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USS Caron (DD 970) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Caron (DD 970). 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 606 crew members registered for the USS Caron (DD 970).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 – 1995 | 1996 – 1998 | 1999 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follette, Robert | CTA1(SW) | 1984 – 1987 | OT | A good ship with an outstanding crew. Would be willing to serve with you guys again. |
| Throop, Keith | GMT3 | 1984 – 1986 | Combat Systems | The Lord saved me when I was aboard the Carron, and I met my wife when we visited Haifa, Israel in '85. You could say my whole life changed while aboard that ship! |
| Louks, Gerry | EN-3 | 1984 – 1986 | A-gang | Great ship and crew, lots of fun, wish I would have stayed. You were right ENC. |
| Franklin, Steven | EW3 | 1984 – 1987 | OT | enjoyed my time on the "CAN DO" hope all my shipmates are are doing well |
| Bradley, Ervin | RM2 | 1984 – 1987 | OC01 | Caron was my first ship and by far the best. The guys in the Radio Shack were second to none. |
| Helms, Stephan | Bm3 | 1984 – 1988 | 1st | Helms on the helm Love to hear from some of you guys! helmsstephan@yahoo.com |
| Meyers, Ron | GMG2 (SW) | 1984 – 1987 | Combat Systems | |
| Davis, Paul A | FN SN SM3 | Jan 1984 – Jun 1988 | MER1/SIGS | A beautiful ship,a great crew, and terrific memories. |
| Sanders, Blakeney "blake" | GMGSR | Jan 1984 – Jul 1984 | Gunnery | I will never forget Lebenon. |
| Hughes, Joey | RM3 | Jan 1984 – Jun 19, 1987 | oc | Had a great time onboard and met some great people. med cruise, panama,PR,and everyother place we went. I will never forget the old radio shack. |
Zittlow, Cory  | GSM1(SW) | Jan 4, 1984 – Nov 15, 1987 | MP | I also returned from 01/91 thru 01/93!!! |
| Johnston, Reggie | SHSN/SH2 | Jan 5, 1984 – Jul 10, 1985 | SUPPLY | I will never forget USS CARON DD970. Norfolk, Va. 1984 to 1985. RIP CARON. |
| Fox, Bob | LT | Feb 1984 – Sep 1986 | Disbursing/Sales Officer | Great Crew, exciting times! |
| Soper, Dan | DK2 | Feb 1984 – May 1987 | GREAT 3 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE CARON. | |
| Sanders, Blakeney | GMGSR | Feb 1984 – Jul 1984 | Weapons | I really learned alot from everyone before going back to C and A school. I will never forget Lebanon. |
| Dolence, Don | GMCM | Feb 1, 1984 – Apr 10, 1986 | "G" and Command Master Chief | Remember the 591 rounds of NGFS in Lebannon? The record for MK45 rapid fire is still held by the Caron. Resd the book "Electgronic Greyhound" to learn the things we did that were SECRET then. Thanks for the memories! |
| Churchill, Perry - Aka Sharkbait | SM2(SW) | Mar 1984 – Jan 27, 1989 | OPS | What a fricken great time it was. Caron was the BEST ship. Commander Harlow rocked as a Captain. Anyone out there still have the video tape of us getting rammed? My fricken ex tape a soap opera over it. Im going in the army as a medic |
| Neal, Jimmy | FC3 | Mar 15, 1984 – Jun 26, 1987 | 2nd | Wow they SUNK her? what a sad ending.. She was a great ship, Made lots of friends and memories! |
| Grant, Larry | SK2 | Mar 15, 1984 – Apr 20, 1985 | S 1 | Only there for a short time but good tour, good crew. |
| Stevens, Glenn "Beaker" | BM2 | Apr 1984 – Apr 1987 | 1st | I enjoyed most of my time on board the Caron. Even the cheats at spades, Sinclair!Dunn! Fuckers. |
| Martin, Eric | TM3 | Apr 1984 – 1986 | WEAPONS | |
| Smith, Jay | ET3 | May 1, 1984 – May 30, 1984 | CSE | |
| Farthing, Jeff | RM2 | May 1, 1984 – Feb 15, 1986 | OC Division | |
| Fiory, Jeffrey | E5/ET2 | Jun 1984 – Nov 1988 | CSE | |
| Pappas, Keith | FC 2,3. | Jun 1984 – Jan 28, 1988 | ||
| Cooper, Mike | E2 | Jun 1984 – Jun 1985 | 1st | |
| Churchill, Perry (Sharkbait) | SM2 (SW) | Jun 1, 1984 – Jan 29, 1989 | Ops | Great time onboard. Top notch crew. Comdr. Harlow was the best Capt any crew could ask for. Libya, El Salvador and the Russians that can't drive. LEO Ops, what a blast. Tony Connors where are you |
| Oshaughnessy, Richard (Doc) | HM1/HMC(SW) | Jun 10, 1984 – Dec 10, 1987 | Medical | Can't believe she's gone. Couldn't have served on a better ship, with a better crew, or with a better CO (CDR Lou Harlow). Great bunch of guys in the First Class Mess, then again in the Chief's Mess. My best Navy memories are wi |
| Holland, Bernie | ET2 | Jul 1, 1984 – Jul 1, 1987 | CSE | Good ship, great friends and some unbelievables experiences. |
| Childs, Jeff | CTT2(SW) | Aug 1984 – Sep 1987 | Outboard | Missin the good times. My OB-SESS-ion |
| McGarry, Tom/mac | CTR1(SW) | Aug 24, 1984 – Apr 22, 1988 | OT Division | Great ship had a great tour we did a lot of good steaming! Gulf of Sidra, Black Sea! |
| Reeh, Friedrich / Friedy | E-5 HULL TECH | Sep 16, 1984 – Sep 16, 1989 | repair | great memories. great ship. would love to here from old shipmates |
| Mickelson, Steve | LT | Oct 1984 – Sep 1987 | DCA, Guns, MPA | Great ship, great crew and wonderful memories. |
| Thomas, Tony | GMG2 | Oct 1984 – May 13, 1988 | combat sys | |
| Hendrickson, Brice | E4/HT3 | Oct 20, 1984 – Jul 25, 1987 | Engineering | The Caron was a great ship.Had some great times.Would like to know what happened to Phillip Ault aka Eddie Munster. |
| Fleming, Wert | GSM2 | Dec 23, 1984 – Feb 28, 1990 | MP | She may be gone, but will never be forgotten. |
| Throop, Keith | GMT3 | 1985 – 1987 | Combat Systems | |
| Bright, John | GMG2 | 1985 – 1990 | csg1 | |
| Dipietro, Anthony (Tony) | MS3 | 1985 – Oct 1988 | supply | good memories,black sea ops |
| Timmons, Todd | PC3 | 1985 – 1989 | 1st / supply | I sometimes grasp yesterdays. No cares, great friends, free travel, free rent, "way too much drinking", and sweating it all out burned by the sun,,and lifting weights. |
| Deitrich, Donald | OS3 | Feb 1985 – May 1988 | OIO1 | She was the best. Second to none!!She was always ready for duty and did her job well. She deserved better than to be sank! God bless all those who served aboard her. |
| Mcgraw, Greg | OS2 | Feb 1985 – Oct 9, 1989 | OI | An amazing tour. No doubt the best DD in the fleet. Cadillac Caron and the Harlow years. Will always have the memories. |
| Lorenzen, Richard, Richi | MS3 | Feb 1985 – 1988 | Supply | Great Memories on board the Cadillac of The Fleet , We Were the Combat Cooks .. Navy Strong ! |
| Irvine, Michael D. | OS1 | Feb 1, 1985 – Jun 30, 1986 | OI | Tough period of time in my life. Told ya all the new XO would make things better, but life would be tough while he was doing it, Thank you XO, you did a great job. I retired in 1995 as an OSC, now I can just hang out and play my guitar, life's gre |
| Eichholtz, Danny R. | GMC(SW) | Feb 3, 1985 – Nov 23, 1988 | CSG | The finest crew and Captain I ever served with. The Cadillac Caron era with Capt. Harlow |
| Eichholtz, Danny | GMGC | Feb 5, 1985 – Dec 7, 1987 | CSG | LCPO and Acting DIVO .Great friends, crew, CPO Mess and Brother duty. Proud to have served under Capt. Lou Harlow on the Cadillac of the fleet and hardest steaming Spruance of the fleet. Kudo's to the best GM and FC.. |
| Logan, Martin | SKSN/SK3 | Mar 1985 – Dec 1988 | Supply | Simply the best ship in the fleet! Looking at the list of my shipmates brings back alot of wonderful memories! You guys were the best! |
| Piergallini, Pat /seaman Striker | FC1 | Mar 1, 1985 – Sep 18, 1989 | CSG | Great times. Carlson, Rohrer, Cover, Cole, King, Countryman, The Muse, All the GMs Fred Morris. 0000-0400 roving patrol eating wardroom food. MK86 5/54s on target hi scores. Moroccan in Palma ppiergallini@aol.com |
| Ralph, Kent Ralphyboy | GMGSN | Mar 15, 1985 – Oct 11, 1985 | guns | What a ship, with the great can do spirit, lots os great guys and great friends. I miss the good times, miss you all. Sad to see her gone but hey the spirit is still with all the shipmates. Please feel free to e-mail me |
| Ross, Ben | QM2 (SW) | Apr 1985 – Nov 28, 1988 | Navigation | Was proud to serve!!!! |
| Cryer, Petey (Ptsd) | OS | May 1985 – May 1988 | CIC | FUCK ALL YOU BASTARDS!! JUST KIDDING! :-) |
| Finney, Timothy (Biggfinn) | FTG2 | May 1985 – May 1987 | Gunnery Division was a blast to work in! We worked hard and partied hard !!! | |
| Latsch, Jimmy | RM2 | May 1, 1985 – Aug 1, 1990 | Operations | Reserve time. |
| Jones, Kelley | EN1(SW | Jun 1985 – Sep 1988 | A gang./ Mp (oil lab) | It's awesome that so many remember the fun times and adventure of the Uss Yorktown and the unknown destroyer |
| Dittmer, Chuck | ET2 | Jun 10, 1985 – Oct 10, 1990 | CSE | Ahhhh New Orleans, MED |
| Lacroix, Kevin | MR3/E-4 | Jun 15, 1985 – Apr 3, 1987 | Engineering | Overall had a good time. The CAron was the best ship of the three I served on. |
| Highbaugh, Max | STG2 (SW) | Jul 1985 – Jul 1987 | CSA | Hands down, the best ship I ever served on. Deserved better than her fate. Would love to hear from my old ship mates. |
| Del Plato, Chip | IS1 | Jul 1985 – Feb 1989 | OI | |
| Bausman, Mark | DS3 | Jul 1985 – Aug 1989 | CSE | |
| Hoyles, Douglas | E5/OS2 | Jul 10, 1985 – Jan 29, 1990 | OI | |
| Hoyles, Douglas | OS2 | Jul 28, 1985 – Feb 22, 1990 | OI | |
| Zamora, Rodolfo A | DK3 | Aug 1985 – Dec 1987 | S-4 | Great Ship, had a good time playing with the Ruskies in the black sea. |
| Ridgeway, Ronald | MR1 | Aug 1985 – Jul 1988 | ||
| Smith, Smitty Jim | Ms3 | Aug 1985 – Apr 1989 | Supply | Who can forget Chief Williams ( I can) Combat cooks. and 2 Meds It was awsome. Love to hear from any one of you S,send me a E-mail |
| Johannsen, Michael | GMG2 | Aug 1985 – Jan 23, 1988 | Weapons | Best times of my life (almost) |
| Dodd, Tony | GMM3 SW | Sep 1985 – May 1989 | Combat Systems | GMM's Rule! Cecale/Cavin/Eicholtz/Walker/GMCShackett. Good friends-Krog/Oconnell/Roberts,Best buds,Timmons/Grinvalsky. Basketball mates, Cream/Bowser/Cryer/Grissett/Marable/Payton/Perkins/Sessoms/Sullivan. Loved all the good times. Miss the trip |
| Dodd, Tony | GMM3 (SW) | Sep 1985 – May 1989 | Combat Systems | treasured times, friendships, cruises & sights. my first ship out of bootcamp/school, caught here in izmir turkey. wonderful crew, beautiful ship and awesome ports of call. |
| Anderson, Robert | PN3 | Sep 6, 1985 – Sep 30, 1987 | NAV/ADMIN | Best ship I served on out of five outstanding ships and crews. |
| Chandler, Bernie | BM1 | Oct 1985 – Nov 1989 | 1ST | Stayed 20 years. Caron was the best, miss the guys Stevens,Neal,Taylor,Judge,Nelson,Long,my Chinese Red Neck Chung Wa Ng, BMC Foote. All great guys. Ht1 Scott and his bunch were the best. GMG's were wild and crazy. Best of luck to everyone. |
| White, Vincent | RM-3 | Nov 10, 1985 – Apr 22, 1988 | ||
| Richardville, Michael | FAGSM | Nov 18, 1985 – Oct 18, 1988 | fa gsm | |
| Rodriguez, Harry | PC3 | Dec 1985 – 1988 | Admin | Quite an experience. Enjoyed it. Kind of needed it. Good memories. |
| Myers, Kevin | GMGSN | Dec 15, 1985 – Mar 15, 1986 | gunners mate | served on the caron,looking for my old chief and some of th guys i served with |
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