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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS New York City (SSN 696). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 160 crew members registered for the USS New York City (SSN 696).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1980 | 1981 – 1985 | 1986 – 1991 | 1992 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Flynn, Kevin | ETC (SS) | May 1976 – Jul 1979 | OPS/NAV LCPO Plankowner | After serving on NYC went to SSEP NLON and then to COMSUBRON 8 EMO and COMSUBLANT Force ET. Currently reide in Virginia Beach, VA |
Rousseau, Bob | MM2(SS) | May 1976 – Jun 1979 | A Gang | Great Command, Great Crew, Great Reunions |
Reinhart, John | ET1 (SS) | 1977 – May 25, 1980 | Reactor Controls | Plank Owner, Precommissioning/Star-UP crew member. Rode her down the ways at EB. Left the ship and the Navy in May of 1980 at Pearl. |
Donohoo, Lucky | RM1/SS | 1977 – 1980 | Radio | Plankowner and Proud! |
Deisher, Rick | STS2 (SS) | 1977 – 1980 | Sonar | Part of the comissioning crew. Sailed with her through the canal to Pearl. Got off just before the first WestPac to ride the Los Angeles into the Persian Gulf during the hostage crisis. Good times and memories! |
Askam, Kevin | MMC (SS) | 1977 – 1980 | M | PreComm crew and Plankowner. Left NYC as MMC (SS) for shore duty. Some great memories with a great crew! Retired as SCPO in 1996 to be a civilian nuc. |
Bright, Don | ET1(SS) | 1977 – Jul 1979 | Reactor Controls | Pre-Comm crew and Plankowner. Rode her down the ways. Left her after the first ORSE before she left for PSA. Left the Navy a few weeks later. Good crew, good shipmates. |
Ellis, Gary | MM1 SS | 1977 – 1980 | Machinery | Plankowner, Commissioning. Rode to Pearl. Left the boat in December of 80. What a great crew. It is a brotherhood. Hope all are well. My best to JR, Chiefs Sikes and Russom, Tony M, Jim Z, Rich W, Doug G, and all. |
Woodside, Anthony | QM2 (ss) | 1977 – 1978 | Navigation | Plank owner road her down the ways Stood the first watch ever stood on her after she hit the water |
Stier, Matthew | STS/E6 | Feb 1977 – May 1984 | Sonar | |
Van Cleve, Bob | RM1(SS) | Feb 1977 – Jun 1979 | Operations / Communications | Plank Owner |
Burks, David | MM1(SS) | Mar 1977 – Sep 1979 | A Gang | Hey Slack! Jerry, Soupy, Chief Williams. You too Elliott!Great Ship, great crew, enjoyed every minute of my time! |
Pyron, Tim | EM1 SS | May 1977 – Jan 1980 | ELECTRICAL, ENGINEERING | PRE-COM and Plank owner. Midget welders at EB that they stuffed into tight corners. Mid-shift pressure watches ontop of the reactor vessel. Great times with Skip Roth, Kevin Askam, Phil Ranikn, Sheryl Wheeler. Sea trials, St. Croix ,Panama, Hawaii. |
Philipps, Bob | ETC(SS) | May 1977 – Oct 1982 | ET | Commissioning Crew was the best. Retired ETCM(SS) in 1999. Work at COMSUBLANT in Norfolk. |
Gackstetter, Doug | MM1 | May 1977 – Jun 1982 | M | My first and the finest. Lots of good memories. Gary E, John R thanks for starting me off right. Can still remember standing COW with Lundy at PD with control rigged for black. Bobby M - Hope you are doing well buddy |
Williams, Richard | FTGC(SS) | May 1, 1977 – Nov 1, 1981 | Torpedo Fire Control | Plank owner, took her to Pearl, left in 81 to return to east coast for family reasons. |
Danner, Doug | ET1/SS | May 1, 1977 – Dec 31, 1980 | Reactor Control | precom unit, plankowner, Groton to Panama to Hawaii. Served in RC Div with Jester, Marker, Doran, Reinhart, Bright, Neujahr, Anderson, and Vorlage. Left the Navy from NYC. |
Campbell Sr., Michael (Soupy) | RMC (SS) | Jun 1977 – Jun 1983 | Operations Radio Gang | Pre-Comm Plank Owner. Served with a lot of good people over the years and enjoyed every minute of it. One of the best boats around. Great Skipper A.E Walther |
Holland, Jeff | MM11/ELT | Jul 1977 – Aug 1980 | MM/ELT | Plank Owner |
Alford, David | E5 | Jul 29, 1977 – Jul 29, 1979 | SONAR | |
Wright, Craig | STS SS/DV Plankowner | Dec 1977 – Nov 1980 | Sonar | Definitely a memorable period in my life! |
Slack, George | IC2/SS PLANKOWNER | 1978 – May 1981 | IC | Server onboard during construction at Electric Boat, Groton, CT, all sea trial, transit through the big canal to home port Pearl Harbor. Left May 1981 for the civilian life - many friends made and want to keep in touch. Please write |
Jenkins, Shane | ETN3 | 1978 – 1979 | Reactor Ops | I was a screw up, but I've corrected that error! Doctoral and Masters Degrees. Thanks, Nuclear Navy! |
Foster, Timothy | SN/SS | 1978 – 1980 | medical | As a Plankowner and my first Naval assignment. Definitely alot of great memories. Anybody that sees this and want to reply please do so I look forward to hearing from all. |
Flanagan, Aron "Jerry" | STS1(SS) | Jan 1, 1978 – Jan 1, 1981 | Sonar | With her before she ever was a ship. Lord knows I hated Electric Boat. Went through the Canal to Pearl. I remember you Soupy, Reinhart and I was your roommate across from EB George. Anybody heard from Tim Foster. He was my best man when I got married |
Koller, Steve | QM 2 (SS) (SEAL) | Jan 1, 1978 – May 1, 1980 | Navigation | Great boat. Built for war. Had the crew to do the job. Foreward crew anybody still alive, send an e-mail. |
Montello, Tony | EM2 | Jan 20, 1978 – Jan 21, 1981 | Electrical Engineering | served on pre-com crew, plankowner..rode the boat to pearl..chief was sheryl..hung with chuck kurtsinger, rich werner,tim rudderow,chuck klepaski..hope you are all great..jr, gary ellis,jester!,,doug danner..george neujahr...think fondlyofu |
Montello, Tony | EM2 | Jan 23, 1978 – Jan 1981 | nuclear electrician | |
Maiolini, Robert | MM1/LELT | Feb 1978 – Mar 24, 1982 | MM | Plank owner. First and only boat. From EB in Groton, thru Panama Canal to Hawaii and first West Pac. Left Navy from Pearl. |
Elliott, Randy | IC!(SS) | Mar 1, 1978 – Jul 1, 1980 | IC | Plank owner, IC LPO Retired in 94 as EMCM(SS) |
Huffman, Mark | STS-3(ss) | Aug 4, 1978 – Jun 15, 1980 | Sonar | |
Pena, Ron | MM3/SS | Nov 1978 – Oct 1980 | a-gang | i served on the big apple with dave burks, t.c. mootry,fritz poppe, shawn (flounder) williams, jerry stone and several others.i left the city right after her first westpac what a mistake.hope to hear from some of you guys. timbao@cox.net |
Michael E. Dobson, Mike | STS1-SS | Nov 1, 1978 – Jun 19, 1981 | Sonar | Made First Class on the New York City and made a few good friends. Hello Frank Goyco, Joe Cardinelli and Bob Phillips |
Holland, Kelly | MSSN | Nov 30, 1978 – Feb 23, 1982 | Supply/food service | First sea duty, Crossed equator first time went to Pearl.Work in the ward room.Remember SRMM Moutery.Does anyone remember the ANCHOR Bar in Coco Beach? |
Cameron, Kevan | RM2(SS) | 1979 – May 1982 | Ops | Hello to all my SSN 696 brothers. The best times with the best shipmates. Many fond memories. Elise says "Hi". George - thanks for all you do to keep us all in touch. Hope to get together with you all soon! |
McLoughlin, James | FN | 1979 – 1981 | FN | In general less bitter than I was to my service, that could be to advancing age, but the crew of the NYC was still was fun to be around. When I got tired of drink I left LSU for UT Austin and grad school... Just saying. |
Boles, Randy | MM2 (SS) | May 1979 – Jun 1982 | M Division | Rode the boat to Pearl thru the Canal and was on the first Westpac. Served with Master Chief Sikes, Chief Russom, Jim Zyren, Eric Eaton, and Chuck Odrechowski. Got drunk alot in Guam with Moody, Lotz and Saunders. |
Sikes, Lewis | MMCM(SS) | Aug 1979 – Aug 1982 | Machinery/Engineering | Bull Nuke serving with some of the best. MMC Randall Russom for one! Best Submarine skipper in the Force -- Art Walther. Left NYC to be Chief of the Boat on Omaha(SSN 692). Later served as Force and Fleet Master Chief. Retired in 1994. |
O'Brien, Gary | RM1(SS) | 1980 – 1982 | Operations Radio Gang | |
O'Brien, Gary | RM1(SS) | 1980 – 1982 | Radio | Great boat. Only left due to personal reasons. Would love to have served onboard for the rest of my career. View 'back then' Photo View 'now' Photo |
Lett, Joseph | YNSN | 1980 – 1983 | Admin | Serving with this crew was live. Chief Phillips, Wardlaw, Mootry. You guys were the truth. I was only seasick when we surfaced. |
Shekels, Gary | MM2 | 1980 – 1983 | A Gang | Would love to hear from anyone who served with me. Went LDO and retired in 1994 and live in Alabama. |
Shaw, Thomas | MM1 (SS) | 1980 – 1982 | M | Hi to all |
Wolfe, Paul | RM2(SS) | Jan 1, 1980 – Apr 18, 1984 | RM | |
Pulley, Dan (Danny Or Jd - Depending On Who You Ask ! ) | LEFT AS RM2(SS) | Apr 15, 1980 – Sep 30, 1983 | Radio | How goes it NYCers? Hey Soupy, Kevan! I live in Starke, FL now (no, not the prison!!!) and work in Gainesville. It is great to see some old friends on here - this was the best crew ever ... we had some great times. Hope all are well! |
Knutson, Craig (K'roq) | DEPARTED AS MS2(SS) | Apr 21, 1980 – Oct 13, 1983 | The Steak & Crawfish gods | Arriving in April 1980, Our liberty skipper Capt Walther was a "by the numbers" Captain. A pleasure being with "A-Gang" hitting the beach with TJ, Butch, Jerry, Stu Williams, Tiny Tim (the little IC3) and Flounder. Memories that will l |
White, Douglas | May 1980 – 1983 | |||
Shaw, Joe | YNC(SS) | May 1980 – May 1981 | Admin | Great crew. |
Williams, Shawn Bluto/flounder | MM3/SS | Jun 1980 – Jul 1982 | A-GANG | I GOT ON THE CITY JUST AFTER SHE GOT TO PEARL.I WAS IN A GANG WITH SCHMIT LAROESA STONE LUDWIG MOOTREE POPPY SHEKELS I HAD A GREAT TIME ON THE CITY AND HOPE TO HERE FROM SOME OF YOU MM3 SHAWN WILLIAMS AKA-BLUTO/FLOUNDER |
Hansen, Cob | MM2(SS) | Oct 1980 – Dec 1984 | What a time. Remember when A-GANG worked for Rupples? Great division, JD,TJ, JP, PINHEAD, STONE. I keep in touch with TJ still to this date. As far as STONE lost contact with him in 03. What ever happened to the BUT SHARK ( SHECKELS) | |
Albertson, Rick | FTG1(SS) | Oct 1980 – Oct 1983 | Weapons | |
Odrechowski, Oski | EM!/SS | Oct 1, 1980 – May 1, 1983 | E | I dont miss being a Nuc. However, I miss all the guys. I hope all are well. I am living in Russia living the good life. It's a shame we wasted so much time and energy fighting the "Cold War" charlesodrechowski@yahoo.com |
Lotz, Mead | MM1 | Nov 5, 1980 – Dec 3, 1983 | M | My first Ship. As of 1 Dec 06 Retired after 30 years. Ron Saunders are you still out there? |
Bachesta, Jim | DS1/SS | Dec 1980 – Dec 1984 | Data Systems | Served shortly after PSA at Pearl. Was the first person to bring a surf board on a west pac. Capt Walther gave me a piece of his mind. Shipped the surf board home from the PI. Lots of great memories. |
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