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06/17/13 |
Grubb, Jacob Roscoe
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(1) Jacob is located in
Bensalem, PA. He initially was a Gunners Mate
but switched rates to Military Police and retired as a
MP1 after 32 years. This mate spent 3 years in
Vietnam
aboard river patrol boats. |
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06/17/13 |
Giammarinaro, Michael A. |
(2) Michael is located in
Leland,
NC. His email is
mgiamm02-at-ec.rr.com In June 1975 he was a MS3.
He awaits news of the Rich. |
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06/17/13 |
Alden, James A. Alden |
(3) This shipmate is located in
Fallston, MD. In June 1975 he was an Ensign who
went on to serve 5 years active duty and then went to
the Reserves achieving the rank of Commander.
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4 |
07/11/13 |
Pettersen, Askel N. |
(4) Aksel was born on 01/17/56 and died on 06/03/12 at
the age of 56. |
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07/11/13 |
Wibben, Lawrence E.
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(5)
Lawrence is
located in
Tulsa,
OK. (lewib9355-at-aol.com)
He is a retired SKCS serving 1964-1989. He came
aboard RICH on 06/30/75 as a SK2.
He recalls shipmate SK Ralph Thomas Chase who he would
like to contact.
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07/15/13 |
Chase,
Ralph Thomas |
(6) Ralph is located in Lake Milton, OH.
He was mentioned to the searcher by Lawrence Wibben also
recently found and he got lucky in finding him with
little to go on. He is a retired SKC. |
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07/15/13 |
Dummit,
Ronald |
(7) Ron entered the Navy in 1960 having been born 9n 1943.
He was a BT3 aboard the Rich after arriving on 8/6/63.
Rich was his 2nd ship of a long list he
served over a 28 year career before retiring as BTCM. He
went on to be diagnosed with mesothelioma. He was
awarded a $32,000,000 jury verdict. Ron passed on
12/2/11, less than 4 months later.
Kay would enjoy hearing from shipmates and the Association.
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07/22/13 |
Unangst, George L Jr |
(8)
George is located in
Brookhaven,
PA.
His Scottish name made finding him a bit easier than
usual. He recalls the “collision” vividly to this day |
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07/22/13 |
Camden, Mark D |
(9)
Mark is located in
Bristol, CT.
Another shipmate who recalls the collision with vivid memories. |
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07/24/13 |
Priest, Danny (Gene) |
(10)
Danny was born 10/24/1958 and died on 11/3/2004 in Lubbock, TX.
He is interred in the Mt. Olive Cemetery,
Big Spring, TX. His marker reads, “US Navy”.
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Zakutansky, Ronald J |
(11) – Ronald
(BTFN) was born 8/19/1957 and shockingly died in March of 1994
at age 37. His home state was New Jersey. His widow is
believed to be Antoinette Wilbur of Toms River, NJ. Our
locator cannot locate her. His mother is believed to be
Bertha (82) Zakutansky of Bayonne, NJ. He was difficult
to find because his death is recorded under his initials
of R.J. only, which is unusual, but not uncommon. Again,
I am sorry for the loss of your shipmate. Such a loss of
a young life. |
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07/26/13 |
Baxivanos,
Nicholas P. |
(12) – Nicholas
was born 12/2/1956 and died on 12/6/2001 at the age of
45 in Phoenix, AZ. His widow is Teresa Joan (59) of
South Point, OH. |
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07/29/13 |
Gregor, Kevin E |
(13) – Kevin was born 06/16/1955 and died in 9/1995
at age “30”. His last know address was
Massena,
NY. |
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07/29/13 |
Boggs, Randall |
(14) – Randall was born 07/8/1957 and died on
05/15/1999 at age 42 at
Danville,
KY. His widow is Wanda Marie. |
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07/29/13 |
Shaddeau, Richard G |
(15) – BTFN -Richard is located in
Gallipolis, OH.
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08/01/13 |
Smith, Reaford Chester |
(16) – Reaford is located in
Troy, OH 45373.
He has vivid memories of the collision with AO98.
He welcomes news of the Rich. He hasn’t heard from
anyone since leaving the ship. He was the distance
man holding the rope used to measure how close the ships
are during refueling from the 01 deck. He was a
BMSN at the time.
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08/01/13 |
Mays, Richard Norris
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(17) – Richard is located in
Denver, CO.
Richard was in his rack when the AO98 collision sounded,
but he got up PDQ as his station was in the fire room.
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08/02/13 |
McCafferty, Eric C |
(18) – Eric (QM2) is in
Charleston,
SC. He served until 1993
and retired as QMCS. He is now a mate on a dredge
for small channels working for the Army Corps of
Engineers. His recollections of the AO collision
are still vivid including seeing one shipmate prevent
another from jumping overboard, obviously in panic mode.
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08/02/13 |
Wendland, Steven L |
(19) – Steven is located in
Westampton, NJ. He was the Oil King during the
refueling operation preceding the collision with AO98.
He is looking forward to speaking with former shipmates.
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08/02/13 |
Suppan, Richard G |
(20) – Gerald is located in
Northampton, PA. Rich was CIC Supervisor at the
time of the collision with the AO98. His Rich
experience was very good and he is still in touch with
his former OS shipmates.
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08/07/13 |
Arnaud, Kevin J |
(30B) – Kevin John (MM3) is
located in Pflugerville, TX.
He is a buddy of David Davison, both of whom went to
nuke school after the AO98 collision. Kevin wound
up on a submarine while David wound up on a cruiser.
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22 |
8/05/13 |
Nerren, Joseph Kenneth |
(22) – Joseph is located in Spring, TX. His Navy and
Rich service was confirmed by his family. He is a night
shift machinist. |
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23 |
8/05/13 |
Prader, Robert W |
(23) – Robert (Bob) (ET3) age 55 of Kelso, Washington,
died on April 19, 2013. |
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8/05/13 |
Schafers, Christopher J |
(24) – Christopher (GMT3) is located in Valley Center,
KS. He went on to serve 10 years leaving the Navy as
GMT1. He has in interesting recollection of the
collision and why it happened. |
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8/05/13 |
Hilton, Larry M |
(25) – Larry (SH3) is located in Chester, PA. |
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8/05/13 |
DiGuiseppe, Alex G |
(26) – Alex (SH3) is located in Hicksville, NY.
His duty station during replenishments was at the helm.
Fortunately for him he left the Rich before the
collision with AO 98 as his hitch was completed. |
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8/05/13 |
Grandey, David R |
(27) – (MM2) is in Greenburg, PA. He served 8 years
before leaving the Navy. |
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28 |
8/05/13 |
Litwhiler, Lance |
(28) – Lance (ET3) is located in Jacksonville, FL. He
went on to serve 20 years retiring as ET1. |
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08/07/13 |
Tate, Michael E |
(29) – Michael (SN)
is located in
Philadelphia,
PA. He will visit the web site
for buddies’ names when he isn’t caring for his three
grandsons.
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30B @ L 21 |
08/07/13 |
Davison, David B |
(30A) – David
is located in
San Clemente, CA.
David was in the Engine Room during the collision
removing oil from the water purifier when he thought a
big wave had hit the Rich causing him to spill his
bucket of oil in to the bilges and causing him to utter
a few expletives. The call to battle stations
remedied his assumption. He went on to serve 4
years aboard a cruiser after nuke school to which he
reported shortly after the Rich’s arrival in
Philadelphia.
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