My guess is that you are interested in Armed Guard shipmates of Robert Charles Waggoner, seaman 3/c, serial number 321 71 65, assigned to the Brooklyn Armed Guard Center.
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. In a search of the website, I found two records of Robert Charles Waggoner arriving in New York City as a member of the Armed Guard crew aboard SS AMERIKI. The first was on 24 February 1944, from Liverpool, England, and the second was 28 September 1944, from Cardiff, Wales.
Following are the names of the Armed Guard crew members aboard AMERIKI on these two voyages, in addition to Robert Charles Waggoner.
Arriving 24 February 1944
* Aroned, Martin Robert
Bahns, John Stewart
Barea, Michael Anthony
* Bond, Robert Leroy
Cullen, Frederick Baines
DeWitt, Willie Elliott
Driscoll, John Jeremiah
Durr, William Joseph
Falvey, John Joseph
Fitz, David Edward, Jr.
* Frederick, Frank Joseph
Grant, William Robert
Hayes, Joe Vance
LeCount, John Harold
* Mancini, Stephen B.
McGlothlin, David Josh
Medukas, Joseph E.
Parker, Billie Mason
Patterson, Harold George
Peer, Ernest Wesley
Reinard, Frederick Albert
Shields, Ralph Lawrence
* Smith, Frank
Tetslaff, Clyde Harry
Waldstein, Carl A. LT (j.g.), Armed
Guard commanding officer
Wallace, James Wister
Weatherly, James Edward
Arriving 28 September 1944
* Aroned, Martin Robert
Bahns, John Stewart
Barea, Michael Anthony
* Bond, Robert Leroy
Carter, James Marvin
Cheek, Doyle Russell
Collins, Daniel Francis, Jr.
Cullen, Fredrick Baines
DeWitt, Willie Elliot
Driscoll, John Jeremiah
Durr, William Joseph
Falvey, John Joseph
Fishell, Robert Lyle
Fitz, David Edward, Jr.
* Frederick, Frank Joseph
Fuller, James Morton
Grant, William Robert
Hayes, Joe Vance
Lazzara, Russell Anthony
LeCount, John Harold
McGlothlin, David Josh
Parker, Billie Mason
Patterson, Harold George
Reinard, Fredrick Albert
* Smith, Frank
Tyler, Hobart Harold
Waldstein, Carl A. LT(j.g.), Armed Guard
commanding officer
Weatherly, James Edward
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 five 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
Additionally about a year ago, a David Bond posted a message to the Armed Guard message board asking about crew on AMERIKI. He is the son of Robert Leroy Bond and says he has pictures and other names of Armed Guard crew. His father was apparently still living as of the time he posted his message. Contact David Bond at drbond@myrealbox.com.
SS AMERIKI was a Liberty ship, built by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine, launched 19 September 1943 originally with the name WILLIAM H TODD, but renamed AMERIKI and given to the Greek government under Lend-Lease. Her civilian merchant marine crew was almost entirely Greek, with her master (captain) on these two voyages being Spyros Theophilatos.
A listing of the whereabouts of SS AMERIKI between September 1943 and October 1944 can be found at http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ports/index.html?search.php?vessel=AMERIKI~armain.
SS AMERIKI continued to sail in commercial service under the Greek flag after World War II, was renamed at least once, and was scrapped in Shanghai in 1967.
Good luck.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Responses
« Back to index | View thread »