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USS Texas (CGN 39) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Texas (CGN 39). 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 779 crew members registered for the USS Texas (CGN 39).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1976 | 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomichek, Steven | MM2 | 0000 – | M | Served in #2 Engine Room. |
| Luther E Lineberger, Luther | chief petty officer+ chief of electrican | 1912 – 1952 | E 10 | served in world war 1+2 war |
| Blake, William | FIREMAN | Oct 1, 1940 – Nov 9, 1941 | Engine room | Not sure of the dates. I was assigned to the Texas from boot camp when it was the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet.I believe the flag was transferred to the cruiser Augusta. |
| Perkins, John W. | Yeoman | 1943 – 1945 | Ship's office and damage control | |
| Boudreaux, Cully L. | ET1 | 1974 – 1979 | RC | Plankowner. |
| Stone, John | MM1 | 1975 – May 10, 1978 | M | Precom unit Plank owner 1plant LPO Left Navy in May 78 Worked 18 years for HL&P at South Texas Project Nuclear Plant in Bay City Texas as plant operator and supervisor in Chemical Operations Currently own a business in Sealy Texas. |
| Haberle, James | ETR2 | 1975 – 1979 | RC | PLANKOWNER |
| Wright Jr, John | ET1 | 1975 – Jan 1980 | RC | Plank owner - I have many fond memories of the Texas "bull ship of the fleet" and our "nukes never have a nice day" tshirt. now working in nuclear test at Newport news shipyard for over 25 years |
| Miller, Michael | MM1 | 1975 – 1977 | A | |
| White, Gordon (Bill) | DK1 | 1975 – Aug 30, 1978 | Supply S-1 | Was with mthe precomm until retirement in Aug 78 |
| Wasem, Mike | MM2 | 1975 – Sep 12, 1979 | M2 | Highlite-al navy softball tourny Mayport, FL. Great friends, Bob Martin, Ted Rogers, Ivan Wilson, Gary Vance, Rick, Ed, Stansberry,Ryan,Cully I live Lusby, MD work for NRC |
| Weisenborn, Dana F | MM2 | 1975 – Dec 1977 | M | CGN-39 & CGN-40. Retired early USG Corp. Married 33 Yrs. 3 Living Child. 10 Grand-child. Live in Tucson. Saw new entry from Mike Wasem. Remember many good times with Mike incl. Annapolis visits. |
| Morway, Ron | RMC | 1975 – 1980 | OC | Great Ship with a great crew and an excellent CPO Mess. |
| Root, Timothy | STG1 | 1975 – Jan 16, 1978 | Sonar | Plank owner |
| Martin, Bob | MM1 | 1975 – 1979 | M | Precom/Plankowner. Friends: Wasem, Rogers, Wilson, Ryan, Vance, Bonnette, Speas, Duffy, Knobeloch, Neuschwanger, Davis, Stansbury,Yoder to name a few. 35 yrs in Ops CCNPP Retired Shift Manager living in Winter Springs Fl |
| Smith, Ken | LT | Jan 1, 1975 – Jun 7, 1977 | RM | I was the only native Texan in the wardroom, and PAO as collateral duty. |
| De Potty, Jeffey "j.j." | OS2 | Jan 1, 1975 – Dec 20, 1977 | O.I. | Part of pre-com crew. Plank owner. |
| Olsen, Larry (Olie) | MM1 | Mar 1, 1975 – Jul 7, 1977 | M-Div | Great time with all my shipmates on the precom unit. |
Roe, Terry  | MM1 | Apr 2, 1975 – Sep 10, 1979 | M | I had a fun fun fun time aboard the Texas. Left to be staff instructor at the West Milton Site. I remember everything! |
| Gipson, James | MM1 | Jun 1975 – Dec 1979 | M | |
| Herrin, David (Fuzzy) | YN3 | Jul 1975 – Nov 1977 | YN Admin for Capt. Peter B. Fiedler | I was the first crewmember to check aboard the USS Texas as a Precom Unit. I checked in at NNSB and was temp. assigned to the USS VA (No one yet able to ck me in) Discharged before commissioning but put a lot of heart and sweat into Her. |
| McConaughy, Michael | YN3 | Aug 1975 – Mar 1979 | OPS/X | 18th sailor to report aboard. Operations yeoman for LCDR Scovill and LCDR Roberts. |
| McCutcheon, Michael | MM1 | Aug 1975 – Nov 24, 1978 | M | Member of pre-commissioning crew. Have worked for large electric utility since leaving the Navy. |
| Grout, Donald | GMG-1/GMGC/CWO2 | Aug 1975 – May 1978 | CO | Great ship, great crew. Arrived just days after Texas slid down the skids into the water. Left just after arriving in the yards for shake down availability. Many great memories of the time spent on her. Retired a CWO4 in 1987. |
| Peterson, Doug | ICC | Aug 1975 – Apr 1977 | RC | RC Div LPO |
| Billingsly, Ed(ward) | MM1 | Aug 13, 1975 – Oct 3, 1978 | M | Plank Owner, member of the nucleus crew |
| Diedrich, John | E-6/ET1 | Aug 15, 1975 – May 16, 1978 | RC | PreCom Crew - Plank Owner |
| Unger, William M. | STG1 | Sep 1975 – Jun 1980 | Plankowner. | |
| Chute, David | MM1 | Sep 1975 – 1978 | Machinery | #1 Engineroom LPO Retired 1995 as MMCM(SW/SS)while Command Master Chief of CGN-41. |
| Carlson, James R. | BM 2 | Sep 20, 1975 – Sep 1977 | 1ST | Served Pre-Com during construction in Newport News , Va. Transfered to NMCB-133 , Gulfport , Miss.on re-enlistment Sep. , 1977 |
| Reasoner, Don | IC1 | Oct 1975 – Dec 1978 | Engineering | Plankowner. Retired in 1994 as ICC(SW). Currently working Civil Service for the Coast Guard as a Work Leader repairing Falcon jet and CASA aircraft. Living in Camden, North Carolina. |
| Meigel, David | MMC | Oct 9, 1975 – Jul 31, 1978 | M | Left CGN-39 transferred to D1G, followed by USS Virginia. Retired March 1986. Plank Owner. Current work at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Engineering Dept. CVN 68 Class Propulsion Machinery Group Leader |
| Carbo, Butch | MM1 | Oct 9, 1975 – Oct 1, 1977 | M | 1st of 2 tours on a great ship! |
| Meigel, David | MMC | Oct 9, 1975 – Jul 31, 1978 | M | |
| Seaman, Jim | LT | Dec 1975 – Aug 1978 | Combat Systems | NTDS Officer |
| Hamer, RC | ETR2 | 1976 – 1977 | RC | Plankowner. |
| Hall, John | EM2 | 1976 – 1979 | RE | Plankowner |
| Greene, Cliff | ET1 | 1976 – Jun 1978 | Precom unit and sea trials | |
| Csihas, Frank | PN1 | 1976 – 1978 | X-Admin | Pre-commisioning thru sea trials. Great Admin Team. I have lots of photos, and memorabiblia from commissioning dates. Will never forget my shipmates and the Galveston, Texas celebration! |
| Guyton, Bill | MM2 | 1976 – 1978 | RM | Left the Navy in 1978. Joined the Army National in SC, then joined the Air National Guard, retired May 1999. Currently work for CSC as a commputer programer. |
| Webber, Donald | MM1 | 1976 – 1979 | Machinery | Served on precommisionining Crew. Served Nuclear Power School, USS Dwight D Eisenhower (MMC), Naval Reactors (ENS), USS Hunley, and Retired from USS Emory S. Land as LT. Now work at Monticello NPS in Minnesota. |
| Purdy, Phil | EM2 | 1976 – Apr 1980 | E | Plank Owner. Left ship day before the Iranian Hostage Rescue attemp. Looking for cruise book from 1979-1980 Med cruise. 25 years and counting with PPL Holtwood LLC as an operator. |
| Meyer, Rick (Oscar) | MM2 | 1976 – 1979 | M | Plank owner I was known to everyone as 'Oscar' even though my real name was Rick |
| White, Larry | ET 1 | 1976 – Sep 1979 | RC | Plank Owner. Living in South Carolina since discharge. |
| Ryan, Pat | IC1 | 1976 – 1980 | Interior Communications - Nuc | I remember the fun we had, Fred, Stansbury, Duffy, Waz, Wilson, Martin, Vance. Worked at Clinton Power Station in Ops ever since I got out of the Navy, retired and went back as a contractor. |
| Turner, Bill | ET2 | 1976 – 1979 | CO | Plankowner - enjoyed some great times with some great guys. |
| Dunnwald, Don | MM1 | 1976 – Jan 25, 1979 | Engineering | |
| Hardin, Michael | ET-1 | 1976 – Jun 6, 1978 | Reactor Control | Plank Owner seeking info on decommissioning. |
| Reese, Ron | FTM2 | Jan 1976 – May 1977 | cf | |
| Bieze, Keith | MM1 ELT | Feb 1976 – Aug 1978 | RL | Plankowner - Dosimetry Supervisor (RL03). Went to Idaho as instructor for remainder of enlistment. Left Navy January 1982. Been working ever since for Pacific Gas and Electric. Now Primary Chemistry Engineer. |
| Guthrie, Skip | EM1 | Feb 1976 – Sep 1979 | E | Worked in the topside Electric Shop. Stood watch in the enginerooms. Lots of memories |
| Weisenborn, Dana | MM2 | Feb 1976 – Sep 1977 | M | Plank Owner. Also CGN 40 Pre-com unit. Discharged Dec 77. Retired early USG Corp. Four children (3 living) 8 beautiful grand children. Now in Oswego, IL Moving to Tucson some time in 2009 |
| Wallace, Donal | MM2 | Feb 13, 1976 – 1978 | M1 | |
| Scheels, Rolly | ETC | Feb 16, 1976 – Jan 16, 1979 | RC | Pre-comm crew and plank owner - left Navy in 1982 & worked at Big Rock Point until 1997 - worked in electric transmision until 2008 & am sort of retired... |
| Cosgrove, Thomas / Cos | MM-1 | Mar 1976 – Sep 1981 | A | Plank Owner, Retired off USS America in 1989.SWOS Instructor, Graduated from Senior Enlisted Acadamy. |
| Carpenter, David | ET2 | Mar 1976 – Sep 1979 | RC | Plank Owner. After leaving the service, got PhD in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M. Work for Bettis Atomic Power Lab. |
| Wilson, Ivan | MM-2 | Mar 1976 – Aug 1980 | M | Plank Owner LPO #1 Engine Room. Currently a manager at Crystal River Power Plant in Florida. |
| Durham, Jay | ET1 | Mar 1976 – Aug 1978 | RC | Plankowner |
| Yoder, Tim | MM2 | Mar 1976 – Jul 2, 1980 | M | Precom and Plank-owner. Worked for the Perry Nuclear Plant (went there when it was a hole in the ground, and stayed until the first refueling in 1989). Went to work for Northwest/Delta Airlines. |
| Kirts, Willie | SEAMAN | Mar 16, 1976 – Aug 16, 1979 | OD | Hi, I hope all you guys are doing well! It'll be good to hear what's going on! waitng to hear from you. Boats! |
| Crawford, Tim | EM1 | Apr 1976 – Sep 19, 1978 | Engineering-ER 1 | went back to Michigan, spent last 32 years working as electrician and technician. Currently working for Honeywell doing ventilation, steam plant and boiler controls.Precon and Plankowner |
| Race, Michael, Mike | RM2 | Apr 1976 – Jun 1981 | OC | Joined during precom, transfered to have brother duty. Saw alot of wonderful places and met alot of great guys. What I can remember of it that is. |
| Merrill, Jeffrey | OS2 | Apr 1976 – Nov 1979 | OI | Plank Owner - Great ship with to short of a life. I'll always remember the great times we had and the great guys I served with. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. |
| Gaiennie, L. Rene (Scotty) | FTCS/CWO3 | Apr 8, 1976 – Jun 10, 1980 | CF/CF Off/ CO Off | Plank Owner-Set up Weapons Dept with Mike, Hoot and A-Watt along with Poats and our one and only sticky finger GMGC Wipperman with a NEW Chief's welcoming machine that was beyond belief-I never knew peanut butter could look so gross! Memories are |
| Lamarche, Mike | SK1 | Apr 17, 1976 – Jul 1978 | S-1 | S-1 LPO, 1ST CLASS MESS PRES. Texas was one of the best tours of my career. Worked for SKCM Tufnell. Retired CWO3(SC) aug 1994 |
| Davis, Tom | CWO-3 | May 1976 – Jun 1979 | OE | Plank Owner, Operations Electronics Division Officer |
| Hayes, Greg | s/r | May 15, 1976 – Jul 1978 | airman | i was raised on a farm for most of my life and went in at very young age and grew up quick.it was an overwhelming experience and one of the best in my life. i will never forget that ship and all of the life experiences. |
| De Esch, Doug | EMFN | Jun 1976 – Mar 1979 | E | Plank Owner |
| Knudson, Ken | BM1 | Jun 1, 1976 – Apr 15, 1979 | DECK | PLANK OWNER. ONE OF THE EARLIEST PERSONNEL TO REPORT ONBD. BMC WILLIAMS & 1 SN, & 4 OR 5 MORE WERE AHEAD OF ME. WENT THROUGH PRECOMM, COMMISSIONING, SEA TRIALS, AND ALL. WORKED AS DECK LPO, GOOD TIMES, & A GOOD SHIP. |
| Futch, Woody | sh2/1 | Jun 28, 1976 – Jun 29, 1979 | s-3 | retired after 25 yrs with the rank of mcpo |
| Jackson, Rick | MSSA-MS3 | Jul 20, 1976 – Dec 5, 1979 | Supply | An original crew member, worked in the shipyard and lived in the apartments. Fed most of you, and you loved it. |
| Stansbury, Timothy | ETN-2 | Aug 1976 – Nov 1979 | RC | Pre-Com - PLANK OWNER. Fred Hammond, Pat Ryan and myself were the ones who created "Bullship of the fleet" T Shirts. Spent 2yrs at Beaver Valley, PA before switching to Avionics for 27yrs, living in Melbourne, FL |
| Gamper, John | STG2 | Aug 8, 1976 – Aug 12, 1980 | Combat - Sonar | Plank Owner, Shellback |
| Dixon, Billy Joe | MM1 | Aug 30, 1976 – Jan 1978 | A Div | PreComm and plankowner Hydraulic Shop LPO--Retired in 1989 one of the best commands I was on made many friends I still have today. |
| Rust, Terry | EM2 | Sep 1976 – Aug 1980 | E | Plank Owner, Site TV LPO, primarily Engine Room #1 watchstander. Now In New Mexico |
| Wentling, Dirk | EM3 | Sep 1976 – Aug 25, 1980 | E Division | Plankowner, Ship's collateral duty photographer, Set up ship's darkroom, helped run the onboard TV and Radio station. Memories grow fonder as time slips by. Glad I spent my entire "naval career" onboard the Texas. |
| Beck, Terry | EM-2 | Sep 1, 1976 – Jun 27, 1979 | E | Good friends, good times. |
| Vorhies, Doug | MS | Sep 11, 1976 – Mar 13, 1980 | Supply | Plank owner |
| Amos, Hawes | ITCM | Oct 1, 1976 – Jun 1, 1979 | Precom Unit, Plank Owner (RM3), xfr'd to Iceland, retired in 2000 after 30 years service. | |
| Garvey, Walter | MM3 | Nov 1976 – Mar 30, 1979 | A | |
| Carrico, Francis | E4 EM | Nov 10, 1976 – Mar 1, 1979 | Electrician Topside | Great experience. |
| Robinson, Thomas | PNSN | Dec 1976 – Mar 1979 | X | Pre-Com and Plankowner. |
| Vanderslice, Steve | ET2 | Dec 1976 – Oct 1980 | RC | Seems the longer I am around the better the times were |
| Lewis, Charles | MR2 | Dec 3, 1976 – Dec 3, 1978 | R | Plank Owner. 1st Machinery Repairman on board. Made alot of name tags! After getting out in 1978 I worked as a machinist until 1990 and then started selling for some local machining houses. |
| Thomson, William Lloyd | ET3-ET2 | Dec 6, 1976 – Oct 1, 1980 | CE | Had a good time on board, Miss a lot of this crew. |
| Bell, Kevin | TM2 | Dec 28, 1976 – Aug 8, 1980 | CA | Plankowner |
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