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USS Thach (FFG 43) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Thach (FFG 43). 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 248 crew members registered for the USS Thach (FFG 43).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1985 | 1986 – 1989 | 1990 – 1993 | 1994 – 1997 | 1998 – 2001 | 2002 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalusa, Daniel | MS3 | 1982 – 1984 | Supply division | I enjoyed my time onboard the USS Thach and was proud to be a member of the commissioning crew |
| Crews, Stanley | GSM2 | Jul 1, 1982 – Jan 5, 1986 | E-1 | Plank Owner |
| Grim, Jay | SK2 | Nov 21, 1982 – Jul 24, 1987 | Supply | Todd Shipyards, Commisioning, Catalina island, Sacremento Sea & Anchor, Reftra, Unrep, Helo ops, shipyard trailers, sailor of the quarter, 86 westpac, typhoons, steel beach, parts are parts, - DD214, request permission to leave ship sir. |
| Kipke, Bob | OS | 1983 – | OPS | Plank Owner - Was onboard from early pre-com through the first deployment with the USS New Jersey. |
| Foulk, Jeffrey | GMM2 | 1983 – Dec 1985 | CS3 | Plank Owner |
| Gozdowski, ( Ski ) Joe | HT2 | 1983 – 1987 | E-4 | HTC retired 1999 |
| Bilodeau, Ray | DS2SW | 1983 – Aug 1987 | CS4 | Plank owner, maiden cruise ( first battleship battle group since Vietnam) quite proud to have been a part of that! Seems like yesterday, but also a long time ago. So many friends and good times. Contact me guys |
| Bilodeau, Ray | DS2 | Feb 1983 – Aug 1987 | Combat Systems | Plank owner |
| Bresina, Randall | EM2 | Apr 1983 – Jul 1986 | E-2 | Plankowner. Have some great memories aboard the Thach. We put in some long hours but they seemed well worth it. Went to the "library" alot and had to make sure you had your card. Made some great friends.Glad she's still around. |
| Brandt, James | E6 | Apr 1983 – Aug 1988 | Engineering | I was one of the members of the Pre-Commissioning crew. There were many good memories of my tour on the Thach. |
| Brandt, James | EN1 | May 2, 1983 – Aug 10, 1988 | A | I precommed the Thach. Spent 5 years onboard. This was the best command I was ever at. I retired in 1995 and had Lcdr. Holcroft as a CO at retirement |
| Kissam, Charlie | IC2 | Jun 1983 – Jan 17, 1985 | Combat Systems | I miss the shipmates. |
| McFarland, Tommie | DK1 | Jun 16, 1983 – Oct 1, 1985 | Disbursing | Plankowner. Good memories. Good underway firefighting crews. Lots of work. Seems like forever ago. |
| Toogood, Cyrus | QM1 | Jul 17, 1983 – Oct 17, 1985 | OPS/NAV | PLANK OWNER HAVE SOME GREAT MEMORIES ABOARD THE THACH AND A LOT OF GOOD SHIPMATE. TRANSFER TO JAPAN IN 1985 TWO YEARS LATER THE THACH IS HOME PORTED OUT OF JAPAN |
| MacEy, James | OS2 - OSC | Aug 1983 – Mar 1987 | Precom through first deployment | |
| Yniguez, Salvador | qm2/qmsn | Aug 1983 – Feb 1984 | ops/nav | miss the 1st crew of the thatch san Diego and Todd's doc and his beemer we were the 1st 20 or less |
| Shawn, McAtee | SM2 | Aug 1, 1983 – | Ops | That was the best time ever, made alot of friends and stood side by side with alot of great shipmates... |
Satterfield, Mark  | STG2-STG1 | Aug 12, 1983 – Jun 1987 | CS-2 | |
| Cannon, Walt Aka (Skates) | SHSN TO SH-5 TO SHSA | Sep 1983 – May 1987 | S-3 | My first underway Duty as the barber-GMG1 Lyerly, it took nevers to sit in my chair first after his preformance at Pre-com in SD. All was good though. My son in on CVN-76 now W/the Thach as her Horizonal eyes. Kaiser-SET THE PROHASKA WATCH! |
| Philpott, Steven | ft | Oct 1983 – Sep 1986 | Weapon | Plankowner |
| Wertman, Bill | SR-EM3 | Oct 1, 1983 – May 8, 1986 | Deck / Eng | Plankowner. Thach was my first duty station out of boot camp. By far the best ship and crew a have served with. |
| Prohaska, Kirk "Pro" | GM3 | Oct 13, 1983 – Jul 17, 1986 | Deck/Combat Systems | Good Times and a good start |
| Anderson, Eric | DECK/RM3 | Oct 13, 1983 – Mar 4, 1987 | SC-1 AND SC-3 | Plankowner. Great bunch of shipmates! First deployment Westpac 1986. Catalina Island Liberty in Avalon.Port/Starboard watches and movies in the mess deck. Midrats! Being gonged off 3/4/1987. Bible studies/services. |
| Varvi, Eugene | oscs(sw) | Nov 1, 1983 – Jul 1, 1987 | cs1 | precomm crew and plank owner! ATACO and AIC. great ship and crew the mighty pocket cruiser. never could make the admirals staff understand how the helicopter ship interface worked. would love to go back. |
| Butkus, Robb Aka 'bubba Ray' | QM2 | Nov 18, 1983 – Jun 7, 1987 | SC-1 | Plankowner! I served with QMC's Munyer and Hodell, QM1 Toogood,QM2 Frederick, SM2 Macatee, Drews, Trombley, Tubbs, Brice, Carson, Yniguez and who can forget Waldy! I was in Vegas last March and ran into BM2 Ellis! SC-1 call me 760-288-0502 |
| Dulin, Stacy | EN2/E-5 | Nov 19, 1983 – Feb 22, 1987 | E-2 | PLANK OWNER,COMMISSIONING CREW,1ST WEST PAC W/NEW JERSEY,GREAT SHIP,AND CREW. |
| Rappard, George | SA | 1984 – 1986 | SC3 | |
| Inlow, Harold (Stamps) | BM2 | 1984 – 1986 | deck | remember spending a lot of time landing the SH 60's as LSE and playing a lot of darts with buddy bob lurachy |
| Pollard, Steven | RM2 | 1984 – 1986 | Communications | What's up Radiomen? |
| Grafton, Les | HN | Jan 1984 – Jun 1986 | Eng/Medical | Plankowner found this site and thought I'd say. Hope all my old shipmates are doing good!! |
| Rivera, Sergio | BM3 | Jan 17, 1984 – Jan 17, 1987 | just want to say that I had a great time in deck dept. plank owner with jeff grahm, pete espinoza, manuel leyba, and the rest of the original crew. miss all of you even master chief Blair.I miss the great food and the ice .cream. bye | |
| Blood, Charlie | FC2(SW) | Mar 1984 – Jun 1988 | CS-3 | Plankowner - Great ship, great crew! Feeling old once I heard Thach decommissioned. "Combat Systems, reason for the ride" "Pocket Battleship" |
| Hulett, Gregory | BM3 | Mar 17, 1984 – Jun 4, 1985 | Deck | Plank owner. |
| Noel, John | FC1 | Mar 17, 1984 – | Combat Systems | Looking for Plankowners |
| Rappard, George | SA | Aug 1984 – Jul 1986 | SC3 | Served on 1st Westpac. Battle ship battle group New Jersey. Great fun. |
| Ballenger, Michael | OSSN | Jan 1985 – Apr 1985 | Combat | TODD Shipyard and Seatrials |
| Gattis, Steve | LT | Mar 1, 1985 – Mar 1, 1988 | CS3 | Great ship with a great crew! |
| Peterson, Pete | ADCS | Mar 15, 1985 – Oct 26, 1986 | Air Det 4 HSL-43 | Made the first West Pack with the USS Thach in 1986 with the SH-60B Lamps MKIII. Great cruise with a great ship and crew. I salute them all. |
| Guanco, Mamerto | SK1 - SKC(SW) | Jul 1985 – Feb 1987 | S-1 Support | One of the best ships & crews I have the priviledge of serving. Qualified Surface Warfare and promoted to Chief. Deployed with the first Battle Ship (TG USS New Jersey) Battle Group to the Western Pacific. |
| Lanning, Curt | En3 | Jul 1985 – Aug 1987 | Aux 2 | Had a lot of fun on that bucket. Capt. Jerry O. was the best! |
| Hord, Tuck | LT | Oct 1985 – Oct 1987 | CS-2 | Twenty eight years in the navy, and THACH (during that period) was the best ship I ever served on. |
| Edwards, Donald | SN | Oct 1985 – Apr 1988 | Deck | |
| Marshall, Todd | E-1 thru OS2 | Oct 21, 1985 – Oct 21, 1987 | OI | Picked the Thatch from "A" School and went from E-1 to E5 while attached then transferred to the Ingraham FFG 61 Pre-Con. |
| Aipa, Andrew | MS3 E4 | Dec 1985 – 1988 | MS |
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