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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Reuben James (FFG 57). 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 236 crew members registered for the USS Reuben James (FFG 57).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1986 | 1987 – 1990 | 1991 – 1994 | 1995 – 1999 | 2000 – 2004 | 2005 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Klarenbach, James | MR2-MR1 | Mar 1902 – Jun 1997 | Repair | It was a long tour while there, looking back though it was not so bad. I learned a-lot with the James Gang, we made it through many panic stricken inspections and such, great shipmates. |
Russo, Louie | EN1 | 1983 – Sep 6, 1988 | A GANG | |
Reasoner, Don | ICC(SW) | 1984 – 1990 | CS-4 | Plankowner. Retired in 1994. Living in Camden, North Carolina. |
Strafalace, James | EM2(SW) | 1984 – May 28, 1990 | EM03 | Plankowner. RAST/HRS SGSI/WO Electric Safety Petty Officer. I graduated to aircraft carriers. Pat, Dave, Ep give me a hoot. |
Hall, Terry | RM1(SW/AW) | Mar 4, 1984 – Dec 16, 1991 | Radio (OC-01) | Great ship great crew. Best sea tour ever. Retired 2009 after 29 years as an LDO LCDR. Could not have made it without the help of my RJA Buds. Retired in Colorado Springs working BMD for Dept of Air Force GS14 |
Wright, Robert | ET3/2 | 1985 – 1990 | CS4/CS07 | Plankowner |
Reuter, Rob | OS-4 | 1985 – 1986 | Combat Systems | Precom/Plankowner Looking for Chief Collier? |
Tounzen, Terrance,terry | qm2 | 1985 – 1992 | o1 | hello to fellow plankowners. i have missed you guys and have thought of you and the ship often over the years. precom and the following few years are some of the most memorable in my life. i would love to hear from ya |
Williams, Lance | LT | 1985 – 1987 | Engineering | MPA |
Moore, Robert | ET1 | 1985 – 1987 | CS4 | Plankowner |
Randall, Edward Skip | ETC | 1985 – 1989 | CS-4 | Plankowner |
Steinman, Gene | GSE2 | 1985 – 1988 | E-1 | I was very sad to learn about the Reuben James decommissioning. It was great being a Plankowner. I was part of the ground breaking ceremony for the Reuben James Barracks (ship) at RTC, Great lakes a few years ago. |
Vosburgh, Donald | BMC(SW) Retired | 1985 – 1989 | 1st | Miss the flight deck crew |
Reitman, Phillip | BM | 1985 – 1989 | 1st Division | Plank Owner great ship to serve on |
Hardeman, Anthony | Qm2 | 1985 – 1993 | NAVIGATION | Plankower. Retired Living in Houston Texas. |
West, Mark | FC1(SW) | Jan 1985 – Dec 1990 | CS3 | Plankowner. CIWS, Harpoon. |
Newbold, Dave | RM3 | Jan 1985 – Apr 1987 | Plankowner, my best to all, Al and I are in Myrtle Beach with our two kids. Thanks for all the sacrifices you endure every day!!! | |
Hn Walsh, Jimmy | HN E-3 | Jan 25, 1985 – Jan 1, 1987 | medical | PlankOwner and 1st Corpsman aboard USS Reuben James FFG-57 |
Page, Donald | Mar 1, 1985 – Aug 1, 1987 | CS | Great Crew | |
Young, Robert (Bob) | OS1 | May 1985 – Aug 1990 | CS5 | Plankowner. Ended with this as my best sea tour. The only time i ever got to drive. Shouts to Craig Mckinney, OSCS(SW) ("I've 4gotten more about CIC than u'll ever know) & especially Lt. Rasmussen, the most professional DivO i ever had |
Fairbanks, Chris | OSSA - OS2 | May 1, 1985 – Oct 31, 1988 | COMBAT SYSTEMS | PLANKOWNER |
Hall, Darren | RM2 | Jun 1985 – Jun 1987 | CR | Plankowner. Remember Oakwood in SD and LB, Raintree? Honorably Discharged in 1991, now working for Lockheed-Martin in VA. KB, Clyde, Terry, Freddy, Dave, Booger, Kelly - What's Up? |
Tooker, Rodd | SM2 | Jun 1985 – Jun 1987 | Signalman | Precom Crew! Whats up guys. Still serving-what a ride! contact me at smc2be@aol.com |
Langholff, Jeff | GSE1 | Jun 1, 1985 – Oct 21, 1988 | E-1 | Hey all you plankowners How's it going??? Dave Bahr, Louie, big AL, Brad, Vanover, PC2 Heywood |
Glover, Alex | DK3 | Jun 4, 1985 – May 14, 1988 | disbursing | PLANKOWNER, previous deck crew , sea service develoyment to Gulf War, recall to Desert Shield/Desert Storm... |
Flood, Reginald Bm3 | BM3 | Jun 4, 1985 – May 6, 1987 | Deck | PLANKOWNER |
Dabrowski, Steven | TM2 | Jul 15, 1985 – Nov 1, 1988 | sonar/ops | very professional guys, there were good times and trying times, sad to see it decommissioned espeacily me being a plankowner. May the spirit live on. |
Stoeckel, Allen | OS | Aug 1985 – Jan 1988 | Combat Systems | Plank Owner |
Bono, Mike | ET3/2 | Aug 15, 1985 – Nov 27, 1989 | CS4/CS07 | Plankowner |
Volpe, Joseph | LCDR | Sep 1985 – Nov 1987 | XO | |
Green, Robert | BM3 | Sep 15, 1985 – Mar 13, 1988 | deck | plankowner,living in louisville,ky. email add-fxr93hd@yahoo.com |
Vosburgh, Donald | BM2(SW) | Oct 1985 – Mar 1989 | Plankowner. Retired BMC(SW) | |
Vandevelde, Nicholas ( Vande ) | EN2 | Oct 1985 – Oct 1988 | A gang | Plank owner |
McKenney, Craig Mac | OS1 | Oct 15, 1985 – Sep 25, 1987 | cs4 | Plank Owner had good friends and a great crew. |
Bautista, Jesse | EMC(SW) | Nov 1985 – Oct 1990 | E | Plankowner |
Vanover, Robert Brian | GSM2 | Nov 1985 – Jul 1987 | EMO1/E-1 | Ahoy there fellow Plankowners! I'm very glad to see familiar names here. So many memories. |
Brown, Stephen C. | BM 2 | Nov 10, 1985 – Jan 25, 1990 | Deck | To most of the plankowners and several buddies onboard at the time....Am now an AW1 in the reserves and a Firefighter for the city of Jacksonville, Fl. |
Ridley, Bryan | gmm2 | Nov 10, 1985 – Nov 20, 1986 | weapones | Great tour loved canada |
Francis, Barry | GMM2/1 | 1986 – 1991 | CS-3 | Plank owner. |
Haywood, Keith | pc-2 E-5 | 1986 – 1988 | admin | whats up old shipmates i miss the ship more with the passage of time small post office . great times in long beach and san diego. |
Hurayt, Daniel | SK(sw)2 | 1986 – 1988 | supply | Ahoy fellow plankowners, |
Strong, Gregory | EN1 | Jan 1986 – Jun 1988 | A | PLANK OWNER RAST TECH |
Johnson, Joe | HT3 | Jan 8, 1986 – Dec 7, 1988 | HULL TECKS | BEST SHIP IN THE NAVY |
Guderian, Tom | E-3 | Feb 12, 1986 – May 5, 1988 | Plankowner. An excellent way to reflect on my NAVY experience. Check out this link below: http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,201115,00.html | |
Wilson, Ron | STGCM(SW) | Feb 15, 1986 – Aug 1990 | CMD Senior Chief | "Plankowner" Attended decommissioning at Pearl Harbor 8/18/2013. Great to see old shipmates and COs. Retired in central FL. |
McCall, Tony | SM2 | Mar 7, 1986 – May 8, 1988 | ops | Hello fellow shipmates. Was only on the rubber jimmie for 2 years,but have a great time in Long Beach. Good to see some familiar names. Going to try to stay in touch with a few. |
Himalaya, Patrick | MS2/E-5 | Apr 16, 1986 – Jul 8, 1989 | S-2 supply | Do the uss reuben james have a plankowner membership,club? I served onboard thru precom and still currently is a plankowner. Can some one plz give me a sitrep. I served 11yrs. in the navy 4 yrs in the Army. in the navy |
Foster, Billy | EN2(SW) | Jun 1986 – Jul 1990 | Engineering | Big-Al,Eddie,Strat,Doug Phillips are you alive "get wood"....Pops Murrel Davidson (Nosdivad) if the SNIPES dont groove, the ship dont move baby!! EN's- the only real sailors. |
McMillan, Stanley ( Mac ) | HT | Jun 2, 1986 – Jun 6, 1989 | en | Good to see some old names that i have been looking for.hope to here from you guys stanplumbingman@aol.com contact me. I Miss all you guys |
Williams, Eugene | SCPO | Jul 1986 – 1988 | SUPPLY/SUPPORT | |
Verderame, Joseph | EN1(SW) | Dec 1986 – Dec 1991 | A | WOW...Great time, great ship, great memories, great friends. The best tour of duty of my career. |
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