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USS Kittiwake (ASR 13) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Kittiwake (ASR 13). 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 225 crew members registered for the USS Kittiwake (ASR 13).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1963 | 1964 – 1971 | 1972 – 1979 | 1980 – 1984 | 1985 – 1990 | 1991 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leland, Emory C.(horsecock) | SN | 1964 – 1966 | Deck | Very good time wish I would have stayed |
| Greenhalgh, Richard | ETN3 | 1964 – 1965 | ||
| Langford, George R | LCDR | 1964 – 1966 | Uknown | George is deceased but we (family) wanted to memorialize his time in the Navy. Dad was proud of his command and crew aboard the Kittiwake. |
| Frink, Ken | STS3 | 1964 – 1966 | OPS | Lots of great memories from those good old days! |
| Hooten, Ed "hoot" | Jun 1964 – Jul 1966 | Navigation | Came aboar as a seaman, left QM3. Had some good times here but also some bad times on a Med cruise. | |
| Clark, Robert Rudder | SN | Jun 1964 – Nov 1966 | Deck | We lost Jack Keene about 25 yr ago.Met Mouse Cole in N.London some years back.I leaned alot and had a blast. |
| Roselle, Jeff | BMSN | Sep 27, 1964 – Sep 4, 1966 | deck | good learning experience, great crew and friends |
| Gaskins, Sherman Earl | E-3 | 1965 – 1966 | Engineer | During a Mediterranean cruise when we got an emergency breakaway to Scotland for a rescue mission of a German submarine, the Hia, in the North Sea. We encountered heavy seas and 37 degree rolls. We met some Russian sailors on a cargo ship who were also |
| Savarese, Richard (Ginny) | SN | Apr 1965 – Jun 1968 | Deck | Capt's Lankford, Scranton. Helmsman during sub escort. 2 med cruises, Caribean cruise, Hurricane off Bermuda, fishing off Key West, lost shipmate (diver) in Aranchi Bay. Atlantic Bar, Lisbon. Bell's Bar, Norfolk. |
| Klosterman, Bob | MR 3rd class | 1966 – 1968 | enginemen originally deckforce | I happened to stumble on to this site. After reading your comments I had to say hello. I have never forgotten the times we had. I had forgotten about that crazy Captain.But not the.USS Scopian |
| Shelton, Delmer "Doc" | HM1 | Feb 1966 – Dec 1966 | Medical | |
| Roberts, Donald | Shipfitter | May 1966 – Oct 1969 | Engineering | Came onboard SFM2 fresh out of HEO2 Diving school made 1st class SFM then appointed CWO in 1969.Returned as Chief Engineer Diving Officer Aug 1971 departed Oct 1973. Some of the best days of my life were onboard |
| Kraus, Jeff | BM3 | Sep 1966 – Oct 1969 | Deck | |
| Vermillion, John | STG3 | Sep 1966 – Oct 30, 1969 | Deck/OPS | |
| Stutzman, Gary | SN | Oct 10, 1966 – Apr 2, 1967 | Deck | I will never forget riding out a hurricane en route from Bermuda Islands to Norfolk, Va. I was in charge of the paint locker and what a mess it was to clean up once we arrived in port at Norfolk. I enjoyed my short time on the Kittiwake. |
| Archer, Dave | PN2 | 1967 – 1970 | The Kittiwake was a great experience. The crew was great and tight. I remember the cruises to Coaco Beach and the time we towed a barracks barge to Rota just before Christmas. I remember the cruise back from Europe was stormy for ten days. | |
| Laster, Walt | LTJG | Feb 1967 – Oct 1969 | Came abord as a young immature officer and left as a mature young man. My most memorable experience aboard Kittiwake was the Scorpion search during the spring or summer of 1968. | |
| Primes, Danny | radioman 3rd class | Mar 1967 – May 1969 | 3rd class radioman | good times until scranton left then got capt. from hell. tried to dynamite wife nite before med cruise!!took 2 &half weeks to get to rota, then pulled out that nite for 29 days search for SCORPION..BAD and SAD. holylocke |
| Graham, Sterling | RM3 | Apr 1967 – Oct 1968 | Radio | Served during the Scorpion Search. We were the only ship with shore communications and had to relay messages for the entire task force (27 ships). Finally arrived in the Azores then on to Holyloch |
| Chavez, Ben | EN3 | Jul 1967 – Oct 1969 | ENGINEERING | lOOKING FOR OLD SHIPMATES. WAS STATIONED IN PUERTO RICO 75 - 78 RAN INTO EN1 DUANE SMART WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHERS WHO WERE ON THE KITTYWAKE FROM 67 69 HAVE SOME PICTURES BUT NEED NAMES TO GO WITH THE FACES HAD A GREAT TIME ON ASR 13 |
| Watters, Mark | PN3 | Sep 7, 1967 – Jul 16, 1968 | Personnel | Small ship, small crew, but close, cohesive crew. Officers were all excellent across the board. Had a short tenure but enjoyed the hell out of it. Especially the search for the USS Scorpion in spring of 1968. |
| Erickson, Edward | Seaman | Oct 1967 – May 1969 | Deck | 1st Naval experience after boot camp/remember 4 pt moors and the chain gang/Holy Loch/Ft Lauderdale/Rota/the Legg bros/games of Go to Hell/tight crew/doing the dangerous stuff/crazy Capt. when i left to become an RD. |
Anderson, Charles (Andy)  | RD2 | Feb 15, 1968 – Nov 26, 1969 | Operations | A small friendly group. I remember the cat and mouse games with the soviet intelligence trawlers as we escorted FBM boats out of Rota View 'back then' Photo |
| Morrison, Walter | EN2/E5 | May 27, 1968 – | Engineering | Boarded Kittiwake in Rota when Scorpion was lost. Search didn't find her - remember P3 Orions dropping maps of search area. Traded movies with Gato SSN615 - remember Duane Smart & Ben Chavez Be great to hear from guys |
| Fleury, Ronald | HT3 | 1969 – 1972 | ENG | Loved the ship good times good freinds 14 counties visited on her was great |
| Legg, Fred | GMG3 | 1969 – 1973 | The only ship I served on - all 4 years and she took care of me and my brother | |
| Koch, Larry | RM3 | 1969 – 1971 | Communications / Sonar | Did a lot of traveling to so many ports.....great duty. Served under one crazy captain. |
| Furnell, Fred | EN2 | 1969 – 1972 | Engineering | What a blast, always trying to bubble gum and jury rig stuff together. However, somehow we always managed to complete our missions and make it home safe |
| Koch, Larry | RM3 | 1969 – 1971 | Communications | The Kitty, lots of travel, a crazy captain,false floor in the radio room with a beer chest and blender, running my 8-track on 20 speakers, lucky the room was sound proof. 4 point moores. Did I mention a crazy captain? too much fun |
| Himmelreich, Fred / Eclipse | QM3 | Mar 1969 – Oct 1970 | OPS | Looking back now seems like we had nothing but great times. I realize we had rough times too usually due to bad weather or the whims of our tiger chested Captain. The crew were good friends which made for good times in all endeavors. |
| Curtiss, Charles/chuck | MR2 | Mar 1969 – Oct 1970 | engineering | Saw much of the world (Med cruise). Great crew. I was the only MR aboard at that time. Shared a small work area with electricians. Thanks for giving me this link Fred and it was good to see you & Pat again. |
| Lamb, Todd | BOATSWAINS MATE 3RD CLASS | Sep 1969 – Jan 1972 | Had a grate time on board. Made a few Med Trips. Remember watching movies on the fantail and drinking beer! Remember the strip outside of base. Remember the legg brothers salter and the crazy electrician from Canada | |
| Lay, Roy | RM2 | Sep 1969 – Apr 1971 | Operations | Lots of good times and a few bad ones. Larry Koch was right about the trap door in the radio shack. Once caught Mike Good in there drinking my scotch from a Virgin Islands trip. |
| Salter, Mike | E 3 | Aug 20, 1970 – Jan 20, 1974 | Deck | It took several years after leaving the Navy to appreciate the experience of it. In retrospect the time aboard the Big K has turned out to be one of my fond memories. Would like to hear from anyone I served aboard with |
| Groft, Randy (Tfrog) | SN | Oct 1970 – Apr 1973 | Deck | My first ship. Made a Med cruise and a southern cruise. Great bunch of shipmates. My best experiences in the Navy were on the Kittiwake with Rosa, Krutke, Glass, Albo, the Legg brothers, Salter and the rest of the crew. Thanks for the memories. |
| Langstone, Adam "Otl" | IC1 | Dec 1970 – Sep 13, 1974 | E Gang | Of all that happens in a life, the last thing one would expect is that a ship would become a moment relived in the memory of a man. I would not have had the marvelous life that I have lived, had it not been for the Big K. She has made the difference. |
| Rosa, Dennis C. | "deck-ape" | Apr 1971 – 1973 | deck | Best time of my life..wish I had stayed in....met alot of "good" guys and had the privilage of being one of thems "best-man". I think we all worked harder at staying out of trouble rather getting into it,that was easy. |
| Zeimet, Joe | FN | Aug 1971 – Dec 1973 | Engineering | Started in the Mess Deck with Albo changed from a SN to an FN to work with OTL. |
| Grandson, John “granny” | EN2 | Aug 1971 – Dec 1974 | Engineering | Great ship and crew. |
| Gladden, Billy | HT | Sep 1971 – Sep 1972 | Repair | This was the worst ship I served on in my military career. Because the leadership and what we had to do. |
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