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The Crew - Radio Officers and their Recollections
| Great Lakes Ship Radio Officers & Radiomen | ||
| ----------NAME---------- | BOAT(s) | YEARS |
| Walter Chew Evans (SK) | SS Alabama (and others prior to WW1) | 1921 |
| Wilson Weckel W8AL (SK) | SS Juniata, SS Octarora, SS Tionesta | 1921-23 |
| William Hope W2EWT (SK) | Several | 1933-40 |
| Charles Leonhardt W8QD (SK) | Several - ? | 1920's-30s? |
| Svend Gormsen (SK) | Several - ? | 1930s - ? |
| Pete Peterson (SK) | Several - ? | 1930s - ? |
| Kenneth Goss (SK) | SS South American | ?-1934-? |
| Avery LaMont (SK) | SS South American | ?-1934-? |
| Joseph Sodaro (SK) | SS South American | ?-1939-40-? |
| Alfred H. Kelley (SK) | SS South American | ? - 1939 |
| P. Robarts Knapp | SS South American | ?-1935-? |
| John Kaye | SS South American | ?-1940-? |
| William Sabo | SS South American | ?-1940-? |
| Ted Phelps W8TP | SS S.A., SS Alabama & SS N.A. | 1939-41 |
| Charles Macomber (SK & KIA) | SS Alabama | ?-1941 |
| Julius Breit | SS South American | ?-40s -67 |
| A. A. Hansen | SS South American | 1941 |
| William Liehe | SS South American | 1941 |
| Donald Dout | SS South American | 1941 |
| Fred Wagner | SS Alabama & SS S.A. | 1941-2 |
| Thomas O'Malley | SS South American | 1942 |
| Robert Gehrke | SS South American | 1942 |
| Wilson Weckel W8AL (SK) | SS Theodore Roosevelt | 1944-45 |
| Robert Wilson VA1AKK | SS N. American & SS S. American | 1951-2 & 61 |
| Thomas Drake W4IWH | SS N. American & SS S. American | 1958 |
| Ray Heimberger W8TT | SS South American (Also WLC) | 1957-9 |
| Claude Sheets (SK) | SS N. American & SS S. American | ?-1956-8-? |
| Jim Entreken | SS South American | ?-1956-? |
| Bill Stout | SS South American | 1958-9 ? |
| James Mulligian (sp?) | SS South American | ?-1958-? |
| ?? | SS N. American & SS S. American | 1961-65 |
| Ross (Parnell?) | SS South American | ?-1960-? |
| Jim Koss | SS South American | ?-1960-? |
| Tony Alateras (SK) | SS South American | ?-1960-? |
| Robert Ballantine W8SU | NMD>CGC Woodrush>NOG>NMP | 1961-65 |
| Mississippi River System Towboat Radio Officers | ||
| ----------NAME---------- | BOAT | YEARS |
| J. Van Cloud | Steam Towboat Kiska | 1943 |
| Dan B. Courtney, W0ABO | USACE - St Louis District boats | 1929-1966 |
The image on the right was supplied by Tom Drake.
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