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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Sample (FF 1048). 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 255 crew members registered for the USS Sample (FF 1048).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1976 | 1977 – 1980 | 1981 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lund, Peter | BT2 | 1984 – 1988 | B | Best command I served on miss all my snipes |
| Solaita, Joe Smo | BT3 | 1984 – 1987 | B Div | whats guys nice to see some familiar names!!!! wally |
| Depolis, Joe | FC | 1984 – | WEPS | Ssssup guys!! Had great times on the Sample. Good to see some of the old friends from the weapons department still kickin! I'm still in Hawaii and livin large. Great memories,...some darker than others. LOL |
| Steele, Ronald | STGSN | 1984 – 1987 | Deck | God gave me this opportunity to make amends to all those I've hurt. Many probably thought I'd never amount to much, but you were wrong. Kevin Thompson, get in touch with me, you was always a good friend and I owe you! |
| Pomrenke, Walter/wally | BTC | Mar 1984 – May 1988 | B | Made BTC on Sample, Best command I ever served on. Retired 1995 as BTCS(SW) |
| McIllwain, Morris | YN2 | Mar 26, 1984 – Jun 8, 1987 | SHIP'S OFFICE | I had the pleasure to serve with YNCS Michael Flournoy, NCCS Mark Hayes, PN1 Dave Chapman, and many other dedicated Americans defending our freedoms. |
| Markowicz, Tim/ Mark | EM1 | Apr 1984 – Dec 24, 1985 | E-DIV | Being attached to this ship sucked the big one!!! |
| Ray, Elvie (A) | RM1 | Jun 15, 1984 – Sep 5, 1987 | Communications | We were the first to complete an EastPac without submitting a BSR. BZ I was the LPO for the shack at the time. |
| Torres Jr, Joe | E-3/DECK SEAMAN | Jul 23, 1984 – Jul 24, 1987 | WEAPONS | I was known as Mr. Spock |
| Edmondson, Joe (Edmo) | STGSN/STG3/STGSN | Aug 13, 1984 – Feb 23, 1988 | Weps | I am glad to see some names of people I recognize and some I hung out with. I think I was known as the most senior seaman in the pacific fleet. If anybody cares get in touch love to here from ya. |
| Dooley, Robert | BM3 | Sep 17, 1984 – Jun 16, 1988 | Deck | |
| Marin, John | GMG2 | Oct 10, 1984 – Jan 15, 1988 | 2nd Weapons | Wow, good to see some familiar names from the Sample days. Served the same time as most of you, and directly with a few of you: Thompson, Broomer, Buchanan. Hope all is well with you guys. |
| Malachi, Dewayne (Big Island) | EW3 | Nov 15, 1984 – Nov 3, 1987 | Electronics | Started in deck with BM1 J Hawkins ended with EW Chief Dietrich. What fun we had on our East packs, Vancouver, Frisco. Plus I think I set the record for mess cranking, THREE TIMES! Still in Hawai |
| Meng, Philip | ET2 | Dec 11, 1984 – Dec 18, 1987 | OE | 3 |
| Delong, Fred | QM3 | Dec 23, 1984 – Jan 18, 1988 | ||
| Sleigh, Erik | WAS BM3 NOW BMCS | 1985 – 1989 | Deck | My first ship and those small boys taught me a lot since being in Deck we had to learn all aspects of our rating. Had a lot of good times there !! |
| Trombley, William/butch | E3/BT | 1985 – 1987 | B Div. | Good to See some names I know |
| Malloy, James (Philly) | GMM2 | Jan 1985 – Sep 1988 | 3rd | I have many good memories from the USS Sample. I met some good friends whom I hope to get back in touch with. |
| Ehlert, Mark | SH3 | Jan 1, 1985 – Jan 1, 1988 | Supply | Nice too see some names I know,as Keven Thompsons remarked,We are all older,and I would have retired if i had stayed in.If you liked me ,or hated me,send me a line anyways. ; ) |
| MacDonald, Edward | OS3 | Jan 14, 1985 – Nov 22, 1989 | OPS | The Silly Sample, I remember losing the load and the boiler giving us troubles and yet I remember doing pretty well at times. I was in a division of stuck up , favorite playing jerks. Other than that, a good experience. |
| Buhler, James | EN3 | Mar 1985 – Dec 17, 1987 | A-GANG | FIRST FIREMAN A-GANG HAD IN YEARS BUT EN1 WIECHERT AND EN3 JANIKOSKI SHOWED ME THE ROPES AND IT WAS MY FAVORITE TOUR |
| Howard, Greg | HT2 | Mar 1985 – Oct 11, 1986 | Repair | Wow...what a while ago! Time sure has flown. I've lost track of all my old shipmates because when you're young you just don't think about keeping in touch. Now wish I knew where some of them are! |
| Nash, Lester | TM-1 | Mar 1, 1985 – Mar 1, 1987 | 3rd/Weps | CHIP, Wheres Mike Boucher |
| Thompson, Kevin | GUNNER | Apr 1, 1985 – Jun 30, 1988 | Weapon | It is a trip to see how old I have gotten. Lost quite a few brain cells on the old Sample. Miss Hawaii for sure. Guess what Master Blaster! I turned out just fine! |
| Hetland, Boats | BM1 | Apr 5, 1985 – Apr 5, 1988 | 1st Deck | This was the worst Command of my 30 years served, met some great people had some bad times. went on to become a CMC and retired. |
| Hultin, Carl | ET2 / ET1 | Jun 1985 – Oct 1988 | OE | Enjoyed the crew and commraderie. Lover the underway from Hawaiii to the west coast. Seattle and Vancouver were the best. Stilll don't remember part of our last trip to San Diego. Frocked to 1st when we pulled in. (What a blast). |
| Kirst, Tom | BT 3 | Jun 5, 1985 – Aug 25, 1989 | Fantastic times in Hawaii docked at Bravo 25. Where are all the snipes on this site ? Eitleman - Scroggs - Lund - Para - Acuna - Trombley ? Serving in the USAF Reserves now 76 Aerial Port Squadron 910 th Airlift Wing Youngstown Ohio | |
| Hendrix, Wayne | QM3 | Jun 19, 1985 – Sep 23, 1988 | XN | I see many shipmates I remember on here! Sad day was being the last one to walk off her in September with all those locked and inspected compartments. |
| Snow, Kevin | OSSN-OS2 | Jun 25, 1985 – Sep 1988 | OPERATIONS | Had the best darn crew, The best ASW Ship in the Fleet. On a side note our last Skipper was and always will be Know as the worst in the fleet! |
| Hert Jr., Matthew A. | LT | Aug 10, 1985 – Jul 15, 1988 | Supply | This great ship is where I earned my Supply Corps Surface Warfare Pin; Supply Department awarded the Supply "BLUE E" in 1986. We actually had a great crew. WesPac '88 was great. Operation Team Spirit exchange officer with Korean Navy. |
| Ray, Robert | EM-2 | Aug 19, 1985 – Sep 30, 1988 | E - Division | A tough start under Capt. Lindfors got better after a lot of hard hours under Capt. Hill. We were there when the Japanese Navy was allowed to pull back into Pearl Harbor. I met some great guys and still miss my buddies. |
| Martin, Daniel (Bubba) | Bm3 | Sep 19, 1985 – Sep 19, 1989 | Boats-Deck | When I arrived she was known as Building 1048 as she had been at dock for awhile. Really miss that crew R. Knott, S Sanders, J Lint, what a great adventure. Still in touch with some and would like to find others. |
| Houdek, John | MS3 NOW CSC RETIRED | Nov 1985 – Apr 1988 | S-2 | The Sample was my first tour and it set the course for my career. I made alot of good friends and the memories will last a life time. Would like to find SK3 Prevo, that was a true shipmate. |
| Holder, Mark | TRANSFERED AS E-3 | 1986 – 1988 | OPS | Life changing, Very young, only 18. Enjoyed everything. Have great memories of my time with Sample. Moved on to the Uss Independence in 1988 and continued my service until 1990. Honorable discharge Operations Specialist 2nd Class. Oh the Memories |
| Lui, Jimzy | E-5/ET2 | 1986 – 1986 | I did a westpac with them on loan from the USS Leftwich. | |
| Hupert, Hal | IC3 | 1986 – 1987 | E | |
| Currin, Mike | E5 IC2 | 1986 – 1988 | Engineering EE05 | |
| Broomer, Lorenzo | GMG3/GMG2 | Jan 1986 – Sep 1988 | Weapons | The worst gun system I've ever worked on in my entire naval career (5" 38). Hail to me GMC back in Hawaii +20. |
| Smith, James | FC1 | Feb 7, 1986 – Aug 16, 1987 | 2nd | I was Lpo of second division. I was aboard for part of the yard period. Made last west-pac. I left after the completion of the lay up process for decommisioning. I departed after completing the CPO initiation. |
| Riley, John | LT | Apr 10, 1986 – Sep 28, 1988 | Ops and Engineering | My first ship. I was very proud of my time there and very thankful that I got to be a Divo with sailers that were professional and knew their jobs. Thank God for CPOs!! I would not have survived w/o them. |
| Foster, Norman | YN3 | Sep 1986 – Sep 1988 | XN | One of my favorite memmories on board was on w-pac outside korea. The hour was midnight I was on the focsle (bow) of ship standing fog watch & all of a sudden the water turned white from a school of tuna. At 13 knots ended @ 7am. Praise God! |
| Norris, Michael | MM2 | Sep 27, 1986 – Aug 4, 1988 | M | |
| Lee, Robert | DECK SEAMAN | Oct 1986 – Aug 1988 | DECK | |
| Buchanan, Charles | GMG1/GMG2 | Oct 1, 1986 – Aug 1, 1988 | WG | By far the WORST Ship/Command I had been stationed on while on active duty! Thank God the Governor pardoned me when they decomm'd her! I miss some of the crewmembers, but that's about it! |
| Davidson, Jeff | SHSA | Oct 1, 1986 – Sep 1988 | S-3 | Enjoyed the guys on sample |
| Raymond, Ray Ray | STG3 | Oct 1, 1986 – Jun 1, 1988 | Weapons | Edmo-where you been? Hanging out with the motor city madman in Traverse City? |
| Porter, Mike | MM2 | Nov 1986 – Aug 1, 1988 | M Div | |
| Chandler, Frank | Nov 18, 1986 – Jan 7, 1988 | Deck | The Sample was my first ship out of A school. Remember that Tim Petrie was my sponsor when i got to Hawaii.And remember Sleigh, vaughan,Borrison.i than got mixed up with this stripper. I wish i would have listen to u guys about her. |
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