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USS Sunbird (ASR 15) Crew List
The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Sunbird (ASR 15). 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 219 crew members registered for the USS Sunbird (ASR 15).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – 1973 | 1974 – 1979 | 1980 – 1984 | 1985 – 1990 | 1991 – now
| Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pastore, Jim | BM3 | Feb 1974 – Nov 1975 | Deck | Had some good times. Would love to see or talk to some of the guys again. |
| Cooney, William (Bill) | em2 e5 | Feb 1974 – Aug 18, 1976 | engineering | I rode the bird for 3yrs. Worked with the Nautilus & Nr 1 the. North Atlantic (in winter) always had something for us. Served with some great guys. I'm semi retired now Worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry. |
| Pastore, Jim NEW | BM 3 | Feb 8, 1974 – Nov 25, 1975 | Deck | Enjoyed every minute I served on the Bird. We had a great crew and I made some good friends. Sure do miss those day's! |
| Enos, Dave | EM2 | Feb 15, 1974 – May 27, 1977 | E-Division | |
| Fields, James (Cb) | SH3 | Aug 1975 – Oct 1979 | Supply | Was on the Bird for 3 yrs steamed with the best of them. Was on board for "Open Sky" F-14 Tomcat recovery in the North Atlantic. Live in Denver now .ship mates IC3 Harris and HT2 Henderson are here too. would love to hear from other shipmates |
| Boyles, James (Jim) | HTC | Oct 16, 1975 – Dec 10, 1979 | Shipfitter Shop (R1) | Retired in 1983. Live in Nashville Tn. and still working.LtCDR.Ed Craig. Good CO. Have daughter in Groton area still go up there twice a year. Had a lot of fun on the bird and had even better shipmates.would love to hear from anyone. |
Clarke, Danny  | MR1(DV1) | Oct 19, 1975 – Apr 10, 1977 | Enginering / Diving Locker | Was on board for operation Open Sky, Tomcat recovery. I was in just about all the Eng. departments. A-gang, auxillary engine room, was even Chief Master at Arms for awhile.Would love to hear from anyone I served with. |
| Mares, Carlos | SK3 | Nov 27, 1975 – Aug 26, 1979 | Operations | Great time in my life. Great shipmates and good times. Want to contact many of you! 770.310.0044 (cell) |
| Barcomb, Steven | EM2 | 1976 – 1979 | Engineering | I would like to here from anyone who served on the Sunbird at this time frame.I'm still in upstate NY where are you. |
| Dixon, Richard (Chumly) | RM3 | 1976 – 1979 | operations | Some of the best times of my life, just didn't know it then. Living and working in Daytona Beach Florida now. |
| Edwards, Charlie | STG3 | 1976 – 1978 | OPS | It was a good season of my life. I can be found at facebook.com/charliemon57 |
| Jemmings, Wayne | EN 2 | Feb 1976 – Nov 1978 | Engineering | Serving on board this boat with a great bunch of shipmates was the experience of a lifetime. Hope all have done well. All are welcome to contact me, JemmingsW@aol.com |
| Jones, Dale | FN | Feb 24, 1976 – Feb 24, 1978 | Interior Communications | |
| Henderson, Sheldon | HT3 (DIVER) | Mar 15, 1976 – Jul 15, 1978 | Locker/Engineering | Gentlemen, I heard about this site from James fields a.k.a. "CB." I currently live in Denver, Colorado. I served on the "Bird" from 1976 to 1978, I had a blast during that time. I look forward to hearing from anyone who remembers m |
| Jacot, Richard (Jake) | EMC/DV | May 10, 1976 – Sep 5, 1978 | EM | |
| Henderson, Sheldon | HT 3 (DIVER) | May 15, 1976 – Sep 15, 1978 | Locker | Gentlemen, I served aboard the USS Sunbird ASR-15 from 1976-1978, and I had some of the best times I can remember. I look forward to hearing from anyone who remembers me, my shipboard name was "Spoon." |
| Williams, Robert (Willy) | QMSN(SS) | Aug 1976 – Oct 1977 | Ops | Had some crazy times - especially at sea. Still wondering what "Fuzz" looked like without his beard LOL! |
| Holecek, Frank | FN | Sep 13, 1976 – Jun 29, 1978 | A-Division | looking for friends |
| Crosswhite, Gene | 1977 – Feb 13, 1979 | deck ape from hell | had some wild times on that piece of crap,miss them and all those i served with | |
| Kennedy, Alan | QM3 | 1977 – 1979 | Ops | Never seen so many different personalities. Had a good time for the most part. |
| Bassett, Adrian | Em2 | Apr 1977 – Oct 1978 | E. Gang | I happen to look on these things and Saw 2 Shipmates Carlos and CB remembering the good times and lorient France and Scotland and also the Elks Club Cloud 9. Left you guys in Revere Mass for discharge u all called meA B |
| Cresswell, Philip | OS3 | Jul 1977 – Dec 1979 | radar room | loved the bird..loved dunoon...loved boston..hated groton...hated the chief cook. SMITH...worked for qm1 williams. hey what does a radar tech do in port.PAINT. i ran the paint spray team in the chelsea yards. |
| Kuylen, David | MM3 | Sep 1977 – Mar 1980 | A-Gang | Didn't realize at the time how good that duty was, we had some good times, and I often think back to those days. Two ships later, left the navy as MM1, and have been with BAE Systems now for 20 years. Would like to hear from you guys! |
| Driscoll, Robert | etnsa | Oct 1977 – Dec 3, 1979 | operations | |
| Crosswhite, Gene | e2 | Dec 1977 – Feb 12, 1979 | deck | |
| Cox, Keith | EM2 | 1978 – 1980 | E | |
| Hampton, Jim (Guns) | GM3 | 1978 – Jul 1981 | 1st | I had some of the best times of my life on this bucket with friends from all over. I see some of them on here. Hit me up on Facebook, Jim Hampton. |
| Gulotta, Tony | BM 2 | 1978 – 1982 | deck | good years good friends still talk with Jim [GUNNS] Hampton has anybody every no what be came of Mark Barry rember the towing accident well that was bad |
| Jones, Clifford | HTC (DV) - HTCS (DV) | Jan 1978 – Mar 1981 | R-1 | had R-1 and A Gang, qualled in engine room but made OOD (Underway) and CDO (In Port). What a crew - Wally Wilhelm vs. Paul Ferguson; Straining and Lechner as MDV, one good Eng; one so-so - memorable times, for sure. |
| Sullivan, John C C "Sully" | EN2/DV | Feb 1, 1978 – Feb 1, 1980 | B1 | Followed the main engines from U.S.S. Coucal to Sunbird, with a stop at first class school. Saw Sunbird through the yards in Chelsea, MA and down through Gitmo. HP in New London. Lots of NR-1 time. |
| Cowen, Richard, A.k.a "Dicky C" | RMSN | Apr 16, 1978 – Sep 25, 1981 | Operations | 'Bird rolled on high seas; sailed into 7-day storm spring '80, never puked; endless refit in Chelsea yards in '78; radio watch with RM2 Sappington; danced, drank in Rotten Groton; wild ride with Jolly Rogers; made crow, lost crow, cleaned t |
| Raby, Larry | EN 2 | May 1978 – Feb 1982 | E Div | Life on the "Bird" was Interesting to say the least, some would call it fun, some would call it tough. I thought it was all that and then some. Lots of trips to nowhere but Bermuda, San Juan, Cape Canaveral, Scotland |
| Zimmerman, Paul | HT2(DV) | Jun 1978 – Oct 1979 | Dive Shop | A drunk driver hit me while on TDY duty at the escape training tank in Groton when the ship was in the yards in Chelsea. Disabled vet because of it. From Massachusetts so Boston was great. |
| Cronin, Kenneth | E3 | Jun 14, 1978 – Oct 16, 1980 | os | I am adding my brother Kenneth, he was hit by a drunk driver in about 1980 while in the Navy and stationed to the USS Sunbird... I am not sure of his dates on the ship or his rank... I am his guardian. |
| Tompkins, Charles | EM2 | Aug 10, 1978 – Feb 27, 1981 | Electric shop | How many remember pulling chain for twenty four hours to get the diving bell qualified? I've spent the last 38 years in upstate NY working for a forklift company. |
| Sykora, Steve | EN2 | Oct 1978 – May 1980 | M Div | Totally enjoyed the time spent on Sunbird. Good crew and CO. Yard overhaul in Chelsea, MA and FTG in GTMO. |
| Conley, Mike | OS1 | 1979 – 1982 | Operations | Not a boring tour, good and bad memories. I remember good times in Dunoon, Bermuda, Port Canaveral, Nova Scotia, San Juan. |
| Sappington, Sherman | RM2 | Jan 1979 – Sep 24, 1982 | Operations | I did more "4 point moors" than you and I threw up underway more times than you ... So there! while trying to make 12 O'clock reports to E.H. Conant (LCDR) and the Ops office Craddock stuck an olive up his nose (unbeknownst to the oth |
| Draper, Joe | E6 | Feb 10, 1979 – Jan 20, 1982 | A Gang | Left in 1982 to be a drill instructor in Orlando. Retired in Charleston, S.C.1990. Have since moved to Indiana. I retired off another ASR. USS Orotolan. I now write the manuals for Cummins Inc. out of Columbus Indiana. Still married, 33 yrs |
| Brown( Coulbourn ), Larry | E-3 | Apr 15, 1979 – Jun 25, 1980 | Deck | Was a deck hand on Sunbird with some of the best people the Navy could stick on a ship, spent the winter in boston during over haul, fun in the sun in Gitmo, and tore the hell out of the dock in jamaca. pulled chain with the best of them. |
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