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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS John King (DDG 3). 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 368 crew members registered for the USS John King (DDG 3).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1962 | 1963 – 1968 | 1969 – 1973 | 1974 – 1977 | 1978 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins, William R. (W.R.) | MM3 AND MM2 | 1963 – 1965 | ||
| Arnold, Joe (Arnie) | FTG3 | 1963 – Jun 6, 1966 | g | I do not miss the nighttime refueling |
| Duesler, Joseph | SN | Jan 1963 – Feb 1965 | Supply | Did a couple of Med cruises and made a duty free booze run to St. Thomas. Life was good then. I Deck aped the 1st cruise, then transfered to Supply and became Ship's Store Operator. Memories to exchange? j_duesler@hotmail.com |
| Sagan, Ed | BT3 | Jan 1963 – 1965 | Boiler Room | |
| Matthews, Robert (Mother) | FTM2 | Jul 1963 – Jan 1966 | F | After 40 years I am looking to see what happened to you all. I was "the American Fighting Man" in the 64-65 Med cruise book. It is posted at http://www.danthomas.com/JohnKing/ Anyone have a 65-66 cruise book? |
| Thomas, Dan ("Tom") | FTM2 | Jul 1963 – Jul 1965 | G | Two years of fond memories of the Jolly John -- left the ship (and the Navy) to go to art school in 1965. Produced the cruise book for the '64-'65 Med Cruise -- still enjoy looking at it from time to time. |
| Cooke, Jackie E. | RM3 | Nov 1963 – Jul 1965 | oc | |
| Pack, Bill | RD2 | Feb 1964 – Jun 1967 | OI | Retired Air Traffic Controller. Winchester, VA summer, Bradenton FL winter. Lots of golf. |
| Dettmer, Tom | STG 2 | Mar 1964 – Feb 1968 | Sonar Shack | Great Ship!!! |
| Smith, Pete | ET 3 | Apr 19, 1964 – Mar 4, 1965 | Operations | |
| Hallett, Harvey | RDSN | 1965 – 1967 | OI | it's not my email address it's my kids lol but i would like to hear from you if you remember me and would like to talk |
| Spagna, Ron | FTM3 | 1965 – 1967 | On board for 2 Med cruises, 0ne N. Atlantic, multiple Caribean cruises. Need to get out DD214 to confirm any dates. Worked for Cap Haynes, FTM2 Shaver, FTM2 Matthews (mother) and many more. Also have to look for cruise books. | |
| Podemski, Richard | IC 3 | 1965 – Jul 3, 1969 | ||
| Kaufman, Jr., John | EM3 | 1965 – 1968 | R Division | Enjoyed Wish I Would Have Stayed |
| Goetz, Charles | RD3 | Feb 1965 – Sep 1968 | OI | |
| Bland, Joe | FTM3 | Feb 1, 1965 – May 3, 1968 | Fox | My very first sea duty |
| Goetz, Charles | RD 3 | Feb 2, 1965 – Sep 29, 1968 | OI | RETIRED AS A DETECTIVE FROM THE NYC POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1991. WORK AS A FINANCIAL RESEARCHER FOR A LARGE LAW FIRM. |
| Goetz, Charles | RD3 | Feb 7, 1965 – Sep 11, 1968 | OI | Would like to hear from shipmates |
| Witing, Tim | FTG3 | Jul 1, 1965 – Aug 18, 1968 | 2nd | I've put the 1967 King Med Cruise book on the web, see it at: http://www.geocities.com/t_witting/King1967MedCruise.html |
| Deamicis, George | MM3 | Aug 1965 – Oct 1968 | M | Spent all my time in main control with some great guys. We had some good Med trips. The trip to Kiel, Germany was awesome if Mike didn't sell that sub to that night club manager. |
| Van Sickle, Ron | FTM3 | Aug 1, 1965 – Apr 1, 1967 | F&G | retired FTCM/LDO LT 1984 |
| McMillian, John(mac) | BT2 | Sep 10, 1965 – Oct 20, 1968 | B | |
| Short, Ron | FTM-3 | Dec 1965 – Sep 1967 | G | Weapons Direction Equipment Tech. GQ station in Combat Information Center (C.I.C.) Home town: Wilmington, Delaware |
| Wagner, Thomas | ENFN | Dec 17, 1965 – Dec 21, 1966 | A- Gang | Love the time on the KING Was some of the beast times in my life. Does any body have the Med Cruse !965-66 ? |
| Buder, George Jr | IC3 | 1966 – 1969 | R | |
| Wood, Irvin | EN3 | 1966 – | A gang | Had a great time, saw a lot of the world, lots of fun times. |
| Huhn, Marvin James | STG-2 | Jan 12, 1966 – Oct 1968 | A/S | |
| Barlow, Dean | FTG3 | Feb 1966 – Apr 1969 | G and 2nd | worked on the 39 radar and also on the gun fire radar and system |
| Williams, Michael | SN | Mar 1966 – Oct 13, 1969 | gmg | |
| White Jr, Ralph (Curt) | QM2 | Sep 1966 – 1968 | OC | I served on the "King of the Road" with my father for 12 months before he was transferred. He was a Chief Quartermaster. I served on the deck force for several months before going to Quartermaster A school. |
| Mozingo, James E. | FN | 1967 – Jun 1968 | ||
| Behan, Michael | STG3 | 1967 – 1968 | Sonar | First day aboard ship, the Captain challenged me to a handball game. He was fairly good. Can't remember his name. The XO was a total putz. |
| Hultman, Dennis | E5 Yeoman | 1967 – May 1969 | 1st | |
| Benhase, Lawrence | SN | Jun 8, 1967 – Nov 1, 1968 | supply | I was a commissary stricker I worked for CS1 HERMANN my 1st cruies was to qitmo in 1967 than to new york , than Ansterdam Holland |
| Smith, Charles D. | BTFN | Aug 1967 – Feb 1971 | B | Alot of good memories, met alot of good people |
| Terhall, Richard | MM3 | Aug 20, 1967 – Oct 1, 1971 | Engineering | 1st duty and only one. snipe in main control enjoyed it all |
| Cline, Robert (Bob) | RM3 | Nov 1967 – Jan 1970 | OC | The crew I served with was one great group of men!! I'll never forget my time onboard. |
| Baumgardner, Al | BT2 | 1968 – Jul 3, 1969 | B | Wonderful memories of the Mediteranian, N. Atlantic and Caribbean cruises. Also combat training in GITMO Top witch fwd. fireroom email me |
| Dryer, Harry & Sandy Dryer | ST1 | Jan 30, 1968 – Aug 15, 1971 | AS | |
| Baker, James | e3 | Apr 1968 – Sep 1968 | deck force | When I first came on board, they were trying out the new missile stuff on aft launcher. They had problems!!! Whole time I was aboard, I was General Quarters Helmsmen!! I really enjoyed that, cranking that ship all over!! |
| Knighton, Charles "Phillip" | RD2 | May 1968 – Jun 1970 | ||
| Arms, Joe | SH3 | Sep 1968 – May 1972 | Supply | May the four winds blow you safely home... |
| Cearley, Terrance/ Squirrel | qm3/nav | Sep 8, 1968 – Apr 14, 1972 | Navagation | |
| Hindenlang, Bill | ETN2 | Sep 15, 1968 – Dec 4, 1972 | OE | Obtained my first amateur radio license aboard John King while deployed to the Med in 1971. My first call was WB2EBE. Ran phone patches from Radio so shipmates could call home from the Med. Current call is NY2FL |
| Fisher, Richard | FTM3 | Nov 1968 – Sep 12, 1970 | weapons | This was my last cruise gat out when we returned from med. |
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