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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS William C. Lawe (DD 763). 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 169 crew members registered for the USS William C. Lawe (DD 763).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1965 | 1966 – 1971 | 1972 – 1978 | 1979 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Hamby, David | GMGC | 1972 – 1973 | Fox | I was on board for the Vietnam Cruise.I was in charge of fox division. |
Bowen, Randall | ETN3 | 1972 – 1973 | OE | Wanting to touch base w/ ol' friends Mickey & Wally. Had a good time on the NAM cruise but alot of hard work. Lets get in touch all you old rust scrappers. |
Minerva, Anthony | SN | 1972 – 1973 | Deck Force Mess Cook | |
Schumacher, Carl | RMC | 1972 – 1973 | OC | Fantastic duty, great ship and crew. Enjoyed the entire experience immensely. |
White, Terry | SEAMAN BOATSMAN\'S MATE | Jan 1972 – Oct 1976 | ||
Gibbons, David | STGSN | Apr 1972 – Mar 1974 | AS | |
Stout, Steven | GMG2 | May 8, 1972 – Sep 17, 1974 | second | great ship and a wonderful ride if ay shipmates see this please feel free to e-mail me |
Claus, Bob | HT3 | Jul 10, 1972 – Feb 24, 1975 | R | Boarded Lawe in Mayport the morning we left for Nam stayed on board through her retirement to the naval reserve fleet. in New Orleans.got out Feb. of 1975 |
Condos, Thomas/slim | btfn | Aug 1972 – Jun 1973 | forward boiler room 1 | I am retired in Florida. Are we ever gonna have a reunion? Would like to be notified if we do. |
Connolly, Michael | LCDR | Sep 1972 – Mar 1974 | XO | |
Powell, Donald | Mmfn | Sep 20, 1972 – Jun 1975 | Machinistmate | |
Riley, Barry | FN | Oct 1972 – Aug 1973 | M Division | |
Hansen, Bill | BT3 | Dec 1972 – Jun 1975 | B | Was assigned to the aft fireroom. |
Mitchell, Barry | e-3 (MM) | 1973 – 1974 | forward engine room | |
Monfort, Rafaelu | e3 machinistmate | 1973 – 1974 | engine room | hi i'm filling up the info by memory since i'm still looking for my records. so sorry for the incomplete answers |
Holmes, David | EN2 | 1973 – May 1975 | A gang | |
Randall, Dana "rabbit" | BT2 | Mar 20, 1973 – Sep 24, 1976 | B | Had too much fun - but survived. Still an Engineer. |
Likley, Don | RM3 | 1974 – Jul 16, 1976 | To quote my good friend "Rabbit" "Had a good time" especially our time at Avondale ship yard ;) | |
Snay, Bill (Snook) | BT2 | 1975 – 1980 | B | Great boat,had lots of good times on it.Did greatlakes cruise (loved it blew the stacks when we went under the bridge in Canada ),GITMO ,Virgin Islands ,Bahmasgood times there to me and beetle tried to steal totum pole got caught at dock ha |
Winters, Dale | E-4 | 1975 – 1977 | Machinist Mate | Navy training put me in my career. Still working on machinery at Refinery. |
Osborne, Daniel | BT3 | Aug 1975 – Jun 1980 | BT | |
Moore, Billy | MM3 | Oct 28, 1975 – Oct 28, 1978 | Machine mate | Looking for Robert M. Mckee |
Bendel, Bill (Beetle) | BT 3, 2 | Nov 1975 – Jun 1980 | B division | Would not of traded my experience or shipmates aboard the USS William C Lawe. Finished my career with pride and great memories. Hey Snook and Butch Cathy BTC/MMC, EOD, DV2 (RET) eodlink@comcast.net |
Hoover, William Guy (Bill) | Fireman | 1976 – 1978 | R | Looking to reunite with old shipmates (Christopher Boyd Stepp). |
Weaver, Richard | mmc | 1976 – 1979 | m | |
Mark, Holthouser | MM2 | Sep 1976 – 1981 | M | Would Love to Hear from old shipmates. mrtundra@gmail.com 317-525-3154 |
Cathey, Butch | MM2 | Oct 1976 – May 15, 1980 | R | Was there when Beetle and snook got caught stealing the totem pole. Had a great time. great lakes cruise |
White, Mark | SH2 | Dec 1976 – Aug 1979 | SUPPLY | What a damn good ship. They always say, your last Command is your best Command. I never found one better. And even til this date I still use "the best of the best" Thanks |
Tyrone, Andy | mm | 1977 – 1979 | forward engine room | Had a great time on the great lakes cruise , and the Bahamas, and the Virgin Islands, and fishing off the back of the ship in Puerto-Rico. |
Northcott, Randy/barny | BT | 1977 – 1981 | B | Hope all my shipmates had a great life. |
Hayes, Joe (Disco Joe) | QM2 | Jan 3, 1977 – Aug 8, 1980 | OC | Disco Joe, enjoyed my time on the Silly Willie, dancing my way up and down the East Coast defending our country against the scourge of communism. 'I fought the Lawe and the Lawe won' - The Clash 1976 |
Sullivan, Michael ( Sully) | HT3 | May 15, 1977 – Apr 15, 1979 | R 1 | |
McKechnie, James | E5-E6 | Oct 14, 1977 – Sep 25, 1978 | Personnel Division | "Haze Gray and underway!" |
Haase, Douglas | SK2 | Nov 1977 – Jul 1980 | S-1 | |
Carroll, Sean | LTJG | Nov 10, 1977 – Mar 31, 1981 | First/2nd/AS | |
Eckels, Donald | E3 / BM | Dec 1977 – Dec 7, 1978 | BOATSWAIN MATE | Been looking for a good friend Ralph c. from Queens NY he was a core man . Wm C Lawe had the best liberty stops ever.Loved the great lakes tour. I admit I was a wild child in those days. |
Kolen, Jarvis (Semi-colon) | PN3 | Dec 14, 1977 – Oct 12, 1979 | x- | |
Johnston, Bill | SH2 | 1978 – 1983 | Supply/S-3 | Served 6 yrs aboard Lawe and was a member of the Decom Crew. Home ported in New Orleans, Dry Dock in Philly, 3 Great Lakes Cruises. The boat was gone more than it was home, but that's shipboard life. What a great boat! |
Hikes, Christopher | BT3 | 1978 – 1980 | B-div | HAD A GREAT TIME WITH GUYS IN B-DIV,RICHIE.MILLER RAGS.{3-D}STEVE.LOST A BUDDY AT TOWER.MISSED TWITTY BIRD. |
Northcott, Randy (Barney) | BT | 1978 – 1982 | B | |
Rose, Mark | ET3 | 1978 – 1980 | OPS | Great times - mrose678@bellsouth.net |
Harrison, Rich | BT3/2 | Jan 7, 1978 – Mar 29, 1981 | B AFT FIREROOM | REMEMBER SNOOK OR SOMEONE ELSE SPRAY PAINTING LOCKS ON FIRST GREAT LAKE CRUISE. BEST SHIP I SERVE ON I SPENT TIME ON TWO DDG'S.ALSOCAPT LOCKING AFTER SHOWER IN NEW ORLEANS SHOW WE COULDN'T MOON THE PADDLE BOATS GOING UP AND DOWN RIVER |
Bullock, David | MM | Feb 1978 – Apr 1978 | M Division | I was a Nuke passing through, thought that I had hit jackpot, she was to be touring the Bahamas when I arrived. Too bad the MMs had to cycle the BTs with the throttle and blew up a boiler. Goodby Bahamas hello Mayport. |
Agin, Steve | MM3 (Nuke) | Feb 1978 – Apr 1978 | M | Aboard in Mayport FL, around FL and up Miss to N.O. 1st time seasick and afraid I was going to die, then got worse and afraid I wasn't going to die! Hung from a valve in the ER and 'greased' by non-nuke MMs. What fun!!! |
Van Hoy, Bill | LCDR | Jun 1978 – Jun 1981 | Operations Officer then Engineering Office | I am so proud to have served on this tough-as-nails ship. Commissioned in the year I was born, she served her country well over the many years. I was honored to serve alongside some of the best sailors in the fleet. |
Burch, Ruben | SN | Jun 14, 1978 – Jun 10, 1980 | Deck/Medical | Love the boat many old friends (Dog, Rowdey,Doc,and many more) |
Benedict, Russ | SK2 | Jul 1, 1978 – Jan 30, 1981 | Supply | |
Benedict, Russ | SK2 | Jul 15, 1978 – Jan 30, 1981 | Supply | |
Milligan, Mark | SN | Aug 27, 1978 – Oct 24, 1981 | Deck Division | Was later trained as a PN. |
Canfield, John | HT 3 | Oct 7, 1978 – Nov 4, 1979 | Repair |
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