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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Raleigh (LPD 1). 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 532 crew members registered for the USS Raleigh (LPD 1).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1969 | 1970 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bean, Robert Wizard | OS2 | 1973 – 1974 | OI | Not bad duty for a 2-year reservist. Met some good fellows and hope all are doing well. |
| Stein, John | MM3 | Feb 11, 1973 – Jun 23, 1973 | M | Reported while in PNSY, made my 1st trip to sea to GITMO, with a stop in Jamaica. Learned quick that the 'old salts' knew their sh_t. Was TDY on my way to Nuc school.Great crew in M/B div. Lasting memory. |
| McNeil, David | YN3 | Apr 15, 1973 – Aug 17, 1974 | Deck & Admin | Did one Gitmo, and one Med. Left the ship while in the yards in Maryland. |
| Wyers, Cody | FTG | Jun 1973 – Dec 1973 | Third | I loved being "SKY-1" for GQ. Met ship in Gitmo. Med Cruise 73 we were smallest ship a Harrier jet ever landed on. Compass went screwy with me on Bridge at wheel in "Triangle". 'Hey' to all of 3rd Div. Hated Aft-steering mi |
| Jones, Jim | gmg3 | Jun 25, 1973 – May 25, 1976 | 3rd gun division | good food .lots of beer,shipyards.ocean nites,cardplaying,easy living.would do it again anytime.except for more money,,,,,life was and is good. |
| Holloway, Larry | ENFN | Jul 1973 – May 1975 | A Gang | Like to contact any of the guys..med cruise 74-75, quincy shipyards 75 |
| Lucas, Scott | ETR2 | Jul 1973 – Nov 1975 | OE | Made the 1973-74 Med cruise. Assigned to SOAP team in Norfolk when ship was in drydock at Quincy, MA. Discharged Norfolk june 1975 |
| Davis, Joe | E-3 | Aug 7, 1973 – Jan 31, 1974 | Air Ordinance | Currently living in Trussville Alabama. My time was short due to bad knees. Had a blast with my ship mates while aboard.Especially playing football and basketball in the well deck. |
| Alford, Mike (Coonass) | EN2 | Sep 9, 1973 – Sep 10, 1977 | A Gang | Getting old and retired from USPS and wondering about some of my old buddies from The Raleigh. We had some very fun times but a lot of tomes we wondered what the hell we were doing there Good times looking back, |
| Dereda, Tommy | BM SA, | Sep 15, 1973 – Sep 22, 1974 | deck | worked in deck with BM 1 burke who i haven't found as of yet |
| Terpenning, Jim | OS2 | Sep 18, 1973 – Feb 26, 1977 | OI | Couple med cruises Gitmo and North Atlantic cruise. Liked it so much stayed in the Navy for 21 years. |
| Hembree, Wayne (Hombre) | Seaman | Sep 28, 1973 – Oct 10, 1975 | Deck | Wish I knew then what I do today. I would have made so much more out of the times I had aboard ship. Guess I am getting alittle old. Hope to hear from some of you. P.S. I actually went on to be a minister!! |
| Caddell, James (Rick) | Oct 1973 – Oct 1977 | B | Worked in forward engine room, have some great memories. Did the North Atlantic, Med, Gitmom P.R., Married 30 years, have two sons and a grand daughter, living in R.I. Never made it back home to CO. | |
| Abicht, Denver | E-3 | Nov 8, 1973 – Aug 15, 1975 | 2nd | I had great friends in 2nd division. Like to hear from them. |
| Martin, Jack L. | E3/Airman Apprentice | Nov 11, 1973 – Jul 1, 1975 | Air "V" | They called me "Drifty". I never understood that till 1993when I was diagnosed with ADD. The officers thought I might get hurt during Flight Ops so they made me the Damage Control "Assistant". I got to be on deck for GQ. |
| Reese, Jim | BT-2 | Nov 15, 1973 – Sep 5, 1977 | B | Had a great time working in the forward fire room.(most of the time.) 2-Med cruise, 2-Gitmo, 1-North Atlantic, P.R. I wish I had more room to say hi to all the guys that I partied with, but you Know who you are. (Butch, Ragen, George) |
| King, Steve | Emfn | 1974 – 1978 | E | Looking for eddie jorden |
| Upton, Bob | FTG2 | Jan 1974 – Aug 1977 | 3rd - Weapons | 2 Med Cruises, 1 North Atl, Gitmo! I think we were the last of the Fire Control Techs on the ship. Great experiences! |
| Dembeck, Stan | MM2 | Feb 1974 – Sep 1976 | #2 engine room | Worked in the after engine room with a bunch of other Snipes. Met the ship in the Med, came back to go in the yards in Baltimore and then Boston. Hung out with Lee Cummings, Baldi, Art, and Ski |
| Ramsay, Mike | os3 | Mar 12, 1974 – Aug 19, 1977 | Os | |
| Hasting, Michael | RM3 | Mar 20, 1974 – Aug 7, 1977 | operations | |
| Lane, George | B.T.2 | Apr 4, 1974 – Oct 16, 1977 | Was affectionatly know as Insane Lane or Freight train after i hit a train in Baltimore. Great times on the Raleigh. Still running boilers to this day gonna retire in 6 years. married and have one daughter. live in Michigan still. Love to see reunion | |
| Fillmore, Norman | BM3 | May 1974 – Aug 1976 | 1st | 75 Gitmo, 76 med, Baltimore, Portsmouth and Quincy shipyards. Hung out with Johnson, Rice, Violette, Penrose and Cross. Heard from Johnson. Wonder where Cross, Rice, Penrose and Violette are now. I am living in NYC now. |
| Stout, David | E3 | May 1974 – May 1975 | R | enjoyed a great med cruise and some fond memories as a young man. |
| Knox, Stan | PC 3 | Jun 15, 1974 – Aug 23, 1977 | 2nd & X | Made one Med Cruise in 1976 and many shipyards (Quincy, Baltimore, Portsmouth) as we always seemed to end up there. Gitmo twice and North Atlantic once. |
| Healy, Joe | HT-3 | Aug 1974 – 1975 | Repair | served on agf-3 for year in mideast,transfered to lpd-1; went thru yards,gitmo + med cruise; got hurt in naples; ended up on FF-1081 on way to philly yards;@ that point was short timer 6 months , enjoyed my navy time would do it all over. |
| Robertson, Ivory (Ike) | MM3 | Aug 1974 – Aug 1977 | M | Saw some names I recognize, ( Steve Seawell ,Chris Rhone and M. Hastings) great cruses ,it's a lot better on Carnival, and others ,no work needed just relaxxxxxxxxx |
| Hargis, John | E-2 | Aug 3, 1974 – May 15, 1975 | CTI | looking for Tom Powell. transfered to Subbase New London Conn. in May 75. Great time on Raliegh |
| Lacey, Peter | ETN1 ret | Aug 23, 1974 – Aug 23, 1979 | OE | took the boat up to Quincy, Norfolk,MED.North Atlantic, Baltimore Ship Yard |
| Farley, Mark | ET2 | Sep 1, 1974 – Jun 1, 1977 | Electronics | Enjoyed the '76 Med trip. Had a fun time in electronics group. Miss my old buddies. If you remember me, give me a shout. |
| Sewell, Steven | Oct 15, 1974 – Jul 20, 1977 | Sn Sewell, 2nd Division, served aboard her through one shakedown cruise to Gitmo, then one deployment to the Med. she was a crusty old girl, but, she was home to me during the most formidable years of my life. Best memory: Beach party on deserted isl | ||
| Sewell, Steve | SN | Nov 7, 1974 – Aug 17, 1977 | 2nd | I had it rough, ya'll made me do all the shitty work. |
| Lipp, Mike | E-3 | Nov 10, 1974 – Apr 17, 1975 | CS/ | I was the guy that got blamed for the fire in Quincy. I didn't do it. |
| Cummings, Lee | FA | Dec 1974 – Jul 1975 | Worked in engine room for short period while ship was in Norfolk. Ship moved to Quincy shipyard. Lived in barracks onshore, stood firewatches, hung out with Stan Denbeck.Others I remember:Steve Farmer, Oakie, Wolf. | |
| Bennett, Rick | 1975 – 1977 | Deck / OPS | ||
| Horton, Steve | BM3 | 1975 – 1977 | 2nd | shipyard to shiyard gitmo,3 trips across the big pond, best cruise ever had to be north atlantic- great times, good ports for liberty. |
| Loayza, Salomon | Seaman E3 | 1975 – 1979 | Deck / Medical | |
| Hutchinson, Bruce | PC3 | 1975 – 1977 | X Div | |
| Fox, Michael | DT2 | 1975 – Feb 1977 | Medical | I reported to the Raleigh while she was in the yards in Portsmouth. Shortly there after went into the yards in Quincy Mass. Back to Norfolk then a shakedown in Cuba. Made a Med Cruise. Good duty, made lots of friends. |
| Rowe, Arby | E2 | Jan 1975 – Aug 1976 | 2nd Div | Like to hear from Ski,Igle,John Quinones.Still live in Ky |
| Thornton, Mark | E-3 | Jan 2, 1975 – 1977 | supply | I was in Quincy Ma. when we had the fire on board the first night we pulled in. |
| Gordon, David | PN3 | Feb 1975 – Jun 1977 | served as logroom yoeman for 'old ironsides' mike. gitmo, dead in the water on the North Atlantic ride, Med cruise. lots of fun memories. | |
| Karam, John | Radiomen | Feb 1975 – Oct 1978 | Ops | Many Med cruises, North Atlantic cruises and who can forget Gitmo? Great time's, great partys and great shipmates! |
| Spessard, Gary | RMSN | Mar 1, 1975 – Sep 2, 1978 | Operations | Made Two Med trips and one north atlantic. Went to GITMO several times |
| Swercheck, Paul | EM2 | Mar 8, 1975 – Jun 20, 1978 | E | Came on board in Quincy; 2 Gitmo, 2 Med, 1 No. Atlantic with great bunch. Many good memories. Married 27 years, two girls (25 & 23), and one granddaughter. Enjoying life; Navy got me where I am. Would do it on Raleigh again,minus bootcamp. |
| Kaiser, Boyd ( BUTCH ) | BT3 | Mar 22, 1975 – Oct 26, 1978 | I came on in Quincy. 2 Gitmo's, 2 Med Cruises and 3 N. Atlantics. In contact with 13 BT's forward and aft would like to here from more like B.Power,B.Wells,S.Framer etc. And MM &EM ! | |
| Howell, Rob | IC3 | Apr 1, 1975 – Jul 10, 1978 | E | Joined the Raleigh in Quincy MA. Did 2 Gitmo shakedowns, 2 Med cruises, and 1 North Atlantic. Had great fun with the E division crew. |
| Karam, John | RM3 | Apr 1, 1975 – Sep 23, 1978 | Opperations | The USS Raleigh was my life for over 3 years back in the 70's. Would sure like to connect with old shipmates. |
| Johnson, Shane | BMC Retired | Jun 1975 – Aug 1978 | Boat | Want to say (HEY NOW) to John Babcock - Ted Clethro - Bobby Aires - Rudy Valasco - Michael Maluski - Tom Daly - |
| Autrey, Norman | HT3 | Jun 1975 – Jan 1978 | R | Joined the ship in Quincy during refit after serving on USS Newport News CA148. Made a couple of Meds, couple of trips down to that tropical wonder GITMO. Hung out with A ganger Alford, R div. Healy, Rhodes, Stock. |
| Eganey, Robert | EN3 | Jul 1975 – Jun 24, 1977 | A gang ! | I joined the ship in Quincy Mass. 1st ship I was on it seemed big to me ! Few weeks later left there for Norfolk! Then Gitmo for a shake down . Back to Norfolk, then off to the Medd.back to Norfolk, Gitmo again ! |
| Blackerby, Richard | QM3 - QM2 | Jul 9, 1975 – May 15, 1979 | N Division | Hello to all my shipmates from the Gator Navy. |
| Salliotte, Thomas / Mad Dog | SM3 | Sep 20, 1975 – May 13, 1979 | Operations | Looking for SMC Thompson |
| Alder, Jay | ETR2 (ET1 Ret) | Oct 1975 – Apr 1979 | OE | Lookin at the past...amazing who your run into!! |
| Thompson, Tommy | SMCS (RET) | Dec 1975 – Mar 1979 | OPERATIOHS | HELLO AND THANKS TO THE BEST SIGNAL AFLOAT AT THE TIME.ALSO HELLO TO ALL CPOS I SERVED WITH. |
| Clethero, Ted | dk e3 | Dec 14, 1975 – Jul 13, 1980 | disbursing | hey shane johnson wouldlike to hear from you |
| Ragan, Warren | BT 2 | Dec 19, 1975 – Jun 15, 1979 | Two med cruises , two north atlantics , one Gitmo. Fond memories of 6 on and 6 off. Now that she's gone we need to ask Billy Power what "really" happened when he blew the side out on #1 Boiler. |
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