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USS Essex (LHD 2) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2). 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 434 crew members registered for the USS Essex (LHD 2).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1991 | 1992 | 1993 – 1994 | 1995 – 1996 | 1997 – 2000 | 2001 – 2003 | 2004 – 2005 | 2006 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castaneda, Frank | BM3 | Jan 11, 2001 – Aug 5, 2005 | 1st deck | hated the place but the people were cool but now im enjoying school and civilian life. |
| Castaneda, Frank | E3 | Jan 11, 2001 – Sep 25, 2005 | 1st deck | who is that other guy dont know but its not me my adress is frankcastaneda505@hotmail.com |
| Serrano, Romel | BMSN | Jan 11, 2001 – Jan 11, 2005 | 1st | |
| Capellupo, Tony | CM2 | Jan 20, 2001 – Feb 20, 2005 | 1st | |
| Hartwig, Jennifer | PR2 | Feb 6, 2001 – Mar 22, 2004 | AIMD IM2 | The best damn command I have been to yet!!! Great people and great ports. |
| MacK, Rhunick | E-3 FR | Feb 21, 2001 – Jun 22, 2003 | eng hydrulic shop | I miss my shop and the fun of being in diffrent countrys and most of all my homies on the ship emtyny2@hotmail.com |
| Dalton, David | EM2 | Mar 14, 2001 – Mar 3, 2003 | E | The ship was ok The crew were ok The chain of command sucked There was prejudice, because of the amount of pilipion's on board, if you were anything else but from the Philipines you were no good. Sorry but thats just the way it was unfortunate |
| Teran, Vicki | E-7/LNC | Mar 21, 2001 – Feb 2, 2004 | EXECUTIVE | Served as the Independent Duty Legalman onboard. |
| Samson, Melvin | EM2 (SW/AW) | May 29, 2001 – Jul 18, 2003 | A-gang | |
| Porter, Amanda | MMFN | May 31, 2001 – Jan 7, 2002 | MP-1 | I loved the ship. I regret getting pregnant when I did. Hated the other ship I was on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. But now I have beautiful daughter named Jasmine, and I am getting to graduate from college with an Associate Degree in Social Work. |
| Collins, Rob | AC1 (AW) | Jun 1, 2001 – Dec 1, 2001 | TACRON-12 | TACC SUP |
| Robinson, Samuel | LT | Jul 29, 2001 – Jan 4, 2004 | S-3/ S-5 | Had a great time, learned a lot. Wouldn't trade the experience for anything!! |
Dewalt, Jeremy  | IC2(SW/AW) | Aug 15, 2001 – Jan 13, 2004 | E | Capt. Evans was great! Many awesome memories from ports visited and travels while on leave. Learned a lot about technical stuff from IC1 Mabe and life from IC1 Gordon. Retired 2016. BS(2018)/MS(2020) in Computer Science. |
| Carter, Nicholas | E-4/SH | Nov 10, 2001 – Jun 27, 2005 | S-3 | I am ready to deploy to the USS TEX-AS 77627 |
| Watters, Mark | dc3 | Dec 2001 – Aug 2003 | eng | Just wanted to say hi to all I served with while I was on board the iron gator. Ihad a blast and if anyone has a clue on how to find other people like bowman, seidel. willingham, beltran, or anyone else durning that time |
| Tice-taylor, Blake | DC3 | 2002 – 2005 | R/ENG | The people I met during my time on stinktown made it worth it. Plus I got to travel to some amazing places and I'll always remember the good and bad that went down. Yo whats up Hickey? |
| Rice, Wayne | MM3 (SW/AW) | 2002 – 2002 | Auxiliary | Great Times! Cold Beer or Saki |
| McAnally, Cameron | SK2 | Jan 2002 – Jun 2005 | S1/S8 | Fucking loved the "deuce"......Box, Dave, TJ, Dean, and Ronnie I will see you in Vegas..........anyone else hit me up at camronm83@yahoo.com |
| Albin, Amanda | BM3 | Jan 2002 – Jul 2005 | 2nd | Miss this ship and the Navy more than I could ever imagine!! |
| Beckwith, Ashley (Kat) | BMSN | Feb 1, 2002 – May 12, 2003 | 1st Deck | I miss all of my old friends. If you guys can find me, email me! living in Japan (although short) was a HUGE part of my life. I'm married now, last name is Waterstradt, I have kids, and a great family. All thanks to the USS ESSEX. |
| Bumolo, Robert | CSSN | Mar 1, 2002 – Mar 1, 2004 | S2 | Had a lot of good and bad times. Over all I should of stayed. |
| Hickey, Christopher | DC3 | Apr 23, 2002 – Nov 12, 2005 | I learned a lot on the Essex. The ship wasn't bad but the way the chain of command in Engineering conducted business left something to be desired. Piss-poor planning combined with Micro-management at times made life hell. But it is what you make | |
| Metzos, J | ET2 | Jun 2002 – Jun 2004 | Chain of command here is terrible. No sense of order. Low standards. Terrible command climate. Captain is lazy. Ship is a reflection of him, IMO | |
| Jose M. Genis Gonzalez, Genis | E-4 | Jun 26, 2002 – Jul 14, 2006 | R-div | hated it but I made good friends |
| Adams, Heather | QM3 | Jul 2002 – Jan 4, 2007 | NAV | |
| Johnson, Randy | ENS-LTJG | Jul 1, 2002 – Jul 15, 2005 | CR | aka "Will" |
| Lopez, Jose | E-6/MM1 | Aug 22, 2002 – Oct 1, 2005 | ||
| Sullivan, Scott | ic3 | Sep 2002 – 2006 | combat | |
| Hines, Dustin | E-2/E-3 | Oct 10, 2002 – Oct 11, 2004 | deck 1 | Well life since the stressex has been better than most maybe but i am still kicking and livin life, just trying to find some old friends..hines353@hotmail.com |
| Pyle, Steven | AMAN | Oct 23, 2002 – Oct 23, 2007 | AIMD | my contact information is stevepyle79@yahoo.com. |
| Turner, Paul | E3/EW/CTT | Oct 25, 2002 – Nov 1, 2005 | OPS/OT | Some of the best times of my life. |
| Garcia, Israel | AD1 | Nov 11, 2002 – Apr 1, 2006 | AIMD IM2 | LOVED THAT PLACE, WISH I COULD GO BACK ONE MORE TIME. |
| Huertas, Ahzer | AHZER HUERTAS | Feb 3, 2003 – Feb 26, 2005 | MP-2, A-Gang, SUPPLY | i enjoyed being in Japan most of all. All I want to say is that I really hated being in engineering. |
| Arthur, Chris | E7/OSC | Feb 4, 2003 – Oct 1, 2005 | OI | Put on Chief on ESSEX. Made the 8 month deployment and some good memories, and friends. |
| Baker, Mary | ABF/QM3 | Mar 19, 2003 – Mar 1, 2006 | AIR V-4 / OPS | I hated that damm ship. but a few people made it the best time i evr had i donno what i would have done with out them... i miss you guy you should know who you are... e mail me at maria06460@yahoo.com |
| Balderas, Abraham | ABH3 | Apr 9, 2003 – May 30, 2006 | V-1 | |
| Cuevas, Laura | E-4/CS | Jun 6, 2003 – Jun 14, 2006 | S-2 | Great experiences, meet alot of good people. and I got to see alot of places... Would I go bk??? No..that phase of my life is something that now i put in the past so now I have to move on and go to a different path....No regrets!!! |
| McKee, Shaun | MM3 | Jul 4, 2003 – Mar 2005 | ENG A | It was fun and ok on board the Essex but Eng chain of command wasn't always right. I had a few friends you know who you are. To those still serveing party on. |
| Poff, Patrick | CS3 | Aug 2003 – Feb 2004 | Deck | Well I wasn't on the Essex for very long but I still have some fond memories of being on that ship. I am trying to find some people that served with me. If anyone remembers me. contact me. I was always the biggest goon on the ship. |
| McGregor, Ian | MM2 | Aug 1, 2003 – Oct 27, 2008 | ENG/MP-1 | |
| Armstrong, Jason | IT2(SW) | Oct 1, 2003 – Feb 25, 2007 | CI | Best, but certainly the most challenging, time of my life. |
| Shields, Richard | ABH | Dec 1, 2003 – | V-1 | The Iron Gater |
| Tao, Ivy | SN | Dec 1, 2003 – Dec 1, 2006 | 2nd/ deck | been to many places hope to see more |
| Olmedo, Marcela | QM3(SW/AW) | Dec 1, 2003 – Dec 1, 2006 | Navigation | |
| Monto, Aaron | MM3 | Dec 12, 2003 – May 12, 2011 | If you can keep up with the pace and the BS it isn't that bad. Travel the world and always meet new people. I learned alot and had twice as much fun. |
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