US Navy Crew List
– Reunite with old Navy Buddies –
350551 entries available online. Add yours!
0 users currently logged in and 347 visitors active.
USS Piedmont (AD 17) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Piedmont (AD 17). 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?
Looking for US Navy memorabilia? Try the Ship's Store.
There are 352 crew members registered for the USS Piedmont (AD 17).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1956 | 1957 – 1965 | 1966 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1980 | 1981 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall, Mark | HT2 | 1977 – 1981 | R1 | |
| Kelly, Kevin | FTG1 | 1977 – 1980 | R5 | |
| Metzger, Gary | BT | 1977 – May 1979 | B Division | Served in both the forward and aft fire rooms.Med cruise oin 78,Italy,Spain,Tangiers Morroco africa. |
| Ballard, Randy | SN | Jan 1977 – Jun 1978 | DECK/DENTAL | Things I remember: my GED, Dry Dock/Gitmo, Mess Crankn, Disneyworld, Pot smoke-out in Deck berthing, Knorp/Simpson/Ward, Striker in Dental, snow-ball fight with foreign vessel across pier, Capt.'s Mast, orders 4 Dent sch |
| Ortiz, Fernando | IM3 | Feb 1977 – Feb 1981 | ||
| Hale, Steven | HT2 | May 1977 – May 1981 | R-1 | Came on board during ship overhaul. Went to Cuba, then on to school in Philly, before catching up with the ship in Naples. Made lots of friends, and good times. |
| McGavin, Michael "Mac" | EM1 | Jun 1, 1977 – Jul 1, 1979 | E Division | I was the E Division LPO after EM1Hall. Came aboard while "Doc" was in the yards. Made the infamous GITMO cruise and the MED Cruise of 1978. Miss all my buddies! I retired in 1994. |
| Simpson, Mark | FR | Sep 1977 – Sep 1981 | M | Forward engine room |
| Oldre, Scott | MMFN | Sep 1, 1977 – Jun 1, 1978 | Pump Shop in the main machine shop | Left in Yorktown weapons before deployment. Worked with MM1 Scalvo, learned a LOT. Retired in 1998 as an STGC(SW) after 21.5 years. Now living in Columbia, SC, married and teaching Unix Sys Admin for a living. |
| Trivette, Franklin | IM2 | Sep 7, 1977 – Oct 8, 1979 | R2 | Go time, good Med cruise! |
| White, Emanuel | EM3 | Oct 20, 1977 – Dec 16, 1980 | e | |
| Rosner, Brian | MMFN | Nov 8, 1977 – Sep 3, 1979 | Repair | I reported to doc when he was in the ship yard dont remember exact date some time in 1977. I was assigned to the pump and valve shop. Had a lot of fun worked with Frank Jackson,Wayne Prokop,Played alot of spades.Then transfered to m div. |
| Brown, Charles | mm3 | Nov 20, 1977 – Jul 1, 1981 | M-Division | |
| Stafford, Henson | MM2 | Dec 1977 – Apr 1979 | Repair 2 | Enjoyed my time in the pump and valve shop. Learned a lot from CWO2 Michael Ansich and MM1 Wayne Prokop. |
Hernandez, Rudy (Papa)  | E1 | 1978 – 1980 | Deck | I am on Facebook. If you think you know me check it out. View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Fletcher, Robert | MMFN | 1978 – 1978 | M Div (Part of AD-on-Site Component) | Assigned to CTF-63 AD-ON-SITE-COMPONENT - made MED cruises back to back on USS Puget Sound, USS Piedmont, USS Sierra, Shenandoah AD-26, and USS Vulcan. Looking for friends |
| Lee, Gregory | EN 2 | Jan 1978 – Oct 11, 1981 | A Gang and M div. | |
| Wiley, Don | HT-2 | Mar 1978 – Apr 1980 | R-1 | |
| Sronce, John | HT2 | Jun 15, 1978 – Sep 21, 1980 | R-1 | Burned alot of rods in 26a welding shop.Long hours but alot of lifelong memories.Would like to have a weld shop reunion. Found ya Walker, but still would like to find Kevin Ward or Timmy Collins or gil Sanchez, Elmer Pritts,Charlie . |
| Gomez, Nelson "Tony" | DP3 | Jun 28, 1978 – Jun 27, 1982 | S-7 | Great times aboard the speedy piedy. Would like to meet up with my old s7 div shipmates. |
| Hundley, Jerry | RM2 | Oct 1978 – Feb 1981 | OC | |
| Corl, Tom | SK3 | Oct 1978 – Jul 1979 | Supply | |
| Buzbee, Bill | DP3 | Oct 19, 1978 – May 19, 1981 | S-7 ADP | First ship i was on. Met some great people that i am still contact with today. Had some good times on the old bucket of bolts. |
| Walsh, Kevin | DP2 | Nov 1978 – | S7 | My first ship, left to become a DS, left the Navy in1987 as a DS1. Cheers to you all! |
| CULP, JERRY | BTFN TO BT2 | Nov 1, 1978 – Sep 30, 1982 | BOILER REPAIR SHOP/SUPPLY P.O. | WAS IN THE DECOM. CREW 09/30/1982 |
| Cruz, Alexis (Alex) | OS3 | Nov 15, 1978 – Aug 22, 1982 | OI | Glad to find a site that is dedicated to all crew members of USS Piedmont, |
| Character, Timothy | DC3 | Dec 15, 1978 – Mar 6, 1982 | FIRST | |
| Rivera, Michael | SK3 | 1979 – 1981 | Supply | I had a shipboard wedding aboard "DOC." Capt.George Tsantes,One of the best ! We had some great times in Mayport,Jax Beach,and Norfolk ! Who can forget the missile launch from the Sub.God Bless you all.Now SK1,USNR,Ret. |
| Smith, Mike [smitty] | MM2 | 1979 – 1980 | Repair | |
| Wiesbeck, Eugene | BT1 | 1979 – 1982 | R-2 | I Was in R-2 Division BR Shop then went to the R-2 Office. I was part of the MMT Team with the Turkish Navy |
| Picha, Leonard Butch | emc | 1979 – 1981 | e div | rough ship to report to,a fine ship after a lot of work..capt santes best skipper i ever served under |
| Crabtree, Rodger | E-9 | 1979 – 1982 | Admin | Master chief daughter is interested in anyone that knew her dad |
| Cooper, Francis | BTFN TO BT2 | Apr 1979 – Feb 1981 | R-2 boiler repair shop | good times meet a lot of good people on this ship was my first command |
| Barrett, Danny | RM2 | May 10, 1979 – May 10, 1984 | OS | A Lot of 2nd fleet Radiomen were onboard at this time. |
| Taylor, Mark | BT2 | May 10, 1979 – Aug 1982 | B Division | Served as the ships oil king during my tour |
| Narvaez, Nelson | EM2 | Jul 8, 1979 – Jul 31, 1983 | REWIND SHOP | |
| Taylor, Mark | BT2 | Jul 12, 1979 – Aug 25, 1982 | I was part of the Decom crew and hot plant turn over to the turk's, served as ships oil king | |
| Pathiakis, Nick | E-4 | Oct 1979 – Feb 1982 | Supply | Had a great time in Supply. Would like to hear from any of the old gang from Supply and the rest of the guys I hung out with. John Gill, Mitch Danner, ...ect |
| Steigerwald, Johnny | DS3 | Dec 1979 – Jun 1980 | S7 | TAD while waiting for Yellowstone to be built. S7 crew was great to me. |
| Dawson, Kenneth W | CWO | 1980 – 1983 | R-1 | |
| Brown, Ronald | MM3 | 1980 – 1981 | A | |
| Clark, Marcus | MM3 | 1980 – 1981 | M | First ship.
After this went on to CVN-65, then CVN-72 (along with various shore commands. View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Zawadzki, Mark (Heebie) | Jan 1980 – Sep 1980 | Repair | ||
| Marriott, John | en3 | Jan 1980 – | a gang | he was a great place to start navy life. mm1 williams,mm1 sharp were great LPO's LT Brown great div officer and the old saying if it looks good it runs good lol |
| Riedinger, Red | Ht 2nd class | Jan 1, 1980 – Jun 1, 1982 | HT1 | |
| Gregory, Richard, Chip | MM3 | Feb 1980 – Aug 1982 | Fwd Engine Room | I had a lot of Respect for the Skipper, Captain Tsantes. Not So much for the XO |
| Summers, Ron | e3 | Mar 1980 – Sep 1983 | r1 | |
| Pruitt, Derril Scott | HM3 | May 1980 – Sep 30, 1982 | Medical | I served in the Medical dept. as the operating room tech. and corpsman. |
| Terry, George | BTFN | May 4, 1980 – Aug 20, 1981 | B | I remember all too well. Bruce Hamilton (Hambone), Mike Miller (Spam Brains) Seabolt, and the wiseguy from Jamaca Queens, you know who you are. I learned alot from Mike and Bruce. Hey Mike, remember drunkin' calisthenics? |
| Garrett, Patrick | MSSN/MS3 | Jun 1980 – Oct 1982 | S-2 | It was my first ship, I was a cook on watch in the galley as well as the wardroom, I was also the POIC of the honor guard at the decom ceremony, went to NMCB62 in Gulfport MS. from there |
| Dehaven, Dave | HM3 | Aug 1980 – Sep 1982 | Medical | I was the ship's lab tech as well as handled sick call |
| Brasaemle, Michael | E-4 | Aug 25, 1980 – Oct 12, 1981 | 2nd | i was a boatswain mate i enjoyed serving in the navy my short time was due to president Reagen orded cut down of the miltery i was very disapointed, and yet very proud top serve.Wish i could have served 20 years. |
| Given, Chris | mmfn | Aug 30, 1980 – | r2 div. | first ship loved everything about doc |
| Salonimer, Jonathan | HM1 | Sep 1980 – Sep 1982 | Medical | A special time of my life. I had a lot of fun. I learned accountability and responsibility from HMCM James A Gill. Thanks |
| Smith, Dale | MM3 | Oct 16, 1980 – May 1, 1982 | Machinery | Work in the forward engine room for two years, also mess cranked a MM a school Great Lakes durring that time |
| Barger, Randy | DPSN | Nov 1980 – Sep 30, 1982 | S-7 | First Ship. I was part of the Decomissioning Honor Guard. Decomissioning Plank Owner. Honorably Discharged in 1985 at BUPERS in Washington DC. Obtained E5 (DP2) |
| Gardner, Cleve | DK3 | Nov 1, 1980 – Nov 1, 1983 | supply-disbursing | served with nick pathiakis, murray appatoff, chief penentrante, june Decastro, remember alot of the guys from supply as well. would like to hear from anyone from any department. |
| Gresham, Michael Gresham | MR3 | Dec 5, 1980 – Sep 30, 1982 | R2 31A,31B and 06A | was my first ship and stayed through DECOM retired in 2004 as MRC(SW) now reside in san diego ca. working for Delphinus Engineering |
Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Piedmont (AD 17).
Report an offensive or inappropriate entry.
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1956 | 1957 – 1965 | 1966 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1980 | 1981 – now
↑ To top of page | ↓ To bottom of page
Reunions
There are currently no planned reunions.