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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 194 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 – 1981 | 1982 – 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. |
| Hotchkiss, Kerry | RM3 SS | 1979 – 1981 | Radio | |
| 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! |
| Dodge, Doc, Fireman Dodge, And Non-smoker Dodge, And Pecker Checker Striker. | FR to SN | Nov 11, 1979 – Nov 9, 1981 | Deck | I served aboard for 1/2 of my first deterrent patrol as I was mugged during mid patrol break. Completed 3 more patrols before being sent off to Hospital Corps school in San Diego. I regret leaving submarines. Great duty. |
| 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 | |
Leffel, Jim  | MT2 SS | 1980 – 1981 | Weapons | I thoroughly enjoyed my time on the GW. Gold crew was a solid group of guys. We had a heck of a softball team. Nice to see the names and mentions of shipmates. Earning my Dolphins on my first patrol was only possible W/U |
| 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. |
| Whitehouse, David (Mouse) | MM 2 | Mar 1981 – Jan 23, 1985 | M Divission | Made the last Gold crew patrol on SSBN 598, when we sank the Japanese freighter Nisho Maru and stayed through the decommissioning in 1985. |
| Haines, David | STS2(SS) | Oct 10, 1981 – Jul 8, 1984 | SONAR | Can't Believe Mikey Walls died in 1998. No Roy Cantu,?, No Cecil Jones, No Al Rice, No Doug Vantassel, well Doug I understand! Hey Jodi! not sure of the Oct arrival date have a great life everyone. ! |
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