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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37). 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 669 crew members registered for the USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1967 | 1968 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – 1993 | 1994 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colon, Hector | E3 | 1978 – 1980 | 1st, then Stream | She was a great ship, heart moving it was when I found out that she was decommissioned and later sunk. I made some good friends on and off the ship and a wonderful time it was. |
| Moore, Edward | RM3 | 1978 – 1980 | Radio | |
| Emert, Robert | EN2 | 1978 – Dec 29, 1980 | A-Gang | I remember reporting for duty 2 days before leaving on westpac Trying to out run a typhoon in Hong Kong on the slowest ship in the Navy. 4 tugs try to keep us off the pier in Subic Bay Perky,Fluff,Paris,Nicely,Cole |
| Graham, Rod | DS2 | Feb 27, 1978 – Feb 26, 1984 | S 6 | |
| Finch, Bill | MACS | Mar 10, 1978 – Jul 15, 1979 | x | Recall riding out a typhon in Subic Bay with tugs pulling us away from the pier. |
| May, Reuben | HT2 | Apr 1978 – Jul 1981 | R 1 | had a great time on the gompers still gettinh reconnected with shipmates |
| Cowan, Jim | ML2 | Apr 1, 1978 – Sep 1, 1979 | FOUNDRY | |
| Nelson, Darryl | ML 3 | May 16, 1978 – Oct 20, 1980 | R-1 | They sank our ship??? |
| White, Mark | EN-3 | May 27, 1978 – Dec 20, 1980 | A (R-5 LAST 3 MONTHS | MY FIRST BOAT OUT OF ENGINEMAN "A" SCHOOL ME AN 15 OTHERS CAME ONBOARD MADE FIRST PAC 2 DAYS AFTER I GOT ONBOARD DID THE YARD PERIOD 79 SAW THE FIRST FEMALES COME ABOARD WAS AN EXPERIENCE ILL NEVER FORGET, ID DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN IN A HEARTB |
| Jacobs, Freddy/jake | hm3 | Jun 30, 1978 – Aug 15, 1980 | medical | |
| Galvin, James Pebbles | htfn | Sep 1978 – 1980 | r | |
| Vahle, Randy | TM3 | Oct 8, 1978 – May 5, 1980 | Weapons | I know someone out there remembers me !!! Cookie Monster (Bob Cook), Roy Mauer, John James John H. (Chicago) |
| Vahle, Randy | E4 | Oct 8, 1978 – May 5, 1980 | Weapons | I'm re-doing this because my e-mail address has changed. Roy, you crazy S.O.B., Cookie, you better get a hold of me. J. James, are you still in Collinsville, John Hoffman what's up. Greg (L.A.) Brian, THE craziest man I know. WHAT'S U |
| Book, Kent | E5 EN | Nov 30, 1978 – Nov 30, 1979 | A Gang | Had a good time what happend to Rick the Fluff spent most time at the pier and in yard still talk and spend timewith Al Minor ICman |
| Rupert, Gayle Russell | SN | 1979 – 1981 | Deck | One of the 1st female onboard, but what an experience, last name was Cauley at the time, worked for 5 months on the mess decks to get out of deck division, left ship the March 81, pregnant, love to hear from a shipmate, scrantongayle@yahoo |
| Muego, Ruben | YNC | 1979 – 1981 | X | I was the Chief in charge in the Ship's Office. Shipmates I remember whom I worked with...Lt Koritar, PNC Lacey, YNSN Chance, YN1 Bill... |
| Groves, William (Grovo) | fn | 1979 – 1982 | b | I sure miss fat sam and everyone that I served with |
| Coots, Michael | BT3 | 1979 – Sep 1982 | B-Div | |
| Demele, Terry | mrfn | 1979 – 1980 | m | |
| Harris, Ty | IC-2 | Jan 7, 1979 – Aug 19, 1984 | R-3 | Gompers Stompers AD-37 |
| Coots, Michael | BT3 | Mar 1979 – Sep 14, 1982 | B | |
| Hawkins, Daniel | EN2 | Apr 1979 – Nov 1980 | R1 | best time, had great fun with a great bunch of people, i was office yeoman, with Ross. and mc elzner. |
| Brewer, Bart | mm3 | Apr 1979 – Dec 1982 | m-div | had a great time on Fat Sam worked in the engine room and made some great friends |
| Harris, Jim / Harry | BT2 | May 1979 – Jun 1980 | B | |
| Fears, Diane Racine | HM2 | Jun 1979 – Jul 1981 | H | Without a doubt the best learning experience of my 24 years (active and reserves). |
| Shaffer(stoddard), Sandra (Sandya) | BM 3 | Jun 20, 1979 – Dec 1980 | Deck (Side Cleaners) | The best time I had while serving in the Navy was the time I spent aboard the Fat Sam. Stoneman, Mantack, were two people I remember well. I miss the ship and hope to make the next reunion. |
| Santa, Patti | MM | Jun 22, 1979 – Feb 15, 1982 | Engineering | |
| Barron, Randy | MS2 | Jul 1979 – 1981 | Supply/ Captain's Cook | If we served on Fat Sam together I would really like to connect with you. It would have been when the women were assigned to the ship. After only a few months I got to cook for two Captains, Captain O'Malia and Captain Bailey. Great time! |
| Fountain, Shawn (Petey) | HTFN | Sep 4, 1979 – Apr 4, 1982 | R (ship) | I miss been steaming.She was a good boat, Eggo still owe you that 20 falkner,siggy hope you made it through Katrin ok. PEACE BROTHERS&SISTRES! |
| McGarry, Kevin | BM | Sep 7, 1979 – Jul 10, 1983 | Deck | Join the Crew Members Association! We have a great website: www.usssamuelgompers.org. Next reunion will be in 2010 in Reno NV Deck Dept. Rules!!! |
| Soto, Robert | Nov 18, 1979 – Nov 18, 1982 | S2 | ||
| Stanley, Charlie | BM3 | Dec 1, 1979 – Sep 5, 1982 | 2nd | Loved my time there. I'm with MSC now , anyone else make that mistake? |
| Mishler, Daniel | MM3 | Dec 15, 1979 – Sep 15, 1982 | eng. | great time on fat sam!! any one haveing anything left from her like ball caps mainly a ships patch e-mail me i lost all in a fire |
| Kester, Duane | BM3 | 1980 – 1983 | 1st | A lot of good times. Wouldn't change a thing. |
| Crater, Jeff | mr3 | 1980 – 1981 | mr | |
| Hartbeck, Betsy | IC | 1980 – 1981 | IC REPAIR | |
| Bain, Melvin | e2 | 1980 – 1982 | boatsansmate | what up howie dog holla at me. sorry about sliping you that acid that night. But we had fun anyway.Your homeboy from St.Louis MO. Melvin INSAIN BAIN. |
| Burgos, Edgardo | SA | Jan 1980 – Aug 1981 | DECK | What a great ship. I met a lot of great people. JoAnn , little Cali, Salazar, Soto and Ceaser to mention a few. If any of you guys read this, I hope your having a great life. Good luck to you all. Your Buddy Burgos |
| Bay, Louie | ENC | Jan 13, 1980 – May 1981 | ADMIN | What a great ship. Worked as 3-M cord. Made CPO on 13 aug. '80. Served under Capt.O'MALIA. Big event in my life .Remember Lacy,Archer,Larson,Lyons and many others. Sorry to hear it was a target. |
| Howard, Darryl | sn | Feb 16, 1980 – Apr 22, 1983 | supple s-1 | |
| Allen, Daniel | SK2 | Mar 15, 1980 – Sep 22, 1984 | supply | loved going on the 2 west pac made many friends on my tour there |
| Ingram, Steve | HT1 (SW) | Mar 15, 1980 – Mar 31, 1984 | RT/NDT Lab | Had a great time onboard. |
| Hallahan, Michael | bm3 | Jul 14, 1980 – Jun 25, 1984 | boats and cranes div. | the best 3 years ever will always have great memories of the 3 west packs i served on. |
| Johnson, Dennis | DT | Aug 2, 1980 – Sep 14, 1982 | dental | was up ricky |
| Cotant, Mike | IC-3 | Sep 1980 – Sep 1984 | R-3 | Served with Skovira, Cruz, Dalvit. Played a lot of cards |
| Skovira, Bernard | IC2 | Sep 25, 1980 – May 15, 1983 | R3 | |
| Paul, James | E-6 (GMG 1) | Nov 1980 – May 1984 | w-3 ships armory | this was my first ship after boot camp , and i met some of the best people, and was the coach of the ships softball team. miss all you guys. would love too hear from yall. |
| Brazil, Jeff "Daddy-b" "braz" | EMFN | Nov 1980 – Mar 1983 | E Division | 2 years of talking like WC Fields? Thanks Nick |
| Griffes, Ed | MM3 | Nov 14, 1980 – Dec 31, 1983 | M | Darrel Lunde came across your name and Jmmiy Heins on this site.Man they were some good times. Remeber when the spring bearing burend up? The Uss Spartenatlmoast sank in the lagon at Diego Garciea? |
| Stoudenmier, Michael | DP3 | Dec 6, 1980 – May 1982 | S-6 Data Processing | Great times on the Gompers. Served on two West Pac/I.O. cruises. Saw more of Diego Garcia than I care to remember. Great times in Hong Kong, and Australia. Hope everyone in S-6 have had wonderful lives after "Sam" |
| Martin, Guss | yn3 | Dec 28, 1980 – Apr 24, 1984 | admin/weapons | pn2 austin, clegg, grigsby, ken williams, both of them, wictor hall, would like to hear from you guys. |
| Martin, Guss | E-4/YN3 | Dec 28, 1980 – Apr 24, 1984 | admin/weapons |
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