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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Bolster (ARS 38). 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 130 crew members registered for the USS Bolster (ARS 38).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1970 | 1971 – 1980 | 1981 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Bullis, Mark (Bull) | EM3 | Jan 13, 1981 – Jul 14, 1984 | WORKIN NAVY | HEY ALL..HAD THE BEST AND WORST TIMES ON THAT BOAT. STILL HAVE COCKROACH NIGHTMARES. MISS SUBIC BAY, BUT NOT THE CPT. MASTS. BELLOWS BLOWOUTS...HOTEL STREET....PORT AND STARBOARDS... |
Weaver, Harry | E-4 Engineman | Jun 18, 1981 – Jun 20, 1983 | Navy Divers | |
Boost, Keith | SEAMAN | Sep 1981 – Apr 1984 | deck | nothing but good times! even though i was in trouble alot! |
Bryant, James The Bev | BM3 | Sep 1, 1981 – Jan 15, 1985 | Deck | Miss hanging with the guy's. Hope life has treated everyone well. |
Loewen, John | EN2 | Dec 27, 1981 – May 29, 1985 | B2E, B1E, Diving and Salvage | |
Ross, Bob (Roscoe) | OS2 | Apr 15, 1982 – Oct 1, 1986 | OPS | Great memories, and lifelong friends (Greg Davis) , |
Melady, Bm3 Jerry | BM 3 | May 5, 1983 – Feb 7, 1987 | Deck | Hard working ship. Memories for a lifetime. Johnny Beck was my hero. I miss you Dave Petris. Dave "Daddy" Wells where are you? Maxwell Smart I miss you. I love you Bolster crew. |
Jernigan, Roy | HT3 / Diver Second Class | Aug 1983 – May 1984 | Ops / dive locker | i came to the bolster from the cold water of sub base groton, conn. I was on the bolster for a few months but was lucky to meet some cool mth fers. I hope everyone is well!! |
Young, Bob | EN-3 | 1984 – 1986 | Engineering | |
De Merit, Adam | GMG3 | Oct 15, 1984 – Oct 15, 1988 | Deck | I served with the reserve component for 3 years. I had some fun when we went to Pearl harbour Hawaii for our salvage training. |
Ekleberry, Jesse | PO3 | Jan 31, 1985 – Jan 31, 1988 | Engineering | |
MacIas, Anthony | E2 | Jul 28, 1985 – 1994 | Ars-38 | |
Engen, Jim | IC3(DV) | May 1986 – May 1988 | Locker | Most unforgetable time of my life. Thanks to my Mentors HT1 Schnieder, HT2 John Porowski, Lt. Tokarak, Lt. Shea. Can't remember one more Lt.'s name (aka Chicken Hawk). Everyone of my shipmates were the best! Miss all of you. |
Joyce, Dan | EN3 | May 10, 1986 – Dec 5, 1989 | Engineering | Served aboard in the mid to late 80's in b-1-e main propulsion engineroom. The work ethic I received onboard from my shipmates I have carried with me through life. Hard work but a lot of fun. |
Wright, Weldon | En2 | Dec 18, 1986 – 1990 | Engineering | I had a great time on my first ship. I still can draw the bilge and s/system from memory and hated stowing the tow cables. Had some good memories. |
Douglas Roberson, Doc | HM1(SW/DV) | Jan 1, 1987 – Mar 11, 1990 | Medical and The Dive Locker | The Best Ship Tour I ever had Great Guys Like MDV OBY Obryan , HT1 Ken Schnieder, Capt Murray, Lt Tokaric, Mark Schleef, Brick Bradford, Russ Mallet. |
Crane, Todd | OS2 | Mar 1, 1987 – Feb 1, 1991 | ||
Starks, Bradley | EN2 | Mar 3, 1987 – Jul 16, 1989 | Engineering Dept. | I miss all of you guys,we really had some fun, I was a fool and got in 1994, after I made E-6.and have been kicking myself ever since. I would like to hear from you guys so look up my E-mail. |
Smith, Michael (Smitty) | EN2 | Mar 24, 1987 – Jun 5, 1990 | A-Gang | Aw man this was the time of my life. I had alot of great friends. A shoot out to Billy Balargen, Jeff Jackson, Todd Crane, Gerald Mccann, Chuck Stufflebeam, Scott Kaye, Cismo, and everyone else I had the honor serving with. |
Kaplan, Kip | E6/BM1 | Apr 1987 – May 1990 | Deck | |
Carroll, Charles | e-4 | Feb 1, 1988 – Feb 1, 1993 | e division | I remember lots of 6 on and 6 off in b2 |
McIntyre, Marty | E-3 | Apr 18, 1988 – Jan 18, 1990 | deck | served in deck department under BM1 Cline, BM1 Cortez, and BM2 Kaplan. |
Carroll, Patrick | EM3 | Jan 1, 1989 – Jan 2, 1993 | e | |
Sinclair, Scott | BM1/BMC | Feb 13, 1989 – Oct 13, 1990 | ||
Griffin, Donald | EN1/SWC | May 1990 – Jul 1993 | M,A, Deck | Was my last command I remember it well, She's at the bottem of the sea now R.I.P. |
Rieger, Steve | BM2 | Jun 8, 1990 – Sep 8, 1990 | Deck | I was just TAD but it was a great ship. They needed more crew for it was aT.A.R.P. reserve ship |
Carlson, Robert | ET 3 | Jul 22, 1990 – Jun 19, 1991 | ||
Malinowski, Charles | EM1 (SS) | Aug 27, 1990 – Sep 19, 1990 | Submarine nuclear personnel | Who was the BORN AGAIN Bible-believing Christian who gave me the Gospel mid-Sept 1990 at night, topsid aft? I was one of the sub nukes watching the Boomer-in-tow. Please tell him I came to faith in Christ two weeks later |
McHendry, Clayton Mac | EN2 | Oct 6, 1990 – Oct 15, 1993 | ||
Young, David | RM2 | Oct 10, 1990 – Sep 15, 1992 | Ops | short, and ran into some problems before my time run out. |
Nelke, Rob | E# | 1991 – 1992 | DECK | Still have nightmares of 48 straight hours of cleaning bilges. |
McKenna, Clyde | MS-1 | Feb 1991 – Sep 1992 | supply/foodservice | remember a lot of good times. |
Chism, Gregory | Fireman/DC | Mar 15, 1991 – Mar 19, 1994 | HT Shop | Hey Bob, Mike, Joe, Dale, and some of the others! Take care. |
McCarty, Kevin | QM2 | Apr 25, 1991 – Nov 10, 1992 | OPS | I remember some intersting times. It was short but rewarding. |
Harrison, Alan | BM1 | Jun 7, 1991 – Feb 1, 1993 | DECK | |
Acfalle, George | E3/BMSN | Aug 17, 1991 – Nov 10, 1993 | DECK | Looking for old buddies. |
Buffington, Michael | BM3 | Oct 1991 – 1994 | Deck | |
Mercer, Robert David | EM2 | 1992 – 1994 | a | |
Motter, Matthew | EN3 | 1992 – 1994 | Engineering | Was My First Ship Loved Every Minute Of It |
Levitt, Aaron ![]() | RM2(SW) | Mar 1, 1992 – Sep 24, 1994 | Ops | Part of the decomm crew. First and best command I set foot on. Mostly, because of the crew. Good times. Feel free to reach out! |
Harden, Richard | E5 | Aug 27, 1992 – Aug 29, 1994 | DB01 | Whats going on you salvage GODS. Hope all is well with the Sailors that I served with. HOO YAH DEEP SEA Rich Harden |
Stone, Daniel | OS3 | Apr 6, 1993 – May 4, 1995 | Operations | |
Dozier, Kevin | SEAMAN | Jun 5, 1993 – Sep 24, 1994 | DECK | This was my first ship and I had a great time. I even met my future brother-n-law(gauge simpson, baby doc) |
McCarthy, Cheng | LT | Jun 16, 1993 – Jun 13, 1994 | engineering | OLD SHIP GOOD TIME GREAT CREW |
Moore, Don ![]() | HTC (DV/SW) | Oct 1993 – Jun 1994 | HT Shop/ Dive Locker | way to much fun |
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