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USS Spadefish (SSN 668) Crew List
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson, Earl | ET2 | 1983 – 1987 | Navigation | Difficult to adapt at first but turned out to be a great experience. |
| Tiegs, James (Cheryl) | IC1/SS | Mar 5, 1983 – Mar 8, 1990 | IC DIVISION | hEY TONY FERA IC-MEN RULE. LOVED THIS COMMAND. ICE OPS/TRAWLER KILLING MED RUN. MISS THE GREAT CREW AND SITTING IN CONTROL AS COW WITH CAPT TRAHAN STINKING US OUT. |
| White, Matthew | EMC(SS) | May 21, 1983 – Sep 21, 1986 | Electrical | Met my ex-wife did alot for our country and moved on. They called me Mega-White. |
| Garrison, Norris (Tony) | MS1(SS) | Jun 15, 1983 – Dec 7, 1989 | Supply | I look back now that the years about the boat was the best years of my life. The crew was the best one could anyone could have ask to serve with. |
| Barnett, Sammy | SK3(SS) | Jul 1983 – Jul 1986 | Supply | Served on the Spadefish during the Grenada Crisis, fun times onboard my first of 3 submarines. |
| Adams, Donald | IC2/SS | Oct 1983 – Oct 1988 | IC | Spent a lot of time in the torpedo room on watch with TM2 Shoe. Good times on the beach in Italy with Neb, Melson, Shane, and a few others. |
| Walker, Brad | Lt | Oct 20, 1983 – Jan 30, 1987 | Sonar, A-gang, E-div, Weps | Seems like such a long time ago.... |
| White, Bob | IC2 | Nov 10, 1983 – Dec 31, 1986 | IC | Auxiliary Electrician Forward Ship's Diver Transferred at end of tour to attend EOD School. Retired 02/2003 Senior Chief/Master EOD Tech. Warfares: EOD/SS/SW/AW |
| Melson, Randy | RM2 SS | Apr 27, 1984 – Aug 29, 1988 | radio | had great times and some not so great but the crew was family to me. icex and med snapup still makes me laugh. would love to hear from ic2 mike j brown, mm3 barto, rm2 neb and some that i can not remember names thanks to all who served |
| Lowrey, Arnie "Lunchbox" | MM2 | Jul 1984 – Aug 10, 1988 | M-Div | Great guys, suck CO, magnum suck Engineer! Great experience to look back on. Set me up for what I get to do now. |
| Nasatka, Michael (Boris) | MM2 | Jul 1984 – 1988 | M Division | |
| Short, Richard | et3 | 1985 – 1987 | ET | Had some great time and a few baad one too. Not bing the only one to wreck the duty van while on patrol was one of the better turns out. |
| Arledge, Shane | mm2/ss | Feb 1985 – Nov 11, 1988 | A-GANG | DON - WHERE YOU ARE ?. great friends, great overseas fun. hey to my drinking buds toby, don, morgan, dupre, gumby, dave, and the best baker on the boat - rocky. |
| Barnes, Robert | TMT-1(SS) | Apr 1985 – Apr 1986 | TM | Spent a year on Spadefish before separating at Gibraltar for a job at the General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Washington Engineering Office. George Bardsley(sp) was CO. Great boat! |
| Otto, Rick | STS2(SS) | 1986 – 1988 | Sonar | |
Smith, John  | LCDR | 1986 – 1989 | ENGINEER | |
| Winkler, Jud | ET2 | Apr 1986 – Jan 1990 | RC | Remember EWS/EDPO quals with Master Chief Dave Coulson and working through shipyard overhaul for MG set power conditioners & putting on the special hull treatment coatings (SHT). ANyone know what ever happened to Bill Guy? |
| Hawk, Keith | EM1/SS | Apr 20, 1986 – Oct 16, 1989 | ELECTRICAL | I will always remember the long days and nights in the shipyard, seemed like we were always on shift work. I will also always remember Master Chief Dave Coulson, he was tough as nails, but taught me so much |
| Pickens, Charlie (Slim) | EM2 | Jul 10, 1986 – Aug 10, 1990 | Electrical | Shipyard shiftwork, Friday morning field days at 0400, Med Runs, Va Beach, Ft. Story, EMCM Coulson, volleyball - best group I have ever known and hardest working. |
| Craig, Steve | STS2 (SS) | Aug 1986 – May 19, 1991 | Sonar | I was fortunate to serve under STCM Serwinski and STS1 Izzy DeJesus. I learned a lot from both of them. Great crew. I met a lot a good hard working people. I liked all my experiences except for the overhaul. |
| Mitchell, Joel | EM3 | Sep 1986 – Jun 1990 | E | Norfolk Naval Ship Yard bad, heavy drinking on Med Run and PR/St. Croix good. |
| Prosser, James | ET2 | Apr 1987 – Jan 1990 | NAV/OPS | |
| Hanson, Dale | LT | Jun 1987 – May 1990 | Supply | One of the best days was pulling out of the shipyard in Portsmouth, never to return. Respected and enjoyed serving with some really great sailors; MC Serwinski, Chief Hansen (my "brother"), QM1 Mitchell (the Spadefish lifer) and SK1 Aust. |
| Banks, Robert | E-2 | 1988 – 1989 | Submarine Force | Looking to say Hello to my old mates |
| Belt, John | MS2(SS) | 1988 – 1991 | SUPPLY | |
| Butler, Stacy | MM3 SS | 1988 – 1993 | A-GANG | AGANG RULES! |
| Haynes, Dave | FTG1 | 1988 – 1991 | weapons | miss the good old days, we had lots of fun |
| James, Kenneth | QM3(SS) | 1988 – | Navigation | Salute to my crew of USS SPADEFISH SSN668 James KP Qm3(ss) Ruben 727 741 7537 Call txt anytime |
| Bailey, Stanley | ET3 | Jan 1988 – Dec 1988 | ESM | |
| Roman, Alberto | E-4 / MM3(SS) | Mar 1988 – Jun 1992 | Auxiliary Division / A-GANG | Hot Bunking - not good. Sweating 10 lbs of water weight running the Diesel in shifts...Hot ! "Commence Field Day"! Running to the bilge areas with a tool bag and flash light in my underwear during the "90" collision. |
| Toellner, Gregory | STS/SS | Aug 1988 – Nov 1992 | Weapons/ Sonar | The Spade Dog was the hot runner of the fleet. What crew. So many memories. How bout ice football at the ice camp. |
| Reighter, Todd | ET1/SS | Aug 8, 1988 – Jul 8, 1992 | OE | What memories of Med. Run 90, North 91, and Polar Express 92. Bump in the night in the English Channel. Captain Trahan with his stoggy in one hand and the #2 scope in the other. |
| Potts, Doc | HMCS (SS) | Nov 1988 – Jan 1991 | Medical | |
| Hughes, Bobby | MM2&1 | Dec 1988 – Nov 1991 | RL | |
| Needham, David / Hambone | MM3, MM2, MM1 | Jan 1, 1989 – Jun 1, 1992 | M - | Puerto Rico was the best!!! |
| Dellinger, Gman | Nub- STS1(SS) | Jan 10, 1989 – May 10, 1993 | Sonar | Friar Tucks depth charges! Fred Patinka, Steve Craig, Jim Lawrence, Master Chief Serwinski. Miss the boathouse and the Left Wing Fascists! STCM was the best sonarman ever, hands down. He taught us everything he knew. |
| Trahan, Chuck | CDR | Apr 19, 1989 – Dec 20, 1991 | CO | |
| Dyson, Douglas | ET3/2 | Jul 1989 – Jul 1990 | RC | Still active USMC H53 Iraq/Afghanistan Now in the Presidential Squadron |
| Clark, Brian | NUB TO EM1 (SS) | Jul 5, 1989 – Feb 18, 1994 | E | Resin Fest with no showers for 2 weeks pretty much sums it up. |
| Green, Terrance | E-5 SK2/SS | Jul 19, 1989 – Jun 21, 1991 | SUPPLY | My last command in the Navy and I hated it. I had done 4 yrs out to sea and was supposed to do shore duty but they sent me to the Spadefish because my last command wanted me to suffer. They wanted me out of the Navy..... |
| Tillery, Paul Tillery | MM1 | Nov 3, 1989 – Jun 4, 1993 | M |
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