USS Electra (AKA 4)

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* = Photo by Don Ravey    ** = Photo by Floyd Cramer
† = Photo by Ed Schnatterly     †† = Photo by Jerry Meyer
‡ = Photo by Bill Hamilton     ‡‡ = Photo by Gerald Mullet
§ = Photo by Dan Howard     §§ = Photo by Dean Bistline
¶ = Photo from Lloyd Grady     ¶¶ = Photo by George Koestel
¤ = Photo from Jack Nevins     ¤¤ = Photo by Paul Leytham
× = Photo by Nick Cascio     ×× = Photo from Amanda Jacobson
♣ = Photo by Roger Reinke     ♣♣ = Photo from J.P. Campion
± = Photo from Bryan Roy, grandson of Francis Sacco     ±± = Photo from Deborah Romano, daughter of Anthony Romano
# = Photo from Mark Gracin, son of Andy Gracin     ## = Photo from Patrick Schneider, son of William Joseph Schneider

Personnel
World War II
July 4, 1941 Ens. W. Douglas Cook Thanks to Doug's daughter, Debbie	Homer Rice, S1c thanks to his granddaughter ××	Homer Rice and buddies ××	Carl Redinius & Homer Rice in Morocco after the torpedoing ××	Oscar Henry (1944?) Thanks to Colleen Brooks, daughter of Herbert Hart
Bill Schneider (1943-44?)    ##	Bill Schneider (1943-44?)    ##	Bill Schneider in the tropics, 1943-44?    ##	Bill Schneider--not in the tropics! (Actually, in Rochester, NY) (1943-44?)    ##
Francis Sacco & Mike Melluzzo, Honolulu, March 1944    ±	Francis Sacco & shipmates, Honolulu, March 1944    ±	Francis Sacco & shipmates, Honolulu, March 1944    ±	Francis Sacco, Ralph Stanzione, Pat Serra & shipmate, Honolulu, March 1944    ±
Expiration of Liberty in Honolulu (1944)    ±	Anthony Romano (1943?)    ±±	Anthony Romano, Pearl Harbor (1944)    ±±	Anthony Romano & friend Phil Delaney (1944)    ±±	Pearl Harbor (1944) Top row: Anthony Romano*, Mike Remby, Buddy Hill, Steve Shufran*; Bottom row: Al Lambeau, Bill Rosenfeld*, Phil Delaney, Joe McConnell* (*=Electra crew)    ±±
Off Iwo Jima From left to right: Ens. Morrison, Jim Priest, Everhart, Lloyd Grady, Everhart, Whitey Marders, Shiffner, Chief Quarterman ¶		C Division Christmas, 1944, Sansapor, New Guinea Back row, right side: George Quarterman Middle row, 3rd left: Jim Priest Middle row, center: Grady (no hair) Front row, 7th from right: Whitey Marders   ¶		First Division, 1944 Andy Gracin, back row, 4th from right #
USN sailors who fought on Tarawa, taken on board Electra #		Andy Gracin San Francisco, 1945 #	Electra shipmates on liberty Andy Gracin, 2nd from left #	Unknown date, WW II (probably same as above) crew assembled on deck Thanks to Don Kelly, son of Oden Kelly, 5th from right, front row
Carl Mason 1944 or 1945 #	LtCmdr C. H. Austin & Lt. D. C. Franklin 1945    ¶	J. F. (Fran) Campion and Guy Woodall, Pharmacist Mates, walking in San Francisco, Feb. 1946    ♣♣ Visit the Fran Campion memorial site	The Pharmacist Mates who came aboard the final 2 months before Electra was decommissioned. Far left is "Red" Clark, next to him is Guy Woodall, and far right is Fran Campion. Can anyone identify the others?    ♣♣	Lt Clarence E. Freeman, taken about 1950. As Ass't Engineering Officer aboard Electra in 1942-44, Ensign/Ltjg Freeman received a commendation for his work in leading the repair work following the torpedoing in 1942. - Thanks to his son, Daryl Freeman
WW II scrapbook photos Thanks to Harold Picket
Korean Conflict
Recommissioning ceremony, 1952: far left, CDR. H.W. Fisher, XO 4th from left, CDR R. E. Magoffin, Captain ‡‡		Jerry Meyer ††	Dan Howard, 1952 §
King, 1952 in San Diego ¶¶	Who is this? 1952 in San Diego ¶¶	Dean Bistline met Joyce in Seattle in 1953 §§	Dean Bistline BM3 On watch 1953 §§	Frank Elliott **
Floyd Cramer, 1953 **	Paul Leytham ¤¤	Dean, Dyke & Koestel ¶¶	Dyke, Koestel & others flaking out ¶¶	George Koestel ¶¶
George Koestel, QM ¶¶	Koestel, 1953 ¶¶	Koestel on the signal light at Seward, Alaska ¶¶	Louie, QM ¶¶	The QM gang ¶¶
Gil Corwin & George Koestel ¶¶	Corwin & Haugen?? ¶¶	Dean & Dyke ¶¶	Music on the Flying Bridge ¶¶	Cascio, Fogelle & Jerry Meyer ††
Louis Priore ×	Nick Cascio ×	Priore being thrown around by Cascio and buddies ×	Nick Cascio (center) & Louis Priore (right) × Who is the other?	Nick Cascio (center) & Priore (bottom) × Who is the other?
"Wild Bill" Alford	Bill Alford, wife & son	Beard Growing contest, 1953 ‡	Beard Growing contest, 1953 ‡	The beard awards, 1953 ‡
Bill Hamilton, 1953 ‡	J. C. Matlock & Bill Hamilton, 1953 ‡	J.C. Matlock ‡	Radiomen, as we leave San Diego Ingham, Lyons, Spafford † Who are the others?
The 1953 Seattle baseball game ‡	Matlock looking for the signal.. ‡	..and winding up, Seattle, 1953 ‡	Field conference ‡
Capt. McGoffin, 1953 §	Capt. McGoffin, 1953 §	Frank Gastelum of Yuma, AZ, Nicholas, and Paul Leytham of Mobile, AL. All radiomen and headed for Vancouver, BC for liberty. The Electra is tied up at the end of Pier 91 in Seattle on the way to Alaska in the summer of 1953. §		Signalmen Dyke and Dean §
Clark, QM1 §	Glen Davis, QM3 §	Abbott, RM3 §	James Blackard, signalman §	Blackard and Matthews §
Electra Shore Patrol in San Diego - Jack Nevins on right. ¤	Engine Room gang, Nevins on right. ¤	M Division on deck, Nevins on right. ¤	Jack Nevins, EN2. ¤	Jack Nevins ¤
Jack Nevins, EN2 ¤	Koestel at signal lamp. §	Koestel, signalman on bridge †	Chief Park and John Brown in ship's laundry ‡	Ship's doctor, W. B. Parsons, Jr. §
Malcoum, SK2 ‡	Frank Gastelum §	Ed Schnatterly †	Ed Schnatterly †	Ed Schnatterly on St. George Is., 1954 †
Floyd Cramer on St. George Island **	Floyd Cramer, 1954 **	J. Monson, Rex Cramer, & Floyd Cramer on liberty**	Anthony "A.P." Lyons †	Matlock and who? ‡
LCDR Paul Lindley and the doc who was aboard for the Pt. Barrow trip ‡	Electronics Officer Ravey *	Dean Bistline, BM3 San Diego, 1954 §§	Electricians crew San Diego §§	Swabbing the deck Lyle Palmer & Dean Bistline §§
Ens. Bill Miller ?? †	Paradise Lodge at Mt. Rainier, WA ‡	Dean Bistline, Mt. Ranier §§	Chiles operating the winch §§	Capt. I. S. Hartman *
Miss Peepers *	Ltjg Don Ravey *	CWO Alderson, USMC *	Ltjg Ravey *	The wardroom *
Ray Smolen *	N. E. Paul *	Gil Corwin *	Spafford, Ingham, Moody *	Michaels *
Spafford, Carithers, Corwin *	Spafford, Kanady *	Ens. Roger Reinke & Ned Shera on the Columbia River, 1954 ♣	Ens. Roger Reinke & Clyde Smith on the Columbia River, 1954 ♣
Kanady and seals on St. George *	Bosn's Mate with baby seal **	Nicky, a little Aleut boy **
Floyd Cramer and Nicky **	Retirement of LCDR J. T. Waldron** (USN photo)	Paul Leytham, 1957 ***	Yeh, Ravey again*	Well, it's MY website!*
Recent crew photos
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Leytham, 1970's ***	The Leythams in Guatemala ***	Don Ravey, 2003 *	Mr. & Mrs. Dan Howard, 2004 §	Marty Sorcsek
Joyce & Dean Bistline 50th Anniversary, 2004 §§	Joyce & Dean Bistline, Electra Reunion 2006, South Lake Tahoe, CA *	Marletta & Joe Ennis, Electra Reunion 2006, South Lake Tahoe, CA *	Flo & George Rigby, Evie & John Gonnella, Electra Reunion 2006, South Lake Tahoe, CA *	Carl & Linda Fenn, Electra Reunion 2008, San Diego, CA *
Radioman Carl Fenn (1954-55) became a professor of Special Education and founded a Special Education scholarship program at Western Illinois University. To learn more about the scholarship foundation, click here.