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Commissioning
SSBN 657 USS Francis Scott Key
December 3, 1966





One of these aluminum tags was attached
by a braided cord to each commissioning ceremony booklet.

Necklace
Given to each commissioning crew member.

Keychain
Given to each commissioning crew member.
SSBN657 Commissioning Crew - December 3, 1966
Blue Crew - Officers
Capt. Frank W. Graham/Commanding Officer
LCdr William L. Bohannan/Executive Officer
LCdr H.D. Barker/Navigator
Lt R.W. Dommers/Main Propulsion Assistant
Lt W.J. Donaldson/Operations Officer
Lt (MC) J.H. Earls/Medical Officer
Lt William B. Garrett/Weapons Officer
Ltjg R.I. Itkin/"A' Division Officer
Lt R.K. Merkey/Assistant Weapons Officer
Ltjg C.P. O'Leary, Jr./Electrical Officer
Ltjg (SC) G.M. Singer/Supply Officer
Lt R.W. Vogel, III/Reactor Control Officer
Lt D. Volgenau/Engineer Officer
Blue Crew - Chief Petty Officers
Ames, C.A., Sr., EMC(SS)
Beaton, J.M., ETC(SU)
Bennett, J.L., QMC(SS)
Cabalona, R.G., SDCS(SS)
Dooley, Joseph P., TMC(SS)
Ivy, E.E., MMC(SS)
Lewis, E.D., CSC(SS)
MacGregor, C.H., HMC(SS)
Mayberry, T.E., RMCS(SS)
Pimental, C.F., EMC(SS)
Pinckert, J.D., MTC(SS)
Shelp, R.H., STCS(SS)
Troxell, W.T., ENC(SS)
Williams, F.E., EMC(SS)
Williams, G.E., Jr., ETCM(SS)
Worsfold, E., ETCS(SS)
Blue Crew - Enlisted
Abernathy, Robert L., ET1(SU)
Allfrey, R.G., FTB2(SU)
Ambron, H.J., STS2(SS)
Avery, G.R., IC2(SS)
Balcom, D.G., IC3(SU)
Barden, W.F., IC1(SS)
Barry, Jeremiah F., TM3(SU)
Bates, Charles E., FTB2(SU)
Bunting, C.M., MM2(SU)
Burrow, Charles H., TM2(SU)
Butcher, D.A., TM3(SU)
Caputo, A.M., EM2(SS)
Cather, J.B., ST1(SS)
Chim, R.B., SN(SU)
Cooke, R.B., MM3(SU)
Corbin, C.O., MM1(SS)
Coughlin, D.W., ETN2(SS)
Cowart, Thomas E., TM2(SS)
Dawson, R.W., MT2(SS)
Deshazo, W.W., III, MM2(SU)
Donovan, J.C., ETN2(SS)
Doran, Thomas J., MT2(SS)
Dougherty, J.R., RM2(SS)
Duffy, M.E., RMSN(SS)
Engle, R.C., MM3(SS)
Ethington, D.M., MM2(SS)
Eubanks, L.A., Jr., QM2(SU)
Evans, T.R., II, STS2(SS)
Fuller, C.C., ETR2(SS)
Franceschiello, G., RM1(SS)
Glover, Roddy A., TM1(SS)
Goss, T.A., FTG2(SS)
Grant, P.J., MM2(SS)
Hankel, E.M., MM1(SS)
Holiman, N.E., QM1(SS)
Hofp, R.E., EN2(SS)
Hurder, J.B., FA(SU)
Jonason, A.S., CS3(SS)
Kirkwood, D.L., IC1(SS)
Kloepfer, D.B., STSSN(SU)
Klimek, S.J., Jr., MM2(SU)
Komac, M.J., FTB2(SS)
Kretowitz, Eugene, TM1(SS)
Krumpholz, D.P., SN(SU)
Lanoue, D.B., Jr., QM1(SS)
LaPorte, C.R., EN1(SS)
Laverty, T.P., FN(SU)
LeAnna, M.L., RM2(SS)
Lewis, C.R., MT3(SU)
Lyon, David, III, FTG1(SS)
Madigan, W.W., Jr., QM2(SU)
Mann, J. "W", ET1(SS)
McAdams, V.D., III, ET1(SS)
Medeiros, A.F., Jr., ENFN(SU)
Melher, Paul J., MT2(SS)
Milazzo, Joseph H., MT1(SS)
Miller, D.L., FN(SU)
Miskanin, R.A., MM1(SS)
Mitchell, B.R., SK1
Mongeluzzo, L.A., ET1(SS)
Moore, M.J., ETN2(SS)
Murrell, F.R., Jr., SD1(SS)
Neal, Richard A., FTB2(SS)
Nelson, D., TN
Parkins, C.R., ETN2(SU)
Pearson, E.R., FTB2(SS)
Pedersen, R.A., EN1(SS)
Peterson, R.W., EN1(SS)
Poe, R.R., YN2(SS)
Pratt, D.C., SN(SU)
Proper, J.R., EM2(SS)
Prorok, E.R., RMSN(SU)
Pyeatt, R.L., Jr., SA(SU)
Recely, G.A., ETR2(SS)
Reddock, J.E., EN2(SS)
Reinoehl, P.W., YN1(SS)
Reynolds, D.N., EM1(SS)
Romero, J.L., MM1(SS)
Rose, George W., FTB2(SS)
Rudolph, R.E., ET1(SU)
Sabbath, C.O., CS2(SS)
Satchell, William F., MT3(SS)
Scairpon, J., EN1(SS)
Sharpe, W.R., CS1(SS)
Shaw, J.D., Jr., MM2(SS)
Shores, L.R., EM1(SS)
Smith, J.P. "Jack", MT3(SU)
Smith, J.P., MM2(SS)
Sparks, K.A., Jr., MM2(SU)
Sprecher, R.E., MM3(SU)
Steadman, C.C., III, ET1(SS)
Stephens, K.D., IC1(SS)
Stills, F.C., MM2(SS)
Stovall, W.D., MT3(SU)
Strahan, G.G., IC1(SS)
Taylor, K.N., MM1(SS)
Valella, Michael D., TM3(SU)
Varese, J.J., IC2(SS)
Vavra, Fred A. "Mo", TM1(SS)
Wagner, P.E., EN2(SS)
Wahl, J.C., ETR3(SU)
Walsh, J.P., IC3(SS)
Welch, L.L., MM2(SU)
Wicks, M.C., ETN2(SS)
Wilber, H.A., SK1(SS)
Wise, W.H., ETN2(SS)
Zakarian, G., Jr., SA(SU)
Zimmerman, K.A., SN(SU)
Gold Crew - Officers
LCdr Joseph B. Logan/Commanding Officer
LCdr R.D. Griffiths/Executive Officer
Lt(MC) A.P. Belmont/Medical Officer
Ltjg J.J. Buggy, Jr./Electrical Officer
Lt W. Cavanaugh, III/Main Propulsion Assistant
Lt C.M. Fink/Damage Control Assistant
Lt J.P. Kennedy/Operations Officer
Lt D.C. Klinger/Supply and Sonar Officer
Lt L.K. Letteney/Assistant Weapons Officer
LCdr J.R. Poole/Weapons Officer
Lt J.A. Schmidt/Engineer Officer
Lt R.L. Sminkey/Navigator
Ltjg T.W. Turner/Assistant Engineer
Ltjg R.T. Vickers/Food Services Officer
Gold Crew - Chief Petty Officers
Graves, J.C., HMC(SS)
Hansen, W.A., ETC(SS)
Isom, R.H., RMC(SS)
Kuykendall, R.A., FTGC(SS)
Lee, W.D., SKC(SS)
Mustin, J.O., TMC(SS)
Robertson, D.R., EMCS(SS)
Robinson, R.S., ICC(SS)
Russell, F., MMC(SS)
Savage, J.B., SPCM(SS)
Seader, L.A., QMC(SS)
Segan, R.H., YNC(SS)
Spaulding, R.L., CSC(SS)
Stebbins, T.J., QMCM(SS)
Vincent, C.J., ETC(SS)
Vincent, D.A., ENC(SS)
Gold Crew - Enlisted
Allen, B.D., STS3(SS)
Anderson, W.G., Jr., MM2(SU)
Atkins, E.F., TM1(SS)
Barker, R.D., SK1(SS)
Barnhart, J.A., ETN2(SS)
Barth, N.C., MT2(SS)
Bird, S.D., MM3(SU)
Borrell, M.L., Jr., MM1(SS)
Bowen, J.H., QM2(SS)
Bresaw, T.F., ETR2(SU)
Calabria, J.C., FTG2(SS)
Campbell, O., CS1(SS)
Carlson, W.A., EM2(SS)
Carpenter, W.C., MM1(SS)
Carter, W.R., TM2(SS)
Clark, R.J., EM3(SS)
Clarke, R.A., Jr., ET1(SS)
Dappen, R.G., ETR3(SU)
Davenport, M.E., TM1(SS)
Dougherty, T.R., IC2(SU)
Driscoll, J.W., EM2(SS)
Dumas, R.D., ETR2(SS)
Engler, D.L., MM2(SS)
Evering, E.L., MM2(SS)
Fong, S. "Y", QM2(SS)
Foster, E.M., TM3(SS)
Fravel, D.H., Jr., EN2(SS)
Gasser, G.R., ETR2(SS)
Giles, D.A., ETR2(SS)
Gonzales, P.L., RM2(SS)
Greene, R.T., FA(SU)
Griesbaum, J.M., IC3(SU)
Guinn, D.R., CS1(SS)
Haigh, F.J., TM3(SS)
Harrison, G.F., MM2(SU)
Hausken, O.J., MM2(SS)
Heflin, J.L., TM3(SU)
Herman, S.J., SN(SU)
Hess, H.W., III, FTB3(SU)
Hobbs, Clarence, TM1(SS)
Holdway, W.G., MT3(SU)
Hooks, G., CS2(SS)
Howard, C.T., SA(SU)
Jewell, D.F., IC1(SS)
Johnson, C.L., STS2(SS)
Johnson, C.D., MM2(SU)
Jolly, M.E., ET1(SU)
Kelley, C.D., II, IC1(SS)
Kieft, G.F., ETR2(SS)
Kringlie, F.D., ETN2(SS)
LaChapelle, G.M., MT2(SU)
LaCrosse, R.L., FTB3(SU)
Lafferty, P.E., MT2(SU)
Leahy, T.J., RM1(SS)
Lewis, B.R., MT3(SU)
Little, T.H., FTB2(SS)
Lightcap, W.R., Jr., SN(SU)
Louthain, P.W., MM3(SU)
Lundell, J.A., EN2(SS)
Mahany, V.T., IC2(SS)
Martin, C.H., MM1(SS)
McAllister, R.A., FTB1(SS)
McCleer, J.L., MM1(SS)
McLeod, M.M., EM1(SU)
Miller, R.L., ETN2(SS)
Miner, T.W., RM3(SS)
Moad, R.B., MM2(SU)
Moore, R., III, EM1(SS)
Morgan, M., MM2(SU)
Moxley, G.N., Jr., FA(SU)
Nason, F.W., III, MM2(SS)
Nix, D.E., IC2(SU)
Norris, J.W., Jr., ENFA(SU)
Opdycke, J.R., Jr., FTB3(SU)
Penna, C.J., MM1(SS)
Perkins, W.L., ST1(SS)
Perks, W.E., Jr., MM3(SU)
Perry, M.J., ET1(SS)
Reynolds, A.J., Jr., ET1(SS)
Ringer, B.E., FN(SU)
Ripley, W.M., MM2(SS)
Robles, G., YN2(SS)
Ruckert, H.W., ST1(SS)
Salisbury, G.M., STSSN(SU)
Salvato, H.E., SN(SU)
Scanlon, M.F., MT3(SS)
Schumacher, J.A., FA(SU)
Scrivens, C.R., QM1(SS)
Sibucao, A.V., TN(SS)
Smith, D.L., Jr., RMSN(SU)
Sorensen, L.D., MM1(SS)
Sperry, T.L., EM2(SS)
Stopen, D.C., ETN2(SS)
Swanson, T.A., Jr., ET1(SS)
Thrasher, R.W., TN
Tommy, B.L., EN1(SS)
Traywick, B., "R", SA(SU)
Trubee, J.A., MM1(SS)
Ubelhoer, D.R., ETN2(SS)
Valentine, E.J., TM1(SS)
VanCamp, E.B., MT1(SS)
Venzon, E.M., SD1(SS)
Walters, G.J., MMFN(SU)
Warner, L.D., MT2(SS)
Williams, L., RM1(SS)
Willson, E.t., FTB2(SS)
Wise, T.V., EN3(SS)
Zimmerman, G.A., MM2(SU)