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USS Forrestal (CV 59) Crew List

The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Forrestal (CV 59). 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 2095 crew members registered for the USS Forrestal (CV 59).

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Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Little, Wally	IC1	1986 – 1987	V-2	Served in PLAT / LENS as group supervisor under ICC Chuck Foreman. Short tour but always a blast
Day, William		1986 –
Bobbitt, Darrell	BM	1986 – 1989	Deck
McDow, Arthur (Mac)	EM2	1986 – 1988	V-2	I was a Cat-Elec in V-2 Division untill I was Hurt and had to get a medical discharge.
Campana, Louis	E-5 ABE 2	1986 – 1989	V-2/V-0
Haley, Randy	HT2 / DC2	1986 – 1989	Repair	Great times on this old gal. Enjoyed every minute.
Cole, Doug	MM2	1986 – 1991	2MMR
Radcliffe, Reed	DS1 DSC	1986 – 1990	OE Data	A great command, lots of sea time, two med cruises, an IO cruise (108 days at sea) and a North Atlantic cruise. I only remember the best parts now, but we worked hard 12 on 12 off and got a lot done!
Elmore, Stephen	OSC	1986 – 1990	OI
Ward, Rickey	E6	1986 – 1989	VA 37	looking for some old navy buddies
Gerald, Edmund	IS1	1986 – 1989	OZ
Taylor, Joseph	e-3 abh3	1986 – 1990	v-1	v-1 division crash and salvage enjoyed severing with neck cramer,frannk ross,micheal ,hearn ,robert accountilao,mike walker,curtis evans,mark smith bosin don johnson
Waters, Keith	ms3	1986 – 1990	supply	Best experience ever !
Dickson, Chris	SN	1986 – 1988	DECK/ MEDICAL	Striker 86 retired 2008
Wheeler, David/wheels	ET1/ETC	1986 – 1990	OER	Just found the website and am glad to see some of the guys I served with. I retired in 1996 as an ETC.
McCommas, John R.	PO3	1986 – Jun 10, 1990	G-2 Weapons	Was fatally homesick for the first year! Made a lot of good friends.
Charles, Anthony	IM	1986 –	S1	Served with S-1 Div. Under Petty Officer 1st Class Bell.in Intrumentman Rate
Irvin, William (Bm3 Irvin)	BM3	1986 – 1990	4th Division	Wanted to reconnect with some old shipmates! Email me at irvin26@me.com
Donovan, Stephen	BM	Jan 1986 – Oct 1989	2nd
Peske, Ray	SN	Jan 1986 – Jan 1987	Deck	At the helm during flight ops, what a rush!!! Great boat & fantastic crew. Memories are priceless.
Hale, Patrick	OS2	Jan 1, 1986 – Jun 10, 1989	OI
Robert Marler, Boats	BM3	Jan 27, 1986 – Oct 10, 1989	4th DIV	My First tour in the navy.
Callahan, Mervyn	CPO(SW)	Feb 1986 – Apr 1990	Electrical	I learned so much while onboard the FID. It was a grat ship and I have fours years of great memories of places visited and more important of great sailors and friends. My sailors were the best a Chief could ask for.
Henson, Scott	AME3	Feb 1986 – Oct 1989	VA-176 "Thunderbolts"	Still serving in the world's finest Navy as of June 2004.
Collison, David	YN2	Feb 1986 – Apr 1, 1988	VF-31	I hated every second on this ship! As I have gotten older the experiences that I had helped shape me in ways I never thought possible. Remember the 86 Med Cruise? Palma for two weeks in July, Cannes for two weeks in August. Now that was fun!
Simmons, Glenn	ABH1	Feb 1986 – Jun 1991	V1	ONE OF THE BEST JOBS I EVER HAD. TRACTORS RULE GO FID!
Perry, Tim	hm2	Feb 15, 1986 – Jan 11, 1987	medical	I served my last 11 months on this great monster. We were deployed to the med. sea June-November in '86
Gordon, Michael	E3/Airman	Feb 19, 1986 – Feb 19, 1989	V1/Air	I served on forrestal from february 86 to feb 89 V1 division fly 1 Iooking for shipmates I served with ozzy. Tourgen nate Clark got out 89 truck driver for 13 years johnforce08@yahoo.com
Mangrum, Jeff	RM 3	Mar 1986 – Aug 19, 1989	CR	Prior to the Forrestal I served on Diego Garcia. Once onboard I made 2 Med. deployments. One thing the Navy permitted, was the fact I was able to see the world. The Forrestal was a huge part of this maturing.
Scott, Chris	AK3	Mar 1986 – Sep 1989	IM01/IMRL
Balling, Aron (Ballistic!)	E4	Mar 1, 1986 – Sep 30, 1989	S9
Lesure, Leander	RM2	Mar 2, 1986 – May 1, 1988	Admiral Staff	I served with COMCARGRU 6.
Hatfield, Lance	YN3	Mar 8, 1986 – Mar 8, 1988	X-2/Legal	Visit the USS Forrestal Association and help make the Forrestal museum a reality! www.lancehatfield.com/cv59.htm
Steban, Charles	ABF2	Mar 16, 1986 – Mar 12, 1988	V-4 Flight Deck	Some of the best times I had on the FID. Serving with Cianci, Bugbee, Johnson, Wright, Coleman, Mockabee. We had some great port visits!!!
Chiswick, Gary	E-5/ET2	Mar 25, 1986 – Dec 19, 1989	OE-02	Retired ETC 31 May 2006 after 24 years of service, 17 Apr 2006 started working for American Systems at the San Diego Office.
Seibert, Michael	A2	Apr 1986 – Sep 1988	V-3
Richards, Dean	AN	Apr 1986 – Dec 1987	V1
Hoffman, Gary	E2	Apr 2, 1986 –	V4	I'm Gary hoffman. I used to live on the FID and eat FID burgers daily. Now I'm a electrician and I'm still eating burgers.
King, Randall	IC3	Apr 15, 1986 – Aug 13, 1989	E
Payne, Charles	RM3	Apr 20, 1986 – Dec 3, 1989	CR/COMMUNICATION	HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIMES (AND SOME BAD) BUT THE MEMORIES ARE FOREVER. I SAW A LOT, LEARNED A LOT AND DID A LOT OF GROWING UP.
Hansen, Jay	AA	May 1986 – Sep 1989	v-3	as a troubled 18 year old i loved this boat and spent many months dreaming of aircraft and adventure while working as a handler on the hanger deck. ill never forget how big it was when i first saw her in mayport florida. Ive missed her for 20 years
Mandes, George	FA	May 1986 – 1988	Enginnering
Bigbee,m.d., John	CAPT	May 1986 – Jul 1988	Medical Department	Best tour I had during my career in the Navy.
Barnes, Mark	ABHE3	May 1986 – 1988	ABH
Williams, Mickel (Mike)	E6	May 6, 1986 – Oct 15, 1992	Medical	I made the best friends while serving on this powerful ship. I still talk about my time aboard the fine vessel. I boarded the USS Forrestal as a boy and left as a man! I would love to take another cruise on her!
Duffy, Michael	FN EM3/E3	May 23, 1986 – Nov 26, 1988	Engineering	Best time and memories. Can still remember crossing the Atlantic heading to Portsmouth England and the ocean looked like glass. To all my fellow Blue Noses I miss ya....
Jones, Mike	FC2	May 30, 1986 – Mar 1991	OEM
Mills, Allan	OSSN	Jun 1986 – Aug 1986	V-4 (CIC)	Was TAD from CVN-69 for part of 1986 Med. Tour. Met Forrestal in Naples. Also made stops in Palermo, Palma-Majorca, Caanes.
Caines, Arnold	AQAN	Jun 1986 – Nov 1986	VF-11 TAD AIMD
Jarvis, Alan	MM	Jun 1986 – Nov 13, 1988	Propulsion/1MMR	Although a youthful error in judgement prompted my discharge, my two years aboard the Forrestal were some of the most enriching of my life. To my mentors, you would not believe the changes in my life...you would be proud!
Carstensen, Bruce	IS1	Jun 1986 – Jun 1989	OZ
Kingsbury, Joseph	an	Jun 4, 1986 – Nov 4, 1987	v1
Bryner, Stan	ABF3	Jun 16, 1986 – Dec 14, 1989	V4
Steele, Roger	EM1	Jul 1986 – Oct 1989	G4 WEAPONS
Williams, George Scot	ET2	Jul 7, 1986 – Oct 16, 1990	OER	Great (and terrible) memories!! Made some really good friends, hoping to find some of them.
Baker, Greg	CTO2	Aug 1986 – Jun 1989	OS
Rice, Jeff	ABH3	Aug 1986 – Aug 1990	V-!	Great time in my life. Being stationed on the forrestal was a great experiance and met alot of great people.
Schrader, Bill	LCDR	Aug 15, 1986 – Jun 1, 1988	Communication Department	A great tour of duty! I should have appreciated it more at the time.
Goodrich, Bryan	E4/AME3	Sep 1986 – Aug 1990	VAW 122 STEELJAWS!	A lot of good memories and good friends were made while onboard the FID.
Smith, David	DP2	Sep 1, 1986 – Sep 1, 1990	S7	Loved learning about computer operations while on the FID. Have continued working in the IT field and would love to learn what my shipmates did with their lives. Anyone remember getting those paper tapes called EZ 7's?
Day, Bill	AME2/E5	Sep 10, 1986 – Apr 20, 1990	VAQ-132
McGinn, Dennis	FC3	Oct 1986 – Dec 1989	OE	Mt 22 CIWS Captain
Dean, Everett	RM2	Oct 1986 – Nov 1988	Communication
Wydra, Mike	Abec	Oct 1, 1986 – Aug 30, 1989	V2
Cabassa, Joaquin	AD	Oct 13, 1986 – Oct 13, 1991	VA 105
Fisher, Don	FC3	Oct 19, 1986 – Sep 1988	OEM	Hello old FID sailors, had a great time working with a bunch of awesome people. Awesome time at Mardis Gras and Benidorm Spain where I ended my duty. Love to see some pictures.
Broady, Jefferson	GMG/E-4	Oct 23, 1986 – Jul 28, 1990	G-5 /Ships armory	Was on board USS FORRESTAL in Weapons Department G-5 Ships Armory,did two Med cruises and one Indian ocean cruise,anybody remember the 108 days in the Indian Ocean?Anybody out there give me a quick E-Mail and I will get back to you.
Farmer, Vince	MM3	Oct 27, 1986 – May 27, 1990	P FWD	I enjoyed all of the men that I worked with on a daily basis in #1 Auxiliary Machinery Room. And I wish I were still in the United States Navy. And I should have never gotten out like I did.
Kelly, Tom	ABE-3	Nov 1986 – Oct 1990	V-2	The best thing I ever did!!!! Bow Cats Rock!!!
Ross, Frank	abh3	Nov 2, 1986 – Jun 9, 1989	v-1	had some great times with Mike Hearn, John "Neck" Cramer and Joe Taylor in Crash and Salvage. that 108 days out at sea was a killer. Miss all my old buddies on the FID. May she Rest in Peace
Johnson, Dennis	E-5	Nov 3, 1986 – Apr 8, 1990	V-2 Waist Catapult cat Captain	Being onboard the FID was my first naval vessle. Boy I learned a lot from her crew and made some really great friends. I'm in the process of looking some of those great guys up. Check out my profile @ together we served navy.
Johnson, Dennis	E-5	Nov 8, 1986 – Apr 6, 1990	V-2 Waist Catapult cat Captain	Get crew and extrodinary ship. I loved every minute of it. johnson562@bellsouth.net
Femenella, Steven	DP3	Nov 12, 1986 – Jan 10, 1989	S-7
Hoffman, Ronnie	RM	Dec 1986 – Mar 1988	Communications
Townsend, Marvin	AN	Dec 17, 1986 – Dec 12, 1990	S-6/V-1

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