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Pictures of the USS Mullany crew from the 1940s
Please help me name these shipmates
Picture of Mullany officers around 1943. Captain Mullaney is seated 3rd from left in front row. Back row: Quillen Fox, John W. Marshall, Robert E. Miller, possibly William W. Vallandigham, unknown, unknown, Marv Pehrson, unknown, John Hart, unknown, unknown, unknown. Front Row: unknown, unknown B.J. Mullaney, unknown, unknown, unknown.
Mullany gunnary crew.
Mullany gunnary crew. Back row: March, Turner, Griffeth, Johnson, Pehrson, Fox, Taylor, Love, ???, Perry (in doorway), Welch, Domagala - more names to follow: Photo courtesy Larry McCoy.
Communications Division. Standing left to right: Cisco, Baldwin, Chapman, Breen, Hon, Beyer, Slaughter, Lt. jg Robert E. Miller - Front row: Kozmierzac, Wiwehchardski (later Shepard), Grib, Buster, Varner, and Burns
C Division Quartermasters - Standing left to right: Brown, Urban, Pfiefer, Sanders, Evenson - Front row: Lt. Macomber (Exec.), Lt. Britton (Nav.)
C Division Radar (CIC) Group - Back row from left: Weldon Henley Richard Murry, Chester Ziarco, William Rechten, Donald Craven, Holger Hansen, James Taylor - Middle row from left: Roy Krebs, William Walker, Frank Kranz, James Milton - Front row from left: Glenn Mann, George Crow, Lt. Frank White, John Putney, and Andrew Roderick. Thanks to John Putney for identifying all members!
C Division Signalmen - Standing left to right: Montgomery, Oare, Cady, Caufield, Gallagher - Front row: Seago, Eagle, Tolen
C Division Signal Crew. (back row left to right) Stark, Oare, Silver, Seago, Palmer - (front row) Cisco, Gallagher, Caufield. Taken September 1945 at Pearl Harbor.
C Division Soundmen - Standing left to rignt: Friedly, Murphy, Sayler, Galbraith, Shurtleff - Front row: Hall (painted kangaroo), Ulrich
Several officers from the Mullany at probably a Benny the Bums. Captain Mullaney is dead center.
Officers and enlisted at Benny the Bums San Francisco
Seaman 1c Harlan Johnson. Photo courtesy of Harlan Johnson. For a first hand account of the April 6 attack in Harlan's own words click here: Kamikaze Attack on the USS Mullany - A Survivor's Story. Click here to read about Harlan's Honor Flight Interview
Lt. JG Frank White. Photo courtesy of Lt. Frank White
Mullany crew playing baseball on the Aleutians. Photo courtesy of the Miller Family
E 3c Glenn Miller. Photo courtesy of Bud Chavers.
Hap Perry - Gunnery Officer
RDM 3c Arthur "Bill" Rechten
Lt. JG Quillen Fox
Lt. JG Robert E. Miller - Communications Officer 1943-1945. Photo courtesy of the Miller Family. To read "The Saga of the Mighty M" a first hand account of early days of the Mullany written by Robert E. Miller click on the title.

Larry J. McCoy. Photo courtesy of Larry McCoy. To read a first hand account of Larry's Navy life please click here:

McCoy Chronology 1943-1944 - personal observations and events recorded by Larry.

January 11, 1945 at Benny the Bums. Photo courtesy of Larry McCoy.
Bud Johnson, Larry McCoy, and Ken House. Photo courtesy of Larry McCoy
Need help identifying these sailors. Far right is BM 2 Clarence Brevik. Photo courtesy of Larry McCoy
MM 3c Hassell "Bud" Chavers. Photo courtesy of Bud Chavers.
From left to right MM 3c Hassell "Bud" Chavers. Photo courtesy of Bud Chavers.
Jimmy Dixon. Photo courtesy of Bud Chavers.
From left to right MM 3c Hassell "Bud" Chavers and two unknown sailors. Photo courtesy of Bud Chavers.
From left to right: unknown sailor and MM 3c Hassell "Bud" Chavers. Photo courtesy of Bud Chavers.
Photo of USS Mullany Chiefs. Not great quality to make them out, but the only one in existance.
FC 3c Larry Taylor. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor. To read a first hand account of Larry's Navy life please click here:
I'm guessing this is one of the gun mount crews. I believe Larry Taylor and Larry McCoy are in this picture. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor.
Unidentified sailors from the Mullany. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor.
Front row: Larry Taylor, Joe Augustine Back row: unidentified sailor, Frank Howard, unidentified sailor, L.C. Ryan. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor.
Elmore N. Scott. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor.
Smith. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor.
Canup. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor.
FC 3c Edgar "Bob" Arndt. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor
Engeland. Note the rising suns painted on the fire control director. One shows six planes shot down and eleven shore bombardments. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor
Photo shows fire control team (left to right): Scott, Ryan, Canup, Smith, Young. Photo is courtesy of Larry Taylor
Bob Love. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor
Fire control gang (front row left to right): Peers, Young, McCarol, Taylor, Scott (back row left to right): Ryan, Masten, Smith, Love, Arndt. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor
Fire control gang (front row left to right): Peers, Rupert, Perry, (back row left to right): Music, Arndt, Engeland, Judson. Photo courtesy of Larry Taylor
Celebrating the wars end. Streets of Paris "Hollywood Hotspot." Larry Taylor is in the center.
Mullany officers. Frank White back row second from right. Photo courtesy of Lt. Frank White.
Unidentified crew. I believe Hap Perry is at the far right. Photo courtesy of Lt. Frank White.
Mullany officers. L to R: Frank White, Donald Hutchinson, unknown officer, Hap Perry, unknown officer, Marv Pehrson (cutoff). Photo courtesy of Lt. Frank White.
Mullany officers. Lt. Quillen Fox second from left. Photo courtesy of Lt. Frank White.
Mullany officers together June 16, 1945. (back row left to right) Unidentified officer, Lt. Frank White, Lt. Marv Pehrson, Lt. John K. Hart, Ensign Donald Hutchinson, Ensign Jack Wiessler, Lt. jg Quillen Fox at far right. (front row Margaret "Peg" Wiessler in front of Jack). Photo courtesy of Lt. Frank White.
Lt. jg Robert E. Miller salutes the officer of the day. Far right is Lt. jg Marv Pehrson. Photo is courtesy of the Miller Family
Lt. jg Marv Pehrson - Torpedo Officer. Photo courtesy of Marsha Pehrson daughter of Marv.
Lt. jg Marv Pehrson and Lt. jg Robert E. Miller read about the Mullany's exploits while home on leave. Photo courtesy of the Pehrson family.
SN 1c Matt Caulfield . Photo courtesy of Matt Caulfield
Ship's crew at Benny the Bums in San Francisco. Front row: Mouse, Peers, Timmone, Boise, Becker, Englude, Cico, Chandler, Frielend, Matteen, Alabama, Everson, Caulfield, Doc, Barragan, Engle, Kraz. Photo courtesy of Matt Caulfield
Ship's crew at Benny the Bums in San Francisco. Back row: Jodson, Peers, Sandy, Vog, Blum, Murphy, Oare, Earl, Martin, Jackson, Barker, Ross, Blakesley, Rodney, Timmons. Photo courtesy of Matt Caulfield
At Chicks in San Francisco. Left to right: Vog, Heller, Rodney, Meade. Photo courtesy of Matt Caulfield
Ed Hall S2. Photo courtesy of Matt Caulfield
Back row left to right: Becman, Earl, Barragan, Caulfield - Front row: Mccall, Engle, Galbret. Photo courtesy of Matt Caulfield
Crew of gun mount 2. Back row left to right: Rodney Stark, Stevel Stockel, Henry Scott, Jimmy Cartisano, Kermit Eastman, Joe P. Byrne, Gerald Lundgren, George Farfsing, Andrew Karsoras, Jim Dunn. Front row left to right: Ralph Varner, John Meade, Stanley Noga, Bernard Domagala, Richard Wetzel, Earl Price. Photo courtesy Matt Caulfield
Ted R. Gagnon Sr. S1c
Gerald Lundgren SC2 1944 -1946. Photo courtesy of son, Kris Lundgren
Harmon C. Thompson Jr CWT 1943 -1946. Photo courtesy of daughter Sandy Hibbs
Harry Lee "Slim" Caulder S1 1943 -1945. Photo courtesy of daughter Amy Caulder White.
John "Jack" Wiessler Lt. jg 1944 -1945. Photo courtesy of the Wiessler family.
John Calvin "Jack" Wiessler Lt. jg 1944 -1945. Photo courtesy of the Wiessler family.
Homer "Rocky" Jacobsen GM3c 1943 - 1945. Photo courtesy of wife Vergene Jacobsen.
Mullany crewmen. George Hunter (center), Rocky Jacobsen (right). Photo courtesy of wife Vergene Jacobsen.
Mullany crewmen. Photo courtesy of Vergene Jacobsen, wife of Homer "Rocky" Jacobsen.
Mullany crewmen - Signal Gang. Photo courtesy of Matt Caulfield (S1). Matt is back row center. Front row far left Wilbert Woodruff (S1 / QM)
Mullany crewmen. Photo courtesy of Vergene Jacobsen, wife of Homer "Rocky" Jacobsen. I believe Clarence Brevik (BM2) is front row center.
Samuel A. Bowerman Coxswain 1943-1945. Samual was a plank owner. He was listed as missing in action April 6, 1945. Photo courtesy of the Bowerman family. Click here to read a newspaper account of Samuel being listed as MIA, the operations he was involved in, and a letter from the Captain to his parents explaining the details of April 6, 1945.
Samuel A. Bowerman Coxswain 1943-1945. Photo courtesy of the Bowerman family.
Unidentified officer. Please help identify. Send information to webmaster@mullany.org.
My good friend Carl Sallaz. Great Lakes Naval Training Station 1944. Carl was a S1c on the Mullany and was on board when the kamikaze hit on April 6, 1945.
Glenn Mann Radarman Glenn Mann 1940s
Brett PhM2c Pharmicist Mate 2c Brett (on right)1940s & Radarman John Putney on the left. Brett was killed in action on April 6th, 1945.
Marvin Toole GM3 and Hap Perry Gunnery Officer on right. 1940s.
Radio shack gang 1940s - back row - Cisco RM 1c, Wahl, S1c, Chapman RM 2c, Vineyard S1c, Kazmierzak S 1c, Hon RM 3c. Front row - Michael RM 3c, Graham RM 3c, Kranz RT 3C, Grib RM 3c. Photo courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
Crew #1 Mullany crew 1940s - please help identify. Possibly part of a gun mount crew.
Crew #2 Mullany crew 1943 southwest Pacific - sailor on the far right was a cook in the galley. In the middle is radarman John Putney.
Bill Evenson 1943-1945 QM 2c. Read about Bill's life as an announcer and actor after the war click here Bill Evenson article:
Ensign Marshall A. Silver.
Tony Palanza - KIA April 6, 1945.
Vernon H. Torbet - listed as MIA April 6, 1945. Vernon was a MoMM3 from Mitchell, SD.
William W. Vallandigham - ensign aboard the Mullany 1943-1945. Possible plank owner in charge of helping fit out the ship in 1943 at Bethlehem Steel San Francisco. Fire Control officer. Photo courtesy of Lynne Hulsey family (daughter).
Eugene Everett Hopper S1c (far left). Photo courtesy of daughter Donna Stoehr. Please help identify other sailors.
Eugene Everett Hopper S1c (3rd from right). Photo courtesy of daughter Donna Stoehr. Please help identify other sailors.
Scott E. Brown MM2.
Front row left to right - Kermit Eastman, unknown female, Troy Smith. Back row left to right Bish, Paul Skurka. Photo courtesy of Kermit Eastman.
Bill Rechten (left) and Chester Ziarko (right). "Occupation of Sydney!" Photo courtesy of Kermit Eastman.
Gun crew of mount #52. Back row left to right: Rodney Stark, Steve Stockel, Henry Scott, Jimmy Cartisano, Kermit Eastman, Joe P. Byrne, Gerald Lundgren, George Farfsing, Andrew Karsoras, Jim Dunn. Front row left to right: Ralph Varner, John Meade, Stanley Noga, Bernard Domagala, Richard Wetzel, Earl Price. Not picture is Carl Sallaz as he took the picture. Photo courtesy of Kermit Eastman.
Ed Hall S2 on left unidentified sailor on right. Photo courtesy of Kermit Eastman.
Please help identify. Photo courtesy of Kermit Eastman.
Ed Hall S2 on left, Kermit Eastman at right. Photo courtesy of Kermit Eastman.
Kermit Eastman at right. Unidentified sailor at left. Photo courtesy of Kermit Eastman.
James Cartisano S2. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
From left to right Stanley Noga S2, Olaf Norman S2, Bernard Domagala S2. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
James Todd Patton S2. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Unidentified sailor 1. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Unidentified sailor 2. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Unidentified sailor 3. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Unidentified sailor 4. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Unidentified sailor 5. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Harry Lee "Slim" Caulder S1 1944 -1946. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Unidentified sailor 7. Photo courtesy of James Cartisano.
Ensign Marshall A. Silver. Photo courtesy of Marshall Silver Family.
Lt. John K. Hart taken September 1945 at Pearl Harbor. Photo courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
Glenn Mann RM2, John Putney RM3. Photo courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
John Putney RM3.Photo courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
Chester Ziarko RM3. PhPhoto courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
Glenn Mann RM2. Photo courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
Glenn Mann RM2. Photo courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
Ensign Marshall Silver (left) with Glenn Mann RM2. Photo courtesy of Marshall Silver Family.
Ensign Marshall Silver (left) with Earl Pfeiffer QM3. Photo courtesy of Marshall Silver Family.
Ensign Marshall Silver (front) with Paul Montgomery QM3. Photo courtesy of Marshall Silver Family.
Mullany cook - center. Photo courtesy of Ensign Marshall Silver.
Ensign Marshall A. Silver. Photo courtesy of Marshall Silver Family.
S1c Richard A Casmero. Killed in action April 6, 1945.
Jim Daniell. "Big Jim" was a chief aboard the Mullany. Transferred to the USS Hugh Hadley with Captain Mullaney. Was an All American for Ohio State University. Played professional football for the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. Click here to read newspaper article on Daniells return to the Bears. Click here to read about Jim on Wikopedia.
MM Brady McKinley Wood. Killed in action April 6, 1945. Photo courtesy of the Wood Family (Bradley O. Wood).
GM3 Bernard "Bernie" Tschirhart. Wounded at Okinawa April 6, 1945. Photo courtesy of the Tschirhart family and his friend Buck Hartley.
Vernie Cobb USS Mullany 1943 - joined the Navy at 17. Photo courtesy of the Cobb family taken from his obituary.
Cox Aubrey Wilson Nichols. Killed in action April 6, 1945. Photo courtesy of the Nichols family.
Cox Aubrey Wilson Nichols facing camera. Killed in action April 6, 1945. Photo courtesy of the Nichols family.
S2 Donald Joseph Hess. Killed in action April 6, 1945. Donald was from Painesville, OH and trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Photo courtesy of the Hess family.
S1 Van Franklin Barker. Killed in action April 6, 1945. Van was from Shreveport, LA. Photo courtesy of the John Brummett and his Aunt.
SKG3 Melvin Lee Wallace AKA "Little Red". Photo courtesy of the Wallace family.
F3c (1943-1946) David "Bud" Perry. Photo courtesy of the Perry family. David was aboard on April 6, 1945 when the Mullany was struck by a kamikaze. He was one of the crew that went back on board to fire up the boiler and get her back to safety.
CWT H. C.(Harmon) Thompson (1943-1946). Photo courtesy of the Thompson family.
Gordon E. Boatright (MM1c 1943-1946). Photo courtesy of the Boatright family. This was taken 8-1-2003 on the occasion of Gordon's 80th birthday. Gordon was a plank owner.
Coxswain Willard John Blakesley (1943-1945). Photo courtesy of the Blakesley family.
F3 Edward Robert Piwowar (1943-1946). Photo courtesy of Ed Piwowar 1996.
MM3 Earl William (Bill) Price (1945-1946). Photo courtesy of Bill's brother Gene Price 1996. Click here to read obituary for Bill Price.
PhM1c William Tisdale (1944-1946) and his wife Connie. Photo courtesy of the Tisdale family.
S1c William Robert Gay (1945-1946). Seaman Gay was wounded on April 6th, 1945. Photo courtesy of the Gay family.
S2c William Bryon (1944-1945). Bryon worked at Bethlehem Steel Company - Union Plant in San Francisco at the time the Mullany (then Beatty) was under construction. Photo courtesy of the Bryon family.
WT3c Royal Beckham (1943-1945). Photo courtesy of his nephew Warren Combs.
F1 Jack Cochran (1943-1946). Photo courtesy of the Cochran family.
Ensign Donald B. Hutchinson. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Hutchinson (daughter).
EM2c Richard A "Dick" Lawton 43-45 . Photo courtesy of Megan Lawton (granddaughter).
GM3c Marvin Ray Toole 43-45. Photo courtesy of Janet Nutt (daughter).
RM2c Walter Vancy Cisco 43-45. Photo courtesy of Brian Cisco(son). Walter was a plank owner. He was discharged as RM1c.