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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Crommelin (FFG 37). 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 279 crew members registered for the USS Crommelin (FFG 37).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1983 | 1984 – 1988 | 1989 – 1992 | 1993 – 1995 | 1996 – 2000 | 2001 – 2005 | 2006 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villareal, George "The Cake Man" | MS3 | Mar 1980 – Jun 1984 | Supply- Food Service | Precom/Plankowner-I believe I made a cake for that too. This site is great, glad I found it. I recognize many of the names listed. I eventually retired, I retired the 2nd time - 1997 - after I sold my 12 bakeries. I am now a brain doc. (Dr. Dr.) |
| Cain, John | ET1 WHILE ONBOARD | 1982 – 1985 | CS-4 | member of Precom unit, I helped to bring the Cromelin to life. Only got to make one westpac cruise onboard. |
| Labine, Mark (Beaner) | GSM2 | 1982 – Sep 3, 1986 | Gas Turbine/Oil King/Engineering | Precommision Crew. Liked it in Seattle, so after my tour I got a Job in Boeing. Wish I had kept in contact with Shipmates, life was a blast back then. We knew how to have fun, and did it well. Sehchelle Islands was the best, wow. what a ride. |
| Kraintz, Al | EM3 | 1982 – 1987 | Electric Shop | Member of precom unit2 Plankowner Excellent times on the ship good and bad. Everone there was Great!! |
| Bentley, Don | GSE1 | 1982 – 1986 | E-1 | The Glory Days of The Mighty Crom !! From Pre-Comm duty to West-Pac, the best crew that ever sailed anywhere. We were immortal (and sometimes immoral) but we had a blast!! "Don't worry about the fire, sir, the flooding is putting it out". |
| Cooper, Gary (Hollywood) | FTG2 | 1982 – 1984 | CS3 | PLANKOWNER-Great times in Seattle (Sea-Tac Tavern) and all the partying in Long Beach. (Dragon Inn, Shanghi Mike"s,The Blue Room, The Rooster, Ace of Hearts, Li-Ly'sPlace, The Orient Inn, just to name a few. |
| Smith, Donald | EW1 | 1982 – Sep 1984 | Another plankowner. Unbelievable times in San Diego, Seatle and lets not forget Vancover. I did my time and got out. Spent some time in Saudi and I'm now live and well in the land down under. Anyone seen/herd from OS2 Dave Dion.... | |
| Carl Davis, Carl | PN3 | 1982 – 1984 | Personell | Precom/Plankowner - What a great time I had onboard - Made lots of friends - Now I live on the eastcoast and miss the pacific. |
| Luna, Richard | SH2 | 1982 – 1986 | S3 | Plankowner. Great Command and Greatest Precom crew. Please contact me Email richard.luna@va.gov |
| Knudsen, John | IC2 | Jan 4, 1982 – Aug 10, 1985 | engineering | I was an ICman, One of only two that didn't pull watch at night |
| Walker, David | GSM1 | Feb 1982 – Mar 1985 | E1 | |
| Ulin, Todd "Toolin" | MR2 | Apr 1982 – Aug 1985 | Pre-comm, Plankowner.Great times from San Diego to Seattle and beyond. Go for a walk on the bulkheads anyone?Remember the "pop corn" when leaving Long Beach for west-pac!!!What happened to LCDR Paul Shultz-XO then??? Remember the Grenades guys? | |
| Stringham, Kelly | EW3 | Jun 1982 – Apr 1984 | Combat Systems | Have great memories of my days on this great ship. Plank owner. I'm now retired from the Air Force. |
| Gonzalez, Robert | HT1 | Jun 10, 1982 – Aug 10, 1985 | ER01 | What times. I retired in 2000 as a CW03. I was even the Fire Marshal of the USS Nimitz, now I am a school teacher at Nimitz Middle school. |
| Kennedy, Tom | OS1 | Jul 10, 1982 – Jun 15, 1987 | CS-1 | lots of fun being a plankowner, 2 long but fun deployments. sad to hear she is sunk (sinkex/rimpac) off Hawaii, good hearing from all. retired 2003, OSCS |
| Vandevelde, Nicholas ( Vande ) | ENFA- EN3 | Aug 1982 – Jun 1985 | Engineering/Aux | Part of the commissioning crew. Remember the office at 32nd street and the world map on one wall and throwing darts at it Remember Oakwood Garden Apts. |
| Miller, Rex "Papako" | EWC(SW/AW) RET. | Oct 1982 – Sep 1985 | OI | Oh what a blast. A lot of hard steaming but damn, in port, lucky nobody ever got killed. Pervin' was tops in SF with Spud, Scott, Smitty, Dave, Trash Man, RonMo Beeetch, and whoever else had a dollar. Gutters make for hard pillows! |
| Kramp, Tim | EN2 | Oct 1982 – Dec 1986 | Engineering/RAST Tech | Precommision Crew/Plank Owner, Would like to hear from shipmates esp. Mark Labine (apologies), Sure had alot of fun back then! Visited alot of awesome places, Sechelles was the best but there was a lot of great places. |
| Ferguson, Jim | SK2 | Oct 1982 – May 23, 1986 | Supply | I was in Pre-com crew. Would like to hear from other Plankowners. Had some good times but was sure glad to get out. I got my B.A. in '88 and am living in Miami working as a manufacturers rep for GE in Latin America. |
| Wasiak, Joe | ENS/LTJG/LT | Oct 1982 – May 1986 | ORDO, ERO | Plankowner - spent my entire blooming Navy life aboard CROMMELIN - best times of my life - Munus bene Factum! |
| Aspenwall, Steve | OS1 | Nov 1982 – Jan 1987 | CS 1 | The "Mighty Crom" What a ship..What a crew! Lot's of work and loads of fun. Hey Scar, Spud, Smitty,,, Libs in Vegas, Australia, Seychelles. |
| Meehan, John | MSSN PRECOM / PLANKOWNER | Nov 1982 – May 1984 | Supply-hash slinger | Kept ya all drunk didn't I ??? After court martial got a BCD but enjoyed the wild times with my fellow plankowners Quit drinking in 1987!!! No more Johnny Cocktails!!! Quit cookin in 1989..drivin big rig now nj to va nightly, got 5 Kids!! |
| Smedinghoff, Joe | OSC | Nov 1982 – Nov 1985 | CS1 | |
| Morris, Ron | OS2 | Nov 10, 1982 – Jun 16, 1986 | OI | Hey Rex -- man what a trip it was! We had some great liberty in Long Beach and all over the world. |
| Baughman, Everett | ET2 | Dec 1982 – Apr 1987 | CS4 | What a wild ride with the greatest group of guys, lots of fun, trouble and more fun. "clap, clap, clap" - remeber that guys? Group up on facebook! |
| Kosmerl, Rudy | OS3 | 1983 – 1985 | operations | Would love to hear from any pre-com shipmates. |
| Titus, John | BM2 | 1983 – 1987 | ||
| Walls, Donald | HT2 | 1983 – 1986 | Repair | Plankowner. Reported as an FR in Precom and left as an HT2. Enjoyed all three years on board. Miss alot of my former shipmates and think of then often. |
| Gudge, Robert (Tim) | GSM2/1 THEN | Jan 1, 1983 – Nov 9, 1986 | MP | Awesome times and the tightest of crews! Remember the lunch stops at Kings in Seattle and the dumpster races at the Apts, Westpac & boarding crew, Holding the XO's stuffed toy hostage. Now CMC of CVW-1 in Oceana (in NMCI). Great memories/friends. |
| Roth, Bob | STGCS(SW) | Jan 18, 1983 – Jun 20, 1986 | Sonar | Proud to be a Plankowner. Proud to have served. Proud to see what this ship has accomplished in all these years. |
| Eades, Scott | 0S2 | Feb 10, 1983 – Oct 22, 1985 | OI | (PLANK OWNER) |
| Hudi, Mark (Spud) (duty Booty) | E-4 | Mar 1983 – Nov 1985 | CS-1 | Well the this is a pleasant surprise to find this we just need to get others on here too like chief Smed and Chief Andy if we can find them. I have been in touch with Chief Smed before and will let him know about this. The Seychelles? Oh Lord help ME |
| Shubert, Michael L Shubert | BM3 | Mar 1983 – 1986 | Deck SC-3 | hey anybody still alive from .'83 |
| Thompson, Kevin | HT2 | Apr 1, 1983 – Feb 1, 1985 | Engineering | PLANKOWNER! Reported onboard to deck division then went to R-Div. Would love to hear from any of the original Deck Division guys! I retired from navy in 2007- Chief Warrant Officer 2. |
| Jones, Larry | PO2 | Apr 17, 1983 – Apr 12, 1985 | Ships Control | I loved serving aboard the Crommelin as a plank owner. Our first West Pac was a great life out at sea. |
| Carroll, Ed | SR - SM2 | May 1983 – Mar 1987 | SC01 | The best CO, XO, and crew! CROMMELIN is the reason I stayed for 20 years. During WESTPAC-85 SM1 Duffy and I did the fancywork on the flag bags, he did the rolling half-hitches and I did all of the five-strand turks heads. |
| Bickler, Kyle | QM3 | May 10, 1983 – Dec 15, 1985 | SC01 | Amazing times. The ship was new, so the crew pretty much stayed completely intact for three years. Right out of high school and into the Pacific. What an eye opener!! The most amazing people I've ever had the privilege to hang out with. |
| Johnson, Earl | BMCS | Jun 1983 – Feb 1987 | SCPOC/1st LT | It time to think about having a reunion. |
| Miller, John | Petty Officer 3rd class Sonar Tech. | Jun 1983 – Jan 15, 1987 | Sonar | Good times |
| Kosmerl, Rudy | OS3 | Jun 1, 1983 – Sep 20, 1985 | operations | would reallly like to hear from any pre-com shipmates. |
| Barber, Brian | engineman first class | Jun 15, 1983 – Oct 31, 1986 | aux amr 3 | I retired nov 94 |
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