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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Higgins (DDG 76). 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 128 crew members registered for the USS Higgins (DDG 76).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1998 | 1999 – 2002 | 2003 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price, Ted | E3 | Aug 12, 1994 – Aug 10, 1997 | operations | its Teddy P for most of you. |
| Markham, Edward | utility man | Jul 30, 1995 – Dec 1995 | steuart department | Just wondering what everyone is doing now a days. I am retired now and just wondering what everyone is doing. |
| Sightler, Keith | QMC | Aug 1, 1996 – Aug 1, 1997 | NX | |
| Bennett (Holden), Karen | EW2(SW) | Jan 1997 – Jan 2002 | OT02 | Some of the best times of my life and fondest memories are from my time on the Higgins. Have since gotten out, gotten married, and live in England. |
| Martinez, Alfredo (Al) | GSM 1 (SW) | Jan 1, 1997 – Jun 2000 | MP | Best crew on the Best ship. Plank Owner. |
| Rodolfo, Ronald | PNC(SW) | Jan 10, 1997 – Feb 13, 2001 | NX | Plankowner on the Best ship & best crew that Navy has every had!!! Awesome plankowner CO! Nowhere will you ever see again 18 DUTY SECTIONS (with a 4-DAY WORK WEEK) on a Destroyer! |
| Flores, Chris | FC2(SW) | Mar 8, 1997 – Aug 4, 2000 | ||
| Gingrich, Franklin (Newt) | STG1 | Jun 1997 – Jun 30, 2001 | CA | Plankowner. First MDMAA and all the fights and fun times getting that up and running. First to retire off the HIGGINS. Currently working for the Navy as a civilian at SPAWAR San Diego. I look forward to hearing from all my old friends! |
| Stelter, Curtis | GSE2 (SW) | Sep 1997 – May 2001 | MP | www.msnusers.com/USSHIGGINSENGINEERINGPAGE |
| Johnson, Laura | OS1 (SW) | Sep 7, 1997 – Oct 16, 2000 | OI | Plankowner |
| Kucharik, Paul | HTC | Oct 1997 – Oct 2001 | R | PLANKOWNER |
| Medeiros, Mark | FC2(SW) | Oct 13, 1997 – Nov 2, 2002 | CF | |
| Seales, Rey | GSM2(SW) | Oct 22, 1997 – Nov 2, 2002 | MP | Higgins was off the chain best crew i have ever served with "PLANKOWNER" departing... |
| Williams, Stacy R. | GMC(SW) | Dec 10, 1997 – Apr 27, 2001 | CO | Plankowner |
| Coleman, Bobby | ET3 | 1998 – Apr 2002 | CE | Plankowner of this fine ship. I do miss most of you fellow plankowners!!! Send an email if you would like to, I would love to hear from some of you! |
| Paul, Moss | STG2(SW) | 1998 – 2000 | CA | Being a Plankowners was a great springboard to my professional career. The work ethic and teamwork was unparalleled. Memories for ever- great crew. When is the reunion tour? 18 duty sections rocked!!! Red was the best! |
| Carlen, Dave | CTR1(SW) | 1998 – 2001 | OT | Plankowner |
| Foreman, John | GSCS(SW) | 1998 – 2001 | MP Division | Plank Owner |
| Travis, Rich | OS2 | 1998 – 2001 | OI | Hello fellow Higgins plankowners! Great to see Officer Theus on here as well as "Kili", Johnson, Tovar, and many others. Can anyone help me find "Tiny" or Dan Meyers from the FC gang? I need to have a cigar with them! |
| Baxter, Laranda | Ms3 | 1998 – 2001 | Supply | |
| Pioli, James/jimber | GSMC | Jan 1998 – Nov 2002 | MP | PLANKOWNER, GSM2 to GSMC, Had a great time while onboard In my opinion I served with the best. Currently onboard the Winston S. Churchill DDG-81. Needless to say its been a strange trip. |
| Mannino, Betsy | DC2 | Jan 1998 – 2002 | Repair | Best ship in the Navy |
| Downing, Juliann | ETC(SW) | Jan 1998 – Mar 2001 | CE | PLANKOWNER |
| Hemingway, Elmer R | ET1(SW) | Jan 15, 1998 – Jul 3, 2001 | CE | Plankowner. Great ship and best crew I ever served with. |
| Stabler, Guido | FC2 | Jan 16, 1998 – Sep 4, 2002 | CF | Plankowner |
| Ellis, Clint | GSM1 (SW) | Feb 3, 1998 – Oct 18, 2002 | MP | Plankowner |
| Theus, Eric | LT | Mar 1998 – May 2001 | AWO/1ST LT | Plankowner. Great group of sailors and a superb wardroom. I hope that everyone has gone on to achieve even greater things! |
| Martinez, Claude | GSMC(SW) | Mar 1998 – Mar 2001 | MP | Plankowner. Miss all the Engineers and some of the cool ops and combat folks. |
| Jorgenson, Bradley | GSMC | Mar 2, 1998 – Apr 26, 2003 | MP | Plankowner |
| Colonna, Brad (Kili) | OS2 | Mar 30, 1998 – Oct 1, 2001 | OI | I had a lot of good times with all of you and miss most of you. I still talk to Townsend from time to time. Veloz, are you out there?? |
| McGuire, Rand | STG2(SW) | Apr 1998 – Nov 2000 | CA | PLANKOWNER |
| Arellanes, Francisca | E_5/ MR2 | Apr 15, 1998 – Oct 14, 2000 | Hip-hip Hizza! | |
| Matheny, Jeff | DC1(SW) | May 1998 – Dec 2001 | R | Plankowner |
| Martin, Jj | OS2 | May 1998 – Jun 2001 | OI | |
| Freriks, Glenn | IT1(SW) | May 9, 1998 – Oct 10, 2000 | OC | Plankowner Retired 31 July 2006. freriks@hotmail.com New York |
| Heller, Paul | STG1(SW) | May 28, 1998 – | CA | By far the best Damn Crew onboard the best Damn ship period. Definetly the career highlight. Miss the crew but going back to precom the USS Sampson DDG 102 - back to Maine |
| Kitchenka, Julie | LT | Jun 1998 – Apr 2001 | R | Plankowner |
| Dunston, James / Gordon | SK2 | Jun 1998 – 2001 | S-1/ Supply | Great ship, Great crew!! |
| Seamster, Shefiron (Tank) | E-6/SH1 (Retired) | Jun 7, 1998 – Jul 15, 2001 | Supply | The Higgins had the best crew ever when I served onboard. So many great and funny memories. We had a blast. I would like to give a shout out to Knapp, Myles, Dunston, Flores BeBe, Rico, Jackson, and all the others. |
| Peterson, Steve | DC2(SW) | Jun 15, 1998 – Oct 13, 2000 | R | Plankowner |
| Salinas, Benito | BM2 NOW BM1 | Jun 15, 1998 – May 25, 2000 | Deck OD01 | To all plank owners the time on the Higgins was the best. The crew we had was one of a kind. I wish the best to all my shipmates and fair wind and following sea. |
| McClenithan, David | EW1 | Jul 1998 – Jun 2001 | OT | |
| Baxter, Laranda | Ms3 | Jul 3, 1998 – Nov 19, 1999 | Supply | |
| Lee, Scott | EN2 (SW) | Jul 15, 1998 – Jan 3, 2001 | A GANG | Plankowner. Best ship I've ever served...Best crew I've ever met and worked with. Hope everyone is doing well and best of luck, guys:-) |
| Tovar, Steven | OS1, OSC, ENS | Jul 28, 1998 – Oct 1, 2001 | OI | One of the best tours in my career. Hope all the PLANKOWNERS are doing well. We sure had a great time. |
| Wheat, John S. | GM2(SW) | Aug 1998 – Apr 2001 | Plankowner | |
| Jensen, Tim - "Jeni" | OS2(SW) | Aug 1998 – May 2000 | OI | |
| Baxter, Laranda | Petty Officer 3 class Ms | Aug 1, 1998 – Mar 1, 2001 | Supply | Plankowner! Mother of three and a Hairdresser in Texas |
| Torres, Ray | EM1(SW) | Sep 1998 – Nov 2000 | PLANKOWNER. | |
| Torres, Raymund | EM1(SW) | Sep 1998 – Nov 2000 | E | PRECOM WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED. DID NOT DEPLOY FOR ITS MAIDEN CRUISE. FINISHED ENGINEERING DEGREE. CURRENTLY WORKING FOR FIRM AS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. |
| Cheeks, Barry | E6/STG1 | Sep 1998 – Jul 2002 | CA | The best crew I ever served with, sea or shore. My thoughts always come back to my time onboard Higgins. Maine was one COLD place. Remember the Kenny Loggins concert at Broadway Pier? CO was the best. |
| Rohe, Audra | FC1(SW) | Sep 1, 1998 – Aug 20, 2001 | CF | Plankowner. |
| Haynes, Nick | BOATSWAINS MATE | Sep 7, 1998 – Apr 2003 | DECK | PLANKOWNER HAD THE BEST OF TIMES ON THAT SHIP |
| De La Cruz, Alfredo | seaman | Sep 14, 1998 – Jan 1, 1999 | deck | Great people to work with. Looking for my boyz.... |
| Hernandez, Joe Aka Pedro | BM3 | Sep 15, 1998 – Jun 21, 2001 | Deck | PLANKOWNER!!! Served with the best crew ever, the original crew, had the best times of my life, and miss it greatly. |
| Stabler, Chris (Guido) | FC2 | Oct 1998 – Sep 4, 2002 | CF | Can't say that I miss the life very often, but I sure do miss seeing a few of you guys. |
| Flores, Iris N. | E-5/OS2 (SW) | Oct 24, 1998 – May 1, 2001 | OI | PLANKOWNER |
| Sharp, Shawn | SK2 | Nov 1, 1998 – Jul 22, 2002 | Deck/Supply | I had some of the Best time of my life on the ship. |
| Doyle, Nathan - Spuds | E5 | Dec 1, 1998 – Sep 6, 2001 | CO | |
| Antrim, Chuck | os1 | Dec 14, 1998 – Mar 4, 1999 | oi | I can be reached at my personal e-mail. chuck.antrim@gmail.com. |
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