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Naval Base Norfolk Crew List
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There are 213 crew members registered for the Naval Base Norfolk.
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1968 | 1969 – 1978 | 1979 – 1985 | 1986 – 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs, Grover (Crooner) | 3rd class petty officer | 1942 – 1945 | ship's barber shop | I'm entering for my dad, who saw action at Okinawa, Phillipines, Iowa jima, southern france and normandy.He passed away in 2005 at age 90. Would like to hear from anyone who knew him.He had many tales to relate to us |
| Thompson, Dallas | Quartermaster 3rd class | 1943 – 1944 | Amphibious | |
McGowan, Joe  | SF3C | 1945 – May 1946 | repair | Bordentown, NJ. enlisted age 17. PAC OA memories: going ashore in Leyte, PI; Naha, Okinawa; Oahu, HI (swam at Royal Hawaiian Hotel); at Pearl Harbor. Back thru San Fran, Panama Canal, Norfolk. Will revisit HI in NOV 14. |
| Cain, Carl | RD2 | Aug 13, 1951 – Aug 12, 1959 | USNR RU | |
| Lucas, John | FTA 3 | May 1952 – 1955 | Gun Fire Control | Voluntered as ships photographer for USS Steinaker DDR 863 Atlantic and Mediterranean Cruise book September 1953 to February 1954. Had a great time. Visited many ports. |
| Kneisel, Ronald | Mmfn | 1954 – 1958 | M division | |
| Wallace, Jerry | fireman | 1955 – 1963 | electrical | Looking anyone that may have known my father, Jerry Wallace. I know he was on this ship from late 1950's until 1961. He died in 1972. Please contact me if you knew him. Thank you. Christine Wallace Walrath |
| Kaminowitz, Charles | QM3 | 1956 – | Navigation | Looking for anyone that served aboard the forestall between 1956-58 |
| Anderson, Pete | FN | Sep 6, 1956 – Sep 18, 1960 | Tug Control | Served hauling ammunition on a Yard Freighter out of Saint Julians Creek, VA - Served on Harbor Tug - Served on Yard Oiler out of Pier 7 Norfolk Navy Base - Norfolk, VA. |
| Padgett, Humpy | ceo | Jan 29, 1957 – Jul 17, 1974 | ceeo | |
| Hirst, John/jack | E5 | Mar 15, 1957 – Mar 15, 1960 | Electronics | |
| Huskey, John W | EM3 | Dec 30, 1957 – 1960 | R | Had a lot of good memories on the ship and got to see a lot of world. Its been 63 years that I have I got off of her. |
| Edward, Smith | SN | 1958 – 1958 | Unit I Galley | |
| Myers, Von | Fireman | 1958 – 1959 | Navy | Added by daughter Amy. If you remember my dad please contact. |
| Phillips, Paul | signalman 3rd class | 1958 – 1960 | E | Wish I'd Stayed in best years of my life |
| Lorenzen, Norman | ct | 1959 – 1986 | forward et | |
| Adelman, Marc | AE 2 | Oct 15, 1959 – May 6, 1962 | Aviation | No doubt a great time in my life. Most of us naïve but patriotic looking for education and adventure. Would love to reconnect with anyone working in the AE shop or those who flew as a member mail and supply aircraft. |
| Hall, Jon | ic3 | Jun 30, 1961 – Apr 19, 1965 | engineering | |
| Brant, James | Seaman Apprentice | Oct 14, 1961 – Dec 2, 1961 | Pre-Comm Training School | Intense training on Seamanship, Navigation, Firefighting and Damage Control, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare, Firearms, Battlefield casualty and CPR and studying the Bluejackets Manual. |
| Carta, Tony | MM2 | Jan 5, 1962 – Nov 20, 1964 | M | Loved working in the hole and going to sea with Chief Hank Turner a mean old cat with a roaring burner |
| Dillin, Charles/ Chuck | MM3 | Mar 1962 – Jan 1965 | Engineering | Worked with turbines, and desaltation units. |
| Carns, Frank | YN2 | Aug 1, 1962 – May 10, 1964 | 5th Naval District Hdqtrs, Enlisted Personnel Office | Worked in several different offices - for some Great Officers. Worked with Civilian Ladies and some neat Enlisted. Worked receiving civilian dependents back into US from Cuba during the Missile Crises in 1962. |
| Conte, Ernest | Machinery Repairman 3rd Class | Jan 1963 – | Machine Shop | |
| O'Neal, Edward | SA | Oct 14, 1963 – Oct 14, 1964 | Magazine Area | Was assigned to the base mag. at NAS Norfolk at that time as on the job training for Gunners mate. Lived in the mag area. |
| Arnold, Dan | MR 2 E-5 | 1964 – 1965 | R div | Jacksonville fl |
| Prepster, David | DC-2 | 1964 – Jul 1967 | Repair division | I spent 2 1/2 years on board in the carpenter shop, got to make cruise boxes for officers an picture frames for their wives and girlfriends,out of mahogany,,,,shop was below mail room,met guys,getting mail in line,at sh |
| Taylor, Ken | PC | May 1964 – Jan 1967 | ? | This was my 1st and only ship. Boarded in 1964 and left January 1967. I was the only Postal Clerk aboard.... hated time I was on board, but have looked back and say, that was the best years of my life. Miss my friend |
| Kucharczyk, Matthew Matt | EM2 | Sep 1964 – Jun 1966 | sheps company | Flight deck lighting crew members USS AMERICA CVA66 |
| Petrone, Frank | E-3 | 1965 – 1968 | Supply | Served aboard the USS Austin LPD4 1965-1968. Among the many operations we were involved in , retriving a space capsule was one of them. Also setting a record for a special ops. mission . Had a lot of buddies on the LPD4. |
| Wilson, Bruce | E3 | Jun 1965 – Feb 1967 | Gunners Mate | Looking for Roger Jones and Adam Garcia |
| Burnaford, Peter | E-5 | Jun 1965 – Oct 1968 | OI | Very proud to have served on the Ellison. She was my home away fro home for almost four years. Currently a retired banker. |
| Wesner, Glen | ABHAN | 1966 – 1968 | V-1 | |
| Herrera, Hector | E-4 | Aug 9, 1966 – Aug 10, 1968 | Supply Division | |
| Glowacki, Patrick | MM3 | Feb 1967 – 1969 | engineering | I was onboard in the forward engine room |
| Lawrence V. Downs, Lv | GMT 4 | Sep 1967 – May 1968 | weapons | |
| Rogan, Bruce | FTG-2 | Oct 17, 1967 – Dec 15, 1967 | Shore Patrol | Base command. Escorted prisoners to Philadelphia prison by air and did local patrols. Issued daily a 38 Revolver. |
| Granger, Marvin | E-5 | 1968 – | Naval Base Norfolk | |
| Gray, Charles | BT 3 | 1968 – Jan 15, 1969 | BOILER | RETIRED FROM CHRYSLER CORP., ENJOY TRAVELING AND MY GRANDCHILDREN |
| Halstead, Thomas | E3 | Sep 1968 – Dec 1969 | SUPPLY | iT WAS A REMARKABLE TIME, WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS THAT I FONDLY LOOK BACK TO AS FRIENDS. |
| Faubel, Robert/bob | QM3 | Oct 9, 1968 – Oct 19, 1970 | Navigation | It was a great time in my life and worked with a bunch of great guys. Being a Quartermaster showed me a part of the NAVY In was always interested in. The cruises to the Carib were great! |
| Wright, Tage | STG3 | Nov 1, 1968 – May 15, 1972 | AS | Served aboard for three and a half years. I once said in one of my evaluations that all you got for busting your butt in the Navy was a busted butt. I've discovered looking back that I was grossly in error. |
| Lundin, Roger | STG1 | Dec 27, 1968 – Feb 20, 1969 | Instructor Training | Preparing for my first Instructor Duty at Fleet Sonar School, Key West, Florida View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
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