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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32). 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 254 crew members registered for the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1963 | 1964 – 1969 | 1970 – 1975 | 1976 – 1979 | 1980 – 1983 | 1984 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Torrance, Karl | 1970 – 1971 | B | ||
Cunningham, David | GMG2 | 1970 – 1973 | 3RD | |
Skawinsky, Joseph | En2 | 1970 – 1974 | A | A division refer shop. |
Burkhardt, Calvin Ted | EN3 | Mar 10, 1970 – Apr 11, 1972 | Engineman | Med cruise 1971 |
Walsh, Peter | e2 | Apr 14, 1970 – Oct 14, 1971 | mess | i remember the norht atlantic swim and the middie cruise |
Fuller, Richard A. | EN 3 | Jun 30, 1970 – May 30, 1972 | A- | |
Zeoli, Louis Wop | MM3 | Aug 1970 – Sep 1971 | M | |
Zumpano, Chuck | seaman/BM3 | Oct 1970 – Jun 28, 1973 | 2nd Deck Division | excellant duty. served with many veterans and learned a lot. saw lots of foreign countries. |
Marshall, Rick | FTG2 | Nov 1970 – Jan 1974 | 3rd | Great ship and good cruises including Rio Apollo 14 backup recover (Shellback), many Caribbean trips and the Med and one cold trip to Cape Cod. |
Williams, Ronnie | EM3 | Jan 1971 – Jun 1973 | "E" Div | My Old Buddie Jackie C. Williams from Gibson, NC And Rodrick Powell from Gary, Ind. They think that I don't remember huh |
Rowland, Gerald | PC3 | Mar 1, 1971 – Dec 20, 1973 | 6th Fleet | |
Brucks, George | RD2 | Apr 1971 – Apr 17, 1973 | operations | Many good memories. Saw interesting sites during the Med cruise but recall a SNAFU resulting in petroleum tinged drinking water for a while + a marine who set off a smoke grenade below decks, ship-wide panic briefly. |
Sullivan, William P | seaman | May 4, 1971 – Oct 23, 1973 | second division | |
Horne, Alan (Bip) | MM3 | Jul 3, 1971 – | fwd m | |
Van Fleet, Ernie | Em3 | Aug 6, 1971 – 1974 | E | Enjoyed my time aboard. Made friends and got to see some of the world. No regrets joining the navy. |
Burgess, Rick | SK3 | Oct 16, 1971 – Feb 5, 1973 | S | From Boot Camp to the Grove as a "Deck Ape" later to Supply as a Storekeeper. I did not realize at the time what a life experience I was gaining. Thanks to my shipmates and the "Spiegel Eagle!" |
Long, Calvin | HTFN | Oct 31, 1971 – Feb 7, 1975 | repair | |
Powell, Mike | QM | 1972 – 1975 | N and X | I had some damm good times on board the Grove. Raised hell in many differnt countries of the world. Loved those Carib cruises. |
Baker, Charles | First Class Engineman | 1972 – 1975 | A Division | Navy Retired now. Retired after 24 1/2 years, December 13th 1978. Spent 7 years as a Navy Recruiter. Made Chief Petty Officer in 1976. |
Weston, Vaughn | E3 | Oct 1972 – 1974 | 1st Division | Was on the U.S.S. Spiegel Grove LSD-32 1st division. Boatswains Mate. 1972-74 |
Wyeth, Mike | BM | 1973 – 1974 | Deck | This was my 1st duty station after boot camp. I wanted so much to be a Seabee and was sent to the Grove. But I did strike and finally found a way off the ship. I finally got my wish EO6 Wyeth |
Kegan, Ben | E4/BT | 1973 – 1977 | B division | |
Renick, Clay | MM2 | Apr 1973 – Dec 1976 | M Division | |
Graham, Ronnie | BM3 | Dec 1973 – Jul 16, 1976 | 1st | I was the Coxswain of the Captains Gig for Avila and Bush. Both ran a good ship and didn't mind having a cold beer with you. Wondering if anyone has any good pictures of the time Prince Charles visited our ship. |
Weld, Pete | MM3 | Dec 31, 1973 – Jul 28, 1975 | M | |
Burke, Les | SH E6 | Feb 19, 1974 – Apr 1, 1977 | S | Loved the Boat and the time spent |
Blake, Pete | MM2 | Mar 1974 – Sep 1977 | EMO2 | |
Riherd, James (Pat) | BM | Mar 15, 1974 – Apr 15, 1979 | B Div and 2nd Div | First ship after BC. Reported to B Div, (Boiler #2) got in trouble enough to convinve Capt Avila to move me to Deck. Became Senior Coxswain. Grew up on SG. Retired at 26yrs as BMCS Looking for OS Butch Mariah (sp) |
Calderon, Teodoro (Teddy) | MS1 | Mar 17, 1974 – Apr 6, 1977 | Supply | Worked under captain Bush. Looking for anyone who might remember me. |
Johnson, Joseph | RM2 | Apr 13, 1974 – Aug 30, 1977 | ops | |
Burke, Les Burke | E4 | Jun 19, 1974 – Apr 1, 1977 | SH | missed all the good times She was a good ship |
Johnson, Joseph , Joe | RM2 | Jun 25, 1974 – Aug 30, 1977 | ops | life really suck at that time |
Knight, Mark | MM3 | Aug 1974 – Sep 1977 | ||
Robinson, James (Butch) | rm3 | Oct 1, 1974 – Jun 21, 1977 | communications | bethelhem steel yard, baltimore, maryland. overhaul ship. norfolk,VA |
Adams, Josseph | Seaman | Nov 15, 1974 – Nov 14, 1978 | 1 St. | |
McGeough, Donald | E3 | Dec 15, 1974 – Mar 17, 1975 | 1st | Many memories of the Med cruise of '74 with a great group of sailors. Manned the captains gig with Ronnie Graham and had a great skipper, Captain Avila, logged 23,751 miles, drank 17,000 gallons of coffee. |
Jackson, Dennis | BM2 | 1975 – 1977 | First | Served with Avila and Bush. Both good COs. Spent a lot of time "East of Crete". |
Rowedda, Steven | E4 | 1975 – Aug 3, 1979 | ||
Waldeck, David | sn | 1975 – 1977 | deck | |
Pelland, William | HTC | Feb 1975 – Aug 1977 | R | |
James Henico, Jim | GNG2 | Mar 1975 – Jun 1975 | WEAPONS | |
Millard, Neil | MM2 | Jul 1, 1975 – Jun 8, 1980 | M division / EM01 | would like to rekindle some old times feel free to email me @ neilmill12@rap.midco.net |
Willis Jr., Thurman R. (Sandy) | E-3 TO E-1 | Aug 1975 – | deck | lookind for "Doc" leslie mcintire or mcintosh who was on board at the same time i was this very important to me please call me at anytime at 831-338-2330 |
Foote, Gregory | SN/BM3/BM2 | Sep 1975 – Apr 1978 | 1st | Worked for BM1 Davidson on his PMS crew. I checked in on a Saturday and met BM1 Davidson who had weekend duty. Woke me up on Sunday morning and had me go up on the crane with another Seaman to show me how to operate it. |
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