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USS L. Y. Spear (AS 36) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS L. Y. Spear (AS 36). 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 947 crew members registered for the USS L. Y. Spear (AS 36).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1969 | 1970 – 1971 | 1972 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 – 1982 | 1983 – 1984 | 1985 – 1986 | 1987 | 1988 – 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 – 1993 | 1994 | 1995 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prantner, Larry | ET4 | 1975 – 1976 | OPERATIONS | THEY PUT A 20MM CANNON ON THE BOW. PUT TO SEA FOR TARGET PRACTICE, DROPPED THE ELECTRICAL LOAD TWICE GETTING OUT OF THE HARBOR. SHOT HOLES IN THE WATER, NEVER HIT THE TARGET; ALMOST GOT THE TUG,THO. THEY REMOVED THE GUN A COUPLE DAYS LATER. |
| Clay, David | MR-1 | 1975 – 1980 | R-2 | A great time, a lot of good friends. Seems like a life time ago, but I remember it well. |
Spears, William(Eddy)  | mlfn | 1975 – 1977 | foundry | Was there for the shake down and the river colision |
| Bishop, Robert (Bob) | SK2 | 1975 – 1977 | SUBSAT | I just found this site and am wondering if there is still anyone from my group in stores between late 1975 - 1977 around. If you are, give me a shout. I miss all you guys. Remember when we were on the Spear, it was men. |
| Dzikowski, Chris | MMfn | 1975 – 1977 | R 31F | Had some good times there. Last of the strip (RT's etc.). Oceanview and that stupid coaster. Hurd, Skip, all you guys. Hope you're all doing ok. |
| St.clair, Mike | E4 HT | 1975 – Nov 1976 | Repair | Looking for my card playing buddies Art Hunt and Beetle Baily |
| Zwirn, Donn | MM3 | Jan 1975 – Jun 1975 | Outside mach shop | Worked the boats dashpots and sea valves.Worked for a Schadel (sp) and FMAG Chief. E-5 seal in there too. One run, hard time breaking free of coffee grounds under and around ship. Xfered to Finback SSN 670. |
| Acord, Randy | TMT2 | Jan 1975 – Jan 1977 | Weapons MK37 | Had a great life experience serving in the military and meeting many good people on L.Y.Spear and Howard W. Gilmore during my service. |
| Weaver, Hal | htfn | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 1, 1976 | repair | remember smitty,roger smith valdez felton creamer woody |
| Frechette, Michael Or Frenchy | MRFN | Feb 1975 – 1977 | Repair division | Still kicking it 63 out here in Tennessee |
| Swayer, Randy | MM2 | Mar 1975 – Dec 1977 | A (O2 N2 Plant & Steam Shop) | Really sad shape when I checked onboard. Chief Eng went nuts. Spent allot of hours making repairs before & during the shipyards, but we made it to Cuba & back. Sorry to see her decommissioned & sunk. Met some really great people. |
| Gooch, Bruce | SK2 | Apr 1, 1975 – Mar 1, 1978 | S6 | Does anyone remember our journey to New Orleans??? After colliding with a barge..landed us right into dry docks!!! |
| Gooch, Bruce Alan | SK2 | Apr 1, 1975 – Mar 1, 1978 | S6 | Had a great time...some of my friends names, who I have lost track of: SK2 Eddie King, SK2 Douglas Clifford, SH3 Thomas, SK2 Bertelson, SK3 Bob Bishop, another friend, Tom Parker was in Repair Dept. JP Bondurant was LtJ |
| Lancaster, Ed | MR3-MRC | Apr 4, 1975 – Dec 15, 1980 | R-2 | Norfolk, Portsmouth, GITMO, NOLA, Alexandria, Diego, Athens, Malaga, 12 SSN's for Christmas, shift work for two years. Those where the days! |
| Boyles, Jack | MM2 | Jun 17, 1975 – | a gang | |
| Walker, John | HT2 | Aug 1975 – Apr 1977 | R-1/Shipfitter Shop | Hope everyone is doing great! |
| Hurd, Roger | MMFN | Aug 1, 1975 – Oct 31, 1977 | 38 Outside Machine Shop | Great memories of days past. Some of the best people I have ever met were shipmates on the Spear. I have tried to look up some of my friends, but no luck. D.J. Day, Dan Barrack, Rohrer (roach). Look me up guys, drop me an e-mail. |
| Hedrick, Mark | MR-2 | Aug 17, 1975 – Feb 17, 1980 | R-2 31A, R-3 92A | It does seem like yesterday. The machine shop was the best group of guys I ever worked with. The big Kaboom up the Mississippi.Going to the Grand Cayman's this summer to dive the Kittywake. That should be awsome. |
| Janisch, William | DT3 | Aug 28, 1975 – May 15, 1977 | Dental | Currently working as a merchandiser. |
| Fletcher, Frankie | E-3 | Sep 1975 – Apr 24, 1978 | Navigation | I was on the Bridge during the collision on the Mississippi Delta. |
| Rohrer, Dale | MM3 | Oct 1, 1975 – Dec 10, 1977 | Repair - 38 Shop | Had a lot of good times and met some great people on the Spear. I'd love to hear form any of my old shipmates. Drop me an email |
| Pilkey, Dan | Bt3 | Nov 1975 – Nov 1977 | B | |
| Foltz, Dalton "duck" | MR-3 | Nov 15, 1975 – Jun 25, 1979 | R2 | USS Never Sail, The Big Crash, Became a truck driver after leaving the service, I've seen more places in a truck then floating on the sea. Harkleroad says Hey. Lives in Western PA, works for Reliant Energy. |
| Chastain, Ron | MMFN | Dec 7, 1975 – Nov 18, 1977 | R-2 Shop 38A | Met a bunch of great guys and remember some crazy times. Demolition Derby on the Helo deck in office chairs, rag football and baseball. |
| Harvey, Steve | BM2 | 1976 – 1980 | Deck 1st - R-1B | Half the tour was great half sucked, Was in Deck Division, LPO of Canvas shop. I too was on board when we hit the ZEPHYROS on the mighty Missip, had the bridge watch as it occurred, many funny stories come from my 4 years on board. |
| Jay, Michael | SK3 | 1976 – Jan 1, 1979 | S1 | Great memories, I had no idea how this experiance would have a permanent hold me for the rest of my life, good friends. |
| Kurtz, Kevin | IC3 | 1976 – 1978 | R7 | |
| McCotter, Patrick | MM3 | 1976 – 1977 | Repair | Outside machine shop, R-5 RadCon. Went to Pascagoula with her - the collision cruise. |
| Day, Dan | 1976 – 1979 | Shop 38 | ||
| Whittington, Francis (Buddy/whit) | MMFN | 1976 – 1978 | 38A Outside Machine Shop & Hydraulic Shop | 2 1/2 years onboard the Spear. I see a few of you guys I worked with here. Shields, Rohrer, Chastain and Rodger Hurd (a fellow Marylander if I remember right). Good to see some old friends. Remember New Orleans? |
| Gardner, Mike | ETN-2 | 1976 – Sep 15, 1978 | Operations | Was on the 04 level when Spear collided with another ship in the Mississippi Delta; a wild ride. I re-wired radio central in dry dock and never got the labeling done. I’ve often wonder how many guys cussed us for that |
| Johnson, Stephen Big J | bm3 | 1976 – 1979 | 1st division deck | alot of memories new orleans, gitmo, gilliam on the 1mc at midnight saying the russians are bombing, collision in the mississippi. what else. friends dan barrack,larry simpson, bob shields jimmy hawkins, javier gayton, and who ever else i missed. w |
| Minor, William | EM1 | 1976 – 1979 | E | Came aboard as the Junior EM2, left as the Senior EM1. |
| Stclair, Stephen | TM 1 | 1976 – 1978 | W 1 | MK 37 Shop |
| Yates, Mikey | HTFN | 1976 – | Repair | It was a good time--definitely one of the more important periods in my life |
| Barron, Troy | TM2 | 1976 – Dec 1979 | Weapons | |
| Burnette, Larry | TM2 | Jan 1976 – Aug 1979 | W-3, MK 14/16 Shop & Weapons QA Office | I work with some great guys, TM3 Randy Bentley, TM3 James Putney, Too many to list! Remember hanging out at the Blue Jacket Inn? I'd love to hear from some of the crew that remember me.. e-mail sometime @ snafu7351@aol.com |
| Davis, James | TM3 | Jan 1976 – Aug 4, 1979 | W2 | great memories, great times, made some great friends in our time together...I also remember Gitmo, New Orleans, the accident on the Mississippi, the MK48 torpedo that got stuck on one of the subs, would love to hear from some old friends .. |
| Ackland, Don | E3ML | Jan 9, 1976 – Aug 21, 1978 | R-1 Foundry | Spear Cast, the good times we had and the crew of 81A were great. Where is Jack Cooper, Mitch Hinkle Ron Alcerez? |
| Bridgewater, Mark | BT3 | Jan 10, 1976 – Jul 10, 1978 | B | Went thru rebuild in Porthsmouth, Gitmo in Cuba and was aboard when ship collided with another ship on the Mississippi River. Spear was my first ship after A school. After that I went aboard the John F. Kennedy |
| Svercl, Michael | PM3 | Jan 10, 1976 – May 13, 1979 | R-1 | Worked in the Pattern Shop, making patterns for the foundry. Worked with great guys Schaffer, Beane, Brown, Sutton, Oneil and others |
| Buehrig, David Stretch | TM-3 | Jan 11, 1976 – Jun 23, 1979 | W3 | Known as STRETCH, Did Portsmith GITMO and the collision |
| Smith, Mark | TM E-5 | Feb 1, 1976 – Aug 28, 1978 | W3 Subroc Shop | Good times aboard the Spear! Wondering what has become of old friends like J. Goodwin, B. Wright, D. Gentile, M. Zarharko. Perhaps they will see this and we can reconnect. |
| Smith, Mark/smitty | E5/TM2 | Feb 26, 1976 – Aug 29, 1979 | W3 Special Weapons (SUBROC) | Great memories & experiences! The Mississippi collision,Gitmo, my training,DIW in storm off of Hatteras in 77! Good friends & good times! Actually, I enjoyed the DIW experience as I learned about the awesome power of "Mother Ocean" I mat |
| Williams, Steve | RM2 | Mar 12, 1976 – Mar 11, 1980 | cr | |
| Kavajecz, Richard | HTFN | Apr 1976 – Sep 1977 | Carpenter Shop | |
| Penwell, Bob | RMSN | Apr 1976 – Mar 1977 | Radio | had a wonderful time. now working for the army(civilian) |
| Creamer, Mick | HTFN | Apr 1976 – Mar 1978 | repair | I was assigned to the sheetmetal shop. That was a day on the Mississippi. But we still had a great time in the Big Easy. Hey Joe Felton if you see this e-mail me. |
| Lawrence, Danny "lawrenzo" | BMSN | Apr 1, 1976 – Dec 11, 1978 | 1st | I remember coming back to the ship around midnight in Gitmo only to learn that crazy Gillman announced on the 1mc after taps "This is not a drill,this is not a drill, the Russians are attacking us." I think he got the section 8 he wanted. |
| Dobbins, Donald J. | EN3 | Apr 19, 1976 – 1978 | engineering (steam shop) | I was on board the Spear during the Bicentenial (1976). It was fun to meet sailors from other countries when their subs were docked beside us for supplies. I worked in the steam shop on the stern of the ship. |
| Shields, Tim | MM2 | May 1976 – Sep 1978 | R2 | Made a lot of good friends and had a lot of fun . We worked a lot of hours overhauling submarines and that experience has made me successful today. Would like to contact Senior Chief Scott and thank . He had a positive influence on my life. |
| Engler, Lawrence | PH2 | May 1, 1976 – Oct 15, 1979 | R6 | WORKED THE PHOTO-LAB WITH PHC DUNN who later became Photo Officer on a carrier, PH1 LINCOLN, PH1 KENNEDY who retired to MD, and PH3 OLSON. Had fun taking pictures of our collision on the Mississippi with an oil tanker. Lots of good times. |
| Morgan, Melih | bm2 | May 14, 1976 – Jan 6, 1978 | 1st div | looking for mates from 76 to 78 on I do remember Gaytan ,Snead, Hawkins, in first div boats |
| Hertzog, Charles / Charlie | SK1 | Jun 1976 – Jul 1977 | Submart | If anyone remembers me please contact me. Had a great time and could not find a better ship to retire from. I built submart , it was the best in the fleet. |
| Bennett, Bill | HT3 | Jun 1976 – Jun 1978 | DC | amazing how much we hated it!! Miss those days...the good people in our life then. Provost, Meyers, Gronbeck, Parker, Hollingsworth, Thompson, Clayton, Crisp, to name a few. Bowling teams, GTMO, collision-all good experiences! |
| Perry, Dan | BM3 | Jul 1976 – Jul 1979 | 2ND | Good Memories --- was in charge of the crane crews --- was on board during the collision in the Miss River ---- |
| McHenry, Tom | HM1 | Jul 1, 1976 – 1979 | Medical | |
| Maleno, Frank | SM | Aug 1976 – Dec 1976 | 2nd | I was only on the Spear a few months but I enjoyed them and made a lot of friends. Sad to see the old girl is being scrapped. |
| Hanvey, Richard | TM 3 | Sep 5, 1976 – Feb 10, 1977 | Weapons MK 14 Shop | |
| Swytzer, Rodney | RM3 | Sep 29, 1976 – Sep 29, 1980 | COMMUNICATIONS | Almost went to war in 1980! Cuba an all listed events during enlisted period. |
| Goff, Stephen | HT1 | Oct 1976 – Sep 1979 | R-8/NDT Lab | Best bunch of guys i ever worked with |
| Harkleroad, Ed (Hark) | MR2 | Oct 1976 – Mar 1980 | R2 A | I have a lot of great times ,a few not so good, but over all am glad and proud to have served on Spear. remember coolent on Capt. T and blueing shop phones. |
| Storm, Louis | CDR | Oct 1, 1976 – Feb 1, 1979 | Supply Department | On the Bridge for the collision. Damage was NOT minor. Mississippi River Pilot was out of his league handling the SPEAR. Injuries but, thankfully, no deaths. I was called to testify @ the Inquest. |
| Erickson, Jeff | BM2/DV1 | Nov 1976 – 1979 | R1 | I had the privileged of working with two great Master Divers and "Karl Brashear". Worked in the sail locker and the rigging loft between dives. Proud to be with the first ever crew that changed a screw on a sub. |
| Feinstein, Chuck | PN2 | Dec 1976 – Feb 1979 | X | My first ship. I worked in the Personnel Office. Most vivid memories are the Shipyard, Gitmo, and the little incident with the tanker ship. Left the ship to crossrate to OT. Retired 9/30/98 as an FCC. |
| Johnson, Karl | E3 | Dec 1976 – Apr 27, 1977 | E | |
| Ervin, Larry | E2 | Dec 1, 1976 – Mar 15, 1977 | Engineering | Need to find someone that remembers me and the department that I worked in or my duty assignment. Was 18, tall, slim and seaman apprentice assigned to engineering department doing basic shipfitting. |
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