USS U.S. GRANT GUEST BOOK
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Date June 25, 2010
Name William Jenkins
Email jenkinsws@comcast.net
Rank/Rate FN
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Corpus Christi TX
Dates Aboard Mar 91- May 92
Comments Decom crew earned Dolpins in April 92



Date November 8, 2010
Name William J. Scott (Scotty)
Email wscott8727@charter.net
Rank/Rate FTG2(SS) & FTG1(SS)
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Lake, Michigan
Dates Aboard 63-66
Comments Plank Owner-Retired in 1980 as FTCS(SS)Went from Grant to Boone made 10 patrols total.Spent 5 years in Scotland on SMMS Team and finished in Bangor at Trident Training Facility.



Date August 17, 2018
Name William H Talbot
Email whtalbot52@gmail.com
Rank/Rate ET-1 (SS)
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Manchester, MO
Dates Aboard United States
Comments DEC 75 to MAY 77, 3 patrols - My first experience with the Grant was coming off Protype and going to my Mother-in-Law's home looking forward to 2 weeks of leave, she greets me at the door with "Bill, someone from the Navy is trying to reach you." ... and so the story begins!



Date March 12, 2011
Name WILLIAM C. WILSON
Email WILDBILL@HUNTEL.NET
Rank/Rate ET2
Gold or Blue Crew GOLD
City and State BLAIR, NE
Dates Aboard OCT70-MAY73
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Date December 3, 2010
Name William B. Pretty
Email wilbpretty@aol.com
Rank/Rate SK3/SS
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Lakeland, Florida
Dates Aboard 1970-1973
Comments Picked up the boat @ Bremerton, Washington in 1970. Made 5 good patrols out of Holylock Scotland. Remember going through the Panama Canal on top of the deck listening to a cassette tape of Woodstock and eating steak and hamburgers. Anybody who remembers Pretty Bill or Wild Bill in our newspaper, that's me.



Date May 31, 2010
Name William (Bill) E. Reynolds
Email wreynolds_1@bellsouth.net
Rank/Rate QMC(ss)
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Jacksonville,Fl
Dates Aboard 1972-1975
Comments Enjoyed my time aboard the Grant, was one of the best boats and crews that I served on.Attended the reunion in jacksonville had A ball, looking forward to Galveston in 2011



Date January 30, 2011
Name William "MOE" Allen
Email wallen0802@aol.com
Rank/Rate RMCM(SS)
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State FT Washington, MD
Dates Aboard Feb 86--Nov 89
Comments Great serving onboard during shipyard at Portsmouth NH. Unfortunate at sea accident during sea trials resulted in the loss of two outstanding shipmates. Will always remember. Lt Jiminez and TMC(SS) Larry Thompson. Fair winds and following seas ...



Date May 6, 2010
Name Wayne Orrison
Email wjo8cob@yahoo.com
Rank/Rate STSCS(SS) Ret.
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State ROckton, IL.
Dates Aboard 1970 -1973
Comments The memories continue to get better with time and I look forward to the reunions and meeting old and new friends.



Date November 6, 2010
Name Truman H. Cox
Email chiefcox@roadrunner.com
Rank/Rate YN3(SU)
Gold or Blue Crew GOLD
City and State QUEENSBURY, NY
Dates Aboard NOV 72 - NOV 73
Comments One patrol and two refits in Holylock.



Date June 13, 2010
Name Truman Cox
Email chiefcox@roadrunner.com
Rank/Rate YN3(SS)
Gold or Blue Crew GOLD
City and State CHARLESTON, SCV
Dates Aboard NOV 1971 to MAY 1972
Comments Served with YNC(SS) Al Hanson



Date July 11, 2010
Name Tommy Privette
Email tomphoutx@yahoo.com
Rank/Rate MMCM(SS) Aux
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Shoreacres, Tx
Dates Aboard 1970-1974
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Date June 9, 2010
Name Tom Scherf
Email exbubblehead631@aol.com
Rank/Rate CS2
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Fletcher, NC
Dates Aboard 9/70 - 9/73
Comments Picked up the boat in Bremerton in Sept 70. Made 5 patrols out of Holyloch. Best years of my life. Retired from reserves Feb. '08. Would like to hear from any of the old gang.



Date August 16, 2012
Name Tom Render
Email trender@chartermi.net
Rank/Rate QM2(SS)
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Saginaw,MI
Dates Aboard 69-70
Comments Served on last patrol prior to going to Bremerton. Qualified during that run, very little sleep during that patrol! Great experience.... tom



Date July 21, 2010
Name Tom Pajewski
Email tpajewski@msn.com
Rank/Rate FT1
Gold or Blue Crew blue
City and State Arvada CO
Dates Aboard oct 89 - Apr - 92
Comments was on Decomm Crew. Got out in 2004



Date July 27, 2013
Name Tom Kiley
Email rickets123@gmail.com
Rank/Rate MT1-SS
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Benton City WA
Dates Aboard Feb 79-May 85
Comments Best 6 years of my 22 served. Got there a boot third out of Dam Neck, and left a command advanced 1st class. Still have contact with some of the guys, now and then. Even after getting to Bangor WA, 631 was part of my life. The ship's bell, all polished up, adorned the entrance to TriTraFac Bangor. 631 is my lucky number!



Date July 27, 2013
Name Tom Kiley
Email rickets123@gmail.com
Rank/Rate MTC-SS (ret)
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Benton City, WA
Dates Aboard 79-85
Comments PS: Retired as MTC-SS off of Ohio Blue Aug '99. But 631 is still me boat.



Date July 22, 2020
Name Tom Kiley
Email rickets123@gmail.com
Rank/Rate MTC/SS
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Tonasket, WA
Dates Aboard Jan 79-Jun 85
Comments I served on 4 boats and a tub (HOLLAND). But The Grant was by far my favorite. Still have friends from almost 40 years ago that I talk to over social media. Fantastic crews. MT Div was the best of all my other boats.



Date August 20, 2010
Name Tom Gardner
Email tlgardner108@yahoo.com
Rank/Rate MS1(SS)
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Griswold, CT
Dates Aboard May 83 - Jun 86
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Date October 28, 2013
Name Timothy J. Richards
Email timothy.j.richards@navy.mil
Rank/Rate ET1(SS)
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Milton Mills, NH
Dates Aboard 02/84 - 10/87
Comments Served onboard during overhaul in portsmouth, NH. Went on to serve aboard USS MIAMI, USS NEBRASKA, USS PENNSYLVANIA, and USS WYOMING. Retired in 2006 as ETCM(SS) with 25+ years. My time on the GRANT was probably the most memorable of my Navy career.



Date May 10, 2016
Name Timothy Gaydos
Email timothygaydos@yahoo.com
Rank/Rate 4100 CELTIC WAY
Gold or Blue Crew URBANA
City and State Maryland
Dates Aboard United States
Comments The Grant was my first boat; came onboard during the last 3 months of SHYD at Newport News in October 78. As a MT3 learned quickly that you needed to get qualified and stay off the dink list so when we made port calls during DASO and NWAI/NTPI and the ORSE events in the Caribbean we were good to go on liberty. Many thanks to EJ Taylor, Billy Holtz, Joel Sanders, Laverne Hopkins, Dick Dalton, Julio Shelby and my other Blue Crew MTs of Kennedy, McCarthy, Cutno, Pridgen, Bowser, Lesher, Yost, Perrin, Fields, Borer, Syphard. Our Doc John Alexander was the best at keeping us healthy. Cannot forget Johnny Spears to and a few MMs name Steve McBride, and some nucs Lew Crone, Tim Albritton, Tim Lohman - TM Randy Gray.



Date October 18, 2010
Name Tim Shannon
Email tim.shannon@va.gov
Rank/Rate STS1/SS
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Poplar Bluff, MO
Dates Aboard 3/85-3/89 9/89-4/92
Comments What a great bunch of memories. Thanks to all that were a part of them.



Date August 7, 2022
Name Tim Hurley
Email timhurley16@gmail.com
Rank/Rate MM1SS
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Groton, CT
Dates Aboard 1978-1982
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Date May 6, 2010
Name Tim Costello
Email timcostello@yahoo.com
Rank/Rate MT2(SS)
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Bentonville, AR
Dates Aboard 1981-1985
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Date April 13, 2021
Name Thomas Stahlman
Email trs1973bear@gmail.com
Rank/Rate Ms3
Gold or Blue Crew Gold
City and State Jamestown n.y.
Dates Aboard 1975,76
Comments Was cook on gold crew with chitwood,got dolphins on first cruise from holyloc scotland.before next cruise blew out knee on ships football team.great memories.exciting times with Russia subs.



Date March 6, 2011
Name Thomas Pittman
Email lpittman84@comcast.net
Rank/Rate MT 2
Gold or Blue Crew Blue
City and State Aurora, IL
Dates Aboard 1986-1990
Comments