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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Lawrence (DDG 4). 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 410 crew members registered for the USS Lawrence (DDG 4).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1963 | 1964 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1978 | 1979 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison, Benjamin "Frank" Or Pie Face | DDG | 1969 – 1973 | 1st | Had a great time. Met a lot of great people, and would like to tell everyone hi! |
| Diesing, Raymond (Ray) | RM3 | 1969 – 1972 | OC | |
| Pilcer, Peter/tubes | TM2 | Jan 1969 – Apr 1971 | AS | |
| Weber, Bill | RM2 | Apr 1969 – Mar 1972 | OC | 2 Med cruises, 1 yard period, Cdr. Costello's parrot, glow in the dark yo-yo from the sig bridge, UNREPs & midrats, the apes on top of Gibraltar, DIW near Kithra anchorage, the Bluebird Club, Trieste with no decent radio signal for days |
| Hofberg, Julien | FTG3 | Jun 1969 – Apr 1971 | 2nd | 2 Med Cruises, 1 Caribbean, surprise Cmd change Costello to Murphy in Civitavecchia, visits to Volos, Kusadashi. What happened to FTGs Wolfe, Cooper, Billy, Rex? Spoke to XO Poindexter recently on his boat in Annapolis. |
| Brown, Morris | BM-3 | Jun 15, 1969 – Feb 15, 1973 | 1st div | vietnam 72-73, Line backer |
| Broy, Keith | SN | Sep 1969 – 1972 | Deck | chief holder bosn chief little brown |
| Smith Jr., Robert | E-3 | Sep 1969 – 1973 | any one with information on the uss lawrence ddg4 please e-mail me.see you at the reunion | |
| Pannachio, Joe | SMSN | Oct 1969 – Jul 1971 | 1st then OC | |
| Payne, Bob (Greaseball) | e-4 | Oct 1969 – Dec 1972 | oi | Great experience. Farelli,Zit,Waco Snake,Donny Waters, Brinker, Fish Lips Coval,Bugs Moran, Pat Finn and the kid we gave a hard time to from Elyria Ohio.Sorry forgot your name.Hope these guys are doing well. |
| Stivers, Douglas | CS2 | Oct 1, 1969 – Jan 15, 1971 | Supply | Transfered from the USS Northampton CC1 in October 1969 and a few days later left for Med cruise. Reported on board as a CS3 and worked for CS2 Tolley in the galley. Was known by all the crew under the nickname of "Sally". |
| Candelaria, Victor | HT-3 | Oct 24, 1969 – Oct 13, 1972 | R DIVISION | Our Lord has guided me and blessed me for all these years. I am a minister of the Word and would love to hear from any of my old friends from the USS Lawrence DDG-4. God Bless you all! |
| Zuga, Len | LT. | Nov 1969 – Jun 1971 | Operations | Nobody here from my era. Med cruise 1970 with Richard Murphy as CO and John Poindexter as X.O. Yes the same one! A great cruise with some great people. Leaping Larry would roll in wet grass according to the Commodore. |
| Poole, Craig | RM3 | 1970 – 1972 | Radio Central | My first ship assignment after Radioman "A" school in Bainbridge, Maryland. My first Med Cruise, Ah - smelly, raunchy Naples ! We were the last US squadron to visit Malta. |
| Wellman, James Oakie | IC3 | 1970 – 1973 | ||
| Franks, Ken | RM1 | 1970 – 1974 | OC | Just found this site and looking to see if there's anyone who's name I recognized. |
| Robberson, Dave / Robby | FTM1 | Jan 1, 1970 – Jul 1, 1975 | Fox | Ltcdr John Poindexter was our executive officer. He became National Security Advisor under Reagan. He was by the book when xo. I was the Senior sailor when I was transferred. 65 months on the Lawrence. |
| Hurlbut, Kenneth- Scuttlebutt | Sh3 | Jan 21, 1970 – Jul 3, 1973 | Supply | Many great memories and many great shipmates. Being part of the ship's band was great, listening to enemy shells exploding while loading a magazine for return fire was intense. I made a lot of Good friends. |
| Beerman, Jim | SHL2 | Apr 1970 – Jul 1971 | Supply | My memories of the "Leapin' Larry" include lots of sea time..."Heavy Rolling," corkscrewing, submerged then airborne, strapped to a pole in CIC keeping surface contact charts...the Commodore's stinky, rotten cigar,,,ahh, the |
| Brown, Morris | Bm/3 | Apr 14, 1970 – Feb 15, 1973 | Frist division | looking forBM/2 Jaudon, sn Rhodes |
| Bjur, Daryle ( B.j.) | PNSN | May 15, 1970 – Aug 1, 1974 | Navigation/OI | REFTRA GITMO, NAM cruise, missions over shit river bridge, sinking rice bags, linebacker stricks, all 11 days. Being part of the leaping Larry. DGUTS. What ever happened to LCDR Powers and his stinkin pipe? |
| Arndts, Jim | RD3 | Jun 1970 – May 5, 1973 | OI | Great group of guys, Nam cruise, Guitmo, Med Cruise, always on the go. Hell of a football team in '71, still have the squadron trophy somewhere. |
| Eastlack, Frank | PC3 | Jul 1970 – Aug 1971 | N.Atlantic/subs great job sonar escort Naut.20ftsea toBlockIs. wentthruherinCT.2003'71Spring Board&Med.COMurphy&Comm.grPortsGuys Thanks for Great Memories | |
| Alford, George | E6 | Aug 10, 1970 – Aug 11, 1974 | R | I am retired from the service with 34 years counting the Navy, Air Force Res. and Active duty, and the Air Narional Guard. I would love to hear from old buddies from the Navy. |
| Furino, Frank | YN3 | Oct 29, 1970 – Aug 6, 1971 | operations | i worked as operation Yeoman and also the ships offe. We left for the med Cruise jan 1970.i habe a cruise book for the med cruise and moives of refueling and ship activites and ports of call. |
| Doyle, Paul | EM4 | Dec 15, 1970 – Jun 10, 1971 | E Division | I fully enjoyed my time aboard Lawrence during it's 71' Med Cruise. I enjoyed serving under Engineering Office Lt. Scovanner. |
| Abbott, John R. | FTM2 | 1971 – 1975 | FOX | We made 2 major cruises while I was on board. One to Viet Nam and a Mid East cruise. Not everything was great, but I have more good memories than bad. If I had it to do all over again I would. |
| Rowley, Bob (Rock), | RD3/OS3 | 1971 – 1972 | OI | Portsmouth (the Yards), Damneck (gunfire support school, anti-sub warfare), Mayport, Panama Canal, Hawaii, Olongopo, Vietnam, etc. Remembering the old Radar Gang: Arndts, Payne, Coval, Curtis, Hanna, Greco, Lewis, and others. |
| Cressey, Orrin | EM3 | 1971 – 1975 | E | have alot of good memories of good times and good people Hong Kong, Singapore, Olongapo McComas,Parrott,Pierce,Hall get in touch okay |
| Speakes, Eugene | ET3 | 1971 – 1973 | Operations | Served during the Vietnam deployment. |
| Borowiec, Victor | ET3 | Mar 17, 1971 – Sep 27, 1973 | Operations | A Med cruise and gitmo when we had Cap'n Crunch, going dead in the water passing the russians in the Med |
| Pieklik, Mark | PC3 | Apr 29, 1971 – Feb 1973 | Served as the ships postal clerk. Now working as a electrician for a major utility in New York state.Viet Nam Gitmo and dry dock Life experience I'll never forget. Would enjoying hearing from some of the crew. | |
| Crawford, Jim | RM 3 | May 1971 – Dec 1973 | OC | VIETNAM MED CRUISE GTMO SOME GOOD TIMES GOOD FRIENDS |
| Marsh, Bob | STG2 | May 1971 – Sep 1975 | SONAR | Caught the ship in the MED, then to the Yards in Portsmouth, then to GITMO, then to NAM, finally to the Middle East. Played on the ship football and softball teams. |
| Zimmerman, John | RM2 | May 9, 1971 – Mar 7, 1972 | OC | Med Cruise, Dead in water near Kithra anchorage, no radio signal for days near Trieste, port and starboard duty due to lack of personnel, Chief John Paul Mcquitty (sp), US Govt retired, 36 yrs honorable service |
| Lovaglio, Michael | GMM1 | Jun 1971 – Sep 1975 | FOX | SERVED WITH PRIDE ON HER, CARIBEAN CRUESES VIET NAM AND MID EAST. DGUTS, EVERYONE WHO READS THIS BECOME A MEMBER OF USS LAWRENCE ASSOCIATION REUNION EACH YEAR 2008 WILL BE IN CHICAGO |
| Loveless, Mark | FTG3 | Jun 15, 1971 – Aug 16, 1974 | Fox | GTMO followed by WestPac in 1972 to the cease fire in early 1973. Served with great people. |
| Cothern, Donald | Ctrsn | Aug 1971 – Oct 1973 | Os | I came onboard and found out you guys were headed for nam. I was hoping for a med cruse, had just got back from nam. Remembering Hanna banana,Greco,Monty,Derosa and all you guys in radar. Had some good times. |
| Crawford, James | rm3 | Sep 1971 – Feb 4, 1974 | oc | hey monty you out there |
| Holz, David | QM3 | Sep 16, 1971 – Jun 15, 1975 | Navigation | Served aboard the Leaping Larry Boat in Viet Nam / the Middle East. Participated in the First International Invatational Jacks Chamionship while underway in the Persian Gulf (Arabian Sea). I was GQ QM of the watch and wrote the history for four years |
| Ambrose, Brian | RDSN | Oct 3, 1971 – Oct 3, 1973 | OI | Nam Cruise, Monty from (Philly) if you read this send me an e-mail, |
| Monacella, Jim /monty | RDSN | Oct 3, 1971 – Sep 22, 1973 | OI | Lots of good times, both on the ship and off. Good friends too Orrin B. Cressey, Brian Ambrose, Dennis Metheny, Jim Arndts to name a few. Hope you guys are doing fine. Hard to believe its been so long. |
| Dees, Lewis | MM2 | Oct 15, 1971 – Mar 17, 1975 | M | Great tour |
| Derosa, Geep | RD | Nov 1971 – Jul 1973 | Operations | Monty, Monty, Monty. Long long time. I haven't contacted anyone in all these years. I remember hanging with you, Smitty, Cressy, Collins, Hanna (banana)...... the memories come flooding back. Wish I could go back. |
| Finazzo, Anthony/tony | EWC | Nov 1, 1971 – Jun 20, 1973 | ||
| McCoy, Johnny (Mac) | HTFN | Nov 1, 1971 – May 25, 1973 | R | |
| Baughman, Mike | SM3 | Nov 10, 1971 – Nov 10, 1973 | OC | West Pac 72 Linebacker Hi Phong, N, Vietnam coast Christmas week 72. What a lot of noise we made! Remember SMC Snarr? Almost 40 years! Hard to beleive. Best wishes to all. |
| Swartz, Charlie | STG1 | Nov 19, 1971 – Dec 8, 1972 | Fox | |
| Diesing, Joe-i | BM3 | Dec 1971 – Nov 1973 | 1st | Came aboard in the yard... Then GTMO....Then to NAM.. Yazoo the whole mountain is falling. The DGUTS Rice Patrol. Watch my Afterburner.50 Cal Machine Guns on the ASROC deck. Brother duty with RM3 Ray Diesing.Being scared Christmas week '72 |
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