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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USNS Spica (T-AFS 9). 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 91 crew members registered for the USNS Spica (T-AFS 9).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1992 | 1993 – 2001 | 2002 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Guardado, Michael | SM1 | 1981 – 1981 | mildet | Plank Owner |
Guardado, Michael | SM1 | 1981 – 1982 | mildet | Plank Owner,where have all the old guy's gone...do you rember the palm tree,(mr. lyons) also being told when we hit port Diego Garcia we had to get a Dam hair cut....mike |
James, Rich | ET3 | Jan 10, 1981 – Jan 1, 1983 | Operations | Hey where are all the other plank owners? I was one of the original crew members. Sipped a few brews with the Limies when the Tarbateness was delivered to Norfolk. Best dutie ever! Stayed at the Ramada Inn Savana Georga 2 months while ship was refit. |
Reams, James | RM2 | Oct 1981 – Nov 1982 | Mildet | |
Atkins, Russell (The Scribe) | OS2 | Oct 1981 – Jun 1982 | Mil Dept | Looking forward to hearing from some of the plank owners. Now I'm an ordained minister. |
Lyons, Mark | LT, OFFICER IN CHARGE | Nov 1981 – Jan 1983 | Military | Plankowner OIC. Now a teacher. Hope to hear from more plankowners |
Rosenfeld, Dan | DP2 | Nov 1981 – Dec 1982 | Supply | Plank Owner! Set up the original Burroughs computer. Had a blast with a great military (and civilian) crew. Saw the world in a year. The best stateroom and a/c in my (private) office. sweet duty. Savannah was good, but Subic was better |
Brown, Tim (Timothy) | SMSN | Nov 1981 – Nov 1982 | MILDET (Communications) | Plank Owner. SM1 Guardado was my LPO. OIC was Lt. Lyons. RMC Cartell was our AOIC. Stayed 2 months at the Ramada Inn in Savannah, GA during a small overhaul period and then underway to PI. Great crew! Had the time of my life!! |
Atkins, Russell | OS2 | Nov 1, 1981 – Jul 1, 1982 | MilDept | |
Hammett, Steve | E-5 RM2 | 1983 – 1984 | MILDET COMMUNICATIONS | SUBIC BAY, BAREO BERRETTO, SINGAPORE, NEED I SAY MORE |
Ehrich, Timothy | CHIEF REEFER | 1983 – | Engineering | PI, Singapore, Diego Garcia, Muscat. Royal Navy reefer gear was junk and a pain to maintain in USN supply system. Nice Chiefs quarters from Royal Navy days. Had a great stay in Singapore at Singapore Cricket Club. Paid off at S'pore |
Ferrara, Clint | ABM | 1984 – 1984 | Deck | Joined in Diego Garcia. Payed off in San Francisco. |
Burton, Orville | E-3 | Feb 2, 1984 – Jan 2, 1985 | computer operations | looking for information on the spica fire... |
Hayes, Duane | DPC | Aug 1984 – Apr 1986 | ADP | Remember all the great times. Starting in Alameda, Vancouver, Guam, PI, Hong Kong, Singapore, Diego, Misera, etc. Like to forget the fire at sea. |
Vorse, Keith | E-6/PN1 | May 1, 1985 – Jun 15, 1986 | ADMIN | PLANKOWNER & 1st PN aboard when SPICE in conversion to U.S.Navy. Designed and laid out office, Brought Helo squadron aboard from GUAM, survived our onboard fire, and transferred via Diego Garcia. LOTS of memories. |
Sorenson, Jim | CAPTAIN, U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE | Jul 1985 – Jan 1988 | I WAS THE SHIP'S NIURSE. I LEFT IN 1988 AND RECENTLY MADE CAPTAIN IN THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. I CURRENTLY WORK UNDER HOMELAND SECURITY. | |
Mohr, Ed | DP2 | Aug 1985 – Oct 1990 | Supply (ADP Shop) | Great Ship... Underway safeway |
Conroy, Mike | YN1 | Nov 1, 1985 – Nov 30, 1988 | Operations/Admin | What wonderful memories I experienced on the Spica, including the best cuisine I have ever experienced. Would love to reconnect to old shipmates that were on the Spica at that time. Would do it all over again. |
Timbers, Ricky | RM2 | Dec 5, 1985 – Feb 1, 1987 | COMMS/OPS | |
Naklicki, Tide | DP2 | 1986 – 1989 | MILDEPT, ADP | My first sea duty assignment. Great tour of duty in the Pacific. |
Fritsch, Nick | ET2 | May 1986 – Jun 1990 | OPs | |
Camp, John | LT | Jun 1986 – Jan 1989 | AOIC | Now Retired. Married my Philipino sweetheart...10 years later. What can I say, she was patient. |
Pena, Alex | RM1 | Aug 10, 1986 – Jun 10, 1989 | OCO1 | GREAT SHIP! I visited her in the med in 2004. |
Bleck, Ed | OSCS | Sep 1, 1986 – Sep 30, 1990 | Mil Det Ops | This was great tour of duty and I had the best Ops department in Westpac. I am currently retired in the Philippines. |
Ybarra Jr, Lorenzo/larry | E-5/RM 2 | Dec 21, 1986 – Jan 3, 1990 | ops/communications | just looking for my buds. you know who you are. |
Preedom, John | AMH2 | Apr 1987 – Dec 1987 | HC-5 DET 105 | This was the cruise we crashed A/C 12 during a vertrep. Lost the helo but very minor injuries to the aircrew. Also met a lot of great people. Civilians and MILDET alike. Jesse Fruget, you out there somewhere????? |
Reasol, Ponciano | PNC(SW) | Apr 10, 1987 – Apr 23, 1990 | My most enjoyable tour ever. I had my own stateroom and delicious food served at CPO mess. Admin/training officer/SW facilitator. | |
Sanders, Allen | SK3 | 1988 – 1992 | S-3 S-1 | |
Gary, Wilcox | RM-3 | 1989 – 1991 | What a ride | |
Erickson, Douglas | ET1 | Mar 1989 – Jul 1993 | OE01 | Had a great time onboard and served with a lot of good sailors. Just like everyone else says the only bad thing is we always seemed to be gone. The saddest part was leaving our homeport in Subic Bay |
Anderson\, Kenneth | DP1(SW) | Jun 1989 – Jul 1992 | S-7 ADP | First MSC ship and had a blast on that ship homeported in the Philippines, Subic Bay.....Yes Sir! |
Homan, Kevin | DP2 | Jul 1989 – Jul 1991 | Supply Office (ADP) | Remembering all the pier parties during Desert Shield/Desert Storm and the "fun" of shoveling off all the ash when Mt. Pinatubo (PI) erupted after returning from the Gulf. |
Perry, Joseph | DP2 | Jun 1990 – Jul 1993 | Adp | Had a great time on this ship, so many memories and friends I wish we stayed in contact. Best liberty ports ever. |
Mulcahy, Rocko | RM3 | Jun 2, 1991 – Feb 3, 1993 | uncertain | |
Sanders, Chris | SN | Jul 1, 1991 – Jul 14, 1993 | Supply | View 'back then' Photo |
Trudell, Michele/trudi | SK2 | 1992 – 1994 | Supply | Living in Illinois now....working in Wisconsin...could have swore I saw Runyon's twin today!!! Miss you all!! Burns ---- where are my pics of my nephew??? |
Boblet, Keith | RMSN | Feb 1, 1992 – May 29, 1992 | Operations, radio shack | Went TAD to assist in war games with Tailand's navy, but there were riots in Bangkok, so we ended up just cruising between Olongopo and Pattaya Beach. What a freakin time we had; ole "cherry boy" had the time of his life - hey Sheron Bir |
Mohr, Ed | DP2 | Aug 1992 – Aug 1995 | Supply (ADP Shop) | Best ship in the fleet. Underway Safeway.. |
Jerry Buckley, Billy | ET2(SW) | Nov 19, 1992 – Nov 28, 1995 | I WAS OE01 | ETC now. Still love her to death, saddened me to see her leave her 7th Fleet last lib port (Phuket) in '01. The crew the ship-they all rocked. Never forget u all Jimbo, Mac, Schim, Howard, Bo, Burnt, Renee, Tom, CAPT Bob, Steve, Lew, Sue- BIG 9 |
Bohling, Edward | 2ND ELECTRICIAN AUTOMATED | Dec 7, 1992 – Jun 15, 1993 | ENGINE | Wierd Ship Saw it come into Norfolk when I was on the Aeolus in1981. Not good quarters for Civmars. We were not used to community heads and showers. Fat Jap was Chief Electrician |
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