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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Topeka (CLG 8). 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 42 crew members registered for the USS Topeka (CLG 8).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1968 | – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruckelmeyer, Ralph | SN | 1959 – Apr 26, 1963 | 1st & OR | |
| Davidovich, Walter L | GMC | 1959 – 1963 | Gun Group | Passed away July 14, 2012 |
| Noble, Ken | RD2 | Oct 1, 1959 – Jan 14, 1963 | OI - Operational Intelligence | Plank Owner 1960 with 2 WesPac Cruises plus a trip through the Panama Canal. Webmaster for reunion association http//www.usstopekaclg8.org. |
| Martin, Stewart | SM2 | Jan 7, 1960 – Oct 1, 1964 | OS | Plank Owner - Looking for anyone who served during operations off coastal waters of Vietnam. I believed we fired our 6" guns in support of ops. I live in CO 303/358-8736. Love to hear from you. |
| Marsh, Charlie | ET5 | Jun 15, 1960 – Apr 15, 1963 | I made a lot of friends while serving on the Topeka. I wish I had written down all their addresses when I left her while being overhauled in San Francisco. To date I have been able to contact two shipmates, Charlie Burrell and Dale Tripp. | |
| Berry, Mike NEW | ETN2 | Dec 1961 – Jan 1965 | OE Division | 2 WESTPAC cruises with many memorable shipmate friends. |
| Cate, Roy G. | GMSN | Jan 1962 – Aug 1963 | ||
| Heron, Roger | SN | Oct 1962 – Jul 1966 | second | |
| Thompson, Charles | EM3 | 1963 – 1966 | E | Great ship enjoyed maintaing the turrents and gun mounts electricaly. |
| Short, Kenneth | IC2 (Interior Communications PO2) | 1963 – 1966 | E Division | |
| Shelden, Robert ( Bob) | BT-2 | 1963 – Nov 23, 1965 | B | |
| Vincent, Brookins | MS3 | Aug 1, 1963 – Jun 2, 1967 | Cook | Anyone remember the Olympia Beer boat in Da Nang? (free beer)Dropping agent Orange, wind blew it over the ship? |
| Rindom, Harold | SEAMAN | Dec 10, 1963 – Mar 22, 1964 | 1 | last 4 month was in longbeach was fun time |
| Burch, Lonnie | SM | 1964 – 1966 | Personel | |
| Ritter, Victor E. | SN | Feb 1964 – Nov 1966 | 2nd Division | |
| Kish, Dan | FIREMEN FOWARD FIRE ROOM, CS3 | Oct 1964 – Jul 1968 | BOILER TENDER, CS | MADE WEST PAC VIETNAM 1965 - 1966. BACK LONG BEACH THEN SAN FRANSICO, PANNAMA CANAL MED CRUISE, THEN CANAL MAYPORT FL. HELLO NELLIE AND WHITEY. GREAT TIME ON SHIP WONDERFUL PEOPLE. |
| Srader, Srader | EM5 | Oct 30, 1964 – Feb 13, 1968 | E devision | We were there! |
| Jensen, Andrew | SN | Dec 1964 – Mar 1966 | Second | |
| Downs, Ronald | SK3 | 1965 – 1966 | ||
| Timmons, Dj | Fireman | 1965 – 1970 | a | |
| Milstead, Rick | RD2 | Mar 1965 – Aug 1966 | OI | did the gun line cruise off Vietnam. lot of long hours doing radiotelephone talking with spotters on the beach. seems like i spent more time in plot then I did in combat. retired from the Navy in 1987. |
| Cagle, Ron | GMG2 | Jun 8, 1965 – Jan 30, 1969 | 2/4th | Great first ship. Started here left the Nave 26 yrs later. |
| Channell, David | MM2 | Jun 15, 1965 – May 15, 1968 | M | |
| Heaton, Ken | SH3 E-4 | Oct 30, 1965 – Jul 28, 1967 | S-3 | Wanna be Boatswain mate of supply! |
| Johnson, J.B. | RM2 | Nov 1965 – Apr 1968 | OR | ''66-Westpac-Remember the Bunny System for the Flag Bridge msgs? Remember the Mity-Mite teletype machines and which U.S. Senator rumored to have stock in that co.? Remember Operation Double Eagle leaks we traced to the Admiral's band? |
| Obrien, Bruce | Nov 18, 1965 – Feb 7, 1967 | a | ||
| Coiner, Bill | EM3 | May 1966 – 1968 | E-Division | .High lined on the Uss Worden DLG18 in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1966. Left it in Mare Island yards in 1968. Went on board Uss Topeka CLG8 in Long Beach, CA. |
| Brown, Carl , Danny | E-3 | May 31, 1966 – Jun 16, 1967 | Boatswain's mate | |
| Mail, Alan D. (Dave) | LTJG | Jul 1966 – Jun 1967 | OR | Great time. Hated driving the ship's vehicle through Naples. I concur - Halvoson was a great skipper. I began a great 22 years in the Navy on her. |
| Mc Bean, Mike | SN | Jul 1, 1966 – Jun 9, 1968 | 2 nd | Enjoyed the time I spent aboard. The Topeksa was the last ship i served on out of my 10 years in the Navy. The other ships that i served on were, USS Hornet CVS 12 and the USS epperson DDE 719 Pineapple fleet |
| Holley, Wally | STG3 | Oct 29, 1966 – Jan 15, 1969 | ASW | I reported aboard Topeka immediatley following the 1966 west-pac cruise. the ship was on stand down and and no one was around to give me a permanent bething assignment, so the duty MAA, gave me abox of unused sponges and & sonar deck was b |
| Long, Daniel | RD2 | Nov 8, 1966 – Oct 5, 1970 | OI | |
| Martin, Aaron | BM3 | Feb 1967 – Mar 1968 | 2nd | Had a great time onboard and welcome shipmates to contact me. |
| Coats, Philip | Seaman | Feb 1967 – Jun 5, 1969 | First Divison | Made the two Med. cruise's. Remember the change of command in Villafrance, going through the canal three times. Having swim call in the Pacific before going through the last time. So many memories but not enough space. |
| Burke, Frank | CLG 8 | Feb 24, 1967 – Feb 24, 1969 | engineering | great growing up experience |
| Allen, David | BM2 | Mar 3, 1967 – Nov 6, 1969 | 2nd | |
| Winking, Tim | EM2 | Jun 15, 1967 – Dec 31, 1968 | E Division | Assigned to Topeka in Long Beach dry docks in summer of 67. Made the final two Med cruises and got out in Mayport as she was awaiting decommissioning. |
| Tipre, J. Edward | JO3 | Sep 1967 – Dec 1968 | Made two Med cruises in late 1960s. Looking for Father Ed Fallon, Bob Wilson, John H. Mitchell, Grady Russ. Remember Captain George Halvorson as an exemplary officer. Loved Naples. | |
| Beale, Earlon | EM-2 | Feb 22, 1968 – Jun 10, 1969 | Great experience/met a great bunch og guys/learned alot from them/One med cruise 68 | |
| Huffine, Neil | bm2 | Mar 13, 1968 – Jun 5, 1969 | deck div 1st | transferred from uss edson dd 946 mar of 68 went to boston, ma with the topeka and started the decomissioning process i was a bm2 when i left her june 5 69 great ship great times great captain halvorson |
| Coiner, Bill | EM2 | Apr 24, 1968 – Jun 5, 1969 | E Division | Came aboard in Long Beach just before leaving for Mayport. I was on it thru the decommissioning. |
| Jones, Rollin | SK3 | Oct 1968 – Jun 1969 | Supply | I enjoyed my time as well as the decommissioning |
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