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USS Valley Forge (CV 45) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Valley Forge (CV 45). 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 187 crew members registered for the USS Valley Forge (CV 45).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1952 | 1953 – 1960 | 1961 – 1966 | 1967 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black, Greg | ETR3 | 1967 – 1969 | OE | Two cruises to VN. |
| Cline, Jack | ETR3 | 1967 – 1969 | OE | It would be great to hear from some of my old shipmates. |
Gilzean, John  | AG2 | 1967 – 1968 | weather | Two tours RVN 67-68, our relief couldn't make it on time due to fuel contamination as I recall. Went in as a boy, came out as a big boy. Wouldn't trade the memories for anything. Subic, Hong Kong, and a few others. |
| Rogers, Charley / Chuck | E2 | 1967 – 1968 | Boatswain mate | Served one year on the valley forge lph8 one tour to Vietnam great adventure for a young man trained for LCMs |
| Sexton, Charles | ETN2 | Jan 1967 – Nov 1969 | Operations - Electronics | |
| Gill, James | E4 | Jan 1, 1967 – Nov 1, 1969 | Navigation | Wondering where some of the guys are now! |
| Young, Fred | LI3 | Jan 1, 1967 – May 1, 1970 | X DIV | PRINT SHOP STILL PRINTING |
| Marien, Thomas | e-4 | Mar 23, 1967 – Oct 3, 1969 | E | IC Electrician |
| Perratore, Vincent | FN | Mar 27, 1967 – Oct 1968 | E | Was assigned to the Forward Diesel room and was trained by EMC Culpepper, and later in the Ordinance Power Shop, by EM1 Ehlers, EM2 Hawk, EM2 Fortune, EM2 Slaven, EM2 Smith, EM3 Giles, EM3 Shilhanek, and EM3 Blocker. |
| Glasgow, Terry | Airman E-3 | Apr 1967 – Feb 1968 | V-1 division | I worked on flight deck as yellow shirt for a short time and got to go home before cruise was over. One guy I was friends with was last name Nelson. H.E. Nelson. Division officer Lt. Langford was from my home state Fla. |
| Singer, Ray | E4 | Apr 5, 1967 – Aug 1968 | OE | WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OLD FRIENDS FROM CREW & MARINE BATTALION 3/1 (MARINE IN DISGUISE), PARTICULARLY MPs & LSU from the Valley Forge. would like to hear from those I served with in ACU1 & the USS Norfolk. |
| Beech, Don | ET2 | Apr 15, 1967 – Dec 2, 1969 | OE | |
| Patik, Ed (Pat) | AZ2 | May 1967 – Nov 1968 | V-1 | yeoman/fueler V-1 divison under LT. bradford,chief snead, 1st class og hall, 2nd class mulligan. AZ school at Millington, TN. stationed at Barbers Point, Hawaii in charge of logs & records, flight schedule,etc |
| Langlois, Gerard | SM | May 1967 – | Communications | Just looking for the shipmates in the signal gang from summer of 67 thru 69. |
| Wagner, Peter | E-3 | Jul 1967 – Aug 20, 1969 | V-4 | I would not of miss it |
| Condrotte, Charles (Chad) | DT2 | Aug 21, 1967 – Sep 1, 1969 | Dental Division | I was the Dental Clinic Supervisor and did 2 WestPac cruises during the Vietnam War. I was in a helicopter crash into the Tonkin Gulf on a CH-46, 14 rescued, no injuries. I really enjoyed my tour aboard Valley Forge. |
| Fitzpatrick, John | sfp | Sep 15, 1967 – Nov 10, 1968 | r division | looking for John Svaldi.i am a retired fitter, and welder, learned my trade in the Navy. |
| Shuey, Dennis | Sfp2 | Sep 15, 1967 – Nov 8, 1969 | R | Looking for shipmates from 67 to 69 in R div |
| Bartholomew, Bart | SN | Sep 17, 1967 – May 1, 1969 | Combat Cargo | I worked for Capt. J.M. Puckett USMC and Gunny J. Barnett USMC. Work with Larry and Gary Wymer (Wisc) Don Chambers, Rich Hoover, Joe Cook |
| Walls, Jim | IC 2 | Oct 1967 – Sep 1969 | E | Was an IC man in E division under IC1 Williams and chief Green working in sound power shop. Did 2 west pacs. |
| Bartholomew, Marvin | sn | Oct 17, 1967 – Nov 11, 1969 | x | I am looking for Larry Wymer. He was also in X division and we both worked for Combat Cargo. |
| Costello, Frank | SN | Nov 1967 – 1969 | GM Division | I'm looking for anyone who was on board the Valley Forge LPH-8 when we anchored in Da-Nang Harbor for a few days. We were to split the ship into three groups so we could have a day of R & R. We got cut off after 2 days |
| Darnell, Jim | sk-3 | Nov 1967 – Nov 1968 | S-1 | Was on board during tea |
| Crowe, Richard | SN | Nov 10, 1967 – Jan 10, 1970 | Navation | I did 2 West-Pac. cruises. First one in 1st division,Second one I was in navation.division. Transfered to USS Midway in San Francisco,CA Jan 1970 into Navation |
| Knill, Tom | 1968 – 1970 | |||
| Faul, Mike | ABH3 | 1968 – 1969 | V-1 | |
| Ziegler, Steve | btfn | 1968 – 1970 | B | The Happy Valley as we called her was my first duty station I worked in the chiefs mess then was in B Div down in the boiler rooms When they decommissioned her l and a few others were sent to serve on the Midway |
| Lenzer, Jack | ENFN | 1968 – 1969 | X -Combat Cargo | was on with a few Lt. Ray USMC Gunnery Sgt J Barnett the Navel Crew and I was the last Leading Seaman on the ship when we pulled in to Long Beach in Oct. 1969 got out went to bus station with Dave Kowitz 10/10/1969 |
| Seigal, James L | AG3 | 1968 – 1969 | OA | |
| Robbins, Louis | HT 2 | Jan 1968 – Oct 1969 | R | Made a lot of friends on the Valley. In contact with some of them now. We sure had some times. Wish she would not of been scraped out. Would bring back some memories to walk the flight deck again, good and bad ones. |
| Kowitz, David | SA | Jun 1968 – Dec 1969 | tad marine corp. combat cargo | |
| Ryan, Forrest | DK3 | Jul 1968 – Sep 1970 | Disbursing | I met many great people while on the Valley. I was a disbursing clerk. |
| Polio, Mike | DC3 | Aug 1968 – Jan 1970 | dc | it is a shame that the Valley was abandoned for scrapp -- |
| Klier, Mike | eng-3 | Aug 16, 1968 – Aug 16, 1972 | A gang | |
| Yareff, Bob | LI3 | Sep 1968 – Dec 1969 | X | I was a Personellman then a Lithographer trained by Jerry Crowley and Fred Young. I'm trying to get in touch with Fred Young. Also anyone from the Personell Office. |
| Anlage, Bernard (Ben) | PHAN | Oct 1968 – Nov 1969 | OA | |
| Ratliff, Gary | DPSN | Oct 15, 1968 – Jan 7, 1970 | Data Processing | Valley Forge was my first command. Looking for friends in the computer room. |
| Juhasz, David Nickname(Rabbit) | FN3 | Oct 16, 1968 – Feb 3, 1970 | B Division | Nice to see something like this. I served on the Valley during her last deployment. Looking for anyone who can help me "fill in" acouple "missing days in my life aboard.. Would have been around july-Aug 69 " |
| McCrum, Barry | AG2 | Nov 8, 1968 – Nov 1969 | OA | Enjoyed my time aboard. Would like to connect with any fellow OA Division shipmates. |
| Duncan, James | E5 | Dec 1968 – Jan 15, 1970 | Communications | Interested in hearing from Radioman on Valley from any year. |
| Robertson, Richard | RDSN | 1969 – 1970 | CIC | Boarded in Danang harbor to complete the final tour. Took the final trip back to Long Beach, CA and helped decommision. Secret spot- the SPN-6 room up high and below the flight deck at the rear corner. |
| Vieira, Ray | BTFN | 1969 – 1970 | B division | Valley Forge was my first command. |
| Brady, Bill | BT-2 | Jan 1969 – Jan 1970 | B | The Valley Forge was my 2nd of 3 trips to Vietnam. |
| Buckman, Robert "buck" | EM3 | Jan 4, 1969 – Jan 15, 1970 | E | Worked in Ordnance Power Shop for EMC Tallmadge & EM1 Dave Hawk. Also, Hilligoss, Vehon, Swett, Holder, Bailey, Harbert, Ehlers |
| Rapp, Dave | Navy seaman E3 | Jan 10, 1969 – Jun 1, 1970 | Boatwain's Mate | My Name Is Dave Rapp. I Was On The Valley Forge LPH-8 From Jan. 1969 until She Was Decommissioned. my Next Ship Was The USS Isle Royale.I Lost Contact With Friends I Had On Happy Valley. I'm 67 Now, And Reconnect |
| Greenwood, Paul | SR E2 | May 28, 1969 – May 15, 1970 | ops | looking fo0r shipmates Ken Grover.Marty,Clevland,Larson |
| Whittaker, James | E3 | Jun 1969 – Dec 20, 1969 | V1 | Joined the ships crew in Dananng and finished out the Old Girls history at Long Beach. |
| Brown, Richard | ANABF | Jun 1969 – Dec 1969 | V-4 |
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