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USS Nereus (AS 17) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Nereus (AS 17). 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 267 crew members registered for the USS Nereus (AS 17).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1953 | 1954 – 1959 | 1960 – 1963 | 1964 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffaloe, Jim | BM1 | 1964 – 1966 | Sail loft, Deck | |
| Williams, Gerald (Willie) | en3 | 1964 – Feb 9, 1965 | enginee room | left the Navy and went to work on rairoad in montana fo 38 years running trains |
| Merchlewitz, David | MR2 | 1964 – 1966 | Machinist | |
| Payne, Jerry | E-4 | Mar 1964 – Oct 1965 | ||
| Moore, Patrick | RM-2 | Mar 1964 – Jun 1966 | OPS/Comm | Came aboard the Nereus from a year on Adak, Alaska. Was aboard for the San Fran, and the Hawaii trips. Had some good fiends aboard the Nereus. Really loved the duty and working with the "boat sailors". |
| Dolehite, Walter | EM E4 | Jun 1964 – Jun 1966 | R | I liked the rewind division. |
| Holmes, Wendell Molder | fa ml2 | Aug 1964 – Dec 30, 1968 | d1 r1 | first ship best ship out 7 iserved on |
| Thurber, David | CTM/SN | Aug 1964 – Mar 1965 | Ships Laundry then CO's Orderly | Arrived from Boot awaited Clearance then was orderly til I went to A school. Onboard for the trip to Hawaii. |
| Holmes, Wendell | ML-2 | Aug 8, 1964 – Dec 31, 1968 | R-1 X-81 | Loved the USS Nereus, went from FA to ML-2 . Worked for ML-1 Wetzler and ML-2 Harris in the Foundry. Casted large set of Dolphins for the Squadron. |
| Buffaloe, Jim | BM1 | Sep 1964 – May 1966 | Sail Loft, Deck | |
| Currie, George | S SM RM Striker | Sep 1964 – Oct 1965 | Deck Force Deck 2 | PSI for RM A school. Came aboard just in time to go to Hawaii for a month. Caught a Typhoo on the way back. Was very happy while on the Nereus. Great times good mates. Would have been glad to have there until retirement. |
| Edwards, Ronnie | DC-2 | Sep 1964 – Nov 1966 | carpenter shop | Furnace, Myers , Ernest,Gleason and anyone who served with me in the carpenter shop. |
| Easter, Edward (Rabbit) | MR2 | Sep 15, 1964 – Feb 28, 1966 | Rubber Shop. Great time, fond memories. I'm still doing what I did in USN | |
| Easter, Edward (Ed, Rabbit) | MR 2 | Sep 15, 1964 – Feb 28, 1966 | Rubber and Plastics | Great duty |
| Flores, Hector | ETN-2 (retired ETC 1989) | Nov 6, 1964 – Nov 6, 1966 | operations - maintained the ships electrtonics equipt | highlights: Acapulco cruise, Hawaii cruise, the submarine USS kamehameha arriving while at Hawaii, the destroyer that rammed us at Ballast Point. Sail to Mare Island for overhaul. I was hired at Mare Island electronics s |
| Blakeman, Gary | ETN3 | 1965 – 1968 | ||
| Chalfin, John | EM2 | 1965 – 1967 | Weather Decks Electric Shop | |
Robert A. Tullis, Bob  | ETR2 | Mar 1, 1965 – Mar 1, 1968 | R-4 | Was TAD first to ComSubFlot 1 to install cable tv system at Ballast Point, Then was TAD to FAAWTC up on the hill. Would like to contact Dave Westphal and Dave Essad |
| McDade, William B. (Bill) | CYN3 | Jul 1965 – Apr 1967 | Operations | I served as the Operations Department Yeoman. I have fond memories of my time on the Nereus. |
| Miller, Ellis | IC-3 | Aug 4, 1965 – Jun 20, 1967 | ENG | I went on board when the Nereus went into the Vallejo shipyards. Went to Alcapoco and then to Hawaii. Got out and joined the Los Angeles Police Dept. I retired from there 6-2006. |
| John Gray, John | sm3 | Aug 9, 1965 – Sep 9, 1967 | quatermaster | |
| Burek, Stan | CTSA | Nov 1965 – Jun 1966 | S-2 | Assigned to the Nereus awaiting ET "a" school. Worked as one of the ships bakers, I was the dumb %$# that tried to wash a hundred pounds of rice down the sink!!! Also remember the ramming by the USS Shiields.. |
| Love, Shannon (Rocky) | Dp2 | Nov 1965 – 1967 | pamilant fleet | Am looking for former shipmates who were in the Data Processing Department where I worked. Would Like to see what they are up to these days. Also would like to see John Gilliam SK2 from Chicago. |
| Sorenson, Jim | SN, PNSN, PN3 | Nov 1, 1965 – Aug 1, 1966 | "X" (Personnel Office) | Shipmate; LT "Skip" Hall (Personnel Officer), LCDR Gowan (Admin Officer); PN3 Tom Finn; PN3 Al Church; PN3 Robert Sharpe. |
| Puls, Joe | SA/SN | Nov 18, 1965 – Jul 14, 1966 | Deck | Was put in charge of Berthing Compartment, PSI waiting to go to FT school. I stood Boatswains Mate of the watch and still have my pipe. Also stood "crows nest" watch underway, wow. Ended up retiring as a FCCM (SW),in89 |
| Burek, Adakchief | CTMSN | Nov 29, 1965 – Jun 1, 1966 | S-2 | Baker |
| Metzger, Don | ETN2 | Dec 2, 1965 – Dec 7, 1967 | R-4 | Submarine antenna repair, General Electronic maintenance. After leaving ship retired in 1986 as ETC |
| Tinsley, Michael | CSSN | 1966 – 1967 | Commissary | Hi guys, just found this. came from boot camp as a cook. worked for Chief Parrish. spent a year in da nang then back to Sperry. cooked on the TR3. but never on the boats. did vallejo time on both ships. went to portland and alcapoco. |
| Hobert, Lester | E-3 | 1966 – 1968 | BM | i REFINISHED THE CAPTAINS GIG WHILE IN DRY DOCK AND SERVED AS BOW HOOK |
| Coulter, Jim | EN 3 | Jan 10, 1966 – Nov 8, 1967 | M | I remember fire in forward engine room/ Vallejo ship yard/cruise to Accapulco and Hawaii / Tin can that hit ship in San Diego bay |
| Jansen, Skip | ETCS(ss) | Jan 10, 1966 – Aug 10, 1966 | R-4 | Was an ETR-3 then. ^ month TAD awaiting Nuc School in Vallejo. |
| Dinesen, Bob (Denny) | DP2 | Jan 25, 1966 – Mar 1, 1968 | Supply | Looking for shipmates from Data Prossesing and others I knew from the ship and the Navy in general. |
| Leeder, Dan | OMSN | Mar 1966 – Feb 1967 | Optical Shop - Periscopes | Fresh out of boot camp straight to deck force -then to Mare Island for overhaul-Whew! Decided to find a job a little cleaner. Found it in the Optical Shop - great duty!!! Went on to Guam and the Proteus AS19 - Became OM2. Learned a lot!! |
| Stewart, Guy (Stu) | TM2 (SS) | Mar 1966 – Oct 1967 | Weapons W-1 | MK 14 shop lead torpeodman View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Lathem, Robert | SEAMAN | May 1966 – Apr 1968 | boat | |
| Ball, Billy | MRC | May 1966 – May 1969 | R-2 | Made Chief in 1967 |
| Weiss, Walter | EN 3 | May 1, 1966 – Dec 31, 1967 | M | I worked in the After Engine Room. I was the guy who put out the fire in the Forward Engine Room. I remember Mare Island drydock and overhauling our engines. Cruises to Hawaii and Acapulco. Great shipmates. |
| Gdonski, Andy | DP2 | Jun 1, 1966 – May 15, 1968 | Supply | Great ship & duty! Came aboard directly from boot camp. Went to Hawaii for change of command ceremony. Ate pineapple with every meal on the way back to San Diego. Went to Mare Island and Acapulco. Still have ashtrays from El Presidente. |
| Ferrell, Larry | MM1(SS) | Jul 1966 – Mar 1968 | R-5 | Rad Con Shift Supervisor, Oil Test Lab Supervisor, Rad Con school instructor |
| Foreman, Barton | SFP2 | Jul 1966 – Oct 1968 | Enginering | I made some great friends in the CR Shop like Dan Cruz and Frank Swift. I wish I knew where they were. |
| Meier, Jerry | EM2 | Jul 10, 1966 – Jun 28, 1968 | E | Great duty - beat WesPac cruise. Enjoyed manning the propulsion switchboard. Made EM1 in the reserves while earning my BS & MS at the University of Illinois. |
| Harward, George But With 3 Other Georges Became " Charlie Brown" | ICFA THROUGH IC2 | Aug 1966 – Oct 1969 | R3 - Gyro Repair Shop | The senior "George" thought I looked like a "Charlie" and with the luck of "Charlie Brown" most thought I was Charlie Brown. Also known as "GDU" (Garbage Disposal Unit) - max ice ream at a meal - a little |
| Johns, Michael | SN | Sep 1966 – Sep 29, 1967 | deck force | this was one of the best years of my life |
| Sluss, Larry | SK-3 | Sep 1966 – Feb 1970 | SUPPLY/COMMISSARY | |
| Hall, Marvin | ICFN | Sep 1966 – Jan 1967 | Nuclear | Just a stopping point from A school waiting for Nuclear Power School to start in January. Did have fun in the Nuc division doing just about nothing. |
| Howard, Doran (Little Howie) | ML3 | Nov 1966 – Aug 1968 | Repair - Foundry | Served under Herlbert (MLC), Wetzler (ML1), Howard (ML2 - My brother), Harris (ML2, ML3, ML2) and Holmes (ML3) |
| Meyer, Raymond ( Oscar ) | fn | Nov 1966 – Dec 1967 | m | After overhaul at Mare Island I was on watch in Forward Engine Room during Sea Trials at night when engine exploded. No records found. I see comments about it would like to hear from person commenting on it. |
| Colvin, Edward | EN3 | Nov 6, 1966 – Dec 26, 1968 | Pusser boats and the boat shop | My first ship in the navy and really enjoyed my time here and our trip to Acapoco,mex. and my best friend GM2 Melvin Quinney. The pusher boats was a great time also |
| Nitz, Tom Ernie | SN | Nov 27, 1966 – Apr 17, 1967 | deck force | Assigned Boatswains locker I was the guy who got hand crushed when hatch came unlatched as I climbed up ladder in boatswains locker. Chandler lowered me with paravain crane into whale boat after we anchored off Pt Loma. |
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