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USS Okinawa (LPH 3) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Okinawa (LPH 3). 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 1208 crew members registered for the USS Okinawa (LPH 3).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1962 | 1963 – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 – 1980 | 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 – 1990 | 1991 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gert, Michael | LCPL USMC | 1990 – 1991 | HMM-164 | LPH-3 SLUG of the SEA Bag Lady of the Pacific 10 1/2 Months 2 tours in Saudi Always too hot or too cold in berthing or showers. Ferdo, Steve, Dad, uncle Bruce...how are you |
| Franks Mm2, Brian | MM2 | 1990 – Dec 17, 1993 | A GANG | Assigned to ships Air-Conditioning/Refrigeration Shop. Part of Decomissioning crew. Bob rose and I made the A/c's work so much better....LOL paris and Lperga ran crazy around the place and scott ran the steam and heat |
| Sloan, Kenny | BM | 1990 – 1992 | 2nd Division | Looking back it was a wonderful adventure serving on the Okinawa. It was great serving with all of my fellow crew members. BM1 Morrison, BM Grier are you out there? Would love to hear from you again! Home 417-864-0805 |
| Robbins, Brian | CPL | 1990 – 1991 | 1St Marines/ Combat Cargo | Desert shield and Desert Strom, the cruise we never thought would End. Wish i could remember the names of the yellow/Red/and purple shirts. we used to party with in the P.I. and Singapore new years eve. |
Beer, Jeffrey  | HT1 | 1990 – 1991 | Repair | The ship that made me decide to get out of the Navy! I'll never forget the good times, and the good people. For some reasons, memories of the Philippines fill my mind. That, and being stuck in the North Arabian Sea! |
| Anderson, Andy | abh 3 | 1990 – 1993 | air | |
| Giebler, Mike | ASC | 1990 – | AIMD | |
| Franklin, Steve | BT3 | 1990 – 1992 | Boilers | |
| Payan, Alfonso | ABH | Jan 1990 – Jun 1992 | V-3 | WHATS UP SHIPMATES. payan72999@msn.com |
| Wirtz, Adron | ABF3 | Jan 1990 – Jun 1992 | V4 | I have a lot of memories from my time on the Proud Lady. If anyone wants to catch up on where we are today feel free to contact me. |
| Bennett, Matthew | DCFN | Jan 1, 1990 – Mar 1, 1992 | dc/r | |
| Gamble, Jeff | EWSN | Jan 3, 1990 – May 1, 1992 | EW / OPS | Great ship, excellent friends.. I'd do it all over again! Duty free down under... great cruise. |
| Hiler, Bill | Hm2 (SW/AW) | Jan 7, 1990 – Dec 15, 1992 | Medical | Did the last two cruises on this Proud Lady and was one of the last sailors ever to walk her Decks. Great guys in Medical and a Great experience. |
| Fontanares, Fonzi | EMC | Jan 8, 1990 – Jul 7, 1992 | Okinawa, the best ship I've been on. I'm currently in USS Curts. | |
| Dalton, Roger | E-3 | Jan 14, 1990 – Sep 25, 1993 | i forgot when the decomisioning was some time in 93 but i was there until then the gulf both times and again what fun | |
| Winfrey, Scott | E-4 | Jan 20, 1990 – Sep 15, 1992 | V-4 | Looking to catch up with some friends. |
| Salinas, James | Feb 2, 1990 – Dec 13, 1993 | ADMIN | IT WAS A BLAST ABOARD THE OKINAWA LPH 3; HAS ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MS3 CEBALLOS. EMAIL ME AT mybuyroom@yahoo.com | |
| Cruz-rodriguez, Juan "cruzer" | HM3 (SW/SS) | Mar 1990 – Dec 1992 | Medical | I felt like a DC man more than a HM. I was the Damage Control PO for medical, 3M Work Center Sup. and the Flight Deck Corpsman. |
| Sundstrom, Chuck | BM 3 | Mar 1990 – Dec 17, 1992 | 1ST | WHAT UP CHUMPS? LOOKING FOR THE FOUR LEAF CLOVER GANG. STAPLETON,SHAEFFER, HEDER,RODMAN,SARGENT AND PECHE. STILL ROCKIN. |
| McNulty, Jerome J. | AGC(AW) | Mar 1, 1990 – Dec 18, 1992 | OA | had a great tour and 2 deployments aboard the proud lady. The AG's were the best and the CPO Mess the best ever |
| Manwell, Thomas | BT1 (SW) | Mar 1, 1990 – Mar 1, 1990 | B Div | Does any one know what happened to BT1 Barr or BT2 Dunkle |
| Moore, Wellington | Airmen | Mar 1, 1990 – Aug 16, 1992 | V-3 Hangar Bay | ABHAN |
| Lynch, Rl | HM2 | Mar 3, 1990 – Aug 21, 1992 | Medical | Service on a proud ship, Service with Good People. Senior Chief Hayes, Chief Mancuso, Chief Coke, you did what was necessary. BZ |
| Paisley, Richard | AT1 (AW/SW) | Mar 9, 1990 – Aug 1992 | AIMD | 2nd tour aboard the OKIE boat. Didn't regret it at all even with the long Desert Shield/Storm cuise thrown in. Still miss Subic City and Olongapo. Nothing like it for sailors these days. |
| Travieso, Juan | ABH3 | Apr 5, 1990 – Dec 3, 1992 | V3/V1 | First ship, two deployments. Now onboard the Enterprise CVN 65. Had a great time in V1 and still keep in touch with other shipmates. |
| Roepe, Brad | ABF2 | May 1990 – Oct 1993 | V-4 | Great times!!!! |
| Roepe, Brad | ABF2 | May 1990 – Oct 1992 | V-4 | |
| Earwood, Mike | MASTER SERGEANT | May 1990 – Apr 1991 | 1st Marines | Semper Fidelis |
| Vlaovich, Jeff " V-man" | ABH 3 | May 1990 – Dec 1992 | What up Shipmates | |
| Posey, Steven | MSgt | May 1, 1990 – Apr 30, 1991 | HMM-164 | They say history repeats itself. In my case it was sooner than later. The first time I served on this ship I was 18, attached to HMM-164, but then we were off the coast of Vietnam running our Ops. Roll the clock forward 20 years and now we were off the |
| Nelson, Anthony | RMSN | May 2, 1990 – May 8, 1992 | FACCON | Was deployed with RMC Bauman and RM1 Smith during Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield. |
| Lewis, John | BT3 | May 20, 1990 – Dec 1992 | ||
| Joshlin, Jay "The Joshman" | CORPORAL | Jun 1990 – Apr 16, 1991 | HMM 164 | Wow... It has been a while. I was on the ship during the extended West-Pac/Desert Storm of 1990. (Thanks to Iraq). And I hated it!!! But I was sad to hear they sank the ship.... |
| Brownridge, Ray | RM/SN | Jun 1990 – Dec 1992 | Communications | This was a great time in my life. Was my 2nd ship DDG was the previous ship...man what a difference in size! Happy to have known many of you in the comm shack. Would love to hear how things going with you. |
| Fasone, Vince | SGT/E5 | Jun 1990 – Apr 15, 1991 | Communications | I was with the 13th MEU Commend Element Comm Platoon but worked with the ships message center. Looking for Butchko, Pat Hill (Squirrel Monkey). |
| Vlaovich, Jeff " V-man" | ABH3 | Jun 1990 – Dec 1992 | V3 | WHAT UP SHIPMATES , BE COOL TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO SERVED ABOARD FROM 90-92 FROM THE AIR DEPT. |
| Jeansonne, Buzz | corporal | Jun 1990 – May 1991 | comm platoon | just found this site. saw a few names i remembered. |
| Wollam, Curtis | SHSN | Jun 1990 – Dec 1992 | S-3 | Sad to see the Ol' girl sunk!! But, what it took to sink her makes me feel safer about being on her. |
| Pierce, Craig | CPL | Jun 1, 1990 – Apr 16, 1991 | HMM-164 assigned to S-6 Aviation Supply | Miss all those I ran with, too bad we got cut short to go and play in the sandbox. Sad to hear about the old lady being sunk. |
| Roos, Rooster | CPL./E-4 | Jun 1, 1990 – Apr 16, 1991 | AIMD-4 | I was one of the 40 Marines that were part of the ship's crew. I really matured after I got out of active duty. I got back in the Marine Corps Res. in 1997. I can't believe they sank her! They should have made her a floating museum in S.D |
| Pickering, Jim "pick" | ABH3 | Jun 1, 1990 – Dec 17, 1992 | Air | I was known as the Air Yeoman because I spent most of my time in the Air Office and Primary Flight Control. I served the Air Boss and other Air Officers. It was the only ship I was ever stationed to, and I helped decommission her. |
| Delapena, Chris | BT3 | Jun 15, 1990 – Jul 1992 | Boiler | I had so much fun and excitement on this ship, I've met people from different walks of life and made friends with them. The crossing of the equator, oh my gush, so much fun...fun...take care old shipmates. |
| Laskowski, Michael | AC3 | Jun 17, 1990 – Apr 20, 1991 | TACRON 12 | was on the ship when we had the extended WestPac....Desert Shield/Storm.....Thanksgiving and Xmas in the Phillipines, my 21st bday there, New Years in Hong Kong, Malaysia......but then losing 8 crewmembers on a helo miss |
| Halliday, David | SGT | Jun 20, 1990 – Apr 15, 1991 | HMM-164 | UH-1N AH-1W Hydraulics Mech that was a hell of a 4th of july we had on the old girl. |
| Castillo, Ted | CPL E-4 | Jun 20, 1990 – Apr 12, 1991 | HMM 164 | Currently writing a book about our time on the ship during the west pac that never ended. Would love to hear some personal stories from other people that served during this time. 401-533-3652 |
| Morse, Joe | ET2 | Jul 1990 – Dec 1992 | OPS | email me at mnjoe67@msn.com |
| Vega, Eric Vance | E3/AIRMAN | Jul 10, 1990 – May 5, 1992 | Air | |
| Lockridge, Cory | TM3 | Jul 28, 1990 – Dec 1, 1991 | M | Reported as an FN and made Torpedoman 3rd class. Went on to "A" school and Sub School. On LPH3 during Desert Shield and Storm. Had a great time standing throttles. Let's not forget our falling shipmate Chuck. Died in SanDiego. Godspeed Char |
| Rose, Robert | MM2(SW) | Aug 1990 – Dec 17, 1992 | Engineering | Assigned to ships Air-Conditioning/Refrigeration Shop. Part of Decomissioning crew. |
| Hammond, Randy | MM2 | Aug 1990 – Dec 21, 1992 | A-Gang / Hydraulic & Boat Shop | Gulf War, Decommissioning. |
| Cranford, David | SN/RM | Aug 20, 1990 – May 17, 1994 | Radio | Wow, I can't believe I found this site. This is great. Ray Brownridge - I would love to hear from you. My email is dave.cranford@x3corp.net. |
| White (Now Davison), Jonathan | MM3 | Aug 23, 1990 – Mar 1, 1992 | Engineering | I can't believe all that time spent working in the engine room would pay off! |
| Stapleton, Mike | BM2 | Sep 1990 – 1992 | DECK | Whats up boyz??!! The main Clover is HERE!! Miss the days. Give me a holler! |
| Denson II, James | OS2 | Sep 1, 1990 – Dec 31, 1992 | OI | What up guys? I'm still living...........................in Las Vegas. Thanks for all the pirate memories. Be on the look out for the rising of the OKINAWA. Yo ho ho and a pitcher of MOJO. Peace. |
| Perry, Scott | USS OKINAWA | Sep 9, 1990 – Sep 9, 1992 | COMMUNICATIONS | served 2 westpacs with her,great times. PI ,Thailand Africa great trip.looking for Jeff Schieferstein from ops.currently serving in the US Army been playing in the sand now 2times.anyone remember me please email scott.perry@usarec.army.mil |
| Fraire, Carlos | BM2(SW) | Sep 11, 1990 – Dec 1, 1992 | DECK | The Uss Okinawa was my first Ship. I was in Deck Dept and later eventually became a Boatwain's Mate. I met a alot of people who I still remember. Like GMG2 Garcia and Detmann, Hunt, and my old drinking partner SN Valdez.I am now in the Coast Gu |
| Crnojevich, Alex | AT 3 | Sep 15, 1990 – Dec 17, 1992 | aimd | The best part of my time in the navy was spent on boared the okinawa. I met some great people during that time. |
| Southers, Kent | MM1(SW) | Oct 1990 – Dec 1992 | Okinawa was my last ship ... we worked hard, we played hard. We took her to Iraq & back (twice). We stayed in Subic Bay, waiting for orders to Iraq. We saw Subic Bay turn into a ghost town on the last cruise, the end of an era for both. | |
| Tucker, Anthony | ET3 | Oct 1, 1990 – Nov 27, 1992 | OPS ET | |
| Schell, Timothy Aka..schellshock | AN | Oct 15, 1990 – Dec 17, 1992 | Air | Just want to say hello to all you guys I have worked with . Reach out to me on here or on Facebook. View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Carter, Ryan | RMSN | Oct 29, 1990 – Dec 16, 1992 | COMM | Live in Ramona CA, Father of 2 Girls, e-mail Me @carterryand@Yahoo.com OKI 3 Rocks |
| Russell, Charles C. Jr. | BMC(SW) | Nov 19, 1990 – Dec 18, 1992 | 2nd (Deck) - Safety CPO | I did enjoyed my service aboard this fine ship. She had a proud and wonderful history. I do hope that they will commission another ship with this fine name. |
| Woods, Bradley S. | MM3 | Dec 1990 – Dec 1992 | M | Gulf War, Decommissioning. Hope all those I served with are doing well. I'll always remember my time on the Proud Lady of the Pacific. |
| Giebler, Michael | ASC | Dec 20, 1990 – Jan 31, 1992 | AIMD |
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