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USS Mobile (LKA 115) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Mobile (LKA 115). 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 472 crew members registered for the USS Mobile (LKA 115).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1972 | 1973 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawser, Jim | PN1 | 1970 – 1973 | X leading PN | Would love to hear from original crew member from commisioning to late 1973 when i left her. I do chat with DK1 Smith from time to time |
| Zeller, Dean | BTC1 | 1970 – | I am entering this for my dad i am unsure about the dates but I do know that He was a Boiler Tech and he used to host parties for his crewmates at our house. Would love to hear from people who knew and worked with him. | |
| May, Tom | MM1 | 1970 – 1974 | M | I have some very fond memories of the MO and her crew. Good Ship, Superb Crew, Outstanding Skippers (Capt's Burke & Flynn). |
| Roper, Frank | MS-2 | 1970 – 1971 | Supply | Looking for Pakus Waterbury. Would love to hear from other shipmates. |
| Shumaker, Karl C. | LKA-115 | 1970 – 1972 | Navigation | Best ship, BEST crew ever! Served as Navigatior 70-72 then two short tours as Eng. Off. Capt. Ted "EJ" Burke was everybody's Sea Daddy. He and I had several conversations about how we wanted to go back to the ship and just stay forever. |
| Strawser, Jim | PN1 | 1970 – 1973 | X Division | Served with Capt JD WARD, and Capt EJ Burke. Best damn skippers, on the finest Ship I ever served on. Tight ship and most onboard during our deployments to RVN were plank owners!! Was sorry to see she was decommisiond |
| Link, Loren | ENG3 | 1970 – 1973 | Eng | I am the widow of Loren Link who served with you aboard the USS Mobile. Loren passed away from a cancer that the government has determined to be linked to agent orange and herbicides. I need your help. Please contact me. |
Paul, Herman  | Senior Chief Petty Officer | 1970 – 1973 | Operations | I am the granddaughter of Senior Chief Petty Officer Herman Paul, Jr., seeking men who remember my grandfather and can share any memories of him. He was Sr Enlisted Advisor, Protestant Lay Leader, Chief Master at Arms. |
| Dave, Racich | BT3 | 1970 – Sep 3, 1972 | B division | Got busted in rank 1970 WO Richard Eck stood up for me took some time to get reinstated but thanks to WO Eck I was able to get reinstated to BT 3 Became a shellback on a cruise to Celyon. Navy Bean soup for midrats. |
| Parker, Gary | Sergeant | Mar 1970 – Dec 1971 | 3rd Mar. Div. West Pac Tour | I wasn't one of your crew but was on the ship with several platoons of Narines on a West Pac tour. WEorked with a loot of good guys. Wer did landings in PI. I also worked on the laundry detail |
| Uller, Ron | FTG-2 | Apr 21, 1970 – Aug 13, 1973 | 4th | Served on this great ship from E-2 to E-5. 3 Vietnam tours, Combat action ribbon for the "tiger Island" action. Was the Gun fire operator holding the radar lock on the Island in MANUAL. . Still have 2, 3"50 brass shells. Great times. |
| Malloy, Steve | SKCM | Jun 1970 – Jul 1971 | Supply | Was SK1 while aboard. Served under Capt Ward. He was a trendsetter. Got mad at suppo one day and put in for Nam. Good grief, the chit got approved and before I knew it I was in downtown Saigon. |
| Straign, Mike | HM2 | Jun 1, 1970 – Jul 31, 1972 | Medical Corp | |
| Thompson, Tom | HM2 | Sep 1970 – Apr 1972 | Medical | I served with Dr. Moline, HM1 John Criner, HM2 Mike Straign, HM2 Alexander. Deployed for West Pac in 1971 and ended my Navy service in May 1972. Would like to here from my shipmates of this period. Postal Clerk Paul Tinney, Jim Straswer? |
| Marangoni, Joe | RM2 RADIOMAN SECOND CLASS | Sep 12, 1970 – Aug 21, 1973 | Operations | The most memorable times of my life. Great shipmates, good times. Tiger Island, we were fired on from a shore position, and returned fire. Newsweek said "USS Mobile silences guns off Vietnam Coast." Mobile carried 3 inch 50s not 20 |
| Riggins, Terry Riggins | RM2 | Oct 1970 – Jan 1974 | Operations | Served onboard in the radio shack for 3 1/2 years with some of the greatest people. 3 trips back and forth across the pond during the Vietnam era. Times that I have cherished all my life, making friends and forever memories. |
| Kinstner, Lee | RMSN | Oct 1, 1970 – Oct 1, 1971 | OPERATIONS | par of radio shack, j.d. ward the captain and the time, great crew, alot of good/bad times |
| Riggins, Terry | RM2 | Oct 3, 1970 – Jan 22, 1974 | OC | |
| Otterlei, Mark | SK3 | Nov 1, 1970 – Nov 1, 1971 | Supply | I was the "Jack of the Dust" during the Viet Nam tour in early 1971. Remember docking at a remote pier near Da Nang to pull Marines out of combat and deliver to Phillapines. Lost a sailor over board on way back to SD. |
| Walker, Lawrence | MMC | 1971 – 1972 | A | i REALLY LIKED THE MOBIL ALL THOUGH I DID HAVE A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS BURKE WAS A GOOD CAPT MOSER WAS A SECOND MR. MAGOO. ALL IN ALL I HAD A GOOD TIME ON BOARD. |
| Thompson, Tom | HM 2 | 1971 – Apr 1972 | Medical | Served with Mike Straign, HM 1 Johnny Criner, HMC White, HM 3 Alexander and Doctor Dan Moline |
| Bivens, Arthur (Goat) | EN-2 | Jan 5, 1971 – Jul 31, 1972 | A Division ICE Shop Boats | Hell, after a tour in country in Nam,a walk in the park and a lot of good sailing and kick ass liberty what more could a real sailor want ,besides great shipmates as the Mobile carried. Loved you all SHIPMATES goat011@msn.com |
| Tucker, Warren D. (Doug) | MM2 | Feb 1, 1971 – Sep 29, 1973 | M | I was station on the mobile while Capitan E.J.Burke. He was one of the best capitans I every served under.The Mobile was the best ship I was ever on. |
| Grothe, Russ | MM3 | Mar 1971 – Dec 1974 | M | Trying to find Jim Michaels, Tom May, Mark Reggeri. Been a long time, would like to here from you guys. |
| Mason, Steve | ETN2 | Mar 17, 1971 – Dec 8, 1973 | OE | Best time in the Navy was aboard this ship. We had a great CO, Captain Burke and spent a lot of time cruising up and down Vietnam coast. Was shot at a few times, so we fired back and received the combat action ribbon. |
| Nixon, Marion (Nick) | PC3 | Apr 1971 – Jun 1973 | Admin | i thought the Mobile was a special ship. The crew was very tight, i miss that tightness. |
| Chiarella, George | EN-3 | Jul 8, 1971 – Oct 27, 1972 | A | Mike boats and Captians gig. Fwd engine room |
| Adams, Jim | EM3 | Sep 11, 1971 – Jan 3, 1973 | E Divison | Great Ship, Great Captain, and Great times! Will never forget the people I served with through bad times and good times. Need to get in touch, e-mail jcadams11@consolidated.net. |
| Waterbury, Parkis | MS3 | Sep 30, 1971 – Feb 6, 1973 | Supply | The Mobile was agreat tour of Duty, I served under Capt. E.J Burke the best skipper in the Navy, My chief was Cleophus Jackson the absolute best, would like to hear from anyone on the 71-72 cruise also MS1 Brewer the best cook in the Navy! |
| Allen, David | CS3 | Oct 15, 1971 – Jul 1974 | Supply (Cooks) | What a ride that was. We had a chance to shoot back and we blew it. VT frag was fired at shore targets. Our rounds exploded over the USS Tuscaloosa. |
| Litton, Roger | YNC | Nov 1971 – May 1975 | Admin. | Would love to hear from guys I served with! |
| Ford, Jim | RM3 | 1972 – | ||
| Powell, Ken | BM2 | 1972 – 1976 | 1st | |
| Altic, Mike | sn | 1972 – 1973 | second | was in second but went to medical as a striker. |
| Chretien, Russ | EM# | 1972 – 1974 | E | |
| Lytle, Michael | SN | 1972 – 1972 | 3rd | Hello to Bruce Tate, Jimmy Lee Burton, Rose and Hartzel |
| Abernathy, Ernest | YNSN | 1972 – 1975 | Admin | Strait out of Boot Camp. Best time in my young life. Set me up to retire from the Navy!! Have no regrets |
| Nellis, Raymond | EN2 | Feb 1, 1972 – Apr 1975 | A gang | loved all the good times i had on the Mobile.made many good friends.( Steve Azevedo,Loren Link, Ceaser Barba,Paul Randall,Mike Kaemmerlin ,Joe Thompson to name a few. I really miss those good days so long ago. |
| Lisbon, Joe | SN | Feb 5, 1972 – Sep 10, 1972 | 1st | I came aboard at Subic, departed after the fire in S.D. I transferred to the White Plains AFS-4 homeported in Sasebo, got into CIC and became an OS3. I bought a Kawasaki 350 on Okinawa. Played pinochle. I am an Air Traffic Controller. |
| Davis, George | OS2 | Mar 1972 – May 1975 | OI CIC | Capt's E.Burke and Capt JJ Flynn made this ship a pleasure to serve on. Many good times with friends and shipmates. I would like to visit the Mobile as she sits rusting away in the Philly Naval Yard. May get there yet. |
| Evens, Ronald | SM2 | Mar 1972 – Sep 1975 | Operations | Some of my most memorable times were spent on the signal bridge. |
| Mishler, Steven | SN | Mar 1972 – Mar 1973 | Deck | Was my first ship to serve on. Was awarded the CAR for the Tiger Island operation. Really enjoyed the crew still have contact with a few of the guys I served with. Great place to learn and be a part of. |
| Mayer, George | SN | Apr 1972 – Jul 29, 1974 | 3RD DECK | WENT ON 2 WEST PACS HAD GREAR TIME OVERSEAS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM RICHARD MARTINEZ ,BRUCE TATE,HUGY HIGGS.HANK BEATY BOB HALL,FISH,ENS WHEELOCK,RON KRAPF AND OTHER GUYS FROM 3RD DIVISION. |
| Shockley, Mike | RM3 | Apr 1972 – Jul 1972 | Beachmaster Unit 1 | TAD after the North Vietnamese Easter offensive, really enjoyed the Tiger Island fire fight...watched it all with the "scope dopes" in CIC. |
| Fish, Benjamin | SN | May 1, 1972 – Jul 4, 1973 | 3rd. Boats | i remember the Mighty Moe. Boat Div. was the best. had great time sorry just missed the trip to down under. but had great times on mobile. lots of fun cutting squares in the ocean off tiger island. go Tonkin Gulf Yatch Club. |
| Gill, Dan | BM3 | Jun 1972 – Dec 1973 | 1st | Great ship, a lot of good memories, sad to see Mobile in mothballs. |
| Perez, Louie | BM3 | Oct 1972 – Apr 1975 | First | |
| Rogers, Michael | E3 | Nov 1972 – Nov 1973 | Fireman | |
| Bandy, Keith | E2 | Nov 15, 1972 – Nov 15, 1973 | Bosun Mate | |
| Leonardo, Leo | EN2 | Nov 30, 1972 – Jul 7, 1976 | Engineering A-Gang | Great ship, great crew, good liberty (sometimes), good memories |
| Stovall, John | E-3 | Dec 1, 1972 – 1974 | 3rd | Mike 8 boat crew Wes pac 73 some of the best times of my life |
| Watt, Jr, John | YN3 | Dec 15, 1972 – Jun 1975 | LEGAL DIVISION | ON BOARD UNDER E J BURKE, 4 BAR CAPTIAN AND LEFT UNDER J J FLYNN WHO WAS CAPTAIN BUT WAS A COMMANDER. WORKED FOR ROGER LITTON IN SHIPS OFFICE THEN WENT TO LEGAL WITH A COUPLE OF MARINE LT''S FOR BOSSES. Love the Mobile |
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