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USS Fort Snelling (LSD 30) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Fort Snelling (LSD 30). 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 316 crew members registered for the USS Fort Snelling (LSD 30).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1962 | 1963 – 1967 | 1968 – 1971 | 1972 – 1975 | 1976 – 1978 | 1979 – 1981 | 1982 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mueller, Jim | GM 3 | 1954 – 1956 | ||
| Wiebelhaus, Jack | E 6 | 1954 – | ||
| Grasso, Salvatore (Sal) | Seaman | 1954 – 1956 | deck force | I was aboard i n1954 when ship was commissioned at Pascagoula Missi 1956, I was transferred to the Naval Support Activity Naval Base in Naples It. In 1961 I left the Navy to be assigned as Enlisted Men's Club Manager |
| Tumey, Edward-jerry | bt3 | 1955 – 1959 | bt | looking for raymond york and thomas upchurch |
| Poklemba, Stephen | DK2 | Jan 24, 1955 – Jun 16, 1957 | SUPPLY | GLAD TO SEE NAMES OF FORMER SHIPMATES |
| Matteson, Max | Lt(jg) | Jul 10, 1955 – Jul 14, 1957 | Operations Department | It was a great ship and I sailed with two great commanding officers, Capt. Marvin-Smith, on board when I arrived, and then Captain DuBois was the captain when I left the ship for civilian life. |
| Melvin, Burstein | LTJG | Oct 12, 1955 – Apr 29, 1957 | Supply | |
| Burstein, Melvin/mel | LTJG | Oct 12, 1955 – Apr 29, 1957 | Supply | , Stephen Poklemba, thanks for trying to locate me. When I saw your name you immediately came into my mind's eye. It was a privilege to serve with you. My time aboard the Fort Snelling is among my fondest memories. |
| Anderson, Charles E. "Andy" | IC1 | Dec 19, 1955 – May 15, 1959 | Electrical | Served as IC Electrician - Thanks to EC Brown CWO our Division Officer for setting a good example for us. |
Rhodes, Jerry  | EN3 | Mar 27, 1956 – Aug 13, 1959 | A gang (boat/cranes/boat shop) | First ship, had a great time, ran south alot, At 75 I'm trying to get my records in order. NOTE I'm looking for a ships patch anyone have one to sell??? |
| Ward, Robert (R.d.) | IC 2 | Apr 1956 – Nov 1958 | engineering | The Navy gave me a field that was able to convert to a professional carrer. |
| Upchurch, Thomas | Jul 1956 – 1959 | |||
| Shirosky, Steven | SEAMAN | Apr 1957 – Apr 1959 | Deck Force | |
| Dennis, William | USS FORT SNELLING | Jan 1958 – Feb 1961 | ||
| Fuller, Lyle | skn2 | Oct 1958 – Oct 1958 | supply | |
| Martin, William Robert (Bob) | FT2 | Mar 24, 1959 – Jun 26, 1961 | Gunnery | Senior Gunnery petty officer under Captains Greene & Brookings. We received the E for Gunnery Excellence. Trained in caribean with marines shooting at Viegas. What ever happened to the gunnery division guys? Great time on a great ship. |
| Walker,jr., George | Ltjg. | Jun 9, 1959 – Apr 10, 1961 | Gunnery | Transferred from Fort Snelling to TACRON-22 in April 1961. Separated service July,1962. |
| McKee, Daniel Mac | BSN | Aug 16, 1959 – Aug 16, 1963 | 2ed | coxwain sea detail healmsman, gun captin, cuben blocked, med cruise, 3 space shot pick ups,wild times from greese to virgen islands to halafax. miss pop crowder and joe fagone. spent some good years on the dirty thirty.I still think of her |
| Lawson, Ted | FTG 2 | Sep 1959 – Jun 1962 | FC/3RD | A GOOD SHIP,GOOD SHIPMATES,GREAT TIMES |
| Todd, Ray | MM2 | Sep 10, 1959 – Aug 15, 1961 | M | Sure would like to hear from some of the guys that are still around. Some of the greatest times in my life were there on the FORT. |
| Ford, Paul | EM2 | Dec 1, 1959 – Jul 23, 1963 | Engineering | Great Ship! |
| Berry, James / Jimbo | EM2 | 1960 – 1962 | E | |
| Pace, John | Apr 1, 1960 – Sep 15, 1969 | |||
| Merritt, Ken | QM2 | Apr 2, 1960 – Dec 19, 1963 | Navigation | Great times in the Caribbean and one trip to the Med. Retired living in the Chicago area and winter in Arkansas. |
| Sollman, Eugene | YN2 | Jun 20, 1960 – Mar 21, 1963 | N | Served with some good sailers. Carribean cruises, Med. cruise, Cuban Missile Crisis. Would like to make contact with men who served during the same time I served. I went to college and earned a B.S. Degree in Agric. |
| Miller, Gerald | FTG3 | Aug 19, 1960 – May 9, 1961 | Gunnery | |
| Goff, Ward | sfp2 | Aug 20, 1960 – Oct 7, 1962 | R div | I remember the hurricane in the north atlantic,when the ship took a 51 deg roll. I was in the ballast shack & watched the gages record the roll. the ship was rated for a 50.5 deg max. we though it was going over. |
| Dennison, David | PC3 | Sep 8, 1960 – Sep 20, 1963 | NX | Post Office -----knew most all the ships crew |
| Leonard, Michael | SEAMAN | 1961 – 1962 | deck (boat coxswain) | drove lcvp |
| Hill, Hermon | E4 | Jan 1961 – Jun 1963 | Deck | |
| Lawson, Kendall | RM2 | Mar 15, 1961 – Jul 3, 1964 | OI | I came aboard just before our med. cruise. Made several Carribean cruises , what stands out the most was the searcs for the uss thresher, which we were the flag ship. met a lot of good friends , and still in contact tk |
| Plouffe, Eugene | E-3 | Jul 19, 1961 – Jul 19, 1963 | Deck | Had a great time.I ran the deck dept. office.Have many good memories.Left active duty and spent the next 35 yearts in the Naval Reserve.Retired SKC |
| Boyle, Dennis | ET3 | Sep 1961 – Oct 1963 | OI Division | The Fort was a Going Machine. In my two years it was from the Yards in Portsmouth to Gitmo for shakedown, followed by a Med cruise, the Cuban missile crisis, and New England for Thresher search. |
| James C, J C | Radarman | Oct 4, 1961 – Apr 4, 1966 | IC | Different Cribe cruises, Late 1995 Med Thresher sub search, |
| Liska, James | E=4 | Jan 3, 1962 – Jan 1, 1965 | e | The best ship in the nav, Loved the trip to Nam and the last transit thru the canal. Wish to hear from any of the crew during the trip from '64 to '65. Will reply to all |
| Edwards, George | HN | Jan 3, 1962 – Jun 15, 1963 | Deck force than SIck bay | Transferred to Sick bay as a e3 stiker. Than sent to Hospital Corps school at Great Lakes. Enjoyed Med. cruise.. Gitmo.. Several Carribean cruises and then the block aide. Got out and went to college and grad. school. |
| Skokowski, Stan | RD2 | Jan 22, 1962 – Feb 2, 1965 | OI Division | Time well spent on a great ship. Had two Med cruises. Was on the cuban blockade. Several trips to the Carribean. Trip to North Atlantic to search for sunken sub. |
| Hunt, George | e3 | Feb 1, 1962 – Feb 12, 1965 | 1 st div. | |
| Fitzhugh, Clinton | BT2 | Feb 15, 1962 – Jul 25, 1965 | B Division | I grew up and out grew all my buddies who stayed home and went to collage.I cannot express the advantage that an 18 YO gains away from home under such trying conditions.Having to solve problems in those fire rooms. |
| Wheeler, Bill | ENSIGN | Apr 15, 1962 – Oct 1, 1963 | 1st | Enjoyed the ship and the deployments including the Cuban Crisis and the USS Thresher search. Spent my last tour at the Naval Missile Facility, Point Arguello CA. Stayed in the Reserves and retired as a Commander. |
| Casey, Joe | YN3 | Oct 1962 – Oct 1963 | OC/OI | Transfered from Keywestevdet to the Fort for the Cuban Crisis. Assigned as Operations Yeoman. Operations in the Caribbean except for recovery missions to the USS Thresher site. Presently VFW Post 3460 Adjutant. |
| Peterson, Dan Or Pete | Fireman | Oct 5, 1962 – Feb 20, 1966 | M | Met a lot of good people during my time on there. From the cuban blockade to the search for the nuclear bombs off of Spain. |
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