NameMorris Caplan
Retirement/Discharge Date
Tour 1 DatesJuly 1984 - January 1987
Tour 1 Rank/RateLTjg
Tour 1 DivisionSupply
NATO Mixed Manned CrewNo
Comment First ship. What can I say. Still on active duty. I still tell more sea stories about UNITAS 1985 than about the rest of my 27 year career combined. I loved the RICKETTS and served with some great men during my tour.

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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.
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