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USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7). 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 1042 crew members registered for the USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1963 | 1964 – 1965 | 1966 – 1967 | 1968 – 1969 | 1970 – 1972 | 1973 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade, Darrick | OS3 | 1901 – 1994 | Operations | Had a great time, learned a lot and made a lot of friends! |
| Pennington, William A. | SEAMAN FIRST CLASS | 1943 – 1946 | Deck First | |
| Owen, William | First class | 1944 – 1946 | First class air craft carrier | I'm 89 years old. Just wondering if any of my buddies were still alive from my ship days back on the US Guadalcanal |
| Maxwell, Gilbert David | ABF3 | Aug 23, 1962 – Sep 2, 1964 | V4 | PLANK OWNER JOINED THE SHIP WHILE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN PHILLY |
| Kummer, William | AGAN | Oct 6, 1962 – Jan 5, 1965 | ||
| Smith, Ronald C. | SM2 | 1963 – 1964 | CS SIGNALMAN | PLANK OWNER OF USS OKINAWA LPH3AND ALSO USS GUADALCANAL LPH7. LEFT NAVY IN NOV 1964 WENT BACK TO SO GEORGIA TO WAYCROSS. RETIRED FROM GA POWER CO IN OCT 1999. |
| Keleigh, John | E3 | 1963 – 1966 | E | Plank Owner. Looking for old buddies Paul Rockefeller, Greg Nekola, W.K. Kummer, Dick Keen. |
| Posey, Carl | SM1 | 1963 – 1965 | OC | Plank owner. Great ship Great signal gang during my time on board. Retired 2000,after 42 years in Naval uniform. |
| Becker, Elwood (Al) | IC3 | 1963 – 1964 | E | Worked for John Hamel IC1 -- Worked on ships phone system |
| Dowis, James | ABF3 | 1963 – 1965 | V4 | I Remember being at flight quarters the day President John F. Kennedy was killed. Was on board for "operation steel pike" off the coast of Spain and the Dominican Crises. I remember when we were in Norfolk and had to put out for a hurrican. |
| Dowis, James | ABF3 | 1963 – 1965 | V4 | |
| Johnson, William | BM3 | 1963 – 1964 | 2nd deck, boat crew, coxwain | Plank owner, looking for 2nd div guys? |
| Johnson, William | BM3 | 1963 – 1964 | 2nd | plank owner |
| Stoltz, Carl | RD2 | 1963 – 1965 | operations | |
| Furman Jr, Francis | DM3 | 1963 – 1964 | X | Plank owner of USS Guadalcanal LPH-7, transferred to COMNACBLANT with the seabees in 1964 |
| Sowards, Gary | RM 3 | 1963 – Dec 1963 | COMUNICATION | PLANK OWNER, TOOK HER ON SHAKEDOWN TO GITO. WAS IN SURCURE TELETYPE WHEN JFK WAS KILLED. MADE UP NEWSPAPER OF TELETYPE CLIPPINGS. TRANFERED TO EARLE B. HALL DAY BEFORE 1ST TRIP TO MED. |
| Fannin, Hoyt [glen] | MM3 | 1963 – 1966 | MP3 | |
| Walker, Larry | RD3 | 1963 – 1964 | Operations | I am a plank owner. Joined the ship when she was still under construction in Philly. Hi Stolz! Heard from any of the other scope jockeys? McHugh, Weese, Goldman, Herr, Ivan, Wyatt, Anderson, Neesen? |
| Butler, Ed | HM1 | 1963 – 1965 | Medical | lPlank Owner: GUADALCANAL's Rep on the Bd of Dir. Please e-mail with your e-mail address so I can get/keep you in our loop. Next reunion Sept 20th - 25th, '16 in San Diego, CA My e-mail address: edselbutler@gmail.com |
| Oltman, Jim | FN | 1963 – 1964 | Engineering | Plank Owner. Went on orignal shake down in GITMO. Left ship and reassigned to Gitmo Bay. Spent 18 months at Gitmo and assigned to ordinace dept.Shipped back to Norfolk in 1966 for discharge. |
Hoyd, Tom  | RD3 | 1963 – 1966 | operations | plank owner joined ship in philadelphia |
| Palacios, Jesse | ABF3 | 1963 – Feb 23, 1967 | v4 | Great time on the ship. |
| Herr, Donald | E# | 1963 – 1964 | radar | Entered posthumously by his son Brian - apologies if I don't have some of the terminology correct. We lost dad to cancer last month; anybody who remembers him, I would love to hear the stories. |
| Rost, Keneth | sfm 2 | 1963 – 1967 | R | plank owner |
| McKee, Bill | Seaman | 1963 – 1966 | Second Division | |
| Valdez, Edward J | rm2 | 1963 – Dec 16, 1966 | comm | Fortunately, Frank Singleton, RM3, had his ph# listed. Talked to him for more than an hour. Great! Eventually will contact others but looking for info on Lt Katz. email me - valdez_1940@sbcglobal.net |
| Redfield, Lynn | E3 | 1963 – 1966 | BT | Plank Owner.Assigned to ship near completion.Commissioned July,20. |
| Weese, Bob | RD 1 | 1963 – 1965 | OI Division | Graduated from U. of Florida in 1973. Taught school for 40 years. Retired now. I was on the first crew. Got out in 1970. |
| Chapman, Gene | SN | 1963 – 1965 | 1St and 2nd Deck Dept | I am a plank owner would like to hear from any one who served E-Mail vchapman47@yahoo.com 352-589-1878 H 207-242-9664 C live in Eustis Fl |
| Guzzo, Anthony | Fn | 1963 – 1963 | B | Part Of the commissioning crew out of boot camp.Did Pre Com in norfolk went to Phila for shake down cruise down the delaware with the yard guys.Wednt to norfolk to \get readt for shakedown in Gitmo. |
| Alton, Darrell | E-3 | 1963 – 1965 | Ship Service | I am a plaque holder for this ship. |
| Varga Jr, George | E3 | Jan 14, 1963 – Jan 15, 1965 | Administration | I Commissioned USS Gaudalcanal LPH-7 in 1963 I was one of the original plank owners. I was told, as a plank owner I would receive some part of the ship when it was decommissioned. I thank the Navy again for keeping thier word to enlisted. |
| Daniels, Walter | AIRMAN | Feb 1, 1963 – Oct 8, 1964 | V-2 | Plank owner, commissioning crew @ Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard. Nephew LTJG Randy Formyduval served on the de-commissioning crew. |
| Franco, Skip Matthew | SHB 3 | Mar 1963 – Mar 5, 1965 | Supply | Looking for old buddies to chat with. Call me at 860-523-4069 or 860-930-0574. Dowdy & Francevich especially, get in touch!! Email addy is my sister's, she'll relay all contacts to me. |
| Singleton, Frank | RM3 | Mar 1963 – Apr 1965 | cr | assigned to "NIEG" after radio school ..plank owner.. would like to hear from anyone who remembers me 412 496 9000..still live in pittsbugh |
| Foster, Bill | DENTALMAN | Mar 19, 1963 – Apr 30, 1965 | Dental | |
| Maddox, John | BM2 | Apr 8, 1963 – Jun 28, 1965 | 2nd | Plank Owner. Commissioning Crew. Retired From Navy At Seattle.Wa. In.1979 |
| Dill, Butch | DK3 | Apr 9, 1963 – Apr 30, 1965 | S-4 | Retired 1988. |
| Lossen, Thomas | BT3 | Apr 15, 1963 – Sep 22, 1966 | eng. | Plank owner USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) |
| Camm, Gary L | ENFN | Apr 18, 1963 – Jan 10, 1965 | A | She was a great lady and a great place to learn. I was a Chief Engineer on a small cruise ship out of FL. and a toolmaker now retired in IL.with 14 grand children. Anyone hear from Borm? e-mail me |
| Christy, Davd | ABH2 | Apr 27, 1963 – Jun 13, 1965 | V-1 | I was aboard for the shake down cruise.Worked as Red shirt, yellow shirt.Left ship for Vietnam aboard CVA11 1965. |
| Rudman, Michael (Mike) | RM2 | Apr 29, 1963 – Sep 19, 1964 | Comm. | We orig. assembled in Norfolk then onto Phila. as a plank owner. Went on shakedown to Gitmo. Remember the Panamanian Crises? I was in radio shack, on watch, when msg was received about JFK. A sad day that was. Any old friends out there? |
| Hansen, Howard | QM3 | May 1963 – Jul 1966 | Navigation | Plankowner. Served under Capt's Peterson, Hill & Taylor. |
| Gombert, Jerry | RD 2 | May 1963 – Jan 15, 1966 | operations | |
| Bowren, Rick | RM2 | May 1, 1963 – Aug 15, 1965 | COMM | Had a great time on "CandyCane-7" .. still remember the gang in the radioshack .. and yes, some of us were on watch when the "Flash" msg came in about Kennedy. Where is the guy that used to call me "Ricky-Poo ?? |
| Drabinski, Daniel | E-3 | May 3, 1963 – Apr 2, 1965 | 2 | I've been an Electrican for 40 years now. Miss all of my buddies from the service. |
| Nissen, John (Jack) | RD3 | May 8, 1963 – Jan 20, 1966 | Operation Intelligence Division | I served about 33 months aboard the USS Guadalcanal LPH-7.It was one of three ships I served on plus several shore duty places. The USS Guadalcanal was by far the best duty, I'm a PLANK Owner with lots of good memories. |
| Foster, Bill | May 27, 1963 – Apr 30, 1965 | Dental | Plank Owner, Helped set up the Dental Dept. Myself,DT-1 Kohn,DR Lawerance,made up the Dental Dept. | |
| Benton, Edwin | MM2 | Jun 1963 – Mar 1965 | M | Would like to hear from anyone from the engine room and those who remember "Judy" generator #1 in the boiler room. |
| Christy, Dave | ABH 2 | Jun 1963 – Sep 1965 | V1 | I was a yellow shirt and worked the flight deck. Do you remember Donald Stubblefield? He was my best friend. He died in 2009. |
| Doepel, Ray | ABF3 | Jun 16, 1963 – Jun 16, 1967 | V4 | Got alot of memories and alot of good friends from my time. Palacio, Morris, Bull, Hass, Chief Edwards, Frenchettie; Terry; Big Daddy Shaw and many more. Would love to hear from you. |
| Romans, Joe | AE4 | Jun 19, 1963 – Jan 15, 1965 | V6 | I visit all of the Guadacanal reunions. |
| Quist, Lynn | RM3 | Jul 1963 – Jan 1965 | CR | Am a plank owner,came aboard the day before commissioning ceremony. CR&CS Div berthed in troop spaces near Main Comm. Sea trials,shakedown,Operation Steelpike,Panama incident.Good ship and radio/sig gang.Learned a lot,great life experience. |
| Reich, Philip | BMSN | Jul 1963 – 1965 | 2nd deck | Really enjoyed cruises to carib each winter |
| Chobrda, John / Charlie | ETN 2 | Jul 1963 – Jul 1964 | OE | Plank owner, reported aboard the day she was commissioned. Shake down cruise, I remember being in Gitmo when Kennedy was shot. |
| Zech, William G. (Bill) | BT- E2 | Jul 1963 – 1966 | Engineering | Plank Owner |
| Oltman, Jim | FN | Jul 1, 1963 – May 13, 1964 | E | Plank Owner |
| Butler, Emil | ETN2 | Jul 8, 1963 – Jul 7, 1964 | OC | Plank owner. Went on board at Philadelphia just prior to commissioning. Was en route to Cuba when assasination of Kennedy was announced to the crew. I enjoyed serving on LPH7 and was saddened to learn of its demise. |
| Stoltz, Carl | RD 2 | Jul 20, 1963 – Sep 13, 1965 | Operations | |
| Scott, Jimmy | SFP2 | Jul 20, 1963 – Apr 27, 1967 | R | Plank Owner |
| Marsolek, Norman | SN | Jul 20, 1963 – Jan 15, 1965 | deck 2nd | helmsman, lookout, compartment cleaner, head cleaner, bow hook and head singer |
| Shaw, Bill | ABH3 | Aug 1963 – Aug 1966 | VI | |
| Koch, Ronald | ABH2 | Aug 1963 – Jun 1967 | V-1 Flight Deck | Aboard origianl shakedown cruise. Went to England & France. I was TAD to USS LaSalle when the helicopter crashed, and lost two good friends. |
| Shaw, Bill (Big Daddy ) | ABH3 | Aug 1963 – Oct 1966 | v-1 | |
| Shaw, Bill (Big Daddy ) | ABH 3 | Aug 8, 1963 – Sep 9, 1966 | v1 | work on the flight deck as lse lt powell was division officer v r harris was abh1 made cheif i was in rep 8 ran the tillie was just a kid and had a ball my buddy jim witt was on there also would like to hear from shipmates it been a long time |
| Denicola, Tony | Cpl E4 | Sep 1, 1963 – Dec 1, 1963 | 2/8 2nd Marine Division | Made th Shakedown cruise in 1963,going to Panamah Best ship I was on. |
| Wooten, Jerry | ABH3 | Oct 19, 1963 – Jun 19, 1967 | v3 v1 | was abord 4 years had some good times and sad worked hanger and hanger deck on board steel pike panama incedent dominican campain was on leave to get married when helo crashed would like to hear from you fellows if you remeber me |
| Krol, David | FN- EM2 | Dec 27, 1963 – Jun 17, 1967 | Engineering | Joined crew after "A" school as green EMFN upon ships return from shakedown. Fond memories, friendships and great times in those 3-1/2 years. |
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