Name: SMC(SW) Lenton Alfred Garrison From: Oklahoma Time: 2000-06-28 21:36:37 Comments: Its great to know that shipmates still take care of their own. |
Name: AMSC(AW)Joseph N Bennett From: richmond indiana Time: 2000-06-28 20:55:02 Comments: i was looking for a sound clip of the ships general alarms to put on my computer. thanks amsc aw bennett |
Name: CEC Paul Darling From: Ohio Time: 2000-06-28 03:16:39 Comments: Trying to locate STC Marvin D. Stephens. any info please e-mail to me Thank you CEC Paul Darling USN(ret) |
Name: ISC/LCDR James Williams Website: Trawler Life From: Atlanta Time: 2000-06-26 23:33:26 Comments: Made ISC in the Navy Reserver in 1982. Advanced to Ensign in '85 and retired as LCDR from the Intell community in '96. |
Name: ETC(SS) Alfred E. Johnson From: South Beach Oregon Time: 2000-06-24 02:45:56 Comments: I was a Chief ET qualified in both conventional and nuclear boats. I was a nose coner in the fleet boats, RM1(SS). I changed my rate to ET and became a nuclear snipe. I was one of the few Chiefs that qualified as a Nulear Engineer Officer of the Watch (EOOW) underway and in port on S5W power plant. |
Name: HMC(SS)Ret. Richard Riggle From: Boynton Beach, Fl. Time: 2000-06-23 16:08:19 Comments: I served on 5 SS's(the real boats), Cavalla, Threadfin. Cobbler, Sea Leopard and Salmon. Retired in 1976 and still miss the Navy. |
Name: TMCM(SS)J. Edward Chappell, Jr. From: Waterford, Connecticut Time: 2000-06-22 21:40:41 Comments: Just returned to site, had hard drive crash. I'm retired TMCM(SS)Command Master Chief, NAVSUBASENLON, Groton, CT. Retired 1983. Like you web site, Master Chief!! |
Name: TIMOTHY S. DURKIN From: REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO Time: 2000-06-22 03:49:21 Comments: GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A WEBSITE LIKE THIS TO INFORM OTHERS ABOUT THE RICH NAVAL TRADITION OF THE CPO. SHOVELHEADS LIKE ME ENJOY LEARNING ALL THEY CAN AT ALL TIMES!I LOOK FORWARD TO VIEWING MORE. |
Name: MMCS(SS) Richard Mccain From: Oviedo, Florida Time: 2000-06-22 02:51:33 Comments: Served in US Navy from 1962 until 1989. Retired as MMCS(SS) Was stationed on USS Picuda SS-382, USS Grenadier SS-525, USS Sea Poacher SS-406, USS Salmon SS 573, Uss Casimar Pulaski SSBN 633, USS Patrick Henry SS 599 and USS Kamehameha SSBN 642. Also served at Trident Training Facility in Bangor Wa. USS Canopus, USS L Y Spear and USS Hunley also at Sqd in Kingsbay. Was certified as Diesel Inspector and did that for last six years of career. |
Name: Jeff Hughes,HMC(AW/SW/FMF) From: Camp Pendleton, CA Time: 2000-06-21 21:29:53 Comments: OORAH to all CPOs, especially the chosen few HMs serving with the Fleet Marine Force, there aren't that many in comparison to the air and surface communities, but that just makes us all the more special. Remember, you don't do anyone a favor by not telling it like it really is, whether they be E-1 or O-10, they need to know what you have to say. Don't sugarcoat it, just give them the facts. We will all be better for it. |
Name: ETC Alan G. Livingston From: Pontiac MI Time: 2000-06-20 08:24:26 Comments: RTC Great Lakes IL Aug 68 SSC Great Lakes ILNov 68 NAS Fallon Jan 70 Treasure Island, CA CSTSC Mare Island CA APR 73 USS Epperson DD719 July 73 Uss Point Defiance LSD 31 6 Jan 76 Navy Astronautics Group Det Bravo Rosemont MN Jan 77 USNS Hassayampa TAO 145 Aug 80 USS Point Loma ADGS 2 Sept 81 Sima San Diego Jan 84 USS Jarret FFG 33 Dec 86 Retired Jan 89 |
Name: YNC Jerry Taaffe From: Fairfax, VA Time: 2000-06-18 23:27:13 Comments: Just looking again. USS CLAUD JONES (DE1033) 12/60-6/62; USS KEPPLER (DD765) 6/62-10/63; NAVCRUITSTA NYC 11/63-8/67; PROVMAAG-KOREA 2/68-3/69; COMCARDIV 4 4/69-12/70; COMNAVAIRLANT 12/70-7/72; USS VREELAND (DE1068) 8/72-2/75; COMFAIRMED NAPLES 3/76-3/77; BUPERS 3/77-5/79. RETIRED 5/79 AS A YNC. |
Name: Tom Kiley, MTC/SS (Ret) From: Benton City, WA Time: 2000-06-18 22:49:01 Comments: Enlisted '77. SSBN 631G '79-85, SSBN 616G '88-90, AS32 '90-92, SSBN 643G '92-93, SSBN 726B '97-99 (piped over). During first enlistment, couldn't wait to get out. Second enlistment this is ok. Third enlistment "Now I'm used to it". Last enlistment couldn't wait to retire. Now, I can't stop talking about every little event through 22 years. Thanks to all my shipmates who helped be build my assortment of sea stories. PS, anyone attend the ceremonies commemorating the Boomer Service? Sails from the 624 and 643 are "on patrol" in Bangor WA and Kings Bay GA. Couldn't go to either. How were they? |
Name: DCCM NICHOLAS F. NAGEL From: HENDERSONVILLE,NC Time: 2000-06-18 05:03:35 Comments: retired '89 after doing a happy thirty.last ship bb-64 , first ddr-876,1960.since i was born and raised haze grey and underway,,I can say it's boring out here in civ'lant.if any one remembers me contact me at nnagel1@2bellsouth.net.the goatlocker is the place i've been looking for. |
Name: BTC Harold Hill From: Port Jervis, NY Time: 2000-06-16 23:40:43 Comments: Hi there. Nice site. Interesting from an ex-Navy point of view. |
Name: Robert F. Williams From: Bremerton, WA. Time: 2000-06-16 17:02:32 Comments: Served for 22+years, boats include USS Danial Boone SSBN 629, USS James Monroe SSBN 622,and USS T.A. Edison SSBN 610, with short tours on SSand SSN. Enjoyed your page and wish more old friends would sing up and leave their e-mail addresses. |
Name: OSCM(SW) L.V. Scotti Website: PRECOM IWO JIMA LHD-7 From: New York Time: 2000-06-15 18:57:41 Comments: Nice site. Been around since 1974, still active. Would love to hear from any of my past shipmates. |
Name: SKC/ENS Chris Mayfield From: Orignially - Greer, SC Time: 2000-06-14 13:15:46 Comments: I am a prior SKC just commissioned. Yes, I guess you could say the mess has been cleaned out a little. I would like to say I am going to keep our people in mind in all decisions I make in the future. One thing I don't want to do is forget my roots. Unity, Service, Navigation is embedded in my leadership skills. Respectfully, C.S. Mayfield ENS, SC, USN |
Name: Gary K. Sorenson FTCM (ret) From: Goose Creek, SC Time: 2000-06-13 00:07:23 Comments: I retired from active duty July 1993 after 27 wonderful years of naval service. |
Name: MCPON(SS/SW/AW) Jim Herdt From: Casper Wyoming Time: 2000-06-12 01:41:30 Comments: It is the duty of the CPO to "know the way, show the way and to go the way." BZ to all of you for the tremendous commitment you have in serving our Navy and for working so hard to preserve our heritage. - V/R MCPON Jim Herdt |
Name: Ralph Mullins, ETC, USCG From: Staten Island, New York Time: 2000-06-08 02:26:16 Comments: Great site!My father-in-law served in the USN on the USS BAXER (I believe it was late 1940s till early 1950s). He always speaks highly of the Navy and is interested in getting in touch with old shipmates. |
Name: RMC Art Gregory From: Stockton, Ca. Time: 2000-05-20 19:40:52 Comments: NICE site...Retired an RMC in December, 1979...Keep up the good work...Art... |
Name: RMCS(SS)Michael S. HEIN From: Seattle, WA Time: 2000-06-12 20:36:54 Comments: Great page, wife found it for me. She didn't know what a "Goat Locker" was. She was so excited.. Thanks for doing this, as I really appreciate it.Qualified on ANGLER (SSK-240) in '57, commissioned GROWLER (SSG-577) Aug 30 '58, ommissioned JACK (SSN-605) March '67, and was COB on QUEENFISH (SSN-651) from June '69 to Jul '70, thence to N&MCRTC, St. Louis, Mo. to retire as RMCS(SS) in Nov '73. Turned down Master Chief at the request of BRIDE, we had just bought a house and she wanted to get the curtains dirty.Ha, man did that work. So, that's my story, and, I'm sticking to it..... |
Name: Lawrence P. Bogard MMC/SS (Weapons) From: Susanville California Time: 2000-06-12 19:28:44 Comments: Hello to all you fellow ex Torpedomen converted now to Machinists mates...... |
Name: Bill Campbell , RMCS(SS) Ret. From: Poulsbo, WA Time: 2000-06-12 16:58:28 Comments: This is a site I didn't know exsisted until I was doing a search for a utility trailer and this popped up in my search resultes...... |
Name: MSCM(SS/NAC) John J. Lynch From: Joined in New Orleans La. Time: 2000-06-11 04:37:01 Comments: Great to find something for the CHIEF. I served on SS342, SS403, SS406, SS567,SSN603, SSBN 640 Gold, SSBN642 B&G. |
Name: OSC(SW) Sam Vandergrift From: Ocean Springs, MS Time: 2000-06-10 14:28:09 Comments: This is my second entry in the Deck Log. My first was 5 years ago, just after I made Chief. On July 1st I become a a CWO. My fellow Chiefs in the John L Hall mess have been giving me a lot of shit about being a quitter. Perhaps they are right! I'm a 3rd generation Chief and love everything about being a Chief, so why am I quitting? I've been asking myself that for 8 months now! I came to the realization that I'm a Sailor and this is what I do shortly after making Chief. I used to try and figure out what I was going to do after I grew up (if I retired at 20). I could never come up with anything that would provide the challenges and gratification I get in the Navy. Job satisfation is the number one thing. "All this, and we get paid too", is a phrase I use a lot. 30 years and then I'll find something to do! My History (any old shipmates drop me a line): Dec82-Feb83 RTC San Diego, Company 901 Feb83-Apr83 NTC San Diego, Basic Electricity & Electronics Apr83-Jul83 FCTCL Damneck, OS "A" school Aug83-Dec86 USS Doyle (FFG 39) Mayport, FL Dec86-Sep87 Pre-Commissioning Unit Leyte Gulf Sep87-Jul91 USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) Mayport, FL Jul91-Apr93 EEAP, Florida Community College at Jacksonville May93-Jul94 Pre-Commissioning Unit John S. McCain Jul94-Jun96 USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Pearl Harbor, HI Jul96-Apr98 ATG Pacific, San Diego (USW Division) Apr98-Jun00 USS John L. Hall (FFG 32) Pascagoula, MS Jul00-Jun01 Pre-Commissioning Unit Iwo Jima Jun01- USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Norfolk, VA Once a Chief, always a Chief! -Sam Vandergrift, OSC(SW) |
Name: STSC(SS) Russ Bourbon From: San Jose Calif Time: 2000-06-09 22:53:49 Comments: Currently stationed at JMF St. Mawgan UK |
Name: Jim Stinson MMCS/SS (Ret) From: Sulphur, LA Time: 2000-06-09 03:37:37 Comments: Just wanted to let the others know that I am alive and well in Cajun Country. Drop me a line sometime. |
Name: AKCS Melvin Taylor USN, Ret From: Pensacola, Fl. Time: 2000-06-09 03:06:25 Comments: You are doing one heck of good job here, keep it up. |
Name: RMCS (SW) Ralph Gross From: St. Petesburg, Florida Time: 2000-06-09 01:27:19 Comments: USS R.E. Krause DD849 - NAVFAC Eleuthera BWI - USS John King DDG3 - MSTSLANT Sonderstrom Greenland - Fleet Training Center Charleston SC - U.S. Readiness Command - U.S. Special Operations Command.....and a few schools in between. |
Name: MMC(SS) Mike Bashore From: NPTU Ballston Spa, NY Time: 2000-06-08 23:50:54 Comments: Hi there. This page was recommended by a shipmate. |
Name: CTCO Robert Spowart From: W. Palm Beach, Florida Time: 2000-06-08 17:12:55 Comments: Was on the USS SHEA DM30 from 9/52 to 5/55. I had the rating when aboard of Seaman thru TE2 Ran Post Office and worked in the Radio Shack. CO Was Cdr Reed and we sailed from Charleston to Long Beach in a Home Port change. Became the Flagship for ComMinePac at Long Beach, Calf.. Got xfered to NavCommSta WashDc and made TE1, Went into the Res and Made CTCO 7y8m. total time in service |
Name: QMC(SW)Christopher W. Mannoia From: Bronx, New York Time: 2000-06-08 15:56:08 Comments: Hello! Just wanted to say hi to my brothers and sisters still on active duty. Got stuck with a TDRL retirement in 1998, and are trying law school! |
Name: EMCS (SW/SS)William D. Boynton From: Ocean Springs, MS. Time: 2000-06-08 03:09:40 Comments: I am a retired EMCS (SW/SS) who served aboar USS Tautog (SSN 639) and USSPermit (SSN594) befor going to the Targets to finish my career. Keep up the good work with this homepage. "Pappy" |
Name: Russell E. Harris From: Florence, SC Time: 2000-06-08 01:15:55 Comments: I spent 24 years in the submarine force and find your site interesting. |
Name: BMCS Bruce C. Hutchings (Ret) From: Portsmouth, N.H. Time: 2000-06-07 18:06:46 Comments: 1969 (USN) stationed @2 Port Services NAS Pensacala Fla. Stationed Little Creek Va. (USN) on board USS Suffolk County (LST 1173),until 1972 Xfered to AMSU (Amphibious Maintainace Support Unit until 1973. Continued service (USNR)@2 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with MIUWU (Mobil Insure Under Sea Warefare Unit). Completed service tour NSSF (Naval Submarine Support Facility) @2 Nlon,Conn. Retired after 28 years of service in 1997. |
Name: MMC(SS) Charles P. Barnes Jr. From: Charleston, SC Time: 2000-06-06 22:13:30 Comments: Thanks, for the space |
Name: ETC (Retired) L. A. Strope From: Richland, WA Time: 2000-06-06 00:33:56 Comments: Hey Chief;Nice to hear someone blowing our horn!Thanks |
Name: ADRC Charles E. Puterbaugh Ret. From: Pensacola, Fla. Time: 2000-06-03 01:14:09 Comments: ADRC C.E. Puterbaugh retired U.S.S. FORRESTAL Aug.1977 Ships IMRL manager. |
Name: Mark Sperrazza MSCM(SS) Ret From: Bremerton, Wa Time: 2000-06-02 22:26:13 Comments: Hello, fellow vets and former shipmates. Let's see first sub was a little ole' boat named the Tullibee, damn near put Scorpion and Thresher 3 section back about 1978 when the shaft broke on a Med Run, anyone out there remember that? Got to do a shore tour in England from there. Went on T-Hulls, HMJ amd Alaska with a tour as a "GODDAMNED" Detailer, in between. Retired from Comsubgru 9 in 1996. Worked my ass off but joined the Nav as a High school drop-out, got Ged and ended up with my own parking spot and office with a window. Who'd a thunk it! It was a great career and I was fortunate enough to have worked with some fantastic individuals. |
Name: John T.Cronin,CSC(SS)USN-RET From: SanDiego,Ca. Time: 2000-06-02 18:09:53 Comments: WellDone Sub.Ship Mates!!! Served on board USS Catfish (SS339)from 1959 to 1962. Great boat,under command of Walter Cort,CDR.(SS)USN. Would appreciate hearing from any crew members from that era.Also looking for any-one who may have served on the USS Ernest G. Small(DE213) back in 1948.The Small was used as a Reserve training ship out of Boston.Best always to all hands. JT Cronin(SS)USN |
Name: STSCS(SS)Henry N. Grannis From: Millington, TN, USA Time: 2000-06-02 02:06:38 Comments: A submariner from November 1959 through December 1985. Great website!!! USS Carbonero SS337 USS Nathan Hale SSBN 623 (new construction) USS Bergall SSN 667 (new con) CSS 14 Holy Loch |