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USS Comte De Grasse (DD 974) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Comte De Grasse (DD 974). 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 352 crew members registered for the USS Comte De Grasse (DD 974).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1987 | 1988 – 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 – 1995 | 1996 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart, Gary | GSE 3 | 1982 – 1984 | M | Saw Gregs note-WOW! is right! Had a blast & can't forget the friends,the times,& the "GUT".Where is Joey,Desmond,John,Bill L,& all the other wildmen who was part of my "experience"aboard the canoe? I'LL always rem |
| Orzechowski, Terry | AT1 | 1982 – 1982 | Aviation | Not real sure about the year. It was the ship's first cruise, and I had a blast CAAN France. Do not remember too many other ports because I went to them so many times on other ships. |
| Odgers, Christopher | GSM-2 | 1982 – 1984 | MP | STANAVFORLANT Cruise was very good! |
| West, Delford | HMC | 1982 – 1985 | Medical | |
| Getty, William | E1 | 1982 – | Radioman | I was so young, wide-eyed & naive back then. Had a great experience and terrific shipmates. They helped me through things. Learned a lot, gained a lot. Very happy to have done my small part as Radioman. I miss it all. |
| Orzechowski, Terry | Jan 1982 – Dec 1982 | Aviation | I still miss everbody I knew on Comte De Grasse. I hope some of you remember me. I am not sure about the dates, but was on the French Show the flag cruise and the Nato Meeting. Will always have the tattoo from Amsterdam that year. | |
| Springer, Kim - Chipmunk | RM2 | Jan 1982 – May 1984 | OC01 | First shack of many, Ret ITCM(SW) 2003 - lots of folks and good times you know who you are - just a few- Chucky (now Chas), Garfield, Grasshopper, Zeke, Darrin, Smiley, Fred, Timmy, Dan - the guys in OI and the usual rivalry Importico etal |
| Importico, Jeff | OS3 | Jan 1982 – May 25, 1985 | OI | A great home, she treated me well. |
| Rodgers, Joseph | OSSN | Jan 14, 1982 – Apr 28, 1983 | oi | |
| Adams, Daniel | BMSN | Feb 1982 – Mar 1984 | deck | Hell of a time! remember Amsterdam and cork well. And how about the british fleet coming back from the Falklands! Miss ya sniffer I ain't forgot! Wish I hadn't screwed up. |
| Otterbine, Joe | GSM3 | Mar 1982 – Jun 1985 | Engineering | Gary, Greg, John, Desmond, Eric, and that crazy little SOB Hinkle. and every one else!!!! What a hoot. Would not trade those times for the world. Here's to you guys!!! |
Marten, Randy "Yogi"  | FTG2 (SW) | Mar 5, 1982 – Nov 17, 1986 | FOX | What a Great ship and great memories. Looking for any pictures from FOX division and of the ship from the days At Ingalls in Mississippi. MK-86 Harpoon, Great systems, Worked with ABL's and Tomahawk, Reenlisted CIWS, Currently A Engineer. |
| Livesay, Ernie | Os | Apr 1, 1982 – | Oi | |
| Goksel, Tom | HM3 | May 1, 1982 – Oct 28, 1983 | Medical | I had the most memorable military experience on this "showboat". We had the opportunity to visit and enjoy some of the best ports a US Naval vessel can visit -Ireland, Netherland, Italy, France, Spain to name a few. |
| Pierson, David | ET 1 | Jul 15, 1982 – Feb 17, 1984 | OE | |
| Pierson, Mark "Teach" | GS-12 | Aug 1982 – Sep 1982 | High School Studies Instructor | I was on the cruise when we damaged our sonar dome when we were on NATO exercise and pulled into the Orkney Islands of Scotland. We pulled into Brest and I went to the Oktoberfest in Munich. Would enjoy hearing from any of my students |
| Smith, John | SN | Sep 1, 1982 – Nov 1, 1984 | Deck Medical | I was a SN that went to Medical as a striker |
| Sulka, John | e4 | Oct 10, 1982 – Oct 16, 1986 | deck | |
| Ozoa, Ricci "pimp" | PN3 | Nov 1982 – Jun 1986 | Admin | Those are the days of Ray White, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Kranz, Mr. YNC "Ben" Duke of Earl, Da Postman, Da NAV Crew, Da Career Group, Da Emerg Med Response, and, the cool "Cooks". |
| Shaffer, Bill | en3 | Dec 25, 1982 – Aug 26, 1986 | A-gang | Wow i had a blast! where is everone? |
| Bombardier, Scott "bombo" | STG2 | 1983 – 1984 | Sonar | One of the best times of my life, seeing the Med and Norway, and going above the Arctic Circle! |
| Kislan, Daniel | AT-2 | Jan 8, 1983 – Jul 10, 1983 | Aviation | HSL-36 Det-5...STANAVFORLANT |
| Acker, Todd | OS3 | Jan 28, 1983 – Mar 30, 1985 | OPS | The COUNT: Hope eveyone is doing well ! |
| Fike, Robert | ET2 | Mar 1983 – Jul 1986 | CE | |
| Griffis, Jerry | Stg3 | Mar 5, 1983 – Aug 27, 1985 | Weapons | What a time we had |
| Schultz, Frank | DS3 | Apr 7, 1983 – Jun 6, 1986 | CE | |
| Gaines, John | GMC | Apr 16, 1983 – Nov 27, 1987 | Weapons | Looking for any buddies. Retired in 1997. I made Chief onboard. |
| Connolly, Bob | QM2(SW) | Jun 1983 – Nov 1986 | NAV | ANYONE WANNA REJOIN THOSE (MANDATORY) 530AM WORKOUTS WITH THE XO DURING THE PERSIAN GULF CRUISE ? I THINK THAT CRUISE WAS MY REENLISTMENT INCENTIVE. LIVIN LIFE IN BOSTON. MISS THE NAV GUYS, "SMOKEY", BAUER, |
| Lent, Joe | E4/ HT3 | Jun 13, 1983 – Oct 10, 1985 | repair | what a great time i had onboard with my fellow HT's and MR's |
| McLean, Bill | ET3 | Jul 1983 – Oct 1986 | CE | |
| Newman, Austin | SR SA SN SA SR | Jul 15, 1983 – Jun 15, 1987 | OC | I didn’t much like the Count but when I heard that it was sunk I felt very upset. She was in Philly by the airport for a bit. It was cool to drive by and see the ship every now and then. BT K |
| Tomasine, John | QM3 / E-4 | Aug 25, 1983 – Aug 25, 1985 | Navigation | Was a QuaterMaster under Qm1 Paul Bauer from New Jersey |
| Walton, Robert E | GMT1 | Aug 25, 1983 – Sep 1985 | CA | Good ship. Sad that she was sunk. |
| Carmichael, Dave | STG2/1 | Sep 2, 1983 – Jun 30, 1986 | CSA1 | Superb group of humans. Enjoyed Pascagoula, workups in vacapes... coldest winter in rememberance in Norfolk, 1985, boring Persian Gulf cruise.. Great crew!!! |
| Livernois, Randy | BM1 (SAR) | Oct 20, 1983 – Mar 9, 1986 | OD | Coming from the Independence this ship was like riding on a Cadillac. Caught the Count in Miss. She was the only ship I ever rode that felt like a home. There were a great bunch of men on that tincan. |
| Volpe, Bob | GSE1 | Dec 30, 1983 – Dec 16, 1988 | MP | What great times we had in engineering on the "Count". I don't know if it was the Major Fuel Leak in MER 1 during Gitmo (1984) or the Above Average Out-Chop OPPE coming back from the Med (1987). She will be missed very much. |
| Stalfire, M.d., Joseph | IC2 | 1984 – 1987 | e | joe of the Joe & jim show |
| Ross, Jim | GSE3 | 1984 – 1985 | E-1 | BITCHIN TIMES |
| Nelson, Rusty | EW2 | 1984 – 1986 | Electronic Warfare | Great Electronic Warfare staff. Had some good and bad times onboard. I still can't believe that the ship is decommissioned. |
| Daub, Doug | DS2 | 1984 – 1986 | CE | Persian Gulf 1985, Remember going through the Straits of Hormuz on the 4th of July drinking bug juice and eating sliders and dogs. Retired in reserves Sept. 2000 |
| Harp, Michael | RM1(SW) | 1984 – 1987 | OC | |
| Vandusen, Jeffrey | RM2 | 1984 – 1988 | oc | Have some good memories and some bad from my time on board the ship. Some people id love to meet up with again and a few id rather forget |
| Fairfield, James / Jim | IC4 | Apr 4, 1984 – May 15, 1987 | Jim of the Jim and Joe Show | |
| Vandusen, Jeffrey | RM2 | May 1984 – Sep 1988 | OC | Best time in my Naval career was spent on the Count |
| Crawford, David | OS2 | May 1, 1984 – Dec 1, 1986 | Operations | Lot of good times remembered and never forgotten. What's up ! |
| Dubois, Harlan | LT | May 5, 1984 – Aug 22, 1986 | Engineering | |
| Murdoch, John "maddog" | OSSN THROUGH OS2 | Jun 1984 – Nov 1989 | OI CIC RULES | What an awesome 6 years on the "CAN DO COUNT". WOW been a long time...good friends, good times, lots of fun times.... |
| Frye, Clarence "Frenchie" | FCCM | Jun 4, 1984 – Oct 20, 1986 | CO | LPO for CO Division. Made Chief (FCC) in 1986. Persian Gulf cruise 1985 (HOTTTT!!!) |
| Sever, Craig | bm2 | Aug 1984 – Nov 1988 | deck division | |
| Raines, Carson Andrew (Andy) | SH3 | Aug 1984 – Apr 1988 | supply | I cut alot of hair for you guys. I am retired from the ARMY now. If you want to talk my e-mail is carson_raines@yahoo.com |
| Coulter, Richard | E-5 BM | Aug 8, 1984 – Nov 19, 1987 | FIRST DECK | |
| Billips, Mike | SN/SM3 | Sep 1, 1984 – Aug 31, 1986 | OD, OC | I got my degree in journalism, stayed in the Reserves and am now a LTJG public affairs officer. |
| Foster, Jerry | LT | Sep 16, 1984 – Jan 23, 1986 | R | Being an engineer means you must face the dreadful O.P.P.I. I faced many of them with my shipmates. It is safe to say that I hated O.P.P.I.'s |
| Fair, Ed | GMM1 (SW) | Oct 1984 – Oct 1988 | CA | ASROC RULES |
| Peterson, Tom | rm | Oct 1984 – Apr 1986 | cic | whatever happend to herman loo did he go down with the ship |
| Ross, Anthony | SK | Nov 16, 1984 – May 20, 1988 | Supply | I caught the ship in Gitmo 1984. The deck dept showed me a lot of love. I was on the IO cruise in 1985 and 1987. Now I am a real estate developer in Ohio. |
| Cmor, Joe | ET2 RETIRED AS ET1 | Dec 1984 – Nov 1985 | CE | Had a short tour. Came from Operation Deep Freeze (wintered-over 84). Caught up with the "Count" while deployed in Med. Year later left the "Count" again while deployed in the Persian Gulf. |
| Bishop, Thomas (Thebishman) | GSM3 - GSM1(SW) | Dec 17, 1984 – Dec 12, 1989 | M | 3-Captains, 5-XO's, 7-CHENG's, & countless MPA's & DIVO's. Following the Count as a SWOS EOOW Instructor, ACU-5 Craftmaster, 31T Shopmaster, CCG-7 MGTI, FTSCPAC MGTI, I still tell all the infamous DD-974 sea stories! You had to |
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