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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Okinawa (LPH 3). 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 1207 crew members registered for the USS Okinawa (LPH 3).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1962 | 1963 – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 – 1980 | 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Ervin, Paul | 1991 – 1992 | AIRMAN | WHATS UP SHIPMATES, HEY STONEY LAZLO AND UTTERBACK HOW THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS, AND ALL MY HANGER BAY HOMEBOYS, HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH D. REESE AND FAMILY AFTER KATRINA HIT | |
Shawn, Rudie (Rudy) | SN | 1991 – 1993 | DECK | Had a blast. Anyone from deck out there? Send me an email. Howard, Daughtery and I are still tight. Loved my time on the ole' Brokinawa. Wonder how Biddle Cooooock is doing? |
Wright, Steve | BT2 | 1991 – 1992 | B oil lab | Made wine in the ABC lab with Thorn, lucky we didn't loose our stripes. Had a hell of a good time on that ship! |
Booze, Shawn | HN | 1991 – 1992 | Medical | I served under Senior Chief Michael Hayes and I cant, for the life of me, remember the LT's name. |
Caperton, Alvan | 1991 – 1992 | 2nd | ||
Owen, James | LCPL | 1991 – 1992 | "C" Co, 1st BN, 1st Mar, 1st | Sad to hear they sank to proud lady! Glad to have known you, but hated your boilers. |
Wolka, John | SN | 1991 – Dec 1992 | Deck-1st | Quite a few familiar names on this list. Rodman hit my guestbook on classmates not too long ago. I'll drop him a line about this site. |
Bersley, Patrick | SMC | 1991 – 1992 | OC | Had a great time serving onboard the Oki. Pleasure being your shipmate. |
Guilbeau, David | BM3 | 1991 – 1992 | Deck | I was there for the last Pac and decommissioning. |
Anilao, June | SN | 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | deck | My first command, deployed to WestPaci. Had a blast. Learned a lot, great experience great crew.. Lots of great memories. Part of flag decomissioning detail and have the original flag raised. I'm proud of it. |
McGrath, Michael | E5/DM2 | 1991 – 1993 | ADMIN | Looking for some of my brothers and sisters in Christ whom I was stationed with on the Okinawa. |
Espinet, Raul | SN/E3 | 1991 – 1993 | Deck Department/ 1st Div | Great times with the folks from Deck Department! |
Parker, Jeffrey | RMSA | Jan 1991 – Dec 1992 | CR | |
Kennedy, Scott "Bad Karma" | GMG | Jan 1991 – Dec 18, 1992 | Guns | The last LFO and Maintanence PO On Aft 3" 50 gun mount. |
Perry, John | AOAN | Jan 10, 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | G3 | worked in the hanger bay in V3 until I became a AO |
Hergt, Christian | PN3 | Feb 1991 – Dec 1992 | X | Still keeping in touch with a couple of shipmates. Drop me a line! Still serving in Navy Reserve assigned to unit in Germany. |
Jahmal, Thompson | SA2 | Mar 1991 – Nov 1992 | Deck | |
Thorn, Wes | BT2 | May 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | B | Worked on the Automatic Combustion Controls. Hung with Wright, Grasier, Saunders, Centeno, etc. Did 92' Westpac and Decom. Hate to think of LPH-3 at the bottom. |
Spiars, Larry | RMC | May 1991 – Nov 1992 | CR | My final journey of 26 years in the navy was completed on this fine ship. I will always remember her. |
Thorn, Wes | BT2 | May 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | B Division | Had some great times on the Okinawa. Would love to reconnect w, Brian Gasier, Steve Wright, John Ryan, Doug Sisk, or anybody else who remembers me. |
Thomas, Steven Peedie | abh3 | May 6, 1991 – May 7, 1993 | air | was also on the uss new orleans |
Sadler, Gregory | SH3 | Jun 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | She was a great ship, It was my last West Pac, and it was time to call it quits. I have found memories of that cruise and her crew. I established several friendships on LPH3. I would like to contact DM2 Mcgrath now retired. My cell # is 319-230-4065 | |
Aleksa, Allen H | GUNNERY SGT | Jul 31, 1991 – Oct 31, 1992 | Combat Cargo | My first crossing the line ceremony. |
Heckman, Tyler | DC3 | Aug 16, 1991 – Jan 15, 1992 | Proudly served in the Damage Control area | |
Hall, Jim (J.d.) | OS1 | Sep 15, 1991 – Nov 15, 1993 | OPS OI | I remember standing on top of a garbage heap somewhere in Subic City, with Mark Mancuso swinging a pipe at a bunch of Phillipino's that wanted to kill us. What a blast. |
Servais, Ken | BMSN | Oct 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | 1st Deck | Great bunch of guys from Deck Dept. Had some great times w/ you guys. Just saw Flags of our Fathers and it made me remember when we floated past that island on our last cruise. It was a humbling/proud moment. Thanks shipmates! |
Gilmore, Che | seaman | Oct 1991 – Dec 1992 | deck | |
Utterback, Tom | ABHAN | Nov 1, 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | V-1 | Hey Shipmates, I hope all is well. Look me up if you can. tutterba@bellsouth.net I'd love to hear from you. |
Palumbo, Christopher | AN (AW) | Nov 6, 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | V-1 FlightDeck | Served on the Flight Deck for the last cruise of Oki.....Great bunch of guys! I'm looking to get in touch with ABFC Edwards the flight deck chief. Any info would be great! |
Howard, Jarrod (Howie) | SEAMAN | Nov 8, 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | 2nd | Nothing but good memories of the Oki and the west pac in 92. Still great friends with "RudeDog" and Dougherty. As for Biddle, Rudie and I bring you up every time that we get together! Good luck to everybody that was a part of that crew. |
Gelwick, William | MMFN | Dec 6, 1991 – Dec 1992 | M | Engine room Lower Levelman on her final voyage |
Bustos, Alberto | E-6 / SK1 | Dec 6, 1991 – Nov 13, 1992 | S-8 | Hi, Swain, Partee, Hazelburg |
Mamaril, Jaime | EM2 | Dec 15, 1991 – Jul 6, 1992 | ||
Espinet, Raul | SN | Dec 15, 1991 – Dec 17, 1992 | Deck 1st Div | It was a great pleasure to serving with all of you, specially the crew from WESTPAC 92. I will always consider every single one of you as a brother. Hope you all doing well and had accomplished all goals in life! |
Kern, Edward "Doc" J | HM2 (SW/FMF) | 1992 – 1992 | MarDet | Embarked 1st Battalion 1st Marines. Decommissioning Cruise, miss the PLOP (proud lady of the pacific) great crew... |
Crouch, Rick | RMCS(SW) | Jan 1992 – Dec 1992 | CR | |
Corral, Jesse | smsn | Jan 1992 – Sep 1992 | comms | anyone out there that might have a clue who i am im the good looking mexican on the signal bridge give me shout out |
Jenkins, Ben | MMFN | Jan 1, 1992 – Dec 17, 1992 | A | I was in the AC/R division. My first and only westback and it was Okinawa's last. What Memories!! |
Hanson, Troy | RMSA | Feb 1, 1992 – Dec 18, 1992 | CR | My first deployment and trip to the PI. |
Hendley, Malcom X | Feb 28, 1992 – Dec 14, 1992 | s3 | my first ship and it was very memorable i really miss those guy sh1 davis,sh3 tate,walker,pn batist hope that'sspelled right but the list goes on | |
Adams, Brock | RMSA | Apr 29, 1992 – Jan 1, 1993 | Radio | My first command after flunking out of BUD/S, and I fear I wasn't very fun to be around back then. I'm sorry to those whose lives I made difficult! My first westpac though, and made some friends. Good memories. |
Michael, Oliver | LN1 | Jan 20, 1993 – Dec 20, 1995 | Admin | Truly enjoyed my tour on the Oki. If it wasn't for my tour on her, I would not have made Chief right afterwards. Best ship crew ever! |
Owen, Steve | RM2 | Jan 1994 – Jan 1997 | Communications | Served at Comphibron Five aboard the USS ESSEX |
Green, Jim | LCPL/E-3 | Jan 2002 – Jul 2002 | AIMD | I was attatched to HMM-166 on her twilight cruise. I had an absolute blast. Lost a friend on that cruise. Capt. Mark Derrickson, great pilot. CH-46 practicing fast roping excercises between the Okinawa and the Duluth(I think) March 29, 1992 |
Busby, Jack | IC-2 | Feb 2005 – Mar 2007 | looking for old friends like John Myrtle, Tony Lirocchi, Joe Nelms, fireman, Chief Ski. | |
Watts, John | Jan 2007 – Dec 2007 | Engineering | I remember going through the Panama Canal on our way to Vietnam. She was a great Ship with a great crew. Does any one remember when Robert Stack can aboard when we were on station in Vietnam? |
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