USS SIGSBEE DD-502

Painting courtesy Peter K Hsu, Naval Artist, 2002

KAMIKAZE SURVIVORS

OF W.W.II

In Desron 25
1943  TO  1945

 USS Sigsbee Deck Log Excerpts after kamikaze hit April 14, 1945    decklogexcerpts

Guest Book April 2000 to present

E-mail: uss.sigsbee.dd502@gmail.com

(New Guest Book postings by E-mail only)

[FOR ENHANCED VIEWING MAXIMIZE SCREEN & SLOWLY SCROLL TO UNDERLINED LINKS ]

  "CONTRIBUTORS" TO THIS WEB SITE:       contrib.html  

"The Lighthouse"

NEWS

More DD-502 photos from USS Miami April 14. 1945 (Linked from John Mastin Web Site)   

DD502photos

John Chiquoine reported, Chief RadioMan, Moran "Mark" Keith Morris passed away 16 August in Virginia Beach.

 USS Sigsbee Veteran Moran "Mark" Keith Morris, CRM obituary

Roxann Emery recently reported that her Daddy, Charles H. Kaelin, GM2c, passed away June 26, 1998. Our thoughts and Prayers go out for Roxann and the family.

 USS Sigsbee Veteran, Charles H. Kaelin, GM2c Obituary

Tony Pisano recently reported that his Father, Ralph "The Barber" Pisano passed away February 21, 2008. Our tthoughts and Prayers go out for Tony and the Pisano family

 SI   USS Sigsbee Veteran Ralph A Pisano, SSMB3c Obituary

 Rita Peck recently reported that her Dad, Thomas Cecil Brown,  passed away February 10, 2008 at Clearwater, FL.  Our thoughts and prayers go out for  Rita and the Brown family.

 USS Sigsbee Veteran Thomas Cecil Brown, MM1c Obituary

   The Family of  Lt. (jg) Eugene R Lopez recently reported that Eugene passed away December 25, 2007. Our thoughts and Prayers go out for the family

     USS Sigsbee Veteran Lt. (jg) Eugene R Lopez Obituary

 Charles Thurber recently  e-mailed the following message.   Billy; My dad, Robert D. Thurber, served on the USS Sigsbee DD-502 during W.W.II. He passed away 6/13/1968 of coronary arrest. I have 2 son’s in the Navy one is on the Pellilu LHA 5 he is a ABH2 the other is on the Decatur DDG 73 he is a BM1c. I was in the USMC 1964-1968.

 USS Sigsbee Veteran Robert D Thurber Obituary (pending)

     ONE MANS VIEW -  A TRIBUTE TO LT THOMAS R WESCHLER 

USS Chung-Hoon honors the USS Sigsbee's KIA's with a Memorial Service and Wreath Laying Ceremony.

(Courtesy John Mastin's web site)

SIGSBEE'S early reunions 1988', 89', 90', 92' and 1994..........view names of those in attendance.

(Linked from John Mastin's Web Site)

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USS SIGSBEE ACTION REPORTS W.W.II

(Linked from John Mastin's Web Site)

 USS SIGSBEE model built by Lt. Gene Myer, DD-500 veteran

(Linked from John Mastin's Web Site)

USS SIGSBEE SAILORS ON EMPIRE STATE BUILDING SPRING OF 1943  

Looking for relatives of Lost Sailors on USS Sigsbee DD502

(Killed in action or Lost at sea)

April 1943 Photo of USS Sigsbee officers at Trinidad, BWI.

Donated by Mr. Andrew Bitner grandson of  Lt.Clyde Ferguson March 28th, 2004

(Courtesy John Mastin).

 LARGEST ASSEMBLAGE OF NAVAL POWER TG 58.1 WWII

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Noon Position: 25 - 56 N   127 - 50 E   March 24, 1945

ALL HANDS  REMEMBER

DECEMBER 7, 1941,  

APRIL 14, 1945

And SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

GOD BLESS AMERICA

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL

USS SIGSBEE DD-502                      OUR  MEMORIAL TO THOSE LOST  IN THE LINE OF DUTY          DURING THE APRIL 14, 1945 KAMIKAZE ATTACKS OFF OKINAWA

 THE DD 502 WORLD WAR II HONOR ROLL

(FROM AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION SITE)

They gave their lives APRIL 14, 1945 aboard the USS Sigsbee in defense of our Nation.

Burton J. Adams S1/c ***** Guy V. Amburgey MM2/c ***** Clayton R. Bryant SF1/c

Robert L. Cheety Cox *****Carleton C. Cox Jr. F1/c ***** Joseph W. Freeman Jr. BM2/c

Callis C. Gwynn S2/c ***** Joe Hagston S1/c ***** Lt. jg George G. Hart

Joseph L. Heflin S1/c ***** Edwin C. Hoover F1/c ***** William O. Hudson S2/c

Gerard P. Keller S2/c ***** Sterling J. LeBlanc SC3/c ***** Ensign Dick M. Lykes

Edwin F. McGraw MM3/c ***** Earnest P. Mellum M3/c ***** Sherman L. Millirans F1/c

Lawrence E. Mueller EM2/c ***** Clair E. Musser S2/c ***** Anthony D. Sox S1/c

Robert F. Wright S2/c ***** Rogers B. Young F1/c

*****

Meyer H. Shapiro F1/c ***** was lost at sea July 25, 1943 as the USS Sigsbee and

three other war ships sailed from Norfolk Virginia to the Panama Canal.

"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace"

USS SIGSBEE VETERAN'S OBITUARY ARCHIVES

USS SIGSBEE DD-502 PURPLE HEART AWARDS BY CO, JUNE 6,1945

MY 30 MONTHS ON THE USS SIGSBEE DD-502

DESRON 25 - DESDIV 50

BY: WILLIAM K ROBERTS II

My Story

Battle Action  Reports  I, II and III

COMMENDATIONS AWARDED TO OFFICERS AND CREW OF USS SIGSBEE

CAMPAIGN RIBBONS & BATTLE STARS EARNED BY USS SIGSBEE

 PHOTO ALBUMS      

                      SIGSBEE502 PHOTOS

   SIGSBEEJM PHOTOS

Desron 25 Louisville KY 2005 Photos

  VINCENT PALMIERI PHOTOS

Photos courtesy John Mastin, Billy Roberts, Jack Brennen & others

Desron 25 photos by John Chiquoine, Dave Schroeder, Richard Weston & others

            SIGSBEE CREW NAMES         

(CREW DATA BELOW SIMILIAR TO JOHN MASTIN'S SITE)

GUEST BOOK

IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A RELATIVE OR FRIEND WHO SERVED ABOARD THE USS SIGSBEE DURING WWII LIST HIS NAME IN THE GUEST BOOK ABOVE FOR ANSWERS:

YOU MAY ALSO POST SIGSBEE VETERAN'S HEALTH & WELFARE INFORMATION

IN THE GUEST BOOK:

USS CHUNG-HOON DDG-93U

                               ../billykrsigsbee502  USS Chung-Hoon Keel Laying and Christening

This new, Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer built in Pascagoula, MS was named in Honor of Gordon P. Chung-Hoon  Commanding Officer of the W.W.II Destroyer USS Sigsbee DD-502.  The USS Chung-Hoon DDG 93 Keel was Laid January 14, 2002.  The ship was Christened January 11, 2003 at Pascagoula, MS and Commissioned September 18, 2004 at Pearl Harbor, HI.

USS Chung-HOON Commissioning (Linked to John Mastin Site)

Perry White Family Brunch

   PARTIAL LIST OF US DESTROYERS SUNK OR  

DAMAGED BY KAMIKAZE AIRCRAFT

NEAR OKINAWA IN 1945:

LIST

DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS

(The History of every Fighting ship of the US Navy)

DANFS

For detailed information on ALL Naval loses in the Western Pacific Area see "US Naval Chronology of WW II (1945)," listed under General Interest on the Navsource link below:

                                              NavSource Main Page

Places visited by the USS Sigsbee DD 502 during my Cruise aboard:

            places.html

USS MIAMI CL 89 

USS MUNSEE AT-107 (OWNER ALAN MOORE, NAFTS)

0640 HOURS APRIL 15, 1945

KAMIKAZE DAMAGED USS SIGSBEE  

IN FLOATING DRYDOCK AT GUAM APRIL 1945

CREWMEN ON MAIN DECK  (at gun #5  carriage) LEFT TO RIGHT: CECIL LEAKE,

CHIEF GUNNERS MATE TOMLINSON, GERALD MCDERMOTT.

LOWER DECK LEFT TO RIGHT: ROBERT HOPPLE (hand on hip),

WILLIAM ROBERTS (head protruding from ammo hold),

GEORGE DONES,  LT jg DORN (white shirt), HARRY SCOVILLE (facing right)

(ROBERTS WAS IN 20MM AMMUNITION HOLD PASSING CASES OF 20MM AMMO UP TO

GUNNERS MATES HOPPLE AND DONES)

OTHER LINKS TO DESTROYER SITES & WEB PAGES

HOW TO IDENTIFY USS SIGSBEE DD-502 SHIP PHOTOS BY DATE

1. FANTAIL 40 MM GUN REPLACED WITH 3 - 20 MMs FEB 1943
2. AMERICAN FLAG WAS DISPLAYED ON NO. 2 STACK FROM JAN 1943 TO JUNE 1945
3. THE NUMBER 2 ON NO. 1 STACK WAS PLACED THERE AFTER JUNE 1945
4. TWIN 40 MM GUNS 43 AND 44 WERE MODIFIED TO QUAD MOUNTS IN JUNE, JULY 1945 AT PEARL HARBOR

USS SIGSBEE DD-502 IN MOTHBALL FLEET (1950s)

USS SIGSBEE IN MOTHBALL FLEET

(Photos courtesy William E Hidler, S1c )

  ***** REUNIONS *****

   USS SIGSBEE DD-502

 WEST COAST 2005

   DESRON 25  "BULL SESSION"   

LOUISVILLE, KY

July 26 - 28, 2005

A huge success! Click anchor for John Mastin's Review

Desron 25 Review

PHOTOS OF SIGSBEE502,  HARRISON573

& DESRON25 VETERANS

       JUNE 2003 REUNION AT RENO, NV

reno.htm 

NEWSLETTER & PHOTO OF SIGSBEE502

       LAS VEGAS JUNE 2002 REUNION

              LV2002.htm

Sigsbee Veterans at The Sacramento 2001 Reunion

 PHOTO

Standing: R. Dewey, L. Fessler, G. Marchand, B. Roberts, H. Elizagaray

Sitting: ( *Aubrey Harris "dubbed in")  W. Burke, P. Huber, D. Mac Phearson

*Aubry Harris was unable to attend so ..... Billy Roberts, John Mastin & their wives

visited Aubrey at his  near-by home in Sacramento at the conclusion of the reunion

OTHER CREW LINKS + HAM RADIO CALL SIGNS

OLD TIME FIDDLERS

GENEALOGY LINKS

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BY WEBMASTERS

BILLY & EDY ROBERTS

SINCE OCTOBER 26, 1998