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USS Henderson (DD 785) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Henderson (DD 785). 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 108 crew members registered for the USS Henderson (DD 785).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1967 | 1968 – 1975 | 1976 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney, Lee | FTG 3 | 1968 – May 15, 1970 | WG | Good crew, great division chief, best of Captains |
| Holmes, Brad | BT3 | Feb 1968 – Jan 1969 | B | One WESTPAC tour. Spent most of the time on the gun line. Went to North Korea in support of the USS pueblo. |
| Schnichels, Paul | Seaman | 1969 – | WD | Hello everyone from Seaman Paul Schnichels |
Sagon, William  | EM 2 | Feb 1969 – Feb 1972 | R Division | |
| Irwin, John | SF3 | Mar 10, 1969 – Dec 18, 1972 | R | |
| Sullivan, Dennis/sully | E5/TORPEDOMAN | Apr 1969 – Oct 6, 1969 | Weapons | |
| Hubbard, Bill | E-3 | Apr 1969 – Oct 1970 | R | Westpac Cruise from 11/18/69 to 5/8/1970 a time I will never forget. Hawaii,Yokosuka,Sea of Japan, Viet Nam,Gulf of Tonkin,Sasebo,Kaohsiung,Subic Bay and then back to Long Beach,Calif. Many memories and good men. |
| Bonvillion, Robert | SH3 | Apr 20, 1969 – Dec 5, 1969 | ||
| Allen, Bill | Ltjg | Jun 2, 1969 – Jun 1, 1971 | supply | |
| Sagon, Bill | EM2 | Oct 1969 – Nov 1972 | R | |
| Noland, Lynn | LTJG | Oct 9, 1969 – Jan 25, 1971 | "B" and 1st Division | Great experience aboard Hendy Maru. Here is where growing up began. Would enjoy hearing from old shipmates from this era. Spent 27 years active and reserve. Retired as a Captain in July 1996-almost 20 years ago ! |
| Stich, Martin | RM2 | 1970 – 1971 | Crossed the equator 4 Jul 71... Had a ball becoming a shellback!!! | |
| Broussard, Norman (Buzzard) | BT3 | Jan 4, 1970 – May 8, 1970 | B | Employed Rockwell International /Boing space system Nov 1971 -Jan 5 2005 retired fro Boeing as A Facility Engineer moved to Tellico Plains ,TN current location |
| Smalygo, Jerry | HM3 | May 10, 1970 – Jun 1972 | S Div | Was one of 2 corpsman upon arrival was with HM1 W E west then HMC Gordon my nick name was little Doc |
| Costanzo, Stephen | Midshipman 1st Class | Jun 1970 – Aug 1970 | Operations | We made a run from Long Beach to Seattle for Seafair in July 1970. We were in heavy seas, taking green water back to the second 5" gun mount. I had to stand on the flying bridge in the wind and spray to keep from tossing |
| Atteberry, Jim | TM2 | 1971 – 1975 | Weapons | |
| Regimbal, Brian (Reggie) | RM3 | Mar 1971 – Apr 1972 | OPS | Excellent experience on Westpac Tour, with some great shipmates...Awesome experience crossing the equator |
| Brown, Bob | QM2 | Aug 8, 1971 – Jul 8, 1975 | OPS | |
| McGirk, John (J.w.) | YN1 | Nov 1, 1971 – Apr 10, 1974 | X | I served during HENERSON'S last deployment (Viet Nam) and subsequent entry in the Naval Reserve Force. I was the Ship's Secretary. |
| Lermo, Ron | MR3 | 1972 – 1973 | R | Served in A-Gang during the 72-73 WESTPAC to Vietnam. Survived the transition from polywog to shellback. I really enjoyed the people I worked with and welcome any contacts. |
| Munsey, James | TM3 | May 15, 1972 – Feb 24, 1974 | Weapons | Still in contact with: Chief Cottingham, Mike Mermer and Dean Potts. |
| Wayne, Fred | CS-3 | May 16, 1972 – Jun 16, 1974 | ||
| Ramsay, John | Sonar Tech | Jul 1, 1972 – Jun 1, 1973 | Weapons | |
| Gilbert, James | ENSIGN | Jul 8, 1972 – Dec 13, 1973 | Fire Control | Served during Henderson's final Vietnam cruise Nov 72 thru May 73 |
| Smith, John | E-2 | Aug 1972 – May 1973 | Deck Division | I enjoyed the travel around the western half of the world. I am now a degreed Network Analyst with Windstream Communications in Greenville, SC, and reside in Moore, SC. |
| Gilbert, Jr, James (Gilly) | Ensign | Sep 1972 – May 1973 | Fire Control Division Officer for WESTPAC cruise, then Boiler Division Officer | |
| Stacharczyk, William (Stick) | GMT | Nov 1972 – Jun 1973 | Weapons | |
| Mermer, Michael | STG-2 | Nov 15, 1972 – Feb 4, 1977 | Weapons | |
| Snyder, Bill | E-5 | 1973 – 1974 | Quartermaster | I flew overseas after Quartermaster school and was lowered by helo to the Henderson. First liberty port was Hong Kong. After going back to Long Beach, CA, the ship went reserve and most of us were transferred to CV63 |
| Davenport, David | STG3 | Mar 29, 1973 – Dec 9, 1973 | Weapons | |
| McMichael, James (Jim) | EM2 | Apr 6, 1973 – Aug 1973 | Enginering | It was a very short time aboard the Henderson,but it was the best time that I can recall.The guys were the best you could ever imagine,and it being it's last overseas tour made it sad somewhat.The full power run AWESOME! |
| Lang, Dennis | BT 3 | May 17, 1973 – 1976 | Aft fire hole | Stationed on the Henderson when it came back from it's last west pac. Then to dry dock. looking for the crew. Ken Lubber Maryland, Lash Watson Texas. Stue Poff Minnesota. Randy Carr Mich. Dan Daily Wesconsin |
| Gandara, Omar | Bm3 | Sep 1973 – Sep 1, 1975 | WD | |
| Petty, Randolph | LTJG | Dec 1973 – Feb 1976 | Operations | Looking for "old" shipmates, especially Robert "Hoppy" Hopkins. |
| Hendryx, Ray (Buck) | RM3/2 | Apr 1974 – Dec 1975 | Communications | |
| Miller, John | enginman | Apr 22, 1974 – Aug 6, 1976 | engineering | the Henderson was great duty and got to meet a lot of good people, the ride was a little rough but the ship always got us there. loved everywhere we went. loved Portland. |
| Marlow, Michael | ETR2 | Jul 1, 1974 – Aug 31, 1975 | OE | |
| Daddario, Robin | E-2 | Aug 14, 1974 – Sep 1977 | Deck | Met a lot of good people during my time on board the Hendi-Maru. From getting hit by a torpedo to traveling to Hawaii,the ship couldn,t have had a finer crew. |
| Fabian, Shawn | BM2 | 1975 – 1978 | Deck | Good times with great crew on Hendy Maru. I was aft gun Mt Capt, in charge of motor whale boat, ship swimmer. I'll never forget a steering contest with Comm Shrader while refueling in rough seas - close battle, he won. |
| Rose, Ron | E5 HT2 | Jun 1975 – 1979 | R | Hull Maintenance Technician - General Maintenance Welder, Shipfitter, Plumbing, Damage Controlman. - Long Beach, California Retired DOJ FBOP Senior Officer Specialist 2010. |
| Brown, Michael | GMT2 | Sep 1, 1975 – Sep 15, 1979 | Weapons - WA | Hendy Maru Getting ready to retire with 40 years of federal service. |
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