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USS Roark (FF 1053) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Roark (FF 1053). 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 329 crew members registered for the USS Roark (FF 1053).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1975 | 1976 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winters, Henry/hank | STGSN | 1976 – 1978 | 3rd | Looking for Dan Campbell. Write to me at P.O. Box 4258 Eastside Coos Bay, OR 97420 |
| Spear, Michael | PO3/EM3 | 1976 – Feb 28, 1980 | Engineering | Some of the best years of my life! And met slit of awesome people. |
| Oneill, Mike(Eggs) | MS3 | 1976 – 1980 | Supply | Good Times going out overseas and in town getting Drunk.....We partyed like there was no tomorrow |
| Lake, Mark Sparkie | MM2 | Jan 16, 1976 – Mar 1979 | A Gang | |
| Harper, Tom | BT3 | Jan 22, 1976 – Nov 21, 1979 | B | Turn2 |
| Jacobs, Jake | MR 2 | Feb 15, 1976 – Aug 15, 1976 | R | Was sent to Roark, TDA as replacement for MR when ship was in Subic. I stayed till we got back to Diego. For a fairly new ship, at the time, it seem like she always was broke and needed new parts, which I had to make. |
| Reed, Jim | SN | Mar 1976 – Aug 1979 | first | The roark holds a special place in my heart.She was my first ship and had one of the best crews I ever served with beyond a doubt. |
| Herring, Ken | HT3 | Mar 1976 – Sep 15, 1980 | engineering | USS Roark was my home for almost 4 years, good times and bad. Really miss it sometimes. 2 westpacs and a south pac liberty cruise. great memories, and sad to see her go. |
| Schinner, Tony | QM2 | Jul 1976 – Apr 1978 | NAV | Good Memories-Good People Just a wonderful hard working crew-Had the best EEEEEE Was a blast and a lot of hard work. |
| Graham, Walter | BT2 | Jul 7, 1976 – Jul 7, 1980 | B | If I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't change a thing except I would have done 20 more. I still have sweet dreams of the P.I., Bankok and the South Pacific. |
| Roy, Maurice | SK-1 | Oct 26, 1976 – Aug 28, 1977 | Supply | |
| Deutsch, Steve | GMG2 | Oct 31, 1976 – Feb 26, 1980 | 2ND WEAPONS | GREAT SHIP GREAT CREW |
| Rosenkrans, Jim | EW2 | 1977 – 1979 | ||
| Karr, Doug | ET2 | 1977 – 1980 | OE | Randy, Lyman, where you at?? |
| Tripp, Wayne | RM 2 | 1977 – 1978 | OC | |
| Castaneda, Carlos | SH3 | 1977 – 1980 | S-3 | |
| Dudley, Steve | EM2 | 1977 – 1980 | E Division | Love/Hate relationship. I was young and loved to see the world and party. Shipmates were great guys; Briskey, Woyak, Spears, Watren, Venditti, Snyder, Rice, Ortegga, West, & many others. All the memories are still with. |
Defibaugh, Ronald  | LT | Jan 1977 – Oct 1979 | Ops | |
| Jones, Douglas | IC3 | Apr 1977 – Aug 1977 | E | Only aboard a short while. Left from Sasabo to catch the Bagley in Subic. |
| Crandall, Doug | STG2 | May 12, 1977 – Nov 25, 1980 | 3rd | Looking to hear from friends made during Westpac and Southpac |
| Babb, Harold | HM1-HMC | Jun 1977 – Jun 1980 | NAV | If you're lucky you get to look back on an assignment and know that you did some good work. She was a fine ship with a good wardoom and a great crew, and it was the best job I've ever had. |
| Walters, Tom | BM3 | Jun 4, 1977 – Feb 21, 1980 | !st | I still think of the Roark everytime I hear that "Rocky" theme song.The Goodwill Tour was one of the highlights of my life. |
| Koester, Gary | OSSN | Jun 12, 1977 – Jun 12, 1978 | oi | gold battle e westpac 1977 |
| Colwell, Norman | OSC | Aug 19, 1977 – Feb 16, 1990 | Operation | Did three tours on the Roark. Came aboard as a OS1(SW) and made OSC (SW) Command Chief |
| Rockwell, Gene | STG2 | Nov 15, 1977 – Aug 8, 1980 | Sonar | Don't remember the exact date I got there, but was fortunate to be a part of the "party cruise" , and pulling out of Portland by to Rocky the Seattle yards great guys in division,...truly was a highlite of my Navy days |
| Olson, David J. Olson | LT | 1978 – 1979 | Weapons Officer | Saw the site, so I stopped by to add my name. I'm still in San Diego. |
| Schramm, William/bill | FTG3 | 1978 – 1981 | 2ND | |
| Constante, Manuel Manny | E-3 | 1978 – 1980 | 1st. | Southpac 79 was one of the best experiences of my life. I would like to talk to any of my shipmates. |
| Scott, Stephen (Steve) Nickname Randolph Scott | STG4 | Jan 1978 – Dec 17, 1980 | Weapons | Looking fellow shipmates Scott Clarke aka Barrelman |
| Casey, Brian | OS2 | Feb 10, 1978 – Oct 30, 1981 | Operations | As time goes by and I prepare to take my son to his first Submarine assignment at Point Loma, I find a flood of memories coming over me concerning my time aboard the USS Roark. Here's to the men who served so proudly. |
| Thornton, Greg | STG3 | May 1, 1978 – Jun 1, 1979 | ASW | Served during the southpac PR cruise |
| Compton, Roy | FTG2 | Jun 1978 – Oct 1980 | 3rd | RIMPAC, WESTPAC and a yard period in Seattle |
| Beaudoin, David | E3 | Aug 1978 – Jun 1982 | 1st | Thats unfortunet that you feel that way arthur .Had some good times aboard the roark allot of memories and some good friends havei not seen in a long time . Seen the pictures of it in texas i heard they make razors |
| Bouvet, John | enfn | Aug 1978 – Jan 1980 | engineering | had great times on board sad to see her go |
| Stevens, Arthur | SEAMAN | Aug 1, 1978 – Feb 28, 1981 | Boatswain's Mate | This was not the best experiance of my life. The ship was fine my shipmates were crule and unkind. I don't miss any of you! I wish my shipmates had been better because I really did like the ship! |
| Johnson, David | YN2 | Aug 30, 1978 – Aug 29, 1981 | Operations | |
| Cuadra, Melchor | SK1 | Oct 1978 – Apr 1980 | On board during the 4 month Goodwill cruise to South Pacific. And what a cruise it was... | |
| Supnet, Fidel | E-5 | Nov 29, 1978 – Apr 10, 1982 | NAVIGATION | JAY ANDS ED WHERE ARE YOU |
| Thomas, Richard. | EW2/EW1 | 1979 – 1981 | OPS | Great crew and friends. I'll never forget the SouthPac. |
| Harvey, Dale | MM3 | Jan 1979 – Jun 30, 1980 | a-gang | South pac 79! First cruise,and what fun it was.Hav'nt left us since and now wish I had kept in touch.Alive and well in northern calif. |
| Sansom, Halcom (Sam) | IC-3 | Jan 1979 – Sep 1980 | E-Div | Got out in Sep Of 1980.Went to work at Todd Shipyards A couple of months later.I now live in Atlanta,Ga. |
| Hetrick, Robert | FTM2 | Jan 7, 1979 – Dec 13, 1981 | wepsj | Just lost my cruise book from southpac79 in hurricane katrina,but not the memories. Great crew it was a privlege to serve. |
| Austin, Ed | GMG2 | Apr 1979 – Mar 1981 | 2nd | I picked the "Rocky Roark" up in Australia, rode it through Seattle and left in San Diego. |
| Reno, Michael | BT 2 | Apr 23, 1979 – Sep 24, 1982 | B Division | Served with alot of good men and most am pleased to call friends. |
| Notheis, John | RM2 | May 1, 1979 – Mar 1, 1983 | OC | was aboard for Seattle overhauls (remember pig's & rowdies?), followed by westpac..now live in Atlanta GA...what happened to harland, hart, ruby, story, holce, etc??? |
| Hanley, Robert | BT/FN | May 14, 1979 – Feb 27, 1980 | ||
| Lapierre, Raymond "Frenchie" | MM2 | Aug 17, 1979 – Oct 10, 1981 | A | I do remember Cmdr Ferguson, and having the most engineering awards for its class of ship alot of good times then I sawpped to the Gray 1054 before the Roark left for deployment. I was in WA while the ship went thru overhaul.I was in a-gang. |
| Pelno, Alan | MS 3 | Sep 15, 1979 – Oct 23, 1983 | supply | |
| Ward, James | MM2 | Sep 25, 1979 – Feb 21, 1980 | Engineering | Any of the old engineers from my time can contact me at my email address. I sure miss a lot of my old friends. |
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