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USS Grampus (SS 523) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Grampus (SS 523). 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 42 crew members registered for the USS Grampus (SS 523).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starnes, John | Ord Seaman | Aug 23, 1950 – Jun 14, 1954 | Radioman | |
| Rock, Joseph | QM3 | Sep 15, 1952 – Nov 21, 1953 | COMSUBATL | AFTER SUB SCHOOL IN NEW LONDON CT ASSIGNED TO USS SIRAGO SS 485. NINE MOS LATER SENT TO GRAMPUS UNTIL DISCHARGE 11/1953. WOULD HAVE GONE TO NEW SECRETIVE ATOMIC SUB SCHOOL FOR NAUTILAS IF I HAD SHIPPED OVER. |
| Munoz, George | SO2 | Nov 1952 – Oct 1955 | Topside | This was the best years of my life! |
| Galanis, Bill | EN3[SS] | Nov 3, 1954 – Nov 6, 1956 | aft engine room | enjoied my time onboard the GRANPUS |
| Gillespie, Russ Gillespie | cs2 (ss) | Dec 15, 1954 – Dec 15, 1954 | cook | i am still around |
| Watkins, Gerald Jerry | RM3 SS | Jul 23, 1956 – Oct 10, 1958 | OPERATIONS | Was assigned to the Grampus after a short assignment on the sub tender USS Orion, Served on the deck force until I qualified and then was assigned to the radio crew. under Lt. Andferson who was the operations officer. |
| Wirkala, Allan | IC 3 (SS) | Jun 1958 – Mar 1961 | Engineering | |
| Skinner, Pierce | E-3 | Aug 1958 – Sep 1959 | deck | |
| Lefevre, Milton | ST 2nd class | Jan 5, 1959 – Dec 15, 1962 | Sonar | I went aboard as a Guided Missile seaman but changed to Sonar after the first year. |
| Pyle, Robert | TM3(SS) | Jun 18, 1959 – Nov 16, 1960 | Weapons | |
Page, Dick  | CDR (skipper) | 1961 – 1963 | Sixty One | My favorite time with some great memories. Finishing out my tour on this planet in Fallbrook, CA |
| Meiser, Richard | QM2(SS) | Oct 1961 – Apr 1963 | NAV | MY FIRST BOAT, LOTS OF WWII VETS STILL AROUND, THE STORIES WERE GREAT AND YOU LEARNED REAL FAST THE PRIDE AND DITICATION THEY HAD. T.L., JOE READY AND MORE. SECOND TIME 12 67 TO 4 68 AS ETN2(SS) |
| Payne, David | ETRSN (SS) | Nov 1961 – Jul 1962 | Deck | Wnat a fun time! Rode out a hurricane off Cape Hatteras that nearly wiped out Virginia Beach. Was hit by a water spout that rolled us to port enough to loose the bubble out of the inclinomitor. |
| Thompson, Paul | MM2 SS | Jul 15, 1962 – Jun 18, 1967 | ||
| Larson, Ray | QM2(SS) | 1963 – 1965 | Navigation | |
| Concepcion, Apolinario (Bob) | SK2(SS) | 1963 – 1965 | Supply | |
| Sanders, Raymond | LTJG | Jun 27, 1963 – Feb 1965 | 1st LT, Supply | Left for SUBRON 6 and then 5th ND HQ Made LT Jul 66 (USNR) SS Qual Oct 1966 Resigned comission Feb 1968 |
| Kraemer, Stephen (Stan) | FTG3 (SS) | Aug 20, 1963 – Jun 5, 1965 | Gunnery | Looking to contact my shipmates. Enjoyed our cruises and time together. Thanks for Navy/GI Bill. |
| Saunders, Hank | CS1 | 1965 – 1967 | Supply | Looking for old shipmates.Tell me about reunions. |
| Stewart, John (Stew) | MM1(SS) | 1965 – 1967 | A Gang Engineering | |
| Lightle, Rick | RM | Oct 1965 – Jun 1967 | Ops | I was an RM2(SS) when I left Grampus. I hung around with Bob Thompson MM2(SS) and others. |
| Lavogue, George/frenchie | IC3(SS) | Nov 2, 1965 – 1967 | SS | Entered the SS world at 18, what an eye opening experience. After 2 years transferred to the SSBN 611 Marshall. Left the service in 69. 30 years with Ma Bell, retired in 99, now 75y/o. .Best time on the old boat. Thanks |
| Duffy, Ron | IC3 (SS) | 1966 – 1968 | Electical | Great time, great crew, great boat! |
| Fox, Paul | EM2 | Nov 1, 1966 – Mar 30, 1970 | Electrical | Just trying to re-connect with ship mates |
| Baines, Albert | STS3 | Feb 13, 1967 – Jun 18, 1967 | SONAR | |
| Quillin, Jim | FTG2 | 1968 – 1970 | Weapons | Most memorable time was Unitas X--Hit every country on coast of SA & became a Shellback both over & under the equator. Went thru upkeep in Philly & WASAT run in the Caribbean.Went thru refit and turnover to Brazil |
| Breen, Richard | STSC(SS) | 1968 – 1971 | Ops (Sonar) | Great boat, good crew! Was Direct Input (no Sub School) as an E-7. Loved the diesel submarine! Made Unitas X and did much sailing on SS-523, but the days of the diesel boats were coming to an end, so I went to SSN-673. |
| Epstein, Joel | IC2 SS | 1968 – Jun 1970 | ENG | LOOKING FOR OLD SHIPMATES |
| Melgaard, Leif | EN-2 | Feb 1968 – Mar 1971 | Fwd. engine room/later aux. | Boarded the USS Gampus in the Portsmouth ship yard. Great captain (Anderson) First went to sea on a Caribbean run and then later Unitas X great times with captain Taylor. Philly yard for battery job and then N. Atlantic. |
| Morrow, Fred (Rufus) | STSSN(SS) | Mar 1968 – Aug 1968 | Sonar (OPS) | Fresh out of Sonar School, first boat, in Portsmouth Yards for Overhaul |
| Bowen, Art | Lieutenan | May 1968 – Nov 1, 1969 | Grampus | San Juan to cartaghena Co, the Panama Canal to Guayaquil Ecuador to Galápagos Islands to Lima Peru to Valparaiso and Vina del mar Chile where we helped celebrate their version of our 4th of July. Early out in Uruguay |
| Mooney, Jerry | STS2 (SS) | 1969 – May 1970 | SONAR | I look back on my Grampus days & UNITAS-X stands out as one of the Best (with occasional miserable episodes) times in my life. I fell in love with S America (and a certain senorita in Mar del Plata. Great bunch of Guys!. |
| O'Brien, Tom | SN(SS) | Jan 1969 – Dec 1969 | Deck | Reported aboard after USS Requin decommissioning. Good boat, good crew and great Captain. Enjoyed Unitas X deployment. |
| Taylor, Arthur H., Art | Commander | Jan 13, 1969 – Jan 13, 1969 | Commanding Officer (CO) | USS Grampus operated in South Atlantic in 1969 until deploying on 5 month cruise - UNITAS X in circumnavigation of South American continent; exercising in ASW training with both US and South American naval forces. |
| Crampton, Terry | Yeoman | Sep 1969 – Oct 1971 | Executive Officer Div | Great Crew! Enjoyed CO Cdr Taylor and EO LCDR Poole especially during the UNITAS X cruise. Had fun in Philidelphia Naval Shipyard along with other DBFcrews. Some very great liberty ports in South America :) |
| Rettew, William/bill/ | RM2 (SS) | Feb 1970 – Jul 1970 | Radio | I came on board TAD from Sea Leopard. Both boats were in Philly for overhauls, Grampus was just a battery job. All the radio watch standers left ?? and I was drafted to get the boat underway and we went on a NATO ops ending in Halifax NS. Good tim |
| Paschall, Clifford | QM2(SS) | Jun 1970 – Jul 1971 | Navigation | Would like to hear from old ship mates |
| McCarroll, Rodney | E2 | 1971 – 1972 | Weapons | |
| MacE, Charles | STS2(SS) | 1971 – 1972 | Sonar | |
| Aumen, Stephen | CS3(SS) | Feb 22, 1971 – May 13, 1972 | Cook | This was one of the greatest submarines that I served on until I found the boomers, especially the USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN657). Should have stayed. DBF |
| List, Jim | MM3 | Dec 1971 – May 1972 | Trying toget in touch with old ship mates to trade sea stories. |
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