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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Caloosahatchee (AO 98). 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 294 crew members registered for the USS Caloosahatchee (AO 98).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – 1971 | 1972 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1982 | 1983 – 1986 | 1987 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Harbison, Steve Smokey Bear | BTFN | 1978 – | B | met a few good people on board and we stay in touch! |
Spinek, Ron | MM3 | 1978 – 1980 | M and stream | Hey remember pink floyds the wall on the stream door I did that. Anybody remember Jim Luna He was the Capt, cook. great times great bunch of guys.chief Scullen |
Kirwan, Tom (Or "Peanut") | MMFN | Jun 15, 1978 – 1982 | M | I was the youngest enlisted man on board and got to paint the bullnose blue during our NATO cruise in late 78 |
Williamson, Les | SN/PCSN | Aug 1978 – May 1980 | Deck/OC | Came on in Norfolk and made the trip to New York for drydock. Made all kinds of cruises,North Atlantic, Med, Caribean,Gtmo. Good ship and a good time. |
Rutledge, Ricky | RM3 | Aug 7, 1978 – Sep 11, 1979 | ops | |
Fletcher, Mike | BM-3 | Oct 21, 1978 – Jun 4, 1981 | 2ND | One of the best times of my life memories that will live forever |
Auberger, Robert / Bob | HTFN | 1979 – Jan 31, 1981 | Repair Div / Damage Control | To those that remember me, my son Adam did survive the car accident and the many skull surgeries he suffered. To all those who helped get me home and supported me when my Dad passed of cancer as well as be with my son, my deepest thanks! |
Beers, John | E3 | Jun 1979 – Feb 1982 | ||
Irvin, Swirvin Irvin Or Irv | e 3 | Jul 1979 – 1981 | ht | David irvin is not dead served 1979 to 1981 left with cancer and made it looking for anyone who served with me during that time. steve dreese ,tony swan, duane detiller, miss you guys hope someone will write fuc iran |
Anderson, Tom -boot Andy | BT3 | Aug 11, 1979 – Mar 8, 1983 | Boiler | Had my ups and downs. Met some great guys. Had some great laughs and saw some sites!! I relive the good memories often. any guys I served with, look me up ... tfaii at yahoo dot com is my email. |
Kelley, John | BMCM | Aug 31, 1979 – Jun 15, 1983 | 1 ST | Was a pleasure to work with Tim Kelsey, Kevin Kendig, Doug Kline, Kutz and a bunch of other who were never ready for Prime Time. But were always GREAT at what they did. |
Hawkins, Keith | SN | Dec 1979 – Oct 1980 | 2nd Deck Div | Sailed on the Caloosahatchee in the Med, Atlantic, and Caribbean (2). |
Belanger, Jeff | E4 | Jan 15, 1980 – Oct 21, 1982 | E | Hi we did two med cruise in the years 1980 and1982.Thire were two accidents.One a sailor fell overboard and hit his head.Second a IC3 men got hit bye a liberty boat.please email me.belangerjeff59@yahoo.com.any info.thank |
McDorman, Jim | MM3 | Jan 16, 1980 – Apr 26, 1983 | M | Overall positive experience, met some good mates, stay in touch with a couple. Good to see names that I recognize from M&B divisions. Never will forget Gibraltar, Portsmouth, England & Benidorm, Spain. jrjpm7@gmail.com |
Brown, Thgomas | SN | Feb 1, 1980 – Feb 4, 1983 | was in 2nd div. under bmcm sherman | |
Lewis, Ron | SA-GMG2(SW) | Apr 17, 1980 – Feb 27, 1984 | Weapons/Fox | |
Swilling, David | MM/FM2 | Jun 1980 – Aug 1980 | Engineering | Med Cruise 80, lost starboard shaft |
Bassitt, James | FR To EN2 | Jun 1980 – 1983 | A | It was my first ship and it was a very exciting times I'll never forget all the ups and downs times there. |
Treacy, John | BT@ | Aug 4, 1980 – Nov 4, 1984 | B | Served with Brad Cleveland, Jeff Hamilton, Jeff Salazar, Jeff Shields, Bill Freeland, Joey Reese, Jim Reichow, Bob Conlin, Joe Griffin, BTC Lassen, BTC Westgate, LT McAnaney, Rucker, Capt JB Houston |
Deniz, Jerome | Sn | Aug 12, 1980 – 1982 | Deck 2nd div | Ill never forget snapper!! Bmcm Sherman |
Detmer, Rick | MM2 | Aug 21, 1980 – Apr 21, 1986 | STREAM | I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OLD NAVY TIMES. DON"T KNOW WHY. I GUESS I JUST MISS IT ALL. I AM DOING WELL IN MICHIGAN, I WORK FOR THE COUNTY AS FLEET SUPERVISOR ( BUS FLEET), HOPE YOU ALL ARE WELL. |
Walmsley, Clifford | BM3 | Aug 28, 1980 – May 17, 1984 | 1st Div | This site helps bring back old memories. Hello shipmates. |
Plank, Russ | E3 | Sep 1980 – Jun 1982 | R | Hull Tech During a crazy time on the boat, Powers, Minnich, Dreese, Swann, Lisle, Irvin, Skinnard, Kelsey, Gonelli! Love & miss Italy |
Johnson, Dwight "j.j." | EM1 | Oct 1980 – Aug 30, 1982 | Stream | The Caloose was bigger than the Minesweepers that I was use to. I have to say, I did enjoy the two cruises as for it rounded out my Navy career on both coast. And of course we all remember Master Chief Sherman. 7319 day, over and out! |
Marshall, Edward | HT1 | Dec 2, 1980 – Oct 1985 | R-DIV | Had some good and bad on that ship, had some good friends, if anyone know anything about EM2 Turner hit me up. |
Coleman, Jac | BM Second Class Petty Officer | 1981 – 1982 | NNWS Navcom7 | Hey, any of you guys remember me I was rig captain of refueling station #6. The Redheaded guy. 1981-1982 |
Kelsey, Tim | BM2 | Jan 17, 1981 – Nov 1984 | 1 St Deck | I worked under Senioer Chief Kelley my shipmates were Kendig, Kuntz, Porter,Dowd,Wolf,Cini,Loso,Smitch,Johnson,Lowe,Porter,and do not ever forget the popular Doug Kline. If any of you read this I wish You all have had great lives |
Pierce, Abel | qmsa | Jun 14, 1981 – Oct 23, 1983 | operations | myself abel pierce |
Melvin, Daniel (Dan) | E6/RM | Sep 1, 1981 – Jan 15, 1985 | OC | |
Pemberton, John Smith | USS CALOOSAHATCHEE AO-98 | Sep 12, 1981 – | ||
Wade, Eric C. | FN | Oct 11, 1981 – Jun 15, 1984 | B-Division | Hi .Hole Snipes. the fun we had around them 400 lb Foster Wheeler K type boilers.......what a hell hole, but an unforgettable group of folks that I had the pleasure of knowing. |
Berger, James/jim | QM3 | 1982 – 1986 | Navigation | Wow, I don't see any of my shipmates posted. Anyone heard from Mike Sitter (AKA Sasquach), SM1 Jeff Skinner or any of the crazy OS's that served '82-'86? What about QM1 Jim Klier or QMCS Tanner? |
Ringgold, Arthur | sm1 | 1982 – 1984 | communications/signals | i served on the caloos when she returned to the u.s. after a deployment to the med.After which she went to the shipyard metro machine in norfolk, the names i remember are bosn smith and pc1 smith. |
McDonough, Bill | MM2 | Feb 11, 1982 – Dec 1, 1985 | M and A gang | I hated the ship and the Navy, but it made me grow up. We were lucky that ship never sunk. I can remember so many times the bilges were flooded and water was pouring in through the warped shaft. Gerry Bolduc where r u? |
Stewart, John | MM1(SW) | Feb 15, 1982 – Sep 15, 1984 | A Division | I was LPO of A division.I enjoyed my time aboard the Caloos.Worked for ENCM Wilson.Alot of good guys.Hope all are doing well.I retired from Naval reserve with 22 years service. |
Kutz, Bob | BM3 | Mar 1, 1982 – Nov 1, 1985 | first | |
Krizon, James/jim | BTC | Mar 1, 1982 – Mar 1, 1984 | Boilers | |
Chatenka, Chris | EM3 | Mar 10, 1982 – Nov 15, 1985 | E division | Great memories of Rio, Palma, Sardinia etc. Does anyone remember when EM 1st class James connected ship to shore power and almost blew up the ship? I'll never forget the blue explosion . Hope he is doing well. |
Reese, Joey | BT | Apr 1982 – Jul 1985 | B- Division | |
McCormick, Bill | Apr 1, 1982 – Nov 25, 1985 | second | ||
Karwowski, Todd Or Ski | S | May 5, 1982 – Mar 28, 1983 | 2nd deck | who could ever forget master chief sherman, price,doc,reddick,hunt,verdon,hanscom,hall, ketterman,dennis,barnes,shabazz,thompson.. some good times......and bad hope all of you guys are doingwell.. |
Hays, Hays | BT | Sep 1982 – Jun 1987 | B-Div | By far the best group of guys i ever served with. |
Sembra, Amado "Sam" | NCC (E-7) | Sep 14, 1982 – Jul 19, 1985 | X- Division | Assigned as the Ship Command Career Counselor. I'm organizing a Caloos Reunions on May 8, 2010 aboard the Spirit of Norfolk. I have 21 people sign-up for the reunions. Its nice to meet old shipmates from the Caloos. |
Broaddus, Edward Aka "billy Swang Or Billy D" | SN | Oct 18, 1982 – Jul 9, 1985 | Deck 2nd | Served aboard the Caloos from 1982 thru 1985. Looking for old Shipmates in Deck 2nd Division. Served with Gregory Reddick, Michael Hunt. Hope we all haven't forgot our shipmate we lost during Med Cruise, sad times. |
Workman, Bill | ET2 | Nov 2, 1982 – Dec 20, 1985 | OE | taught et "a" school for 3 more yrs and got out i own 2 swimming pool supply stores in phx area still in contact with et3 mansfield |
Jaspers, Eric | IC3 | Dec 1982 – Aug 1986 | E | Had some great times while stationed on her. |
Hanscom, Jeffrey | BM2 | Dec 7, 1982 – Aug 1, 1986 | 2nd | This was my first ship. I really learned a lot and made some great friends. Who could forget people like old Snapper and Doc Livingston. I see many names on here I recognize. Anyone got an extra 1984 cruise book? I lost mine and it is |
Astudillo, Mark | MS2 | Dec 16, 1982 – Jun 16, 1986 | S-2 | Hello you old salts. Would love to hear for you! |
Batiste, Eugene | FN | Dec 21, 1982 – Jul 12, 1986 | M | Being on the CALOOS was the best time of my life. I came on board while in the shipyards.I had my problems but would not trade the experince for anything. I was proud to be a member of the CALOOS |
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