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Do you know Rick Baker?

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About Me


  • I'm looking for Rick Baker and I need your help.

  • My brother, Jim Ward and Rick were shipmates on the USS Worden CG-18, 1971-73.

  • We've been looking for Rick for several years and have exhausted all resources.

  • One problem is we know very little about Rick, apparently they were living in the moment (see pics 1 and 3) and talked very little about their past.
    What we do know is this...
    Name: Rickey Lynn Baker

  • Rick was from Kentucky, possibly Paducah.

  • Jim also remembers something about Possum Trot, KY.

  • He has a tattoo of a confederate flag with the word Kentucky underneath on his left forearm.

  • Served on the USS Worden CG-18 as a BT3 (boiler tender), rank E-4 1971-73.

  • Has a younger sister.

    • Rumours:
    UPDATE: The search has been moved to Clearwater,Florida.
    How you can help!
    If you ANY information about someone you think might be our Rick Baker please post here or email [email protected] .
    We hope to find Rick alive and well but, if he is not, we would still want to know what happened to Rick Baker.

    My Interests


    Pimp-My-Profile.com - Build a SlideshowThese pictures of the Worden were taken by former shipmate David Velez (1989-92).
    David is now a professianal photographer in New York.
    To see more of his work please check out the links below.

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    Model Mayhem
    Flickr
    Deviant Art
    Myspace

    Television:

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    Heroes:

    On Sunday April 16, 1972 around 0340 hrs my brother Jim and Bob Sterling were in the boiler room of the Worden flipping a coin to see who would go up top to get some clean fresh air. At the same time back in Louisiana, it was Saturday afternoon, a pastor had knocked on our door asking if we had anyone in Vietnam we wanted to pray for. Mom said yes. Our family have never been religious fanatics, but there we stood in the middle of the living room, Mom, Dad, an unknown pastor and me (I was 8)holding hands and praying for Jim's safety. Meanwhile back on the Worden, Jim lost the coin toss. Bob Sterling was going to get the clean fresh air, when he opened the hatch he was hit by shrapnel and died instantly. The Worden had been hit by two anti-radiation missiles inadvertently fired by United States support aircraft during a strike on Haiphong. Nine other men were seriously wounded. Shipmate Jim Whitehead has made a memorial for Bob Sterling on VirtualWall.org with a first hand recollection of what happened that night.
    Virtual Wall

    My Blog

    USS Wordens Bell Rings Again

    On July 10, 2003 employees gathered in the Taylor Room to witness an acceptance ceremony during which a ship..s bell was installed in a specially constructed mount along the room..s east wall. The bel...
    Posted by Do you know Rick Baker? on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:57:00 PST

    Looking for Rick Baker BT3

    I'm looking for Rick Baker and I need your help. My brother, Jim Ward and Rick were shipmates on the USS Worden CG-18, 1971-73. We've been looking for Rick for several years and have exhausted al...
    Posted by Do you know Rick Baker? on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:47:00 PST