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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Brunswick (ATS 3). 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 177 crew members registered for the USS Brunswick (ATS 3).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – 1985 | 1986 – 1990 | 1991 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burk, Mike | BM | 1971 – | Deck | Plankowner.Served with some great guys.Towed the USS America. that's how The ship got its nick name Supertug.Made the first air dive and heo2 from an ATS.Had some great times in Westpack.And yep,we pissed off the Russian |
| Bechtel, Mike | QM1 | 1972 – 1975 | Operations | Plank owner, then leading PO. Served with a great group of people (Bob Wassum being one) lots of good stoties to be told about the apartment Waikiki! |
| Kremper, Mike | QM3 | 1972 – 1975 | Operations | Worked hard, played harder. Best crew and ship I ever served with (including Bob and Mike). And yes Mike, I remember the apartment in Waikiki. |
| Hughes, Mike | LTJG | 1972 – 1974 | 1st Officer | Set the first watch on commissioning day at Portsmouth, VA Naval Shipyard. Transit to Pearl included stops in Brunswick, GA, Montego Bay (first diving ops), Panama CZ, Acapulco and 3 weeks in SFO awaiting main engine part made in UK. |
| Martin, Mike | SK3 | Jan 10, 1972 – Jan 10, 1974 | supply | I remember Mike. I worked with him on watch. We had good times at the apt...lol...I miss you guys. Thanks for the memories. Your shipmate. Mike |
| Martin, Michael | E-4 | Feb 5, 1972 – Jan 22, 1974 | Supply | Plank owner of USS Brunswick ATS-3. Refitted in Norfolk Va. Maiden cruse to Peral Harbor via Panama canal. Rev-tra and operations in Peral. Great crew and had a great time serving on this ship......... |
| Redmayne, Peter | LTJG | May 1972 – 1975 | Deck & Ops | Plank owner on first ship. Made initial transit from Norfolk to Pearl. Did two WestPacs. Skipper, JB Haskins, did not like young Jos just out of college. Was onboard in Subic when Haskins relived of command. Amazing exp. |
| Brandenburg, Bob | bm2 | Jun 1972 – Jul 1974 | deck | on commisioning crew and had an apartment with mike, bob, don and ken in ha. |
| Froman, Earl | ENFN | Jun 1972 – Aug 1975 | Eng | On commissioning Crew,had a great time, never left Homeport Hawaii |
| Walsh, Rick | HT2/HT1 | Jul 1972 – Feb 1974 | R-Div | retired DC1 precomm detail and plank owner. I am a driver for the US Marines now. worked with HT1 Wolosyn |
| Alley, Dickson | Os2 | Jul 1, 1972 – Aug 1, 1973 | Ops | I'm a plank owner and was wonder if anyone is around from that period? |
| Newman, Glenn | EN2 | Dec 1972 – May 1975 | M | Plank Owner, first ship. Too much work, too much partying. |
| Wassam, Robert | QM1 | Dec 9, 1972 – Dec 9, 1973 | Operations | I served as the first leading QM. Mike Bectel QM2 worked with me and together we took the ship from Norfolk to Hawaii. |
| Hedeen, Randy | EN2 | Dec 9, 1972 – Jul 30, 1975 | M and A | First ship. great ship. great crew, was a member of commissioning crew, plank owner |
| Clemens, John | HT 3 | Feb 1973 – Sep 1975 | Eng | |
| Eckert, Allen | IC2(SS)(DV1) | Feb 1973 – Apr 1974 | eng/diver | picked up ship at TI sailed to Hawaii anyone remember backing down on the target and screwing up the port screw? or going aground as we tried to recover the target ? the CO drove me nuts over the location of the 1MC. one |
| Bailey, Bob (Beetle) | SH3 | Feb 2, 1973 – Oct 5, 1975 | Deck , Supply | Great Tour for my first one |
| Swanson, Jhan | LTJG | Jun 1973 – Jun 1976 | Some great memories. Comm and Ops Officer. Was there for Fanning island, two Westpacs. | |
| Travis, T | LTJG/LT | Jul 1973 – Jul 1976 | OPS/DECK/DIVING | Green JG showed up in Singapore and got JBH reception. Great shipmates who by and large carried me thru my ignorance. |
| Johnson, David | LTJG | Dec 1973 – Dec 1975 | Deck/Salvage | Going thru the list of names brings back a lot of memories .Hope all shipmates are doing well. |
| Clemens, John | HT 3 | 1974 – 1976 | Eng | |
| Holm, Gary | HTFN (DV) - HT3(DV) - HT2(DV) | 1974 – 1977 | Engineering / Repair / Salvage | Pearl Harbor WestPac deployment (x2) |
| Pasterick, John (Blue) | E3 | 1974 – 1978 | Deck Division | Hello Doc, Spud, Nigard, Hapharris, Skie, Paco. Remember the typhoon in the South Pacific at Subic Bay and trying to pull that aircraft carrier off the pier. I miss Hawaii and all of my good friends!!!! Love you Doc. |
| Davis, Robert | ET1 | Apr 1974 – Oct 1978 | OPS | Saw a lot of the Pacific, made a lot of Russians mad at us and learned to hate coconut at Fanning Island. Retired in 1992 ETCM(SW). Live in South GA with Pam my wife of 40 years, our horses and dogs. |
| Mann, Mike | ENC | Jul 1974 – Jul 1977 | M | Great ship, great crew,never had so much fun with my clothes on! |
| Dabrowski, Al[ski] | Bm3 | Oct 1974 – Jun 19, 1978 | DECK. | |
| Oelke, Raymond | BM-3 | Oct 12, 1974 – Aug 11, 1977 | Deck | Sure miss Subic! Great memories,1970 challenger and lots of SMOKE. Loved the days tied up at Hickem AB atop of ship listening to my favorite EM play guitar... Hi to all my past deck apes! |
| Knight, Gregg | ENFN | Dec 9, 1974 – Dec 10, 1976 | M | Fanning Island wow Aleutian Islands ( Russians ) USS Oriskany We just kept steaming |
| Rick, Wear | HTFN/HT3 | Feb 1, 1975 – Nov 22, 1976 | Engineering/Hull Tech | Really fun time and crewmates |
| Duncan, Ralph | LTJG | Sep 1975 – Aug 1978 | Ch. Eng, Ops., OOD-ex-Oriskany and ex-Isle Royale tows, Salvage Officer, bow ramp recovery-Numazu, Japan | |
| Nygaard, Dean | MS-3 | Dec 18, 1975 – Dec 18, 1978 | Supply | Would love to reconnect with some great guys from the Super Tug. Ed Burns, Blue, Ski, Clarke, and names I regretfully have forgotten. Would love to catch up. |
| Gowin, Kenneth Darrell | EN2 | Dec 26, 1975 – Oct 11, 1977 | engineering | |
| Asuncion, Juan (Jojo) | YNSN | Dec 30, 1975 – Mar 26, 1978 | Admin/Pers | I was in Deck Dept, and was made a striker by YNC Fujihara and PNC Green in Admin. Dumbrowski nicknamed me "JoJo". Nice to see a lot of names that I know and served with. This was my first ship. |
| Main, Ted | EN2 | 1976 – 1979 | M | Great times overseas,,Mike Mann,Joe Day,Jack The Fuel King , Drinking lots of Sake amongst other things,Numazu salvage ops was a blast , bets reind was on The ""T"" that lost the bow ramp , Oh yeah, Francis Babula ,crazy dude,, |
| Spillane, Eddie | BM 2 | Jan 1976 – Jun 1979 | Deck | Learned a lot played a lot Great memories |
| Jones, Ronald | E-4 | Mar 1976 – Mar 1979 | Main Enginenroom, LOS Operator | My only duty station, It was a great time . Westpacx2 , the oriskny the ex-Ioroyal, the bow ramp and running from hurricanes twice during the op. the black box off the coast of Wake, great memories, and who could forget the marshall lslands |
| Smith, Gary | emc | Apr 1976 – Aug 1979 | E | Great ship, Great crew.Loved the time spent in west pac. We worked hard and played hard |
| Killebrew, Richard (Killer) | RM1 | Sep 1976 – Jan 1980 | OC | Numazu, Fanning Is, HELO recovery, EX-Oriskany tow, Constellation Tow exercise (Super Tug). Painted the first Superman "S" on the bow. |
| Harden, Dennis | OS | Sep 1976 – May 1977 | OPS | |
| Mathers, Warren | E3 | 1977 – Sep 29, 1981 | 6 th fleet | |
| Spear, Chuck | E4/engineman | Aug 1977 – Jul 1979 | main engine room | Met the ship in Guam, started engine fire in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the night steaming to Hawaii, sent ship to GQ, was forgiven by crew! Thanks guy's! Loved Pearl Harbor, riding the motorcycle. |
| Dirickson, Larry Dirickson | IC2 | Aug 10, 1977 – Jul 28, 1980 | E | Had a great time on a great ship. I remember retrieveing the ramp off the DMZ near North Korea. Talk about cold! Wouldn't trade my experiences with that crew for anything. |
| Gazelle, Art | MS1 | Sep 10, 1977 – Dec 20, 1978 | S-2 | Overhaul - redesigned the galley |
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