According to our records, these men were aboard the USS Rankin during the year shown. The Status column shows what we know of them as of February, 2007. You can search for a name, rate, etc. by simultaneously pressing your CTRL and F keys. You can see a roster for any other year by clicking on the list at the top of this page. Click Here to see an alphabetical list of all shipmates from 1945-1971.
|
Last
|
First
|
Year Aboard
|
Rank/Rate
|
Year Left
|
Rank/Rate
|
Status
|
Abner
|
Lonnie
|
1955
|
SD3
|
1955
|
SD3
|
Unknown
|
Adams
|
Ernest
|
1954
|
SN
|
1955
|
SN
|
Unknown
|
Adkins
|
Johnny
|
1954
|
FPFN
|
1956
|
FP3
|
Unknown
|
Ainslie
|
Robert F.
|
1954
|
BM2
|
1955
|
BM1
|
Unknown
|
Altman
|
Ronald H.
|
1953
|
YN3
|
1955
|
YN3
|
Living
|
Anderson
|
Richard C.
|
1953
|
FA
|
1956
|
IC3
|
Unknown
|
Ashe
|
Albert
|
1955
|
SD3
|
1955
|
SD3
|
Unknown
|
Auer
|
Elmer
|
1952
|
SH2
|
1955
|
SH1
|
Deceased
|
Auten
|
Bradley M.
|
1954
|
LCDR
|
1956
|
LCDR
|
Deceased
|
Ayers
|
Judson F.
|
1954
|
ENS
|
1956
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Backer
|
Thomas L.
|
1953
|
DMSA
|
1956
|
QM2
|
Unknown
|
Baisden
|
Robert
|
1954
|
SN
|
1955
|
YN3
|
Living
|
Barclay
|
Mckinley U.
|
1955
|
TR
|
1956
|
TA
|
Unknown
|
Barnett
|
James R.
|
1955
|
EN1
|
1955
|
EN1
|
Unknown
|
Barth
|
William A.
|
1954
|
EN1
|
1956
|
EN1
|
Living
|
Bartolino
|
John F.
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
1957
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Barwick
|
Adrian
|
1953
|
BT2
|
1960
|
BT1
|
Unknown
|
Bass
|
John B.
|
1954
|
EN1
|
1955
|
EN1
|
Unknown
|
Bateman
|
Vance M.
|
1955
|
SN
|
1957
|
SN
|
Living
|
Baum
|
Joseph M.
|
1955
|
SH1
|
1955
|
SH1
|
Unknown
|
Baver
|
Jack B.
|
1952
|
SA
|
1956
|
RM3
|
Living
|
Beck
|
Charles W.
|
1954
|
ENS(SC)
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Biersteker
|
Bruce J.
|
1953
|
ENFN
|
1956
|
EN3
|
Living
|
Blanton
|
Robert L.
|
1953
|
SA
|
1955
|
SN
|
Unknown
|
Blaylock
|
Herbert D.
|
1954
|
BM3
|
1962
|
BM2
|
Deceased
|
Bly
|
Robert I.
|
1955
|
QMC
|
1955
|
QMC
|
Unknown
|
Bockey
|
Louis J.
|
1955
|
SN
|
1956
|
YN3
|
Unknown
|
Bodiford
|
Marvin L.
|
1955
|
SN
|
1957
|
RM3
|
Living
|
Bottorff
|
Ronald F.
|
1955
|
RM3
|
1956
|
RM3
|
Living
|
Bratlie
|
Ernest H.
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
Deceased
|
Brock
|
Bruce W.
|
1955
|
SA
|
1955
|
SA
|
Unknown
|
Brooks
|
Charles D.
|
1953
|
FN
|
1957
|
BT2
|
Living
|
Brown
|
Clifford
|
1954
|
SD2
|
1955
|
SD2
|
Unknown
|
Bryant
|
Warren L.
|
1955
|
CS2
|
1955
|
CS2
|
Unknown
|
Buchanan
|
Carl R.
|
1954
|
SA
|
1955
|
YN3
|
Living
|
Buchner
|
Donald E.
|
1953
|
FN
|
1956
|
BM3
|
Living
|
Burden
|
Russell J.
|
1954
|
BMC
|
1958
|
BMGC
|
Unknown
|
Bush
|
Earl J.
|
1953
|
SN
|
1959
|
YN3
|
Unknown
|
Calvert
|
Arthur K.
|
1955
|
LT
|
1956
|
LT
|
Deceased
|
Carr
|
James I.
|
1955
|
SH2
|
1955
|
SH2
|
Unknown
|
Carroll
|
Melvin L.
|
1955
|
ETRSN
|
1956
|
ETR3
|
Living
|
Carroll
|
Roland C.
|
1955
|
BM2
|
1956
|
BM2
|
Unknown
|
Cashman
|
Joseph V.
|
1953
|
FN
|
1955
|
FN
|
Unknown
|
Casper
|
Lockwood
|
1955
|
CS3
|
1955
|
CS3
|
Unknown
|
Cassidy
|
John D.
|
1954
|
GM3
|
1958
|
SM1
|
Unknown
|
Castillo
|
Henry H.
|
1955
|
FA
|
1956
|
FN
|
Unknown
|
Castleberry
|
Jean H.
|
1954
|
QM2
|
1955
|
QM1
|
Living
|
Cestelow
|
Lester L.
|
1955
|
MM1
|
1955
|
MM1
|
Unknown
|
Chapman
|
Harold L.
|
1955
|
BM2
|
1956
|
BM1
|
Unknown
|
Chapparone
|
Anthony L.
|
1953
|
ENS
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Charles
|
James P.
|
1953
|
ENS
|
1956
|
LTJG
|
Deceased
|
Clanton
|
Arnold F.
|
1955
|
ME3
|
1955
|
ME3
|
Unknown
|
Cogar
|
Robert P.
|
1952
|
RMSN
|
1956
|
RM2
|
Living
|
Conder
|
William W.
|
1955
|
ENS
|
1958
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Conley
|
Richard W.
|
1955
|
MMFN
|
1955
|
MMFN
|
Unknown
|
Contreras
|
Everardo
|
1955
|
SN
|
1955
|
SN
|
Living
|
Coon
|
Eldred Pete
|
1955
|
FR
|
1958
|
DC2
|
Living
|
Cooper
|
Wilbur
|
1955
|
SA
|
1955
|
SA
|
Unknown
|
Cox
|
Dan G.
|
1955
|
FA
|
1958
|
MM3
|
Unknown
|
Cox
|
Marion D.
|
1955
|
FA
|
1955
|
FA
|
Unknown
|
Cregan
|
John D.
|
1954
|
ENS
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Criswell
|
James E.
|
1955
|
BM3
|
1955
|
BM3
|
Unknown
|
Crowell
|
James L.
|
1955
|
CWO2
|
1957
|
CWO
|
Deceased
|
Curtis
|
Earnest M.
|
1954
|
LTJG(MC)
|
1955
|
LT(MC)
|
Living
|
Daniel
|
J. W.
|
1955
|
BM2
|
1958
|
BM2
|
Unknown
|
Darsy
|
Roswald K.
|
1955
|
FN
|
1955
|
FN
|
Unknown
|
Daum
|
Joseph M.
|
1954
|
SH1
|
1956
|
SH1
|
Unknown
|
Davis
|
Edward A.
|
1955
|
CWO3
|
1957
|
CWO4
|
Living
|
Davis
|
Harry J.
|
1953
|
SN
|
1955
|
CS3
|
Unknown
|
Deadwyler
|
C. R.
|
1954
|
RMSN
|
1955
|
BM3
|
Unknown
|
Dickens
|
Shelah M.
|
1955
|
DK2
|
1956
|
DK1
|
Unknown
|
Dignan
|
Thomas G.
|
1955
|
HM2
|
1956
|
HM1
|
Living
|
Dillingham
|
Hartman F.
|
1955
|
GM3
|
1956
|
GMSN
|
Living
|
Dingle
|
Glennie
|
1955
|
1961
|
BT3
|
Living
|
|
Dinovo
|
Bartolo
|
1953
|
SN
|
1955
|
SN
|
Unknown
|
Dixon
|
Ernest J.
|
1955
|
SA
|
1955
|
SA
|
Unknown
|
Donahue
|
Daniel F.
|
1954
|
LT(SC)
|
1956
|
LT(SC)
|
Deceased
|
Donaldson
|
Jimmie
|
1953
|
HN
|
1955
|
HM3
|
Deceased
|
Donovan
|
James H.
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Drake
|
Donald F.
|
1954
|
LTJG
|
1955
|
LTJG
|
Deceased
|
Dunbar
|
Malcolm C.
|
1955
|
ENS
|
1956
|
ENS
|
Deceased
|
Eagan
|
Thomas E.
|
1955
|
EMFN
|
1957
|
EM3
|
Unknown
|
Eddy
|
Denver D.
|
1953
|
ENS
|
1955
|
ENS
|
Living
|
Eggers
|
Claude F.
|
1955
|
BM3
|
1955
|
BM3
|
Unknown
|
Ehlers
|
Dwayne R.
|
1955
|
BT3
|
1956
|
BT2
|
Unknown
|
Ellington
|
Arthur R.
|
1955
|
BM3
|
1961
|
BM2
|
Living
|
Enos
|
Lawrence
|
1954
|
LT
|
1956
|
LCDR
|
Deceased
|
Ezell
|
Herbert W.
|
1955
|
BM3
|
1956
|
BM3
|
Living
|
Fagan
|
Nelson E.
|
1955
|
MM2
|
1955
|
MM2
|
Unknown
|
Ferguson
|
James D.
|
1955
|
CAPT
|
1956
|
CAPT
|
Deceased
|
Fernandez
|
Arthur J.
|
1952
|
ETSN
|
1955
|
ET1
|
Living
|
Fettinger
|
Denis
|
1955
|
FA
|
1955
|
FA
|
Unknown
|
Finfrock
|
Larry D.
|
1953
|
FA
|
1955
|
MM3
|
Deceased
|
Footman
|
Samuel L.
|
1955
|
SD1
|
1956
|
SD1
|
Unknown
|
Foster
|
William A.
|
1955
|
FA
|
1960
|
BT2
|
Unknown
|
Francis
|
Clarence S.
|
1953
|
BM2
|
1958
|
BM2
|
Unknown
|
Freeman
|
Phillip W.
|
1955
|
FA
|
1957
|
FA
|
Unknown
|
Frisino
|
Joseph A.
|
1953
|
MM3
|
1955
|
MM3
|
Unknown
|
Fullwood
|
George B.
|
1955
|
SD3
|
1955
|
SD3
|
Unknown
|
Gagne
|
Donald P.
|
1955
|
SKC
|
1955
|
SKC
|
Living
|
Galvez
|
Arthur G.
|
1955
|
SKGSN
|
1955
|
SKGSN
|
Unknown
|
Garrett
|
Gene P.
|
1954
|
FTSN
|
1957
|
FT2
|
Living
|
Gaskell
|
Edward P.
|
1954
|
LTJG
|
1956
|
LT
|
Living
|
Gillum
|
Harold
|
1954
|
1957
|
SN
|
Living
|
|
Gischel
|
Donald R.
|
1952
|
FN
|
1955
|
SF3
|
Living
|
Goldschmidt
|
James E.
|
1954
|
SN
|
1956
|
RM3
|
Living
|
Golingan
|
Fernando
|
1952
|
E-3
|
1957
|
E-4
|
Living
|
Goodale
|
Elmer J.
|
1954
|
LTJG
|
1956
|
LTJG
|
Deceased
|
Hacia
|
Frank
|
1954
|
SA
|
1956
|
BMSN
|
Living
|
Hale
|
Harry A.
|
1955
|
BM1
|
1959
|
BM1
|
Unknown
|
Hamilton
|
Earl
|
1954
|
ETSN
|
1956
|
ET2
|
Unknown
|
Hanrahan
|
Paul B.
|
1954
|
ENS
|
1957
|
LTJG
|
Living
|
Hanson
|
Walter R.
|
1955
|
RDSA
|
1955
|
RDSA
|
Unknown
|
Harbaugh
|
Jerry L.
|
1955
|
SN
|
1957
|
FT2
|
Living
|
Haring
|
Jacob A.
|
1953
|
SN
|
1955
|
BMSN
|
Living
|
Harris
|
Donald C.
|
1955
|
FN
|
1955
|
FN
|
Unknown
|
Harris
|
Mason L.
|
1955
|
GM1
|
1955
|
GM1
|
Unknown
|
Hassman
|
George W.
|
1952
|
SN
|
1955
|
EM3
|
Living
|