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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Richmond K. Turner (CG 20). 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 331 crew members registered for the USS Richmond K. Turner (CG 20).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1967 | 1968 – 1972 | 1973 – 1976 | 1977 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1989 | 1990 – 1992 | 1993 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser, Richard | RD | 1963 – 1966 | sonar | |
| Magnusson, Mel | TMC | Sep 1963 – Sep 1965 | Weapons | Retired Nov 1977 as E-9 |
| Ramos, Tony | FTM1 | Dec 1963 – Jan 18, 1966 | FOX | A GREAT SHIP WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL CREW WE MADE THE FIRST NIGHT TIME RESCUE OF A DOWNED PILOT IN THE GULF OF TONKOA TEN MILES FROM THE CHINA COAST !!! |
| Thiel, John | FTM1 | Dec 22, 1963 – May 16, 1966 | Fox | |
| Hart, Heber "Bart" | MT/FTM1 | Dec 28, 1963 – Dec 30, 1968 | Fox Leading Petty Officer | Plank Owner, Member of Nucleus Crew, Fox Division Leading Petty Officer 1967/68 |
| Powell, Lee P. | MT3 | 1964 – 1966 | Weapons | Plank owner. One tour of Vietnam. Had a great time. |
| Hall, R.j. | IC2 | 1964 – 1968 | E | Plank Owner, 2 Tours WesPac, Remember Philadelphia and ship yard?, Apple festival in B.C.?, For my tour,I remember a lot of bitching and alot of good times. |
| Johnston, Jerry | ENGINEMAN 3RD | 1964 – 1966 | A | plank owner, remember living aboard while still in dry dock,too many memories to mention,anybody remember "Omar thompson" (Gerald).or any of the first A gang? remember the liberty in Olongapo, the jeepneys and San Miguel......never forg |
| Beaudry, Gary | Seaman | 1964 – 1965 | Bosinmate | First crew after commission of the Richmond K. Turner and first crew that went to the Gulf of Tonka to pick-up pilot's that were shot down over Viet Nam. |
| Majors, Robert | E-2 machinist mate | 1964 – 1965 | Engine room | I enjoyed my time on her, it was the best time of my service! |
| Thompson, Gerald/omar | MM3 | Jan 1, 1964 – Jan 1, 1966 | A-Division | Looking for Paul M. Schultz Jerry Johnston Louie Fletcher |
| Blankenship, Ken | MM3 | Mar 1, 1964 – Sep 1, 1965 | A division | |
| Morgan, Marshall "Neil" | DK1 | Mar 2, 1964 – Feb 19, 1968 | Supply | With the help of the shipfitters I built the Disbursing Office by converting a charts and photo equip. room to disbursing. We had a great Capt. Plate and crew. We made 2 trips to the Tonkin Gulf. |
| Morgan, Marshall "Neil" | DK1 | Mar 13, 1964 – Feb 19, 1968 | Supply | I was on the precommisioning detail at Newport, RI. With the help of the shipfitters we built the Disbursing Office and set it up. We had a great crew. |
| McAdoo, James | IC3 | 1965 – 1967 | electrical | |
| Latour, George | IC2 | Feb 2, 1965 – Jun 15, 1967 | Electrical | I am a plank owner. I put the USS RK Turner in commission. We had Many a good time and worked with MANY a good men. |
| Lockwood, Dave | GMM3 | Mar 5, 1965 – Dec 28, 1967 | Weapons | She was a great ship even from the beginning. Lots of fond memories. |
| Flanders, Marvin | FTM2 | Apr 10, 1965 – Mar 13, 1965 | FOX | |
| Boman, Steven | RD3 | Sep 18, 1965 – Jul 1, 1967 | OI Division | My time aboard the RKT was a very specialtime in my life. I made a lot of good friends and served with some of America's BEST. The 30 Know Ghost of the Viet-nam Coast and the Tonkin Chargers were two songs I wrote. |
| Burkett, Russ | RM2 | Oct 1965 – Sep 1968 | OC | When I was on the ship, it was a DLG20. Made three trips to Vietnam on it. Ship's captains while I was there ...Capt. McClain and Capt Smith. We had a major fire on the mess decks while in port in San Diego. Circa1966 |
| Hill, Richard L | BT STRIKER E2 | Nov 1965 – 1966 | first | was plankowner and sea sick |
| Redding, Jesse | SN | 1966 – Dec 18, 1968 | !st & transfer to supply | Could not wait to get out & then spent alot of time missing the RKT & some good friends. Made the 66&68 West Pac cruises. |
| Cochran, Charles | MR3 | 1966 – 1967 | A Gang | A good time to grow up |
| Gallagher, James | sh3 | May 1966 – Dec 23, 1968 | supply | |
| Gallagher, James | SH3 | May 9, 1966 – Dec 20, 1968 | ||
| Gallagher, James | SH3 | May 11, 1966 – Dec 18, 1968 | Supply | |
| Gallagher, James | SH3 | May 12, 1966 – Dec 20, 1968 | Supply | |
| Gallagher, James | SH3 | May 15, 1966 – Dec 20, 1968 | supply | |
| Gordon, Alvin. Aka Abey, Abdab | GMM2 | Jun 1966 – Dec 1, 1969 | Weapons | Great Ship. Great Crew. 2 Westpac cruises. Good times. Some great liberty when I wasn’t restricted to the ship. They don’t take AWOL and Missing ships movement to kindly. Man we sure knew how to party! Wouldn’t change. |
| Gordon (Flash), Larry | GMM2 | Jun 10, 1966 – Dec 1, 1969 | Weapons | Made the 66 & 68 Westpac cruises. Great times. Loved good ole Olongapo.Anyone remember the Salem Hotel? Spent all my money on women and booze. Passed out in a flop house. AWOL. Made it back to base next morning. Missed ships movement. My luck! |
| Cosby, James | QM-3 | Jun 15, 1966 – Nov 10, 1967 | Navigation Division | Enjoyed my time aboard RKT. Enjoyed serving with QM-3 Eddie Vail, QMSN Mark Flanagan, MM3 Matzel, SN Larry Gordon. West PAC was very interesting as was Hong Kong, Subic, and Yokosuka. |
| Mcnear, Jesse D. | FA/BT2 | Aug 1966 – Aug 1970 | B | |
| Shank, Bob | FTG-2 | Oct 30, 1966 – Oct 10, 1969 | Fox | |
| Thompson, Rich (Thom) | IC/1 | 1967 – 1969 | E | Leading IC PO 3rd Vietnam tour. Medic ret. Graduated; BS Geneva College (Beaver Falls,PA),M/Div Southwestern Baptist (Ft Worth,TX). Live in FL/PA |
| Bell, Ron | SM2 | 1967 – 1970 | OC | on board westpacs 3&4 remember field day - Turner duty band - fantail barbecues - missile launches - Capt.Floyd Smith and Australia -- YAHOO! |
| Gilcrease, Michael | SA | 1967 – Sep 1968 | FIRST | |
| Harwood, Robert | FTM1 | Mar 1967 – Dec 1969 | Fox | |
| Todd, Gerald (Sam) | FTM2 | Jun 1967 – Aug 1970 | Fox | I had training on both the MK119 and WDE. I bounced back and forth between Fwd Plot and Weapons Control. |
| Marshall, Wylie | YNSN/E-3 | Jun 22, 1967 – Dec 22, 1968 | One tour Vietnam. Returned home via Austrialia. | |
| Jones, Gregory (Greg) | SN | Jul 26, 1967 – May 18, 1968 | First | Came on board just as the Turner went into drydock at Hunter's point. Brought wife with me and we lived at 72 "I" Street on the point. Got out just as Turner left for Vietnam tour of '68. |
| Burdette, Tom | RM3 | Sep 1967 – Feb 2, 1970 | Operations | Did 1 Viet-Nam tour of duty from June - Dec. 1968. Got an early out 2 weeks before ship left in Feb. 1970 for Viet-Nam again. HELLO all in Radio Gang! Tom |
| Morgan, Rick | RD 3 | Oct 1967 – Oct 1969 | Ops/Radar (Scope Dope) | Back in my day it was the DLG-20. I remember the bar-b-que's on the fantail. Also, port/starb on "Y" station. Best part was crossing the equator and becoming a "Shellback". Aah, good ole Brisbane & Sydney |
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