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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Steinaker (DD 863). 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 151 crew members registered for the USS Steinaker (DD 863).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1965 | 1966 – 1970 | 1971 – 1977 | 1978 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCornock, Samuel | Commander | 1945 – | Fox | Commanding Officer I am Sam's son, James M. McCornock. I was a Naval officer for just short of 8 years having served for 3 years on USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4) and 3 years on USS Permit (SSN-594). |
| Colarusso, Joseph | SEAMAN FIRST CLASS | Jul 1946 – Apr 1949 | first | i had a good time. |
| Lehr, Jr, Charles | SEAMAN | Apr 8, 1950 – Mar 3, 1952 | 2nd | Looking for shipmates from 1950 to 1952 |
| Forand, Roland | RM3 | Sep 1951 – 1952 | Communications | |
| Bruillette, Earl | Radioman/RM2 | Sep 15, 1951 – Jul 28, 1953 | Operations | Served with a real fine group. Other radiomen, Joe White, and "Rick" and others |
| Houtz, Dick--macy | SH3 | Sep 15, 1952 – Aug 12, 1954 | 'S' | i REALLY ENJOYED MY 2 YEAR STINT ABOARD. i KEEP IN TOUCH WITH SK BAYNE. I REMEMBER CS HANNA AND QM SMITH AND RING THE POSTMASTER, AND MAYHEW THE BARBER. hE IS DECEASED, AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHERS. IT |
| Overcash, Ronald | 3rd class P.O. | Oct 11, 1953 – Dec 8, 1955 | 5th fleet | |
| Odishoo, David | EN2 | Oct 21, 1955 – Sep 1, 1959 | R | Looking for shipmates |
| Williams, George | ET2 | May 3, 1956 – Jan 12, 1959 | IO | I remember the bad weather in the winter on the North Atlantic! |
| Valley, Doug | SN | Aug 1, 1956 – Aug 1, 1958 | Quarter Master Signalman | I live in Brentwood, CA email dougevalley@comcast.net |
| Watterworth, Scott | SKG3 | Nov 15, 1956 – May 15, 1958 | Supply | I was transfered from Naval Staiton at treasure Island, SFO to uss steinaker at Norfolk, VA. This was from Nov 56 through May 58. I was then transferred to the USS DYESS DDR 880 for the duration of my enlistment. |
| Cook, Norman | PN3 | 1957 – 1959 | "C" | Was a great time |
| Clifft, Leonard (Ray) | BT2 CLASS | Aug 29, 1957 – Sep 6, 1959 | Forward Fireroom-Eng. | Made two med, cruises, several caribian cruises, Was top watch forward fireroom when Berlin wall crises. Went from standby to full ahead in twenty min. with half crew. We sure left Cann's France in a hurry. |
| Settle, John (Beetle) | EM2P1 | Jan 1958 – Aug 1960 | R | Arrived on ship the day before we left Norfolk with one screw to Philidelpia ship yard. |
| Schultz, Ronald | 1959 – 1962 | |||
| Resh, Mike | SM3 | Sep 1959 – Mar 1961 | OC | Great experience. Great crew. |
| Miller, David | TM3 | 1961 – 1963 | Fox | Beginning of a wonderful Navy Career |
| Willis, Dennis | ETR3 | 1961 – 1963 | OI | |
| Evans, John 'doc' | SN | 1961 – Aug 1963 | OC | Worked in sickbay. On board for one Med Cruise and during the Cuban Crisis blockade. Looking forward to seeing shipmates at our 16th reunion - April 23-26, 2009, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Plymouth Meeting, PA. |
| Mitchem, Dennie | EN3 | 1961 – 1963 | Stood watch in fireroom when underway. | |
| Rachels, Donald | SOG3 | Jan 15, 1961 – Feb 12, 1963 | Sonar | Best gunnery officer in DESRON 26. Med cruse 1962 and Cuban Crisis. Great Crew, A lot of fun in Naples and cann france. |
| Pitzer, Harold | Ltjg | Mar 7, 1961 – Nov 13, 1963 | Gunnery Officer | God Bless you all! 33 Months that would fill a Book of Events and Characters. I feel honored to have the experience. STINKY LIVES!!! !! Ain't it Great!!! 2009 |
| Willis, Dennis | ETR3 | Apr 1961 – Dec 13, 1963 | OI | Made a lot of friends and had a lot of fun..... |
| Jaep, Charles | ETN3 | May 1961 – Sep 1963 | OI | A great couple of years in the ET shop. Hope to hear from anybody I worked with. |
| Evans, John (Doc) | SN | Jul 1961 – Aug 1963 | oc | For reunion information go to: www.usssteinakerreunion.com |
| Logan, Lonnie | RMSN/RM3 | Nov 1961 – Nov 1962 | OC | "Stinky was my first ship out of A school in San Diego. Left her in San Juan after Cuban Blockade. On to Precom detail for the USS Harry E Yarnell DLG17, in Newport RI. She was a DDR then. |
| Brooks, Eddie | E-4 | 1963 – 1967 | M-division | I just wanted to hear from some of the men I worked with in the boiler room from 1963-1967 |
| Wynkoop, Thomas | RM | May 24, 1963 – Mar 10, 1964 | Operations | My 1st ship out of RM "A" school. Made a few southern cruises and one Med. cruise. We then rode her in to FRAM and I was transferred after stripping her down. Still have NBFR call sign from shack door. My buddy Willie Overstreet. Lost tra |
| Kelley, Robert | bmsa | Aug 1, 1963 – May 1, 1964 | first division | steinaker was my first ship after spending nine months in Stanford florida navel air station during the Cuban blockcade. had great time with shipmates during med cruise. retired now nine years. |
| Moore, Paul | SK2 | 1964 – 1965 | Supply | lMade |
| Flood, Franklin | sh3 | Jun 1964 – Dec 1966 | supply | I enjoyed the traveling and the adventures aboard the destroyer the uss steinaker dd863 |
| Lutz, Jim | ST2 | Jul 20, 1964 – Apr 14, 1965 | Weapons | A proud ship. Took her out of Boston FRAM. Made Med and Carribean cruises. My nickname was "Teach"-- liked to instruct fellow Sonar Techs in troubleshooting and made teaching my goal in life... Ended up in sales for 30 years! Retired 2003. |
| Purden, Harry | EM2 | Nov 1964 – Aug 3, 1966 | R | |
| Peterson, Dennis | BT-1 | 1965 – 1967 | Engineering | |
| Rivera, Juan | SN/RD | 1965 – 1967 | OI | In January 1967 we forceda Soviet sub to surface after tracking it for 26 hours. I'm writing an article about the encounter and I'd like to reach out to any Sonarmen that were involved for their recollections. |
| Rodden, Ermine "Rod" | Stg-@ | Mar 1965 – Oct 1968 | A-S Division | My First Ship. Had some great times. |
| James, Earl | GMG2 | Jul 21, 1965 – Mar 25, 1968 | Weapons | ASROC |
| Harrell, Chuck | SM3 | Jul 28, 1965 – Dec 12, 1969 | SERVED ON TWO MED CRUISES AND THE ONE WESTPAC CRUISE AND MANY GTMO RUNS. SERVED UNDER THREE SKIPPERS. WORKED ON THE SIGNALBRIDGE WITH SAUER, MCCOY, SIMCOE, WOODS, EMINOWICZ, FEARNEYHOUGH AND GARY. GREAT TIMES. SEE YOU AT THE NEXT WESTPAC REUNION. | |
| Harrell, Chuck | SM2 | Aug 15, 1965 – Dec 2, 1968 | OC | two med cruises and westpac 68. Best skipper, Hal Sacks, signal bridge was best in fleet. always looking for other crewmen especially in South. have had several WESTPAC reunions, next one in Charleston, SC May 2011. |
| White, Bob | SN | Sep 1965 – Jul 1967 | 1st, OI | |
| Eminowicz, Ted "emo" | SM3 | Sep 1965 – Dec 1968 | OC |
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