Crew Photos

These are division photos from the official USS Boston Cruise Book (I have 9 left to scan!):

Ed’s Note: The division Letters and numbers are correct but their purpose (like boilers and electrical) may not be.  If you have any info please contact me! -Bill

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8 Responses to “ Crew Photos ”

  1. Christy Mansis says:
    June 2, 2010 at 7:10 pm

    Good evening. I was unable to submit a question to you via your contact page so please forgive me for posting it as a comment.
    My father was a plank owner of the USS Boston CA-69 but I do not see his name included on your crew list. How can I add his name? I would love to show him your site but if he saw that he was not included it would break his heart. His name is Robert Joseph White. I appreciate any help you can offer.
    Kind regards,
    Christy

  2. Lesley Berry says:
    November 20, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Please can you tell me what a”plank owner ” did? I have just discovered that my ancestor was a plank owner and then promoted to Painter 2nd class.Fantastic to find this web site and will follow you.My relative was Stanley T. Hazell, and you say he was present at the Boston’s commissioning.Stanley’s grandparents were immigrants from South London,UK.They were my great grand uncle and aunt.Found you when I was looking for info on their immigration.What a bonus!!

  3. Lesley Berry says:
    November 20, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    PS
    In which photo is there a chance I might find Stanley Hazell?
    Very excited,
    Lesley

  4. Mary ward says:
    May 26, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    you have my Uncle Joe( he was like my Daddy)
    listed as HENSON, A.J. Seaman 1st Class
    here is some more info on hime If you have any photos I would love them thank so much thank you so much for your web site .He never talked a bout being in the war ..Mary WARD
    Report of Changes
    15 May 1944
    U.S.S. Boston (CA69) Page 12
    Amos Joseph Henson 871 33 89 S2c 3 Feb 1944 Minneapolis, Minn

    Muster roll of the crew U.S.S. Boston (CA69)
    30 June 1944
    Enlistment date 3 Feb 1944
    Date recived on board 9 May 1944

    Report of Changes 1 Nov 1945 U.S.S. Boston (CA69)
    racking at date of last report F1c
    place of enlistment 3605
    date of enlistment 3 Feb 1944
    service # 871 33 89

  5. bill says:
    May 27, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Mary,

    I’m working on early 1944 right now for records. But my scanned records are very blurred for march, so I took some time off in the last few months to try other methods of getting the records. I THANK you for this comment and I’ll try to update his record as soon as I can.

    Bill Kelly

  6. bill says:
    June 2, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Mary,

    I’ve just started working on May 1944, it looks like about 200 sailors joined the Boston in may, so bear with me!

    -Bill

  7. Don Priest says:
    July 12, 2011 at 7:13 pm

    Hi, thanks for building and maintaining this site. It is a fine site. The contact page would not work to send an email.

    Please correct my Dad’s middle name. It is Lloyd ‘Leroy’ Priest, not ‘Lorer’.

    He made QM2 on the Boston. He was at the helm when the Houston was towed. He died of cancer in 2001.

    I was named after a shipmate of Dad’s on the Boston: Don Gaylen Hawker. Your listing has his middle name misspelled as ‘Gaylon.’ Please make the correction. Don Hawker is alive and living in Salt Lake City. He is in the phone book.

    I served in VN in the USN flying fighters off CVA-34. I live in GA and UT.

    For Lesley: A ‘plank owner’ is someone who was attached to the ship when she was launched and part of the original crew.

    Sincerely,
    Don Priest

  8. lisa says:
    July 15, 2011 at 5:14 pm

    Thank you for letting us know that the contact page didn’t work. It should work now. Bill’s already made the other fixes you requested.

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