The Crew Roster

Name	John Gradel
Retirement/Discharge Date	Nov 1984
Tour 1 Dates	Nov 1980 - Jul 1984
Tour 1 Rank/Rate	SM2
Tour 1 Division	OC
NATO Mixed Manned Crew	No
Comment	Back to back STANAVFORLANTS in 1981. The Fjords in Norway. Gitmo. Beirut. A great ship with a great crew. Matt Walton and other shipmates send an email.

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.)