| Name: | Jim |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | ET2 |
| Dates on Board: | '89 - '93 |
| E-mail address: | jimsto2@hotmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | This excerpt is too funny not to share. Nice observation Seaman Mason! -Jim Concerning the days immediately following the Pearl Harbor attack: The crisis tended to bring out the best in the malingerers, the lazy men, even the prisoners in the brig, who were ordered out of their cells and put to work. Everyone pitched in. “Things were so bad at Pearl Harbor,” Seaman Mason recalled, “that even the chiefs were working.” From Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942, Page 20 By: Ian W. Toll |
| Name: | MATHEW MAGGA |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | 2nd Lt |
| Dates on Board: | 1988-1991 |
| E-mail address: | mathew-magga@yahoo.fr |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | omo i don land here ooooo |
| Name: | mike carlson sr. |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | bm1(sw) |
| Dates on Board: | mar 83-mar 88 |
| E-mail address: | mikey29445us@netzero.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | looking forward to july will be nice to see old shipmates, yes iam still here in charleston s.c.there are a few of us still in the area we meet up now and then, anyway any of u comming in from out of town and would like to visit a great v.f.w post in ladson off highway 78 about 10 miles from hotel your all welcome iam a past post commander 2xs,website vfwpost3433.freeservers.com cheapest soda prices in town lol(drinks)if i can help in anyway prior to july please let me know, if we need a banner of any sort i can get one made up (FREE)see u all in july mike carlson usn ret. |
| Name: | J.W. Blue |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | NC1/ NCCM (Retired) |
| Dates on Board: | 6/74-6/76 |
| E-mail address: | jwblue@windstream.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Was first fleet NC...then joined by B.J.Ford due to orders SNAFU. Served with Al Schiltz, Al Adelung, SM1 Osborn, FTM1 Gary Williams, GMM1 Hallmark, BT1 Hyman. Great crew, friends and liberty mates. Had a ball. Got into recruiting and stayed there for a long time. |
| Name: | david holdsworth |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | mr3 |
| Dates on Board: | 25 oct 80- 20 sept 82 |
| E-mail address: | davevet@netzero.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | joseph j phillip passed on 4 jan 2012. i believe he was a plankowner. obit can be veiwed at sturgisjournal.com/obituaries. dave |
| Name: | James Wm Hussey |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1972 until 1976 |
| E-mail address: | james.hussey@huzzco.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.huzzco.com |
| Name: | Ray E. Robbins,,AKA Tennessee |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 06/74--10/75 |
| E-mail address: | rayrobbins@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hope everyones been doing well I would like more information on the reuion. |
| Name: | Dick Becker |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | TM 2 (Plankowner) |
| Dates on Board: | 66 to 68 |
| E-mail address: | sevideo@aol.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Rich Molck, Did you get my email concerning road trip To Richard's Veterans Cafe in Mooresville, NC. What do you think? When is good time? Have you seem the ad for Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Celebration at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC on March 31 2012. We should plan to be there with trailer. Give me a call 704-875-6757 (Home) Hope you have a happy New Year. |
| Name: | James "GUS" Gastineau |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BTFN-BT2----BTC (SW) Ret. |
| Dates on Board: | Dec-76/Jun-80 |
| E-mail address: | gus2hd@hotmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Homepage URL: | http: |
| Comments: | Hey guys,hope all's well. My first time to sign onto the Wainwright guest book. I plan on being at 2012 reunion. Hope to see some ol shipmates. Fair winds and following seas!!! |
| Name: | Eddie Rule |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BM 3 |
| Dates on Board: | Nov 67 Feb 69 |
| E-mail address: | cdrule@charter.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Enjoyed my time aboad ship. Thought it was all bad times but can,t remember nothing but the good ones. Would Like to from Johnny Parker (Ala) R W Frisbee (Ala) W Wallace (Ga) Hope to be in Charleston July 2012 |
| Name: | Bob Davis |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | ETR2 |
| Dates on Board: | 06/73 to 01/78 |
| E-mail address: | bobsavid@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hello to all from MED 75, Bicentennial, MED 77, etc.,especially the crazy gang in CIC who I seemed to spend more time with than the rest of the ETs. |
| Name: | Wayne Swaggerty |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT1(SW) |
| Dates on Board: | 8-1980 to 9-1985 |
| E-mail address: | swagg40@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Merry Christmas to all!!!!!! |
| Name: | Crystal Ralls |
| E-mail address: | spiritualcherokee@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Mike Johnson is my Dad and im very proud of that. I love you Dad |
| Name: | CHRIS LINDSLEY |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | DK3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1981-1984 |
| E-mail address: | CSLINDSLEY@YAHOO.COM |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | hard to put into words some of the fun times i had aboard that ole ship.... Great times, good friends..... do not know where to start. looking for some friends i lived with off the ship. you guys will no who i am after u read this.. jerry, mark ,mitch, joe, mike, matt,.. we lived at 2660 orchid st. brick house single story, car port. seemed like half the ship stayed over there at one time. called the house THE STUMBLE ON IN.... party every week... we were able to walk to the piglly wiggly supermarket and the FLYING DUTCHMAN... u remember that bar.......HINT.. i had my car a blue firebird stolen one time... cannot remember his name that stole it.... Would love to here from some of my ole friends. or whoever remembers those times..MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.... TILL WE ALL MEET AGAIN... PEACE AND GODSPEED....... |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | http://vnvets.blogspot.com/ Check on this web site and then promote your congress critter to support HR3612 the Agent Orange Equity Act to restore justice to those suffering from Agent Orange Illnesses, in the Blue Water Navy during the Vietnam War ... This is very important. |
| Name: | Pete Massaro |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM3 |
| Dates on Board: | Precom - October 1967 |
| E-mail address: | pcmcmm@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Let me be the first to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, as well as a Safe, Healthy and Happy Holiday Season. And let's keep those who are still serving in foreign lands and here in our prayers and thoughts and wish them and their families the same for this joyous season. |
| Name: | Stuart T. Sheppard |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BMCS (SW) RET. |
| Dates on Board: | 91 - 93 |
| E-mail address: | sheppardrk06@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Had a great time aboard the Wainwright, she was a classic ship! It would be great to hear from some shipmates from the past! Great stories, great laughs!! |
| Name: | Colby Bell |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | HT 2 |
| Dates on Board: | 77-80 |
| E-mail address: | wyverncreations@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | So glad Chuck Carper got a hold of me and told me about the upcoming reunion in 2012. I will be there. |
| Name: | Mike lettau |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | Bt |
| Dates on Board: | 80-82 |
| E-mail address: | Mlettau@coc.net |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Just wanted to tell everyone happy thanksgiving and thank you for your service had some wild times on and off the ship |
| Name: | Tom Lipsey |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SK3 |
| Dates on Board: | '74-'76 |
| E-mail address: | azlip@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hi fellow shipmates! I was on board for 75 Med Cruise and 76 Bi-Centennial cruise into NY. And who can ever forget Gitmo and Jamaica. Had some good times for sure. |
| Name: | Jeff Davis |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E1 |
| Dates on Board: | jan 1993 jan 1994 |
| E-mail address: | jqd5588@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I was on this ship during fleet week. It was crazy as all get out. Me and this ensign went on a sail boat race with some locals from the Manhatten Yacht club. He took pictures of us behind the twin towers. If you see this message please call me. 2529049220. Thank you sir. |
| Name: | Dick Becker |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | TM2 |
| Dates on Board: | Plankowner & 1st Vietnam Deployment |
| E-mail address: | seavideo@aol.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Lifetime VFW, Need info on how to display or wear Cold War Metal? Also, I was thinking someone had told me that Wainwright was in Da Nang harbor and had been exposued to Agent Orange. Any truth to that story or evidence. Vets Day is just a few days way and I will be onboard the Wainwright Trailer & Truck in Charlotte, NC Vets Day parade. We still LOVE her and I hope to hear from more shipmates soon. God Bless American. |
| Name: | GEORGE CHAMBERS |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | OCT 1976-JUN 1981 |
| E-mail address: | georgec782@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | mike |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 80-81 |
| E-mail address: | jjw0287@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | LETS GET MORE ACTIVE ON THE FORUM HASNT BEEN ANYONE THERE BUT ME IN OVER 2 MONTHS THERE SHOULDNT BE ANY REASON FOR IT |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Blue Water Navy REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE Senate Bill S1629 will make offshore veterans of the Vietnam War eligible for health care and compensation if they currently have disabilities from Agent Orange/dioxin causes. If everyone could email, fax or visit their Senator and Representative requesting that they support this Bill (and its House mirror Bill), they would be hearing from the Grass Roots that there is support for veterans rights and promised benefits. This Health Care and Compensation was granted to us by the Agent Orange Act of 1991, but illegally taken away by the VA in Feb. 2002. |
| Name: | GEORGE HUTTMAN |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | WAS GMG2 RETIRED GMGC 1990 |
| Dates on Board: | 2 FEB.'70- SEPT.'71 |
| E-mail address: | WINGRIDER_47@MSN.COM |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | FIRST OFF,THIS IS THE CORRECT E-MAIL ADDRESS. HAD GREAT TIMES ABOARD.SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF 2nd division shipmates.great WESTPAC/AROUND THE WORLD cruise. 25August70-2 April 71. |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM! |
| Dates on Board: | 67-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Gillibrand, Graham To Help 250,000 Vietnam Vets Harmed By Agent Orange, But Ignored By Feds Due To Technicality In The Law ... Current Law Would Require VA to Provide Benefits for Service Members Exposed to Agent Orange On Dry Ground, But Ignores Vets In the Water ... September 28, 2011 Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced legislation to ensure that more than 250,000 Navy veterans from the Vietnam War exposed to the powerful toxin Agent Orange will be eligible to receive the disability and health care benefits they have earned for diseases linked to Agent Orange exposure. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military sprayed approximately 20 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam to remove jungle foliage. This toxic chemical had devastating effects for millions serving in Vietnam. In 1991, Congress passed a law requiring the Veterans Administration (VA) to provide presumptive coverage to Vietnam veterans with illnesses that the Institute of Medicine has directly linked to Agent Orange exposure. However, in 2002 the VA determined that it would only cover Veterans who could prove that they had orders for “boots on the ground” during the Vietnam War. This exclusion affects as many as 250,000 sailors who may have still received significant Agent Orange exposure from receiving VA benefits. “Because of technicality in the law, hundreds of thousands of American veterans are being denied the benefits they need and deserve,” Senator Gillibrand said. “Our government must fulfill its commitment to the service members who have fallen victim to Agent Orange-related disease and enact new legislation that will provide our vets with the disability compensation and healthcare benefits they have earned. Agent Orange is a very difficult chapter in our nation’s history. It is time that we correct the errors of the past.” “This is a legacy issue that needs to be dealt with,” said Senator Graham. “There are Vietnam vets who are suffering from Agent-Orange related illnesses and we need to ensure they are getting the care they need. It’s now time to ensure the government takes care of their needs which were incurred during their defense of our nation.” During Vietnam, the U.S. military sprayed 20 million gallons of Agent Orange. Blue Water Navy Vets – veterans who were on duty in the waters around Vietnam, but did not have “boots on the ground” – were often exposed to Agent Orange on a daily basis. Studies have shown that Agent Orange contaminated the water sources on ships, affecting veterans onboard ships or aircraft that transported barrels of Agent Orange, and ships and aircraft deployed in close proximity or even downwind from Agent Orange drop sites. A May 2011 report by the Institute of Medicine established several “plausible routes” for Agent Orange exposure through the water distillation process aboard Navy ships and through the air. In 2010, a study by the Institute of Medicine cited exposure to Agent Orange resulted in an increased chance of developing serious heart problems and Parkinson’s disease. A 1990 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed Vietnam veterans had a rate of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 50 percent higher than the general population. Agent Orange is linked to a range of other diseases, including several blood and respiratory cancers, type II diabetes, prostate cancer and more. In 2005, the VA’s former Director of Environmental Agents Service Dr. Mark Brown publicly acknowledged that there was no scientific basis for the exclusion of Blue Water Vietnam veterans, but the VA has continued to refuse these veterans the presumptive benefits Congress initially intended. In his article in the Journal of Law and Policy, Dr. Brown wrote, “Science does not back up the VA’s policy on the Navy.” Senators Gillibrand and Graham introduced the Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011, which would clarify the existing law so that Blue Water veterans would be fully covered by the VA if they served within the “territorial seas,” or approximately 12 miles offshore of Vietnam. The bill would make it easier for the VA to process Vietnam War veterans’ claims for service-connected conditions and alleviate a portion of the VA’s backlog by extending presumptive coverage of Agent Orange benefits to these veterans. |
| Name: | JC CARLSON |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1967-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | The USS Wainwright was at anchor in the port of DaNang on 2 August, 1968 ... |
| Name: | JC CARLSON |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1967-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | (WASHINGTON D.C.) - A New York senator will soon introduce a short and simple bill into Congress that could have a large and far-reaching effect on tens of thousands of Vietnam War veterans and their families. According to Louisiana attorney John Wells, the proposed law would extend the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange to certain servicemembers who served aboard vessels at sea - the so-called Blue Water Navy - during the Vietnam War. As the law now stands, only troops who served ashore "in country" or aboard river boats in Vietnam are entitled to compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs for a number of ailments, including cancer, linked to exposure to the toxic herbicide. Wells, a retired Navy Commander, is the director of legal and legislative affairs for the Blue Water Vietnam Veterans Association. He spoke of the proposed legislation at a meeting of The American Legion's National Legislative Commission during the organization's 93rd annual National Convention in Minneapolis. Wells explained the bill - "The Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011" - by reciting the "elevator speech" he employs to educate members of Congress during his periodic trips to Washington. "Our association is trying to extend the exposure presumption for Agent Orange from the current ‘boots on the ground' to at least the territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam," he said. "This would encompass the ships that were outside of the riverines but were actually very close to shore providing support to the troops ashore. "What happened was that we would get a discharge of sediment that contained Agent Orange out into the South China Sea. (Ships there) would then bring the sediment into their distilling systems that changed salt water into potable water and the sailors would drink it. The Australians discovered back in 2002 that the Agent Orange in the salt water was actually co-distilled - not removed. So, these folks were drinking an enhanced Agent Orange cocktail, as it were. This was confirmed in an Institute of Medicine report that came out just this past May. The Institute of Medicine also found that there was a plausible pathway both by wind drift and by river discharges for Agent Orange to get into the South China Sea. As a result, we have a higher cancer incidence (among those ship's crew members theoretically exposed) than those troops who were ashore. The Australians, who have been paying Agent Orange-related benefits to their Blue Water Navy sailors for years, proved that in a study back in 2005." Wells said he ends his short presentation with an appeal to his target member of Congress to support the bill. One who was impressed by his organization's argument was U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. She is expected to introduce "The Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011" shortly after Congress reconvenes in September. Wells said the bill has drawn bipartisan support from several co-sponsors. |
| Name: | george huttman |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | was gmg2 now gmgc retired 1990 |
| Dates on Board: | 2/70-9/71 |
| E-mail address: | wingriter_47@msn.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | had a great time aboard WAINWRIGHT, great shipmates too. made the "around the world cruise" 25 aug. 1970-2 april 1971. was assigned to 2nd division, page 14-15 of the cruise book. to all my shipmates in second division GM/FTG hope all are fine. |
| Name: | Screech Johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BTCS |
| Dates on Board: | 1980-1986 |
| E-mail address: | 87robertjohnson@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Worked in Aft Fireroom. |
| Name: | Michael Mitchell |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FM |
| Dates on Board: | 90-93 |
| E-mail address: | mykyl_inga@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Havent thought alot of the good times being oonboard for a while. Guess just other things in life kept me from thinking of them. I am planning to come to the Charleston Reunion and hoperfully find and reunite with some shipmates. See ya'll there!!! |
| Name: | Terry Helman |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 11/67-8/69 |
| E-mail address: | s_enterprise2@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I have tried to send an e-mail to the webmater, but it keeps goint through outlook and some outside vendor....I am not looking to do that. I need to communicate directly with the assoc. I have probably the only photos of the Wainwright colliding with the SS Victory off Okinawa taken from above the bridge during the incident. But if I cannt communicate directly..... Forget the photos.... I also have a flag flown while we were on Piraz station..... Terry Helman....I can be contacted via e-mail or by Phone at 931-510-5292...... |
| Name: | Arthur Beers |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FN |
| Dates on Board: | Dec.91-Aug.93 |
| E-mail address: | arthurbeers@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Looking to locate former shipmates and friends. |
| Name: | David ellington |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | Os2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1980's |
| E-mail address: | David3301@valornet.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I might try to go to the 2012 reunion it was great serving on CG28. I served with os1 Hamilton, os2 Cherry when the ship was in the yard I went to gulf and was assigned to the USS Lasalle. I saw OSC Hernandez on here that was cool. I'm living and working back home in OK. go sooners |
| Name: | steven choinski |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | e-2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1969/1970 |
| E-mail address: | choinskis@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | aprox. dates 1969/1970/ 1971 |
| Name: | Scott D Wetzel |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | PT2 |
| Dates on Board: | 85-sept 89 |
| E-mail address: | babybamagirl420@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I'm signing this for my father Scott Wetzel. He served on the CG 28. He passed away on Sept. 15, 1989. If anyone remembers him could you please e-mail me. Thank you all so much for what you have done for this country! |
| Name: | Dave Spear |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | STC |
| Dates on Board: | 69 - 71 |
| E-mail address: | dave.spear@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Good Website, enjoyed reading the vet's comments. Thanks to JC (for starting this association) and all the others who have given so much. The 'Round The World Cruise' in '70 was the highlight of my 20 yrs in the USN. I made Chief aboard. |
| Name: | Don Jarosz |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | JO3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1975-76 |
| E-mail address: | donjarosz@hotmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Was onboard for the 75 Med cruise that went to Romania. I was the first journalist stationed on the Wainwright, I set up and ran the ship's TV station. I worked for Chief Geiger in the Admin section. Any YNs, PNs or QMs out there from this time period??? |
| Name: | mike johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 80-81 |
| E-mail address: | niterider@usswainwright.org |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | dont forget to come to the forum lets get in there let others know you |
| Name: | Keith Waterman |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | Corporal USMC |
| E-mail address: | leatherneck70@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Signing for my father Wayne F Waterman CPO B/T served on Wainwright as a plank owner Dad was killed in June 11 in a traffic accident. |
| Name: | Richard Lee |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | MMFN |
| Dates on Board: | 1976 - 1979 |
| E-mail address: | rdl57@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Worked in forward engine room |
| Name: | FCCM (SW) David Shepherd |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FC3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1989 -1993 |
| E-mail address: | spy1d@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I lost most of my pictures during the years and am looking for my friends from back in the day. Let me know if you rememeber me and if i can get some pics from you all. I getting ready to deploy on my 8th ship and still none of them have even come closes to the Might Wainwright!! This ship is the reason I am still in and will be till they kick me out. The lonely bull was the stuff that I am trying to teach my sailors today!! Pride Ownership Responsiblity the true core values. V/r "shep" |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1967-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | For those shipmates who made the 2nd Nam cruise; be advised that I have found that the Danang Air Base Agent Orange hot spot was likely not more than 1.5 miles from the fleet anchorage where we were on August 2 1968. And yes the rain water did flow into the harbor. Check out this study. http://www.terrapub.co.jp/onlineproceedings/ec/02/pdf/ERA3.pdf |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1667-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I talked with the VA's War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. They are considering my suggestion that I got my Toxic Exposure from Stack Gas, while in the gun director during Operation Rolling Thunder (VietNam). |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1967-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_Victory_Medal Is the wearing of the Cold War Medal something of importance to our shipmates ? If you were to wear ribbons on your WWT ball cap would you wear this medal on your bar. I would like to hear some discussion from the WWT shipmates, on this issue. JC |
| Name: | Ira S Tupts |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | MM3 |
| Dates on Board: | 78-81 |
| E-mail address: | lopez7909@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hows everyone doing? Have you heard of the Cold War medals yet? Has anyone talked to Leroy. Hope to see some of you at the reunion next year. |
| Name: | Ira S Tupts |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E5 |
| Dates on Board: | 10-1978-8-1981 |
| E-mail address: | ELopez7909@myemail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Dennis Hernandez |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | OSC(SW/EXW) |
| Dates on Board: | 1986-1989 |
| E-mail address: | dennis.hernandez1@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=1555061962 |
| Comments: | I served aboard USS WAINWRIGHT CG-28, OI Division, from 1986 to 1989, and am a verteran of Operation Praying Mantis. I am currently an active duty Chief Operations Specialist serving on Flag Staff at Strike Forces Training Pacific, Naval Air Station North Island, CA. |
| Name: | Pete Massaro |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM3 |
| Dates on Board: | Precom-Oct '67 |
| E-mail address: | pcmcmm@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | To all - Enjoy the Memorial Day celebrations. But, let's take time to remember those before us and those who are serving now. Again, enjoy the holiday weekend. |
| Name: | David Benjamin |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RD2 |
| Dates on Board: | 7-67 to 6-69 |
| E-mail address: | dlb@tir.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Have had a great time touching base with old friends at the Reunions. Has anyone kept in contact with Rod Hawkins? He was originaly from West Virginia. |
| Name: | Burt Chacon "Chico" |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | ICFN |
| Dates on Board: | 1986-1990 |
| E-mail address: | burtchacon@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Hello guys. I served 4 great years onboard the Wainwright. I hope I can hear from the IC gang, IC2 Ruby, IC1 Beaty, etc... I am currently living in Charleston, S.C. so if anyone is coming this way, send me an e-mail Burt "Chico" |
| Name: | mike johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 80-81 |
| E-mail address: | niterider@usswainwright.org |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | im in the 79/80 cruisebook could someone scan the images of me and send them via email thanks |
| Name: | Philip W Sommers |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | MMFR - MM3 |
| Dates on Board: | 77 - 80 |
| E-mail address: | BNTYHTR75@YAHOO.COM |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Salute to all this Memorial day weekend. Past, present and future.. One way or another, we all paid the dues that turned the screws.. All ahead flank... |
| Name: | John Haggard |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BMSN |
| Dates on Board: | 91-93 |
| E-mail address: | johnwhaggard@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.allcoffeeconcepts.com |
| Comments: | I really didn't enjoy myself at the time but looking back, I should have. I wish that I could have been there with the right attitude but I was 19 years old! |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | The Institute of Medicine will be releasing the prepublication version of the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure Report to the public on Friday, May 20th, 2011. http://vets.yuku.com/reply/450981/Re-IOM-Blue-Water-Navy-and-Agent-Orange-Report |
| Name: | JC CARLSON |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@i2k.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I'm looking for an old Cushman scooter to restore, give me holler if you have a lead on something for me. I live in SW Michigan. Thanks, JC |
| Name: | Carol Dudgeon |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | civilian |
| E-mail address: | caroldudgeon@hotmail.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | My friend Mike Johnson invited me to sign. I live in New South Wales, east coast of Australia...made friends with Mike on facebook and we got chatting. :-) |
| Name: | Stan Graham ( Sat-Nav) |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | QM3 |
| Dates on Board: | 72-aug73 |
| E-mail address: | stan_marabeth@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | I remember that I was the one that steered the ship into the pier at Palma because the Junior Lieutenent gave the wrong order! OOPS! Three more days in port! |
| Name: | Kirk M Layman |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | e-1 - e5 |
| Dates on Board: | 1981-1986 |
| E-mail address: | riverbrat@windstream.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | My first ship. Three deployments. I had my own buffer on that bull. I took this picture on USS Leyte Gulf during a MSLX North PROA sometime in 90ish. It was the last time I seen that fair ship. I heard she's a great fishin reef now. Peace brothers. OSCS(SW) retired. Sorry, I can't get the pic loaded. |
| Name: | Bob Lomanto |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-4/RM3 OC Div., |
| Dates on Board: | Oct 82 -Ma 85 |
| E-mail address: | sobbob4@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hello Shipmates! Hope Allis well with Uall! If You remember Me,drop me a line or two! See Uall in Charleston 2012!!! |
| Name: | Chuck Carper |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | HT |
| Dates on Board: | 77 - early 81 |
| E-mail address: | chuck2983@netzero.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Looking for old shipmates from med 77 thru early 80's. |
| Name: | Neil Bunn |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E5 / MM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 74 - 77 |
| E-mail address: | neilbunn@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Very fond menories and wonderful years in my life. Hated to hear and see the vidio of her sinking - so sad, she was a great ship. |
| Name: | Alvin R. Fowler |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RD3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1967 1968 |
| E-mail address: | fowalv@sbcglobal.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Kevin Hand |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTGSN/FTG3 |
| Dates on Board: | 79-81 |
| E-mail address: | truck76182@triad.rr.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.radioactivetrucker.com |
| Comments: | Fond memories of days of old aboard the 'Lonely Bull'. Sure wish I was in Naples getting drunk right now. Things were much simpler back then. Anybody remember that floating cow off the coast of Lebanon? Day after day after day. Fair Seas and Calm WInds To All. |
| Name: | David D'Angelo |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1979-1984 |
| E-mail address: | David .dangelo@URS.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Just remembering the good old days |
| Name: | Charles Eleby |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1984 - 1988 |
| E-mail address: | cegiant@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | From the onely Bull to If it flies, it dies..Still have the old Chandler Hhog's shirt.. |
| Name: | John A. Cummings-by Linda Cummings |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTG3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1965-1968 |
| E-mail address: | cummings.2121@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | I am sad to say that John Cummings, passed away on January 7, 2007, of Melanoma. He was 62 yrs old. I met John 2 weeks after he return from the Navy. We married 2 years later and had 36 wonderful years together. I enjoyed the stories,pictures from his Navy days. 1978, we went on a ski trip with Dennis and Judith Spencer in Colorado. I think Dennis Spencer address is: 2730 W. 22nd St. Rd. Greeley Co. 80634. I THANK YOU, you kept America safe! May God bless you and your families. Linda Cummings |
| Name: | Glen Waterson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SM1SW USNR-RETIRED |
| Dates on Board: | Sept 79 - May 82 |
| E-mail address: | sm1sw2002@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Looking for Morris Reese and Bobby Carter Med Cruse 79-80 and North Alantic 80 |
| Name: | Ron Stokes |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RMCS (SW) (ret) |
| Dates on Board: | 79-84 |
| E-mail address: | sailor9a9@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Best damn 5 years of my career. Hi to all my old shipmates.. |
| Name: | EDWARD W. FLOWERS |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | e-5, RM-2 |
| Dates on Board: | 01/1974 - 08/1974 |
| E-mail address: | EFLOWERS4010@ATT.NET |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | LOTS OF MEMORIES - GOOD MEN AND GOOD TIMES... |
| Name: | Jan Haynes |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | spouse |
| Dates on Board: | 1980-1984 |
| E-mail address: | janahaynes@bellsouth.net |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Would love to talk to anyone who knew David L. Haynes. I have not remarried. I would love to talk to someone. It has been hard to move on.He has been passed 18yrs. Any body want to take out a lonely widow? I miss the milatary life.Love Jan |
| Name: | mike johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1980/1981 |
| E-mail address: | niterider@usswainwright.org |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | please check our forum |
| Name: | Luis Perez |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | e-4 |
| Dates on Board: | 1972-73 |
| E-mail address: | lptmtmtl2001@sbcglobal.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Med cruise DLG 28 1972-73. Sure would like to hear from crew members of that cruise.... see e-mail listed!!! |
| Name: | Lou Castaldi |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1970-1972 |
| E-mail address: | hello-from@hotmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I was a radioman on DLG-28 and I made the westpac around the world cruise in 1970-1971. It would be great to catch up with all of you in 2012. Happy 2011. |
| Name: | Gary Compston |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT2 |
| Dates on Board: | 68-71 |
| E-mail address: | garycathyc@mchsi.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | retiring next year and ejoying time with grand kids. |
| Name: | Charles Teske |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | MM3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1971-1974 |
| E-mail address: | JLTS8004@VERIZON.NET |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Served in after engineroom. |
| Name: | Thomas "TJ" King |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | OS2 |
| Dates on Board: | 74-77 |
| E-mail address: | tjking30@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.digitalartcraft.com |
| Name: | sylvester vance |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | e-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1975-1977 |
| E-mail address: | unc3136@YAHOO.COM |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.HOPE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE GUYS THAT WAS ABOARD |
| Name: | mike johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 80-81 |
| E-mail address: | niterider@usswainwright.org |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | ❤♫❤♫❤.•*¨`*•..¸☼ ¸.•*¨`*•.♫❤♫❤♫❤. ╔═════════ ೋღ❤ღೋ ═════════╗ ೋ ❤❤❤~~Merry Christmas~~❤❤❤ ೋ ╚═════════ ೋღ❤ღೋ ═════════╝ .........❤♫❤♫❤.•*¨`*•..¸☼ ¸.•*¨`*•.♫❤♫ |
| Name: | Richard Molck |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FC1 |
| Dates on Board: | 85-90 |
| E-mail address: | rmolck@mpcomputerservices.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Looking forward to seeing all of you in Charleston 2012. |
| Name: | DAVE WELCH |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | QM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 2ND CRUISE |
| E-mail address: | GOLDBUGS@WEBTV.NET |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | WISHING ALL MY BROTHERS THE VERY,VERY BEST OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. MAY GOD LOVE YOU AND YOURS. BE GOOD TO YOURSELF DAVE |
| Name: | Pete Massaro |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM3 |
| Dates on Board: | Precomm - Oct. 1967 |
| E-mail address: | pcmcmm@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a safe & healthy & prosperous New Year. |
| Name: | Malcolm Jones |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | MM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 1978/81 |
| E-mail address: | jnauto@att.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | sorry didnt make reunion as my kids set up a reception for my wife an I that weekend we had been married over 40 yrs I had planed to fly for the weeknd with not getting to go paid my dues up life time mebership hope can make 2012 havent been to charleston in 9 yrs last time out didnt get to spend any time picked up a sun beam car an headed back to texas wish everyone a merry christmas an a great new year. tomorrow I am just one year away from being the old guy Malcolom |
| Name: | Joe DePergola |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | EM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1968 - 1972 |
| E-mail address: | joedepergola@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | *Wespac '68-'69 *Pollywog to Shellback in 3 short hours *Charleston Dry Dock *Gitmo Shakedown '70 *Wespac/Around the World '70-'71 All before my 23rd Birthday - what a ride !!! |
| Name: | mike johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-3 |
| Dates on Board: | 80-81 |
| E-mail address: | blknk1422002@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Global Moderator for wainwright forum and DD-62 liasion |
| Name: | john hunter |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | em2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1970 to 1974 |
| E-mail address: | johmari@tds.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | retird in july 1974 workt on the wainwright as a shop 51 elec. seen her in moth balls at norfolk ship yard. |
| Name: | Reggie Mathis |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | n/a |
| Dates on Board: | 1987 |
| E-mail address: | rfmathis(at)comporium.net |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Saw the trailer in the Carolinas Carrousel Parade on Thanksgiving Day and it looks great! |
| Name: | scott white |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | IC2 |
| Dates on Board: | Oct 83-June 88 |
| E-mail address: | houseofwhites@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I am planning on making the 2012 reunion, and would like to see old shipmates |
| Name: | Dennis Moynihan |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT2 |
| Dates on Board: | 77-79 |
| E-mail address: | yardboy1@optonline.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Anybody Home |
| Name: | David Benjamin |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RD2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1967 to Spring 1969 |
| E-mail address: | dlb@tir.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | David Taylor |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT2 |
| Dates on Board: | 90-93 |
| E-mail address: | anjo4314@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Steve Rosenzweig |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | PN3 |
| Dates on Board: | precom to June 3, 1967 |
| E-mail address: | steve.rosenzweig@va.gov |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | You old timers remember me?? |
| Name: | Dan Clark |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | ET2 |
| Dates on Board: | Feb 1983 - August 1984 |
| E-mail address: | concours.6223@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Looking for the OE division gang making the 84-85 cruise. |
| Name: | mike lettau |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | bt |
| Dates on Board: | 1980 to1982 |
| E-mail address: | mlettau@cox.net |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | i remember the long hours and the great ports we hit never would have seen those places we had some good times what ever happened to popeye granger grainer joe sorbeth ahave a wonderful day and happy veterens day |
| Name: | brian keating |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | sm2sw |
| Dates on Board: | 1984to1987 |
| E-mail address: | bbsejk@optimum.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | went to applebees with my daughter tonite it was like a mess hall through time just couldnt help but think of all the real heroes who couldnt be here today and i thought of stg3 lee lundquist god rest his soul |
| Name: | Freddy Smith |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | e3 seaman |
| Dates on Board: | 11/84-11/88 |
| E-mail address: | fsmith996@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | mike johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | mmfn |
| Dates on Board: | 80-81 |
| E-mail address: | blknk1422002@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | workin |
| Name: | Richard Emily |
| E-mail address: | scorpion@americamail.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Test post |
| Name: | Dick "Cookie" Cookenham |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM2 |
| Dates on Board: | Precom - Dec 1967 |
| E-mail address: | k3ors@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A WAINWRIGHT SHIPMATE???? I am the USS Wainwright Veteran’s Association Shipmate Locator Liaison and a past president of the association. My job is to put shipmates in contact with other shipmates. Just let me know who you are searching for via our website www.usswainwright.org. Then contact me by clicking on my name, just to the right of the Main Page’s ship’s picture, and send me an email. The Association would like you to send us your information (address, dates on board, rate reporting and at transfer, phone, and email address) so we can contact you if one of your shipmates wants to reconnect with you. For instance, if you were looking for someone, I would contact that individual and let them know you were looking for them and request their permission to give you their contact information. Don't forget to send us your address and email changes too. Consider attending our next reunion the second week in July 2012 in our homeport of Charleston, SC. Watch the website for details. Our last one was in Louisville this past July with well over 100 in attendance. We had a ball seeing old friends, making new ones, telling sea stories, and taking numerous area tours. Ed “Cookie” Cookenham RMCS USN (Ret) |
| Name: | Stephen Temple |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | GMG2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1975 |
| E-mail address: | exgmg1@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | I'm not missing just in Dahlonega, Ga |
| Name: | JC CARLSON |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@macatawa.org |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Howdy Shipmates . . . I was one of the Gun Director Operators during the second Vietnam Cruise. I had near 300 hours of condition 3 combat watches in the Gun Director just aft of the after stack. I had a problem with a heart attack not more than a couple of months after my last watch. i want to compare notes with others exposed to nox, sox, chrome, vanadium, arsenic and other toxics from the stack gas given off from the firing of residual fuels, also known as bunker c, or navy #6. I have a claim filed for my heart problems. Maybe I can help others or they can help me. It's urgent you contact me . . . Thanks, JC |
| Name: | David Silva |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | MMFN |
| Dates on Board: | 77-79 |
| E-mail address: | bigdogbrodave@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Dave here... Hole Snipe... Main Control... notice the "GOON" Managan on here... wonder if any others are out there... Eric "Mongo" Jennings... John "Vito" Moran... Darryl Rose... "BI" Warner... Shane "Kaleo" Rosa... Rick Lee.... Rob Leath... "Panama" Collins.... and of course... BOBBY.... Hinson that is... yeah... I am still alive and living in Paradise... still remember them days... Aloha |
| Name: | Robert Bennett |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | EM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1984 - 1988 |
| E-mail address: | robert.bennett@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | It is with deep regret that I announce the Passing of Charlotte Scott, our shipmate Don Scott's wife. May God be with you. You are in our thoughts and prayers. |
| Name: | Mike Donahue |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | IC-3 |
| Dates on Board: | pre com.- 1968 |
| E-mail address: | mike@qualityplumbingkc.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Richard Molck |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FC1 |
| Dates on Board: | 85-90 |
| E-mail address: | rmolck@mpcomputerservices.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | The trailer will be making an apperance in the Veteran's Day parade in Charlotte, NC on Nov. 6th. Please let me know if you would like to join us. |
| Name: | Harry Chaffin |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SK2 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-69 |
| E-mail address: | chafdish@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I am sorry that all could not attend the Louisville reunion as it has been rated the best ever. We had over 100+ attend. I did not hear one negative comment and all left with a renewed spirit for the Assoc. One of the most important events of the reunion was the christening of the trailer. (we have been in one parade already and the response was incredible). The trailer is a testimony of the great men that served on a great man o war. 2012 will come quickly so please plan to attend the reunion in Chasn. We are "coming home!" We want this to be the largest reunion yet. We have a monthly newsletter email and if you are not getting it please email me your address or sent it to wainwrightnews@comcast.net. We want to hear from you. Plan for Chasn in 2012 |
| Name: | Daniel H. Johnson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BTFN |
| Dates on Board: | Sept.1973 to May 1977 |
| E-mail address: | danielpckrs2@hotmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Richard Emily |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | Current - Staff Sergeant / GMM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 85-88 |
| E-mail address: | scorpion"at"americamail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Guest log is back and working. |
| Name: | Wayne Gregory |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT3 |
| Dates on Board: | 80 to84 |
| E-mail address: | sledgehammer403@yahoo.com. |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Looking for old shipmates. Lost touch over the yrs. Be great to hear from everybody. Found some of my old bt friends; you know hole snipes as they use to callus. LOL. We definately was the best cruiser in the fleet. Remember BOOM BOOM our Capt. He was great. I do it again if I could; best of times. Oh yea lets not forget Steamin neimen and old Master cheif Poe and his barbeque. I thought the BULL was still in dry dock. Didn't know they sank her. It was really sad to see those pictures of her being blown up. Take care Godbless. |
| Name: | Vincent "Vinny" Cottone |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTG-3 |
| Dates on Board: | June 1977-June 1980 |
| E-mail address: | classictandm@hotmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Surfing the web looked up Wainwright and started to recollect the good times and the great friends. Hope to hear from some. Would be great to catch up. |
| Name: | Pete Massaro |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | RM3 |
| Dates on Board: | Pre-com - Oct 1967 |
| E-mail address: | pcmcmm@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hope everyone is having a great time at the reunion. To all I say "have a safe trip back home". I really wanted to attend this year's reunion, but an emergent family obligation came up. It would have been great to see my old shipmates and talk about the good times we had. |
| Name: | Jay Fields |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | EWSN |
| Dates on Board: | 86-89 |
| E-mail address: | jlfjammer@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hello to all the veterans from the Persian Gulf 88. God Bless!!! |
| Name: | Rob Bennett |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | EM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1984-1988 |
| E-mail address: | robert.bennett@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I'm headed out to the 11th Biennial U.S.S. Wainwright Veteran's Association Reunion in Louisville. Kentucky. We have a new Wainwright trailer to unveil and plenty of sea stories to tell. If you can come by we will be at the Sheraton in Jeffersonville, Indiana. We would love to have some more shipametes stop by. We will be having a great time, hope you can stop by. The reunion is from July 14 - 18th! Come and be a part of the reunion!!! |
| Name: | Rob Bennett |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | EM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1984-1988 |
| E-mail address: | robert.bennett@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I'm headed out to the 11th Biennial U.S.S. Wainwright Veteran's Association Reunion in Louisville. Kentucky. We have a new Wainwright trailer to unveil and plenty of sea stories to tell. If you can come by we will be at the Sheraton in Jeffersonville, Indiana. We would love to have some more shipametes stop by. We will be having a great time, hope you can stop by. The reunion is from July 14 - 18th! Come and be a part of the reunion!!! |
| Name: | Randy Godbold |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BTFR-BTC |
| Dates on Board: | 79 - 85 |
| E-mail address: | lgrandyb@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | just looking to see who I remebered anyone heard from BT3 Green he was for texas |
| Name: | timothy punch |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | ew3 |
| Dates on Board: | 1984-1985 |
| E-mail address: | tpunch@premierefinishing.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Dave Baugus |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | Ht3 |
| Dates on Board: | 72-74 |
| E-mail address: | dogbreath1000@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I went there a couple times..Played cards with Curt at the bar..Left a hat and returned with a belt buckle..great guy and he was really glad to see us... |
| Name: | Larry Keller |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | DS1 |
| Dates on Board: | Summer of '70-12/75 |
| E-mail address: | l.keller@hp.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | I remember being in Palma, Majorca, and going to Curt Floods bar. There were lots of pictures, memorabilia, etc., but that is about all I remember. Never saw him or knew if he was in Palma. To this day, I am not sure if I would recognize him in a picture. I also remember Barbarellas, had some interesting pictures of Jane Fonda :<) Palma was a great Liberty port. |
| Name: | Dave Baugus |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | HT3 |
| Dates on Board: | 72-74 |
| E-mail address: | dogbreath1000@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | "Mr. Baugus: My name is Rahul Rohatgi, and I am a television producer with HBO Sports in New York. I?m currently working on a documentary for HBO about the late St. Louis Cardinals baseball player, Curt Flood, and thought you might be able to help. In the 1970?s Flood moved to the Spanish island of Majorca, where he ran a bar in Palma called the ?Rustic Café.? Flood?s bar attracted American visitors, especially servicemen whose ship was making a stop in Majorca. The U.S.S. Wainwright was one such ship in 1972-73, and I see that you served on that ship at the time. I was wondering if you had any memories of stopping by Flood?s bar, or even hearing that he was on the island. Thanks so much. If you think you might be able to help, please give me a call at (212) 512-5774. Sincerely, -Rahul Rohatgi HBO Sports " |
| Name: | Harry Chaffin |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SK2 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-69 |
| E-mail address: | chafdish@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | A great time is to be the agendga for the up coming reunion. We are filling up fast so get your reservation in asap or email that you are attending and we will take it from there. Only a few rooms left at the hotel. (see 2009 newsletter for details about the hotel. Last call! Hurry! Fill that glass with a great time in Louisville. July 14-July 18 |
| Name: | beverlie davis |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | none |
| Dates on Board: | none |
| E-mail address: | beverlie32@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | thanks 4 all ya do:) |
| Name: | Roxanna |
| E-mail address: | rlord99@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Hello, everyone. ^_^ |
| Name: | Roxanna |
| E-mail address: | rlord99@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | Hello, everyone. ^_^ |
| Name: | Richard Emily |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | Navy GMM1 / Army SGT |
| Dates on Board: | 85-88 |
| E-mail address: | scorpion@americamail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Just stopped in to say hello to my fellow ship mates where ever you are. |
| Name: | Lyle ( BUZZ ) Williams |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1980 - 1983 |
| E-mail address: | lylewilliams@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | A truly amazing experience that shaped the person I am today. Thank you |
| Name: | Richard Molck |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FC1 |
| Dates on Board: | 85-90 |
| E-mail address: | rmolck@mpcomputerservices.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | A big hello to everyone. I hope you all have made your reservations for the reunion in Louisville in July. Don't forget that anyone that has a current membership card will get 10% off of the items in the ship's store at the reunion. Take a peek at the ship's store order form and get your merchandise you need for the reunion today. |
| Name: | Rick Bostjancic |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | YN3 |
| Dates on Board: | 72 to75 |
| E-mail address: | justsaywho@aol.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Just found this page. Sorry to hear the old girl was deep-sixed. Hello to all that remember |
| Name: | Bob Lucas |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT1---BTCS RET. |
| Dates on Board: | In the beginning. There was a pile of parts |
| E-mail address: | wv8bl@zoominternet.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Yes, Morgan!! I'm still around lad. Plan on being at reunion this year. Hopeto see everyone there. B. Lucas BTCS RET. |
| Name: | Chris Dewberry |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | MM2(sw) |
| Dates on Board: | 1985-1988 |
| E-mail address: | Sobec1@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Donald Raby |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SH3 |
| Dates on Board: | Nov 1970-July 1972 |
| E-mail address: | dlg28vet@att.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I am preparing a memorial page to submit for Captain H E Robertson. Rob posted his passing recently and I learned he passed in June 09. DOES anyone have a picture of Capt Robertson from the Norfolk Reunion when he presented the Assoc the TORO flag used in 3rd cruise refueling in the Tonkin Gulf? I would like to include that photo in his memory. Commander Hollis E Robertson served as XO in 1970-71 and later as Captain CO on USS Biddle CG 34 sister to CG 28. Thanks Donald Raby |
| Name: | Harry Chaffin |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SK2 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-69 |
| E-mail address: | chafdish@comcast.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Reunion Louisville July 14-18,2010 Registration available on this web site. Plan to come and see many old friends. Any questions email me and I will try to help. |
| Name: | Frank Gentis |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SM2 |
| Dates on Board: | Precomm - Mar,1969 |
| E-mail address: | gentis7@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Did two nam cruises on her and went on to retire as ETC. Really looking forward to the reunion in Louisville. |
| Name: | George C. Morgan |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT3 |
| Dates on Board: | 68-71 |
| E-mail address: | morgansawgrass@cox.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I was first assigned to the Awesome and most powerful ship from boot camp on March 68. When I first saw her I waas so proud of it, the way she looked so sleek and beautiful. I'll never for get that day. I had so many great times and gained so much knowledge from her and the older crew. I sailed on her in good times and bad time yet learned to be a man instead of a snot nosed kid from Virginia. so many things i could say being on her -no space and time. I pray BT1 Tyndell, GM2 Moody are still kickin around great guys and aslo BT1 Lucas the bird killer. BTC Bingington was so funny going ashore with him. Fred Estrada and (Animal from the MM gang. We fought like hell and drank like hell. Bless Em All ! Bless all that taught me and especially the ones that i worked with. |
| Name: | sylvester vance |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | e3 |
| Dates on Board: | 75-77 |
| E-mail address: | unc3136@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | hello shipmates,was looking forward to the reunion but want be able to make it.so if someone can mention my name and give my e-mail out to the ones that ask i woulld appreciate it.if some mates dont remember me i work in the post office with jerry till i got out.to hear from some of the guys that i hung around with would be great.waiting to hear. |
| Name: | Wayne Swaggerty |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT1 |
| Dates on Board: | Sept. 1980 - Aug 1985 |
| E-mail address: | swaggeg@wyeth.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Tracy Kline |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | QMSA |
| Dates on Board: | 86-90 |
| E-mail address: | tkline07@tampabay.rr.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Had a lot of good times on the Wainwright. Look forward to hearing from some of my shipmates. |
| Name: | JC Carlson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM1 |
| Dates on Board: | 67-70 |
| E-mail address: | tracker@macatawa.org |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Shipmates . . . For those who will be attending the reunion; now is the time to start putting together your show and tell binders for display at the reunion. JC |
| Name: | donte gettens |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | OS1/ E-6 |
| Dates on Board: | 1988-1991 |
| E-mail address: | donte.gettens@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I am so glad i found this website, the USS WAINWTIGHT CG-28 was absolutely the best command i served under will never forget it. I am looking forward to possible reconnecting to some my shipmates. Best crew i know of by far. Also looking forward to receiving any info concerning the wainwright. Very sad to hear they sunk one the greatest ships ever "Battle Tested Battle Proven" and that's for real. |
| Name: | Jerry Hudson |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | DS2 |
| Dates on Board: | 90 - 93 |
| E-mail address: | hudtech@juno.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Worked on the UYK-43 computer system and SNAP II. Made the last Med and decom. |
| Name: | Mike Carlson Sr. |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BM 1(SW) CRAFTMASTER |
| Dates on Board: | 83-88 |
| E-mail address: | mikey29445us@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Wow what a wep page i had so many good times on board the bull i did 5 1/2 yrs on her i'll never forget we had less then 30 days to go before we got home the command told me my time was up i had to leave the ship in the gulf uppon arriving state side i got station at port services i would never guess i would be the one to take the pilot out to buoy 2c and the c.o.had the nanners to ask me to ride the ship in.Any way miss it iam ret.now still in the charleston area any one in the area on visit or living in area give me a YELL NOW GET HOT TURN 2 |
| Name: | Robert Lomanto |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | E-4/RM3 OC Div., |
| Dates on Board: | Oct 82 -Ma 85 |
| E-mail address: | sobbob4@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Homepage URL: | http://sobbob4 @gmail.com |
| Comments: | Hope 2C Uall @ The Reunion! |
| Name: | Rob Bennett |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | EM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1984-1988 |
| E-mail address: | robert.bennett@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | No |
| Comments: | It is with great sadness that I have to pass along the following information. I recently learned that Captain Hollis Robertson passed away in June of last year. I would like to extend condolences to the Captain's family on behalf of all Wainwright sailors. God Bless Captain Robertson. |
| Name: | Louis E Kiess |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | FTM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1967-1968 |
| E-mail address: | lbkiess@gmail.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | Jeff Clinton |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT 2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1968 - 1971 |
| E-mail address: | heating48@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Name: | jerry sealey |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | gmm=1 |
| Dates on Board: | oct - '65 / jun '68 |
| E-mail address: | jerrysealey@wildblue.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | MK 10 MOD 7 TERRIER MISSILE SYSTEM |
| Name: | Larry Keller |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | DS1 |
| Dates on Board: | 7/70 - 12/75 |
| E-mail address: | l.keller@hp.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Hi all, Larry Keller here. I was onboard for the last Nam Cruise and 2 Med Cruise's, and lot's in between. I have spoken/communicated with a some of the DS gang, Mitolo, Grytebust (retired as a LCDR I believe) Long, Galbraith (Retired as a DSCM), Heise and St. Clair). I also have seen ET's WD Handle, Scaroulis, Linke (deceased). Also traded emails with WO Mutch and Commander Whalen. Great ship, great crew, great time. I got to go back onboard in Staten Island, NY about 1991 or so. I have been back to Charleston and Hilton Head Island many times. Charleston certainly has changed. I recognize quite a few names in the guest book. Feel free to give me a shout. |
| Name: | HENRY WELLINGTON |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | SS/SN |
| Dates on Board: | FEB.69-AUG.70 |
| E-mail address: | hw2403@charter.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | HAD A WONDREFUL TIME ON THE WAINWRIGHT,MET A LOTS OF NICE PEOPLE.BEING FROM ALABAMA,MY NICK WAS(COUNTRY).I WAS IN THE BM DIV.WITH GUYS LIKE ,CHANDLER,BUTLER JR.,HALL,KING,THRASHER,VANHUSEN,BARRETO,HINES,ROUNDTREE,AND MANNY MORE.I THEN WENT TO SUPPLY AND WORK IN THE BARBER SHOP.GUYS LIKE ,TONY MILAN,WILLIAMS,GORDON,MITCHELL THE COOK ,AND MANY MORE.I WISH I COULD HAVE SPENT 20 YRS. IN THE NAVY.JUST LIKE A WHOLE BIG FAMILY,GOD BLESS ALL THE WAINWRIGHTERS |
| Name: | Rob Bennett |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | EM2 |
| Dates on Board: | 1984 - 1988 |
| E-mail address: | robert.bennett@verizon.net |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | Things are coming together for the reunion in Louisville, July 14 - 18th. Check out all the reunion information on the web site. It's going to be a great time, good friends, shipmates, local tours, sea stories, a banquet and more. The more shipmates we have the better the reunion will be. I hope to see you there. |
| Name: | jackson p. norton jr. |
| Enter Rate/Rank: | BT2 |
| Dates on Board: | 01/79-03/84 |
| E-mail address: | jpnorton1959@yahoo.com |
| Veteran: | Yes |
| Comments: | I haven't seen or heard from anyone since. Hope we're all still alive and kicking |