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USS Recovery (ARS 43) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Recovery (ARS 43). 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 181 crew members registered for the USS Recovery (ARS 43).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – 1977 | 1978 – 1984 | 1985 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rueck, Bill | EN2 | Mar 15, 1967 – Mar 1969 | Engineering | I'm looking to get in touch with any of my old shipmates to talk about old times. I live in New York part of the year and Florida the half of the year. Worked in B-1 for Wild Pig Ron Huff. Also hung out with Sludge. |
| Gilley, Larry | EN2/DV | Apr 10, 1967 – 1969 | Engineering | Enjoyed my time on the Recovery especially the Med cruise and Cuba. Had some great ship mates and ran into a couple from diving school and the Recovery in Viet Nam. Hope to reconnect to some on this site. |
| Harris, Tommy | ET/3 | Dec 15, 1967 – Jan 8, 1969 | OPS | Great ship, we had good times on the Med. cruise, if anyone serving during this time please contact me. I live in Waynesboro, VA. taharris@cfw.com |
| Wade, Charles | EN2 | Mar 23, 1968 – Dec 17, 1971 | M Diviion | Enjoyed every minute of my time on the Recovery. made back to back Med cruises. served with master chief of the command Carl Brashear in men of honor. |
| Schaeffer, Wayne | RM3 | Jun 1968 – Apr 1971 | Ops/Comm | Two Med cruises, cruises to Caribbean--first as a surveillance ship, and always as a salvage & rescue ship. Great, great duty! |
| Lorsong, Peter | SF 2 | 1969 – 1971 | engineering | best ship and shipmates I ever served with |
| Bravar, Steve | RM2 | Mar 1969 – Jun 1970 | Comm | A nice ship. Enjoyed the Med cruise and would love to hook up with some of my old friends. a7847u7n@yahoo.com |
| Zaconie, James. (Zac) | EM3 | Sep 1969 – Nov 1970 | Engineering | Had the time of my life. Would love to reconnect with some of my old buddies like little Wade, Muleskie, Durrig etc etc. |
| Alves, Antonio | DC3 | Oct 19, 1969 – Apr 21, 1970 | damage control | Capt Robertson, best capt ever served under. Doc Cooper, CPO, great man. |
| Troyna, Rick | EN2 | Nov 1, 1969 – Aug 12, 1973 | Engineering | Had a great time on the Recovery. Often wonder how my old ship mates are doing. I still keep in touch with Dave Buczynski (Ski) |
| Blanchard, Gary | RM2 | 1970 – 1973 | Ops/CR | |
| O'donnell, Kevin | O\'DONNELL | 1970 – Aug 6, 1972 | Engineering | Most memorable shipmates, Carl Brasheer,Larry Whittmyer,Garry Harrissink,Sam Whalen,Paul PP Cullen,Joe Rugery, Raul Pauley,and last but not least Charley Wade. I'm Proud to have served with all onboard! |
| Murray, Robert J Murray | Seaman | 1970 – 1974 | Boatswinmate | Spent most of my 4 years on this ship with some of the best people. I will never forget our time together and often think how everyone is doing. Still have my patch from the Apollo 17. Never regret serving my Country. |
| Buczynski, David/ski | EN2/DV | Apr 1970 – Jul 1973 | A Division | Would like to connect with old shipmates. Get in touch. SKI |
| Smith, Jimmy | E-3 | Jun 1, 1970 – Jun 1, 1971 | Deck force | Remember several of the names here.... |
| Ruggeri, Joe Rug | HT 3 | Jun 15, 1970 – Nov 29, 1973 | R | Served my whole hitch on the Recovery I met some great guys and hope all of them are doing well. And Red Odonnell spelled my name wrong HA HA |
| McPherson, Paul | SK1 | Feb 1971 – Apr 1972 | Supply | It was a great experience to serve in an independent billet with a great crew. |
Kasubick, Lenny  | EN2 | Dec 1971 – Sep 1975 | Auxilary | Had some great times and severed with some good people |
| Leydet, Bill | FA | 1972 – 1975 | hull tech. | This ship during my stay was alot of fun and great times. Master Chief Brascher (Men of Honor Movie) was on board during this time. A great person to know!! |
| Lilla, Lynn | ET1 | Feb 1, 1972 – Oct 1, 1975 | Electronic Upkeep and Repair | One of the great tours of my 30 year career. Served with the great BMCM Carl Brashear, a super mentor. It was a hard working ship, but it was great being small enough to pull into most all ports. |
| Theiss, Gene | EM2 | Aug 1972 – May 7, 1974 | R | |
| Blanchard, Gary | RM1 | Feb 3, 1973 – Apr 30, 1975 | OPS | Served with BMCM Master Diver Carl Brascher for this period of time. Underway most of the time. |
| Robinson, Dewey | IC2 | 1974 – 1976 | ||
| Krisle, Kevin | HT/2 | 1974 – 1977 | Engineering | |
| White, Tom | HT3 | 1974 – Jul 1977 | EN | good Times |
| Moore, James / Jim | ENFN /engineman stricker | Apr 1974 – Dec 1974 | engineering | I wasn't on very long. They discovered I had testicular cancer & I was sent to the Portsmouth naval hospital & was assigned there until a PEEB determined to medically discharge me. Did 3 mo mess cook. |
| Cook, Chad | SH2 | Nov 15, 1974 – Nov 10, 1977 | Laundry | We actually had two SH2 onboard,, but only authorized one we had it made.. We made one Med cruise and was really nice. Left the boat for shore duty there in Little Creek and changed rates to Master at Arms. |
| Ayres, Richard | EM2 | 1975 – 1977 | Electrical Division | A great Ship and crew |
| Sadler, Charles | EN2 | 1975 – Aug 1977 | Engineering | Great ship great crew. Always had a good time. Best side trip was when we sailed through the locks up into New Orleans. We came out down the Miss. Had a great R&R in New Orleans. |
| Tucker, Dan (Big Tuck) | HT2 | Mar 1975 – Nov 1979 | engineering | Started by being a deck ape. Struck for Hull Tech. worked for SC clayton Smith. Fun times Beach Gear what a party.You might remember me as "Big Tuck" |
| Temple, Robert/bob | BM3(DV) | Mar 9, 1975 – Jun 1976 | Deck/Salvage | Served with BMCM (MDV) Brashear MDV Budda Thomas CWO Quary ...and a great working crew that could accomplish any task in any short amount of time. Seems like that is all we every had! We could lay some some chain! |
| Hibinger, Bob | E4 | Jun 6, 1975 – Jul 22, 1977 | auxilury engine room | |
| Hibinger, Bob | EM 4 | Jun 14, 1975 – Aug 5, 1977 | ENGINEMAN | Went on Med cruise 1976 worked in engine room friends with Mike Berry and many more Many good memorys |
| Wilson, Dan | RM3 | 1976 – 1979 | Ops | |
| Vandoren, Mark | ET3 | 1976 – 1977 | Ops | I was TDY between ET and Nuc schools. We went to put divers in to check the Argo Merchant when she ran aground. Mostly I remember those damn RM's trying to get me seasick. They succeeded. |
| Barnes, Richard | ET3 | Mar 1976 – May 1980 | ||
| Pava, Joseph | Qmc | Mar 5, 1976 – Dec 10, 1977 | Operations | Great crew was chief of good nav team.enjoyed serving with BMCM CARL BASHER. Retired living in California be great to contact some shipmates and reunion?? My ph8315244619 Smooth sailing shipmtes |
| Wilson, Dan | RMSA | Oct 27, 1976 – Jun 1979 | - | |
| Engelman, Albert / Shadow | EN2 | Nov 1976 – Sep 1980 | Engineering/ A Gang | Woooooooo Salvage!!!!!!!!!!! Coined from BMFA Banks. Great times with the Bean Brothers. |
| Jackson, John | 1977 – Jan 1978 | Second Class | ||
| Lockwood, Bill | ICFN | 1977 – 1979 | Engineering | |
| Davis, Kirk | LT | Feb 5, 1977 – Oct 1, 1980 | Diving and Operations | Finest Memories. We did everything a salvage ship could do, towing, diving, salvage, vessel removal (Oakridge) lifting, aricraft recovery. "There are still more divers looking for pilots than pilots looking for divers.. |
| Porter, Don | EM 3RD CLASS | May 1977 – Dec 1978 | Was a very tight ship, the crew was great, lot of great friends and fun. Scott Roach, Paul Kotecki, Chief Huck and Master Chief Brashears. | |
| Bolduc, Pete | BM2 | Jun 1977 – Dec 1979 | Deck | Enjoy my tour, good ship tight crew. Value my numerous talks with Master Chief Carl Brashear. Shipmates I enjoyed sailing with: Gary Pack, Jerry "Big Dog" Kimball, Robert Schofield, Tim Meyers, George Klepeck and more. |
| Fechter, Tracy | RM3 | Jul 20, 1977 – Nov 15, 1980 | Operations | I'm a Senior Chief in the Reserves now, and on my third MOB to the Persian Gulf. However, the Recovery remains my favorite command during my career. |
| Flanagan, Robert | MR3 | Jul 30, 1977 – Jul 30, 1980 | Deck/Engineering | Look for the USS Recovery Facebook page and join other shipmates |
| Russell, James | QM3 | Aug 1977 – Oct 1981 | Navagation | QM2 Anderson, Raymond Neal (Malik A. Hasen) Donald Jones,(Duck), Master Chief Carl Brashear, ET1 Dennis Murphy, LCMD Stepherson, SMSN Spicer, QMSN Jo Jo Gerro, and many more..... |
| Flanagan, Robert | MR3 | Aug 1977 – Jul 1980 | Deck and Engineering | Started out in Deck and later Struck for MR3. Did Airbrushing Murals in mess deck and ladder to officers country. Also I am on Military.com and in contact with Alan Spicer and Chief Reed. Have spoken with Robert Schofield and Jerry Kimball |
| Spicer, Alan | SM3 | Aug 4, 1977 – Aug 4, 1981 | Operations | I was SM and also qualified RM by NRCC. Ran the NNN0NAD Mars Phone Patch System to let the crew call home from the Med. |
| Bailey, Bay | boatswain mate E4 | Aug 6, 1977 – Aug 30, 1977 | deck division | Was a boatswain mate served with mc car brashear. Rember ship mates by the names of winbourne and poulson. Worked with diving and salvage crew. Made several trips to the Med during tour. Truly a fun and memorable time. |
| Shafer, Earl | E1 | Sep 1977 – Jul 1979 | deck hand | hi guys I"m glad to see you all keeping in touch with eachother sorry i was an immature jerk But i have fond memories of those times Tim Meyers you were my true friend and master chief Breshears A true Hero !! |
| Spicer, Alan | RM/SM3 | Oct 1, 1977 – Aug 4, 1981 | Operations | I enjoyed the time onboard, the med cruises, and salvage job trips (e.g. Pensacola, FL) The names I knew are getting rusty so if anyone knows me, remind me! Still in communications with Robert Flanagan and Bill Lockwood. |
| Stickley Raymond, Stick | e2 | Nov 1, 1977 – Aug 1, 1978 | seamen deckhand | just came across this site looked years ago could not find anyone remember having the best time on this ship, left for brother duty on LPH 3 wind up have two of my brother on that ship ,the three did two west pac togethe |
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