USS RICH DE-695 (1943-1944)



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"Unto Almighty God we commend the souls of our departed shipmates, and we commit their
bodies to the deep; in sure and certain hope that one day she will give up her dead."
 
 


Memorial Page of USS RICH DE 695  
                                
USS RICH DE-695 Sunk off Normandy
08 June 1944
                            

     
Crew names/Description below are a compliation of Naval Records and from "The Last Voyage of the USS RICH" by Edwin Black (WFC Press) Jan 1996
The USS RICH DE-695 webpage is no longer active.  This page provides a link to the history of the first USS RICH.

 

 

 

 Name

Rank

Type/Cause Description (Result of Action)

Adkerson, Marvin R.

EM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Agalia, John F.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Albanese, Claudio A.

MM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Albin, Milton A.

CGMA

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Aluni, Robert S.

SK3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Anderson, Lloyd V.

WT3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Baird, Clarence W.

MM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Ballek, Francis M.

MM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Benjamin, Raymond (n)

MM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Berger, Walter

CCSP

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Berry, Robert L.

CBMA

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Bilotti, Anthony S.

CYA

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Black, Carlie E.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Black, Charles A.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Black, Edwin B.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Blas, Francisco N. F.

CK2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Boedecker, Carl A.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Bollin, James E.

EM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Bowden, Jack

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Bowles, James B.

QM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Bowmer, Thomas W.

SEA2

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Boyd, Alvin C.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Bridges, Wm D.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Brooks, Harold E.

LTJG

Wounded, result of enemy action

Brown, James R.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Bruno, Robert N.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Bryant, Forrest F. Jr.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Cabibi, Anthony S.

PHM1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Calabrese, Michael P.

MM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Carlson, George W.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Clark, John O.

MM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Clarke, John R.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Cody, Frank G.

EM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Comer, Hubert F.

CM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Cook, Thomas W.

MM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Cooper, Earl F.

Y2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Copeland, Clarence N.

STM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Cottingham, Wm T.

RM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Coward, Hassell S.

MM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Crawford, Benj. K.

SC2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Crawford, Mark R.

EM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Cunningham, Wm D.

ENS

Wounded, result of enemy action

Dagley, Louis S.

WT3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Darrah, Robert A.

SM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Dasch, Charles F.

SM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Davis, Edward L.

WT3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Decimos, Peter S.

WT3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Deguilmi, Samuel J.

F1

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Delaval, Warren T.

SOM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Dennis, Norman G.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Diefenbach, Wm C. Jr.

COX

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Digregorio, Mario S.

RDM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Doody, Francis M.

EM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Drake, Clifford L.

RDM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Drake, Marvin L.

MM3

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Easterday, Arthur L. Jr.

SOM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Enquist, Howard J.

LTJG

Wounded, result of enemy action

Eubanks, J. R.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Ewald, James D.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Ferraro, Leonard

EM1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Felenchak, Frank

WT3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Ferreira, John B.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Fisher, Rich

RM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Foust, Rich D.

MM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Fox, Earnest G.

GM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Frazier, Paul W.

LT

Wounded, result of enemy action

Frech, Rich J.

MM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Freeman, Robert F.

EM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Freeman, Roland E.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Fryberger, John A.

FCM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Gass, George A.

SK2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Head, Barnett M.

SEA2

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Gegen, Fredk V.

GM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Grafton, Colvin E.

SK1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Grantham, Robert C.

WT3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Green, Moyle H. Jr.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Grethe, Alex W. Jr.

EM3

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Grisim, Richard J.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Hand, John J.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Hanson, Earl H.

EM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Herndon, Everett E.

MOMM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Heyman, Wm H.

LTJG

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Hibyan, Walter P.

MM1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Hickox, Roy E.

GM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Higgins, Ralph V.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Hiller, Rich E.

EM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Hines, Liston L.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Hofheinz, Peter S.

BKR3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Holland, James G.

SEA1

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Holt, Leo T.

MOMM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Horner, Elmer E.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Hudson, Roy P.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Hutchins, Clyde H.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Jasper, Henry P.

QM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Jefferson, Albert E.

MM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Jenks, Joseph G.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Jensen, Norman G.

RM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Johnson, John C.

F1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Johnson, Norman H.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Jordan, John D.

MOMM1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Joyner, James H.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Kalupa, Clifford C.

SOM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Kauffman, Stewart F.

RT1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Kelly, John J.

EM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Kelly, Wm. M.

GM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Keough, Bayard C.

EM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

King, Eugene E.

TM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Kishel, Thomas A.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Klopotic, Edward S.

EM1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Korch, Joseph

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Kosanovich, Theo. J. Jr.

CM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Kozlik, Edmund J.

MM1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Kraus, Kenneth J.

SEA1

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Krinke, Russell

B1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Lacorte, Fiorendo F.

SEA1

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Lankheit, Norbert F.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Larson, John W.

SOM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Latham, Walter

CM3

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Lawrence, Donald J.

WT1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Lucas, George E.

EM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Lunsford, Jack D.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

MacLaughlan, Jas. H. Jr.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Mahneck, John F.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Martin, Calvin E.

F1

Presumed killed in action, excluding air combat (more than a year after missing)

May, Cecil E.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Mayro, Aldo B.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

McCreary, Robert E.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

McGinty, Wm. B.

TM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

McInturff, Reid C.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

McManus, Thomas J.

MM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

McMillan, James W.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Medlin, Wm. P.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Michel, Edw. A. Jr.

LCDR

Wounded, result of enemy action (Commanding Officer)

Miller, Thomas G.

RM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Mize, Peyton H.

TM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Moon, Frank L.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Moon, Jas. N. Jr.

RM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Moore, Carl D.

COMP

Wounded, result of enemy action

Moran, Thomas C.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Morrow, Joseph A.

F1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Murphy, Leslie R.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Myers, Willard R.

SF1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Norris, Arlie Jr.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Obenauer, Harold J.

ENS

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Osborn, Robert L.

ENS

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Peachey, Robert

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Pearson, Wm G.

LCDR

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Penner, Norbert C.

SK2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Peterson, Harry W.

SM1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Piekarski, Marion J.

SOM3

Presumed killed in action, excluding air combat (more than a year after missing)

Pilkinton, Hardy L.

PHM1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Poor, Leroy B.

GM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Porto, Santo

GM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Princhard, Dayton C.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Radek, Joseph Jr.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Rakecki, Leo J.

SOM2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Ross, Clarence V.

LT

Wounded, result of enemy action

Russo, Frank S.

RM2

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Ryan, Jester W.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Schmidt, Charles G.

EM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Schmocker, Arthur D.

SOM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Scott, Berman M.

MM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Scott, Bertil G.

M2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Searing, Frank J.

F1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Sears, Charles W.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Sebastian, Francis L.

WT1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Seighfried, Harvey H.

F1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Servidio, James P.

F2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Shure, Wm. H. N.

ENS

Wounded, result of enemy action

Simione, Carmine J.

WT3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Sims, Hanable B.

EM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Skinner, Wilson F.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Slade, Wm. T.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Smith, Edward

STM2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Smith, Furman T.

SOM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Smith, Herman F. Jr.

MM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Smith, James C.

SEA1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Smith, Leo F.

F1

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Smith, Rodney E.

TM1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Solla, Nicholas V.

F2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Sprague, Garth B.

F1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Staab, Donald P.

F1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Stephens, Travis D.

QM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Stewart, James W.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Sullivan, John B.

SEA2

Died of wounds, result of enemy action

Tabor, James

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Thomas, Eugene E.

TM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Thompson, Wilbur B.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Tierney, Robert A.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Tinsley, Calvin W.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Titorenko, Alex

MM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Toomey, Bernard W.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Trinceri, Louis

F1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Vance, Joe W.

QM3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Vanderwende, Rich

F1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Virga, Paul L.

M3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Ward, Bobby R.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Ward, Douglas E.

SEA2

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Ward, Milton T.

F1

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Warne, John F.

WT3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Warrick, Orville V.

MM1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Washinski, Stanley J.

WT3

Wounded, result of enemy action

Watts, Llewellyn 3D

ENS

Wounded, result of enemy action

Weatherman, Harley B.

WT3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Westcott, Daniel T.

COX

Wounded, result of enemy action

Whitaker, Robert S.

SEA2

Wounded, result of enemy action

Willoughby, Melton L. Jr.

SEA1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Wolf, Ralph E.

EM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Wood, Frank L.

F1

Wounded, result of enemy action

Wood, Robert C.

SM3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Wright, Wm T.

SC3

Killed in action, excluding air combat

Young, Robert E.

SC2

Wounded, result of enemy action

     


     

COMMANDING OFFICER
Lcdr. Edward Andrew Michel Jr., USN ((USNA '35) (Jamestown, N.Y.))

October 1, 1943
DE-695 Commissioning
The first RICH (DE-695) was laid down on 27 March 1943 at Bay City, Mich., by Defoe Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 22 June 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Marjorie E. Rich, widow of the ship’s namesake; and commissioned on 1 October 1943 at Naval Station, New Orleans, La., Lt. Cmdr. Edward A. Michel, Jr., in command.
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The Navy Hymn

Eternal Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walked'st on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!

O Trinity of love and power!
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.
Amen.






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