GALLAGHER, Jack W - Pembroke Pines, FL PLANKOWNER mail
*** SM
GALLAGHER, Thomas K - Mitchellville, MD 77-79 mail
*** FTM3 - FM Division, W2 Missile Guidance Radar
GALLANT, Terry - Port Orchard, WA 73-77 mail
*** ETN3 - OE Division - UHF Radio and Nav Electronics
GAMBLE, Ted - Maraga, CA 60-61 mail
*** LT JG - Supply & Disbursing Officer - member of pre-commissioning crew during conversion to CLG-5
GAN, Terry - 73-75 #1105 mail
*** CTR3 - Operation Frequent Wind - Looking for my old shipmate CT Ken Monette. Also looking for any remaining brain cells I left behind in Westpac
GANNER, Herb 71-72 mail
*** Lieutenant, Pilot for Blackbeard One
GARCIA, L S - Albuquerque, NM 78-79 mail
*** FTM3
^^^ Now with Lockheed Martin
GARDOCKI, POhilip - Royersford, PA 77-79 mail
*** FTM2 - AN/SPG 49A Directors 5 & 6
^^^ Married with one child. Occupations include CatScan/Magnetic Resonance Engineer and currently a .NET computer programmer
GARNECKY, John - Broken Arrow, OK 63-65 #1217 mail
*** Com7Flt
GARRETT, Danny A - Osburn, ID 67-69mail
*** Sargeant, USMC - Gunfire Support Post #1
^^^ Retired from Corps as Sargeant Major. Currently work as a Marine ROTC H.S. instructor in Kellogg
GARRETT, Larry D - Amarillo, TX 62-94 mail
*** SK3 - S1 Division
^^^ Wife Brenda and I have a 34 year old step-son
GASSOWAY, Dan - Portland, OR 71-73 mail
*** FTGSN - FG Division - I enjoyed the liberty ports. I loved skin diving in Grande Island during the day and then going animal in Olongapo at night. I equally enjoyed the beauty and serenity of the sea as well as the insanity of the typhoons. There was plenty to dislike, but I am grateful that has faded and the joys have grown larger. I am still in contact with many friends from that time, including Bob Britton, Jerry Rodgers, Greg Laedlein, Mark Pelnar, Ed
Marcheleta, Daryl Streeter, to name a few.
^^^ I have had three heart attacks, two before I was 50, have died six times
during them. Am healthier now than ever (well, ALMOST!). I am going to Marylhurst University, majoring in Human Studies. Currently talent scout for a music distribution company. I'm looking for Bob Reynolds, Bob McGraw and Terry Conway; any leads out there?
GATES, Bill - Garland, TX, 1964, mail
*** CT2 - Com7Flt staff, Xferred from Prov in 64. Was Watch Supv during the Maddox-Turner Joy Incident
^^^ Took early retirement from major semi-conductor firm. Married with a wonderful wife and daughter; I have become the ultimate couch potato.
GATLIN, Billy D. - Sachse, TX 71-73 mail
*** BMSN - 1st Division
^^^ Now an Engineering Design Tech with large firm in Dallas; married with 4 sons ages 18-26.
GAUDIO, Tony - Glendale Heights, IL 75-77 mail
*** Corporal, USMC - Marine Detatchment
^^^ Wishing the best to all my fellow Marines and other shipmates who served aboard the "Okie Boat" from Jan 75 to Jan 77. Semper Fi
GENTRY, Edward W Jr - Natalia, TX 59-63 #1127 mail
*** GMG3 - Served with and looking for Calvin Murphy, Dallas Good and Guadalupe Gaitan. Award for good conduct and (E) for Excellence, (Guns).
GEORGE, Jim - Raleigh, NC 66-67 mail
*** HM1
^^^ Retired as Lt Cdr (MSC) USN. Married 40 years to the same woman
GEORGE, William O. - Spring Grove, PA 75-77 mail
*** 3rd & 4th Divisions. Served as ship's coxswain for the 40' utility boat. Now BMC USNR ret Sept 2000
^^^ Married with 2 daughters; Industrial Mechanic for Hanover Foods (past 20 years)
GERINI, Philip E. - Craig, CO 60-64 mail
*** SM3 2nd Division then OS/CS Division
GERITY, Robert - Santa Barbara, CA 60-63 mail
*** LT(jg) - Electronics Div Officer
GIELSTRA, Simon W - West Palm Beach, FL 85-89 #1168 PLANKOWNER mail
*** ETR2 (SS) - RC Division REACTOR CONTROLS. Mike Nealy and Pat Grady were good friends, many more. Put the Sub together.
^^^ Work for ASCO, Emergency Standby Power Systems (Paralleling Systems and Transfer Switches)
GILHULY, John F. - San Pedro, CA 63-66 mail
*** Lieutenant, EMO - OE Division - First ship since being commissioned so getting around the Wardroom was a little daunting; had a good gang of ETs who didn't need a lot of pushing and hauling to get the job done. LT Hartman (DCA), and LT McCune (1stLT) were close friends; of course ENS Maley my Asst.; too many more to mention
^^^ After leaving, I went to FTC SDiego, USS Eldorado (LCC11) and NavTelCom in Washington, DC. I retired in '73 and went to work for City of Los Angeles Harbor Dept. for 20+ more years. Am fully retired and practicing sloth and indolence at all times
GILLIAM, Kenneth M. - Jones Creek, TX 85-89 #1173 PLANKOWNER mail or mail
*** MMC(ss)Ret - I remember the very demanding time aboard trying to be part of a team to deliver the best submarine we could to the fleet. As the Auxiliary Division's LCPO the demands were great and the time spent was long. But that goes with Fast Attack tough and SSN --- Saturdays
Sundays and Nights. Long Black and never come back. I miss my time on the
boats, but most of all I miss the class of people we worked with. I will
never be a good civilian, most of them are not very bright.
^^^ I work for Atlantic Scaffolding Co. as the SW Region Equipment Manager, where I plan and organize the equipage of scaffold material for chemical and petroliem plant outages.
GLANERT, Gary - Waterford, MI 73-74 mail
*** GMG3
^^^ Now a Product Engineer at DaimlerChrysler. Still married to Reiko whom I met while stationed in Yokosuka
GLEAVES, Roy Douglas "Doug" Jr. Nashville, TN 72-74, mail
GLOVER, William - Garfield Heights, OH 75-78 mail
*** MMC - In charge of Forward & After Engine Rooms and "A" Div before Don Longstreet
^^^ Retired '86 as CWO3. Now have a Nat'l Board Commission and inspect boilers and pressure vessels in Ohio
GOFF, Richard - Oakley, CA 64-67
*** CS3 - Commissary
GOLDEN, Richard L - Elyria, OH 76-79 mail
*** BM1 - Started in 2nd Div, then to MAA. Changed rate to MA then xfered to CFAY Brig. Ret as E7 in San Diego and worked for SDPD until moving to Ohio
^^^ Now married and a Sgt in OH Prison System
GONZALEZ, Roque A. - S. Otselic, NY 72-74 mail
*** USMC - Marine Corps Security and 5" Gun - Looking for Peter L. Douglas. Check out my personal website.
GOOD, Bruce L - Deerwood, MN 62-64 mail
*** FTM3 - Also served on USS Chicago & Columbus
^^^ Semi-retired working part-time for an engineering firm. I have 3 1/2 grandchildren
GOODSELL, Duff B (Boats) - Yokosuka, JA 71-74 #1163 mail
*** BM3 - Retired from the Navy in Sept 93 as BMC
^^^ Now work for Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka Japan as an Equipment Specialist. Married with one son
GOODWIN, Benjamin - Woodland, CA 60-62 {Deceased} mail
*** PC3 - Recomm Crew
^^^ Died 1992
GORDON, Warren - El Dorado, AR 72-75 mail
*** CS3 - Cook
^^^ Now disabled. Looking for others from the OKC with diabetes
GORE, Robert M - Kennewick, WA 64-65 mail
*** RM3 - Com7Flt. Bset buddies were Gary Page and Richard Taylor, both RMs
^^^ Working as a Pipefitter/Welder since 1968
GORISS, Leo - Coral Springs, FL 62-64 mail
*** FTM2 Missle Division
GOW, Randy - Paynes Creek, CA 75-76 mail
*** MM2 - "M" Division
^^^ Work: Pilot, Air Traffic Controller - Hobbies: Boating, SCUBA diving, Harley riding
GRAHAM, Joseph - Sapulpa, OK 64-65 #1215 mail
*** RD3 - CIC Div cleaning, equipment maintenance etc. associated with Combat Information as required. Joined the CLG-5 when she was deployed to Wespac. Experienced change of command, assignment as Flag 7th. Fleet, visiting Singapore (ended up living there for 2 years later in life), participation in shore bombardments of South Vietnam installations, visiting Japan, Okinawa and Saigon...to mention a few areas plus....and who could forget...."The Order of the Shellback" ceremony! Remember a few of the "mates" like Rudd RD1 and Dalton as well as Ltjg Gilhuly but not many others.
^^^ Living in retardation (retirement) in Oklahoma after having my own business (import/export consulting organization) in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Sold company in 1990, returned to the U.S. traveled a bit and ended up in Arizona (2 years) and then in Oklahoma. Widowed (wife was of Singaporean nationality) in 1990 & 2 daughters + 5 grand.
GRAHAM, Ralph - Camby, IN, 1977-79, mail
*** BTFN - Never made Master Chief but still steaming as Master Mechanic at a hospital (18 years)
GRANT, David C - Kingwood, TX 71-73 mail or mail
*** JO3 - X Div - ran the radio & TV station CLGM-5
^^^ Now Asst. General Counsel for Enron Corp
GRANT, Douglas - Ontario, CANADA 64-68 mail
*** BM2 - In charge of all topside areas including small craft in 3rd Div
^^^ Retired P.O. My family and I live on a 50 acre hobby farm with horses
GRANT, Stephen - Hamilton, OH 77-79 mail
*** Lieutenant - 4th Div Officer, FM/GM Div Officer, Ship's First Lt & last CDO who closed the log on decommissioning
^^^ Now Equip/Plant Mtce Mgr for Facilities Mtce Co. in OH. Married with three children. Left the Navy in 85 and continued in reserves until 1990
GRAY, George P. - Sumner, WA, 78-80, mail
*** HT1 - R Division / ERO1 (Carpenter Shop) LPO, Retired 28 February 1993 as HTCS(SW)
GREENE, James Marcus - Modesto, CA 64-67 mail
*** SA
GREGG, Bill - San Jose, CA, 67-68, mail
*** FT3 - FG Division
GREGORY, Art - Stockton, CA, 64-67, mail
*** RM1 -
^^^ Now Senior Technician for Sprint with 2 college grad sons and very involved in American Legion (past Commander 2x)
GREGORY, Don - Kelso, WA 66-68 mail
*** RMSN - Ship's Company
^^^ Now Mayor of Kelso. Married with 2 grown sons and grandchildren
GREIG, Douglas - St. Martinville, LA 71-73 #1241 mail or mail
*** BM3 - 3rd Div - I was broken in quickly. Scullery, mess deck, deck force, etc. I was humbled. Later as a Seaman, I became a lead guy for the 3rd division. At sea, look out was one of the duties. I enjoyed being on deck or outside. I made an attempt at becoming a Yeoman, but short lived. I couldn't take being inside all day.
^^^ I'm now with Halliburton Energy Services. HES is an oilfield service company. I have been with this company for 32 years. My home town is Lafayette , Louisiana. I reside about 12 miles away in St.Martinville, La. I am divorced with 4 grown children and 4 grandsons, one with each child. 2 of my children live in Japan, as my 1st wife is Japanese. I have recently visited them there. My interest is traveling, hunting, fish, skiing, riding.
I am 55 years old in fairly good shape. I hope to retire at 60 and travel around the world again. I really miss the port calls that we had the USS Oklahoma City CLG-5.
GREIMAN, David - Garner, IA 63-65 #1100 mail
*** FTM2
^^^ I own a construction company but I now have my youngest son as a partner and let him do most of the work. My wife and I have 4 children + 5 and one half grandchildren
GRESHAMER, David K - Newport News, VA 72-73 mail
*** CT3 - Com7Flt, N2 Division
^^^ Married for second time with 2 step-children I think of as my own. Work for City of Newport News for past 25 years. Looking forward to retirement in about 5 years. I was able to complete my degress thanks to GI Bill
GREVE, Gary D. - Waunakee, WI 61-63 mail
*** JO3 - Ship's Journalist, published the Cherokee Strip, a daily at-sea newspaper for the crew.
GRIFFIN, Rowdy - Washington, DC 01-05 #1194 mail
*** SK2(SS) best buds STS2(SS) Keith Wolford and MM2(SS)Anthony Amato.
Time spent on board were some of the best years in my life. Made outstanding friends that still today I always keep in touch with. Qualified all the way to DCPO import and DOOW at sea as a second class.
^^^ Today living in Washington DC working for the Director of Naval Reactors and counting down the days until I go to sea again.
GRINDLE, Robert Owen "Boomer" - Everett, WA 76-78 #1118 mail
*** MU2 - I was a Trumpet instrumentalist (3806) attached to the COMSEVENTHFLT Band
^^^ Divorced with 2 adult children. I work for USPS, my daughter is with Comcast and my son attends Daytona Beach College in Florida and lives with his mom. He will graduate this December with multiple degrees
GRIPON, Ron - Livingston, TX 78-79 mail
*** CWO2 - Ship's Electronics Officer - Retired November, 92 as W4 after 30 years
GROGAN, Everett P - 74-75 #1226 mail
*** BMSN - 3rd & 4th divs. I was a bosnmate and luved it. Sure do miss the old gal and all aboard
GROW, Ken - Downey, CA 69-71 #1156 mail
*** CYN3 - worked in Comm, then Flag Admin in Awards - reported on board when ship was in dry dock
^^^ Today I own a small business and sell insurance
GRUBB, Ron "Otis" - Westpac, 74-79 mail
*** BT2 After Fireroom and Oil Shack.
^^^ Still in the Navy as Command Master Chief. Best friend and mentor was Mark Manis
GUEST, Lyman (Chip) - San Jose, CA 74-78 mail
*** Lieutenant - MPDS/CE Division Officer Ship's Company / 7th Fleet Staff
GULLETTE, Steven - Monument, CO 73-75 mail
*** FTM3 - SPG-49 (Dir 5), then to STERF working for Rick "The Eggs" Hammond. Good times with Robert Sanchez, Ed "Edo" Terrell, Doughboy Wilter and I still owe Donnie Slack for Wog Day '73
^^^ Retired from Navy as LT in '95. Now part owner of 2 real estate companies in CO. Still blissfully married to "D", Gary Kemmerling's cousin
GUMBINER, Don - 89-92 #1123 mail
*** YN - I have since retired as YN1(SS). I would love to hear from any of my old shipmates
GUY, Greg - Escondido, CA 77-79 mail
*** QM3 - Quartermaster of the watch, NX Div. Buddied were Norman ("Wild Man")Wildenman, Mike Ling and Hugh Darlington
^^^ I'm a single father of an 8 y/o working with a construction engineering firm