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USS Shangri-La (CV 38) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Shangri-La (CV 38). 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 668 crew members registered for the USS Shangri-La (CV 38).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1944 | 1945 – 1954 | 1955 – 1957 | 1958 – 1959 | 1960 – 1961 | 1962 – 1963 | 1964 | 1965 – 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soliday, Wayne | LT | 1965 – | My father served, as an A-4 aviator, on the Shangri-La in 1965. I am not sure of the exact dates as he passed away recently, and didn't get a chance to ask, however, he was on board when she was in a collision with the Perry. | |
| Jamison, Jerry | JO3 | 1965 – 1968 | X | |
| Burbank, Dave | BTFN | 1965 – 1969 | B-Div Oil Shack | |
| Hensley, Frank | Shipfitter Pipe 2nd Class | 1965 – 1968 | R | |
| Woodall, Douglas | AN | 1965 – 1966 | V6 | June 10, 1965 blown from the flight deck into the aft gun tub. Still dealing with those injuries at the age of 67. |
| Turner, Del | ABE 3rd class | 1965 – Sep 16, 1967 | v-2 catapults | wrecked motorcycle in Jacksonville Fla. one night |
| Riley, Lionel | AGAN | 1965 – 1966 | OA Division | This was my first Command after leaving "A" School. I enjoyed every minute of it! I really miss the Shang! |
| Nash, John | ABH 3 | Jan 19, 1965 – Dec 24, 1967 | V3 | served with Bernie Eades, Jim McBee BT3, Second Class guy from Conn. last name Finociaro. All in all it was avery enjoyable part of my life though at the time I suspect I didn"t think so. Would be glad to hear from anyone in V3 division at this ti |
| Hicks, James "Jimmy" | ETN2 | Mar 1965 – Oct 1967 | CR & OE | 2 Med cruises, 2 yard periods & 2 trips to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for fleet training - what a ship! Collided with U.S.S. Perry off Italy in '65 |
| Jurasek, Mike | RM-2 | Mar 1965 – Apr 1969 | cr | A GREAT TIME WITH SOME CRAZY GUYS |
| Hicks, James "Jimmy" | ETN2 | Mar 1, 1965 – Aug 1, 1967 | CR, OE | |
| Adams, Greg | E3 | Apr 10, 1965 – May 1965 | 1st | |
| Hughes, Roy | AO3 | May 1965 – Feb 1967 | G | |
| Strubank, Dale | MR3 | May 7, 1965 – Mar 11, 1967 | A | GOT ONBOARD IN NAPLES DID 2 MED CRUSES GOT OFF IN PALMA SPAIN WORKED IN MACHINE SHOP WITH PAPPY MARTEN,LILE LITCHFIELD,TOM GANSEN ,SIG BROUCH,PONCHIN,LEWIS,WORK HOSSFORD,POMPY,CHIPS LAJUNE,SHAFFER,HAYMAN,HEARN,KERR |
| Dever, Don | E3 | May 13, 1965 – Apr 28, 1967 | A | On the Shang with Ponchin, Work, Strubank,Lubin,Capps,Buttingero,Lapraire,Dan Langen(sp) the stories i could tell ,could fill a book! On board when we got hit by the USS Perry and dumbed oil on Cannes beach! remember? |
| Donaldson, Ed (Don) | ETR-3 | Jul 1965 – Sep 1968 | OE | Wonderful experiences on a great ship and crew. |
| Cherry, Calvin | AO2 | Jul 1965 – Nov 1969 | GM | Flight Deck Ordance Petty Officer. Division friends; Paul Holland, David Pargman, Terry Mastropasqua, Willie P. Owmby, Carlos Owmby, Charles Shipman, Charlie Riddle and Raymond Stark. |
| Ward, John | MM2 | Jul 1965 – Jul 1968 | M & A | |
| Bangeman, Patrick | AN | Aug 1965 – Mar 1966 | Flight Deck Tilly for the A-4's Injured on deck March 65, transfered to Naples for Stateside duty. I was blind in one eye and the Dr.'s felt I should not be aboard ship any longer. | |
Gissiner, Ron  | ETR3 | Aug 1965 – Aug 1967 | OE | We spent 8 months in the Philadelphia shipyard, then went to Gitmo. Had a 9 month cruise to the Med, and then shortly after I was discharged to work in the defense field and space program. |
| Onan, Ted | Sep 1965 – Jun 1969 | R | Came aboard in Mayport Fl. as a fireman, left as SFP2. Made 3 Med cruises. | |
| Hayner, Bob | DC 3/C | Sep 1965 – Sep 1967 | R | 66-67 Med cruise, Gitmo 2x, Philly yards. Wouldn't trade the experiences for anything. I can be reached via http://www.uss-shangri-la.com/index.html We have reunions EVERY year. |
| Snell, David | E-3 | Sep 1965 – Jul 1969 | V-1 | at first part of the crash & salvage team then a fly2 yellow shirt. all and all an adventurous time. |
| Fullerton, Dwight | CS3 | Sep 5, 1965 – Jun 25, 1968 | S2 | |
| Bryson Jr., Dewey L. | BT | Sep 10, 1965 – Jul 12, 1970 | boiler repairman | |
| Peters, Wayne | CYN3 | Sep 22, 1965 – Dec 22, 1968 | CR Division | Made 2 Med Cruises and 3 Gitmo Cruises Spent 7 months DryDocked in Philadelphia Served under Ltcdr's Mathews and Hite |
| Brasher, Bruce | BOATS | Oct 1965 – Dec 1968 | Second | |
| Cormier, Theodore "Pete" | PN3 | Oct 1965 – Apr 1967 | X EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFICE | QUITE A EDUCATION. SURE LEARNED A LOT. PHILADELPHIA, MAYPORT, GITMO, MED CRUISE ALL IN 21 MONTHS OF ACTIVE DUTY. |
| Louton, Johnny | Fn | Oct 15, 1965 – Sep 15, 1966 | Repair | 1st ship out of boot camp. Became company yeoman 1st day aboard. Left for "A" school. |
| Elliott, Bob | mm3 | Nov 1965 – Aug 19, 1969 | A5 o2n2 | looking for any one in the o2n2 gang between 1965 to 69 |
| Selke, Hank | AO3 | Dec 1965 – Oct 1967 | GM Div | I had a great time. It was my first time to see places outside the US. |
| Ivy, Terry "Don" | E-4 | Dec 2, 1965 – Oct 1, 1969 | V-1 | FLY-1 PO |
| McDougall, Gordon | HM2 | Dec 7, 1965 – May 1967 | H | Enjoyed the tour on board. |
| Allen, John | YN3 | 1966 – 1968 | OP | Worked in Operations Office - 2 Med Cruises |
| Burgett, Raymond | RM3 | 1966 – 1967 | CR | Reported aboard from RM A school as RMSN, got out end of 1967, returned to active duty 1981 and retired 1999 as RMCM |
| Majavec, Gary | E4 | 1966 – 1969 | E Division Lighting | Does anyone know anything about Billy Newcomb E6? Interested in contact from any of the old crew. |
| Gatschenberger, Dave Candyman | e3 | 1966 – 1968 | shipserviceman s3division | abighellotoallmyfriendsins3divison |
| Gatschenberger, Dave/candyman | E3 | 1966 – 1968 | S3 Ship serviceman | Do you want a candy bar or soda or would you rather go on liberty? |
| Hanz, Ronald | YN3 | 1966 – 1968 | X | First assigned to to food services, as I could type. Then went to X Division, working with SN Gardzinski and a LTJG whose name is gone, then Legal with LT Schaffer and YN Jim Whisman and later YN Ted Rock. |
| Gemignani, Gene | AG II | 1966 – 1969 | OA | AG II OA division. Worked as an Aerographer. Office on the 07 level. We were essentially the weather office. Took hourly observations, plotted weather maps, briefed the captain on forecasts. Put together target forecasts |
| Beck, Henry | Lt (jg) | Jan 1, 1966 – May 1968 | 1st | I was 1st Division Officer |
| Fisher, Richard | PH3 | Jan 5, 1966 – Sep 5, 1969 | Photo Lab | Started in Weather and then to flight deck V-1 before getting into the photo lab the last two years. |
| Lenninger, Ronald [lenny] | IC-3 | Jan 20, 1966 – Oct 10, 1969 | E | CAME ABOARD WHEN SHANG WAS IN DRY DOCK IN PHILLY. MADE 2-1/2 MED. CRUISES LEFT IN OCT.1969 |
| Soley, Andrew | PO3 | Mar 1966 – Nov 1968 | V-3 | Came aboard 50 years ago in Philly. Had some good time and good friends which I have not seen or heard from since. |
| Lessner, David | SFM2 | Mar 2, 1966 – Aug 27, 1968 | R | Came aboard philly shipyards and stationed out of Mayport fla. Made two med cruise. Left ship late 1968 and transfer to Randolf in Boston shipyards |
| Cherry, Calvin | AO2 | May 1966 – Nov 1969 | GM Division, Flight Deck Ordance Safety Petty Officer | |
| Craig, Ken | CYN3 | May 1966 – Oct 1969 | CR | Crypto Dept |
| Overly, Jimmy | BT3 | May 8, 1966 – Nov 19, 1969 | B | |
| Overly, Jim | BT3 | May 20, 1966 – Dec 18, 1968 | B | Worked in # 3 Fireroom and the oil shack. Re-enlisted and transferred to a west coast destroyer. Retired in Oct. 1987 as BTC(SW) Still racing-see my website www.fuelishhabitracing.com Blown Fuel Altered-Classic Nitro Funny car! Driving! |
| Koenig, Kenneth | E-2 | Jun 1966 – Dec 17, 1970 | Airman | |
| Johnson, Donald | E-3 | Jun 1966 – Mar 1969 | S - 3 | Worked in Dry Cleaning and Laundry |
| Zellars, Rick | DC 2 | Jun 1966 – Jan 1969 | R DIV. | |
| Kirkwood, Gary | ADJ2 | Jun 10, 1966 – Oct 30, 1969 | AIMD | |
| Green, Willie | CYN3 | Jun 15, 1966 – Aug 30, 1968 | CR Communications | CVA-38 |
| Wiese, Paul | RM2 | Jun 15, 1966 – 1968 | Communications | 1.5 Med cruises and a lot of fun! |
| Hull, Chuck | YNSN | Jun 22, 1966 – Jun 3, 1968 | X | I was the (MAA) Master-atArms yeoman for about 15 months then was sent to the Discipline Office. I worked for Chief Ski GMC (Ed SidorskiI who was the chief Master-at-Arms.I made 2 Med Cruises. There is a USS Shangri-la Reunion Assc. |
| Andrew, Jackson | PC 1 | Jun 30, 1966 – Jan 8, 1968 | Operations | Postal Clerk in charge. On ALTO team on the Med cruise 1966. November 67 transferred to base waiting retirement January 1968 |
| Johnson, John | E3 Boatsumate | Jul 1966 – Jul 1968 | Second Division | I am looking for my L.T. Jess. My divison officer about an incident, that happened to me when I fell in the water from a small boat, when I was on duty. |
| Robinson, Jimmie J. | RM2 | Aug 1966 – Aug 1968 | CR | Many great memories...I had 2 classmates that I graduated with from Odessa, Texas and my brother aboard... |
| Mastropasqua, Terry (Aka: Sam) | ao2 | Aug 8, 1966 – Oct 1, 1969 | guided missile | worked with a group of good men it was a small division .we all got along pretty well .being in a small compt. we did ok.today i realize it was a good learing exp. |
| Garton, Ronald | BT/3 | Aug 15, 1966 – May 4, 1968 | B | I worked in # 2 fire room with some really good BT's. Great times in the Med. Would like to here from anyone (Art Bower,Tom Powers, Bill Tomey, Gary Burton, Ect) who worked in # 2 fire room. |
| Bebout, David | E 4 | Aug 20, 1966 – May 21, 1968 | 4th | hello to all that served on the Shang and has anyone spoken with or heard from Roy Stokes? |
| Flynn, Thomas | ABF-AN | Sep 1966 – Oct 3, 1969 | V-4 | |
| Molare, Joseph | E4 | Sep 1966 – Feb 1970 | OI | Looking back I am grateful for the time I spent on board. |
| Flynn, Thomas | ABF-AN | Sep 1, 1966 – Oct 3, 1969 | V-4 | loves working on deck fueling planes, just missing it. |
| Spillers, Daniel | EM2 | Sep 11, 1966 – Sep 11, 1968 | E | Lighting/Low Voltage Electrician. Two Med Cruises with plenty of sea time. Off the coast of N. Africa during the 6-Day War. Good ships crew and experiences I'll never forget. |
| Witt, Harry | CVA 38 | Sep 21, 1966 – Feb 20, 1970 | Ships Service, (Laundry & Ships Store) | I would like to correspond to any of my old friends and associates |
| Adams, Lenny | RM3 | Sep 21, 1966 – Feb 20, 1970 | CR | Made 3 Med Cruises and left the ship just before Pac Cruise 1970. Would like to hear from my old radioman buddies. Worked in Secure Teletype, Ship to Shore all 4 years. Great Times !!! |
| Ward, Donald | AQF-3 | Oct 1, 1966 – Aug 5, 1968 | ||
| Granger,m.c., Pete | AE3 | Oct 18, 1966 – Nov 29, 1969 | V1 | Flight Deck Crewman,Telephone & Elevator optr then Ouija Board.Would like to hear from those who were also in V1 or V3. To Steve Oram: It wasn't my fault man! Be Bless, Pete |
| Ehlert, Tom | SK3 | Nov 1966 – Sep 1968 | S-1 | |
| Ward, Don | AQF-3 | Nov 15, 1966 – Aug 5, 1968 | VF-13, Aviation Fire Control Tech. Fixin' Radars on the Crusaders! | |
| Carter, David | AMS 3 | Dec 1966 – Oct 1968 | AIMD, IM 2 | I worked on the COD as flight crew and mechanic,(structures and some engine). After that I worked in the sheet metal repairing aircraft components. |
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