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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Kinkaid (DD 965). 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 731 crew members registered for the USS Kinkaid (DD 965).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 – 1994 | 1995 – 1996 | 1997 – 1998 | 1999 – 2000 | 2001 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, Warren (Bake) | QM2 | 1976 – Sep 14, 1979 | DECK / NAV | Plankowner. First and best westpac. Kinkaid was the best crew I was ever part of. Many of us still get together. |
| Coyle, Alan | FTM1 | 1976 – 1980 | FOX | Installed the SeaSparrow System. Great ship |
| Herrington, Harold | GMG1 | 1976 – 1979 | G | PLANKOWNER |
| Shaw, Walter | 1976 – 1978 | PLANKOWNER -- STILL IN SAN DIEGO E181@aol.com - like to hear from ya shipmates | ||
| Boso, Michael | SM3 | 1976 – | Communication | These year set the course in my life. |
| Summers, Michael | EN-2 | Feb 1976 – Jul 1978 | MP | Had the greatest group of people that I have ever worked with, never forget Smity. |
| McGoldrick, Stephen | RM3 | Mar 12, 1976 – Jun 1979 | OC | |
| Russell, John | BM-2 | Jun 6, 1976 – Jun 6, 1978 | 1st Div | I came aboard in Pascagoula just before commissioning. I had prior service and thank God for Chief Ray Snyder for helping me adjust. It is a warm memory of the crew and her leadership that remains a part of my life |
| Beattie, Glen | STG1 | Jul 10, 1976 – Nov 2, 1977 | AS | Plankowner. 18 months of pre-com in San Diego. |
| Mott, Darrell | RM2 | Jul 10, 1976 – Aug 1979 | OPS/OC | Drop the donuts!....and remember the Bahrain 7! |
| Lakely, Jack | STG-1/STGC | Jul 10, 1976 – Jun 30, 1978 | A/S | Plankowner. Went to de-commissioning and went to the sinking in Hawaii. I am proud to say, all of the commissioning crew went down with her. I put the pass in review pictures onboard her the day before she went to sea for the last time. Aloha |
| Saunders, Tom | EMFN - EM3 | Jul 10, 1976 – Nov 1976 | E | Plank Owner - I remember well the commissioning ceremonies in Pgoula. Sure could lose track of time when down in CCS. I recall going up on deck to get some fresh air and finding out it was the middle of the night. Working as inst. for UPRR |
| Duke, Dennis | BM3 | Jul 10, 1976 – May 25, 1979 | 1st | Hey I'm BM3 Duke from 1st Div. Big Breaded ugly guy Everyone told me I looked like a Bo'sen mate |
| Waite, Chuck | GMT2 | Jul 10, 1976 – | A/S Division | Plankowner. Enjoyed the Panama Canal and fleet trials on the west coast. |
| Henry, Ronald | GSM1/C | Oct 1976 – Apr 1980 | Main Propulsion | Plankowner. I still have fond memories of Kinkaid and of all the great shipmates I met. The Kinkaid will be part of me till the end. Thanks to people like Chiefs 8, 9 Bradley, Hatcher,Littleton and H.F.W. . |
| Walker, Terry | HMC | 1977 – 1980 | Medical Department Representative | |
| Wiles, Gary | GMM3 | 1977 – 1978 | Weapons | |
| Destasio, Pat | SH1 | 1977 – 1979 | Supply - S-3 | PlankOwner. One of the best ship assisgments I had in the 10 years I was in the Navy. |
| Anderson, Steve | E-1 | 1977 – | Boatswains Mate | |
| Bourgeois, Mel | FTM2 | 1977 – 1979 | 3rd | Great bunch of Sailors and even better bunch of Friends |
| Ciaramella, Jeff | etr2 | 1977 – 1979 | OE | LAST OF 4 SHIPS, BUT THE BEST CREW OF THEM ALL. GREAT MEMORIES. GOOD MATES. WESTPAC,PI,NEW ZEALAND,FIJI,EVAC, BAHRAIN,KARACHI. HANGING OUT ON SIGNAL BRIDGE, IN RADIOSHACK. WHERE'S JEFF STURROCK? papac43@aol.com |
| Weiss, David | gsec | 1977 – 1979 | E | |
| Moore, Larry | OS3 | 1977 – Apr 9, 1979 | Operations | Great crew. Great sailing. |
| Griffiths, Anthony (Tony) | Gmm2 | 1977 – 1980 | Fox division | |
| Van, Randy | E-2 | Jan 7, 1977 – Jun 30, 1979 | Deck & "A" Gang | Plankowner Lot's of good times and travel |
| Powell, Dean | RM2 | Mar 1977 – Dec 1980 | OPS | FOND MEMORIES OF FRIENDS AND PORTS OF CALL TO THIS DAY. 6 MONTHS LONG BEACH YD, 2 WESTPACS, INITIATED SHELLBACK....THEN INITIATED AS A GOLDEN SHELLBACK. NEVER FORGET 1ST TIME TO PEARL MANNING RAILS IN DRESS WHITES...AND UP COLUMBIA RV TO PORTLAND OR |
| Mills, Mark | GMT3 | Mar 1977 – Nov 1979 | asw | Met the love of my life on the quarterdeck in Portland in 1979, married 30 years next March. What a great experience on board, great crew! Remember the Arabian sea yacht club? Modloc? Dodging cops in Bahrain? Asroc pilot? Lots of memories! |
| Stroud, Bill / Hoss | FN/ EM | Mar 1, 1977 – Jun 1, 1978 | E | NOT TO SURE OF THE DATES BUT THERE CLOSE ENOUGH, THE KINKAID WAS THE ONLY SHIP I SERVED ON TILL CHEMICAL ASTHMA ENDED MY NAVY CAREER. I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE EXPERIENCES. |
| Earwood, Randy | Operations Specialist | Mar 1, 1977 – Jul 1, 1980 | Operations Intelligence | First Command First Ship … got out … came back in 1983 … retired 1999 |
| Woolums, Tim | ENC | Apr 1977 – Aug 1978 | M | Gas Turbine - |
| Bryan, Bruce | rmsn | Apr 1977 – Oct 1980 | ops | what a great ship and a greater crew. joined the navy running from God and ran right into Him...sweet. |
| Montgomery, Don | ET2 | May 1977 – Aug 1980 | OE | |
| Marcotte, Tom | FTM3 | May 5, 1977 – Dec 31, 1979 | Fox | Would love to hear from any of my old DD965 buddies. Email me at tmarcott@skidmore.edu. I remember a great bunch of guys and our Westpac evac of Iran. |
| Herriford, Gary | FTM2 | Jun 1977 – Jan 11, 1982 | Fox | Good times, --Free the Bahrain 16-- Golden Shellbacks Rule |
| Orchard, Curt | LT | Jun 1977 – Mar 1979 | Foxtrot | |
| Wilm, Frank | FTG3 | Jun 15, 1977 – Jun 30, 1980 | 3rd | WAS SOMEWHAT OF A TROUBLE MAKER BUT LEARNED ALOT AND HAD A GOOD TIME WITH OFFICERS AND CREW THAT I WAS PROUD TO SERVE WITH AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE BAHRAIN INCIDENT |
| Lindner, Carl | BOATSWAINS MATE | Jun 16, 1977 – Jun 16, 1981 | 1st | If you know me give me a ring |
| Logan, David | GMM2 | Aug 1977 – Aug 1979 | fox | Greatest command I ever served on, 1st crew for WES-PAC We blew the Russians away trying to track us. I was on board wheN we evacuated Iran , had to go to Karachi Pakistan and buy our food( horse meat/ camel meat @ marke |
| Chambers, William | RMSN | Aug 10, 1977 – Aug 11, 1978 | OPs | Great times with my buds in the radio shack,Sr Chief and |
| Rodriguez, Charles | RM 3 | Sep 14, 1977 – Jul 18, 1980 | radiomen | on board for kinkaid's first westpac. Old shell back from uss sterrett, first crew to become golden shell backs on kinkaid. Lots of fun times. It will be missed. |
| Eason, Nathan | MSSN | Nov 1977 – Aug 1979 | enjoyed cooking for the crew.not to forget senior chief ford., and my crazy phillipino friends in the galley.when she was new she shined... went on to lsd uss point defiance after kinkaid. | |
| Bridgeman, John | LT | Nov 12, 1977 – Dec 15, 1980 | R,A, & M | I arrived as an Ensign and left as a Lt. Started out as DCA, then A divsion, and spent the last year as MPA. What a great 3 years |
| Smith, David | GMG3 | Nov 26, 1977 – Apr 13, 1979 | WEAPONS | I WENT ON WESTPAC 1978-79. HM1 TERRY WALKER PERFORMED A CIRCUMCISION ON ME IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM CREWMATES, ESPECIALLY RANDY VAN MEHREN |
| Griffis, Chuck | PC2 | Dec 1977 – Mar 1979 | NAV | GREAT SHIP AND GREAT CREW, I AM VERY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED ON HER, BEING THE SHIPS PC I NEW EVERYONE AND THEY WERE A GREAT BUNCH ON GUYS.. |
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