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USS Barb (SSN 596) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Barb (SSN 596). 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 110 crew members registered for the USS Barb (SSN 596).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1979 | 1980 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegram, Jack | TM1 | Jul 28, 1960 – Aug 29, 1970 | Sub pac | |
| McCurry, Tom (Mac) | RM1(SS) | 1961 – 1963 | Radio | Great sub and Greater crew...I miss them |
| McCarter, Herb (Mac) | IC1(SS) | 1961 – 1966 | E division | Best duty ever. Who remembers "good luck Chuck"? Who remembers what Rickover said to Chuck at the DRT in the control room? |
| Jarrell, John | IC1(SS) | Oct 1961 – May 1964 | E | Plankowner on USS Barb (SSN 596); left for NESEP at NC State. Retired from Navy in 1978 as LCDR after tour as Nav/Ops on USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN 630). |
| Kelley, William Thomas (Tom) ,jr | EM2 | Oct 1961 – Sep 1963 | e | |
| Farrell, Thomas(Tom) | ETCM(SS) | Nov 1, 1961 – Aug 1, 1964 | Engineering | It was a great crew. Good times were had by all |
| Roche, Bernard "bernie" | MM1(SS) | Dec 1961 – Sep 1966 | m | barb's commissioning crew was absolutely the greatest bunch of people i have ever been associated with! |
| Falls, Jerry B. | QMC(SS) | Jul 9, 1962 – Dec 15, 1964 | Navigation | After three Diesel Boats, Barb was like a palace. Best crew ever in nineteen years of Silent Service! |
| Witham, Howard | FTG2(SS) | 1964 – 1967 | Weapons | |
| Cowgill, Richard (Dick) | SOS2 (SS) | Mar 1964 – May 1965 | Sonar | Assigned to USS Barb after being trained on the PUFFS system. I was transferred to Sonar B School after the BARB was transferred to Pearl Harbor. |
Zeige, Bill  | ETN3SS | May 1964 – Feb 1966 | ET | Mare Island shipyard, Pearl home port, collision with Sargo. |
| Pearman, Jack | QMSS | Aug 1964 – Oct 1965 | navigation | |
| Dougherty, Thomas | IC-# (SU) | Aug 16, 1964 – Sep 28, 1965 | E | Great crew. I was on board with my twin brother John. Made good friends which made for a great experience proving the sub safe retrofit and the new permitt class boat since the loss of the Thresher. |
| Clark, Richard (Scooter) | EM1(SS) | Sep 1964 – Jul 1968 | IC Fwd and Nuc E Aft | Some of the best years of my life. |
| Newsom, Sid | ET1 (SS) | 1965 – 1967 | ENGR - RO | Had a lot of good times. Left for Nuclear Power school, Bainbridge, MD for a 4 year tour as an instructor and then got out. Went to engineering school at UMd and then CSULB (BSCE). Still working for SoCalGas Co. in LA |
| Wooldridge, Louis | RM2(SS) | 1965 – Feb 1967 | Communications | Comsubpac Staff deployment.. |
| Wade, John P | MM1 | 1965 – 1968 | M Division | On the Barb 65-68. Great memories. Good buddies. Got married on my way to the Bstb. Honeymooned in Hawaii for 3 years. |
| Keele, Robert | MM2(SS) | May 30, 1965 – Feb 16, 1971 | M and A | One of the best times of my life. Not all fun, but certainly not all bad. Still working as the Quality Engineering Manager on the Yucca Mountain Projet. |
| Schmitz, David | MM1 SS/DV | Jun 1965 – Jun 1968 | First Submarine ... Great People ... That was back when it really was the 'Silent Service'! Those days are long gone. Great reunion in Pigeon Forge ... thanks to Rick, Bernie and JP. Looking fwd to the next one! | |
| Swarthout, Steven | EM2 | Jul 25, 1965 – Feb 25, 1967 | E Div | |
| Graybeal, William | ENC (SS) | 1966 – 1967 | A | |
| Sullivan, Lawrence (Larry) | TM2(SS) | 1966 – 1968 | TM | Of the 7 submarines I served on during my 21 year career Barb was the best. |
| Beck, David | FTG-2 | Jul 1966 – Dec 1967 | Weapons | My 2nd boat after the 622. 2 aborted sea trials after the Sargo collision, Puget Sound, WESTPAC, Pollywog to Shellback, How many men to change a bulb in a reactor compartment? and the unplanned Subic Bay stop in Oct '67. |
| Biddlecome, Richard | IC3 (SS) | Aug 1966 – Nov 1967 | Engineering | First boat to quaify on and probably this crew of all of them. |
| Hayes, Rick | MM1SS | Oct 1966 – Apr 1969 | - Nuke | Great ship - great Navy - traded the navy for a wife - oh well !!!! Next reunion - East TN - October 2007 - call us now. |
| McCargo, Carl W. | ETR-1 (SS) | Apr 1967 – Jun 1970 | Reactor Control | What a wonderful experience. This was my first submarine and I was so happy to be assigned directly out of nuclear power school. My SS qualified submarine. |
| Newman, Charles/ed | RMC(SS) | Apr 4, 1967 – Jun 4, 1969 | CR | Capt Kauderer was the best skipper I ever had. XO Lcdr Charles was also top notch. Was my favorite boat and favorite crew. alamoed@live.com |
| Wang, Dennis | SK3 | 1968 – 1972 | Supply | Retired. Full time rving. My time on the Barb was ...interesting. Great to meat and work with the crew. |
| John, Larry | IC2 (SS) | Mar 1968 – Dec 1970 | ||
| Harrison, Rex | YN2 | Apr 1968 – Jul 1969 | ADMIN | |
| Moss, Richartd (Dick) | FTG1/SS | May 1968 – Jun 1972 | Weapons/Fire Contol | I have good memories of my four years on the Barb and being homeported at Pearl. Good shipmates, good times, good liberty on West Pac, exciting patrols. I enoyed standing Diving Officer watches. |
| Boatright, Bill (Boats) | MM3SS | May 1, 1968 – Jul 16, 1971 | A Div | |
| Farmer, D. Wayne | MM1(SS) nuc | Jun 1968 – Aug 1971 | M-DIV | Must be old with these dates. 1st yard period (Pearl) non-refuel. 1st wes-pac for 85% crew. Had 12 sea-lands when return. Best CO ever, trailed first Soviet FBM on west coast run. Would like reunion dates. MMCM(SS) RET. |
| Heide, Don | ETR2 | Aug 1968 – Sep 1969 | Forward ET | Live in Big Sky Country repairing MRI and CT scanners. |
| Vancor, John | TN | Dec 30, 1968 – Sep 23, 1970 | steward | had a short tour on board,mostly in dry dock,stationed in pearl harbour over to bremerton for weapons prior to westpac.had some good times. |
| Atwater, Richard | EMC SS | 1969 – 1971 | Electrical | |
| Short, Roy | ETR-2 (SS) | May 1, 1969 – Jun 1, 1971 | Reactor Control | |
| Neely, Mike | QM2 | May 10, 1969 – Jan 10, 1973 | Navigation | I enjoyed my 3.5 years on the Barb |
| Sikes, Gary | IC1(SS)dv | Jun 1969 – Jun 1970 | E Division | Transferred from QueenFish to Barb in overhaul. Served on Barb during remainder of overhaul & after till I left for Seattle to be discharged in June of 1970. Very bitter when discharged. Now am interested in reconnecting |
| Cooper, Jim | TM3 | Jul 8, 1969 – Jan 3, 1973 | had some good times with good people on the barb | |
| Block, Steve | ETR2(SS) | Sep 1969 – Apr 1974 | Forward ET's |
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