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USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Tarawa (LHA 1). 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 1049 crew members registered for the USS Tarawa (LHA 1).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 – 1994 | 1995 – 1996 | 1997 – 1998 | 1999 – 2000 | 2001 – 2002 | 2003 – 2004 | 2005 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laone, Daniel | CPL. | 1983 – 1983 | avation supply | |
| Gardner, James | RMC | 1983 – Jan 31, 1984 | COMMUNICATIONS | |
| Wisener, Chris | MRC | 1983 – 1986 | Repair Officer 1984-1986 | I was the repair office 1985-1986 chiefwisener@cox.net |
| Drain, Mark | ASM2/E5 | 1983 – 1986 | AIMD/GSE | |
| Lee, Brett | AN | 1983 – 1985 | V4 | |
| Smith, Bryan | mm 1 | 1983 – 1987 | Assault Div. Hydraulic Shop | Best of the 2 ships I served aboard , could not have asked for a better group of guys to work with while on board. With any luck will hear from some of them , feel free to e mail. |
| Sparks, John "Mike" | AO1 | 1983 – 1987 | G | Great ship and great bunch of AO's. Lots of great memories. Made AOC on this ship. Thank-you AOC Brado. Lots of great Marines in Combat Cargo too. |
| Sparks, Raymond | NCC | 1983 – 1986 | Career Counselor | The best days of my career were onboard this ship. Looking back , I have nothing but fond memories. My fellow Chiefs, the crew, the command, the ship..everything. I was at the right place, at the right time in history. |
| Hansen, Kevin | e1 | 1983 – | Hanger deck | |
| Ward, Evart | bmsa | 1983 – 1985 | deck | |
| Park, Jim | BT1 | 1983 – 1984 | Engineering | |
| Shults, Leo | AZ1 | Jan 1983 – Nov 1983 | AIMD | |
| Hackworth, David | BT 2 | Jan 3, 1983 – Sep 6, 1985 | MP Div. fwd engineroom | |
| Newton, Dale | BM3 | Feb 1983 – Dec 19, 1986 | 1st,2nd, and 3rd | Yes I spent time in all 3 Deck Divisions, met alot of great people in and out of Deck Dept. Did 3 whole West-Pacs, and extended my tour halfway through the last one |
| Hogan, Kevin | RM2 | Mar 1983 – Feb 1987 | CR | DID THREE WESTPACS THE PI WAS GREAT SO WAS THILAND.LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE ONBOARD THEN HOPE ALL IS WELL "ZIEKE" |
| Bowden, Phil "Flash" | LTJG | Mar 1983 – Oct 1986 | F and G/ Deck/ Sigs/ Security | |
| Nelson, Tim | AO3 | Mar 1983 – Jun 1986 | G Weapons | Made 2 west pac cruises had a great time we lost a cobra in the med when in lebanon marine barracks was blown up when we left med. Looking for J D King |
| Brodeur, Kurt | bm3 | Mar 1983 – 1987 | 1st | met the ship in japan in 83 went on 3 west pacs hoping to find ship mates i served with and partyed with |
| Daniels, Kevin | MM2 | Mar 9, 1983 – Dec 15, 1989 | ENGINEERING/ A-GANG | SORRY TO SEE THE OLD GIRL GO SHE WAS A GREAT SHIP HAD A LOT OF FUN , MADE ALOT OF FRIENDS , GO AC&R SHOP |
| Mabry, Ron | OS2 | Mar 15, 1983 – Aug 25, 1985 | Operations | Good times and good friends. Very comfortable ship, good duty, but then again, once you get out, you only remember the good times. |
| Montague, Harry Monty | ET2 | Apr 1983 – Aug 1986 | combat systems | Served on three WESTPACS. Good memories. Lots of good friends. Looking for any of my old shipmates. |
| Huttman, George | GMGC | May 1983 – May 1987 | Combat Systems | Retired after 26 years in the Navy and 12 years at Harley Davidson. Reside in North Carolina. Looking for other shipmates that served with me. |
| Tony Ratke, Rock | SGT. | Jun 1983 – Nov 1983 | Marine Det.( Blt 3/3 ) Hawaii | I am looking for any Sailors/Marines that were assigned to the MAA also looking for a copy of the cruise vidieo that was made for West Pac 83. I am now a retired Marine. Anyone has info please contact me.thank you. |
| Jasneski, Ski | Cpl | Jun 1983 – Nov 1983 | 31st MAU | Semper Fi |
| Lanny, Aaron | HM3/E4 | Jun 1, 1983 – Feb 1986 | MEDICAL | hope to find a few old friends |
| Drain, Mark | ASM2 | Aug 1983 – Aug 1986 | AIMD/GSE | The TARAWA was my first ship assignment and I loved it. I would love to hear from some of the other guys that served in AIMD. |
| Corbin Jr, James /teddy | MM3 | Aug 1983 – Jan 1988 | MP1 | |
| Pytlak, Joseph | CWO3 | Sep 1983 – Oct 1986 | E | |
| Pravitz, Eric | IS2 | Sep 25, 1983 – Nov 10, 1986 | OZ | Joined the Tarawa off Lebanon, then did two more Westpac cruises. Worked with a good group of IS's and CT's, except you seaman Swanson. Sorry for tossing your laundry into the Indian Ocean. |
| Turner, Richard | ABF 2 | Oct 2, 1983 – Jun 2, 1987 | V-4/Air dept | Not known then but these were the best days of our lives |
| Jones, Rick | MM3 Rick Jones | Oct 15, 1983 – Apr 28, 1987 | MP | Had some really great times,made two West-Pacs,just like to say hello and God Bless to all my old ship mates. |
| Kinnee, Lowell | IC3 | Nov 1983 – Oct 1985 | E | What a long time it has been, I hope everyone is doing well. If anyone wants to contact me my website is: www.lowellk.com |
| Smith, Rodney | RMSN - RM2 | Nov 18, 1983 – Jun 3, 1986 | CR DIV | I was a Radioman, was advanced to RM2 - Tech Control and went recruiting in my hometown, Anderson, South Carolina. It was a great tour of duty for me. Mess cooked in the Wardroom. Looking for RMSN Sturdivant.... |
Thompson, Kenneth  | EN2 | Dec 1983 – Sep 1987 | Auxiliary division | Living in the Midwest and have made contact with a few ship mates. Check out the Biannual Tarawa reunion in Las Vegas in 2018. Feel free to contact me. I caught with John Parker, Ben Rice, Jim Beaufeaux, Tom Eason |
| Walline, Mike Walline | IC2 | Dec 3, 1983 – Dec 3, 1988 | Looking for any of the old gang. | |
| Tolbert, Richard | abf/2 | 1984 – 1988 | v-4 | it was a wonderful time being young and on board a great ship its sad to know shes gone. just have to remember all the good times |
| Lachapelle, Brad | ABF3 | Jan 1984 – Oct 1987 | V-4 | |
| Mahoney, Mark J. | MM3 | Feb 1984 – 1988 | ||
| Lachapelle, Brad Chappy | ABF3 | Feb 1, 1984 – Oct 10, 1987 | V-4 | There are a number of us on Facebook. Look us up. |
| Baire, Gary | AC2 | Feb 1, 1984 – Oct 10, 1989 | OC | Awesome time onboard. Mess Cranked and side cleaned with the other sufferers. Great experience with all..Just thankful for the great memories. |
| Robillard, Timothy | EN/2 | Feb 23, 1984 – Aug 24, 1984 | Auxilary/ A-gang | Did the Mike boats ever get replaced? |
| Rothermund, Keven | DP3 | Mar 1984 – Dec 1986 | S-7 | |
| Lachapelle, Brad | ABF3 | Mar 1984 – Oct 1987 | V-4 | Wow...recognize some old shipmates here..... |
| Cox III, Edward | AN | Mar 9, 1984 – Jul 19, 1987 | V-1 | Served onboard the USS Tarawa LHA-1 from 1984 to 1988 Air Dept. V-1... any of my fellow shipmates out there? They called me Homey, Wally, AN Cox |
| Boyd, John | AT3 | Mar 10, 1984 – Mar 15, 1985 | Div 1 | Short lived onboard. Transferred from the Kitty Hawk, and must say that I enjoyed myself more onboard the Tarawa, than I did onboard the Kitty Hawk. More to do and a lot more to learn. |
| Cox III, Eddie | E4 | Mar 10, 1984 – Mar 10, 1988 | V-1 Air Dept. | You remember me? Eddie/ Wally/ Homey??? eddiecox3@yahoo.com |
| Jackson, Randall | MS3 | Mar 31, 1984 – May 31, 1988 | S2 | I was the Captians cook for Capt. Newmen and Capt. Blackmon. Looking forward to talking to anyone who remembers me. Talking about old story's. Life after Tarawa. |
| Gillard, James | MM1 | Apr 1984 – Feb 1988 | A | |
| Kennedy, Robert | E-3 Airman | Apr 1984 – Jan 1986 | V-3 | Remembered the great friends and fun on west-pacs and all the other floats. |
| Brostoff, Mark | LT | Apr 1984 – Mar 1986 | Medical | Great command, Westpac 85 |
| Gray, Byron K. | RM3 | Apr 1, 1984 – Feb 6, 1987 | OC// Radio | This was my first ship |
| Hawman, Keith | HM3 | May 1984 – Nov 1986 | Medical | Two West Pacs - I would do it again. |
| Sturdivant, James P. | RM3 | May 11, 1984 – Dec 19, 1986 | Comm | Where are all my crazy shipmates? Roger Saavedra, D. Hooks, R. "Tootie" Smith, R. Gaskill, D.Bean, E. Maples, B. Gray, E. Curry, D. Bakos, Jennings, Nunley, Burleson, Kaufman, CWO Barnes, Cdr. Schultz and others |
| Morris, Ben | Electrician's Mate 3rd Class | May 14, 1984 – Jun 30, 1987 | E Div | I came aboard this overgrown shoebox in '84 a pollywog, but by the time I left for good, I became a shellback! |
| Cox, Ed | E-4 | May 20, 1984 – Aug 22, 1988 | Air | Anubody out there remember me? Ed (Wally/ Homey) Cox eddiecox3@sbcglobal.net |
| Colemere, Roy | E-3 | Jun 1984 – Mar 1988 | Executive | Served as the Deck Dept, Air Dept and Executive Dept Yeoman during my time on the TARAWA. |
| Hood, Raynard | SN | Jun 1984 – Jun 13, 1986 | Deck Dept | So many thoughts of San Diego, friends, hard work in Deck Department and standing lookout watch at sea. My mind cannot settle on one memory. Shout out to Jazz, Jake, Floyd, Manuel, "Mack", Keven, and many more! |
| D'Antoni, Mark "Dee" | MR3 | Jun 15, 1984 – Feb 12, 1988 | REPAIR | |
| Hiatt, Greg | FC2 | Jul 1984 – Aug 1988 | CG | |
| Heatley, Rob | EN2 | Jul 27, 1984 – Feb 1989 | A-Gang | A 4 year tour the turned in to 20. Retired in 2004, living in WV and working for CSX Transportation. |
| Gary Rogers, Gary | AMH1 | Aug 1, 1984 – Sep 30, 1987 | AIMD EAGLE 1 CREW | Two West Pacs a lot of work, but a lot of fun!!! |
| Eldredge, Jerry | ABF 2 | Aug 16, 1984 – May 9, 1986 | AIR | A long WESPAC BUT WORTH IT. |
| Hermes, Russ | ET2 | Aug 19, 1984 – Jul 29, 1987 | Combat Systems/Electronics | |
| Creech, Robert (Mike) | DSC | Sep 1984 – Oct 1988 | ||
| Burnham, Randy | Bt3 | Sep 11, 1984 – Sep 11, 1987 | Mp2 | Some of the finest times as a young man. 2 west pacs with memories ingrained into my mind for ever. |
| Fay, Michael | YN2(SW) | Sep 15, 1984 – Sep 15, 1988 | Exec. | |
| Evans, Richard | OS1 | Oct 1984 – Nov 1985 | OI | |
| Clyde, Robert (Bob) | ABH3 | Oct 1984 – Jun 1986 | V3 | Alot of good times back in the day. I also see a couple of names I recognize. I want say hello to too all of my old shipmates. |
| Hernandez, Enemencio /broken Arrow | E-5 | Oct 6, 1984 – Sep 6, 1990 | Air | |
| Fellows, Jeff | PC3 | Oct 15, 1984 – May 15, 1988 | EXECUTIVE | STARTED IN DECK DEPT. STRIKED OUT TO EXE. HAD A BLAST ON THE EAGLE OF THE SEA POST OFFICE WAS GREAT. WE HAD A REFRIDGE, TV, VCR. NEVER HAD IT SO EASY. CIVALIAN LIFE HAS BEEN THE REAL CHALLENGE. THOSE WERE SOME GOOD DAYS. 2 WEST PACS. |
| McClure, Fred | dp3(sw) | Oct 24, 1984 – Jun 27, 1987 | s-7 | best ship in the whole damn navy |
| Cantero, Danilo | AMH1 | Nov 1984 – Aug 1985 | AIMD/hydraulic | I came aboard when the ship was in Japan. It was a short tour but a good one. |
| Peyton, David | AT2 | Nov 25, 1984 – Apr 2, 1987 | AIMD | Good ship...fun times. |
| Nixon, Edward | ABF2 NIXON | Nov 26, 1984 – Apr 22, 1988 | V-4 AVIATION FUELS | Some of the best times ever with the best people ever!!!!! Lot's of great party ports and lots of great party people!!!!! We worked hard and played even harder, baby!!!!!!!! The grape gang always survives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Ross, Tim [rosco] | BMSN | Dec 1984 – May 1988 | DECK | HAD SOME GREAT TIMES WITH GREAT FRIENDS AND I HOPE THAT I CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH SOME OF THE GUYS FROM THE BOAT CREWS. |
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