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USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609). 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 235 crew members registered for the USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1964 | 1965 – 1969 | 1970 – 1974 | 1975 – 1978 | 1979 – 1987 | 1988 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinert, Amos | MM1` | 1975 – May 1977 | Engineering | Remember the Agana 5. It's funny now but not then! Great captain, good crew. Went through shipyard in Charleston, shot missle in Florida, flew to Hawaii, 3 patrols in Guam. Fathered the first blue crew baby post shipyard.( She is 31 now! |
| Posson, William (Bill) | RM1 | 1975 – 1978 | OPS/Radio | My one and only Submarine in my career. Left Navy in 1980. Retired from Reserves 1989. |
| Gregory, Richard | MM1 (SS) | 1975 – Oct 1978 | M | Reported onboard just before the Sam left Charleston Shipyard. Made 6 patrols out of Guam. |
| Koyro, Gregory | sm | 1975 – | radioman | |
| Wallace, James | MS3 | Feb 25, 1975 – Aug 26, 1977 | Supply | dont spam me or i will unleash a virus on u, that is unstopable by XP SP2, Spyware Doctor, Norton, and any other anti-virus program |
| Sauer, William | MT2 | Apr 1975 – Aug 7, 1977 | Missle | |
| Miller, Robert | ETCS(SS) | Apr 8, 1975 – Sep 1, 1978 | RC LPO | Made 6 patrols. Qual EWS, EDPO, RO. Retired off Sam Houston on Sept 1, 1978. Many great memories of my time aboard. I'm now Base Commander of USS Scamp Base of US Submarine Veterans Inc in Escondido, CA. |
| Miller, Robert (Bob)` | ETCS(SS) | Apr 8, 1975 – Sep 1, 1978 | REACTOR CONTROL | 1ST PERSON TO RETIRE THAT HAD SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER ON NUCLEAR SUBMARINES. oNLY SHORE DUTIES WERE INSTRUCTOR AT S1C NUCLEAR REACTOR PRTOTYPE AND STUDENT AT PALOMAR COLLEGE, SAN MARCOS, CA ON ADCOP PROGRAM. |
| Dugger, Donald R. (Doc) | MMI(SS) | Apr 15, 1975 – Mar 15, 1978 | Engineering | Engineering Lab Tech.- I enjoyed the boat and crew. I particularly enjoyed ORSE boards.The Navy paid for grad school after discharge. |
Nance, John  | ic3 | May 1, 1975 – Nov 1, 1978 | icman | |
| Stearns, Dennis | ETR1 (SS) | Jul 1975 – Nov 1977 | Engineering | |
| Barbo, Larry | RM2 | Aug 1, 1975 – Oct 1, 1980 | RADIO COMMUNICATION | THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE AND HATED TO LEAVE |
| Peavey, Ed | RM2(SS) | Sep 15, 1975 – Sep 30, 1979 | Radio | Other than getting my nose smashed against the lower torp loading hatch when i had appendicitis (LOL) serving on Sammy was a good start to a long and varied career. Where's Jerry Hutchinson and Rick Owenby? OOOGAH! |
| Gray, Jace | STS PO3 | Oct 1975 – Apr 1976 | SONAR | Attached to Blue crew when Boat arrived @ Pearl (37) sailed to Guam, then on patrol for 55 days (38). Was a great time. Great friends. Had found my home, then failed a medical. Stripped from the Boat. |
| Fibranz, Bruce | RMCS(SS) | Nov 29, 1975 – Jun 10, 1978 | Radioman | Retired from the Navy Aboard this Submarine |
| McIntyre, Jerry | non rate seaman | Dec 1975 – Jun 1976 | Deck ape mess crank | Quite an experiance for a youg kid, didn't make my second patrol because someone decided to smuggle their drug parafinalia in my sea bag! Still, a great experiance I'm proud of and had a great time in Pearl. |
| Boldrey, Paul | MT3 | 1976 – 1978 | Weapons | |
| O'Neill, John | ET2 (SS) | 1976 – 1978 | NavET | |
| Goodall, John T. | SK3 | Feb 1976 – 1979 | Supply | I'm looking for information on D.M.Clark MM2 or Dean Korf MM3 or Steve Harrington YO. Or any other person who might remember me on the Sam Houston. |
| Launius, Bob | HM2(SS) | Mar 17, 1976 – Jul 20, 1977 | medical and deck | What a blast!!!! as a 18 year old it was a big G.I. Joe toy great crew, great Captain- Cmdr Rich Off time in Hawaii was worth it |
| Mieczynski, Phil | MT2(SS) | Apr 1976 – Sep 1980 | Missile | Made 8 patrols out of Apra Harbor, Guam. Home ported Pearl Harbor, HI. Qualified LOS, Sonar, COW. Chin Hae, Korea mid patrol port visit, missile launch, spec ops, medivac, lots of memories! |
| Thomas, Ross | STSCSSS | Apr 1976 – Apr 1979 | Sonar, COB | This is my second tour on the Houston. High points were I made COB and Senior Chief. We made the first port call for a boomer in the Pacific. Worst time was during the drug bust that affected so many. Thanks to a great Captain we made it. |
| Gundelach, Bill | IC-2(ss) | Sep 9, 1976 – Sep 9, 1979 | IC | Never got busted on this boat, but the XO sure tried. hahahaha |
| Follis, Michael {rock } | E-3 fireman | Oct 22, 1976 – 1978 | deck hand topside wacth | this was a great growing up experance for me first time from home . great people ,great times ,made two pacs out of guam ,lost a great friend there in guam left do to drug bust .great time in chin-hay |
| Dombross, William | MT2(SS) | Nov 1976 – Sep 1980 | Missile | 7 patrols, stood LOS watches and was Ship's Photographer. Rode with Phil, Gary and Baby Doc, Hi, Guys! |
| Ritter, John (Critter) | FTG 2 | Nov 1976 – Nov 1978 | Weapons | GREAT time of my life! Enjoyed the port visit to Korea; experienced the devastating drug bust at the end of Capt. Rich's last patrol. |
| Badia, Steve | FN3 | Nov 11, 1976 – Jun 11, 1978 | Torpedo Room | Fond Memories of friends I made, the why me award I won on halfway night for away all boats, the Korean port call. It's an experience I will treasure forever |
| Spencer, Joseph | E5 | Dec 1976 – Dec 1977 | Quartermaster Navigation | good ship, good crew. Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer 2005. Looking for same. |
| Castle, Kurt | IC1 | 1977 – 1979 | IC | just thought I would touch base, good times on board dragg racing on off crew, Ilive in Wisconsin now |
| Shaw, Thomas | MM1 (SS) | 1977 – 1980 | M | |
| Cronin, John | RM2(SS) | Feb 1, 1977 – Apr 29, 1979 | COMM | I had a great time serving with my brother and RMCS Fibrance. Who served on the Comm. Crew of the the 611 (SSBN) in 1961 with my father who was his Chief . |
| Hops, Craig | MT2 | Jul 4, 1977 – Jun 27, 1983 | Weapons/Missile | Had a great time with my adopted brothers of the Missile Gang. I don't recall my exact dates serving onboard, so forgive me guys if my dates are off...Love and miss my old brothers, Guns |
| Berger, Robert | ic3 | Sep 1977 – Sep 1980 | ic division | |
| Liesener, Terry | RM2 (SS) | Nov 1977 – Sep 1982 | Radio | |
| Goff, Danny | YEOMAN | Dec 1977 – Aug 1980 | ||
| Manzer, Mark | STS3(SS) | 1978 – 1982 | Made 3 SSBN patrols, and stayed with the boat upon conversion to SSN, and into Bremerton shipyard. Hello to all my former shipmates! | |
| Friedman, Curtis Baby Doc | SN(SS) | 1978 – 1980 | Medical | Was a HM striker was on board when civi lost his arm to a accident with one of the scopes whiles in dry dock |
| Cronin, Chet | RM1(SS) | Feb 1, 1978 – Apr 1, 1979 | Comm | Had a great time on the boomer . |
| Mickelson, Craig / Poindexter | STS2 | Mar 25, 1978 – Mar 31, 1982 | Deck and Sonar | We had the privilege of serving on her when she was converted from a SSBN to a SSN. The combined crew took her from San Diego to Bangor,WA. What a beautiful place to be stationed in. All I can say is I miss you guys. |
| Scheffler, Dave | ET 2/SS | Apr 15, 1978 – May 10, 1981 | NAV/OPS | Great memories from Guam,Hawaii,San Diego, Bangor and everywhere in between. Missile Boat, Slow Approach Boat and a Damn Fine Boat too... |
| Miller, Jeffrey (Jr) | FTG2 | May 10, 1978 – Oct 12, 1978 | Combat System | Served with FTC(SS) Baines and did an TORPEX in Pearl Harbor |
| Hall, Scott | RM3 | Jun 21, 1978 – Nov 15, 1981 | COMM | I was the first guy to jump from the drydock. I was the guy with red fingers from hording all the pistachios. I was the guy who sold all the instant coffee in Korea. I was the guy to make you all laugh. Best wishes to all of my bud's |
| Lindquist, Gary | MT3(SS) | Jul 10, 1978 – Aug 8, 1979 | Missile | Only 2 patrols out of Guam, 2 trips to Chin He. Worked with Phil Mieczynski, (hi Phil). Left in Aug. '79 to go to NEWCON on SSBN 726. Roved like a amd man qualified ships and up to LCHR. |
| Connor, Mark / Apeman | MMFR - MM3 | Aug 1978 – 1980 | A Gang | Enjoyed my days on "Sammy Suck Butt"!! I'll never forget Ford Island training during off crews, catching the earliest ferry off the island to get to the beach, and doing chin-ups on line 5 while moored at West Loche!! |
| Carpenter, Don | QM1(SS) | Sep 1978 – Jun 1982 | NAVOPS | |
| Simpson, Kent | SSBN 609 | Sep 1978 – Sep 25, 1981 | A-Gang | |
| Bowlby, Del | MT2(ss) | Oct 1978 – Jun 18, 1980 | Missile |
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