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USS Jason (AR 8) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Jason (AR 8). 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 1123 crew members registered for the USS Jason (AR 8).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1952 | 1953 – 1958 | 1959 – 1962 | 1963 – 1965 | 1966 – 1967 | 1968 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 – 1991 | 1992 | 1993 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Robertson, Richard {robby]  | MM2 | 1959 – 1962 | Engine Room | |
| Jensen, Chico | MM2 | Apr 1959 – Sep 1961 | M | Regards to all my shipmates. |
| Beede, Ron | OM-3 | Sep 23, 1959 – Sep 22, 1963 | R-5 Optical | I worked in the Optical Repair. Chief Oliver was in charge. Great duty and excellent food not to mention fine shipmates. I remember Lea, Holliman, Hanson, Petrich and Losongo. |
| Johnson, Mike | SFM2/DV2 | 1960 – Dec 18, 1963 | R1 | Worked in Sheet Metal Shop. Still have Cruise book from Westpac to Subic. live in Arizona & Seattle now. Enjoying my career as standup comic. Remember a bunch of the names on the crew list. Jason had the best chow in the pacfic fleet. |
| Randal, James ( Jimbo ) | SK2 | 1960 – | SK2 | Posting this for some possible information on my grandfather James C. Randal. Served on the ship in 1960. We don't know too much about his naval career, so ayone that has info we would love to hear from you! |
| Matzinger, Fred | FTGSN | Jan 1960 – Sep 1964 | Fire Control | A great part of my life |
| Dow, Terrence Terry | SM3 | Jan 1960 – Apr 20, 1962 | ON Div | I served time on the signal bridge.Enjoyed my tour of duty. Really enjoyed serving with the nicest guys.Would like to get in touch with Tim Crowley, Harlon Red Dog Wilson, Don Wagner , Chapman, Bob Self & others. |
| Rosenkranz, Ernie | Fireman | Jan 1960 – Mar 1961 | A-Gang | My first ship. Made west pack cruise. I have pictures of when They dropped one end of life boat during man overboard drill Men are hanging from the safety lines. TO SF school then the Tawasa ATF-92 then NAVMAG Subic |
| McMillen, James R "Mack" | SKSA | Jul 1960 – Sep 1960 | S-1 | I remember the lumber hold and the trough instead of urinals in the head- that wasn't any particular big deal to me, since we Outhouses at home. I was TAD on board to ride to Yokosuka to catch the USS Castor (AKS-1) |
| Molder, Gerald | ICFN | Aug 1960 – Nov 1961 | E | Gyrocompass Repair Shop. Great Duty, fresh from boot camp and IC A school. Lot of good memories. |
| Jones, Alfred | DTSN | Aug 16, 1960 – Oct 10, 1960 | dental | Was assigned to the Jason for transit to Sasabo Japan |
| Harrell, Douglas | IM 2 | Sep 29, 1960 – 1964 | R-5, OM and IM Repair | Just 18 yrs. old when reported. Stayed for almost 4 yrs, Some of the best times of my life. I would like to find my chief - John F. Oliver, E-9, OM Master Chief. He was like a father to me. |
| Bennett, Euby | SN | Nov 1, 1960 – 1962 | 1 ST Div | The jason was my first duty out of boot camp, learned a lot in my two years aboard.Then transferred to the USS Chickasaw ATF 83 and went to Cuba to do the missile blockade. |
| Thompson, Dennis | ET2 | 1961 – 1964 | Electronics | Great division to work in, great people, smart, dedicated, and entertaining to be with. Learned a lot, grew up, & the typhoon was an interesting experience. Subic, not so much. |
| Maddon, Billy | FTG2 | 1961 – 1964 | Gunnery | Great crew to serve with. |
| Smith, Donald | SN | 1961 – 1962 | deck | Had a good time aboard,before i went to 'A' school, left pier#1 and came back to pier #1 to go aboard the USSKLONDIKE AR22, 1962 to 1965 |
| Levanowitz, Jerry | IM3 | Mar 12, 1961 – Mar 15, 1964 | R-5 | Many great memories of West Pac cruise |
| Stinson, William R | BT3 | Jul 1961 – Jan 1, 1965 | B Division | Best training ever. I needed it no high school. Finished in navy & From what I learned I ended up a Project manger at Southern California Edision Co. Made Big Buks. THANKS NAVY |
| Gathright, Terry P. Gathright | MM3 | Sep 6, 1961 – Nov 6, 1964 | M | Good Duty, Great Ship, Worked in the evaporator space the whole time. |
| Emery, Ronald L. Emery | SEAMAN BOATSWAIN'S MATE STRIKER | Nov 1961 – Oct 1962 | Deck | A fantastic way for a 17 year old kid to mature. I was a stern hook on the Captain's Gig before being transferred to ETN "A" school on T I. Daily trips to Coronado Island for the Captain were great. The Chow was A+. Thanks USN and crew. |
| Meurer, John | MM3 | 1962 – 1964 | engineering | looking for Trigg and Gathright or others that remember me |
| Pierce, Frank | BM3 | 1962 – Jun 1966 | 2nd | Came to the Jason right after boot camp. Made 2 WestPac cruises. Left her in June 1966 to go to CHB2 in Viet Nam. |
| Marsh, Lawrence (Larry) | MR3 | Jan 1962 – May 1965 | R2 Gallery Machine Shop | Best thing I ever did in my life. Two Westpac cruises, 62' and 64'. Learned it all on the Jolly J. No big thing in the PI |
| Marsh, Lawrence | MR3 | Jan 1962 – May 1965 | R2 | |
| Hart, Anthony | FTG 2 | Jan 9, 1962 – Jul 11, 1963 | 3 RD | It was a great time in my life to serve in the us navy. If i had my time over i would have put 30 yrs in. just could not see it at the time.I had a lot of great shipmate on the uss jason it dont get no better. ii was young and looking for better |
| Haywood, William Clarke | DT3 | Feb 13, 1962 – Apr 16, 1962 | Dental Department | On board two months. Made DT2 and was transferred to CommSta Hawaii |
| Levins, Dempsey | FN | Mar 1962 – Jan 1965 | R3 | |
| Turner, John | SM1 | Apr 16, 1962 – Jul 20, 1964 | communications | i really enjoyed serving in the jason it was the best feeder i was ever on undoubtly the best cooks ever assembled on one ship. i transferred bacmk to the steaming navy. the jason was too much like shore duty. email uptown2762@aaa.net |
| Jones, Bill | SF1 | May 1962 – Feb 1964 | R1 | none |
| Wells, Larry | MR3 | May 5, 1962 – Sep 30, 1964 | R2 | Main Machine Shop, Gallery Machine Shop. WesPac cruise 1963. Would like to hear from Larry Marsh. |
| Holmes, William | SN | May 22, 1962 – Feb 7, 1964 | Deck Hand | Just trying to fill in the blanks. |
| Taddeo, Joe | PN3 | Jun 1962 – Jun 1964 | The USS Jason's (AR-*) WESTPAC cruise was an adventure, namely the typhoon in the Sea of Japan, but my really worthwhile endeavor was service in the U.S. Navy ('62-'65) and Navy Reserve JAGC ('75-'93). | |
| Baker, Marion / Lee | CYN3 | Jun 28, 1962 – Aug 28, 1966 | Operations | Chief Jones was the CPO of communications, |
| Kelly, Floyd &larry | DC3&FN | Jul 1962 – Sep 1964 | repair&ships crew | i(floyd)was a dc3 and my brother was a fn in thye sheet metel shop |
| Ottman, Brian | RMSN | Jul 10, 1962 – Apr 10, 1965 | communications | looking for other rm's my e-mail is cinbri1@yahoo.com |
| Ortt, Dennis | SFM3 | Aug 28, 1962 – 1966 | R1 | My Father was Dennis Ortt and he passed away on August 7, 1968. As you can tell I was only 1 1/2 old at the time and I would love to find out more about my Dad from anyone who knew him during his time on the USS Jason. |
| Phipps, Robert | ET2/1 | Oct 1962 – Aug 1965 | R4 | |
| Flynn, Michael | PH 2 | Nov 1962 – Oct 1966 | R-3 | Ran the Photo Lab almost my whole tour. Two "great" trip to wespac. |
| Stoops, Robert J | CYN-3 | Nov 20, 1962 – Sep 6, 1966 | Operations | Served in the radio sack. Had a great time on board. Nice to visit WestPac and all the ports of call. Hope to run into any fellow shipmates. Email me at Fyerchief@aol.com |
| Knori, Ron | BM3 | Dec 1, 1962 – Jul 11, 1966 | 1st | The last two and a half years was the best when I was the Commodore's Coxswain. Actually I was in ComServPac staff and attached to the Jason, Klondike AR-22, and the Hector AR-7. I was able to come up to Portland just before I got out :-) |
| Stansberry, Bill (Stan) | sfm2 | Dec 22, 1962 – Jan 21, 1965 | R1 | i currently host reunions for the jason in branson ,mo the next one is scheduled for june 2011 |
| Richards, Randy | MFN | Dec 30, 1962 – Sep 1966 | R2 |
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