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USS Piedmont (AD 17) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Piedmont (AD 17). 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 352 crew members registered for the USS Piedmont (AD 17).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1956 | 1957 – 1965 | 1966 – 1968 | 1969 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1980 | 1981 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herr, Tom "ben" | SN TO BM2 | 1966 – 1968 | DECK | Was on deck crew, in charge of Bos'n Locker, and later in charge of Canvas Shop. Made 2 WESPAC tours, then was transferred to the Mekong Delta as a riverboat captain. |
| Madrid, Henry | Em3 | 1966 – 1969 | R3 Division | Served on the Piedmont with guys like Frankie Tanaka,Ron Sexton, Joe Sedlak, would like to hear from anybody who served in R3 div. during this time. I live in Tucson,Az now.Call 520-907-2767 anytime. |
| William E Mead, Bill | E-3 | 1966 – 1969 | pacific fleet | Serverd aboard the USS Dixie AD14 and the USS Piedmont AD17. Looking for two buddies a William Ghirard from Houston Texas and a Arjellio Cadena from Brakettville Texas |
| Deutsch, Mike | EM3 | Jan 1966 – Jun 1967 | R3 | Served with my brother in R3 Division. made 1 westpac cruise |
| Sweeney, Randall Ray | Jan 1966 – Nov 1967 | Worked on boat deck , cranr operator, rigger, director finshed as boat cox'n. worked under Alger, Caswell,first louie was J.J. Havey | ||
| Mutchler, Bill | HT2 | Jun 15, 1966 – Nov 11, 1968 | R | Worked in Sheet Metal shop and made a lot of friends |
| Larue, William (Lash) | Sep 1966 – Sep 1968 | |||
| Larue, William (Lash) | E3 | Sep 1966 – Aug 1968 | DECK | |
| Larue, William (Lash) | Sep 1966 – Aug 1968 | Deck | I was on the Piedmont 1966-68 on the boat deck as crane operator/rigger. Buddies i worked with Cantrell, Wells, Sweeney Alger, Wiess would love to hear from anyone around that time | |
| Shively, Wayne | AK2 | Oct 1966 – Dec 1969 | S-1 | Served in S-1 Division. Was Dash storekeeper. Made 3 West Pac cruises. Was a great ship. |
| Shively, Wayne | AK2 | Oct 1966 – Dec 1969 | S-1 | Was dash storekeeper |
| Pennington, Ed | Oct 15, 1966 – May 15, 1970 | Commisary Supply | After leaving the Navy, I first retired as Chief Deputy in Texas and am currently a supt. In construction. I have 2 sons serving in the navy now.MA3 Pennington in Kirkuk, Iraq ,and Sk3 Pennington aboard MCM 14 USS Chief. | |
| Wade, Carl | FTM2 | Nov 1966 – Feb 1968 | After a hitch on the east coast, I got Piedmont in SDGO. AD17 took me on my first West Pac. Four months in Subic! Wow. Years later saw AD17 in Norfolk just prior to scrapping, sad. I made FTCS and went on to retire as a CWO4. | |
| Sexton, Ronnie | FN | Nov 1966 – Apr 1970 | R-3 | was in r-3 divison.would like to hear from frank tanaka, donald oppedal,henry marid,joseph vandyke or any one else out of r-3 division. |
| Byrne, Mike | FN TO BT3 TO FN | Nov 1966 – Apr 1970 | 2 yrs Enginering 2 yrs repair | Probably the 4 most memorable yrs of my life. Made the best friends I ever had. Oh, what crazy times we had on 3 WestPacs and those glorious summers at Mission beach in San Diego. |
| Romero, Mike | E2 | Nov 1966 – Jan 1968 | M | Assigned as BT in Forward Fireroom. Seeking any information on my division officer who (I believe) was named Ensign Leahy. He was a great help in getting me on a new career path for which I am forever grateful. |
Murphy, Dennis  | MM3 | Nov 1966 – Sep 1968 | Engineering | I worked in Evaporators. A week before separating I asked Ens. Lahay, what color he wanted me to Paint the Air Locker Ladder, and he said to paint it Pink! I mixed red deck and white. It stayed 2 pink for 2 years!! View 'back then' Photo |
| Brown, William Don | SFP2 | Dec 1966 – Dec 1968 | R1 | I transfered from the Wedderburn DD684 after making SFP3.I worked in the heavy plate construction shop until I made E5 then I was sent to Vallejo Ca to get certified in welding then I worked in the Weld shop. Can do construction shop. |
| Hatty, Joe | LISN | Dec 16, 1966 – Oct 10, 1968 | COMCRUDESPAC | Two of the best years of my life! I complained all the time I was in and cried when I left. I met a lot of great people, and learned a lot of great life lessons. I served on five differernt ships in less than two years with COMCRUDESPAC |
| Welsh, Roger | CS3-CS2 | 1967 – 1969 | Commensary | I loved my duty on board as a CPO Cook |
| Tindle, Daryl | IC2 | 1967 – 1970 | R3 - Gyro Shop | It was sad to find out that Doc no longer sails under the US Flag. Wonder what Doc's doing now? No longer in the Turkish navy fleet. Had some good time on a couple of WestPac cruises. |
| Lowe, Donald | SFM3 | 1967 – 1968 | R-1 | |
| Fowler, John T. "Tom" | BM3DV | 1967 – 1971 | 1st Div , 2nd Div , Boat Div. Diving Locker | I miss the "DOC" ! I started as a SA in 1st Div. , then 2nd Div., became BM3 , gig coxswain admiral's barge coxswain became diver and served in dive locker till '71.Now ret.KCMOPD police detective. |
| Allen, Thomas R | ADR-3 | 1967 – 1967 | W-3 Dash | Worked at intermediate level of Maintenance on QH-50 C/D Drone aircraft. |
| Bostick, Leon | sailor | 1967 – 1970 | na | Trying to learn more about my dad. He passed away May 2 2017. He was on the USS Piedmont and served from 1967-1970 |
| Funk, Michael 'mike' | SK3 | Jan 1, 1967 – Oct 31, 1968 | Supply | Assigned to supply, but spent the majority of my time on Shore Patrol duty. |
| Francis, Tommy | GMG3 | Jan 20, 1967 – Oct 2, 1968 | Weapons | Great WesPac Tour. I had just got back from a WesPac Tour on the USS Piedmont AD 17 about two months before I recieved orders for the Buckley |
| Nishiyama, Melcin M. | IC2 | Jun 1967 – Dec 1970 | E | ALOHA, Good health and best wishes to all. |
| Tebinka, Carl | OM2 | Jun 15, 1967 – Dec 15, 1970 | R-5 | Miss the people and the ship. What a great time it was |
| Jones, Stan | ETN-2 | Aug 1, 1967 – Aug 10, 1968 | R-4 Electronic Repair | |
| Van Beek, Tom | ETN-3 | Aug 6, 1967 – Nov 12, 1968 | R-4 Repair Division | Worked in teletype repair, also ET Shop |
| Morast, Mike | EM2 | Aug 15, 1967 – Apr 1, 1971 | R3 | This ship was a real carnival cruise. The crazys that made up this crew should have had their own TV show. Mash had nothing on these guys. |
| Lowe, Donald | SFM3 | Sep 1967 – Nov 1968 | R-1 | I only made one WESPAC cruise. I was homesick the whole trip. I wish I could take the same cruise today. I remember the DASH that crashed and all that was found was a balloon. Funny! Also the Captains Gig with a hole in the side. Funny! |
| Clark, Terry | PM1 | Sep 1967 – Nov 1968 | R-1 | Served in Piedmont 67-68 as PMFN. Great crew, great WestPac, spent most of it mess cranking. Came back as PM1 74-76 in Naples. Med was great too! Retired in 93 as CWO4. Just retired again from 2nd career in Labor Relations. |
| Sigwing, Jerry | IC3 | Sep 1967 – Mar 1970 | R3 | |
| Dillon, Jerry | DKSN | Sep 1967 – Oct 1968 | Supply | Worked in Disbursing. One WestPac cruise. Was a newlywed just before leaving for WestPac. Homesick as hell, but had great support from the greatest crew. Too much fun on liberties! |
| Hatfield, Steve | PN 3 E4 | Sep 1967 – Nov 1968 | X Division | Had a great time on the Piedie Maru |
| Larue, William (Lash) | E3 | Sep 1, 1967 – Aug 10, 1968 | DECK 2nd | Paint locker, rigger, crane director/operator, driver |
| Ellenbecker, Lyle | DC3 | Oct 1, 1967 – Nov 28, 1968 | R1 | I remember the DASH that took the big dive. Also, the first lieutenant,s nephew watching for the mail bouy. Only went on one WESPAC, but had a great time. John Episcopo are you out there? |
| Stone, Phil | IC2 | 1968 – 1970 | R-3 Gyro shop | |
| Koegel, Mike (Slim) | E-3 | Jan 1, 1968 – Dec 11, 1968 | 2nd Division | Worked as a crane operator for BMCM Knowles, great guy, hung out with "Soupy" Campbell and John Mikal, West Pacific will never be the same! |
| Mart, Dam | MR 1 | Jan 5, 1968 – Dec 10, 1969 | machinest | I was on the Piedmont Jan. 1968 to Dec. 1969. It was a great 2 years. 2 West Pacs. Made alot of good friends. |
| Atwater, Norman | SF-1 | Feb 1, 1968 – Oct 1, 1968 | R-1 | worked in weld shop and came back for duty again from Dec 1976-Jan 1978 as a HTCS in the pipe shop Shipmates call 864-209-8211 or norman243@gmail.com |
| Kirby, William (Junie) | EM3 | Mar 14, 1968 – Dec 2, 1968 | R-3 | |
| Timms, Douglas | MM3 | May 5, 1968 – Nov 15, 1968 | R2 valve shop | |
| Van Horn, Randi (Rip) | GMG3 DV | Sep 1968 – Sep 1972 | Dive locker R1 | Looking for Steve Stevens, John Elmore, Don from Alaska or any of the divers on board after sept. 1972. Call 605-230-0240. |
| Grady, Mike | BM3 | Oct 1968 – Apr 1971 | 1st | My 1st assignment out of bootcamp was Pied-a-maru as we often called her. I was placed in deck division - tacked on my Crow in October 1969 in Yokuska. Made 2 Westpacs including Taiwan, Japan, PI, Hawaii. Took orders to USS England 1971. |
| Johnson, Steve | BT2 | Nov 1, 1968 – Sep 7, 1971 | B-DIVISION | |
| Grady, Mike | Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class | Nov 14, 1968 – Mar 1971 | 1st Division | I am retired living in my home state, Maine. Anyone recall the near collision with Coronado Bridge? Spent the last 3 weeks reading the ship's log. View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
| Huggins, Jerry | ETN3 | Dec 10, 1968 – Mar 1, 1971 | R-4 | Two WESPACs, what good memories and good friends. Continue to stay in touch with former shipmates, Tom & Ray Tennyson, Ben Garrett, Steve Hurst, and Mike Orcutt. |
| Demarco, Dan | SK3 | Dec 18, 1968 – Jul 26, 1972 | S-1 | Worked as a storekeeper with Maxon Clark. Old Budda Belly Also worked as a Mess cook with Ed Pennington. |
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