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USS Independence (CV 62) Crew List

The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Independence (CV 62). 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 2708 crew members registered for the USS Independence (CV 62).

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Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Scott, Terry	ABH-3	1966 – 1967	V-1	One of the best times of my life. Med cruise of '66' Rep. 8, high seas and good livin. Favorite ports, Cannes and Barcelona, Naples was fun..Malta was a blast, Beirut was nice before the bombs went off.
Parham, Tommy	AO2	1966 – Sep 1969	G Division, Flight Deck Shop	Remember me? Would like to hear from you.
Coe, Jerry	BM 3	1966 – 1969	4th,Boat Division	Would like to hear from anyone who was in 4th, Boat Division from 1966 - 1969.
Wood, Gerald (Woody)	RD2	1966 – 1967	IOIC
Bartel, Ronald	ph2	1966 –	photo lab
Cumings, Frederick (Fritz)	ASH2	1966 – 1969	AIMD/Xdiv
Smith, Lorvale/ Smitty	ADJC	1966 –	V6	My Father served 30 years in the Navy the Independence being the last ship he served on. He was aboard the USS Wasp CV7 when it was sunk. He passed on 29-August-2015. He is missed everyday.
Keenon, Charles	YN3	Jan 1966 – Oct 1968
Keenon, Chuck	YN3	Jan 1966 – Oct 1968	B/Eng/DC	Came on in Fire Room 4 then YN B Div - Eng Log Room YN3 - DC YN3 - Made two Med Cruises Gitmo shake down
Cohen, Jules	PR3	Jan 1966 – Dec 9, 1967	squadron	servived on 1966/67 Medcruise with VF84
Brown, Robert (Bob)	AK1	Jan 4, 1966 – Apr 18, 1969	S-6	Loved my time aboard this ship, two tours from 1-4-66 to 18 April 69 and again May 80 to 84.
Martin, Kenneth W. Martin	MMFN	Jan 5, 1966 – Aug 28, 1968	M	Served for two Med cruises and a trip to the yard. Loved the ship and enjoyed the time spent on board.
Evans, Dave	DK3	Jan 5, 1966 – Dec 18, 1967	S-4	Miss the Disbursing guys. Some I am sure are gone now, but to those who are still here, please send an email my way. Was on Med cruise in 66 until 67. We had a lot of fun in the office. Sully, Pete, Chief Mabry, Maury
Stanley, Richard	ATN3	Jan 13, 1966 – Dec 18, 1967	V-6	Initially ran the Publications cage. Over time I worked on VHS radios and PRCA's
Laster, David	E3	Feb 1966 – Jun 1967	V1	I thought it was the biggest ship i had ever seen
Wilson, Ron	DS2	Feb 1966 – Sep 1967	IOIC
Florio, John	BT-3	Feb 12, 1966 – Jun 15, 1966	B Division
Ward, Terry	SN	Feb 17, 1966 – Nov 14, 1967	3rd
Miner, Dave	RD2	Feb 18, 1966 – Jan 29, 1969	OI	Went on 2 Med cruises 1966-1967; 1968-1969
Augeson, Darrell (Augie)	IC3	Feb 19, 1966 – Jan 23, 1968	E	I worked at WIND TV
Ring, Robert J.	JO2	Mar 1966 – Dec 1967	X	During the '66 MED Cruise he served as Program Director/Newscaster WIND-TV, Entertainment Director, Fleet Canteen, Beirut, Lebanon.
Otten, David	MM2	Mar 1966 – Jul 4, 1969	M	#2AMR (aka #2 AUX) - home of #3, #4, & #5 Evaps and #5 & #6 SSTG's.
Stacey, Ron	RD3	Mar 20, 1966 – Dec 14, 1968	OI	2 Med cruses, GREAT, and shakdown to Gitmo.
Craddock, Bill	e2	Mar 30, 1966 – 1967	A O2N2	Great time in my life
Chapman, William	ET3	Apr 1966 – Dec 31, 1969	OE - Air-search radar	Took care of the AN-SPS-43 and '30 radars and had a good time doing it. Was on the 66 and 68 Med cruises, numerous CarQuals, and a NATO cruise. Capt. Clarence Hill was the best ship handler I ever saw.
Baumann, George Bo	ADJ3	Apr 1966 – Feb 1968	power plants
Burel, Les	ETR3	Apr 1966 – Mar 1968	OE	Repeater gang and because of my weight, was twice chosen to ascend the 43 antenna to change out the IFF antenna with another lucky contestant. Windy up there. Formative years for me . Great guys in OE.
Hoover, Dennis	MU2	Apr 6, 1966 – Nov 10, 1966	ComCarDiv6 Unit Band	Ships Band Played at all refuelings and in port. Musician
Burel, Les	ETR3	Apr 6, 1966 – Mar 1968	OE	I was too naive at the time to realize how transformative my 2 years aboard the Indy would be.Later I switched rates to AT and joined VA-304 at NAS Alameda. Great bunch of guys in OE! Unfortunately Walt Gipprich passed.
Wilk, Thomas	sn	Apr 15, 1966 – Apr 29, 1967	communications	My father Thomas Wilk who had two Honorable Naval, discharges suffered a nervous breakdown on Aug. 24th 1966 @ his post ; when he had a strange new awareness for time and noticed his company was running poorly. Insight?
Richard, James	HM3	Apr 18, 1966 – Oct 3, 1967	H	Lots of great memories from our Med cruise. I drove by her several times a month from the time she berthed at Bremerton, WA until my wife retired from the US Army at Ft. Lewis. I retired in 1985 as an HMCS.
Kurtz, Allen	MM3	May 1966 – May 1969	A R and then Engineering Log Room	Did two Med Cruises and drydock in Portsmouth. Worked in Engineering Log Room. CDR Rockwell was the Chief Engineer at the time. Looking back now, it was a great three years. Email me if we worked together at that time.
Kurtz, Allen	MM3	May 1966 – Mar 1969	A Division	Made two Med cruises, one Gitmo ORI (caught a big shark off the sponson!) and worked in the Engineering Office coordinating ship alteration requests for a six month dry dock period in Portsmouth Ship Yard.
Leclair, Alan	RD2 (OS2)	May 1966 – Mar 1969	CIC	I got to see the world from her decks. I was only 18 and she was something to see.
Ingledue, Terry	E 5/E 6	Jun 1966 – Dec 1975	VAW 12/VAW 122
Lumer, Howard	AO2	Jun 1966 – Feb 1970	AIMD	Harry Kobler Paul George Abley Please reply
Houser, Scott R.s.	E3	Jun 1, 1966 – Feb 16, 1968		Didn't realize at the time what a great tour it was. Proud to serve.
Lynch, Bob	AE3	Jun 1, 1966 – Feb 1, 1967	VA 86
White, Dale	PH3	Jun 10, 1966 – Dec 17, 1967	Photo Lab
Barrientos, Manuel (Jr.)	BM2	Jun 15, 1966 – Feb 7, 1967	Commander Carrier - Six	Had the pleasure of being TAD to the Indy with the CCD - 6 Staff during this mde cruise. I was the Admiral's Barge Cox'n. Great Ship, Great Crew.
Sprecher, Arlington "Tom"	AA	Jul 1966 – Feb 1968	v-3
Partlow, Anthony	SEAMAN	Jul 10, 1966 – Apr 28, 1968	OI
Free, Robert	e-4	Jul 21, 1966 – Mar 10, 1970	v-4 v-1	served onboard uss independence 1966-1970 v-1 an v-4 div.orked also in pri-fly with commander kriser the airboss a great man an commander Jennings flight deck officer. very smart man.
Knight, Russ	ETN3	Aug 1966 – Apr 1968	OE Division	Worked with UHF radios, liberty boat radios, long wire antennas and whip antennas. Passed test for ETN3 just before leaving active duty on a college cut.
Barnes, Donald	Seaman	Aug 1966 – Dec 1967	4th Division	It was great experience.
Rigda, Robert	E-3	Aug 25, 1966 – Dec 8, 1967	G division	Remarkable cruise. Never was out of the states before. I will always remember all the places I went to while I was on liberty.
Fallon, Barry	IC3	Sep 1966 – Mar 1969	E
Hough, Jack	AZ3	Sep 1966 – Jul 1968	VF 41, Black Aces	Reported aboard in Malta. Mess cook, fwd gallery, maint. office, vf-41. Good times, great shipmates, stayed in USNR, retired E-6. Still see a few shipmates, Paul Janes, Bill Ball, Rich Bellofatto. Glad I served on the Big "I".
Whiteford, Michael	CVA62	Sep 10, 1966 – Feb 13, 1970	B	Served the majority of my time in 1MMR. Loved those Med cruises.
Schrank, Sanford (Sam)	RM3	Oct 1966 – Jun 1968	CR	anybody from division CR or CS around this time please try to contact me.
Schrank, Sanford (Sam)	RM3	Oct 1966 – Jun 1968	CR	i served aboard the ship as a radioman for this peroid of time
Lipsius, Ron Lipsius	PH3	Oct 1966 – Sep 1968	PHOTO & IOIC
Muszynski, Bob	ETR-2	Oct 1966 – Oct 1969	OE	Responsible for ECM gear, specifically, WLR-1. Didn't realize at the time how special this experience really was! Best buddies a guy could ask for! Many fond memories of those days. Would like to contact some of them
Sanford, Frank	ao2	Oct 1966 – Oct 19, 1969	g division	worked in flight deck shop and aft bomb assembly
Gienger, David / Dave	ETN3	Oct 18, 1966 – Oct 21, 1967	OE Div	Came onboard during Med cruise. Meet a great bunch of guys. Enjoyed working with them. Left ship due to broken jaw. Sent to Naval Hospital, didn't make it back before they left. Got sent to USS Essex.
Nazelrod, Naz	ABH 3	Nov 1966 – 1969	V1	FLT DECK FLY 1 PO. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM A.G. WHITMAN,CT JENSEN,D HUBERT,CW GUSTAFSON,RN CANNON, & JA WARFIELD GREAT MEMORIES ! NAZ
Waak, Charles Charlie	IC-3	Nov 1, 1966 – Aug 1968	electrical	served with Harry Hurley,John Robinson, Richard Keach, Rayh Maxon James Chester Ensign Charles Cruise,Steve Kruse Barry Fallon David Yancey Neil Bamford Chief Benjamin Courtney, made 2 Med Cruises, 6 mos in Shipyards
Gladwin, Bob	SN	Dec 1966 – Sep 12, 1967	Boat	Joined her in the Med. atPalma de Majorca. Left the following Sept to attended Radar School in Great Lakes. Left the Navy in 1970 as an RD3.
Lueck, Bill	BM2	Dec 1, 1966 – Jul 10, 1968	4th Deck Division
Vine, Robert / Bob	ETN 2	Dec 1, 1966 – Dec 30, 1969	OE
Forsman, Elmer	ASM-3	Dec 4, 1966 – Sep 2, 1969	USS Independence CVA 62	Came to the GSE shop to work as a mech. and Chief Oaks put me incharge of ordering parts for the shop.

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