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USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG 5) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG 5). 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 403 crew members registered for the USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG 5).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1965 | 1966 – 1969 | 1970 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1978 | 1979 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spickler, Richard | FTM2 | 0000 – Jun 8, 1979 | Weapons | Spent a significant amount of time away from home, but visited 17 countries on 5 continents. I truly did join the Navy and see the world. |
| Pfeiffer, Richard T. | SN | Feb 1962 – Oct 1964 | 3rd | Two time Plankowner on the same ship! Once in May of 1962 and again in July 1964! |
| Hughes, Tom | ETN2/ET1 | Apr 1962 – Sep 1964 | OI/OE | |
| Owen, Reggie Owen | SN | May 1962 – Oct 1963 | Plank Owner | |
| Parker, Ira | Seaman | May 1962 – Oct 1963 | 1st Division | Plank Owner USS Biddle DDG-5, this is before the Mixed Man Crew. |
| Guckavan, Joe | E3 FIREMAN | May 5, 1962 – 1963 | R then B | My general quarters station was telephone talker for repair5 |
| Jacobson, James/"Jake" | ETR2 | 1963 – Jun 20, 1966 | OE | |
| Sterner, Chris | RMSN | 1963 – 1964 | OC | First ship after "A" school. Lucky enough to serve on the Biddle with my brother for our first Med. cruise. great memories, great ship. |
| Turrell, Brian | MMC | 1963 – 1963 | Engineroom | Retired |
| Nash, Larry | IC3 | Apr 1963 – Aug 1964 | E DIVISION | Best Ship and Crew I ever served with. A lot of great memories. |
| Gould, Gerald | RDSA | Jul 1963 – Aug 1964 | OI | |
| Grant, Ed | ETR2 | 1964 – 1966 | OI | Mixed Manning Demonstration Crew & sang(?) with Deutsche Singen Chor |
| Knaak, Robert | SN | 1964 – Sep 1965 | supply | I was abord durring the mixed manning NATO cruse. |
| Zapp, Wolf Dieter | FTM3/FTM2 | 1964 – 1965 | Fox | Member of Mixed Manning Demonstration (German Part) |
| Brown, Donald "charlie" | RD1 | 1964 – 1967 | OI | Mixed man deal |
| Krebs, Heiko | RD2 | 1964 – 1965 | OI | Member of Mixed Manning Demonstration (German Part) |
| Morris, George | BT3 | 1964 – 1966 | B | I WAS A FIREMAN ASSIGNED TO BRAVO1 (FORWARD BOILERROOM I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SHIP, FOR 19 MONTHS, AND DUE TO CUTBACKS WAS RELEASED EARLY AND BEFORE I LEFT, MADE BT 3. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE ! |
| Grant, Ed | ETR2 | 1964 – 1966 | OI | Mixed Manning Demonstration |
| Bourdaghs, Robert | YN3 | Jan 10, 1964 – Jan 10, 1966 | 2nd | |
| Falbe, Tony | HM | Jan 10, 1964 – Nov 10, 1964 | Medical | Worked with Chief Ostrander. I was called "Little Doc" |
| Shield, Albert | ET | May 1964 – Dec 1965 | OE | One of the Royal Navy members of the crew on USS Claude V Ricketts |
| Knowles, Skip2000dsdp2verizon.net | RM2 | May 17, 1964 – Dec 6, 1965 | E | Loved the ship and the places we were able to visit as well as being with the men from othr countries |
| Burt, Bob | SN | Jun 1964 – 1966 | 3rd | great great memories of the mixed man days lots of old photos |
| Wellbrock, Eckhard Martin | QM2 | Jun 15, 1964 – Dec 20, 1965 | Navigation | German member of the Mixed Manning Demonstration crew and Plankowner. Contact me at wellbrock@hagen-cux.de! |
| Graham, Roy C. | SK 2 | Jun 15, 1964 – Jun 15, 1965 | Supply | Send me names of old shipmates to tpapro@earthlink.net |
| Neuman, Kirk | RD2 | Jul 1964 – Jan 1968 | Mixed Manning Demonstration. Lots of good memories. Made some good friends and had lots of fun. | |
| Raines, Patrick Buffs Aka Spider. | FN, USN or ME(1) RN. | Jul 10, 1964 – Dec 20, 1965 | R Division | My eighteen months on board USS Claude V Ricketts was the highlight of my naval career. The training on diesel engines set me up for a future career with Mirrlees Blackstone Diesels. |
| Wilson, William | E3 | Sep 14, 1964 – Sep 27, 1966 | 1st | on board during mixed crews |
| Dodgion, Carl | BT2 | Nov 3, 1964 – Oct 23, 1968 | B | Looking for those who knew my son on the USS Simon Lake AS-33 |
| Toye, William (Bill) | IC3 | 1965 – Aug 23, 1968 | E | |
| Gallivan, William (Bill) | E-5 | 1965 – 1967 | Postal Clerk | I was postal clerk and remember a few names like Charlie Brown, 1st class, and Dallas Shawkey, Lt, were aboard the ship when I was on it. It was a memorable almost two years of my life right out of high school. |
| Hopwood, Anthony/ Buddy | ETN3 | Jan 1965 – Aug 1966 | OE | Great memories from time in mixed manning cruise.. after discharge worked at IBM for 40 years then retired. |
Gillispie, Gill  | FTMC | May 1, 1965 – Aug 22, 1970 | F | |
| Miller, Wayne | BM3 | Jul 5, 1965 – Jul 5, 1968 | Came on right out of boot camp and left when I made BM3 to another ship. Made many friends and had many great days at sea, or the Med trips.I wouldn't trade them for anything. | |
| Ice, Larry/lawrence | ssn | Aug 1965 – Aug 1966 | shpservice | |
| Antrim, Ben | CDR | Aug 25, 1965 – Mar 15, 1967 | Damage Control Ass't | Most beautiful destroyer I've ever served aboard. |
| Steil, Alan | MM3 | Sep 3, 1965 – Dec 22, 1967 | Loved going to sea and still do but for pleasure only.We spend our winters on our trawler in southern and carribbean waters.Own a bakery,are semi retired,have two sons and married for 33 years.Live in Montauk New York. | |
| Swift, Ronald | boilerman 3 class | Oct 16, 1965 – May 19, 1969 | boilerman | it was fun |
| Dodgion, Carl | BT2 | Oct 24, 1965 – Oct 23, 1968 | B | Worked in both Firerooms. Two Med cruises and GITMO |
| Peel, Benny | BT3 | Oct 24, 1965 – Jun 26, 1967 | engineering | BT3 after fireroom med cruise mid shippmen cruise Gitmo Trainning 7 weeks cruise. Best time of my life, |
| Truchanowicz, Edward / Truck | BT-3 | Oct 27, 1965 – Oct 27, 1967 | B | |
| Truchanowicz, Edward | BT-2 | Oct 27, 1965 – Oct 27, 1967 | B | |
| Timm, Danny | RD 2 | Nov 1965 – Apr 1968 | OI | |
| Jones, Michael D | GMG 3 | Nov 29, 1965 – Mar 13, 1969 | 2nd | |
| Margeotes, Michael | FTM-2 | Dec 10, 1965 – Apr 30, 1970 | Fox | Historian - DDG-5 Crew Members Association |
| Derouen, Amos | RM3 | Dec 15, 1965 – Sep 24, 1968 | OC | Many great memories - would like to hear from fellow shipmates.... |
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