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USS Orion (AS 18) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Orion (AS 18). 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 1123 crew members registered for the USS Orion (AS 18).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1952 | 1953 – 1960 | 1961 – 1963 | 1964 – 1966 | 1967 – 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 – 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 – 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coplin, Steven | IM2 | 1985 – 1987 | R2 | My last command before getting out. Made some great friends (Hey Beav, this is Wally :P). Would love to hear from anyone who I served with in the MIRCS lab. Had a lot of fun! |
| Adams, Jerry | HM3 | 1985 – 1987 | H | |
| Marshall, Thomas | BM2 | 1985 – 1987 | DECK | Work in the rigging shop |
Myers, Alan  | ML2 | 1985 – Aug 1987 | R-6 | |
| Bocock, John | IC2 | 1985 – 1987 | E | Great memories. Went back in 2007. Had great time. |
| Volgraf, Michael | MS1 | 1985 – 1987 | S-2 / Admin | |
| Gehringer, Patrick | BT3 | 1985 – | BT | That's first ship and the best. |
| Rogers, Kerry | MM2 | 1985 – 1987 | R-9 and Logroom | Times I'll never forget. Played in the "Cold Iron" band--Randy Comer, Smitty, Gary Ogden, Jack Sparagna--wow. Lived in Arzachena on a mountaintop. Surreal. The boat ride to get groceries. The bar at Santo Stefano. |
| Smith, Larry | HT3/DC3 | Jan 1985 – Oct 1987 | im looking to find aaron pippen{holleywood}from a gang | |
| Morris, Shane | Jan 1985 – Jul 1987 | Dental | What a great duty station, I have never had such close friends as the Italians that befriended me. Looking foraward to taking my family on vacation there. | |
| Amorelli, Tony | DPSN | Jan 1985 – May 1987 | Data Processing S-8? | Lots of great friends and lost of great memories. Looking for anyone from that time to contact. Those were some of the best times of my life. Finally got in contact w/some old shipmates. Looking forward to hearing from others! |
| Kosticak, Stevan | IM3 | Jan 1985 – Jan 1987 | R2, MIRCS | Never thought this would happen, but I actually miss the place sometimes. Coplin, want to watch some Air Wolf? Ace, I thought you would be headlining DTE or the Fox by now? Ah, the memories. |
| Ehart Jr, Mike | ms3 | Jan 1, 1985 – Aug 25, 1987 | supply | 19 when i arrived.experianced and seen alot. made some good friends and good times. man overboard watch by the stack. |
| Hill, Roy | RM3 | Jan 10, 1985 – Feb 3, 1987 | CR | So many memories in La Madd & Palau! remember the Club on the Palau side? what a time I had so early in life! Had my share of trouble too; missed ships movement with Carlos Moreno,oh boy we got in trouble! Miss you all! |
| Ruiz, Sixto | HT-3 | Mar 1985 – May 1987 | R-1 | Served in the R-1 Division. Being on that ship got me HOOKED to Europe and travel. Had some CRAZY times back then,times that will stay with me forever. |
| Bailey, Chris | PN2 | Mar 1985 – Mar 1987 | Personnel | |
| Willis, Bruce | MM2 | Mar 1985 – Jul 1988 | R-5 | Had a great time in La Madd and met some great friends. R5 was hoppin' when the Chernobyl cloud hit the Orion. I don't remember who it was, but another R5 guy and I took the first air test that showed Chernobyl fallout. |
| Dennis, Johnny | En3 | Mar 1, 1985 – Mar 1, 1987 | R-9 | Chris Prevatt, Rick Cargill, Bob Hartman, Greg Grimm, Soup Campbell, Matt Rice, Jerry Amiral and the rest of the R9 guys were my friends; Chris and I shared an apt and had a dog named Rocky. Monika (Swede) and I met. |
| Boyd, Darryl | Radioman E-3 | Mar 3, 1985 – May 29, 1986 | Radioman | wish I could have stayed but had to leave |
| Weber, Harold | ETC/SS | Mar 20, 1985 – Mar 5, 1988 | R-4 | Ship superintendant for two years, Loved Itally |
| Richardson, Jim | HT!/DV | Apr 1985 – Oct 1987 | Locker | Great dive locker to work for. Everyone was cool and Sardinia, Italy was pretty cool. Like living 30 years in the past. |
| Edmondson, Blake | MR3 | Apr 1985 – Jun 1987 | R-2 Machine Shop | Reported as an MRFN there was about nine of us booters who had to learn real quick to make challenging parts and repairs, we learned quickly. Had a great career on Orion. Be good to hear from some of you guys. |
| Kimber, Bart | DKSN | Apr 1985 – Oct 1986 | Disbursing | I was friends with Edmounson, Schoolfield, Jernigan, Smitty, Blue. Angel, Ethan, Manko, Kevin among others...Love to hear from any of you... Great times and great people- host nationals were too cool! kimberbart@yahoo. |
| Hicks, Thayne | MM3 | Apr 15, 1985 – Dec 17, 1987 | R-9 | The time on the ROCK was the best I've had to date, it's hard to describe to people just what life was like there good times good friends great memories. lost all the pictures along the way, but close your eyes and your there, drop a line |
| Alonso, Juan | EN3 | Apr 19, 1985 – Aug 25, 1987 | Port Services | Great time wish I could go back to visit the Rock |
| Laughlin, Curtis "tex" | E3 | Apr 22, 1985 – Jan 15, 1988 | fire room, boat shop, omb | miss all the fun....and people.....Mark "toto" Totura, Andy Baloy, Steve Godowoski., Gary Folk, Senior chief Stag, D.O. Marcia Hatfield....she loved to drink Malibu....lol was the most beautiful place we coulda been stationed. |
| Lawson, Thomas | TM3 | May 1985 – Oct 1986 | weapons | |
| Sowell, Henry | PNCS(SW)/PNCM(SW) | May 1985 – Jul 1987 | X Division - Personnel Office | Had a really good and hard working Personnel crew. |
| Downs, Kevin | IM 3 | Jun 9, 1985 – Aug 17, 1988 | R 2 | Had alot of great times, looking for old friends or anyone from the MIRCS Lab |
| Godwin, Ronney | E2 | Jun 18, 1985 – Jun 1, 1987 | HT | Reach out on Facebook if you remember me |
| Blinn, Robert | DPSN-DP3 | Jul 1985 – Sep 1989 | CSS-22 AMDCO & S-8 | What is there to say about the old girl. She was a great ship and a joy to serve on. I really enjoyed being there in La Madd. It was quite an experience. |
| Cooley, Douglas | EM2 | Jul 1985 – Oct 1987 | ||
| Stone, Rayford Stoner Boner | sh3 | Jul 1985 – 1987 | supply | miss Lamadd |
| Davis, Mark | E3/Striker | Jul 10, 1985 – May 31, 1986 | Personnel | Work with new computers brought aboard. Did programming that lead to a Golden Anchor Award (command retention) |
| Schafer, Rand | MR2 | Jul 15, 1985 – Jul 15, 1987 | R-2 | Proud to have served with so many great people. Machine shop R-2/31A!!! |
| Oliver, Mike | BM3 | Jul 16, 1985 – Jun 10, 1987 | R-6 72A | |
| Janoschek, Marty, "jano" | EM2 | Aug 1985 – Sep 1987 | E-Div | Worked hard, partied harder. |
| Fridley, Timothy | Ltjg | Aug 1985 – Aug 1987 | W-3 / W-6 | |
| Rose, Roger | MM1 | Sep 1985 – Oct 1987 | QA | Spent the first year at Shore Patrol in Palau then finished up onboard in the QA Dept. |
| Brady, Tim | TM3 | Sep 1985 – Jan 1988 | W-6 | What a great time! visiting Spain, France, Greece, Gibraltar, Switzerland, and of course, Italy, the beautiful beaches in the Summer, walking the piazza every evening, going to the discos at night, young and not a care in the world. |
| Parson, Dana | EN2 | Sep 1985 – Sep 1987 | A Gang | What a great time, we sure drank a lot of beer. Hello to George L (boys in the band), Matt L (I'm so burnt), Troy M (hey Pars) & all engineering. I'd like to hear from all of you guys! I'm now an electrician (IBEW 34), married, 2 |
| Thompson, John | HT2 | Sep 2, 1985 – Oct 17, 1987 | R-10 | What a ship! What a place! I wish I could say it was fun...I think Phil and I and a whole lot of others made a few bar owners rich! Still keep in touch with some, but where are you Tom Burt, Lance Woodyard??? and anyone else??? |
| McMahon, Darren | SKSA | Sep 19, 1985 – Oct 23, 1987 | S-1 | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Sending a shout out to Glenn Ford and John Anselmo, wherever you both might be. |
| Harrison, Rick | DP1 | Oct 1985 – Oct 1987 | ADP | Good times. Beautiful island setting with lots to do. Have visited many times since I left Orion. |
| Watkins, Jerry | MRFN | Oct 1985 – Oct 1987 | repair | working in the machine shop onboard the onion was an awesome start to a carreer as a machinist. got to work many all nighters making sub parts |
| Rice, Matthew | MM2 | Nov 1985 – Dec 1987 | R-9 | The Orion was a great time in my life. I didn't care too much for the military hassles, but man, what a time drinking beer at the CMO and travelling around the Med. Good friends, Ed Soboski, Bob Hartman, Butch Bouchard, Randy Comer. |
| Heffelfinger, Jeff/heff | MR3 | Dec 1985 – 1988 | R-2 | Had a blast on the ROCK & saw tons of countrys, while over there!! |
| Welton, Tim | PC3 | Dec 1985 – Dec 1985 | Admin | Was in I-Division(Indoc when you first came aboard) then the Post office. Lots of good times at the paridiso club and the various ports we hit. |
| Welton, Tim | PC3 | Dec 1985 – Dec 1987 | Admin Postoffice | |
| Perez, Big | TM3 | Dec 1985 – Nov 1988 | W3 AND WO | Great experience working in Special weapons with Vaccarella, Owens, Flaherty, TM2 Taylor. Working at weapons office with TMCM Campbell.... |
| Reliford, John | E3 | Dec 18, 1985 – Dec 18, 1987 | Desk | What's up to anyone from Deck and Weapons. Feel free to hit me up if you pass through. Anyone remember Steve Young a buddy of mine that drowned while on watch one night? He was in Port Services |
| Schwartz, Randy | MR3 | Dec 20, 1985 – Mar 25, 1988 | R2 Machine shop | It was a Great time had fun and made alot of friends sure remember our first apartment called the bee hive really busy and lots of drinking and partying Hi Don Schriner Remember your band! |
| Rincones, Porfirio | BM3 | Dec 26, 1985 – Nov 19, 1987 | 2nd (Crane Division) |
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