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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Trippe (FF 1075). 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 325 crew members registered for the USS Trippe (FF 1075).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1972 | 1973 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Purdom, Ray | OS2 | 1977 – 1979 | CIC | went on the Med Cruise April-October 1978 and had great port calls and will never forget Nice, France. Also remember the helo accident, but don't remember where we were at the time. Served with OS1 Moose Thompson, OS2 Marty Cassidy, Spike |
Marc-aurele, Paul | RM3 | 1977 – Aug 1980 | OC | Mark Vose! Now there is a name I have not thought of in a Dog's Age! LOL! I served onboard the Old Trippie Boat through a Mid-East Cruise, a Med Cruise and a Unitas Cruise. And then on to Bath, Maine. Had some Great Times/Memories! |
Thomas, Dennis | EM/3 | 1977 – 1978 | Engineering | Med cruise entered Suez canal Red Sea to the Persian Gulf wasn’t just a job it was an adventure. Was on the West coast of Africa became a shellback close to being a golden shellback. Had a ride on the helicopter the next day and wrecked had to go to |
Stewart, Craig | bt2 | Jan 1977 – Jun 1980 | eng | blueboy don Melvin mm2 get ahold of me craig sam stewart |
Grider, Michael | PH3 | Jan 1977 – Aug 1977 | Photographer | |
Davies, Dave | RMC | Jan 1, 1977 – Feb 28, 1981 | oc | I remember the old days with a great crew in radio, fun times in the Unitas XX South America, d2 |
Cross, Bill | RM2 | Feb 1977 – Aug 1978 | Rm and Photo | Did Middle east Spain and Africa. Now living in Raleigh, N.C. Looking for Arnold LaQue |
Newberry, Edward (Doc) Hm3 | HM3 | Feb 1977 – Sep 1978 | Medical | Onboard during sonar collaspe. Served with HMC Sweezy and HM1 Westurn. I was the corpsman between Spicer and Pachowski. Retired 1997 as HMCS. |
Spiker, Robert | OS2 | Mar 1977 – Aug 1980 | CIC | Bahrain to Bath. What a Trippe. Shout out to Rich Holben, Paul Steck, Tony V, & Ray Purdom. |
Feuerstein, Andy | STG2 | Mar 13, 1977 – Jul 15, 1978 | 3rd | Served aboard at the end of the Spig-do/Fat Lew/Mack the Knife era...what an experience! |
Williams, Benjamin | SK3 | May 18, 1977 – Apr 25, 1979 | S-1 | Reported aboard in Greece during the Med cruise of '77. Good ship. |
Veilleux, Marcel/tony/statman | OS3 | Jul 14, 1977 – Feb 5, 1980 | OI/CIC | This was first command, and really enjoyed my time there. Shout out to Moose and all the boys of OI. |
Ray, Gilbert "Mac" | OS2 | Jul 23, 1977 – Aug 12, 1981 | OI | |
Moore, Ken | MM2 | Aug 1977 – Feb 1981 | M | Was on Board for Med cruise in 78, UNITAS in 79, Bath Iron Works in 80, Re-upped and left the ship in Spring of 81. |
Lamora, Clarence | CTRC(AC/SW) | Aug 14, 1977 – Jun 23, 1978 | OT | Joined the ship from Rota, Spain for deployment and was aboard for an additional 6 months. My shipmates aboard were the "Best". Tough IO duty, but we were a tight group. Fair winds and following seas to all !! |
Gemme, Paul | BT2 | Nov 1977 – May 1981 | Engineering | |
Boardman, "King David" Sandy | BMSA | Nov 1977 – 1981 | 1st Division | Didn't know it, but best years of my life. Wish I stayed in. I ran paint locker & was Damage Control Petty Officer. Tom Boice & Jon Bright best mates. BMC Cornell. Unitas XX, 2 Carribeans & Med cruise. Ahoy mates!!!! |
Melvin, Donald | PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS | Dec 13, 1977 – Oct 9, 1981 | 2nd gunners mate | Looking for any of my shipmates that may check out this website. Can contact me thru my email.. Would love to hear from anyone. |
Heesen, Don | MM | 1978 – May 1980 | M | Enjoyed the UNITAS cruise and the BBQ's with you guys. |
Kritzman, Andrew (Kritz) | ET3 | 1978 – Dec 11, 1980 | Crypto Tech | I wanted people to know that Andy passed away on April 21, 2009, but I would love to hear from anyone who remembers him and any stories about him that I can pass on to our children. |
Pachkoski, Gary (Doc) | HM2 | May 1978 – Jun 1980 | XO | Good ship and a Better Crew! Remember HM1 Westurn; BM1 Cornell; SK1 Alberto; MAC Lipolis (RIP); MM2 Montgomery; AE2 Bascom (Air Crew) and many more. Lots of haze gray underway & hard liberty steaming.... |
Williams, David Chillie | BT3 | Jun 1978 – Nov 1981 | EB01, EB14 | This was a good 1st ship. Lots of character and full of them too. Unitas XX was an awsome cruise. 25 ports in 23 weeks. I enjoyed it. Mike "Mean man" Cohen, RIP. Hey to the T boys and the Daves, and Skeeter. |
Lunsford, H Eugene | LT | Jul 1978 – Oct 1979 | CHENG | The INSURV killing the main engine; LAMPS crash; Panama transit; hydrotesting boilers at 1300PSI; implementing EOSS, EOCC, and DCPQS; winning the Engineering E |
Pilato, Victor | MM2 | Sep 1978 – Apr 1980 | Engineering | |
Digsby, James (Digger) | BT1 | Sep 1978 – Jun 1982 | B-Div | Alot great times on this ship. UNITAS was great, Africa, not so much. Wish I kept in touch. Digger (Oil King) |
Jones, John | E5/YN | Oct 29, 1978 – Jul 25, 1982 | ADMINISTRATION | Glad to hear from former shipmates - email if interested |
Prather, Keith | ET3 | 1979 – Dec 20, 1982 | OE01 | Not to many Unitas XX guys on here yet, where are all the damn snipes. |
Perkins, Joe | HT | 1979 – 1981 | engineering | I arrived onboard in port a Rico for a six month cruise around so. America and west Africa then off to bath for 10 months. North Atlantic and puddle jumped to the pacific for fishing trip and to the med flash backs |
Mark, Dorobiala (Doobie) | BT3 | 1979 – 1982 | B | B division, Unitas 20, gitmo, Doobie, fire in asroc, |
Burdick Jr., Buddy (Birddog) | MM3 | 1979 – Mar 1983 | Engineering | Looking for anyone aboard at that time. |
Hester, Scott | BT3 | 1979 – 1982 | B div | Great ship and crew, good times, bad times, worked hard, played hard, still working in boiler rooms, God bless 2021 |
Green, David | EM2 | Feb 1979 – Apr 1982 | R | Im one of those damn snipes only of the fresh air type. had lots of great times!! |
Smallwood, Gary | mssn | Feb 12, 1979 – Jan 21, 1982 | supply | went on unitasxx. north altantic and med 1980 wasmssn |
Bilodeau, David | BT2 | Feb 22, 1979 – Feb 22, 1983 | B | |
Spreier, Tim (Spanky) | OS2 (ASAC) | Apr 1979 – Sep 1983 | OI | Another accident occured onboard while Trippe was transitting the Red Sea on 5/1/1983. The helicopter crashed while landing, going over the side of the ship taking the pilot Lt Greer down with it. |
Bittner, Jeff | SN3 | Apr 7, 1979 – Jun 13, 1980 | Paint Locker | Remembering the good times on UnitasXX, Pearlman, Cribbage? Kirkland, Sanders, Cornell, Longmire |
Bright, John | FTG 4 | Jun 1979 – 1981 | FTG | |
Norman, John | AMS2 | Jun 1979 – Oct 1979 | AIR DEPT | HSL 36, We flew on board somewhere off of Mayport, Fla. onward to UNITAS XX, with the Bonefish, P- 3, Band, best time of my life. All those senoritas, Great Memories of life. Disco days n the Clubs. jhn_norman@yahoo.com |
Sims, Kenneth | E-6/SK1 | Jun 20, 1979 – Sep 25, 1981 | S-1 | I REMEMBER BEING ON THE UNITAS XX CRUISE I WAS REALLY A NICE EXPERIENCE. THE CREW AT THE TIME WAS ONE OF THE BEST I EVER SERVED WITH. |
Bilodeau, Dave | BT2 | Jul 21, 1979 – Feb 22, 1983 | ENG | |
Drake, Steven | FTG3 | Jul 28, 1979 – Oct 15, 1980 | Weapons | Met the ship in Ecuador during unitas, stayed there until I got out at Bath Iron Works |
Hedgepath, James Dawg | mm3 | Dec 1979 – May 1983 | m | call me at 615 533 3045 |
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