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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Coontz (DDG 40). 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 365 crew members registered for the USS Coontz (DDG 40).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Borst, Roy | HT2 | 1981 – 1985 | R | Good memories |
Dolan, Ken | BT3 | 1981 – Nov 1985 | B (EB02) | Best bunch of BT's to ever steam with. Forward & Aft Firerooms. Best of luck and I hope all my fellow shipmate are doing well. |
McLees, Harry | FN | 1981 – 1983 | A GANG | A GANGERS AND HT'S THE BEST BUNCH OF GUYS I HAVE EVER MET . whats everybody up to. |
Newton, James M "neutron" | MM3 | 1981 – 1981 | A-Gang | I was waiting for Nuke School, Met the boat the day she pulled into Philly for overhaul. Did a 5 month tour w/ A-Gang, Probably the best and hardest partying 5 months of my Navy Career - Rock on Packer-A-go-go!! |
Lomheim, Steve | RM3 | 1981 – 1984 | OC | I was on for Ocean Venture 82, Golden Shellback, Med Cruise, Virgin Islands. We accidently fired a Harpoon missile and it woke me up! Nearly hit St Thomas! oops! Site -- http://home.comcast.net/~slumhime |
Mullin, Steven | SM 2 | 1981 – 1982 | Communications | |
Mitchell, Steve | GM3 | 1981 – 1984 | GM | Ahh the good old days...between Granada and the Philly Ship yards, it doesn't get any better than that ;) |
Foley, Mark | OS2 | Jan 1981 – Jun 1985 | OI | The older you get the more I miss those days and people |
Burgess, Joe | FTGC | Jan 1981 – 1984 | FOX | Great ship; she was a steamer. CO most of this period Joseph Reason. Adm Borda rode as his flagship. Completed WATC/MED IN 1981. |
Clayton, James | OS2 | Feb 1981 – Jul 1984 | OI | |
Hunt, David | BT3 | Mar 1981 – Mar 1983 | B | anyone remember chief lipps #2 fireroom,was a blast serving on #4.0 |
Casselman, Troy | E-4/BM3 | Apr 1981 – Feb 15, 1984 | 1st division | razor blades |
Letchworth, Sheldon | E5 / YN2 | Apr 1981 – Oct 1984 | Admin | Came onboard in '81 and made our famous Caribbean cruise with Harpoon missile launch. Oops! Med cruise in 81-82. Philly shipyard 82-83. Bid farewell to the Coontz and the Navy '84. Stoffa & Carroll were great LTs |
O'Grady, Dan | MM E3 | May 14, 1981 – Jun 5, 1984 | Engineering | I'm looking Eddie chapman, sam torrence, Charlie gray, William bailey, Greg tillman, CAPT Joseph p reason,Greg Knight. |
Clayton, Don (Ducky) | FN | Jun 1981 – Feb 1983 | B | |
Ragle, Jonathan | E5/OS2 | Jul 5, 1981 – Dec 19, 1984 | OI | Made two Med. cruises, along with two trips to the Black Sea . Spent time in the Philly ship yard, and lots of time in Norfolk Va. Made a lot of great friends YN2 Letchworth is at the top of that list. |
Huston, Tom | HT3 | Aug 5, 1981 – Jan 14, 1984 | R | Best Ship I served on during my 20 years, where are all the HT's we had 17 of them at once During the 81-82 med cruise. McQuin,Trowbridge,Gallagher,Robbins,Slack,Booth,Helms,McMahon,Where are you guys... |
Reese, Danny | Petty Officer 2nd class MM | Aug 18, 1981 – Mar 3, 1985 | A-Gang and Main Control. Underway Duty A-Gang! | Came aboard just before the West African Cruise. Served under the Great Great Captain Reason(Admiral) and Commodore BORDA ( Admiral) Learned a lot. I will never forget the good times we had. |
Uber, Wayne D. | DS2(SW) | Sep 2, 1981 – Oct 5, 1984 | OD | I was a UYA-4 Display Tech Sailor of the Quarter Dec. 1982 I re-enlisted Feb. 1984--new "C" school NIPS--Key West, Fl Shore Duty at NIPS Command after school--Nov. 1984 - Nov 1986 Entire Command was moved up to NMITC - |
Beer, Marty | FTM2 | Oct 1, 1981 – Jan 1, 1985 | FOX | Two Meds,Black Sea, Dry Dock in Philly and several Caribbean cruises. Many days at sea. Can't forget Garnada. Anyone else on during that time? |
Barrall, Jim (J.r.) | E5-EM2 | Oct 1, 1981 – Nov 1, 1984 | Electrical | Memories... some of the best! |
Adams, Chester/ "c.b." | BM1 E6 | Oct 14, 1981 – Oct 3, 1983 | This was my dad. My name is Rachael. One of his friends names was Mike. Nickname was Doc. | |
Jones, Thomas | BM3 | Dec 15, 1981 – Jul 27, 1985 | 1st Deck | I served onboard from Dec.81 to Jul85. Went on two meds. Served during Granada. I wish all of my former shipmates the best and Coontz was the best ship I ever sailed on. |
Gilbert, Gerald | ET2/1(SW) | 1982 – 1985 | OE | The Coontz was my first ship and will always be special. I am now retired from the Navy and work at the firm of Booz Allen Hamilton |
Hauxwell, Brad Don | EM3 | 1982 – 1984 | ||
Fowler, Jerry | ET 3 | 1982 – 1985 | Grenada was fun but the Black Sea that was crazy. Lebanon, Libya gosh. After my 4 years in I have spent 17 year plus as a Peace Officer among other things. God Bless the Stark crew. I am glad I missed that, to damn sad. | |
Adams, Baz | DSSN | 1982 – 1985 | Computer Room | Hey all..I remember you all like yesterday. Philly, Med cruise, cutting the Cptn's hair before Ft. Lauterdale, jumping off the cliff at Gitmo w/ 2 big dudes on my tail. Back in Dover,N.H. working for Goss International. |
Hill, Steven | FTMC(SW) | 1982 – 1984 | Fox | |
Gerres, Lawrence / Larry | EM1 | Jan 1982 – Apr 1984 | E | |
Fox, Tony | E5 | Jan 1, 1982 – Sep 30, 1985 | Er02 | |
Combs, Watt | EN2 | Jan 2, 1982 – Aug 25, 1985 | A Gang | hi |
Cencek, Tony | E-3 | Jan 15, 1982 – Dec 15, 1984 | OW | The movie theatre in GITMO, Rosie Roads, Mama's in the Naples Gut, the Sunshine Club in Haifa, Gaeta at Christmas, shooting at the bannana boat in Greneda. That was a great crew! Im a ship superintendent in San Diego. |
Henning, William (Ronnie) | OS 3 | Feb 13, 1982 – May 28, 1985 | OI | This was the only ship I was on while in the navy, I will allways carry alot of memories of shipmates,and the ports we went to and the things we did while in the philly ship yards, I have back to Philadelphia since 1983 and will never foget blind ma |
Jossy, Chuck | EM2 | Mar 1982 – Dec 12, 1986 | E | Served from '82 to '86 Kept the lights on at least most of the time. |
Hall, Ken (K.c ) | PO3 BM3 | Mar 3, 1982 – Jun 4, 1985 | 1 st | IM surprised that some of you old salts are still alive |
Koreck, Ronnie--vino | E3 ms | Mar 12, 1982 – Jan 16, 1985 | Supply | Yo it's vino from philly who were the guys rocking the boat up on the bridge and spilled my cake in the ovens. Brooks I miss you man .Glenn Collier as well the missile launch,Grenada,st Thomas,was all good |
Gray, Charles (Chuck) | MM/ E-3 | Apr 2, 1982 – Aug 3, 1986 | M #2mmr | Still steaming boilers!! Great times. |
Nooney, Dan | Bm3 | Apr 4, 1982 – Aug 4, 1985 | First division | Really believe those years on the Coontz were the worst years for 1st division. Captain brooks who crash the ship into a refueling tender and chief Bain. Chief Howard was the best. Ship hardly ever had fresh water. |
Hill, Steve | FTMC | Apr 28, 1982 – Aug 1, 1984 | Fox | |
Callahan, Dennis | LT | Jun 1982 – Nov 1984 | WEAPONS (MISSILE OFFICER) | Thoroughly enjoyed my tour of duty on the USS COONTZ (DDG40)...Still keep in touch with some shipmates that I met during my tour...Remember...Lt Dave Labarbera, CHENG, WEPO (LCDR Randy Brown), PO1 Harrington, CDR BARBERO |
Tilghman, Craig | E/3 | Jun 18, 1982 – Jun 17, 1986 | M | |
Fox, Tony | IC2 | Aug 17, 1982 – Aug 16, 1985 | electrical | USS Coontz, when I was there never thought I would miss that tin can but a part of me does for sure. Great Ship, Great friends, hope you all are doing well. In Colorado look me up anytime. |
Goden, Ron | BT 3 | Sep 1, 1982 – Jan 1, 1985 | B | Hey to #2 B div...Madan(drinkin buddy),Mattews(Mr. smooth),Dano(remember the "Hulk" painting on fire escape)Dolan(Hanging from aft stack in harness)Gillette(smiley). Madan, remember the "fires out" during full steam at Gitmo. battl |
Locke, Brian | OS-3 | Sep 28, 1982 – Sep 28, 1987 | Ops | Never forget the men who died on the USS Stark!! |
Walker, Robert - Bob | FTG2 | Oct 1982 – Mar 1986 | 2ND | It was good to serve in the Ronald Reagan Navy! - anyone heard from Rick White? God Bless |
Kessen, Ed | BT3 | Nov 1982 – Oct 12, 1985 | aft fireroom thr best times i had in 20 yrs | |
Knight, Fred | E3 | Nov 1982 – 1986 | A gang | |
Gillette, Richard | BT2 | Nov 1, 1982 – Nov 3, 1986 | B-Div 2 fire | E Mail me at 1bt2rtgill@reaganemail.com |
Gillette, Richard | BT2 | Nov 30, 1982 – Nov 3, 1986 | B-div | Looking to share pictures of our times aboard /and on shore and contact/email.This is my new E-mail as of 12=16=2013. 1bt2rtgill@reaganemail.com. |
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