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USS Newport (LST 1179) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Newport (LST 1179). 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 250 crew members registered for the USS Newport (LST 1179).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1975 | 1976 – 1980 | 1981 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock, Bobby | EO3 | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| Schamel, Edward | BM3 | 1987 – 1990 | 2nd division | Great crew to serve with, many memories. |
| Williams, George | YN3 THEN BUT NOW CWO2 (7411) | Feb 13, 1987 – Jun 5, 1990 | XO Admin | Those were some wonderful times - if anyone has a year book for our last deployment please contact me at brogeorge357@gmail.com. |
| Purvis, John | LT | Mar 1987 – May 1989 | E&A, M&B | |
| Phillips, Chris | DC | Mar 1987 – Dec 1988 | Best of the Best...HT1 Bruns, HT1 Sid NMN Williams, John MacDonald, Sprout, Aspinwall, .lotta time at sea..lotta beer in port. Always remembering HTC DeGrush "The Crusher" | |
| Duran, Jesus (Taco) | ENFN | Apr 5, 1987 – Sep 15, 1991 | ENGINEROOM | IF YOU REMEMBER TACO PLEASE CALL (956)569-0125 |
| Paul, Joe | O2 | Sep 1987 – Apr 1990 | Supply | Good Ship! Learned a lot about people and myself. Learned a lot about leadership; had so good examples and some awful ones :o) We were continuously underway, it seemed. |
| Smith, Charles | SN | Oct 14, 1987 – Nov 15, 1992 | 1ST DECK | STARTED OUT IN ENG. EM ENDED UP IN DECK NOW ON THE LINCOLN CVN 72 2005 |
| Austin, Roosevelt | E1 | Nov 10, 1987 – May 7, 1989 | 1st | |
| Smith, Charles | BM2 | Nov 29, 1987 – Nov 23, 1991 | ELECTRICAN MATE, ENGINEERING,DECK 1ST | WAS MY FIRST SHIP OF SIX, SHE WAS A GREAT SHIP THANK YOU TO ALL THAT SERVED ON HER. |
| Rodziewicz, Larry | BM2 | 1988 – 1990 | Deck | I was in second divison,was supply p.o., line six supervisor, In charge of stern anchor ops and did some sterngate ops but i think chaney did most of those, if i remember correctly. I was also the ships search and rescue swimmer. |
| Dunworth, Timothy | QM2 | 1988 – 1990 | NAV/ONO1 | I had a good time while I was aboard. We joked around alot but we took our jobs seriously. I don't have any regrets. It was a great ship with a great crew and I enjoyed all of the Ports we visited. |
| Whitwam, Neil | DC2 | 1988 – 1990 | R | |
Basford, J. Andrew  | SM3 | 1988 – 1991 | 1st&2nd Div/Ops | "Underway on the Newport, a rack for his bed/The pooped out deck seaman lays down his tired head/It's twenty-three-zero-five when some punky kid/Just came to remind him that he's got the 'mid'".... |
| Pittman, Patrick | RM2 | Jan 1988 – Dec 1989 | Ops | Remember Best Ship In Squadron to Worst Ship Had great times and bad times. Cmd Grainer was excellent CO. KOK was worst. |
| Dawes, Darren | Sm2 | Jan 4, 1988 – Aug 18, 1992 | Ops/OC | Had fun the time I was there. Made some friends who I think about a lot. Want to give a shoutout to Dan Brooks,Ronwick Thomas and Mike Botts. Don’t forget about C Day, Rhino,R Barnes and W Williams : GSC |
| Flynn, Mike | FN - PN2 | Feb 1988 – Aug 1991 | A Gang - Admin | Great First Command. Now in the Army getting ready to retire. |
| Evola, Anthony(tony) | IC3 | Feb 1988 – Oct 1990 | E | Served in E division, One of the best bunch of crewman to serve with. On board for the Golden Battle "E". Havr many pics of ops at sea and crew. |
| Day, Chad | os2 | Feb 8, 1988 – Oct 31, 1991 | ops | great people wish i could see them all again |
| Keel, Charles (Chuck) | DK2 | Feb 18, 1988 – Mar 1990 | S4 | I survived (barely) the reign of CDR Kok and LT Pensak. For a man who was in their opinion not worthy of being in the Navy but could ace the DK1 exam, I went on to retire, earning 4 NAM's and too many LOC's to count. |
| McDowell, Shawn | e4-ms3 | Mar 16, 1988 – | ms | i had a good time on the ship...the navy helped me grow up and be a man... |
| Albergo, Joe | LT | Apr 1988 – Oct 1989 | 1st and 2nd | Great crew in spite of crappy leadership. I can honestly say I am a successful leader today because of what I learned NOT to do from good ol' Cdr. KOK. He lived up to his name. Anyone who remembers me and wants to get in touch feel free! |
| Brooks, Daniel | OS3 | May 14, 1988 – 1991 | OI | MY FIRST AND ONLY SHIP! HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH THE CREW. SHOTS OUT TO THE BIG HOUSE CREW, MY BUDDIES SM THOMAS, BRIGMAN, LEMAY, CHAD DAY, GISTORB, HORN, BIG Mac, KINZER, BLOOD, CRAWFORD J JONES, DAWES, SK THOMAS,RM TAYLOR |
| Krainski, Bill | QM2 | May 15, 1988 – Nov 1991 | Navigation | The time I spent on the Newport was the best time that I spent in the Navy, the crew was great, the work was hard, but rewarding. |
| Osmundson, Nathan {oz} | BT3 | Jun 16, 1988 – Jun 16, 1991 | M DIVISION | I HAD FUN. I'm on face book working on my truck. |
| Gerlach, Jim | LT | Jul 1988 – Sep 30, 1992 | CICO/DCA | Only ship I ever served on. I learned more about leadership watching the Newport go from the worst to the best ship on the waterfront following a change of command. I'm still playing in the Navy Reserve and am currently a CDR. |
| Foster, Scott | ENS-LT (now CDR) | Jul 1, 1988 – Sep 30, 1992 | DCA, 3RD | Recognize a lot of names here! Woody, pipe club in CIC. CAPT Ungvarsky, one of the best COs I have ever had. I still have all the ship's store items from decom! Ball caps, belt buckles, etc..LT Walker parking sign! |
| Upsher, Tony | bm3 | Aug 15, 1988 – | deck 1st division | I miss it so much |
| Crawford, Eugene | EN3 | Oct 21, 1988 – May 18, 1991 | engineering | THE newport was old but rugged we always made our deployments on time with the best crew.i enjoyed my stay aboared the best t in the fleet.if anyone out there remember the storm we encounted that ripped a hole in ship.,that sent us to ports |
| Cassaway, Demetrius | FC2 | Dec 1988 – Oct 1992 | Operations | First and only ship served on. Great command and best on waterfront. Still in contact with GM1 Grobsmith(still serving). Just returned from reunion,great seeing old friends. Many thanks GMC Clements lesson still apply today. |
| Williams, William | OS2(SW) | Dec 27, 1988 – Oct 1, 1992 | OI | |
| Barton, Larry | En3 | Jan 1989 – Jun 1992 | M Division | |
| Lengacher, Brian | BM3 (SW) | Jan 21, 1989 – Oct 18, 1992 | First/Sec | My first ship and learned a lot. Glad to Jeff Slaven on this list maybe he is cleaning the Helo Gear LKR. Now it's almost time to retire. Would like to hear from others. TBLengacher@Charter.net |
| Johnson, Steve | ET3 (NOW ETC, RETIRED) | Feb 1989 – Sep 1992 | OE | Learned a lot on that ship. Saw her go from worst to first with new CO, CDR Ungvarsky was a damn good CO....hell of a lot better than the KOK. Would like to hear from the guys who were there from 1989 to decommissioning. |
| Ratigan, Tim | HM3 | Jun 1989 – Oct 1991 | X | Wow! It will soon be 20 years since I left the Newport. I have so many great memories of those years I served. Made a lot of Friends. In fact met my Step Father in Law on that Ship. Anyone Remember BT3 Dewey? |
| Woodruff, David "Woody" | ET2 | Aug 1989 – Sep 1992 | OC | First and only ship. Learned allot while I was there. Still using those lessons now. Helped Decom. Did 2 1/2 Med. Cruses. Have lot's of pictures and video: shellback, several evolutions, etc.. if interested ussnewport@yahoo.com |
| Smith, Bill | GMG3 | Sep 1989 – Oct 1992 | 1st E1-E3 / 3rd E-4 | Glad to see some familiar names. Damn, it seems like yesterday that I was walking up the brow of the ship in the shipyard. Started off in 1st div. and ended up in 3rd div. Hope to talk to some of you soon if I can catch up with you. |
| Bush, Marcus | SH3 | Oct 1989 – Jul 24, 1992 | Supply | Went on board a child left a man...haze grey and under way. I started out as deck seaman with Chief Palmer and Chief Diaz. I hooked up with a few old shipmates are their anymore who remember me. |
| Slaven, Jeff | OS2 | Nov 1989 – Sep 1992 | USS NEWPORT CREW WAS THE BEST COMMAND THAT I HAD EVER SERVED WITH. Ii STARTED OUT IN DECK DEPARTMENT WITH CHIEF PALMER AND CHIEF DIAZ. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM ANYONE THAT SERVED DURING THOSE TIMES. | |
| Underwood, Christopher | E3 | Nov 27, 1989 – 1991 | !st | The Newport was my best duty station I ever had till injured and shipped off while we where in dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. |
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