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USS Exultant (MSO 441) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Exultant (MSO 441). 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 86 crew members registered for the USS Exultant (MSO 441).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan, Bob | SOSN | Sep 5, 1954 – Jul 10, 1955 | Sonar | Picked up the AN441 in Key West upon completion of SonarSchool Later transferred to MSC Frigate Bird. Put her in commission in Quincy,Ma. and served on board her until discharge in 1957 |
| Goetz, Joseph C. | YN2 | Mar 1955 – Feb 1956 | Operations | Served aboard fm 3/55-2/56. Did 1st change of com- mand. 1st Med cruise w/MineDiv82. Doing booklet on Exultant fm begining to scrap. Need list of crews, sea stories, pictures etc.. contact me if interested. |
| Worley, Gerald | RD2 | Mar 1955 – Jun 1958 | operations | Iwas not in plankowners crew but i knew most of them some names i remember are al crisanti pete toma joseph cripe h d trout harlan adams |
| Crowe, Richard | RM3 | Sep 1956 – Apr 1959 | Operations | Great ship, great Officers and crew, great friends, yes, even great food, many ports --- what else is there. |
| Kiefel, Rollie | SKSN | Sep 1958 – Mar 1959 | Supply | My first ship out of boot camp. Lots of sea duty and training in the Atlantic and drydock in Tampa, Florida. Enjoyed being the "Jack of the Dust". |
| Bingel, Floyd | FM | 1960 – 1961 | Reported aboard shortly after the terrible fire. | |
| Besson, Merl B. | EN2 | 1960 – Dec 1962 | Eng | |
| Besson, Merl B | EN2 | 1960 – Dec 1962 | Engineer | Reoprted aboard shortly after the fire. |
| Nolf, Jim | RDSN | 1961 – | ops | reported aboard while she was in the drydock at the navy base.after the fire. i also was at the de-commissioning. i got a plank and the program. there are a bounch of wierd tales amoung the last crew that sailed her. |
| Henry, Richard | ETN3 | 1962 – 1964 | OE | We did a Med. cruise in midwinter. After that experience nothing in the Navy ever fazed me. |
| Hite, Eugene | RM2/RM1 | Apr 15, 1962 – Apr 15, 1966 | CR | First sea duty. Quite an experience. |
| Preston, Robert 'Fuzzy' | etn2 | Jun 10, 1962 – Apr 14, 1964 | ops | i made the med cruise on her in jan to june 63. also made several trips to the carribean and panama city florida. would like to contact old shipmates that were aboard during this time. especially richard henry et |
| Preston, Robert (Fuzzy) | ETN2 | Jul 10, 1962 – Apr 14, 1964 | OPERATIONS | WANTING TO CONTACT OLD SHIPMATES |
| Preston, Robert | ETN2 | Aug 10, 1962 – Apr 14, 1964 | operations | would like to contact any shipmates from uss exultant that served with me ( e-mail preston@frognet.net) |
| Gross, William | SN | Sep 15, 1962 – Aug 1964 | Deck | |
| Harold Harris, Harris | RDSN | Oct 1962 – | OPS | |
| Abbate, Marty | ETN | Sep 10, 1964 – May 8, 1965 | Yes I went to ET school and made 2nd class Now I work for Budweiser and stay drunk all the time | |
| Wildman, Van | 1965 – 1968 | |||
| Wildman, Van | ETR2 | Jul 4, 1965 – Jun 15, 1967 | OPS | Had a swell time onboard...nuff said. |
| Craven, William (Bill) | RM3 | Dec 1965 – Apr 1968 | 82 | Made the Med cruise in 67-68. After Exultant was assigned to COMNAVFORV Siagon. |
| Roark, Merle | RD2 | 1966 – 1968 | ||
| Kingery, Eldred | RM2 | Apr 10, 1966 – Jun 3, 1967 | ||
| Fitzpatrick, Bob (Fitzi) | E-3 Storekeeper Stryker | Aug 30, 1966 – Aug 31, 1968 | Deck | I've always been grateful for my time in the Navy. During my 2 years on Exultant we did a "Med" cruise seeing many countries. In 1967 we spent Christmas and New Years in Naples.Rec'd telegram about birth of my 1st son |
| Shenk, Lou | SK2 | Nov 21, 1966 – Jun 10, 1968 | Supply | Good Ship, Good CO, Good Crew |
| Abelquist, Paul W. | EMCS RET | Dec 10, 1966 – Feb 16, 1968 | E | Exultant was one of the best ships I have served on. Her crew was outstanding. Thank you Doc, for persistently keeping Exultant in our minds! |
| Moore, James (Doc) | HM1 | Feb 20, 1967 – Apr 8, 1968 | OPS | Was the Corpsman in 67-68. Made Med-cruise |
| Sandusky, Del | QM1 | Mar 1967 – Jun 1968 | OPS | Made the Med cruise - in 68 went to Nam |
| Lovsmith, William | RD3 | May 28, 1967 – May 28, 1968 | CIC | An opportunity to cross the Atlantic and cruise around the Mediteranean to visit Spain, Crete, Turkey, Sicily, Italy, Corsica, amazing. Idiotly, I briefly missed out on going to France. And I'm thankful everyone came back to get me after. |
| Rogers, Leland | RM3 | Mar 1, 1968 – Jun 1, 1970 | Radio | I came aboard after schools in San Diego and was in the radio shack until I left to transfer to Alacrity in 1970 |
| Violette, Michael | RM2 | Jun 1968 – Oct 1, 1969 | ||
| Briguglio, Jimmy | E-4 | Jan 1970 – 1973 | Mine | |
| Gilchrist, John | ETN2 | Oct 30, 1970 – Aug 6, 1972 | OPS | |
| McKnight, Mike | RM3 | 1971 – 1971 | Radio shack | Served on Exultant under Captain Harding. Worked in Radio Shack with Stan Zirkle, Ric Walden, and Dale Shott. Looking for Ric now. Supposedly lives in the Kernersville/Winston Salem, NC Area. |
| Dodge, Bill | IC3 | 1971 – 1973 | Engineering | |
| Anzalone, Edward | STG1 | 1971 – 1973 | Ops | Came aboard in the yards in Beth Steel, Baltimore MD. Lived on the Block! Most memories are fuzzy. |
| Rushing, Patrick | GMG3 | Feb 1, 1971 – Mar 1, 1973 | ARMORY-DECK | Only GMG on ship therefore I was assigned to the Deck division |
| Holderman, Dan | MS3 | May 1973 – Feb 1977 | Supply | |
| Ellison, Ronnie-tennesse Tuxedo | SKSN | 1974 – | Supply | Remember a few friends. Fox/Murray/Fitzgerald/Dam/Frazier.Goodtimes Brooklyn Navy yard-Boston Harbor 1976 Charleston |
MacEy, Robert P.  | yn1 | Jan 31, 1974 – Mar 12, 1978 | x | Culture change!!!!!! From USS Springfield (CLG7) - COMSIXFLT to sweeps. Ships Company; Great memories, friends. Iron men and Wooden ships. Also cross decked to USS Dominant (MSO 440) |
| Lomax, John | SEAMAN RECUIT | 1977 – 1978 | Deck | It was a good time in my life, |
| Youngquist, Tim | GMG3 | Dec 1977 – Jul 1980 | deck |
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