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

Personnel
World War II
July 4, 1941 Ens. W. Douglas Cook Thanks to Doug's daughter, Debbie	Francis Sacco & Mike Melluzzo, Honolulu, 1943 Thanks to Francis' grandson, Bryan Roy	Oscar Henry (1944?) Thanks to Colleen Brooks, daughter of Herbert Hart	WW II scrapbook photos Thanks to Harold Picket
Unknown date, WW II crew assembled on deck Thanks to Don Kelly, son of Oden Kelly, 5th from right, front row	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  ¶		Off Iwo Jima From left to right: Ens. Morrison, Jim Priest, Everhart, Lloyd Grady, Everhart, Whitey Marders, Shiffner, Chief Quarterman ¶

LtCmdr C. H. Austin & Lt. D. C. Franklin    ¶	Homer Rice, S1c thanks to his granddaughter ××	Homer Rice and buddies ××	Carl Redinius & Homer Rice in Morocco after the torpedoing ××
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 *	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 *