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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Moinester (FF 1097). 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 281 crew members registered for the USS Moinester (FF 1097).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1975 | 1976 – 1978 | 1979 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1989 | 1990 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Fallon, Mark | EM2 | 1979 – 1983 | Electrical | EM2 |
Benkelmann, Mark | STG2(SW) | May 1979 – Dec 1982 | 3rd - ASW | Best damn ASW ship of it's time! Served for the best CO of my career, Capt. TJ Colavito. |
Johnson, Alan (Jj) | BT2 | Jun 1979 – Sep 1983 | B | Five years in the hole with the "MULE", what else is there to say????? |
Gear, Randy | BTFN | Jun 8, 1979 – Jun 8, 1990 | navsink | HAY YALL GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE HOPE TO HEAR FROM SOME GOOD FRIENDS AND MAYBE GET TOGETHER. |
Veale, Brian | SM | Sep 1979 – Sep 1980 | Weapons | Great ship. Great bunch of guys. Where Is MSSN Marty Maroney from J.C. N.J.? |
Hall, Mike | FTG2 | Sep 17, 1979 – Feb 28, 1984 | 2nd | Served under Glenn Whistler, TJ Colavito, and F.A. Horton. Great memories (Med cruises '81 & '83). Palma!! Played bass in ship's band "Triangle" with Bob Huston, Brian Drennan, Andy Crosswell, and Ray Fryer. Brooklyn craz |
Reed, Jim | BM3 | Nov 1979 – Apr 1981 | first | |
Ramsey, Lawrence | E5/OS2 | Nov 26, 1979 – Dec 3, 1982 | OI | |
Drennan, Brian | SN | 1980 – 1981 | 1st | I was only with the ship a short while; NYC drydock and Norfolk after refit.I was a member of the ships band with Bob Huston SN3. I left for the BOOST program while we where in GITMO. TJ Calivito was an awesome CO. He recomended me for OCS. |
Wilder, Don | ET1 | 1980 – 1983 | OE | In 12 years the only command that truly made me feel like a true sailor. The best OE shop I ever had. I would finally like to apologize to the GM's for our painting the Jack-O-Lanter on the gun mount. LOL Loved my time on FF-1097! |
Shannon, Patrick | STG1 | 1980 – 1984 | 3rd | |
Reber, Ray | mmfn | 1980 – 1984 | m | |
Kelly, David | MMFN /MM3 | Jan 1980 – Jun 1983 | M | I remember Ray and the MULE!! I worked in Aux 1. Remember Sadat's assasination, the broken fire room console window and Beruit Gun Line? First ship, didn't like it but ended up staying and retiring after 24 years as an MMC. |
Jordan, Roger | ET3 / ET2 | Jan 1980 – 1983 | OE Division | Definately good times!! I have missed the ET gang! I especially remember Lisbon Portugal overnight liberty!!! ummm what year was that.... 82? I pray everyone is doing well more than 20 years later.... Wow!! |
Paradis, Tony | IC2 | Jan 5, 1980 – May 1, 1983 | AE | Most memorable time of my 10 years in the Nav. TJ Colavito was by far the best skipper I ever had |
McNeeley, Gordon / Gordy | FTG2 | Jan 5, 1980 – Sep 17, 1984 | 2nd | Great Ship and The crew was the tightest one I saw In my entire career. I agree with Mark Benkelman TJ Colavito was the finest Captain I Served Under. |
Peterson, Robert "Fritz" | E2 | Jan 5, 1980 – Apr 8, 1982 | FIRST | HELLO TO ALL WHO SERVED ON THE MOINESTER |
Epps, Thomas | OS3 | May 1980 – Nov 1985 | OI | I've served in two frigates, a Spru-Can, an Aegis cruiser, an LCC and an oiler, and of them all I have the fondest memories of FF-1097. Moinester was one-of-a-kind! Anyone remember "Sub-Busters"? |
Villanueva, Roy | MM3 | Jul 1980 – Oct 1984 | M | DCPO ENGINE ROOM. HAY RAY I DO REMEMEBER THE DIRTY 30 AND WILL NOT FOR GET IT. THE GOOD TIMES WE ALL HAD ON BOARD THE MICKEY. MET A BUNCH OF GREAT GUYS TO WORK WITH AND PARTY WITH GREAT TIME OVER SEAS.... |
Dixon, Dave | QM1 | Aug 1980 – Feb 1985 | NavAd | I can only dream of my past, and live my future. I will never forget the years upon the Moinester QM Dixon, my ship's website I have written http://ff1097.dancom.com Hope to hear from you soon! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ |
Russell, Thomas E. | PN2 | Sep 1980 – Nov 1983 | NAVAD | My nickname was "Dirt". The Moinester was without question the "Fleets Finest Fast Frigate". Both ship and crew were top notch. |
Hughes, Dale | ET2 | Oct 1980 – Jul 1984 | OE | I enjoyed my time there and will always miss the fun at sea. |
Griffin, Chris | GMG2 | Oct 15, 1980 – Jul 15, 1983 | second | Great ship! I think the first is always the best! |
Gray, David | SM3 | Dec 1980 – Aug 20, 1984 | Operations | |
Turpin, Rich (Cy) | MMFN | 1981 – 1984 | A | |
Wright, Jack D | FTG1 | Jan 2, 1981 – Oct 1982 | Weapons | |
French, Larry | MMCS | Jan 26, 1981 – Jan 13, 1982 | M | My last year in the navy was spent on this ship, wasn't the best duty I had during my 20+ years but wasn't all that bad. |
Lockwood, Curt | EN2 | Feb 10, 1981 – Aug 16, 1982 | a | good times |
French, Richard (Sam) | STG2 | Mar 1981 – Apr 1983 | 3rd | |
Epps, Thomas | OS3 | Apr 14, 1981 – Nov 22, 1985 | Operations/Intelligence | My first ship--and the beginning of a forty+year career at sea! |
Epps, Thomas | OS3 | May 1981 – Nov 1985 | OI | They say that the first ship is always your favorite. In My case they are right. My time in 'Moinester' was the start of a career which, today, is just winding down, and I remember those days as the most satisfying. Still got my "sub-bus |
Hobbs, Steven | ET3 | Jun 14, 1981 – Nov 14, 1984 | Ops/electronics | I think I'll take a trip to Egipt to see the Rasheed |
Knisley, Joseph Chip | e4 | Aug 27, 1981 – | mm3 | looking for shipmates |
Nave, Jeffrey | QM2 | Sep 1981 – 1985 | Navigation | |
Reber, Ray | MM2 | Sep 17, 1981 – Jun 29, 1984 | M | in charge of aux. one...supply po for m div..i'm the one who caused the "dirty thirdy"!!!!!anybody remember that?? |
Wood, Richard ( Woody) | EW2 | Nov 4, 1981 – Jun 6, 1986 | OPS | |
Stokes, Lawrence | RM3 | Nov 11, 1981 – Aug 5, 1985 | OCO1 | My first command. I had a great time. My first 4 years was a blur because I partied overseas. Met a great group of people. worked in the best radio shack. A good group of guys that were family. Haze Grey and underway! |
Raffaelo, Richard | E1 | 1982 – 1983 | Seaman/Deck | Terry Adams if your alive and out their, drop me a line..living in Fl. |
Wilson, Ray | BMC(SW) | 1982 – 1987 | Deck | Good Ship Good Crew Good Time |
Bannister, Lon | BT2 | 1982 – 1984 | B | Has anyone kept in touch with Mark Waxler? I would like to contact him. |
Waxler, Mark | BT2 | 1982 – 1984 | B | |
Clark, Keith | OS2 SW | Jan 1982 – Jul 1985 | oi | when we were young what else was there? the best of times. I remember alot of the names on this list. gagnon you still got that bike? |
Gagnon, James | OS2 | Feb 14, 1982 – Feb 14, 1986 | O1 | |
Disbrow, Gale / Diz | STG3 | Feb 18, 1982 – Dec 1984 | 3rd | Made some good friends, met some I didn't like ... a LOT ... 1 chief in particular ... been looking for some friends ... BM1 Dave Morgan especially |
Gillespie, Bryan | HT | Apr 22, 1982 – Feb 27, 1984 | Hull Tect | Good times during the Med. cruise, with a stop @ Granada |
Winstead, Mike | MM2 | Aug 1982 – Feb 1986 | Aux 1 | Just looking for old shipmates. Had a good time on the Moinester. Lots of good friends. |
Kitchenman, John | BTFN | Aug 9, 1982 – Sep 5, 1983 | B | it was a 40 ship with a 40 crew we had the best snipes in the navy |
Deal, Andy | OSC | Nov 21, 1982 – Mar 10, 1987 | OI | My first ship as LPO and LCPO. grew up on Moinester. Had a great group of OSs and EWs. Always enjoy talking about my days aboard Moinester. |
Groveau, Mark | MS3 | Nov 23, 1982 – Sep 17, 1986 | Cook | Great time, started out painting and ended cooking. Great group of guy's. E mail me if you remember me. |
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