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USS Charleston (LKA 113) Crew List
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 436 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 – 1983 | 1984 – 1986 | 1987 – 1988 | 1989 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haywood, Kenneth | SN | 1982 – | Deck | I was aboard Charleston during a very difficult time in my life, but just seeing the names of the guys took me back to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, liberty in Manhattan, and a group of great guys! |
Woolard, Donald  | E-5 | 1982 – 1986 | M | |
| Allen, David | OS2 | 1982 – 1984 | OI | |
| Lewis, David | mssn | 1982 – 1984 | don't remember | enjoyed the 2 years I spent on board. I grew up a lot during those years and saw some great places |
| Venegas, Enrique "Henry" | BM3 | 1982 – 1984 | Deck | |
| Sweatman, Edward | RM3/RM2/RM3/Finally stayed RM2 | Feb 1, 1982 – Feb 1, 1986 | OPS | Just got off the phone with Jones . GREAT memories. #1 CHUCK pierside and gutted in Philly shipyard...looking to hear from any OPS pukes and GLEEK..also, anyone know BM named Puff changed name to Giradi or something |
| Kowalski, Tom "Ski" | RM2 | Apr 1982 – Oct 1985 | COMM | Part of the crew swept under the rug down south. We Know who we are. Ran into Captain West last year, he's doing well. |
| Taylor, Donald (Rusty) | RM3 | Apr 1982 – Apr 1982 | Com | Served a two week reserve tour in 1982 and had a great time. |
| Pederson, Douglas | EN1 | Apr 1982 – Apr 1986 | A Division | Did my second tour of duty on the # 1 Chuck. Loved the CHUCK and her crew. Will always remember her as the best. |
| Healy, Tom/otis | OS2 | Jun 1982 – Feb 1986 | oi | Jamacia,Jamacia,Jamacia |
| Talerico, Mike | E5 | Jun 1, 1982 – May 2, 1986 | Navigation | The ship could of sank but the great people aboard made it float. |
| Boyce, Stephen | ENS/LTJG/LT | Jun 4, 1982 – Nov 15, 1985 | 2nd | First ship and the best memories in my 21 years. Have kept in touch with many and, unfortunately, lost touch with many. #1 Chuck was great! |
| Reaves, Calvin | GMG2 | Aug 23, 1982 – Aug 22, 1986 | 4th | What's up shipmates |
| Bentajado, Donato | E-4 | Sep 7, 1982 – Sep 5, 1985 | DECK/MEDICAL | Oh my gosh! I've been looking for my shipmates all over and, finally, bumped into this site. I remember Cap't. West and his cool demeanor. Would like to hear from anybody who was on board the Chuck between 1982-85. Thnx! |
| Allen, David (Al Or Dba) | OS2 | Oct 1982 – Jul 1984 | OI - Operations | Wow what memories. I've been thinking about a lot of the old Ops guys, found this site, and some were listed! I would love to see some of the guys for a reunion. Tiny and Otis, GREAT to see your names again. We need Dell/Davenport too! |
| Dillback, Steve | e5 | Oct 1982 – Oct 1985 | supply | lots of good times and friends, new adventures. like a family, new kids and old relatives |
| Snyder, Jj | fn3 | Oct 1, 1982 – Aug 15, 1986 | main propulsion | looking forward to contacting some old friends |
| Jones, Larry | rm2 | Oct 9, 1982 – Mar 17, 1986 | ops | I had a great time in the shack and who can forget jackie ray and yank. been trying to find rms and friends for years |
| Escalante, Geovanni / Geo | e-1 | Dec 1982 – 1983 | Deck ape | |
| Hough, Greg | HT3 | Dec 1982 – Jun 1984 | R | Great learning experience. We had a tight nit crew being a reserve status ship. Made a lot of good friends that I would liked to have stayed in touch with. |
| Kasavicha, John | RM1 | 1983 – 1985 | ||
| Dewey, Scott | EN2 | 1983 – Jun 20, 1986 | Boat | Hey Guys! I miss the ole chuck! I see it's tied up down in philidelphia next to my first ship the uss boulder lst 1190. I remember antwerp belgium in 85......I think we were asked to leave.......diplomatically of course! LOL |
| Hale, Allen | EN2 | 1983 – Jul 17, 1984 | Eng. | Got aboard in Brooklyn NY while in the shipyard, back to Norfolk, made the cruise through the ditch and Costa Rico, lots of good memories |
| Leaf, Larry | BM2 | 1983 – 1985 | 3rd | Great time on #1 Chuck. Great Ship for Boat Div, learned a lot. Awesome friends....Tiny, Otis, Cameron, Buffy, Souders,Wallace |
| Schaerer, Thomas | B3 | 1983 – 1986 | Division 1 | Enjoyed the 3 Month North Atlantic and the 6 Month Mediterranean cruise |
| Cox, Larry | BM2 | Jan 1983 – Sep 1985 | 3rd | It was the best time ever. All the ports and all the fun. There was no better friends than BM3 Wallace and BM3 Heiser. Feel free to contact me and talk about old times |
| Wallace, Michael | BM2 | Jan 4, 1983 – Dec 16, 1986 | Deck | Greatest ship for a Boatswain's Mate ever. It set the tone for my whole career. Now a retired W-3. |
| Butler, Darryl | RM3/RM2 | Jan 7, 1983 – Sep 10, 1987 | OPS / OC | |
| Lemay, Dennis A. | BM3 | Jan 27, 1983 – Nov 5, 1986 | DECK | RETIRED 2002 |
| Brian, Moats | OSC | Feb 1983 – Aug 1986 | OI | Made Chief on board the "Chuck". What a great initiation (A REAL initiation) Great ship, great Chiefs Mess and I had A GREAT OI division. |
| Dunham, Howie | EN2 | Apr 1983 – Jan 1987 | Just saying hey to all the guys in engineering,hope everyone is doing well. Howie | |
| Reagan, Rick | MM3 / MM2 | Apr 21, 1983 – Oct 15, 1987 | A Gang | A Ganger from the #1 Up-chuck. I was supply PO and ran the filter cleaning shop. Lots of great times with Webb, Pedersen, Tank, Hodorowich, Lynch, Matthews, Greenwald, Donahue (especially when we went to Cork, Ireland), and many more. |
| Brown, Albert Aka Mike | Ensign/LTJG | May 1983 – May 1986 | E division/MPA/ Asst. Engineer | Good ship, good crew, good soccer team! |
| Eddy, Stephen | HM3 | May 15, 1983 – Jul 15, 1985 | Hospital | What a great time in the North Atlantic, Caribean, every where else. "Cuba??? why are we going to Cuba" |
| Nicholson, Nick | MM2 | May 21, 1983 – Sep 17, 1987 | MP | Spent 4-1/2 years in #1 Chuck's main space working for the Navy's best engineers including Chief Willie, Chief Louy, Warrant Suftan, BTCM Chabot and others. Reported onboard as busted ex-nuke and left an MM2 with ESWS and an EOOW letter. |
| Vidal, Andre | BM3 | Jun 1983 – Aug 1985 | Boatswain's Mate "DecK" | Where's my Boys at?...Slick Rick Nieves, Calvin Reeves, Boheem |
| Iwaki, Lawrence | EM2 | Sep 19, 1983 – Aug 24, 1988 | E, Stream | Left the Chuck back in '88 and started school in '89. Finished up in '93 and decided that I wanted more so traveled down to UIUC for another 5 year hitch. Am now living in southern CA. |
| Fessenden, Bill | QM1 | Oct 1983 – Jun 1985 | NAV | Serving on the "Chuck" was the highlight of my military service. |
| Fessenden, Bill | QM1 | Oct 15, 1983 – Jun 23, 1985 | Navigation | |
| Frame, Kevin | RM2 | Nov 20, 1983 – Mar 2, 1986 | Operations | I had a good experience on the Charleston.I was proud to serve my country. |
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