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USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085). 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 419 crew members registered for the USS Donald B. Beary (FF 1085).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross, Steve | OS2 | 1974 – 1977 | OI | Had a great time on old 1085. Two Med cruises, one Middle East cruise when things were dull in the IO.Even made it north of the Arctic Circle.South of the equator twice. Drop me an email if you want to talk about ancient history(the 70's) |
| Parker, Frank | QM2 | 1974 – 1978 | XN | Spent almost 4 yrs on the Beary. The Med twice, West Africa/Middle East once, Bath, ME. Great to see some names that I recognize. Michael Isom, Mags!! |
| Heubner, Gary W. | RM1 | 1974 – 1977 | OC | I've always considered the Donald B. Beary to be the best ship I ever served on. One of the best Ships I served aboard. |
| Sutcliffe, Robert (Bob) | BT2 | 1974 – Aug 1976 | B Division | 6 & 6 watches in the HOLE-- sure miss em' Played guitar in ship's band "RVC Towing Co" English, Mr Smith,Slodysco, Played for the king of Saudi Arabi Shout out to Chief Byers , Hawk, Griffin, Shobert, Shellhart,Chief Ba |
| Raynor, Ray | PC3 | 1974 – 1975 | 1st | I was a PC3 from 1974-1975. Looking for other sailors who sailed during that time. |
| Wright, Michael | E4 | 1974 – 1976 | M | Med cruise, N Atlantic war games, Gitmo, Arctic circle, blue nose. Great times. Swisher call me. Neosho Mo Certified Express |
| Leisner, Jeffrey | Yeoman 2nd Class | Jan 1974 – Jun 1978 | Admin office | Lot of good memories. Anchor at the bottom of Norfolk berth Driving Captain around. Majorca was great. Best basketball team in Maine. First captain ball buster but a lot of fun. Ski and Andy with the bananas. |
| Anderson, Kim | EW1 | Feb 1974 – Oct 6, 1978 | OE | I traveled north of the arctic circle and south of the equator going through the desert to do it. Lots of fun with great ship mates. I left the navy in 1978 as an EW1 |
| Atterberry, Fred | BT2 | Mar 1974 – Aug 1977 | B | Good ship Good crew lot of time at sea. Been a long time ago now. Great memories . |
| Drysdale, Charles (Chuck) | Ltjg | Apr 15, 1974 – Apr 15, 1977 | OI | CIC Officer, OI Division officer. We chased russians all around the med and indian ocean. Crossed the equator and arctic circle. Visited 27 countries. What an adventure! |
| Isom, Michael | QM3 | Jun 10, 1974 – May 10, 1977 | Navigation | Made the Med and the Indian Ocean tours with the old salt Capt Berry,Mags Mattis and Frank Parker and Master Chief Petit |
| Nugent, George | SN | Sep 1974 – Sep 1977 | 1st | |
| Clark, Russell (Butch) | STG3 | Sep 10, 1974 – Oct 15, 1975 | AS | Ist ship. Med Cruise 75. |
| Nugent, George | SN | Sep 29, 1974 – Sep 27, 1977 | 1st division | looking to get together with friends from that time. they know who they are. Beak, czaplicki, Sam F, louie V , kelly, harkley,hill. |
| Thomas, Stephen | MSCS | Nov 1974 – Mar 1975 | Supply | |
| Smith, Howard | LTJG | Nov 1974 – Dec 1977 | 2nd (Gunnery) | Caribex(s), Med/Mid-East Cruises, Bath Shipyard, Two Squadron "E"s for Gunnery, numerous ass-chewings by Capt Berry. Most fun: Ship's band, RVC Towing Co. Hi, Chico, Tom, Nick, Larry, Frank |
| Kucinski, John | LTJG | 1975 – 1977 | ASW Officer | My 1st ship. Great crew/experience. Indian Ocean deployment in 1976 before it became strategically important. Saved Kenya from Idi Amin. Lost keel anchor. Port-side hull thumped like heartbeat. Undefeated in b-ball on cruise. Ship's rock band rock |
| Powers, Carey Wildman Peepee | BMSN E-3 | 1975 – Sep 1979 | deck 1 | WENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST A FEW TIMES,BATH MAINE SHIP YARDS, MED, NORTH ATLANTIC. CROSSED THE EQUATER, BECAME A SHELLBACK SUEZ CANAL 6-8 TIMES. LOOKING FOR KEN BOREN-CORNY (MO),LITTLE JIMMY(MD),DANNY HUMES(MD),TITTY BABY(NY), MR. SEARS,TIM KELLY (OH). |
| Meyer, Steve | SM3 | 1975 – 1977 | Mid-east and Bath Maine | |
| Cichanowicz, Ted (Chico) | LTJG | 1975 – 1977 | supply | Great ship--memorable mideast deployment. I put together the RVC Towing Company band. Played a soccer stadium in Seychelles. Truly a life's highlight. Had a great SUPPO partner in LT Hal Payne. Crossed the equator. Suez! |
| Rigney, Jim | BMC | 1975 – 1978 | FIRST | dont know how many friends i had aboard. lost the damn anchor . went through in-surv. that was great. the suez was nicFAIR WINDSAND FOLLOWING SEAS TO ALL HER CREW. |
| Johnson, Gary | IC2 | 1975 – 1978 | E | Served on the ship from 1975 through 1978. Lot of good times. |
| Ingram, Dave | MM2 | Jan 1975 – Aug 1978 | M Division | After four years in USN, made a twenty year career in USNR. Retired GSMC in 1996. Check on Facebook Groups USS Donald B. Beary and D.B. Beary Boys to find former shipmates. Hope to get a group together when Covid is over |
| Griffy, Grip | E-6 | Apr 1975 – Aug 1977 | Operations Intelligence/NCIC | |
| Hummel, James | RMC | May 1975 – May 1977 | OC | |
| Knox, James | SHSN | Jun 1975 – Jan 1978 | Supply | |
| Knox, James | SHSN | Jun 3, 1975 – Jan 8, 1978 | Supply | Med, Suez Canal, Middle East, A "lost week" in Bahrain. Shellback. Started out in laundry and ran the ships store. Where is Jack Kidder, Alvin Humes, Leroy Vance, Bob Bader and the rest of the Supply gang? |
| Shellhart, Don | BT2 | Jun 3, 1975 – Feb 9, 1979 | B | This boat was always at sea - two med & 1 middle east and a buch of GITMO's. I did see alot of cool places. Port & Starboard duty - punched tubes while at portside while steaming other boiler. Still use my education today. |
| Copeland, Ted | MM1 | Oct 1975 – May 1979 | M | Retired USN 12/93 Work in powerhouse at Saturn, Spring Hill TN. Beary engineer's (70's)reunion 8/13/05 in NC. Email Ctedandluanne@aol.com for info |
Gresham, Russell  | QMC | Oct 1, 1975 – Aug 10, 1977 | Navigation | |
| Noblot, Gerry | BT3 | Nov 1975 – May 1976 | Engineering | You mean the duck finally got out of the Med?? View 'now' Photo |
| Anderson, Jay (Andy) | MM2 | Nov 1975 – Jun 1980 | M | Went back to School for Engineering Degree. Have worked at private yard with subs and carriers. Guess you can't get the Navy out once it gets in. Have also become a pastor in my spare time. |
| Boren, Ken (Corny) | MM2 | Nov 1975 – Jun 1979 | Engineering | Had a good time in Bath, ME. Didn't care much for Norfolk. Always good to hear from old buddies. |
| Warwick, John | STG2 | Nov 1975 – 1976 | AS | Indian Ocean Cruise. Shellback, took ship to yards in Maine and was transferred to San Diego for C School. Great friends and lots of adventures Moved to NC when I got out of the Navy in 81 and still live in the same area |
| Morey, Bruce (Torque) | STG3 | Dec 29, 1975 – Dec 20, 1977 | ASW | African/Mid-east cruise in 1976. Listened to the RVC Towing company, shellback initiation, great experiences at a young age. Stayed with the ship at Bath through Christmas 77, then transferred. |
| Burkholder, Lloyd | SN | 1976 – | Deck | MidEast 1976 |
| Curtis, Rob | STG 2 | 1976 – 1978 | AS | My first ship. Mid-East Cruise. 1976 Bi-centenial in Jidda Saudia Arabia, Whoop-tee-do. |
| Bowman, Clyde | stg3 | 1976 – 1979 | AS | |
| McKinney, Bopper | mssn | 1976 – 1978 | Mess | Rembering the crazzy times in Bath Maine, hanging out on the Kennebeck River. We were all very young and nuts! |
| Jenkins, Jay | LTJG | 1976 – 1979 | MPA | 1st ship - best ship! Med Cruise, BIW, Ken Sigmon as Cheng (PMS is done sir!). Now working for the company that built the Beary - building more great ships for the Navy! Retired in 1998 as 0-5. |
| Phillips, Ken | EM-3 | 1976 – 1978 | E-Gang | Remember the soccer practices on the flight deck? Wonder if any of the balls made it to shore? |
| Frey, J Michael | OS2 | Mar 1976 – Aug 1980 | OI | Great time on the Duck. Remember The RVC Towing Company, could really rock the Middle East. |
| Chesser, Larry | IC2 | May 10, 1976 – Jul 17, 1979 | R | I will always remember my days on the Duck. Did anybody ever find that little bottle of Jack I hid down in a terminal box in the engin room? I still keep up with Bramble Breithaupt. Any of you guys from E gang drop me a line. God Bless you all. |
| Pace, Robert | RM2 | Jun 1976 – Jun 1978 | OC | Great Ship and Crew.....Had a wonderful tour of duty on her (except for the Shellback Initiation)!!!! |
| McGrath, Tom | CTT3 | Jun 1976 – Aug 1, 1976 | OE | TDY to ship to work with the EW gang. Some of the best days in my 31 year Navy career. 4th of July in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia; closing the equator on 11 July 1976 as the OE division "princess". |
| Wellmon, Dangerous Dave | HT | Jun 16, 1976 – Jun 6, 1980 | R Division | Crazy high times on the DUCK . Living it up in Texas since 1983 |
| Williams, Bob | ETR2 | Jul 1976 – Dec 1979 | OE | Joined the Beary in Bahrain in 76 went through the yard period in Bath, Maine, Gitmo then Med/Mideast/Noreur Cruise. |
| Gunn, William/pete | BT | Aug 1976 – Aug 1980 | b | this was so long ago. many memories from my time aboard in b division |
| Hays, Doug | OS3 | Aug 30, 1976 – Aug 30, 1980 | Operations | Crazy times aboard the Beary. We did a lot... Caribbean, Med, GITMO, Mideast, and North Atlantic cruises. We did a lot! |
| Bonham, Tom | STG-2 | Oct 1976 – Sep 1981 | AS | |
| Vanderkarr, Brian | MM3 | Oct 1976 – Apr 1980 | engineering | What an experience. Had lots of fun. I'm now a full time traveler. I would like to make contact with some that was on board from 1976 to 1980. |
| Barnes, John | MM2 | Nov 6, 1976 – Oct 24, 1979 | ||
| Namen, Sam | STG | Dec 1976 – Aug 1980 | AS |
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