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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Brooke (FFG 1). 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 214 crew members registered for the USS Brooke (FFG 1).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1976 | 1977 – 1980 | 1981 – 1983 | 1984 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Best, Jeff | MR2 | 1977 – 1978 | R | Many good times and bad on the old SS Pier-1 |
Colbert, Dexter | QM2 | 1977 – 1978 | NX | What a great WestPac in '77. Anchored in the Chao Phra in Bangkok. Patpong Road. |
Leistner, Mark (Lube Oil) | MMFN | 1977 – 1979 | M | |
Larrison, Randy | HT3 | 1977 – | R | I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET A COPY OF MY SHELL BACK CERTIFICATE, I HAVE LOST MINE. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. RANDY |
West, Larry | GMM2 | Jan 10, 1977 – Nov 5, 1980 | 2nd | Loved the two WESTPAC cruises! Still in Texas - Corinth. |
Pinkston, Pinky | HT3 | Mar 15, 1977 – Mar 15, 1980 | REPAIR | |
Masters, John | MM-2 | Mar 28, 1977 – Nov 14, 1980 | M | Made a couple WestPacs on Brooke. Good times. Petty Officer Hubbard had a big influence on me. |
Cashmon, Mike | OS 3 | Apr 1977 – 1979 | OI | Made 2 Westpacs 77 & 79. Enjoyed the crew and the experience. Lot of fun and memories. |
Mills, Jay | FTM2 | May 1977 – Dec 1979 | 2nd | Living in San Diego. Retired in 1993 as FCCM(SW) . Lots of good times on board. 1979 Westpac was fun. We were referred to as good spenders in PI. WE BROKE DOWN AND GOT TOWED MOST OF THE CRUISE. |
Graves, Mark | HTFN | May 9, 1977 – Dec 26, 1978 | Engineering | Landed on Connie W/CPO, then helo to Brooke on '77 cruise. Great times. Remember ramming pier during storm in LB. was on S&S watch. Also lost load during unrep-hairy! Thanks to PO1 Stratton. You were good to me. |
Conley, Pat "Pappy" | BT1 | Jun 2, 1977 – Sep 1988 | B | I spent two tours of 4 years each on the Brooke. I also took her to Pakistan. I remember many of the names on this page and would love to hear from any of you who were there from 1977 - 1988. Drop me a line and let's remember those great times! |
Paul, Richard | SM 2/E-4 | Jul 1977 – 1981 | Ops | My name is Richard Scott Paul. I was only 18 when I boarded the Brooke. Made the best of friends there. I dream of being back there all the time. Looking for Scott Stevenson, Keith Brewer, Bob Pearson. God bless you all. |
Martinez, Joe " Marty" | IC 3 | Dec 5, 1977 – Aug 18, 1981 | Eng. Communications | Made 1-west-pac;glad to get out of the uss broke; had good time in PI;subic dreams |
Bitton, Bob | BT3 | Mar 1978 – Aug 1981 | M | |
Grose, John | E5 / et | Mar 14, 1978 – Mar 14, 1984 | Communications | |
Shelton, Shirley | RMC | Apr 6, 1978 – Apr 6, 1979 | CR | LAST SHIP I SERVED ON. |
Cameron, Mark | RM3 | Jun 1978 – Apr 5, 1981 | OC | WAS GLAD TO FINALLY GET OFF THE "BROKE" DOWN BROOKE |
Yeager, Mitch | PN2 | 1979 – 1982 | Navigation | Made two West-Pac's and had a great time. |
Sonnenberg, Jim | ms3 | Jan 1979 – Jan 1981 | supply | 79 west pac towed part way to pearl ,lots of time in subic bay,good times! |
Stevenson, Scott | SM2 | Feb 1979 – Mar 13, 1981 | Communications | Some of the best times on the signal bridge with my fellow mates and of course our skipper |
Flower, Pat | BT2 | Feb 2, 1979 – Feb 20, 1982 | ||
Glenn, Robert | ht3 | Apr 1979 – Aug 1984 | repair | made 3 west pacs on the Brooke from 79 to 84 was there spying on the russians in 83 oops i mean looking for the KAL black box. Sad to hear she was decommisioned 4 years after i left |
Korkowski, Mike | GMM2 | Jun 6, 1979 – Sep 15, 1982 | ||
Thorp, Kenneth | MMCS | Jun 12, 1979 – Jun 16, 1980 | M | |
Carpenter, Tim | BT2 | Sep 1979 – Sep 17, 1982 | Hole Snipe | |
Stevenson, Scott | SM2 | Sep 1979 – Mar 1981 | ||
Carpenter, Tim | BT2 | Sep 1979 – Sep 1982 | B | |
Branch, Michael | BT3 | Sep 19, 1979 – Jul 21, 1980 | PROPULSION | RETIRED FROM G.M PUTTING MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER THROUGH COLLEGE. ALSO LOOKING FOR MY NAVY BUDDY CALVERT COOPER. |
Bowers, Steven | FTM2 | 1980 – 1981 | 2nd or "T"??? | Unexpected, given two broke workcenters, WDE and 52 Radar. LONG year!!! There were some good times. . . Made it to Guam on WestPac. |
Branch, Michael | 1980 – | |||
Peterson, Mike | mm3 | 1980 – 1984 | m | Holy crap! I think I did more captan masts than time in service. Still alive, and where is that crazy sob COOPER!Remember takin me to Watts?Good memories and even crazier times, God bless |
Corbin, Thomas | RMC | Apr 1980 – May 31, 1981 | OR | WAS MY LASY DUTY STATION. RETIRED IN MAY 81. HAD A GREAT RADIO SHACK AND GREAT RADIO GANG. ENGINEERING WAS A MESS AND THAT MADE ALL VERY BAD, GETTING TOWED IN AND LATE UNDERSAY. WASN'T FUN ANYMORE SO I RETIRED. CLEAN ENOUGH TO BE A SHOW SHIP. |
Bynum, Clifford | MM1 (Ret) | Apr 1, 1980 – Dec 15, 1983 | M | 1st and best ship I was on. Made a lot of great friends Jeff Fey, Joe Purvis and so many others. I sure do miss all of the crew. |
Self, Wadeus | BT3 | May 10, 1980 – Jan 5, 1985 | Boiler Techs | Hello Shipmates! I left the Navy and the Brooke to fulfill a dream of being a trigger puller in the U.S. Army and the LRSD(successors to the LRRP units of V.N.) I retired form the U.S. Army in 2011. |
Fey, Jeff | MS1 retired/2nd cook retired | May 15, 1980 – Feb 15, 1983 | Supply | First navy ship rank from mssr to ms3 Best time i had in my 20 years of service During this time the navy was a good a experience for me Miss my brothers the snipes deck apes etc. Joe purvis cliff bynum where are you? |
Olson, Brad | BT2 | Jun 1980 – Jun 1986 | Fireroom | Survived 3 westpacs Still trying to recover Glad to see Brooke crew |
Zalewski, Scott Ski | YOEMAN 2ND CLASS | Sep 1980 – Jun 1984 | Admin | Great ship and crew for a young kid of 17. Sorry to hear she is gone. |
Roche, Philip | STG2 | Sep 15, 1980 – Nov 1, 1982 | 3rd (Weapons) | Westpak '80 to '81. DIW how many times? 58? That 1200 pound plant was rough. They gave 1 Bravo boiler a medal for getting us like 1600 miles with a leaky condensor & the other boiler down. Sure had some great times on Brooke! Great people |
Saucerman, Joseph 'Sauce' | MS 3 | Nov 1980 – Jun 1984 | Supply | |
Burrows, Jack | MMFN | Dec 30, 1980 – Aug 14, 1981 | Engineering A Gang |
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