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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Spadefish (SSN 668). 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 204 crew members registered for the USS Spadefish (SSN 668).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1973 | 1974 – 1978 | 1979 – 1982 | 1983 – 1989 | 1990 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Stewart, William | EM1SS | 1968 – 1970 | E | Electrical |
Williams, Mike (Main Sea Water) | EMI(SS) | 1968 – 1970 | E Division | Plankowner - left the boat 1970 to go to Archerfish. Got out on Pearl Harbor Day 1972. Worked at EB and loaded core in USS OHIO first Trident. Worked the entire TMI-2 Accident Recovery. Decommissioning nukes |
Thomsd, Jim | MMCS(SS) | Mar 1, 1968 – Sep 15, 1971 | M | Retired in 71, worked for Planters Peanuts as Production Mgr, Division Eng, and Mgr Package Development. Retired after 26 yrs. Living in Kernersville,NC. |
Shook, John | STSC1 (SS) | Mar 1, 1968 – May 30, 1972 | Sonar | Best commissioning crew, ever!! |
Miller, George | mm2/ss | Mar 16, 1968 – Dec 1970 | m division | remember thomas, bowyer, richards,gwaltney, kovasa,ford , kleinstuber et. al m division also henson, o'neill, aabye, gadeken. also niemann, carpenter, heidenreich, ford, strauss, tolar |
Nichols, Kenneth | TM 2(SS) | May 8, 1968 – May 15, 1970 | Weapons | Plank owner transfered form Uss sea Owl SS405, on board approx 20 months, Transfered to shore duty NCSL panama city florida |
Strout, Ken | ETR-2 (SS) | Jun 1, 1968 – Jun 9, 1971 | Navigation | Served on Precommissioning Unit |
Carpenter, Charles | MM1(SS) | Jun 20, 1968 – Oct 30, 1972 | M-Div | Plankowner. Remember lots of hard work and good times with shipmates. Served on SSBN650 & SSN685.Retired as MMCS in 1985. Earned BS in 85 and MBA in '94. Retired from UC San Diego '05. Golfing Carlsbad, CA. Skiing in UT |
Missaggia, Dusty | TM2SS | Jul 14, 1968 – Sep 13, 1972 | Weapons | Looking for all my old shipmates from commisioning crew |
Aycock, Steve | QM2 SS | 1969 – Jun 1971 | Navigation | Commissioning Crew |
Belrose, John | E3 | Jan 10, 1969 – Nov 10, 1970 | Supply | Retired in 1988 as an LIC (SW) |
McVeigh, Robert | CS2 | Mar 1969 – Aug 1971 | Supply | Plankowner//Retired in 1994 as AWCS//Looking for other Plankowners. |
Olson, Richard | LT | Mar 15, 1969 – Dec 1971 | WEPS | Plank owner, 1st USN billet, !st LT/Deck Div Off; Radio Div Off, Aux Div Off, Elec Div Off, Weps Dept Head. EOOW, OD, Inport DO. Bunked w/ Corbin McNeill and Bruce Peck. 2 North Sea patrols. 20 more yrs in USNR, Ret Capt |
Dunn, Prarie Chicken (John) | QM3SS | Apr 1969 – 1970 | Quartermaster | Commission Crew |
Ankrum, L | ET(R)-2 (SS) | May 1969 – Aug 1971 | Reractor Control | Plankowner -Sea Trials, Holy Loch Scotland and a couple of Northern Runs. Left the boat before the first Med Cruise. Got a degree in Nuclear Engineering; now work at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA |
Singer, Mike | RM3 | Jun 1, 1969 – Apr 1, 1972 | Served on original Pre-com unit | |
Ostronic, Thomas | IC2 (SS) | Aug 1969 – Dec 1971 | E | I was transferred from an SSBN to SPADEFISH SSN668. Big change; however, it was a great experience -- critical missions, hard work, dedicated crew, with lots of humor. |
Strause, Paul | MM2 | Aug 14, 1969 – Jun 1971 | M Division | |
O'Dell, Leonard D. "Odie | ETN-2 SS | Oct 9, 1969 – Aug 12, 1971 | FWD ETs | Looking to talk to old shipmates. Retired 1990 after being medically disqualed from subs. |
Hudson, Douglas (Hongry, Thanx To Beetle Bailey) | STS2/SS | Dec 12, 1969 – Dec 10, 1974 | sonar | ret 1991 STSC/SS (proof they give chief to just about anyone.) Living in OK. and think quite fondly on my Spadefish days. Still e-mail Papa John Shook, denton Snider and hose nose gary schneider. Even heard from shootz |
Matters, Bradley | QM2 | Jan 1970 – Mar 1973 | Operations | great navigation team and crew |
Dowis, Robert (Smittie) | ET-1(SS) | Feb 1970 – Apr 1975 | Forward ET | Being a fast-attack sailor is a helluva way to make a living! Got out in 77 and fixed check sorters is the Denver area for 3 decades. Cancer survivor for 9 years now. areldee@hotmail.com |
Lilly, Bruce | MM 3 | Mar 1970 – Dec 1974 | ||
Hixon, Michael | IC3 | Jun 1970 – Jun 1973 | Interior Communications | Although I didn't appreciate my experience at the time I must admit that without the experience I would not have been prepared for my profession after the navy. I owe a dept of gratitude to all my shipmates. |
Frahm, Robert | ETR-1 | Jul 1, 1970 – Sep 1, 1971 | RC Division | Finally retired, and getting around to organizing my life. Hope to go to a Spadefish reunion soon. |
Wallace, Tom | TM | Dec 30, 1970 – May 29, 1973 | Weapons | |
Hogan, Robert | E3 | Jan 1971 – Jul 1974 | ELEC | |
Scott, Scottie | ETR3/SS | Jan 3, 1971 – Aug 28, 1974 | Navigation | I started out on the seaman gang and then went to the ET (NAV) Division. Was good friends with Mike Barnes, George Keephart, and Joe Aquiano. I went to the 2007 reunion with my wife. Retired from Army in 2000 and stayed here in sunny AZ. |
Bilskis, Rich | MM-1 | Apr 1971 – Dec 1974 | M division | Spadefish was the boat that shaped my career. MMCS Thomas, Bob Gwaltney, Charlie Carpenter, Paul Strause, Charlie Connell, Jeff Rice, Glenn Huffman, Jim Krazel and MMCM Powers were all key in my education. Retired 1990 |
Cooksey, Robert | RM2 | Jul 1971 – Jul 1975 | Communications | |
Johnson, Stanley (Stan) | SK3(SS) | Sep 1971 – Sep 1974 | Seaman Gang/ Supply Dept | First boat, got out of navy in 1974,back in 1975, retired as SKCS(SS) in 1998. really met some great guys on here Joe Aquino,Mike Barnes, George Kephart, Scott, Trammell, Winters,and of course my sea-dad,J J. Been trying to get in touch. |
Wagner, Charles | E-4/RM | Sep 10, 1971 – Apr 27, 1973 | communications | long long time ago, I can still remember how that music (the crew) used to make me smile! |
Butler, Mike | ms3/ss | Oct 1971 – Apr 1975 | supply | reenlisted 4/75 went to vrf-31 norfolk naval air station(2 years),and then to uss finback(ssn670) for 2 years. discharged 5/79. |
Kessler, Edgar (Ed) | RM1(SS) | Oct 15, 1971 – Apr 15, 1973 | Radio | I enjoyed serving with Bob Cooksey, Jack Hildebrandt, and Charlie Wagner. All good people. I really disliked alot of the officers, sorry ass bunch of vampires. Spadefish would not give medals. Only a select few received them. |
Aquino, Joaquin | MM3 (SS) | Nov 1971 – Jun 1975 | "A" gang | Good old days and exciting times inport and during deployments. Hang with Lensch, Nichols, Barney, Cessna, Scottie, Johnson, Winters, Kephart, Briggs, Lilly & Burrell. U guys da BEST! |
Graniczny, Mike | E-4 | Dec 1971 – Aug 1974 | Machinist Mate | |
Caldwell, Jim | MS3(SS) | Mar 4, 1972 – Aug 10, 1974 | Supply | Loved the boat, the crew was good, and the food even better. What do you want from a cook ??? Anyway, It was a great time in my life, one I remember with great fondness. |
Brader, Dave | QM1(SS) | Apr 22, 1972 – Sep 1975 | OPS/NAV | Discharged 9-75, continued reserve service. Spent 25+ years, Denver Fire Dept. Engineer. |
Kilmer, Jack {marty} | ICFN | Jan 3, 1973 – Mar 20, 1974 | Interior communication tech | Awesome times miss the crew especially guys like Al Hall, Dave Brader and Conrad Nagle also Mike Stretch Phillips.... |
Minks, Dennis "Mike" | ETN-2 | Apr 3, 1973 – Jun 1974 | Reactor | Had some great, then some not so great mates on board, but never doubted their capabilities or tenacity to make it happen. |
Jonn, Steve "Gyro" | IC2 SS/DV | Aug 1973 – Jul 1977 | Interior Communications | Great memories! Portsmouth SY, Northern runs, Med run, Ft. Lauderdale flare(our bicentennial). Nice to see some of the names here. |
Vaughan, Jamie Or Mike | QMC(SS) | Dec 14, 1973 – May 15, 1974 | Navigation | served while she was at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth Virginia |
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