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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40). 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 631 crew members registered for the USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – 1993 | 1994 – 1995 | 1996 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Long, Bob | RM2/RM1 | 1983 – 1987 | OC | I made 2 Westpac's on the Fort. Really enjoyed my time onboard. Left during the yard period at Swan Island in Portland in '87. Any RM's I served with be glad to hear from you. |
Osborne, Ozzie | SM2 | 1983 – 1987 | Yeah that chinese junk between the fort and the refueler in the straits, grits loaded a flare, i took it away. Glad I did. It could of been big news. | |
Ramsey, Danny | EN4 | 1983 – 1988 | A | I did the crime I did the time! |
Schmidt, Lee | MM3 | 1983 – | M | Looking to here from scrappy, or penn, or anyone else from m division |
Hoeing, Ron | BTC | 1983 – 1986 | B | Retired in 96. Still alive and kicking. |
Herzbrun, Jeff | SN | Jan 1983 – Sep 1985 | 1st | |
Barrett, John / Jay | IC2 | Feb 1983 – Nov 1986 | E | |
Talbot, Robert | LTjg | Feb 1983 – Aug 1983 | Operations | Came aboard after the JPJ decom and was the Asst. OPS Officer. My time was up in August and I recruited by the DEA and that is where I spent the next 20 yrs. |
Septer, Keith | SM | Mar 1983 – Mar 1986 | OC | I enjoyed my time aboard the "4.0" ship of the fleet; worked with the best sailors in the 7th fleet. Shout out to my fellow sigs: Ozzie, Grits, Jeff and Shawn. |
Lager, Michael | MMCM (SW/AW/MTS) RETIRED | Mar 1, 1983 – Mar 1, 1987 | M | Great ship! Great Crew! Back to back Battle E!!! |
Knobbe, Gary | BMSN | May 17, 1983 – May 17, 1986 | deck | |
Clark, Gary | btfn | May 20, 1983 – Dec 1, 1986 | B | Been a long time Dennis, Kelso, Moran, Peterson, Grace, Martinez, Daniels, Jaurez, Hoeing and Uncle Prem. Who;s Steelers still suck |
Vanhardenberg, Roger | HM3 | Jun 1983 – May 1985 | Medical | 1 West-Pac, to Australia... man! Good Times. |
Boyles, Donald | SK2 | Aug 1983 – Jun 1985 | SUPPLY | |
Martin, Ardell (Aj) | MM2 | Aug 1, 1983 – May 5, 1987 | M-Div | Great crew, Great ship, M-Dvi/B-Div was a riot, we handled our own, I still say Port Oregon was better than the West Pacs. MMCS A.J. Martin (Retired) |
Weiss, Dan | RMSN - RM2 | Sep 1983 – Oct 1985 | OC | Retired as ETC in June 2003 |
Morgan, Richard | LCPL | Sep 1983 – Jan 22, 1984 | MSSG-31 | Was a Marine along for the ride, was a good ship at the time (4.0), Westpac from Sept 83 to Jan 84. |
Smith, Anthony | BM3 | 1984 – 1988 | 1st | Hi to all of the friends i had on the USS FORT FISHER 40, especially the deck division and gunners mate, that ran Portland OR, and half the world, I would like to say hi to Pedro and u know who u are, Joe Mcquire, Don Scott and friends. |
Kelso, Todd | BT 3 | 1984 – 1986 | B | |
Garcia, Arthur | EN3 | 1984 – 1987 | A-Gang | I've been trying to find my old buddies from "The Fort". this is "The Cholo". Hit me up guys. |
Judge, James | En2 | 1984 – 1987 | A Gang | Good times |
Denham, Rick | MAC | Jan 3, 1984 – Jun 1, 1987 | My own! | What a ship! I actually served two tours. After leaving in 87' I came back to the same job in 91'. Looking at the names of everyone I sure do remember a lot of you. Retired in 94' and now have 11 years as a U.S. Customs Officer at the |
Rogers, Robert | IC2 | Feb 1984 – Mar 1989 | E | Retired in 1998. |
Wall, Kelly | RM2 | Mar 1984 – Aug 1987 | OC | |
Capers, Garfield | BT2 | Apr 14, 1984 – Dec 22, 1987 | B | I served on board with a number of good guys, people like Mike Gittens, Mark Holmes, Mike Tabor, Ed Maxwell, Ship, Wiggins, Clem, Williams, Donald Murray, Randy who we called Douggy Fresh, and the rest of the basketball crew. |
Gunter, Mark | BT2 | May 1, 1984 – Oct 25, 1987 | Boilers | |
Peterson, Joe | BT3 | May 10, 1984 – Jul 14, 1989 | b | |
Marshall, Mike | SN | Jun 14, 1984 – Dec 12, 1990 | deck | been a long time since being aboard the fort.used to run with Hendrickson and Rettelle.Was best man at Hendricksons wedding.Lost contact in 1990.live in Iowa and own a restraunt now.Went to Kingston Bay cpl years ago.Still rememb king toga. |
Fougere, David | MM3 | Jul 1984 – Oct 1989 | m forward | |
Brown, Mike | BMSN | Jul 1984 – 1985 | Second Division | Hi to Schafer and Ryder the Mutt. Also Knobbe, Rathburn, Rick Hart. |
Schafer, Mike | GMG2 | Jul 7, 1984 – Jul 18, 1988 | 3rd | started out in 2nd Div. struck out to 3rd. |
Edmonds, Geoffrey | BM3 | Jul 26, 1984 – Jul 14, 1988 | 2ND | Wow the things you do when your young! I had such good times and meet such great people "Joey" Mac damn you made me laugh, I miss Marco! Portland was awesome and Doc how about Mazatlan? I can still see Gloria in that blue dress! "J" I |
Autenrieth, Pete | MS2 | Aug 1984 – Oct 1985 | S-2 | Was in he Navy for 8 yrs. Was on Wes-Pac in 85 when I got out. Flew home from Singapore. For the short time on the ship met alot of good people. Cooked in the O mess for most of the time. Really respected WO Vega (good man) |
Ryder, Wayne | SN | Aug 1984 – Jun 1985 | ||
Joo, James | em3 | Aug 1984 – May 1988 | E | my 1st experience in navy. Many thanks to crews especially 2nd division & E division. I started as 2nd division crew then went to become an electrician`s mate |
McGuire, Joseph | BM3 | Sep 1984 – Jul 15, 1988 | 2nd | good times on the Fort were plentiful. Think about them often. |
Parsons, Dan | E4 | Sep 22, 1984 – Oct 20, 1988 | BT | Had a great time on the USS Fort Fisher. Loved traveling the orient on west pack. On board the USS Fort Fisher was a great group of people that I served with. |
Irish, Ed | RM2 | Oct 1984 – Nov 1987 | OC | I have some many good memories from The Fort Fisher, and a few that seemed bad at the time but in hindsight it was just part of growing up. I hope all my shipmate are doing well |
Ritzema, Richard | GMG3 | 1985 – 1989 | third | hay all good too see a lot of guys I remember |
Balog, Andrew | EN3 | 1985 – 1987 | A-gang | Would like to hear from some fresh air and hole snipes from West Pac-85 |
Cortina, Carlos | EWSN | 1985 – May 1988 | OI | |
Iverson, Jeff | SH2 | 1985 – 1989 | S3 | Made some great friends while on the fort and great times and memories ! |
Ennis, Jeff | HT | Jan 1, 1985 – Aug 15, 1988 | R | I LOOK BACK AND TALK ABOUT MY TIME ON THE FORT ALL THE TIME. LOVED THE WEST-PACS AND ALL THE REST OF THE TRAVEL. MY TIME ENDED A LTTLE EARLY,WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING. |
Grubisic, Chris | E5 | Jan 10, 1985 – May 29, 1988 | E | |
Saurman, Tony | SM1 | Jan 15, 1985 – Sep 10, 1987 | Had some great times on the Fort. | |
Snider, Leonard J | MS3 | May 1985 – Jan 1989 | support | started out in deck, then became a cook |
Morvant, Willie | E-4/GM3 | May 1985 – Apr 1988 | 3rd | Came out of GM "A" school and was assigned to the Fort Fisher. Miss all the traveling. |
Snider, Lennie | MS3 | May 1985 – Jan 15, 1989 | s-2 | was in deck then went cook, use to run with franklin and mcfall and let not forget benthal and last blanthrone |
Rannefeld, Jearl | HT2 | May 1, 1985 – Nov 1, 1989 | R-Division | Good Times |
Snider, Lennie | MS3 | May 5, 1985 – Jan 8, 1989 | supply | |
Cooper, Jack | RM3 | Jun 1985 – Apr 1989 | 0C | |
Spickelmier, Mike "spud" | IC3 | Jun 1985 – Jul 1987 | Engineering | Was my first..great shop...where's Rogers and hey Silas...Had some fun haze gray. Now an Army Sgt..for the Guard..but a State PBX mngr. |
Wilson III, John C (Jc) | RM3 | Jun 12, 1985 – Jul 18, 1988 | OC | Hey all RMs out during my timeframe. Jones where are you? Wiggins where you at? RM3 Clementa where you at. We all use to shoot ball together on base and 45 Park. Im retired and currently working in D.C. call 202-731-9013 |
Bussararungsee, Visit | BT2 | Jun 13, 1985 – Jul 30, 1990 | EB01, EB02, EB14 Oil Lab | If you remember me email me at bigbuss2k@yahoo.com I'm retired now after 23 years as MMC. |
Edmonds, Geoff | BM3 | Jun 14, 1985 – Jun 15, 1988 | Boats!! | What I remember most was that the ship had the BEST crew in the gatorfleet. Visiting places like mazatlan Mex. Nothing gets in your blood and stays there like serving your country in the USN Hey Mac, Doc, Tony, Jeff, Amavisca, boats! |
Edmonds, Geoffrey | BM3 | Jun 20, 1985 – Jul 21, 1988 | Deck/Gunner | The best crew the best captain and the best ship in the entire Gator fleet!! Back when men where men and women weren't allowed!! |
Tanner, Ronnie | BMSN | Aug 15, 1985 – Jan 8, 1989 | 1st | I have so many memories of the Fort. I was in charge of the Boatwain's Locker. West Pac and up and down the west coast. I see alot of people here that I almost forgotten. From Ship to Shore!!!! |
Hodges, Bob | OS2 | Aug 15, 1985 – Jan 15, 1987 | OI | Hello Shippies! I am in great need of any shipmate assigned aboard the Fort during our trip to Mazatlan in late '86. I am in a dogfight with the VA over disability benefits as a result of a parasail accident while there.$$REWARD$$. Thank |
Brooks, Silas | IC3 | Sep 1985 – Sep 1987 | Engineering | Great crew, especially those who were onboard when the we were in the shipyard in Portland Oregon.... |
Staack, Glenn | Corpral | Sep 1, 1985 – Jan 1, 1986 | 1st Mar Div | |
Jones, Tony/ J | RM3 | Sep 1, 1985 – Aug 3, 1989 | OC | |
Jones, Anthony | RM3 | Sep 10, 1985 – Aug 2, 1988 | oc | Whats up O.C. gang. Just wanted to drop a line. AKA "J". Had a really good time on the "FORT" best tour ever. Great bunch of guys, if you need to a hold of me feel free. Retiring here real soon...the FORT is still the best ship i e |
Johnson, Phillip | E3 | Oct 18, 1985 – Jul 17, 1989 | Admin | Had some good times on the Fort Fisher. made some good friends. |
Clemente, Anthony "Clem" | RM3 | Oct 25, 1985 – Oct 16, 1988 | OC | |
Yeakel, Tom | MM-1 | Nov 16, 1985 – May 21, 1987 | M | I've allways had a vision of her on the bottom |
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