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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Sylvania (AFS 2). 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 471 crew members registered for the USS Sylvania (AFS 2).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1966 | 1967 – 1970 | 1971 – 1974 | 1975 – 1976 | 1977 – 1979 | 1980 – 1981 | 1982 – 1984 | 1985 – 1987 | 1988 – 1990 | 1991 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Sampson, Sammy | RM1 | 1971 – 1974 | OC | |
Abate, Michael | RM2 | 1971 – 1974 | OC | Great memories. Got to bring my wife, son and daughter to see her when she was at the naval shipyard in Philadelphia. |
Campbell, Larry | HT 3 | Aug 1971 – Jan 1973 | R | Came on board as DCFN. Made HT 3 while on board. |
Stoehr, Karl | SN | Oct 1971 – May 1973 | First | Enjoyed the trips to the Med and the trip to England. Did not enjoy Gitmo trip although enjoyed stop in FL on way back to Norfolk. |
Bailey, Rick | BMSN | Nov 20, 1971 – Jul 29, 1974 | BOS'N DIV | NOW RETIRED LIVING IN TX REMEMBER ALL THE GREAT TIMES |
Kinnear, Lenny | SA/SN/BM3 | Dec 1971 – Aug 1974 | 1st and Bosn Divisions | Had a great time, meet great friends and will always have great memories on the greatest ship in the US Navy. |
Colwell, Bruce | SK2 | Dec 1971 – Dec 1972 | S-2 | I had some good times in the Med. but it seemed like we humped stores non stop. I was hold captain of hold #3 & was leader of staging & strike down team Charlie. |
Infanger, Daniel | MM2 | Dec 1971 – Aug 1975 | M | Best time of my life, great shipmates lots of great memories |
Infanger, Daniel | E-5 MM2 | Dec 15, 1971 – Sep 15, 1975 | M- | |
Baughn, Robert | MM e3 | 1972 – 1974 | M Division | Worked in ms div e3 with Peter, Dan,Willie mm1'came aboard in Barcelona while on a med cruise. Some called me ugh as this was on my hat as I started to put my name on but only got a few letter on.. |
Onken, Ron | hm2 | 1972 – 1973 | hospital corpsman | Looking for a shipmate friend Daniel Infanger who served aboard the Sylvania at the same time frame. |
Kors, Ed | E5 MM3 | 1972 – 1974 | M | Met many good friends and have lots of good memories |
Soderman, Peter H. | MMFN | Feb 8, 1972 – Jul 3, 1975 | M | I'd be a better sailor today, though I'm proud as a peacock to have been a Snipe. |
John, Wentz | E3 | Mar 10, 1972 – May 20, 1974 | S-2 | Got to see and enjoy many places we went to, Spain, Italy, England, France, Greece and Gitmo. Not much fun at Gitmo. Like to hear from Ed Armijo. Have reconnected with Ryan Tolman. Had a great time with others also. |
Watkins, Ken | YN# | Jul 2, 1972 – Dec 15, 1975 | X Div | Legal Yeoman on ship for my time on board smokey |
Crabtree, John | E-2 | Oct 19, 1972 – Apr 10, 1974 | BT | I REALLY MISS THE CREW MEMBERS I SERVED WITH. PLEASE CONTACT ME ABOUT ANYONE WHO SERVED WITH ME DURING THIS TIME |
Harris, Larry | EN3 | Nov 1972 – Sep 17, 1975 | A Division | Met some great friends and had a lot of fun with them |
Farina, Frederick | SK2 | Dec 7, 1972 – May 1975 | S-2 | Served with great bunch of guys and officers. |
Drown, James J. | E3 | 1973 – 1975 | 1st,W2 | |
McMillen, James R "Mack" | SKC | Jan 3, 1973 – Jun 17, 1976 | S-1 | Another ship with a great crew, and one great place to learn storekeeping. |
Schneider, Hal | DS2 | Jan 5, 1973 – Jul 2, 1976 | S1 | 3 Med Cruises and 2 Gitmo trips. Met my wife-to-be in Barcelona while on liberty. |
Roeske, Kelly | IC2 | Jan 10, 1973 – Jun 10, 1977 | Eng. | Television Studio |
Tipton, Larry | HTFN | Mar 18, 1973 – Mar 20, 1975 | R | What a ride.Had a blast with guys like shiller,labonte,rice,meara. hey pete member the sink in rota |
Giordano, Joseph W. | MMCS | Apr 10, 1973 – Jun 1, 1974 | M | |
Hardison, Richard | QMSN | Dec 1973 – Aug 1974 | Navigation | |
Schramm, Bill | MM2 | 1974 – 1978 | stream team 2years"m"2years | had alot of great times and meet alot of great people |
Newell, Thomas | CSSA - MS3 | 1974 – Sep 1976 | Food Service | HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIMES ON SYLVANIA. CHARLIE HOLT, MATT BERTRAND, GREEN,SKI, RODNEY (HMSN),AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS. ALOT OF GREAT PARTY'S.GOOD LIBERTY AND GOOD FREINDS. WHEN WE WORKED IT WAS ROUGH.HOPE ALL IS WELL. |
Michael, Larry (Lawrence) | HM2 | Mar 1974 – Sep 1975 | sick bay | This ship took me to the farthest reaches of my worldly experiences. |
White, Bill | OS3 | Mar 11, 1974 – Jan 10, 1976 | operations | |
Coleman, Joe | EM3 | Apr 1974 – Aug 1977 | E Division | |
Manning, Harry | ET2 | Apr 1974 – Aug 1978 | oe | |
Hixson, Will | DP2 | Apr 1, 1974 – Jul 1, 1977 | S-1 | |
Test, Ronald | emfm | May 5, 1974 – May 5, 1978 | E division | WOW! crazy days torremolinas, barcelona, naples amsterdam yugoslavia. Liberty call! smoking lamp is lit |
Shiller, Randall Reddog | HT2 | May 17, 1974 – Sep 13, 1977 | R | Been a long time but still remember the good times and good friends |
Denley, Larry | BM3 | Jun 3, 1974 – Feb 3, 1978 | BOSN DIV. | HAD THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE ON THIS SHIP , STILL TRYING TOO FIND ALOT OF OLD FRIENDS |
Denley, Larry | BM3 | Jun 5, 1974 – Feb 25, 1978 | BOSN DIV. | I had some of the best time's of my life on this ship |
Miller, Michael Shroom | sn | Aug 5, 1974 – Jan 16, 1976 | 1st | Been a LONG TRIP LOL |
Watrous, Alan | MM2 | Aug 7, 1974 – Oct 1977 | M | Just trying to catch up with some old friends and possibly update information about the ships deployments. Some were left out and others incomplete. |
Kavaliunas, William (Bill) | MM2 | Sep 1974 – Apr 18, 1978 | Met alot of great friends and had some good times in the med...nuff said about that. Anyone from M-div during my time or anytime drop me a line. | |
Nold, George | MMFN | Oct 15, 1974 – Jun 1, 1977 | B ,A,and stream team in 1th div | Was one of the first in the new stream team. Was in charge of aft wench deck. I just wish I could remember a lot from back then. Had fun and great time on board the great ship. |
Leyendecker, Douglas | BT3 | Dec 1974 – Dec 1977 | Recently e-mailed Marcel V (lucky) & Joe K | |
Walker, Allen | BT-3 | Dec 11, 1974 – Aug 26, 1977 | (B) | WOW What a ride for a farm boy from Kentucky to get to serve with the Navy and a great bunch of men. Hey Eik and Eckler you out there yet drop me a line. |
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