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USS Caron (DD 970) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Caron (DD 970). 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 427 crew members registered for the USS Caron (DD 970).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – 1993 | 1994 – 1996 | 1997 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truitt, Jay | ETC | Jan 3, 1997 – Oct 14, 1999 | CSE | What a great ship! We had some good times. |
| Lemon, Kevin | E5 | Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 5, 2001 | Od01 | My time on the Caron was the most enjoyment that I had with the navy. I really enjoyed the crew |
| Barns, Derrick | FC2 | Apr 9, 1997 – Jul 22, 2000 | CSV | |
Williams, Lionel  | SH3 | Jun 12, 1997 – Jun 12, 2000 | Supply | Good Times! I had so much fun! |
| Klein, Rick | SM1 | Jul 1997 – Aug 2001 | She was a awesome ship with an awesome crew,especially oc and nav dept. sure do miss the gooch(sm1)..And the nato cruise was awesome for my last deployment on caron. | |
| Adkins, Nathaniel (Nate) | BM3 | Sep 16, 1997 – Jun 10, 2001 | OD01 | It's me Boats |
| Adkins, Nathaniel (Nate) | BM3 | Sep 18, 1997 – Jun 10, 2001 | OD01 | Living in Florida is awesome. anybody that knows me hit me back. |
| Thompson, Donald | .BM2 | Oct 1, 1997 – Jul 11, 2001 | OPS/ OD01 | Great times and wonderful memories will always remember the crew and the punt boat aka love boat by the way married Kong and have two semi-great kids |
| Rochford, John | PN3 | Dec 1997 – Aug 1998 | Admin | I was shocked to hear that the USS Caron sunk. I would like to know if there were any crew that lost their lives. I had a few friends onboard and want to know who lived and lost their lives. Contact me at JTROCH8500@NETZERO.COM. Thank you. |
| McClure, Michael (Mac) | E4/SH3 | Dec 1997 – Aug 2001 | Supply (S3) | Man, seeing those pictures of her on her side tugs at my heart. Had alot of great memories, met some of my dearest friends and had the time of my life with that ship. She was my home and my friend. |
| Norton, Eric | FC1 | Dec 30, 1997 – Oct 20, 2001 | CSF/CSG | |
| Barnes, Jeremy | OS3 | 1998 – 2000 | I am very shocked to hear she was sank. I had some of the best friends and times of my life. Great ship and crew. | |
| Royer, Patrick | BMSN | Feb 1998 – Mar 2001 | OD01 | She was the only ship I ever served on but she will always be in my memories. |
| Sutton, Chris | GMSA/SN/3/2 | Feb 27, 1998 – Feb 23, 2001 | CSG | Great ship and great crew. Had a great Chief and great gun mates. Congrats Sal!! too bad MT52 had to go down with her (we just replaced her a year before!!!) also met a great friend there, miss that. Caron Can Do!!! |
| Shifflett, Chuck | QMC(SW) | Mar 1998 – Oct 2001 | NNO1 | I have to many memories to list, Caron was a great ship with an awesome crew. |
| Hammersley, John | STG2 | May 1998 – Jun 2000 | CSA | Had some good times, and some bad. But for the most part it was worth it. |
| Hansen, Edward | STG2(SW) | Jul 13, 1998 – Oct 23, 1999 | CSA | Back in san diego after two other ships, Had a great time with those that remember |
| Miller, Jeremiah | Aug 1, 1998 – Sep 1, 2001 | |||
| Healis, Jayson | RM2 | Aug 10, 1998 – Sep 1999 | OC | I apaulogize to my shipmates 4 not arriving apon board to receive my instant upgrade. I learned that my "A"School instructor was to sail with me, but if anyone knew or heard of me please write so we can build a relationship which was 2B done fo |
| Soldana, Sal | GM3 | Aug 25, 1998 – Aug 25, 2001 | Lots of great memories and met lots of good friends with memorable times overseas. But most of all I found my soul mate big headed Stacy Soldana that has given me my son Sal jr and is having baby #2. Gunners rule!!! | |
| Oates, Colin | CTA1(SW) | Sep 1998 – Oct 10, 2001 | OT | Great ship and shipmates that gave me memories for a lifetime. It's sad to know that I will never walk her decks again. |
| Jones, Benjamin | IS1(SW) | Sep 1998 – Jan 6, 2001 | OT | Changed dates to appropriate times. |
| Vadan, Adrian - Felix | SH3 | Sep 15, 1998 – May 21, 2001 | Supply | Two great Med Cruises and a lot of great friends I'll never forget. |
| Speck, Edward | OS1 | Nov 7, 1998 – Sep 28, 2001 | OI | Began the de-comm but couldn't stay for the end. Made a lot of great memories. |
| Anderson, Jeremy | TM3 | Nov 20, 1998 – Dec 7, 1999 | Sonar | The Caron was fun. I miss my torpedo mags. |
| High, Donald | YN2 | Dec 13, 1998 – Oct 12, 2001 | NAV | CAN'T BELIVE THEY SUNK HER. THERE WERE SOME OF MY BEST MEMORIES IN THE NAVY ONBOARD THAT SHIP. |
| Lopez, Luis | E-5/GM2 | Jan 1999 – Oct 2001 | CSG | |
| Bates, Douglas | LT | Mar 1999 – Sep 2000 | CSE/CSG | The CARON was a tremendous experience and it was sad to hear of her demise. It was a honor to serve onboard the CARON and to this day I still think about the sailors I had the priviliedge to work with over my 19 months onboard. |
| Ritter-burrows, Jenny | OS | Jun 1999 – May 2001 | Great boat. Sad to hear the news. Will keep those memories together with me forever. | |
| Townsend, Leticia, T | OS2 E-5 | Jul 1999 – Jul 2001 | OPERATIONS | |
| Reintges, Jon | IC1 | Aug 1999 – Oct 12, 2001 | E | My first real surface ship. I had alot of fun with the decom crew. |
| Marsolais, Erifili | FC3 (SW) NOW FCC | Sep 1, 1999 – Sep 9, 2001 | CSF | My first ship. I will never forget the BEST destroyer on the waterfront! |
| Morris, Davyd L. | IC2(SW) | Sep 7, 1999 – Sep 7, 2001 | EE05 | My first ship and probably my best ship. Sad to see it go. Learned alot on that ship. |
| Baker, Branden | IC2 (SW/AW) | Oct 3, 1999 – Oct 15, 2001 | EE05 | Well... I made second class, decommed her, and I was the last ICMAN off. |
| Ebright (Verdier), Mary / Ski | E-6/SK1 | Nov 1999 – Oct 12, 2001 | S-1 | I enjoyed my time on Caron and miss the crew a lot. I was sad when I found out the ship's fate. |
| Church, Robert | GMC(SW/AW) | Nov 11, 1999 – Oct 19, 2001 | CSG LCPO | Great Ship. Guns Always shot. We were the ones that sank the Ex Crusier Dale. We put almost 100 rounds of 5 inch into her before she sank. FCCS Steve Muleavey made sure we hit the water line with HEPDD. The crew was fantastic. Loved it |
| Shaw, Ronald | E-3 | Dec 11, 1999 – Dec 10, 2000 | Operations | |
| McCarty, Shane | OS2 NOW OS1 | 2000 – 2001 | OI | Only there a short time but enjoyed it. I met some great people and made some lasting friends. Thanks for the memories. |
| Chavis, Amy/brie | SN | Jan 2000 – May 2001 | OD01/Deck | I miss this ship. I had alot of memories on here. This is where I met my husband Allen from A-Gain. |
| Ponder, Samone | OS2 | Jan 1, 2000 – Oct 10, 2001 | OI | My fiirst ship and I learned a lot, met a lot of good friends and just one bad one! Imagine that. |
| Travis, Alicia | FC2 | Jan 7, 2000 – Jul 17, 2001 | CG Mk 86 | Best/Worst memories I will ever have of the Navy come from that ship but I will love the Caron until the day I die. Thank God, the Cole did get to take her out! LOL |
| Dvorak, Brad | SN | Mar 2000 – Aug 2002 | deck | i loved the ship. i enjoyed the last med cruse. would like to contact others that remmber me bradandkristina@yahoo.com 979-733-7184 this is my # until i get married om 3-18-06 |
| Gould, Tim | OS1 | Apr 15, 2000 – Oct 10, 2001 | OI | Took her on her last cruise as a ASTAC and helped decomm her and take on her trip up to philli ghost fleet |
| Mitchell, Denzil | CTM1 | Jun 1, 2000 – Oct 2001 | OT | Favorite ship ever!! great people... Great times!! |
| Martinez, Juan | ABH3 | Jun 10, 2000 – Sep 20, 2001 | Deck | I met some great friends on board this outstanding ship. Great memories exploring the world with some of my good shipmates SN Harmon, SN Powell. And learned some great wisdom from BM2 Barbosa and chief jenkins. NIce being on board this vessel. |
| Harper, Stephanie | E3 | Jul 1, 2000 – Oct 10, 2001 | MP | I had some great times while I was stationed on her, She was my only ship. I will never forget her or the wonderful people I was honored to meet. |
| Spedale-billeaudeau, Sarah | E-2 | Jul 7, 2000 – Dec 11, 2000 | this is sarah spedale i derved on the Caron in 2000 i was friends with lots of my cew mmber including NC1 and petty officer scott wolf and jeff walker anyone wanted to get in touch with me e-mail me at cajanbaby78@yahoo.com please it don't | |
| Harper, Stephanie | E3 | Aug 2, 2000 – Oct 10, 2001 | MP | |
| Gilbert, Eboni | OS2(SW/AW) | Aug 15, 2000 – Aug 15, 2001 | OI-01 | Great ship, made a lot of good friends. |
| Altenhofel, Ana | E5 | Sep 2000 – Oct 13, 2001 | Deck | This was my first ship. My favorite of all the ships that I have been on. I miss the small community of destroyers! I will always miss her. |
| Hansson, Mark | OSC(SW) | Oct 28, 2000 – Oct 18, 2001 | OPS | The best and my favorite ship ever. Also served 24Dec84-30Nov88, came aboard as an OSSN and left a month shy of tacking on OS1. Came back with my anchors and rode her to the end. Lots of fun SpecOps in those early days, always ready to go! |
| Parker, Harold | CMDCM(AW/SW) | Dec 19, 2000 – Oct 16, 2001 | ADMIN | Last CMC onboard USS CARON. It was fitting that a previous HM be the last senior enlisted onboard. Great ship, great crew, and she lived to all of our Navy Core Values |
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