USS Direct (MSO 430) Crew List

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There are 39 crew members registered for the USS Direct (MSO 430).

Name	Rank/Rate	Period	Division	Remarks/Photo
Lowe, Jake	ELECTICIAN SECOND CLASS	Aug 31, 1942 –	E	USS Direct (AM - 90/PC 1594)
Weeks, John		1955 – 1959		entering for father
Cantrell, Robert D. ( Bob)	EMC RETIRED	Jan 26, 1955 – Jun 15, 1976	E	I served on the Direct after EMA school Aug 1955 to Jan.1959. I made some mistakes on the story of the collision. Mainly that where I said Stb or Port were reversed.
Cullins, Al	RMSN/RM3	May 1955 – Apr 1956	OC	My first ship. I came aboard when we were in the yard at CHASN. LT Almonrode was the XO but took command before we started to the MED in 1955. I too was on board when we collided with Canisteo and I remember EMFN Cantrell. Good story!
Stephens, Oscar "Steve"	SOSN/SO1	Sep 1955 – Jan 1961	Operations	Great 5 years 3 months
McGhee, Peter McGhee	LTJG	Sep 1956 – Jun 1959	Engineering
Gaulden, Robin Jones	SK2	Nov 14, 1958 – Jun 20, 1961	Supply	Best experience of my life. Will never forget LCDR Wilcox one of our skippers. He was the best remember coming back from a cruise to St. Thomas and he had his own steel drum band pretending to be playing as we were docking in Little Creek.
Chambers, William	EN 3	Jan 1, 1960 – Apr 16, 1963	engineering	Had lot of good times and seen several countries. Served with a good crew.
McCracken, Walter A.	RM2	Jan 5, 1960 – Sep 27, 1961	OPERATIONS
McCracken, Walter A.	RM2	Jan 11, 1960 – Sep 28, 1961	OPERATIONS	Came aboard as RMSN and less than a year later was the leading radioman as an RM3 - talk about a reality check... Any one remember Tip Parker QM1? he taught me more about ships than anyone I ever served with. Best tour of my career.
Milana, Paul	EN 3	Jun 12, 1960 – Jan 3, 1964	Engineering	Great Med Cruise 62-63 and our second home, The Old Sub Piers in St. Thomas.
Bowman, F Wayne [bo]	EM STRIKER FN	Jun 12, 1960 – Oct 6, 1962		Good times in ST Thomas UDT. Base '
Dillon, Robert (Bob)	ET3	1961 – Jul 1963	OPS	2 Caribbean Cruises - Dominican Republic Blocade. 1 Med Cruise MinDiv 43 - the Dirty D's - Dominant, Direct, Detector, Dash. Kiddie Cruiser - Underwater Swimmer. Hey - where's all the divers? L.B.Coates? - Others. Hi Tony. Hi Paul. Hi Guys
Gaughan, John	RADIOMAN 3RD	Jan 1, 1961 – Dec 31, 1961		Spent about a year on the Direct in Little Creek. Two cruises to the Carb mainly tied up in St Thomas. Spent time with the carrier Boxer off Viegues and ran sweeps off Rosie Roads.
Finazzo, Anthony/tony	RD2	Jun 10, 1961 – May 14, 1965	OPS
Lones, John	RM2	Feb 1962 – Jan 1965	OPS	These were "the best" of the good old days... my first duty station out of RM-A School. H.D. Gibbons RM1 where are you?? I love you man. [No, not like that! - you know what I mean.] Retired from the Reserves in 1985.
Cabiles, Rolando	SN - MS3	Aug 1, 1962 – Jul 31, 1966	Supply	I'm registering this for my father, who is a plankowner of MSO 430. He retired from the Navy and now lives in California.
Winfrey, Theodore	RADIOMAN 3RD CLASS	Aug 24, 1962 – Sep 11, 1963
Korrell, Harry	CAPTAIN USN> (RET.)	1963 – 1966	X.O.	Served as XO with the greatest crew ever.
Gross, Clarence	RD 3	Sep 1964 – Dec 1966		One of the best experiences of my life, I served with the finest and I wouldn't change a minute of my service aboard the Direct.
Rupnick, Lou	EN2 / E-5	Oct 16, 1964 – Jan 19, 1968	Engineering	Without doubt, some of the best years of my life (w/Berno, Clark, HJFK, Crosby, Manley, Dashel, Camie, Tracey, Edge, Gross, Jenkins, Angell, Moore, Tenbrock, Brisco, Chambers, Finlin, Godwin, Bob WETZEL (!), Zielinski, Deiwert, and others.
Phillips, Dave	EM2	Jul 1965 – Feb 1967
Moyle, Terry	GM 3	Oct 13, 1967 – May 18, 1971
Sparkman, Tom	LTJG	Mar 1969 – Nov 1969		A good ship. Made a cruise to Puerto Rico area for minesweep exercise.
Barry, Watson	HT3	Jan 1970 – Sep 1971	Engineering?	Made the NATO/Med cruise June-December, 1970.
Phillips, Kelly  NEW	en2	Nov 1970 – Sep 19, 1974	engineering	lots of good times nothing like riding out a hurricane on a mso
Perry, David	IC1	1971 – 1973
Nelson, Darrell	ENC	Oct 1971 – Sep 1974	Engineering	Underway every weekend training reservists. Went to Maine and Charleston SC and everywhere in between.
Burrows, Terry	PN3	Jan 1972 – Mar 3, 1973
Trowbridge, Richard	STG3	Nov 1972 – May 1975	OPS	2nd MSO of 5 I was stationed on. Great duty, Learned alot about being a sailor and really began to understand the Iron Men and Wooden Ships motto.
Mapp, David	E2/EM USNR	Jan 1, 1973 – Jun 30, 1978		I served my entire reserve time aboard the Direct. Had good days and bad days. Wouldn't trade the experience.
Sylvester, Steven	MS2	Jan 16, 1974 – May 20, 1975	supply
Carter, Ron	EN1 (SW)	1977 – 1980	Eng
Lewis, Michael	SN	1979 – Nov 1, 1981	DECK	COOLIST TIME I EVER HAD LEARNED SO MUCH FROM MY TIME ONBOARD THE DIRECT
McFann, Roger (Spanky)	CMDMC(SW)	1979 – 1981	SHIP'S OFFICE	GREAT MEMORIES. MADE CHIEF ONBOARD WITH SKC (BONES) JONES. RETIRED IN 03. TIME ONBD HELPED TO DEFINE MY CAREER.
Laconte, Anthony	ENC (SW/CC)	May 1, 1979 – Sep 1, 1982	Engineering
Jones, Stephen	SKC(SW)	Jul 1979 – Sep 1981	Supply
Mermod, Denis	RM2	May 1, 1980 – Aug 1, 1982	OC	Radioman - I remember setting up circuits to speak with everybody (USAF, USCG, USMC) when we couldn't pass traffic to our Navy folks. Best tour I ever had on a small boat. Helped all the other D boats communicate too.
Hill, Andrew / Andy	E3	1982 –

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