THE UNOFFICIAL

USS LLOYD THOMAS

AKA "BAITHOOK"

DD/DDE 764

WEB PAGE

Presented by

Ralph C. Sutton

who

served on board the Lloyd Thomas June 1959 to December 1961

This site is open to everyone and especially welcomes
anyone who has served on board the Lloyd Thomas.
Also, this site has the most comprehensive
listing of crew members who served on board the LT

The initial purpose for this site was to cover the years of service for the LT from 1959 to 1961 - the years I served on board. The site has migrated towards a general site with a concentration of information concerning the years 1959 to 1961 (log books). This site is open to all crew members of the LT. Feel free to send in items that you would like to see posted on this site regardless of when you served on board the Thomas. I have visited several sites that have covered the LT and although most are interesting, I find they lack specific information or, in some cases, contain misinformation concerning the years that I served.

Another reason for this site is that I happen to be near College Park, MD, a while back where a section of the national archives are located. I spent some time in the facility. In this facility they have the muster and deck logs for ships. I will not get into what the facility stores for research but I will say the facility, staff, and lunchroom were great and I have nothing but great things to say about the place. I have obtained copies of the crew muster rolls for most years from 1947 to 1971 and have been in the process of preparing to post this information on the web site. When I finish, this site will have the most comprehensive crew listing for the Lloyd Thomas on the World Wide Web.

I am also in the process of adding cruise books. When completed, three of the cruise books will have crew members pictures attached to the crew members names along with pictures of the places visited.

Why, you may ask, put up a web site in the first place. Well... as we become older our memories become very important to us, otherwise, why even look at these sites except to bring back (mostly good) memories. Why go to a reunion except to visit old friends and tell stories of your life aboard the LT. This web site has to do with memories, sometimes wishing to be young again (and probably make the same mistakes all over again). Simply put, I put up this site in the name of nostalgia. Please feel welcome to make suggestions for this site, add new information, correct posted information, or just say hello.

Grab a cup of coffee or a beer, sit back, relax, and read to your hearts content. There is a lot of information on this site for the years 47 to 71/72.

For those of you who have asked for it, my snail mail address is:
Ralph Sutton
102 Poplar Street
Carteret, NJ 07008

Updated - 2009