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USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37). 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 946 crew members registered for the USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1967 | 1968 – 1970 | 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kester, Duane | BM3 | 1980 – 1983 | 1st | A lot of good times. Wouldn't change a thing. |
| Crater, Jeff | mr3 | 1980 – 1981 | mr | |
| Hartbeck, Betsy | IC | 1980 – 1981 | IC REPAIR | |
| Bain, Melvin | e2 | 1980 – 1982 | boatsansmate | what up howie dog holla at me. sorry about sliping you that acid that night. But we had fun anyway.Your homeboy from St.Louis MO. Melvin INSAIN BAIN. |
| Richardson, Steve | sn 3 | 1980 – 1981 | canvas shop | |
| Nelson, Jeffrey,forrest | HT 2 | 1980 – Aug 19, 1983 | R | Anybody seen Lisa wolf??? I would love to hear from her!! |
| Polasek, Robert | HT-2 | 1980 – Jun 22, 1985 | R-1 | Served 5 years aboard building 37 as we used to joke. Made three West Pacs. Miss the tropics. Diego Garcia was a fisherman's paradise. Met the love of my life aboard the Gompers. Married with 5 wonderful children. |
| Burgos, Edgardo | SA | Jan 1980 – Aug 1981 | DECK | What a great ship. I met a lot of great people. JoAnn , little Cali, Salazar, Soto and Ceaser to mention a few. If any of you guys read this, I hope your having a great life. Good luck to you all. Your Buddy Burgos |
| Cadd, Wayne | MLC | Jan 11, 1980 – Jan 10, 1985 | r-2 | |
| Bay, Louie | ENC | Jan 13, 1980 – May 1981 | ADMIN | What a great ship. Worked as 3-M cord. Made CPO on 13 aug. '80. Served under Capt.O'MALIA. Big event in my life .Remember Lacy,Archer,Larson,Lyons and many others. Sorry to hear it was a target. |
| Howard, Darryl | sn | Feb 16, 1980 – Apr 22, 1983 | supple s-1 | trying to contact any of the homies i served with i can be reached at 317-822-6691 |
| Reburn (King), Cynthia (Candy) | SH2 During cruise SHSN | Mar 1980 – Jun 1982 | Supply S3 | I served with Terry King, Johnny Rae, Iggy Gonzales, PO3 Smith |
| Allen, Daniel | SK2 | Mar 15, 1980 – Sep 22, 1984 | supply | loved going on the 2 west pac made many friends on my tour there |
| Ingram, Steve | HT1 (SW) | Mar 15, 1980 – Mar 31, 1984 | RT/NDT Lab | Had a great time onboard. |
| Holliday, Mike | LI2 | May 15, 1980 – May 15, 1983 | R5 | John Neve, Yolanda Diez, Sr. Chief, John Parks, Mitch Baldwin, Mike Milner, George Neff, Parks, Greenly, Dowdell, Uk, Shafer, and anyone else who sees this... send me a message! Would love to hear from you! |
| Martin, Jeff | en3 | Jun 12, 1980 – Feb 12, 1982 | r2 | had a lot of good friends, i worked in the valve shop, the engine shop and boiler repair shop. i lived off ship |
| Hallahan, Michael | bm3 | Jul 14, 1980 – Jun 25, 1984 | boats and cranes div. | the best 3 years ever will always have great memories of the 3 west packs i served on. |
Rivers, Edward  | storekeeper | Aug 1, 1980 – Jul 1, 1983 | supply | Whats up to the supply crew shout out to Indian,Detroit , shy town Oakland, jacksonville if you dont remember me you would see me and Darrell howard aka howard dog hanging out to gether. 9042339464 |
| Johnson, Dennis | DT | Aug 2, 1980 – Sep 14, 1982 | dental | was up ricky |
| Cotant, Mike | IC-3 | Sep 1980 – Sep 1984 | R-3 | Served with Skovira, Cruz, Dalvit. Played a lot of cards |
| Skovira, Bernard | IC2 | Sep 25, 1980 – May 15, 1983 | R3 | |
| Taylor, Leona / Lee | FT2 | Oct 1980 – | R-4 | |
| Paul, James | E-6 (GMG 1) | Nov 1980 – May 1984 | w-3 ships armory | this was my first ship after boot camp , and i met some of the best people, and was the coach of the ships softball team. miss all you guys. would love too hear from yall. |
| Brazil, Jeff "Daddy-b" "braz" | EMFN | Nov 1980 – Mar 1983 | E Division | 2 years of talking like WC Fields? Thanks Nick |
| Griffes, Ed | MM3 | Nov 14, 1980 – Dec 31, 1983 | M | Darrel Lunde came across your name and Jmmiy Heins on this site.Man they were some good times. Remeber when the spring bearing burend up? The Uss Spartenatlmoast sank in the lagon at Diego Garciea? |
| Gonzales, Raymond / Chico | EM3 | Dec 1980 – | E Division | Looking for some old friends. I left the Gompers for Balboa after breaking my ankle rollerskating after a Christmas party at "The Condo"...Ended up on the Bainbridge. |
| Stoudenmier, Michael | DP3 | Dec 6, 1980 – May 1982 | S-6 Data Processing | Great times on the Gompers. Served on two West Pac/I.O. cruises. Saw more of Diego Garcia than I care to remember. Great times in Hong Kong, and Australia. Hope everyone in S-6 have had wonderful lives after "Sam" |
| Martin, Guss | yn3 | Dec 28, 1980 – Apr 24, 1984 | admin/weapons | pn2 austin, clegg, grigsby, ken williams, both of them, wictor hall, would like to hear from you guys. |
| Martin, Guss | E-4/YN3 | Dec 28, 1980 – Apr 24, 1984 | admin/weapons | |
| Clegg, Merreld | PN2 | 1981 – 1984 | ADMIN | What a crazy time to be in the Navy..... Looking for Jackie Miliken, Carla Croner, Ricky Austin or anyone who served from 81-84. |
| Cirullo, Theresa | QM3 | 1981 – 1984 | Operations - Navigations | Arriving onboard Sammy G in Fall 1981 I was in Deck Department until I moved up to Operations as a QM. I have fond, hazy memories and wonder how everyone is doing. |
| Figgins, Jesse | MMFN | 1981 – 1984 | M | I had quite an adventure on the Fat Sam, learned a lot about myself, and engineering, which layed the foundation for what I still do today as a licensed steam engineer. |
| Campbell, Sandra | E3 | 1981 – 1982 | Engineering | |
| Rivero, Peter | E-4 | 1981 – 1982 | A-Gang | Loved finishing my career on the Gompers, in San Diego |
| Powell, Tod | PH3 photographers mate E-4 | 1981 – 1983 | repair | I loved being on the ship, especially the west -pac,all but the ac going out in Diego-Garcia that was hot, I cant complain to much after going down to the engine room... they had it hot.. ...todsterx69@gmail.com |
| Carver, Steve | HT2 | 1981 – 1983 | R-1 weldshop | Good times, good friends. Does anyone else miss Diego Garcia? |
| Marin, Raymond | EM3 | 1981 – Jan 1984 | E | Is there anybody out there? |
| Korchowsky, George | LT in 1981; Ret. O-6, 2007 | 1981 – 1983 | Operations Dept. | Reported in late 1981 as Ops Officer. Departed after deployment in 1983. I remember Gompers being the 1st USN ship to visit Sri Lanka in decades. Christmas at Diego Garcia? Glamping safari in Kenya's Masai Mara Preserve. |
| Griffith, Beverly | E-3 Deck | 1981 – 1984 | deck | Wow, I have dreams that I'm back on the ship. All the people I knew are not there anymore. Makes me mad. I miss ya'll. the least u could do is pop up n my dreams. |
| Cali, Alice | E5 | Jan 1981 – Dec 1984 | Personnel Office | Met the ship in Hawaii - made 3 westpacs. Started out in deck div., moved into personnel. Does anyone know where Joanne Restko is? I've been trying to find her forever! Have reconnected with alot of people through facebook - look me up! |
| Wolfe, David | MR3 | Jan 1981 – Jun 1982 | 31A | |
| Austin, Ricky | PN3 | Jan 2, 1981 – Jan 2, 1984 | AD | looking for Merreld Clegg, Silvester-Sly Mitchel and anyone who worked in admin division during this time. |
| Adams, Chuck/chew Bitch | SN/LI/PM | Feb 1, 1981 – Jan 15, 1985 | 3rd/boats and cranes | sad to hear about the target thing. I had a great time on the boat. had fun in de-gar,aust.pi.hongkong.singap.mauritius.fiji.japan.guam.and?? anybody know where and how deep she is? |
| Edwards, Joseph ( Country Joe ) | HT2 | Feb 2, 1981 – Aug 1, 1984 | 56-A | Reflecting back, it was the best time ever. I literally became a man aboard the Fat Sam. Big shout outs to Lil Man, Dowdell, Ashmon, Edwards, Daniels. Oh man! I almost forgot about Greene! What's up Green? U still getting Japanese? Remember Sidney |
| Thornton, Jackie | TM1(SW) | Feb 5, 1981 – May 10, 1984 | W-1 & WEAPONS OFFICE | GREAT COMMAND MADE MANY FRIENDS |
| Hudson, James | PNCM | Feb 15, 1981 – Dec 21, 1983 | X | |
| McGowan, Patrick | ET1 | Mar 1981 – Jun 1984 | RT, R4, OE | Learned more on the Fat Sam than any other point in my backround. It wasn't always fun, but looking back on it, it was worth it... Good Luck All |
| Hanna, Michael | HTC (SW) | Mar 1981 – Nov 1984 | R-1 / 26A | My first command and one of the most memorable. Had a lot of fun on West Pacs and we had a great shop and division. Grew up a whole lot there. Wound up doing 22 years and saw many of the sailors I served with later on. |
| Allen, Howard | ET1 | Mar 10, 1981 – Mar 10, 1983 | R6 | |
| Wright, Dwayne | ET3 | Mar 15, 1981 – Oct 15, 1983 | R4 | I originally was a deckhand and went to the striker board to be an ET. |
| Giongco, Ben | MM1 | Apr 6, 1981 – Mar 1985 | A GANG / M | |
| Pireda, Donna | E-5 | Apr 15, 1981 – Oct 23, 1985 | S-2 | An amazing time in my life that I will always cherish. Glad I did it and saw the world and "Navy Retired". Hello to my dear friends Elia, and Pam, Hope ya'll had a great life!! |
| Clancy, Daniel | RM2 | May 1981 – Aug 1982 | OC | Oh boy lots of fun and memories onboard Fat Sam |
| Kaat, Dawn | SN | May 1981 – May 1985 | 1ST DECK | HAD A SWELL TIME ON THE SHIP SAD TO HEAR IT SANK WAS NEVER CONTACTED FOR CEREMONY FOR DECOMISSION...SAD :( |
| Flores, Robert/flip | RM1 | May 1981 – Apr 1982 | Recruiting | Worked at Mckeesport and Dormont Recruiting statios and the Federal Building in Pittsburgh PA |
| Damron, Brad | BM 3 | Jun 1981 – Jan 1984 | R1 | Looking for some shipmates , want to see how everyone is doing and bring back some old memories. If anyone remembers me from R1 div. get back to me . |
| Corona, John/ Beaner | BM3 | Jun 11, 1981 – Jun 10, 1985 | DECK | LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO REMBERS THE BABY BEING BORN ON GOMPERS. GOMPERS DELIVERS!!!!! |
| Hernandez, Mark | MS-3 | Sep 1981 – Nov 1983 | S-2 | Hey this is Mark. I worked BM for a while I worked in the paint shop till I got my A school for MS. I left the Gompers late 83 went to Lemoore NAS Attack Squadron 146. Attached to the KItty Hawk. I remember you beverly! |
| Griffin, Wild Bill | E4 | Sep 1981 – May 1985 | r6 , r2 | Thanks shipmates for all the goodtimes.valveshop, machineshop |
| Heins, Jimmy | E-3 | Sep 15, 1981 – Jun 28, 1985 | Proud that I served | |
| Lunde, Darl D | MM3 | Oct 8, 1981 – Jun 8, 1985 | M | No regrets. |
| Averill, Adrianne | TM2 | Dec 21, 1981 – Jun 11, 1985 | W-2 |
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