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USS Gridley (CG 21) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Gridley (CG 21). 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 541 crew members registered for the USS Gridley (CG 21).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1967 | 1968 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kissler, David | QM3 | 1977 – 1981 | What an experience! | |
| De Loney, Dewayne | Tm3 | 1977 – 1979 | A/S | This was my first sea duty command, and I will never forget the torpedo tube crawl that Workman bet me on. Massive great bunch of men. Good luck gents. |
| Maus, Andrew | OS2 | Jan 3, 1977 – Jul 1, 1981 | OI | Went on to retire as OSCS(SW) in June '96. |
| Morgan, Bill | HT3 | Mar 3, 1977 – Sep 4, 1978 | Repair | Great shipmates, most of our time was in the shipyard at Long Beach. Had a lot of fun trying to figure out the piping for the new CHT sysytem being installed. Got out and stayed in the reserves, retired as HT1 in 1995 |
| Forrest, Jon | BMSN | Mar 25, 1977 – Apr 25, 1981 | Deck | "The Grid", Westpac, Subic Bay, Wow. Feel free to contact me, much love to all shipmates. jonforrest@verizon.net |
| Connelly, Vaughn | HM2 | Apr 1977 – Aug 1978 | Admin | Worked with HMC Guest. Many great memories. Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Acapulco... |
| Corp, Gene | ET2 | May 1977 – Nov 1980 | OE | |
| Emerson, James | OS2 | May 1977 – Dec 1978 | OI | A Radar Man who loved playing tennis in San Diego and Long Beach, and you may remember that I won the tournament! I bought my first set of left-handed golf clubs while on board, and played in a lot of cribbage matches. |
| Ridenour, Randy | GMMSN | Jun 10, 1977 – Dec 27, 1979 | Weapons | |
| Schilder, Duane | MM3 | Aug 10, 1977 – Jun 16, 1981 | Engineering | Interesting times with great friends. |
| Harward, Kip | BT E5 | Aug 25, 1977 – Jan 25, 1981 | B | BT's you missed a meet we had in Vegas, only a few showed. Ronnie Richter has passed, Greg Morrison is serving 30 years in prison for murder. Fred Sharpsteen has passed |
| Wilbourn, Arlie | IC-3 | Sep 1977 – Dec 1979 | E | A year in Long Beach. What a treat. |
| Didio, Steve | STG3 | Sep 1977 – Jan 1979 | A/S | My first ship of a 24-year career. The day I reported, the Duty ST was completely stoned! On my second day, the First LT and several other Khakis were taken off in cuffs after a drug sweep! Oh the Navy of the late 70s! |
| Aumand, Billy Nuts | MS4 | Sep 5, 1977 – Apr 18, 1980 | SUPPLIES | I WAS YOUR COOK. WHOEGRAIN ALCOHOL IN THE COOLAID. LOL HOT SAUCE IN THE CHERRY PIES. |
| Ortiz, Dave | SM2 | Sep 7, 1977 – May 27, 1981 | CS - Comunications | Looking for shipmates from WESTPAC '80 that participated in Operation Eagle Claw. |
| Urmetz, Dirk | sn | Dec 14, 1977 – Sep 1978 | deck | 3 of the best years of my life! |
| Seydler, Chance | ftm3 | Dec 17, 1977 – Aug 25, 1980 | fox | good times good shipmates i remember looking at those old chiefs thinking they were to old to have fun anymore now that i am 55 my perspective has changed |
| Pardinas, Jaime | GMM2 | 1978 – 1981 | Gunnersmate | Gridley was the only ship in my tour. Made friends that have lasted a lifetime. I am in law enforcement now as well as a private vessel Captain. Have kept in touch with some but not all Grids. Would like to hear from more. |
| Workman, Michael | GMT1 | 1978 – Jan 1983 | A/S | Great ship I enjoyed my tour onboard. The people in A/S division were a tight group of men. We had some good parties together. |
| Gill, Tommy "buford" | BTFN | 1978 – 1980 | B | I HAVE NEVER FOGOTTEN YOU GUYS FROM MY TOUR ONBOARD THE WORLDS GREATEST CRUISER.B DIVISION RULES!! "OOGH,OOGH" |
| Slessor, PhillIIp | RM2 | Jan 1, 1978 – Oct 25, 1980 | Ops | Was the Antenna maintenance petty officer and damage control petty officer for radio central. Went on Westpac in 1980 in the failed hostage rescue attempt. |
| Suttles, Jerry | BT3 | Jan 8, 1978 – Nov 26, 1980 | B | I served on the grid in Long Beach,and did the WestPac of 1980. |
| Garrett, Dan | SMSN | Jan 18, 1978 – Jun 1, 1981 | Communications | well there were some good times & some bad times.but looking back i dont regret it one bit. |
| Cowing, Ken | NCC | Feb 1978 – Feb 1981 | Admin | Made E-7 while on the Gridley and sailed on her 1980 WESTPAC. Capt Stouffer and Capt McGrath were the CO's. |
| Nance, Jim | E5 | Feb 2, 1978 – Feb 2, 1984 | E Division | Hey Gridley - just looking to contact some old shipmates. Lots of fond memories, the bars - the parties......Hit me up at znance@nc.rr.com guys. |
| Cavanaugh, Don | OS 2 | Feb 15, 1978 – Jun 15, 1980 | Operations | |
| Smith, Don | STG3 / STG1 | May 1978 – Oct 1993 | AS | Spent two tours onboard, total of 4 1/2 yrs. This was my first & last ship in my 16 yrs of service. I look back and remember the good times and the bad, the underway time and the ports. Fell free to email me! |
| Russell, Rick | Lieutenant | May 8, 1978 – Jun 1982 | OI/OM/E | Came aboard as an Ensign and left 2 WESTPAC's later as a Lieutenant. Served in OPS and Engineering. |
Burns, Craig  | GMM2 | Jun 1978 – Aug 1981 | Missile | |
| Kip Harward, Snatch | BT2 | Aug 21, 1978 – Jan 28, 1981 | B Forward Fire room | Miss you guys. Guess what this old stoner is, a nuclear chemist. Had a blast, still have dreams about you all. Amazing what 4 years does to the brain. Some one e-mail me harward2@llnl.gov. would love to hear from the old crew. |
| Jacek, Chris | rmsn | Sep 1, 1978 – Jun 21, 1981 | radio | Serving in the navy was the best 4 years of my life, my nickname was teflon, from some of my partners in radio. will never forget my times at sea and at port and all the life lessons learned. |
| Wagner, Matt | DS3 > DS1 | Oct 1978 – Sep 1982 | OB | Two 'interesting' West-Pacs. Number one priority - clean it up and make it look good, then if you have any time left - fix it. |
| Burton, Kenneth | EM 3 | Oct 4, 1978 – Sep 14, 1980 | Electricians mate | Was an electricians mate from 76 thru 80 remember some good west pacs. Pattie Beach Thailand, Hong Kong, singapore. I remember being at GQ for hours when they tried to rescue the hostages in Iran. Anyone hear fron stan harding fron Clevland |
| Davis, Brian | IC3 | Oct 10, 1978 – Jul 21, 1982 | ICM | |
| White, Michael | STG1 | Nov 29, 1978 – Nov 29, 1982 | AS | Retired from working at the DoD as a federal civilian. Enjoying life with my wife. Spend time serving God at my church, reading, playing chess, playing pool, and just doing projects around the hacienda. |
| Humphrey, Steven | BM3 | 1979 – 1980 | Comm | |
| White, Mike | STG2 | 1979 – 1982 | AS | This was the worst ship I served on in my career. Where is Chief Henry....I feel like making his day again! |
| Wilson, Anthony (Tony) | GMM3 | 1979 – Mar 7, 1982 | Missile | |
| Thomas, Ronald | EM3 | 1979 – 1981 | Engineering Electrician | Looking for a shipmate who can provide a buddy statement. I have a hearing loss claim but my medical records are lost. |
| Beyer, Michael | SK2 | 1979 – 1981 | Supply | |
| Aber, Richard | MS4 | 1979 – 1980 | S2 | I WAS A COOK AND A BAKER AND I WAS IN SHIPPING AN D RECEIVING FOR PRODUCE AND FROZEN |
| Lacoste, Daniel | RM3 | Jan 15, 1979 – Aug 1980 | Communications | Learned much more about comms while onboard. Went through Refresher Training getting ready for deployment to WESTPAC in early 1980. Deployed to Indian Ocean during Embassy rescue attempt. |
| Cruz, Luis | MM3 | Feb 5, 1979 – Jan 5, 1981 | Engineering - 38-A Outside Machine Shop | Looking to connect with All Engineering buddies and other department shipmates via email: luiscruzdiazpr@gmail.com and all other social network sites: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook as LuisCruzDiaz. |
| Reece, J. Kurt | MM2 (SW) | Apr 1979 – Nov 1982 | A-Gang | An experience I will never forget, two West Pacs, crossing the equator, a Typhoon in the Sea of Japan! Plus the famous quote from our Skipper "Run she will. Shine she must". |
| Cormier, Fred | MM3 | Apr 24, 1979 – Nov 22, 1981 | A short but great period of my earlier life was spent on the Gridley. It was a good life learning experience that I still carry to this day. Since that time a lot of things have changed in all of us. Good or bad you can't take that away. | |
| Steele, Robert Bob | mm2 | May 1979 – Dec 3, 1982 | main control | I will never forget my time on the gridley and the crew we saw the world wow. |
| Poplin, Travis | HT2 | Jun 1, 1979 – Jan 12, 1981 | R | Made one WestPac interrupted by the aborted Iranian hostage recue attempt. Looking for Peter j Mazarella |
| Boger, Ron | BT3 | Jun 4, 1979 – Nov 30, 1982 | B- Forward fireroom | |
| Halvorson, Ole | BT2 | Jul 1979 – May 18, 1981 | B | Went onboard a BT3. Worked in the OilLab with BT2 Beetle Bailey. Made a westpac. Picture of the ship is in National Geographic, June 1991, sitting off Mogadishu, Somalia, nice place (sic). Fair winds and following seas to all |
| Woodiel, James (Jim) | LCDR | Jul 13, 1979 – Aug 1, 1980 | Supply | |
| Campbell, Brian | FTM1 | Aug 5, 1979 – Apr 25, 1982 | FOX | |
| Woodiel, James (Jim) | LCDR | Aug 20, 1979 – Aug 1, 1980 | supply | Served in Gridley as SUPO. One of my most enjoy- able tours. |
| Hartman, Michael | RM3 | Sep 11, 1979 – Dec 5, 1981 | Comm | i always remember the good times on the grids |
| Ellis, Greg | OS2 | Oct 3, 1979 – Jan 5, 1982 | IO | Best memories West-Pac / South-Pac Perth and Fremantle. Camel Crossroads Sharks on the Fantail. Bear Delta's and F14's flyin over.Who could forget the USS BrOkinawa Hell the Grids towd that pig all over the IO. |
| Ray, Richard | MM3 | Nov 1979 – Jun 1983 | m | I am the person who painted the numerous parts of EMO1 |
| Santoli, Steve | E2 - STG2 | Nov 1979 – Feb 1983 | Weps | Yep, Chief Henrie was miserable, and unfortunately, liked to share. Best memories are with my pal Mike W. Traveled the world! Miss some of the good times. |
| Rodriguez, Jesus | EM3 | Nov 4, 1979 – Mar 29, 1983 | EM01 | Started my navy career onboard this ship. I almost didn't make it through but one day I just walked around and thought that I was serving onboard one of the greatest ship in the navy. Retired EMC(SW) 03/01 |
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