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USS Saratoga (CV 60) Crew List

The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Saratoga (CV 60). 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 2207 crew members registered for the USS Saratoga (CV 60).

Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1956 | 1957 – 1958 | 1959 – 1960 | 1961 – 1962 | 1963 – 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 – now

Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Carson, Jack	AMAN	1957 – 1958	V-6	Made the first Med Cruise and while in Palma received orders to NATC Pax River. Returned home on the USS Cascade, AD-16.
Morgan, Homer David	petty officer	1957 – 1958	A-DIVISION	Looking for anyone that served on uss saratoga from 1957-1958.
Peeling, Dennis	RD 3	1957 – 1961	OI	Looking back I really had a great life experience aboard the Sara, but I did not appreciate it enough when I was living it. Too soon old too late smart!
Knox, Child Of	HMC	1957 –	HMC	Looking for anyone who served with Bill Knox HMC on the USS Saratoga in 1957 out of Mayport
Sharpe, Harley	ABG	1957 – 1958	V4
Watt, Robert	FTSN	Mar 10, 1957 – Aug 1, 1959	Fox	Plankowner, Shakedown Cruise, NATO Cruise, Med Cruise. Never knew how good it was til much later in life.
O'Leary, James	AN	Jun 1957 – 1959	V3 assigned to the air department office
Sager, Donald	AN	Jun 10, 1957 – Mar 13, 1959	V-2	I served proudly in V-2 Division Cat. #3 when Sara was still CVA-60. I still miss the great duty and great Liberties I had while aboard her. Operation Strikeback in 1957, The Maiden Med Cruise in 1958, and Lebanon 1958.I still miss the Lady
McGeary, Joe	SN	Jul 1957 – Jun 1959	3rd
Price, Charles E. (Chuck)	ADR1	Jul 29, 1957 – 1958
Mathews, Freddie (Gene)	AQCS	Aug 5, 1957 – Mar 31, 1961	VAH 9	RETIRED FROM THE NAVY 29 APRIL 1977. THE BEST COMMAND EVER TO BE A PART OF. STRIKEBACK WAS MY FIRST CRUISE AND THEN MORE UNTIL I DEPARTED HEAVY ATTACK SQUADRON NINE. WE FLEW THE A3D SKYWARRIOR. WRITE TO ME SHIPMATES!
Bishop, Elton	AIRMAN	Aug 20, 1957 – Jun 26, 1959	V1	SPENT 2 YEARS ON SARA. 57&58. IN V1 DIVISION & AS A TRACTOR DRIVER IN THE CRASH & REPAIR DIVISION.
Marques, Frank	fn	Sep 15, 1957 – Apr 13, 1959	A ac	Worked in AC-Ref.
Nifong, Duane	ADJ2	Oct 10, 1957 – May 28, 1960	VA-36 Roadrunners	I made 2 Med cruises plus many trips to Getmo. I have no problem talking about all my adventures aboard the Sara. North Alantic storms, working night ops from 7pm to 7am, watching a plane crash while landing, was just part of carrier life.
Carosello, Richard	AIRMEN	Oct 15, 1957 – Apr 22, 1959	V1
Engel, Stephen "Steve"	PN3	Oct 25, 1957 – Jul 14, 1959	X	Served aboard the Super SARA from October, 1957 to July, 1959 as a PN3 working in the ship's company personnel office in X Division. Went on the ship's 1st Mediterran Cruise from 1 FEB 58 to 1 OCT 58.
Engel, Steve	PN3	Oct 27, 1957 – Jul 29, 1959	X	Looking for anyone who served with me in the ship's company's personnel office Oct 57 thru July 59
Engel, Steve	PN3	Oct 28, 1957 – Jul 29, 1959	X	Served in Ship's company Personnel Office from Oct 57 to July 59. Was aboard for her 1st Med Cruise 1 Feb 58 to 1 Oct 58
Brannon, Jim L.	CPL	Nov 1957 – Feb 28, 1960	MARDET
Snider, Ronald	AO2	Dec 1957 – Jun 1961	G
Brown, Gary J	SN	1958 – 1959	Operations Electronics	Spent less than a year aboard Sara - mess cook, compartment cleaner - Kenny Hamlin from Galesburg or Galesville, Illinois, Jim Skaggs & 1 other guy, went from boot at GLakes to Sara, some got tattooed in Mayport.
Britton, David	E3	1958 – Jan 1961	A	wedt aboard when she was sitt ng on the bottom of the bay while docked in mayport fl..was there when we hit the german freighter we were just out of dry dock went right back in. was there when buffton lost the anchor .
Inman, Harry	BT3	1958 – 1958	Boiler	View 'now' Photo
Lanigan, Gary	SN	1958 – 1959	V-6
Croucher, Dean	SK3	1958 – 1960	S1
Miller, Richard	MM2	1958 – 1962	M Division	Engine room #4 View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo
McClendon, Jerry	AO2	1958 – 1960	v-5	TRANSFERRED FROM VA-35 TO SHIPS COMPANY AND MADE FIRST MED. CRUISE.
John, Baumstark	EM2	1958 – Sep 7, 1961	E div.	Looking for my weight lifting friends.Bob Arenz, Ed Cavalier Bob O Riely.Also if any one knows the date of the Blue Nose crossing.Please E-mail me
Miller, Richard	MM2	1958 – 1962	Engineering M	spent 4 years aboard her below decks seen much remember a lot 4MMR
Atkinson, Gordon	MM3	1958 – 1960	"A"	A great time to serve aboard the Sara, Some of the best times of my life and great friends. I sure would like to here from some of my buddies in A division that served during my 1958-1960 period.
Newton, Nathan "dean"	AN	Jan 1958 – Dec 1959	V1
Yoza, Leonard	IC2	Jan 2, 1958 – Feb 2, 1961	E	Great ship, great people whom I miss so much.
Counter, Charlie	LTJG	Feb 1958 – Sep 1958	Carrier Group 3	Let me hear from the fellas of Photo Detachment and VF32 and all fellas from the Ready Room.
Wallin, Ray	AVIATION METAL SMITH PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS	Feb 1, 1958 – Oct 25, 1958	VF-32	I was installing brakes on the F8U1 crusader, when the ship made a sharp turn. The tie down broke, and the F8U1, went into the cat walk. The F8U1 was not repairable. The F8U1 spent the rest of cruise in the hanger bay used for parts.
Knight, C. D. "dell"		Apr 7, 1958 – Jun 1960	OP	Intelligence Office with guys named Loux, Kough, Knotts, Woods, Templeton, McHaffey, Kowalski, Payne, Matthews. Only contact is with Woods
Hager, Walter	EM2P1	May 1958 – Dec 1960	E
White, Kenneth	Seaman	May 2, 1958 – Jul 15, 1960	5th Division
Harfst, Herb	NW2	Sep 1958 – Mar 1961	W-1
Hughes, Tom	BT-3	Sep 1958 – Aug 1962	"B"	MMR#3-OIL SHACK-DIV OFFICE-BOILER REPAIR-MMR#4 Retired from USAFR (E-8) Currently living in Temple, TX
Carbo, Bob	EN2	Sep 1, 1958 –	A
Jones, Abner Clark	E 3	Oct 1, 1958 – May 21, 1962	3 rd	Spent last year in Bosn Locker
Jones, Abner Clark	E 3	Oct 1, 1958 – May 21, 1962	3 rd	Spent last year in Bosn Locker
Edwards, John (Jack)(ed)	YN3	Oct 6, 1958 – Apr 14, 1961	VAH-9	Made 2 Med cruises, Gitmo for carquals, was aboard during the fire. VAH-9's LCDR Ralston crash-landed into barricade on stormy night. CO's party in Pireaus, Greece..Good times for a young sailor! Best Sqd in US Navy.
Hesterly, Ben	fn	Oct 16, 1958 – Jun 1962	m
Waters, Mark	AG2	Nov 1958 – Oct 1960	OA	Left active duty, stayed in the USNR, graduated college, got direct commission served 39 years retired CAPT. Looking for Jerry Mackey AG3, Billy Usher AGAN, and others in OA Division.
Cleavenger, Eugene	ABH 2nd class	Nov 18, 1958 – Feb 6, 1962	V-3	Director crew 9 G W Farrier was a personal friend sorry to hear of his death aboard the Forrestal. Great ship and shipmates ,
Burnett, Gene	RD2	Dec 1958 – Mar 1961	OR	Made 2 Med cruises, North Atlantic exercise, and shakedown to Cuba after yard overhaul.
Anderson, Bob Anderson	MR2	Dec 30, 1958 – Oct 8, 1962	A Machine shop & Hydralics Gang	Hydralic"s gang, Elevators, Steering gears, And ancore windlas. Was there when we sunk the ancore and chain. Was there when we sunk, there again when we colided with German ship. And was in the middle of the fire. Mac. was my best buddy.

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