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USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Emory S. Land (AS 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 1330 crew members registered for the USS Emory S. Land (AS 39).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1978 | 1979 – 1979 | 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 – 1996 | 1997 – 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 – 2004 | 2005 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehill, Archie | LT | 1979 – Jun 1981 | OPS/NAV | Joined AS-39 in Norfolk, VA shortly after its arrival from the West Coast. |
| Loyd, Michael ( Mike) | 1979 – | |||
| Whisnant, Hal | E3 | 1979 – 1981 | Repair | |
| Cheek, David | ET1 | 1979 – 1984 | OPS / 67C | |
| Barr, Jim | HT 2(DV) | 1979 – 1980 | Locker | |
| Thixton, Will | TM2 TORPEDOMAN | 1979 – 1985 | ||
| Lee, Gilbert/gib | HT 3 | 1979 – 1982 | R-9 | Looking for past shipmates. |
| Camacho, Eliu (Tony) | HT1 /HTC | 1979 – 1981 | Carpenter Shop | Carpenter shop during Pre-com then transfered to Sub Squadron 6/8 Maintenance Document Office |
| Woolsey, Roger | btfn | 1979 – 1981 | engineering | Roger Woolsey. Part of origional crew. Worked in the boiler room and oil tech lab. Would love to catch up with some of my old buddies. Origionally from Louisiana but now living in Pennsylvania. |
| Comeau, Tim | mm | 1979 – 1982 | m | Been a long time! |
| Snipes, David | HT FR | 1979 – Aug 1980 | machinist mate | Where is David DeWitt...or Gibb Lee. |
| Peterson, Steven | E1 | 1979 – 1980 | library | I was stuck in the technical library upgrading pages on classified tech manuals. Very boring in a tiny room and the Lt who was cool used to come in and wake me up. Not a very good fit for an electrician! |
| Griffith, Paul | DP2 | Jan 1979 – Jul 1982 | S-8 | Had a good time onboard the Land. Met a lot of great people. Would like to here from some of you from ADP and S-6. |
| Brown, George | HTFA-HT2 | Jan 1979 – Apr 1984 | r1/11a | had a lot of fun on the Land. Got in a lot of trouble there too. Had lots of fun on all the trips. contact me if you remember me. |
| Watts, Ronald | Sn | Jan 1979 – Dec 1980 | R | Sn Watts . plank owner looking for mnsn diver agapito garcia. saying hello to all old ship mates |
| Nielsen, Steve (Father Harry) | DS2 | Jan 1979 – Oct 9, 1981 | S-8 | |
| Broome, Charles | HT2 | Jan 1, 1979 – Sep 5, 1982 | R-1, 11A | Served with a great bunch of men and women. I'm a plankowner! |
| Johnson, Gregory W | PN2 | Jan 1, 1979 – Sep 24, 1982 | PERSONNEL | Good times with the precom guys. Jim Brookshire, Joe Dulak, Jim Hollers, Rusty Watson, John Barber, Danny Reeves, Dwayne "TV" Horner, Jim Service, Ron Schutte, Mark Dickey, |
| Cullins, Steven | HT-3 | Jan 1, 1979 – Aug 10, 1982 | R-1 R-5 MAA | I will never forget the life and times on board LAND There are so many of my shipmates I still wonder about . LTJG Mike Dickert CMAA Wade Smith TM2Shaub And many more Proud Plankowner ,Shellback We should all get together and remember |
| Cullins, Steve | HT-3 | Jan 1, 1979 – Aug 10, 1982 | R-1 R-5 MAA | I will never forget the life and times on board LAND. There are so many of my shipmates I still wonder about, LTJG Mike Dickert, CMAA Wade Smith, we should all get together and remember... |
| Cullins, Steve | HT-3 | Jan 1, 1979 – Aug 10, 1982 | R-1 R-5 MAA | sorry for my computer illiteracy. would like to hear from old friends. steve.cullins@gmail.com hope to have my computer soon. |
| Anders, Jonathan "Andy" | YN2 | Jan 1, 1979 – Aug 24, 1982 | Admin | Had a great time onboard AS 39 from Pre-com in Seattle '79 till Aug. '82. Made a lot of friends and good memories during that time. Especially enjoyed stops at Acapulco, Palma, Israel, Malaga, and Halifax. The pics still bring the laughs! |
| Johnson, Greg | PN2 | Jan 1, 1979 – Sep 24, 1982 | PERSONNEL OFFICE | It's been a long time, but sure do miss those days. Great crew and great shipmates. Retired CWO2 in 2001. |
| Reith, Jim | DP2 | Jan 1, 1979 – Sep 29, 1981 | ADP | Had a blast most of the time! Met some great people, some of whom I still keep in touch with. Plankowner/Shellback. Would love to hear from of the people I knew onboard. |
| Bennett, William | mmfa | Jan 1, 1979 – Jun 1979 | a gang | was in precom in Norfolk va was called boats by roy culver hung around with him a lot |
| Becker, Dana | ML 2 | Jan 5, 1979 – Jun 28, 1982 | Repair | Plank Owner and Shellback, Worked and ran the Foundry for awhile. Too bad they had to shut it down. I always wondered what happpen to all the stuff from the Foundry. Would like to hear from anyone other Plank Owners. Indian Ocean cruise was great. |
| McHugh, Mike | SH1 | Jan 5, 1979 – Aug 9, 1982 | S-3 | I was in S-3 Div and worked in the laundry,ship's store,vending machines and records. Looking for Plank Owners and Bowling team mates and Softball team mates. Also Supply shipmates. We were great in Softball and Bowling Bowling we couldn't be b |
| Watson, Rusty | PN1 | Jan 5, 1979 – Aug 15, 1983 | Personnel Office/Admin | Can't believe it's been this long. Hell, ended up working for Jim Hollers @ the last of my career @ TPU/PSD Norva. Always wondered what happened to the rest of the office rats. Jim, Joe, DJ, Danny, TV. Great misfits we R |
| Ball, Kevin | DS2 | Jan 8, 1979 – Jul 14, 1983 | Supply | I was a plank owner and spent 4.5 yrs onboard before getting out of service. Would like to hear from anyone that was onboard during the same time. |
| Melton, Chuck | E5 | Jan 9, 1979 – Aug 26, 1982 | ||
| Hippey, Richard | ETSA / ETSN /ET3 / ET2 | Jan 10, 1979 – Oct 30, 1981 | Repair 4 | I did it all. The only "Non-Rate in a division of all "Crows". Mess Cranking, Compartment Cleaning (Twice), Repair Locker 2, And every other shit-job because I was the most junior. I did beat most of the ET3 to ET2 however. |
| Madrazo, Gaspar | GMG3 | Jan 15, 1979 – Oct 18, 1981 | W-2G Gunnery | After getting out I went into law enforcement. I did 10 years in a small town Police department in NY before going to the federal government as a 1811 Criminal Investigator and completed 16 1/2 years and retired on a diability retirement. |
| Schaller, Tom | HT2 | Jan 15, 1979 – Aug 22, 1982 | R1 | Started in Radcon and finished in R1 Shipfitters Shop. Met some really good guys and had great times on the Land. Winning the Atlantic Fleet Soccer Championship in 1980 and playing for the ships baseball team. Awesome! |
| Shade, Samuel | SK2 | Jan 16, 1979 – Apr 28, 1982 | S-6/S-1 | Was a Plank owner and Shellback. Had a great time on the Land. Got to meet some great people and go to some great places. E-mail me, would love to hear from you. |
| Waldner, Larry | TM1 | Feb 1979 – May 31, 1981 | Weapons | I am a plank owner, sailed with the ship from seattle to norfork,went to Gitmo and Diego Garcia. Was one of the weapons department's oldest PO1's retired in May of '81 just before ship left on a crouse. live in Or. love to hear from any of |
| Love, Tim | E4 | Feb 1979 – Nov 1981 | R-8 | R-8 division was a great group of guys. Wish we would of kept in touch. If anyone wants, please contact me. The Navy gave me a great career, a love of the sea, and a desire to travel and experience other cultures. |
| Newman, Bill | HT2 | Feb 1979 – Aug 1980 | HT Shop | |
| Weiss, Jeffrey | HT-3 | Feb 1979 – Aug 28, 1980 | R-5 RADCON AND SHEETMETAL SHOP | I still remember you guys like tom schaller and chew cullins ,sorry steve . |
| Roberts, Stephen | SH2 | Feb 1979 – Jun 18, 1982 | S-3 | My youngest daughter has earned shellback certificate for the second time and I was able to relate my experiences (2) with her. One my good memories was on the white beach of Diego Garcia and making "figures " in sand! |
| Broome, Charles | HT2 | Feb 1, 1979 – Sep 5, 1982 | R-1, 11A | Plank Owner, Shellback, Loved my job and the people I served with. Contact me shipmates! cbroome@inteliport.us |
| Melton, Chuck | E-5 | Feb 9, 1979 – Jul 26, 1982 | R-5 | worked in radcon with the best group of guys i ever meet now or then. PLANK OWNER |
| Meil, Bjorn | HT2 | Feb 16, 1979 – Apr 15, 1984 | Ship fitting | I board the ship in march 1979 in Bremington. I was assigned to the R-1. I am a plankowner. Sailed through the Panama Canal. of the Suez canal. I made many friends and had a great time. Hope to hear from you. |
| Owensby, Dean "buster" | EM3=EM2 | Feb 28, 1979 – Feb 14, 1981 | E | Of 9 commands in 21 years of service, this is the only one I sincerely despised. I even had to ring my own damm self off the quarterdeck when I left! There were some really fine folks, in spite of it all, though. |
| Keller, John | SK3 | Mar 1979 – Sep 25, 1982 | S1/S7 | Plank owner |
| Gwyn, Steven Gwyn | EN 5 | Mar 1979 – Feb 13, 1981 | boat shop | hello crew |
| Cornelius, Ed | SR | Mar 1979 – Dec 1981 | Deck | PLANK OWENER Diego Garcia was a Great times, I ran the LCM-6 Never served with a better crew. |
| Martin, John S | Mar 1979 – Mar 1985 | John passed away 10/23/05. We the sisters would like to hear from anyone who served with him. He was proud of his service in the Navy, as was his family. My email sapplegate@saintmeinrad.edu, our sister Flo, crazyflo653@aol.com | ||
Archbold, Neal / Archie  | BT2 | Mar 1979 – Mar 1981 | B | Anyone remember chewy banks -Oakland cops? contact me nealarchbold@gmail.com had to redo my entry |
| Spinks, Ross | MR2 | Mar 1979 – Aug 1983 | R-2 MACHINE SHOP | left the navy in 1993, joined the national guard, went to NYC after 9/11, spent a year at west point military academy and then 14 months in iraq, aint the military great! |
| Peterson, Rob | OM2 | Mar 1979 – Jul 1982 | R2 | Great Times, Friends and Adventures. Started in Bremerton, through both Canals, Nova Scotia, Diego Garcia and everywhere in between. Even Married a DK2 /Tug Boat Princess. Got the most outta those 4 years. |
| Duffy, Paul | SK3 | Mar 1, 1979 – Jun 15, 1981 | S7 / S1 | Plank Owner, I enjoyed my time on the Land had a lot of fun. |
| Ham, Harold | HT2 | Mar 1, 1979 – Jun 17, 1981 | R1 | PRE COM CREW, PLANK OWNER, PIPE SHOP, LOTS OF GOOD TIMES AND LEARNED SOME GOOD SKILLS, DIEGO GARCIA, SHELL BACK, TRYING TO CATCH HECTOR, GOOD PEOPLE AND WOULD DO IT AGAIN ! NOW AT THE SEABROOK NUCLEAR PLANT IN N.H. THANKS U.S.NAVY! |
| Cardwell, Lee | HT-3 | Mar 1, 1979 – Jan 10, 1983 | DC | Plank Owner,I signed off on P-250 training in your handbooks. also on the at sea fire party,I had a good time on the Land. |
| Denomme, Peter | GMG 2 | Mar 1, 1979 – May 15, 1982 | Weapons Department / Ships Armory | Been a long time but I remember it like it was yesterday. She was a good ship and a Great Crew. I enjoyed my days on her. |
| Hawthorne, Kenneth | MM3 | Mar 1, 1979 – Dec 15, 1981 | A-Gang & M-Div | locking for other crew members i served with? |
| Edwards, Jeff/jj | MM2 | Mar 3, 1979 – 1981 | M | Hey all you origional M-div. snipes! Master chief Larry-congrats!So remember partying in Norfolk w/ some BT's,Archie, Boaz and Betts,and who can forget Max Brand? Anyone ever hear about Kenefick? Any or all please contact. |
| Kincaid, Don | GMG2/1 | Mar 6, 1979 – Aug 18, 1981 | Weapons/20mm/ | Pre com crew Washington to Norfolk Reftra on to Dieago Garcia. "Paradise Island"(Plank owner) |
| Crosby, Lenny | MRFA-MR2 | Mar 8, 1979 – Sep 3, 1982 | R2 | |
| Osborne, Rick | SK2 | Mar 10, 1979 – Oct 20, 1981 | Stock Control - S6 | Hated it at first, tolerable when I left. Made some good friends in supply I still keep in touch with. |
| Cirasa, Joseph | OM2 | Mar 10, 1979 – Jun 10, 1982 | R2A | Worked in 35A the Optical Shop |
| Keipe, Tom- Tommyhawk | ET-2 | Mar 12, 1979 – May 10, 1982 | R-5 | Plankowner, Shellback, and RadCal guy. Remember the great trip to Diego Garcia. Where's Hector? Used to be part of the BOHICA brothers. Fond memories. Live in VA Beach, retired. Work for Cox Business Services. Love the 1st of each month!! |
| Diehl, Gregory | ET2 | Mar 12, 1979 – May 1982 | R4 67G and 67B | I was one of the plank owners and the leader of the crew that designed & installed the CCTV system so the Captain could have his fireside chats. Also involuntarily put in the sonar shop for 6 months. Started E4. Left E5. View 'back then' Photo |
| Miller, Richard / Rick | E5 | Mar 15, 1979 – Jun 18, 1981 | R4 | Looking for a buddy Rick Hippy and the guys of the R4 Cal Lab.. too old to remember names. |
| Semenske, David | RM3 | Mar 16, 1979 – Jun 15, 1981 | ops | Had a great time on board and miss the people I served with. |
| Timmons, James (Jimtim) | EM | Mar 29, 1979 – May 30, 1982 | E | enjoyed washington and bethlehem. had good times with shipmates. the rest was work and standing watch |
| Feemster, Scott | MM1 | Apr 1979 – Jul 15, 1981 | R5 | Last tour of duty, from Bremerton through the Panama, the original RCPE, Indian Ocean/Diego Garcia, and out. Seems like so long ago....gues it was ;) |
| Harrison, Gary Pappy | BM 3 | Apr 1979 – Feb 8, 1982 | Deck | I had Great times on the Land, |
| Seskey, Ray | BM3 | Apr 10, 1979 – Nov 26, 1981 | 1st, 3rd | |
| Gorski, Lloyd | QM2 | Apr 14, 1979 – Jun 15, 1983 | Navigation | Seen allot of places, met allot of people. Had allot of fun. Those that remember me drop me a line. |
| Ferry, Randy /tennac | FN/BT | Apr 14, 1979 – Oct 20, 1981 | ENGNEERING | HELL'O MEN. MAN ALOT OF YRS HAVE GONE BYE. 30 YRS LATER WOW! I JUST ON LINE AND STARTED PLAYING AROUND AND RAN ACROSS THIS SITE. I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THOSE DAYS.FROM SEATTLE TOO NORFOLK VA. |
| Lahm, Jim | E-3 | May 1979 – Dec 1980 | DECK | PLANK OWNER AND SHELLBACK! WORKED IN THE BOAT DIV.3 I REMEMBER PANAMA CANAL,GITMO,MED.CRUSE,RED SEA AND INDIAN OCEAN AND THAT SHIT ISLAND DEIGO GARCEA.WHERE I CUT MY FINGER OFF AND WAS SENT TO P.I.BUT NEVER CAME BACK. |
| Knight, Jesse | HTFN / DCC | May 1, 1979 – Oct 31, 1982 | DC | Great start to retirement after 24 yrs. Hello to all engineers, especially Mac, Lee & Rocky. I remember all engineers signing a letter thanking DC Div for an assist with a big inspection, best award I ever got! |
| Braziel, Harold | mm2 | May 6, 1979 – Jul 17, 1981 | agang | would like to hear from dave thompson or rich finley |
| Loyd, Michael ( Mike) | Jun 1979 – Jan 1982 | S-3 | Remember the shellback initiation? What a great time. I miss all the friends onboard the boat. I would like to here from you. | |
| Grey, Robert (Bob) | CWO3 BOSN | Jun 2, 1979 – Aug 13, 1982 | Deck Ship's Bosn | Boarded in Long Beach, Commissioning in July. Diego Garcia in support of Iranian hostage rescue attempt. Qualified: Surface Warfare Officer Capt. DY Sloan command. Look forward to hearing from some old shipmates. Retired from Kings Bay Ga. 1986 |
| Finley, Richard / Rich | EN3 | Jul 7, 1979 – Jan 7, 1982 | A (A-gang) | I would like to hear from anybody in the original A-gang. |
| Cechman, Mark | HM3 | Aug 1979 – Jun 1982 | Medical | Looking back on my time on the Land, it wasn't so bad. It gave me a simi-safe environment to grow up. |
| Baker, Robert Aka Animal | EM3 | Sep 1, 1979 – May 1, 1982 | R-3 | rbakerak@gmail.com |
| Schrock, John | HT2 | Sep 21, 1979 – Jun 22, 1983 | R-1 | A great ship and crew |
| Mauldin, Edsel | BT 1 | Oct 10, 1979 – Jul 30, 1981 | B | FIREROOM LPO |
| Schutt, Ron | PN1 | Oct 12, 1979 – May 6, 1982 | Personnel | One of the best experiences I had in my entire Navy career. Greg Johnson if you see this, look me up. |
| Martin, Mikeaul G | DM1 | Oct 17, 1979 – Mar 15, 1984 | RO | An experience i'll not soon forget, lots of friends, and more over respect for all . I learned alot from everyone adn wish ALL my old shipmates well. |
| Hathaway, Lynn | HT | Nov 1979 – Oct 31, 1984 | R-8 93A NDT Lab | You can observe alot just by watching! LAGNAF! |
| Pienkosz, Mike | DP3 | Nov 1979 – | S7 | |
| Potter, Tom | EN2 | Nov 1979 – Oct 1984 | R2B 31E | Worked in the boat shop and Captain's Gig Engineer. |
| Turner, Richard | EM 1 | Nov 1, 1979 – May 1, 1981 | R-3 ,,,SOUND ANALYSIS | |
| Chase, Chevy | SK2 | Nov 19, 1979 – Jul 29, 1983 | Supply | I was really close friends with a handful of people that shared my dislike for the ship and Navy, but didn't see any of them on here. Raced motocross the whole time I was stationed there. |
| Potter, Tom | EN2 | Dec 1979 – Nov 1983 | R2B 31E I.C.E. Shop | Small Boat Engineer |
| Dubaz, George | HM2 | Dec 1979 – 1981 | H | Part of pre-commission and commisioning crew. Went with her on shakedown cruises, Gitmo, and Diego Garcia. |
| Allen, Brian | HTFN | Dec 3, 1979 – Jul 7, 1981 | R-1 | I was in the Pipe shop and had a lot of friends. |
| Goodall, Miles | ET | Dec 27, 1979 – Jul 7, 1982 | ||
| Tober, Norm | HT 2 | Dec 28, 1979 – Jun 15, 1983 | Repair (R-1) | Enjoyed the Land very much. Order of the ditch Suez canal, shell back. Diego Garcia, and helped build accomodations for the first females on board. Anyone wanting to contact me, e-mail me at normtober@yahoo.com |
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