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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS John Young (DD 973). 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 681 crew members registered for the USS John Young (DD 973).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 – 1994 | 1995 – 1996 | 1997 – 1998 | 1999 – 2000 | 2001 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin, Terry | IC2 | 1982 – 1985 | E | |
| Hope, Craig | OS1 | 1982 – 1987 | OI | When I saw the bone being deep sixed, I could hear Megaphone Lima hollar, "PILKINGTON" OPs Div of the 80s check in with BVER at chope16749@aol.com - Reunionex at Cebu PI. |
| Timson, Ed | BMSN | 1982 – 1984 | DECK | Man I miss P.I. What a place to turn 21. "Second to None" I am looking to contact a few from this boat. |
| Saffer, Brian | OSSN | 1982 – | I Was in love with the Navy, and the fellowship of the honorable sailors of this vessel. I seek anyone onboard this ship, that was a victim of the abuse of power of her CO CDR KENNETH M. VIAFORE. I like you was denied my dream by this man. Contact me | |
| Hush, William | HM3 | 1982 – 1985 | medical | I'll always remember |
| Regner, (rags) Mike | OS2 | 1982 – 1983 | OI | |
| Dubuc, Ken | LT | 1982 – 1985 | A Gang | I will never forget that Westpac. It was an honor to serve on the Bone and it was sad to see her go. |
| Slingo, Andrew | OS3 | 1982 – 1985 | OPS | I will never forget Thailand or the Phillipines. Crazy times! Richard Stratus, what are you doing now old boy. Almost got arrested in Mexico with the man. Another fine memory! |
| Kennedy, Mike | EN2 | Jan 1982 – Jan 1984 | A | Great times. Had alot of fun in A-gang. I remember we had 3 EN1s on there at the same time. Was lots of fun to cause friction between them. |
| Ramirez, Ron | BM2 | Mar 1982 – Dec 1984 | 1st | |
| Root, Lee | SKSN | May 1982 – Dec 23, 1985 | SUPPLY | I REGRET NOT STAYING IN THE USN, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANY OTHERS I SERVED WITH THANK YOU. |
| Gini, Jeff | IC3 | May 1982 – Aug 1985 | E | |
| Mazza, Vincent | BM/QM3 | May 1, 1982 – | nav | was transferred coming off leave to ship on west pac. never had chance to say good bye to many. BUT, thanks for the memories |
| Holliday, Mitchell (Doc) | GMG1 | May 1, 1982 – Aug 15, 1985 | Weapons | |
| Plummer, Kenneth | TM1(SW) Kenneth Plummer(Retired) | May 7, 1982 – Sep 16, 1985 | CA | I miss my asroc team Ayers/ Redman/Stringer/Cardona and me Plummer/They were all like brothers to me and I repected them highly.Stringer/Ayers/Redman were great mentors.I enjoyed my years with them. |
| Owens, Jim | HT2 | May 10, 1982 – Aug 12, 1985 | R Division | It's pretty cool seeing the names and quotes from crew members that I served with on the Bone. |
| Holliday, Mitchell "doc" | GMG1 | May 30, 1982 – Aug 25, 1985 | ||
| Murphy, Shaun | GSM1 | Aug 1982 – Aug 1984 | Engineering | Not my favorite command. |
| Gift, Steven/gipper | RM3 | Sep 1982 – Nov 1986 | OPERATIONS | miss EVERYONE!!.....ALMOST!, LOVED SEEING THE WORLD AND THIS SHIP WAS AWSUM!!!!!! |
| Cardona, Paul Comnavmexpac | GMC (Ret) | Dec 1982 – Jul 1986 | Weapons | Great memories on the John Young. Great guys to spend a lot of time with, Kieth Ayers, Joe Jones, Fred Redman, and the "Bear" you all know who you are. 11 years active duty and 15 active reserve . Amen |
| Fisher, Timothy | FTM2 | 1983 – 1985 | Best cruise I did in the navy. Retired 1997 FCC | |
| Shimer, Bradley | OS 2 | 1983 – 1987 | Operations | |
| Anderson, Eric/oldman | E-4/OS | 1983 – 1987 | Deck/Ops | Got sunk as a target? What a F'N waste. I remember being on the Bridge during GQ once & Oingo Boingo Burgoyne came to report that his Repair Party had secured from GQ !! HaHa the Captain's head damn near exploded with rage Haha fun fun !! |
| Kilgallen, Patrick (Killer) | ht fn | 1983 – Feb 1987 | engenering | I came to the boat in 83 when we were in the yards.. Went on 1 pac, made some friends, leaerned about life.. In 87 while still on the boat I was in a wreck and never returned.. I lived i'm ok |
| Clements, Dave | QM2 | 1983 – | Nav | Hey QM and Deck Dept Bros and all other shipmates from the Bone! Saw some familiar names, wow what a blast from the past! D. Phillips, L. Van Leuwwen, Parmenter, K. Roberts, Briz, T. O'C where are you guys! God Bless! |
| King, David | MS | 1983 – Feb 1985 | SUPPLY | hello fellow boned shipmates if any of you are in san diego lets have a beer and reminiss Also if anyone still has the yearbook ill pay to get a copy so many years ago in a land far far away |
| Evans, Dennis | GSM2 | 1983 – 1986 | MP | |
| Harris, Rob | IC3 | Jan 1983 – Jul 1985 | ||
| Sides, Rick | FC1 | Jan 1983 – Sep 1985 | The Bone sucked during over haul @ Long Beach. Jam Pac 84-85 was the best cruise I made during my 20 years in. Retired FCCS(SW) 1/98. | |
| Andrews, Bret | STG3 | Jan 1983 – Sep 1986 | CA | I wish I could find some ice cold San Magu! Phil barry...get ahold me. |
| Grimes, William | RM2 | Jan 2, 1983 – Dec 11, 1986 | OC | Glad I stumbled upon this site! I've often wondered how I could find some old shipmates from my first command in the Navy. |
| Solarski, Chris (Porky) | PNSN | Jan 8, 1983 – May 20, 1984 | ADMIN | GREAT MEMORIES CAN'T BE SUNK! "Porky" says hi to all his shipmates, Seadog, Briz,Conrad, Biggy Rat, Chief Hicks, Chief Payton (thanks for the heartburn)and everybody else. I had a great time onboard "second to none"! God Bless |
| Adams, David | EW1 | Jan 10, 1983 – Oct 12, 1985 | OW | It was a good time working with a bunch of great guys, Bruce, Frank, Kirk, Kevin...too many to name. It really gave me chills seeing her go down that way. Hope to get back in touch with some of you guys. |
| Repko, Andy | E-4 | Mar 14, 1983 – Oct 31, 1985 | a-gang | all the good times in a gang |
| Osgood, Bruce | EW2 | Apr 1983 – May 1986 | OW01 | |
| Layne, Krey | EM-3 | May 1983 – Jul 1984 | What fun! Except all the cleaning! This was my first and only warship command. When we left overhaul from Long Beach in 83, we drag raced a (steamer) cruiser. We smoked them! What a roostertail!! Was the ship still clean during your duty aboard? | |
| Vanderzee, Frank | EWSN | May 1983 – Apr 1985 | OWOI | Sorry to see Big John finally take a hit. I see where Lee Root regrets leaving the NAV. C'mon LeeDogg, you crazy man?? I did have a great time with alot of good guys. Conrad's, ol' Brucie Boy, to name a few in the crowd!! West Pac 84-85 was |
| De Bos, Wybrand | MS3 | May 1983 – Jan 1986 | S-2 | Lee Root, Are still alive? How about them Conrad brothers? Hated the "Bone" while on board, but looking back, it was some of the best times. Great West Pac. in '84-'85. |
| Evans, Scott | ET2 | Jun 1983 – Oct 1986 | CE | |
| Spencer, Lee | ET2 | Jun 1983 – Oct 1987 | COMBAT SYSTEMS | ANY RADAR TECHS W/HEALTH ISSUES PLEASE CONTACT ME, I'M STARTING TO STRUGGLE. 937 238-2063 |
| Jarrett, Tom | HT-2 | Jun 1, 1983 – Mar 30, 1986 | R | |
| Barry, Phillip | stg2 | Jun 20, 1983 – Jun 20, 1987 | combat | had a blast on that loveboat cruis. still having a blast today. hope you all are to. |
| Crandall, Jim | LT | Aug 1983 – Nov 1986 | EMO | The bone was a great ship. The best crew that I ever served with. Do you remember "Megaphone Lima?" |
| Ohler, Morgan | GSE2 | Aug 1983 – Aug 1988 | MP | |
| Wilkinson, Kirk | OS3 | Aug 1983 – Dec 1985 | OI | Totally strange to find out the BONE is gone. Mostly good times, especially West-Pac. So good Cora and I have been married for 22 years. Ultimate souvenir!!! I'm old and fat, probably smoke too much and drink way too much beer!!! Not much |
| Pilkington, Robb | LT | Aug 1, 1983 – Oct 20, 1987 | Navigator / TAO | Miss the Bone..sorry to see she went down as a target. Miss those Crash Backs, Unreps and Gulf gunnery ops... |
| Long, Mike | FTG2 | Aug 19, 1983 – Jul 13, 1987 | CG/CM | |
| Woodard, Cecil | RMSN | Aug 20, 1983 – Jun 10, 1987 | Radioman | What's yn3 Kendrick this Cecil we use to hangout what is you up to these days also had a good time aboard the ship |
| Barry, Phil | STG2 | Sep 29, 1983 – Jun 29, 1987 | CA | Pearl, HongKong, subic, Thailand, manilia, rabaul, sydney, brisbane, cebu, what a trip. what a Hangover.Still makes me laugh 20 years later |
| Bodzak, David (Bo) | OS1 | Dec 1983 – Dec 1988 | OI | 1st tour - a lifetime of memories |
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