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USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968). 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 608 crew members registered for the USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – 1993 | 1994 – 1995 | 1996 – 1998 | 1999 – 2000 | 2001 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence, Tony | LTJG | 0000 – May 31, 2002 | S3/S4 | Funny how you only remember the good times. In the civilian sector now, but will always look back on my Radford experience with the fondest of memories. Some of the best people I've ever served with! |
| Roesch, Frank | GSE-1 | 1975 – 1978 | Pre Com team. Great ship and crew. Had a lot of fun watching her get put together and then testing the gear also night raids in the yards for spare parts. Then it was off the sea, Norfolk and beyond. | |
Wymetalek, Kerry  | STGC | 1975 – 1978 | ASW | North Atlantic cruse |
| Bagarella, Kenneth John (Baggs) | BM1 | Mar 1, 1975 – Jun 1, 1980 | first | |
| Dowling, William/bill | Boatswains mate first class | Mar 1, 1975 – Sep 30, 1978 | 1st | Wouldn’t mind talking with a few old ship mates. They can contact me at 612-296-1486. Hinckley Minnesota |
| Toms, David | FTG1 | Dec 1975 – Apr 1982 | FOX | Plankowner |
| Puls, Joe | FTG1/FTGC | Dec 12, 1975 – Mar 12, 1979 | Fox | Plankowner, Fox Division LPO/LCPO. She was a great ship that did many first's and yes It was a " spit & polish" ship. We worked hard, kept her "looking good" and all systems ready to go! Proud Crew!! |
| King, Brian | ETR2 | 1976 – 1979 | OE | Plankowner |
| Bartz, Terry | EN3 | 1976 – 1978 | engineering | plankowner, didn't know it at the time, but learned many life lessons in my time there. best crew I had the pleasure of serving with. wish I had kept in touch over the years. especially the engineering gang, crew from both engine rooms. |
| Chrupka, Steve | DS1 | 1976 – Jul 1977 | OE | Plankowner |
| Conway, Chuck | RM2 | 1976 – 1978 | OC | Plankowner. Part of early crew to Pascagoula to get ship ready for commissioning. Retired in 1990 as a DSC(SW) for John Rodgers DD982 |
| Maez, Landis | STG1 | 1976 – 1980 | AS | Plankowner |
| Gagnon, Timmy | SM1 | 1976 – 1979 | OPS/OC | Plankowner; Retired in 1999 off of the USS Detroit. The best times I had were on the Radford. |
| McCollum, John | YN2 | 1976 – 1979 | ENG | Plank Owner. |
| Logue, Charlie | ETN2 | 1976 – Dec 2, 1978 | OE | Plank Owner, Al Baughman's remarks brought back a lot of memories. |
| McGuiness, Kelley | SA | 1976 – 1978 | Deck | Met a lot of good people in those days, and we found some really old, and bad, photos. You might see yourself ://www.kelleyandsusan.com/achived_files/RadfordScans/album/index.html |
| Holder, Ken | GSE2 (SW) | 1976 – 1980 | E | Plankowner. My first ship. |
| Britton, Bruce | RM2 | 1976 – 1978 | communications | If any of my shipmates are interested in contacting me you can reach me at Libra7072@comcast.net feel free to send me a email |
| Carpenter, Ronald | E-3 | 1976 – 1979 | DECK | I WAS A PLANKOWNER AND LOVED MY SHIP AND THE NAVY ,THEN UNFORTUNATE CORSE OF EVENTS SEPERATED ME FROM THE NAVY. so those that remember some of the good times...party on dudes |
| Calandros, Louis G | HT-2 | 1976 – 1980 | R-Div | Plankowner |
| Hurder, David | QM2 | 1976 – Mar 8, 1979 | NAVIGATION | Plank owner |
| Shattuck, Rick | RM3 | 1976 – 1978 | OPS | 1st Duty - Great group of guys in Radio and the ET's...missed commissioning by 2 days... had great fun in Pascagoula..and Norfolk. - Plank Owner of the Moosbrugger DD980.. |
| Parrish, Chief | ETC | 1976 – 1980 | OE | Best bunch of ET/DS ever. Forgot to thank you all when I left. So, thanks guys. |
| Goodwin, Rowel | STG3 | 1976 – | OP | Sonar Technician, Plank owner. Many fond memories looking back. Sad to see that she's been sunk. |
| Malecek, David | IC3 | Jan 1976 – Aug 1976 | Pre-comm group | When the Navy figured out, I no longer had my automatic 2-year extension in effect. Me having 11 Months left in enlistment and ship Commissioning delayed till June 1977. I was shipped out. |
| Burger, Dennis | OS3 | Jan 2, 1976 – Jan 18, 1979 | OI | |
| Mort, George W | IC3 | Feb 14, 1976 – Apr 1, 1978 | E | Plankowner |
| Wells, Lawrence (Larry) | SK2 | Feb 16, 1976 – Sep 5, 1979 | SUPPLY | OPTAR RECORDS KEEPER.. QUOTE NO ORDER TOO BIG, NO ORDER TOO SMALL, NO 1250 , NO ORDER AT ALL LT SOUL WAS THE BEST SUPPLY OFFICER EVER WORKED FOR.. PLANKOWNER |
| Conway, Charles | RM2 | Mar 1976 – Oct 1978 | OC | Plankowner |
| Houston, Daniel | EN2 | Mar 1976 – Aug 1979 | Engineering | Started out at Carter Hall, to hole #2, ended up work center supervisor of the oil shack, youngest on the ship! Like Ricky Lee (Lavrado) said RIP Danny Aughtman, his funeral was the only time I had pride in uniform plank |
| Euratte, Douglas | SEAMAN | Mar 1, 1976 – May 14, 1980 | ||
| Sewell, Floyd/mongo | QM3 | Mar 5, 1976 – Oct 9, 1979 | Admin/Nav | Precommission was easy but once we got her life changed. Haze Gray and Underway. We buffed the overhead on the finest lady afloat. |
| Amey, Douglas | MS2 | Mar 10, 1976 – Sep 18, 1979 | Supply | Remember the Galloping Bear Show,Italian Omelets with wops of seaonings. Funny pies and cakes. Plank Owner departing |
| Donaldson, Jerry(Muskrat) | E6 SM1 | Mar 10, 1976 – May 15, 1978 | OC | What a duty station! Anyone up 4 a reunion? |
| Charron, Paul | MS 2 | Mar 15, 1976 – Sep 16, 1979 | Supply | learned firefighting in the navy and made a career of it. |
| Smith, H. Lee | OSC | Apr 1, 1976 – Jan 1, 1981 | OI | Great tour as LCPO of the best OI Division! |
| Monroe, Daryl | HT2 | Apr 24, 1976 – Aug 20, 1979 | R | Plankower |
| Barker, Raleigh | ENFN | May 1976 – Jun 1979 | A-Div AC&R\EVAPS | Was a retread after 3 yrs off USS Midway, came back for more adventure. Remember the young man D. Aughtmann shot outside Portsmouth Shipyard Sept. 76. Fire aboard shortly after returning to Ingalls. |
| Miller, Wesley | ETR2 | Jun 15, 1976 – Feb 18, 1978 | Operations | An experience that has directed the course of my life . |
| Lachapelle, Jay | GSM | Jul 4, 1976 – Jun 18, 1979 | Enginering engine room #2 | Pre-com and plank owner, eng room#2. Great times and great guys. Still have my cruise books and plank owners certificate, also the navigaton set Lavrado borrowed from some officer...lol. RIP Dan and all who are gone. |
| Lavrado, Rick | E3 | Jul 7, 1976 – Jul 7, 1980 | engineering | PLANK OWNER being part of the commisioning crew with a 20 year desk capt. on his 1st ship it was tough. show boat where ever we went, spic+span fore and aft.bad luck ship even in the 70's. R.I.P. DANNY AUTMAN. |
| Robertson, Robbie | EN3 | Jul 19, 1976 – Jun 19, 1980 | A gang | Plank owner and met a lot of good people there. Looking back I did enjoy the life on board ship. I went into the navy a young boy and thanks to the 1 class and chiefs I came out a man with a good work ethic. Thanks guys. |
| Casteel, Steven | SK3 | Aug 1976 – Dec 11, 1979 | 1st/Supply | Plank Owner and Lamps Storekeeper as well as storeroom storekeeper Welfare and Rec member |
| Pavek, Tom | IC2 | Aug 1976 – Jan 1979 | E- | Plank Owner |
| Greg, McCann | ET1 | Sep 1976 – Jul 1980 | Operations | Plankowner. Miss the fantastic crew we had. Saw where Zeruto got back after his accident, I missed his return, Personal apologies go out to Wombat, you were a good tech. Remember the bus ride in Barcelona AL? |
| Bishop, Brad | ETR3 | Sep 8, 1976 – Jan 5, 1979 | OE | Plankowner |
| Monaghan, John | MS3 | Sep 23, 1976 – | supply | plalnk owner, proud to be a plank owner, and proud to have served with the team we had. |
| Robertson, Robert J. | EN3 | Sep 30, 1976 – Jul 19, 1980 | Eng A-Gang | This is "GO NAVY" We are trying to get people to meet for a sinking meeting E-mail RRobertson40@cfl.rr.com or john.McCollum@dads.state.tx.us I really enjoyed my time on board ship and I am a plank owner. |
| Baughman, Al | ET1 | Nov 1976 – Aug 1979 | OE | In the 25 yrs since I left DD968, I 've never had the pleasure of working with such an outstanding group of people as we had in OE. That goes from CW03 Quijada down to the lowly Wombat. |
| Goodin, Ed | SK2 | Nov 1, 1976 – Mar 16, 1980 | Supply - S-1 | Plankowner; OPTAR Storekeeper |
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