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USS Orion (AS 18) Crew List

The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Orion (AS 18). 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 871 crew members registered for the USS Orion (AS 18).

Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1954 | 1955 – 1961 | 1962 – 1965 | 1966 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – now

Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Coplin, Steven	IM2	1985 – 1987	R2	My last command before getting out. Made some great friends (Hey Beav, this is Wally :P). Would love to hear from anyone who I served with in the MIRCS lab. Had a lot of fun!
Adams, Jerry	HM3	1985 – 1987	H
Marshall, Thomas	BM2	1985 – 1987	DECK	Work in the rigging shop
Myers, Alan	ML2	1985 – Aug 1987	R-6
Bocock, John	IC2	1985 – 1987	E	Great memories. Went back in 2007. Had great time.
Volgraf, Michael	MS1	1985 – 1987	S-2 / Admin
Robinson, Patrick NEW	mr3	1985 – Apr 1988	r-2 / r-5	just looking for old friends
Smith, Larry	HT3/DC3	Jan 1985 – Oct 1987		im looking to find aaron pippen{holleywood}from a gang
Morris, Shane		Jan 1985 – Jul 1987	Dental	What a great duty station, I have never had such close friends as the Italians that befriended me. Looking foraward to taking my family on vacation there.
Amorelli, Tony	DPSN	Jan 1985 – May 1987	Data Processing S-8?	Lots of great friends and lost of great memories. Looking for anyone from that time to contact. Those were some of the best times of my life. Finally got in contact w/some old shipmates. Looking forward to hearing from others!
Kosticak, Stevan	IM3	Jan 1985 – Jan 1987	R2, MIRCS	Never thought this would happen, but I actually miss the place sometimes. Coplin, want to watch some Air Wolf? Ace, I thought you would be headlining DTE or the Fox by now? Ah, the memories.
Ehart Jr, Mike	ms3	Jan 1, 1985 – Aug 25, 1987	supply	19 when i arrived.experianced and seen alot. made some good friends and good times. man overboard watch by the stack.
Schade, Don	LT	Jan 18, 1985 – Jan 20, 1987	S-1	I had a spectacular division that took S-1 from last to first in all supply metrics. Thanks to all those great sailors that made that possible.
Ruiz, Sixto	HT-3	Mar 1985 – May 1987	R-1	Served in the R-1 Division. Being on that ship got me HOOKED to Europe and travel. Had some CRAZY times back then,times that will stay with me forever.
Bailey, Chris	PN2	Mar 1985 – Mar 1987	Personnel
Willis, Bruce	MM2	Mar 1985 – Jul 1988	R-5	Had a great time in La Madd and met some great friends. R5 was hoppin' when the Chernobyl cloud hit the Orion. I don't remember who it was, but another R5 guy and I took the first air test that showed Chernobyl fallout.
Dennis, Johnny	En3	Mar 1, 1985 – Mar 1, 1987	R-9	Chris Prevatt, Rick Cargill, Bob Hartman, Greg Grimm, Soup Campbell, Matt Rice, Jerry Amiral and the rest of the R9 guys were my friends; Chris and I shared an apt and had a dog named Rocky. Monika (Swede) and I met.
Boyd, Darryl	Radioman E-3	Mar 3, 1985 – May 29, 1986	Radioman	wish I could have stayed but had to leave
Weber, Harold	ETC/SS	Mar 20, 1985 – Mar 5, 1988	R-4	Ship superintendant for two years, Loved Itally
Richardson, Jim	HT!/DV	Apr 1985 – Oct 1987	Locker	Great dive locker to work for. Everyone was cool and Sardinia, Italy was pretty cool. Like living 30 years in the past.
Edmondson, Blake	MR3	Apr 1985 – Jun 1987	R-2 Machine Shop	Reported as an MRFN there was about nine of us booters who had to learn real quick to make challenging parts and repairs, we learned quickly. Had a great career on Orion. Be good to hear from some of you guys.
Kimber, Bart	DKSN	Apr 1985 – Oct 1986	Disbursing	I was friends with Edmounson, Schoolfield, Jernigan, Smitty, Blue. Angel, Ethan, Manko, Kevin among others...Love to hear from any of you... Great times and great people- host nationals were too cool! kimberbart@yahoo.
Hicks, Thayne	MM3	Apr 15, 1985 – Dec 17, 1987	R-9	The time on the ROCK was the best I've had to date, it's hard to describe to people just what life was like there good times good friends great memories. lost all the pictures along the way, but close your eyes and your there, drop a line
Alonso, Juan	EN3	Apr 19, 1985 – Aug 25, 1987	Port Services	Great time wish I could go back to visit the Rock
Laughlin, Curtis "tex"	E3	Apr 22, 1985 – Jan 15, 1988	fire room, boat shop, omb	miss all the fun....and people.....Mark "toto" Totura, Andy Baloy, Steve Godowoski., Gary Folk, Senior chief Stag, D.O. Marcia Hatfield....she loved to drink Malibu....lol was the most beautiful place we coulda been stationed.
Downs, Kevin	IM 3	Jun 9, 1985 – Aug 17, 1988	R 2	Had alot of great times, looking for old friends or anyone from the MIRCS Lab
Blinn, Robert	DPSN-DP3	Jul 1985 – Sep 1989	CSS-22 AMDCO & S-8	What is there to say about the old girl. She was a great ship and a joy to serve on. I really enjoyed being there in La Madd. It was quite an experience.
Cooley, Douglas	EM2	Jul 1985 – Oct 1987
Stone, Rayford Stoner Boner	sh3	Jul 1985 – 1987	supply	miss Lamadd
Oliver, Mike	BM3	Jul 16, 1985 – Jun 10, 1987	R-6 72A
Janoschek, Marty, "jano"	EM2	Aug 1985 – Sep 1987		Worked hard, partied harder.
Fridley, Timothy	Ltjg	Aug 1985 – Aug 1987	W-3 / W-6
Rose, Roger	MM1	Sep 1985 – Oct 1987	QA	Spent the first year at Shore Patrol in Palau then finished up onboard in the QA Dept.
Brady, Tim	TM3	Sep 1985 – Jan 1988	W-6	What a great time! visiting Spain, France, Greece, Gibraltar, Switzerland, and of course, Italy, the beautiful beaches in the Summer, walking the piazza every evening, going to the discos at night, young and not a care in the world.
Parson, Dana	EN2	Sep 1985 – Sep 1987	A Gang	What a great time, we sure drank a lot of beer. Hello to George L (boys in the band), Matt L (I'm so burnt), Troy M (hey Pars) & all engineering. I'd like to hear from all of you guys! I'm now an electrician (IBEW 34), married, 2
Thompson, John	HT2	Sep 2, 1985 – Oct 17, 1987	R-10	What a ship! What a place! I wish I could say it was fun...I think Phil and I and a whole lot of others made a few bar owners rich! Still keep in touch with some, but where are you Tom Burt, Lance Woodyard??? and anyone else???
McMahon, Darren	SKSA	Sep 19, 1985 – Oct 23, 1987	S-1	It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Sending a shout out to Glenn Ford and John Anselmo, wherever you both might be.
Harrison, Rick	DP1	Oct 1985 – Oct 1987	ADP	Good times. Beautiful island setting with lots to do. Have visited many times since I left Orion.
Watkins, Jerry	MRFN	Oct 1985 – Oct 1987	repair	working in the machine shop onboard the onion was an awesome start to a carreer as a machinist. got to work many all nighters making sub parts
Rice, Matthew	MM2	Nov 1985 – Dec 1987	R-9	The Orion was a great time in my life. I didn't care too much for the military hassles, but man, what a time drinking beer at the CMO and travelling around the Med. Good friends, Ed Soboski, Bob Hartman, Butch Bouchard, Randy Comer.
Heffelfinger, Jeff/heff	MR3	Dec 1985 – 1988	R-2	Had a blast on the ROCK & saw tons of countrys, while over there!!
Welton, Tim	PC3	Dec 1985 – Dec 1985	Admin	Was in I-Division(Indoc when you first came aboard) then the Post office. Lots of good times at the paridiso club and the various ports we hit.
Welton, Tim	PC3	Dec 1985 – Dec 1987	Admin Postoffice
Perez, Big	TM3	Dec 1985 – Nov 1988	W3 AND WO	Great experience working in Special weapons with Vaccarella, Owens, Flaherty, TM2 Taylor. Working at weapons office with TMCM Campbell....
Schwartz, Randy	MR3	Dec 20, 1985 – Mar 25, 1988	R2 Machine shop	It was a Great time had fun and made alot of friends sure remember our first apartment called the bee hive really busy and lots of drinking and partying Hi Don Schriner Remember your band!
Rincones, Porfirio	BM3	Dec 26, 1985 – Nov 19, 1987	2nd (Crane Division)

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Point of Contact	Planned date	Planned location	Remarks
Harold Wright	Sep 23, 2013	Wilmington, NC	September 23rd through27th. Includes lunch, tour and memorial service aboard battleship USS North Carolina, dinner cruise on the Cape Fear river aboard riverboat Henrietta, a number of local tours and activities, and much fellowship.

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