In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Fair Winds, Shipmates

Sailors walking off USS Philippine Sea during the ship's decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, September 25, 2025. — **Fair winds and following seas, shipmates.** Decommissioning, Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 25, 2025. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jamison Sutton

We served together on USS Philippine Sea. We stood the same watches, rode out the same seas, and called the same ship home. Some of our shipmates have gone on ahead of us, and this page is for them.

We remember their laughter on the mess decks, their steady hands at their stations, and the way they had our backs when it counted. They're part of every story we tell and every reunion we hold.

To their families: your sailor mattered to us, and they always will.

Fair winds and following seas, shipmates. We have the watch from here.

Names are added only with the permission of family or shipmates. To honor a shipmate, share their name, rate or rank, and years aboard with the reunion organizer through the Facebook event page, or send it through the Crew Drop Box.

Roll of Honor

Shipmates remembered with the permission of family or shipmates.

Roll of Honor

Names will appear here once families or shipmates have shared them.