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USS George Washington (SSBN 598) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS George Washington (SSBN 598). 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 187 crew members registered for the USS George Washington (SSBN 598).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1965 | 1966 – 1972 | 1973 – 1977 | 1978 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirchoff, Roy | MM2/SS | 1978 – 1981 | A Gang | Hi to everyone I served with. We had a great crew and many great times. |
| Tabrah, Thomas | QM1(SS) | 1978 – 1980 | Nav/Ops | Joined U.S. Coast Guard. Retired 2005. Traver, Maile, Docimo, LT Dodd, Topel, Gilbert, most memorable. Morgan & Bean COs. Keep up with Bill King. Lived in Crab Alley. Best unit/crew I served with in 31 yrs. Good food. |
| Walls, Michael | ST# | 1978 – 1982 | Sonar | Michael Walls Was a Great Friend and Sailor: Michael Everette Walls Died on April 23 1998 at his home. Mike served in the Navy from 1978 - 1998 retiring as a Chief Petty Officer. Survived by Wife and Two Daughters. |
| Bob, Hahn | STS(SS) | Jan 1, 1978 – Jun 15, 1981 | Sonar | On the Georgefish from 78 to 81. Made one ops run to Florida and 5 NDPs from Guam. Sonar was a fascinating place to work. In the rack though during our collision with the NM. Just retired from the comm business in 2015 |
| Hamilton, Westley | MM2 | Feb 1978 – Oct 1981 | Engineering | |
| Andrade, Jose | MT2 | Mar 1978 – Jan 1982 | Weapons Div. Missile | Qualified sub. 4 Aug. 1978 I was the LOS during the collision with the Nissho Maru. Anyone knows the whereabouts of MT Tommy L. Zimmerman. He was also my roving patrol at the time of the collision. Decom. 598 & 618 |
| Force, Dan | QM2/SS | Apr 1978 – Jun 1980 | Nav/Ops | first boat , good memories, where you at mike Duffle, drop me a line |
| Burgess, Steven | ET2 (SS) | Apr 16, 1978 – Jan 1, 1981 | REACTOR CONTROLS | Rewarding tour - Screened and accepted as an instructor at Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training Unit in Ballston Spa, New York. After 30 years of service and multiple duty stations, retired as an ETCM (SW/AW/SS) |
| Gilbert, Mark | QM2 | Jun 1, 1978 – Nov 16, 1981 | Nav | Great time; Great memories. |
| Knox, Kevin | IC-1(ss) | Jun 15, 1978 – May 25, 1980 | Electrical | Some of the best times in the Navy on the "Georgefish". Living in Texas now. |
| Williams, Darryl | STS2(SS) | Aug 1978 – Feb 1980 | SONAR | |
| Delconte, Kevin | QM3 | Aug 1978 – 1980 | Nav/ops | Great memories |
| Dewey, Ricky | TM2 | Aug 29, 1978 – Sep 1, 1981 | Weapons | I was on the Gold Crew. Was on board when we sank the Japanies Ship. Miss the old gang. Had alot of fun. Miss the mid patrol break in Chin Hey Korea. Has anybody herd from TM Brown, KK Car, or Erick Fulton. Please Drop |
| Hill, Leroy | STS1/SS | Nov 1978 – Jul 1983 | Weapons | DId 5 patrols on GW before they took her missiles off and turned us into slow boat |
| Svoboda, Robert ("Dr Bob") | LT | Nov 13, 1978 – Jul 14, 1980 | E,M | Now a physics prof at UC Davis. Still in the NUC business! |
| Shaffer, Scott | MMI (SS) | Dec 1978 – Aug 1981 | Machinery/ELT | First submarine. Made 5 patrols. |
| Holmstrom, Kevin | E-6/ET1 | Dec 1978 – Jul 1982 | Reactor Controls | I was on Gold Crew. Did 5 patrols and off-loaded missles in Bremerton. On board for Nissho Maru Incident. Looking for Robert Smoter, my leading PO when I arrived. Working at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generagting Plant. |
| Huffman, Matt | ET1(SS) | 1979 – 1982 | Reactor Controls | I was the reactor operator at the time of the sinking of the Nissau maru, quite an experience. Anyone else think it's strange that the GW sail on display in Groton is partly from the Abe Lincoln? |
| Whiting, Gary | MT2/SS | 1979 – 1982 | Weapons | Along time ago ... many friends I would love to get back into contact with. |
| Robinson, Tim (Robbie) | MT2(SS) | Jan 1, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981 | Weapons | |
| Cook, Charles | YN2(SS) | Aug 1979 – Aug 1980 | Admin | Worked for the best CommandingOfficer. CDR Charles D. Bean. Best time of my life Would do it all again if I could!!! |
| Vernor, Chris | MM1(SS) | Sep 1979 – Oct 1982 | (ELT) | |
| Prociw, Jim | RM2(SS) | Oct 1979 – Sep 1983 | Radio | |
| Darigan, Robert (Brick-bat) | STS3/SS | Oct 28, 1979 – Sep 17, 1981 | SONAR | I was a fully qualified, stupid, know it all NUB!!! Eventually I qualified, got my fish and left due to the combined crew and redesignation from SSBN to Slow Approach SSN! |
| McAteer, Robin/big Mac | MT2(SS) | Dec 7, 1979 – Jul 1, 1981 | MT | First boat after conversion to MT. Had a good time, except for Patrol 54(April 10th 1981). Good friends: Ricky Bauer/Rick Harless/John Brown/John Duca/Don Lady/Randy Barron/KK Carr/'Slim' Singleton/'Bull' Winner/John Trice |
| Festor, Eric | TM3/SS | 1980 – 1983 | TM | Those were the days! On Facebook if anyone wants to look me up! |
| Beattie, Jeffrey | e-3 | 1980 – 1981 | MM | |
| Premo, Dave | EM1 | Jan 10, 1980 – Aug 31, 1981 | E Div | Retired as LCDR. Still in Nuc field at Savannah River National Lab. I recognized Lt Svoboda on the list This was my second boat |
| Gagne, Robert | ET3 | Feb 8, 1980 – Sep 3, 1981 | NavET | Re-qualed on 07/29/1980, patrols 51, 53, 55 Blue Crew |
| Green, Scott | Mar 7, 1980 – Oct 24, 1982 | A GANG | My frist boat man that a long time ago | |
| Goodman, Randy | PN2(SS) | Apr 1, 1980 – Oct 1, 1981 | Admin | Some of the best times of my life. Would do it all again. |
| Haines, Stephen Richard | ms2(ss) | May 15, 1980 – May 1981 | supply/ms | I was only on the boat for 1 year but do remember the day we hit and sank the Japanese fishing trawler. What a day. Way to go Lt. Hampton.!!!!!!!!!!! Do not forget that the National Archives available this year. |
| Beattie, Jeffrey | E-3 | Jul 10, 1980 – | Machinist Mate | Was the best time of my life. Great crew and made a lot of friends. Was a great experiance |
Fulton, Eric  | E5 FTG | 1981 – | FTG | |
| Hammes, Wayne | sts2 (ss) | Jan 7, 1981 – Apr 1982 | Sonar | I was on watch in sonar when we hit the Japanese freighter. We all thought we were dead meat when he hit us. There was a big investigation when we got back into port. I am glad we were doing things right in sonar. |
| Curiel, Adam | MM2 | Jan 23, 1981 – May 18, 1981 | A | |
| Whitehouse, David (Mouse) | MM2 (SS) | Feb 1981 – Jan 24, 1985 | M | Member of de-com crew, was at sail dedication in Conn. |
| Fife, Leslie | STSSN | 1982 – | Sonar | Onboard for about 6 mo. Left for ROTC scholarship. Part of time, in PH drydock. Remember CJ Jones. |
| Hammond, Barry | RM3 | Mar 12, 1982 – Jun 6, 1984 | Radio | |
| Evans, Greg | MM1(SS) | Apr 1982 – Jan 1985 | ELT | Joined the boat in Pearl Harbor during a refit in 1982. Lots of good people on her. The command was less than desirable. Glad he didn't last long. |
| Munson, Scott D. | MM1(SS) | May 1982 – Oct 1983 | ||
| Davila, Juan | ET2 (SS) | May 1982 – May 1985 | RC | Picked the boat up during extended yard period in Hawaii, changed homeports to NL, CT. Unitas run around South America. Stayed with her through decommisioning in Bremerton. |
| Zienka, Tom | ET2 | Jun 15, 1982 – Dec 15, 1984 | RC | Need to contact old ship mates of decommissioning crew Important VA issues. If your a nuke there are things coming to us |
| Turton, Kenneth | MM2 (SS/ELT) | Jul 1, 1982 – Jan 24, 1985 | ELT | Reported to GW when it was in Pearl Harbor refit right after it sunk JAP freighter. Stayed on thru decommissioning. Fond memories except for the CO, McGann. Anybody know what happened to him? |
| Day, Stephen | EM1 (SS) | Sep 1982 – Jan 1985 | E | |
| Waye, Tom | EM2 | Nov 1982 – Jan 1985 | E | |
| Cross, Ronald | IC | 1983 – 1984 | IC | If anyone wants to chat, you can find me on FB at Ronald E Cross |
| Bryant, Jim NEW | ET2 Nuclear | 1983 – 1985 | Reactor Controls | What an experience, I think everyone should have to spend a week underway on a submarine. Sometimes I wish I could go back. |
| Laney, David | MMC/MMCS | Feb 1983 – | M-Div | The crew excelled, despite difficult command environment!!! |
| Hollis, Allan | E6 | Mar 6, 1983 – Aug 10, 1985 | W5 | Overall it was a good time. I met the boat in Peru just in time to join the fun of Unitas 83 |
| Christopher, Jodie | STS2 (SS) | May 24, 1983 – Nov 30, 1984 | Part of the De-comm Crew, Good crew UNITAS was one of the best cruises ever!! | |
| Jones, Charles (Chuck) | FTG2 (SS) | Aug 1983 – Dec 1984 | Weapons | Joined the boat in Chile to complete the UNITAS deployment. Rode to Bremerton for decommissioning. |
| Ender, Terry [tj] | TM3 (SS) | Nov 12, 1983 – Jan 24, 1985 | Weapons | Reported aboard Nov. 1983 when GeorgeFish relocated to NewLondon, CT. and stayed with her through DECOM. in Bremerton, WA. |
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