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USS Ponce (LPD 15) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Ponce (LPD 15). 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 600 crew members registered for the USS Ponce (LPD 15).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1988 | 1989 – 1991 | 1992 – 1994 | 1995 – 1997 | 1998 – 2001 | 2002 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belyeu, D. | MM3 | 1975 – | Engineering | |
| Hood, Jim | QM3/QM2 | 1975 – Feb 1977 | Navigation | Great experience , would not trade those years for anything! |
| Courtney, David | ABHAA/ABH2 | 1975 – 1978 | Air Dept | |
| Harp, Derrick | os2 | 1975 – 1979 | oi | |
| Goforth, Gary | E3 | 1975 – | deck dept. | Loved being a deck ape. Was assigned to garrisons gorillas in second division. Remember finding the abanded lifeboat in the bermuda triangle Worked with a crazy bosnmate named curtis mishue |
| Conroe, Gary | HT3 | Jan 1975 – Jan 1978 | Repair | best of times in the pipe shop remember ted nugent |
| Huppman, Joe | HT2 | Feb 5, 1975 – Jun 27, 1977 | R | Spent a lot of time in the Yea Ole Carpenter Shop playing foosball. Being Ships Carpenter had its bennies. |
| Hruska, Wild Willy | mm2 | Feb 20, 1975 – Nov 20, 1979 | engineering | We had some really good times then. We were young and ready to take on the world. But what i remember most was how green the grass was at all the many places-Gremany, England, Spain, France, Italy, Jamacia, Gitmo |
| Rotondi, Charles "Chuck" | E-4 STOREKEEPER | Mar 1975 – Aug 20, 1978 | S-1 | Greetings and Salutations old shipmates.Looking for Dan Mikeska. |
| Fegraeus, Steve/aka Fercrazy | EN E-3 | Mar 1975 – Mar 1977 | A (Top side snipe) | I talk about all the crazy people i met on the ship and the good times we had. Swim call in Ponce P.R. was great. Anybody still have there cruze jacket from Smily Chow. One more thing, how about fork lift race's/demo derbys in the well deck. |
| Dalton, Michael | MM-3 | May 1975 – Sep 1976 | M aft engine room | |
| Buttler, Dan | Ht2 | May 1975 – Sep 1978 | "R" division | What a ride! A North Atlantic, Med. & Caribbean cruise. Then got out, and worked for NASA, building space flight & Military hardware for 32more years. And retired since 2010. Would like to hear from some of you! |
| Van Howe, Mike | e3 | May 17, 1975 – 1977 | medical | |
MacWherter, George (Doc Mac)  | HM3 | Jun 1975 – Sep 30, 1977 | H | I probably got to meet every sailor on the USS Ponce having run sick call and giving immunizations on pay day. Shout out if desired |
| McNish, David | SM1/SMC | Jul 1975 – Dec 1977 | CS | hAD LOTS OF FUN,MISS THE OLD DAYS |
| Turturillo, Michael "Turtle" | PC3 | Jul 1975 – Aug 1979 | Admin | The Ponce had a heck of a crew & was lead by a great leader. To bad the good days can't be relived. |
| Hurlbert, John (Herby) | E-4/HT-3 | Jul 20, 1975 – Jan 16, 1976 | R | Hey Huppman and Hipes, do only the H's from our time log on here? Where's Haville's and Harrison's names? Did they eventually keel-haul Ward? What do you know about Prunty,Willard, Michaels? |
| Franck, Dwight (Bosco) | HT 3 | Aug 15, 1975 – Jun 9, 1977 | Repair | Mikey, Gaylen or Wade (Sweet thing) still hanging in thair? or anyone else for that matter |
| Franck, Dwight/bosco | HTFN | Aug 15, 1975 – Jun 9, 1977 | R-Repair | |
| Kleinfelder, Jim | DK1 | Aug 22, 1975 – May 18, 1978 | X | Retired as an NC1 in 1988; Retired from the music business in 1981; Retired from Target in 2002. I married my wife of 30 years aboard the USS Wichita AOR-1 on APR 06, 1984. Living in MN. |
| Cook, Randy | Seaman | Sep 1975 – Nov 1976 | Storekeeper | alot of good friends and good memories. |
| Baril, Steven | RM2 | Sep 1975 – Sep 1979 | Radio | Hello Bernard Wraggs, Marcus Rose & Dave Shipman. Does the word SAMBUCA bring back any memories? Anyone recall spending time in an Italian jail for beating a taxi? Hey to Chris z & Aldolphus. |
| Olson, Michael | IC3/IC2 | Sep 15, 1975 – Jul 17, 1979 | E | A couple of great Captains during my time but one hell of an XO my last year. Some interesting cruises especially the North Atlantic 1975 liberty cruise after dropping of Marines for Reforger exercise and 1976 Lebanon evac cruise. |
| Eddins, Buddy | SA | Sep 18, 1975 – Apr 14, 1977 | Not sure of dates was along time ago | |
| Comerford, Ed | EMFN | Oct 4, 1975 – Sep 4, 1978 | E Div | North Atlantic in '75; Bremerhaven, Le Havre, Plymouth. Captain P.J. Mulloy was awesome!. Best friends; signalman Pete Roden, BT Mark Dressen, MS's Rick Tambling, Dean Coronado, Artie Fields. Sun Ship was the pits! |
| Guyon, Steve | HTFN | Oct 15, 1975 – Oct 15, 1977 | Repair | the good old days. |
| Germana, Vito | E3 | Nov 9, 1975 – Dec 10, 1976 | First Deck | |
| Hayes, Neil | RM3 | Dec 1975 – Nov 1977 | OC | |
| Burns, Ed | LI3 | Dec 1975 – Feb 1977 | X Division | |
| Burns, Ed | LI3 | Dec 1975 – Jul 1977 | X Division | |
| Zelaska, Wayne "Zeke" | EN2 | 1976 – 1980 | A Gang | |
| Curling, Ray | ET-E5 | 1976 – 1979 | Electronics | Remember the sit in on the flight deck, we finally got to see the captian. Our XO was a drunk, the stewards found an empty in his cabin every morning.Me and Keven Fouche changed the fathometer after we ran aground in NC. Great Caribean cruz |
| Kunkel, Kris | BTFN | 1976 – 1979 | B | LOOKING FOR ALL THE HOLE SNIPES FROM B&M DIV. GOOD TIMES IN THE HOLE. |
| Green, Jimmie | e5 | 1976 – 1992 | rm | |
| Williamson, James/willie | EN-3 | Jan 1976 – Jul 9, 1978 | ||
| Allen, Bradley | SM3 | Jan 1976 – Dec 1977 | OPS | I spent most of my time on Ponce in the yards. I enjoyed my time on board. Made some great friends. I returned in 1980 for a short time. Brought back some great memories. |
| Vaught, Steve | EM-2 | Jan 4, 1976 – May 14, 1979 | E | Great expierience, wouldn't want to do it again.Made alot of good friends and had alot of great liberty trips in ports around the world. |
| Ligas, Paul | HT2 | Jan 5, 1976 – Sep 8, 1979 | R | HEY SHIPMATES,IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR NAMES ,IT BROUGHT BACK SOME GREAT MEMORIES.WOULD LIKE TO HERE FROM SOME OF YOU. |
| Shaw, Jimmie | E3 | Jan 9, 1976 – Mar 7, 1977 | Deck | |
| Wragg, Bernard | RM2 | Jan 15, 1976 – | Communication | |
| Bernard, Wragg | RM2 | Jan 15, 1976 – Nov 30, 1979 | Communication | |
| Hurst, Jim | EM2 | Feb 1976 – May 1979 | E | medcruize was good .Chester was a bad memory.Miss the people not the boat .Great crew when i was there! |
| Hembrough, Keith, Kcbro | MM | Mar 1976 – Sep 1979 | engineering | cigarettes anyone!!! I served onboard when men were men. We worked hard and played hard. I'd do it again |
| Peffley, George / Buck | EN2 | Mar 1, 1976 – May 27, 1978 | A | |
| Austin, Joe | BM3 | Apr 1, 1976 – Dec 11, 1979 | DECK 2 | GOOD DAYS SHIPMATES - HAD THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE - HELLO RICHARD OTHMER |
| Snyder, Jack / Toastie Head | BTFN | May 6, 1976 – May 6, 1980 | B/Hole Snipe | All can say is that you guys were the best of the best!!! After comming out of Sun Ship PA . Aced the test for OUR FIRST RED "E" O and Fritz I DiD Cutt A Big Gap of Hair out of the back of your HEAD!!!!! Befor you got out.Ha! Ha! |
| Phillip C Henry, Phillip | BMI | May 24, 1976 – Oct 27, 1977 | DECK | hey shipmates miss the good old days |
| Flaim, Mike | SM3 | Jun 1976 – Jun 1979 | ops | Always something ridiculous going on in the signal bridge,no need to elaborate.Paule,Phelps,Reono,what a crew. miss my bud Charlie 'boot" yates and Larry seawolf" Fortin. Chief "f**ck the directions" courson |
| Lowrancew, Steven | BM | Jun 10, 1976 – Jun 10, 1980 | deck | |
| D'Amico, Bob | OS2 | Jul 1976 – May 20, 1980 | OI | Homer,Gar spriggs, Stepp,jeff Ritche,Steven Elias Rich Othmer, slice of life in CIC. Have a cold one for me and I'll do the same.Roger out. |
| Stephens, Mark | Airman | Jul 20, 1976 – Jul 20, 1978 | Air | Well I see one guy on this list that I remember LTJG Kevin cooper. the only one from the air division. had some good memmories. Hope things are well with everyone else. |
| Cooper, Kevin | LTJG | Sep 15, 1976 – Sep 10, 1978 | Air | The ship stayed in longer than I did - who would've thought? |
| Tony, Todd | SEAMAN | Sep 20, 1976 – Oct 15, 1977 | 1st | |
| Othmer, Richard | BM3 | Oct 17, 1976 – Mar 8, 1980 | Deck- 1st | Remember the smokers when we beat the crap out of the marines? Bob Humphreys, how are you doing, I carried you down to the ambulance when the crane flipped and you lost your arm. I visited you at the Naval Hospital later on with Kevin Pettee. Also--- |
| Jette, Don | DT3 | Dec 1976 – Aug 1979 | Medical/Dental | I was the Dental Tech from 76 through 79 |
| Colyer, Richard | SN | Dec 1976 – Oct 1980 | Medical | Just trying to stay in touch. Would like to hear from anyone who is interested in writing back. Please feel free to contact me. |
| D'Amico, Bob | OS2 | Dec 1976 – May 1980 | OI |
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