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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS White Plains (AFS 4). 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 746 crew members registered for the USS White Plains (AFS 4).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1968 | 1969 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 | 1994 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Jezewski, John J. | BM2 | 1983 – 1985 | Deck | |
Anderson, Arthur (Andy) | EM3 | 1983 – 1985 | E | White Plains was my 1st and only ship. It was quite a change for a young man who had never been more than 200 miles from home before. Un-Reps, Vert-Reps, crossing the line, and liberty ports. Its a part of my life a look back on fondly. |
Ochmann, Frank | SMC | 1983 – 1985 | OC | Met the ship the day she pulled into Guam. One of the best ever. Have a few "Orient Express" momentoes that I will always cherish. My condolences to the families who lost a loved one in the fire. Aloha to all who knew me, SMC |
Hunsche, Gary | SK3 | 1983 – 1985 | Supply | Wow, what a pleasant surprise to see so many people staying in contact from the ship. Great times for sure...I will never forget the fun we had visiting hong kong a million times and of course PI. garyh@uniquepers.com is my email. |
Ferguson, Gary (Little Steamlet) | E4 | 1983 – | Engineering | |
Wahl, John | CWO4 | Jan 1983 – Apr 1986 | E and MP | Served as E Div and MPA with no slack Mac and Chuck Johnson as Cheng. Best ship with the best crew in the US Navy. Repair 5 was the best repair locker in Westpac. My deepest sympathy for shipmates lost in class bravo fire. |
Castleberry, Donald | S-3 | Jan 1983 – Aug 1985 | RASE | |
Stephens, Kris (Gator) | BMSN | Feb 1983 – Mar 1984 | Deck | Albino Swine Serving Meat to the fleet. 1st and only Ship, lots of good memories, as well as some bad. She will be missed. |
Ebalo, Carlos | SKSN | Mar 1983 – Jun 1985 | MATERIALS, HOLD 4 | My 1st ship, and most memorable. 1st MCDC,XO,Captains Mast, 1st restriction. Sabailand - Sandwiched in Thailand. Green Street in Korea, SUBIC Bay, Banawe, Jade East. Hongkong. YO homeys- butch, ricky, nelson, jun M. jun R.,Bitoy, Don,atbpa |
Mitchell, Logan , Sr. | SN | May 1983 – Jun 1984 | Deck | |
Venezia, Mark | DP3 | May 1983 – 1985 | S7 | Came abord in Yokuska. Had some great times.Bad home made wine. Lot of good Pinochle. Earthquake Mcgoons outside of Clark.Now covered by lava. Nothing like PI in the mid eighties. Thank god for penacillin. Great pics from Shellback whipping |
Easley, Kenrick | mm3 | May 11, 1983 – Sep 16, 1985 | the hole | kicked it with don bell ,swafdog ,cope,mike taylor ,freak daddy i love the pig pi westcoast east coast disco shit river mojo living in plano tx outside of dallas hit me at kenrick_easley@yahoo.com |
Pena, Reinaldo | MM1 | Jun 1983 – Oct 1986 | MP | |
Melton, David (Mad) | SKSN | Jun 10, 1983 – Oct 10, 1985 | SUPPLY | SHARED A LOT OF GOOD TIMES ABOARD THE "ALBINO SWINE". LOT OF GREAT FREINDS. I SEE OLD"SIMPLE MINDED SIMMONS" JUST ANOTHER GOOD OL SOUTHERN BOY. WONDERING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHERS IN SUPPLY,COON,DAUGHTERY,BARNES.HOW ABOUT THAT MO-JO IN |
Melton, David | SKSN | Jun 10, 1983 – Oct 10, 1985 | S-2 | Good to see so many survived the albino swine. So many good times and great friends. How about all those special missions over shit river in P I. So much mojo so little time. Love to hear from some of the gang from S-2,simmons,haas,barnes. |
Rohrman, Michael (Stohrman Rohrman) | EMFN | Jul 1983 – Oct 1984 | E | |
Gibson, Kevin | MMFA | Jul 1983 – 1986 | MP DIVISION | THE WHITE PLANES WAS MY FIRST SHIP AND I COMPLETED 20 YEARS SERVICE IT WAS THE BEST CREW AND THE TIGHTEST CREW OF ANY OF THE 5 SHIPS I SERVED ON MISS MY TIME ON BOARD |
Tilos, Pedro | SH2 | Jul 9, 1983 – May 5, 1985 | S-5 ( Sales and Services) | It was my first ship. Provided IO(Indian Ocean) special haircuts after Subic portcall. |
Zimmerman, Allen | SN | Jul 10, 1983 – Nov 15, 1985 | 1 ST | THAT WAS THE HARDEST WORKING SHIP I EVER WAS ON,I WAS ON BOARD WHEN WE ALMOST CENTERPUNCHED A TENDER OFF THE COAST OF OMAN,AND WHEN A HELO CRASHED ASTERN THE FLIGHT DECK ,.I AM STILL IN THE NAVY (HATE IT) BUT YOU GOTTA WORK SOME PLACE, |
Haas, David | SK2 | Aug 1, 1983 – Jul 1986 | Supply | An SK who chose to go to the White Plains!!! Never a dull moment. Life all comes down to a few moments, and my time on the Pig was one of them. |
Vosburgh, Donald | BM3 | Sep 1983 – Jul 1984 | Deck | Retired BMC(SW). We did alot of vertreps. |
Aquino, Steven | SKSN | Sep 1983 – Mar 1985 | S-2 | I can never hear the song "On the Road Again" without thinking of the times on the Ole White Pig. Had some good times...had some bad times...but have memories that will stay with me forever!!!! |
Walker, Jimmie | GMG2 | Sep 1983 – Mar 1986 | Air/Weps | |
Austin, Michael | DP3 | Sep 1, 1983 – Sep 1, 1985 | S-7 | Did two Westpacs, worked hard and learned a lot. One of my better sea tours. Sad to see her go the way she did. |
Hutchins, Thomas (Hutch) | QM1 | Sep 1, 1983 – Sep 1, 1987 | NAVIGATION | Great ship. Sorry to hear about the fire after I left. My prayers to the shipmates that were lost. Also sorry to hear the Whit Plaines was sunk as a target. It was a good tour I learned a great deal about my rate. I am looking for Walt Moyer QMC. |
Ednalino, Butch | SK3 | Oct 1, 1983 – | S2-Cargo | The best ship in the Pacific(The White Pig), Orient Express. Missed Vertreps/Conreps and Crossing the line, real Navy. Best liberty ports, Subic,HK and Thailand. Best crew, friendly, fun 2 work with take care each other like real family. |
Swafford, Swafdog | MM/E4 | Nov 1983 – Sep 1985 | Engineroom | Great time served with Mr wahl an Mr McCallister.I miss the ship no matter how hot it got in the engine room.We work hard, but played harder.I don't miss the Wille Nelson song. God bless the shipmates lost in the fire. |
Johnson, Tom | DPSN | 1984 – 1986 | S-7 | Looking for repair 5 WPW's |
Johnson, Tom | DPSN | 1984 – 1986 | S7 | WEST PAC WARRIORS, REP 5 CWO WAHL,LONGWELL,PICK,DUNNE,DIZZY,MARK,KIP,GREAT GUYS. GREAT TWO YEARS. MIKE AUSTIN DIDNT FORGET ABOUT YOU I AM FIREMAN/PARAMEDIC NOW IN SO. FLA |
Vaughn, Christopher | OS2 | 1984 – 1987 | OI | Whoo EEEE! They didn't call it the Orient Express for nothing. I remember doing back to back IO cruises with about 6 week break inbetween coz the other AFS was broke dick. Dang that was underway with a big U. |
Baustert, Lew | OSSN | 1984 – 1986 | OPS | |
Houser Jr, Bill | BMSN | 1984 – 1986 | Rase | we worked hard and we played hard. i had a great time with you crazy guys. never forgot Bibbins, Elkens, Ortega, Martinez, Pryor, Cahill, and my main man Boykin(Gus). we spent a lot of time at sea. |
Wilson, Robert | DPSN | 1984 – 1986 | S7 | I first came abord the Orient Express in Yokuska Japan, where within about a year, our home port changed to Guam. Both home ports were great, I had met a lot of great people and we some good times. |
Ward, Arthur (Art) | RMSN (RETIRED CWO2) | Feb 1984 – Jan 1986 | OCO1 | Deck striker. Had a great time on that ship. Made many good friends. P.I. was'nt that something...how about those peso sticks...can't forget those late nite munchies...Oh and how about the Airport disco. We had some good times.. |
Payne, Steve (Fred) | MS2 | Mar 26, 1984 – Feb 5, 1986 | S3 | I will have to say that experience on the Pig is one I will never forget.What really helped there was having great friends.We worked very hard and when we hit the ports we played just as hard. |
Beach, Dirk | DP2 | Apr 1984 – May 22, 1986 | S7 | S7 - The Unknowns. Made some great friends on that boat. Spoke to DPC Dinwiddie (email) recently. Would love to hear form Viny, Mike, Vern, Buckles or anyone I served with. Changed home port to Guam the day after I reported. |
Wagner, Stanley | SK2 | Apr 1, 1984 – May 1, 1986 | Supply/Cargo | |
Taylor, Carlo ![]() | smsn | May 1, 1984 – Apr 9, 1987 | operation | any one on board during that time |
Lopez, Jose A | BM3 | May 15, 1984 – Nov 15, 1988 | DECK | Deck Seaman assigned to Damage control Mantainance on board the White Plain, I 'm original from Puerto Rico and lost contact with some of my friends |
Rehanek, Todd | HT3 | Jun 1984 – Jun 1986 | R | Had some fun times on the pig, from Tom po pos to Ichibans to Sealords Bar. Dont miss those Mojo hangovers. Passed out drunk after Paupa New Gunea, missed my watch,almost altered ships movement thinking I fell overboard. oops |
Williams, Thomas | SK3 | Jun 1, 1984 – Jul 1, 1986 | S-2 | Had the best time of my life, especially in Subic , PI where I ate ballute, dog and of course pussy. I never had so much sex. I'll never forget when our H-46 Helo went down and we lost 2 crew members. |
Brown, Humphrey | SMSN | Jun 24, 1984 – Dec 19, 1986 | OPS | |
Ortega, Richard | BMSN | Jun 29, 1984 – May 7, 1985 | RASE | rember the ban X O I, well I used to be the lead singer,I left the ship because of a knee injury which was a blessing because as a sn in deck they work you to the bone. And becase of that I'm a disabled vet and proud of it."ON THE ROAD AG |
Jackson, Kraig | HT3 | Jul 1984 – Jul 1986 | ENG | I think back on those days often. Cruising the West-Pac like we owned it. Sometimes I miss it. |
Elkins, Jerome | E-3 | Aug 1984 – Oct 1986 | RASE | A very good duty station for me. |
Garrett, Michael | BMSN/BM3 | Aug 1984 – Aug 1986 | Deck | |
Lopez, Robert | GMG2 | Aug 24, 1984 – Apr 16, 1986 | WEPS | My first duty at sea...plenty of good memories and plenty of great people. I'll never forget my time on that ship while stationed on Guam...What about those Mae's burgers after a good dive... |
Cahill, Mark | SN | Sep 28, 1984 – Sep 29, 1986 | RASE | |
Martinez, Juan | SN | Oct 1984 – Aug 1986 | RASE | I remember my last day. I felt so proud I had survived, as I watched the ship depart for ANOTHER underway. |
Jones, Jr., Warren "catfish, Boomboom" | IC2 | Oct 1984 – Feb 1986 | E | I miss the fun I had with the fellows from the IC Shop, IC1 Weaver, Buring, Standley, Zamora, Stangland |
Goodson, Luther | SMSN | Oct 1984 – Oct 1986 | White Plains was my first ship. Learned a lot while I was there. Enjoyed the trips to PI, Thailand, and Australia. Does anyone remember when we went to Papua New Guinea? | |
Shulenski, Ted | Oct 3, 1984 – Oct 3, 1986 | S-2 | Came OnBoard as an SK3 and a WOG, Man I got my ass Whipped during the Shellback inititation, but I would never trade those days and all the friends I made for anything. Thanks White Plains, its ashame you have been decomissioned..Ski | |
Partridge, Alden | E-6 / ET | Nov 1984 – Mar 1987 | OPS | Served in the ET Shop on the 04 level with Kevin Lutrell, Todd Heally, Edward Blunt, & James Hudson. |
Guthrie, Marc | PCSN | Nov 1984 – | Administration (Post Office) | I was onboard the "Orient Express" aka ""USS Hardly Ever Dock" only for a year when I was transferred to USN Hospital, Guam. But my time aboard her was the best time of my life. |
Akens, Phillip " Willie" | BM3 | Dec 1984 – Jul 1987 | DECK | I had a great time aboard with a lot of great friends I miss you all. Would be nice to hear from you all again. Look me up. |
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