Crinigan, Richard

S2c RICHARD H. CRINIGAN 21 August 1946

I Richard H. Crinigan “Dick” was born 7 August 1928, at Waterloo, Iowa. My hair was brown and I have green eyes. I entered the Navy at Waterloo on 4 June 1946, and went to boot camp in San Diego. On 21 August 1946, I reported on board USS FRANK E. EVANS (DD 754) for duty with the deck force in First Division.

Between September 1946 and April 1947, there was only a skeleton crew aboard all destroyers in the squadron. While I was aboard USS FRANK E. EVANS (DD 754) we went on a training exercise aboard USS JOHN W. THOMPSON (DD 760). Then I went to ET school at Treasure Island. EVANS was decommissioned by the time I finished school. I stayed in the reserve and retired as ETC.

Dick currently resides at 4318 “F” Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, IA. You can reach him at (319)393-9308