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USS Conquest (MSO 488) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Conquest (MSO 488). 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 113 crew members registered for the USS Conquest (MSO 488).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1986 | 1987 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandl, Richard | Lt JG | Sep 1972 – Sep 1975 | Navy | |
| Burk, Staci | Dependent | 1973 – 1975 | navy | |
| Cosgrove, Mike | LT | Jan 1973 – Oct 1973 | Executive Officer | Came over with the augment crew from Charleston so she could steam to Haiphong adn sweep the mines there. |
| Lattke, Ralph | EM2 | Jan 1973 – Oct 1973 | Engineering | Came over with mike from the USS Assurance MSO 521 |
| Slycord, Jim | RM2 | Jan 1973 – Oct 1973 | ops | When looking back it seems like we all had a bunch of fun. |
| Willis, Clarence | Ensign / Ltjg | Feb 15, 1973 – Jun 1974 | Ops | TAD to augment reserve MSO 488 in Hawaii for deployment to Operation End Sweep in South China Sea. |
| Kelly, Tj | BM/E3 | Apr 1973 – Jan 1974 | Deck | Arrived on Ship in 1973 in Viet Nam,My Brother Bob was on the same ship. |
| McCollum, Wayne (Mac) | EN3 | Mar 1974 – Dec 1976 | ENGINEERING | MADE ALOT OF FRIENDS AND HAD A GREAT TIME |
| Canavan, Bob | HT1 | Mar 1975 – Nov 11, 1976 | Engineering | Came aboard in Pearl Harbor. Made a lot of friends. I still hang out with Mike Church. Looking for Walter Smith HM1 (Doc). |
| Smith, Walter (Doc) | HM1 | Mar 1975 – Jun 1978 | Can't remember, think Medical mustered with deck & supply | Came aboard in Pearl Harbor. Was there about 6 months when changed home ports to Seattle, WA. Conqest was a Reserve Ship then. One year during Acdutra we were sweeping off the coast of Cal and surfaced a prac. mine. |
| Watts, Larry | QM5 | 1976 – 1979 | Navigation | Fun Time in my life, really enjoyed exploring the Puget Sound and having lots of fun with the gang in all the small ports we pulled into. |
| Rehm, Joe | EM | Feb 1976 – Sep 1977 | E | Have a lot of memories from my time onboard. Most good. Some interesting. None bad. |
| Kimery, James A. (Tony) | EN-2 | May 25, 1977 – Nov 30, 1979 | Engineering. | The best minesweep in the Navy. The best 2 years in the navy. Love salmon fishing on the fantail, weekend trips to Canada. Ol Doc Smith, what a hoot. LTCDR D J Klick Best skipper ever. Yes we did find that training mine. |
| McKissick, Peter | en2 | Apr 2, 1978 – Jun 27, 1980 | A Gang | Remember being in Drydock Tacoma WA when Mt. St. Helens blew |
| Stanton, Michael | EMCS(SW) Retired | Apr 1979 – May 1980 | E | Only spent 13 months onbard and 2 of that was in the yards in Tacoma. Small crew got a chance to get to know everyone. Alot of good friends and memories |
| Cesaro, Wayne | QM1 | Aug 9, 1979 – Aug 8, 1981 | Administration and Navigation | Some of the best sailing, piloting and navigation I ever encountered. Great crew. Reservists made it less formal. Great place to end Navy career. Got Master license and sailed out of Seattle commercially. Stayed put. |
| Thompson, Vance | EM2 | Sep 30, 1979 – Sep 18, 1981 | - Electrical | Sure had some good times on the Conquest. I remember several memorable people. EM1 Potter, EM1 Mullins, EM2 Andrew Sapp, EN1 John Wall, EN2 Stan Dickerson and of course the Skipper - CDR Thorsen. Great Memories sailing in those cold waters |
| Mallow, Charles | MSC | Oct 29, 1979 – May 20, 1982 | Supply | I enjoyed being on the Conquest as one of my best duty stations. It was a fun ship and really a bunch of neat shipmates. Thank for the good times. |
| Lawson, Thomas | MS2 | Jan 1980 – Jul 1982 | Supply | Log-in,click on your name to edit your entry. |
| O'Shaughnessy, Vinny | STG 2 | Apr 1, 1980 – Jul 15, 1982 | ops | Left Navy after 4 year hitch and returned to Long Island, New York and have worked as a Police Officer for the past 22 years. Marreid with two children, 19 & 17. |
| Brown, Robert | LT | Apr 15, 1980 – May 1, 1982 | XO | XO from 80-82, served with CAPT P.A. Thorsen(great) and Stout (not). Retired in the Kansas City area and on the faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College at FT Leavenworth. |
| Fitzgerald, Charlie Fitzgerald | EN2 | May 31, 1980 – Oct 1, 1983 | Engineering, A-Gang | Had a great time aboard Conquest. Met a lot of great people and saw a lot of places on the west coast. At that time we were a show boat for the Navy going to a lot of festivals and stuff from San Diego to Alaska. And we also trained the reservists. |
| Marema, Jeff | QMSN | Sep 1, 1980 – May 20, 1984 | Deck/ops | Came onto Conquest when she was a reserve training vessel. Was onboard when President Reagan re-activated her. Was a part of the one of her best trained crews under Cdr. Jimmie Jackson. A very positive experience in my life. Thanks! |
| Olsen, Rob | EN2 | Feb 21, 1981 – Sep 1985 | M EM01 | Got out in Aug. 84 stayed on Conquest in the reserves until Sept 85 when I went back on active duty. Bacame a BT and after making BTCS I was commissioned as a CWO2. Retired in Feb 2004. |
| McKenna, Jim | EN2 | Mar 16, 1981 – Sep 20, 1984 | Engineering | Worked with a great crew and great memories. |
| Mullen, Kevin | IC1 | Dec 1982 – Dec 1987 | Comments: Served from 82-87 replaced Matt, Wish well to all I served with. Will NEVER forget the Reedsport incedent, or the many Alaska trips and I Damn sure cant forget being towed all the way around the world looking at the ass-end of the | |
| Carr, Jim | RM2 | Dec 30, 1982 – Dec 30, 1986 | ops | one of my best memories is when jimmy Jackson missed ships movement in Alaska...funny stuff. |
| Havens, Daniel | STG2 | 1983 – 1987 | OPS | |
| Kearns, Terry | SK2 | Aug 8, 1983 – Jun 22, 1986 | SUPPLY | PROUD TO HAVE SERVED ON THE CONQUEST WE WERE WITHOUT A DOUBT THE FINEST MINESWEEPER IN THE FLEET. |
| Anderson, John "Andy" | BM2 | Feb 1984 – 1987 | Deck | This was the Last ship I had the privlage to helm.I drove her up the Umpqua River to Reedsport Oregon with my friend Kevin Mullen IC1 .Hey goes out to EN Olson,BM2 Sullivan BM3 Rhea BMSN Larkey ,Nicely,Black,EM Rustadt |
| Martin, Paul | EN2 | Mar 14, 1984 – Oct 1, 1987 | EMO1 and A Gang | One of the best ships I was on. Helped to take the ship to the part way to the Gulf. I remember Reedsport. |
| Breese, Mark | EN1 | Jul 1984 – Jul 1988 | e | |
Brimmer, Richard  | Seamen e-3 | Oct 10, 1984 – Jul 25, 1987 | Deck | I miss my shipmates ,I am know working at a restaurant and senior dishwasher and fry cook I also do truck |
| Rhea, Allen | BM2 | Oct 27, 1984 – Oct 27, 1986 | Deck/Weapons | Let's catch up on old times |
| Brimmer, Richard | SEAMEN/E-3 | Nov 18, 1984 – Jun 30, 1987 | deck | i was in charge of the paint locker and bosen locker, my duties included setting up the rigs we used and helping to make sure are decks was in shape and to be always ready at a moments notice to be there when duty called |
| Upchurch, Walter | DC1 | Mar 1985 – Oct 1990 | EA04 | Best Command I was on. Reedsport was fun. I went by Chuck. |
| Upchurch, Walter | FN/DC2 | Mar 7, 1985 – Nov 30, 1990 | A-Gang and Repair | |
| McNutt, David | SK2(SW) | Mar 1, 1986 – Oct 1, 1989 | Supply | I was on the CONQUEST from '86-'89. Shoot me an email at lcdrmcnutt@yahoo.com if you were there during the good times. |
| Drake, Allen | HT-2 | Mar 15, 1986 – Mar 30, 1990 | was with her in reedsport and took her to the gulf. | |
| Tippery, William | PNC(SW) | Dec 1986 – Nov 1989 | Executive | |
| May, Dave | SN | Dec 1986 – Nov 1988 | Deck/Ship's Office | I enjoyed my time on the Conquest, and the Implicit for the few months I was TAD there as I rotated back from the gulf. If you were there, shoot me a message at dmay100@cableone.net |
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