1953 CREW PHOTOS -- PAGE
ONE
Joseph "Ding Dong" Bell, TMC(SS), Chief of the Boat
Marty Perez, RMSN
(Images Above are Courtesy of Marty Perez, RM3(SS), Menhaden,
1953-54)
After all of these years, he is unable to identify all of the
crewmembers pictured. Can anyone help?
Joseph Bell (center, foreground), Marty Perez (standing next
to Bell), and the fourth sailor from the right-hand side of the photo is
Jack Ferguson.
(Image Courtesy of Jack Ferguson, RM2(SS), Menhaden, 1953-55)
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arriving aboard the USS Menhaden
for the Recommissioning Ceremony on March 6th, 1953. It is noteworthy that
Frank "Loopy" Lehr, TM1(SS) (standing behind the "side-boys" on the left
of the brow), in the mid-1960's became Menhaden's Chief of the Boat.
(Photo Courtesy of Bernie Sigler, RM2(SS), Menhaden, 1953-56)
Jim Carpenter, TM2(SS), and Dave Pacha working on a torpedo
in the FTR.
Jim Carpenter, Dave Pacha, "Uncle Bert" Snider and Joseph "Ding
Dong" Bell.
(Images Above are Courtesy of James R. Carpenter, TM2(SS), Menhaden,
1953-54)