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USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE 28) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE 28). 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 330 crew members registered for the USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE 28).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1977 | 1978 – 1983 | 1984 – 1987 | 1988 – 1991 | 1992 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorhies, Timothy | HM2 | 1978 – 1980 | ||
| Smith, Brian | MM3/MM2 | 1978 – 1979 | A-gang | Just found this site. Retired in 95 as a Chief. Remember all the good times wish the Navy had never changed. Remember us selling pop and slushing money from the filter shop. remeber the storm and the small boats I was the gig engineer |
| Sabol, Don | MM | 1978 – 1980 | e | remember all the good times with all the great people.wish i could do it over and would not change a thing. |
| Morro, John | BT | 1978 – 1980 | B | |
Peebles, Calvin  | sh-3 | 1978 – 1980 | ships serviceman | California here we are! |
| Wells, Jerry | BM PO3 | 1978 – 1982 | deck div | I remember Keith Giblonski, Kevin Keys, David Crawford, BM 1 Wallace, BM 1 Carell, BM 1 Boar and BM 1 Timmy Flynn. |
| Winter, Jim | LT | Jun 1978 – Jun 1980 | R Div/Ops | Was telling Santa B war stories just last night. Glad I won't ever have to do that Cooper River WEPSTA sea detail again :-). Party on Shipmates |
| Czajka, Mike | EM 2 | Oct 1, 1978 – Dec 20, 1980 | E | E Div Hope you guys are doing well |
| Durrance, Richard "Doc" | HM!_ HMC | 1979 – 1982 | Medical | |
| Jenkins, Dwight "tim" | E-1 | May 1979 – Sep 18, 1980 | DECK | DIDNT LEARN ALOT BUT WOULDNT CHANGE A THING,WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH A EVEN GREATER CREW..HEY WASHER REMEMBER ME? |
| Ouellette, Daniel | SN | 1980 – 1981 | 1st Deck | Wasn't there long, but made good friends and memories. Will never forget the Skipper CDR Mitchell, 1st Lt Woods. My only Med Cruise was the best, came onboard in Villa La France.Then the yards in Brooklyn NY. Contact me any time in Florida |
| Olson, John | QM 3 | 1980 – 1984 | Navigation | I was on USS Santa Barbara 1980-1984.Had great time.Alot of people I'll never forget. |
| Walton, Larry | MACM(SW) | Jan 1, 1980 – Jun 30, 1983 | MAA | |
| Ymer, Barry | E-3 | Mar 6, 1980 – Dec 5, 1983 | DECK | HEY JOHN WHATS GOING ON ,AND TO WHO EVER WROTE ABOUT THE HELO GOING IN THE WATER YES I DO REMEMBER WE WENT TO G.Q. I THINK WE LOST A FEW THAT DAY,WHERES WOLF(STVE CUTTING) MIKE THOMPHSON,GREG FRAZIER,SONNY,JOHN LAQUARDIA |
| Caldwell, Otis | PC2 / PN2 | May 1, 1980 – Dec 12, 1983 | Administration | serving as ships postal clerk was one of the best military jobs i had throughout my career. |
| Falconer, Rich | SN | Oct 1980 – Feb 1984 | 3rd | Left active service in '86 and joined the reserves. I was attached to Deployable Amunition Handling Team out of Earle NWS. In Dec '02 my unit was deployed to Kuwait for 9 months offloading ordnance for 3rd MAW. Retired Oct '06 w/24 yrs. |
| Rodriguez, Jose | GM3 | Dec 1, 1980 – Mar 13, 1983 | Weapons | Great Ship, Great Crew, Great Friends!!!!! Go Guns!!! |
| Dillon, Douglas W. | IC2 | 1981 – 1985 | E | |
| Langston, Richard ( Richey ) | Fireman | 1981 – 1984 | R | I remember the helo crash in the Indian Ocean. I was on duty as pilot rescue. Helo fell overboard after striking the landing deck to hard. The boat was really tossing around. I ran on deck just in time to see it go under |
| Proffitt, Michael | BT3 | Feb 1981 – Sep 1985 | B Division | 2 Med I/O's, 1 North Atlantic. Great friends were made. Good times. Saw places I would not have seen and may not ever see again. Memories are mostly good. Whats up Vierra, RJ, Webb, Hurley, Pope, Priest, Newsham, France.? |
| Smith, Ronald | GMC(SW} | Apr 11, 1981 – Mar 14, 1985 | 3RD DIVISION | |
| Mortimer, Everett (Mort) | 0S2 | Jul 1, 1981 – Jul 1, 1983 | This was my first ship and met alot of nice guys and had one hell of a time cruising the world for 2 yrs. transfered to RL PAGE in 1983 and got out in 1985 . I am living in florida now and working as a Registered nurse | |
| Spaeth, John | Sep 1981 – May 1983 | 1st & 3rd | I had mostly good times, some better than others. Would like to know how some of my shipmates are doing if they remember me! | |
| Rathbun, Jonathan | QM3 | Oct 1981 – Jun 1983 | Navigation | Two med crusies, One North Atlantic, Little Ditch, Big Ditch, Blue Nose, and Shell Back (Twice). |
| Falconer, Rich | SN | Oct 1981 – Feb 1984 | 3rd | Some great memories on the Santa B. After 6 yrs active I got out and joined the reserves. My last duty station was with Deployable Ammo Handlers Team Echo @ Earle NWS and was deployed to Kuwait for 9mths in 2003. Now retired. |
| Screeton, David | RM2 | Oct 1, 1981 – Jul 5, 1985 | Deck, 3rd, OC. | RM Striker |
| Thompson, Gary | SK2 | Nov 14, 1981 – Aug 15, 1985 | S1 | DID 3 MED/IO CRUISES 1 N ATLANTIC. (2)GITMO, LETS SEE NAMES: OS2 SQUIRWEL,PN2 HUX,SK2 JW SH3 MUDBONE,SHSN DUCAN D BOY BROWN. SH2 SHAW,(nitty) SH1 CHAMBERLAIN,RAKIM,WILLIS(rip) SH3 FLAGG, ET2 MONTS, DK,YN2 GLADMON, AND EVERYONE ELSE. GET IN TOUCH.... |
| Jenkins, Christopher | GMGSN | Dec 1981 – Aug 1985 | 3rd | Hey, where are all the guys from 3rd div.Had sme good times, some not so good. Hangin in the after gun shack with red and chris watts. sammys chevette, I'll bet he still has it. Get in touch with me, its been too long |
| Redfearn, David | gmgsn | 1982 – Nov 4, 1985 | 3rd | I enjoyed the cruises Sometimes I miss it.. |
| Laguardia, John | Seaman | 1982 – 1984 | 1st Division | |
| Walker, Ivan "Skywalker" | OS 2 | Jan 1982 – May 1985 | OI | First ship, met some great people aboard her. I remember the North Atlantic seas and then the northern lights, a deployment I will never forget. I moved on to the USS Midway CV-41, and am now in California. |
| Young, Chris | OS2 | May 30, 1982 – Dec 10, 1985 | OI | First ship of four total. Moved up to Norfolk, then retired there. |
| Sperry, Dave | sn | Jun 1982 – May 1983 | OE | only aboard for Med cruise, then off to A school. Worked for JO3 John Raposa. Did he fall in harbor at Mombasa? Met Jack Van Zant at my new ship before he came to AE-28. Think a CPO went down with that helo in the IO. |
| Hatch, Tim | E3/SN | Aug 1982 – Oct 1984 | 1st | friends back then krause , bell, wyatt,anderko,justus |
| Burford, Jim | E-3 | Aug 1982 – Jul 7, 1983 | 1st | |
| Reifonas, Richard | HT2 | Sep 19, 1982 – May 19, 1983 | R | Was onboard for med indian ocean cruise, then on to BB-61 Anyone remember helicopter crash in Indian Ocean? R division had a great gang. Max shaver and Bennet, withee to name a few |
| McDaniel, Mike/mac | EMFN | Oct 1, 1982 – Jul 1, 1985 | Stream | It's been many years. I would like to see all the friends I made. Chris Watts, Doug Cole, Butch Moler, Ron Cochran, Ray Lovelace, Craig Kelsey, Jim Capucci, Mike Wright, Mike Wall, Westley Smith, and many others... |
| Withee, Daniel | HT2 | Dec 1982 – Jul 1984 | R | over 20 years later and it still seems like yesterday. Had a lot of great times on there and made alot of good friends. Its good to see that the vets hasnt been forgotten. Lets keep supporting our troops! |
| Williams, Roger | MM3 | 1983 – 1984 | M | I enjoyed my time on the Santa Barbara. Made lots of friends. |
| Corso, Michael | PN3 | Jan 1983 – Aug 1986 | Have good memories of my time in the Navy and aboard ship. | |
| Chase, Michael | QM2 | Jan 12, 1983 – Aug 22, 1985 | 1 | |
| Mitchell, Flagg "Brother Bob" | SH3 | Apr 11, 1983 – Sep 20, 1986 | LOOKING FOR ALL MY OLD ROADIE"S: GARY T.,MULLIGAN,TEDDY,JW,NITTY, DODSON,JOBSON,HEGGS,GORMAN,ALI,LASKY,DBOY,DON KING,AND ALL THE REST OF THE CREW FROM 81-86. GET IN TOUCH! | |
| Jackson, William | MM3 Jackson | Apr 17, 1983 – Jun 1986 | Machinery | Seen places of the world i never would have seen like the riot i started in almeria spain getting locked in that disco in Valencia and them bigass crabs in cuba |
| Lewis, Ronald | MS2 | May 1983 – Jun 1986 | S-2 | |
| Davis, John | BM | Nov 1983 – Apr 1987 | 2nd |
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