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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 2733 crew members registered for the USS Independence (CV 62).

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Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Cook, Bill	AMS3	1971 – Mar 1972	VAW122	One of the better carriers I've served on! Great food and great buddies!
Thorne, Thorne	Ship Fitter 3rd class	1971 – 1973	Repair	Travel while you're young. Join the Navy and visit Athens, Tunis, Barcelona, Naples, Trieste, Palma, Monaco, Istanbul, Rhodes, etc. See the Rock of Gilbrator and lots of Russian ships.
McClintock, Mike	E-2	1971 – 1972	Master at Arms	I miss the old girl a lot of great memories and good times
Brown, Gerald	GMT2	1971 – 1972	Weapons
Teschke, Chuck	ADJAN	1971 – 1974	VA - 65
Russer, Paul	ABH 3	1971 – 1973	v-1	Crash Crew
Galyon, Michael	E3	1971 – Mar 1973	V3	Just looking for some of the guys I served with.Drop a few lines if you want
Nock, George	ABE-2	1971 – 1973	V-2	Cat 2 deckedge operator
Brooks, Randy	PT3	1971 – 1973	OZ	Seem like a lifetime ago, but I'm glad I was there
White, Stan	SN	Jan 1971 – Jun 1974	S7 Data Processing	These are fond years worth reminiscing about. E-mail me if you were in Div S7 during this time period. It sure is sad about the impending fate of CVA-62.
McDonald, Shaun	Fn	Jan 1971 – Jan 1973	m	i am posting this for my father who was in mmr. if anyone out there remembers him im sure he would like to hear some you.
Moruzzi, John	ABE-2	Jan 1, 1971 – Dec 12, 1972	V-2	I was assigned to the waist cats on cat #3. This was back in the day of bridles. We had to set up the 400 lbs nose tow unit and derig the deck before planes could land. What fun.
Fleming, Frank	ABH2	Jan 3, 1971 – Aug 14, 1972	v-1	Great n. alantic cruise and med cruise. many lifelong friends and some I would like to find and talk to.
Hilliard, David	BM2	Jan 5, 1971 – Dec 28, 1978	second deck	feel free to e-mail me
Hawkins, Gerald (Hawk)	DC3	Jan 5, 1971 – Feb 16, 1973	DC Division
Bagley, Denis	INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS 3RD CLASS P.O.	Jan 28, 1971 – Feb 2, 1975		USS FULTON AS 11 from 71-74 made third class then USS INDEPENDENCE CV-62 from 74-75. Seen the world and the world was good in 1974. Join the www.ussindependencecv-62.org reunion of shipmates....
Holton, John	AN	Feb 1, 1971 – Jul 3, 1974	V1	I worked on the flight deck in V-1 Division (Crash & Salvage crew) & remember some very long days and nights of hard work. When I look back, it was all worth it as the crew of the USS Independence was busy protecting our country.
O'Connell, Tom	E3	Feb 9, 1971 – Dec 8, 1972	X	Great ship, great friends, great times. Served in PAO.
Holton, Sr., John	AN	Feb 10, 1971 – Jul 3, 1974	V-1	I miss my old shipmates on the USS Independence.
Klein, Randy	E-3	Feb 21, 1971 – Sep 15, 1971		I was fortunate enough to have visited some of the best vacation spots in the world. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. And Cartejena, Columbia. Great experience but between being both Jewish AND from New York, and surviv
Hilliard, Bill	MM3	Mar 1971 – Jun 1974	M div	3mmr
Chance, Wallace (Wally)	AOC(NAC)AW USNR ret	Mar 1971 – Mar 2, 1973	G	Jan 3, 1969-Mar 1969 Co 008 RTC Great Lakes, Mar 1969-Aug 1969 AOA School NATTC NAS JAX, Aug 1969-Feb 1971 Weapons Systems Test (WST) Bomb Shop NATC NAS Pax Riv, Feb 1971-Mar 1971 Air Launched Weapons School NAS Norfolk
Sorg, Jerome	AQ2	Apr 1971 – Jun 1973	AIMD	THE INDY WAS A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR A YOUNG MAN. I TRULY ENJOYED MY TIME ABOARD, AND ALSO THE LIBERTY.
Murray, Mike	RD3	Apr 1971 – Dec 1972	OI
Gray, Barry	OS3	May 1971 – Jul 1974	OI	Had a lot of fun with some crazy shipmates.
Gese, Theodore (Ted)	DKC	May 3, 1971 – Jul 11, 1972	S-4
Steen, Charles	PN3	May 24, 1971 – Aug 20, 1974	X	Wonderful memories. Worked for a great PNCS Hillary M. Tlumach in the Personnel Office. Great friends, Ray Maslyn, Bill Reid, Stan Bradley and Kelly Morin to name a few.
Ennis, John	AO3	Jun 1971 – Dec 1972	G Division	I was the BPO of G division Hung out with all the parachute riggers Gary Carmine and "Beve" Levire from the squadrons.If you remember me give me a note. Dave from PA was my Liberty Bud. Chief Sykes my mentor.
Nichols, Dan/nick	ABH3	Jun 1971 – Nov 28, 1972	V3	Howard, Creecy, Harbert, Chief Henderson, Hopkins.
Gibson, J David NEW	PT1	Jun 1971 – Mar 1973	IOIC	Grandchild here to represent her grandfather - would love to know if anyone knew him or can give me a general idea of what he may have experienced on the ship during 71-73! Events, ports, missions, etc.
Saunders, John	GMG2	Jun 25, 1971 –	Weapons	I would like to reach out to Harry Johnson who I served with. He was a really good friend. I lost all of my pictures and a lot of memorabilia that meant so much to me and would like to recover some of it.
O'Dea, Tom	AT3	Jun 30, 1971 – Mar 6, 1974	IM-3	Left ship COD Crew AT-3, Reported Rota, SP as AT-2
Werkheiser, Gary (Waldo Werk)	AMH2	Jul 10, 1971 – Jul 10, 1975	Line Division Final Checker	Loved every day I served.
Zubovic, Ronnie	YN3	Aug 1971 – Jul 1973	X Division	Worked in the Captain's Office in the adminstrative Dept and ended up in the Communication Dept.
Zieba, John	AMH 2	Aug 1971 – Sep 1972	Airwing - VAW 122	1971-72 Norland Med Cruise. Retired after 36 years of government service.
Hecht, Mark	RM2	Aug 1971 – Oct 1973	CR
Nielsen, Thomas	SN/E3	Aug 8, 1971 – Dec 1, 1973	S2	Three friends that when to school with all on the same ship together was great, I made two Med. cruises in that ship, had alot of fun than.
Castro (Manny), Manuel A.	PO3 / AB-CRASH & SALAVGE	Sep 1971 – May 11, 1974	V1	Many of guy's came and went, But that girl made men out of all of them all. Indy will be missed. "Nobody is guaranteed a full cruise".
Bradford, Brad	ASE2	Sep 1971 – Mar 1972	VA-12	I worked as a Master-at-Arms during the Med cruise of 71-72
Schnitzler, John D	ADJ-3	Sep 7, 1971 – Jan 20, 1974	VF-102	I made 2 cruises aboard the Indy from Sept. 1971 to March 1972, July 1973 to Jan. 1974. Worked the flight deck, which was one of the most interesting experiences of my life and I'd do it again. Never want to go back to Athens Greece again.
Yerkovich, John	MM3	Sep 7, 1971 – Feb 23, 1975	M	To everybody down in 4MMR, MM'S & BT's and everyone in M & B divisions best bunch of guys I ever worked with.
Brooks, John	e3 abh	Sep 10, 1971 – 1975	v-1	id like to hear from guys I served and partyed with
Walton, Jjerry	MMFN	Sep 15, 1971 – May 10, 1973		Milt Graham, Rick Moore, Ron Krob, Russ Miller, Halverson, O'Donnell, Thank you for everything. Life was hard as a "snipe" on INDY. Dan McMurtry, I hope this finds you retired on your own island. Everybody, I hope you've had a go
Giannone, Vince	FN	Oct 1, 1971 – Jul 3, 1974	B Div	Boiler Rm. #1
Herrera, George	RM2	Oct 12, 1971 – Oct 23, 1973	Communications
Polson, Ray Polson	E3	Oct 21, 1971 – May 15, 1972	avation bolsonmate	flight deck fire fighter was good times and I would do it all again.to my shipmates I was knowen as [ heavy]
Uecker, Vern	HM3	Nov 1971 – Dec 1972	Hospital core	Not really shure when I came aboard. Picked up the ship in Naples Italy on a Med deployment. Remember spending Thanksgiving and Christmas in Athens. After the cruise the ship went into drydock in Norfork/Portsmith
Sliger, Don	ETR2	Nov 1971 – Aug 1975	OE	Would like to hear back from any ETR's or ETN's who were stationed on the Indy during '71-'75.
Dodd, Brack	YN3	Nov 15, 1971 – Jun 16, 1975	IM-1
Dodd, Brack Jr	YN3	Dec 15, 1971 – Jun 15, 1975	MAA and AIMD/IM-1
Glassman, Barry	MM3	Dec 18, 1971 – Mar 8, 1973	M	I worked in #2 engine room. I worked with MM1 French and MM2 Leroy Atkins
Holzer, John	GMT 2	Dec 22, 1971 – Jan 12, 1975	W-DIV

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