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USS Peterson (DD 969) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Peterson (DD 969). 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 647 crew members registered for the USS Peterson (DD 969).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – 1993 | 1994 – 1995 | 1996 – 1998 | 1999 – 2000 | 2001 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrabito, Michael M. | SH3 | 1978 – 1982 | 1st & Supply | |
| Kinsman, Pete | OS2 | Feb 1978 – Jul 20, 1981 | OI "Bridge-Combt, new surf contact """" | Ol' sailrs sit an reminisce 'bout how thngs wer on PP Of the thngs they'v seen an plcs they'v bin when they venturd out 2 sea. Ah..Athens Ouzo, GoldSouq Bahrain, Palma D Mallorca 'Ladies'..Chas, Kely, BobT.n-Shpmts Sail On |
| Thornton, David | ETR3 | Mar 1978 – Jun 1979 | OE | Enjoyed my short time aboard Pete. I was on during trip to GITMO, Haiti, and Halafax. |
| Johnson, Charles/ Cj | RM2 | Mar 1978 – Sep 26, 1982 | OC/OPS | |
| Lee, Ron | BM 3 | Mar 3, 1978 – Mar 18, 1980 | Deck Ape | Where the hell you been buddy? |
| Hill, Gary | FTG3 | Apr 1978 – Aug 1981 | G | It would be great to hear from some of the guys in weapons from 1977-81. Serving on the Pete was quite an experience that I'll never forget. |
| Rhodes, Roger (Dusty) | FTM2 | Apr 1978 – Jun 1982 | Fox Division | Good times never seem to last! Good friends are hard to forget! I'm proud to have been a crew member of the "Proud Pete". |
| Carpenter, Greg | E5/GMM | Jun 1978 – Aug 1979 | GM | I was one of three GMMs. Myself, Mike Moran, and David Graff. I came aboard while we were in dry dock at Portsmouth. I'm in the cruise book. Anyone who will, please drop me a line. |
| Stevens, Ralph | OS2-OSC | Jun 16, 1978 – Nov 4, 1982 | OI | |
| Shabazz, Omar | E3 | Jun 29, 1978 – Jul 31, 1981 | C.I.C. | Peterson gave me life lessons and I Learned WELL Nice guys come in last!!! |
| Walker, Ryan (Yoda) | FTG2 | Aug 1978 – Jul 1982 | G | |
| Alexander, Godfrey [alex] | ET3 | Sep 1978 – Dec 1978 | OPS | TAD between ET 'A' School and Nuke School |
| McLean Jr., Charles | STG-2 | Sep 1, 1978 – Oct 18, 1981 | Second | Miss the Pete, sorry she's gone.My e-mail address is subchaser@comcast.net. Moose, Primate, Shep, Arrabito. Look at the names. What a flashback. |
| Blackman, Richard | LT | Sep 1, 1978 – Oct 1980 | Weapons Department | |
| Mickelson, John | LT(jg) | Oct 1978 – Mar 1982 | Guns/DCA | The Proud Pete, what a contrast, professional, hard working, but partied hard. Some of the Wardroom antics still make me laugh. Have stayed in touch with Capt Grunwald. Couldn't have had a better Div Officer tour. |
| Shepherd, Mark | STG1 | Oct 20, 1978 – Jun 24, 1981 | CA | Chief Billy Dodge was a good chief for sonar gang. Captain Grunwald was in command. The commissioning CO was Captain Steven K. Chadwick and was the best afloat CO this navy has ever seen. |
| Harvin, Mark | E-5 | Oct 28, 1978 – Jun 21, 1982 | navigation | Had some great times and made some good friends for life. Being on the peterson was something special. Today I am a pastor married with a great family. I really treasure the time I spent aboard the Proud Pete. |
Theriault, Bobby  | DS2 | Nov 5, 1978 – Apr 20, 1982 | OE | Great and not so great memories. 3 cruises on Pete, now looking for those I sailed with. Looking for ET2 Robert Miller and DS2 Randy Steele. Contact me at (bobbyt@fullchannel.net works) Where's the OPS boss Chair? I know! |
| Whiteley, Thomas | GMT AND GMG | Nov 13, 1978 – Feb 4, 1981 | Weapons | Missing the Swoffard, Stan, Rerun, Chief Pete, Griffen, Smith,Young and the whole lot of you. Don't miss sleeping in 1st Division. Fair winds and Following seas, "twhite0522@comcast.net |
| Johnson, Charles Cj | RM3 | Nov 15, 1978 – Sep 10, 1982 | oc | |
| Mehr, Tom | ms2 | Dec 11, 1978 – Sep 7, 1981 | supply | i too am a proud "british embassy raider". chris vargas and i had many a party at our apt. across from odu. had a blast on that ship. |
| Witzenfeld, Jack | HM1 | 1979 – 1982 | ||
| May, Michael | 1979 – 1981 | A | Pete was first ship, Came on pete in Baharan. made Med/IO had yard period to get rope off prop in Grease. Did 2nd Med/Io and got transfered left ship in Baharan. Anyone here from Mingo (gromp) or Mike Sadlon EN2, or ENC Martin E-mail if you know me | |
| May, Kenneth | RM2 | 1979 – 1982 | OC01 | Charnota, you're a knucklehead! It was Mazzoco!! Billy was great! Worked hard, played hard on the Pete! Mooned "Washing Machine Charlie" in the Straits. Full power was AWESOME! BEWARE OF JET BLAST! RIP PETE! |
| Webb, David (Spider) | CTR1 | 1979 – | Operations | DIRSUP Supervisor. Moved to AGF3 LaSalle after that in same position. |
| Call, Dave | SK2 | Jan 5, 1979 – Sep 20, 1982 | 1st and S-1 | Without question, my experience on PP was defining...(in retrospect:>) Great crew... great times... lifelong memories! The proverbial phrase: Work hard/Play hard was alive and well... Godspeed to all! |
| Ledon, Raul | GSE2 | Apr 1979 – Sep 1980 | Engineering | Great ship, great bunch of guys |
| Manzella, Ken, "doc" | HM2 | Apr 7, 1979 – Mar 10, 1981 | Medical | Worked with Jack Witzenfeld in sickbay and really enjoyed my tour. What a terrific group of guys. We had so much fun, the poker games, playing in the Peterson Band in Bahrain. Any of you shipmates want to contact me, feel free. |
| Kilpatrick, Wes | STG2 | May 1979 – Dec 1980 | 2nd | |
| Wegwert, Paul | DS3 | May 1979 – 1982 | OE | |
| Steadman, Mark "Moose" | ET2 | May 18, 1979 – Dec 6, 1982 | OE | One heck of a ship, one hell of a crew!! A proud member of the "Embassy Raiders"!! Glad the reunions are happening. |
| Kilpatrick, Wes (Killer) | STG2 | Jun 1979 – Dec 1980 | 2nd Div | |
| James, Chris | GMG3 | Aug 1979 – Mar 25, 1983 | 2ND | I HAVE MANY MEMORIES OF MY TIME ON PROUD PETE FROM THE TIME WHEN THE CO AND XO SHOT AT A SHARK OFF THE STARBOARD BRIDGE WING TO THE IRANIAN DESTROYER SAILING ALONGSIDE US GOING INTO THE GULF. MISS MY 2ND DIV BUDS TOO. |
| Van Horn, Vincent | PO3 | Sep 15, 1979 – Jul 31, 1981 | Propulsion Engineering( Engine Rooms) | Hi guys! It's been a long time. I would like to hear from some of my friends like Jim"Hambone" Hammond& Turtle both of the Electrical Shop. My e-mail is here. Take care gang~ |
| Astrab, Robert | EM2 | Sep 15, 1979 – Nov 30, 1982 | Engineering | Saw the Pete on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico couldn't believe my eyes. Had been 33 years since I had seen her . Brings back lots of memories |
| Mooney, Joe | QM2 | Sep 27, 1979 – May 27, 1983 | nav | came to pete fresh out of high school became a man. think about you guys all the time, mark harvin ,paul gore,and alvin pyron.greatest ship ever. I was proud to serve with all of you. |
| Shepherd, Mark | STG2 / STG1 | Oct 2, 1979 – Feb 12, 1982 | 2nd | Was married aboard "Pete" Oct. 2, 1981 in the C.O.'s in-port cabin. |
| Kunesh, Tom | CTI3 | Dec 1979 – | Operations | Russian/Farsi linguist for Outlaw Camel out of Rota ... in&out of the Gulf for 2.5 years ... nicest, most modern & best air-conditioned ship in the Indian Ocean at the time ... as i recall the crew didn't like to talk with in&out spooks. |
| Charnota, Tom | RM2 | Dec 29, 1979 – Jun 5, 1981 | OC | Wildest bunch I've ever met, Mazco you pig you. |
| Willard, Barney | RM2 | 1980 – 1982 | Ops | The Gulf |
| Cook, William (Bill) | EN | 1980 – 1982 | A-Gang | |
| Ryals, Rex | GSM1 | 1980 – 1983 | MP | |
| Vanderbrook, Michelangelo | BS3 | 1980 – 1982 | Craziest time I spent in the Navy | |
| Green, Monte | GMG2 | 1980 – 1984 | G | looking for steve stanley. i keep in touch with gale bushman (pc), mark radcliff (bm), tim radcliff (tm) |
| Hawkins, Ed | GSM2 | 1980 – 1983 | Oil Lab | Had some good times -- lost touch with everyone. Anyone remember the good times? Anyone heard from Tim Ciciora?? Bob Blackstock? |
| Creech, Ron | BM | Jan 1980 – Jan 31, 1983 | 1st | I came of age on the Pete, and will never forget the guidance of Chief Street, Mr. Zurey, and a host of others. |
| Vanderbrook, Michelangelo | BM3 | Jan 1980 – 1982 | 1st | Great times, rotten times... I'm the guy that did huge paintings and various artys stuff around the ship. |
| Evans, Thomas Wayne | RM3 | Feb 1980 – Dec 4, 1983 | OC | Took Radio Shack Thru GTIMO 83 And First Shipyard Period |
| Bailey, Richard | OS3 | Mar 6, 1980 – Feb 15, 1985 | OI-O1 | Here lately wondering where and the folks I served with on Proud Pete are doing these days. |
| Radcliff, Tim | TM3 | Mar 15, 1980 – Nov 7, 1983 | Wepons | GOOD OLD PETE.ALWAYS UNDERWAY...BUT GOOD TIMES. PALMA SPAIN,TOTALED A CAR WITH MARK STEADMAN AND KENNY LONGSHORE. MOOSE GIVE ME A SHOOT. AND IF ANYONE KNOW WHERE PAUL GRIFFIN IS GIVE ME AN E-MAIL. |
| Tapp, Charles | MSSA | Apr 21, 1980 – Oct 3, 1983 | Supply-1 | I was sad to hear the Proud Pete was used for target practice.I'm sorry I didn't serve my shipmates as well as you all served me and this great country we live in.Thankyou,for your service,Great Americans. |
| Ratliff, Dale Rat | AD2 | Apr 29, 1980 – Mar 30, 1981 | HSL-34 DET-1 | INCHOP Rota liberty lasted 4 hours back to the ship hand cuffed and leg ironed,What a night! |
| Gore, Paul | QM2 | May 1980 – Feb 24, 1984 | Navigation | Proud Pete was the best in the fleet, a piece of me went to the bottom with her. Was proud to serve with the crew from 80 to 84 they are some of the best people I have ever known. |
| Combs, Robert | EW-1 | May 1980 – Sep 30, 1981 | OE | Joined the ship in 1980 just before the '81 deployment. Worked for Steve Carb___. Bronco what ever happened to you? |
| Lane, Michael | EW2 | May 1980 – May 1981 | OE | |
| Leopardi, Eugene,leo | MSSN E-3 | May 15, 1980 – Nov 1, 1981 | supply MS | Remember the pizza parties? And private movies? |
| Walsh, Mike | HT2 | May 19, 1980 – Jun 24, 1983 | Repair | to all you Squids from the '80-81 Persian Gulf Deployment, Have A "Good Peterson Day" |
| Hawkins, Norm | ENS | Jun 1980 – Mar 1983 | OC | Thanks to all for making me a sailor. |
| Penvose, Kevin | STG2 | Jun 10, 1980 – Sep 20, 1981 | Second | I can't believe they used the Greatest ship in the U.S. Navy as a target!! I'll never forget the day we left the Persian Gulf and flew the Mickey Mouse Flag, saying, - - - - IRAN. penvosekb@yahoo.com |
| Lockhart, Paul | GMT2 | Jun 15, 1980 – Aug 15, 1982 | ||
| Street, A.f. | BMC | Jun 30, 1980 – Jun 30, 1985 | 1st CPO | The best ship I ever served on , in 24 year carrer. , |
| Schultz, Daniel | YN1 | Jul 1980 – Nov 1981 | Admin | |
| Seery, Kevin | LT | Jul 1980 – Dec 1983 | Fox/CIC | Yes, Joe Valach, I knew about the Penthouse. |
| Stewart, Dean | FTM 3 | Jul 15, 1980 – Jul 14, 1982 | Weapons | It seemed like we were always underway on the Peterson. Great crew, good friends; sad to see her decommisioned. |
| Shinn, Steve | STG1 | Aug 1980 – Apr 1983 | A | Movies on the flight deck while patroling the Straits of Hormuz...Beer in the Boat...who can forget? |
| Raines, Biff | DSC (SW) | Aug 1980 – Feb 1984 | OE | Best ship in the world to make Chief on! GOD BLESS THE PETERSON CHIEFS! |
| Steele, Randy | DS2 | Aug 1980 – Jul 1982 | oe | |
| Curcio, Pete | FN | Aug 26, 1980 – Mar 30, 1984 | E | Worked in the Electric Shop. Was Movie Operator. |
| Huntington, Donald | SENIOR AIRMAN | Nov 1980 – Dec 1980 | Voice intercept | I was an Air Force Persian linguist on TDY for about 10 weeks. I cross-decked from the LaSalle to the Pete. I filled in for Tom Donohue so he could get some r & r. I loved being in the navy for a couple months. |
| Womack, Pat | OS2 | Nov 1980 – Jun 1985 | OI | |
| Ploegstra, Mark | GSM1 | Nov 30, 1980 – Aug 20, 1985 | MP | I will never forget my days aboard "Proud Pete". Had some really good times and made some good friends. Too bad she's nothing but a memory now. |
| Jumbelick, Edward A. | E6/OS1 | Dec 4, 1980 – Mar 30, 1984 | OI | First Sea Command. |
| Crane, Kevin | OS2 | Dec 15, 1980 – Jun 16, 1985 | OPS DIVISION |
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