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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Greenling (SSN 614). 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 215 crew members registered for the USS Greenling (SSN 614).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1975 | 1976 – 1982 | 1983 – 1988 | 1989 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaffer, Guy | RADM | Aug 15, 1961 – 1970 | Command | This is Guy Shaffer's son in law, Sean Cantrell. He's asked me to reach out to this website and tell everyone hello and he is living in Baywoods Community in Annapolis |
| Bentzinger, Keith | ST1 (SS) | 1964 – Aug 1968 | Sonar | |
| Holman, David | ETR1 (SS) | 1965 – May 1969 | RC | Plank Owner - A great boat and a great crew!!! |
| Navarro, "Ernie" | YN1(SS) | Feb 1965 – Feb 1967 | Admin | 1st member of the PRECOM UNIT. Spent two years on board and then got sent to the USS TAUTOG SSN639 PRECOM UNIT so didn't get to officially become a "plankowner". Many fond memories of GREENLING's crew though. Great bunch of guys! |
| Jernigan, Tom | RM3 | Mar 1965 – Apr 1966 | ||
| Phippen, Bob (Red) | MM1(SS) | Apr 1965 – Mar 1968 | Plank Owner - First MM aboard - Great boat and greater crew | |
| Ward, Fred | STS1(SS) | May 1965 – Nov 1968 | Sonar | Plankowner. |
| Hinds, Bill | QM2 | Jun 6, 1965 – 1968 | NAv | Retired in '84 and now live in NC |
| Costanza, Joe | TM2 | Sep 10, 1965 – Oct 10, 1969 | WEAPONS | PLANK OWNER.I WAS ON THE PLANES ON HER FIRST DIVE.SPENT MY ENTIRE ENLISTMENTON THIS BOAT.I LOVED HER AND ALSO THE CREW. |
| Peterson, Arthur "Pete" | Sep 14, 1965 – Feb 1, 1967 | forward ic- worked for ken valley and ron hobel | made 3rd jan 16, 67- no billet for non nuke ic- got transferred to uss tigrone agss 419- six months later made 2nd and got out to go to pitt. | |
| Costanza, Joe | TM2 | Oct 10, 1965 – Oct 10, 1969 | weapons | PLANK OWNER, was on the planes the first time she dove.On this boat my whole enlistment, I loved the crew |
| Costanza, Joe | TM 3 | Feb 1966 – Oct 10, 1969 | WEAPONS | PLANK OWNER SPENT MY WHOLE ENLISTMENT ON THIS BOAT,GREAT CREW. |
| Sloan, Gene | EM1(SS) | Sep 10, 1966 – Sep 20, 1969 | E | I remember two patrols before PSA with only short times in home port. It was a good running boat. |
| Basnett, Ken | MM3 | 1967 – 1969 | A-Gang | Great time in my life. Great boat and crew. |
| Eagan, Roger | SK2(SS) | Jan 1967 – May 1970 | SUPPLY | PLANK HOLDER, DOUBLE BLUE NOSE |
| Metrano, Dave | TM2 (SS) | Apr 1, 1967 – Sep 1, 1969 | ||
| Hall, William | STS3SS | 1968 – 1970 | Sonar | |
| Ciarrochi, John (Sue) | QM3 | 1968 – 1972 | navigation | Anybody know what happened to Leonard Sandler (Sandy), Gary Nunemacher, Don Loos, Chief Blaisdell or any other guys from that time? |
| Marsh, Jim (Swamp) | IC2 ( nuc) | 1968 – Nov 1971 | E division | Had a great time lots of memories. My apendix ruptured while on a long run, and got to have the XO's bunk for a week. |
| Drindak, Noel | ET-1 (SS) | 1968 – 1970 | RC | Great ship and crew. In four deployments we earned 3 Navy Unit Citations, 1 Meritorious Unit Citation, and 2 Battle E's. I retired from the Navy and from a career as a nuclear physicist at the Knolls Atomic Power Lab. |
| Hall, William | STS 3 (SS) | 1968 – 1970 | Sonar | MS from RPI. Retired as Principal Engineer in Nuclear Test Dept. at Electric Boat after 41 years. |
| Nugen, Ron | ETN2(SS) | Feb 1968 – Apr 1970 | RC | |
| Blackwell, Donald | YN3 | Mar 5, 1968 – 1969 | Ship's office | Greenling was my first and only assignment. While I opted for an early out to return to college, I loved my submarine experience. I remained in contact with Dewey Akins and Bob Below for some time after leaving active. |
| Detemple, Jack | MM2 | Apr 1968 – Sep 1971 | M | Went to my first Greenling reunion in 2006 and I'm looking forward to the reunion in 2008. Had a great time seeing some of the old guys. Hope to see everyone there in 2008. |
| Ruybal, George N. | STS1 | Apr 17, 1968 – Apr 18, 1969 | Sonar | 5 boats - 3 diesel, 1 FBM, with ssn614 being last and most exciting. Crew was tops. Went on to Warrant after leaving 614 and was surfaced. Never the same after. |
| Davidson, Charl | RMC(SS) | Sep 1968 – Jun 1972 | Communications | The best boat of 5 that i road. That includes commissioning of 2. ssbn642 & ssn688 |
| Budzeck, Rick Buzzard | MM1 (SS) | Oct 24, 1968 – Oct 30, 1970 | M | Great Boat and Great Crew and then there were the officers. |
| Hole, William | CS3 SS | Nov 1, 1968 – Nov 2, 1968 | SUPPLY | Temporary duty for 4 weeks in '69 while tied up to Fulton in New London. One short shake down cruise. Also served in Tench SS417 and Francis Scott Key SSBN657 Blue. |
| Merry, Samuel | MM 1 (SS) | Nov 15, 1968 – Nov 11, 1971 | Machinery | Ships Weldor and LFC of M Div .Qualified as EWS email me to access secure 614 Shipmate web site |
| Stone, Jeff | EM2 | 1969 – 1970 | Contact me about May 2006 reunion. | |
| Shawberry, Dennis | EM2(SS) | 1969 – 1973 | "E" | |
| Bactol, Romeo | TN/FN | 1969 – 1971 | S | |
| Davidson, Charl (Dave | RMC(SS) | 1969 – 1972 | Communications | |
| Sandler, Len | RM2(SS) | 1969 – 1973 | Radio | |
| Gavin, Bill | QM3 | Jan 1969 – Aug 1972 | Quartermaster | Waiting for the Official USS Greenling page to get back on-line USSGreenling.com Fred, anytime soon? I did save most of the photos and will be posting them sometime soon. If anybody has any Greenling photos, pleae let me know. |
| Waite, Clive | TM1(SS) | Jan 1, 1969 – Oct 1971 | Weapons | The ship had many accomplishments in the short time I served as part of a great can do crew. The time was truly interesting, productive and rewarding. |
| Waite, Clive | TM1(SS) | Jan 1, 1969 – Sep 1972 | Weapons | Greenling was my first SSN and was a fantastic and exciting time, especially after building and serving on a boomer. |
| Chase, Tom | CT | Apr 1, 1969 – Jul 1, 1969 | Read about our mission in the book "Blind Man's Bluff" by Sontag. I was a CT Spook onboard during our North Sea adventures and would like to hear from others onboard at the time. | |
| Cellemme, Magellan | QM1 (SS) | May 1969 – Apr 1971 | Navigation | |
| Perkins, Greg | MM2(SS) | Jun 1969 – Jun 1972 | M/ELT | |
| Nunamaker, Gary | ST1SS | Oct 20, 1969 – Oct 15, 1973 | Sonar | Good memories of the Greenling. Sonar gang was great. Have great memories of the Farm. |
| Sontag, Ron | ET1(SS) | Dec 1969 – Aug 1972 | RC |
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