ALBORNOZ, Carlos J - Barstow, CA 71-72 #01061 mail
*** YN2 - Came aboard as deck seaman / mess cook, then to Capt's Office with YNCS Bailey, CWO Nededog, YN2 Squires, YNSN Joe Dunne, YNSN J. P. Janes and later WO1 Williams & YN1 Price
^^^ Retired as YNCS(SW) 30 Sep 93. Sec'y at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, TX then moved to CA working with the INS as examiner until 2000.
Now in Environmental Div sect at USMC Logistics Base, Barstow, CA
AYALA, Richard H. - Weslaco, TX, 66-68, mail
*** YN2 - X Div, worked in ship's office with Capt Bagley
^^^ After Navy, 5 years as Texas St Trooper & 25 with US Border Patrol, retired '99. My wife Helen is an RN, we have a son & daughter. I now own a PI business in Texas
BAILEY, James G - Carrollton, TX 69-72 mail
*** YNCM - Capt's Off under CWOs Nededog & Williams
^^^ Xferred to Fleet Res in '76, fully ret from civilian jobs in '97. Still miss the feeling of the ship under my feet
BELL, John R. - Dacula, GA 71-74 mail
*** YN3 - Com7Flt, Flag Ops / Plans
BIANCO, Bob - Clinton Township, MI 62-66 mail
*** YN3 Logroom Yeoman
BONGIOVANNI, Frank 72-74 #1122 mail
*** YNSN - Fond memories of the Tonkin Gulf when the world was in turmoil
BRADFORD, Lee - Virginia Beach, VA 71 mail
*** YN3
^^^ Ret Cdr. SC USNR, now GS11 MILPERS Officer - FISC Norfolk
BUTLER, William - East Lansing, MI 72-75 #1223 mail
*** YN2 - Com7Flt - N-1 office. I processed awards for the 7th Fleet. I remember the guys in the office. CDR Wayne Case was an outstanding officer to work for. Mark Brock was an office mate for a couple of years. I have good memories of Paul Weishaupt, who was roving about the WestPac, but was attached to our office.
^^^ I used to be an art museum curator. I work on projects of personal interest now. I'm married to my first wife, 25 years. She's a law professor. Our daughter is going to school in Chicago.
CAREY, James E - 68-69 mail
*** CYN3 - CR Div, Com7Flt TTY Operator
CARTER, William "Bill" - Monroe, LA 72-73mail
*** YN2 - Com7Flt, worked in Awards Office.
^^^ Presently working with the Morehouse Parish Sales Tax Commission. Married with a daughter, a step-son & a 5 year old granddaughter. Enjoy camping, fishing, spending time with our grandchild. I try to play golf
COOK, Dan - Fort Mill, SC 67-68 #1111 mail
*** CYN3 - 7th Flt Staff, crossed the deck to the Prov - then to Navsuppact Saigon where I served at Nha Be, Dong Tam, and ATSB Phouc Xuyen in support of the river boats. I operated a 60mm and 81mm mortar putting out H and I fire on
the river. I pretty much ran with Ben Finley
^^^ I have been employed with the 3M company for 25 years. Married 35 yrs with 3 grown children who selected military careers. For my midlife crisis, I took
flying lessons and earned my private pilots license last May
CORNWELL, James - Walnut, CA 69-71 mail
*** CYN3 - CR Div - best friends were Terry and Paco
^^^ Now a conductor for Union Pacific RR, my run is from Los Angeles to Yuma. Married going on 29 yrs to the lady I was writing while aboard the okie. We have 3 boys
COSTELLO, Ronald E - Cottonwood, CA 66-68mail
*** YNSN - Legal Yeoman
COTTRELL, Barry L. - Apopka, FL 76-79mail
*** PO3 - X Div, Command Career Counselor
^^^ Ret USN in '85 as NCC(SW) CPO. Now a dispatcher for VecTour, a Charter Bus Company in Orlando
CRUSE, Dale - Rocky Face, GA, 68-70, mail
*** CYN3 - Com7Flt banker and radio
CRUSO, John - Saucier, MS 68-70 #01088 mail
*** CYN4 - Comm Shack - message handling & computer screen
^^^ Now with Northrup Grumman Shipyard in MS doing Quality Control - Enjoy bowling in spare time with girl friend and in leagues
DAVIDSON, Billy A - Pensacola, FL 65-67 mail
*** CYN3 - Teletype Operator & Class E Messenger
^^^ Now a LtCdr & instr at Naval Aviation Tech Training Ctr. Married to Lorraine for 35 yrs. 3 grown children & 6 grandchildren. Love golf & showing off my 1930 Ford Roadster
DITZLER, Thomas F. - North Ridgeville, OH 70-72mail
*** YN3 - Ships Personnel Office
^^^ Now a purchasing agent for Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Married 28 yrs with twin sons, both school teachers
DODD, Thomas D "Okie" - Las Vegas, NV 68-72 #1202 mail
*** CYN3 - CR Div COM7FLT TTY OP/CRT OP
^^^ I moved to Las Vegas, NV in 1974. I’ve been in Commercial Printing for the past 20 yrs
ELAM, David - Merced, CA 78-79
*** YN3 - Engineering Log Room and Captain's Off
ELSBERRY, Marvin F - Republican City, NE 1965 #01063 mail
*** CYN3 - Com7Flt - handles fleet traffic for Adm Hyland. Crossed the deck to the Prov and then to the Canberra in '67
^^^ Wife Linda & I retired to the lake for gardening, hunting & fishing. Spent 31 yrs in Aerospace with Gen Dynamics & Martin Marietta
FAUSS, Ken - Rapid City, SD 69-71mail
*** CYN3 - Com7Flt
FELSHEIM, Wayne C. - Johson City, NY 68-69mail
*** Comm Yeoman, Com7thFlt
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
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
HARRIBINE, Don - Peabody, MAmail
*** YNCS USN(Ret)
HAWKES, Bob - Salt Lake City, UT 68-69mail
*** CYN3 - Com7Flt, went from Providence to OKC to S. Vietnam.
^^^ Now work for Salt Lake City Fine Arts Div. I have a step-son and a daughter. Wife died in 1987.
HOGAN, Patrick J - Zion, IL 72-76 #1157 mail
*** YN3 - Com7Flt Plans Office
^^^ Retired in 92. I have worked last 14 years for Vernon Hills PD as the Evidence/Property Officer
IHDE, Darrell - Lincoln, NE 60-63mail
*** YN3 - Driver for Cdr Tuttle and later Capt's Off
^^^ 34 years with an Insurance Co - now sell Real Estate. Past Master of a Lincoln Masonic Lodge - active with the Shriners. Wife Betty & I are empty-nesters
JAMES, Terry - Diamondhead, MS 73-75 #1228 mail
*** YN1 - Served with 7th fleet staff N-2 division. Friends were Capt Hoskins, B.J. Blackerby and Dave Vandyke.
^^^ Retired YNCS. Retired civil service after 11 years at U.S. Naval Retirement Home - worked in the admissions office. Served on quite a few ships, but none, no not one, held a candle to the OK City.
JOINER, Ross - Fairbury, IL, 72-73 No E-Mail, contact webmaster for more information
*** YN3 Ship's Library, X-Div
KISSINGER, Kerry - Federal Way, WA, 70-74, mail
*** YNC - Com7Flt Staff
LANE, Benjamin Charles - Stafford, VA, 64-66, mail
*** YN2 - Weapons Dept Yeoman assigned to FG div. Later, Capt's Off Yeoman. Retired as LCDR in '91
^^^ My wife & I have lived in Stafford 21 years. Presently work for Dept of the Army in Alexandria, VA
LOACH, H Alex - St. Augustine, FL 68-69 mail
*** SN - XO Div, Chaplain's Asst, Librarian, Choir Dir, Organist & Capt's Telephone Talker; best buddy was Steve Flowers
^^^ Now CFO at Auglink Comm (ISP)
LOPATE, Mitch - Nashville, TN 78-79 mail
*** YN - Com7Flt War Plans then Public Affairs. Crossed to the Blue Ridge in 79
MACK, Dennis - Stafford, VA 70-75mail
*** YN1 - Com7Flt, Flag Admin Unit; transferred to BUPERS in Oct. 75.
^^^ Now work for US Army (Civil Svce) as Treas of DeWitt Army Community Hospital at Ft. Belvoir, VA. My wife Haruyo and I have 3 sons: Terry, Scott and Dale
MAPES, Dennis - Orcutt, CA 61-63mail
*** YN3 - Worked in the Capt's Office for Lt(jg) Vern Smith
^^^ Married with 4 grown daughters & an 18 y/o son
McFANN, Roger - Benbrook, TX 72-75 mail
*** YN2 - Com7Flt Ops Office. Best bud was John Bell also of OPS
^^^ Now Command Master Chief at Commander, Naval Reserve Readiness Command South in Fort Worth. 3 wonderful children; my oldest is a Corpsman in New Orleans
MENDOZA, Leonardo F - Las Pinas, PI 60-62 #1264 mail
*** YN1 - Assigned in the Captain's Office as Assistant Ship Secretary. My
best buddy was CWO3 Dardi.
^^^ I am an Elder in the Bread From Heaven Christian Fellowship church.
MEYERS, Craig S. - Aiea, HI 75-79 mail
*** YN1 - Seventh Fleet Staff, Retired 2001 as YNCM(SW)
^^^ Now civil service working for USAF at Hickam AFB
MILSTEAD, Larry G - Yuma, AZ #1174 mail
*** YN2 - Checked onboard CLG-5 as a Deck Seaman and departed a YN2 serving in the Weapons Office
^^^ Retired 1 Jan 1990 as Command Master Chief of Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia
MUIR, Phil - Mesa, AZ 67-68 #1184 mail
*** YNSN - Engineering log room
^^^ Requested and received duty on the Oklahoma City
NEWELL, George F. - Anaheim, CA 71-73 mail
*** YN1 - Com7Flt Flag Ops. Drove NEX base taxi for last 7 months of tour
NOLAN, J Danny - Indianapolis, IN 65-67 mail
*** CYN3
OVIATT, Donald - Omaha, NE 69 mail
*** CYNSN - Communications Yeoman, assigned to Flag Staff CR-CS Division
^^^ Still shuffling paper but now for a railroad in Omaha
PERRODIN, Stephen J. - Lake Charles, LA 68-69 no e-mail
*** CYNSN - CR Div, Com7Flt Flag Allowance
PIETZ, Mark B. - Sacramento, CA 72-73 mail
*** YN3 - X Div, Capt's Off
PRESTIGIACOMO, F D - Deltona, FL 68-70 mail
*** YN2 - Com7Flt
^^^ Now working for US Gov't Federal Civil Service
REYNOLDS, Joseph D. - Spring, TX 69-71 mail
*** YN3 - Engineering Log Room, Xferred to Fleet Reserve in '92 as YNCS.
^^^ I am currently a Navy Junior ROTC instructor at Spring High School, Spring Texas, just N of Houston. Met my wife Merle in Manilla while on the Okie. We have 4 children & 2 grandchildren
SCHOMMER, Cliff - Neenah, WI, 71-74, mail
*** YNSN - 7flt Staff, Fleet Admin Office, Radio Rm + Flag Ops
^^^ Now shift supv in a Paper Converting Co
SHELLEY, Kenneth O. - Sparks, NV, 63-65, mail
*** YN3 - Capt's Off
SLOBODIAN, Stephen W - Brooklyn, CT 71-73 mail
*** CYN/RMSN - CR Div MainComm - Best Bud was Mac Rathbun
SQUIER, Bob - Salt Lake City, UT 67-70 #01058 mail
*** YN2 - Worked in Operations, Legal & Captain's Offices
^^^ 32 years in trucking. Worked 16.5 yrs with American Freight System before they went out of business in 88. Been with ABF Freight for 15.5 years now. Have a son in North Carolina and a daughter in New York City. One grandson in N.C. After Navy, I lived in Minneapolis for 17 years, then NC for 7.5 years and have been in Salt Lake City for 8 years now
STAIRS, Joe - Fredericton, New
Brunswick, Canada 73-75 #01018 mail
*** YN3 - Started as SA in 2nd Div, then to weapons and later X Div, Capt's Office and Dependents Asst Team in Yokosuka
^^^ Now working as Maintenance Supervisor at the local Community College
STRAND, Glenn - Sioux Falls, SD 65-67 #1207 mail
*** CYN3 - Com7Flt - I enjoyed the experience of being part of a great communications group.
^^^ Married with three sons. Twins are freshman in college. After active duty I joined the reserves and retired in 91 as RM1. Started drawing my navy retirement pay in 2006. Now employed as a credit counselor.
VANCONANT, Claude III - Lancaster, CA, 72-74, mail
*** YN1 - Capt's Off
WARNER, Ian - 03-05 #1133 mail
*** YN1
^^^ I got out of the Navy after the OK City and I'm pursuing a degree in Graphic Design.
WIPPERMAN, Bill - Lenexa, KS 68-70 mail
*** YN1 - Com7Flt in Legal Office under Captain Allen. My wife worked as a nurse on the base in Yokosuka. My son Jeff was born there
^^^ I now sell Real Estate, have 2 grandchildren
ZACCARO, Frank A. - New Port Richey, FL 44-46 PLANKOWNER mail
*** YN1 - 2nd Division, then Asst to Chaplain Merta. Also prepared the Cherokee Strip publication
^^^ Treasurer, USS Oklahoma City Association. Best buddy was Ray Palumbo-we are still in touch. Married to Frances for 56 yrs. Still a consultant for a woodworking machinery co
