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USS Valdez (FF 1096) Crew List

The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Valdez (FF 1096). 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 262 crew members registered for the USS Valdez (FF 1096).

Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1982 | 1983 – 1986 | 1987 – 1989 | 1990 – now

Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Lee, Joe	SN	Jan 25, 1923 – Feb 28, 1982	M
Keane, Bob	OS	Jan 1, 1973 – Jul 11, 1975	OI	My father. Robert Emmett Keane
Davila, Jesus	SN	1974 –	2ND	PLANKOWNER
Charlton, Monroe (Butch)	IC2	1974 – Dec 17, 1975	E	Plankowner
Bridges, Jerry	SHC	1974 – 1977	Supply	Best sea duty, great C.O. loved this ship.
Flowers, Danile,danny	mm3	1974 – 1978	engenering	Best ship i ever sailed on
Blackburn, Richard	SH1	1974 – 1975	Supply
Cooper, Don	EM2	1974 – 1977	R Division	Plank Owner
Haneman, Chuck	QM1	Mar 1974 – Nov 1977	OS	PLANK OWNER - Great ship, great crew. I joined the Navy to see the world and ended up seeing a lot of it. As a young, green kid, I did a lot of growing up on that ship. I am so thankful for that experience.
Bruggemann, Charlie	STGCS	Apr 1974 – Jan 1979		Pre-comm crew and Plank Owner
Garner, Rick	MMC	Apr 1974 – Nov 1981	DD883	I was with the selres crew and just loved the new moon when there was a clear sky. Still miss those nights.
Leasure, Earl	E3	Apr 1974 – 1976	repair
Albrecht, Larry	ETCS	Apr 1974 – Sep 1977	OPS	Precom and Plank owner
Koch, Dennis	ENS	Apr 1974 – Dec 1976	Supply	Plank owner. The fun I had on the USS Valdez was the reason I stayed in the Navy. I retired 22 years later (CDR) still looking for a command with such great people.
Farrar, Michael	BT2	Apr 10, 1974 – Nov 9, 1977		MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF US PLANK OWNERS DOESN'T IT????
Overkott, Bob	STG2	Apr 10, 1974 – Dec 4, 1977
Dishman, Roy B.	HT3	Apr 18, 1974 – Sep 18, 1975	Repair	Plank Owner of USS Valdez
Saxton, Bob Saxton	MM2	May 1974 – May 1976	Eng.	Great Capt./ship & crew
Saxton, Bob Saxton	MM2	May 16, 1974 – May 21, 1976	Engineering	Great ship Great Crew....Seychelles Islands day after shellback intiation was a God send.....Captain Pedin was the best skipper a squid could have wanted.
Hallack, Marshall (Woodstock)	SMSN	May 30, 1974 – Jan 30, 1977	Comms	Boarded as a plank owner at the ripe age of 17, made 3 cruises including shake down in Cuba. Hit 28 countries while aboard. Have many fond memories...some maybe not so fond. (Iran in '76) We achieved excellence.
Smith, Steven [smitty]	gmgsn	Jun 1974 – Oct 1975	2nd Division	Plankowner was proud to have ben one of three ships to qualify for gun fire support in 1975 The 5" gun crew's part of the ships first Battle "E"
Brogdon, Howard/sam	SM1	Jun 16, 1974 – Mar 16, 1975	CS	PLANKOWNER
Hayden, Jeff	EW2	Jun 23, 1974 – Aug 19, 1976	OE	Plank owner
Cracraft, Doug	FTG3	Jul 16, 1974 – 1981
Flowers, Daniel	MM3	Jul 20, 1974 – Jan 20, 1978	Machinst Mate	Plank Owner
Holthoser, Richard	FTG 2	Jul 28, 1974 – Sep 12, 1977	CS 2
Anderson, Jon	YN3	Aug 1974 – Jan 1978
Zecchin, John (Zeke)	MMSN	Oct 1974 – Aug 1976	supply	loading the shellbacks pastry with laxatives when we crossed the equator were two of the best things I ever got away with. Thanks Chief Phillips. Serving pea soup for midrats while watching the Exorcist was a lot of fun also.
Stroppel, Vernon	HTFN	1975 – 1977	Repair
Strickland, Phil (Strick)	qmsn	1975 – 1977	quartermaster	WOW! Best time was Greece.Thank you Chief Edwards and Captain Pedin for all the good times at sea. Hats off to all.
Gray, Carl	EN2	Jan 1975 – Mar 1978	A Gang	Looking for crewmembers from 1975 -1978,especially BTC Willie McCray (Mac/Heavy). You can find me on Facebook or email: biggygray1@hotmail.com
King, Bob	OS2	Jul 1975 – Feb 1979	OI	Who's Got The Bubble?
Thomsen, Lyle	YN1	Aug 10, 1975 – Jul 11, 1977	X
Willette, Barry	MM3	Aug 19, 1975 – Jun 28, 1977	M DIVISION	Sailed hundred thousand miles plus in Navy enjoyed sailing on this ship best
Hook, Ronald	SKCS	Sep 6, 1975 – Sep 6, 1978	S-1 DIVISION	Retired from NAVSUPWSS as Program Manager 30 November 2017. Boarded FF-1096 during Mid East Cruse.
Walters, Gary (Starduster 2)	EWSN	Dec 1975 – May 1977	OE	Electronic Warfare Operations-best part of time on board was January 1976 when ship sailed to Seychelles Islands in Southern Indian Ocean. Also got to see Athens, Greece, Tunisia, Split Yugoslavia, Palma Majorica, Spain, etc. Bicentenial Cruise too
Monroe, Russ	EN2	Dec 24, 1975 – May 18, 1980	R A Gang	Wonderful memories on the Super V
Ellington, Bennie	BT2	Dec 24, 1975 – Jun 1977	E	Reported for duty in Bahrain 1975. My first port of call was the Seychelles islands.
Moore, Van	STG1	1976 – 1978	AS
Wright, MacK	OS2	1976 – 1979	OI
Elliott, Tom	EM2	1976 – 1977	E	Some of my best Navy Days
Freeman, Dale	STGSN	Mar 1976 – Mar 16, 1979	Sonar	Steaming V----a from South Carolina. Man, we never stopped! Middle East, Med Cruise, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, local ops in Puerto Rico, Norfolk, Newport & Boston! We felt unbeatable with Shakey Jake leading us! HA!
Langley, Dana	MM2	Apr 1976 – Jul 28, 1980	M Div
Bennett, Carl	AT3	Apr 1976 – 1979	Air Division HSL-36
Riddle, Jerry	ATC	Apr 1, 1976 – Apr 30, 1979	Air Detachment
Gabaya, Leonardo	MS2	Apr 1, 1976 – Aug 1, 1979	Supply	Cooked for Officers and Enlisted
Grubb, Jeffrey David { Jd }	EM3	Jun 1976 – Feb 2, 1980	E	Came aboard in Charleston. Got off in newport three and a half years and 26 countries later. We sure did get around.
Sneed, Charlie	LTJG	Jun 1976 – May 1980	MPA
Grubb, Jeff	EM3	Jun 1976 – Feb 1980	E
Mains, Rollin	EM2	Jun 5, 1976 – Aug 15, 1980	E	Meet the Valdez when it was stationed Charleston S.C. and did many cruises. NATO, Africa, Carribbean, Med, Suez Canal, Indian Ocean. Left her in Plymouth, England during the NATO cruise. Saw her when she was in Newport, R.I. Sure do miss everyone.
Grice, Gary (Triple G)	LTJG	Jul 1976 – Apr 1979	2nd and ASW	The Super V from Southern C, shinning brass and kissing ass!! Mid East, Med, N. Atlantic and S. Atlantic. Never thought I would survive the assignment much less 20 years! LCDR, Ret.
Brissette, Paul/marcel	RM3	Jul 1976 – Sep 22, 1979	Operations	Reported aboard the "Steaming V" in Port Everglades after 3 weeks in transit barracks in Charleston S.C. Med-Cruise76-77. NATO Cruise 77.TAD USS MacDonough DDG-39. Africa/S.America cruise 77-78. Bethelem Steel Boston MA
Brissette, Paul	RM3	Jul 1976 – Sep 22, 1979	Operations	Boarded in Pt. Everglades Fl. following the Valdez returning from Bicentennial Cruise. IC3 Jack Carroll & myself arrived together in 76 and departed the same day in 79! 1st meeting A School San Diego Coincidence U say?
Carroll, Jack	IC3	Jul 16, 1976 – Sep 27, 1979	E	The Valdez was a steaming ship. Lots of great countries, great places and best were the people I met. Today I look back and see how lucky i was to be in the Navy on such a great ship.
Arellanes, Charlie	SK3	Aug 1976 – Apr 1980	Supply
Heyse, Geno	E5/MR	Sep 1976 – Jun 1979	R	Haze gray and under way. 12 degrees 56 minutes west.
Leveille, Henri	E4	Sep 1976 – Sep 1980	Boatswains Mate	Unfortunately Henri Passed away in 2014. Being his oldest son, I wanted him added to this list, where he belongs.
Ingersoll, Dale/ Spanky	SHSA	Dec 1976 – Jul 29, 1980	Supply seaman	Been trying to find Timothy Slue or slope
McGee, Charles	MM 2	Dec 10, 1976 – May 30, 1980	M	Great learning experience, E2 to MM2, messenger of the watch to EOOW! Lessons learnt served me well. Made a lot of friends, and saw a lot of the world together. Would not change a thing!
Jones, Randy	QM-3	Dec 17, 1976 – Jun 20, 1980	navigation	became shellback. med cruise. northatlantic. south america

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