USS SOMERS (DD~947/DDG~34)
More Crewmember Photos
This section is dedicated to photos of Somers Crewmembers. As with other photos, if you have any good crewmember photos, drop me a line, and I will add them to the page.
Photos 51-66 were contributed by FTG1 Royce Branning
Picture 51: 7 Mar 65 FTG1 Royce Branning & FTG2 John O'Brien at Subic Bay
Picture 52: 8 Aug 63 Effects of heavy weather refueling L-R FTG3 Earl Gray FTSN Stanley Sluder & FTG3 John O'Brien
Picture 53: 8 Aug 63 TMSN Donald Dorrell cleaning up oil spill from heavy weather refueling
Picture 54: 22 Apr 63 C.O. CDR Vincent Maynard on table of Royal Doctor as CO's escort the Royal Devil (GMG3 Donald Smith) looks on.
Picture 55: 22 Apr 63 C.O. CDR Vincent Maynard emerging from slop chute
Picture 56: 22 Apr 63 Pollywog breakfast L-R FTSN William McDonald & SO3 Stephen Miller
Picture 57: 22 Apr 63 Pollywog Stan Sluder answering Royal Judge(MMCM T.A. Johnson) as Royal Scribe(FN Martin Dunn) helps him with answer
Picture 58 22 Apr 63 Pollywog Twist Contest l-r Ens. Weldon McDonald Ens. Carl Bender & Ltjg James Miller
Picture 59: 22 Apr 63 Wogs L-R FTG3 Carl Privette FTSN Kippy Eisele FTG3 Earl Gray & FTSN Stanley Sluder
Picture 60: 28 Jul 65 Lily Bar Yokosuka L-R FTG3 Kippy Eisele FTG1 Royce Branning FICO engineer & FTC Ret. Roy Bagwell FTG2 John O' Brien
Picture 61: 1963 G.Q. in Plot. A quick haircut FTC Daniel Boatright & FTG3 Earl Gray
Picture 62: 1963 Hard day at the computer for FTG3 Earl Gray in foreground & FTSN Kippy Eisele
Picture 63: Mar 65 Fwd re-fueling station Tonkin Gulf SK3 Dennis Kennedy on phones
Picture 64: May 63 Good beer in Brisbane L-R GMG3 Eddie Beard FTG3 Kippy Eisele & SO3 Stephen Miller
Picture 65: Toilet paper & helmet liner provide for nature's call for GMSN Boyce Langston after he injured his back during Ops in Viet Nam waters 1965
Picture 66: Tonkin Gulf Barber shop annex in Plot. L-R seated FTG3 Clifford Patrick FTG3 Kippy Eisele Shirtless FTG3 William McDonald & FTG3 James Appelt wclippers
Picture 67: James "Jim" Roberson, a painter out of shop 71, Hunter's Point. While not technically a member of the crew, he apparently worked on the Somers conversion, as his daughter had a Somers button that a member of the crew must have given to him.
Picture 68: The USS Somers button given to Mr. Roberson. (Both the button and the photo provided by his daughter, Belva Benvanidez.)
Picture 69:
Couple of cooks and a deckape just resting in Thailand. Smitty far left.
(Photo courtesy of Jerry Daugherty)
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Picture 70:
Bangkok Thailand 1960 Jerry Daugherty.
(Photo courtesy of Jerry Daugherty)
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Picture 71:
Four plank owners on a postcard from
Boston, 1959.
I'm not certain if the guy on the left is
named Green or Graham, but here's Mike Leeds, Bob Shattuck and Rob Browne.
(Photo courtesy of
Rob Browne)
Picture 72: Rob Browne aboard the spiffy, new ship engaging in a popular pastime of the day.
Picture 73:
Photo of the Somers on her first trip
across the Atlantic, inviting dignitaries aboard with Capt. Cummings during
Kiel Week in Kiel, Germany. BSN Mate Ball (closest to us w/ back
to camera, probably piping the Captain aboard) and I think the MM or BM with
the white belt is named Jeffries (but uncertain).
(Photo courtesy of
Rob Browne)
Picture 74:
Photo of our Atlantic cruise in June
of 1959. I'm not certain of the guy's name on the left (maybe Manny?)
The late Dave Scougal in the middle and Rob Browne the right.
(Photo courtesy of
Rob Browne)
Picture 75:
Photo of John Kennedy being advanced to OS3 by Cdr. Thomas Kenneally on 16
Oct 1982. Ops div in the background... This may have
been during decommissioning ceremony.
(Photo courtesy of
John Kennedy)
Picture 76:
Photo's of Mike Leeds,
1958-1961. Jennifer Leeds"daughter." My dad passed away two years ago from injuries
resulting from a tragic car accident. We buried him in the military cemetery
in Palm Beach Florida. He never stopped talking about the USS Somers. I
think it was the greatest time in his life!
(Photo courtesy of
Mike Leeds daughter Jennifer)
Picture 77:
Photo's of Gene Brusacoram and a few "Somers"
crew members.
(Photo courtesy of
Gene Brusacoram)
Click here to see some pictures of the last crew of the Somers