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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Biddle (CG 34). 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 576 crew members registered for the USS Biddle (CG 34).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders, Rodney | HTC(SW) | 0000 – Nov 10, 1984 | R | Great Duty Great Crew |
| Fitzpatrick, Bryan | FTM3 | 0000 – Jun 15, 1981 | GM | |
| Bercik, Paul | CTO2 (SW) | Jun 16, 1901 – Nov 10, 1993 | OC | Being stuck in Panama Canal, and being only one of 10 shellbacks when we crossed the equators and having to deal with those pollywogs. |
| Kizis, Bernie | RM2 | Aug 2, 1902 – Aug 2, 1906 | RADIOMAN/COMMUNATIONATIONS | Just lookng for the guys I wokred with on the USS Biddle during the time frame frame 1982-1986. I was an RM at the time. I went from E-1 to RM5 and when the ship docked in Philidelpha my 4 years were up and I left. |
| Wehlus, Michael | BM2 | 1966 – 1968 | 1 st Div | On Hand For Commisioning and Decommisioning Plank Owner Around The World Shellback Hard Charger Great Crew, Wonderful Memories Proud to have Served |
| Sweigart, Stephen | FTM3 | 1966 – 1969 | 2nd | Plankowner Served on cruise to Viet Nam and around the world in '67-68. To short for 2nd tour tranferred to DLG 27 |
| Black, Michael | E3 | 1966 – 1970 | Pn | Painting Snoopy on the control panel on the Heilo landing deck, Original plankowner |
| Fuller, Michael | Enfn | 1966 – 1967 | A gang | Original crew. plank owner. |
| Bigoss, Edward | CS2 | Feb 14, 1966 – Nov 24, 1968 | SUPPLY | PLANK OWNER GREAT SHIP AND CREW 7TH FLEET TOUR GULF TONKIN, AROUND THE WORLD GOT MY REAR END KICK HOWEVER WAS A BAD ASS POLYWOG |
| Belanger, Jim | FTM-1 | May 1, 1966 – Nov 10, 1967 | Weapons | I was also the Chief Master at Arms of the ship. Plankowner. |
| Dill, Roger | CS2 | Jun 1966 – Dec 6, 1968 | Supply | First ship in the Navy. Plankowner. Great first world crusie after doing the Gulf of Tonken tour. 90 days of going around the bouy. Sorry to hear she was cut up. Would love to see a reunion an see how many of us Plankowners are left. |
| Irvine, Richard | RD3 | Sep 1966 – Jul 1968 | OI | Plankowner, troublemaker, and short-timer from day 1. Made the first Westpac cruise to Nam, Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. |
| Ayers, Jerry | SN | Oct 1, 1966 – Sep 30, 1968 | 1st Divison | I am a Plank Owner. Served on cruise to Viet Nam and around the world in '67-68. |
| Muzio, E. Paul | QM3 | Oct 1, 1966 – Oct 1, 1968 | bridge/Quartermaster | first rate ship and crew, I enjoyed tour of duty. |
| Huffer, David | SM-3 | Dec 1966 – Dec 1967 | OC | Found out what the real navy was all about. Best ship in the fleet under Capt. M.T. Scott |
| Malo, Robert | MM3 | Dec 14, 1966 – Sep 28, 1968 | M | This was my second ship in the US Navy. Aboard in December 1966. Was a "Plank Owner" and made the "around the world cruise". Please msg me if you have any photos of that time. Great memories. |
| Treadway, Ray | BT3 | Dec 19, 1966 – Jan 3, 1970 | B | Plankowner, Hard Charger, and liberty hound! |
| Brooke, Gary | STG2 | 1967 – Dec 1969 | Navy | Very proud of the Biddle. Was an original Plankowner. |
| Kading, James Kid | mm2 | 1967 – 1971 | m | was a great ship and crew the 2 west pack trips i'll never forget. I also sailed as an engineer in the merchant marine for 10 year and went back and visited many of the fine ports i visited on the biddle. |
| Boyle, Edward | ETN3 | 1967 – 1969 | electronics | I served with a great crew |
| Myles, Ken | STG3 | 1967 – 1968 | 4th | What a ride...when the sea was riding over the missile launcher and the salt chuck was spitting on the bridge Hello to all Hard Chargers ... Saluting Captain Scott and all Officers |
| Metschke, Gene | STG2 | Jan 4, 1967 – Dec 21, 1969 | ASW/SONAR | Served with the best group of sonarmen and one of the best ships in the Navy. |
| Ormond, Francis | SK2 | Feb 1967 – Oct 1969 | SUPPLY | MY FIRST SHIP, HAD A GREAT TIME BEING A HARD CHARGER |
| Pizzuto, John | STG3 | Feb 1, 1967 – Dec 11, 1970 | Weapons | Served aboard from Feb '67 to Dec '70. Hello to the old sonar gang: Marc Blair, David Alwyne, Bob Doolan, Max Stox, Jamie Hunter, Kenny Miles, Frenchy Le Coutier, the twins, sorry, to the rest, but it's been a while. |
| Meadors, William / Billy Blue | MM 3/E-4 | Oct 20, 1967 – Jun 20, 1969 | Machinist Mate/Engineering/Main Control | Was on West/Pack 1968 Around The World. Also 1969 West/Pack. Have Cruise Books. Have home movies 1968 Around the World. |
| Empleton, James / Tony | EW1 | Oct 29, 1967 – Jan 29, 1973 | ||
| Geiger, Victor | IC1 | Nov 24, 1967 – Feb 26, 1971 | E Div. | Had a good time aboard the hard charger, also had a good IC gang to work with. Replaced a good petty officer in chief Joseph. Made the first two west pac cruises and was able to see a lot of the world. |
| Covington, Warren | RD2 | Dec 1967 – Nov 1971 | RADAR | |
| Williams, Charles | MM3/E4 | 1968 – 1971 | M | looking for old friends, thomas {ZEKE} zukaskey, Kenny Armstrong, Sam Clark , Robert Mahaffee |
| Stasek, Chuck | FTG2 | 1968 – Dec 7, 1972 | 3rd | 1968 - 1972 3 Tours to Viet Nam A hell of a long time ago. |
| Adcock, Gene | RM2 | Feb 1, 1968 – Apr 1, 1968 | ||
| Weilding, David | SN | Feb 2, 1968 – Oct 31, 1969 | 1 ST | Where is everybody hiding |
| Jarrett, Dennis | GMM3 | Feb 29, 1968 – 1969 | 2nd | Joined the ship in Subic Bay after completing Mark 10 "C" school at Great Lakes. |
| Brennan, Mike | stg2 | Sep 1968 – Dec 1972 | 4th division | forgotten the bad times--remember the good times |
| Goldstein, Ted | QM3 | Sep 1968 – Jun 1972 | Navigation | I came on the Biddle when it returned from its 1st Nam cruise In 1968. I Was a Boatswain's Mate at 1st then transferred to Quatermaster. Left DLG-34 in 1972. |
| Rafter, William | MR 2 | Sep 17, 1968 – 1971 | USS Biddle DLG 34 | I remember heading to Vietnam on this ship. I was young, scared and did not want to go to the war zone. I have had many problems since Vietnam with PTSD and other health issues. Certain things never leave your memory. |
| Bienefeld, Ferd | BM3 | Oct 8, 1968 – Sep 27, 1972 | 1st Division | I'm searching for may old shipmates. What I remember anymore is the good times we had and forgotten the bad. At present time I'm retired from the graphic arts field. My email address is: ferdb@sbcglobal.net |
| Witham, Warren | BM3 | Oct 27, 1968 – Jan 23, 1973 | USN | looking for some of my crew mates from 1968 to 1972. Are you there?ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddddddddddddfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff |
| Metz, Paul | OS2 | Nov 1968 – Dec 21, 1971 | OI | |
| Kowal, Al | RD3 | Nov 11, 1968 – Jan 31, 1971 | CIC duty as a RD | 2nd WestPac VN trip....Great Ship and enjoyed my time. Gulf of Tonkin Yaught Club. |
| Dazey, James | FTG3 | Dec 21, 1968 – Sep 28, 1972 | 3rd division | served aboard the hardcharger from 68-72 made 2 trips to westpac. great memories served with some great men |
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