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USS Nereus (AS 17) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Nereus (AS 17). 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 264 crew members registered for the USS Nereus (AS 17).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1954 | 1955 – 1960 | 1961 – 1964 | 1965 – 1967 | 1968 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeman, Gary | ETN3 | 1965 – 1968 | ||
| Chalfin, John | EM2 | 1965 – 1967 | Weather Decks Electric Shop | |
Robert A. Tullis, Bob  | ETR2 | Mar 1, 1965 – Mar 1, 1968 | R-4 | Was TAD first to ComSubFlot 1 to install cable tv system at Ballast Point, Then was TAD to FAAWTC up on the hill. Would like to contact Dave Westphal and Dave Essad |
| McDade, William B. (Bill) | CYN3 | Jul 1965 – Apr 1967 | Operations | I served as the Operations Department Yeoman. I have fond memories of my time on the Nereus. |
| Miller, Ellis | IC-3 | Aug 4, 1965 – Jun 20, 1967 | ENG | I went on board when the Nereus went into the Vallejo shipyards. Went to Alcapoco and then to Hawaii. Got out and joined the Los Angeles Police Dept. I retired from there 6-2006. |
| John Gray, John | sm3 | Aug 9, 1965 – Sep 9, 1967 | quatermaster | |
| Burek, Stan | CTSA | Nov 1965 – Jun 1966 | S-2 | Assigned to the Nereus awaiting ET "a" school. Worked as one of the ships bakers, I was the dumb %$# that tried to wash a hundred pounds of rice down the sink!!! Also remember the ramming by the USS Shiields.. |
| Love, Shannon (Rocky) | Dp2 | Nov 1965 – 1967 | pamilant fleet | Am looking for former shipmates who were in the Data Processing Department where I worked. Would Like to see what they are up to these days. Also would like to see John Gilliam SK2 from Chicago. |
| Sorenson, Jim | SN, PNSN, PN3 | Nov 1, 1965 – Aug 1, 1966 | "X" (Personnel Office) | Shipmate; LT "Skip" Hall (Personnel Officer), LCDR Gowan (Admin Officer); PN3 Tom Finn; PN3 Al Church; PN3 Robert Sharpe. |
| Puls, Joe | SA/SN | Nov 18, 1965 – Jul 14, 1966 | Deck | Was put in charge of Berthing Compartment, PSI waiting to go to FT school. I stood Boatswains Mate of the watch and still have my pipe. Also stood "crows nest" watch underway, wow. Ended up retiring as a FCCM (SW),in89 |
| Burek, Adakchief | CTMSN | Nov 29, 1965 – Jun 1, 1966 | S-2 | Baker |
| Metzger, Don | ETN2 | Dec 2, 1965 – Dec 7, 1967 | R-4 | Submarine antenna repair, General Electronic maintenance. After leaving ship retired in 1986 as ETC |
| Tinsley, Michael | CSSN | 1966 – 1967 | Commissary | Hi guys, just found this. came from boot camp as a cook. worked for Chief Parrish. spent a year in da nang then back to Sperry. cooked on the TR3. but never on the boats. did vallejo time on both ships. went to portland and alcapoco. |
| Hobert, Lester | E-3 | 1966 – 1968 | BM | i REFINISHED THE CAPTAINS GIG WHILE IN DRY DOCK AND SERVED AS BOW HOOK |
| Coulter, Jim | EN 3 | Jan 10, 1966 – Nov 8, 1967 | M | I remember fire in forward engine room/ Vallejo ship yard/cruise to Accapulco and Hawaii / Tin can that hit ship in San Diego bay |
| Jansen, Skip | ETCS(ss) | Jan 10, 1966 – Aug 10, 1966 | R-4 | Was an ETR-3 then. ^ month TAD awaiting Nuc School in Vallejo. |
| Dinesen, Bob (Denny) | DP2 | Jan 25, 1966 – Mar 1, 1968 | Supply | Looking for shipmates from Data Prossesing and others I knew from the ship and the Navy in general. |
| Leeder, Dan | OMSN | Mar 1966 – Feb 1967 | Optical Shop - Periscopes | Fresh out of boot camp straight to deck force -then to Mare Island for overhaul-Whew! Decided to find a job a little cleaner. Found it in the Optical Shop - great duty!!! Went on to Guam and the Proteus AS19 - Became OM2. Learned a lot!! |
| Stewart, Guy (Stu) | TM2 (SS) | Mar 1966 – Oct 1967 | Weapons W-1 | MK 14 shop lead torpeodman View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Lathem, Robert | SEAMAN | May 1966 – Apr 1968 | boat | |
| Ball, Billy | MRC | May 1966 – May 1969 | R-2 | Made Chief in 1967 |
| Weiss, Walter | EN 3 | May 1, 1966 – Dec 31, 1967 | M | I worked in the After Engine Room. I was the guy who put out the fire in the Forward Engine Room. I remember Mare Island drydock and overhauling our engines. Cruises to Hawaii and Acapulco. Great shipmates. |
| Gdonski, Andy | DP2 | Jun 1, 1966 – May 15, 1968 | Supply | Great ship & duty! Came aboard directly from boot camp. Went to Hawaii for change of command ceremony. Ate pineapple with every meal on the way back to San Diego. Went to Mare Island and Acapulco. Still have ashtrays from El Presidente. |
| Ferrell, Larry | MM1(SS) | Jul 1966 – Mar 1968 | R-5 | Rad Con Shift Supervisor, Oil Test Lab Supervisor, Rad Con school instructor |
| Foreman, Barton | SFP2 | Jul 1966 – Oct 1968 | Enginering | I made some great friends in the CR Shop like Dan Cruz and Frank Swift. I wish I knew where they were. |
| Meier, Jerry | EM2 | Jul 10, 1966 – Jun 28, 1968 | E | Great duty - beat WesPac cruise. Enjoyed manning the propulsion switchboard. Made EM1 in the reserves while earning my BS & MS at the University of Illinois. |
| Harward, George But With 3 Other Georges Became " Charlie Brown" | ICFA THROUGH IC2 | Aug 1966 – Oct 1969 | R3 - Gyro Repair Shop | The senior "George" thought I looked like a "Charlie" and with the luck of "Charlie Brown" most thought I was Charlie Brown. Also known as "GDU" (Garbage Disposal Unit) - max ice ream at a meal - a little |
| Johns, Michael | SN | Sep 1966 – Sep 29, 1967 | deck force | this was one of the best years of my life |
| Sluss, Larry | SK-3 | Sep 1966 – Feb 1970 | SUPPLY/COMMISSARY | |
| Hall, Marvin | ICFN | Sep 1966 – Jan 1967 | Nuclear | Just a stopping point from A school waiting for Nuclear Power School to start in January. Did have fun in the Nuc division doing just about nothing. |
| Howard, Doran (Little Howie) | ML3 | Nov 1966 – Aug 1968 | Repair - Foundry | Served under Herlbert (MLC), Wetzler (ML1), Howard (ML2 - My brother), Harris (ML2, ML3, ML2) and Holmes (ML3) |
| Meyer, Raymond ( Oscar ) | fn | Nov 1966 – Dec 1967 | m | After overhaul at Mare Island I was on watch in Forward Engine Room during Sea Trials at night when engine exploded. No records found. I see comments about it would like to hear from person commenting on it. |
| Colvin, Edward | EN3 | Nov 6, 1966 – Dec 26, 1968 | Pusser boats and the boat shop | My first ship in the navy and really enjoyed my time here and our trip to Acapoco,mex. and my best friend GM2 Melvin Quinney. The pusher boats was a great time also |
| Nitz, Tom Ernie | SN | Nov 27, 1966 – Apr 17, 1967 | deck force | Assigned Boatswains locker I was the guy who got hand crushed when hatch came unlatched as I climbed up ladder in boatswains locker. Chandler lowered me with paravain crane into whale boat after we anchored off Pt Loma. |
| Henderson, Dave | EN2 | 1967 – 1969 | R2 | Outside Machine Shop (X38A); Hydraulic Shop (X31H) |
| Cassel, Steve | ML2 | 1967 – 1971 | R-1 | Worked in foundry. Loved the trip to Portland. Duty on the Nereus was great the people made it that way. |
| Quinney, Melvin | gmg2 | 1967 – 1968 | Gunnery | Love & miss the old girl. I shudder to think that part of her is now a Sucrets can. Great crew, good friends, especially Ed Colvin. Fondly remember trip to Acapulco. First boarded her at Mare Island naval ship yard. |
| Quinney, Melvin | Gunner's Mate Guns | 1967 – 1968 | Gunnery | When I first boarded the Nereus, it was in dry dock at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. We were home ported at Ballast Point in San Diego. While aboard, we took a great trip to Acapulco. |
| Maggard, Kenny | Seaman 3 | Jan 1967 – Oct 1968 | 2nd Division (Pier Crane) | My first ship after Boot Camp. I joined the Nereus in Valejo while in the shipyard. I met lifelong friends there and loved the experience! |
| Baker, Tommie | sk2 | Jan 10, 1967 – Apr 14, 1969 | s1 | I worked in supply in warehouse 108 at 11 naval headquarters got supplies to point loma by truck an barge .if anyone rembers that contact me |
| Landeck, Per | SN/QM3 | Feb 1967 – Apr 1968 | ON | LT Bob Whitten rounded out my education as a navigator. Tough but fair mentor. Thanks to LT Fred Wagner I skipped deck force & went straight to ON division. |
| Marlow, Michael | Fn | Feb 1967 – Oct 1967 | M | |
| Leinenweber, Chris | E3 | Feb 15, 1967 – Oct 31, 1968 | Print Shop | I was very ok with my duty on the Nereus. Better than Nam. Chief Trytek was my immediate superior. He was a cool old salt. October 31, 1968 (the day I got cut loose) was just about the happiest day of my life |
| Verbracken, Louie | MM2 / DV | Mar 1967 – Oct 1969 | Locker | Great Duty |
| Dickey, Drew | TM2 | Mar 15, 1967 – Jun 26, 1968 | ASW Torpedo Shop | Nice place to have fond memories of. My sons had a rather large photo of the Nereus escorted by a tug in SD Harbor framed and now she's a constant reminder of how great our Navy truly is. Sadly she no longer shows up on Google Earth. |
| Gruber, Thomas | LI 2 | May 1967 – Sep 1969 | Repair - Print Shop | Great ship. Worked for Master Chief Ed Trytek. I miss Mike Weeks and Jim Buffalo.Think of them ofetn. |
| Cramins, Larry | SF/P 2ND CLASS | Jun 1, 1967 – May 10, 1969 | hull repair | Learned to be a sailor on this ship. Great crew an great times ! Did not ship over,left for home 10 may 1969. I remeber you Shecknieder! Larry. |
| Farrar, Ed | Jun 11, 1967 – Aug 7, 1968 | IC | I remember the trip to Mexico and the fun times. We had this odd E-7 over the IC locker who had a strange arm twitch. | |
| Akin, James | EN 3 | Jul 1967 – Dec 1967 | M | Was in the fire in forward engine room never gorget it |
| Phillips, Buddy | TM3 | Jul 1967 – Oct 9, 1968 | Weapons | I worked in the steam torpedo shop below the after mess deck |
| Holland, Justin | ETN3 | Jul 1967 – 1968 | Operations | TAD to Engineering doing BM work, then to Electronics. Played 8-man tackle football for SubFlotOne. Great time in my US Navy career |
| Arnold, John | SFT3 | Aug 1, 1967 – Jan 15, 1969 | Hello shipmates! | |
| Woody, Gene | RM3 | Aug 23, 1967 – Jun 30, 1969 | communications | I was TAD to Comsubflot one and crossed the pier when the old lady got underway and worked on the Sperry. I think the Nereus got underway three times in the two years there. I retired in 1983. |
| Moore, David | IC 3 | Sep 15, 1967 – Apr 15, 1968 | ||
| Alves, David | E-5/EM2 | Oct 1967 – Oct 1969 | R-3 | ASSIGNED TO REWIND SHOP - SOUND TESTING ELECTRIC MOTORS FOR NOISE AND VIBRATION. |
| Gill, William | Sn | Oct 9, 1967 – Oct 10, 1969 | Crane operator | I was nineteen Frist time away from home |
| Kelly, Sean | MM3 | Nov 5, 1967 – Aug 1, 1968 | M | Looking for shipmate that served with me on USS Sanctuary AH-17. Name: Danny Pierce. We were shipmate first crew not plank owners- M div. Skippers (ship) Collingwood, medical Dufner. We became "Shellbacks". Email,95660 |
| Kelly, Sean | MM3 | Nov 20, 1967 – Aug 1, 1968 | Evaps/ 150 # Boilers | Danny Pierce and I both served on USS Sanctuary AH 17- transfered to USS Nereus AS -17. Performed both Water and fireroom cleaning. We were both on board when the boiler blew fire out relite, oil never secured. |
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