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USS Chicago (CG 11) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Chicago (CG 11). 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 432 crew members registered for the USS Chicago (CG 11).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 – 1968 | 1969 – 1970 | 1971 – 1972 | 1973 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 | 1978 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poucher, Richard Pooch | ftmsn ftcm | 1967 – 1972 | t3 | work in com[puter and port radar |
| Harnage, Larry | BT3 | 1967 – 1969 | B | Back in San Diego now |
| Rector, Ronald | E-5 BOILERMAN SECOND CLASS | Jan 2, 1967 – Jul 8, 1969 | B | |
| MacK, Bob | LTJG | Feb 1967 – Oct 1968 | CR Ofcr 67-68, 1st Ofcr 68-69 | OOD(F), also was Mt.52 Gun Ofcr, Fred Hoerner and I, plus coxswain and engineer were left off North Vietnam a couple of hours in a whaleboat that Capt. Delargy was using to practice Hong Kong moors while the ship chased MIGs going South ! |
| Shandrow, Steven | FTM2 | Mar 1, 1967 – Oct 24, 1969 | T5 | Worked Dir 8, and WDE. |
| Schelstrate, Frank | CYN3 | Mar 1, 1967 – Oct 1, 1969 | CR | I had some great times on this ship. I loved all the Liberty ports, especially Hong Kong. Love to hear from some guys I hung out with. |
| Keel, Philip | RDSN | May 1967 – Feb 1969 | OI | |
| Colon, Lou | YN3 | May 1967 – Jun 1968 | Executive | |
| Espinoza, Klent | SF3 | Jun 1967 – Oct 1969 | Repair | Looking for Randy Bullington; Wayne Hines, Steve Sudyka, Rick Mathowitz, John Loggins, Bill Shortall, Rick Shure, and Mike Weldon. All were in the repair division, and first class Vaughn was 1st class PO and Lt JG Unike our |
| Pettyjohn, Rick / Pj | BM3 | Jun 1967 – Dec 1970 | 1 & 3 | Was in third division then moved to first division in '69 |
| Mitchell, Mitch | bm2 | Jun 20, 1967 – Aug 20, 1968 | 3rd and 1st | i was in 3rd div with bm1 smith and later took over 1st div |
| Marchant, Reuben | MACHINIST'S MATE 2ND | Aug 1967 – Aug 1972 | M | A fantastic ship, we were far above all others. The Chicago was the standard for all other ships in the U. S. Navy |
| Peterson, Rodger | E3 | Aug 1967 – Nov 1968 | 3rd | Does anyone remember Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Smith from 3rd Division? Give your comments! |
| Schaver, Larry K. | SM3 | Aug 1967 – Jan 29, 1970 | CS | Signalman |
| Marotti, John | sn | Aug 1967 – Sep 1968 | 3 div sidecleaner | i fell overboard a day before we got home from west pac may of 68 thanks for coming back for me |
| Speed, James | RD-3 | Aug 1, 1967 – Nov 14, 1968 | Great experience -- great shipmates. Great ship. | |
| Squier, Daniel | E-6 FTM1 | Aug 2, 1967 – Sep 1, 1970 | FWD Missile House | |
| Murphy, Michael/murph | FTM1 | Aug 15, 1967 – Mar 1, 1971 | T-7/T-1 Weap. Dir. Equip. | |
| Manning, Warren | FTM2 | Sep 1967 – Nov 1972 | T3 | Embarked as E3 in Yokosuka, Japan and disembarked @ Long Beach Shipyard as E5 w/ early discharge @ Treasure Island Naval Station. Served as 51-C Radar Oper on both port & starboard radar shacks and as Weps Dept Supply PO |
| Wilkins, Joseph Joe Fox | E-3 | Oct 1967 – Feb 27, 1970 | 4th | Please feel free to contact me with any question related to service connected disability while aboard the Chicago, or service in Viet Nam |
| Sorensen, Joel | EN4 | Oct 1967 – Jan 14, 1971 | A- Division | Servied during Viert Nam in the gulf, at sea a long time but meet many great guys. |
| Ondo, Ted | FTM3 | Oct 6, 1967 – Dec 12, 1969 | T5 | Got my sea legs and shell back on this lady. |
| Scott, Jim..scotty | RM# | Oct 9, 1967 – Sep 4, 1969 | CR ...Radio | Lots of good times in many ports...Best Ship in Nav.Retired January of 2006...37 years active and guard. Retired as Capt. Live in Maryville, Mo and Bedford, Iowa. would enjoy hearing from anyone who was aboard when I was. |
| Bruns, Leroy | RD3 | Oct 10, 1967 – Sep 1, 1970 | OI | Served with pride on a proud ship. |
| Hidalgo, Michael | RM3 | Oct 11, 1967 – Aug 29, 1969 | CR | |
| Derocco, Ed | IC2 | Nov 1967 – Jan 1970 | E | |
| Monroe, Bill | GMM3 | 1968 – 1972 | T-3 | best years of my life there |
| Shotts, Robert | SN | 1968 – | 3rd and H | The year and a half on the Chicago along with the West Pak cruise were probably the most growing time in my life. |
| Finley, Mike | FTM2 | 1968 – 1973 | T1 Division. Forward Talos Missile Computer & Radar | Met the ship at sea in the fall of '68. First worked the Mk111 Mod 1 analog computer, later on moved to working the ANSPG-49 radar. |
| Lamb, David | FTM 1 | 1968 – 1971 | T-3 | Worked at Mk 118/119 Tartar computer. |
| Wilson, Leroy | Em3 | 1968 – | E | |
| Slack, Richard | E5 | 1968 – | R Division | Please forgive me. My father was Richard Rey Slack. I am looking for anyone who served with him on the USS Chicago CG-11 He lost all his navy stuff so I'm trying to find pictures and any stories people remenber. |
| Alexander, Michael | RD3 | 1968 – Mar 1971 | Operations | Look for some old friends. I haven’t seen or talked to anyone from the Chicago since I got out of the Navy. My nickname was Alex. |
| Steel, Brent | FTM1 | Jan 10, 1968 – Mar 1, 1971 | T-1 | Worked in WDE/39 and Aft W-2. Still in touch with Jackson, Pearl, Maurer, Emmett, Wilkens, Keeran, Elliott., the Facebook CG11 group and the Chicago Reunion Committee |
| Goidman, Bill | CYN3 | Feb 7, 1968 – Sep 15, 1969 | CR | would like to hear from anyone that I served with that remembers me. |
| Maurer, Dennis | FTM-1 | Feb 15, 1968 – Aug 1, 1972 | T-1 Foward Talos Radar # 1 | Enjoyed my time aboard the Chicago. Made 4 partial/total West PAC cruises. Had great times in Japan/Hong Kong/Subic Bay/Okinawa etc. Would really enjoy re-connecting with fellow shipmates especially from the Talos Div. |
| Shaffer, David | RD1 | May 1968 – Jun 1968 | STAFF | COMCRUDESFLOT 11 Radarman |
| Pierce, Steve | LTJG | Jun 30, 1968 – Oct 15, 1969 | S-3,S-4,S-5 OFFICER | |
| Morris, Art | FTM3 | Aug 13, 1968 – Jun 7, 1971 | T 1 | |
| Tveit, Jim | PO 1 Electronics Terchnician | Sep 1968 – | Shop 67 Radio | Great shipmates, the 4 cruises to West Pac, seeing Hong Kong each year, Singapore and crossing the equator becoming a shellback, Sasebo and Yakuska Japan and of course Subic Bay. |
| Watson, Chuck | FA | Sep 18, 1968 – Apr 6, 1969 | Engineering | Would like to locate Steve Van Horn? We joined the Navy together in KC, MO and were on the Chicago until I injured my knee and was airlifted off on April 6, 1969 while in the Gulf of Tonkin. Does anyone else remember that day? |
| Girsch, Michael (Mick) | E-3 | Sep 18, 1968 – Jun 18, 1970 | Med. & Dental | Just looking for any of my mates during that time: Van Orden, Harry Delaney, Jim Seiferman, Ricky Booth. Would love to coneect with those heroes on last time!!! |
| Gerth, Phillip | IC 2nd class | Sep 24, 1968 – Feb 14, 1972 | E | _Proud of the time I served and the friends I made. Wish I had the opportunity to see them all again. 4 of us got together in Minn. several years ago to tell lies. 4 of us got together at the last San Diego ships reunion |
| Berg, Andrew (Aj) | STG-3/2/1 | Oct 1968 – May 1974 | 5th | |
| Hermes, Roger | SA | Oct 1968 – Jun 1970 | 2nd | No better times than Hong Kong hell of a way to party but worth it |
| Rothwell, David | QM2 | Nov 1968 – Sep 1, 1970 | Navigation | |
| Hamilton, Rick | BM2/c | Nov 1968 – Sep 1972 | 2nd. & 4th | BM3/c shortly & was transferred to 4th div BM2/c. Honors BM for awhile, lead BM in underway replenishment for awhile, LPO of 4th div., until last 4 month of my enlistment. Got out & became Pro. FireFighter for 27 yrs.. |
| Schenkel, Donald | GMM2 | Nov 1968 – Jun 1972 | T3 | Three WestPac cruises, came aboard as a GMM3 left as a GMM1 selectee. The Chicago one of the two best ships I was on. She was always ready to go, and ready for a good fight. |
Seifert, Bill (William)  | SH-3 | Nov 15, 1968 – Sep 11, 1972 | Ship Serviceman | great time and bad time on the mighty Chi town |
| Farrell, Geary | BT3 | Dec 1968 – Sep 1970 | B | |
| Buffington, William "Buff" | ETC | Dec 1968 – Jan 1970 | Fully enjoyed my tour. Married my wonderful wife, Linda, shortly sfter going aboard. Fully enjoyed working for LCDR Vince Orbish, and ETCM Smith. The highlite of my career. | |
| Nelson, Bill | SH-2 | Dec 2, 1968 – Sep 29, 1969 | S-3 | |
| Fay, John | GMG 3 | Dec 15, 1968 – Jun 6, 1972 | 6th | |
| Vegazo, Clark | BT3 | Dec 20, 1968 – Aug 3, 1971 | B | Fresh out of Boot Camp, straight to the fire-room. A year later, went to BT"A" school. BT3 in November 1970. Passed the BT2 leadership exam, but never allowed to take the technical exam, I had enough trouble just being a third class! |
| Vegazo, Clark | BT3 | Dec 20, 1968 – Dec 20, 1968 | B | C-Average kid, right out of High School, straight to the Fireroom without school. After first WESPAC, applied for "A" school, got it & made 3rd soon after. |
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