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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Perkins (DD 877). 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 71 crew members registered for the USS Perkins (DD 877).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Sartain, James | GM3 | 1944 – 1946 | 5" Guns | Plank owner. Picked up the ship in Orange, Texas |
Ventura, Jules | LTJG | 1944 – 1945 | Unknown | My Dad served aboard her, after having been recruited/drafted while attending Trinity College in Hartford, CT, in 1944. He left me a picture of her, circa 1945, before his death in 1997. |
Rose, Richard | Richard was a radioman. | 1944 – 1945 | communications | My uncle Richard was serving on the Perkins on V-J Day and was close enough to the Missouri to watch the Japanese surrender party arrive and depart. I have a letter he mailed there on that day with a special postmark. |
Piccolo, Tony | Chief Yeoman | 1945 – 1946 | ComDesDiv 21 | My father was a plank owner and kept a log of his time onboard. |
McGrath, William | 1946 – | |||
Koch, Robert | STRIKER | 1947 – 1948 | ||
Shaw, Raymond (Ray) | SA | Sep 1949 – Feb 10, 1950 | Training Yeoman | |
Charlton, Forrest (Sam) | SN-RD1 | Dec 10, 1954 – Jun 15, 1958 | OI | |
Harris, George | Sonar 2nd class | May 1955 – Jul 1958 | Sonar | |
Cierley, Frederick | PN3 | Mar 24, 1958 – Mar 20, 1960 | 1st | |
Countryman, Larry D. | BM1 | Aug 30, 1958 – Apr 15, 1964 | 1st Division | |
Smith, Douglas (Smitty) | RD3 | 1959 – 1962 | OI Division | I grew up on this ship and have shipmates to this day that I still have contact with. They are more family than friends! |
Hatfield, Gary | IC2 | Aug 19, 1959 – Jul 1962 | R | |
Potter, Jerry | BM3 | Oct 6, 1960 – Aug 10, 1964 | 1ST | Hi Guys, My time aboard the Perkins was one of the most exciting times of my life, would love to hear from you Potter |
Broxson, Glen | SK2/SK1 | 1961 – 1963 | ||
Ireton, Tom | ETN3 | Feb 1961 – Nov 1963 | DesDiv 11 | |
Beckman, Ronald | RM2 | Feb 5, 1962 – Jun 15, 1966 | COMM | |
Self, Aubrey L | SA | Mar 28, 1962 – Mar 10, 1965 | Deck Hand | Looking for info on the reunion for DSS Perkins |
Zimmerman, Clayton | FTG-2 | Sep 1962 – Feb 1966 | Gunnery | Arrived aboard just after FRAM II refit sea trials. 2 tours in WESTPAC. Left ship in San Francisco shipyards in 1966. |
Beckman, Ronald (Becky) | RM3 | Sep 1962 – Jun 1966 | OC | Would like to be in contact with any shipmates that served at that time. Is anyone going to the up coming reunion? Be great to hear from you. |
Ridley, Frank | Ltjg | Sep 1962 – Feb 1965 | Communications Officer | |
Martin, Ron | RM1 | 1963 – 1966 | Operations | Looking for Jim Whaley, PN2 .... last known address was in Imperial Beach, CA |
Blom, John (Sam) | 3rd Class Signalman | 1963 – | OC | Looking for anyone who remembers the dungaree liberty we had at Nha Trang South Vietnam in 1965. Also looking for anyone who remembers the night time operation we had with the USS McMorris when we fired the star shells. |
Butts, Dennis | bt2 | Apr 6, 1963 – Jul 26, 1966 | engineering | I would any feedback from old shipmates |
Parsons, Donald | bt 3 | Aug 18, 1963 – May 22, 1967 | b division | looking for other shipmates that served in b and m division 63 to 67 |
Albarado, Roy Curtis | E5 | Mar 18, 1964 – Apr 18, 1968 | Radioman | Looking for JACKIE ACKERMAN and JOE JAMES HOUSER! |
Sims, Robert | ETN3 | Jun 5, 1964 – Aug 15, 1965 | DASH | |
Banks, Price | et-3 | Oct 10, 1964 – Sep 1, 1965 | DASH | I NEED TO KNOW THE DATE WE HAD SHORE LEAVE IN VIET NAM(NHA TRANG) |
Stingl, Joe | IC2 | Nov 1964 – Aug 1965 | R | Would like to know if any one remembers the date we moored in Vietnam (Nha Trang?) in summer of 1965... |
Leblanc, Neil (Fefe) | ST | Nov 1964 – Nov 1970 | Sonor | This is my dad that passed away November 1998. If anyone has pictures of him please contact me, we lost everything in hurricane Rita. Thanks Karen |
Roberts, Bobby | SA | Jan 1965 – 1966 | bm | |
Hull, Larr | BM 1 | Feb 1965 – Apr 1971 | Deck Division | |
Mullins, Michael | FTG3 | Mar 1965 – Oct 1966 | Gunnery | Came aboard by Boson's Chair; left by Helicopter Horse Collar cable lift. Hope to see some of you at the Reunion in Colorado Springs this September. You can help me celebrate my birthday. |
Precie, Anthony A. (Tony) | ICFN | Dec 10, 1965 – Jun 10, 1966 | R | Caught the ship while she was in Hunter's Poit SFO Shipyard Drydock #2 with USS John R. Craig (DDR 885), sea trials, Dash Ops, pre-deploy to WESTPAC 66 shake-down with DESDIV 12, COMCRUDESPAC MM1 McCoy had the deck when I reported aboard in Dec 66 |
Stevens, Randy | 1966 – 1968 | |||
Leibold, Patrick | CS3 | 1966 – 1968 | Supply | Great times & good food. Looking for Steve Hicks, Fred Hurst, Lonny Sperlock, Sturling Norgard, and the taco bender Danny Gonez CS1. |
Jay, Hall | sn | 1966 – 1969 | cook | |
Chappell, Allyn | QM2 | Jun 3, 1966 – Dec 5, 1969 | OPS | served with some of the best. Bruce, Mouse, Pitts , Raul, and many more I can't recall. |
Rice, Frank | SK5 | Jun 6, 1966 – Dec 15, 1969 | Supply | |
Gadbois, Dann | YN3 | Jul 1966 – Jul 1968 | 2nd | Operations Department Support Weapons Office |
Noe, Walter (Page) | FT/G | Aug 1966 – Apr 1968 | Gunnery | 3 WesPacs |
Tolle, Larry | SN | Oct 1966 – 1967 | Deck hand |
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