The Crew Roster

Name	Lloyd Kartchner
Retirement/Discharge Date	November 1973
Tour 1 Dates	March 1972 - November 1973
Tour 1 Rank/Rate	SM3
Tour 1 Division	OC
NATO Mixed Manned Crew	No
Comment	learned a lot of morse code, joined the navy to see the world and did see about half. Found my wife in Norfolk, still married 35 years later what more can I ask.

The Crews of DDG-5
USS Biddle (5/5/62 - 7/28/64)
USS Claude V. Ricketts (7/28/64 - 10/31/89)

Below are the names of the men that, together, made up the crews of the USS Biddle and USS Claude V. Ricketts during her 27 year career. The names below represent those who have registered on this site and do no comprise the whole of the men who served on board the DDG-5 during her career. It is estimated that at least 4000 men served on board the DDG-5 during her lifetime. If you were a crew member of either the Biddle or the Ricketts and you have not yet done so, you can register here.

(To edit your information or to email another shipmate, make sure you are logged in on The Big Nickel home page. Return here and click on your name to edit your informaiton or on the name of another shipmate to email him. Note that some shipmate's email addresses are missing or not current and the email will "bounce" back to you with an indication that it was undeliverable.)