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USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8). Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. If you also served aboard and you remember one of the people below you can click on the name to send an email to the respective sailor. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website?
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There are 60 crew members registered for the USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1995 | 1996 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin, Bill | RM2 | Aug 1980 – Aug 1983 | Communications | Good boat and crew. Several cross atlantics cruises, Carib, and Mid East trips. |
| Van Nederynen, Jeffrey | CIVILIAN MARINER 3RD ASST. ENGINEER | Dec 15, 1980 – May 15, 1982 | Engineering | A very good ship with a very good crew! |
| Tropea, TJ | RM2 | Jan 1981 – Apr 1985 | MILDET | Plankowner, was the very first person to check aboard & the last of the original 18 Mildet to leave. This was my most favorite command! |
| May, Tom | DP1 | Feb 11, 1981 – May 15, 1983 | Supply/MILDET | I enjoyed my tour on the Sirius. |
| Bouffler, Randy | ET2 | Mar 1981 – Jul 1984 | MilDet | Plank-owner. From the white refrigerator-like com van thru the shipyards to make it a "real" Navy type ship...Loads of fun, great crew!! Back to reality. |
| Hamilton, Al | SM3 | Mar 1981 – Dec 14, 1982 | MILDET | I'M NO BETTER AT CIVILIAN LIFE THAN I WAS AT NAVY LIFE....JUST HAPPIER! |
| Gragg, Donald | RM2 | Mar 1, 1981 – May 30, 1982 | RADIOMAN | I was the last of the original crew to come onboard. I got on the ship in Norfolk about a week before out first MED deployment. I enjoyed my tour very much. I now live in Bedford Massachusetts. Regards, Donald J. Gragg Former RM2, N |
| Terry, Mark | SM3 | Mar 30, 1981 – Dec 14, 1982 | Mildet | Hey all, I'm still alive and back in Waco Texas. Find me through my parents on Westwood street here. I've talked to Larose, very scary, hahaha. |
| Phillips, John | Jul 8, 1981 – Jun 6, 1983 | I had a great time. I wish I can do it all over again. | ||
Burroughs, Gordon  | o s (d) | Jul 20, 1981 – Jul 30, 1982 | deck | As with most of us , Looking back best of times. Are youth. At sea, in port. Pool side on aft deck i got the pictures. Stars at night .Working in the holes ? working on deck . Ships along side, helo over head hook up. |
| Rosenfeld, Dan | DP2 | Sep 1981 – Oct 1981 | Supply | Boarded in Malaga, Spain for a month of training. Sailed back to Norfolk on the Sirius, then headed to the 'new' USNS Spica T-AFS9 as a plankowner. By the time the computer was ready, I forgot everything Tom taught me. |
| King, Alan | RMSA | Sep 28, 1981 – Sep 22, 1982 | OPS | Great ship and good times aboard the Sirius. Now in Columbus, OH after 25 years in Washington, D.C. Area and still working for DOD. Mark, I am sure Larose was back in NJ and scary now .LOL |
| Terelmes, Daniel | RM2 | 1982 – 1984 | OC | Had great times aboard the USNS Sirius and the crew. The food was good. The ports were many. Just thinking about the two months in Pax River, MD training for our new radio shack, creating the Yeti Defender. |
| Kahrl, Michael | LT | Jun 3, 1983 – Mar 31, 1986 | Operations | Best ship of the five I served on. Loved working for Capts Viera, Viteri, and Rutter and CDR Williams. Lts Jensen, Lyden, and McTague were also great. All my favorte sea-stories are from the Eight-Ball. Retired from USN 1994. |
| Davich, Philip | DS2 | Nov 1983 – Jun 1985 | Altogether, a pleasant tour. Great duty for an enlisted sailor: two-man staterooms, great chow, TV movies, great shipmates. | |
| Evans, Jim | RM2 | Dec 1983 – Jan 1987 | What a great time! Tropea, Bouffler, Laughlin, Schnell, Radley, Therelmas (sp?), Casey and Pops! What a close knit bunch....it's a shame that RMC Schulz had to break us down! I hope you all are doing well, I'm glad I found this site. | |
| Novak, Victor | E4 | 1985 – 1987 | Communications | First command after school. Great time. Can be reached at j60novak@yahoo.com |
| Rutter, Edwin | MASTER | Feb 27, 1985 – Jan 12, 1988 | I enjoyed all of it | |
| Mierzwa, Paul | RM3 | Aug 1985 – Feb 1988 | OPS | Spent 2.5 years onboard. Had a great time now that i look back on it. Made some good friends. Spent a total of 23 years in the Navy...living in Buffalo NY. |
| Rich, Bramer | ET1 | 1986 – | Mildet\OE | Spent 1986 floating in the Med |
| Ninichuck, Steven | ET2 | Jan 1986 – Feb 1990 | Operations | Our ship is gone but not the memories we share... carry on. View 'now' Photo |
| Benedetti, Jennifer | SM2 | Jun 1987 – Jun 1990 | MILDET | Cant beat a USNS for a first sea tour! Excellent learning experience & what wild times! Couldnt have survived without the CIVMARS keeping an eye on me! Retired and enjoying life almost as much as I did back then :) |
| Figueira, "Ace" | utility | Feb 27, 1988 – Aug 19, 1988 | utility | ALOT OF COCKROACHES THEY NEVER WENT UP TO OFFICES COUNTRY THEY ONLY STAYED IN THE GHETTO. I GUESS THE TRIP FROM THE BACK AFT TO THE FORWARD HOUSE WHICH IS OFFICERS COUNTRY WAS TO FAR FOR THE COCKROACHES TO WALK THEY GOT TO EXHAUSTED.. |
| McCrea, Judy | RM2 | Jun 1988 – Jun 1990 | Radio | Looking back, what a great time!!!! Met some wonderful people onboard and still in contact with a few of them, thanks for the memories. Finally retired and back working with the Navy as a civilian. |
| Albany, Curtiss "hammer" | 3 A/E | Apr 1989 – Dec 1992 | Engine Dep't | Many long nights, mega OT and some very good friends |
| Kellie, Kinnear | DP2(SW) | 1990 – 1993 | Supply | I loved my time on board the USNS Sirius! I served with some of the greatest people, who are still my friends to this day. Honestly some of the best days of my life were during my time on this ship! |
| Hatten, Jamie | RM3 (SW) | Jan 1990 – Apr 1993 | Operations | It was a great experience I will never forget. Met alot of interesting people and sailed to some great places I would have never been able to go to otherwise. Sad to hear she is d/c, but happy to have sailed with her! |
| Brown, Ronald Alan | CIVMAR OS DECK GANG | Jan 10, 1990 – Mar 19, 1991 | worked as ordinary seaman | had a great time on ship with capt edwin rutter fairly decent crew last sailed in 1998 went in to law enforcement ( county jail ) since retired to farm in southern usa |
| Thomas, Kiki | SMSN | Jul 1990 – Dec 1993 | Had a GREAT time onboard the Sirius-- I'll certainly never forget it! As a matter of fact -- it probably spoiled my entire career! I'm now in the Air force--- being spoiled some more! :-) | |
| Doepke, Jr., Arthur C. | ORDENARY SEAMAN | Aug 2, 1990 – Aug 9, 1990 | MSC | TRANSFERED TO USNS SATURN. |
| Penland (Rothrock/neumann), Candy | YN1(SW) | Sep 1990 – Sep 1992 | MILDET ADMIN | Retired YNC Jan 2002. Civil service first in Rhode Island and recently Norfolk Dec 2006. Lots of great times on SIRIUS and wild deployments. Fond memories of MILDET and CIVMARS. |
| Lentini, Christopher | REFRIGERATION ENG. | Sep 1990 – Sep 1993 | I have a lot of great memeries serving on the sirius. Great crew members! | |
| Stevens, Kimberly | AMS3 | 1991 – 1992 | HC6 | This was my first cruise. Loved every minute of it. |
| King, Debbe King | YN1(SW) | Jan 1991 – | admin | the best shipboard experience of my life! Cruising in the Red Sea was incredible. I was sorry to hear the ship had been decomissioned |
| Blaine, David | IT1 | Nov 19, 1991 – Apr 27, 1992 | Loved the Sirius, hated to leave it. If ya remember who I am drop me an e-mail. Im currently in Bahrain hateing the heat. Hope to hear from ya! View 'back then' Photo | |
| Carr, William | DP/RM/IT E-5 | May 1, 1993 – Jun 1, 1996 | Data Processing | I spent three years on the USNS Sirius, during that time I was involved with the conversion from SUDAPS to Windows NT. It was a great ship, stopped at the best ports in the Med as well.I have a tons of photos. |
| Thouin, Jeremy | DP3 | Jul 1993 – Jul 1995 | ADP | Underway replenishment is Sirius buisness. lol |
| Shaver, Bill | 3RD ENGINEER | Jun 1, 1995 – Mar 31, 1998 | engine room | had many a good voyages on this ship, memories of earlier travels on similar canadian built vessels that iIworked on in the west indies, & South Africa .particular voyages remembered as the best were to gulf region with C.E . Tonko Cebo. |
| Hopkins, Troy | DS2 | Oct 1, 1995 – Oct 12, 1998 | ADP | I have a lot of really great memories of that ship. Not a day goes by that I don't remember the friends I had and the great times we had together. |
| Hughes (Lovelace), Michelle | RM3 | Nov 1995 – Dec 1998 | ADP/MILDET | Wow. Amazing to find out the ship is no longer sailing. Kinda sad. I really enjoyed my time onboard. |
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