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USS Gray (FF 1054) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Gray (FF 1054). 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 233 crew members registered for the USS Gray (FF 1054).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1972 | 1973 – 1976 | 1977 – 1982 | 1983 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inness, Theadore | HTFN | Jan 9, 1973 – May 9, 1974 | Repair | Great ship most of my shipmates were plank-owners. |
| Spencer, Jim | HT2 | Mar 7, 1973 – Jan 19, 1977 | metal worker | I have many health problems and was hoping another crew sailor would help me remember what I did on the ship and tell me more information where our ship was during the war. I have Alzheimers which makes remembering hard. |
| Ferguson, Daniel | HT 3 | Apr 1973 – Jul 1975 | Repair | Looking for friends from USS Gray who I knew and knew me. |
| Tata, John | LT | Jun 12, 1973 – Jun 4, 1975 | Cheng | |
| Hartzell, Vernon | ETR 2 | Jul 1973 – Sep 1976 | Operations | |
| Packard, Keith | GMG3 | Sep 1973 – Apr 1976 | 2nd Division | Best ship in the Fleet good people |
| Bailey, Michael Beatle | CS3 | Sep 2, 1973 – Jun 24, 1974 | Supply Galley | |
| Skinn, Jim | IC-2 | Mar 19, 1974 – Apr 12, 1977 | E | Good Sailing,Great West-Pac....Outstanding Ship Mates. Live in Oregon now. Time does not stand still,where does it go? Working for Verizon now was GTE for 28 Years. |
| Nitsche, Steve | IC3 | May 15, 1974 – Nov 15, 1976 | Engineering | Had fun with my guys on our November 1975 to July 1976 Westpac. |
| Leach, Kent | FTM/FTGSN | Jun 1, 1974 – Sep 7, 1977 | 2nd | Next reunion is supposed to be summer 2004. Hope to see you there. Write. KENT |
| Jensen, Jerry | HT2 | Jul 1974 – Dec 10, 1979 | REPAIR | Gray was my first and only ship. Had great friends and went to great places. it was life changing. |
| Murdock, John | MMFN | Jul 1974 – May 1975 | Mach 1 | Wow What A Trip. Some Great Times And Not so great times. Cade,Gum, Slick, Stoval, Sheperd, Mosher. Want to Party you still drunk ? |
| Murdock, John | MMFN | Jul 12, 1974 – May 19, 1975 | M | WOW Some Great times and not so great times. Cade,Gum,Sthoval,Shepperd,Mosher You Guys still Drunk ? I hope alls well. |
| Sterchi, Simon | E3 | Nov 16, 1974 – | engineering | |
Miller, Keith  | BT 3 | 1975 – 1976 | B Div | I worked in the Oil Shack with BT 1 Batista And FN Guy Caddel I knew a lot of people in different Divisions I would like to hear from anyone that reminders me. |
| Bonwell, Wendell | MR1 | 1975 – | Repair | |
| Navarro, Rudy | EM3 | Jan 1975 – Jun 1976 | Repair | |
| Astad, John | GMT 3 | Jan 10, 1975 – Mar 11, 1978 | 3rd | Howdy eveyone from WestPac 1975-78. Hope evertone is doing fine. Where did the last 3 decades go? Sure miss the awesome scuba diving during WestPac |
| Chase, Dan | QM-3 | Feb 1975 – Dec 1975 | Navigation | |
| Schmidt, Edward (Smitty) | MM/FN | Apr 1, 1975 – Feb 3, 1978 | M | Ha Ha..You funny Joe all ships Grey,buy me drink. I'm still an an Engineer USCG licensed unlimited horse power.30 years. Was even a Captain once. |
| Couture, Michael | RM1 | Apr 10, 1975 – Feb 1, 1980 | OC DIVISION | lIFE WAS INTERESTING AT TIMES ABOARD THE GRAY WITH DUST BUNNIES EVERYWHERE AND LIBERTY HELD UP UNITL THEY WERE FOUND |
| Kestner, Mark | SN | May 1, 1975 – Jun 1, 1976 | Deck | |
| Himes, Rick | GMG2 | Jun 15, 1975 – Jul 15, 1979 | Weapons | Great ship, great friends, great times. Haze Gray and Underway. |
| Himes, Ricky | GMG2 | Jun 15, 1975 – Jul 15, 1979 | WEAPONS | |
| Jensen, Jerry | HT 2 | Jul 1975 – Dec 1979 | R DIVISION | I have great memories of my time of the Gray. The people I served with are the best. It was a time of growth for me that I won't forget. |
| Johnson, Kenneth | SHSN | Sep 1975 – Oct 1976 | Supply | Looking back, the times and the friends were great. I was proud to serve my country on the 200th birthday of the Navy. Anyone who remembers me running the store, please write back. |
| Jackson, James T | EMFN | Sep 1975 – May 1977 | E | What can I say, the Gray was my first and last ship and it provided great memories. It was a great time to serve. |
| Ogden, Jerry | QM3 | Oct 1975 – Jan 1977 | NAVIGATION | If anyone still knows me, they are welcome to contact me via FACEBOOK, i.e. "JERRY L. OGDEN" (Redding, CA), or simply e-mail me at "jerryogden@hotmail.com"... Thanks shipmates! |
| Cornell, Vic "HadjII" | MS2 | Dec 1975 – Jun 1980 | weapons later supply | Everybody Knew the "HAJ"!! |
| Branam, Tim | BM3 | Dec 15, 1975 – Aug 15, 1979 | First | |
| Penza, Rick | MM3 | Dec 24, 1975 – Apr 10, 1976 | M | Main Control (ER Messenger) Mistakenly assigned overseas duty while awaiting a slot at NPS Vallejo, to my benefit. |
| Wood, Jack | IC 3 | Dec 29, 1975 – Oct 17, 1975 | E | I was an IC-MAN and i'm looking for Jim Burchett, Bobby Waguspac and Jerry Hatley |
| Jaquez, Manuel (Bener) | GMG 2 | 1976 – 1980 | Weps | Gogd times |
| Hamrick, Jeff | STG3 | 1976 – 1979 | Sonar gang | |
| Champagne, Lee | LT | 1976 – 1977 | Engineering | This was a great tour, The CO was the big "O" Roger Onorati, XO was known as "Alpha Mike." Great crew and Wardroom. We did a terrific "SouthPac" deployment to Fiji, NZ, Aus. Senior Chief BT, Weldon Carper saved my bacon. |
| Cantrell, Frank | E5 | 1976 – 1979 | 2nd | I am a truckdriver now and live in Kentucky with my wife of 23 years. Looking for old shipmates and friends from the Gray. Does anyone know what happened to Pat Finn aka PJ? |
| Portanova, John "Port" | MM2 | Jan 6, 1976 – Aug 6, 1979 | M | Haze Gray and underway. 30 years later still working for the Navy. Gray was the best and so was her crew. |
| Portanova, John | MM2 | Jan 10, 1976 – Aug 15, 1979 | M | Came aboard as MMFN, messender of the watch. Left as MM2, top watch and engine room supervisor |
| Weeks, Steve | OS2 | Jan 15, 1976 – Aug 15, 1976 | Operations | Was on the ship for about 7 months in 1976. Enjoyed the whole thing. Started in Subic in January the evening before we got underway for the Indian Ocean. |
| Polizzi, Lenny | SM3 | Mar 1976 – Aug 1979 | still in contact with a few shipmates | |
| Phagan, Lance | ST2 | Mar 1976 – Aug 1980 | 3rd | Joined theGray in the Indian Ocean, finishing WestPac4 and WestPac5 onboard her. Went thru the Long Beach Harpoon install and the overhaul in Seattle in '79. Made great friends and still in touch on Facebook with some. |
| Bourke, James, "Doc" | HM1/HMC | Mar 8, 1976 – Nov 18, 1978 | OPS/medical | The GRAY was a fine ship and the crew was a great bunch of sailors. She was a model for "haze gray and underway" Sea duty was the norm with the only exceptions being yard time. |
| Mason, Alexander | BT2 | Mar 18, 1976 – Aug 30, 1980 | EB01 | |
| Cantrell, Frank | GMG2 | Apr 1976 – May 1979 | 2nd | after leaving the Gray, I became a long haul truckdriver and can also be found on FB |
| Parker, Ben--(bird Dog) | FTG/SN | May 1976 – Sep 7, 1977 | 2ND | HEY PEOPLE!! I JUST FOUND THIS SITE. I SURE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF YA'LL! I READ YOUR NOTE,,PETERSON! I AM IN FL. I CANNOT SEEM TO GET IN TOUCH WITH FUTRELL. |
| Grimsley, Greg | MM3 | May 15, 1976 – May 8, 1980 | M | I served aboard the Gray in the engine room I stood lower and upper level watches. Looking for Al Farrington, Maurice Merryman, and any M-Div shipmate that served from 1976 1980 |
| Gray, Curtis (Cj) | STG3 | Jul 1976 – Sep 1977 | Weapons | Made some life long friends You know who you are :) |
| Wydra, Ray | EM2 | Jul 10, 1976 – Jul 10, 1978 | E | |
| Burch, Kenny | Qm3 | Oct 1976 – Apr 1980 | Nav | Life onboard the Uss Gray was like being home with all the great guys westpac/ southpac 1977-1978 was aone of akind crews for the Qm. on the bridge |
| Neff, Pete | HM3 | Nov 1976 – 1979 | OPS | Best WestPac I ever went on. |
| Rynearson, Mark | QM2 | Nov 1976 – Nov 1978 | nav | Great times aboard the Gray. I left when it first went into dry dock at the Todd shipyards |
| Burkhalter, Scott | SH3 | Nov 1976 – Jun 10, 1980 | 1st DIV./S-3 DIV. | |
| Acuna, Leon | SM3 | Nov 1, 1976 – Sep 15, 1978 | OC | |
| Peterson, Kevin | FTG3 | Dec 10, 1976 – Sep 28, 1979 | Weapons | Christmas in Newcastle had to be my favorite Westpac port!! Where is Birddog? |
| Folkes, Bob | QM_1 | Dec 15, 1976 – Sep 18, 1978 | Navigation |
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