DDG-72
Commanding Officers
Michael L. James, CDR USN February 14, 1998 - March, 1999
James R. Yohe, CDR USN March , 1999 - September 22, 2000
Dave Robertson, CDR USN September 22, 2000 - March 18, 2002
Terry D. Mosher, CDR USN March 18, 2002 - January 23, 2004
Charles W. Wydler, CDR USN January 23, 2004 - October 19, 2005
Frank J. Olmo, CDR USN October 19, 2005 -
| Rank/Rate | Name | Dates on Board | Comments | |
| LTJG | Alpigini, Robert | 4/97-8/99 | alpiginir@sbcglobal.net | |
| STG1 | Ball, Robert W. | 6/96-2/01 | robert.w.ball@navy.mil | Plankowner. I am working at FTSCLANT NORVA. Looking forward to retirement and going sailing. |
| FC2 | Barnes (Dibb), Jennifer | 11/97-11/98 | lucyinthesky21@yahoo.com | Plankowner. Got medically discharged (much to my dismay) in April of 1999... so now I am retired! Now in WA state... livin' the dream! Just kidding... I really miss the Navy! |
| GSE1 | Barnes, Liz | 1/05- | lizzyb920@cox.net | |
| MA1 | Baxter, Joseph C. | 11/96-12/00 | joebaxter.usn@gmail.com | Plankowner. Without question my tour in mighty MAHAN was the best of my career. |
| FC1 | Bilinski, Christopher S. | 5/97- | ||
| IT1(SW) | Blach, Kyle | 8/97-6/00 | blach5@hotmail.com | Plankowner. Please feel free to contact me via e-mail. |
| GM1(SW) | Blackman, Anthony | 6/97-9/02 | gmm2nav@aol.com | |
| DKC(SW) | Bleiler, Thomas E. | 12/97-2/01 | Best choice I ever made in the Navy was taking orders to the Mahan. | |
| GMC(SW) | Brown, John | 1/05-4/08 | gmcbrown@hotmail.com | |
| GMM3 | Burge, Michael D. | 8/96-5/99 | mknmo5@insightbb.com | Plankowner. |
| GSM1 | Butcher, Robert A. | 8/98-4/03 | canatev@aol.com | |
| FC1 | Cagle, Ronald | |||
| CWO2 | Carey, Martin G. | 4/01-4/03 | careymg@ddg96.navy.mil | |
| LTJG | Carls, John | 11/98-6/00 | john_carls@hotmail.com |
Electrical Officer - "Sparks" First "George" and "Bull" Ensign |
| FC1 | Cate, Michael W. | 11/96-11/00 | m-cate01@insightbb.com | Retired in Aug 07 & moved back home to Indiana. Tons of great memories & good friends on Mahan. Drop me a line anytime. |
| ET2 | Chapman, Sean | 5/97-2/00 | sachappy@hotmail.com | I am a Plankowner and must say that I miss every day I spent with that crew. I regret not going on our maiden deployment, would have been fun. Working at ATG on a USCG contract in electronics. any body want to catch up, feel free to email me. |
| FCCM(SW) | Coker III, James W. | 1/04-5/05 | jccoker3@cox.net | CSMM. Twilight tour at the end of 30 years. Retiring off of Sea Duty - Best decision I even made! |
| PN2 | Coogan, James | 9/96-3/99 | coogan.james@cnrsw.navy.mil | DDG 72 is still the best command I have ever served. Learned more in one year onboard than anywhere else I have been. |
| QM3 | Cooper-Lumley, Abigail | 1/97-11/99 | abigail.lumley@us.army.mil | |
| CMDCM | Conran, Mike | 6/03-6/06 | michael.conran@navy.mil | |
| DC2 | Davila, Arturo | 1/97-5/00 | arturo.davila@trane.com | |
| OS2 | Derushia, Bryan | 10/96- | ||
| ST3 | Dillon, David E. | |||
| GSCS(SW) | Dinges, Clinton S. | 5/04-10/07 | clintdinges@yahoo.com | Wife was Command Ombudsman for my tour onboard. |
| Associate | Dyer, Mari Keller | |||
| Epperson, Sean | ||||
| HT2 | Everett, Darryl | 11/97-11/99 | smokey2422@yahoo.com | |
| EW3 | Fahey, Sean M. | 10/96-2/00 | sfahey@hullpolice.org | I was a plankowner onboard Mahan DDG-72, I was also the ship's first rescue swimmer. I could not wait to get out of the Navy and now I miss it more than I thought would be possible. |
| LTJG | Fitzpatrick, Andrew | 4/97-6/00 | justbren@iwon.com | |
| SM3 | Fitzpatrick, Travis | 6/97-9/00 | ||
| CTM1 | Ford, Edward T. | 10/96- | eford1616@yahoo.com | |
| IC3 | Gant, Rebecca | 1/98-8/98 | smokeycleo01@yahoo.com | |
| GMC(SW) | Frelk, Michael J. | 4/97-99 | am4pack@gwi.net | |
| OSCM | Greene, Gregory M. | |||
| PSSN | Griffin, Ashley | 6/05- | bloundattitudequeen@yahoo.com | |
| EN2 | Hall, Scott | 7/96-5/00 | rayenclaw@yahoo.com | |
| HM3 | Hansen, Stephanie | 1/04-5/05 | smile10292002@yahoo.com | |
| STG2 | Heisler, Bradley | 9/06- | heislerb@ddg72.navy.mil | |
| GSE2(SW) | Heitzman, Ryan D. | 7/04- | rheitzma@ddg72.navy.mil | |
| EWC | Henry, Sean K. | 4/97- | ||
| DC2 | Herring, Shaun | 6/99-12/02 | sherring@wi.rr.com | |
| OS2 | Holliday, Andrew | 1/99-6/02 | andrew.holliday@gmail.com | |
| OS2 | Hooker, Benigno | 7/02-3/05 | Dragonxbox760@aol.com | |
| GSE2 | Hunter, Jeremy D. | 11/99-5/02 | ||
| FC1 | Jackson, Allen R. | 9/96-12/99 | I decommissioned USS Mahan DDG-42 and Pre-commissioned DDG-72. This was my second ship to serve in. I was the first Officer of the Deck at commissioning. I now work for Lockheed Martin, Aegis Test Team, Bath, ME integrating and testing the Aegis System aboard DDG's. | |
| CDR | James, Michael L. | 1/97-4/99 | mso455@aol.com | |
| LCDR | Johnson, Mark | 1/97-9/99 | webbjohn88@hotmail.com | |
| BM2 | Jones, Michelle L. | 01-03 | mjboats@cox.net | |
| IC3 | Keeton, Daniel | 5/97-9/00 | Hallnass_95@yahoo.com | Plankowner. Had a blast. Miss the good times, the friends and memories that were made. If anybody wishes to contact me, feel free to do so. |
| Associate | Keller, Anna K. | |||
| LT | Keller, David M. | 5/99- | ||
| CDR | King, Andrew A. | 9/96-12/98 | ||
| GSM2 | Klein, Michael | 98-00 | GSM to NC leadership in M-Div was the best= thanks 4 everything!!!! | |
| STG2 | Kostek, Mitchell | 1/98-8/01 | ||
| MA3 | Kuester, Matthew | 04-06 | matthewbkuester@hotmail.com | |
| FN | Lahti, Alex "AJ" | 6/99-7/02 | a_lahti2002@yahoo.com | |
| SK1(SW) | Lawrence, Allen | 7/96-6/00 | alawrence7@elp.rr.com | |
| ECCS | Lewis, David | |||
| OS2 | Lightfoot, Johnathan | 2/97-9/98 | exnav29@yahoo.com | Served as a Plankowner. Left the Navy after the Mahan now working for Norwegian Cruise Line as a Systems Manager. |
| SMC | Loss, Charles O. | 1/97-8/99 | ||
| CMDCM | Madore, Paul | 4/08-9/11 | cmc@ddg72.navy.mil | I am interested in potentially hosting some of your members prior to our next deployment in order to bridge to our heritage and develop todays Sailor. |
| EM2 | Malone, Wesley | 4/99-6/03 | Wescj7@yahoo.com | |
| GSMC | Markey, Brian | 9/96-10/00 | bfmarkey@aol.com | Plankowner in MP Division. |
| E-6 | Marnati, Joseph M. | 7/99-1/04 | jmjmjf@aol.com | |
| Honorary | Marsulaitis, Anthony | masulaitis@msn.com | RD3 on USS Exploit AM-440 | |
| LT | Maurer, Matthew | 12/96-5/00 | mmmaurer@aol.com | Plankowning Main Propulsion Assistant |
| LT | McCarthy, Karl | 3/05-9/06 | kmccarthy@alum.rpi.edu | |
| STGCS | McCauley, Raymond J. | 3/05-7/08 | RMccau5502@aol.com | Retiring after 26 yrs July 2008. |
| GSM2 | McGuire, Michael | 2/97-1/00 | michael.mcguire@aes.com | |
| CTR2(SW) | Minamyer, Karl | 5/97-7/01 | kminamyer@aol.com | Plankowner |
| PC1(SW) | Moore, Mackey | 9/99-9/02 | mackeymoore6@yahoo.com | From the PC1!!! Hope everyone's dong great. Living in Mississippi now. Feel free to e-mail me. |
| LCDR | Nashold, Douglass M. | 2/00- | ||
| PNCS | O'Connor, Stephen "Pete" | 6/97-2/01 | shoconnor@juno.com | Plankowner! Served with a great crew. E-mail me if you desire. |
| SMC(SW) | O'Neal, Burnice K. | 11/96- | ||
| STG1 | Poisson, Deron | |||
| SH1 | Polk, Cedric | 4/01-4/05 | ||
| BM2 | Ransom, John A. Jr. | 5/97-2/00 | rainman_23462@yahoo.com | |
| E-2 | Rasmussen, Mike | 97-99 | ||
| CDR | Robertson, Dave | 9/00- | ||
| FC2(SW) | Rogers, James | 9/97-2/02 | targetall@yahoo.com | Plankowner. We had some great times I would love to hear from anyone that knows me. |
| BMCS | Roth, Kurt M. | 02-05 | kurt.roth@navy.mil | |
| LT | Salunga, Nikki | 3/99-8/00 | niklex@earthlink.net | |
| SK2 | Saylor, Matthew | 97-00 | msayl796@uwsp.edu | |
| ITC | Schmid, Tracy | 4/05-9/06 | tracy65is@cox.net | |
| EW1 | Schoeck, Gene | 12/96-2/00 | genosheq@yahoo.com | |
| Slinger, Curtis | ||||
| OS2(SW/AW) | Standfill, Michael | 1/97-1/02 | michael_standfill@yahoo.com | I was a Plankowner, I am currently still in the Navy Stationed on the USS Forrest Sherman DDG 98 Stationed out of Norfolk. Email me if you wish to contact me. |
| FC1(AW) | Stieger (Walden), Zoie | 10/96-3/98 | valkry@comcast.net | Plankowner & one of the "Dirty Dozen" - the first 12 enlisted crewmembers. Chris (that bearded ex-squid I was dating) & I got married, have a boy & a girl, and are living in Minneapolis. Suburban life is nice, but I'm still a destroyergirl. |
| IC3 | Walker, Kevin L. | 7/96-10/99 | klw301973@yahoo.com | I was a plankowner, and met some of the best people I have ever worked with. |
| CTT2(SW) | Whiddon, Robert E. | 12/03-present | rwhiddon@mahan.navy.mil | |
| FC3 | Williams, Eric | |||
| DS2 | Williams, Jordan | 3/97-11/00 | jordanwillia@comcast.net | |
| OS2 | Willmott, Thomas | 6/01-6/06 | thomas.e.willmott@navy.mil | |
| OS2 | Wolfe, Brent C. II | 3/00-11/03 | brent_wolfe2@peoplepc.com | I was assigned to DDG-72 right out of "A" School at Dam Neck. I made her first two deployments and advanced all the way to Second Class. I am now a member of the Precommissioning crew of USS San Antonio (LPD-17) |
| MSC(SW) | Wynn, Michael J. | 3/96-5/99 | fisherman3537@aol.com | We were the best of the best. Thanks for all the memories. |
| CDR | Yohe, James R. | 3/99-9/00 |