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USS Sturgeon (SSN 637) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637). 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 224 crew members registered for the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1970 | 1971 – 1975 | 1976 – 1981 | 1982 – 1986 | 1987 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomer, Jim | ET2 SS | 1965 – Feb 1968 | RC | Plank Owner |
| Helms, Michael | ET1(SS) | 1965 – Jun 1968 | RC | Plank Owner - Watching this boat being built was an unforgettable experience. The crew was a great bunch - very knowledgeable and professional |
| Wilson, James | MM1(SS) | 1965 – 1969 | \M Div | |
| McCollum, Mac | SK1(SS) | Apr 1965 – Sep 1967 | Supply | Plank Owner...3rd person to report aboard. Served with a great bunch of Sailors and that includes the first COB, Bill Welsh, TMCS(SS). Great experience ! |
| Marquette, Hank | MMC (SS) | Apr 5, 1965 – Nov 20, 1968 | A Div | reported onboard day after Bill Welsh, COB and a day or two after Mac the storekeeper. excellent crew. did a hell of a job putting sturgeon together. |
| Doty, Robert (Bob) | EM1 (SS) | Jun 1965 – Apr 1967 | E Div | Plank owner. Made E6 on board. |
| Scott, Lawrence | E3 | Jan 1966 – Oct 1970 | E3 | Not sure of rank. I am posting for my father who was a proud member of the USS Sturgeon. He passed in 1995. |
| Fitzsimmons, Fitz | STS2 | Apr 15, 1966 – Jan 14, 1970 | The best boat and crew I could have ever been assigned to. | |
| Davis, Steve | TM2 (SS) | Oct 1966 – Apr 1969 | Torpedo | A couple of my favorite memories are being one of the side boys on the day we were commissioned and when Captain Bohannan, our second skipper, maneuvered Sturgeon into the pier from the Thames River without any tugs! |
| Clewis, Monroe Thomas | QM-3(SS) | Oct 21, 1966 – Oct 22, 1968 | One of the exclamation marks in my life story...Went on to graduate from UC Berkeley and Loyola Law School. Am now an attorney representing Veterans. Forrest Gump, anyone? RSVP | |
| Cornibert, Gary | IC 2 SS | Jan 10, 1967 – Sep 10, 1970 | Interior Communications | |
| McHale, William J. (Mac) | YN2(SS) | Mar 1967 – Jan 1970 | Anyone who served onboard STURGEON during my time on the boat, please contact me at my e-mail address. Thanks. Mac | |
| Avery, Barry | IC2 (SS) | May 1967 – Nov 1970 | Engineering | Came aboard FN, left IC2(SS) Met some great people, stayed out of serious troulbe and got out because the Navy screwed me out of shore duty in Puerto Rico. It was overall an unforgettable and overwhelmingly worthwhile experience. |
| Puthoff, Thomas | STS2SS | May 16, 1967 – May 16, 1969 | sonar | served with hartman (fartman). still have the engine order telegraph from the uss grouper |
| Barnes, William (Bill) | ETN2(SS) | Oct 1967 – Jun 1968 | OE | Checked aboard from SINS on one day and left for patrol the next. Did get to see Bermuda. Left and went to Nam until discharge in 1969 |
| Hosteny, Joe | LT | Feb 1968 – Nov 1971 | 1st Lt, A Weapons | It was a lot of fun most of the time. Hartman's right; Bo was the best. |
| Samuelson, Dale (Sam) | ETR2 (SS) | Feb 1968 – Aug 1971 | RC | I served with one really great crew. |
| Heineck, Tim | ETR2 SS | Feb 27, 1968 – Aug 3, 1971 | RC Division | |
| Dees, Robert (Robbie) | CS 2 (SS) | Apr 5, 1968 – Apr 1, 1971 | Supply | Came aboard as a SN and left as a CS2)SS) Served with the best skipper I ever had in Capt. William Bohannan. Left and was a Plankowner on the 678. Left in Nov of 72 for "B" school & Master Cake Decorating. Left Memphis as MS1(SS). |
| Dees, Robert (Robbie) | CS2(SS) | Apr 20, 1968 – Apr 1, 1971 | COOK (stewburner) | First boat, went from Seaman to 2nd Class and got qualfied on this fine boat. Transferred to SSN 678 Archerfish and was Plankowner. Got out to go to college. Live in Kincaid, Ill. Ride Harley and play golf. Work for State of Ill. |
Cloutier, Dennis (Clit)  | MM 1 (SS) | May 1968 – Jul 1971 | M Division | Reported on board on Friday afternoon and sent home for the weekend. Got a call Sunday morning they were heading out to look for the Scorpion. I missed that trip. Ominous start for 3 great years of my young life. View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Hartman, Jim | ST1(SS) | May 1, 1968 – Jan 15, 1973 | Sonar | Served with the best Skipper, W.L. Bohannan!!! |
| Albright, Dan | ET2SS | May 2, 1968 – Dec 15, 1972 | RC | Did initial Startup of reactor after first yard period at EB |
| Hughes, Brian | MM 1 SS | May 7, 1968 – Sep 6, 1973 | M Division | Work for the NRC William Bohannon was the best Captain in the Navy Homer Ross was a great Chief On board when we hit St. Croix |
| Montgomery, Robert | May 15, 1968 – Jul 22, 1971 | |||
| Littlejohn, Steve | QM3 | Aug 9, 1968 – Dec 1, 1971 | Navigation | I also served under Captain Bohannon, the best skipper anyone could ever have served under, I wondered for years what happened to Gary Henry, friend and storekeeper aboard Stugeon |
| Wills, Ron | MMCM (SS) | Nov 1968 – Jun 1972 | M-Div | Left Sturgeon as MM1(SS) and went to G.W. Carver (SSBN 656). 2 years on Carver, the staff of Nuc Pwr Sch. Finished career in the Reserves. Live in Chicago Area. |
| Lander, Jerry | STS2(SS) | Dec 1968 – Jan 1971 | SEAMAN/DRIVER/SONARMAN | ARE THERE ANY OTHER CREW MEMBERS LIVING OR VACATIONING IN ARIZONA? GOLF ANYONE> |
| Strawser, William | RM2 | 1969 – Jul 1971 | Devgroup Two | I'll always rmember Capt Bohanon. You'll never find better. The Sturgeon crew were a great bunch, so professional and a pleasure to sail with. It was an honor to sail with them. |
| Slott, David (Thumper) | MM1(SS) | 1969 – 1971 | M div | |
| Mote, Paul | IC2 | Jan 1, 1969 – Dec 31, 1971 | interior comunications | |
| Bundy, William | ST1(SS) | Apr 16, 1969 – Nov 6, 1970 | Sonar | |
| Lovasco, Carlo | IC2(SS) | Aug 1969 – Sep 1973 | E | I was on the Ballast Control Panel when we hit St. Croix and emergency blew the ballast tanks to get us to the surface. Very scary! Still playing my guitar and singing professionally in Clearwater, Florida. |
| Kiss, John | EM2 (SS) | Aug 15, 1969 – Jan 15, 1973 | Electrical (Nuclear) | |
| Riley, Larry A. | STS1(SS) | Oct 15, 1969 – Feb 15, 1974 | Sonar | Great Ship, Great Crew. Hartman, Dennis, Grudier,Gulrud,Capazzi to name a few. Remember the "St. Croix Bottom Bounce" of 1973? |
| Lussier, Mike/luci | IC/ E4 | Nov 1, 1969 – May 16, 1973 | FORWARD ICMAN | HI. MATES, SPENT TOO MUCH TIME UNDER WITH IT TO SAY GOOD TIMES I BELIEVE THE FIRST 365 DAYS ABOARD 281 WERE AT SEA WITH NO FORIEGN LIBERTY PORTS. I AM LOOKING FOR AN OLD RUNNING MATE. RONALD CASSASSA. HELP ME FIND HIM. |
| Holloway, Bill | MM1(SS) | Dec 1969 – Jun 1971 | M Div | Me and Bill Nylin came on board at the same time and left it the same day for new construction on the Batfish SSN681. I've kept in touch with Cloutier, Homer Ross, Bill Nylin, and a few others. |
| Lewis, William A | SK3 SS | Dec 29, 1969 – Jul 14, 1973 | Supply | |
| Lyons, Roy Lyons | FTG 1(SS) | 1970 – 1973 | weapons | I was on the BCP at time of collison with the big rock |
| Warner, Larry | ET1(SS) | 1970 – 1972 | RC | My first boat....... |
| Kirkpatrick, Ken (Kirk) | IC3 (SS) | 1970 – 1973 | IC Forward | |
| Davis, Ronald | CTR1 | Jan 1, 1970 – Apr 30, 1970 | Comm | 3 months at sea with a fantastic and daring skipper, Bo Bohannian. A trip I will never forget! I was a spoOk. Served with Red Henderson CT1, Jim Dacey CT1, LT Pulfrey. |
| Cote, Gerald Jerry | mm3 | Sep 11, 1970 – 1971 | mm |
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