Retired Crew Members
This page is dedicated to those crew members who served their country as a member of the Armed Forces for 18 or more years and retired from active duty or reserve service.

40's Crew Members

50's Crew Members

 		 NELSON, GERALD H., CmdSgtMaj
Date Entered Service: 1955
Date Retired - Michigan ANG, Army Reserves: 1996
Duty Stations:
Philadelphia Naval Base
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)
Brooklyn Naval Base
Michigan Army National Guard
46th Military Police Company, Lansing, MI
146th Military Police Bn, Owosso, MI
177th Military Police Brigade, Detroit, MI
Michigan Army National Guard State HQ, Lansing, MI
Fort Dix, NJ
210th Military Police Bn, Saudi Arabia, Desert Storm
Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN
107th Corps Support Bn, Ionia, MI
US Military Emergency Volunteer, Michigan Division
   CSM of MEV Task Force #4
RIOS-RIVERA, LEANDRO, Maj
Date Entered Service: 1952
Date Retired - US Army Reserve : 1995
Duty Stations:
US Army, Fort Buchanan, PR, '52 -'54
Puerto Rico National Guard - Hqrs. Det., '54-56
US Navy - 1st Receiving Station, Washington, DC, '56 -'57
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), '57 - '60
Puerto Rico National Guard - Hqrs. Det., '60 - '62
Puerto Rico National Guard - '62 - '75
US Army - US Support Group, '75 - '85 
US Army - Stand By Reserve - '85 - '95

RYAN, THOMAS R., GMG1
Date Entered Service: 7 March 1946
Date Retired - US Navy: 15 December 1969
Duty Stations:
USS Hyades (AF-28) '46 - '48
Naval Reserves  '48 - '52
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17) '52 - '53
US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba  '53 - '54
USS Minotaur (ARL-15)  '54 - '55
Submarine Group One, Charleston, SC  '55 - '57
USS Chilton (APA-38)  '57 - '61
USS Francis Marion (APA-249)  '61 - '65
US Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA  '65 - '67
USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2)  '67 - '69
SAN FILLIPPO, ANTHONY T., RMC
Date Entered Service: 1943
Date Retired - US Navy: 1964
Duty Stations:
US Naval Armed Guard Center, Brooklyn, NY, 
    Assigned to following Merchant Ship Gun Crew, '43 - '46
    S.S. William Grayson, S.S. William Sturgis, S.S. Champions Hill,
    S.S. Arthur Riggs, S.S. Frederick Jackson Turner
USS Oakland (Cl-95)
USS Andromedia (AKA-15)
USS Eberle (DD-430)
USS PC-1182
Pentagon, Washington, DC
Commander, Carrier Division Four, USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
   and USS Randolph (CVS-15)
USS Bennington (CVS-20)
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)
Naval Station, Spain
Instructor, Radioman "A" School, San Diego, CA
Naval Communications Station, Adak, AK  
TESSIER, GEORGE E., JR., LT
Date Entered Service: 17 November 1947
Date Retired - US Navy: 8 July 1968
Duty Stations:
Receiving Station, Charleston, SC, 1/48 - 6/48
NAS Jacksonville, FL, 6/48 - 7/49
USS Torsk (SS-423), 3/49 - 7/52
USS Flyingfish (SS-229), 7/52 - 6/53
USS Guardfish (SS-217), 7/53 - 7/56
USS Darter (SS-576), 8/56 - 11/58
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 11/58 - 7/61
Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia, PA, 7/61 - 7/63
USS Fulton (AS-11), 7/63 - 6/66
OCS Newport, RI, 6/66 - 3/67
USS Mount Baker (AE-4), 3/67 - 7/68

60's & 70's Crew Members
  CASEY, PAUL  D., ENC
Date Entered Service:  November 1964
Date Retired - US Navy: August 1984
Duty Stations:
USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833), 2/65 - 9/67
USS Lowe (DER-325), 10/67 - 9/68
Naval Station Phildelphia, PA., 11/68 - 2/71
Naval Supply Activity, Saigon, RVN, 7/71 - 2/72
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 3/72 - 6/73
USS Luiseno (ATF-156), 7/73 - 10/74
NRS Cutler, ME., 11/74 - 12/76
USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), 2/77 - 9/78
USS Kittywake (ASR-13), 10/78 - 8/80
NRD New Orleans, LA., 12/80 - 6/83
USS Sustain (AFDM-7), 8/83 - 8/84
   
FARRELL, TROY R., EMC
Date Entered Service: 7 October 1947
Date Retired - US Navy: 10 August 1967
Duty Stations:
USS Dixie (AD-14)
EM "A" School, Great Lakes, IL., Staff
USS Macon (CA-132)
Tug Office, Naval Station, Norfolk, VA.
AFDL-3, Marshall Islands
USS Frontier (AD-21)
USS Hamel (AD-20)
Naval Recruiting Station, Wichita, KS.
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)
USS Sheldrake (AGS-19)
USS Preserver (ARS-8)

 		 FERNANDEZ,  ANTHONY  P, CW04
Date Entered Service: June 1959
Date Retired - US Navy:  January 1980
Duty Stations
USS Rigel  (AF-58) 5/60 - 4/61
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17) 4/61 - 1/63
USS Thor (ARC-4) 1/63 - 5/63
USS Miller (DD-535) 5/63 - 8/63
USS Springfield (CLG-7) 8/63 - 5/65
Fleet Training Center, Newport, RI  5/65 - 6/67
USS Little Rock (CLG-4) 4/68 - 7/71
Fleet Ops Control Center, US Pacific Fleet, Oahu, HI  7/71 - 9/75
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) 9/75 - 9/77
COMNAVSURFPAC, San Diego, CA  9/77 - 1/80
   
KAISER, GEORGE A., DCC
Date Entered Service: September 1968
Date Retired - US Navy Reserve: January 2000
Duty Stations:
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 11/69 - 7/71
NRSD 4-21, Folsom, PA, 9/71 - 7/74
USS Corry (DD-817) (SELRES Det), 1/76 - 12/80
Damage Control Training Center, Philadelphia, PA (SELRES Det), 1/81 - 6/89
USS O. H. Perry (FFG-7) (SELRES Det), 7/89 - 11/91
Damage Control Training Center, Philadelphia, PA (SELRES Det), 12/91 - 9/94
FTG GITMO (SELRES Det 102), Brooklyn, NY, 10/94 - 1/97

 		 LaPEAN, JAMES W., SR., CDR
Date Entered Service: April 1955
Date Retired - US Navy: 30 June 1987
Duty Stations:
Wisconsin Army National Guard, (Reserves), 4/55 - 7/60
USS Stalwart (MSO-493) 3/61 - 11/63
USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23, 1/64 - 11/65
USS Stormes (DD-780), 7/66 - 6/68
NROTC Unit University Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 8/68 - 7/71
USNavPhil/CinCPacRepPhil Staff, Subic Bay, PI, 8/71-9/72
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 10/72-7/73
USS Steinaker (DD-863), 8/73 - 7/74
BUPERS, Arlington, VA, 7/74-7/76
CinCLant/CinCLantFlt Staff, Norfolk, VA, 8/76 - 7/79
NavMMacLant, Norfolk, VA, 7/79 - 6/83
DCASR, DLA, Philadelphia, PA, 8/83 - 8/85
Naval Safety Center, Norfolk, VA, 9/85 - 6/87
   
McCLANE, DON, CWO2
Date Entered Service: 16 January 1956
Date Retired - US Navy: 22 November 1977
Duty Stations:
USS Toledo (CA-133) 
USS Saratoga (CVA-60)
USS Permit (SSN-594)
USS Proteus (AS-19)
USS Menhaden (SS-577)
USS Bream (SS-243)
USS Bashaw (SS-241)
Navy Recruiting Station, Little Rock, AR.,
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)
USS Guadalupe (AO-32)
Recruit Training Command, San Diego, CA., 

MILSTEAD, JAMES, LCDR (SW)
Date Entered Service:7 October 1967
Date Retired - US Navy: 1 September 1988
Duty Stations:
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 11/67 - 12/69
River Division 131, RVN, 1/70 - 4/70
Bethesda Naval Hospital, 4/70 - 10/70
Naval Communication Station, Ponce, PR, 11/70 - 12/73
USS Mauna Kea (AE-22), 1/74 - 4/77
USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3), 5/77 - 5/79
INSURV Washington, DC, 6/79 - 6/81
COMNAVSURFLANT, 6/81 - 6/83
USS Milwaukee (AOR-2), 8/83 - 9/88

 		 OLLOM, THOMAS, GMCS (SW)
Date Entered Service: 23 August 1970
Date Retired - US Navy: 01 July 1993
Duty Stations:
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)  10/71 - 01/73
USS PARSONS (DDG-3)  12/73 - 03/75
GM "C" School Staff, NTC Great Lakes, IL  03/75 - 03/79
USS Albany (CG-10), Gaeta, Italy 5/79 - 8/80
USS Talbot (FFG-4)  9/80 - 5/82
USS C.F. Adams (DDG-2) 5/82 - 3/83
GM "C" School Staff, NTC Great Lakes, IL  3/83 - 5/87
USS Estocin (FFG-15)  8/87 - 1/91
GM "C' School Gunnery Div Officer, NTC Great Lakes, IL       1/91 - 7/93
   

 		 ROSS, CHARLES W., RMC
Date Entered Service: 5 April 1944
Date Retired: 20 March 1964
Duty Stations:
Navy Local Defense Force, Panama, CZ, '44-'46
Naval Proving Grounds, Dahlgren, VA, '46
NAS Anacostia, DC, '46 - '47
NavCommSta Bainbridge Island, WA, '47
NavCommSta, Adak, AK, '48
NavCommSta, Winter Harbor, ME, '49 - '51
NavCommSta, Yokosuka, Japan, '51
NavCommSta, Kami Seya, Japan, '52 - '53
NavCommSta, Guam, '54
NavCommSta, San Diego, CA, '54
ComServPac, Pearl Harbor, HI, '54-57
USS Frontier (AD-25),  '57
Naval Station, Mayport, FL, '57 - '59
RM(B) School, Bainbridge, MD, '60
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17),  '60 - '62
USS Arcturus (AF-52), '62 - '64
   

 		 SAVADGE, JOSEPH  A., PNCS(SW)
Date Entered Service:  November 1971
Date Retired:  November 1997
Duty Stations:
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)  3/72 - 2/73
PN "A" School, SSC Orlando, FL   3/73 - 5/73
PAMICONUS, NTC Bainbridge, MD  5/73 - 12/74
USS Harry E. Yarnell (DLG/CG-17)  1/75 - 1/78
COMTRALANT, Norfolk, VA  3/78 - 2/80
NAVFAC, Brawdy Wales, UK  3/80 - 9/81
Attack Squadron Thirty-Five, 11/81 - 3/84
COMNAVMILPERSCOM, Washington, DC  4/84 - 12/89
USS L Y Spear (AS-36)  1/90 - 2/93
BUPERS, Washington, DC  3/93 - 11/97
   
STEPHANSKI, CHARLES, MMCM
Date Entered Service: September 1957
Date Retired: June 1977
Duty Stations:
USS Hamner (DD-718), 4/58 - 3/63
USS Currituck (AV-7), 3/63 - 10/64
MM "A" School, NTC Great Lakes, IL, 11/64 - 9/68
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 1/69 - 8/72
RTC Great Lakes, IL, 9/72 - 8/74
USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), 9/74 - 6/77
   
TERWILLIGER, DAVID E., RMC
Date Entered Service: 14 August 1951
Date Retired - US Navy: 16 June 1972
Duty Stations:
USS Arneb (AKA-56), 8/52 - 7/54
USS Gordius (ARL-36), 7/54 - 6/55
USS Penobscot (ATA-188), 4/57 - 7/58
USS Portunus (ARC-1), 7/58 - 5/59
USS Yamacraw (ARC-4), 5/59-6/60
Naval Communications Center, Annapolis, MD., 6/60 - 8/63
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 6/63 - 1/65
USS Tutuila (ARG-4), 1/65 - 3/67
Teletype Maintenance School, Norfolk, VA,  3/67 - 12/69
USS Cacapon (AO-52), 1/70 - 6/72
WESTBROOK, GARY M., LCDR
Date Entered Service: 25 June 1962
Date Retired - US Navy: 1 September 1982
Duty Stations:
Naval Academy Prep School, 8/62 - 6/63
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 8/63 - 8/64
USS Observation Island (EAG-154), 6/65 - 6/67
Purdue University, NESEP, 6/67 - 6/71
USS Dubuque (LPD-8), 9/72 - 7/74
HC-3/HC-11 Helicopter Combat Support Sqdrn, 7/74 - 2/78
Naval Postgraduate School, 2/78 - 6/79
US Naval Academy, Instructor, 7/79 - 6/82
  ZANE, EDWARD  J., NCCM,  (also BMCM)
Date Entered Service:  January 1943
Date Retired:  October 1986
Duty Stations:
Camp Perry, Little Creek, VA  3/43 - 5/43
Bainbridge, MD  5/43 - 7/43
Little Creek, VA  7/43 - 9/43
Fort Pierce, FL  9/43 - 11/43
LST 501 - 11/43 - 6/44
NAVADOMPHIB Base,  6/44 - 12/44
USS Indian Island (AG-77)  1/45 - 12/46
US Army 11/48 - 12/49
US Naval Reserve  1/50 - 1/61
USS Blackwood (DE-219)  8/62 - 11/63
USS Fremont (APA-44)  11/63 - 11/65
NRD Philadelphia 12/65 - 10/69
USS Sanctuary (AH-17)  10/69 - 12/70
USS Mona Loa (AE-8)  1/71 - 2/71
USS Biddle (DLG-34)  2/71 - 1/72
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)  1/72 - 4/73
NRD Philadelphia  5/73 - 2/77
USS Sylvania (AFS-2)  3/77 - 4/78
NRD Philadelphia  4/78 - 2/84
NAVSTA Philadelphia, PA  2/84 - 10/86
   

ZIMMERMAN, RON SR., SKCS(SW)
Date Entered Service: 11 August 1969
Date Retired - US Navy: 28 Feb 1990
Duty Stations:
Naval Advisory Group, RVN, 3/70 - 10/70 
Navy Communication Station, Morocco, 2/71 - 3/72 
USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), 4/72 - 6/73 
Naval Reserve Center, Toledo, OH, Unit SD4-111, 6/73 - 3/74 
Naval Reserve Center, Great Lakes, IL, Staff, 3/74 - 9/77 
USS Affray (MSO-511), 9/77 - 5/80 
USS Fearless (MSO-442), 6/80 - 4/82 
Naval Reserve Center, Louisville, KY, Staff, 4/82 - 9/85
Craft of Opportunity, Mine Squadron Eleven, 10/85 - 2/90
Last updated on: 08/01/09
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