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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS MacDonough (DDG 39). 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 393 crew members registered for the USS MacDonough (DDG 39).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holliman, Jesse | BT2 | 1973 – 1977 | B Division | Forward Fireroom with some great guys. If I close my eyes I can still see the fireroom. The first job I was given was to go bilge diving to learn where all the systems where. BT1 Williams taught us how to do it right. |
| Benjamin, Jim | BT2 | 1973 – 1975 | B | Plank Owner, Oil King and aft fire room Top Watch |
| Overby, Glenn | EM3 | Jan 1973 – Jul 1, 1973 | EM Dept | Good Times |
| Clemons, Paul | BM3 | Mar 1973 – 1977 | Deck | What a memory I had when I found this sight. Cheif Gray, Kirkindale, Spizhorski, Blowers, Massa, Jeff Hannon, Nato Cruise, it all came flooding back. WOW...If anyone remembers me drop me a email. Paul Clemons BM 3rd class. |
| Watkins, Graydon | SKC | May 17, 1973 – May 1977 | S-1 | Leading Chief Supply. Nickname Rhett. Retired in 1977 from the "Happy Mac" as SKCS Selectee. |
| Zbichorski, Joe (Ski) | E2 | Sep 1, 1973 – 1974 | 1st Div | |
| Rogers, Russell | MS3 | Sep 16, 1973 – Jun 22, 1977 | Supply | Best years of my youth. She and the crew made a man out of me. Miss those days. Plank Owner, Blue Nose, Shell back, Order of the Ditch. Captain's cook. Commodore's aide |
| Lee, Bobby | BT2 | Dec 1973 – Jun 1977 | I was in #2 fireroom except for 1 1/2 years in the oil shack. Would like to hear from any shipmates Snipes or not | |
| Keca, Keith | BT | 1974 – 1978 | Would enjoy hearing from any old friend. Email kumakura@comcast.net | |
| Tucker, Bruce | BT2 | 1974 – 1979 | B | great ship and great crew. where you at charlie wilkins? |
| Mesa, Anthony {tony} | Seaman | 1974 – Sep 16, 1977 | 1ST DIVISION | I remember the good times at sea & in port. Leblanc & Gauthier buying motorcycles, big Mahoney getting married, And when I walked off the ship for the last time. Bells & the words {Plank Owner, Departing} |
| Whitehill, Archie | LTJG | 1974 – 1976 | 1st | Served as 1st LT |
| Temple, Dean | SA | 1974 – 1975 | deck | Met great guys. San Juan, St Croix, Nova Scotia,Gitmo, good times.Paint locker king, Jimmy Watson where are you? Can't remember all the names,but, can see the faces. Only regret, wish I would have put in more effort :( |
| Brown, Mike | EM3 | 1974 – 1976 | E division | Great ship. Good friends with David Balzotti and Elmer Babbs. Retired after 29 years. 1981 Atlantic Fleet Sailor if the year. Commissioned as LDO in 1983. Worked for EMC Siler and EM1 Jenks. |
| Gonzalez, Hector | FTM1 | 1974 – May 10, 1978 | FOX | I was assigned to the 1974 pre-comm and stayed until my EAOS, 1978. I mostly reminisce about the good times aboard the Mighty Mac. I recall a missile firing drill off the coast of Cuba. We shot down 16 drones. |
| Lorentz, Roy | gmm1 | 1974 – | WEAPONS | |
| Balzotti, David | EM3 | Jan 1974 – Jun 1976 | Engineering | |
| Gartner, Charles (Chuck) | Jan 1, 1974 – Sep 30, 1977 | CD | I was Data Systems Technician Chief and I had the greatest crew of misfits ever known. We were part of UNITAS and later a NATO participant. We had a bad ass MAA we called Shaft, he tried to get most of my guys for pot smoking. We won. | |
| McNeill, Scott | PN3 | Jan 10, 1974 – Aug 11, 1977 | OI | My first navy ship. Plankowner at 2nd commissioning. The best ship experience in my navy career. |
| Balzotti, David | EM2 | Jan 31, 1974 – Jun 25, 1976 | Engineering | Lots of good memories of service on this ship. Remember friends like Mike Brown and Pat Smith and some of the characters who were also fellow electricians on MacDonough. |
| Fischer, Daniel/fish | EW | Feb 1974 – Apr 1976 | Oi | To anyone who made the Nato Cruise in '75, just how much fun was Amsterdam? I remember baiting Shaft with a baggy of unmarked red vitamin pills that he found during a search. He really thought he had me! NOT Email me! |
| Babbs, Elmer | PC3 | Feb 5, 1974 – Feb 17, 1977 | Postal Clerk | Living in South Bend, IN I have been to a couple of the ships reunions. Working for the USPS now. |
| McCarson, James (Mac) | FN | May 1974 – 1975 | engineering | Made alot of good friends. Hope all are well. May God Bless. |
| Ellis, Jim | Ens/Lt jg | May 1974 – 1977 | Assist Communications officer and DCA | My first ship after being commissioned an officer. What a great experience. Looking back I looked 12 years old. I loved my men and wish I had been a better officer.I am now an attorney in Albuquerque, NM |
| Mathewson, Charlie (Chuck) | YN3 (YN2) | May 1974 – Apr 1976 | NAV/ADMIN | First surface vessel ever assigned to (first of many). The MACDONOUGH was re-commissioned. I enjoyed my 2 years onboard and the exercises we done - Rosie Roads, PR, Gitmo, Cuba and the time spent in Charleston, SC |
| Michaelson, Dellis | FTG-2 | May 4, 1974 – Jun 26, 1978 | Fox | Good to see some names from the past. |
| Curry, Ronald (Pat) | DSC | May 5, 1974 – May 9, 1977 | NTDS | |
| Campbell, Bob | RM3 | Jun 12, 1974 – Nov 20, 1976 | Operations | Would like to get in touch with a few friends who did the NATO cruise. Time Swaford, Terry Bradshaw and a few others. |
| Dececco, Dan Aka Douchebag | BT3 | Nov 22, 1974 – Dec 19, 1976 | Eng | Wow what a long strange trip its been. Still married 34 years, retired at 51, now I just hang out at my kids lot and piss them off. Tommy Tucker? I found J D Drown but not wilkins. A lot has changed |
| Gauthier, Robert | SN | 1975 – 1977 | 1ST-DECK | WE HAD A GOOD SKIPPER, CMD ALLEN. ALSO LT.DONNELY.ALSO REMEMBER [SHAFT]. . GOOD TIME IN ST. THOMAS FOR FOUR DAYS.NATO CRUISE WAS COLD. UNITAS WAS GOOD. CAN BE REACHED AT RGAUTHIER@COX.NET |
| Zbichorski, Joe (Ski) | E2 | 1975 – | 1st Div | |
| Curran, Michael | SN | Feb 1975 – Aug 1976 | deck | what a deck crew, murphy, leblanc,ski, mesa,blowers, corder, kikendall and chief gray also blair.remember the navy shower for feld. also bob gauthier from pawtucket. had great times on nato cruise with the os boys reim and the rest of them. never for |
| Feld, Lawrence | SN | Mar 9, 1975 – Dec 9, 1977 | deck gang | |
| Klein, William: | DS2 | May 1975 – Sep 1977 | CD | Still working for the Navy at the Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center |
| Najdowski, Michael | DK4 | Jun 1975 – Jun 1979 | Supply | On the Mighty Mac for 3 1/2 years. Met a lot of good people.Unitas, Med Cruise, St. Thomas, San Juan, England, Sweden, Nova Scotia. Should have been more of a tourist the first year! To times we will never forget and still can't remember! |
| Casey, Bill | RM3 | Jun 1, 1975 – Nov 12, 1976 | Operations | |
| Ferris, Peter | EW 1 | Jun 1, 1975 – Jun 1, 1978 | ||
| Olsen, Robert | MM2 | Aug 1975 – Feb 9, 1979 | M | |
| Patti, Mike | BT3 | Aug 20, 1975 – Aug 20, 1979 | ||
| Olsen, Robert | MM2 | Sep 1975 – Feb 9, 1979 | a-gang aft engine rm | It was good it was bad it was all we had |
| Mutz, Les | FTM3 | Sep 1975 – Feb 1977 | FTM | |
| Shoemaker, Stephen | GMG2 | Oct 1975 – Jun 1980 | Weapons | Best time of my life (just didn't know it at the time). Made many good friends and many great memories. Some of the shore leave is a bit fuzzy (hard to understand that, huh). |
| Henstra, Brian | BT2 | Dec 1975 – Jul 1979 | B div | would like to hear from old shipmates. and still operating boilers |
| Guess, Billy | BT1 | Dec 19, 1975 – Dec 19, 1980 | B Division | I went from a Fireman to a 1st Class on the best command I ever served on. She was a great ship. |
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