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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Whirlwind (PC 11). 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 33 crew members registered for the USS Whirlwind (PC 11).
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Evans, Kenneth (Crowbar) | EN1(SW) | May 24, 1994 – Apr 27, 1997 | ENGINEERING | Taz was the best command in my Naval carear. It was the best Crew EVER! Her crew made me the SCPO I am today. Thanks Dave! |
Barr, Matt | EN3 | Aug 1994 – Aug 1997 | ENGINEERING | Was, and still is, the finest PC in the fleet. After 12 years in, I still look back and realize that my best times in the Navy were spent onboard WHIRLWIND. No other engineers have EVER taught me as much as Crowbar, Mo, Muggs, and McDarkman have. |
Soyring, Jeffrey | DCC(SW) | Aug 1994 – Mar 1997 | Engineering | Whirlwind was the finest ship I have ever served on and the best crew I had the pleasure to work with. I remember fondly the RMD with Darkman as EOOW and going Dark. Thanks for the memories!! PLANKOWNER |
McDermott, Chuck/ Darkman | EM1 (SW) | Aug 1, 1994 – Apr 30, 1997 | Engineering | WHIRLWIND is and will always be the finest ship and crew ever in the NAVY. WHIRLWIND is the reason I went LDO and now I am a LT. |
Jacks, Jimmie /flash | EN 3 | Oct 14, 1994 – Dec 29, 1998 | Engineering | Taz was great time. best command ever been too. Plank Owner |
Rivette, Phillip (Rim) | RM1 | Nov 4, 1994 – Dec 19, 1999 | OPS | All of you are right on the money. Best command EVER! You all know why that is? Because WE ALL CAME TOGETHER ON EVERYTHING AND MADE IT HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT. Hope all is well. Currently living in Stuttgart Germany (8FEB06) |
Cargin, Stanley | GM2 | Nov 5, 1994 – Oct 13, 2001 | WEAPONS | Best Command in the Navy with the best C.O. leading the way. I can't get a good night's sleep without being tossed around with a seatbelt on, and no one in the mess believes the story about how BMCS Troyer parked the ship on a dime in Mass. |
Bennett, Michael | SM2 | Jan 1995 – Apr 1999 | What a great ship!! NTAZ was the best tour of my career. Looking forward to the reunion and seeing my shipmates again. | |
McGovern, Patrick | CWO2 | Feb 1995 – Apr 1998 | Engineering | The best crew ever. Remember the drive to the club after CDR Schweizer's COC. Crowbar, where's your ID? The best engineers in the navy. Two best OPPEs ever. Thanks Mo, Crowbar, Darkman, Muggs, Barr, Jimmy Jacks, RM1, OPs, and everyone else |
Morris, John (Mo) | EN1(SW) | Apr 11, 1995 – May 24, 1997 | Engineering | USS WHIRLWIND (PC 11) NTAZ Remember the great times in New Orleans as well as the trip up the Mississippi River. It would be hard to duplicate such an experience. I hope you all are doing well. I look forward to the reunion whenever and wherever... |
Troyer, Chad (Senior) | BMCS(SW) | Apr 11, 1995 – May 15, 1998 | All | Proud to be a plankowner. I had the easiest job in the NAVY because of the crew that served with me. The best group of 1st Class Petty Officers that set the standard for all crews to follow. Here's to green alligators and long necked geese shipmat |
Betts, Bj | OS2(SW/AW) | Jun 1996 – Mar 1997 | OPS | Great command and an amazing crew! Didn't quite work out for me at the time, but have a few life long friends because of it. Hope all is well with the crew. |
Lyford, Roger | BM2/ E5 | 1997 – 1999 | weps | Oh my....all the memories, 170' of nothing but fun and exciting times, shooting guns at night to driving the RHIB (all dark) at night chasing the bad guys. Jeff, crowbar, john, ski, greg. Fair winds/ following seas! |
Creamer, Rich | SN/BM3 | Nov 1997 – Jan 1999 | Best crew ever...Would have liked to stay longer, but a small mishap had me left behind in Rosie Roads. | |
Barroso, Alonso | QMC(SW) | Mar 1, 1998 – Nov 9, 2000 | NAVIGATION | |
Arches, Ariel | MS1 | Jun 6, 1998 – Jun 21, 2002 | WEPS | Best ship in the fleet bar none. |
Wilbert, Wantu | BMC | Sep 1, 1998 – Sep 15, 2001 | WEPS | BEST COMMAND EVERY MADE ME THE BMC I AM TODAY. MUGGS,CARGIN,BARROSO,SWAMP DOG.PROTA, THE CHINA MAN, COOKIE, WEPS OPS, CHENG GILLESPIE MY MAN, MEDINA, ADAMS HEPPENSTAL TONY HAYES, CASNER, AND SKIPPER UHOLS MUCH LOVE |
Dwyer, Mark | OS1 | Sep 15, 1998 – Aug 15, 2001 | OPS | I'll have to agree with the remarks of some of my fellow shipmates, it was without a doubt the highlight of my career. Best PC on the waterfront with the Best Crew. Al Barroso: Winner of the 1st ever Brown Star Award. OSC(SW/AW) ret. |
Adams, Ben | QM2 | Oct 20, 1998 – Jun 4, 2002 | OPS | You guys were the best. I wouldn't have made it this far without you all. Especially my man Alonso Barroso, the best Quartermaster in the fleet! (After me of course. . .j/k) |
MacKeben, Kevin | BM2 | 1999 – 2002 | Deck | |
Medina, Michael "Funky Cold" | SN/DK3 | Mar 20, 1999 – Apr 1, 2001 | WEPS | I was only as good as my crew, and was the best BM, BM1 Wilbert taught me to be! |
Zahn, Randy | GM2 | Mar 4, 2000 – Mar 1, 2002 | Weapons | What a great tour! You were'nt just a crew member but a family member. There was never a dull moment and never a problem we could'nt fix, except for cookies cooking, Love That Peanut Butter Chicken. Hope ya'll are doing great, You to Pro |
Lozier, Tommy (Loz) | E-6/DC1 | Mar 9, 2001 – Mar 6, 2005 | ENG | |
Newton, Aaron | EN2 | Jul 24, 2001 – Aug 24, 2003 | eng | |
Levi, Doc | PC 11 | Jan 20, 2003 – Apr 11, 2003 | Medical | Best Crew I served with. Miss everyone aboard that boat. |
Naparano, Steve | OS1 (Retired now) | Sep 2004 – Sep 2006 | OPS | |
Quitoriano, Melchor | ENC(SW/AW) | Aug 20, 2006 – Feb 9, 2007 | Main Propulsion Assistant for Engineering Department | |
Brown, John T. | LT/O3E | Jul 26, 2007 – Jan 23, 2008 | Chief Engineer | PC Crew ECHO is taking over and will have it for 6 months. She has some piping damage to her fuel pipe and main engines but is being repaired as I write. Looking forward to it. |
Morgesserrano, Carlos | CS1 | Jul 26, 2007 – Jan 23, 2008 | Weapons | One of the finest cooks of the navy. |
Szabo, Low Voltage | IC1 | Jul 26, 2007 – Jan 23, 2008 | Eng | Will never forget the first patrol of 145f in the main space |
Rewkowski, David | LT | Oct 18, 2007 – | TAD | TAD |
Aparicio, Bm1 Enrique | BM1 | Dec 18, 2013 – Jun 18, 2014 | Weps | |
Perry, Johnnie (Bear) | CS1 | Mar 5, 2015 – Sep 26, 2015 | Weapons |
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