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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Baton Rouge (SSN 689). 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 170 crew members registered for the USS Baton Rouge (SSN 689).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1977 | 1978 – 1983 | 1984 – 1989 | 1990 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Haywood, Jim | IC1 (SS) | 1978 – 1979 | IC | I was the 2nd leading IC LPO. I remember Lehmann and Joyce. |
Schumacher, Jay | ET2 | 1978 – 1980 | Reactor Controls | Yo, Art, Lou, Mark, Jim! |
Henderson, Pat | TM2/SS | Feb 11, 1978 – Aug 20, 1981 | Torpedo | Best damn Torpedo Division ever |
Florence, Lou | ETI(SS) | Mar 1978 – Mar 1982 | RC | I think of all my old shipmates often. Hope you're all doing great. KR Karr showed up outside my cubicle at work a few years ago while I was at palo Verde (he was working for INPO) -- pretty amazing! |
Etchingham, Joe | IC | Oct 1978 – Jun 1979 | I am lucky to have had the experience, short-lived as it was. Reading some of the entries brought back good memories. Hope life is good for all of you. Hi Rock, Hurley and Leo etc... | |
Broshears, Mike (Henry Jay And Peeler) | STS2SS | Oct 1978 – Jan 1984 | Sonar | Served 2 tours on BR. Had lots of fun in a lot of places. Rio,Rotterdam,Halifax, La Spezia, & La Mad. Boy could Atkins and I play hearts and spades! Send E mails!! |
Benslay, Chuck / Benz | MM1/SS | Nov 1, 1978 – Jul 1, 1984 | 'A' | First boat - excellent A gang - set the tone for my career - and 35 years later, I am still working on subs! |
Dean, Joe......[deano] | tm2[ss] | Dec 9, 1978 – Jun 16, 1982 | torpedo | would do it all over again in a heartbeat!!!! TM'S RULE!!!! from rock,leo,shmink,and son. to shelly g., homic,vorhees,niebour,maloney,and of course chief earls.god bless you all. hope to see you...reunion 2011. |
Aldrich, Bruce | MM2?SS | 1979 – 1983 | Auxilary | fun times great reunions |
Henderson, Erwin | MM1/SS | 1979 – 1986 | A-gang | |
Eric, Miller | Personnelmen | Mar 15, 1979 – Jul 1, 1983 | Administration | Loved it, miss it and looking forward to reaching out. Still in the Tidewater area, running my own Private Security business. Trying to find a pic that fits. Will upload soon! |
Niles, Michael | E-6 | May 26, 1979 – Jul 19, 1985 | Auxiliary | |
Wilson, Thurman Robert 'Squeaky' | STS-3/SS | Jun 1979 – Sep 1982 | Sonar | |
Van Durme, Pete | EM2(SS) | Aug 1979 – Aug 1983 | Electrical | Had a lot of good times and a lot of good memories from the BR days!! Got to see a lot of the world that I otherwise never would have seen.... Paris, Rio, Perth Australia, Scotland, Pisa.... and of course, Diego Garcia! |
Buskee, Burskee | E-5 | Aug 1979 – Jun 1982 | Supply | |
Scherer, Frank (The Derelict) | MM2(SS) | Aug 19, 1979 – Jul 31, 1983 | M | The best people I've met in my life. |
Pearson, George (Doc) | HMC(SS) | Oct 15, 1979 – Sep 30, 1982 | Medical | In the Persian Gulf during the Iran Hostiage Crisis, first boat to circumnavigate the globe since the Nautilus. Good ship and crew. |
Lytle, Fidel | STS2(SS) | Jan 3, 1980 – Sep 1, 1983 | Sonar | I was called Zippy. First sub. enjoyed evey min. |
Nigh, Rick | QM2 (SS) | Feb 1980 – Oct 1983 | Nav | Hey guys! How many here made the first 'round the world trip? |
Dooley, Pat | MM3 | Feb 1980 – Aug 1980 | a | I WAS A RIDER (TAD) ON THE WORLD CRUISE. IT WAS A GREAT TRIP |
Beethe, James | ET1/SS | Feb 1980 – Apr 1983 | Reactor Controls | Seems like just yesterday, reporting aboard and having people tell me "Poor guy, we are going around the world and you are coming with us..." Quite a memorable time in my life! Don't remember exactly when in '83 I left. |
Berndt, David | MM2/SS | May 1980 – Dec 1983 | auxiliary | The BR was my first boat. I enjoyed my time on board. Lots of underway time as I remember in those early days. |
Farrell, Kevin | FTG2 (SS) | Jan 1981 – Aug 1983 | Weapons | Very young and stupid during my time on board. Learned a lot and met some great men. Currently working on the FBM program with Lockheed Martin. I have a great wife, that I met 27 years ago while on Liberty from the Baton Rouge. 2 in college |
Colon, Victor | ET1/SS | Jan 8, 1981 – May 30, 1985 | Navigation | Had a great time, with a bunch of great guys. I miss you all. I was the only Puertorican aboard. |
Santomauro, Richard | RMC(SS) | Mar 1, 1981 – Jan 1, 1985 | Radio Divison & Ship's Career Counselor | The best division of Radiomen I have ever served with. I still recall two funny stories. LT Eskew (EOOW) needing a head call at 3am on the transit back from the Med Cruise in 83. |
Santomauro, Richard | RMC | Mar 1, 1981 – Dec 31, 1984 | Communications | My third submarine, made Chief on this tour. |
Dowd, Tom | ET1/SS | May 25, 1981 – Nov 25, 1985 | Navigation | Had a really good time in RIO, miss everyone |
Valentine, David | RM2(SS) | Jun 1981 – May 1985 | RM | My first boat. Was on DRUM(SSN677) later. Went LDO and rode 2 "targets" LABOON(DDG58) (EMO) and GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN73) (COMMO) Still in, LT (IP) at NCWG-2. Miss all you upper level fairies, Tommy Dowd, Victor, Jimmy Dean and Ya-Ya. Santo say |
Pruner, Joe | EM1 (SS) | Jun 1, 1981 – Jan 1986 | E division | Best boat I ever served on. Tightest crew ever! |
Cochran, Tim | IC3 to IC1 | Sep 1981 – Dec 1984 | IC | WOW, retired as a LCDR about 4 years ago, the Big Red was my first command. Ran into Admiral Pat Dunn (former XO) while in Guam as Cheng on Fighting Frank Cable. Still see Captain Ken Swan (Ensign) CO of Submarine Learning Center. In CT |
Pilkerton, Joe | ET2(SS) | Nov 1981 – Nov 1986 | ET Div(ESM/NAV CENTER) | Had a lot of good times on the boat.....ready to go again.....we had an outstanding group of guys..... |
Doyal, Charles | MM1/SS | Dec 1981 – Nov 1986 | A | Howdy, BR folks. Now living in Bremerton, WA. Chief Gay, good to see you had posted here. Though maybe my antics had aged you prematurely! Hello to all the others. |
Gay, Robert W. (Bob) | MMCS | Dec 17, 1981 – Aug 31, 1986 | A | I relieved Chief Lensch. Sorry to hear he is on Eternal Patrol. Great Med. cruise and visit to France. Retired from the BR in Aug. 1986. Fair Winds and Following Seas to all. |
Hammer, Donald | DS3(SS) | 1982 – 1985 | Fire Control | |
Hale, Donnie | YN2(SS/DV) | Feb 5, 1982 – Dec 2, 1984 | Administrative | I am a Master Chief Yeoman now and retiring after 23 years of service. The USS BATON ROUGH was my first submarine (love) and She make some great runs. We all miss Her dearly. |
Schweitzer, Mike "Albert" | MM2 (SS) | Mar 10, 1982 – Sep 17, 1986 | M | Med cruises were the best! Nothing better than stumbling down a street in a foreign port, singing at the top of your lungs, and not being to understand a damn thing the police are trying to tell you! Thanks for the memories. |
Brown, Tim | EM1 (SS) | Apr 1, 1982 – Mar 1, 1986 | E | |
Nebus, Stan | MM1 | May 1, 1982 – Mar 1, 1985 | Machinery | |
Stinchcomb, Dan (Stinky) | ET4 | Nov 1982 – May 1987 | Navigations | Great time in the Med. |
Lawson, Carl | ET1 | 1983 – 1986 | ET | I have the B@tch Book from over haul!!! Great bunch of guys... |
Black, Richard/kimo | MMC(SS) | Feb 1983 – Nov 1984 | A | Went on to the Nevada, Puffer, COB on the Houston, Deep Submergence Unit, NSB SD and retired after 30+yrs as a MMCM(SS) |
Ciccio, Pete | 1C2/SS | Feb 1, 1983 – Nov 30, 1986 | IC | HAD A GOOD TIME ON THE BOAT,LOTS OF UNDERWAY TIME, OH THE GOOD OLD DAYS..... |
Beard, Michael | MM2 | Jun 1983 – Jul 1986 | M | |
Verney, Robert | QM2 | Jun 1983 – Jan 1987 | I HAD ONE OF THE BEST TIMES IN MY LIFE, I SERVED WITH CROSBY,MCCANN, JONES, CHIEF DENBOW, ETC. MISS YOU ALL | |
Obert, Jim | E5 | Jul 10, 1983 – Oct 20, 1986 | Big Red's Radio Division 1983-1986. Served with Valentine, Clem, Santo, Yauger, etc. Great ETs like Lawson, Dowd, Colon made it fun! | |
Lundgren, Reese | ET2/SS | Oct 20, 1983 – Aug 1, 1987 | ET | First Boat is always the best boat. Lifelong friends and Brothers |
Gilmore, Mark (Mo) | STS1(SS) | Nov 1983 – Jun 1985 | Sonar/Deck | My chest finally stopped hurting from getting my fish on Big Red about 3 years ago! Great memories. |
Boyer, Kenneth Little Boyer | MM3 SS | Nov 1983 – Aug 1987 | a | hello all you guys, hows everybody doing? |
Christensen, David | MM3/SS | Nov 11, 1983 – Jun 22, 1987 |
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