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USS New Jersey (BB 62) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS New Jersey (BB 62). 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 476 crew members registered for the USS New Jersey (BB 62).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1956 | 1957 – 1968 | 1969 – 1981 | 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas, Tom | JO1 | 1983 – 1985 | X-3 | |
| Andino, David | SN | 1983 – 1985 | 1st | Hello fellow shipmates, looking for past friends to contact. Good memories during my tours of duty. please contact me at salsero22@aol.com |
| Watts, Randy | BM3 | 1983 – 1985 | 3rd | |
| Black, Rick | MM1 | 1983 – 1988 | A | BEST THAT I HAVE BEEN ON |
| Ward, Don | E-5 | 1983 – 1988 | 2nd/G-4 | Had a hard time adjusting to NAVY LIFE at first, Lots of good times in 2nd Div. Finally, Seen the light at the end of the great gun barrel. G4 Div RULED ! Battleship sailors are the best. Big Nasty ! |
| Evans, James | SN | 1983 – 1984 | 3rd Division | Great crew and a memorable tour of duty |
| Shimko, Mark | SH2 | 1983 – 1986 | S3 | wish i can go back think of all the friends i had and fun miss u all |
| Cox, Steven | PO3 | 1983 – 1985 | weapons | I miss are Gray Lady, Have visited her once after she was Decommed She'e in Camden NJ. Highly recommend going to see her if you can. |
| Garcia, David | OS3 | Jan 4, 1983 – Mar 1985 | OPS/OI | |
| Kiselesky III, Michael | BT3 | Jan 7, 1983 – Sep 5, 1985 | B division | During my time on the ship I met and made alot of friends mostly they were from the fire rooms. But I have to say that I had the time of my life. I'd like to hook up with those I served with |
| Wilsford, Regg (Will) | PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS | Feb 1983 – Dec 1985 | quartermaster | |
| Shaver, Doug | MM2 | Feb 18, 1983 – Jul 8, 1985 | M | I was an honor to have served with my ship mates and to having been a part of making history on the Big J |
| Shaver, Doug | MM2 | Mar 3, 1983 – May 10, 1986 | m | I am proud to have served with great bunch of guys on such an historical ship |
| Craw, Bill | MACM(SW) | Apr 1983 – Jul 1985 | X4 | Best tour ever. Great crew and division. |
| Summers, Timothy | Midshipman 1/C | Apr 1983 – Aug 1983 | Weapons (Turret 2) | A privilege to be on "The Battleship" and serving as a temporary Division Officer for Turret 2 after the resignation of the existing DO leaving Long Beach, CA enroute to the Philippines. |
| Boyle Jr., David L. | GMG3 | Jul 1983 – Oct 1985 | G-3 | |
| Bugg, Jerry | e5 | Jul 1983 – Oct 1986 | g3 | |
| Johnson, Gary | Midshipman | Jul 1983 – Jul 1983 | n/a | I was very fortunate to have my summer "cruise" on board the USS New Jersey in 1983. The crew took us middies under their wing and taught us many valuable lessons. |
| Rankin, John | E3 | Aug 3, 1983 – Mar 30, 1984 | 1st | "Had a great time aboard the New Jersey. Hope to hear from some of you guys like Bowler, Carper, Markowitz, Camacho, and Foley". Remember the Q-Balls? |
| Monica, Russ | GMG2 | Aug 17, 1983 – Jul 5, 1985 | G-1 | I may be the one who sent Scully down the 16" barrels. Gun captain on turret one (PETE) |
| Gordon, Thomas | BM3 | Sep 3, 1983 – Mar 1, 1986 | 1st | |
| Addison, Robert | E4 | Sep 7, 1983 – Apr 7, 1987 | B | |
| Andino, David | SN | Sep 13, 1983 – Jun 13, 1985 | 1st Division | Seaman on the USS New Jersey BB-62 from 83-85.. Member of Softball team. |
| Broughten, Shane | BM2 | Sep 19, 1983 – Sep 19, 1987 | 2nd Division Weapons | Was assigned to 2nd Division/Weapons. Assigned to Turret II left gun both as primmerman and powder hoist operator. Proud to be a Battleship Sailor. |
| Distefano, Frank | SHSN | Oct 20, 1983 – May 24, 1987 | 2ND S-2 | |
| Holk, Gordon | MM2 | Oct 24, 1983 – Feb 1, 1987 | M / EMO2 | Thanks for the ride and all the all the experiences and the people I met. |
| Beard, Christopher | BM2 | Oct 28, 1983 – Jul 11, 1986 | 2nd Division | Master Helmsman, Master Lookout and Rigging Team lead. Great time aboard the "Big J" |
| Skarsvog, Kirk | MM2 | Nov 1983 – Oct 1987 | M | Enjoyed my tour on the Battleship.I teach my children that the freedom we have comes with a price. Thank you to all who serve and defend the United States of America |
| Nelson, Eric | gmg3 | Nov 1983 – Jul 1987 | started 3rd ended G-3 | nothing like chipping paint in 3rd division to relaxing in the turrets after a rough night in thialand send a e-mail if you remember enelson@west-ext.com |
| Scott, John | BT3 | Nov 1983 – May 1988 | B | Worked in 3 fire room. Looking for BT shipmates from the 80’s. |
Odenbrett, Vincent  | 03E | Dec 1983 – Jan 1986 | Dept Head, Admin | In my 24yrs active service, The Big J was the highlight. Awesome crew, magnificent ship |
| Dahlager, Mark | E-4 | Dec 8, 1983 – Jun 17, 1987 | FM | The best time of my life. Miss my shipmates and hope all is well with all. |
| Costelli, David | Hn E-3 | Dec 15, 1983 – | Medical | Got aboard the New Jersey to relieve the crew so they could go home for the holidays. |
| Showells, Brian | E-2 TO FC3 | 1984 – 1987 | 5th/GM | I served on 3 ships in the navy, but the best was the biggest BB-62!!! There is no sailor like a battleship sailor!!! Serving on this ship makes all my shipmates who came before me and after me a part of history, that noone can change!! |
| Post, William | E-3 MM | 1984 – 1985 | ||
| Palmer, Charlie | NC1 | 1984 – 1986 | X | Great ship & topnotch crew at all levels, E-1 thru CO. Favorite port - Hong Kong. Fantastic port & beautiful women. That's why I now live in China. |
| Valor, Michael | GMG2 | 1984 – 1989 | G2 AND G4 | Two Years in G-2 Div Served as 16" Turret Layer, and Damage Control (A.K.A. DC Ghost)., Two Years in G-4, 5"38 Mount Captain, Painted Rodger Rabbit on the Mount. 1 Year in the Armory. |
| Beringer, Bob | Ht3 | 1984 – 1987 | R div | |
| Baldwin, Todd | HM1/RET | 1984 – Jul 1986 | Medical | 1982-1986 1988-2004 |
| Zajac, Joe | LT | 1984 – 1988 | OI Division | The peak of my career! |
| Small, James | SH2 | 1984 – May 1986 | S-3 | |
| Largent, Randy | Bnsn | 1984 – 1986 | 4th | Some of the best years of my life. Miss being behind the helm. |
| Ramsey, Jim | E4 | 1984 – 1986 | A Gang Machine Shop | Best time of my life hit me up |
| Richards, Jim | Bm2 | Jan 1984 – Aug 1986 | !st | |
| Dozier, David | GMG2 | Jan 1984 – Aug 1986 | G1 | |
| Bachelder, Jim | OS1(sw) | Jan 1984 – Feb 1984 | OI | I'm a reservist who volunteered to relieve crewmembers during Multinational Peace Keeping Force off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. Served in lower CIC during 16" shore bombardment. |
| Krager, Eddie | PN3 | Feb 1, 1984 – Apr 15, 1986 | X=1 | Best time ever!!!!! |
| Laduke, Jim | FC2 | Mar 1, 1984 – Feb 13, 1988 | FA | |
| Gutierrez, Nick | SM3 | Mar 3, 1984 – Mar 3, 1988 | OS | Great memories... |
| Sweet, Steve | BTCM | Mar 17, 1984 – Dec 5, 1984 | B | MET SHIP OFF COAST OF BEIRUT |
| Underwood, Jeff | RM2 | Apr 1984 – Oct 1986 | OC | Awesome ship and awesome crew. I am still friends with a lot of those guys. |
| Sanchez, Hugo | E4 | Apr 14, 1984 – 1988 | OC Radio | My 1st ship cant complain one hell of a ship, great crew ship always attracted attention made good friends some I still keep in touch from the radio shack , Dawson/ Downtown Brown. BZ.. |
| McCurdy, William | MS2 | May 1984 – Oct 1985 | S-2 | Was only on her for a short time but it was a great time and am proud to have been on her. |
| Dwyer, Michael | MACHINIST MATE 3RD CLASS | Jun 1984 – Jun 1988 | Assighned to M division EMO4,It always a pleasure to see a picture of the Big "J". I could not have been on a better ship than her for one term!Fire Power for Freedom! | |
| Plucinski, David Aka-ski | SH3 | Jun 6, 1984 – May 10, 1989 | S-3 | what a ship, anyone remember the austrailia tour "rolling thunder in the land down under" what an awesome ship, e-mail me at badriver22000@yahoo.com |
| Bayne, Mark | Bm3 | Jun 6, 1984 – Jun 10, 1985 | First division | Mark Bayne |
| Ken, Sweet | OS1 | Jul 1984 – Jun 1986 | OI | Ditto on Randy Sweets' remarks. The brother serving in Korea was USAF. |
| Tierney, Steve | BM3 | Jul 3, 1984 – Jun 6, 1988 | 1st | |
| Anderson, Ian | BT3 | Jul 20, 1984 – Mar 22, 1988 | B | |
| Davis, John | LCpl | Aug 1984 – Aug 1986 | MARDET | Still breathing if anyone is looking. |
| Ferguson, Richard | OS1 | Aug 19, 1984 – Jul 1, 1988 | OI | Heavy Hitter |
| Ferguson, Richard | OS 2 | Aug 21, 1984 – Jul 1, 1988 | OI | Never forget "Heavy Hitter." 9 guns main armament; 20 guns secondary armament, Ready for call for fire." Awesome, totally awesome! |
| Graves, Eric | LI-3 | Sep 1984 – May 1987 | X-1 | Had a lot of good times on board the "Big J". Hey Mike dwyer sure would like to get in touch with you. |
| Chavez, David | E-5 | Sep 20, 1984 – Oct 26, 1986 | Aux | |
| Perez, Jerry | RM1 | Sep 20, 1984 – Sep 29, 1986 | OC DIV | It was a interesting journey. |
| O'Neill, Kelly "Pk" | HM2(SW) | Sep 20, 1984 – Sep 23, 1987 | H-Div | I was the Pharmacy Tech and had a radio show, "PK the Flattop Doc." West-PAC 86 with my buddies, Fred Burgos and Rodney Gravenor, was pretty amazing. Best duty station I had in the Navy. Great serving with you all. |
| Rankin, Christian "Skateboard" | E-4 | Oct 1984 – 1990 | S-3 | I loved the Jersey!!! all my buddies I left behind, me always being in trouble... the soda working parties!!!!! I loved supply!!!! Skateboarding on the nuclear tomahawk decks was the best!!!!! |
| Rogers, Theodore (Ted) | Nov 1984 – May 1987 | FM (Sixteen Inch Gun Fire Control) | Recently visited the ship in NJ. Asked if they had found any time capsules. I showed them the one in the FWD Mk-48. To see all those names again brought back alot of memories. Best expeience of mt Naval career. | |
| Moran, Paul | bm2 | Nov 1984 – Nov 1988 | first div and sixth div | best crew ever |
| Ramirez, Argemiro | Bt 3 | Nov 15, 1984 – Jul 18, 1987 | BOILER TEC | I'm very proud to serve. my duty in this magnificent ship. I have great memories from it. |
| Barnes, Nile | BT3 | Dec 12, 1984 – May 11, 1988 | B |
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