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USS California (CGN 36) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS California (CGN 36). 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 646 crew members registered for the USS California (CGN 36).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 – 1980 | 1981 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 – 1993 | 1994 – 1995 | 1996 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brantner, Tim | MM2 | 1974 – 1977 | A Gang | A sad ending for a Lady who has had such an impact on my life. Politics ended the Nuke Cruisers while we all know they were the logical choice to serve with Nuke Carriers. |
| Morrell, Kevin | SMSN | 1974 – 1976 | Communications | We had a small crew on the Signal bridge, but it was a tight group.... |
| Bonsanti, Anthony | SH3 | 1974 – 1978 | Supply | |
| Boyd, Michael | STG3 - STG2(SW) | Feb 1974 – May 1980 | AS | From commissioning to the Iranian Hostage Crisis - what a ride! |
| Hartley, Scott | E5 | Feb 4, 1974 – Jan 4, 1980 | RC Div | Great friends - great times. I went on to work at the Idaho National Laboratory and retired last fall. |
| Ring, Elmer/buster | IC3 | Feb 19, 1974 – Jul 1976 | E | |
| Windham, Robert | RM2 | Apr 1, 1974 – Jul 1, 1976 | C | Greetings shipmates. I was a shift supervisor in the radio shack. Many trips to Carribean, Halifax, etc. I remember CPT Miller, MC Ekardt, Chief Wyman, Charly Richard, Ron Redmon, Jimmy Donnelly, and many others. Good times, good memories. |
| Lilly, James | MM2 | May 1974 – Jun 1978 | A-Gang | Sorry to see the Hotel California is gone. Had some great times. |
| Lausin, Michael | DS2 | Jul 1974 – Mar 30, 1979 | ON | Always remember the good times! |
| Thomason, John | ETN2 | Nov 1974 – Feb 1978 | OE | Have great memories. Was bass player for "Zac" the only "real" band onboard at the time. Great cruises and great parties on the fantail. Had a blast on return from Queens Silver Jubilee with Montel Williams singing lead. |
| Clark, John | EW2 | 1975 – 1978 | OA | SURE MISS GOOD TIMES AND GOOD FRIENDS |
| Thomas, Everett | PN3 | Jan 1975 – Nov 1977 | x- division | |
| Davis, Wayne | EW2 | Jan 1975 – Jul 1979 | OA | |
Duncan, John  | EMC | Jan 24, 1975 – Nov 20, 1977 | E Div | Capt Floyd Miller, If I ever had to go into battle, let him be my leader. Wabbat, Chase Bank, Bone |
| Stevens, Russell | SN | Feb 10, 1975 – May 30, 1975 | 1st | Left to soon got sick on leave from outbreak of Hepatitis B on leave for memorial day w/e sent to a private hospital wound up in Phola Naval Hospital for 6 months .heard ship had to be quarantineed |
| Dullnig, John | MM1 | Feb 13, 1975 – Sep 10, 1978 | M | |
| Schramm, Robert | GMG2 | Mar 1975 – Jul 1978 | G- division | If anyone sees Galban or Stabline, tell them Rosie wants to "see them down the armory"....I fondly remember my time on the California and all i can say is....Wait, this really happened? |
| Burton, Mitch | MM2 | Apr 1975 – Jul 28, 1979 | L | Great times overseas. Many trips abroad. Good memories. |
| Back, Robert | SHSA | Apr 4, 1975 – Feb 4, 1976 | Supply | There's a @#%# cook on the weather deck dumping trash. get the #@*& below. Mr. Jaffin lay to the bridge |
| Biller, Jerry | MM3/MM2 | Apr 14, 1975 – Jun 5, 1980 | A-Gang | 1st and BEST ship I ever served on. Met some of the best professionals ever. Fair winds and following seas to all my shipmates who served on Hotel California!!! |
| Garoutte, Dennis | OS2 | May 1975 – Sep 30, 1979 | OI | Special Time! Best ship in the fleet at the time! |
| Lapergola, Anthony | SK2 | Jun 28, 1975 – Oct 11, 1977 | ||
| Smithey, Larry | DS2 | Jul 1975 – Apr 1979 | OE | Enjoyed the ports, the rest was seaduty |
| Cripps, Edward | RM2 | Jul 1975 – Jul 1977 | comm | |
| Reilley, Kent | EM2 | Jul 1975 – Aug 1979 | E | Nuke EO. No. 1 ER. Worked in rewind shop, RE01, and tech pubs PO. Remember rough north Atlantic throttle watch with 30 degree rolls. Also on throttles when we had a near miss with South Carolina. Dreams still. |
| Meade, Fred | SK3 to SK2 | Jul 1975 – Aug 1978 | S1 | |
| Craft, Max | MM1 | Sep 20, 1975 – Jan 5, 1980 | A-Division | Servied as an ex-nuc among a lot of men like me in the A-gang animals |
| Whetsel, Chris (Weasel) | OS2 | Oct 1975 – Aug 1979 | deck/ operations | spent first six months in deck div next 3 1/2 yrs in ops |
| Holt, Larry | MM3 | Oct 1975 – 1978 | A-Gang | |
| Pitt, Jack | DS1 | Dec 1975 – Apr 1979 | on | |
| Gunnison, Tom | MM2 | 1976 – 1978 | M L | |
| Ross, David | IC2 | 1976 – 1980 | What a ride! Now an electrical engineer in natural gas and coal fired power plants. | |
| Hoffman, Kurt | RM2 | 1976 – 1977 | C | |
| Dow, Jim | EM2 | 1976 – 1981 | E | |
| Autenrieth, Danny | OS1 | 1976 – 1977 | OI | Great Crew and Great memories, she was a beautiful ship! |
| Daly, Thomas | MR-1 | Jan 1976 – Jan 1978 | R | |
| Kingsley, Jeffrey | ET2 | Jan 1976 – Aug 1980 | OE | |
| McDonald, Joey | FTM2 | Jan 10, 1976 – Mar 18, 1980 | T - TARTAR - T Division All-Stars | Amazing and life altering time of my life. A great group of guys who definitely changed my world view. Hope some of you remember our times as fondly. View 'now' Photo |
| Skaggs, Cecil "Lee" | OSC, AIR INTERCEPT CONTROL SUPERVISOR | Feb 15, 1976 – Feb 14, 1978 | OI, OPS | California was my last tour of duty before retiring. The CIC team were a great bunch of guys. I enjoyed working with them. Thanks again, for the wonder retirement watch. We all didn't get much sleep when we worked with Air Groups. |
| Pitaro, Steve (Taz) | ETN3 - ET1 | Mar 3, 1976 – Sep 27, 1979 | OE | Enjoyed cruising aboard, great sights and great friends. Did NOT enjoy Tender Availability - Augusta Bay, Sicily. Alberobello Pizza was good though - NO PEAS! right Charbie? |
| Morris, Tim | ET2 | Mar 17, 1976 – Mar 17, 1979 | RC | |
| Charbonneau, Paul | ET1 | Apr 1976 – May 1980 | OE | |
| Bruner, Eberhard | EM1 | Apr 9, 1976 – Apr 9, 1979 | E | Months of cruising with no destination in sight |
| Cook, Vernon | DK1 | May 1976 – Nov 11, 1977 | S-1 | Enjoyed the trip and those aboard. |
| Bradford, Earl | RM-2 | Jun 24, 1976 – Oct 1979 | Satellite Communications (Radioman) | All shipmates that is around,now is the time to communicate. I surely do miss the navy and the crew on our ship the USS California (CGN-36). I need to be on the list as crew member.... |
| Kahl, Vern | GMM2 | Jul 1976 – Jan 25, 1980 | T-Division All Stars | And they said a Gunner's Mate could never make it on the outside |
| Steward, Elaina----(inservice Went By Chuck) | RM2 | Jul 4, 1976 – Dec 11, 1979 | Communications | The California was an experience that I can never forget, I worked with some of the best people I'd ever met. I've made big changes in my life which most of the crew wouldn't understand but life is good for me. |
| Weischedel, Brian | GMTSN | Jul 6, 1976 – Jun 30, 1978 | AS | I DO MISS EVERYONE |
| Jackson, Todd | GMG2 | Jul 19, 1976 – Jul 18, 1980 | G | looking for john pennington and peter mack |
| Compton, Todd | STGSN - STG2 | Aug 1976 – Feb 1980 | antisubmarine warfare | Looking for all of you who might remember me, Todd. |
| Bednar, Andrew | STG-3 | Oct 1976 – Sep 1979 | AS | Spent my Time on THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA! |
| Trend, Timothy | BMSA | Nov 1976 – Jul 1977 | BM | |
| Nugent, Leonard | ET2 | Nov 10, 1976 – Aug 22, 1980 | RC | |
| Webber, Kurt (Woober) | MM2 | Dec 1976 – Jan 1980 | M | |
| Webber, Kurt (Woober) | MM2 | Dec 1976 – Jan 1980 | M Division | |
| Goldsberry, Martin | MM2 | Dec 1976 – Sep 1980 | M | Just a distant memory now |
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