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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Preserver (ARS 8). 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 72 crew members registered for the USS Preserver (ARS 8).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1975 | 1976 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Davis, John | EN1/ENC | Jan 1976 – Jun 1979 | Engineering | Great times on the P boat. Had a nasty fire but no injuries and we put her back together. Served with the best Engineering Officer in the Navy, CWO4 Clyde Miller. Will never forget that man! |
Smith, Willie (Smitty) | RM-3 | May 1976 – Nov 1979 | Operations | Just would like to know if any of theold shipmates are out there. |
Boone, William /billy | BM2/DV | Jul 20, 1976 – Jan 9, 1979 | Deck/Salvage | Hi all you old P Boat sailors . I was on the P Boat two times for a total of seven years . very sad deal to see the old gal being towed to the scrap yard. |
Smith, Willie | Radioman 3rd Class | Aug 4, 1976 – Sep 20, 1979 | Operations Divisions | Want to locate SH3 Jerry Sharpe and RM3 Richard Brake. |
Baugher, Trent | QM3 | Dec 10, 1976 – Jun 20, 1980 | OPS | Reported in Rota just as Preserver was leaving the Med in Dec 76. Med cruise 78, escorted 4 minesweeps to Saudi Arabia in 79. Many good memories of my Shipmates. Got out in June 80, returned in 82. Retired QMCS in 2000. |
Buswell, Randy | HT-2 /DV-1 | Mar 1977 – Sep 3, 1980 | Dive Locker / Snipes / Engineering | Looking back I wasn't all that wild about serving on board the P-Boat, But...I learned some discipline, learned a trade that has carried me for many years, traveled the western half of the world several times, Good times |
Adolphson, Stephen | HT1/DV | Apr 1978 – 1980 | R Div | P boat was my first ship after dive school and was the tightest crew I ever sailed with. She was my favorite. Does anyone know what happened to EN1/DV Dave Lay? |
Diver, Richard | ET1 | Sep 15, 1978 – Mar 15, 1980 | OE | Did 20 years, made Chief, Made LDO, retired as a LT. |
Harding, Stacy | EM2 | Nov 1978 – Mar 1982 | Engineering | P boat was a damn good part of life for me. Learned alot about electricity and life. Liked Capt. Bassett, his uncle and my dad served on the same sub in WW 2. Good reason for me not getting into trouble. |
Meyer, Francis Douglas | LCDR | Apr 1979 – Jul 1981 | CO | |
Gentry, Marvin | civ | Jan 1, 1980 – | eng | i help recon from dead fleet and stayed with her until the end i met alot of good guys and everyone was a friend to me thanks guys |
Gautreau, Mark | EN | Sep 21, 1980 – Jul 25, 1983 | EN | |
Crow, George | BM2 | 1981 – 1986 | Deck Crew | allways wondered what happened to the gang. still have alot of memories about serving on the P-Boat |
Deming, Andrew | LT | Mar 1981 – Dec 1982 | XO | Best bunch of men I had the pleasure of serving with |
Gerber, Douglas | EN 2 | May 15, 1981 – May 15, 1985 | B 2 | |
Lagoueyte, Charles | Seaman | Feb 1982 – Jul 1983 | Deck | I recently revisited a photo album of the time. I always have fond memories of the time I served on-board the Preserver. It is the highlight of my less than memorable naval career. I am glad I served on the P boat. |
Ritzus, Yogi | ht | Apr 17, 1982 – | eng | would be glad to hear from p boat boys |
Naughton, Edward | YN2 | Sep 1982 – Nov 1984 | NX | Ship's writer. TAR. Selected Reserve records. Always will remember HTC Schlosser, SELRES. Special memory, he was only HT to be selected for E7 Chief that year in SELRES and it was his first try - a sailor's sailor. |
Durrance, Pearce | QMCsw JG Pearce Durrance | 1983 – 1986 | Operations Division | It was the best Duty of my Naval Career. I was Ops Division Officer. Stood OOD Underway & Command Duty Officer Import. Crew of appx 85. We did several Aircraft crash Salvage recovery ops & other Diving & Salvage ops. |
Crosby, Lenny | MR2 MR1 | Feb 10, 1983 – Nov 1, 1987 | A | Salvage training, Space Shuttle and heavy weather. Sammer, Gerber, MA Judd, Harry, Bucky and Berry, Foltz, Fragale, Louis, Yogi |
Butler, Patrick | EM-2 DV | May 5, 1983 – Aug 9, 1985 | Diving and Salvage | Good times to be had. I have tried to locate some of the guys and found Lenny and Gerber on this site. Way to go! Does anyone have contact info for the crew? |
Hill, Earl | BM3 | Mar 15, 1984 – | Deck | Lokking for my Div Officer LT Ruggles ex Navy Seal |
Burroughs, Raymond | E3 | Jan 1986 – Sep 1986 | M | If you remember me- give me a shout. |
Imbriale, Frank | E3 | Nov 1, 1986 – Sep 1, 1988 | ||
Ramos, Raimundo ( Ray) | BM3 | 1987 – Jul 1989 | DECK | |
Davis, Michael C | HT3 | Jul 15, 1987 – Sep 18, 1989 | Came aboard in 1987 as a plankowner had some good times but some very bad ones also. If any shipmates from the preserver see this and was inengineering, think about the 18 hours days with Cheng screaming about anything and everything,lol. | |
Delvalle, Tony | e3 | 1988 – 1990 | perssonnel | Just poking around to see if there is anyone i know |
Vetere, Joe | Lieutenant | Jan 1, 1988 – Aug 7, 1992 | Engineering | Great crew. I really enjoyed working with everyone. It was my first billet as Engineering officer and department head. |
Langla, Perry | EN2 | Jan 1989 – Mar 1990 | M Division | |
Ipkovich, Andrew | ENS | Nov 1, 1989 – Nov 1, 1991 | Eng/Sup/Comms | Good ship for a first command: goatlocker and wardroom were good to each other and the crew was friendly, hardworking and helpful to a new J.O. Visits to Annapolis, Gitmo, Rosy Roads, Charleston & Montego Bay |
Siepp, Steven | ET2 SW | 1990 – 1993 | OE | Working on the Perserver gave me a whole new perspective on the Navy. It wasn't us vs them, combat vs deck vs engineering, vs what ever division. we had to work as a team to get stuff done, and a great team we were. |
Schenk, Ron | RM2(SW) | Dec 1991 – Oct 1992 | Operations | I was an RMSN when I got to this ship straight out of A school. wasn't too long afterwards the ship was decommissioned. |
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