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USS Dyess (DD 880) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Dyess (DD 880). 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 74 crew members registered for the USS Dyess (DD 880).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinacola, Frank | 2nd classr | 1943 – 1943 | Engineering | After leaving the navy I retired as a police officer. I'm living in the state of Michigan. |
| Heineman, Ronald | 1950 – | |||
| Kelley, Charles E. [chuck} | STMC/E-9 | Sep 10, 1951 – Jan 24, 1954 | OPERATION | LEADING PO OF OP/DIV. |
| Jones, Richard | btfn | 1952 – 1956 | b | I fell down inboard ladder going to the fwd. fireroom cut my arm arteral hurt my feet and legs. if you remember my fall please e mail me.two people I remember are Cowan bt2 and Erwin btfn I was in Portsmouth Naval Hosp . |
| Hupfer, Francis (Frank) | RMSN | Sep 12, 1952 – Dec 29, 1952 | C Division | Transferred o the USS HJ Ellison DD864 |
| Gelinas, Gerard (Jerry) | GMM3 | 1954 – 1956 | Fox | |
| Grier, James | E3 | Oct 1, 1954 – Jul 1956 | aviation | Looking for someone who was on the ship who may remember the plane crashing into the fantail. It happened at night as I was about to go sleep there with my buddies. If anyone can remember the date this happened I certain |
| Thibodeau, Paul | 3RD CLASS EM | 1958 – 1959 | Engineering | |
| Johnson, Phillip | SOG2 | 1959 – 1961 | 3rd | |
| Thiel, John | Dec 26, 1959 – Mar 22, 1962 | 3rd | ||
| Kinney, Don | E3 | May 1961 – Mar 27, 1964 | deck hand aft boat coxin ships service laundery 3rd shift | best time of my life was aboard the Dyess best friends were Gary Kulakowsky- Detroit--Chuck Lambert-(Doc) Summersville SC passed away 6 or 7yrs ago--LLoyd Lee--Dallis-Wakefield brothers Wi and Cookie 3rd shift baker |
| Tandy, John | DDR 880 | Jul 28, 1962 – Mar 1, 1963 | Repair Aft | Enjoyed the Caribbean cruises. Didn't like the hurricane. Do you remember the bo'sun that shot the fish in Gitmo harbor? |
| Watson, Jerry | Sep 1962 – Jun 1965 | MM | ||
| Perez, Jim | ET3 | Mar 21, 1963 – Aug 13, 1965 | Deck Gang Aft | Came on board as a botswain mate striker. I remember 1st class Amundson and 3rd class Campbell. Learned alot from them both. However ended up as ET3 in my last 6 months aboard. Sure miss those shipmates! |
| Rohleder, James (Jim) | Bos'an | Jun 1963 – Mar 1966 | 1st. | Enjoyed the time spent on her. Saw a lot of places while assigned to her. Too bad she was scraped. |
| Miess, John | ETR2 | 1964 – 1966 | OI | I was on board during WesPac cruise to Vietnam. |
| Adrian, Jim | SK1 | Nov 1964 – Feb 1967 | S-1 | Made WO-1 2/1/67 |
| Strohaker, John G. | RD1 | Dec 1964 – Aug 1966 | OI | We made a round the world cruise in 1966 John Strohaker passed away 9/18/15. online obit: www.rollerfuneralhomes.com in Clarksville, AR |
| Mehling, Norman | SFP-3 | Sep 1, 1965 – Jun 1, 1967 | R | Was on Dyess as a ship fitter pipe. 65-67 |
| Latour, Frederick | YN3 | Sep 3, 1965 – May 14, 1968 | YEOMAN | WORKED IN SHIP'S OFFICE. ORIGINALLY WAS IN SONAR GANG BUT TRANSFERED TO YEOMAN. |
| Senstad, Steve | SK3 | Oct 1965 – Feb 1967 | Supply | |
| Lamer, Walter Or Wally | CS.3 | Nov 4, 1965 – Feb 23, 1968 | SUPPLY | |
| Lamer, Walter/wally | CS-3 | Nov 4, 1965 – Feb 23, 1968 | supply | Looking for Dan Gendron,Or anyone who might know of him. |
| Scheurer, Dave | ETN3 | 1966 – 1968 | OI | Lots of memorable times on the “Steamin’ Deamon” |
| Mayo, David | BM | Nov 15, 1966 – Nov 15, 1968 | First | Going through the Suez canal the day the "6 Day" war broke with Egyptian Migs passing Dyess's bow. |
Holt, Tim  | RM3 | Feb 1967 – Jan 1969 | R | Reported to the ship in drydock in Boston. I was a USNR seaman. I got into the radioshack and moved up to RM2. I remember RM1 Fletcher, RM2 Moodry, Rm3 Wentzel? Great times in Newport, Cuba, Venice, Black Sea & Malta. |
| Paul, Williams | STG-1 | Nov 1967 – Nov 1968 | 3rd | Picked up in Boston end of Fram, to Gitmo and various ops. Interesting Gang. Paul Williams 2 of us. Gullickson, Tabs Taylor, Felix the fly, and the guy that slept in the fetal position, scrached his head with his toes |
| McConnell, Paul | BT3 | 1968 – Mar 9, 1971 | Engineering | I would like to hear from anyone I served with and can remember me. I got hit by a car in Newport on 9 Mar 1971 and was in the hospital for 362 days before going home. I missed all shipmates. |
| Cox, Donald | BT3. | 1968 – 1972 | Engineering | Looking to talk with shipmates during the time we served together. |
| Haskins, George | ETR 2 | 1968 – 1970 | OE | |
| Brenner, Walter | FTG3 | Aug 1, 1968 – May 15, 1970 | 2nd | Remember the Med cruise, harassing a Russian tin can in the Black Sea, Veletta Malta, Venice, and France at Christmas time. My daughter was born while passing the Rock of Gibraltar entering the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Vargo, Scott | YN3 | 1969 – 1971 | NATO | |
| Cribari, Tom | mm3 | Jan 2, 1969 – Nov 13, 1971 | m | worked in main control. with tugnarelli. bruce mcelroy.tony pittman.mark campito,north atlantic cruise etc. |
| Augspurger, Larry | BT3 | Aug 1969 – | Engineering | |
| Abercrombie, Robert. (Abby) | mm3 | Oct 14, 1969 – Aug 15, 1972 | Aft engine room | |
| Kamensky, Frederick Sky | MM3 | Nov 1969 – 1971 | M | |
| Kamensky, Ski | MM3 | Nov 1, 1969 – Jun 30, 1971 | M | North Atlantic cruise, Reserve Status, Bahama's etc. Anyone remember Clarky, Stencil, Pierce, MacRoy, Stan? Anyone remember the bomb scare in Newport before we went to Europe? |
| Park, Rick/parky | mm3 | May 1970 – May 1974 | Engineering | Do you remember breaking down in Med with Admiral Horsefly? |
| Uppencamp, Roger | HT2 | Oct 1970 – Mar 8, 1974 | Repair | Served with HT3 John Porky Porkora HT3 Aaron Batman Bartman EN3 Tony Matulich EN3 Jim Woody Woodworth May 16 1973 Aaron & I discovered a hole in reefer decks put knife blade in hole went to floating dry dock Newport RI |
| Gorman, Bill (Skip) | FN | 1971 – 1974 | B | Steaming Demon! Gitmo and the Med. Great bunch in B division. BT1 Harding, BT1 Davila. Pappy, and cranky Chief Lewis (Bojangles) |
| Weaver, Lee | FTG2 | Mar 1971 – Oct 11, 1973 | Weapons | |
| Pepe, Norman | FTG1 | Jul 1, 1971 – Mar 7, 1975 | 2nd | Served 2 more years aboard USS Powers DD 839, enjoyed Dyess experience immensely, had many friends on board. Today I'm 71 (how time flies!) and still working as an automation engineer in Connecticut. |
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