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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD 833). 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 99 crew members registered for the USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD 833).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1965 | 1966 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren, John | RM2 | 1966 – 1968 | Had some wonderful times with the Radio gang in Westpac.. | |
| Scott, Dwayne | bt2 | 1966 – 1969 | b | Retired as senior chief living in boquete panama life is great,was aboard for all the shad stuff from 66-69 would love to hear from anyone from that period |
| Blaydes, Robert (Bob) | BT3 | Jan 12, 1966 – Jun 23, 1967 | B Div. | If anyone remembers me from the boiler room circa 1966 I sure would like to hear from you. I think I was in the forward boiler room?????? |
| Negrette, Tom 'Herc | MM3 | Jun 7, 1966 – Nov 11, 1969 | M | |
| Hinton, Butch | RM2 | Jun 26, 1966 – Sep 12, 1969 | OC | |
| Lint, Jim | STG2 | Jul 1966 – Dec 1969 | AS | Many good times aboard Thomas. 3 WestPacs in 4 years. |
| Radcliff, Roger | BT2 | Sep 1966 – Feb 1970 | B | Retired as a MCPO. would like to here from any B Div personnel |
| Cook, John | ETN3 | Nov 1, 1966 – Oct 1, 1968 | Ops | |
| Walker, Charlie | E4 Damage controlman | Nov 20, 1966 – Feb 10, 1969 | Enginering | Great memories, when the Lt. dropped the Dash Helo in the drink off the fantail and everyone went swimming to get it back. |
| Hall, Tom | RM3 | 1967 – Aug 10, 1970 | Operations | |
| Helton, Tom (Snake) | MM3 | 1967 – 1970 | M | Great ship.Miss all the good times and shipmates. I loved the liberty on Wespac especially Sasebo.One thing I don't miss is the engineroom |
| Houtman, James | RM1 | 1967 – 1969 | OPS (COMMUNICATIONS) | I was assigned during the period of dry dock being re-construction to the STOPS … Herbert J was my first ship .. thank you for a great comm gang in getting me through my tour... |
| Krause, Bob | BTFN | Jan 1967 – Jul 1970 | Engineering | |
| MacKenzie (Bewkes), Sandy | BMSN | Mar 1967 – Sep 1967 | 1st | |
| Nygren, Robert/buzzard | E3 | Jun 1, 1967 – Nov 1, 1968 | M | MISS ALL THE GUYS. WHAT HAPPENED TO OL MAN WEISS. |
| Emmanuele, Phil ( Emmo) | MM | Sep 9, 1967 – Dec 22, 1968 | Forward Engin Room | Herc , Buzzard and Snake. Would love to hear from you all. What ever happened to Larry D. Weiss? Would also like to get in touch with Bill Bennett ( Pudgy) and Futch. |
| Soanes, Jon | MM | Sep 16, 1967 – Sep 29, 1968 | MM AER | |
| Draper, Floyd | SKSN | Oct 16, 1967 – Oct 20, 1970 | ||
| Blum, Richard (Dick) | STG3 | Dec 1967 – Oct 1968 | US Naval Reserve | Tests were performed on our ship during Westpac deployment. Project SHAD dipursed chemicals over the ship to test the integrity of airtight ship.what do you know? Frank Minieri, Gerry Wilbanks, Bert Johnson are you out |
| Blum, Richard/dick | STG2 | Dec 1, 1967 – Oct 28, 1968 | sonar | want to know how many of you were contacted by the Navy about the crap they sprayed and powdered us with on our westpac cruise. Who completed the medical evaluation and were not satisfied with the conclusion of the stud |
| Allen, Jimmy | BT1 | 1968 – | engineering | |
| Miller, Bill | BT3 | 1968 – 1969 | B | Looking for anyone willing to talk about abestos exsposure. |
| Merz, Bob | BT3 | 1968 – 1970 | Eng Aft Boiler rm | I made two west pac cruises and decommissioned her in SanDiago, Ca Just trying to connect with old friends that were lost along the way. |
| Spence, Patrick | FN | 1968 – 1970 | main control | Wonder what ever happened to Snake |
| Felkins, Charles (Chuck) | Gmg3/ E4 | Feb 2, 1968 – Jul 7, 1968 | Weapons | Is there a Reunion coming? Looking for Denis staab |
| Rust, Bill | DC2 | May 1968 – Dec 1970 | Great times ...great men... | |
| Gratz, Loren | RM2 | May 26, 1968 – Dec 4, 1970 | Operations | |
| Minutillo, Patrick | BM3 | Aug 1968 – Apr 1970 | First | |
| Minutillo, Patrick | BM3 | Aug 1968 – Aug 1970 | 1st Division | |
| Johnson, William | STG 1 | Sep 28, 1968 – Oct 30, 1970 | AS Division | |
| Dippel, Phil | STG-2 | Oct 20, 1968 – Oct 10, 1970 | AS | |
| Lang, Raymond | BTFN | 1969 – 1971 | B. | |
| Kent, William | EN3 | 1969 – 1970 | ||
| Kent, William | EN3 | 1969 – 1970 | ||
| Mistich, Pete | QM2 | 1969 – 1970 | Operations | "She was a Feeder". Great times at sea and in port with our shipmates. |
| Hamann, Michael | EN3 | Jan 1969 – Mar 1970 | ||
| Bernard, Urban (Tom) | mm3 | Jan 30, 1969 – 1970 | m | miss the old friends. Hope all are healthy |
| Hamann, Michael | EN3 | Feb 1969 – Mar 1970 | ||
| Goettsch, Greg | MM-3 | Feb 3, 1969 – Aug 1971 | Machinist Mate | Introduction to the Navy was intense. |
| Brownfield, Kenneth | FTG2 | Mar 1, 1969 – Dec 15, 1970 | g division | Just wanting to contact some shipmates. |
| Edgar, Michael | FTG3-FTG2 | Apr 1969 – 1970 | FOX | |
| Kalway, David | SA | Apr 1, 1969 – Oct 1, 1970 | gunner's mate | |
| Devalk, Robert | SK2 | Apr 22, 1969 – Sep 4, 1970 | Supply | The Thomas was my first assignment and will always be important to me and at growing time in my life. I enjoyed my time in the Navy. It was great experience at a time when our Military was not treated well. |
| Sweatt, Charles | E-7 Chief Gunner's mate | May 8, 1969 – May 9, 1970 | Gunners mate | This is for my dad. He passed away on Sept 16 2011 from Mesothelioma, Cancer. This is caused by asbestos exposure that he was exposed to on the ship. Any info you can give is appreciated. |
| Allison, Doug | EM3 | Jun 1969 – Dec 1970 | R | |
| Restifo, Ron | RD2 | Jun 1969 – Sep 1970 | OI | Did my second of three WestPac cruises on this ship. Retired in 1993 as an EWCS. |
| Chun, Henry | SMSN | Dec 30, 1969 – Nov 24, 1970 | Operations | |
| Basden, William | SK3 | Jan 1970 – | Supply | was not on the ship very long. we were doing and unrep with Kitty hawk off of San Diego. When we got a hot spring bearing on the port side. It was Beak away Break away after that.. |
| Grochowski, Frank (Ski) | MR3 | Jan 4, 1970 – Dec 4, 1970 | R | Great ship, great crew. Just wish we could have quit burning up the spring bearing in the Aft Fireroom |
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