Comments on: Crew Photos

By: lisa

lisa — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:14:27 +0000

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.

By: Don Priest

Don Priest — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 03:13:10 +0000

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

By: bill

bill — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:43:38 +0000

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

By: bill

bill — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:17:16 +0000

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

By: Mary ward

Mary ward — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:23:10 +0000

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

By: Lesley Berry

Lesley Berry — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:18:58 +0000

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

By: Lesley Berry

Lesley Berry — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:02:49 +0000

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!!

By: Christy Mansis

Christy Mansis — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:10:30 +0000

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