350703 entries available online. Add yours!
0 users currently logged in and 318 visitors active.
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085). 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?
Looking for US Navy memorabilia? Try the Ship's Store.
There are 419 crew members registered for the USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1991 | 1992 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|
Henry, Mark | EN2(SW) | 1977 – 1981 | A-Gang | |
Peterson, Kevin | EM2/EM1 | Jan 1977 – May 1978 | Repair | Went to BIW on the Duck. "Interesting" people - Clendenin, Buford Pettit, Augie Spears...went to shore duty, then to Army to fly. Wound up on ships, retired as CWO4. Recalled in 2006 for GWOT as an Engineer (on the beach). |
Backus, Vance | Btfn | Jan 1977 – Jun 1980 | Engineering | Good and bad it was a great experience. Wish I had appreciated it more at the time. Met some good people, and learned how to be more responsible as the kid I was in my early twenties. |
Hume, Dan | BM3 | Jan 5, 1977 – Nov 9, 1978 | 1 st | great friends ,great time in Bath and gitmo sucked |
Rossetti, David | LTJG | Feb 1977 – Mar 1980 | Operations | EMO/EWO for entire tour. Earned SWO pin during Med Cruise in 1978. |
Pinette, Mike | YN2 | Mar 5, 1977 – Apr 4, 1981 | ADMIN/NAVIGATION | Great first tour of duty. I went on to serve 28 years. Retired in the Legalman/LDO-LAW field in 2005. After DB BEARY tour serve on several Aircraft Carriers - shore tours.. |
Callahan, Dave | MM1 | Mar 12, 1977 – Sep 15, 1982 | M&A | REALLY MISS THE OLD DUCK, AND THE GREAT PEOPLE I SERVED WITH. RETIRED IN JAN 1993, AFTER STAFF DUTY, TENDER WORK, BB-IOWA,AND INSPECTION TEAM FOR SURFLANT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL MY FELLOW SNIPES THIS SUMMER UP IN N.C.TALK OVER SOME OLD TIMES |
Rose, Michael | seman apprentance | Mar 30, 1977 – Mar 30, 1978 | none | none |
Moeller, Patrick | MM3 | Aug 1977 – Apr 1981 | Looking at the list of names,I see alot of good time and good poeple.Hope to have a chance to talk about mess deck food. | |
Fletcher, Len | QM2 | Aug 1, 1977 – Feb 1, 1981 | navigation | had a great time in bath, wheres redbeard? anyone remember steve(pinhead) shields? he got in head on car accident 1982, he lived but lost all memory(sad).My brother robert stg3 is living in Ark. now. I live in denver. Wheres Junior meserindino? |
Fletcher, Len | QM2 | Aug 20, 1977 – Feb 14, 1981 | navigation | hey all, still alive. Live in Denver, Co. Selling cars now. Have lots of memories. Wheres Ned ? Wheres Junior ? And Zak who fell asleep at the helm. Oh the memories. |
Hummel, James | RMC | Sep 1977 – Oct 1978 | OC | |
Ferreira, Luis | YNSN | Oct 1977 – Sep 1980 | Personal | It was a eye opener! |
Cochran, Pete / Lafoote | GMG2 | Oct 1, 1977 – Sep 1, 1982 | ||
Graunstadt, Mike | OS2 | Dec 28, 1977 – Jul 3, 1981 | OI | Doing great everyone! Found a great career and then had two daughters. Now have 5 grandkids and retired. |
Entzminger, Kevin | SH2 | Dec 31, 1977 – Aug 4, 1981 | SUPPLY | Came on board on 31 Dec 77 at BIW. Worked in the Ship's Store. Kiel, GE was great. Left the duck in Aug 81. Served in Air Force from Mar 82-Sep 05. Retired as E-8. Never forgot my Navy roots and the men I served with |
Warner, Glen | EM3 | 1978 – 1981 | My very first but the BEST ship of the three I served on while in the NAVY. BEPCO: No Job to big, No job to small, No work order No job there at all. | |
Goheen, Ed | EMC | Jan 1978 – 1979 | R | |
Hanrahan, David J. | PN 3 | Jan 5, 1978 – Dec 7, 1979 | Administration | I'd love to hear from YN's Michael Pinette and Tom (Pop) Warner! |
Cline, Bill (Willy) | E6/FTG1 | Feb 1978 – May 1982 | 2nd | Some pretty remarkable times now that I reflect back on them. Started out in Bath Maine, and 27 countries and 40 ports later. Definetly was a way to 'see the world' (or at least half of it). What the heck happened to my buddy "Skeeter&qu |
Breithaupt, Brambel | EM2 | Feb 1978 – Jun 1979 | R | I served on the Beary after leaving the USS Hunley. It was a great time, especially the Med cruise of 1979. Had a great time, especially in Kiel Germany. |
Rohrer, Dale | MM2 | Feb 1, 1978 – Jul 17, 1979 | M | Met some very good people and had some fun on Liberty with Johhny Barnes, Ricky Wilkes, D'agostino, Munson, Randy Patterson and others. Drop me an email. |
McClung, Dave | SKSN | Mar 1978 – Aug 8, 1980 | S-1 | Served on the Duck during our little Red Sea fling of 78-79. Any of you guys remember how they made that mess up to us with Keil, Copenhagen and Aalborg? Great times ! Frye... Mooningham...Lt. Keating. I'll always remember you guys! |
Wilson, Dave | OS2 | Apr 1978 – Sep 1981 | OI | What great days. Glad I did 'em whie I was much younger. Boarded in Bath, ME....exited during Med Cruise '81 Hail Ducky! |
Rice, Tim | OS3 | Jun 1, 1978 – Jan 29, 1981 | OPS | Glad to see Mike and Jim on here. Hope all is well! Got out and stayed in Virginia Beach for 6 months then went home to Wisconsin. The sea has called again. Currently working to attain certification for sailing vessels |
Fletcher, Rob | STG2 | Jun 15, 1978 – Feb 14, 1981 | AS | Left the John B. Barry (DD933) to join the ship with my brother Len. Thought I was going to Bath, MA for a little shore time after my first 9 month Med cruise. They flew me to Gitmo, Cuba and straight back to the Med. |
Crowe, Richard | EM3RD CLASS | Jul 13, 1978 – Oct 16, 1980 | ELECTRICAL | met alot of great guys who became great friends . howard,tim,leroy,carvalho..e-mail me! We can catch up on whats going on. |
Crowe, Richard | EM 3 | Jul 14, 1978 – Oct 17, 1980 | electrical | the donald b duck..had lots of good times. met alot of great guys..edgar,tim,larry, leroy,brambel, kevin. the list goes on and on lol feel free to e-mail me. It would be great to hear from any or all......take care Rick |
Bednar, Chad | BT/FA | Aug 1978 – Jan 9, 1981 | b | alot of good times on that boat, b-div' '78-'81, homebrew, sut, art, beebop, isaac, featherstone, all really gret bro's. if anyone from that div' sees this, contact me at cowboydunord@hotmail.com |
Addington, Kevin | IC2 | Aug 1978 – Oct 1981 | R | Saw the website-recognized some familiar people- those days were great! Glad to see Crowe, Chesser, Edgar and all are still with us-anybody hear from Pete Larson or Darrell Linden? Both were Signalmen. E-mail me sometime! |
Veihl, Garrett | MS! | Aug 24, 1978 – Sep 13, 1980 | Food Service | A good two years of sailing and enjoying the sea. Checked aboard to find a great bunch sailors onboard. Some of the best Chiefs I ever served with. Left early, father was ill. Three months later I came back into Navy |
Edgar, Jr, Howard A. | EM-3 | Sep 19, 1978 – Nov 19, 1981 | R (Electrician Mates | I remember that I made a lot of friends some of which were Rick Crowe,Tim Ferron,Leroy Hill and others. Traveled to a lot of places and had lots of fun |
Robert, Odenbaugh | BT E4 | Nov 1978 – 1981 | Enignering | Still stonen! Long time ago. But great times in the hole or should I say high times in the hole even though it was below decks. |
Cline, William (Willy) | FTG1 | Nov 12, 1978 – May 15, 1982 | 2nd Division | Will never forget the time spent cruising in a gray tin can and the ports of call all over the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Middle East, and North Atlantic |
Larson, Peter | SM2 | Nov 16, 1978 – Jul 6, 1981 | Communication | |
Gumm, Leonard | GMG2 | 1979 – 1982 | 2nd Division | This is great. Looked for a way to see some old names. Good to see Clint Jackson and "laFoote". |
Milhoan, Rich | HT2 | Apr 1979 – Jun 1983 | R | good times and bad.......i won't forget any |
Brown, William (Bill) | BT3 | Apr 5, 1979 – Oct 10, 1980 | Engineering | I met the ship in April of 79 in Bahrain and completed the Med cruise, then a short cruise to the Virgin Islands, some time in the shipyard at Portsmouth then another Med cruise in 80. I had a great time on the Berry. |
Rupert, Victor | ENS -LT | May 1979 – Aug 1982 | Engineering | MPA Officer from 79 to 82. Absolutely the best command I have ever been associated with. |
McLernon, Thomas | LT | Jul 1979 – Mar 1983 | Navigation and Personnel | Communications Officer Gunnery Officer |
Fallet, Brian | MM2 | Aug 1, 1979 – Jan 2, 1983 | M division A Gang | Nice to see names I recognize, Stayed in reserve, retired 28yrs E-6, got married, 2 sons,divorced, etc. Have a degree in marketing and own 2 businesses in Pittsburgh. e-mail brian@brianfallet.com |
Butler, Grallin | EM2 | Aug 12, 1979 – Aug 1981 | E-3 EM shop | That was an intersting time in the Navy. Nice to see some of the names. Hope to hear from some that I knew to catch-up on what direction our lives have taken. Living in Seattle these days. |
Allen, Steven D. | QM2 | Sep 1979 – Feb 1980 | NAV | Now QMCM still doing a lot of active time in RC. aboard for short time prepping for '80s Med/Gulf cruise. Remember you Len, and STGs' Harris and Tripke - Me and Harris to XOI in St Croix - good times. Saw Pinnette on Coronado |
Stanton, Christopher | FTG1 | Sep 1979 – Oct 1980 | Weapons | My last ship and my fondest memories. |
D'Agostino, Steve | MM2 | Oct 1979 – Sep 1982 | M | was onboard from Bath Iron Works in 79, thru 3 med cruises. |
Granum, Les | MM3 | Oct 1979 – 1980 | Engineering | |
Cloutier, Mark | YN2 | Dec 15, 1979 – Dec 1, 1982 | Admin | Just found this website, and I'd thought I'd add my name to the list of personnel who served aboard this vessel. Met a lot of good friends, and just curious how their lives turned out. |
Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085).
Report an offensive or inappropriate entry.
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1991 | 1992 – now
↑ To top of page | ↓ To bottom of page
There are currently no planned reunions.