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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Ortolan (ASR 22). 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 241 crew members registered for the USS Ortolan (ASR 22).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1974 | 1975 – 1979 | 1980 – 1983 | 1984 – 1987 | 1988 – 1991 | 1992 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Wiltrout, Dave | BM3 | 1984 – 1986 | deck | spent way too much time partying in Charleston but had a great time |
Thompson, Thomas | STGSN | 1984 – Aug 1986 | OPS | OK not a great time for me. I should Have toured the city and seen what a great place Charleston was. I spent all my time drinking and getting in and out of trouble. Well At least I have some stories to tell. |
Arias, Noel | EN2 | 1984 – 1993 | A-Div and M-Div | Flooding in the AMR-2 everytime we top off water, cleaning the rescue boat bilges and also the engine room bilges, hanging out in the machine room with Hector and Richard, those were the days. Even did a second tour. |
Teseniar, Barry | BM3 | 1984 – 1988 | Deck | Spent way too much time Partying, but learned a lot about life and met a lot of great friends. |
Butler, Ron | RM3 | 1984 – 1986 | Operation s | Great Memories! Partied way too much! Hung out with the gang Ballenger, Yogi, Galvin & Medina. |
Drake, Keith | EN3 | Jan 1, 1984 – Dec 20, 1985 | A-gang M-div | hector how the hell are ya? my good friend. I remember alvarez,, teseniar, ht2 rose, mechum my homeboy remember your great wedding. tobar all the deck crew fetis,drecen,brown still have some great pictures . oh yea lane |
Gingrich, Michael | HTC (DV) | Feb 1984 – Mar 1987 | DIVE Div | |
Alvarez, Jose | EN3-EN2 | Mar 1984 – Jun 1987 | A-Gang | I worked in STBD engineroom and was RPPO for a while. The supply officer was Mr. Bretts. Cool Suppo. Hey Hector good to see your name. We used to hang out together helped you look for a place for you and your wife. I'm an engineer in work DC no |
Stovall, David | BM2 | Mar 1, 1984 – Aug 1, 1986 | Deck | UPDATE- The "O" was towed to TX for recycling on 7/20/09. See her last pic here: http://www.escomarine.us/ortolan-page/index-ortolan.html Good times on the old rust bucket. Hangin w/BM Garms listening to the Greaseman! |
Taylor (Changed From Rosenzweig), John | EM2 | Mar 16, 1984 – Oct 1, 1986 | Engineering | WBGT readings in both hulls Trimeloni Cardona Tobar Cotton Hendy Cass Pratt CWO4 Pratt Venzke and his hilarious stories Vertosnik Lindstrom Porter Woodruff the divers and a cast of thousands.... Good Times! Mail Bouy Watch LOL! |
Webber, Edward | BM3 | Jun 1984 – Dec 1987 | deck | what a great time i had on the big O. chas was a great town. went to some ports, coco beach, pamana city. drank my ass off. hung out with yogi, galvin, medina etc. i will never forget the time i spent on her what a crew we had. |
Arias, Noel | EN2 | Sep 1984 – Sep 1989 | A-Gang | Second Tour of Duty 1992-1993 M-Div |
Stover, Shawn | E3 | Sep 1, 1984 – Sep 1, 1987 | Deck | Some of the best memories I have come from the O, hangin with my bff Darrell Thompson, Kyle Rigsby Barry T,Bill Garmsand Stovall I wish I would have followed your lead. Miss you guys, wish we could stay in contact. |
Franks, Rick | HT-3rd | Sep 17, 1984 – Aug 17, 1986 | Engineering | Met some good friends on this ship. Look forward to finding them to see how life has treated them. SERVED ON BOARD WHEN WE DID THE TITANIC EXP. Made 3rd class HT onboard. What ever happened to Manes? Texas Welder? |
Johnson, Charles Or Charlie | SM3 | Oct 15, 1984 – May 15, 1988 | hi everyone its good to see some names on this site. the best time of my life was on the big o. i remember jessie alcatara. Duece Dunham whats happening. yall holler anytime. | |
Phillips, Richard | EN2 | Nov 1984 – Nov 1989 | A- Ganger for life | Never a dull moment. |
Roberts, Steven | MS3 | 1985 – 1987 | supply | great time, great freinds, wish i would of kept up with them |
Ballinger, Johnny | STG3 | 1985 – 1987 | OE | |
Braden, Harold | ENC/DV | 1985 – 1989 | Weight Handling | |
Johnson, Johnathan "shane" | FN | Jan 1985 – Aug 1986 | ENG/FOW/R&H | First and last ship, lifechanger to say the least... Spoke to Rosensweig recently who was doing well, trust everyone is as well! KU MUSTA KA Jessie, lets touch base ASAP. |
Parr, Steve | STG2 | Jan 1985 – Apr 1987 | OA DIVISION | |
Alcantara, Jesse | YNSN-YN3 | Jan 10, 1985 – Dec 10, 1988 | Admin | My first ship. What a great time!!! I remember some of the names here, hopefully someone will remember me. |
Moreland, James | SA | Mar 1985 – Dec 1986 | Deck | My first and only ship, I remember you Jesse, AKA "YN3 Body" "Jesse Ventura"..... keep in touch on here guys.... |
Estrada, Joe | RM3 THEN RM2 | May 15, 1985 – May 15, 1989 | Communications/OCO1 | What a rust bucket when I checked onboard. Complete turnaround over the next 4 yrs, we won just about every award possible; what a great crew. Great trips to the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, and the Florida trips were a blast. Love ya' Big O!! |
Thompson, Darrell | BM3 | Jun 1985 – Feb 1989 | DIVE | BARRY REMEMBER ALOT OF PARTYING WITH YOU DAVE WILTROUT STOVER RIGBY HAMLIN GUESS THATS ALL WE DID EVEN DAVE STOVALL AND WHO COULD FORGET JESSE BEEN A LONG TIME AGO BUT MEMORIES LAST FOREVER LOVED IT DICK PHILLIPS GO OU |
Paugh, Danilo | ET-1(SW) | Jun 1, 1985 – Dec 18, 1989 | Operations | First Ship, Spent more time at sea, even if we never deployed. Titanic expedition, Cuba REFTRA, Bermuda, Bahamas, Panama City, Coca, Good Memories |
Vertosnik, Louis / Vert | HTFN TO HT3 THEN DC3 | Sep 15, 1985 – Aug 21, 1988 | ENG | First and only ship I served on active duty but by far the best. I hear she is making a come back thru O.E.M. good luck BIG-O. |
Ditore, Ralph | E-4 | Dec 5, 1985 – Aug 24, 1989 | A | Only 1/5th of my life but seemed a life time. |
Wilkins, Brian | STG3 | 1986 – 1988 | OPS | Who can forget REFTRA in Cuba, swimming in the Bermuda Triangle, the Titanic expedition and all of the ports in Puerto Rico (didn’t we wreck a van there?), New York City during fleet week and more. Miss ya' Big O! |
Gray, Robert | SMSN | 1986 – 1988 | Signalman and Quartermaster duties | learned how to play tunk and lift weights at sea with some real cool fellows. What's up Jesse, I remember you. I was only 18 when I got on the ship and had a great time in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico with you fellas. |
Walker, Parrish | EN3 | 1986 – May 6, 1988 | Engineering | The crew of the Big O was one of the best crews I've ever served with. |
Mountain, Jim | EN3 | 1986 – 1988 | M-DIV | It was my pleasure serving on board the BIG O. Great crew. |
Dunham, Mark | E3 | Jan 9, 1986 – May 10, 1988 | DECK | She was my first ship and I worked as a deck hand for 2 years until I became a corpsman striker. PO. alcantera should remember me! It's good to see my fellow shipmates. |
Ditore, Ralph | EN3 | Jun 1986 – Aug 24, 1989 | A - gang | Never again voluteer yourself . The tour sucked... every minute of it. |
Martin, Joe | MS2 | Aug 1986 – Mar 1991 | Supply | One of the best memories I will ever have with a great crew. Cpt Landers without a doubt a great leader. Chief Sharp hard but fair, and Craig Chase my partner through it all. Lots of others I miss and hope to find. |
Higdon, Roger | RM3 | Sep 1986 – Dec 1986 | Fishing in the Bahamas was hard to beat. | |
Willis, Kevin | RM3 | Nov 1, 1986 – Sep 1, 1990 | Radio | The big O was my first ship and first duty in the US NAVY. really enjoyed my time on board and after 20 years of service. i still look back to the good times i had on board. |
Dunn, Rick | ETC/DV | 1987 – 1990 | Dive | Liberty call, liberty call. Liberty commences in accordance with the plan of the day......Dive division muster in the dive locker. |
Council, Charlie | OS3 | Jun 1987 – Aug 1990 | Operations | Good times on the Big "O". Remember climbing on top of those orange bouys to launch then infamous 4 point mooring. Remember coming back into Charleston after Hugo with no nav aids. |
Brown, Kevin | QM3 | Jul 1987 – Oct 1990 | Operations | Started out as a QM but ended up in deck dept. lol. I too remember puerto rico,key west,and all the Fla. stops! I remember chief Moses,Gennersmates Demink and moose lindsey were my boys! The best times ever. john sexsmith where are you ? |
Seay, Robert | RM1 | Aug 1987 – Dec 1989 | OPERATIONS - COMMUNICATIONS | My first tour as a LPO. I will always remember the Radio Gang who gained my respect with the Green 'C'. |
Lindsey, David (Moose) | GMG2 | Oct 15, 1987 – Feb 15, 1991 | Wepons (Deck) | My 1st ship in the Navy but not the last. Great times on the old girl. remember a lot of names on the list. BMC Luther always said a good day was when you learned something new. Made that my life's motto. |
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