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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Independence (CV 62). 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 2716 crew members registered for the USS Independence (CV 62).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1959 | 1960 – 1961 | 1962 – 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 | 1970 – 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan, Darrell | MM-3 | 1970 – Feb 4, 1974 | M #2 AMR | Anyone out there give me a linelike to here from all and those who where there at my time. |
| Parkins, David | AO3 | 1970 – 1972 | GM | |
| Koob, Perry | ao3 | 1970 – 1971 | vf-102 | |
| Day, Ron | AE2 | 1970 – 1971 | Shop 6 | Made many good friends, Had 1st child (girl) while on cruise. CADC Specialist..fromerly with Blue Angels. |
| Pringle, Leonard (Lennie) | E-3 | 1970 – 1971 | Communications | Had a great learning experience..saw a good part of of the Med. and made some great friends on board the ship.Looking for my old buddies Ivory O. Hall or Clarence Gipson |
| Belton, Harold | AZ2 | 1970 – 1971 | AIMD | Med Cruises...3 in that time frame...Rooked over by the USS Forestall catching fire and returned us from Dry Dock |
| Butkus, Lawrence | AK3 | 1970 – 1972 | S2 | Loved the Indy, hated to hear she was decommissioned. Prefer CVA62 to CV62... |
| Lee, Harold | DC1 | 1970 – 1971 | r div | RITIRED and livining in iowa enjoying it at 76 years old. |
| Monahan, Raymond | ABE3 | 1970 – 1973 | V2 | Cat 2 hook-up and then topside PO |
| Smith, Leland - Skogee | semen | 1970 – 1971 | Company yeoman | I enjoyed it Immensely. |
| Castner, Bud | E-3 | 1970 – 1971 | S1 | Was in the Supply Dept. S1 div. was on the 70-71 med cruise. Lots of good memories about my time on the Indy. Proud to have served on board the Indy. I'm retired now, but think back often about my days in the Navy. |
| Chapman, Michael | Aviation machinist mate 3rd class | 1970 – 1970 | Helicopter squadron hs2 | |
| Graziano, Philip | ABE1 | 1970 – 1973 | V2 | #2 Cat Captain / V2 Maintenance Office |
| Ritenour, Lawrence (Larry) | e2 | 1970 – Mar 14, 1972 | air department v-1 division | am a published writer and poet.I live in Pittsburgh pa have lived in Las Vegas nv for a few years loved it.... have just found out my friend from the indy ski has died very sad he and the indy will be missed |
| Zendrosky, Gerald | E3 | 1970 – 1972 | V3 | |
| Menzel, John (Tiny) | AO3 | Jan 1970 – Feb 1973 | G | "Great ship with a lot of great memories" Elevator shop full of rouges |
| Reeve, Dave/cb(Charlie Brown) | Bm3 | Jan 4, 1970 – Mar 28, 1971 | 4th | Maintained and operated ships boats. Very powerful position when in port! Nothing special while at sea. |
| Heckert, Eugene | BTFN | Jan 6, 1970 – Mar 1, 1972 | B MMR # 2 | looking for guys who served in the Boiler Div in the # 2 Main Machinery Room |
| Scites, Jim | AO1 | Mar 1970 – Oct 1973 | G Div | I served aboard the USS Enterprise, USS Roosevelt, USS Forrestal. Retired June1979 as AOC. Worked 22 yrs at the Weapons Dept NAS JAX. Shore duty at Cecil Field FL, Roosy Rds PR, NAS Kingsville, TX. Contact appreciated. |
| Neyman, John | AN / ADJ3 | Mar 2, 1970 – Mar 2, 1973 | V2 / IM2 | cat 4 hookup / holdback, cat 2 holdback, jet shop |
| Bartoli, Bill/bart | BM3 | Mar 19, 1970 – Nov 19, 1973 | First | Made a lot of friends. Had a good time. Would be nice to hear from my old shipmates. |
| Ladd, Michael | FTG2 | Apr 1970 – Mar 1, 1973 | Fox | DID 2 MED. CRUISES. SERVED DURING JORDAN CRISIS. |
| Buckley, Christopher | E-3 | Apr 1, 1970 – Dec 1973 | S-7 | Does anybody remember guys like Krueger, Ty, Dave, Charlie, DePino, Chief Eller, DO Lang, Alanbaugh, etc.? |
| Tlumach, Hilary | PNCS | Apr 3, 1970 – Jul 8, 1973 | X | Having served over 37 months on Indy, I had some of the finest Personnelmen working for me! Also, I had great latitude and leadership from my superiors in completing the job at hand. Miss my men... Mac |
| Rodriguez, Narses O. | AZ 3 | Apr 15, 1970 – Dec 15, 1971 | AIMD | Assigned de Production Control, Logs & Records and Data Analysis. I'll never forget the wall to wall "Playboy Bunny Pinups" and the use of the "F" word in almost ever spoken sentence (ha-ha). Had a great time during deplo |
| Rodriguez, Narses O. | AZ3 | Apr 19, 1970 – Dec 15, 1971 | AIMD | Assigned to: Production Control, A/C Maintenance Logs & Records. I also served as a "Staff Artist" in the Tele-comunications Dept. and as a "Translator" while ported in Rota, Spain. I freezely recall duty within the "Ar |
| Rodriguez, Narses O. | AZ3 | Apr 19, 1970 – Dec 15, 1971 | AIMD | |
| Greene, Gary | ABE-2 | May 1970 – Jul 15, 1972 | V-2 | |
| Stone, Richard | DSC | May 1970 – Jan 1974 | OE/OI | Be Glad to Hear From Anyone! |
| Williams, Allen | ETNSN | May 1970 – Dec 1973 | OE | People I knew. George Hardy, John L Williams, Kenneth Kerulis, |
| Phillips, Larry | AQF2 | May 1970 – Feb 1, 1971 | Guided Missile | Enjoy the memories of the Med cruise |
| Geiger, Phillip | ABF3 | May 30, 1970 – Dec 8, 1972 | V-4 | I was transferred to the Indy and made 2 Med cruses. I was in flight deck maintenance for fuels. I am retired now and enjoying life. |
| Petersen, Daniel | AME2 | Jun 1970 – Jan 31, 1971 | Air Wing | |
| Mahoney, Charlie | E-3 | Jun 1970 – Jul 1972 | V-1 | Anyone still alive, Mario Strapone, Craig Plantinia, Lt. Hart. Message me would love to catch up. |
| Garcia, Efrain | AA | Jun 1970 – Sep 1971 | V-2 | Chronograph Operator/Water Brakes Operator Catapult 1. June 1970 to September 1971. Looking for old friends (Nicasio Lorenzo, Luis Miranda (Purple shirt/Fueler), Rodriguez (Fire Division), Cabellero, Steve Salerno ABEAN |
| Freeman, Ronald | JO3 | Jun 7, 1970 – Apr 1, 1974 | X Div. | Worked for AFRTS onboard WIND TV / WSRF Radio Loved working in Ships Communication. |
| Stone, Durell | SH3 | Jun 9, 1970 – Apr 28, 1972 | S3 | Was on board the USS INdependence cv62 |
| Mahone, Charlie | E6 | Jul 1970 – | ||
| Borry, Peter | SEAMAN | Aug 1970 – Apr 16, 1974 | 2ND | |
| Yasenchak, Randy | IC2 | Aug 1970 – Aug 1973 | E | Worked in all IC shops, forward, aft, Sound and MC. Chief during tour was named Harget. Played on ships basketball team during Med cruise of 71. Looking for other IC guys from the same era. Smeltzer, Sapp, Kuder etc |
| Peterson, Kenneth | FTG3 | Aug 1, 1970 – Dec 1, 1972 | FOX | |
| Massey, Stanley, Stan | ABE 3 | Aug 2, 1970 – Dec 10, 1972 | V2 | Worked attesting gear. Deck checker and hook runner |
| Waterfield, Robert (Bob) "Senior" | EM3/EM2 | Aug 8, 1970 – Nov 15, 1973 | E | My first command, Power Shop (Rewind/Hotel), Battery Locker. Got out and returned to active duty 89 days later. Finished my career as EMCS(SW). Let me hear from any who knew me back then... |
| Greene, Ralph Greenee | AS1 | Aug 16, 1970 – Dec 20, 1974 | AIMD | |
| Langley, Earl | EM2 | Aug 29, 1970 – Jun 9, 1973 | #4 Swtch.Bd., C&E Shp., Habitability, Safety Shop | Join the Indy Group on Yahoo. URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ussindependencecva62-1 Links to reunion group, which meets each Oct. in a city chosen by members attending reunion. Lots of fun! Meet with old buddies; make new friends. Go Indy! |
| Garfolo, James Jim | CS 3 | Aug 30, 1970 – Aug 30, 1972 | CS | |
| Schmidt, Jim | AN | Sep 1970 – Aug 1972 | V-1 (Fly3), PriFly | |
| Peterson, Kenneth | FTG3 | Sep 1, 1970 – Apr 1, 1973 | Fox | Served on board during 1971 mideast crisis. Last duties on board was to decommision the guns and initiate the point missile system. |
| Coffey, Jc | MM2 | Sep 3, 1970 – Jan 19, 1974 | A7, A3 | Good Ship, Good Crew, learned a whole lot that was used during my career, in retrospect a very rewarding time in my life .Interested in hearing from A7 & A3 '71-'74 personnel |
| Green, Montgomery | BT3 | Oct 1970 – Nov 1973 | Boiler | |
| Peterson, Kenneth | FTG3 | Oct 1970 – Apr 1973 | FOX | Jordanian crisis 1970, Arctic Circle, 1971, My last job on board was to help remove gun Fire Control System while in Portsmouth shipyard, Fall 1972-spring 1973. Then Transferred to the USS Waccamaw AO 109. Discharged January 1974. |
| Price, Steven | E3 | Oct 1970 – Jul 1971 | V4 | Lookin for friends. SHip mates |
| Dacyczyn, Jim (Doc) | IC1 | Oct 1, 1970 – May 1978 | E | I first reported onboard during a Med. cruise in Oct. 1970 as an IC3. Worked in AFT IC, MC and FWD IC. Sent to phone school and finished in FWD IC as an IC2 Left in Sept. 1974. Came back on in 1976-78 left as an IC1 |
| Adamson, George (Czak) | AO3 | Nov 1970 – Apr 1974 | Guided Missiles | |
| McIntosh, Mac | CTO3 | Nov 1, 1970 – Jan 31, 1971 | Communications | TAD from Morrocco, had a great time, saw some wonderful scenery doing a winter Med cruise, |
| McIntosh, Mac | CTO3 | Nov 1, 1970 – Feb 28, 1971 | Naval Security Group (TAD) | I was TAD from Morocco from November 1970 to February 1971, yeah we were the "Spooks". |
| Dear, John | an | Nov 17, 1970 – May 20, 1974 | V2 | |
| Marengo, John | BTFN | Nov 24, 1970 – Sep 3, 1971 | engineering | looking for friends |
| Cranston, Charles | SN | Nov 26, 1970 – Dec 16, 1970 | X | Reservist on board for for almost a month. Being on Indy was something I'll never forget. Great ship. |
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