| DE/FF-1048
| Al Aspinwall
| ET2
| 10/73 - 10/76
| alaspinwall (AT) comcast.net
| So long ago. They were some of the best years of my life. Great ship, great crew.
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| DE/FF-1048
| Michael Carden
| BT2
| 9/73 - 11/78
| beverlycarden (AT) bellsouth.net
| Wish I could do it all again
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| DE/FF-1048
| Bruce D. Danelek
| SM3
| 4/69 - 11/72
| bddanelek (AT) comcast.net
| Good Ship! Best Commander Marin (Mustanger).
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| DE/FF-1048
| Tim Everhart
| ET2
| 1976-1978
| tmtim (AT) pacbell.net
|
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| DE/FF-1048
| Harvey Giese
| STCS
| 7/67 - 12/68
| hrv.giese (AT) gmail.com
| Part of precommissioning crew for 12/65 - 7/67
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| DE/FF-1048
| LaVell Helf
| CS2
| 1/68-6/70
| SARIMARY (AT) yahoo.com
| Training to leading commissaryman-checked aboard at San Diego precom school-trans to commis USS Sample.
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| DE/FF-1048
| Greg Howard
| HT2
| 03/85 - 11/86
| greghoward40 (AT) gmail.com
| Lost track of all my shipmates-when you're young you don't think about those things-love to hear from any of you
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| DE/FF-1048
| Dayne Irwin
| BT3
| 9/72 to 4/76
| dayne.irwin (AT) sru.edu
| It was a great 4yrs. of my life. Wish I could relive a few.
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| DE/FF-1048
| Lester Nash
| TM1/QM1
| 86/88
| lnash (AT) akron.k12.oh.us
| What happenned to Jim Butterfield/Mike Boucher?
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| DE/FF-1048
| Neil Torrey
| ET1
| 1975-78
| ntorrey (AT) ismi.net
|
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| DE/FF-1048
| Scott ''Dewey'' Weber
| TM3
| 1968-1972
| sampledewey (AT) cox.net
| Great time-GREAT bunch of guys-would like to do it again
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| DE-1048
| Roger Barrie
| SH3/B
| 01/71-10/72
| usncporet1 (AT) aim.com
| Great memories-like to find Danny Grigg-think of him often-anyone know of him pls ask him to email me-God bless all.
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| DE-1048
| Gary Bentzen
| SK3
| 5/71-12/72
| gbentzen8 (AT) verizon.net
| It was an adventure. WESTPAC 72 and Viet Nam
|
| DE-1048
| Sammy Blay
| STG1
| 11/77-1/81
| sammy.t.blay (AT) lmco.com
|
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| DE-1048
| Mike Brown
| MM3
| 10/70 - 07/72
| mcbrown15 (AT) att.net
| I think of the ship and crew to this day.
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| DE-1048
| Stephen Burris
| IC3
| 68-71
| stephe321 (AT) gmail.com
| Mostly good time from what I remember & am told-seriously a great experience-good friends & great memories.
|
| DE-1048
| Ollie Burroughs
| MMFN
| 4/73-7/74
| hdspringer (AT) hotmail.com
| MM2 Lang was my cousin. Made last Westpac on her as a DE.
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| DE-1048
| Lauris Cutlip
| E-3
| 69-71
| lcutlip (AT) ymail.com
| Most incredible time of my life (good & bad) I almost sank the ship once. Whatever happened to Carey Cadlac?
|
| DE-1048
| Stephen Diotte
| STG2
| 1967-1968
| sdiotte (AT) satx.rr.com
| Started with pre-com detail & finished just aft she was rammed in Pearl on our shakedown cruise-good memories.
|
| DE-1048
| Ron Feutz
| RM2
| 01/71-08/72
| feutz (AT) wctc.net
| Please write, Shipmates. What happened to the website?
|
| DE-1048
| Dave Fowlkes
| RD3
| 01/70 - 04/71
| dfowlkes31 (AT) yahoo.com
|
|
| DE-1048
| Rick Garner
| ET1
| 1969 - 1974
| rbgarner (AT) comcast.net
|
|
| DE-1048
| Harvey & JoAnn Giese
| STCS
| 1967-68
| harveygiese (AT) msn,com
| Plankowner
|
| DE-1048
| Tim Guirl
| ST
| 1971-1972
| t.guirl (AT) comcast.net
|
|
| DE-1048
| Sam Halstead
| FTG2
| 9/1970-9/1973
| edhals (AT) gmail.com
| Great Ship and THE best crew!!
|
| DE-1048
| Joseph Hamaday
| ST3
| Jan 1969 - Dec 1971
| vantage (AT) vei.net
|
|
| DE-1048
| Russell Hardisty
| BT3
| 1/70 - 4/73
| russellhardisty (AT) hotmail.com
| Lots of good times, I remember now, and forgot the bad. Two West-Pac cruises, 1970 and 1972.
|
| DE-1048
| Bob Herring
| SKC
| precom thru 1973
| matinv (AT) aol.com
|
|
| DE-1048
| Robert (John) Hill
| RMC
| 1968-1969
| junjon (AT) comcast.net
|
|
| DE-1048
| Don Hinsdale
| FTG2
| 10/68 to 5/72
| donhinsdale (AT) aol.com
| Four of the most memorable years of my life, God bless her!
|
| DE-1048
| John Howard
| HT3
| 1972 to 1974
| JohnDHoward (AT) msn.com
| Lots of good memories
|
| DE-1048
| Godfried (Jay) Jansen
| E-4
| 1970-1971
| godjansen (AT) hotmail.com
| short stint but great
|
| DE-1048
| Paul Johnson
| CS3
| 5/70 to 4/71
| dblegl2000 (AT) YAhoo.com
| Looking for any information on 1970- WestPac, concerning how close we ever came to RVN coastlline.
|
| DE-1048
| Jim Jones
| LCDR
| 1/71 - 12/72
| jim.jones (AT) longandfoster.com
| Super OPSO tour, eventful WESTPAC, great crew & wardroom
|
| DE-1048
| Van Langford
| SN
| 12/67 - 11/68
| coleman.langford (AT) navy.mil
| I worked in the personnel office and stood CIC watches underway. Retired as PNC.
|
| DE-1048
| Hill Lynn
| MS1
| 1974-1976
| navtir (AT) msn.com
| Draging the pig tail (not again)
|
| DE-1048
| David Marth
| HT2
| 4/72 to 4/74
| moggy (AT) surewest.net
| Will always remember Westpac '72 and '73.
|
| DE-1048
| Doug Mater
| SN
| 9/71-8/73
| doug.mater (AT) gmail.com
| Great experience-great crew,many memories-grew up on those WestPac cruises-hope to hear from shipmates.
|
| DE-1048
| Bill Mayfield
| IC3
| 1968
| william1 (AT) ozarkisp.net
| One of 1st to board her while in dry dock in Bremmerton-me & Denicil Johnson at Sand Pt naval Ctr until onboard
|
| DE-1048
| Jesse McCracken
| RM2
| 1968 to 1972
| jdsntrbl (AT) yahoo.com
| Wow what great times we had overseas. Hope to hear from some of my shipmates
|
| DE-1048
| Al Mingus
| MM2
| 12/67 to 7/71
| pettyofficer2 (AT) att.net
| My memories of her live on forever.
|
| DE-1048
| Larry Murphy
| STG3
| 1968 to 1970
| murphav8 (AT) aol.com
| Don't hit our sonar dome! Again!
|
| DE-1048
| Ron Nishihira
| RM3
| 4/70 - 12/70
| rnknish (AT) earthlink.net
| My 3rd destroyer in 4 yrs in USN-proud to have served in Tincan Navy and glad I was able to go on three Westpacs.
|
| DE-1048
| Fred Nussbaum
| ETN2
| 69-73
| george.nussbaum (AT) waypointbank.com
|
|
| DE-1048
| Greg Pack
| E-3
| 1970-1973
| kosmicpastor (AT) yahoo.com
| What a long strange trip it was-hope my shipmates are well & blessed-Godspeed and fair winds-Rev. Greg Pack
|
| DE-1048
| Russ Perkins
| GMG3
| 09/70-09/72
| lukela808 (AT) hotmail.com
| We need a website
|
| DE-1048
| John Peterson
| BT3
| 11/69 - 2/73
| weirdly (AT) hughes.net
|
|
| DE-1048
| Bill Redman
| HT3
| 1972-73
| willredman (AT) yahoo,com
| Great memories/miss DC,HT shipmates
|
| DE-1048
| Frederick Shearer
| ST1
| 9/69 to 12/72
| fshearer (AT) hotmail.com
| I have pictures
|
| DE-1048
| Jim Smith
| MMFN
| 70 to 72
| oldman1023 (AT) yahoo.com
|
|
| DE-1048
| Tom Smith
| FTG2
| 12/67-12/68
| stomsmith (AT) hotmail.com
| On board when commissioned 3/68
|
| DE-1048
| Robert J. (Bert) Smith
| DC3/HT3
| 1971-1972
| b_smith (AT) charter.net
| I have so many great memories of my time on Sample.
|
| DE-1048
| Jeffrey Q. Soechting
| BT3
| 1969-71
| jsoechting (AT) juno.com
|
|
| DE-1048
| Fred Swett
| RM3
| 06/68-03/70
| choicesforhealth (AT) yahoo.com
| Remembering like it was yesterday. am now residing in Missouri..what happened to the guys in the radio room?
|
| DE-1048
| Mike Turok
| STG3
| 3/73-3/75
| mjturok (AT) hotmail.com
| 1st ship-1 of the best-great 73 Westpac- XO LCDR Kelley & DIVO Jocko Worthington were inspiring-ret an LCDR.
|
| DE-1048
| Harry J. Wheaton
| BT/E-5
| 1968 - 1969
| hjwheaton (AT) aol.com
| Comissioning crew - Plank Owner.
|
| DE-1048
| Dave Whittaker
| FTG2
| 11/68 - 7/73
| dewhitt1 (AT) cox.net
| For the most part, enjoyed shipboard life.
|
| DE-1048
| Ingo Wilcke
| QM3
| 1970-1972
| im.wilcke (AT) hccnet.nl
| Swam in Tonkin Gulf (man overboard)-lovd doing ''Wilcke's tours'' (a hit with some mates)tks for good mem.
|
| DE-1048
| James Wold
| EN3
| 8/70-4-73
| woldcheyenne (AT) bresnan.net
| Great ship/crew.Learn more on this ship from some of the great leaders on her. BM1 Edward and EN! Brasswell
|
| DE-1048
| Alan Zeller
| ET1
| 4/68 - 2/72
| alanzeller (AT) msn.com
| Can easily recall the liberty in Taiwan-it was the best-can rem endless days on station in Gulf of Tonkin.
|
| FF-1048
| Roy Bayless
| IC2
| 83 - 12/86
| send2mehere (AT) gmail.com
| So many years ago...
|
| FF-1048
| Kevin Bernard
| E-3
| 07/83 - 02/87
| kevinrude64 (AT) yahoo.com
| Great time had.
|
| FF-1048
| Michael Carden
| BT2
| 9/73 - 10/78
| fittercrdn (AT) gmail.com
| what a wonderful life
|
| FF-1048
| Ken (Littlechile) Carnes
| EM2
| 1976-1979
| kennethcarnesr (AT) comcast.net
| A lot of good times
|
| FF-1048
| Nick Carter
| MM1
| 11/77 - 6/80
| njncarters (AT) yahoo.com
| Some of the best memories of my life.
|
| FF-1048
| Rick Claar
| BTC
| 02/77 - 12/80
| rcmn10nce (AT) hotmail.com
| Great ship. Last person I've run into was ''Chipmunk''.
|
| FF-1048
| Charles Crabtree
| OTM1
| 1977-1981
| ccc1062 (AT) prodigy.net
|
|
| FF-1048
| Martin Cyr
| BT2
| 1983-1985
| martin.cyr (AT) verizon.net
| Great ship! Great time homeported in Pearl Harbor
|
| FF-1048
| Robert Daniel
| BTFN
| 1982-1986
| robbie.kim (AT) sbcglobal.net
| Great time on the Super Sample made some good friends.
|
| FF-1048
| Michael Davis
| HT3
| 86-87
| sawdust_000 (AT) yahoo.com
| like to hear from the HT shop
|
| FF-1048
| Jeff Davis
| E-4
| 1985-1988
| jcdavis1966 (AT) gmail.com
| Where is everyone? Anyone in AZ?
|
| FF-1048
| Don Driemeyer
| EM2
| 1975-1979
| ddriem2 (AT) aol.com
|
|
| FF-1048
| Joe Feuker
| MM3
| 1973 to 1975
| aporomano (AT) yahoo.com
| Good times! Great memories and friends.
|
| FF-1048
| Thomas Flynn
| GMG3
| 1976-1979
| b4tyme69 (AT) hotmail.com
| great guys,made many friends,a lfetime experience.
|
| FF-1048
| Joe Franz
| EW1
| 2/80-8/84
| aufranzj001 (AT) hawaii.rr.com
| Never a dull moment!
|
| FF-1048
| Ruben Garcia
| FTG2
| 10/76 - 06/81
| rubenrgarcia (AT) satx.rr.com
|
|
| FF-1048
| William T. Garnett, III
| MM1
| 4/74 to 6/77
| MM2TEX (AT) hullnumber.com
|
|
| FF-1048
| George Gibson
| BM1
| 1/80-9/76ers
| GeorgeGibsonJr2053 (AT) Yahoo.Comm
| miss the old girl.
|
| FF-1048
| Larry Grant
| SK3
| 76-49
| lrgrant58 (AT) yahoo.com
| First and Best, Great Crew
|
| FF-1048
| Robert Gregory
| FTGC
| 1976-1981
| bob.gregory (AT) navy.mil
|
|
| FF-1048
| Wayne Hendrix
| QM3
| 07/85-9/88
| advcc (AT) hotmail.com
| Master Helm, Unrep steerage, Tension to the Span Wire!!
|
| FF-1048
| John Hogan
| MRFN
| 7/81 to 2/82
| hoaj61 (AT) yahoo.com
| Some of the best memories of my life!
|
| FF-1048
| Bryce Iverson
| ETC
| 3/83 - 6/86
| bryce (AT) mhtc.net
| Would like to hear from any of the Shipmates I served with
|
| FF-1048
| David Katz
| IC2
| 8/80-12/83
| dakjmkndk (AT) hotmail.com
| Dawgggggsssssssssss
|
| FF-1048
| Mark Kehoe
| RMSN
| 09/78 -11/79
| wetlander (AT) live.com
| Go Navy!
|
| FF-1048
| Fredrick Klopsch
| ENFN
| 1975-1977
| cfkforever (AT) hotmail.com
| Westpac, Manila during Bicentnnil,passing OPPE first time 2 year running were the best
|
| FF-1048
| Kevin Knack
| OS3
| 75 - 77
| tenncpa (AT) telocity.com
| Great memories with the 'Pineapple Fleet'!
|
| FF-1048
| D. Tracy Lane
| EW3
| 1977-79
| kc5rbq (AT) oakharbor.net
| Retirement ceremony aboard USS New Jersey BB-62 in Feb 1998
|
| FF-1048
| Carl Langston
| HM1
| 7/69-12/70
| 5159busybee (AT) cox.net
| Super ship and crew.
|
| FF-1048
| Ed Larson
| BM3
| 9/83-7/86
| larsoneddie (AT) yahoo.com
| had a lots of fun on and off the ship
|
| FF-1048
| Kenny Lietaert
| MM3
| 11/83-4/86
| wipeus22 (AT) hotmail.com
| Had a lot of fun, would like to hear from anyone I served with!
|
| FF-1048
| Greg Lopez
| STG2
| 12/78-06/82
| crashm59 (AT) gmail.com
|
|
| FF-1048
| Rodney Malloy
| GMM2
| 1986 to 1988
| jrm165 (AT) verizon.net
|
|
| FF-1048
| James McCarthy
| MM2
| 1/80-1/83
| headwagger (AT) cs.com
| where is John Willis?
|
| FF-1048
| Shornden McCloud
| MAC(SW)
| 01/81-10/83
| shocon (AT) adelphia.net
| A great tour with a great crew!
|
| FF-1048
| Steven Moran
| MS3
| 2/81-7/83
| stevenmoran3 (AT) cox.net
| Longest seatime 18 days
|
| FF-1048
| James Morrow
| BM1
| July76-Jan.80
| boatts51 (AT) gateway.net
| hope to hear from former shipmates
|
| FF-1048
| Joe Morse
| BT1
| 1973 -1975
| JDMORSE1 (AT) sbcglobal.net
| like to hear from old shipmates mike carden
|
| FF-1048
| George Nickerson
| BM3
| 10/82-9/86
| schneider1125 (AT) msn.com
| My first ship with lots of great memories I'll never forget!!120 days straight in the persian gulf!!!
|
| FF-1048
| Bradley O'Keefe
| E-5
| 02/76 to 08/79
| kcspd (AT) yahoo.com
| Every once in a while I really miss the days on this old tub
|
| FF-1048
| LeRoy Ray
| MA1
| 1977 to 1980
| maanavcop (AT) yahoo.com
| retired aboard DDG8 in Nov.1982
|
| FF-1048
| Lawrence (Larry) Repass
| OS2
| 6/81-1/85
| lrepass (AT) aol.com
| The first where I learned the most
|
| FF-1048
| Jimmy Rheinhart
| BT2
| 1985-1988
| jimmy_rheinhart (AT) yahoo.com
|
|
| FF-1048
| David Saunders
| OSCS
| 06/82-06/85
| emwena (AT) earthlink.net
|
|
| FF-1048
| Jesse Schrum
| LT(jg)
| 01/78-01/81
| jschrum (AT) cox.net
| 2 WESTPACs, an EASTPAC and an overhaul. Hard working crew.
|
| FF-1048
| Jon Sedlacek
| BTFN
| 1988
| BIGJSED (AT) adelphia.net
| B-DIV , DECOM CREW
|
| FF-1048
| Steve Smith
| OS3
| 1975 to 1979
| steve.smith (AT) jfcom.mil
| Where it all began, Ret 1997 Naval War College.
|
| FF-1048
| Gary Smoyer
| HM2
| 6/82 - 6/85
| gsmoyer (AT) twcny.rr.com
| Hope to hear from shipmates. We also have a USS Sample page on Facebook.com.
|
| FF-1048
| Glen Threlkeld
| FTG2
| 01/77 - 05/80
| glenet57 (AT) sbcglobal.net
| I'm looking for FTG1 Ken Bolte. He was on from 1977 - 1978
|
| FF-1048
| Terry Tisdale
| HTFN
| 1985-1988
| Darkseed1 (AT) msn.com
|
|
| FF-1048
| Sibbalds Tom
| RM2
| 1981 to 1986
| tsibbalds (AT) columbus.rr.com
| Fantastic Crew ! Soooo many years ago. 3 Westpacs and an ROH. I'd do it all again (if I were alot younger).
|
| FF-1048
| Joe M. Torres, Jr.
| E-3
| 10/84 - 07/87
| agksilver (AT) yahoo.com
| Served in the Weapon's Dept/ Senior Deck Seaman
|
| FF-1048
| Monte Tucker
| BMC
| 1984 to 1986
| cpo (AT) eastland.net
| Like to hear from anyone who served with me.
|
| FF-1048
| Earl Waidelich
| LT
| 12/86 - 9/88
| hwaidelich (AT) optonline.net
| CHENG ... we ALWAYS had water! Was I ever that young?
|
| FF-1048
| Scott Walalce
| QMSN
| 1/75-11/76
| swallacez1 (AT) charter.net
| was known as Wally
|
| FF-1048
| John Walker
| EN2
| 1978-1982
| johnnyt575 (AT) aol.com
|
|
| FF-1048
| Dennis Weber
| BT2
| 1976 to 1978
| dtweber (AT) midco.net
| Had a good time, 2 west-pacs with a great bunch of guys. Hope it's been smooth sailing since for all.
|
| FF-1048
| Randy G. Young
| GMG3
| 1976 to 1979
| admrlanton (AT) centurytel.net
| Roughest ship I ever was on
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