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USS Puget Sound (AD 38) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Puget Sound (AD 38). 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 1353 crew members registered for the USS Puget Sound (AD 38).
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| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medeiros, Robin | HT2 | 1979 – 1980 | The Orphans | What a time. Looking for all the red shirts |
| Severson, Don | MMFN | 1979 – 1981 | M | I was to drunk most of the time to really appreciate the good people, times and some of the amazing places we went. Still, managed to hang on to some great memories and I look back on my time on the Sound fondly. donseve@yahoo.com |
| Shawd, Eric | HT3 | 1979 – 1981 | R | Found website and recognize some of the names. Loved living in Gaeta, going back soon. Sad the ship was decomed. |
| Daniels, Ron | TM3 | 1979 – 1982 | Weapons | |
| Carlsen, Mark | HT3 | 1979 – Aug 15, 1982 | R-1 56a pipe shop locksmith | from what I can remember I had a good time in club med. one of the best tours of duty I had . retired as HTC in Feb 01 |
| Hildebrand, Eugene (Moose) | bt | 1979 – 1983 | r2 | wow! one day I'll go back anyone seen/heard from papa spinelli? danged molders always droppin ingots on the deck knowin' full well we was hung over what ever happened to bt1 burros |
Casey, Paul  | RM1 | 1979 – 1980 | OC | Remember our deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for refresher training, first women officers to serve aboard the ship, and being the first patient to receive a vasectomy by the ship's doctor. |
| Burrell, Forrest/ Big B | E-6 MM1 | 1979 – 1983 | R DIVISION PUMP SHOP | |
| Dipalma, Alessandro Alex | BM2 | 1979 – 1982 | 1st division | I transferred from USS Dahlgren DDG-43 in 1979 to USS Pugent Sound AD-39 and station in Gaeta Italy |
| Miller, Shawn | HT1 | Jan 1979 – Jun 1982 | NDT / QA | |
| Wright, Mike | PN2 | Jan 1979 – May 1981 | x | Awesome command loved Gaeta and Palma. Bill Nuti was awesome guitar player. |
| Smith, Doc Aka Smitty | Dental technician medic to marines | Feb 1, 1979 – Jun 1, 1981 | Dental command | To all my fellow shipmates. It was an honor and privilege to serve aboard the flagship of the sixth fleet under Vice Admiral Small. To my dental command shipmates and all I served thank for the memories. Jake,frank rich. |
| Schoepfer, Robert (Schoff) | IC2 | Mar 1979 – Sep 1981 | E | Spent more time with the "hole snipes" then anyone else. Was proud to be a Red Shirt with Bondo from my shop. It was the best place and time in my life. I truley miss you guys.. |
| Bloxham, Patternmaker | pattermaker | Mar 1979 – Aug 1981 | R-1 | |
| Nielsen, Bob | HT3 | Mar 9, 1979 – Aug 19, 1981 | R | Home of the R-Div. (red shirts) "ORPHANS" You guys remember..Sheehan, Virgilio, Fragale, Zurzolo(zoo), Fugate(o-hell), Griffon, Hayes, Nix, Lawrence, Reese, Keyser, Franklin, Gray, and who could forget miss (ensign) Bres our leader. |
| Porter, David | BT3 | Apr 1, 1979 – Jul 31, 1981 | R2 | Pump Shop - Outside Repair |
| Lueders, Stephen | WT2 | Apr 29, 1979 – Mar 1983 | Weapons/ASROC | Best 2 years in my navy career. Gaeta was great place to live and work, went to serrapo beach every chance we got !! Still have lots of pics to remember you guys! Palma was also great. Too many memories to list!! |
| Bryant, Bill | CTM E6 | Jun 1979 – May 1980 | COMNAVSECGRU | Cross-decked from the Albany. Traveled to Norfolk for the fitting of the NAVSECGRU space and sailed back to Gaeta for the cross-deck. Great times in Gaeta and around the Med. |
| Mather, Joanna | civilian | Jun 1979 – Sep 1983 | n/a | Looking for friends from Gaeta Italy. Tom Reese, Billy , Randy and lots of others |
| Wayne, Winston-hitman | mssn | Jun 27, 1979 – Jun 25, 1985 | ms division | I was a cook on the Puget Sound. I was also a firefighter and stretcher barrier. I had a lot of good times with the crew of the Puget Sound. Our famous deck party. |
| Conlan, Jeff | LI2 | Jul 1979 – 1982 | R-5 | Ran the Engraving shop, near the lagging shop HT! Miller was lagging shop LPO and HT2 Donnie Harrold worked for him If you remember give a shout I remember both clowns from the ship you guys were awsum still have photos |
| Schmitz, Theodore | HM1 | Jul 1979 – Aug 1981 | H | Picked her up in Virginia, went with her to Gaeta had a great time while stationed on her |
| Delles, Douglas | MR-3 | Jul 10, 1979 – Sep 10, 1981 | REPAIR R-2 | REINLISTED FOR ORDERS TO SIMA CHARLESTON S.C |
| Scacchi, Dino | IC3 | Jul 26, 1979 – Jul 26, 1982 | ICMEN | builtbyatm@aol.com |
| Gray, Jimmy | HT3 | Aug 19, 1979 – | R | where are my fellow red-shirters.we kicked butt... |
| Nuti, Bill | YN3 | Sep 9, 1979 – Jun 17, 1983 | X | Clearly we've forgotten more than we remember. Chris, Louey and Mac...rocking the world as bad ass heavy metal band..."ROOK"...love you guys... Al Ernst...WHERE ARE YOU!!!! Kristy Keebler...I can't believe your on this page. La |
| Watson, Frank Aka Wat | E3 | Sep 22, 1979 – 1981 | Dental | Served on the Puget sound with Dental tech Smitty. Memorial moment we had was going to signanilla Sicily on a train standing up for 14 straight hrs. |
| Kaas, Scott | HT2 | Oct 1, 1979 – Jun 1, 1982 | QA Lab | Not sure of my exact dates. Still have a lot of good buddies I keep in touch with from the Sound |
| Cook, Calvin | HT2 | Oct 27, 1979 – Aug 21, 1980 | R-1 Shipfitters Div | The best of times and living large in Gaeta. Working at the Redlight as a DJ |
| Young, Jeff | HT | Nov 1979 – Nov 1981 | R-1/26A | Curious to know what what shipmates are doing today.... Send me a note if ya remember |
| Barron, Thomas (Tom) | SN/LI3/LI2 | Nov 1979 – Jan 1983 | R-5 Print Shop | Great ship. Had a lot of fun in the Mediterranean. I was dating the Admin Officer's daughter. ( RIP Commander Daniel G. Brown) |
| Drowne, Bob | HT2 | Dec 1979 – Apr 1983 | R-1/Pipeshop | Hey all Miss serving with you all. Can't believe how fast time goes by. Have a good life!! |
| Schmitt, Bruce | HT2 | Dec 14, 1979 – 1983 | pipe shop | some of the best times of my life.Sad to see the old girl go.Just wanted to let people know Ron Worthington passed away last winter hope he has calm winds and fair seas if anyone wants to get ahold of me feel free thank |
| Harvey, Greg | MM3 | 1980 – 1982 | E | |
| Fletcher, Robert (Bob) | MM2 | 1980 – 1983 | M/R-2 31F shop | I started in M div. Joined the ship in Norfolk, GITMO & Jamaica, sailed over to Gaeta. Remember the Pizza boat? Replacing the prop in the water in Naples after Alexandria Egypt. |
| Welsh, Jim | BM3/BM2 | 1980 – 1982 | Ist, 3rd | A great 2 years in Italy. Came on just as the ship was leaving Norfolk to become 6th Fleet Flagship. Did 6 months on Shore Patrol, then spent the rest of the time in 3rd div. A lot of good times. Best ship I had been on. jimwelsh48@gmail.com |
| Conner, Tim | BT3 | 1980 – 1982 | BOILER REPAIR | |
| Hamilton, Richard (Hambone) | BT1 | 1980 – 1984 | B | |
| Bynum, Raymond | E-4 | 1980 – 1982 | AC/R | homeported in gaeta italy..also served as a tour guide for the ship's new arrivals. |
| Hull, Vern | MR1 | 1980 – 1984 | ||
| Rollins, John | RM2 | 1980 – Sep 1981 | CE | WE HAD GREAT DUTY. MY SHOP MAINTAINED THE RADIO EQUIP FOR THE RM'S AND WORKED MOSTLY 8 HR DAYS IN PORT AND AT SEA. LOTS OF LIBERTY IN THOSE PORT CALLS. WHO CAN FORGET PALMA, GAETA, TOULON, MARSEILLES. OR WO WHITE, PAT ROYCE, BILLY MARTIN, |
| Pierce, Barney (Buck) | HT 2 | 1980 – 1982 | r-1 weld shop | Had a lot of good times, worked a lot of long hours. Would be great to hear from some of you guys! |
| Cronk, Michael | MR E-3 | 1980 – 1981 | Repair | had fun working as MR. learned lots still know a little. I miss Europe ,Had lots of fun |
| Butte, Lance | SN | 1980 – 1982 | R, Deck | Had such a good time in Gaeta and surrounding areas,I can barely remember. But I do know they were some of the best times of my life! I truly think "The Gut" was a beautiful mess. I'm sure alot of you know what I mean. |
| Smith, Frank | BT3 | 1980 – 1982 | B | Had alot of fun at all those great ports. Looking for Teddy Moore , Rick(popeye) Keating,Jimmy Brown,Tim Conner,Andy Cranata ,or anyone else how might remember me |
| Hutson, Mike "Big Foot" | LT | 1980 – 1983 | Repair Office | Served as the Assistant Repair Officer under CDR's Robertson ands Goldsmith. This was the most fantastic duty station I was blessed to serve on in the 20 + years I was in the Navy |
| Bishop, Larry (Mork) | MS2 | 1980 – Apr 1982 | Supply | Worked under Sky King in the bake shop. Master chief Julian and Ens DeMann were our fearless leaders. |
| Smith, Lloyd | IC1/E6 | 1980 – 1984 | Electrical division | 1. Ships company IC shop supervisor and CCTV repair technician. 2. Repair dept. IC shop supervisor. |
| Reny, Mark | RM2/RM1 | 1980 – Apr 1983 | C6F Comm Staff | Great time onboard both the Albany and then the Puget Sound. We visited quite a dew different ports and enjoyed visiting the sites of wach. |
| Christian, Darrien | BT3 | 1980 – 1983 | B | Looking for George Simpson |
| Fletcher, Robert | MM2 (SW) later MM1 | Jan 1980 – 1983 | M div , R-2 div | MM3-MM2 in M div and R2 hydraulics shop. Gaeta Italy |
| Hays, John | HT2 | Jan 3, 1980 – Sep 10, 1985 | "R" to QA/NDT | Hey brothers of the red shirt,we were the best at what we did. I tell the pepole in my life about the things we did and they think it's a bunch of bull. When ever I need to smile I just think about my brother "ORPHANS" you guys are the best |
| Castaner, Luis | SMSN | Jan 9, 1980 – Mar 19, 1982 | Operations | Gaeta and all the liberty ports were nice. Puget Sound was a great experience. |
| Skraba, Mick | HT -2 | Jan 10, 1980 – Jul 24, 1981 | R-1 PIPE SHOP | Can you remember Chief Spence PIPE SHOP |
| Coon, David | E6/HT1 | Feb 1980 – Mar 1983 | QA Lab | Many Great Friends and Memories of Gaeta Italy. email dcoon3@rochester.rr.com |
| Hull, Vern | MR1 | Feb 2, 1980 – Jan 1, 1984 | R-2 | |
| Allen, David | E5/DS2 | Mar 1980 – Apr 1983 | Supply | March of 1980, the Puget Sound AD-38 replaced the USS Albany in Gaeta Italy as the Sixth Fleet Flag Ship. A great Place to Live. Those were my Best years of my life! I thank God for all of the Navy Buddies I've known, what a life it was!!! |
| Morrow, Earl | BMSN | Mar 1980 – 1982 | 1st & 3rd Deck | Transfer from US Albany and went into Deck Division and Became the Lead seaman for Painting the sides of the Ship. Have a great crew and my time over in Italy was good. |
| Richard`, Denis | BM1/DV | Mar 1, 1980 – Nov 17, 1984 | Repair /dive Locker | Had a great time in Gaeta. Looking for MR 2 (DV) ED Vretnar. This was the best time in the dive locker. Lots of great TAD jobs. Retired in 1997 BMCS (SW/DV) in Florida. |
| Cady, Ward | FN cady | Mar 15, 1980 – Feb 20, 1982 | A gang steam&heat shop | To brett calhoon,rippy,Chris bell,robin mederos,tim rice ,bob gillenwater it would be nice to hear from you |
| Essayian, Jack | HTC | Apr 1980 – Jun 1983 | Repair | Gaeta was a great place to live. The Sound was a great place to work. |
| Benke, Ralph R. | ENCM(SS) | Apr 1980 – Apr 1983 | QA REPAIR | |
| St Jean, William -bill | EN2 Bill St Jean | Apr 1980 – 1985 | R-2 | Looking for a few people who might have been attached to dhop 31-E, in R-2 division. Used to be called the I.C.E house. Short for the Internal Combustion Engine shop. |
| Porter, Mark | HTFN | Apr 7, 1980 – Sep 18, 1983 | R | 1 2 3 who are we the puget sounds fucked up IRT. We fight the fires and we work for liars, no one gives a damb if we are sick and tired. we work all night and we work all day by the howels of the coyote and the DCA |
| Donaldson, Lawrence | RPC | Apr 10, 1980 – Jul 10, 1984 | Admin | I also loved Gaeta. Hung out with Post Office crew. Still talk to Al Ernst, Chap Halley, RP 2 Davis,Dr A from Dental. I loved the out of Port liberty Palma. |
| Rivenburg, Lynn | GMT2 | Apr 10, 1980 – Dec 14, 1984 | Weapons - ASROC Shop | Gaeta was great!!! Best duty station I had! |
| Miller, Ken | IM4 | Apr 10, 1980 – Dec 1983 | R-4 | Had a great time what a way to grow up at a young age looking for Nancy quite blond use to hang around with me in the ships band ? Phill box were are you. |
| Schmitt, Schmitty | ht2 | Apr 13, 1980 – May 12, 1983 | 56a pipe shop | lot of good times miss my shipmates hope all is well |
| Keating, Rick | BT3 | May 1980 – May 1982 | R-2+B | Served as 6th fleet flag ship in Geata Italy replacing the U.S.S. Albany. |
| Connolly, John | AD-38 | May 1980 – 1985 | W-l, Dapa/ Maa would like to contact any shipmates from gaeta | |
| Millman, Mark | LI2 | May 1980 – Aug 1981 | Staff/Print Shop | Best times I had were spent in Gaeta. |
| Moore, Teddy | BTFN/E-3 | May 1980 – Jul 1981 | B | Would love to hear from any of you. I've been trying to find Joe Sheriff for a while. |
| Hines, Mike | CTA2 | May 1980 – Aug 1981 | COM6thFlt | What a memorable time, great guys, great job and super ports. Left to do 2 years at the NSA then discharged. I then spent the next 30 years as a Cincinnati Firefighter. |
| Desabatino, Robert | OS1 | May 1, 1980 – Sep 15, 1984 | Operations | The best bunch of guys (and later girls) I ever served with. Sure miss those great ports of call...Malaga, Barcelona, Palma, and my person favorite...Beirut! (lol) |
| Fry, Dennis V. | MM3 | May 10, 1980 – Sep 10, 1982 | M | Had a fun time in Gaeta. |
| Hunt, Steve | HT3 | Jun 1980 – Apr 1982 | Weld Shop | Looking for my buddies McBride, McClain and Georgio. I miss you guy's so much. |
| Rios, Ted | CPL | Jun 1980 – Aug 1980 | MAR DET | Transfered over with the Marine Detachment from CG-10 USS Albany in Geata, Italy. |
| Dufore, Steve | ET1 | Jun 1980 – Jun 1984 | R4 / R0 | |
| Walker, Johnny | BM3 | Jun 1980 – Dec 1983 | division 1 | |
| Rodriguez, Ramon/ray | CTO3 | Jun 1980 – Mar 1982 | Flag 2/comsixthflt | CTO3, miss the crypto guys, mad dog Carson, Maroney, Hines, Wally, and the other flag 2 boys. |
| Prisciandaro, Frank | ML3 | Jun 1, 1980 – Dec 30, 1982 | R1, 81A | Great times, wish I could do it all over again. |
| Thrasher, John | QM1 | Jun 1, 1980 – Jun 1, 1989 | Operations | Try to go back to Gaeta, Italy every few years. A lot of excellent memories. |
| Hamilton, Richard/hambone | BT2-BT1 | Jun 1, 1980 – Jul 1, 1984 | B | Had a great time on the Sound on board for four years and never went Cold Iron. |
| Werling, Doran | ET2 | Jun 5, 1980 – May 10, 1982 | Sixth Fleet Staff | Homeport Gaeta, what an experience. Anyone remember getting stuck by the Pizza Boat pulling out ? Had to wait for more Tugs. |
| Johnson, William | Ens - LTjg | Jun 17, 1980 – Jul 15, 1983 | R-4 | |
| Degen, Scott | Jul 1980 – Dec 1983 | R-2/valve shop | Who could forget the gut,Great duty station | |
| Hamel, Robert | sh3 | Jul 1980 – Jul 1983 | ship sericeman | i was in gieta italy from 1980-1983 with capt. blesh. i have been looking for sk mendoza, corso, thompson, and sk beverly |
| Allen, David G | DS-2 Data Systems Tech 2nd Class | Jul 1980 – Aug 1983 | S6 Supply/ADP SHOP | Repaired the AN/YUK-5 Computer System aka FRED. ADP ran all reports for every Division from Repair to Medical/Dental even printed our Pay Checks Gaeta Italy was a perfect home port. Visiting other Med ports each 2 weeks. |
| Adams, Doug | BMSN | Jul 1, 1980 – Jun 1, 1982 | 1st | Any old buds drop me a line |
| McWilliams, James(mac) | SKSN | Aug 1980 – Aug 1982 | deck/supply | mostly got around with james baxter,ronnie redman,1mc,bugoutjackson(arkansas),and williams(san antonio) good times and great memories aboard the sound |
| Medeiros, Robin | HT2 | Aug 1980 – 1982 | The Orphans | |
| Sharpe, Clay | HT3 | Aug 1980 – May 1983 | RO and R_1 | I spent a few months in the Repair Tech Library, then to R-1 Pipe Shop, where I learned skills that became a career I made hundreds of friends onboard. Loved Gaeta .Retired DCC with 20. csharpe61@yahoo.com/(904)502-1080 |
| Donaldson, Lawrence | RPC | Sep 1980 – Sep 1984 | X | Worked in the Chaplains office, for the ships chaplains and the Sixth Fleet Chaplains. Made Chief on the Sound. I loved the Sound and my years there.W |
| Kerr, Greg | HT2 | Sep 1, 1980 – Jul 1, 1982 | IMMS/ARRS | |
| Moore, Duwayne | HT2 | Sep 1, 1980 – Oct 2, 1982 | R-8 NDT/QA | WOW, Lots of familiar names. Gaeta was a great place and a memory that will always be with me. I met my wife in Naples while stationed there. Duwayne.Moore@Navy.Mil |
| Ralph, Boggs | HT2 | Oct 4, 1980 – Apr 4, 1984 | repair | hey those were the days had a lot of good times |
| Harper, I.w | MMFN | Oct 20, 1980 – Oct 20, 1982 | R-2 VALVE SHOP | HEY STARKEY YOU STILL IN GEATA |
| Bailey, Steve | MR2 | Nov 1980 – Apr 1984 | "BSK" If anyone remembers this, they'll remember me. | |
| Gleason, John | ML3 - ML2 | Nov 1980 – May 1984 | R | Hey who can forget the gut, and all the ports we went to and got drunk at. Miss you all, BTW any one have any info on My daughter in spain? |
| Ward, John | DP2 | Nov 1980 – Nov 1982 | Supply | |
| Corso, Frank | SN | Nov 1980 – Feb 1982 | Deck | Enjoyed my time on the Sound. Looking to connect with some friends from my time in Geata. |
| Daehlin, John | RM3 | Nov 1980 – Nov 1982 | CR | WORKED MAINCOMM, NAVMACS V3 SCHOOL,SATCOM. COULD NOT ASK FOR BETTER COMMAND..TRAVELING AROUND THE MED FOR YEARS..1111/96 DUTY....PALMA,FRANCE,GREECE,PYRAMIDS ..GAETA....GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS..... |
| Wilson, Deon | E-4/HT | Nov 1, 1980 – Nov 1, 1983 | R1 | Loved my time onboard the Sound, met some great friends for life. Still keep in touch with a few of the guys. Retired as an HT1 on my final command the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72. Married for 34 years 3 kids 2 grand kids |
| Billsbrough, David | MMFN | Nov 15, 1980 – Oct 15, 1981 | Eng | |
| Lewis, John | EM3 | Nov 15, 1980 – Mar 21, 1984 | E | Member or the band ROOK |
| Daehlin, John | RM3 | Nov 27, 1980 – Nov 27, 1983 | COMSIXTHFLT SATCOM | 1-1-1-1-96....FRIKIN MED PARTY YEAR ROUND |
| Price, Bumper The Clown WIIliam | E5 | Dec 1980 – Oct 1981 | R1 | I was in the pattern shop. And the ships clown for the USO. I miss the loss of Herb from the carpenter shop. |
| August, Michael | MM2 | Dec 1, 1980 – Dec 31, 1984 | R2 | The Devils on Ice |
| Stewart, John | L/CPL | Dec 20, 1980 – Dec 20, 1982 | marine detachment | reunite with old shipmates |
| Lewis, John | EM3 | Dec 29, 1980 – Apr 11, 1984 | E | Living in Texas |
| August, Michael R. | E-5/MM2 | Dec 30, 1980 – Dec 31, 1984 | R-2 | AC&R Shop WE Know Were Good |
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