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USS Coral Sea (CV 43) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Coral Sea (CV 43). 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 950 crew members registered for the USS Coral Sea (CV 43).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1959 | 1960 – 1962 | 1963 – 1964 | 1965 – 1967 | 1968 – 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 | 1980 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves, Trail | OSSN | 1980 – 1983 | OI | My first ship, my first Westpac, my first time away from home. Coral Maroo was where I grew up and where I served with some of the best sailors in the Navy. |
| L'etoile, Bob Letoile | HT2 | 1980 – 1983 | Repair | Worked in lightwater and sheetmetal shops, and proudly served on the flying squad. Had a great time! |
| Watson, Richard | Corporal | 1980 – 1983 | Weapons Div | |
| Paguio, Larry | ABE5 | 1980 – 1982 | V-2 A/G | i never tought that i would miss those days aboard |
| Moneypenny, Scott | CPL | 1980 – 1983 | MARDET | |
| Dinatale, Edwin (Dino) | ABE3 | 1980 – 1982 | V2 Bow cats | Best ship I was ever on and I was on 5. Joe Wessling, Kevin Gould, Ken Epling , Kent Brisbin and mr. Langmaid. All good people. |
| Arnold, Melvin | YNSA | 1980 – 1982 | V-2 Division | Hello shipmates, just looking to chat with my crew of V-2 Cats. Hit me up at: navyretired12@gmail.com |
| Chavez, Manuel L Jr | EM-2 | Jan 1980 – Sep 14, 1982 | PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH SOME OF THE SHARPEST PEOPLE I'VE EVER MET. MADE LIFE LONG FRIENDS. I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TIMES BRO'S. NECCCK. | |
| Tolvtvar, Dan | DS1 | Jan 1980 – Jul 1983 | OE (NTDS) | |
| Quiroz, Caesar | ABE-3 | Jan 1, 1980 – May 24, 1982 | V-2 | LOOKING FOR MY OLD BUDDIES, DO ANYONE HAVE PICTURES OF THE V-2 DIVISION FROM THE 1983 YEARBOOK?. caesarq2001@yahoo.com |
| Nickle, David | EM2 | Jan 3, 1980 – Jan 13, 1983 | Electrical | Spent 2 years on this great ship in Alameda and met some wonderful people there. Worked with some of the best people in the world. That is why she was called Best in the West for several years. I have since retired from the Navy as an EM1. |
| Basso, Paul "Pineapple" | E-6/AME-1 | Jan 11, 1980 – Sep 18, 1983 | VA-196 Milestones/X-2M Master-at-Arms Force | Of all the ships I cruised aboard (USS America, USS Forrestal, USS Enterprise, USS Coral Sea) the Coral Sea was by far the best and cleanest. Plus, she was proud of being at sea, and so were we. |
| Tiltges, Bernard | ET2 | Jan 30, 1980 – Mar 1983 | OE | My first and only ship. I learn a lot and matured a lot. Served under Capt. Dunleavy and ETCM Baumann. I treasure the memories of the liberty ports we visited. I went on to get my 20 years, 13 in the reserves. |
| Mallard, Joe | Feb 1980 – Oct 1981 | E | ||
| Turner, Paul | E-5 | Feb 1980 – Oct 1982 | V-4 | Any surviving shipmates still kicking out there? |
| Evans, Mitch | E5 | Mar 1980 – Aug 1982 | RM | |
| Young, Alan | RM3 | Mar 5, 1980 – Jun 15, 1980 | CR | |
Ferguson, John  | AT3 | Apr 1980 – Jun 11, 1980 | VFP-63 | Assigned VFP-63 Det5 USS Nimitz early 1979 & deployed 09/10/79; April 80 cross-decked to Coral Sea prior to US Embassy/Iranian Hostage Rescue attempt to make room for HM-16 & Special Forces completing total of 172 continuous days at sea. View 'back then' Photo |
| Brown, J.m. (Mike) | HT-2 | Apr 26, 1980 – Aug 17, 1981 | REPAIR DIV PIPE/D.C. SHOPS | CROSS DECKED AFTER RESCUE ATTEMPT FROM USS NIMITZ ASSIGNED TO PIPE SHOP TIL AFTER YARD PERIOD . FLYING SQUAD/ON-SCENE LEADER IN-PORT FIRE PARTY.ASSIGNED TO D C SHOP W/ HT-1 BANNELL |
| Babcock, Rowland/rolly | Commander | May 1980 – Aug 1982 | OW | I enjoyed serving with a very special group of EWs while TAO/OW Division Officer. I hope everyone did well in life and in the Navy. Among my associates, I wonder what became of Ens. Willy Wright and LCDR Tim McCoy. |
| Williams, Kenneth | Dpsn | May 1980 – Dec 1982 | S-7 | I trying to a get a copy of my golden shellback certificate December 16 1980 |
| Cross, Cecil | DS-1 | Jun 1980 – Jan 1985 | ||
| Rigney Jr., William John | ADJ1 | Jun 1980 – Dec 1980 | HC-1, DETACHMENT 3 | View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Buffington, Greg | E-5 | Jun 1, 1980 – Dec 1, 1981 | ATC ( Air Traffic Control) | Great Ship, a lot of good memories on board with day and night flight ops sailing in South China Sea. |
| Coggins, Roger | ABH- 3 | Jun 6, 1980 – Sep 26, 1982 | V-3 | One of the greatest times of my life.... |
| Trotter, Kevin | htfn | Jun 12, 1980 – 1982 | r div | Lightwater shop 80-82 |
| Aragon, Bob | AK2 | Jun 26, 1980 – Feb 4, 1984 | S-6 DIVISION | I was aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43, made three WESTPAC CRUISE with her and after my last WESTPAC cruise we crossed the SUEZ CANAL to the Mediterranean and made the final World Cruise. I was so grateful to be part of it. |
| Smothers, Curt | LCDR | Jun 30, 1980 – Jun 30, 1982 | Admin | I was the Admin Officer under the command of Captain Jerry Johnson and Captain Bear Taylor. Enjoyed the round-the-world cruise and serving on a really great ship. |
| Calef, Greg | MM3 | Jul 1, 1980 – Jan 27, 1984 | Engine Room #2 | Good times past, a rainbow over the Arizona in Pearl, Westpac, shell backing ceremony, then even better the world cruise. Crossing the equator is more fun the second time... God bless you brothers... |
| Arnold, Melvin | E-3 | Jul 11, 1980 – Jun 13, 1984 | V-2 Cats | I was V-2 Admin Yeoman back then. I remember most of the guys. If anyone have anymore info on the guys from V-2, get at me. melvinarnold2000@yahoo.com |
| McCabe, Joe | ENFN | Aug 1980 – Dec 1981 | A | Compressors - Bong Buncab, Barclay |
| Goff, Tim | OS2 | Aug 1980 – 1984 | OI | Looking to conect with old shipmates |
| Lee, Bruce | SMSN E-3 | Aug 1980 – Apr 1981 | Signal Bridge | A defining time in my life as I had embarked on a planned 20 year Career. Unfortunately, it was cut way short by my so-called fellow sailirs that falsely targeted me after finding a Marijuana blunt on the signal bridge. |
| Morris, Bruce | HT E-3 | Sep 1980 – Sep 1981 | ||
| Stafford, Mark | bt-3 | Sep 1980 – Oct 1983 | b-4 | I remember buck, rich, wedgehead, mike, and many more, what a good time, sorry got kicked out for pot, what a bullshit deal, worked my ass for the gov't, and all I got was a kick in the ass. still well worth it. |
| Moore, Tim | ABH2 | Sep 1980 – | V-3 | |
| Hendricks, Scott (Shorty) | AO 3 | Sep 1980 – Sep 1983 | G | I now live in Pensacola FL. View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Cooper, Clayton | PHAN | Sep 1, 1980 – May 5, 1984 | Operations/Photo | To all my brothers from the Photo Lab. We have seen the world romancing the EYE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER... |
| Mitchell, Scott | AE2 | Sep 11, 1980 – Sep 11, 1984 | IM3 | Whats Up Coral Canoe Crew ? |
| Hunt, Robert | HT2 | Oct 1, 1980 – Oct 1, 1984 | R-1/Repair | Worked in the DC shop, had repair locker 5 and 7 port. Then spent the rest of my time in the sheetmetal shop. Retired HTC. Sorry to see the old gal go. Many Many hours of hard work but lots of fond memories. |
| Salisbury, Brian | EW2 | Oct 11, 1980 – Oct 18, 1983 | OW | Part of the Around the World deployment. |
| Yelvington, Mick | E3/AMSAN-E5/AMS2 | Oct 15, 1980 – Aug 4, 1984 | AirDrop V1/ AIMD IM2 | Worked fly2 blue shirt/tractor King/Yellow shirt fly 2 transferred to IM2 during cruise. |
| Bourgeois, Kenneth | MMFN | Oct 19, 1980 – Mar 17, 1985 | M2 | Anyone interested in contacting me through this site? |
| McKenzie, Dean | HTFN | Oct 24, 1980 – Mar 16, 1983 | R | I had worked in the metal shop from 80 to 83, and went on the 81 82 westpac. My nick name was MAC! I sure miss my shipmates. Thanks Coralsea!. |
| Royce, Garrett | AE2 | Nov 1980 – Jan 1984 | AIMD | |
| Franceschini, Charles "Frenchy" | PNSN | Nov 11, 1980 – Apr 1983 | Administration | Some really great memories and friends are jammed into my mind from this period of my life. |
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