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USS John King (DDG 3) Crew List
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 372 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croix, John | MMCS(SW) | 1982 – 1985 | M | |
| Kurz, Erick | 1982 – 1983 | ENGINEERING MAIN CONTROL | HEY SNIPES-WHERE IS HAJI? HEMPHILL ?CWO GROVES WILL GET YOU. WHAT ABOUT JD'S WIFE AND GRLFRIEND WAITN ON THE PEIR COMIN BACK FROM THE NATO CRUISE TO EUROPE? | |
Croix, John  | MMCS | 1982 – 1985 | M | Would love to hear from anyone who served with me. |
| Buchman, Edward | OSSN | Jan 3, 1982 – Jun 24, 1986 | Operations | |
| Wooley, Terry | BTC | Feb 1, 1982 – Nov 1, 1986 | B | |
| Woods, Tom ( "Woody") | EW2 | Mar 1982 – Mar 1986 | Ops | Hi to all you scallywags! Special hello to Stafford, ye old sea dog! Loved my time aboard and ashore in all the dives and girls around the world.Every once in a while I still get a weird dream that I am back on board. Gunboat Diplomacy!!! |
| Riley, Larry | GMG1 | May 1982 – Jan 1983 | gunnery | |
| Van Roten, Keith | BT2 | May 15, 1982 – Jun 15, 1985 | Fwd Fireroom | LOOKING FOR OLD SHIPMATES |
| Austin, Mark | OS3 | Jun 6, 1982 – Jun 6, 1986 | operations | Hi to you all |
| Wilhelm, Eric | MR2 MACHINERY REPAIRMAN | Jun 25, 1982 – Jul 1, 1985 | R division | My duties on board where repairing the ship's broken parts and damage control. It inspired me to open my own business doing machine repair and currently CNC machining for over 35 years. |
| Geishaker, Andy | GMGC | Sep 1982 – Nov 1983 | g div | Good ship great times |
| Simms, Thomas | EM3 | Oct 12, 1982 – Feb 6, 1987 | Electrical | After John King, went on to Spec-War SBU-24 and became Chief Engineer for PB758, left in 1995. Now the DC Power Engineer for Cingular/AT&T for the NorthEast. In Philly area, any DDG3 crew can contact me Cspectre@aol.com |
| Skipper, Brett | GMM1 | Oct 17, 1982 – Aug 1987 | WM01 | |
| Boyles, Jim | BT2 | Nov 1982 – Oct 1987 | B-Div | lots of memories on there ,good and bad ,lol,,lots of good snipes too, retired after 20 years in '95 to Houston,Tx, Get out on my Harley in the back country here ,its great ,miss the old days too,guess that happens as you get older,lol |
| Lambert, Byron / Red | HT-2 | Nov 6, 1982 – Oct 4, 1986 | REPAIR | I REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME ABOARD THE JOHN KING. IM PROUD TO SAY THAT I DID SERVE. I THINK I WAS DONE WRONG BY HTC ZELEWSKI . I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY SHIPMATES. blambert1958@yahoo.com or (406)855-2202 |
| Smith, James | FN | Nov 18, 1982 – Jul 12, 1985 | m | |
| Varga, Paul | QM3 | 1983 – 1985 | Nav | |
| Dooley, Timothy | BT2 | 1983 – 1986 | B | Wow it's been 25 years. Remember a lot of good times. Worked both forward and after firerooms with the likes of Frank Long, Rob Hook, Ron Jerrum, John Flight, Gerry McGann and Pablo Resto and Opie...what a group...LOL |
| Owsley, Oz | OS2 | 1983 – | OI | TERRY OR OTIS OR ANYBODY ELSE GET BACK AT ME. STILL IN VIRGINIA DRIVING A SEMI LAST 19 YEARS |
| Eddy, Paul | STG2 | 1983 – 1987 | AS | |
| Leach, Thomas | MM1 | Jan 1, 1983 – Aug 29, 1984 | Machinery | |
| O'Hara, Sean | RMSN | Mar 1983 – Mar 1986 | OC | |
| Stropes, David | FC2 | May 1983 – May 1987 | WM03 | I currently live in Alaska and would like to find FC1 Steve Amaral and FC1 Greg Griffith and FC1 Dennis Hardy. |
| Thompson, Ken | EMCS | May 1983 – May 1987 | E | 3-M Coordinator. Hi to all my shipmates. Retirement is great. Contact me at ken.thompson@rdu.com |
| McKee, Ron | MS3 | May 1983 – Jul 1987 | Supply | Married have 5 children Beautiful Wife Tamra 1 is ex-navy Bobby & daughter in law 1 going into the Army Shiloh 3 at home still Mariah, Abram, & Zachary How time flies |
| Saltis, John | E-4 | May 18, 1983 – Jan 11, 1987 | Supply | I am currently back in my home state of New York. I am married and have three boys. I am looking for some of my shipmates - J Bell, T Hudson, P Summerburg. |
| Ferrio, Jeff | sm2 | Jul 5, 1983 – Jun 1, 1987 | OC | |
| Gray, Donald | GMG2 | Aug 1983 – Aug 20, 1985 | 2nd | I loved my time on the John King. I still think about all the good time and great places i visited on her. While i may have forgotten a few names the faces are forever etched in my mind. Would love to hear from John Calabrese, Greg Bates, |
| Herold, Rick | BT2 | Aug 15, 1983 – Oct 15, 1986 | B div | Had alot of great times with all the crew, especially those in the pits. I will never forget those days. |
| Nelson, Glen Duke | EM2 | Oct 1983 – Oct 1987 | E Div | On Facebook and Instagram. Still in electrical industry, Seattle. |
| Morrison, Bradley | PCC(SW/AW) | Oct 10, 1983 – Sep 10, 1987 | Deck and NAV-X | It has been some time but feels like yesterday. Retired after 24 years in 2007. Live in Ohio and work for the Social Security Administration. Married to Cheryl (Chochol), yes SK Chochol's sister |
| Simms, Thomas | EM3 | Oct 12, 1983 – Feb 13, 1987 | E | Just came across this site. Feel free to e-mail me |
| Wood, Ted | OSSN | Nov 1, 1983 – Dec 1, 1985 | OI | I want to apoligize to the entire Crew, OS dept, and specifically Otis Leake. My attitude, my disrespect, and the injuries I caused were dispicable. I hope you accept. T Wood |
| Fase, Scott | GMG2 | Nov 15, 1983 – Mar 27, 1987 | 2nd | |
| Graham, John | RM3(SW) | Dec 30, 1983 – Jan 15, 1988 | OC | |
| Schneck, James | GMG1 | Jan 1984 – Dec 1988 | 2ND | Recently retired on Jan 31, 2005. Relocated to Jacksonville, Fl and working for United Defense. |
| Smith, Gary | OS2 | Jan 2, 1984 – Jul 19, 1987 | OI | Retired now living in Georgia |
| Arcenia, Michael | GMT2 | Jan 29, 1984 – Jan 16, 1986 | AS/WEPS | John king was my last ship assigned to out of four and I had the best time going half way around the world. |
| Dudgeon, Monte | SM3 | Feb 1984 – Apr 1987 | OC | |
| Ball, Chris | IC3 | Mar 1984 – Feb 1986 | E | I had fun. Got drunk in Halifax, Ft Lauderdale, Key West, Costa Rico, Dominican Republic, Palma, Singapore and Geta Italy. I wish I got drunk in Gitmo. Did a lot of drinking with Boyd, Fergy, the Face Bros. and Saye fishing w Skipper the Bait Boy |
| Curry, John | TMC | Mar 1984 – Mar 1987 | A/S | Looking for Jerry Maloney. |
| Swanger, David | BM2 | Apr 15, 1984 – May 14, 1988 | 1st Division | |
| Semanchick, Chuck | OS2 | May 1984 – Jun 1987 | OI | I welcome any old shipmates to reach out to me. As for myself, I settled down in NJ, married for 20 years, with two teenage daughters. I'm registered on LinkedIn, Facebook, and the John King Facebook page too. |
| O'Connor, Michael | LT | Jun 1984 – Jul 1986 | Supply | SUPPO. Great Crew, tough job with Smith as CO. Funke great relief. UNITAS was unforgettable and great time. LT John Weigold and LT Josh Klien are brother inlaws (married my sisters). Work for Wyeth IT Strategic Sourcing and live in Doylestown PA |
| Davis, Marcus | OS2 | Jun 1984 – | Operations | |
| Dodson, Rodney | RM3 | Jun 8, 1984 – Oct 1, 1988 | OC | Shout out to Risky Business and Sean "O" on the crew list. Trying to sqeeze out 30 years here. Anybody seen John Shaw or RM1 (give me a hammer, I'll fix it) Benedict. Also a shout to Larry Cox, Steam 'n' Beeman and Jeff Allen. |
| Terry, Hudson | MS2 | Sep 10, 1984 – Sep 30, 1988 | Supply | The John King was my first ship in my Navy career. I wirked as the Watch Captain in the Crews Mess an Officers Wardroom. It was very challenging, yet lots of fun. |
| Davis, Sammy J. / Go Ahead Davis | SM3 | Sep 22, 1984 – Jun 29, 1986 | OC02 | My 2nd ship with the hull number 3,after leaving John King I advanced up to SM1 before seperating,fair winds and following seas shipmates |
| Louvier, Brian | GMT 2 | Oct 15, 1984 – Dec 24, 1988 | A/S | LOOKING FORWARD TO CATCHING UP WITH SOME OLD A/s people |
| Millett, Steve | E-4 | Oct 28, 1984 – Jun 9, 1987 | 1st |
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