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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Charleston (LKA 113). 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 428 crew members registered for the USS Charleston (LKA 113).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1977 | 1978 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Cooper, Ariane | fireman | Jan 2, 1966 – Jul 1, 1988 | dont remember | |
Pfannenbecker, John Pfannenbecker | GMG2 | Mar 1, 1966 – Jun 1, 1970 | I was a Plankowner on the new construction crew at Newport News. | |
Young, Harry | RM2 | 1968 – Aug 11, 1970 | Ops | Plank Owner - I designed the ships plack and still have the original. Loved the ship, but got tired of the trips to Gitmo. We had a great crew in the radio shack. |
Wall, Donnie | fn | 1968 – Oct 28, 1971 | R/div | |
Wehner, Douglas | YN2 | 1968 – 1970 | X | Plankowner. Got out just before round the world cruise. Kind of wish I'd gone, but it was the right thing to do at the time. Good ship and crew. |
Porto, Sam | ICCS | 1968 – 1969 | E | I do not recall the exact dates, but I was part of the commissioning crew. |
Ivans, Dennis | E4 | 1968 – 1970 | boat | |
Pruchniewski, George | PN2 | 1968 – Apr 1, 1970 | Personnel | Original commissioning crew and plank owner |
Fisher, Charles/chuck | BM3 | Jan 1968 – Jan 1970 | Boat | Served from day 1 until my separation date in January of 1970. Boat Coxswain of LCM6 number 8. Plank Owner. Shake down cruise to Gitmo and visited city of Charleston, S.C. Looking for Dennis/Spanky Ivans from Queens |
Pieler, James | EN-2 | Mar 1, 1968 – Oct 16, 1970 | Repair AC&R | |
Workman Jr., Lonnie M. | MM2 | May 1968 – Aug 1971 | Engineering | Assigned to LKA 113 while still being built in Newport News, VA. Plank crew member. Commissioning, GITMO shakedown, first around the world cruise and Viet Nam. Remained until discharged on 9/1/71. Looking for fellow ship mates to correspond with. |
Withers, Fay | EM2 | May 1968 – Oct 1968 | On pre-commissioning crew- medically discharged before being commissioned. | |
Pomponio, Robert | SN | May 1968 – Apr 1, 1970 | 2nd | plank owner gitmo bay |
Lombardi, Ozzie | LKA 113 | May 1968 – Feb 10, 1972 | Supply | I was an original plankowner I worked with Mike Brisco |
Groont, Richard | SN TOO CS3 | May 1968 – Jan 5, 1970 | SUPPLY-COOK- | ORIGINIAL PLANKOWNER. LEFT ACTIVE DUTY TO RETURN IN USNR TO RETIRE AS SK1 (SEABEE), WORKED WITH TAYLOR AND CHIEF DAVIS., WILSON FROM NC. |
Pfannenbecker, John Pfannenbecker | GMG2 | May 1, 1968 – Sep 1, 1970 | Was a Plankowner on New construction in Newport News VA. | |
Goodman, Walter "skip" | RMSN | May 1, 1968 – Apr 1, 1969 | Communications | My first Plankowner assignment after BC and BE&E School. Not my most pleasant experience but a turning point in my life, as it's where I leanred what would be my trade for the next 40 years. RM1 Lloyd MacBay, RM2 David "Bucky" Wehr |
Wheatley, David | em2 | May 1, 1968 – Feb 29, 1972 | e | |
Taylor, Glenn | IC1 | Jun 1968 – Feb 1972 | I am a plank owner, and made the around the world cruise on her. | |
McMillan, Frederick | QM-1 | Jun 5, 1968 – Sep 9, 1970 | NAV | Plank owner along with a group from the New Jersey |
Lyman, Raymond | BM3 | Jun 20, 1968 – Apr 18, 1970 | THIRD DIVISION | I AM A PLANKOWNER AND SPENT 23 MONTHS ATTACHED TO THE SHIP WENT T VARIOUS PRECOM SCHOOLS. ENJOYED BEING IN THE BOAT CREW AS AN ASSAULT BOAT COXWAIN ON ALL THE LANDING CRAFTS. LOOKING TO RECONNECT WITH SHIPMATES. |
Cyphers, Jim | SMSN - SM2 | Jul 1968 – Feb 1971 | Operations | Driving that school bus in downtown Norfolk wasn't very easy! PreComm you did it all. |
Hargreaves, Gary | EM2 | Jul 1, 1968 – Nov 1, 1971 | E | Plank owner, shellback, was fun |
Zavada, David | FTG2 | Jul 11, 1968 – Feb 4, 1970 | 4th | Commissioning crew Norfolk, VA we had a good group. One of the high lights of my service time. |
Bowman, Ken | RD2 | Aug 1968 – Apr 1972 | OPS | Plank owner, Gitmo, World Cruise, Leading Petty Office Radar Section 67-68. |
Richard, Smitty | RM2 | Aug 1968 – Jan 1971 | Radio | |
Wheatley, David | EM2 | Aug 20, 1968 – Aug 22, 1972 | E | Tyler' Give me a call..would like to hear from anyone who servied with me .. .. 731 593 3905 |
Aguiar, Robert (Bob) | YN 3 | Sep 1968 – Jun 1970 | Engineering (yeoman) | I was the engineering yeoman under LT. Majors. We spent 6 months in Portsmouth shipyard right after our shakesdown cruise to Guantanimo. I still have our commissioning program, photo album and some of the early photos of the ship. I am a plankowner. |
Hosea, Larry | ic1 | Oct 1968 – 1970 | e divison | |
Bell, Ronald | E3 | Oct 1968 – May 1970 | 1st | Plank Owner |
Guthridge, David | RD2 | Oct 20, 1968 – Apr 20, 1971 | OPS | I was on the commissioning crew of the Charleston. went to Gitmo, world cruise, Diego Garcia (Initial expeditionary force to construct air base), Da Nang, Hawaii, Accapulco, Panama Canal, and home. Trip of a lifetime. I was proud to serve. |
Given, Jack | BT1 | Dec 10, 1968 – Sep 1970 | B | On the original commissioning crew. BTCS Lawson and BT1 Dietz first bosses. Left as BT2 later made BT1. |
Tyler, John | EM3 | Dec 20, 1968 – Aug 1, 1970 | E | Served in "E" Division under CWO Herb Halpern. Had a lot of good times in St.Thomas, St. Croix, San Juan and Panama. We pulled a lot of pranks and got away with them. Keep in touch on Facebook. |
Hill, Richard | E-3 | 1969 – 1971 | Need medical records sent to Newport News Hopitial in virginia. Also need to know the name of the port we docked in 1970-1971. | |
Hicks, Dan | BM3 | 1969 – 1972 | 1st | shakedown cruise to Guantanamo.Bay Cuba, Was a Boom Operator,Golden Shellback, . Visited Monrovia Liberia, Capetown S Africa, Port Louis, Mauritius, Singapore, DaNang Vietnam, Hawaii, Acapulco Mex, Panama, lots of crui |
Barton, Clegg(Bart) | ETR3 | 1969 – Aug 1974 | OPS | Worked on the radar and spent a lot of time with the radarmen. Remember cooking popcorn during all the cruises. World cruise was the best- remember Diego Garcia. Fresh water washdown water fight going through the Panama |
Mermoud, Robert | SH-2 | Jan 1969 – Jan 1974 | SUPPLY | SHIPS BARBER MOST OF MY TOUR ALSO RAN SHIP'S STORE. SPENT ALOT OF TIME IN THE CARRIBEAN AND CHARLESTON, SC. |
Kane, Philip | bt3 | Jan 17, 1969 – Apr 8, 1971 | b | |
Bilbo, Sherman | SMSN | Jan 18, 1969 – Jul 23, 1971 | Deck/ops | I lived the dream. Went around the world. 3 days in Nam, Almost eaten by a shark in the Indian Ocean, a typhoon in the Pacific, The Panama Canal. A living hell, but loved every minute. All should be so lucky. Looking for Bob West. |
Acosta, Ruben | BMSN | Jun 30, 1969 – May 1971 | 3rd. Div. | I was only 17 yrs. old when I was aboard, the ship was in Portsmouth Va. |
Berry, Lloyd | SNBM | Dec 1969 – Sep 1, 1971 | 2nd | Iwent around the world and to vietnam Iwas a boom operator. |
Brase, Charlie | HT-3 | Dec 13, 1969 – Mar 2, 1973 | R | Lots of good times along with a World Cruise and a Med. Cruise |
Elliott, Mike | BT2 | Dec 23, 1969 – Sep 23, 1970 | Boiler Room |
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