| U.S.S. California |
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| You can CLICK on one of the Department or Division names in the table above to view a list of that Department's Officers or Division's Enlisted Plank Owners. You can CLICK on any "bar" to return to this index. You can use your browser's "FIND" feature to locate a specific name, --OR you can SCROLL down the entire list. |
| Long prior to commissioning, while CALIFORNIA was still a shell being
assembled at Newport News, Virginia, Navy men were assigned to her for
training and to assure quality construction. They followed her through
commissioning, testing, and multiple cruises from the Caribbean to
Northern Europe to the Medediterranean. They were the heart
of the ship. This page is dedicated to the Plank Owners and to present and preserve historical information that would otherwise be left in attics and closets, or lost with the passing of those men who retain them as memories. If any Plank Owner's name was not listed in the original Commissioning Ceremony booklet, from which this list was taken, or if I mis-typed a name, please Email me so that I can make the corrections. |
| Operations Department | |
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| Operations Officer LCDR Barry M. Plott | Combat Information Center Officer LT Leroy C. Morgan |
| Electronic Warfare Officer ENS Harry J. McDevitt | Naval Tactical Data Systems Officer CWO3 Ralph H. Otts |
CWO3 Davey S. Chapman | |
| Weapons Department | |
|---|---|
| Weapon Officer LCDR Stuart L. Tenny | Tartar Battery Officer LT James J. Blanchard |
| Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer LT John M. Langknecht | Gunnery Assistant LTJG Thomas R. Stephenson |
| First Lieutenant LTJG Ronald Clark | Asst. Tartar Battery Officer ENS Charles M. Allen |
ENS Michael S. Ellison | |
| Engineering Department | |
|---|---|
| Engineer Officer LCDR John D Pearson | Assistant Engineer LCDR John Pollock |
| Damage Control Assistant LT "G.M. Ziller | Electrical Officer LT Laurence M. Bergen |
| Main Propulsion Assistant LT Chris A. Worley | E Division Officer LT Landon B. Phillips |
| M Division Officer LTJG Ledyard B. Marsh | RC Division Officer LTJG Michael G. Gaffney |
| A Division Officer LTJG Mark O. Flaherty | ASST. A Division Officer LTJG Rodney R. McWane |
| Asst. M Division Officer LTJG William R. Easton | L Division Officer LTJG Richard W. Rulf |
| RT Division Officer ENS Roger T. Doyel | Asst. E Division Officer CWO2 Richard L. Stuntz |
ENS Robert P. Perry | |
| Navigation and Executive Departments | |
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LT Louis A. Nick, Jr. |
| Supply Department | |
|---|---|
| Supply Officer LCDR Harold W. Frantz | Disbursing Officer ENS Roger D. Kamen |
ENS Michael R. Bartuski | |
| Medical Department | |
|---|---|
LT James W. McLeod |
| Communications Department | |
|---|---|
LTJG Thomas B. Almy |
| Operations Department | ||
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| OI Division | ||
| OSCS Lewis E. Boyle | OSSA Forrest Arnold | OSC Edward N.Bryant |
| OS2 William Burnham | OSSA Stephen Easley | OS3 Robert Fawcett |
| OSSN Craig S. Friend | OSSA James J. Kerr | OS1 Lee Knollenberg |
| OSSA James A. Lands | OS1 Dudley B. Locke | OSSA Robert J. McKay |
| OSSA Earl W. Minnick | OS1 Alan K. Mueller | OSSA Dominic Papsadore |
| OSSA Denis Phillips | OSSA Michael Scammel | OS3 Bruce Schemmel |
| OSSN Robert Schuler | OSSA Kenneth Sloope | OSSA Neil R. Spokas |
| OSSA Ronald D. Street | OS3 Gerald Streeter | OSSA Gary Tiedens |
| OSSA Michael Wurtzel | ||
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| OA Division | ||
| EW1 David E. Edens | EW2 Donald R. Gurath | EW2 Paul A. Targdon |
| EW2 Donald Voisard | ||
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| ON Division | ||
| DSC Emmett McKinney | DSC Thomas Anderson | DS2 Jimmie G. Chessher |
| DS2 Duane Courteau | DS2 Verner Dobler | DS2 Leon Engelking |
| DS2 Roy D. Hoobler | DS1 Ronald R. Long | DS3 Warren W. McGee |
| DS3 Benno Wiedemann | DS1 Eugene Zaleski | |
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| OE Division | ||
| ETCS Walter M. Post | ETR2 Roger Ainsworth | ETR2 Howard Bentley |
| ETR2 James W. Brooks | ETR2 Michael Clemensen | ATR3 David F. Danks |
| ETNSN Daniel Forebeck | ETR3 John Garlanger | ETN3 Roger E. Hunt |
| ETN3 Santiago V. Jaramillo | ET1 Federick G. Makowski | ET1 Claude N. Moore |
| ETR3 Loron L. Rowland | ETR2 Donovan Sazama | |
| Weapons Department | |||
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| T Division | |||
| FTCS Jerry N. Kegley | GMM2 Larry Armstrong | GMM2 John R. Brown | |
| FTM3 Edward F. Bruce | FTMC Earl L. Burges | GMM2 Johnny R. Click | |
| FTM3 Dennis W. Day | FTM3 Darrell Follett | GMM2 Michael Gagnon | |
| FTM3 Carl Hollowell | FTM1 Russell Hollowood | FTM2 Wallace F. Johnson | |
| FTM3 Robert L. Keck | GMM2 Christopher Koehler | FTMC David F. Jahn | |
| FTM3 Robert Leclerc | FTMC Joseph McGlade | GMM1 James B. Miller | |
| FTM3 Warren O. Morgan | FTM3 Michael D. O'Neil | FTM1 George Pinkham | |
| FTM3 Robert Schafer | FTM3 Mark A. Scott | FTM3 Garry K. Seaman | |
| FTM2 Gary M. Titus | FTM3 John W. Traylor | FTM3 Jackie L. Tyus | |
| FTM3 Gary L. Vonckx | GMCS John W.Webb | FTM1 James L.Yeates | |
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| AS Division | |||
| STCS Richard P. Lee | STG3 John M. Andersen | STG2 Robert A. Bailey | |
| STGSN James Callahan | STGSN Michael Carlson | STG3 Ricky D. Cass | |
| TM1 Anthony Cocchiara | STG2 Raymond Decker | STG2 Paul A. Doucette | |
| STGSN James J. Funk | STG3 Mark S. Helling | GMTSN Stephen G. Ivins | |
| TM2 Robert F. Larson | GMTC Matthew A. Long | TMSN Thomas J. Malone | |
| ST1 Clifford Newhart | ST1 John J. Pimentel | STG3 STephen Tartaris | |
| STS2 Steven A. Trypuc | ST1 Randall Wallace | STG2 Ralph D. White | |
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| G Division | |||
| FTCS Thomas Utz | GMG1 Grove Bancroft | GMG2 David K. Flippo | |
| SN Tyrone Goodman | GMGC Gary D. Grosz | GMG2 Craig Hartmann | |
| GMGC Robert L. Jones | FTG2 Kenneth B. Locke | GMG1 Hack H. Norris | |
| GMG3 Michael Reznick | FTG2 Terrance D. Ryan | FTGC Garry W. Stratton | |
| GMG1 Alan H. Waller | FTGSA Juan M. Zepeda | ||
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| 1ST Division | |||
| BMC George Krickeberg | SN Kenneth Andes | SA Danny J. Arthur | |
| BM2 James C. Barnes | BM1 Hiram J. Boyette | SN Robert T. Cain | |
| Sn Michael L. Collier | SA Walter D. Curtis | SN Donald Delmonte | |
| SA George M. Duarte | SR Tracy Hardesty | SN Vincent Ippolito | |
| SA Johnny G. Johnson | SR Donald W. Keel | SR Race M. King | |
| SR Cleophas Kinnel | SR Willie L. Kirts | BM3 Phillip R. Lapan | |
| SR Jon M. Lord | BM2 Anthony Maffei | SR Michael Martin | |
| SR Ulysses McFarlin | SR Ralph M. Mulqueen | SR George R. Noe | |
| BM3 Bonnie G. Parham | SR Elder Pate | SA Fred W. Prather | |
| SR Darrel Proffer | SR Victor Proscia | SR James Roberson | |
| SR Oscar Sims | BM3 Douglas Smith | SR Richard T. Stone | |
| SA Stuart B. Virnig | SN Isaac D. White | BM2 Ray E. Wilcher | |
| SA George J. Wright | SN Joseph Yarnall | ||
| Engineering Department | ||
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| Engineering Department Leading
Chief Petty Officer | ||
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| M Division | ||
| MMCM Ralph D. Jones | MM1 Terry L. Allison | MM1 Ronald Anderson |
| MM3 Randall Barrio | MM3 Kurt A. Basl | MM2 Stewart Boston |
| MMC Bruce A. Breslau | MM2 James C. Byrd | MM2 Daniel Canada |
| MM2 Wilmer Carbo | MM2 Michael L. Casey | MM1 John V. Chissell |
| MM2 Kevin T. Clark | MMC Thaddeus Collard | MM3 William Detwiler |
| MM3 David W. Disney | MM2 Keith L. Dunn | MM3 William D. Eaton |
| MMC David J. Eddy | MM3 Vincent T. Elie | MM1 Harry P. Fox |
| MM3 Harvey Gregoire | MM2 Francis Grondin | MMC Ronald W. Harper |
| MM2 Jeffrey Jensen | MM2 Michael Kaminski | MM1 John E. Lenartz |
| MM2 Rodney A. Lusher | MM1 John R. Machesik | MMC Elvin J. Mayer |
| MM1 David A. Meigel | BT1 Glen A. Mess | MM2 Michael Miller |
| MM3 Louis Napolitano | MM3 Gary R. Parish | MM2 Frank W. Powers |
| MM2 Harold G. Rishel | MM2 Daniel Schooley | MM1 Hans J. Schumacher |
| MM2 Terry L. Scoles | MM1 Dennis D. Scott | MM2 Bruce E. Shervey |
| MM2 Michael T. Simon | MM2 David Stoeckel | MM2 John L. Stone |
| MM2 Michael White | MM3 Mathew Williams | |
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| E Division | ||
| EMC Robert Cantrell | EM2 James E. Adams | IC1 Dennis C. Ankenny |
| EM2 Edwin E. Bailey | IC2 Richard L. Beard | EMFA Terry M. Beck |
| EM3 John Bialorucki | EM3 Donald W. Bowman | EMFA Paul Braithwood |
| EM2 James A. Carini | EM2 Samuel Childress | EM2 Robert L. Cline |
| EMC Henry D. Collar | EM1 William Colleran | EM2 Anthony Czlonka |
| EM2 Warren E. Dahlin | IC1 Allen E. Depping | EM2 Leonard M. Eaton |
| EM2 Kenneth Eshleman | EM3 Edward J. Fahey | EM2 Douglas Fairbanks |
| EM1 James R. Glantz | EM3 David A. Goff | EM2 Byron Gourley |
| EM3 Alan Greenspan | IC1 William C. Jones | EM1 Gerald J. Kiehne |
| EM2 Leighton Leeper | IC2 Charles Maneval | EM2 John D. McCully |
| ICC Gary E. Mercier | EM3 Edward F. Narvid | IC2 Edward C. Rentz |
| EM1 John V. Smith | EM2 Joseph Stewart | ICFA William Lee Tavel |
| EM3 Frank M. Triola | EM2 Joseph J. Vines | EM2 Robert M. Wills |
| ICFA Billy E. Wilson | EM2 Henry D. Windham | EMFA Bruce Zillweger |
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| RT Division | ||
| MMCM Patrick M. Birch | ET2 James L. Baker | MM3 Bruce K. Bangert |
| EM2 Clinton Barnes | MM2 James Beckstine | MM2 Tim Brantner |
| MM1 Kevin J. Cahill | MM3 Ronald A. Clark | ET2 Frank P. Davies |
| EM3 Bert Gallagher | MM3 Douglas J. Gomez | ET2 Fred C. Grams |
| EM3 Gary Harrington | ET2 Jack Hawthorne | MM3 John G. Hyden |
| MM3 Philip R. Irwin | MM3 Eugene S. Kentch | EM1 James W. Long |
| MM3 Keith D. Mathews | MM3 Alfred J. Newell | MM2 Harold S. Olsen |
| ET3 Chris Pattavina | MM3 Douglas Richard | EM3 Gregory R. Ross |
| EM2 Richard Schetroma | EM3 Gerald Schneider | MM3 Karl R. Schwille |
| EM3 John F. Sculac | ET3 Michael Servoss | ET3 Mervin Tiedemann |
| ET3 James A. Tunink | MMC Robert S. Yoke | |
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| A Division | ||
| ENCM Axel D. Hallan | MM3 Antonio Alvarez | HTFN Greg R. Bjugstad |
| MM3 Robert D. Brock | MMFA Paul E. Caliendo | MMFA Anthony Deangelis |
| ENFA Larome E. Dugger | MMCS Gerald A. Flack | MR1 Arthur G. Gay |
| ENFN Dale Hopewell | HTC Robert January | FN James E. Johnson |
| HT2 James J. Koenig | ENC Robert Lefeber | HT3 Joseph A. Malo |
| HTFN Robert McAnany | MM3 Bengamin Morrison | FN Harold J. Moss |
| MM2 Richard Natividad | FN Kevin G. Neilson | HTFN Gary S. Otte |
| HTFN Fred W. Prevo | MRFN Howard R. Rankin | EN2 Raymond Revill |
| FN Raeford Soles | MM3 Chester Spurrier | MM1 Marvin Thedford |
| MMFN William Weatherly | EN3 Michael Weaver | ENFA Zawojski |
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| RC Division | ||
| ETC Henry M. Wuorio | ETR3 Scott Bowlinger | ETR2 Fred W. Brown |
| ETR2 Christopher Brown | ETN2 Donald G. Burns | ETR3 Michael Curtis |
| ETR2 Glenn P. Davis | ETR2 John Davis | ETR2 Thomas E. Doray |
| ETR2 David A. Injerd | ETR2 James D. Lauro | ET1 Richard LeBeau |
| ETN2 Richard Matteson | ETR2 Dennis E. Merkle | ETR3 Dennis Newkirk |
| ETR3 Dale Olmscheid | ETR2 Edward Resnick | ETR3 Jose Rodriguez |
| ETR2 Geon Simonetti | ETR3 Edwin A. Spomer | ETN3 Edward S. Stock |
| ETR2 Nicholas Twigg | ETN2 Robert Whitsell | |
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| L Division | ||
| MMC John E. Cochran | MMC Robert Chandler | MM2 Rickey Delcambre |
| MM2 John Goldsmith | MM1 Miles C. Haneberg | MM2 Bruce H. Johnson |
| EM3 Harry S. Pulliam | MM1 David Reynolds | |
| Communications Department | ||
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| C Division | ||
| RMCS Dennis E. Ekardt | RM2 Charles Barnard | SMSN James M. Bearden |
| RMSA Mark P. Beaver | RM1 Kenneth Bermudez | RM1 William Cassity |
| RM2 Steven Countryman | RMSA Paul M. Demaio | RM3 Marvin Douglass |
| RMSA STeven R. Haddix | SM2 Lloyd A. Inzer | SMSA Jeffrey Jaycox |
| RM2 Gerald L. Larson | RM2 Terry McCutchen | SM1 David R. McNish |
| SM3 Melvyn McQueen | RM3 Harley A. Newell | RMSA George Ormiston |
| SM1 Ronald Phillips | RM3 Ronald Redman | RM1 Charles Richard |
| Navigation Department | ||
|---|---|---|
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| N Division | ||
| QMCM Kenneth Kimble | QMSN Merl Campbell | QM2 Herbert Jones |
| SN Steven M. Lamb | QMSN Dennis Murray | |
| Executive Department | ||
|---|---|---|
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| X Division | ||
| YNC Phillip L. Asher | PN3 Bradley Berger | YNSA James Carpenter |
| PN1 Nestor Celestial | PN1 Oscar L. Collier | ENC John C. Empie |
| YN2 Darrel M. Feasel | BMC Jack Howard | YN3 Terence R. Labor |
| YNSA Gregory A. Lange | PN3 Timothy Lysell | PNSN Julian P. Morgan |
| SN Clarence Onstott | PC2 John A. Osteen | SA Craig C. Topping |
| RM1 James R. Tritt | YNSN John C. Young | |
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| S Division | ||
| SKCS Antero P. Tavernero | SN Thomas R. Abell | SK3 Michael Agachinski |
| SR Barry J. Alston | CSSN Mitchell Bluschke | SA Stanley M. Boyd |
| SA Terry L. Brewer | SD2 Alberto Bugante | SN William Buhler |
| SN Norberto Casas | CS1 David W. Cowans | SDSN Randall Crowley |
| CSSN Danny L. Darnell | SN Kenneth Deckard | SK1 Jack A. Dempsey |
| SD1 Enriquez Diaz | SK3 Henry F. Diggs | SK3 Timothy A. Dore |
| SD3 Ernest Enriquez | SN Charles R. Farro | SD2 Augusto Fernando |
| SH3 Michael Gaspard | SN Richard F. Gerber | CS2 Amilcar Gonzalez |
| CSC Eugene Harrison | SN John E. Heggie | SK Donald L. Ivey |
| SN Bernard Jackson | SHSA Noel J. Klengson | SA Norman Lewis |
| SHSN Edwin P. Lopez | SA Joseph B. Mahan | SDSN Renato R. Manela |
| SKSA Samuel J. Martin | SHSA Todd P. Maynard | SN Jeffrey McNally |
| SN Arthur Medina | SHSN Eddie S. Monroe | SK2 Nicanor Morales |
| SN Marshall Murphy | DK1 Jerry L. Noel | SA Dean J. Pearson |
| SN Robert J. Porgal | CSSN James L. Pryor | SD3 Pepito Raguini |
| SH1 Robert Roberts | SN Michael Rollins | SK1 Francis A. Ross |
| CS2 Ruston Schmaltz | SDSN Edward Seyler | SN Thimothy Sherwood |
| SH2 Joel D. Smith | SDSN Michael Stickman | SA Glen L. Terrell |
| SN Norbert Thompson | SK1 Larry D. Wagner | DKSN Thomas Wanamaker |
| SHSA Paul D. Wilhelm | CS1 Henery Williams | SKSN Michael Williams |
| CS2 Donald Wilson | SN Albert Winters | SN George E. Zuniga |
| Medical Department | ||
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| HMC John M Smith | HM1 James P. Wilson | HN Thomas Livingston |
| SN Kenny Phillips | ||
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