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USS Julius A. Furer (FFG 6) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Julius A. Furer (FFG 6). 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 218 crew members registered for the USS Julius A. Furer (FFG 6).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1970 | 1971 – 1976 | 1977 – 1980 | 1981 – 1985 | 1986 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McVay, Jim | RM2 | 1971 – 1973 | Comms | Great crew. Loads of memories from Newport to Cuba to the Med. Left at the end of the refit in the Boston shipyard. Now living in Independence, Mo. |
| McDaniel, Joe | SM | Sep 1971 – Dec 22, 1973 | B | 2 Med Cruises - plus More' Boston Shipyards - Left Newport for Charleston. Worked with Chief Mead. Loves the time onboard |
Becker, Tom  | ETN2 | Sep 13, 1971 – Jun 6, 1973 | Operations | Gosh we had a good time. Poker games with Zukowski?Came on board with Bill Roll ET! are you still around Bill? And we still wonder what ever happened to John Deal? |
| Fair, Gary | BT2 | Nov 1971 – Jun 30, 1973 | ENGINEERING | |
| Reardon, Ted | FTM2 | 1972 – 1974 | Worked in Missle Plot--Joined Furer just before Med cruise then into Charlestown shipyard (Boston) for refit before a freezing visit to Halifaz kicking off a NATO cruise. Got out after Furer xferred to Charleston, S. C. Now live in Plymouth Ma. | |
| Reardon, Ted | FTM2 | 1972 – 1974 | weapons | worked in missile plot--joined Furer just before Med cruise 1972 Remember Charlestown shipyard, Boston before freezing Halifax visit kicking off NATO cruise Got out after Furer transferred to Charleston S.C. Now live Plymouth Mass. |
| Boelema, Gary | FTG1 | 1972 – 1975 | Weapons | Worked on the MK56 GFCS. Stayed in retired as a MCPO in 1988 off USS Missouri BB 63 |
| Haskins, Merle | STG 2 | Mar 1972 – Jun 27, 1975 | AS | |
| Averill, Terry | MM-1 | Jun 1972 – Jun 1975 | A-Gang | Looking to here from old shipmates |
| Pelland, William | HTC | Jul 1972 – Aug 1974 | R | |
| Willard, Austin | OS2 | Aug 12, 1972 – Dec 15, 1975 | OI | Came aboard in Naples during '72 Med cruise. Made '74 Nato cruise. |
| Sena, Don | FTG3 | Sep 1972 – Sep 1975 | MET THE SHIP IN IZMIR TURKEY MADE THE LAST HALF OF MED CRUISE. SEVERAL CRRIBEAN AND GTMO ADVENTURES AND AN EIGHT MONTH MEMORABLE NATO CRUISE. | |
| Sena, Don | FTG3 | Sep 1972 – Sep 1975 | G | MET THE SIP IN IZMIR TURKEY MADE THE LAST HALF OF THE MED CRUISE SEVERAL CARRIBEAN ADVETURES INCLUDING GTMO AND AN 8 MONTH NATO CRUISE LEFT IN CHARLESTON SC |
| Maffin, John | RM2 | Dec 1972 – May 1975 | COMMUNICATIONS | Arrived in freezing Newport after Med cruise, move to Charleston. Nato cruise was a blast, golf at Gitmo was unreal. I miss the old radio gang, moved on to Operation Deep Freeze and met my wife in Antarctica. Oregon home |
| Grove, Norman | MM3 | 1973 – 1975 | M | Reported onboard when ship was home ported in Newport R.I. Served during its NATO assigment and ended my tour when ship was home ported in Charleston, S.C. |
| Carroll, Lamar "Bud" | HTFN | Jan 4, 1973 – Dec 4, 1974 | R | I retired from the U.S. Navy Seabees in 1999 as CM1 |
| Osterberg, Bob | IC2 | Feb 1973 – Dec 1975 | Eng | Joined the ship in Newport, several trips to Gitmo, ship yards in Newport and Lamps conversion in Charleston, SC. Also an 8 month NATO cruise where we ran aground in Holland. Great leave in Rotterdam!! Don & Charlie, email me |
| Broussard, Danny | EM3 | Aug 3, 1973 – Jul 14, 1975 | R | During the two cruises onboard the Furer, my brother & I serve together. My first trip to Gitmo was like being put in hell with a purpose at the end. The Nato cruise was a great experience. Exchanging duty on five other ships was awesome. |
| Francis, Gary | ETR3 | Aug 18, 1973 – May 10, 1976 | OPS | Enjoyed the years spent on the ship, went to GITMO, Nato cruise, Med Cruise. had a good time made many friends those years would have made more cruises, but was transferred to the USS Brown DE 1089 in 1976. |
| Book, Richard | MMS3 | Oct 22, 1973 – Jun 25, 1976 | supply | Iwas a steward and a cook from 1973 to1976 then transfered to the uss fearless (mso442) Did the NATO tour And Shipyard over haul. Cuba shack down. |
| Moreland, Rickey | RM | Nov 1973 – Jul 18, 1975 | OC | Came on board in Charleston just in time for the NATO cruise. I still wonder who’s bright idea it was to go to Halifax in January so we could freeze the to San Juan in February where we could burn up!! |
| Henson, Bill | YN3 | Nov 5, 1973 – Oct 5, 1977 | I am looking for a USS Julius A. Furer DEG-6/FFG-6 shoulder tab and a shoulder of hat patch w/ the picture of the ship on it? Thanks and God Bless Bill R. Henson, Jr. | |
| Lucia, Gary | YN3 | Nov 15, 1973 – Aug 12, 1976 | Navigation | Made the entire NATO cruise and I was the cause of the ship running aground in Holland with an append. problem. Also my brother served on board Paul Lucia. I see Flynn, Sena and Osterberg in here. Would like to hear from you guys. |
| Ditano, Roland | EM3 & EM2 | Dec 1973 – Jun 1976 | R | Reported aboard as an EM3 went on 1974 NATO Cruise and brought the ship through overhaul in Charleston Naval Shipyard re-enlisted and went to shore duty. The best ship I was on |
| Leers, Mike | BT2 | Dec 1973 – Jul 24, 1977 | B | |
| Johnson, Marty (Emjay) | OS3 | Jan 1974 – Jun 1977 | OI | Met the ship in Jan. 74 for the Nato cruise, Shared house on beach @ Isle of Palms while in the Yards were the best. Gtmo sucked, the Med cruise was cool. NYC 1976 Bicentennial was unbelieveable. Left prior to Silver Ju |
| Donley, Tad | YN3 | Mar 6, 1974 – Sep 15, 1976 | Weapons Department | They were great guys. Sommers used to bum cigarettes from me. Had a top Secret Clearance and worked for 5 Weapons Officers. Where's Suter?? the PN?? anyways I really missed all that happened. I'll never forget. |
| Brewer, Jim | SM3 | May 16, 1974 – Mar 10, 1976 | COMM | I came aboard in Rotterdam, after staying as a guest on a Fleet Tug stationed at Amsterdam for 14 days. Finished the NATO cruise, the downed Canadian chopper, the running aground(Jolly JAF in shallow draft), complete overhaul then GITMO. |
| Kappelman, John "Kapp" | OS3 | Aug 1974 – Dec 24, 1977 | OI | Great ship and crew. |
| Book, Richard J. | MMS 3 | Oct 10, 1974 – Sep 20, 1976 | supply | NATO tour '73 '74 CNSY'76 Cooked in officers mess and crews mess.Transfered to USS Fearless MSO 442 (Looking for crew 1974-1977.... Left Navy 6/21/77 Now live Camp Hill Pa. |
| Marshall, Lee/spencer | E-3 | Oct 17, 1974 – May 15, 1978 | Engineering A-Gang | Good ship. World Class Engineering Division |
| Adams, Ed | OSSA | 1975 – 1976 | Ah das Furer, Great ship, great mates, should have stayed on longer. | |
| Douglas, Gregory | EW3 | Jan 1, 1975 – May 1, 1978 | OPS | |
| Wilson, Woody | HT2 | Feb 1, 1975 – Sep 27, 1979 | Engineering | |
| Gray, Steve | ETR3 | May 1975 – Feb 1977 | OE | Overhaul in the Charleston yards, sea trials, Gitmo, Op Sail '76, Med cruise..... remember it all ! |
| Tolliver, Tim | FTM-2 | May 12, 1975 – Aug 1, 1979 | Second | Came to ship during drydock/ovehaul in 1975. Med cruise, West Africa, Mideast, 1976 New York, North Atantic, Silver Jubilee cruises |
| Mc Coy, Steven | SK3 | Jun 30, 1975 – Jun 30, 1976 | Supply | |
| Flynn, Paul | YN2 | Sep 22, 1975 – Jun 16, 1979 | Navigation | What happened to the crew of 75 - 79 |
| Bartolacci, Bob | STG-1 | 1976 – 1979 | AS | JAF was a good ship - we had a great crew and did a LOT of traveling - Mid East, Med, Northern Europe, Africa, Caribbean. Miss those days :-) |
| Lewis, Edward | E-4 | 1976 – Dec 31, 1979 | Operations | |
| Newmyer, David Tiny | BM 3 | 1976 – | deck | I had some good times and meant some great people. Served on the Med cruise and was in New York City during the Bi Centenial Cruise |
| Smith, Jerry | STG3 | 1976 – 1977 | SONAR GANG | HOLY CRAP.....WHAT A BLUR |
| Vetter, Joe | QM1 | 1976 – | ON | Great time on th Furer, Outstanding Nav,QM gang. Retired AS QMCS 1984. Retired from Civil service 1994. Now living in Tennessee. Greetings to old shipmates.Fair winds and following seas. |
| Smith, Clifford | OS2 | Jan 1976 – Oct 1977 | OI | |
| Wilson, Woody | HT2 | Feb 1, 1976 – Sep 26, 1979 | Engineering | There were a lot fo good times and not any bad ones. Met a lot of different people, and enjoyed most of the them. The cruise from GITMO in 76 to the Middle East Cruise in Sept. 79 were a lot of good times that I hope to remember forever. |
| Wilson, Woody | HT2 | Feb 1, 1976 – Sep 27, 1979 | Engineering | From Gitmo in Feb. 76 to Middle East Sept. 79, I met a bunch of great sailors. Memories that will hopefully last a lifetime. |
| Smith, Ed | OS-2 | Feb 15, 1976 – Aug 12, 1979 | OI | |
| Smith, Ed | OS2 | Mar 6, 1976 – Aug 11, 1979 | OI | Please visit the Official USS JULIUS A. Furer website www.ffg6.org Let's get a reunion started. Call me at 800-922-6645 |
| Ayers, Charles David | GMT3 | Mar 13, 1976 – Oct 10, 1980 | Weapons | Flew into Rota Spain and waited two weeks, for flight to Sicily, had to ride the train up the coast to my boat. The ship was anchored in the bay,first night there we were taking 40° roles at anchor!!! |
| Polley, John | BT3 | Apr 1976 – Sep 1979 | Engineering | Had a lot of good times on this ship. Good people. Lots of sea time on this ship |
| Shepherd, Bobby | BM3 | Apr 20, 1976 – Sep 20, 1979 | 1st | |
| Starowicz, Robert | SKSN | May 1976 – Aug 1979 | S-1 | Great Memories with the Jolly JAF. |
| Martins, Al | BM2 | Jun 1976 – Aug 1978 | 1st | Great Ship & Crew, had lots of good times and met many great shipmates. |
| Caldwell, Klaus/ Joe | BM3/E-4 | Jun 1976 – Nov 1978 | 1st | |
| Bryce, Tom | MPA & 1st Lt | Jun 1976 – Jul 1979 | Engineering Dept & Deck Division | The greatest crew in the Navy! I salute all those men I had the privilege and honor of serving with! Great deployments to some amazing places...from Op Sail '76 to North Atlantic to Med to the African/Middle East! |
| Goodnight, Mike (Goody) | SMSN | Jul 1976 – Aug 1978 | Communications | 1st cruise - BiCenntenial cruise, middle east, african, etc. - had great time on the signal bridge - nice place for everyone to meet and have a good time! |
| Wood, William | MAC | Jul 1976 – Apr 1979 | Master at Arms | My dad was stationed here and retired in 1979. Do any of you remember him. Please let me know. He was so proud of his career in the Navy. |
| Day, David | EW2 | Sep 1976 – Jan 1981 | ET | Looking for master crew list for 1978-1981 |
| Day, David | EW2 | Sep 1, 1976 – Jan 4, 1981 | OE | |
| Smithson, Ernest | MM2 | Sep 1, 1976 – Jan 16, 1981 | How about the Oasis Aces featuring Johnny Guitar? | |
| Pettit, Michael | E-2 | Oct 1976 – Jan 19, 1980 | Engineering | Boiler Tech. |
| Ludrick, Roger | MS3 | Nov 1976 – Jun 1978 | Supply | I was on this ship for a short time as a MS3, a lot being night baker- but have the best memories of military career here. Great deployments ! rogerludrick@gmail.com |
| Heywood, N. [neil] C. | QM-2 | Nov 18, 1976 – Aug 15, 1979 | Navigation | see USS Julius A Furer on Facebook |
| Heywood [and That's Spelled Wrong], Neil | QMSN-2 | Nov 19, 1976 – Aug 15, 1979 | Across the ranks, the most influencial people I ever met. They're much why I'm a college professor now, thirty years after. They taught me to care. | |
| Stover, Ronald | BT3 | Dec 1976 – Apr 1977 | eng. | had the best med cruise |
| Nagler, Ken | Dec 10, 1976 – Jul 6, 1979 | Navigation |
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