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USS Leahy (CG 16) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Leahy (CG 16). 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 495 crew members registered for the USS Leahy (CG 16).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1965 | 1966 – 1970 | 1971 – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murtagh, Richard | FTCS | 1971 – 1974 | FC | Good Ship..Good Crew..Sad End |
| Laplante, Brian/frenchie | SEAMAN | 1971 – 1973 | 1 | Sweet 16 we will never forget you. In honor we all served with you. |
Schlicklin, Don  | MM3 | 1971 – 1973 | Engine room | |
| Reif, Ronald | petty officer 3rd class | Jan 1, 1971 – Aug 20, 1973 | ? | Looking for shipmate - William/Bill Adams that served with me on the USS Leahy DLG 16 around the 1971 - 1973 time frame. He was from Pittsburgh. Operations Specialist 3rd class. |
| Gibson, Jerry | E3 | Feb 20, 1971 – Jul 7, 1972 | Supply | I enjoyed my tour of duty and was proud to serve aboard the Leahy, she was a fine vessel and the a great crew. Thank goodness for the internet and being able to reconnect with those memories. |
| Deluca, Frank | EW1 | May 1971 – Oct 1973 | OE | OE Division LPO, OX Division LPO |
| Halikman, Ed | STG2 | Jun 1971 – Aug 1973 | ASW | A fast sleek ship, a fine crew. A great experience. STGCS (SW) Ed Halikman USN (RET) |
| Pritz, Frank | RD3 | Jul 18, 1971 – Jul 18, 1974 | OI | Great times, glad I'm out. |
| Kopp, Louis E. | EMCM | Dec 30, 1971 – Feb 15, 1975 | E | Very proud to have served on a proud ship. The highlight of my career. |
| Hill, Vincent | BT3 | 1972 – 1974 | B | |
| Summa, Frank | ETR3 | Jan 2, 1972 – Oct 26, 1972 | OE | |
| Remillard, Pete | ETN2 | Feb 1972 – Mar 1974 | OE | Great ship, great crew, great memories. GO Navy! |
| Darnell, Michael | UP TO SK2 | May 1972 – Dec 1976 | Supply S-1 | Good Ship now Shes gone |
| Lion, Bob | RD3/OS2 | May 1972 – Aug 1975 | OI | Great time onboard. 10 years active, 22 reserve Retired 2003 LCDR |
| Mangano, Pete | rmsn | May 1, 1972 – May 1, 1974 | comm | wouldn't trade those times for anything. How are you Ted? |
| Dmowski, Ziggy | EM2 | Jun 1972 – Feb 1973 | E | Great ship! Had the best people in E-Div. Lots of great memories. |
| Kern 3rd, George F. | Jun 1972 – Feb 1974 | OI Radarmen 2nd | ||
| Kern, George | OS2 | Jun 1972 – Feb 1974 | O I | |
| Hood, Dave | OSSN | Jun 1972 – Jan 1974 | OI | Great ship and shipmates. Many good memories of Norfolk, the Med and Caribbean. Hope to see some of you at the next reunion. |
| Lewis, Bill | RM3 | Jun 1972 – Jul 1975 | Comm | Remembering just the good times. Hey Ted and Pete. |
| Gottbrecht, Theodore (Ted) | RM2 | Jul 24, 1972 – Jan 2, 1976 | Comm | Great experience, especially the Leningrad/Helsinki port visits in 1975. Great liberty times with Bill and Pete. Hey, Pete, I'm great! Howya doing? |
| Nielsen, Niels | E6 | Aug 11, 1972 – Jul 1978 | FTM1 | Best years of my life |
| Day, Mark | OS3 | Sep 10, 1972 – Oct 30, 1975 | OI | |
| Jordan, Watt W. Jr. | CAPT | Sep 12, 1972 – Jul 31, 1974 | Commanding Officer | |
| McCarroll, Rodney | TM3 | Nov 1972 – Dec 1974 | ASW | |
| Phillips, Paul | E-3 | Nov 15, 1972 – Nov 18, 1974 | Started in deck div. transferred to ships office. | |
| Hauser, Mike | EM2SS | 1973 – 1975 | E-div | had some of the best times of my life back then, just didn't know it at the time. |
| Heilman, Doug | STG2 | 1973 – 1978 | ASW | |
| Michael Fink, Doc | HM3 | 1973 – 1976 | supply | TRUSTED ALL AT THE START,TRUSTED FEW AT END ,JOE H.,FRANK Y. I DID NOT KNOW THE MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP TIL I met YOU GUYS?. |
| Zinsli, Steve | BT2 | Feb 2, 1973 – Sep 10, 1976 | forward fireroom | |
| Verdonck, Walt | EM2 | Feb 8, 1973 – Sep 15, 1976 | E | Great ship, great crew. Leningrad was the highlight but Helsinki wasn't bad either! |
| Rufner, Richard | Feb 23, 1973 – Jun 6, 1975 | Navigator | ||
| Edmondson, Sonny | OS3 | Apr 1973 – Mar 1975 | OI | |
| Rossiter, Lee | ETN3 | May 1973 – Oct 1973 | OE | |
| Kovach, Michael | YN2 | May 1973 – Aug 1975 | N & X | Served during 1973-1975 with ports of call in Leningrad Russia Mayday 1975. First US Warship since the WWII to visit Russia. What an experience that was. |
| Booker, Allen | BM3 | Jun 1973 – Jun 1976 | Boatswain Mates | I have many fond memories of my time aboard USS Leahy CG16 and the Great Men I served with. HONORED |
| Giles, Jack | HT3 | Aug 1973 – Jun 1975 | A and R | I remember some good times and some not so good times on her. |
| Setser, Kenneth | BTFN | Sep 27, 1973 – Jan 2, 1975 | Boiler Room Aft | Remember Med Cruise 74, Great cruise. Left Navy Jan 2nd 1975, Then rejoined Army from Dec 23, 1980 to Jan 31, 2002 |
| Merchant, Tom | GMM1 | Oct 1973 – Jul 1974 | Missile | TAD from USS America. Made First Class while on board. Worked in forward missile house. Made the '74 Med cruise. I remember how much better the food was than on the carrier. |
| Walton, Johnie | ETN3 | Oct 1973 – Sep 1974 | OE | |
| Shelton, Samuel | MM3 | Oct 15, 1973 – Jul 29, 1977 | Aft enginroom | A great time with the wild and crazy guys on board the ship. The ability to see the world from a poor boys point of view. A life lesson. |
| Greenawalt, Edgar/ Ed | MMFN | Nov 1973 – Jul 1975 | M | What a great time Aboard the Leahy. Hope to hear from lots of old shipmates. 2 Med. cruises were great. who can forget Russia. |
| Shelton, Sam / Dancing Bear | MM3 | Nov 15, 1973 – Jul 29, 1977 | Engineering | 3 Years 7 months 13 days of the best time of my life.The sites,sounds and smells of the different countries will be with me till the mind goes or death comes knocking. Russia to Turkey,Virgin Isles,Panama and Acopolco. Calif. babes.OH YEA. |
| Richmond, Paul D. | FTM 2 | Dec 10, 1973 – Feb 25, 1975 | FOX | Spent many a sleepless nite working those radars or so I thought until FTM 1 Buser caught me behind the Tri-Console demagnetizing the ferrites when he claims he called out to me not once, not 2 twice but 3 times and the tweeker never stopped moving. |
| Grant, Chuck | Qm2 | Dec 26, 1973 – Sep 23, 1977 | N | would like to go back and visit all the contries again some day. would like to hear from Hal, Jeff,Bill T,Smitty. |
| Brown, George | EWSN | Dec 28, 1973 – Jul 10, 1974 | EW | I had more Soviet than American stuff in my seabag after Leningrad. |
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