Abbot was commissioned twice — 1943-46 and 1951-65 — and there are no muster rolls outside of those periods. (To answer an obvious question: No one is known to have served aboard Abbot during both commissioning periods.)
If you are searching for a World War II crewman (1943-1946), start with the All Officers 1943-1946 and All Enlisted 1943-1946 lists. Officers and enlisted crew have separate muster rolls because different types of information were recorded for each group; warrant officers are grouped with commissioned officers.
A plank owner (marked with ⚓) is anyone who was a member of the crew on the day of Abbot’s first commissioning, 23 April 1943.
You can also search our entire site for a name or event:
Several relatives were among the 39 officers and 577 enlisted sailors in the World War II crew:
Identical twins:
Roy Dean and Troy Dean Bookout
Brothers:
Edwin L. and William L. Vaughan
Cousins:
Emile A. and Roland A. Pelletier
Joseph F. and Joseph M. Richard
In the Cold War crew, the Rider brothers &mdsh; Ken and George — served simultaneously in the mid 1950s despite rules that barred the practice. They were both ensigns.
Some sailors from the 1960s may be missing from these rosters if they served aboard Abbot for a very short period. Midshipmen and officer candidates are not listed. Abbot sometimes served as a flagship; flag and staff officers (and their support staffs) are generally not listed here, but we have a few records of Destroyer Squadron 242 staff in 1953 and 1954 while Abbot was flagship. Other guests and flag staff are listed in the ship’s logs and cruise books.
Some names were misspelled in official Navy records, but we have kept the incorrect spellings. For example, the muster roll entry “Herald L. PISAK” is really Herald L. Spisak; the Navy transcribed the name incorrectly, and Herald said it was just too much trouble to change it.
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