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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 971 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 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1986 | 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll, Doug | HT2 | 1986 – 1990 | R / Pipe Shop | Any "Pipe Shop Piper's" out there? Final Cruise |
| Montelongo, Alfonso | RM3 | 1986 – 1988 | ||
| Gould, Orrin | BT3 | 1986 – 1988 | EB05 | |
| Bejarano, Raymond | E-4 | 1986 – 1990 | V-4 | Wanting to look up my former shipmates |
| Wells, Edward | EM3 | 1986 – 1989 | E | Good Times on the Flying Squad |
| Gauthier, Kenneth NEW | E6/MM1 | 1986 – 1990 | A Div O2N2 | |
| Van Syckle, Wm Douglas | MA1/E6 | Jan 10, 1986 – 1991 | Security Division | She was my first ship and the memories I have of her, well, I will never Forget her. |
| McLean, Michael | E-3 | Jan 12, 1986 – Sep 7, 1989 | G-1 | |
| Collins, Dan | AME3 | Jan 26, 1986 – Jun 1, 1989 | VAW-127 | I have many fond memories of this old ship. The best was painting my name on a 500 pounder in the forward bomb assembly area on my birthday and was ultimately dropped on Benghazi AFB. No more line of death! |
| Dunham, Robert,bob | AMSAN | Feb 10, 1986 – May 18, 1989 | vaw-127 | |
| Rusk, Lewis | MA1 | Mar 1986 – Apr 1990 | Security | |
Rethati, Michael (Crash)  | BT 2 | Mar 1986 – Jul 26, 1989 | b2 | A lot of ups and downs during this time. Too many special memories to re-live. I was a hell raiser so to speak. The Karate Club I created and taught and fought for brought me some of my best memories. |
| Sturman, "stu" | ABH 2 | Mar 1, 1986 – Nov 1, 1989 | V-1 | |
| Doran, Bill | Seaman | Apr 1986 – Jan 1988 | Public Affairs | Handled TV programming, and Co Anchored the news. Wrote extensive news releases. I have spent time in and out of the journalism field since leaving the Navy. Most recently working for a community paper in Virginia. |
| Beene, Rick | OSC(SW) | Apr 2, 1986 – Dec 15, 1990 | OI | A great ship, we had a great division. |
| Basilides, Romeo | BTC | Apr 7, 1986 – Mar 21, 1989 | B2 | Good times and bad times. I would do it again. |
| Daugherty, William | E-5 | Apr 15, 1986 – Sep 9, 1990 | g-4, aocc | I was station on the coral sea when david cornell pass away in accident on sponson, in 1989. |
| Myers, Ronald | ABH3 | May 1986 – Nov 1988 | V1 | Hail all the plukers |
| Busse, Donald. / Dj | SH3 | May 1986 – Aug 1989 | S3 and S7 | |
| Lewis, William | Ht3 | May 1986 – Nov 17, 1989 | Repair | |
| Fetner, Clyde A. | MM1 | Jun 1986 – Apr 30, 1990 | Saftey | The best tour of duty I had in the Navy. I still run into people who served on the Coral Maru. Wish everyone the best of luckk...stay safe |
| Williams, David | E-3 | Jun 1986 – Jul 1989 | ABF | |
| Sands, John | PO3 | Jun 1986 – Apr 1990 | Supply | |
| Lewis, William | ht e4 | Jun 5, 1986 – Nov 17, 1989 | repair | |
| Braemer, David | AN/AMH | Jun 6, 1986 – Mar 10, 1990 | Line | Made the 87-88 med cruise in vaw-127 seabat squadron and had a blast. Those 2 weeks in Naples I shall never forget. I hope to hear from someone I knew back then. |
| Renaud, Kevin. (Rocky) | MM3 | Jul 1986 – Jan 1990 | A Gang. Hydraulics shop | The times we had.. and the friendships we made |
| Borkowski, Steve | E5 AE2 | Jul 1, 1986 – Apr 4, 1989 | AIMD In-flight Refueling | I also was assigned to VA-65 AE Shop and had an oldies radio show during the 87-88 deployment in the evenings. |
| Roe, Chris | DC 2 | Jul 22, 1986 – | R div | |
| Zacharias, Clarence / Zach | BT3 | Aug 1986 – Mar 3, 1990 | B Division | |
| Dagenais, Richard | MM2 | Sep 1, 1986 – | A Gang | Steam Heat/Catapults; Hydraulics |
| Mellott, Larry Allen | OS2 | Sep 9, 1986 – Sep 9, 1989 | Operations | |
| Toth, Shawn | ADAN | Oct 1986 – Apr 1990 | G-1 WEPS /IM-2 JET SHOP | worked g-1 bomb asembley 86-88 cross rated to jet shop 88-90. will never forget my time on coral sea or the people i met. |
| Kiefer, Dave | ICFN | Oct 1986 – May 1988 | E Div | A striker for IC in 1986. Coral Maru was a pain to work on, but learned a lot...The Med cruise 87-88 was in port a lot and a lot of fun! She was my 1st ship of 6. Can't believe:retired ICCS with 23 years! Thanks ICs |
| Harrington, Ed | AOAN | Oct 10, 1986 – Jun 28, 1987 | G-2/G1 Division | So many great memories and some not so good. I was injured before the 87 cruise and was supposed to fly out and catch the ship. They added another 6 months of light duty and I lost my command. Never got to say goodbye. |
| Carrizales, Paul (Tractor King) | ABH3 | Nov 20, 1986 – Apr 21, 1990 | V-1 | On the "Final Cruise" I was Tractor King on the flight deck. At decommissioning, I work in Special Services collecting all the TV's from berthings,.. I was given a 3 month early out and left her in Portsmouth. |
| Felice, Rob | ABH3 | Dec 1986 – Apr 26, 1990 | V-1 | next time you have a beer-raise it up and remember Bret Wanless(Rest in peace brother) your crazy ass will be missed. |
| Mett, Paul | OS3 | Dec 1986 – Apr 1990 | OI | Two Med cruises, decom Plank Owner. |
| Alston, Rick | E-6 | Dec 12, 1986 – Apr 14, 1990 | V-1 Div | |
| Harris, Kenneth | MS3 | Dec 16, 1986 – Feb 12, 1989 | SUPPLY | HAD TO FEED THE SHIP, THE AGE LESS WARRIOR GOT THE JOB DONE. SUPPLY MADE IT HAPPEN |
| Fields, Derrell | Abh3 | Dec 25, 1986 – Aug 19, 1989 | V5 | I really enjoyed my time on the Coral Sea. Well looking back now I do. |
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