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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).
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| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry, Derrel | ADJ 2 | 1972 – 1973 | VA 75 | Saratoga,WesPac, Vietnam, Yankee Station, Hong Kong, Singapore, Subic Bay, Cubi Point, Po Town. Lots of good memories, some not so good. I'll always be proud of what we did over there. We were young, patriotic and did our duty. |
| Stavely, James (Jim) | AMH3 | 1972 – 1972 | VA-105 tad to AIMD 500 | Remember when the rockeye broke open in hangar bay one and the grenages spilled out of it and layed on the deck all around the feet of that guy? Those were MY feet! Could't have driven a pin up my A** with a sledge hammer! |
| Stuckey, Michael L. | 1972 – 1974 | XO Admin and I | Producer/Director of WSAR ships TV and Radio | |
| Knopp, Tony | Bm3 | 1972 – 1972 | Side Cleaner Div | |
| Plocar, Mike | AQ2 | 1972 – 1977 | AIMD/IM3 Shop1 | VA105 I-Level APQ126 |
Gause, Ronald  | AO3 | 1972 – 1973 | VF-31 | Aviation Ordnance. Worked the flight deck, F4-J Phantom. |
| Dudley, Jim | SH3 | 1972 – 1975 | OI/OL S-3 | Lookouts OI/OL CIC watches....S-3 Ships Stores- Stereo Shop, Uniform, etc. Vietnam, PI, Singapore, Hong Kong, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Cuba, Mayport, Virginia....Looking for anyone who remembers me. |
| Smalling, John | Airman E-3 Plane Captain | 1972 – 1973 | VF-31 Tomcats | |
| Bell, Joe | PO2 | 1972 – 1975 | AIMD/IM2 | Gulf of Tonkin, Mayport, Norfolk, Gitmo, Med cruise....crazy days. |
| Earles, Cletus | EN3 | 1972 – 1974 | Engineering Dept., A Division, | Air-conditioning and Refrigeration, Refer Shop I remember the Sinapore Fire Well. My Brother Phillip Earles was on the ship too, P1 Division. I was the last to get off the ship in Mayport before the Med Cruse of 1974 |
| Casey, Tim | AO | 1972 – 1974 | GM | |
| Zarajczyk, Ron | DC3 | 1972 – 1974 | R | Came aboard fall of 72 and worked for Chief Obie in R Division Pipe Shop. Stayed aboard through drydocking in Portsmouth. |
| Smith, K. Jerry | SN | 1972 – 1973 | X | Time in Mayport & Newport News (before/after) the year I served on Sara for the WestPac cruise. Vietnam, Yankee Station, Hong Kong, Singapore, & Subic Bay. I have fond memories, though was glad to get home. @baileyjer |
| Schoonover, Robert | LTJG | 1972 – 1974 | OP Division | Division Officer for OP Division (Operations Photo). Reported aboard USS Saratoga CV-60 as a Chief Warrant Officer CWO-2 and advanced to LTJG within one month. Served during Vietnam deployment and start of Overhaul. |
| Campbell, Johnnie | E4 | 1972 – 1976 | S6 | Johnnie L Campbell age 59 Looking to talk with someone that was on the USS Constellation CVA 64 between 1972 and 1974/ S6 divsion and the CV 60 USS Saratoga VA 37 squadron |
| Christain, James {seaweed) | E-3 | 1972 – 1973 | OC | Looking for friends in airops |
| Prime, John | Chief Lithographer | 1972 – | X | Looking for any printshop crew members |
| Driskill, John | PH3 | 1972 – 1973 | X Division | I served on the Saratoga during the Vietnam Cruise in the Photolab on ship. |
| Pace, Larry | airman E3 adj | 1972 – Apr 1, 1974 | squadron | |
| Dolan, Terrance | AMS3 | 1972 – 1975 | VA-75 | |
| Newton, Leslie | Gunners mate 3rd cl | 1972 – | Division 5 | |
| Mccready, Ed | ABH3 | Jan 1972 – Jun 1975 | V1 | |
| Parrott, Frank | AT3 | Jan 1972 – Jan 1974 | COD Crew | "Rooster Rocket" says it all |
| Hestley, Bruce | AQ1 | Jan 1972 – Jul 1975 | IM3 | Aviation Fire Control Shop Chief during Vietnam cruise VAST Shop after yard period during next Med Cruise |
| Carter, T. Ewing | HM2 | Jan 1972 – Dec 1972 | Medical | |
| Radabaugh, Kevin | e-3 | Jan 1, 1972 – Jan 1, 1976 | A O2N2 | |
| Wiede, Michael | Fa | Jan 8, 1972 – Jul 1, 1974 | engineering | would love to hear from shipmates from 4 main. mm's & bt's. I started in the mess decks, sucked. then went to 4 main engineroom. have some great memories of Subic, and Olongapo. |
| Cochran, Peter | LCPL /mar-det | Jan 12, 1972 – May 15, 1974 | Marine Detachment | Worked Brig detail ,bombcrews,SAS posts and was Capt. Pages orderly,Detailed out w/ COMNAVAIRLAT Hello Pres. Nixon shot with CGMT McFarland,great coach and shooter he was ,wish I could have como with him again. |
| Waldron, Frank | ABF-3 | Feb 1972 – Sep 1973 | V-4 | Some of the best days of my life. We did what was needed but were not allowed to do the job. |
| Barber, Bruce | GMG2 | Feb 1972 – Sep 20, 1974 | 5th Division 5 inch Gun Gang / Point Defense Division | On board Sara at 0700 April 10th 1972 when we sailed for Vietnam. 2nd Class Petty Officer and LPO of 5th Division 5" Gun Gang/Point Defense Division at 20. Hong Kong, Singapore & Po City. The Fire in Singapore killed 3 |
| Stapleton, James | EM3 | Feb 1972 – Aug 1974 | Electrical | I was a kid of 17 when I was assigned to The Saratoga I was on the ship during the Westpac cruise. I had my 18th birthday in Olongapo. I was also involved in the fire in MMR#2 October 29th while in Singapore. |
| Walpole, John | AMS2 | Feb 4, 1972 – Dec 29, 1972 | V1 on the roof | we were yong and fearless the world would be our play ground.made many friends and lots of good memories. |
| Altmann, Immanuel | LTJG | Feb 12, 1972 – Aug 16, 1973 | UH2 Det 110 | Flew the UH1 and UH2's on deck rescue, other crew got to go hot and got guy out of Nam |
| Myers, Terry | ABF/2 | Mar 1972 – Sep 1975 | V-4 | |
| Phillips, John | SHSA | Mar 1972 – Sep 29, 1975 | S-3 | I operated the ship's store on the 02 level. On the 2nd deck I operated the port aft ship's store, luxury store, officer's clothing store, smoke shop, soda fountain. Was onboard for WESTPAC cruise, Portsmouth dry dock and MED cruise. |
| Shepke, Talbert "T" | FN | Mar 1972 – Mar 1974 | "B - Oil Shack | Saratoga,WesPac, Vietnam, Yankee Station, Hong Kong, Singapore, Subic Bay, Vinh. Lots of memories, some not so good. Mark Gregory, James Wilkes, Both Stu's, John and Steve Rainey, Jim Ward, Rich Parkey, Harry Stolberg, What Memories. |
| Hayes, Jim | AEAN | Apr 1972 – Nov 1972 | VF 103 | Trying to recall the fire in Singapore. Also I was plane captain one of my planes got shot down. I remember waiting for maint. to get a new bird ready to go. only way to get a break from the 7 12s |
| Hartman, Lance | HT3 | Apr 1972 – Feb 1974 | R | |
| Varner, Norman | MS 3 | Apr 1972 – Oct 1973 | Chief's Mess | I was proud to serve aboard her and am looking for any buddies who may still be alive |
| Peritz, Stephen | E4 | Apr 1972 – Nov 1972 | VA-37 | |
| Anderson, Ronald D (Ron) (andy) | E-3 | Apr 1972 – Jan 1973 | Guided Missles | |
| Kersey, Eric | AG2 | Apr 1, 1972 – Jun 15, 1973 | OA Weather Office | WOW, I was there. What a cruise, I still hate water. I released the balloons off the back of the ship along with "Chicky" who is dead now I here. To everyone else, HI..... |
| Davis, Jerry | E-3 MMFN | Apr 10, 1972 – Jun 1973 | M-DIVISION | WORKED #2 MAIN ENGINE ROOM DURING SINGAPORE FIRE. ENOUGH SAID. |
| Kamer, Charles | AMH3/2 | Apr 11, 1972 – Feb 3, 1973 | VF-103 | I worked in A/Fs on the F4...I reenlisted while in Veitnam. I stayed in the Navy for 20 yr and retired in 89 as a AMCS |
| Schiff, James/jim | AQ-3 | Apr 11, 1972 – Dec 17, 1972 | VA-75 | Had to muster in hanger bay on Sat. April 8, 1972. In Mayport by noon Sun. Pull out aboard USS Saratoga destination unknown on Tuesday. In May we pulled into P.I. So much for the Med!! |
| Pagliari, Mark | TM2 | May 1972 – Jun 30, 1977 | GM and G | west pac,portsmouth shipyard,two med cruises, assorted short cruises |
| Kulp, Kenneth Barry | CTR3 | May 1972 – Jun 1973 | X division | Olongapo City, P.I./ Subic City, P.I./ Rep. of Singapore/ Gulf of Tonkin, Viet Nam/ Mayport, FL/ Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, VA/ worked with John Heaton & Tommy Drum in Discipline Ofc. Never forget fire aboard @ Singapore |
| Calabrese, Peter | as2 | May 1972 – Dec 1975 | ground support flight deck troubleshooter | looking for pete hampton/pete carmicino/and bryan albright |
| Hill, Tom | DK2 | May 1, 1972 – Aug 5, 1975 | S-4/HS-7 | Made Westpac cruise and Med cruise while assigned to HS-7. Worked in disbursing which gave me opportunity to meet many during my two cruises. HAd lots of fun wherever we went. |
| Atkinson, Wayne | AN | May 2, 1972 – Mar 2, 1973 | V-3 | super sara , wes-pac cruise vietnam ,yankee station, 7 line periods at the time was a cva attack carrier, it was changed to muti-purpose carrier cv on 30 june 1972, I was working v-3 hangar deck spotting dolly driver, got off mayport home. |
| Stiles, Randall | IC2 | May 2, 1972 – Jul 28, 1976 | E / V-2 | Give me a Flight Deck in heaven with a big 60 on the bow! |
| Hardy, Fred | LT | May 15, 1972 – Jun 2, 1974 | ||
| Parker, Truman Wayne | AN | May 18, 1972 – Jan 8, 1973 | CV-60 | Seeking anyone who remembers Truman Wayne Parker (nickname "TEX") - volunteered on the Helo for Rescue & Retrieve in Vietnam - 1970-1973 - Saratoga V60. URGENT! Contact Eddie Kaase at eddiekaase@sbcglobal.net ASAP!! |
| Branch, Robert Wink | EM-2 | Jun 1972 – Nov 21, 1975 | THOSE WERE THE DAYS-SUBIC-PARTY ALL THE TIME-STAY AWAY FROM FLY JUICE | |
| Alford, Charlie | E3 | Jun 18, 1972 – Feb 13, 1973 | ORDANANCE MECH. | does anyone remember the race riots on board the ship.if you do tell me about it . |
| Cash, Roy T. | EW2/EWCS (RET.) | Jun 21, 1972 – Sep 10, 1974 | OE/OW | Proud of the Fixit, Twidget and Premadonna Shop (EW's) Other members: Ted Cruz Steve Curl Tom Keen Tim Diballa Richard Smith Pat O'Hara Keith Butterfield I know there is more, but I've experienced the passing of two things, time and memori |
| Hogue, Leon | SA | Jun 27, 1972 – Oct 15, 1974 | boatmate | |
| Harrell, Wayne | HT3 | Aug 1972 – Apr 1974 | Repair | |
| Bowser, Terry | SN | Aug 12, 1972 – Apr 19, 1974 | / S | Work with Demerest, Lt.Livesay & Ens. Jakowski? then went to S-1 division in Dry dock in Portsmouth. Good Times. Remember the fires in Singapore and in dry dock. Can't remember everyones name. Olongapo can't forget. Singapore. Do remember t |
| Harvey, Dave | ASM | Aug 15, 1972 – Aug 30, 1975 | IM2 DIVISION GSE SHOP | THIS WAS MY FIRST DUTY STATION AFTER BOOT CAMP AND "A" SCHOOL, I STILL REMEMBER BEING TOLD ABOUT OLONGAPO PI AND WHAT THE GIRLS WERE LIKE THERE...IT WAS ALL TRUE...I WAS 18 AND FROM A SMALL TOWN, WHAT A WAKE UP CALL HA! |
| Garcia, Johnny | E-3 | Aug 20, 1972 – Jun 15, 1974 | Supply | West-Pac Gulf of Tonkin, Subic Bay, Olongapo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Great memories with Los Boricuas Tony, Apa, "PJ" Roque, Tomaso, Bubu Serrano, Chivo, Pena, Sammy. Jam sessions on the pier in Subic Bay. |
| Willett, Larry | ABE-3 | Aug 24, 1972 – Jun 26, 1975 | V-2 W/Cats | |
| Flora, Richard (Rick) | AE3 | Sep 1972 – Sep 1973 | AIMD | Some great memories. Feel free to contact me |
| Flaskerud, James (Flash) | AMS2 | Sep 1, 1972 – Sep 10, 1974 | VA-75 Airframes/Hydraulics | I landed on deck of Saratoga in Sept 72 in the mail plane. Walking across that windy deck for the first time is still a vivid memory. I smell the jet fuel, feel the deck vibrations, hear the roar of jet engines, and see blue water rushing by. |
| Austin, Ray | LT | Sep 3, 1972 – Oct 31, 1972 | VF-103 | Served as RIO in F4-J |
| Christman, Russell | Boilerman BT3 | Sep 7, 1972 – Aug 10, 1973 | 4 Main Boileroom | Spent the last six months of the Westpac cruise onboard. Then Mayport and next Portsmith Va. before being discharged in Aug.. |
| Taylor, Charles M. | AA | Sep 23, 1972 – Feb 15, 1973 | RVAH-1 | Our Ready Room was on the Mess Decks. I manned the sound powered phones in the RR. When the fire broke out in Singapore I was the young kid changing OBA Canisters for the DC Party. |
| Sage, Patrick | AT2 | Oct 1972 – Dec 1974 | IM3 | Airdale, ships company, AIMD department, IM3 division Avionics Shop 5. Part of Westpac 72-73. Yards in Newport news 73-74. Part of Med 74. |
| Whitney, George | sn | Oct 1972 – Aug 1974 | s-1 | I am looking a couple of good friends of mines. There in my division in 1972-1974. W.Moore, McNeal, W. McBride, S. Henderson,Castilow and a few others. |
| Willemsen, Robert | btfn | Oct 1972 – 1976 | P-1 4mmr | 4MMR best main space best group of guys around . |
| King, Charlie | AK3 | Oct 1972 – 1974 | S1 | AK3 Charles L King USS Saratoga ships company . I was on board the CVA 60 from 1972 to 1974 West Pac Cruise Vietnam. I’m looking for people I became friends with. Jerry Lane , Steve Perry and others I don’t have names |
| Adkins, Homer | BM 3 | Oct 14, 1972 – Mar 4, 1976 | Deck | would like to find.... Bruce Parke 3rd Class BM... |
| Stewart, Lewis (Bink) | AG2 | Oct 15, 1972 – Nov 30, 1975 | OA | I loved my time on the Sara, some of my best memories and times of my life. Saw things and places that I never saw before or since. I joined the Navy to see the world and I did. I tried to join again last week. |
| Aguirre, Armando | AN | Oct 22, 1972 – Jul 9, 1975 | V2 | BOW CATAPULT 1,CONSOLE RECORDER,JBD OPERATOR,BRIDLEMAN, HOLDBACKMAN,DUTIES OF TOPSIDE PETTY OFFICER.LOVE TOP SIDE.SALUTE TO THE CREW MEMBERS&TOP GUN PILOTS. THEN JOIN USNR IN SA TX ASSIGNED TO USS TRIPOLI LPH-10 |
| Ferguson, Bruce (Fergie) | RMSN | Nov 1972 – Aug 1975 | CR | Reported aboard at Subic, P.I. as non-rate. Snatched up by CR Div. since I could type. Tonkin Gulf station ops. CONUS: Norfolk yards, Philly SLEP, GITMO (AC went down). Med Cruise '74 was decent. Mayport was good. Ship TOO BIG! |
| Roach, Michael | Nov 1, 1972 – Jul 25, 1975 | V-1 Division LSO platform | ||
| Smith, Ronald | SN | Dec 9, 1972 – Apr 26, 1974 | 3RD DIVISION | |
| Morgan, Richard | E2 | Dec 13, 1972 – Sep 27, 1974 | S2 | Now retired SSGT from the Tenn Army National Guard. 3 tours in Iraq . Looking for Mac PO1 McDonald he was my watch cap when I was there really a nice guy |
| Anderson, Thomas "Andy" | CTO2 | Dec 20, 1972 – Dec 10, 1973 | OS | Came aboard for the last line period. Spent most of the yard period TAD to Northwest NSG HFDF site. |
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