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USS St. Louis (LKA 116) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS St. Louis (LKA 116). 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 368 crew members registered for the USS St. Louis (LKA 116).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1970 | 1971 – 1973 | 1974 – 1978 | 1979 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gutierrez, Rigobert  | GMG2 | 1979 – 1982 | 4th | Learned a lot.Had a good crew,good captain,good ship. |
| Okoneski, Daniel | IC | 1979 – 1982 | E division | Hey folks. Some good times, some bad. Remember Indian ocean when John Lennon was shot. Philippines and Australia were always fun. St Lou can Do ! |
| Danielson, Roger | RMC | Jan 1979 – Nov 1981 | CM/CR | CAPT DAVID R MORRIS. BEST CO I EVER SERVED UNDER. |
| Forman, Sam | LT | Feb 1979 – Aug 1979 | Med | |
| Ballou, Scott "Josh" | RM2 | Mar 17, 1979 – Jun 10, 1982 | OC | Cadilac of the Seas. 1st Westpac sucked. 2nd Westpac was the reason I joined. Yard time was ok. Seattle "Sea-Fest"(Mt St. Helens had just popped its top), Portland Rosefest, San Fransico Fleet Week - Oh Yeah! |
| Chapman, Ronald "The Mole' | BM /GMG | Apr 6, 1979 – Jul 11, 1982 | 1st / 4th | To all my shipmates from deck div. Many years have past us by. But my memories have never faded. We may have acted like a bunch of pirates. But a finer crew there never was. That's why we were able to take the "BATTLE-E" From those Ta |
| Odie, Lawrence | MS PO3 | May 7, 1979 – May 1985 | Supply | |
| Watts, Henry | Ht2 | Aug 14, 1979 – Jun 21, 1981 | R division | I like being in r division. After being a boiler tech. Miss some of my shipmates |
| Mitchell, Terry | NON - RATE | Aug 29, 1979 – May 19, 1980 | M- | left to go to MM a school |
| Buntain, George | SSGT | Sep 1979 – Sep 1982 | Combat Cargo/Deck | |
| Hohl, Gary | MMFN-MM2 | Sep 1, 1979 – Sep 30, 1986 | M-Div | Valve shop supervisor and Evaporator Specialist and main space watchstander and top watch. I loved the St Louis. I was onboard from sep 19979 to 1986 View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Vischer, Gary, Vish, Nasty | BM3 | Sep 15, 1979 – May 17, 1982 | 2nd | Assault boat coxswain,winch operator,15,40,and 70 ton,rigger,landing signalman enlisted, pilot resque,sight setter 3in 50's,CIC,pms above decks,(thanks bm3 gibbs, great job!!),me and borgy 2nd runnerup spades champions,1980 west pack. Miss you guy |
| Diehl, Greg | MM3 | 1980 – 1984 | Engine room | |
| Geist, Jr, Jerald J | E2 | 1980 – 1983 | Deck Dept | Great time, Great Travel and some great people. |
| Chavez, Tony | PN2 | 1980 – 1983 | Admin | Have great memories of the ship and it's crew. Good times during WestPac |
| Robledo, Armando | BM 2 | 1980 – 1983 | Deck | I enjoyed my times aboard this ship, and Capt, Morris was a very good skipper. I had many great times here, and nothing will ever replace them. If any of you remember me, shoot me a text, or look me up sometime, SHORT. |
| Durham, Bill Bull | LEADING SEAMAN B.M. | Jan 1, 1980 – Oct 30, 1982 | 2 Nd. | Came on board after lou had made West pack. Spent most of my time sailing up and down the west coast. Capt. Morris was as good as an ole man as you could ask for. I did not follow orders well at all and was always getting into trouble. Thanks 116 |
| Goss, Mark Air_snipe | EMFN | Feb 1980 – Jun 11, 1981 | E-DIVISION | Greetings fellow shipmates and Marines who caught a ride on our '80-'81 Westpac Cruise. 'Valiant Blitz' exercises in S. Korea prepared everyone for that possible extraction of hostages in Iran, exhilarating time indeed. |
| Dentzer, Michael | E-3 ICFN | Feb 5, 1980 – Nov 10, 1983 | E | SOMETIMES I MISS BIG LOU CADILLAC OF THE SEA. |
| Cole, Chuck {fuckels} | GMGSN | Mar 1980 – Jan 3, 1983 | 4th | What a time we had.Looking back I would not change any of it. I'll many thought I would be around this long but I'm still HERE....IT DONT MATTER....... |
| Whitson, Steven | E-6 | May 1980 – May 1989 | S-2/S-5 | Spent most of my time on board as Capt. cook |
| Kelly, Mike | gmg sn | May 15, 1980 – Jun 1981 | 4th | best sea duty ive ever had / i met some of the best people to be with i lived rough worked hard and saw a lot . now im on total disability i worked my self in to a real prob .i would like to hear from anyone who knew me |
| Gumz, Carl | OS1 | May 28, 1980 – Feb 5, 1984 | oi | |
| Betancourt, Ramon 'Moose' | NC1 | Jun 1980 – Aug 1983 | Admin | Great Crew ! Fond Memories..The 'SNAKE' Morris made it even more fun and enjoyable. I NEED the actual dates of our '80 - '81 WESTPAC cruise,when we left and when we came back. Please anybody.! Coached softball team!! |
| Petersen, Jerry "Pete" | L/CPL | Aug 1980 – Jan 1981 | Marine Corps | I too did the float. Got picked up in Hawaii. I remember the guy who jumped off the ship in pusan. It was my second float. |
| Gutierrez, Phillip | GMG 3 | Aug 1980 – May 1983 | 2nd and 4th | Didn't know this even existed, I started in 2nd and later ended up a Gunner! Got out of the Navy and came back in, got out and came back in... here it is 2009 and I am a LCDR (LDO), Great times on the Lou and I miss you all, e-mail me! |
| Phil, Resley | MM3 | Aug 1980 – Feb 1984 | EA04 | My first ship had a wonderful time working in A Gang. |
| Boatman, Dan | CPL | Oct 1980 – Apr 1981 | Embarked Marine | WestPac 80-81 Iranian Hostage Crisis. Capt Morris CO LKA116. Ship ran over buoy entering Diego Garcia. I was a Master Arms while aboard. Sailor jumped overboard pierside Pusan,Korea. Rescued downed helo crew Indian Ocean Ch-46 |
| Wilson, Richard | LCPL | Oct 1, 1980 – Apr 1, 1981 | OC dIVSION / MARINE | 40 YEARS LATER. HOPE ALL MARINE COMMUNICATORS AND OC DIVISION NAVY PERSONNEL. PLEASE GIVE ME A SHOUT OUT. 1980-1981 CRUISE. IRANIAN'S RELEASED THE EMBASSY HOSTAGES BECAUSE WE WERE DEPLOYED! SEMPER FI |
| Bates, Jerry | DEPENDS | Oct 6, 1980 – Sep 18, 1982 | r | holy crap it sucked,but we had fun |
| Walker, George | LCPL | Oct 14, 1980 – Apr 20, 1981 | MAINTENANCE PLATOON | ME PRESSLEY & CARRICK HAD ALOT OF FUN ON THAT FLOAT. |
| Frakes, Sam | Corporal | Oct 14, 1980 – Apr 16, 1981 | MSSG-31 | I remember getting assigned to a lot of contact teams and flying off the fantail in CH-46 helicopters to other ships and elsewhere. Great group of guys in both the Marines and the Navy. Perth Australia was Heaven... |
| Maples, Cleave (Spanky) | CPL | Nov 1980 – Jul 1981 | H&S Batt Camp Pendlton | Wes-Pac Iranian Hostage Crisis too. I remember the down helo rescue also. I was TAD NBC Team aboard the float. I don't remember all of the marines I served with. But I do remeber the chow aboard. The Chief took good care of the sick marines. |
| Wilson, Rick | L/CPL | Nov 1, 1980 – Mar 1, 1981 | MSSG 31 | Comm Platoon rocked! RM's thanks for the memories.Major Baily CO .SF...Capt Morris what happened to you?.Thanks for your leadership..Robert Dawkins Greenville SC miss you too!! |
| Carlisle, Ron | ETSN | 1981 – 1982 | Deck OE | |
| Nicholas, Mark | MM2 | 1981 – 1984 | M DIV | Brenz, Diehl, Caudle, Hayes, Rudy Spencer, Frenchy, Phil Thomas, Barker, Mlinarich, Warnock, Ens. Thorpe. Huggy Bear. BT1 Goodwin. Spears, MMC Rymel, Hernandez, Tingley, Crespo, Big John, The list goes on. I miss you all |
| Dalme, Randy | BT 2 | Jan 1981 – Sep 1986 | B Div | Just stoping in to say hi to the good ol crew |
| Kidwell, Theodore | bmsn | Mar 1, 1981 – Sep 1, 1982 | 2nd division deck | came aboard before drydock (what fun that was) went to portland n seattle watched "midnight express" onboard & got out before next westpac suckers told me i had full benefits at 21 months only to find out they lied |
| Rootes, Leo | HT3 | Apr 1981 – Aug 1982 | ER01-ER02 | Even though my tour of duty was a short one it was one great tour with lots of great memormies and a great bunch of shipmates. |
| Boissonneault, Michael | ET3 | May 1981 – Nov 1983 | OE | First ship, rode it over to Sasebo. Great tour. |
| Lovoi, Benton (Dago) | BM3 | Aug 20, 1981 – Jan 13, 1981 | 3rd | anyone know how to get in touch with Charlie Kline or other BM' or other ship mates i'ed like to know |
| Allen, William | BT2 | Sep 1981 – Oct 1983 | B Division | This was my second ship in the navy. I really enjoyed working with everyone onboard. I made the homeport shift to Japan in 1986. I spend most of my time in the oil lab. my email bil964@san.rr.com |
| Thuerkoff, Mike | YN3/YN2 | Oct 4, 1981 – Sep 15, 1984 | M Div | I started out striking for PC, then changed to YN. YN1 Stasokavich talked me into becoming a YN. After a short stay in admin, I became the Engineering Tech Librarian. I worked in M Div with MM1 Warnock. |
| Thomas, Keith | e3 | Oct 30, 1981 – Jun 10, 1984 | A division | |
| Sims, Mike | E3 | Nov 1981 – Jan 1984 | TURD CHASER | MISS YOU GUYS BILL HORNE GERALD WALLACE ANDY |
| Cline, John | Dec 1981 – Dec 1982 | 1st |
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