
Henry, James
* Horvath, John
Howard, George
Jones, Clifford
* Julyan, Louis
* Keeney, Robert
Mahaney, John
Naser, Orville
Osinski, Edward
Parrott, Eugene
Preibe, Arnold
Roy, Louis
Swartwood, William
Ward, Allen
* Wesolowski, Edward A
Verbosky, Eugene
* Zebrasky, Joseph J
Unfortunately I do not know whether any of these men are still living, nor do I personally have contact information for any of them.
However, the seven men identified with an asterisk (*) are or have been members of the U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association and may still be living. Please contact Mr. C.A. Lloyd, Chairman of the Association, who may be able to provide contact information for any of these men who are still living. Mr. Lloyd can be reached at:
C.A. Lloyd, Chairman
U.S.N. Armed Guard World War II Veterans Association
115 Wall Creek Drive
Rolesville, NC 27571
Telephone: 919-570-0909
E-mail: clloyd@nc.rr.com
For your information, SS CARIBBEAN was a tanker built in June-December 1942 by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, PA, for the U.S. Maritime Administration. The ship was sold to a private shipping company in 1946, renamed HOUSTON in 1960, and scrapped in 1984. See http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/1major/inactive/sun.htm and scroll down to hull number 273.
Good luck.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
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