Nichols, Rick, LCDR

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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander
Current/Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1994-1997, 131X, VRC-30 Providers
Previously Held NEC
AX-0000-Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician
ATR-0000-Aviation Electronics Technician Radar and Radar Navigation Equipment
630X-Limited Duty Officer - Aviation
Service Years
1974 - 1997
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Tailhook
Persian Excursion
Cold War
Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Commander

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Order of the Shellback


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Tailhook AssociationPost 11388, Rancho Penasquitos Post
  1991, Tailhook Association - Assoc. Page
  1996, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 11388, Rancho Penasquitos Post (San Diego, California) - Chap. Page


 Remembrance Profiles -  3 Sailors Remembered

  1975-1976, AX-0000, USS America (CV-66)

AX-Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician

From Month/Year
- / 1975
To Month/Year
- / 1976

Unit
USS America (CV-66) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
NEC
AX-0000-Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Technician

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS America (CV-66) Details

USS America (CV-66)
November - Uniform - Sierra - Alpha
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "COURAGE"


CLASS - KITTY HAWK
Displacement 60,300 Tons, Dimensions, 1047' 6" (oa) x 129' 4" x 37' (Max)
Armament 4 Terrier-SAM, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 280,000 SHP; G.E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 4154-4580.
Operational and Building Data

Laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp. 1 January 1961. Name assigned 16 January 1962. Launched 1 February 1964 and commissioned 23 January 1965.

Reclassified as a Multi-purpose Aircraft Carrier (CV-66) on 30 June 1975.

Fate: Decommissioned and stricken on 9 August 1996. Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Virginia coast, on 14 May 2005, after 25 days of tests consisting of underwater and surface simulated attacks on the ship. These tests were intended to provide valuable data on survivability for the next generation of aircraft carriers.

According to the December 4, 2006 issue of "Navy Times," ex-America was in one piece and sitting on its keel, some 476 miles east of Charleston, SC, and about 400 miles west of Bermuda, and 16,860 feet (5,139 meters) below the surface. This information was obtained by the USS America Carrier Veterans Association on October 30, through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Kitty Hawk-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
MM Summers, Nicole (minnie mouse), MMFN 105
   

Last Updated: Sep 3, 2008
   
   
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258 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS America (CV-66)
Wittenmyer, James, PO2, (1975-1986) AX AX-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Cockerham, Gary, PO3, (1975-1979) AX AX-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Howell, Frank, (1974-1977) 00 00E [Other Service Rank]
Pitlyk, Daniel, PO3, (1970-1976) ET ET-0000 [Other Service Rank]
Linder, James Benjamin, RADM, (1943-1979) OFF 131X Rear Admiral Upper Half
Fuller, Robert Byron, RADM, (1945-1982) OFF 131X Captain
Gorman, Michael, LCDR, (1968-1992) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Hanson, Peter, LT, (1972-1978) OFF 310X Lieutenant
Young, Delivan, LT, (1965-1975) OFF 132X Lieutenant
Bertrand, Shelton, LCDR, (1966-1989) OFF 00X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ballentine, John, PO3, (1973-1979) DS DS-1665 Other Service Rank
Mohr, Michael, MCPO, (1961-1984) SH SH-3131 Master Chief Petty Officer
Storm, Henry, LCDR, (1963-1996) AB ABF-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Bauldry, Joseph, CPO, (1963-1978) DS DS-1615 Chief Petty Officer
McGrew, David, CPO, (1959-1979) AME 8345 Chief Petty Officer
Meehan, John, CPO, (1975-1992) HM HM-8425 Chief Petty Officer
Muller, Kenneth, CPO, (1956-1986) AW AW-7881 Chief Petty Officer
Parnell, Michael, CPO, (1965-1978) EW 1761 Chief Petty Officer
Roland, Don, CPO, (1957-1978) NC NC-9589 Chief Petty Officer
Senior, Ernest, MCPO, (1968-1998) BT BT-4503 Chief Petty Officer
Carobine, John, LT, (1966-1987) DS DS-1653 Petty Officer First Class
Cotita, Michael, SCPO, (1964-1987) AE AE-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Garza, Jim, PO1, (1975-1980) RM RM-2342 Petty Officer First Class
Goff, Garry, LCDR, (1968-1996) ADJ ADJ-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Greenwood, Thomas, MCPO, (1970-1993) HM HM-8506 Petty Officer First Class
Heggen, Richard, PO1, (1961-1981) AW AW-7835 Petty Officer First Class
Kellogg, Rick, PO1, (1968-1978) MM MM-4505 Petty Officer First Class
Killough, Joe, CPO, (1968-1988) AD AD-6421 Petty Officer First Class
Kipphorn, Steven, CPO, (1968-1980) FT FT-1165 Petty Officer First Class
Marx, Thomas, PO1, (1965-1978) AO AO-8323 Petty Officer First Class
Mulee, Guy, SCPO, (1972-1994) AMS AM-7222 Petty Officer First Class
Neylon, Rick, MCPO, (1965-1990) CTT CT-9141 Petty Officer First Class
Quinn, Richard, PO1, (1965-1985) AB AB-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Roska, Robert, PO1, (1975-1996) CTO CTO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Stout, Douglas, PO1, (1972-1978) DS DS-1654 Petty Officer First Class
Ward, William, PO1, (1969-1979) ET ET-1522 Petty Officer First Class
Wilson, Alexander, MCPO, (1967-1991) AB ABF-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Bedor, Joel, PO2, (1972-1975) AS AS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Blessing, Ralph, CPO, (1973-1994) CTI CTI-9203 Petty Officer Second Class
Boedeker, Bob, PO2, (1969-1975) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Brabeck, Ronald, PO2, (1970-1976) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Carroll, Michael, LT, (1969-1994) RM RM-2312 Petty Officer Second Class
Carter, Bobby, PO2, (1971-1977) ABE ABE-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
CHAPMAN, RICHARD, PO2, (1976-1981) QM QM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Clark, Willis, CPO, (1972-1992) MM MM-4283 Petty Officer Second Class
Cohen, Robert, PO2, (1967-1984) PH PH-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Culley, Joseph, CPO, (1972-1993) ABE ABE-7003 Petty Officer Second Class
Davidson, Eugene, PO2, (1970-1980) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
DeLorenze, Roy, PO2, (1975-1979) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Donlea, Michael, SCPO, (1973-1993) AD AD-8346 Petty Officer Second Class
Escamilla, Mark, PO2, (1976-1980) AZ AZ-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Esquivel, Rick, CPO, (1969-1989) 00 00E Petty Officer Second Class
Ezzell, Richard, LCDR, (1966-1994) PH PH-8143 Petty Officer Second Class
Fifer, Kirk, PO2, (1970-1977) AD AD-8345 Petty Officer Second Class
Floyd, David, PO1, (1971-1980) STG STS-0481 Petty Officer Second Class
Floyd, David, PO1, (1971-1980) ST ST-0451 Petty Officer Second Class
Fountain, John, PO2, (1975-1980) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Frick, Charles, PO2, (1974-1980) AC AC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Fuqua, Theosious, PO2, (1970-1976) AK AK-0000 Petty Officer Second Class

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