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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Bordelon (DD 881). 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 128 crew members registered for the USS Bordelon (DD 881).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – 1971 | 1972 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Nelson, Dave | sn | Sep 14, 1900 – Sep 14, 1901 | helmsman | 11:35 pm tonight it will have been 40 years since the Bordelon DD 881 collided with the John F. Kennedy CV 67 I'll never forget, how could I. I was at the Helm! God bless America, Go NAVY |
Casey, Cal | F1C | Jun 5, 1945 – Mar 27, 1946 | E | Was assigned to the Bordelon on March 30, 1945 put her in commission on June 5 1945 and left her on March 27 1946 on the island of Guam. From shakedown,thru the Panama Canal, Typhoon on way to Yokosuka Japan,with visits to Tokyo and Hiroshima. |
Levesque, Mlevesque | FC3/.;C | Jun 5, 1945 – Jul 17, 1946 | ||
Doherty, Frank "Doc" | ET2 | Jan 5, 1950 – Sep 1952 | E, O | Good days on the Bordelon. Home ported in Norfolk. Med cruises were great. http://ussbordelon.freeyellow.com |
Peterson, C. Dewitt | LTJG | Jun 10, 1951 – Feb 11, 1953 | Engineering | My time aboard was most eventful with a great crew, great chiefs, and mostly fine officers. I learned a lot from Brick Mason, Atwater, Wagner, Schneider, Lancaster, Gay, Helm, and more in both gunnery and engineering. |
Johnston, Dale | RD2 | Jan 1952 – Mar 1955 | Operations | |
Murray, Spring | 1 | Jan 3, 1952 – Feb 2, 1956 | none | |
Oursler, Richard (Barney) | MMFN | Apr 1953 – Sep 1954 | Engineering | I remember all the good times aboard the Bordelon.She was a good ship with a Great crew.I am privileged to have served with them |
Saunders, Jerry | MM3 | Mar 1954 – Jul 1957 | Engineering | Served 21 years in Navy Retired as MMCS |
Thornley, Bill | FT2 | Aug 1954 – Aug 1959 | GUNNERY | I WAS THE FT THAT USED THE RANGEFINDER ON TOP OF THE PILOT HOUSE TO DETERMINE DISTANCES TO TARGET BEFORE FIRING THE MAIN BATTERY GUNS. FROM 1954 THRU 1959 I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HER GETTING HER FIRST EFFICIENCY E. |
Pitcher, Charlie " Molly" | SK2 | Sep 1954 – May 1958 | Supply | Office Mgr Ship's Store |
Kelly, George | SH3 | May 3, 1955 – Oct 15, 1962 | Supply Laundry and Ship's Store | I made 6 Med cruises and countless other cruises . I really enjoyed the time I was on the Bordelon The XO made me put in a chit to get off because I was on there so long. Hell I had it made I had a upright locker and a top bunk lol. |
Reedy, David | Ltjg | Jul 1955 – Jun 1958 | Engineering | Wonderful shipmates, Riley, Proulx, Rancourt, Thornley, Gutsch, Smitty, Melrose, Fielder, Mullen, Doaks and Fielder, plus many more. Des Div 42 (Shindig Gulf) was a great Division. |
Wolfe, Harry | FT2 | Dec 5, 1955 – Aug 8, 1958 | Gunnery | You don't know how much your naval experience means to you until later in life. Many a great shipmate I served with. |
Willard, Bill | ET 2 | Jun 1956 – Aug 1958 | OI | Looking for old shipmates. Thanks to the internet, I have made contact with a few. |
Rogers, Steve | Oct 24, 1956 – Oct 24, 1961 | This is my father's name and the dates he served. I am looking for anyone that may have known him while he served on the ship. | ||
Bilsak, Jack Or Bilko | FT3 | 1957 – 1959 | FIRE CONTROL BOSS WAS MCGRATH AND GUNDERSEN. VISITED TRONDHEIM NORWAY AND THE WORLD'S FAIR IN BRUSSELS BELGIUM IN 1958 | |
Eschette, John (Bugs) | RD2 | Jun 1957 – Jul 1959 | ||
Bartolomeo, Frank Oil King | bt3 | Sep 1957 – Sep 1959 | boiler tender | in 1958 I became oil king. It was a lot of fun doing. I also had a potable tape recorder and recorded a disc jockey show called the busy B . I still have that recording. It brings back great memories. |
Martin, Bruce | BT2 | Nov 1, 1957 – Jun 30, 1960 | B Div | USS Bordelon was DDR 881 when i was on board. (The Busy Bee) |
Senecal, Gary | RD3 | Dec 1958 – Apr 1961 | OI | 2 Med cruises and many, many fond memories of my service on the Bordelon (Busy Bee). Great shipmates: Thompson, Weber, Culbertson, Persinger, Farnsworth, Wiseman and all the rest. It was a great ride; a great ship. |
Asper, Edward | EM2 | Oct 1959 – 1961 | R Divison | |
Betz, Charles | E3 | 1960 – | 1St | Came aboard Ship in Naples Italy, Finished Med cruise was aboard when rocket recovery program was started. Made the trip to Gitmo Bay Cuba. |
Coverdale, Robert D. | SO3 | 1961 – | FOX | |
Sales, Charles Chuck | SOG3 | Mar 5, 1961 – Sep 10, 1962 | fox | served those approx dates. living in NJ can contact me at 732-80-2690. Hope I don't owe anyone money |
Rogers, B C | CDR | Aug 1, 1961 – Dec 31, 1962 | CO | I'm looking for any good human interest stories of him, pictures of him and the ship during this time ... I'm putting together a short video of him and his time with the ship for his grandchild ... thanks, Kenny (his son |
Henderson, Curtis | FTG/3 | Jul 15, 1962 – Apr 15, 1964 | Fire Control | Served during Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Assigned to Boarding and Landing . Do you remember 2:00 a.m. alarm. "This is no drill". |
Carte, David | SN | 1963 – 1964 | Operations | |
Traylor, Doug | Oct 16, 1963 – Aug 15, 1965 | 2nd GMG3,Ships Photographer | Great ship,, best of crew, skipper and XO, Med Cruise was fantastic,, lots of adventure for all hands. Would like to hear from GMG2 Woods, GMGC Petross, and any other Deck Dept or others. Doug Traylor ENC USNR ret Somerville,,TX | |
Wilson, William (Bill) | RMSN | Nov 1963 – Nov 1965 | OC | Came onboard out of RMA School reported to RMC Yankovich. Remember Godines, White, Burleson. Made RM2 and was xferred to USS Valcour. |
Gardner, Barry | PN3 | 1964 – 1966 | SHIPS OFFICE | |
Maddox, Reggie | FTG3 | Mar 1964 – Sep 1966 | gunnery | |
Oswald, Donald | QM2 | Jun 20, 1964 – Oct 4, 1966 | Operations | Reported aboard Bordelon fresh from a Bird Farm in 1964, departed for shore duty Pensacola, Fl. as a QM2. |
Discalfani, Jack | BT3 | 1965 – 1969 | Boiler division | |
Rhoads, Darrel | MM3 | Jan 1, 1965 – Oct 31, 1970 | Engineering | |
Sullivan, James "Sully" | RM2 | Jul 1965 – May 1967 | OC | Came onboard in mid 1965 as a RM3 from NavCommsta Londonderry Northern Ireland. Served under Chief Rick Kelly for my entire tour on the Bordelon. A great guy! I've been attending Bordelon reunions for past 20 years. |
DiScalfani, Jack | BT3 | Oct 23, 1965 – Aug 29, 1969 | Engineering | Spent the first two years down the After Fire Room Brovo 3, and the last two as an Engineering Log Room Yeoman. Was a time in my life I will never forget. Made some good friends too. |
Holmberg, Chuck | MM3 | Nov 1965 – Aug 30, 1968 | Engineering | Aft engine room |
Trapp, Bobby | Rd2 | 1966 – 1968 | Oi | I enjoyed working in CIC, leading po Benjamin bean. I've been retired since 1980. |
Paglucio, Gerald | mm3 | 1966 – 1967 | engineering | |
Davis, David ( Bob ) | STG3 | May 10, 1966 – Nov 1, 1968 | third | Experienced many new things , mostly good, some not so good. Like the ads say " not just a job , but an adventure "! |
Williams, Willie | EN2 | Aug 1966 – Jun 1968 | A Gang | |
Salmon, Richard | LtJG | Aug 20, 1966 – Jun 24, 1968 | Weapons | |
Bowman, Richard Glynn | MM3 | Aug 23, 1966 – Aug 22, 1971 | M DIVISION | |
Taylor Jr., Labron E. | E6/Radioman 1st Class | Nov 1966 – 1969 | Opererations Communications Radioman | Looking for anyone I was with then or remembers me, photos of us etc.. CDR James Gale Wilson 1966-1967 CDR Frank Rhodes Cassilly 1968-1969 |
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