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USS Worden (CG 18) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Worden (CG 18). 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 840 crew members registered for the USS Worden (CG 18).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1970 | 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 | 1991 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dement, David (Sumo) | RMC | 1974 – 1977 | oc | Retired in 88 as RMCM and have great/fond memories of the crew. Japan was great as were the ports that we visited. Only crew member I've been in contact with is Jack Lott SM1 who is now living back in Japan. |
| Dwyer, Robert "Mother" | BT1 | 1974 – 1978 | B Division | |
| Balangue, David | E3 | 1974 – 1976 | a DIVISION | HAD A GREAT TIME, MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS AND MEMOIRIES. |
| Merritt, Patrick | E-2 | Jan 1974 – May 1974 | ||
| Owens, Paul | MM3 | Jan 1, 1974 – Jun 11, 1976 | Machinistmate | Had afew great adventures , met some fantastic people and made some great friends. I was sad in a strange way to read that they sank the old girl. Like to hear from some of you T Dowey, C Hotard, froggy and the rest of you I can't remember. |
| Warner, Tom | MMFA | Jan 1, 1974 – May 5, 1975 | Engineering | |
| Summerfield, Richard | HT3 | Jan 3, 1974 – Oct 8, 1976 | R-Div | |
| Tucker, Clinton | SM3 | Jan 4, 1974 – Dec 10, 1975 | OC- Division | Being from a land lock small southern town and after 24 years of service. The USS Worden DLG-18 was my first ship and will always have a special meaning in my heart. Retired in 1997 as SMC |
| Mauk, David | SEAMAN | Feb 1974 – Mar 1976 | 1st. (deck) | first ship, worked for BM1 Penner. His stepson SN John Penner, SN Joe Harris, SN Whitten, also friends with FTC Dallaglio and Steve Whiteny |
| Alexander, Rick | MM 2 | Feb 1974 – Aug 1976 | M | HAD THE BEST TIMES AND MET THE BEST FRIENDS, ALSO LEARNED A LOT |
| Parker, David | MM2 | Feb 1974 – Feb 1976 | M Div | Best ship I served on. Had some great shipmates! |
| Cole, Robert | ET | Feb 1, 1974 – Oct 20, 1975 | ET | What a HOOT! |
| Cole, Robert | ETNSN | Feb 1, 1974 – Nov 10, 1975 | ET | |
| Brady, Randall | GMT1 | Feb 8, 1974 – Feb 8, 1977 | AS | I remember lots of you. Wish I had kept in touch. Good ship, great crew. Retired as GMMC, live in Hawaii. rbrady31@hawaiiantel.net |
| Henn, Francis (Scott) | BT3 | Mar 1, 1974 – Mar 1, 1976 | engineering | |
| Webster, Blake "Sonny" | BT2 | Mar 12, 1974 – Sep 15, 1977 | Engireering | Man what a time... |
| Morales, John "Mo" | HT3 | Mar 13, 1974 – Mar 20, 1976 | Engineering | April 1975 - a month I'll never forget - sad...I grew up. I've been sober over 25 years - have two beautiful daughters (20 + almost 3) and one granddaughter - almost one Can't believe its already Summer 2011 |
| Villasenor, Jorge | OS2 | Apr 4, 1974 – Nov 16, 1978 | OI | Worden was 3rd ship in my Navy career. Enjoyed Japan (while we were in port) immensly. Later transferred to FLEETACTS, Yokosuka ( a walk down the pier) for two more years in country. Strohl, Batley, "Charlie Echo", you out there?. |
| Holt, Damon | HTFN | Jul 1974 – Jan 1976 | Repair | Trying to contact HTN Summerfield. Request phone or email way to contact. Give me a call Zoomer! |
| Phillips, Cliff | HMCM | Jul 1, 1974 – Jul 1, 1976 | N&X | Served as HM2 early in my career. What I learned from HMC Blake molded my career, |
| Lura, Lyal | MA1 | Sep 1974 – Jul 1977 | 1st Master-at-arms to serve on the ship. Great duty lots of good memories. Left as an E-7 and served with the finest chiefs in the Navy. | |
| Monzon, Alfred T. | EN2 | Oct 1, 1974 – Oct 31, 1977 | A-Gang | I'm writing this for my father: He was went on Persian Gulf deployments in 1974-1975 and 1976-1977. He told me that the Worden was beautiful ship, and was sorry they sunk her. He retired in 1987 as a Chief Petty Officer |
| Foote, Charles | OSSN | Oct 1, 1974 – Dec 22, 1977 | OI | Served with OS3 Wilson, OS3 Walsh, OS3 Thompson, OS3 Johnson, OSSN Becker (we climbed Mt. Fuji), OS2 Taylor, OSSN Clayton, OS3 Persico, OS3 Simanton, OSC McQuaid(what an ass!). LCDR Sandway was the best! CAPT. Baumgartner was a gas! |
| Schmitt, Steve | SMSN | Oct 1, 1974 – May 1, 1976 | Communications | I loved my time serving in the Navy. It didn't end well but I did allow others to continue serving by stepping forward and accepting responsibility for wrong doings. |
| Taylor, W.P. (Sonny) | OS2 | Oct 11, 1974 – Oct 6, 1977 | OI | Had a great time in CIC,retired OSCS(SW) Sept 1990. |
| Taylor, W.p. (Sonny) | OS2 | Oct 11, 1974 – Oct 6, 1977 | OI | Had A Great Time in Yoko, Great Crew,Retired OSCS(SW) 1990. |
| Taylor, W.p. (Sonny) | Oct 11, 1974 – Oct 6, 1977 | OI | ||
Martin, Mike (Marty  | EM3 | Nov 1974 – Dec 1976 | Electrical | Was with EMc Lay and Em Gray, Got court martial during drydock . Wacky weed in Thailand. I paid dearly for those shenaigans, but took punishment and have electric company in mi, also sailed with usns and great lake ships |
| Johnson, Mike | GMMC | Nov 15, 1974 – Nov 1978 | ||
| Madden, Richard | YN3 | Nov 25, 1974 – Nov 25, 1976 | N&X | WORDEN was my first ship and after that no ship could match her or the crew. I worked for YNC Malloy and he set the tone for the remainder of my naval career. I left the WORDEN as a YN3 and retired as a YNC in 1994. |
| Stanisich (stan), Don | FTM 2 | Jan 1975 – Mar 1977 | Fox | Most vivid memory: Operation Frequent Wind...seeing the choppers around the Midway during the evacuation of Saigon. |
| Summerfield, Richard | HT3 | Jan 1975 – Oct 1976 | R | in contact with Holt, would like to know what happen to Sanders , Bradford , Helms and the other HT's |
| Branham, Danny Froggy | MM3 | Jan 1975 – Jan 1, 1977 | ||
| Kopp, Paul | CS1/MS1 | Jan 1975 – Nov 1978 | Supply S2 | Seemed like Worden was always underway. Midway Battle Group. MidWay would pull into Yokosuka and we would stay underway steaming around in circles until Midway got underway again. Good ship. |
| Clim, Michael | BT-3 | Jan 1, 1975 – Nov 30, 1976 | forward fireroom | |
| Miller, David | LTJG | Jan 1, 1975 – Sep 1, 1977 | IC | NTDS OFFICER COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER |
| Strohl, John | OS2 | Feb 1975 – Jan 1978 | OI | Homeported out of Yokosuka, Japan, it was my second of three ships in this class. Some great times with a great crew. Saw Japan, was in a few important places when it counted...doesn't get much better than that. Wonder where Bill Bailey is? |
| Crowell, Billy | MM3 | Feb 1975 – Nov 1976 | a-gang | |
| Calderon, George | SHSN | Feb 1975 – Feb 1977 | SUPPLY | If i wasn't cuting your hair I was selling you Gedunk. I attended the 35 annivarsary of Vietnam Evac, on the USS MIdway. During that time, April 75', on condition 3, 1 hour sleep a day if lucky-fun stuff. |
| Hawes, Richard " Hoss " | MM3 | Mar 1975 – Dec 1976 | M | She could STEAM. Great bunch of guys in Main Control. Medley, Bray,Hotard,Dowey,Sheehan,Jones Norton,Delaney,Arco.Things got wild off Nam, chasing the Midway. All the way from Yoko to Iran and back. She made us grow up, She'll be missed. |
| Guevarra, Willie | SK3/SK2 | Apr 1975 – May 1978 | S-1 | My 1st ship and my first duty station out of boot camp. Spent 3 wonderful years on board and made a lot friends, and a great deal of experienced- 3 WESTPACs, 2 drydocks and change of ship's designation from DLG to CG. And Japan of course! Love it! |
| Lenzenhuber, Louis M. | DS2 | May 1975 – May 1977 | DS-ET | |
| Long, Frank | GMM3 | May 1975 – Sep 1979 | Weapons | Good memories. Met a lot of really patient people....Did a lot of growing up. Hope to see you all in Vegas!!! |
| Horan, Jeffery (Turkeysoup) | RM3 | May 5, 1975 – Jul 2, 1978 | OC | Ran out of sunlight chits all the time. Dement, Eubanks, Finley, Smitty, AC, Hal Hazel, where are all of you?? Miss the old girl sometimes, but at my age I forget where I hid her. Too bad they sank her. |
| Heyer, Kent | FTG3 | Jun 1975 – Jun 1977 | 2nd, WC | |
| Carter, John , "Aj" , " Iceman" | OSSN | Jun 1, 1975 – Aug 8, 1976 | OI | was a heck of an experience for a 16 yr old . Didn't quite get the hang of the Navy but had a succesful career and retired from the Air Force |
| Persico, Bradley | e5 | Jun 5, 1975 – Jul 21, 1979 | oi | As I grow old I now know that these wrer the most exciting fulfilling years of my life |
| Lawless, Tom | SKSN | Jun 18, 1975 – May 9, 1977 | Supply | Had some of the best times of my life while on the Worden. Visiting Subic Bay (what fun) Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc. Made many frieds. |
| McLeskey, John (Mac) | GMM3 | Jul 7, 1975 – Sep 7, 1978 | WEAPONS | LOVE THE WORDEN, MY FIRST SHIP.STILL IN TOUCH WITH WYGANT,HEYER,VANMATRE,JOHNSON,BOHANNON.REUNION IN VEGAS AT SAHARA 8/17/05. HOPE TO SEESOME OF YOU. MAC |
| Doy, Holt | MM3 | Jul 15, 1975 – | Engineering | What happened to Frog, Dewey and "Horny Dog" Carter?? |
| Rock, Donald | BT3 | Aug 1975 – Mar 1979 | Boilers | Had alot of good times started my Naval Career there as a E-2 and today 29 years later a BTCM. COLD IRON SUCKS |
| Rock, Donald | BT2 | Aug 1975 – Mar 1979 | B | Still active as a Master Chief, good ship- good times |
| Osseweijer, Andre (Luigi) | MM3 | Aug 1975 – Dec 1977 | Engineering-Main Control | |
| Young III, Lawrence (Larry) | RM2 | Aug 1975 – Jun 1976 | OC | Onboard Worden Aug 1975 - June 1976, then discharged from active duty in Treasure Island, Ca June 21 1976. OC Div, had LTjg Dubina as radio commo officer. Great ship, great duty for my last year. Loved Yokosuka. |
| Fowler, Jim | ET2/ET1 | Nov 1975 – May 1979 | OE | Great ship, great crew. Taught me what doing it right the first time meant. Lots of good times. Retired in 1994 as a ETCS(SW). 20 years in Japan. Did a tour on the Midway just before she came back. |
| Coleman, Terry | SN | Dec 1975 – Dec 1976 | 1st | My first ship. She was homeported in Yokosuka, Japan. |
| Peterson, Carl | SN | Dec 1975 – Dec 1977 | Deck , 1st | I got onboard in Subic Bay with my knucklehead friends Terry Coleman and Kim Burke. We were badass deck apes! |
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