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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS William V. Pratt (DDG 44). 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 305 crew members registered for the USS William V. Pratt (DDG 44).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1975 | 1976 – 1978 | 1979 – 1981 | 1982 – 1985 | 1986 – 1988 | 1989 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Grier, Billy | GMG2 | 1976 – 1978 | G | Some great memories with good friends. Hope everyone is doing well. |
Higgs, Bruce | STG2 | 1976 – 1977 | ASW | |
Babbitt, Ken | STG2 | Jan 6, 1976 – May 1979 | ASW | |
Nicola, John | gmm3 | Mar 1976 – Jul 1978 | G | Anyone play in the ships band. Saw David and Tim on here drop me a line...jnicola32@yahoo.com.... |
Thomas, Chuck | FTM2 | Mar 25, 1976 – Jun 1, 1979 | FOX | My fondest memories are of my days on the Pratt. The guys on the crew were the best. UNITAS XIX was the best deployment of my career. Does anyone know the whereabouts of George Wayne. I last saw him in Pasgagoula, MS. |
Roselle, Tony | ETN3 | Apr 10, 1976 – Aug 25, 1979 | T | some wild and crazy times on that ship, who remembers the liquor break-in on the "78 Unitas cruise? Living in NJ, 4 kids, second wife (what a suprise!) working for GE |
Rayburn, Roy | E-3 | May 1976 – Mar 1979 | SUPPLY | Yeah, I remember the liquor break in on the Unitas Cruise. What a NIGHT |
Gensler, Peter | PN3 | May 11, 1976 – Feb 1978 | NX | Shame to think they made razor blades out of Willie V. |
Lee, David | GMG2 | Jun 1976 – Jul 1978 | g | I saw a few names that I recall. Just wondering how life has treated y'all. |
Murray, Craig | hull tech | Jul 1976 – Aug 1977 | damage control | Looking to reach out to any of my fellow sqiddlys who remember me had a great time and hope all is good with all of you |
Rosecrans, Lloyd | DS3 | Jul 10, 1976 – 1978 | OD | First Ship, Great crew, made Med in 76, Left before Unitas |
Quinn, Mark | FT3 | Aug 20, 1976 – Sep 24, 1979 | Fox | How many of you Players are still out there? Ahab, Curtis, Cardwell, Brookheiser, Griswold, Dosch, Sharp, Oakes, Stillman, or Chief Geiger? |
Jones, Robert K | SN | Sep 1976 – Sep 1979 | OD | this was a very interesting and good experiance for me. had more travel than i would have if i had never joined the navy. |
Hardy, Ron | BM 2 | Sep 20, 1976 – Sep 21, 1980 | OD | Had a great time on this ship. Went to the Med. and South America. Made a lot of friends, Jeff Mericle, Phil Bonham, Tim Bragg just to name a few. |
Curtis, Michael | FTM3 | Oct 9, 1976 – Feb 14, 1979 | Fox | How odd that as much as I thought I hated it all them, that I miss it all now |
Stafford, Ken | OS1 | Nov 23, 1976 – Mar 16, 1981 | OI | Went to the Med in 1976 and Unitas XIX in 1978. Time is flying by....I hope life has been fair to all. |
Hedrick, Larry (Boot Camp) | SH3 | Dec 10, 1976 – Jun 22, 1980 | Supply | |
Hedrick, Larry (Boot Camp) | E-5/SH3 | Dec 10, 1976 – Jun 22, 1980 | Supply | |
Higgs, Bruce | STG2 | Dec 21, 1976 – Nov 21, 1977 | AS | |
Pieprzyk, Tony | BT-2 | 1977 – 1980 | B | Still steaming after all these year's. But now I'm doing it above the water line. |
Sliger, Robert | FTG3 | 1977 – 1978 | Fox | Had a great time onboard the Pratt, Unitas XIX was unbelievable. Great bunch of guys proud to serve with them. |
Morrow, James / Jim | GMM | 1977 – | g | |
Freeman, Stuart (Bogie) | MM1 | 1977 – | Aft Engine room | Just a punk kid at the time, but I remember good times (and bad). I too remember the theft of the liquor locker on UNITAS XIX. They searched EVERYONES lockers! |
Amidon, Doug | EW1 | 1977 – 1981 | T | Med cruise, UNITAS (shellback and big ditch), shipyards in Philly, GITMO, Med cruise again. Fun times... |
Purcell, Danny ![]() | GMG2 | 1977 – 1980 | G | |
Canfield, Brian | FTGSM | Jan 1, 1977 – Nov 12, 1979 | FOX | A life changing experience. |
Evans-smith, Kimberly | FRIEND | Jan 1, 1977 – Jan 1, 1985 | Looking for Gene Douglas Peyton (Doug) FTM3 Last contact 1981 aboard the Pratt. Anyone know him/where he is ? idyll1dreamcatcher@msn.com I have his Navy class ring. | |
Koenig, Kenny | Bmsn | Jan 15, 1977 – Jan 15, 1980 | Boatswains mate | |
Jacobs, Martin | RM2 | Feb 1977 – Jan 1979 | ||
Gonzalez, Alberto | GMM | Mar 1977 – Sep 1980 | G | |
Jacobs, Martin | RM2 | Mar 1977 – Jan 1979 | OC | UNITAS XIX - S. America, visited 10 countries and 25 ports in 5 months. This was a great cruise, the time of my life. Made several cruises the the Carrabean, including stops at Puerto Rico, and The Virgin Islands. |
Mericle, Jeff | BM3 | Apr 1977 – Dec 31, 1980 | ||
Raymond, Christie | E7 enc | Apr 1977 – Jan 1979 | A | Had a great time wail I was on Unitas cruise looking forward hearing from anyone from that era |
Knife, Dale | GMM3 | Apr 23, 1977 – Oct 5, 1979 | weapons | turned 21 in San Juan PR |
Davis, Douglas | MMFN-MM3 | May 1, 1977 – Mar 15, 1979 | M Fwd Engineroom | |
Altwies, David | RM2 | Jun 6, 1977 – Aug 14, 1978 | OC | Short time aboard. First smallboy. Loved Charleston, SC. One of my best friends in the Navy was RM3 Tommy Poretti. RM2 "Jed" Hatcher and RM3 Marty Jacobs were good friends as well. First trip to the Virgin Islands. Great |
Jeffreys, Ronald | E4 | 1978 – | Supply | |
Gustafson, Jerry | ETN2 | Apr 1, 1978 – Jun 23, 1979 | T | Greetings to T Roselle, JC Conners, W Hudson, Schaefer, T Day, K Conkin of T Div! I remember some good times during UNITAS! Enjoying life back in NoDak. Work for Siemens Energy. Run into Tim Day on ocassion - he's with Cooper. Small world. |
Hall, Rodger | DK1 | Jun 1, 1978 – Jun 30, 1982 | Supply | Retired off the Pratt. Currently the Reunion Planner. Check out www.williamvpratt.com or call me @ 309-289-8750 for information about the reunions |
Blair, Ricky | DS2 | Jun 1, 1978 – Jul 1, 1979 | DS | Served with DS1 Craig Johns. |
Reilly, Michael | HT2 | Jul 7, 1978 – Jun 23, 1979 | dc centeral | |
Hall, William | E-6 / MM1 | Oct 1978 – Jan 1984 | engineering |
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