Retired Pilots

 

DAVID CALLAN

⚑ “Unit Delta”
⚑ US Merchant Marine Academy ’72
⚑ Retired March 2014, 29 years service
⚑ Unlimited USCG Masters License
⚑ Federal Pilotage in New York, Delaware, Port Canaveral
⚑ Council of American Master Mariners since 1981
⚑ Awards: Resolution from Canaveral Port Authority in 2008 for dedicated service as Co-Chairman at Canaveral Pilots for 8 years and for being instrumental in the speedy reopening of Port Canaveral after hurricanes; Meritorious Public Service Award from Commandant USCG for outstanding piloting with a vessel during engine failure.

EARL MCMILLIN

⚑ “Unit Golf”
⚑ US Merchant Marine Academy ’63
⚑ Duquesne University Law School, J.D., 1968
⚑ Retired June 2005, 18 years service
⚑ Unlimited USCG Masters License
⚑ Charter member, Propeller Club of Port Canaveral
⚑ Life Member, Maritime Law Association

 

G. DREW ORTON

⚑ “Unit Echo”
⚑ SUNY Maritime College
⚑ Retired November 2002, 17.6 years service

DAVID RICHARD

⚑ SUNY Maritime College, 1981
⚑ USCG Masters License Freight & Towing
⚑ Retired April 2019, 25.8 years service
⚑ Co-Chairman, Canaveral Pilots 2000 – 2008
⚑ Recognition: Youngest person to be promoted to Captain
⚑ Awards: Resolution from Canaveral Port Authority 2008 for dedicated service as Co-Chairman at Canaveral Pilots Association for 8 years and for being instrumental in the speedy reopening of Port Canaveral after hurricanes.

IN MEMORIAM

JOHN BOLTZ
1951 – 2017

⚑ “Unit Foxtrot”
⚑ US Merchant Marine Academy ’72
⚑ Retired June, 2006, 19 years service
⚑ Unlimited USCG Masters License
⚑ Crossed the Final Bar August 22, 2017
⚑ http://canaveralpilots.com/in-memory-of-captain-john-boltz/

STEPHEN DACOSTA
1928 – 2019

⚑ “Unit Charlie” 
⚑ Crossed the Final Bar February 23, 2019

 

 

 

FREDERICK DEZENDORF
1914 – 2011

⚑ “Unit Alpha”
⚑ Founding Pilot, Canaveral Pilots Association, 1968
⚑ Retired 1985, 17 years service
⚑ Crossed the Final Bar March, 2011
⚑ https://rundmsteve.com/tag/frederick-k-dezendorf/

 

FREDERICK JONASSEN
1923 – 2019

⚑ “Unit Bravo”
⚑ Co-Founding Pilot, Canaveral Pilots Association, 1968
⚑ Retired 1987, 19 years service
⚑ Crossed the Final Bar June, 2019