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Years Served: 1981-May 1984…GMT2- Would like to find GMT1 Mcneill, jenson, Brown. Also STG-Bob Choate, TM-Brian Bond, STG-Jeff Messenger

Tony Harmon

Years Served: 1976-1979…Proud to have served in the USS Sampson. I have retired now and live in Pensacola, FL. SM3 Mark E. Clark

SM3 Mark E. Clark

Years Served: 1983-1984…Great ship, made some lasting friends.

Skip O'Brien

Years Served: 1976-1979…My years abord the SAM were probably the best years in the military. We were not just a crew we were a family. Didn’t know she got cut up until 2005. The anchors are in my home state of North Carolina, about 25 miles form home. If anyone wants to contact me, here’s your chance.

SH3 JERRY JOHNSON

Years Served: 1976-1979…Proud to have served in the USS Sampson. I have retired now and live in Pensacola, FL. SM3 Mark E. Clark

SM3 Mark E. Clark

Years Served: 1983-1984…Great ship, made some lasting friends.

Skip O'Brien

Years Served: 1976-1979…My years abord the SAM were probably the best years in the military. We were not just a crew we were a family. Didn’t know she got cut up until 2005. The anchors are in my home state of North Carolina, about 25 miles form home. If anyone wants to contact me, here’s your chance.

SH3 JERRY JOHNSON

Years Served: May 1964 – Nov 1966…Any RMs or other OC Division folks of my era out there…O’Brien, Diaz, RJ Lynch, Charlie Vail, Charlie Wrisner, Freddie Green, Jim Carrow or LTJG Kilpatrick? I’d like to hear from any of you. Royal

Royal Webster, RM2

Years Served: 61-63…Plankowner. Good times, great shipmates. Any other stewburners out there???

Ron Larsen

Years Served: 1983-1987…I was an FC and worked on the aft missle radars. The memories grow fonder as I get older……

Ray Sreca

Years Served: 1976 to 1980…some of the best times looking back, great ship and crew, just like a family, supper sam did it all and filled in when other ships couldn’t make it. never forget running agound in san juan

Mike Manning

Years Served: 1959 to 1963…Plank owner and proud member of the original crew. Served as a Guided Missile Tech. and Missile Tech. and have fond memories of everyone I served with. Would love to hear from my fellow shipmates. Mike Bronner

Mike Bronner

Years Served: 1980-1985…Worked in both firerooms. ANYONE REMEMEBERING ME SHOOT ME AN E-MAIL

Michael Peterson (Pete)

Years Served: 24JUN61 to 6MAY63…Plank Owner, Original Crew. Radioman. Greatest of times, never forgotten.

Mafred J. Huffman

Years Served: Sept. 67 thru Feb. 69…Great ship, great crew. Made RM2 before I got out. Went to Boston for the commissioning of USS Sampson DDG 102. Met 39 other crewmates from various times during her 30 years of service. They are still a great crew. Hard to believe it was 40 years ago that I was assigned to her.

Larry Knerr

Years Served: 1972 – 1975…I was a radarman (operations specialist) on the Sampson in 1972 as we sailed from Charleston, South Carolina across the Atlantic and the Med to Athens, Greece where we were homeported for the next 3 years and what an adventure! Since then I have traveled all over the world in different capacities but going there as a US Sailor was a unique experience all it’s own that not many guys ever have and one that i will never forget. If the words Crystal Flash ring a bell with anyone then you remember me! We had some amazing experiences during that time including a fire in the boiler room while up cruising in the Black Sea, circumnavigation of the Isle of Capri and the volcano Stromboli, a two month hide and seek with a Russian sub that started near Rota, Spain and went all the way across the Med to Alexandria, Egypt, the Greek military takeover from the then president/leader Pappadopolis where we woke up for our daily bus ride to work to soldiers with machine guns running through the streets and tanks stopping and inspecting traffic at most major intersections, to helping out flood victims in the exotic city of Tunis in northern Africa, and much, much, much more. If you were there then you know what i mean when i say it was quite a ride!!! Thanks for the memories!

larry a. lasseter

Years Served: Planker ‘61-’63…:D Hey Wort………..Seen Foxy Whipple around? Lowe, Baltis, Johnson, that titless wave Jack Suarez, Nolan & Co?

Jim Carten

Years Served: 61-64…Hey Carten, remember I stood no watches, no mess cooking or no working parties. Must have been tough sucking up to me when you needed a favor. Hah!

Jack Suarez

Years Served: 1969 – 1971…QM2 – Many great memories and stories from our Charleston Home Port to our Med deployments.

Irv True

Years Served: Jan 1983-July 1985…Was an ET1 in oe div. Lahorner,Roa,Ontiveros,Serna,Fuert,Steve Peck EW1. If anyone out there contact me.

Fred Garza III

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