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USS James Madison (SSBN 627) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS James Madison (SSBN 627). 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 286 crew members registered for the USS James Madison (SSBN 627).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1967 | 1968 – 1972 | 1973 – 1977 | 1978 – 1982 | 1983 – 1986 | 1987 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Januszewski, Charles "Ski" | YN1(SS) | 1963 – 1965 | Com-Sub Flot 6 | |
| Blessing, Ben | ETN2 | 1963 – 1965 | Where is my piece of the plank? | |
| Knight, Bill | ETI(SS) | Jan 1963 – Jan 1967 | RC | |
| Bromwell, Wayne | TM3 | Feb 26, 1963 – Jan 3, 1965 | Torpedoman/Weapons | Pre-commissioning crew. Great ship, Great people. Came aboard as a stiker out of Sub School. Love to hear from shipmates |
| Dowd, William/bill | QM3/2/1/CHIEF | Mar 25, 1963 – Dec 6, 1967 | navigation | Made 17 Patrols . 6 blue,11 Gold served with Doc Hendricks,Bill Reynolds George Bissett,Cob,T.I Scott,Tom Hawkins, Cadenoff,Jimmy Dean Taylor,Many good friends. Left Dec 67 shore duty,return Feb 71 departed Sep 76 Please conta |
| Beck, Don | RM2(SS) | Apr 10, 1963 – May 17, 1966 | ||
| Pease, Raymond | TM1 (SS) | May 1963 – Feb 1972 | Weapons | Left as a COB. For duty in Key West Florida. Delores and I retired in Charleston, South Carolina |
| Schmitt, Roger | ET1(SS) | Jun 1963 – Jan 1968 | Navigation | Plankowner, 7 patrols, retired from USNR as a LCDR (LDO). |
| Schmitt, Roger | ET1(SS) | Jun 10, 1963 – Jan 15, 1968 | Navigation | |
| Cantrall, Thom | MT 1 (SS) | Jul 1963 – Apr 1968 | Weapons | Plankowner... if I'd have known then what I know now.... I thought this was great duty. Left the boat to go to shore duty in Washington state... they wanted me to go back to SC... and I didn't remember any elk in SC, so got out and stayed in |
| Evans, Don | MT1(SS) | Aug 1, 1963 – Jun 1, 1969 | Weapons, Missile | Plank Owner and about #15 qualified on Madison. Departed after 3 patrols and went to Dam Neck to "B" school then reassigned for 3 more patrols. |
| Loughery, Al | ETR2 SS | Aug 3, 1963 – Aug 1967 | NAV ET | Plank Owner . I enjoyed the characters I met and worked with on the Madison . Made patrols in GOLD crew Went to the JACK for its sea trials before discharge in Oct 1967. |
| Kreher, Bill | SK2(SS) | Sep 1963 – Jun 1966 | Supply | Commissioning Crew. Served with the greatest bunch of guys ever. |
| Haigh, Fred | TM3 (SS) | Sep 1963 – May 1966 | Weapons | Plank Owner of "Jolly Dolly" with first Qual. Nice memories! |
| Lewis, Tom | IC2 | Sep 10, 1963 – May 10, 1966 | Nuke electrical/welder | Gold commissioning crew |
| Nugent, James Nugent | MT1(SS) | Oct 18, 1963 – Mar 2, 1969 | missile | Plank owner Blue Crew. Pre-commissioning, sea trials, missile shoot at Cape and first nine blue crew patrols. Rode boat back to yard at EB for Posiden conversion then leftt navy. |
| Hunt, Jeff | EM-2 (SS) | 1964 – 1967 | E-gang | |
| Phillips, Carlos (Phil)(yeo) | YN1(SS) | 1964 – 1966 | XO | Best crew (Blue) and best submarine in the USN. |
| Whittaker, Walt | MM2SS | Jun 1964 – Nov 1968 | Good times in Rota and Charleston. | |
| Phillips, Carlos (Phil)(yeo) | YN1(SS) LATER: YNCM(SS) | Jul 1964 – Jul 1966 | XO | I remember Keiffer well...really a great person. I also remember LT Holder (he had to cancel his post-patrol ski trip...) My time onboard James Madison were the very best of my Navy days. The crew was tops. |
| Keiffer, Glenn (Erik) | FTB 3(SS) | Jul 1, 1964 – Apr 1, 1967 | Weapons | Commissioning Crew Blue |
| Cote, Raymond | ET1(SS) | 1965 – 1966 | Navigation | |
Suman, Atwell 'Skip'  | TM1(SS) | Jan 10, 1965 – Sep 24, 1971 | Weapons | Blue crew 65-67, AUWC school Key West 67, Gold crew 67-71, Poseidon conversion 68-70. Instructor FBMSTC 71-74, discharged active duty 74, reserves 74-95, retired TMC(SS) 1 Feb 95. |
| Holder, James B. | LIEUTENANT | Apr 1, 1965 – Feb 10, 1966 | Medical | |
| Waddell, Donald | MTISS | Jun 8, 1965 – Feb 4, 1969 | WEAPONS | MADE FIVE PATROLS ON THE MADISON, BOTH OUT OF ROTA SPAIN, AND HOLY LOCH SCOTLAND. |
| Wilde, Will | ET1(SS) | Sep 1965 – Mar 1969 | Navigation | |
| Walsh, Richard | MM1(SS) | 1966 – 1972 | ||
| Huwe, Fred | MMCS | 1966 – 1973 | ||
| Battista, Joe | MM3SS | 1966 – 1968 | A Gang | What a GREAT ship!!!!!!!! |
| Ptasznik, Al | FTB1(SS) | Apr 1966 – Jan 1972 | FT | |
| Campbell, Bruce | MT1 (SS) | Apr 1966 – Dec 1971 | Missile | Came aboard in 1966 as a MTSn (SU). Made 6 Polaris A# Patrols on Madison Blue. Onboard for entire C3 Shipyard Conversion and made 3 C3 Patrols including the First Ever C3 Patrol as the Leading MT. Left as a MT!(SS). |
| Fosnaugh, Daniel (Fuzzy) | EM2(SS) | Jul 11, 1966 – Sep 7, 1973 | E | Aboard the dolly gold crew during the good old days rota-holylock- yards-charleston.left went to ly spear, ray and sturgen finished with 8 years in the reserves at groton on the waterford dock./. |
| Tuper, Ed | et1 | Sep 9, 1966 – Aug 12, 1971 | reactor operator | |
| Eldridge, Jim | STS1/SS | Oct 1966 – May 1972 | Sonar | Gold Crew into the yards, Gold Crew out. Enjoyed the reunion at King's Bay just before de-comm. |
| Kelly, Bob | LT. | Dec 1966 – Nov 1968 | Weapons | Four patrols: two as AWEPS, and two as WEPS. |
| Whitam, Andy | RM3 | 1967 – | Radio | Took ship to shipyard at EB, then transfer to Will Rogers |
| Kennedy, Ed | MM2 | 1967 – 1972 | "M" | |
| Wells, Don | ETN1 | 1967 – May 1971 | Reactor | On board for Poseidon conversion at EB; seatrials; launch at Cape; and the first patrol. Made 5 runs plus the extended conversion. Fond memories of Charleston, Rota, New London and a nice leave trip to Germany. |
| Pock, Michael | FN | 1967 – 1968 | Weapons | Came aboard as NQP, Mess cooked, Got Qualified mid way into my 2nd patrol. Made 3rd class , got married, transferred to the George Bancroft. Went on to retire from the reserves as a MM1(SS). Still married (43 Yrs) |
| Bonney, David | E3 and E4 MM | 1967 – 1968 | Deck and a gang | Good memories and fun times learned a lot and met a lot of wonderful people,went on to serve on ssbn 608 and ssbn 635 |
| Ludwig, Daniel | MM1(SS)(DV) | Apr 1967 – Jun 1972 | ||
| Rowin, Dave | QM3(SS)--BLUE | Jul 1967 – May 1968 | Deck Gang(Seaman Nothing) | Great ship for a Boomer! |
| Fielden, Preston | YN2(SS) | Jul 13, 1967 – Mar 30, 1971 | Lead Yeoman | |
| McDermott, George | MM3/SS | Aug 15, 1967 – May 21, 1971 | A GANG | Qualified ships on this one. First patrol Poseidon. First launch Poseidon. Drove for second launch with interseption by ussr ship. |
| Morren, Chris | LT | Oct 8, 1967 – Jul 5, 1970 | Communications Officer | Communications Officer during our shipyard overhall was the capstone of my brilliant naval career, |
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