I was able to find two records at www.ancestry.com of your father, Robert Leroy Bond, arriving in New York City aboard SS AMERIKI, one arrival on 24 February 1944 from Liverpool, England, from which she had sailed on 7 February; and the second arrival on 28 September 1944, from Cardiff, Wales, from which she had sailed on 11 September.
The names of the Armed Guard crew on the voyage arriving 24 February 1944 were as follows:
Aroneo, Martin Robert
Bahns, John Stewart
Barea, Michael Anthony
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
Waggoner, Robert Charles
Waldstein, Carl A. LT (j.g.), commanding officer
Wallace, James Wister
Weatherly, James Edward
The names of the Armed Guard crew on the voyage arriving 28 September 1944 were as follows:
Aroneo, Martin Robert
Bahns, John Stewart
Barea, Michael Anthony
Carter, James Marvin
Cheek, Doyle Russell
Collins, Daniel Francis, Jr.
Cullen, Frederick Baines
DeWitt, Willie Elliott
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, Russel Anthony
LeCount, John Harold
McGlothlin, David Josh
Parker, Billie Mason
Patterson, Harold George
Reinard, Frederick Albert
Smith, Frank
Tyler, Hobart Harold
Waggoner, Robert Charles
Waldstein, Carl A. LT (j.g.), commanding officer
Weatherly, James Edward
I have no idea whether any of these men are still living, nor do I have contact information for them.
SS AMERIKI was a Liberty ship, built by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine, originally launched 19 September 1943 under 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 2 October 1943 and 21 September 1945 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.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
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