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USS Towers (DDG 9) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Towers (DDG 9). 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 413 crew members registered for the USS Towers (DDG 9).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1963 | 1964 – 1967 | 1968 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licholai, Matt | ENS TO LT | 1986 – 1990 | Great ship with a great crew. We all miss the "9 Team." | |
| Story, Patrick | BT | 1986 – 1988 | Jim Strebig, Juan Acosta, Eddie Miller, Wheeler, Bash...where you guys at?? | |
| Mullins, Tom (Moon) | QM2(ALMOST QM1) | 1986 – Apr 1988 | Nav/Admin | The Kaos Kids Big Jim, Tork, Tony and Neck if your ever in Thailand look me up I'm running a Guest House there in Jomtien Beach Soi 6 The Chanagan. Harvey Rojas where are u? I sure miss Ms Moog Moog |
| Ough, Rigby | BM-3 | 1986 – 1988 | Deck | Great memories on "The 9"! Its 2009 I'm living in Nevada working for the National Park Service taking care of navigation lights and buoys at Lake Mead and Lake Mojave. Still on the water! |
| Brooks, William | BM2 | 1986 – 1988 | 1st | been awhile, came across this site, and just wanted to give a shout out to the gents i served with |
| Clouser, Brian | GMM3 | 1986 – 1989 | Missile | |
| Parker, Benny | EM1 | Jan 1986 – Sep 1988 | E | |
| Wright, Kevin | FC 1(SW) | Jan 3, 1986 – Oct 1, 1990 | Missile | A lot of fond memories and great friends. Proud to call myself a crew member of the 9. Serving at that time was truly living the dream. Can hardly believe I was part of something so full of life. And the stories,... |
| Hanson, Duane (Hank) | EN3 | Feb 1986 – Jun 1988 | M-Div & A- Gang | What a great 1st command (what a blessing)!!! I've talked to many that say the same thing about the "9". Went to "C" school then the USS McCluskey in San Deigo, stateside was nice but the Towers was better!!!!!!! |
| Robinson, Mike | SN / OSSN | Feb 1986 – May 1988 | OI | The 9 was the finest ship in the fleet.. |
| Cloninger, Alex | MM2 | Feb 1986 – Feb 1988 | M Division | Currently retired from civil Service Subase Bangor, Crane Operator. Live in Silverdale with wife of 33 yrs. 3 beautiful grandkids, Enjoy SLC Church, Golf, RVing. Would enjoy hearing from former shipmates. |
| Wood, Mark (Woody) | MM2 | Feb 5, 1986 – Apr 12, 1988 | M | My first ship and the best. Stood watch in Main Control. Played left field for the ships softball team (the Truckin' T's) |
| Tierney, Darrell | OS2/OSSN | Mar 1986 – Oct 1986 | OI | You all may remember my infamy that year. Looking for OS1 Purviss, if anyone knows, contact me? |
| Haynes, Paul | FC2 | Mar 15, 1986 – Apr 13, 1988 | Missile | My first of two Naval ships ultimately completing 8 years of service, The USS towers was and is my first love. |
| Duncan, Willie C | BM3 | Mar 21, 1986 – Jul 1988 | 1st | Severed with Garcia, Jordan, Banks, Harris, Brooks, Taylor, Redman, Lee, Mike D. Harris, D. Morgan, Truly till this day some of the best times of my life. (Crack Back Crew 4 - Ever. ) |
| Smith, Kenneth | MM2 | Apr 1986 – May 1988 | M | 1st & Best ship I had the Honnor to serve aboard! Served in 2-screw. Lots of good memories of crew and Cmdr. Burrows. |
| Ball, J.d. | IC1 | Apr 15, 1986 – Feb 3, 1990 | E Division | The Towers was the best ship of my 30 year career! The op tempo was the best! We were always the best unit in whatever exercise, sortee or battle group. |
| Ekstein, Keith | MR2 | Apr 18, 1986 – May 15, 1989 | Repair | I will always remember those wild days steaming all over the world on the Mighty 9. The crew was the best. Cheif Spahn, "spaz" Roberts, Steve Cannon, Harmon, "Big" Nick Stone, Gillenawater, "Crash" Krejeski, Eric. Doc R |
| Smith, Ken | MM2 | Apr 24, 1986 – May 19, 1988 | M | 2-Screw Crew - Throttle-man |
| Brooks, William R | BM2{SW} | May 19, 1986 – Oct 15, 1988 | 1ST | |
| Brown, Phillip | Qm-3 | Aug 4, 1986 – Aug 4, 1990 | nav | Great time on the 9.. Miss you rex-des and brian. And our crew the big guys!!! the best time of our lives. it's a shame we had to grow up! Japan,Subic, and korea. Do I need to say more? :) |
| Greene, Keith | Seaman to RM3 | Aug 16, 1986 – Sep 16, 1989 | 1st Division then OC Division | I had a awesome and many hard times in first Division which made me GROW UP. I was a deck Seaman who struck out to Radioman which I attended Radioman "A" school while attached to the ship. I was frocked to RM3 in school. |
| Torres, John | MM3 | Sep 1986 – May 1989 | First ship best ship best crew old times good times | |
| Kauper, Thomas | OS2 | Sep 1986 – Apr 1988 | OI | wHAT A BLAST ON THE TOWERS. CMDR. BURROW WAS A GREAT SKIPPER I HAD A GREAT 9 YEARS SERVING THE NAVY. SADDEN BY THE FACT THE MIGHTY TOWERS IS NOW RESTING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN FLOOR. LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY GOOD FRIENDS ON BOARD |
Elmer, Steve  | EW3 | Sep 1986 – Jan 1989 | OM | A long time ago, but some of the best Men I've ever known. I wish I had kept in touch more. B. V. Burrow was a great Captain. XO Cooper was a character. That Ted Turner wannabe after them was the only Jackass. |
| Summer, Jay | CWO3 | Sep 15, 1986 – Oct 1, 1990 | ENG | I LOVED THE TOWERS, WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OLD SHIPMATES, AND IM BACK IN JAPAN AGAIN ! Jay Summer |
| Dyson, John | IT!(SW) | Sep 22, 1986 – Sep 25, 1988 | OC | |
| Umila, Gabriel D Jr | bmsn/ now bm1 | Nov 23, 1986 – Nov 30, 1989 | deck | well i had a really great time onboard the might 9. even in japan. had alot of good friends and hope to get in touch with some in the future. |
| Schnelly, Andrew | FC3 | Dec 1986 – Oct 1990 | 2ND | Loved The "DOG 9" Sorry she ended up like she did, but better at the bottom of the ocean than part of a rag-head, goat poking navy! |
| Ortega, Shane | STG2 | 1987 – 1990 | ASW | |
| Sageser, David | ET2 (SW) | 1987 – 1989 | Ops | My first ship and the Best! |
| Brassfield, Daryl D | GMG2 | 1987 – 1990 | 1st and 2nd | she was a ship that I will always remember. |
| Jim, Paxton | FC3 | 1987 – 1990 | Missile | What a time we had on the DOG 9. Pattaya, Singapore, Japan, The PI, Just like to say hello to all of you. Contact me anytime. 864 394 1138 |
| Barber, Brian | HM2 | Jan 31, 1987 – Feb 1, 1989 | Nav Admin | I served from 87-89 and enjoyed the last of the great years. I'm proud to have have contributed to that fantastic crew. So many say it was their best tour. Include me as well. It was magic. |
| Wijers, Eduard | MMC(SW) | Apr 1987 – Jun 1990 | M-Division | Came onboard as A-Div LCPO left as M-Div LCPO |
| Anglada, Francis | FC1 | Apr 1987 – Oct 1, 1990 | Missile | Tightest crew by far. Will never forget being at the FCSC console in CIC and hearing FC3 Schnelly say "I think I see a ship there in the fog" as we continued to fire the 5" guns in Tokyo Bay. We all know how that ended |
| Jones, Rodney | E-5 | Apr 1987 – May 1990 | M Division | |
| Aanderud, Al | FC2 | May 1987 – Sep 1990 | Missile | |
| Thompson, Dave | LT | Jun 1987 – Nov 1988 | NAV/ADMIN | I really miss all of the friends and shipmates from my tour on USS TOWERS in Japan. I run into some from time to time (in the Reserves and while performing active-duty). Check out http://www.military.com for more TOWERS shipmates. |
| Pease, Theodore | mm3 | Jun 1987 – May 1989 | M-DIV | To many things to write in this part. I just enjoyed the time on the Towers. |
| Mobley, Rex | OS2 | Jun 10, 1987 – Jun 6, 1989 | OI | SHELLBACK FEB 88, GREAT CREW EXCEPT FOR THE CO THEY BOOTED MISS ALL YOU GUYS, BEST TIME OF MY LIFE. |
| Lindsay, Keith | HT1/DC1 | Jul 1987 – Aug 1990 | Repair | Hello old shipmates, thanks for the memories! |
| Martinez, Adolfo | STG2(SW) | Jul 1987 – Oct 1990 | ASW | To all the men of the Mighty 9. I had some great times, made many friends and memories of BMC Cahill I cannot get out of my head. To all the people in CA div. thanks you for all your respect. |
| Buss, Marshall | FC1 THEN FCC | Jul 1987 – Aug 1989 | 2nd | Great sea tour, tight knit crew. We worked hard and played hard! |
| Wrocklage, Thomas | STG3 | Jul 4, 1987 – Jul 4, 1989 | ASW | To all my shipmates from DDG-9 thanks for the awesome memories!!! Would like to here from all of you. Have tons of pictures that documented our Westpac's |
| Wrocklage, Tom | E-4/STG3 | Jul 9, 1987 – Aug 7, 1989 | ASW | Looking for old shipmates from USS Towers DDG-9 who served from 1987 or later. |
| Gremmel, Ted | RM3 | Aug 1987 – Feb 1989 | Radio | Some of the best days of my life, only if we could live it all over again! |
| Warden, Mike | FC3 | Aug 1987 – Sep 1989 | Missile | I was really surprised to see some old acquaintances - Jim Paxton and Frank Anglada. |
| Zuidema, Todd | Sep 1, 1987 – Dec 1, 1989 | Missile | ||
| Summer, Jay | CWO3 | Sep 16, 1987 – Oct 1, 1990 | M DIVISION EMO1 | Got there as a MM2, left as a MM1, got my 1st EOOW letter onboard. Had a blast on that ship ! |
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