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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 299 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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Gladish, Rodney | HT3 | 1982 – 1983 | R | Great bunch of guys, Holt, Joe Bob, Chuck Ayres |
Loper, Steven | MM2 | 1982 – 1985 | M | Worked in the aft engine room |
Lucas III, Richard | Em3 | Jan 1982 – Sep 1985 | E Division | Sure would like to speak to some of my old buddies. Where are you Lon Little, Howard Geisel, Mike Irvin, Bert Chadoix, John Cress, Scott Bell,Jeff Barksdale, etc.? |
Jones, Edward | BM1 | Feb 9, 1982 – May 16, 1986 | 1ST | FINE SHIP,GREAT CREW,YOU KNOW WHAT,TURN TOO.I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE GOOD DECKS DIVISIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THE 1982-86 GANG BUT WE WERE THE BEST. CHECK THE RECORD OR ASK ANY UNREP SHIP WE WERE ALONG SIDE. |
Billings, Ronnie "Big Bill" | BT3 | Feb 20, 1982 – Jun 29, 1984 | Engineering | I am Looking for any and all engineers from this crew. One cook in particular MS1 Laxa. |
Billings, Ronnie / "Big Bill" | BOILER TECHNICIAN SECOND CLASS | Apr 20, 1982 – Sep 30, 1984 | B - | I would like to contact Kenneth Hernandez, Chris Prucino, Lon "Virg" Williams, and Michael Hardy. |
Hare, Chuck ![]() | EWSN | Jun 5, 1982 – Dec 10, 1984 | OP's | Loved it and hated it. Would like to contact anyone onboard with me. chuck_hare@yahoo.com. Drop a line if you have time. |
Lucas, Chapman(chip) | STG2 | Sep 1982 – Apr 1986 | Sonar | It was an adventure |
Pinnon, Tim | STGSN | Sep 12, 1982 – Sep 12, 1984 | SONAR | Nice to see your p[ost Mr. Greene. From Tim Pinnon |
Morrison, Frederick | FC1 | Oct 22, 1982 – Dec 1, 1986 | Fox | Enjoyed the 4 years I spent! |
Jones, Rodney | MMC | Nov 11, 1982 – Apr 2, 1988 | A | |
Stewat, Thomas E. | BM2 | Nov 12, 1982 – Jul 12, 1985 | First | Went from E-1 to E-5 while serving onboard the Pratt. |
Clink, Chris | MM2(SW) | Dec 9, 1982 – Aug 16, 1984 | m-2 | served in the after engineroom. hand painted many paintinga on bulkheads and equip in aft engine room. such as 3 foot x 4 foot budweiser label and both generators were named lil odi and lil gus |
Chaney II, Michael | E-2 | Dec 12, 1982 – Apr 12, 1986 | BM | |
Yingst, Lee | BT1 | 1983 – 1988 | B | |
Mitchell, Gregg | MM3 | 1983 – 1985 | m | fwd engine room throttleman |
Morris, Mark | LT | 1983 – 1986 | M & B | MPA |
Greene, Eric | LT | Jan 3, 1983 – Oct 15, 1985 | U - STGs, TMs, GMTs | ASW Officer |
Bossone, John, Boss/boss1 | HT2 | Jan 15, 1983 – Sep 26, 1985 | R | Med/IO 1984 was a great cruise, how about it Andy, Frenchy, Bunger, Baily, Michaud, Barr, Patterson (we left in Italy), Chip, and all the other 300 great guys of that era. |
Davis, George | OS2 | May 1, 1983 – Jul 1, 1987 | OI | |
Hall, Bart | NCC(SW) | Jul 1983 – Jun 1986 | NX | Great ship, great crew! |
Johnson, Gary | YNC | Aug 1983 – Jun 1985 | Admin | Retired in Charleston 1 July 1985 following Med/IO cruise. I remember standing JOOD watches while "cold iron" in Charleston Christmas of 1983, if I remember right, I've never been so cold. Even the steam was cold out there. |
Gaff, Phillip | GMCS(SW)(RET.). THEN GMM1-GMMC(GMC) | Nov 15, 1983 – Oct 18, 1988 | G | As a GMC I took over the missile house and the 5" gun crew. When a GMC gun type arrived and one of my GMM1's was promoted to chief, I became the ships 3M Coordinator. |
Brown, Donald | OS2 | Dec 1983 – Jul 1987 | OI | |
Ayers, Ken | MMC | Dec 15, 1983 – Oct 25, 1985 | ||
Drury, Rick | FC2 | 1984 – Sep 1985 | F-1 | Young and hot headed, I left the Navy too soon. My times on the Pratt are some of my fondest memories. Med I/O 1984, Palma, Naples,... I sure do miss it. |
Green, Alan | DS1 | Jan 1984 – Nov 1987 | OD | Some great guys and some great times. |
Harriman, David | os1 | Jan 1984 – Jan 1988 | operations | |
Krawetzki, David | EM-2 | Feb 21, 1984 – Jun 22, 1985 | Engineering | |
Norman, Chip Wingnut | BT3/E4 | Mar 1984 – Aug 1986 | B starboard | i was young and dumb when iwas on board the pratt but god hindsight is 20/20 those are some of the best times of my life. doug jury ' judy' , paul petrus ' peterhead' , charles goodman , freeman 'freebird' , joel arsenau |
Kalbach, Dave | MS2 | Mar 18, 1984 – Nov 18, 1989 | S-2 | Hey Skip great to see you here. Reibe is in NJ! |
James, Lucious | MMC | May 31, 1984 – Apr 1990 | M | I'm MMC James who worked in Main control along with Nuse, Miller,O'Larry. Tim Kaiser,Locke,and others from 1984-1990. Kaiser and I both had the Monte Carlo SS. Can't forget about Nick Sorrentino. |
Templet, Brian | MM2 | 1985 – 1989 | Main Control | |
Trevorrow, Jerry ![]() | E-5 MS | 1985 – 1991 | OPS | This was first ship command and was my last ship command, I stayed on the Pratt until it decommissioned. Truly a sad event when that happen. |
Bright, James (Jb) | MMC(SW) | 1985 – 1989 | M | Checked on board as a 1st class and left a Chief. Great tour, great ship, and really great crew members. |
Waterman, Raymond | OS | 1985 – 1988 | DDG 44 | |
Martin, Ronald Marty | BT1 | 1985 – 1987 | B | Worked in the forward fire room and cal lab |
Kennedy, Lumpy | BT3 | Jan 1, 1985 – Jan 1, 1989 | B | GOOD TIMES I WORK FOR B&W NOW SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN WORTH SOMETHING |
Bedford, Aaron | E-4 BT | Jan 4, 1985 – Oct 9, 1987 | B | |
Mianr, Donald | STG1 | Feb 4, 1985 – Jun 23, 1989 | ASW | Completed and recieved ESWS Qualification while onboard, Advanced to STGC shortly after leaving the Willie V. My advancement was wholy due to my time spent on this great warship and the the many shipmates who help me on my time aboard. |
Vernarsky, Tee Jay | BT_3 | Mar 5, 1985 – May 15, 1989 | ||
Flute, Elton | FN | May 19, 1985 – May 19, 1989 | b | |
Feidt, Edward | SN | Jun 1985 – Jul 1986 | My first ship in the Navy after a less than glorious start to my career. Would not change a thing. Great shipmates, great liberty, hard work in GTMO! Go Deck! | |
Tassey, Travis | FC1 | Aug 1, 1985 – Feb 1, 1990 | Fox | Just looking arounf for a few buddies I served with. Have been in the Water/Fire damage restoration industry since I converted to civilian life. |
Byrnside, Wesley | USS WILLIAM V. PRATT | Sep 1985 – May 1990 | FOX | |
Bakke, Darin | stgsn | Sep 1985 – Mar 23, 1989 | as | The pratt was my first and only ship.It was a long time ago,but i still think about all of my shipmates.If anybody out there would like to contact me my e-mail address is darin_bakke@charter.net |
Hanley, D.c. "Lee" | QM2 | Sep 6, 1985 – Feb 1989 | NX | WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM QM'S FROM 1985 TO 1989. |
Munday, David | OS2 | Sep 9, 1985 – Feb 5, 1989 | OI | |
Donald, Michael | mm2 | Oct 1985 – Oct 1987 | m-aft eng | |
Graham, Red Frank | BM 3 | Dec 1985 – Aug 1989 | 1st | I would love to hear from everybody. scotty jones ,steven remm,craig patrick ,bm1 jones , d. lecompt ,d bean, and anybody else |
Snyder, Richard Snyder | E-4 Quartermaster | Dec 26, 1985 – Sep 26, 1989 | Navigation Department | Hello all, Would like to hear from all my ex shipmates!! |
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