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USS Indianapolis (SSN 697) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Indianapolis (SSN 697). 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 172 crew members registered for the USS Indianapolis (SSN 697).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1981 | 1982 – 1986 | 1987 – 1992 | 1993 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto, Rick | STS3(SS) | Jan 1982 – May 1985 | Sonar | The Indy was my first command! My first sonar chief was Otis Henderson....thank you!!! |
| Cates, David | MM2 | Jan 2, 1982 – Jun 1, 1983 | M division | My qual boat, shell back on 82 WESTPAC lots of good memories. |
| Duffell, Michael | QMC(SS) | Jan 5, 1982 – May 5, 1988 | QM | Great time with great friends. |
| Gorsich, Michael | ET1(SS) | Feb 2, 1982 – Jan 15, 1986 | Reactor Controls | Let's hear from Lessman, Lehman, and 'Jumpin' Jack' Chandler! |
| Freed, Steve/fred | MM2SS | Mar 2, 1982 – Mar 1985 | WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! LOOK BACK AND SEE ALL THE AWESOME TIMES WE HAD. AUSTRAILIA WAS THE BEST!!! | |
| Annis, Troy | TM3 | Jun 16, 1982 – | Torpedomen | |
| Cueva, Pete | MMC(SS) | Jul 3, 1982 – Jul 4, 1984 | AUXILIARY DIVISION | WISH I COULD SEE ALL THE A GANG, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE CREW |
| Jiran, Stephen | ET1(SS/DV) | Aug 1, 1982 – Aug 1, 1985 | ET | My first boat. Had a blast. Made some great friends. |
| Maddock, Bob/maddog | FTG-1SS | Oct 3, 1982 – Jul 18, 1985 | Fire control | somebody say wicksum |
| Norris, Bill "Chuck" | STS2 SS | 1983 – 1986 | Sonar | 22-23 Whatever it takes! |
Burden, Scott  | QM2 (SS) | 1983 – 1986 | Nav/Ops | No doubt an adventure! Pattaya Beach Thailand favorite port. |
| Keith, John | EM2 | Jan 1983 – Nov 1983 | Electrical | My first boat. Wonder what happened to Jake McNeil and Johnnie. |
| Ficek, Harvey | MM2(SS) | Feb 1983 – Jan 1986 | Engineering | Great times, Great friends, lasting memories; wish it would never have ended. We all learned, lived, and enjoyed life as if it was our last day. Aloha Boys and MOJO; words cannot explain it, it could only be experienced. |
| Silis, Kevin | TM3 (SS) | Mar 1, 1983 – Sep 23, 1986 | Weapons | One of the Greatest things you can do is server your country. Too have been able to do it on the Indy with this group of men was an honor. Wild times for sure!!! Submariners once, Submariners twice... |
| Butkovich, Matt | Jun 1983 – Aug 1987 | |||
| Pennington, Ralph | RM2(SS) | Jul 1983 – Jul 25, 1987 | Communications: Crypto | Quite a few great memories, but the one that stands out is my first day onboard. I would like to thank TM2(SS) Tom Brockman for leaving the torpedo room bilge door open so my dumb ass could fall down it. Welcome Aboard! |
| Remley, Tom | O3 | Jan 1984 – Jun 1986 | E-IC-DCA | JO tour. We were steaming Mo Foes. two west pacs, one east pac |
| Ward, Glen | EM2(SS) | Jan 1984 – Dec 1986 | E division | Best people I have ever known. |
| Remley, Tom | LT | Jan 24, 1984 – Jun 9, 1986 | E, IC, DCA | At the airport I said, "Maybe in a few years I'll forget how much it sucked to be on the Indy." Really it was a blast. |
| Tatro, Mike | MS2 | Feb 1984 – Jul 1988 | ||
| Hicks, Mike | STS 1 | Feb 1, 1984 – Mar 1, 1987 | Sonar | |
| Ashcraft, John | MM1/SS | Apr 1, 1984 – Sep 1, 1987 | Machinery | Tough working hours. Great experience. |
| Vaughn, Ken | IC1/SS | May 1, 1984 – Jul 6, 1986 | Electrical | Great group of guys...back aft!!! D**n forward pukes!!! Just kiddin', had a lot of fun, great times, spent 30 days once in Olongapo man was I tired. Poker at Hoss' (div off) house, rebuilding the SSMG in 6 sleepless days with Rob Smith |
| Lubawski, Michael | RM1(SSS) | Jun 1984 – Jul 1988 | Radio Gang | Kinda miss the Westpac's. Don't miss the drills or sanitary tank valve mis-aligns during in-port blowings. |
| Kilgore, Bart | FTG2 | Oct 1, 1984 – Oct 1, 1987 | Fire Control | Hey guys!! Port'nstarboard anyone? Wish I was in the P.I. most days(WHEW!!!) Anyone hear from Soliz or Corso? Tell everyone I said "HEY!" |
| Andrews, John | MM1 SS/DV | Dec 11, 1984 – Oct 2, 1989 | MM/ELT | |
| Offer, Brad | LT | 1985 – 1988 | M-Div / Comm / Ops | Three of the hardest AND the most memorable years of my life. It's pretty hard to top being part of a nuclear submarine crew. Not sorry to be out, but definitely miss the people and the adventure. |
| Sweetheimer, Doc | HM1/AC/SS | Jan 22, 1985 – 1990 | ME MYSELF I | |
| Copeland, Mike | EM1/SS | Feb 1985 – Jul 1988 | Electrical | Two Westpacs, two Eastpacs, non stop weekly ops, No Can Do shipyard, what's not to love? |
| Watts, Wayne | FTG3 | Mar 1985 – Oct 1987 | Weapons | Wished i had done things differently. But life is still good and i wouldnt trade my mems for anything. |
| Wimber, Richard | MM1/SS | Mar 1, 1985 – May 15, 1989 | Machinery | |
| Worley, Mike | LT | Mar 10, 1985 – May 1988 | CRA, RCA, CSO/Weaps | Great ship & crew. Mojo make you smart! Amazed I didn't die climbing the whaling ship main mast in Lahaina with John Schierloh. Still giving Dan Palko crap for not having chocolate milk. I remember playing "name that bug juice" on m |
| Perrin, Brad | MM1/SS | Apr 1, 1985 – Apr 30, 1989 | M | just wanted to be a good mechanic... long days and long nights ... bled more on the lagging than I should have. Night school in the shipyard .. and then more night school. |
| Owen, Clinton | ETC(SS) | May 1985 – Jul 1988 | Reactor Control | I made Chief on the Indy in 1987, during the overhaul. I saw the BCP as part of the Pacific Submarine Force Museum (Bowfin Memorial) when I visited Pearl Harbor around 1999. |
| Anderson, Mike | FTG1 (SS) | Jun 1985 – Jun 1988 | Fire Control | |
| Stevens, Kevin | ET3/SS | Aug 15, 1985 – Dec 13, 1989 | OPS | Sea time sucked the big kahuna... |
| Schenck, Scott | EM2/SS | Aug 17, 1985 – Aug 1, 1989 | Was the new guy in e-div for 1 year, doing decks and precip PMS. Memories include: Parties in the barracks, Moose happy hours, 28 days tied to the proteus serving under hollywood Bob (bar hunting), Maui dependent cruises, freeze seals.. | |
| Carl, Dave | MM1 | Jan 6, 1986 – Dec 15, 1988 | Reactor Labratories | Loved the west Pac, hated overhaul at Pearl Harbor Naval Ship Yard |
| Robertson, Bryan | E5/QM | Mar 28, 1986 – Jun 9, 1991 | Quartermaster | Had a lot of ups and downs on this boat, if it wasn't for some key people I never would have survived. Thank you to the shipmates that never gave up on me and helped to become successful. I am forever in your debt. |
| Winsworth, Bill | MM1/SS | May 1986 – Jul 25, 1989 | MM/ELT | I remember being part of a team in a way I don't see anymore. |
| Pedersen, Mike | MM2/SS | Aug 6, 1986 – Dec 11, 1990 | A-gang | Only one to go to sea on her before and after the refit at PHNSY... |
| Gerren, David | LT | Oct 1986 – Oct 1989 | Electrical/Sonar/Engineering | Spent most of the sub time in (ROH) No Ka Oi (for the better). Went on to spend 30 years in rebuilding commercial nuclear power plants. Rx head, SGs, Digital CRDS and Fukushima response as a senior nuclear consultant eng |
| Blair, Stephen | ET2(SS) | Dec 1986 – Jul 1990 | Reactor | I was a reactor operator. Most of that time was spent in the No Ka Oi. |
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