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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Brooke (FFG 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 214 crew members registered for the USS Brooke (FFG 1).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1976 | 1977 – 1980 | 1981 – 1983 | 1984 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Morse, Thomas/tom | IC2 | 1964 – 1967 | Engineering | |
Tollison, Ronald | DC3 | Jan 20, 1964 – Jun 20, 1967 | r | |
Saucier, Donald | EM1 / EMC | Sep 1964 – Apr 1966 | E / R | Nucleus Detail, Plankower Left shortly after making CPO. The Brooke cpo's gave me one hell of a send off. |
Pike, James | EN3 | Oct 23, 1964 – Oct 23, 1966 | R | First WesPac cruise 1967-68 with U.S.S. Yorktown |
Elliott, James (Stick) | SN - WO1 | 1965 – 1971 | 1st | Reported to Precom 1965 as a SN departed as a WO1.Had a good career that ended in 1994 when I retired as a CDR from my job as XO of Navy Alcohol Rehabbilitation Center, Norfolk, VA. |
Bartle, William R (Bill) | SEAMAN | 1965 – 1967 | First | Plank Owner first crew aboard |
Reres, Phillip(p.g.) | DC3 | 1965 – 1968 | R | just looking for Chase...Pike....Holms....Hudson....Roderick..Kirby..We all were on the 1st westpac and what a ride:)miss all of you |
Reres, Phillip(p.g.) | DC3 | Apr 2, 1965 – 1968 | R | to all old buddies from the brooke im looking for all of you....roderick..kirby.. hudson... holms...pike..chase..brinkerhoff...webber..anyone lets talk |
Wilson, James L. | E3 | Apr 7, 1965 – Apr 3, 1968 | R | Plankowner |
Dubuc, Rick (Dube) | BM 2 | Jun 1, 1965 – Jan 28, 1969 | Plank Owner, Pre-Commissioning Crew, Commissioning Crew, 1st West Pac Cruise 1967-1968. | |
Ellis, John | EN2 | Jul 1965 – Mar 1967 | R | I am Plank Owner and I had a good time while I was there. Came on as FN and left EN3 to go to Nam in the gator Navy . |
Adametz, Tom | STG2 | Aug 1, 1965 – Oct 10, 1968 | 3rd | check out Brooke Association website at: USSBROOKE.ORG |
Jones Jr, Elmer L | ETN3 | Aug 1, 1965 – Jul 15, 1967 | Electronics | |
Blackington, Richard | CDR | Aug 11, 1965 – Aug 10, 1967 | Commissioning Executice Office | |
Kuechler, Alfred | SM2 | Oct 1965 – Mar 12, 1971 | OC | Plankowner;raised the first ensign at the fantail on 12 March '66 (Commisioning Day). Made the first "Roadrunner" flag...meep,meep.Break away;full speed ahead! |
Bodkin, Lester | seaman | 1966 – 1968 | 1st | |
Hudson, Mike | sm2 | 1966 – May 1967 | communications | This was the time I felt more a part of the United States Navy as a Signalman than ever before in my career on the most modern and sophisticated ships in the world. "Anchors Away"!! |
Freiband, James | LT | Mar 22, 1966 – Aug 2, 1966 | ENGINEERING | Brooke Engineers were the best....we rebuilt that ship from pre-com to westpac. |
Jones, Robert E (Beast) | BT3 | Jul 1966 – Jul 1968 | M | WesPac Cruise Dec 1967 - Jul 1968 |
Precie, Anthony A. (Tony) | IC3 | Oct 10, 1966 – Sep 20, 1968 | R | WESPAC 67-68, Brooke's first war cruise to Vietnam, on-station North Korea capture of USS Pueblo (AGER-2),escorted USS Yorktown (CV-10) ASWGRUONE |
Blankenship, David | EM2 | Nov 1966 – Aug 1969 | R | |
Holmes, Scott | DC-3 | Nov 29, 1966 – Aug 29, 1969 | R | I have located Tony Precie and have been in touch many years. We both have been looking to contact James Pike and David Blankenship. Can any one help me? |
McLaughlin, Raymond | EM3 | 1967 – 1969 | R | Many fond memories aboard the Brooke (DEG 1). Getting close to 50 yrs ago, WOW! I am sure my memory is not as vivid as it use to be but I still remember many of the good times and yes maybe just a sea story or two. |
Halleck, Robert (Bob) | E3 | May 1967 – Feb 1968 | Signalman | Joined ship in Long Beach dry dock. On our way to Viet Nam, we were reassigned to N.Korea during the Pueblo incident. While re-supply in Pearl, got hospitalized and never saw ship again. BO HOO! |
Clapp, Larry | GMG3 | Jun 1967 – May 1969 | 2nd | Any engineers from Brooke remember a fight in a Sasebo stand bar during the ships first deployment? |
Evans, Kirk | LTjg | Jul 1967 – Nov 1968 | 2 | ASW Officer Nuclear Weapons Officer |
Robert J Halleck, Bob | SM3 | Sep 1967 – | Compac | Not on board long, reported while Brooke in Long Beach dry dock. Left in Pearl Harbor (hospitalized) as Brooke went to Korea Pueblo incident. Never saw again, or my duffle bag! |
Van Riesen, Hank | STG 2 | Nov 1967 – Jul 18, 1969 | 3 RD | |
Fiddes, Johnny | RD2 | Nov 1967 – Jun 1970 | OI | |
Stuhl, Raymond | SK-2 | Nov 15, 1967 – Oct 11, 1968 | supply | |
Schultz, Leroy | RD2 | Dec 26, 1967 – Dec 1, 1970 | OI | Arrived 2 days before the first West-Pac, and went on the second one also. |
Cannon, Robert "Bobby" | SFP2 | 1968 – | M | I am looking for Paul McCarty, C.R. Apple, J.L Reed, W.R. Wooleyer. I served on the USS Brooke during the Vietnam War. If anyone would like to contact me email my daughter. Would be good to hear from some of the old crew |
Tennyson, Tom | ET3 | Jul 1968 – Sep 1968 | Ops | TAD |
Wygant, Bernard | BT1 | Jul 1968 – Nov 1973 | Engineering/M | |
Stow, Harry | STG3 | Jul 1, 1968 – Jul 15, 1970 | 3rd (ASW) | My first and best ship..Great shipmates.. |
Kennedy, Gary R. | SN | Oct 1968 – 1969 | Still Kickin' I finally made it back to Georgia...Hated San Diego..Nickname was TINY | |
Lapp, Bill | Oct 7, 1968 – Nov 11, 1971 | 3rd | Remember any of these Nick Names; KJ, Cherp, Grubby, Stick, Rat, Mildew, Twiggy, Whit, Happy Harold, Wild Bill? | |
Chapman, Frosty | SH3 | Oct 15, 1968 – Apr 9, 1971 | 1ST and Supply (ships Laundry) | |
Brokaw, Dennis | EN2 | Nov 4, 1968 – May 1972 | E/R | Brooke was my first ship out of bootcamp. Arrived a FA and left an EN2. Had a great time on her and made 2 West Pacs during my tour. I stayed in the Navy and retired June 1, 1997 as a LCDR. I reside in San Diego and work in Coronado. |
Guyer, Howard | RM2 | Jul 1969 – Dec 1970 | Communications | On board RMSN. Left as RM2. Westpac 1970. Boiler replaced in Sasebo - 41 days in port. Port calls Pearl, Guam, Midway, White Beach, Subic, Hong Kong, Sasebo, Keelung. Trf to NAVCOMMSTA CamRanhBay, Viet Nam Jan 71. Discharged Dec 1971. |
Kolu, Richard | Rn | Sep 1969 – Jun 1971 | Rn | Rn on the brooke Then college and high school guidance counselor Then college and attorney at law |
Fulton, Tim | QM-2 | Sep 21, 1969 – Jun 5, 1973 | Navigation | Made three westpacs.. Remember Don Walker SM2, Terry Ryan Machinist, Pitstop BM3. Remember spending two months in Sasebo for repairs, cab drivers knew "Ichibon". Remember CMDR "Wild Bill"McAlly, he loved brass. I'm the one who cro |
Gober, Stan | RD2 | Oct 15, 1969 – Feb 15, 1973 | OI | The best years of my youth. Where the past 50-year's went I have no earthly idea! I'll never forget all the time we spent in Subic Bay - the jeepney's, the bar's, the whorehouses - war was hell! Go Navy! |
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