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USS Wichita (AOR 1) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Wichita (AOR 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 650 crew members registered for the USS Wichita (AOR 1).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 – 1973 | 1974 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1983 | 1984 – 1985 | 1986 – 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Edick, Gary  | OS3 | 1972 – Jan 1974 | Operations | I remember some parts of the time spent here. Two most memorable: Making OS2 on a Friday, and busted on a Sunday back to OS3. And drinking beer and partying at the Queen bar in Subic. Everything else was a blur..... |
| Garibay, Donald | BM2 | 1972 – 1974 | 1st and 2nd | Good time’s |
| Black, John | MM3 | Jan 10, 1972 – Oct 4, 1974 | M | It was a good ship. Anyone know where MMCS Sellers is. Would like to know where Ed Jaczynski or Rich Censlewski is. Was the typhoon we were in in 1972 or 1973. Long live the ol' Witchita.Fair winds and following seas. |
| Sample, Dan | OS 2 | Mar 1972 – Aug 1975 | Operations | Quite an experience....some of the wildest times of my life. I loved working as a radarman. Going across the equator was a lot of fun. Bangkok & Hong Kong were the best ports. |
| Stallkamp, Ray (Rocky) | CS 3 | Mar 1972 – Mar 1973 | Supply | Some of my best memories, should have stayed for 2nd tour. I was your cook, food records keeper and site TV operator WICH TV 2. Miss you guys... ray1946@bex.net, Now in Denver 2013 |
| Till, Daniel | SA | Mar 28, 1972 – May 28, 1975 | first | The wicked witch of the west will live forever. My second ship after destroyers was like riding on a cruise ship hardly any motion. |
| James D Cary, Jim | E-1 | Apr 1972 – Nov 1972 | 1st Division, | Came on board in Long Beach after boot camp and went on a Westpac tour starting in July (as I recall) Ended up going to class A school and was transfered off in Subic November 1972. Learned allot from my shipmates. |
| Day, Mike | RM2 | Apr 8, 1972 – Sep 23, 1975 | OC | Looking back not such a bad time.. We had many long cruises and a lot of ships came along side.. Loved being on that old floating bomb.. |
| Helland, Steve | sm3 | May 1, 1972 – May 1, 1975 | oc | |
| Eldredge, Jack | MM3 | May 10, 1972 – Aug 14, 1974 | ENG | I REMEMBER SCREAMIN YELLOW ZONKERS!! AND BANGKOK |
| Kent, Leo M | SHSN | Jul 1972 – Apr 1975 | s2 | Served 2 tours in Viet Nam aboard the Wichita. She is a lady that will never be forgotten. |
| Davis, Craig (Dave) | EM3 | Jul 1972 – Apr 1976 | E | Long hours sitting in atfstreeing during unreps.But great ports of call to ease the stress.CAN DO! |
| Takacs, Lawrence J. | FTG3 | Jul 1, 1972 – Mar 21, 1974 | Weapons | As we would pull away from an un-rep...Glen Campbell's song "Wichita Lineman" would be played...one of the best memories I have..Mike Comstock, if you read this, look me up you old Texan..I miss ya! |
| Myers, Marty | SH2 | Aug 1972 – Sep 1975 | S2 | Got in trouble for smuggling the Spider Monkey on board. Got in a big brawl with the French Sailors in Hong Kong. Drank the Absynthe in Sasebo. |
| Stubbs, Floyd | HT3 | Sep 1972 – Sep 1975 | R | A good time. |
| Hoven (mute), Randy | BM3/BMSN | Nov 1972 – Aug 1975 | 1st & 3rd | I still hate ship's bosn, McLaughlin. |
| Drake, Greg | HT-3 | Nov 1972 – Nov 1975 | R | remember the good times on the old witch! to bad she is decommissioned. |
| Waugh, Kurt | SMSN | Nov 1972 – Jul 1975 | OC Div. | Miss my P.I. Honey-Co and San Miguel!! |
| Baker, Alvin L | YN3 | Nov 1972 – Aug 1975 | X | |
| Hamrick, Ron | BM3 | Nov 17, 1972 – Aug 19, 1975 | 2nd | Best time of my life. I met some great people. |
| Richardson, Melvin (Skinny Pimp) | SH3 | Nov 27, 1972 – Dec 15, 1975 | 1st and supply | Those days were the most fun days of my life.... |
| Neske, Ron | QM 3 | Nov 30, 1972 – May 20, 1975 | XHN | Great times,great shipmates,great memories.I got to see the world and make some life long friends.Chief "Bubba"Armentor where are you now? |
| Lance, Terry | MR/E2 | Dec 1972 – Dec 1973 | POL | Wish I could do it again, the right way. Awesome experience. Can still hear the "Wichita Lineman", in my head anytime I think of the "Green Weenie" |
| Batsell, Gordon | YN3 | Dec 7, 1972 – Aug 12, 1975 | Admin | My one and only Naval Ship. Most memories are good, like Subic Bay, Bangkok, Singapore,Thiland, Japan, Kenya, Hawaii,Long Beach, met my wife there. The best memories are the friends I made. Thank's guy's for the good times and the San Miguel. |
| Jacobs, Jim | BM3 | Dec 20, 1972 – Aug 25, 1975 | SECOND/STREAM | GREAT MEMORIES, GREW UP FAST, MET MY WIFE IN LONG BEACH, WILL NEVER FORGET THE WICHITA LINEMAN, STILL ON THE LINE. MY BEST TO ALL MY OLD SHIPMATES. |
| Fitch, Patrick | RM3 | 1973 – 1975 | Operations | After a year at Naval Communications Station Adak Alaska. I was happy to be transferred to the USS Wichita that heading for a Westpac cruise. We ended going much farther than I could have imagined, all the way to Mombasa |
| Buchanan, Buck | HT3 | Jan 1, 1973 – Jan 1975 | r | to hud and stormon normon, we had some good times . |
| Taylor, Alan | MM3 | Feb 14, 1973 – Jun 26, 1973 | A | |
| Reed, Bill | OS2 | Mar 1973 – Sep 1976 | OI | Boy I really miss those days. I haven"t seen anyone from the Bitch in all these years except Chris Shaeffer and that was way back in the 70's. I'd like to hear from Dan, Mel, Gongo, Neske or anyone else who remembers. |
| Weed, Rick | bt3 | Mar 1973 – Oct 1975 | boiler tech | wouldn't trade the time on on board for anything. Met some great people that i still think of but have never gotten ahold of or tried to contact since i got out. would like to here from any of you. |
| Harris, Roger | EM3 | Apr 10, 1973 – May 27, 1976 | E/STREAM/RASE | Not one of you could outdrink me. Even the deck apes said I was the only snipe worthy of being called a "steamer". I miss you guys, sometimes. |
| Hall, Steve | HT2 | Apr 15, 1973 – Jun 28, 1976 | R and POL | |
| Lindholm, Gary | MM3 | Apr 15, 1973 – Feb 15, 1976 | ||
| Frost, Mike | MM2 | Apr 26, 1973 – Aug 10, 1975 | A | Who remembers the Friction Band, San Miguel and Mojo? I got off the Witch the day we ran aground going into San Diego. What an end to a great tour. |
| James, Edward | MM3 | May 7, 1973 – Aug 4, 1974 | M then A Div. | Great time aboard the Wichita. Was in M Div. for a few months then transferred to A-gang.Remember MM1 Spires,and MM 2 Ben ? from Guam. Can see the faces of others but can't remember their names! |
| Emmons, John (Leprechaun) Ships Barber | SH2 | May 13, 1973 – Apr 6, 1977 | Marty Myers,Sammy Garcia,Boy Babino,Taco,Tomar all from S2, Write if you can.I cut every crew members hair on the witch from 75to77. I remember running aground off San Diego and chewing up the motor whale boat.Loved it,miss it.I'll miss he | |
| Lindholm, Gary | MM3 | May 22, 1973 – Feb 15, 1976 | M & A | |
| Torres, Daniel "Pinapple Kid" , "rez" | BTFN | May 30, 1973 – Aug 23, 1975 | B | I remember Subic Bay, Long Beach, and Oh my, let us never forget "Wichita Lineman Is Still On The LIne".
Bowers, DiBene, Jake, Shellman, Sizian, Voeller, BT1 Brown, Hanna, and all the crew . Served again 5/83-5/88 View 'now' Photo |
| Mitchell, Thomas | EM3 | Jun 1973 – Aug 1974 | "E" | Many fond memories, and some not so fond. Nice to see recognizable names. Hope to be able to get in touch!! |
| Ponty, Mike | HT3 | Jun 1973 – Sep 1975 | R | |
| Schroeder, Kerry | E-3 | Jun 26, 1973 – Feb 20, 1977 | 3rd division | For the most part we we`re a bunch of miss-fits,-but we did earn the E on the stack in 75. |
| Cossey, Steven | ETR3 | Jul 1973 – May 1974 | OE | I came aboard between ET"A" school and Nuc Power School. When I arrived she was in the yards. We made a WestPac cruise that year. I was the team leader for the firemain valve maintenace tiger team. |
| Harwood, Jim | LT | Jul 1, 1973 – May 1, 1975 | XNav | Great tour with fantastic Nav and Admin gangs. I retired as O-6 in 1999. |
| McCleery, Tony | seaman | Jul 15, 1973 – Jan 19, 1975 | 1 st | Went AWOL with Mike Krivanec. Went to canada for a while. Ended up in Seattle at a discharge center. I grew up in the Navy, met some nice guys,saw the world,made some memories.I miss Benny Joe Hagen! |
| Chapman, Dennis | BT2 | Aug 1973 – May 5, 1977 | B, (BEST) | Where are "Weed", "Oldie", DiBene, Stan, Zach, Arnie, Pineapple, Frenchie, Voller, Wetzel? I have Chief Hughes and Bryson's emails! Remember sinking our own Whale-boat? I have pics of CPO baggage when the tug rammed us on t |
| Mason, Mel | OSSN | Aug 1, 1973 – Jun 18, 1975 | operations | It has been a long time, over 30 years, but something bout that the ship , the experience, the people stays with ya. She will never be forgotten, at least not in my lifetime |
| Altringer, Michael The Fly | BT2 | Sep 1973 – Sep 1974 | THE ONE AND ONLY "B" | Best berthing of any ship I was on in 26 years. |
| Dominguez, Edgardo | EMFN(X2) EM3 (X2) EM2 | Oct 1973 – Jun 1978 | E-DIVISION | THANKFUL FOR FRIENDSHIP, EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS OF LIFE, I'M STILL LEARNING |
| Long, Kevin | SR TO BM3 | Oct 15, 1973 – Jul 25, 1977 | 1ST AND RASE | great ship to be a deck ape |
| Carter, The Foot (Bigfoot) | Nov 1973 – Apr 1975 | Hey All some great times were had by all We had a great crew especially we deck apes | ||
| Long, Kevin | BM3 | Nov 23, 1973 – Jul 22, 1977 | RASE | Was My first ship had some great ship mates |
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