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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 2731 crew members registered for the USS Independence (CV 62).

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Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Garcia, Robert		1978 – 1981	VA-87
Enderson, Endy	HT	1978 – 1982	R	Good Times! Life is good in Chesapeake, VA.
Hill, Nick	HT3	1978 – 1981	R
Loglia, Dan	AD-3	1978 – 1979	VA-87
Stamper, Barry	BT3	1978 – Nov 21, 1981	B-Divison Oil Lab	Looking for old shipmates.
Lee, Rex	DS2	1978 – 1982	OE	Data Systems Tech. C V I C Carrier Intelligence Served with Rex Willis, Jim Pomeroy, Keith Wolcott Lots of ET Friends, Dave Oman for one, Carrol Lewis. Cuba, Med cruses, Israel, Shellback, Australia. Good Times!
Miles, Charles / Chuck	ET1	1978 – 1981	OE	Radar shop, 79 Med cruise, 80-81 IO cruise. SPN42, SPS48C
Glover, Victor	e1	1978 – 1980	v4	any fuelers out there
French, John	E3	1978 – 1980	R	DCPO. DCshop what a great place, great guys, po barnes and lt jim cardinale , we had tex ,johnny modzell and the band, chief bear and his porn collection in the pipefitters shop, lots of great memories
Chaboudy, Barry	Fireman	1978 – 1981	M Division - Engineering	Chad is looking for shipmates between 78-81 in either M or B Division.
Kelly, Steve	BT2	Jan 1978 – Apr 1982	B 2MMR
Blackburn, Steve (Blackie)	AMH-1	Jan 1, 1978 – Feb 11, 1981	IM-2	Mechanic and Aircrewman on Miss Belle, the ships COD
Carpenter, David	ET2	Jan 1, 1978 – Jan 1, 1982	OE	SNIAS or SINS Tech
Gordon, Michael	E5 Boiler tech	Jan 10, 1978 – Jul 10, 1984	Boiler division	i serverd and worked with some great Men and those were my best times loved to serve the mighty indy
Gordon, Michael	E5	Jan 10, 1978 – Jul 10, 1984	B	View 'back then' Photo
Allen, G. Sherman	E-5 BT2	Jan 13, 1978 – Jul 7, 1981	B	Was in the Persian Gulf during the Iran hostage crisis. Still have fond memories of a Grand Lady.
Casey, Darrell	E4/Postal Clerk	Jan 15, 1978 – Jan 16, 1982	Administration	The Navy was a dream for me from childhood. I enjoyed every minute. The people that I connected with were key to my Naval career enjoyment.
Clancy, David	HT2	Feb 1978 – Dec 1981	Repair	First tour. Was great with good people.
Kratts, Stephen	MM2	Feb 23, 1978 – May 8, 1980	A
Gooch, Bruce	SK2	Mar 2, 1978 – Oct 19, 1979	Pier Warehouse "Supply"	Had it made! Never went to sea, until we went to Med. Since I ran the warehouse at the pier, I had no billet. Turned into luxury cruise!! :-)
Dawson, Leroy	SH1	Mar 10, 1978 – Feb 5, 1981	S3	Went on to retire and work civil service as a supervisory Contract officer GS1102-14. retired Dec 2012 combining with navy time and civil for 40 yrs. love the Big I View 'back then' Photo
Caracciolo, Chris	ABHAN	Mar 17, 1978 – Oct 30, 1980	V-1	What an experience !!!!
Claus, Russ	AZ3	Apr 7, 1978 – Apr 25, 1979	IM-1	worked Mess Decks 2Mos. Made E-4. Worked AIMD Office on O-3 Deck with a few good people. Lt. Patterson, Chief-Martin, YN-2 Anthony Rocha, An Gorsha, AA Campbell. Lived on bologna & Mayo & Mt. Dew.....spent alot of time with some friends from V-2
Krepps, Ralph	DN	May 1978 – Oct 1980	Dental
Stone, James	GMT3	May 1978 – Nov 1980	W	Looking to Reunite with Walter Dietrich, Michael Gore, and Scott Gatton
Rotzell, Perry	AT3	Jun 1978 – Nov 1981	IM3
James, Jeff	HM2	Jun 1978 – Jan 1980	Medical	Thanks to all my shipmates for serving. Your are the best!
Jost, Bruce A Jost	SN	Jun 1978 – Mar 13, 1982	2nd	Would love to hear from old shipmates.
Kennedy, Brian	AN	Jun 1978 – Nov 1980	V-4	This was a special time in my life. I miss the crew but not the water hours or long days :) Stayed in the Reserves and Retired in 98. GO FIGURE!
Heyman, Marc	E3	Jun 1978 – 1982	aimd	despite what all others thought i turned out to be a productive member of society. I am now a retired firefighter married 28 years with two sons one a cheif in naval jrotc. thats right gang i turned out good thank you
Shaffer, Joseph	ABHC	Jun 1, 1978 – Mar 31, 1980	V1	Flight Deck CPO Best crew I worked with in 20 years of service.
Paynes, John	AD3	Jun 10, 1978 – Sep 5, 1981	VA-15
Clark, John	ENFN	Jun 12, 1978 – Jul 16, 1980	eng	Worked in the Boat Shop/Boat Crew. Played many games of spades and risk..Those were the days.
Rotzell, Perry	AT3	Jun 12, 1978 – Nov 12, 1981	IM3
Strickland, Bart	mm3	Jun 14, 1978 – Aug 14, 1982	m	Hey guy,s How has it been after all these year,s ? Some of us never really get out I thought I would never get on another boat but tug boats are it for me now so I hope to hear from some one soon
Seck, Steve	FTM3	Jun 15, 1978 – Sep 18, 1981	Fox	I worked on the port Nato Sea Sparrow Missile System, and the SPS-58 Radar for over 3 years. I made FTM3 right before I got out. I was only in for 4 years. I made some wonderful friends that were more like brothers.
Douglas, James/ Doug	AIRMAN	Jun 18, 1978 – Dec 18, 1981	AIMD	Made the "79" Med Cruise. Work in the Jet shop on the fantail. In my shop when F-14 hit the round down and jerked the plane in half. Got out of the Nav during deployment of the Iran Hostage Crisis.
Strickland, Bart	MM FN	Jun 19, 1978 – Sep 23, 1983	m	Lets fire up the INDY, head to Iraq and show em how its done!!
Bussey, Kim "buzz"	SK2	Jun 19, 1978 – Dec 21, 1981	S-1 Main Supply
Brown, Anthony	GMT3	Jun 25, 1978 – Nov 29, 1979	W TAD to MAA	Looking to hear from BT3 DJ Miller
Sm3 Higgs, Thomas	SM3	Jul 1, 1978 –	CS	Looking for any signalman that served from 78-82
Fletcher, Tony	HT3	Jul 17, 1978 – Apr 17, 1982	REPAIR	30 PLUS YEARS LATER. STILL WELDING. SHIPPFITERS SHOP
Herzel, Donald	FTM 2	Jul 30, 1978 – Feb 7, 1981	FOX	Worked on Port Seasparrow Missile System with a great bunch of guys. Also had a blast on our Med cruise too! Wish I could have finished Indian Ocean cruise though. I now live in Pensacola,Fl.
Simpson, Jack	RMCS/RMCM	Aug 1978 – Aug 1981	CR	Never wanted a Carrier or Norfolk but ended up there. Made the best of it and survived. Still get together with some of the radiomen on a yearly basis.
Richardson, James	AN	Aug 1978 – Jun 1980	OP
Palmer, Earl	e3 to e4	Aug 14, 1978 – Nov 17, 1982	ground support	didn't mind the med hated the indain ocean cruise had some good times on this ship still have my hat from it
Hernandez, Jaime "Fatback"	E-2	Aug 15, 1978 – Aug 23, 1980	V-1	So many memories-good & bad. Memorable ports of call and outstanding shipmates(most of them). Learned many of life's lessons that stayed with me through-out this journey of mine.
Moon, Mark	SH2	Aug 24, 1978 – Jun 24, 1981	Shipserviceman	Worked in Laundry, Ship Store, Candy Store, Smoke Shop, Barbershop Sales office. In charge of eight fantail storerooms & breakout team of five shipmates. Finished as Damage control Petty officer for the S-3 Div
Linzmaier Ll, Joseph/hollywood	abh	Aug 26, 1978 – Sep 21, 1984	v-1 the best crew ever	If you had known me then I have changed but not that much I am still hollywood and rockin on boys how are youI wish I knew then what I know now things would have beene different miss you all sooo much
Gilbert, Paul	DPSN	Sep 1978 – Mar 1981	S7
Kline, Keith	AG2	Sep 1978 – Jun 20, 1980	OA	I was in the balloon room. Does anyone remember throwing Willie Nelson overboard in the Mediterranean, or the April Fools prank we played on Willis: he called the Captains office with a phoney hurricane forecast - ha ha ha! I have a family of 8 now.
McClain, Steve	Ensign	Sep 1978 – Jul 1981	Fire Marshal, E-Div and Nav.	A remarkable 3 years! Med and I.O. cruises, Suez transit, Perth. E-Divo under LT Ellison, N-Divo under CAPT Silseth. C.O.'s were CAPT Watson and CAPT 'Darth' Shanahan.
Tackett, Charles	RMSN	Sep 1978 – May 1981	CR	Great memories
Allen, Craig	E 3	Sep 22, 1978 – Sep 22, 1984	V-2 Waste Cats	Ducksworth ? Oliver ? I'm still your champ! Sarver ? Sweeny ? Choba ? I'm gettin old -- contact me
Henson, Mike	E- 4	Oct 1978 – Jun 1980	V-I	Dear lord........What can I say? SO much time has past! Great ship. Great crew. Experiences I'll never forget. God bless everyone I knew there. Hope to hear from some of you!
Tucker, Todd	ABH3	Oct 1978 – Aug 1982	V3	What ever happened to big Al?
Peikert, Chris/pike	Bm2	Oct 1978 – Nov 1981	3rd	I never had to back in
Henson, Mike	ABH/3	Oct 1978 – Jul 15, 1980	V-1	Too many good memories, People, and experiences to account for with 200 characters. Those who recall me, send me a message. Living in southern middle TN. Land of the free and home of the hillbilly's!
Mottern, Carl	AW2	Oct 1, 1978 – Jun 15, 1979	HS-15 of CVW-6	I was an SH-3H Aircrewman with the Red Lions of HS-15. Served on INDY thru the workups for the 79 cruise prior to transfer to HS-1.
Fitzwater, Tim	BMSN	Oct 1, 1978 – Oct 1, 1980	second	i single handedly saved the ship from sinking. no one noticed because we didnt sink. tfitzwater@neo.rr.com
Henson, Mike	Abh-3	Oct 15, 1978 – Jul 24, 1980	v-1
Cole, Gary	PR3	Oct 31, 1978 – Nov 30, 1981	VA-87 Golden Warriors (A7 Corsair)	Got my punk butt off of the streets of Portland after moderate terrorization of same with GM products with backup by Ford and Porsche. Great fun with the boys and eventually charted a course in the Army, USAF, and USPHS. Airborne!!!!!!
Hanie, Richard "Rich"	E-5/AMS-2	Nov 1978 – Jul 1981	VF-102
Hampton, Samuel H.	IC 2 / LCDR USN RETIRED	Nov 1978 – Jul 1982	V-2 , PLAT/LENS Shop	Great Ship, Great times! IC1 F.W. Stein, IC1 Kenneth Earl, IC1 Don Pryor, IC2 Dave Adams, IC3 Andy Buckland, IC3 Mike Flood, IC3 Andy Lynch, IC3 Reggie Cooper, IC3 Alan Northrup, IC3 Bill Powers, you guys were the best.
Gilbert, Darren	SIGNALMAN/2ND CLASS	Nov 1978 – Aug 18, 1982	COMMUNICATIONS	ENJOYED MY 4 YEARS ABOARD THE INDY SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES HARD TO REMEMBER THE BAD ONES. MADE 2 MED CRUISES AND HALF WEST PAC ABOARD THE OLD GAL.SERVED UNDER CAPT. T.C.WATSON,CAPT. SHANAHAN,CAPT.BREAST. AIR WING 6 GOOD GUYS ON THE BRIDGE TOO
Payne, Gary	AK3	Nov 1978 – Jul 1981	S-6 TAD S-1	Was Assigned to S-6 but spent most of the time assigned to S-1 Division. Worked with a bunch of great guys. Like everyone else did not realize just how much we had it made. Was on the Med Cruise and Indian Ocean Cruise.
Malboeuf, Stephen	MS3	Nov 1978 – Jun 1982	S2	S2 division breakout (reefer rats)Great bunch of guys
Gilbert, Darren	Signalman 2nd Class	Nov 1978 – Jun 1982	Communications	Really enjoyed my time aboard the Indy. I really wish I could see or hear from some of my old buddies like Larry Broadway, Gary Jones. Served under Capt. Tom Watson and Capt. Tom Shanahan, and Adm Jerry Breast.
Roldan Jr, Ray	ET2	Nov 13, 1978 – Dec 10, 1980	OE	Med cruises are missed. Anyone still around?
Myers, Patrick	FTM2-1	Nov 22, 1978 – Sep 19, 1981	Fox	Reported to the Indy November of 1978 as FTM2. Assigned as work center supervisor port Seasparrow system. Made first class and on my last cruise was LPO of Fox Division.
Hardesty, Allen	mm3	Nov 29, 1978 – Apr 1981	a div Cat Repair Shop
Burke, Mike	AD3	Dec 1978 – Dec 13, 1979	VA 87
Hightree, Kenneth	ABE3	Dec 1978 – Jul 1982	V-2	worked in the bowcats while on board.
Graham, Robert	Dental Technician third class	Dec 1978 – Jun 1980	Dental	Great time working with/serving crew aboard the Independence. Had a lot of fun times, at ports it took me. Currently working for department of veteran affairs in Orlando FL..
Krus, Peter	ABF 3	Dec 1, 1978 – Mar 21, 1980	V-4	Please when you e-mail Peter, include a snail mail address. He does not have access to the Internet.

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