Message #080
Brenda Stanley - 10/12/00 22:51:48
My Email:brenst30@hotmail.com
Location (City, State): Pikeville, KY

Comments:
I am the grandaughter of Booker Bevins that served in L Division in 1945. I regret to inform you that he passed away Feb. 2000 in Pikeville, KY. Anyone that knew him please feel free to e-mail me. I would like to know more about him.

Message #079
Frank F. Bacosa - 10/08/00 17:56:42
My Email:fbacosa@inreach.com
Location (City, State): Acampo, CA

Comments:
My father was on the Indiana (BB58) in 1944. He is still living and lives in California.

Message #078
Jeff Pierce - 09/22/00 19:00:15
My Email:madmacks@bigfoot,com
Location (City, State): Camp Point, IL
Favorite Ship/Class: Iowa Class

Comments:
I entered in the navy in 1993 and served aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). I have always been in awe at the overwhelming firepower and beauty of the battleship. I truly wish I could have had the opportunity to serve on one.

Message #077
Truman H. Loberg - 09/15/00 16:14:36
My Email:thloberg@prodigy.net
Location (City, State): Ft. Myers, FL 33919
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana

Comments:
Ben, you have done a heck of a job putting this together. My congratulations on a job well done. Perhaps I should know more about you. It was good to make your acquaintance.

Message #076
Grey Masten Thomas - 09/11/00 03:15:54
My Email:wgt@alltel.net
Location (City, State): Toccoa, GA
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana

Comments:
Just discovered your website. It is great! Found pictures of my grandfather, Herbert Edgar Masten "Pappy", who served on Indiana from November of 44 to October of 45. If anyone remembers him, e-mail me!

Message #075
Jim McShea - 08/22/00 23:14:22
My Email:jmcshea1@ci.tucson.az.us
Location (City, State): Tucson, Arizona
Favorite Ship/Class: BB58

Comments:
I am very happy to have just found your website. My father served on the USS Indiana during the war and I remember some of the stories that he told. The information and pictures are a wonderful find for me since my father loaned his book and pictures to another shipmate in 1971. My father died in 1972 and these items were never returned to my family. I am looking forward to exploring your website and hopefully learning more about my dad's experiences. For the record, my father is Francis J. McShea Mus 2. He passed away on Easter Sunday morning, April 2, 1972. He was from New Jersey prior to joining the Navy at 18.

Message #074
Gary Hyder - 08/10/00 23:38:56
My Email:geigy63@aol.com
Location (City, State): Pa.

Comments:
My great uncle, John Hyder, served on the Indiana during ww2 and I believe he was a plank owner although I see his name is not listed. He was a chief specialist and then an ensign who was in charge of a 40mm cannon up on top of one of the forward 16inch t rrets I believe. He also managed and played for the ship's baseball team. Does anyone know of him?

Message #073
Ted Brogden - 07/21/00 21:39:26
My Email:tedbrogden@aol.com
Location (City, State): Iowa Park, TX

Comments:
Thanks for the great site. I am building a USS Indiana for r/c warship combat and the pictures really helped.

Message #072
David Miccinello - 07/14/00 00:26:21
My Email:kathykmi@juno.com
Location (City, State): Shelton, CT
Favorite Ship/Class: The USS INDIANA

Comments:
Hello Ben, seems as though you have been quite busy since I last looked in at your most interesting works. Thank you for a job well done, you will be adding more I am sure and I will look in again. I hope all those who visit will show off your works and p ss it on to family and friends to enjoy and learn and mostly understand a bit more about life as our fathers and the like lived on board the Indiana. Great works Ben!!! Thank you again, David Miccinello

Message #071
John Curtis - 07/03/00 21:40:03
My Email:jlincurt@hotline.com
Location (City, State): Ontario, NY
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Mass BB-59

Comments:
Saw the N Carolina in Wilmington in the early 60's & have visited everyone of these ships I have been able to since. Saw BB62 & BB63 tied along side each other in Bremerton just after desert storm. My last year in the Army reserve at Ft Lewis, WA.

Message #070
Tim Parker - 06/28/00 21:54:17
My Email:wiipar@aol.com
Location (City, State): Charlotte NC
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Canisteo

Comments:
My uncle James Rogers Small served on the USS Indiana from 1942 until she berted at San Francisco in 1945 at the end of the war. He was killed in a car accident 4 days after being discharged on December 24 1945. If any person that knew Jim Small and woul like to tell me something about him please do!! He was in the 6th Div 2nd or 4th section, I think this is the 5" guns.

Message #069
John Dow - 06/15/00 05:56:03
My Email:2bcoo@mailexcite.com
Location (City, State): Buckley, WA
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana BB-58

Comments:


Message #068
Lee Botts - 06/14/00 15:56:50
My Email:lbotts@sheltonbbs.com
Location (City, State): Bernie, MO

Comments:


Message #067
David G. Meyer - 06/09/00 18:00:02
My URL:http://www.dgmplc@aol.com
My Email:DGMLPC@AOL.COM
Location (City, State): Marietta, GA 30064

Comments:
Thank you for the wonderful web site. My Uncle (Charles John Meyer - Arco, Georgia) served on the U.S.S. Indiana and was a plank owner. He passed away in 1980. My thoughts, prayers, and heartfelt appreciation go out to all who served on the Indiana in de ense of this great nation and its freedoms that we all too often take for granted.

Message #066
Fred Kopecki - 06/08/00 18:50:43
My Email:fkopecki@comcastnj.com
Location (City, State): Union, NJ

Comments:
I believe that my father, who is desceased, served on the USS Indiana. I was looking through the web site for his name/picture. His name was Sam Kopecki. Thanks

Message #065
Daniel Holl - 06/06/00 19:11:13
Location (City, State): Germany
Favorite Ship/Class: Ticonderoga

Comments:
Hey, your web is great. Not everybody tells somebody so much about the navy. Thanks The destroyer

Message #064
Chris Kavanagh - 06/05/00 20:36:08
My Email:stagenurse@aol.com
Location (City, State): NYC
Favorite Ship/Class: Indiana

Comments:
Thanks to my uncle, James Parsons, who served on the Indiana

Message #063
O. W. Carrier - 06/02/00 14:42:41
My Email:osc@southport.net
Location (City, State): Southport,NC

Comments:


Message #062
Bob Rohbock - 05/23/00 05:11:39
My Email:hazegrey@tns.net
Location (City, State): San Diego Cal
Favorite Ship/Class: South Dakota

Comments:
My uncle was stationed on USS Indiana during WW2. I believe he worked in the evaporator crew. I would like to know of anyone remembering him. Frank Rohbock FN 1/C.

Message #061
Thomas J. Cox - 05/18/00 19:14:23
My Email:tjcox@Iquest.net
Location (City, State): Indpls, Indiana
Favorite Ship/Class: All

Comments:
Really enjoyed your website. Just visited Norfolk, Va. on 5-17 and visited the Nauticus Museum and sailed on the American Rocker. Also interested in finding out any information about the USN GEIGER , as this was the ship I boarded on my trip to Southeast Asia in 1967.

Message #060
J. A. Norton - 04/09/00 13:25:36
My Email:janorton@netzero.net
Location (City, State): Ft. Wayne, In
Favorite Ship/Class: USS COLUMBIA CL-56

Comments:
I was a plank owner on Columbia. Served on her all through the war, from Guadalcanal to Lingayen Gulf in the Philippean Islands. Earned two Navy Unit Commendations and 9 battle stars. We escorted the Indiana down the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal to the Pacific in November 1942. Thanks for a great web page.....Jim

Message #059
Ronald N. Frideres - 03/21/00 02:18:55
Location (City, State): Algona IA

Comments:
My father, Martin P. Frideres, was a sailor on the USS Indiana. Dad passed away on February 23, 2000. Would appreciate any correspondence from anyone that would remember dad.

Message #058
Mr. Kelly McClanhan - 03/17/00 04:43:57
My Email:Kmccla@aol.com
Location (City, State): Kansas City, MO
Favorite Ship/Class: All 3 fast classes

Comments:
I am a realtive of Paul Robert McClanahan, he was my great uncle. (Paul was killed in the accident with the Washington) I am still looking for shipmates, or friends who might have known him. Paul still has two sisters who also would like any infomation.
Thank-you

Message #057
Barbara Frideres Wold - 03/10/00 23:45:17
My Email:barbfw@aol.com
Location (City, State): Maple Grove, MN
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana

Comments:
My father, Martin P. Frideres died on 23Feb.2000. He was so proud of being on the Indiana but never spoke about it much until the last year or so...so many questions are not answered. He was there from the commissioning until the war ended, during the hit with the Washington. If anyone remembers this wonderful man please write. I know he operated one of the large guns.' Was the "99 reunion in MN? If so I am so sorry he did not know of it.....he didn't travel much but would not have missed it if he knew it had been this close to home. Please ask your fathers, uncles, or grandfathers about their experiences....it is too late for me now.

Message #056
Ronald P. Cirafice - 02/21/00 06:19:22
My Email:credroaster@aol.com
Location (City, State): Canton, MA
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana

Comments:
I am looking for the missing log's of the Indiana from 25th March--27th May, 28th May--13th July. Can't find them on the web. Can anyone please help with this info. I am compiling info for my grandchildren about the Indiana so they will know about the shi that their great grandfather served on. Thanks.

Message #055
Ronald P. Cirafice - 02/18/00 06:41:41
My Email:credroadster@aol.com
Location (City, State): Canton, MA

Comments:
I have a special interest in the history of the USS Indiana. My father, Peter J. Cirafice, Chief Aviation Machinist Mate, served aboard her in WW2. On 27 March 1945, he took off from the fantail in one of the Kingfishers to pick up a downed fighter pilot. The seas were very choppy that day. The pilot was picked up. The Kingfisher float plane headed into the wind, as it reached liftoff speed a large wave flipped it over. All were lost and were listed as missing in action. After the war, sometime in the 1950 s, the navy sent a letter stating that they found his remains on an island 60 miles from the approximate crash site. His remains were sent home with the Navy Cross. I was 10 years old at the time. I am 65 now. His name is listed aboard the USS Massachuset s at Fall River, Mass.

Message #054
Carlton Cox - 02/09/00 20:08:12
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/5117
My Email:oldsailor@usa.com
Location (City, State): Matheny WV

Comments:
Anybody know where I could get a .gif of a patch of the Indiana?? Appreciate any help

Message #053
James D Bingham - 01/19/00 00:52:22
My Email:binghamjd@home.com
Location (City, State): Quantico, VA

Comments:
I came across your site because my Grandfather was aboard the Indiana during WW II. His name was Robert Bingham. I am trying to gather some info about the ship and upcoming reunions so I can pass them off to my grandfather. By the way, this is the best w b site on the Indiana I have found. Good Work!!!

Message #052
Ronald Y Dresslove - 01/17/00 17:44:55
My Email:rondress@bellatlatic.net
Location (City, State): Pemberton NJ
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana is there an other

Comments:
First I would like to say the site is Great. I've been Looking at it for over a year now. It is always changing and aways looking better. My Dad Louis Dresslove served aboard the Indiana from June 06,1942 til August 27, 1945. Thanks to Ben I now know a li tle more about him because like many of you World War 2 Vets you don't say much in words. But you sure said plenty in Action.
Thanks from a Vietnam Vet If anyone Remembers my Dad please send me a message (R Division part of the Hull Department)

Message #051
Charles Fritsche, MM1C - 01/11/00 13:58:37
My Email:topsell@pacbell.net
Location (City, State): San Leandro, CA
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana

Comments:
I served on the USS Indiana 1943 to 1944. I was on it when the USS Washington rammed us.

Message #050
CR - 01/10/00 14:32:58
My Email:cr451@aol.com
Location (City, State): Saugus, MA
Favorite Ship/Class: Indiana

Comments:
I am writing for my Dad who is looking for crew members in the Massachusetts area. His name is Benedict Rondino sometimes called "Bill or Ben". Any one who has information, please email me. Thanks...

Message #049
Lester Allen - 01/09/00 18:24:36
My Email:lesterallen@webtv.net
Location (City, State): Camilla, GA 31730
Favorite Ship/Class: BB-58 USS Indiana

Comments:
She was a great ship. She was my home from Oct. 42 until the end of the war. Seaman 1st class, Third Div.

Message #048
Mario Flores - 01/06/00 00:58:56
My Email:mflores@sugar-land.spc.slb.com
Location (City, State): Sugar Land Texas
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana

Comments:
Thanks for site, just saw my dads picture and read on through your site. Your site once again reminds us of the sacrifices made by the American people during these times. My mother was an Army WAC test driving Jeeps in Central Texas and then transfered o Aberdeen Proving Grounds till the war was over. Dad is gone, but she reminds us not to take anything for granted, many people suffered for what we are enjoying. My dad, (Jorge Garza Flores, FC3) I am sure is smiling right now, and I thank you again fo your efforts. Just as a side note, at my Dads funeral, his Captain (please forgive me for not knowing his name right off hand,I have his card at home in my desk) was present and paying his respects,my family felt honored with his presence, his wife was lso present. He is truly an hororable man.
Thanks,
Mario Jorge Flores (USMCR)
2254 Collier St.
Houston Texas 77023

Message #047
Norm Eibye - 12/27/99 22:21:45
My Email:normeibye@aol.com

Comments:
Hi all shipmates
Wishing you all the best
Norm

Message #046
David Miccinello - 12/27/99 03:23:09
My Email:kathykmi@Juno.com
Location (City, State): Shelton, CT

Comments:
My father Runato J. Miccinello served on board and I know he was proud. He was born in Bridgeport, CT and died in 1972, would you email if possible.

Message #045
O.C. Willard - 12/21/99 19:57:03
My Email:msocw@prodigy.net
Location (City, State): Clinton,TN.
Favorite Ship/Class: BB-58

Comments:
Thanks Ben for making this possible. My son finds your writing most interesting.

Message #044
Paul F. Leaton - 12/16/99 19:09:32
My Email:ppflsml@aol.com
Location (City, State): Kansas City, KS
Favorite Ship/Class: Indiana, BB58

Comments:
I was a plank owner, went aboard in April on the day she was commissioned. I left her when we went to Seattle. I was in the 5th Div. Smooth sailing.

Message #043
Glenn M. Cassel - 11/22/99 07:29:09
My Email:Rigger45@Hotmail.com
Location (City, State): Wichita, Kansas
Favorite Ship/Class: Indiana/South Dakota

Comments:
To all who make entries in this log, Greetings Shipmates This is my second visit and I am looking for any help from Indiana Crewmen out there. Mr. Givens is assisting in finding some things that I have requested. As I said in my first visit, I am looking for any information on Walter Albert Naatz, who served in Indiana from 1943 until 1946 when the ship was placed in commission in reserve. He is my Father-in-Law. Unfortunately, I never knew him, as he passed away hen my wife was ten years old. She feels it is important to pass her father's service on to her sisters and our kids. This is an excellent resource to accomplish what we are trying to do. Fair winds and following seas. Glenn M. Cassel AMH1 USN RET

Message #042
Buddy Eagerton - 11/19/99 05:48:05
My Email:beagerton@aol.com
Location (City, State): Tucson, az

Comments:
Hello gentleman, I am currently looking for history of my grandfather Harry A. Kammes. He was a seargent aboard the Indiana, A proud marine he was passed away Dec.26 1996. If anyone could provide info on this man would be much appreciated. He was honarbly discharged Oct 1 , 1945 please help with any information.

Message #041
Jack Deaton - 11/16/99 04:09:20
My Email:jackdeaton@worldnet.att.com
Location (City, State): Westlake Village Ca 91361
Favorite Ship/Class: USS Indiana BB-58

Comments:
Signed in #007; Updating my e-mail address Served on the USS Indiana '42 to Sept '45 GM 3/c 40MM Quad, starboard fantail, the one destroyed the night of the collision with USS Washington, also this starboard catapult area was where McCLANAHAN GOD rest his SOUL lost HIS life.