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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Gato (SSN 615). 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 162 crew members registered for the USS Gato (SSN 615).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1979 | 1980 – 1986 | 1987 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Kerfoot, Scott | MM1/SS | 1980 – 1985 | A | Had a lot of Hard Work and Harder Play while on the Gato |
Porter, Gary | E4 | 1980 – 1984 | Supply/ Cook | This is Gary's daughter, It is with a heavy heart that I let you all know he passed away on 03/25/2015 from a major Heart Attack. He was 62. He was cremated as he wished with full military honors at his funeral. |
Volkert, Theodore "Ted" | DS2/SS | Jan 3, 1980 – Mar 3, 1983 | Sonar | The best of my 20 year hitch was spent aboard the old "Black Cat". A Med run, a UNITAS, and countless trips to the Islands, Puerto Rico and Ft. Lauderdale. Great shipmates too...Dave, Ray, JT, Crash, Johnny, Iggy, Don, Mark and Chief Donnelly. |
Tanner, John "JT" | STS2/SS | Feb 1980 – Oct 17, 1983 | Sonar | |
Rodgers, Greg | Machinist Mate 3rd | Feb 1980 – Oct 17, 1983 | a-gang | |
Moore, Mikey | MM2 | Jun 1980 – Jul 1984 | mdiv | remember when it meant something to the general public when you said you were in the military. now it gets you an ugly look and "how dumb are you?' my reply glad you yhe right to say that & your welcome! |
Gabriel, Robert | MM2/SS/DV ELT | Nov 1, 1980 – Jul 17, 1985 | engineering | |
English, Woody | MM3 | Jan 1, 1981 – Aug 1, 1984 | AUX | Greetings from Alabama! All the best. |
Groves, Bret (Grover) | FTG1SS | Jan 7, 1981 – May 21, 1985 | Weapons | Some great memories. Glad to have served. |
Luna, Dave | ET2/SS | Jan 18, 1981 – Jan 1983 | NAV/OPS | |
Slemons, Peter | mm | Mar 16, 1981 – Jan 1, 1983 | a gang | work for ford & dodge now in fl |
Brooks, David | HM3/SS | Apr 1981 – Apr 1983 | I still can look back with pride at my time on the Gato. A "nonqual" for our Med Cruise, Qualified for Unitas and South America. I left the boat for a special program for junior Corpsman. Thanks for the memorizes! | |
McDonald, Mike | MM1/SS | Apr 1981 – Apr 1985 | MM/ELT | Good times on the Gato! 25 years later, life is still good! Married to the same person, Janice. Grown kids and grandkids. Live in Western Colorado, love the outdoors. Program Manager for MACTEC Rad division. email me! |
Jack, George | EM2/SS | Apr 1981 – Aug 1984 | Electrical | Qualified on the Gato. Grew up there. Many friends and good times! |
McDonald, Michael | MM1/SS | Apr 1, 1981 – Apr 1, 1985 | MM/ELT | Almost 40 years later, still in the nuclear industry. Anybody else still working in the nuc industry, in 2022? Would love to hear from you. Thanks for serving!!! |
Gabriel, Robert | MM2/SS/DV | Jun 1981 – Aug 1985 | ELT | |
Youngclaus, David / Youngster | STS3 (SS) | Jun 1981 – Jan 6, 1984 | SONAR / WEAPONS | Med Run twice. Unitus and jumped the equator. Great crew |
Peters, Nick | STS2(SS) | Sep 1981 – Dec 3, 1981 | SONAR! | Not many US Army Soldiers wore Dolphins in Iraq, but I am one of them |
Sukeforth, Scott | Dec 1981 – Dec 1985 | Nuke, now in Florida | ||
Valli, Robert | ET2(SS) | Feb 1982 – Oct 1985 | RC | Back when we all were young!!! |
Cimadon, Mike | ET2/SS | Apr 4, 1982 – Feb 15, 1984 | Forward ET | Looking back at my times onboard the Gato, they were some of the best times of my young life, saw the world, learned my trade, and more importantly learned some life skills taught nowhere else. Thanks Ken Lee & the crew! |
Cline, Tracy (Tj) | ET1(SS) | Jun 20, 1982 – May 16, 1986 | RC | |
Brown, Ron | FR - MMI (SS) | Sep 1982 – Aug 1987 | A-Gang | Retired in 1998 from the USS RHODE ISLAND SSBN-740 (G) Live in St. Marys Ga still married to the same woman Sue for 33years have 2 grown daughters and 1 Grandson and 3 Grand Daughters. E-mail me: ronbrown65@yahoo.com |
Russell, Michael | MS2(SS) | Mar 1983 – Mar 1985 | Mess/Supply | Good to see some of my shipmates here. The Black Cat was the best! |
Wagner, Wags | IC2 | Mar 1, 1983 – Jan 1, 1990 | IC | Had a great time on Gato. Yes Mitch, still remember being the new guys with you and John. So many memories with Foot, Freyster, Mac, and FF my first LPO. Can't leave out Jimmie, Nick and DJ. Damn we are getting old. |
Davis, Jeff | FTG1 | Mar 17, 1983 – Aug 1989 | ST/FT | |
Mitchell, William "Mitch" | IC3/SS | Apr 25, 1983 – Apr 15, 1987 | IC & perma-deck | 3 kids, an engineering degree from PSU, oh how fast 19 years past me by! Hope all my shipmates had as good of life as I had! Wags, Connor, Rusty, Johnny G, CPO Krupa, Mac, hey Dollar you still fat? ha ha |
Bruckner, Werner (Brucks) | ET1 (SS/DV) | May 1983 – Nov 1989 | ET | Great times and memories. Set me straight for the rest of my career. Thanks chief Frey and chief McCarthy. Retired 2003, ETCM (SS/SW/DV) |
Conner, John | May 1, 1983 – Jul 12, 1985 | Deck/QM | Okay, just because I was the youngest, didn't really mean I couldn't go back to the reactor area. lol. | |
Robert, McNemar | E-6 | 1984 – 1988 | ||
Brodie, Burnie | MM2 | Feb 1984 – May 9, 1988 | A Gang | Truly miss the guys from A Gang, backbone of the forward teams. Also, Liberty with the bros will be relationships I will never forget. Shout out to Don Brown, my best man. |
Stuart, Edward | MM1 | May 1984 – Jul 1988 | M-div | This was a lifetime ago but I still remember it all like it was yesterday. |
Miller, Jimmie | IC1/SS | Oct 1984 – Jan 1988 | IC Division | |
Hug, Lane | ETN1/SS | 1985 – 1990 | RC | And a good time was had by all! |
Beach, Rick | ET3 | Apr 27, 1985 – Apr 5, 1989 | ET | |
Perry, Edward | STS1/SS | Jun 10, 1985 – Jan 10, 1992 | WEAPONS | SONAR LPO, RAN SHIP STORE, DECK DIV. LPO |
Reynolds, Robert (Bob) | EM1(SS) | Aug 1985 – Aug 1988 | E | Rememer Andre Paquette |
Coleman, Dan | ET2(SS) | Oct 1985 – Sep 1989 | RC | In about 3 weeks, I'll have been out 25 years. Spent more time at PNSY from May of '86 until I got out standing SRO watch and helping rebuild the boat. |
Lariviere, Glen | MMS2/SS | Jun 1, 1986 – Dec 25, 1989 | MS | Hello shipmates. After my years on board, i became a Correction Officer at a New York prison for 22 years. Raised 3 great kids and of this date 01/10/2020 have 5 Grand kids. Had a good time on the Gato at PNSY |
Perry, Edward | STS1/SS | Jul 1986 – Jul 1991 | Sonar | hello shipmates! |
Wynne, Edward | Lt | Aug 10, 1986 – Dec 30, 1988 | Navigator | Left active duty after Gato, got my 20 yr letter in USNR ended as a CDR. Live in Crowley TX with Wife Susan. Two grown daughters. Work in Fort Worth |
Gillies, Rick | MM3 (SS) | Nov 16, 1986 – Jul 13, 1990 | A Gang | |
Hammack, Allan | MM2(SS) | Dec 3, 1986 – Sep 24, 1990 | M-Div | Partyhoot!! Shipmates Dave, Jerry, Doug, Greg, Chris, Larry, Shawn, Fred, LB, and all the rest. It was great serving with you all. |
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