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USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635). 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 149 crew members registered for the USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN 635).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1978 | 1979 – 1982 | 1983 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McPhail, Mike | SK1(SS) | 1983 – 1986 | SK | |
| Murphy, Joe | EM1(SS) | 1983 – 1986 | E | I was there when we rode it into the yards and removed the missile compartment and welded the 2 halves back together. |
Sladek, Craig  | ET2 (SS) | 1983 – 1985 | Navigation | |
| Lewis, Tom | ET1/SS | Feb 1983 – 1987 | Navigation | ETCS Pat Flanagan's NAVETS! "I'm gettin tired of coverin up for you guys!" Where did the years go? Jeff & Randy's patrol calendars, the smell of crap & diesel fuel in the morning. Walt the Wizard & Jimmy Dunbar |
| Saliga, Jerome | ET1 (SS) | May 1983 – Jul 1985 | Navigation Electronics | Have many fond memories of my time on the Sam Rayburn Gold Crew. Messaging on this board isn't working, so any shipmates who would like to reconnect can contact me at jsaliga@hotmail.com Would love to hear from you. |
| Paglia, Tom | EM2 | Jul 1983 – Jul 1987 | Electrical | Can only remember the good times!! |
| Rose, Ron | MM1 | Jul 1983 – Jul 1985 | Wouldn't trade my friends and the times we shared for any thing. | |
| Alberts, Fred | ET1(SS) | Jul 1983 – Jun 1986 | Navigation Electronics | My first and last seagoing command while in the Navy. Met many good men and made many friends while on board. Would love to get back in touch with some of them. |
| Cripps, Tony | SN/SS | Jul 1983 – Aug 1984 | Fire Control Guns | I made two patrols on the Sammy R, Qualified in one run, experienced great liberty in Bremerhaven, Germany . My second patrol was mainly tied to tender, I believe we did drive around the tender a couple times. |
| Abbey, John "ab" | IC2(SS) | Dec 1, 1983 – Feb 18, 1988 | Interior Communications | blue crew, and conversion, had softball team in yards, scotland was fun what i was able to see of it, ct was cool and so was georgia and sc. Thanks for the memories |
| Farmer, Ted | STS1(SS) | 1984 – 1986 | Sonar | I was on the decom crew thru dismatlement and welding of the hull. I would really like to hear form some shipmates. |
| Brettler, Michael | QM-2 | 1984 – 1985 | Nav/Ops | |
| Haines, David | STS2(SS) | Jul 9, 1984 – Jul 4, 1986 | SONAR | Nice Boat , good crew , kind of weird there are not more guys on the site from the decom crew . |
| Pannell, Darin | MM2 | Nov 11, 1984 – Nov 20, 1987 | Auxiliary | |
| Pearson, Dave | ET1(SS) | Dec 18, 1984 – Sep 9, 1988 | RC | Where is everyone? |
| MacK, Donald | MMC (SS) | 1985 – 1987 | Auxiliary Division | First and last boomer stationed on! Could not get used to the Blue/Gold mentality! Damn boomer pukes! |
| Tennill, Larry A. | MS1 | 1985 – 1986 | Supply | I reported to the Gold crew just before the crew turnover in Kins Bay, GA. Left the boat in Charleston, SC. Was there when the boat was cut in half and welded back together. I had a great time on the Rayburn. |
| McChargue, Rich "oompah" | MM1 | Sep 1986 – Sep 1992 | M | Did most of the MTS conversion, then an instructor tour. Learned to fear shipyards. Retired 2000. Project engineer in pharmaceutical industry in Raleigh area. |
| Boaz, Bruce | LT | Sep 1987 – Oct 30, 1989 | Electrical / Crew Delta | Electrical Div Officer during the last phase of overhaul. Rode her to the mooring. Won the contest to design the Logo & Motto for MTS-635: First In Its Class. Served Crew Delta as Shift Engineer, and was on board when she went critical! |
| Donner, Michael | LT | Oct 20, 1987 – Jul 1, 1989 | Shift Engineer | Reported aboard during refueling overhaul and left right before initial criticality testing during conversion to MTS. |
| Brest, Robert | MM1 | Nov 1987 – Nov 1990 | RL | Reported when the boat was in Charleston for overhaul / conversion. Decom crew, then Staff Instructor / Crew D LELT on MTS-635. |
| Congdon, Jay | MM1(SS) | 1988 – 1990 | Machinery | Helped her become the MTS and trained some students. |
| Detroye, Brian | MMC (SS) Instructor | Jun 1988 – Jan 31, 1992 | M Div Crew A Crew B | Part of the conversion Crew. Leading Crew Chief Crew Bravo, Training corrdinator Crew Bravo, Instructor tour untill I retired 1992. |
| Tobin, Jamie | ET3 | Feb 1, 1996 – 1997 | ET | |
| Medford, Jeremy | MM3 | Jul 24, 2005 – | M |
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