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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7). 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 1041 crew members registered for the USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1963 | 1964 – 1965 | 1966 – 1967 | 1968 – 1969 | 1970 – 1972 | 1973 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 | 1989 – 1990 | 1991 – 1992 | 1993 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Marean, William | ENC | 1975 – 1978 | A-gang | |
Hluchota, Leon | EW3 | 1975 – 1978 | OE | I miss those carefree days and the characters I met. And I remember being aground for a lot longer than 3 days? |
Pepper, Phillip, Mike (Pep) | BT3 | 1975 – 1977 | 'B' Division | Only got to serve a little less than two years on the Guad. Had a motor cycle accident when home on leave in August of 77. Pretty banged up but managed to re-coop and stay in. Served on the USS Sylvania AFS-2 until 79 |
Jordan, Daniel | E 2 | 1975 – Dec 29, 1979 | Communications | Remember those days often. Email me if you remember me. |
Stewart, Steven | FTGSN | 1975 – 1977 | FOX | |
Welch, Edward | GMGSN | 1975 – 1977 | fox | Living In northern Maine with my wife of thirty six years Lisa we have three sons and six grandsons. |
Snow, Norman | AGAN | Jan 1975 – 1978 | OA | Hey Guys! It was some good times. |
Kish, Robert | MM2 | Jan 1975 – Aug 1976 | A Gang | Good experiences. Good people. Good times. Lessons learned were the foundation for the rest of my life. Thank you all for being there. Bob Kish |
Gravatt, Marty | E3 | Jan 1975 – Dec 1975 | V1/ Air control | I am looking for the Air Boss or the proper spelling of his name and his rank in 1975 |
Berger, John | AGAN | Jan 1, 1975 – Jun 1, 1976 | OA | Weather Guesser .. used to fly remote control helo with my div chief .. we were on the 02 level aft .. between the mount and bpdms tubs .. |
Mowl, Terry | OS2 | Jan 5, 1975 – May 5, 1979 | operations | we had fun we drank beers |
Paczkowski, Roger/ski | PO3 | Feb 1, 1975 – Jul 19, 1977 | FOX | GUY KUFAHL YOU OUT THERE? SKI. GREAT TIMES ON THE GUAD MED,NORTH ATLANTIC,CARIBBEAN.I TALK TO BILL BEDFORD MM2 FEW TIMES A YEAR. |
Higgins, Michael | SA | Feb 15, 1975 – Nov 22, 1975 | boatswains mate | well it sure was some experiance watch/chip scrape and paint/gitmo/manuvers/waves/and good sailors all/one of my cousins was on her during nam deployments with the grunts.one thing though some may remember from this time period were the new issuances |
Leveridge, Charles | FTM2 | Apr 1975 – Nov 1977 | Fox | Great memories of equally great guys. |
Whyel, Dave | BM E3 | Apr 1, 1975 – Jul 16, 1976 | looking for Ken Landry or BMC Winterbottom | |
Wilkins, Barry | OS2 | Apr 1, 1975 – Jun 2, 1979 | OI | |
Dutton, Michael | AG | Apr 15, 1975 – Sep 1975 | ||
Sheets, Dennis | ADAN\\AD2 | Apr 16, 1975 – Feb 15, 1978 | AIMD/Oil Lab | All of your memories and more. Extra Marines from the Ponce,fire on the Albany,Joe Brock and the collapsed brow,max speed in fog on the English Channel to Southampton,"Now HeloTeam",100 days+Gator Squares & a beer on board.Thanks Shipmate |
Martin, Robert | ETR2 | May 1975 – Feb 1976 | Electronics Specialist. Dispatched with ground crews in Beruit, October 1975. | |
Higbee, Chris | PHAN | May 5, 1975 – Sep 5, 1978 | Operations | |
Benenati, Eddie (Benny) | ABH2 | Jun 1975 – Apr 1979 | V1 | I was gifted with working along side an incredible group of shipmates both Navy and Marine detachments. My son says my dad’s greatest regret was leaving after 4 years. |
Coppola, Joseph | HM2 | Jun 30, 1975 – Jun 1, 1976 | I hated every moment that I spent aboard the "Anal Canal". I renlisted get off that scum-bucket and transfered over to the Submarine Service. I retired from the Navy in 1996 as a HMCS(SS) . I'm now a Physician Assiant in Buffalo NY. | |
Tussel, Stephen (Bugs) | SN-E3 | Aug 1975 – Jun 28, 1979 | DECK | GOOD TIMES GOOD FRIENDS LOUIE Z, SINGER ,T. MAC. PRINCE AND MY FRIENDS IN THE PURPLE GANG JENNINGS, MARTIN AND SPIKE MISS THE LIBERTY CALLS OVERSEAS |
Cartwright, Ken "Hoss" Or "little Joe" | BM2 | Aug 4, 1975 – Jun 23, 1979 | 2nd. | Great Time Running Aground, losing an Anchor etc.. Looking for Lou Zepeda, Roland McGovern, Kenny Landry,Griz, Harold Skidmore,SM2 Barnes, Ensign Weigel. Drop me a line and lets keep the mighty "Guad" memories alive. |
Kingsley, Alan | adj3 | Aug 11, 1975 – Aug 21, 1978 | aimd | remember playing poker in oil lab with the guys from aimd had good times on there |
Phillipp, Mike | HT2 | Aug 13, 1975 – May 15, 1979 | R division | Loved the diffrent parts of the world visited. I liked the ship because of its size. Food was decent and learned a lot about my trade. Think often of the fun and memories I had with all my friends. Tremendous experience. |
Sinclair, Charles | RM3 | Sep 19, 1975 – Apr 9, 1979 | CR | I enjoyed my time on board the Guad but I was sick as a dog most of the time. In Philly found out why - shallow draft & flat bottom. RMC Lehman, my hero. Hated RM1 Martin. You know the jerks. Chuksinc@protonmail.com |
Therien, William Shorty | MS2 | Oct 1975 – Apr 1979 | S-2 | Great times,great memories any ship mates can send me an email at billtherien@yahoo.com my name is Bill but everybody called me "Shorty" |
Hileman, Mike | EW 1 | Oct 26, 1975 – Apr 10, 1981 | OE | The last I heard she was being turned into a museum. Wasn't sure how I felt about being old enough to serve on a museum - but I liked it better than seeing her used as target practice. |
Therien, Bill (Shorty) | MS3 | Dec 1975 – Jun 1979 | S-2 | |
Sandstrom, Robert | LTJG | Dec 1975 – 1978 | Admin | Non-lawyer legal officer. JOOD underway watch officer. Was onboard for the grounding in Italy and the crash and fire off Crete. Great ship, crew and memories. Sad that she was sunk as a target! |
Satchell, Ian | SN | Dec 5, 1975 – Jun 5, 1976 | Assigned to COMPHIBRON 8 Staff as commodors Bow Hook | Worked in Staff Intel with Gunny Bell. You out there Gunny? Forgot about loosing the hook off France, or Sardinia 76. Gator squares off Sidra, waiting for lebanon. Hooyeah. |
White, Antony | AC2 | 1976 – 1979 | Operations | They left off the fact that it was the Flags fault we ran aground. We almost sank at the pier in Philly also. Lost a whole anchor and chain off France..what a blast! |
Elliott, Chris 'Eli' | IC3 | 1976 – 1979 | E | So where is Bronto, Bird, Shakey, CB, Willy and the rest of the crew. Haven't made it over here yet, eh? Nothing like droppin' the birds (anemometers) from the top yardarm in a high wind. Unless of course it was PMing the Pit Sword. ;) |
Weir, Steve | SSGT | 1976 – 1977 | Went on a med and NATO cruise on the Guad.. Was an avionics SSGT with HMH-362. I hated to hear she was targeted and sunk... | |
Wilson, Larry/ GRIZ | MS3/MS | 1976 – 1979 | S2 | Anyone know the whereabouts of John Clark, Michael Reska, Ron Jarrell, David Stroebel, Doc Donaldson? |
McNabb, Boston | YNSN | 1976 – 1978 | Captain's Office: then Admin for deck/weps/eng | Onboard during grounding off of Sicily Flight deck crash of Marine helicopter Evacuation of American Embassy in Lebanon Worked for Chief Turnbow in CO's office then for LCDR Richard Leonhart in Deck dept. |
Lyon, Allen | CPL | 1976 – 1978 | HMH - 362 Avionics | Did the 1976 cruise to northern europe, the 1977-1978 cruise to the med. Two CH-46s in the water... frogs do float..except when they get run over by the Italian naval barge. and the search for the missing Turkish Flag. |
Swartz, Gerald | HTC | 1976 – 1977 | REPAIR | loved St Thomas hated Gitmo love 1st helo ride into retirement. |
Brown, David | E4/EM3 | 1976 – Dec 4, 1979 | E | Got to see the world through a porthole. Served with some great guys!! Hey, I wonder if they ever figured out who took the Commodore's Pennant.....hmmmmm. |
Sanderson, Darrell | HT2 | 1976 – 1979 | HT | |
Desalvo, Tom | AN | Jan 1976 – Nov 1978 | V-4 | Best of the three ships I served on. Noted no mention of the CH-46 that blew up on spot two. We were of the many who fought the fire. A Marine Crewman from another aircraft dove from top of his 46 into water in attempt to rescue crew.Many memories |
Lawrence, David - Lorenzo | ABH3 | Jan 1976 – Sep 1979 | V1 | I'll never forget (perhaps the names of some), We were all growing up - fast. G Cox, T Grove, D Prim, R Appomalo (sp) sorry, L Wise, Chief Rogers, Chief Shea, and others. Aircraft misshaps, Med bars, VA, all of it. Say hi. |
Cole, Robert | CPL | Jan 1976 – Jul 1976 | Co H, 2nd Bn, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division | Although proud of my service aboard the Guadalcanal, and rank it among the most adventurous six months of my life, I concur with the captain who I read remarked sometime afterward, it was "The Cruise from Hell." |
Westbrook, Ron | HT2 | Jan 1976 – Jun 21, 1979 | R | Joined the Guad while run aground in Augusta Bay Sicily, left while in drydock in Philly. Lot of memories. T-Bone. Mike McCarty's dick hanging out of his pants during surprise xmas morning muster. |
Moak, Wade | SM3 | Jan 1, 1976 – Nov 1, 1978 | CS | Those were the good ole days. "Hoss/Lil Joe: SM2 Barnes and I are still buds. We see each other often. Has anyone heard from Chuck Mundy? |
Martinez, Richard | e-4 | Jan 4, 1976 – Sep 19, 1980 | a gang | DOD contractor ( Project Manager ) rmartinez777@att.net |
Malizia, Joseph | E-5/HM2 | Jan 16, 1976 – Jul 1, 1976 | Medical BAS 2nd Batt 2nd | I was a hosptial corpsman attached to a USMC platoon during a deployment to the med. |
Lowell, Steve | EN2 | Feb 1976 – Sep 21, 1979 | A-Gang | I have seen a couple of names that I recognize. I also noticed that the 46 crash on spot 2 was not listed. Anyone hear from ENC Marean, Weise, Billy Bedford, Marco, or anyone else from A-gang? |
Boyce, Terry | MS1 | Feb 13, 1976 – Jan 13, 1979 | S-2 | HEY SHORTY, GRIZZ, E-MAIL ME |
Bray, Allan | E7 | Mar 15, 1976 – Mar 29, 1978 | He was my Dad. He died on 19 Oct. 1996. I had a great father and sons cruise on the Guadalcanal in 77. | |
Bray, Allan | CHIEF | Mar 15, 1976 – Mar 29, 1978 | Electrician | My Father Allan Bray served on this ship. I went on a father and son cruise with my brothers. I met the crew to most of his ships and they were the best. Im sorry to say my Dad died in 1996. He loved serving on the Guad. |
Snyder, Rex | Apr 1976 – Jul 1977 | MM | good time but short. | |
Semon, Robert | PH2 | Apr 1976 – May 1979 | OA | |
Cook, Michael | MMCS (RET) | May 1976 – May 1981 | M | My first of 4 ships. The most fun I had in 20 Years in the Navy |
Frederick S. Holbein II, Fred | RM2 then | May 1976 – Apr 1978 | CPR-8 staff | Lot's of fun times.. Too bad about all the NARC's that were percieved.. One RM1 got his very old guitar tossed overboard. |
Brown, Raymond | OS3 | May 5, 1976 – May 7, 1979 | OI | Would like to get in touch with CIC gang from 76 to 79.Rierson,Andy,Lupi,Wilkerson e-mail raymondbrown848@yahoo.com |
Pettry, David | e-3 | May 10, 1976 – Feb 23, 1979 | bm | trying to reconect with old friends looking for ken cartwright steven tussell and others |
Ryan, Kevin | MSCS | Jun 10, 1976 – Apr 28, 1980 | S2 | The best of memories are from my days on the Guadalcanal. I have been assigned to other ships in the fleet, but none that rival those of the Guadalcanal or its crew. |
Wiseman, Gene | E 3 mm | Jul 1976 – Sep 1977 | a | |
Wise, Lee | ABH-3 | Jul 11, 1976 – Jul 12, 1980 | V-1 | To all my long lost BROTHERS. The times we had , how can anyone everforget..some CRAZY,some WILD and some, well just off the HOOK..But each one of us kids ( Now Men) must admit this today,.WE MISS IT. leewise01@yahoo.com |
Caiado, Rick | CPL | Sep 1976 – Nov 9, 1976 | HMH-362 S1 | NATO Float.Me,Doc Galliher,Evans and Saul. Remember Liberty in England,Germany. How Bout playing Rugby against the Brits?? Drinking in Hamburg.. |
Dennehey, Sean | L/CPL | Sep 1976 – Nov 1976 | 3rd Battalion 8th Marines | I was aboard the Gaud for operation Teamwork/Bonded Item NATO float. I have been aboard 2 other ships but always liked the Gaud the best. Semper Fi and Go NavyDaduu22@aol.com |
Aldrich, Richard | L/Cpl | Sep 1, 1976 – Nov 30, 1976 | 3/8 2nd Mar.Div. | I was on the Guadalcanal for a NATO in '76...I found out late, a bunch of 18 year olds with a pocket full of money probably shouldn't visit Hamburg while drinking. Lol What a cruise, 40 yrs later nothing has compared. |
Ellis, Don | SKSN | Sep 15, 1976 – Jan 4, 1978 | like to hear from any of you that used to work on signal bridge.. remember all those card games steve larry and any of the storekeepers. its been 30 years hard to believe | |
Evans, Cliff | QM2 | Oct 1976 – Jul 1980 | Navigation | |
Keith, Micheal | ABH3 | Oct 1976 – Jun 1980 | V-1 | Enjoyed V-1 where we could get away with white sock during general quarters. Had a hell of a time with Hartmann, LIngefelt. Wintz, J D. Now as a grandfather I'm proud to tell my kids and grandkids that I served in the United States Navy" |
Rose, Richard | IC2 | Nov 22, 1976 – Aug 7, 1979 | E | What a ship this was, the best crew a skipper(CAPT GLUNT) could ask for but a run of bad luck in the med. All port visits were awesome. |
Watkins, Tony | E4 Ship Serviceman | Dec 1976 – Sep 1980 | Supply/Service | I wouldn't trade my experiences on the Guad for 1million dollars. I'm lying obviously (Lol). On a serious note. Serving on the Guard taught me valuable lessons about the complexity of human existence, It is what it is! |
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