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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Truett (FF 1095). 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 396 crew members registered for the USS Truett (FF 1095).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1974 | 1975 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Simon, Dan | USS TRUETT | 0000 – Sep 5, 1991 | deck | |
Phelps, Kevin ![]() | E-3 | Nov 1, 1901 – Oct 1, 1992 | NATO | SERVED AND ENJOYED. HOPED TO HAVE MADE LIFELONG CAREER. WITH BAD EXPERIENCES WITH SHIPMATES I WAS FORCED OUT. VERY UNFURTUNATE SITUATION. WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DUCTTAPE PARTY I RECIEVCED!!! |
Cunningham, Thomas | stg | Nov 19, 1952 – Jan 15, 1981 | a/s | not among the happiest times |
Hall, Don | EW-2 | Jun 1973 – Dec 12, 1975 | Operations | I would love to hear from the guys I served with back in the early seventy's. I hurt my back and was medically discharged. EWC Blackstone was my Chief Petty Officer. |
Johnson, Dean | HT3 | Aug 1973 – | E division | |
Gillow, Lee / Bear | STG1 | Sep 1973 – Mar 1979 | ASW | Precom to Shore Duty. Great memories and lots of underway time. |
Applegate, George | MR3 | 1974 – 1977 | A gang | came on as deck ape left as MR. plank owner.good times with good friends.hated the navy could not wait to get out.it did give me time to grow up.and see the world at the same time so not all bad! |
Hartz, Frank | MMFA TO MM2 | 1974 – 1976 | M | I was there from the beginning Plankowner. I so enjoyed the friends and crew I had the pleasure of serving with. |
Sanders, Tim | MM2 | 1974 – Jun 11, 1976 | M Division-Main Control | I had the greatest respect for MM1 Art Arellano. |
Cross, Curtis | stgsa | 1974 – 1975 | k | wish Ida stayed on board for that first cruise around south america |
Jackson, Melvin ( Pat ) | IC1 | 1974 – 1974 | E | |
Searcy, Michael | ewsn | 1974 – 1975 | os | An honor to be a member of Plank Owner Crew. Enjoyed my time on board USS TRUETT |
Freeburg, Gary | HT3 | 1974 – 1975 | R | Great times in the navy. Should have stayed for 20! |
Wagonschutz, Dennis | ENFN/EN3 | 1974 – 1976 | A-Gang | |
Parks, Jim | IC3 | Feb 1974 – Oct 1975 | R | Plank Owner.From Avondale to Norfolk and around So America on Unitas. A great crew to break in a great ship. Do it Truett became our slogan because we were always at sea, always ready. |
Wirsing, Gary | SN THEN DK3 | Feb 1974 – Oct 1975 | Deck then Supply(also Mess Deck MAA) | |
Speck, Danny | RM3 | Feb 1974 – Aug 16, 1977 | OPS | GREAT TIMES ON A GREAT SHIP. PLANKOWNER, SHAKE DOWN CRUISE, SOUTH AMERICA AND NORTHERN EUROPE. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OLD SHIPMATES. |
Mosher, Kent | BT2 | Feb 1974 – Aug 11, 1977 | Boiler Room, Engineering | I was assigned to the building USS Truett at NOB Norfolk in Feb. of 74. There were over 100 all rates assigned there then to stay and each week we were sent off to different schools. We went to New Orleans LA in about April that year to lea |
Collett, Ricky | qmsn | Feb 1974 – Aug 1977 | navad | pre-com until discharge in 77... |
Baker, Stanley | Bt-3 | Feb 1974 – Feb 17, 1977 | Boiler tech | |
Nolen, Randy | GMG2 | Feb 1, 1974 – Dec 1, 1977 | 2nd | Plankowner and pre-commissioning crew. Rode ship from Avondale to Norfolk, then made the UNITAS, NATO and Med deployments before leaving the ship in Taranto, Italy. Had some great times on that boat! |
Henley, Robert (Worm Boy) | BTFN | Mar 1974 – Dec 1975 | B | PRE COM DETAIL,PLANKOWNER AND MEMORIES OF THE UNITAS CRUISE, EXSPECIALLY BECOMING A SHELLBACK.. STILL SMELL THE CHERRY...GREAT SHIP, GREAT CREW TO BE WITH... |
Hope, Gilbert | BT2 | Mar 1, 1974 – Aug 30, 1977 | B | Plank Owner from tracing systems in Avondale shipyard in 1974 to South America 1975 and Northern Europe in 1976. I still tell stories about South America. |
Suppan, Rick/ | OS3 | Mar 7, 1974 – Mar 22, 1976 | OI | Who would think I became an Attorney |
Nelson, Virgle (Nelly) | SM2/SM1 | Mar 16, 1974 – Jul 25, 1979 | oc | plank owner, trucking trudy, spent enough time underway during my tour aboard, T. C.Lynch, was the best, but he was only as good as the crewwho sailed with him, seen alot of turnover, we always seemed to get good ones to replace good ones |
Narretta, Walter | OS2 | Mar 22, 1974 – Aug 15, 1977 | OI | It was a privledge to have been a member of the crew and Plankowner. Wish all of you the best :) |
Coville, Kenneth | MM2 | Mar 30, 1974 – Jun 1976 | M | Main Control from the very beginning |
Delafosse, Kimmith / Kim | IC 2 | Apr 1974 – Sep 1975 | R | PLANK OWNER, I JUST FOUND THIS WEB SITE,AND I AM GLADE I DID.I CAN NOW CONTACT SOME OF MY OLD FRIENDS. THE USS. TRUETT WAS A FINE SHIP WITH AN OUTSTANDING CREW.I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE FUN WE HAD ON OUR TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA. |
Burbank, Al | FTG1 | Apr 1974 – Aug 1978 | 2nd | Plankowner. Work center supervisor and division LPO in addition to master-at-arms. Lots of mostly good memories from three major deployments. Made a lot of friends over the 4+ years. Hope everyone is doing well. |
Enloe, Ken | YN3 | Apr 1974 – Nov 1977 | XO's Office | I started out on TRUETT as a deck seaman becoming a YN striker & worked in the Eng Logroom then the XO's Office upon making YN3. YNC Linehan did much to help me enter the YN field. Would like to hear from David "Mouse" Moseley if pos |
Plowman, Kurt | EM2 | Apr 1974 – Jul 1977 | R | I was one of the original plank holders, rode the ship up from Louisiana. Would love to hear from my buddies in R Division and OI Division. |
McCann, Thomas | SM2 | Apr 4, 1974 – Jan 31, 1977 | Signal Gang | |
McCann, Thomas (Tom) | SM3/SM2 | Apr 4, 1974 – Jan 31, 1977 | Communications | I'm a Truett "plankowner", having been one of the original ships's complement. I participated in the ship's 1975 "Unitas" deployment to South America and the 1976 'STANAVFORLANT" deployment to northwestern Eur |
Bridges, Philip | GmG3 | Apr 7, 1974 – Sep 12, 1977 | 2nd division | My time on Truett had its ups and downs. I wouldnt change that experience for anything. I made some lifelong friends and went places and saw things I would never had have the opportunity to see had i not been in the Navy |
Williams, Randy | bm3 | Apr 8, 1974 – 1977 | 1st | Yea buddy see the world .. I guess we did.!! and lived to tell about it with the help of my big brother Jimmy.everybody loved jimmy&put up with me. I couldnt wait to get out.now it was best time of my life. |
Hickey, Raymond | SH-3 | Jun 1974 – Oct 1975 | Ships Serviceman | Had some unforgettable times on the Truett. during my deployment. |
King, Randall | BT/2 | Jun 1, 1974 – Aug 1, 1977 | eng-b | |
Roy, Robert | EN-3 | Jun 1, 1974 – Sep 1, 1977 | A-Gang | Never regret serving in the Navy. Loved every minute of it. Being that young and cruising the oceans was an experience I will never forget. Valparaiso Chile will forever be the coolest place the USS Truett ever tied up to |
Stacharczyk, William (Stick) | GMT3 | Jun 1, 1974 – Apr 3, 1975 | ASW | PLANT OWNER |
Crader (Plankowner), William | SH2 | Jun 4, 1974 – Mar 4, 1976 | I was assigned to S-3 Divison,, Worked in the Barber Shop and Laundry, and at times worked in the Supply Office with SH1 Larry Riley (Where are you Larry?) I am proud to be a plank owner of the USS Truett. | |
Moseley, David | BM3 | Jun 4, 1974 – 1977 | 1st | Plank Owner, Do It TRUETT!!! Best U.S. warship ever to sail Earth's oceans! Trying to find BMC Landry, want to thank him for helping me to become a man. It was an honor to have served in the best ship with the best officers and men!!! |
Schmieder, Robert (Bob) | STG2 | Jun 14, 1974 – Dec 7, 1978 | AS | |
Haynes, Christopher | STG1 | Jul 1974 – May 1976 | AS | Great times, great ship. AS Division rocked. Still working Navy ASW systems for NAVSEA. |
Robinson, John | STG1 | Jul 1974 – Sep 1978 | AS | Hey former shipmates. My time aboard the Truett was truly memorable. |
Gagnon, Mike | E5/EM2 | Sep 1, 1974 – May 20, 1977 | R | Plank Owner - MISS YOU GUYS |
Gonzalez, Juan | HM | Oct 11, 1974 – Nov 20, 1977 | X | I miss the ship and the good times! |
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