SS Marine Sulphur Queen Crew
The above tanker and its entire crew of *39, under Skipper, Captain J. V. Fanning (Insert), vanished in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle in 1963. This is the list of the SS Marine Sulphur Queen missing crew. My Dad was one of the crew members. Please let me know if you are a survivor of any of these men, or if you know of any survivors.
You can send e-mail by clicking on the envelope. A special thank you to all who have contacted me: crew family members and friends, divers, journalists, and other parties interested in this loss and/or the Bermuda Triangle subject. R. L. Procter, nephew of Adam Martin, Jr., provided a National Maritime Union news article containing photos of some of the crew members, as well as the original 11 Feb. 1963 Houston Chronicle that contains the above photo. (U.P.I. Telephoto) I am in the process of placing those photos into an online photo album. These photos are also linked to the names below. The resulting images are far from perfect due to the age of the document. But it is nice to be able to recall the faces of these loved ones.
In Loving Memory of the Marine Sulphur Queen Crew James V. Fanning, Master - Beaumont, TX
George E. Watson, Chief Mate - Galveston, TX
Henry P. Hall, 2nd Mate - Beaumont, TX
Frank J. Cunningham, 3rd Mate - Beaumont, TX
George E. Sloat, Radio Officer - Baltimore, MD
Leon B. Clauser, Chief Engineer - Beaumont, TX
John L. Denton, 1st Asst. Engineer - Friendswood, TX
A.R. Van Sickle, 2nd Asst. Engineer - Baltimore, MD
E.W. Schneeberger, 3rd Asst. Engineer - Beaumont, TX
Adam Martin, Jr., 3rd Asst. Engineer - Austin, TX
Evans Phillips, Bosun - Tampa, FL
Ceburn R. Cole, DM/AB - Lake Charles, LA
Jack R. Schindler, AB - Seattle, WA
Fred A. Bodden, AB - Philadelphia, PA
Everett E. Arnold, AB - Memphis, TN
Willie T. Manuel, AB - Ville Platte, LA
James Mck. Bodden, AB - Tampa, FL
Nelaton E. Devine, AB - Port Arthur, TX
John N. Nieznajski, OS - Gary, IN
Clarence McGuire, OS - Bronsen, TX
James Phillips, OS - Port Arthur, TX
Jesse I. Vicera, Pumpman - Linden, NJ
Alejandro Valdez, Oiler - Port Arthur, TX
John C. Ardoin, Oiler - Beaumont, TX
John Elmer Grice, Oiler - Daytona Beach, FL
Henry Clark, FWT - Jersey City, NJ
Alphan Tate, FWT - Mamou, LA
Leroy Courville, FWT - Groves, TX
John Husch, Jr., Wiper - Akron, OH Memorial
Aaron Heard, Wiper - Norfolk, VA
Juan Santos, Wiper - Newark, NJ
Charles L. Dorsey, Chief Steward - Bronx, NY
Vincent Thompson, Chief Cook - Baltimore, MD
Cornelius Smith, 2nd Cook & Baker - Port Arthur, TX
Hugh D. Hunter, Galleyman - Chapel Hill, NC
Walter Pleasant, Messman - Port Arthur, TX
Wesley Fontenot, Messman - Mamou, LA
Robert E. Harold, Utilityman - Norfolk, VA
Leroy B. Green, Utilityman - Rahway, NJ
*New Mystery
The above Feb. 1963 news article indicates that the crew of the Marine Sulphur Queen had 43 members. If you have any info., please let me know.
A church door in St. Mary's catholic church in Port Arthur, Texas has a ship on it remembering the crew of the Marine Sulphur Queen.
