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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Blueback (SS 581). 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 113 crew members registered for the USS Blueback (SS 581).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1970 | 1971 – 1982 | 1983 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers, Jesse | EN 2 SS | Sep 1971 – May 1974 | Engineering | |
| Lewis, Harvey | FTG 2 (SS) | 1972 – Sep 1975 | Weapons | |
| Wilson, Jeff (Willy) | YN3(SS) | 1972 – 1974 | Ship's Yeoman | Have great memories of friends on Blueback! If you can, go see her in Portland. |
| Diehl, Rob | QM2(SS) | May 1972 – Sep 1975 | Quartermaster | |
| Butler, Scott | IC2/SS | May 15, 1972 – Jul 13, 1975 | IC Gang | DBF Best boat - best crew - best times ! WestPacs Forever ? |
| Selby, William "w.c." | RM3 | Aug 6, 1973 – Nov 1974 | Radio | Served with Sid Robbins (RM), Greg "Buds" Liggett (EN), Gary McCabe (RM). Prior duty aboard USS Trigger (SS564), sold to Italian Navy (SS Livio Piomarta) in July 1973. |
| Mercer, Jon | SCPO (SS) | Jul 1974 – Mar 1976 | Engineering | Transferred to NTC, Memphis when selected for Master Chief |
| Montague, David | QM3 | Dec 1974 – Jan 1976 | westpac | |
| Morrow, Chris | Sonar Tech | 1975 – 1978 | Sonar | Good times. A long time ago. |
| Clary, David | STS1 | May 1, 1975 – Jul 15, 1979 | Sonar | Great boat, Hawaii and San Diego as home ports, Unitas to South america and Westpac, think of it often |
| Giblin, Tom | IC2 | Jun 1, 1975 – Dec 28, 1977 | IC Divsion | I was an IC man on the Blueback from 1975 to 1977. We completed a bunch of local ops and torpedo firings early on, went to Pearl harbor shipyard and eventually went to San Diego. Went on a UNITAS deployment to SA. |
| Greenberg, Alan | EM2/SS | Aug 1975 – Nov 1977 | E Division | |
| Wardlaw, Michael P | EN3SS | Sep 1975 – Feb 12, 1980 | EN | Some of the best times of my life. I worked on Submarines for 20 yrs. at PSNS S38 when I got out. |
| Provins, Robert "Bob" | COB | 1976 – 1978 | unkown | My father, Bob, passed away in 2003 from cancer. I thought I might post his name in hopes that if you remember him might share any memories for the grandkids. Thanks. Please call 619.851.8683 or email. Doug Provins. |
| Smith, Robin | PO 2nd Class/Interior Communications | 1976 – 1979 | Interior Communications | I have many good memories... a good boat... a great crew... and many ports (foreign and domestic). Served with Tom Giblin, Bill Lavery, John (Mooker) Schmidt, Mike Wardlaw, Bob Provins... and many other great guys! |
| Lavery, William | E3/ET | Mar 9, 1977 – Jun 17, 1979 | electronic radar | I still have dreams serving on the Blueback and we have not aged a year. I got on board when she was in dry dock in Hawaii then sea trials. It was the most fun time in my life. |
| Marr, Al | fr/ss | May 8, 1977 – Sep 19, 1979 | fr/ss | want to see if some of my old crew is still kicking like we did while on the boat.saw mike wardlaws name engineman extrordinair alsohad a great time while in south america and our westpac so much fun so much trouble=bilg |
| Patterson, James | ETC (SS) | Sep 1977 – Jun 1981 | Electronics | My husband, James R. "Pat" Patterson, ETC (SS) Oct. 8, 1943-Nov. 16, 2016. He served on many subs, the USS Bonefish, the USS Sea Leopard, the USS Scamp & the USS Blueback. |
| Talbott, Joseph | LT | Sep 1977 – Oct 1, 1978 | Supply | Served as afloat supply officer during our South America cruise Unitas XVIII. I currently live in Homer, Alaska. I would love to connect with my former CO Robert A. Kamrath. |
| Beatson, James | IC1/ss | Oct 28, 1977 – Jan 16, 1982 | IC/EM | Been a while. Went to the last reunion in Charleston, only Shakir and Joe Wallace were there from the time I spent on board. I hope there will be more next year in Portland |
| Stein, John | STS1 | May 22, 1978 – Aug 22, 1982 | Sonar | Had a great time. Three West Pacs and much more. Met a lot of great people. |
| Miller, Don | EM1/SS | Jul 1978 – Mar 13, 1987 | Electrical | 2 tours and lifelong friends...3 westpacs in 4 years. Would not trade my time for anything.....DBF |
| Vadala, Joseph | PN2 | 1979 – 1981 | Ship's Yeoman/Personnelman | Ruben Colunga are you out there? |
| Hughes, Kim | E5/EM | 1979 – 1982 | ELECTRICAL | Great friends and travel- Would not trade it for anything DBF |
| Cobern, Dennis | EM3 | Mar 1979 – Oct 1982 | Elcetrical | |
| Wallace, Joseph And/or Wally | EM3-1/SS | Jun 15, 1979 – Dec 18, 1983 | Electrical | Seems like good times now. Have visited the old girl in portland a few times. Sharky says he never thought he's see the day he payed to go aboard. Had some good N. runs and westpacs 80 & 82. Reunion 5/28-30/09 joew@endependence.info |
| Nurmi, Kenneth | FTG1(SS) | Sep 30, 1979 – Mar 15, 1981 | Fire Control | |
| William, Speichert (Spike) | EN3 ss | Nov 1979 – Jun 1983 | M | Had a great time that ended too soon. Lessons learned have stayed with me all this time. |
| Pearson, Dave | MM1 | 1980 – 1991 | A-Gang | |
| Paulson, Gerald "Pulse" | EN3SS | Jun 1980 – Dec 1981 | engineering | Great experience,Great men I served with and in hindsight should have stayed ! DBF |
| Green, Kyle | En2ss | Oct 13, 1980 – | egineering | |
| Lozano, Paul /gonzo | MM1 | 1981 – Aug 25, 1985 | ||
| Lief, Mike | RM2(SS) | 1981 – 1985 | Gonzo, Benny Boo-Boo, MS1 Carver in the galley like a samurai, Greene chasing Duborow, yelling, "I just want to give you pleasure!" The CO earning his brown dolphins. The COB screaming at me to throw the line, as I pretended to not hear. | |
| Douglas, James (Kelly) | TM3/SS | 1981 – 1983 | TM | A visit to the boat at OMSI brought back a flood of memories (mostly good). My first WESTPAC was the boats last. Got into loads of trouble, but was never alone. Had the best shipmates anyone could ask for. |
| Ratti, Robert | E4/STS3 | Jun 1981 – Jul 1984 | Sonar | Pufs Tech Qualed December 81 |
| Dorsey, Jay | ET2 | 1982 – 1983 | NAV | |
| Goughenour, Michael | EMC(SS) Ret. | Apr 1982 – Aug 1986 | E-Div | Some of my best memories of the Navy were during time on this boat. DBF |
| Brown, Scott | RM2/SS | Jun 2, 1982 – Dec 1, 1986 | Communications | What's up, my bruthas?? Too many memories to list in the limited space here. My email is scott.brown@goodrich.com, if anyone wants to contact me. DBF!!!! |
| Marler, Kish (Fasu Or Styx) | EN2/SS | Oct 15, 1982 – Apr 6, 1986 | "M" | I am trying to put together a mailing list of all of the guys that I served with please e-mail me at kmarler@southlandind.com. I would love to find the whole crew, I know that we have lost a few guys but it would be great to hear from many. |
| Marler, Kish (Fasu Or Styx) | EN2 (SS) | Oct 15, 1982 – Apr 20, 1986 | M Division | Hey all, looking to reconnect with all of the great guys that I served with on the Blueback, my e-mail is thekishter@hotmail.com. |
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