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USS Wichita (AOR 1) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Wichita (AOR 1). 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 645 crew members registered for the USS Wichita (AOR 1).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy, Mark | SM3 | 1983 – 1984 | Living in St Petersburg Fl, would love to hear from ship mates..... | |
| Thomas, Ronald | BMSN | 1983 – 1985 | 3rd | Many days and nights doing unreps. |
Farrow, Tom  | LT | 1983 – 1985 | DCA and Navigator | |
| Roberts, Gregory | MM2 | 1983 – Feb 1989 | M | Had a great crew then. Sorry it took so long to log in, hope some of my buddies are still around. Poor witch is in mothballs now. Email is Klown2677@Gmail.com. |
| Cullim, John | E-4 | Feb 21, 1983 – Feb 22, 1987 | E-Div | A Lot of years have passed and I was just thinking of the old crew of guys that made the time I had in the Navy alot of fun |
| Jewell, Richard | IC2 | Apr 12, 1983 – Jun 30, 1986 | E | Just thinking about the guys I served with. Its funny how after so much time passes, I just remember the good times and good friends. |
| Thomason, Lyle | IC2 | May 1983 – Jul 1986 | E-Division | I had Some great times on the WITCH!! You don't realize it till your out. Remember cliding with the Ranger and KAL007 search ops.P.I.,Tiland and all the good ports of call.Anyone who served with me drop me a line. |
| Sam, Merv | AD2 | May 4, 1983 – Feb 29, 1984 | AIR (AIRDET) | Best group of people I had the honor to serve with. Fingers, Kojak, Smurf, Ezekiel Ligon, Scotty, Marty, Ocoha, Uncle Ed, Hawkeye, Leo, Rick Fuqua, Paul, Turtle, Prime, NG (RIP) LT Medders "Hot Dog" Hayner. Can't remember the others. |
| Bailey, David | BT3 & BT2 | May 15, 1983 – Dec 1988 | B | My 1st Ship. Most awesome crew. CAPT Unruh kept the bar at Panama open after they wanted to close in 1983. Only ship at Pattaya 1983. The ship that defined my career. Now fleet reserve with 21 years 3 months. BT1 Jon Carpenter my mentor |
| Brown, Raymond | OS1 | May 15, 1983 – Jul 22, 1985 | ||
| Crowley, James | Ht3 | Jun 15, 1983 – Sep 15, 1984 | Ht | |
| Hanson, Robert | ET2 | Aug 1983 – Sep 1986 | OE | |
| Talley, Carlos | AN | Aug 15, 1983 – Jan 15, 1985 | Deck | |
| Gaab L., Harvey | ENGINE CADET | Aug 30, 1983 – Aug 30, 2003 | engine | an egine cadet manage to observe all activities happening in the engine room. |
| Charles, Tilson | FR/HT2 | Sep 1983 – Dec 1986 | repair | haze gray and underway |
| Barrios, John | BT-3 | Sep 1983 – Jun 6, 1986 | B-division | I learned to work with and get to know people of different nationalities. And enjoyed working with my buddies.Served on a great command also, smooth sailing. The best time of my six year enlistment... |
| Brooks, Richard | SKSN - SK2 | Sep 3, 1983 – Mar 31, 1986 | Supply | |
| Cotton, Mike | LT | Oct 1983 – Apr 1986 | Supply: Disbursing, Ship's Store, Food Service | I remember some wild times on the old witch. Especially trying to find it as an Ensign when I was meeting it in Sasebo, Japan and it was called away to support the KAL007 search operations. |
| Reeves, Carl (Smurf) | AMHAN | Oct 22, 1983 – Apr 29, 1984 | AirDet | My first cruise 2 days out get hit by a carrier with 1 bird on Ranger thanx "Pappy" Parker (HT1) for waking us up! And yes the airdet put out the fire on Ranger's elevator!!! |
| Stewart, Tom | LT | Nov 1983 – Mar 1987 | OC-1st-Legal | Tough 2 weeks in PI waiting to report upon The Wicked Witch's return from KAL-007! Killer rolls at sea in NoCal after fuel offloaded for SF drydock in 84 or 85. NSC Oakland - a warehouse district with docks! Great times all in all. |
| Joseph Kusy, Joe | MM-3 | Nov 1983 – May 5, 1987 | engineering, A Gang | had a lot great times, miss the easer times of life |
| Wenzel, Jack | BM3 | 1984 – 1988 | 1st-rase | What a group of characters! we had some good times. |
| Rector, Larry | LCDR | 1984 – 1986 | Chaplain | Great ship and crew. Remember library getting flooded in Sri Lanka and RP3 Frazier replacing deck tiles. What a mess huh. |
| Jones, Kenneth | GMG2 | 1984 – 1988 | Weapons | |
| Starr, Tom | QM2 | 1984 – Apr 1988 | NAVIGATION | Here we are 25 years later. Big shout out to all (1985 & 1987) West Pac shellbacks! Unreps, flight quarters, liberty in the PI and getting a tan off the coast of Iran ! |
| Murphy, Ken | JO2 | 1984 – 1986 | Administration | Looking for my shipmate friend from Puerto Rico whose Dad owned the McDonald's down there.....will be heading to P R in May.....hoping to see my old friend |
| Lamb, Chris | BT3 | 1984 – 1988 | engineering | Really enjoyed my time on the Wichita... Wish I had stayed in the navy I would be retired for 10 years already... if anyone remembers me email or hit me up on fb... |
| Peterson, Scott / Pete | MM2 | Jan 4, 1984 – Jan 6, 1986 | "M" | Best ship/crew I ever served with. Two things I remember was we were always underway & one really bad storm off the west coast of California. It felt like we were going to break in half (1985, I think). |
| Steven, Ott | MM3 | Jan 10, 1984 – Jul 30, 1986 | M | I had alot of friends on board,it has been 20 years .I would like to here from some of them. |
| Caperton, Michael Cape | em3 | Jan 26, 1984 – May 5, 1987 | engineering/e division | Hey guys,Im still a smart ass |
| Lewis, Tim | sm3 | Feb 1984 – Oct 1987 | oc | good friends & good times quite the party boat |
| Merchant, Robert/ Fawn | bm3 | Feb 10, 1984 – Aug 19, 1986 | 3rd | man do i miss the dog piles and all the fun oz you were pretty cool and mac imiss fisher and voshel and the rest of you drunks |
| Matossian, Ron | EM2 | Mar 1984 – Mar 1987 | Didn't we all have one-syllable nicknames in E-Division? Even the guys whose names were already just one syllable. Cape, Wad, Moe, Ratch, Dupe, etc. | |
| Lopez, Edward | MR 3 | Mar 1984 – May 1987 | R div | |
| Goforth, Steven | MM2 | Mar 1, 1984 – Aug 8, 1987 | M | Hello to you all. |
| Armstrong, Lanny | GMG3 | Mar 18, 1984 – Mar 18, 1988 | WEAPONS | 2 WEST PACS AND PAINTED ALOT OF SIGNS MAN WERE DID THE TIME GO....... |
| Palmer, Eric "Tex" | Bm3 | Apr 1984 – May 1988 | 1st and RASE | I didnt know it then, but these were the best years of my life and with the greatest guys in the NAVY! |
| Whaley, Tony | MM2 | Apr 13, 1984 – Dec 3, 1992 | M and A div | Wheres Greg V Roberts? |
| Rieck, James | ET2 | May 1984 – Oct 1987 | OE | |
| Apple, Garry | YN1 | Jun 1984 – May 1987 | X Admin | Anyone know how i can get ahold of cignetti ???? |
| Kramer, Tim | RM3 | Jun 1984 – Jun 1986 | Operations | |
| Hobbs, Fred | IC2 | Jun 1984 – Jun 1988 | E Division | |
| Reitz, Joel | IC2 | Jun 1984 – Jul 1989 | E- Division | |
| Kohler, Michael | BTFN | Jun 12, 1984 – Jun 12, 1986 | engineering | A ship that carried its sailors with pride. She will be missed. |
| Pessa, Ken | BM3 | Oct 1984 – May 1988 | 1st, RASE | nice to see some of us are still alive |
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