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USS Excel (MSO 439) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Excel (MSO 439). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 79 crew members registered for the USS Excel (MSO 439).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carty, Joseph | ynt3 | Aug 1954 – Aug 1956 | minesweeper | A member of the first crew to sail Excel Built in New Orleans and was in NO as the ship was fitted. Had approximately 2 months in NO. Great City and had the fortune to be there for Mardi-Gras. |
| Brown, Kenneth | engineman 3rd class petty officer | Nov 1, 1957 – Jan 1, 1962 | pacific fleet | would love to hear from any of you that were aboard with me during the late 1959-1961 time frame. |
| Crum, John | SOG 3 | Jul 1958 – Aug 1961 | CIC / EOD | Requested this ship. My thinking - the most dangerous duty must be the safest place to be. Two typhoons and tree weeks at GQ, in a live mine field, latter, not so sure! |
| Brown, Ken | Eng. 3rd class | 1959 – 1961 | Engine room | Would like to hear from anyone who served aboard the excel. |
| Peters, Don | RD3 | 1960 – 1962 | CIC | High-light was trip to Cambodia. |
| Baker, Jerry | FN | Mar 16, 1961 – Dec 10, 1962 | Engineering | Real enjoyed my time on the Excel. The trip to Cambodia is one we all will remember. |
| Karstens, Steve | rd3 | Apr 1, 1963 – Aug 1, 1966 | ops | vividly remember going onboard ship the first time. also the boring time on station in the Gulf of Siam. |
Beebee, Greg  | SR-EF | Jul 12, 1963 – Jul 11, 1969 | Mine division 93 | |
| White, William | BM3 | 1964 – 1967 | Deck | I am Looking for First LT. Ziggler. |
| Conoley, Rolan | EN1 | Mar 1964 – Mar 1967 | ENGINEERING | Made it back to Subic Bay-twice! What memories! Remember the 'BLOB' helping us get between ports. |
| White, William | BM3 | Oct 17, 1964 – Dec 17, 1968 | hello,I would like to talk to anyone that served at same time. | |
| Casner, David | IC2 | 1965 – 1965 | E | |
| Larson, Stephen | LT. | 1965 – 1967 | Engineering | Still keeping that brass shined! |
| Krup, Jonny | RM3 | Jan 2, 1965 – Dec 9, 1967 | Ops | Long days crossing for deployments. Great liberty ports. Good crew. Have addresses of 15 crewmembers. Looking for more. Please get in touch. |
| Johns, Robert | FN/EN3 | Dec 1965 – May 1968 | engine room | Westpac cruise was exciting,First trip across the ocean. Changed my life forever. |
| Lyle, Ronald | SK2 | Dec 1, 1965 – Sep 3, 1968 | Supply | Remember all good times. West Pac Crews of '67 Would like to hear from anyone from the ship espcially BM3 White |
| Vanderlip, Fred | RM3 | Feb 6, 1966 – Mar 18, 1969 | OC | Spent my first enlistment onboard, that's what made up my mind to spend 20 years in. Fantastic memories, fantastic crew. I remember the "Blob" too, it stunk every time it was filled up. Greatest time of a young sailors life was spent aboard |
| Dickinson, Ross | IC-3 | Jun 1966 – Jan 1968 | Best tour of duty I ever had. Served USN/USAF 30 years | |
| Mikkelsen, Michiel | EN3-2 | Oct 1966 – May 1968 | ENG | *#&$% Packard diesel engines. Good deployment, fast advancement, close friends, fun liberty. |
| Secor, Harold | FN/EN3/EN2 | Oct 10, 1966 – Feb 1, 1970 | ENG | |
| Owen, Ray | RM2 | Nov 1968 – Mar 1970 | Operations | Enjoyed the cruise, and the liberty ports. |
| Simpson, Peter | E5 | Jan 1969 – Mar 1971 | supply | |
| Hubbs, Chris | PO3 | Feb 1969 – Jul 1970 | Commasary | Good memories, good friends wonder where everybody is at now. |
| Aguilar, John | BOATSWAN\'S MATE E-4 | May 1, 1969 – Dec 16, 1972 | DECK | WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO?? ANYBODY AROUND WHO REMEMBERS US ANCHORING & "PARTYING" FOR THE DAY IN CAM RON BAY, VIETMAN?? |
| Colburn, Charles | SN | 1970 – Jun 4, 1971 | Deck | I was aboard Excel from late 1970 until June 1971. I went aboard when we were in dry dock at long beach for refit. I was injured and left the boat at Vung Tao june 1971.. |
| Koff, Jerry | RD 3 | Jul 10, 1970 – Sep 1, 1971 | Great time this was my second MSO, did a West Pac cruise included Pearl Harbor, Guam, Midway Kwadjelon, Subic Hong Kong and Nam. Went snorkeling at Gab Gab Beach and Vung Tau. I figure that during my time aboard I painted 02 up at least one | |
| Kashergen, Mike | IC3 | Mar 1, 1971 – Aug 4, 1972 | Electrical | I have only meet one person from the ship in over 30 years. Where are you guys ??? |
| Shull, Rocky | E3 | 1972 – 1978 | Radioman | |
| Tollefson, Tom / Tat | EM2 | Jan 1973 – Jan 1975 | Electrical | |
| Jones, Paul | EN2 | Feb 1973 – Jun 1976 | Engineering | Great experience with good people, riding my Norton and Ducati, fire while at the pier, tipping over in Richmond drydock, dropping sonar in the Delta, EM club happy hour, getting thrown overboard for promotions. |
| Tollefson, Tom | EM 2 | Feb 1973 – Jan 1975 | Engineering | |
| Rowe, Dennis | PN2 | Feb 12, 1973 – Aug 15, 1976 | Operations | Hi guys! The older I get the more I think back to good times and great friends on the EXCEL. Lets chat. |
| Franclemont, Richard | ET1 | Jul 1974 – Sep 1977 | Ops | What a ship. The Stockton trip- and the Rattlesnake Den bar- aptly named. The Monterey trip and waves too high to run small boats. Most of the regular E5- E6's didn't make the trip back to Treasure Island on the ship. |
| Thorsell, Jerry | EM3 | Apr 1975 – Jul 1975 | E | Awaiting school at NucPwrSchool - Mare Island. Remember losing the sonar dome on the Stockton trip!!! |
| Altheide, Steven | HT2 | 1976 – 1980 | Engineering | What is everyone doing these days you dirt bags???? |
| Lawson, Edwin | Aug 10, 1976 – Mar 25, 1981 | wooden ships iron men the frist trip to vancover 5 days no crew outside if they did not need to be three opps in oakland did not have hose for human waste hooked up when pump was truned on we closed the shipyard | ||
| Dominguez, Rosendo | MS1 | Feb 18, 1977 – Mar 20, 1981 | s-2 | Good times remeber doing Officers Country stripping to to floor Loved the Rose festivals also rembering getting hit by a car me and can't rember his nane worked in landury wore sise 5 shoe. also a rig captain streamimg gear GOOD TIMES !! |
| Poole, Patrick | ENS | May 1977 – Apr 1979 | Engineer | 1st assignment after NESEP commissioning. What an education. Tom Burns and John Wozniak skippers. Both great guys and I learned a lot. Where's Fast Eddie? |
| Withrow, Craig | QM1 | Dec 1977 – Oct 1980 | Operations | This was a great command to be part of |
| Morris, D. Joseph | EN 3 | Dec 14, 1977 – Aug 13, 1979 | FWD.ENG. RM. | Any Shipmates that served aboard this Vessel. |
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