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Welcome Aboard.......

 Your ALT-Text here Welcome to the internet home of the USS Rochester Association.  The members of the association served on board the Rochester while it was on active duty from 1946-1961.  You are invited to share their memories of this great ship and their time on it.


The Association produces a quarterly newsletter, holds a bi-annual reunion and provides information to and from shipmates who served aboard.  Through this web site, it provides a place where the photographic and informal history of the ship can be gathered and viewed. 


2008 Reunion Information

USS ROCHESTER MEMORIAL PLAQUE


The attending membership in Branson, Mo voted to purchase a wall plaque at the United States Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C. The plaque is in honor of the USS ROCHESTER (CA 124). This plaque will be placed next to a former crewmember's, Captain William L. McGonagle, USN (Deceased). The association is in the process of raising the funds of $2,500.00.  Donations for the Memorial plaque should be made payable to: USS ROCHESTER ASSOCIATION.   Forward donations to:

Joe Hill Sr.
Secretary/Treasurer
USS ROCHESTER ASSOCIATION
4011 Ditty Road
Cookeville, TN 38506-7663


SHIPMATES BEWARE!

            Some of our shipmates have been receiving e-mail from a USS Rochester store:

(ussrochester@jj-ent.com).

THIS STORE IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH OUR ASSOCIATION. 

It is a bogus site that is a for profit site.  It would be greatly appreciated that all purchases be made thru the official USS Rochester web site or the Ship’s Store Order Form located on the Ships Store page or in the Newsletter.


New Web Site to Assist Veterans

The VetAssist program is sponsored by the American Veterans Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of veterans and preserving their individual histories.  The information on this site, and the services of the VetAssist staff are free.  Please use this site as a tool for educating yourself on the Improved Pension program and your eligibility for it.  You should also contact your County Veterans Services Officer (VSO), the VA, or a VSO through one of the national Veterans organizations, such as the VFW, American Legion, etc. for help filing the appropriate forms.

Visit the site


Correspondence received:

The picture to the right is my father, Lawrence O'Dell Mitchell, taken in 1951 at Pearl Harbor. He passed away in 1999 and is on your Taps Roster.  I remember him telling me he was a "deck ape" non-designated; got out after maybe two years service; had metal plate in his head stood focsle watch along Korean coast; remembers shelling coast in close; spent time at Pearl, boot camp San Diego 1950?  Got out of navy as Seaman Apprentice. I do not know too much about his time in the service, but if anyone has anything to share please feel free to contact me at:  mitchells614@msn.com

Larry Mitchell, Jr.


2006 Reunion, Branson, MO

Over 200 members, spouses and guests attended the 2006 reunion in Branson, Missouri (Oct., 2006).  In addition to Joe and Judy Hill (picture left), here is the list of attendees: 

William E. Alexander, Bob Allen, David C. Anderson, Billy Andrus, Orley Arneson, Jan Basham, Richard Becker, James Biggs, Henry Box, John Brant, Jack G. Brown, Harold Buckner, Robert Cadden, Gordon Cargill, Wayne Cherveny, Charles L. Chipley, Jr., Bernard Clemens, Jack M. Conner, David C. Cordell, Bob Cosgrove, Richard Cox, Paul D. Coyle, Rodger Dallmeyer, Frank Dayak, Andy Decker, Louis DiRusso, Arthur Dobbins, Dennis Donmoyer, Wilber D. Dutcher, Leon Engling, Jarvis Ray Everett, Richard Farrar, Donald Faubion, Eula Brooks, Harold F. Ford, Garnet Fross, Bill Fuchs, Van D. Gibbins, Jack H. Glazer, Verlan J. Hanson, Joseph Hill, David A. Hodges, Horace Howell, James B. Hughes, Paul Hughes, J.J. Hunt, Walter J. Huntington, Robert L. Huntington, Alfred L. Jaques, Jess F. Johnson, Marvin L. Keener, Sr., Tom Kelly, Ballard Kirk, Richard Klavanowitch, Doug Lain, Rodger Larson, Lee T. Leonard, Robert Litts, Charlie G. Lupton, George B. Lupton, Frank Mackey, John A. Martin, Bruce Maxey, John McAuliffe, Dale McElroy, George McFall, James P. Mckerley, David Melton, D. Keith Moon, Donald K. Morrison, Jack Myrick, Rod Neal, Russell Newman, Thomas Nickerson, Jimmie Norris, James H. Outen, Garry Phillips, Dean Regot, Louis Roybal, William Rusin, Earl W. Ryan, Clyde Sanford, Herbert Scattarelli, Merlin Scheller, Roland Schneider, Donald Schnirel, Al Schnoebelen, Donald Schuck, Melvin L. Schultz, Harold W. Sewell, Allan J. Smith, Ralph Spears, Ronald Stalsberg, Alfred Stanbridge, Myron Stokes, Larry R. Stone, Edwin F. Surface, Ray Sutherland, Winford Swedenburg, Dorothy Tatom, Lloyd Traaen, Eugene Valla, Clyde A. VanArsdale, Joseph L. Varney, Haskell Wade, Herman Wainright, Frank West, Steven Van Westendorp, Dennis Winkle.

To share photos or memories of the reunion, send them to the webmaster

The 2008 reunion will be held in the Washington, DC area.  As details are finalized they will be published here.

Plank order forms


Shipmate James Paris sent us a photo taken of the entire crew 18 AUG 1954.  It had to be scanned and sent in segments and then put back together.  Clicking on the smaller version below will bring up the larger one.  It's a large file.  The plaque in the center says: 

"COMCRUDIV 5 RADM T C RAGAN USN USS ROCHESTER CA-124 CAPT JOHN QUINN USN CO CDR W K ROGERS USN XO"  18 AUG 1954

 


A Veterans and Military News Feed has been added to the Veterans News Page

NEW:  Ted Hobson, who has written so many of the stories in the Memories section, sent in a video, converted from film he shot during the 1954 cruise. 

To view or download it, click here.


Notice to USS Rochester Association members and friends
Shipmates are requested to send in changes in mailing address, phone numbers and e-Mail address changes.  Up-to-date information will speed up the exchange of information between shipmates and the association.  Joe Hill, Sr. will be glad to take the information.  He can be reached at 4011 Ditty Road, Cookeville, TN 38506-7663.  Phone number 931-432-4848, FAX 931-432-2534 and e-mail Joe Hill

Requests

Hello, my name is James Paris, I am a former U.S. Marine and I am doing research on Capt. William Kittredge Rogers.  I have a photo of the USS Rochester with its entire crew in front of the ship and it lists Cdr W K Rogers as the XO of the ship.  the photo is dated 18 Aug 1954.  Rear Adm. T C Regan and CO Capt john Quinn are also named and in the photo.  I was wondering if your association has any information on Wm. Rogers (ie: dates  that he served aboard, awards he received while aboard ship, and if he assumed command of the ship at some point after this photo was taken).  The ships photo is nearly 4 feet in length I could try to scan it in sections and email your website the photos in sections if you would be interested in this  photo for your association web site.  Please contact me if you have any information on this Naval officer and if you would be interested in this ships photo. Thank you for your time and to all the sailors who served their country  aboard this fighting ship.

James A. Paris  mvilleskaman@hotmail.com


Looking for cruise books for the '50-'51 and '52-'53 cruises.  Contact:

Falls, Jerry B.
1250 Scottsdale Drive
Ormond Beach, FL 32174-6027
Phone: 386-671-6964

Sir,

 

I am involved in a large cruise book project encompassing over 7,140 USN/USCG ship cruise books (see attached article Word doc).

 

I am trying to locate digital photos/scans of the covers of the following ROCHESTER cruise books to include in my work:

 

1950-51

1955

1957-58

1959

1960

 

I already have cover images of the 1951-52, 1952-53, 1954, and 1956 cruise books.

 

Would you or your shipmates have such images?  I’d gladly provide you, your

shipmates, or the USS ROCHESTER Association with the credits.

 

As far as I know these were the only cruise books published by ROCHESTER,

do you agree?  (See sample Word doc)

 

Sincerely,

Rick Dillard

OSCM(SW), USN, Ret.

oscmd@hotmail.com


We've received a request from Shipmate Charles Gentry.  He's looking for a 1950-51 Cruise Book.  If you can help contact him at:

Charlie Gentry
32 Jefferson Ave.
Riverside, RI  02915
Ph:  (401) 437-2053

We received a request from Shipmate Jims Farnsworth.  He's trying to locate cruise books for 1950, 1951 and 1952.  If you can help, please contact him at:

James A. Farnsworth
4527 Dunnbury Way
Sacramento, CA 95842-4171
Phone:  (916) 331-1018
 

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Rochester logo - 1958

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New photos and a PDF copy of a booklet on the Rochester
USS Rochester CA124 Division of Naval Sea Cadets has new web site. They have a new commander:  LT Kevin Cudney NSCC,
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Association Board of Directors

Acting President Richard Becker
Exec VP Richard Becker
1st VP Gordon Cargill
2nd VP Donald Schnirel
Secretary/ Treasurer Joseph Hill, Sr.
Member Louis DiRusso
Member Merlin Schaller
Member James E. Ingersol
Member Richard E. Jerome
Storekeeper Larry Stone
Chaplain Rev. Frank West
MAA Jim Young
Membership Farrell Ferguson

 

 

 

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