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USS Somers (DDG 34) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Somers (DDG 34). 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 249 crew members registered for the USS Somers (DDG 34).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1973 | 1974 – 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heacock, Cliff | SoM2c | Sep 1, 1945 – Nov 17, 1945 | unknown | |
| Fatum, Charlie | BMSN | Apr 1959 – Mar 1961 | 2nd | |
| Johnson, James M | FN&SN | Oct 1960 – Mar 1964 | REPAIR & DECK | I AM STILL HERE AS OF 9/23 /2008.WAS MEMBER OF CREW 1960 TO 1964 TO ALL OF CREW I SALUTE EVERY ONE FOR A JOB WELL DONE THROUGH ALL THE YEARS STILL THINK ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES I HAD WHILE SAILING ABOARD |
| McCaw, Ray (Mack) | RT3 | Sep 7, 1963 – Sep 8, 1968 | ET | |
Plante, Bob  | Machinist Mate | Jul 1964 – Jan 1966 | M Division | I am the Administrator of the USS Somers Crewmembers Association. See the Somers website at usssomers.com or our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Somersmen.
We currently have 230 former shipmates on our Somers Roster. View 'back then' Photo |
| Silski, Fred | E6 | Nov 30, 1965 – Aug 31, 1971 | Weapons | |
| Bartle, Jay W | MM1 | May 1966 – 1973 | M | |
| Norris, John Larry | RD2 / OS2 | Nov 1966 – Jul 1970 | CIC Operations | For Somers shipmates, please also register at http://www.usssomers.com. Would love to hear from DDG34 CIC team members. My email is jln9172@gmail.com |
| Capillo, Leo (Cap) | RD2 | 1967 – 1970 | Operations | Plankowner of the USS Somers, DDG-34. Assigned to CIC. |
| Smith, T. C. | ETR2 | 1967 – 1969 | Operations | Plank Owner, on board in Hunters Point till separated in 1969 for medical retirement. |
| Noblet, Don | FTM2 | Mar 10, 1967 – Nov 1, 1971 | WM | Pre-pre commissioning detail-2 WESTPAC Tours |
| Calvin, Gary 'Cal' | ST1 | Apr 1967 – Nov 2, 1970 | WA (ASW) | WA was made up of sonar techs, torpedomen and ASROC gunner's mates. We had the navy standard SQS23G sonar and the MK114 UNDERWATER FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM. It was a great crew. I made chief in 1971 and graduated college in Oregon in 1976. |
| Zack, Michael (Mike) | GMM-2 | Apr 1967 – Dec 1969 | Weapons | These were some great times! I was scheduled for discharge during our 1969 departure for Vietnam and left the ship in Subic Bay in December for a flight home. |
| Hodges, Virgil L. | ETCS | May 1967 – May 20, 1970 | ||
| May, Jim | BT3 | May 1967 – May 1971 | B BIVISION | I HAD SOME CLOSE FRIENDS AND SHIPMATES WHILE ON THE SOMERS, I WISH I HAD KEPT IN TOUCH. PLANK OWNER |
| Fiske, Gary | FTM2 | Jun 26, 1967 – Sep 9, 1971 | weapons | Great crew, the FTs where tops. Plank owner, great shore duty in San Francisco, 2 Westpacs and lots of adventures. |
| Williams, James | ftm2 | Jul 1967 – Jul 1971 | wm | looking for crew members from hunter point up to the end of July 1971 |
| Roach, Michael | YN3 | Jul 15, 1967 – Dec 4, 1968 | Navigation | I worked on Hunters Point Shipyard until commisioning in Feb 68. Then I worked in the Ships Office. |
| Calhoun, Edward | DC3 | Aug 1967 – Jan 1969 | "R" | Plank owner |
| Wilder, Glen | ETN3 | Aug 1967 – Sep 1969 | OE | My first Command fresh out of A school. I learned alot from all I served with. |
| Fallo, Dane | E3 | Aug 1, 1967 – Feb 2, 1970 | Have forgotten all the time at sea, and just remember a great bunch of guys!! Thanks for the memories. | |
| Goebel, Michael | CS3 | Sep 1967 – May 1969 | SUPPLY | |
| Hamlett, Duffy | seamen | Sep 1967 – May 1971 | weapons guns | boarded somers ddg34 at hunters point in san Francisco and stayed on it for my time in the navy. plank owner. had a lot of good times. good crewmates. I'm married ,retired and living in Minnesota. |
| Wadeking, Bob | STGSN | Sep 3, 1967 – Oct 1, 1968 | Sonar | |
| Herrman, Larry | W-1, W-2-Ens | Oct 1967 – Nov 1970 | Fire Control Officer | Precom Crew was a blast! Play golf here in No Virginia with now retired Capt John Mitchel. Looking forward to 2016 reunion. Retired in 83 and then again in 2012. Still married to Georgina whom I married while on DDG-34 |
| Metivier, Rick/ Mitz | SFP3 | Nov 1, 1967 – Oct 7, 1969 | R | plank owner |
| Glazar, John | MM2 | Nov 10, 1967 – May 7, 1970 | Main Control and R | Plank owner |
| Kleck, Dwayne | MM2 | Nov 10, 1967 – May 22, 1971 | M-Div aft engineroom plankowner | The Somers was he 1st of 7 navy ships and 11 merchant ships. It is the one I compare all the others to. I eventually retired in 1999 as a GSMC (gas turbine). I had 2 periods of broken service in the mix. |
| Moser, Tj | ETN3 | 1968 – 1970 | OE | |
| Hlubocky, Chuck | IC3 | 1968 – Sep 1968 | Engineering | |
| Morin, Philip | MM 3 | Feb 1, 1968 – Aug 28, 1969 | M | Main Control |
| Blancq, Henry | BM2 | May 1968 – May 1971 | Deck | |
| Christie, Dale | FTM2 | Jul 1968 – Oct 1970 | WM | I was one of three FTM2's working on the missile computers. I left the ship just prior to it's second deployment to westpac as a DDG. |
| Olson, Alan / Ole | MM3 | Aug 1968 – May 1970 | M | I went aboard a niave young sailor fm Eugene, Or and served with some of the BEST PEOPLE I could have been blessed to serve with! They definately shaped my furture for the better and I will always be thankful for knowing them. |
| Hines, Jr., Austin | BT3 | Aug 1, 1968 – Oct 9, 1969 | Boilerman | |
| Borgmeyer, Henry | MM3 | Sep 1, 1968 – Sep 1, 1970 | M | after engine room |
| Hayhurst, Richard J. | CS3 | Sep 1, 1968 – Jan 24, 1969 | Supply | Plank Owner |
| Descoteaux, John "Curley Joe Dakota" | EM2 | Dec 1968 – May 1971 | Repair | First and last time as Ship's Company. Prior service was with Naval Inshore Operations in Vietnam. Got sick every time we got underway. For gosh sakes you had to wear a uniform! Don't need a uniform in the jungle. |
| Coakley, Gary | MM1 | 1969 – 1972 | R | This was my last duty station, good ship,Great Crew |
| Reithofer, Josef (Kraut) | YN3 | 1969 – 1970 | Admin | Worked in the engineering and ships office. |
| Taylor, Richard | E4 | 1969 – Dec 6, 1972 | weapons | Enjoyed my tour of the Tonkin Gulf and all the liberty ports. |
| Alvarado, Jose | E3 | 1969 – 1971 | MM | |
| Harter, Larry | FN | 1969 – 1971 | A Gang | Served 2 wespac cruises. |
| Firestone, Craig (Squatty Body) | GMM 3 | Mar 1969 – Dec 1972 | Weapons | Made 3 tours of Vietnam in 4 yrs. Great learning experience working with the 5/54 gun guys & missile gang! In 87 I returned to the Service & retired in Oct. 2002 as GMM1. |
| Hayhurst, Richard J. | CS2 | Mar 31, 1969 – May 23, 1970 | Supply, Camp Teinsha commisarry | I was in charge of the Camp Teinsha Butcher shop. |
| Brown, Jeff | LT | Apr 1969 – Aug 1970 | ASW | WestPAC cruise late 69 to mid 1970. Left in Hawaii after getting the ASW "E" nailed down. Remembering the good stuff-Hong Kong, Sasabo, stopping at Midway, the camaraderie the crew, the skills of my sonar, gunnery and torpedo gang. |
| Dill, John | ETN2 | May 1969 – Jul 1971 | OE | 2 VN deployments, including being first one-gun ship to go on Gun Line. As CWO4, I attended SOMERS' DeComm at Pearl with ex-XO CAPT Mike Clarity in 1983. |
| Brookshire, David | GMG2 | May 1969 – Jun 1971 | WG | Two tours to Vietnam '69-'71...First One Gun Ship to go to Gun Line. As the only Rated Gunners Mate while on the Gun Line in 'Nam, I remember only sleeping 2 hours every third day when we refueled. Retired from Navy 1991 as LCDR |
| Cackowski, Leon (Ski) | FTG-2 | May 1969 – Jul 1973 | WG | Three WestPac tours, as an FTG. I was either in the gun director or Gun Plot the times we were shot at. Favorite Port O'call was Vancouver, BC in '69. Who remembers showing the Middies the "sea bat"? Two equator crossings left indel |
| Yates, Dennis | ETR2 | May 1969 – Aug 1973 | OE | Three WESPAC tours. Served with a great bunch of guys. |
| Windham, Otis | FTG2 | Jun 1, 1969 – | WG | Somers was a great ship. I gained lifelong friends as a result of my duty aboard her. |
| Chartier, Bob | E4 DISBURSING CLERK | Jun 10, 1969 – Dec 7, 1972 | Supply | Had great memories of WESTPAC. 3 WESPAC tours. |
| Parker, Tommy | SH 3 | Jun 22, 1969 – May 10, 1970 | Supply | |
| Williams, James | ftm2 | Jul 1969 – Aug 1971 | wm | |
| Johnson, Douglas | BTCM | Aug 1969 – Jun 1972 | MCPOC | It made me sick to my stomach to see the pictures of this fine lady going down, it brought tears to my eyes and memories to mind. |
| Alleshunas, Bill | em3 | Oct 1969 – May 1971 | e | had a good time leared alot about the world had some good teachers e div. hade alot of good guys |
| Carlton, Damon | E 3 | Oct 22, 1969 – May 24, 1971 | supply | hello to all shipmates its hard to belive its been 40 yrs i live in goldsby okla |
| Gibbens, John | MM3 | Nov 1969 – Dec 1973 | M | Served on USS Somers for 3 west pac tours in Main Controll from Fireman thru MM3. Served as Water King for last 2 years for M div. under Senior Chief Donhoffer left the Navy in June 1973 after my 3rd West pac |
| Foxworth, Jerry (Fox) | E-3 | Nov 5, 1969 – May 24, 1971 | BM | I REALLY ENJOYED SERVING ON SUPER SOMERS...IT REALLY GAVE ME ALOT OF MEMORIES THAT I DRAW STRENGTH FROM STILL TODAY. |
| Gibbens, John | MM3 | Dec 1969 – Jun 1973 | M |
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