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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Forrestal (CV 59). 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 1503 crew members registered for the USS Forrestal (CV 59).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1955 | 1956 – 1958 | 1959 – 1960 | 1961 – 1963 | 1964 – 1965 | 1966 – 1967 | 1968 – 1969 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton, Patrick | AD-3 | 1982 – 1986 | VF-31 | |
| McCormick, Bob | E-5 AO | 1982 – 1983 | VF-103 | Made the work ups and med cruise in 82 and 83. I was an AO in VF-103, TAD to V-2 div for the first 3 months. Witnessed the crashes and F-4 going off the bow. |
| Davey, John | MMFA | 1982 – 1984 | 1main | looking for tim ohara went in to dry docks in philly before getting out would like to here from anybody from 1 main |
| Mosley, Jr, Roger | ASMAN | 1982 – 1985 | AIMD / IM-4 | Looking back, Those were some GREAT days. |
| Volker, Chris | ABH3 | 1982 – 1983 | V1 | Worked up on the bow, fly 1 and then worked pms Damage control. anyone that remembers me, I'm on facebook as Chris Volker and living in Oregon. and my email is.... chris5963@yahoo.com |
| Ihrig, Donald (Steve) | ASM2 | 1982 – 1983 | AIMD/IM4 | |
| Small, Tom | MRFN | 1982 – | A | |
| Neel, Ed | ABH | 1982 – 1985 | V1 | Med Cruise '82. Started as a blue shirt in in Fly 2 then was assigned to the mess decks for 3 months.Drop a line and say "hi" if you remember hanging out or working with me. |
| McKinney, Leroy "mac" | YN2 | Jan 2, 1982 – Oct 21, 1985 | Captains Office - Basketball Player & Coach. Med, Mayport, Philly. | |
| Martinez, Luis | DS2 | Jan 3, 1982 – Dec 31, 1985 | OE | |
| Hongsermeier, Curtis Hongsermeier | IC 3 | Jan 20, 1982 – Sep 20, 1985 | e - | onboard during several Gitmo workups, 82 med cruise. I served on R.R.T.# 1 during SLEP under Lt. Anthony Murtaugh, and P.O.1st Mitch Lambert. Also attached to aft I.C. shop. |
| Harrellson, Robert | ABE 3 | Jan 31, 1982 – Jan 14, 1983 | started out assigned to waist catapults as AN, made advancement to ABE3 then moved to V2 DIV supply Dept assignment | |
| Holland, Dwayne | RP2 | Feb 1982 – Feb 1983 | Chaplain | |
| Mann, Brian | Abe-3 | Feb 1, 1982 – Sep 24, 1985 | V-2 Waist cats | Slep, Benidorm, all those great ports. Hey Any one I served with It has been along time. Write me back and we will have to catch up. Brian |
| Alli, Aaron Alli | ABE-3 | Feb 11, 1982 – Sep 12, 1984 | BOWCATS | D. GRAHAM, T. STALEY, MOODY, CHARLIE MILLER, I MISS THE HELL OUTTA YOU FELLAS.......YOU TOO S. MACK |
| Graham, Danny | ABEAN-ABE2 | Feb 12, 1982 – May 15, 1985 | V-2 Bow Cats | I remeber the re-reave on cat 1 with chief loos now Bos'n Loos. Gary Morin fun times you know what I mean. Maintenance Officer was Bos'n Tilton. Hey T.J Simmons remember toe rolling stones concert in Naples Italy. |
| Goodwin, Bob | OSCM(SW) | Feb 26, 1982 – Nov 14, 1983 | OI01 | first ship my first true love |
| Wenrick, Don | BT3 | Mar 3, 1982 – Mar 26, 1986 | 1 MMR | What can we say about the FID, miss all my buddies. Hey Murph ( beef ) E-mail me at dlw561@aol.com been trying to find you for 20 years or so. Hey calloway, Natereli still wants to kick your *ss. :) Hey natereli wake up ...pow.. Good one scott. |
| Mulligan, Tim/muggsy | AB | Mar 3, 1982 – Mar 3, 1985 | V2 Bow Cats | Alot of great times. Hey Danny Graham remember Spain ? on the beach with the Britt.And Dave did you ever mary the irish babe from Benidorm , spain? O'rielly's pup in philly= gooooood times. |
| Bankowitz, Dennis | MM2 | Mar 4, 1982 – May 6, 1986 | P-2 ENG | WHERES ALL 2MMR STEAMIN DEMONS?P-AFT RULED!!!! |
| Duffy, Mike | E - 5 | Apr 3, 1982 – Aug 21, 1984 | VA - 83 | Had a great time and lots of memories. |
| Gutierrez, Herman | SK1 | Apr 4, 1982 – Jan 15, 1983 | S9 | I will always remember the experience I had on my last months in the navy. I joined the Air Force Commissary Agency after I left the Forrestal and retired from federal civil service in 2002. |
| Reque, Cris | ABH | May 1982 – Feb 1984 | V - 1 | Just wondering where some of the guys are now ?? Saw one as a traveling door to door salesman. Said he never served on the ship ya right !!!!! Also wondering where Micheal McGee got off to ??? |
| Matthews, Danny | EM-3 | May 1982 – Jun 1985 | IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE FIRST SUPER CARRIER. GOT TO GO ON MED/IO CRUISE. WENT THRU SLEP PROGRAM IN PHILADELPHIA NAVEL SHIPYARD. WENT FROM F-4 PHANTOM TO F-14 TOMCATS. A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET. WHERE ARE MY SHIPMATES AT? | |
| Parker, Ronald (Ron) | OSCS | May 1, 1982 – May 1, 1984 | OI/OEOO | BEST SHIP in the ENTIRE WORLD!!!! GREAT CREW......... |
| Parker, Ronald | OSCS | May 1, 1982 – May 1, 1984 | OI OPS Dept | Just a GREAT Ship with a Great Crew!! Philly was pretty cool too!!! Med/IO was a short, but fun and interesting cruise!! |
| Hayes, Donald | ht3 | May 5, 1982 – May 1, 1985 | r div | hey do anyone rember me |
| Locke, Willard J Jr | YN3 | Jun 8, 1982 – Nov 17, 1982 | VF-103 | I id my first cruise on the Forrestal along with VF-74 and VA-85 out of NAS Oceana, VA. It was a pretty good cruise. |
| Conners, Bob | AT/AN | Jun 8, 1982 – Nov 16, 1982 | va-83 | serving on board the uss forrestal remains one of the best experences of my life and i would not trade that time with anyone. god bless to all that served. |
| Mutch, John | CWO-4 | Jun 11, 1982 – Jun 11, 1985 | OE | AEMO with LCDR Harry Wright, CMDR Tom Pittman ETCM Norm East, ETCM Knight, Ens. Pavone, ET 1 Balabushka, ET 1 Swett, ET 1 Barman, and more great shipmentes. The Med IO cruise was great with a lifetime of memories. |
| Paz, Ralph | EM3 | Jun 24, 1982 – Nov 10, 1985 | ||
| Ferris, Michael | HT3 | Jul 1982 – 1986 | R | Came Aboard in the Middle of Med Cruise 1982, First worked for HT1 Smitty in the DC shop. Stayed there for the entire cruise and did not realize how good I had it until I did not have it anymore. |
| Ashburn, Danny | BT2 | Jul 27, 1982 – Mar 4, 1986 | P AFT 2MMR | |
| Shadwick, Robert | PO3 | Aug 8, 1982 – Nov 20, 1984 | RM | |
| Butler, Kevin | ABF3 | Sep 1982 – 1983 | V4 | Best time I ever had in the Navy was aboard the FID |
| Graham, Danny | ABEAR-ABE2 | Sep 11, 1982 – May 15, 1985 | V-2 cATS AND GEAR | WHERE IS ALL THE MEN FROM THE HARDEST WORKING DIVISION IN THE FLEET !! |
| Bryan, Sean | AQ2 | Nov 1, 1982 – Jun 1, 1986 | AIMD | One Med cruise and then SLEP, SLEP, SLEP. Lots of good times walking under the hull in dry dock and climbing straight to the crow's nest. Where are my AIMD PM buddies? |
| Quick, Chauncey | AN/E-3 | Nov 15, 1982 – Dec 1, 1984 | AIMD | |
| Bryan, Michael | ABF1 | Dec 16, 1982 – Feb 7, 1983 | V4 | |
| James, Rob | IS-1 | 1983 – 1986 | OZ CVIC | Still the best ship I was honored to have served on. |
| Gary, Jay | RM2 | 1983 – Nov 1986 | ||
| Claflin, Carl | FN | 1983 – 1985 | A div | |
| Hall, Michael | MM2 (SW) | 1983 – 1990 | P-FWD 1 Main Machinery Room | Loved my time on the mighty FID. Went from a MMFA to the MMOW in 1MMR. I always think of the friends I had then. A sailor belongs on a ship, and a ship belongs at sea. |
| Acuavera, Elicelio "Lee" | MM2 | Feb 14, 1983 – Mar 30, 1987 | Engineering | It's an honor to serve & to be with the Navy's finest aircraft carrier. I would like to thank all my buddies and i miss you all guys. Hope to see you again someday. You can drop me a line .. leeacuavera@yahoo.com |
| Davidson, Stan (Pockets) | AE-E5 | Apr 4, 1983 – Apr 4, 1987 | VF-31 | Looking for Richard Shepard.AKA "Shep" God Daughter Jacqueline (Jackie) is getting married now. He is in the Army. The grunt. Thought you'd like to know. And to you Jonsey. Nice last chess game on the boat. And the pool u taught me wasnt b |
| Clemmons, Gregory/tree | ATAN | Jun 1983 – Jun 1986 | VA37 | |
| Killeen, Raymond | GMG3 | Jul 1983 – Feb 1986 | G-2 | |
| Williamson, Jim (Willi) | AO3 | Aug 1983 – May 1986 | G2 | SLEP and Phillie, loads of fun, Mayport and Jax Beach too. Lot's of folks I'd like to look up again from the MagRat bunch... if you run across this, email me |
| Boulter, Billy | EN2 | Sep 1983 – Aug 1985 | A-Gang | Worked for the Captains Gig small boat division. Looking for old friends. Send email if you remember me |
| Emmick, Rusty | YN3 | Sep 15, 1983 – Apr 7, 1987 | COMM | |
| Henry, John | IC | Sep 25, 1983 – Apr 6, 1986 | E | Good Times and great friends, still making a living off of my navy "A" school. |
| Smith, Jarvis | SH2 | Oct 1983 – Jul 1987 | S-3 Supply | To the crew of the "FID"!!!!!!! Thanks For All The Memories. SHC(SW/AW) Smith |
| Wilson, Scott | DT2 | Oct 1, 1983 – Jan 1, 1988 | Dental | Best time I ever had on Sea Duty. |
| Sanderson, Ricky | E5 | Oct 17, 1983 – Apr 29, 1989 | V-2 | I must say it was a crazy times back then and i enjoyed the guys of the BOW CATS . What a group |
| Flores, David | E-3 Airman | Nov 1983 – Jul 1984 | V-2 / Fire Watch | SLEP in Philly was awesome. Drinking Genesee beer in Roosevelt Park with my shipmates was awesome. |
| Krieg, Kevin | ASE2 | Nov 15, 1983 – Mar 10, 1987 | IM4/RRT | Great learning experience and enjoyed the time on board. Still in touch with many SHIPMATES. RRT (OSL) lead to DCTT on IKE (CVN69). Lived up to nick name "FORREST FIRE". |
| Nins, Derronne | E-3 ABH | Nov 21, 1983 – Nov 21, 1987 | V-3 | Ahoy Mates to ALL of my friends from the USS Forrestal. I actually recognized a few names from the past. From Philly to Mayport I had a BLAST !!! God bless you all !! |
| Acevedo, Alberto | MS3/E-4 | Dec 1983 – Aug 1987 | ||
| Duff, Rick | ET1(SW) | Dec 1983 – Dec 1988 | OE | |
| Schuerch, Richard/kip | BT2 | Dec 1, 1983 – Feb 15, 1985 | SFOMs | Anyone out there? |
| Pergram, Brian | PC3 | Dec 16, 1983 – Apr 24, 1987 |
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