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USS Papago (ATF 160) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Papago (ATF 160). 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 84 crew members registered for the USS Papago (ATF 160).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1974 | 1975 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAllister, Spencer | Seaman | 1951 – 1954 | Deck | |
| Van, Swearingen | Deck | 1951 – | 160 | |
| Lammers, Wayne R | EM3 | Oct 1952 – Jul 1955 | engineering | check out NAFTS.com |
| Reistle, George | RM2 | 1956 – 1959 | radioman | Most of our time was between Norfolk and GTMO, although we did go through the Panama Canal and went on a NATO cruise to England and Scotland. |
| Brown, George | RM2 | Feb 1958 – Aug 1958 | Wonder how many guys are still aound and check this site for those they served with?? I remember the Panama and GTMO locations well. Ens. Christenson was my Ops Officer when I served in the Radio Shack. Best to any & all who read here. | |
| Rowback, Corkey | shipmate | 1960 – | ship | I am Corkey's great-niece. He recently passed away, and we are looking for any stories anyone may have about him while he served. I do not know exact dates he was on this ship, I apologize. Thank you! |
| Davis, Paul | EN3 | Sep 27, 1960 – Feb 8, 1963 | Engeering | |
| Salters, Joseph J. | QMSN | Feb 1962 – Mar 1963 | ||
| Faschingbauer, Frank (Flash) | EM2 | Mar 1964 – May 1967 | Engineering | Enjoyed my time aboard the Papago, and still meet up with some of the friends that were aboard at the same time. |
Sheehan, Mike  | RM/SM | May 1964 – Dec 1965 | Operations | Two memorable cruises. GITMO Nov-Dec 1964. Lost our senior Radioman to GITMO waters. Wish I could remember his name but that was a long time ago. Scotland - Artic Circle cruise ?? 1965. Very cold, lots of Russian Navy too. |
| Peterson, Pete | ET2 | Nov 10, 1964 – Jun 13, 1965 | ops | Anyone on board during this period? |
| Lofgren, Kenneth | EN3 | Jan 1965 – Jan 1968 | Enginering | |
| Miles, Larry | seaman | Apr 1965 – Nov 1965 | deck | scotland, fun there Russian navy;;; remember that night;;; wish i could find postman Tidwell?? and say hi |
| Thomas, Ron | E-4 | May 23, 1966 – May 23, 1968 | Engineering | |
| O'Neill, Leroy | RD3 | Jul 15, 1966 – Apr 25, 1968 | Operations | At the radar going through straits of Gibralter with the USS Liberty. That was one foggy day. It sure was exciting for me. |
| Rushing, Kit | RM2 | Nov 1966 – Dec 1969 | Ops | forty years - seems like a month! |
| Rushing, Kit | RM2 | Jan 1967 – Dec 1969 | Operations | |
| Rushing, Kittrell | RM2 | Jan 1, 1967 – Dec 18, 1969 | Operations | |
| Ortiz, Tirso | PN1 | Apr 1, 1967 – Jul 1, 1969 | Admin | |
| Rano, Dennis | RM3 | 1968 – 1969 | OPS | ...never got kicked out of a bar until I met Mr. Rushing. I stand corrected, I got kicked out with another fella, at a different bar, but don't remember his name? Tks Kit for jarring my memory. Must be old age eh? |
| Rink, Dick | SFP2 | Feb 1, 1968 – Mar 1, 1971 | Engineering | |
| Adams, Ron | EN E5 | Aug 6, 1968 – Aug 6, 1970 | ENG. | After tour in Vietnam, this was a great experience and the crew made it a good duty ship. B1 was my station. Noisy but good. Kept things running. hope to hear from some shipmates. |
| Eggleston, Robert | E5 | 1969 – 1970 | Engine room | |
| Paxton, Richard | EN 3 | Mar 1969 – Mar 1970 | Rear Engineroom | Great duty |
| Johnson, Robert | BM3 | Apr 15, 1969 – Apr 15, 1971 | Deck | Just wondering if anyone remembers me. also was at Key West from 1967-1969 Harbor tug |
| Cox, Gary | QM2DV | Jul 10, 1969 – Feb 5, 1973 | Operations | |
| Courville, David | E-4/RM | Sep 1969 – Dec 1972 | ops | |
| Vales, Marcel Slush | sm2 | 1970 – 1972 | ops | |
| Lane, David | ETN 3 | Feb 5, 1970 – Sep 1, 1974 | Operations | To Rhonda Harris To anyone who served on the Papago during the time Chief Harris was on board they will remember him. I found that if you stayed squared away he would have your back. I'm sorry to hear that he passed awa |
| Harris Mathews, Rhonda | QMCS | Feb 8, 1970 – Jan 17, 1977 | mine squadron twelve | Does anyone remember my dad ....he was a master chief...when he retired had been on the papago his favorite time in the military....his name was richard or dick harris |
| Busse, Glenn---- Short S#!% | QM3 | Nov 1970 – May 1974 | Operations | Hey Vales ( Slush ), Cox (Bubbles), Hayes (Gabby) Paul. Where the hell are you guys? I still Have my piece of the reunion dollar |
| Butler, H.p."butch" | BM1 | Feb 27, 1971 – Jul 10, 1972 | DECK | |
| Huffnagle, Darryl ( Barney ) | RM3 Radioman | Sep 15, 1972 – Sep 5, 1975 | radio | hey Glenn Busse you remember me? We use to shoot the breeze on the bridge when I had duty underway |
| Canfield, Gene | EN3(DV) | 1973 – 1975 | Engineering | Find me on facebook |
| Cochran, Dennis | E 3 | Mar 1973 – Nov 1974 | B2 | On board right out of A school. Went to the North Atlantic to Key West and Puerto Rico. Good times. |
| Cornell, Gary | en2 | Mar 1973 – Aug 1976 | A gang | |
| Bohacik, Keith | SM3 | Sep 1, 1973 – Jun 1, 1976 | Operations | Good ship - great liberty ports and a transatlantic tow. |
| Webb, Gerald | QM2 | Dec 24, 1973 – Aug 6, 1977 | operations | The Papago rock and rolled in the North Atlantic, 45 degrees or more, but she could sure take anything the North Atlantic could throw at her. I got my sea legs real quick. |
| Webb, Gerald | QM3 | Dec 25, 1973 – Aug 1, 1977 | ||
| Adams, Ronald | RM3 | 1974 – 1976 | ||
| Stanfield, Jimmy | OS3 | 1974 – 1975 | ||
| Leathem, Jeffery | EN | 1974 – 1978 | engineering | First ship I served on right out of A school had a lot of good memories like Scotland The tow we took with the Piaute |
| Teubert, Marc | EM3 | Jan 1974 – May 1977 | Electrical | Great time and Ship. Gitmo, Scottland and all up and down the east coast. |
| Potter, David | E-3 | Jan 2, 1974 – Mar 6, 1975 | 1st division | did a lot of hard work! i all ways had differences with the captain he thought he was special, because he married an admiral's daughter! he didn't like me and i didn't like him! Ron remember Dave Potter? e-mail me! |
| Pierson, Walter | HT3 | Feb 11, 1974 – Nov 1976 | Repair | |
| Purnell, Tim | PO 3 | Feb 28, 1974 – 1976 | Engineering | |
| Burhans, Dennis Michael Burhans | MS2 | Apr 1974 – Nov 1977 | S-2 | FIRST SHIP IN THE NAVY THE BEST PLANKOWNER - USS YELLOWSTONE AD-41 JAN 1980 - DEC 1981 USS MAHAN-DDG 42 MAR 1982-DEC 1983 USS ANTIETAM CG-54 PLANKOWNER JAN 1987-DEC 1993 USN RET |
| Wayne, Ingram (Snoopy) | MS2 | Apr 12, 1974 – Jul 16, 1978 | s2 | wow went a long way after you guys help, all the way to a old man qualified spec war Does burhans still bark |
| Snyder, Nick | ETCS, SW | May 1974 – Dec 1975 | Ops | Bermuda... and strapped to the pier for a hurricane that just missed us. Trans-atlantic tow to Scotland. Gitmo, Jamaica, Haiti... all fun places riding that little cork in the ocean. |
| Widener, Leslie | EMC | Dec 1974 – 1977 | Engineering |
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