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The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Sperry (AS 12). 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 404 crew members registered for the USS Sperry (AS 12).
Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm – 1955 | 1956 – 1963 | 1964 – 1966 | 1967 – 1969 | 1970 – 1972 | 1973 – 1975 | 1976 – 1977 | 1978 – 1980 | 1981 – now
Name | Rank/Rate | Period | Division | Remarks/Photo |
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Dunn, Jb | DC 4 | 1967 – 1969 | Hello All Just checking to see who is still out there. Thanks | |
O'Connor, Rory | EMFN/EM3 | 1967 – | R3 | I was on the Sperry awaiting Nuc School |
Rann, Gene | EM2 | Jan 7, 1967 – Feb 10, 1970 | E | I was married and had a cottage house in Ocean Beach. Had alot of good times both on and off board, they rang the bell when I walked into the acey/ducy club with my hat on in Vallejo. Remember a Beer for 10 cents |
Coudding, Nate | Engineman E4 | Jan 15, 1967 – Apr 14, 1969 | Engineering | Was in the oil gang worked for Lee Brewer engineman First Class. Lt. Woodruff was over engineering. Was on the voyage that earned the Sperry its nickname of Roadrunner. Served on Proteus in Guam. |
Smith, William C. (Bill) | MM2(SS)ELT | Feb 1967 – Dec 18, 1967 | RC | Radiological Controls Shift Supervisor and division training petty officer. Transferred from USS Proteus AS 19, Guam, M.I., for remaining tour of duty prior to honorable discharge. Nuclear-trained and qualified mechanical operator. |
Wassman, Glenn (Dutch) | CYN3 | Apr 1967 – Oct 1968 | OPS/NAV | Worked with good people, got excellent training, and enjoyed every minute on the Sperry. Was in the Crypto vault in the Radio room when we ran into the hiway. The view from the port wing deck was hard to believe. |
Turpen, Michael/mike | EM3 | May 1967 – Jan 1968 | MAA/SubRon Three | I was assigned to the MAA and then SubRon Three while waiting for Nuclear Pwr School. I was there when we ran aground on Columbia river returning from Rose Festival in Portland, OR. I retired as an LDO Captain in 2006 after 38 years. |
Turner, Bill | E-4 | May 1, 1967 – Jun 6, 1969 | S-6 | We had a great, undefeated flag football team!! I was a RB and a DB on the team along with Gary Wooley;Bill Kerins; Dave Krakauskas; Arturo Vera; Larry Mews; and Bob Olsen. |
Hedlund, David | IC3 | May 3, 1967 – May 6, 1968 | Submarine Support | Always willing to correspond with old shipmates |
Brown, Bradley | E-3 | May 19, 1967 – May 1968 | M division | Been out of the Navy since 1970, deployed to Viet Nam aboard the USS Bennington (CVS-20). Decommissioned in Bremerton, WA. and then assigned to the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63). Served 90 days and discharged MM2. |
Bautista, Pineapple | seaman | Jul 7, 1967 – Dec 6, 1967 | deck division | |
Rose, Jerry | ETN3 | Jul 18, 1967 – Jul 23, 1969 | RADCAL SHOP | |
Holmes, Don | ET3 | Aug 1967 – Mar 1968 | R4 | Waiting for a billet at Nuc School. |
Williams, Hugh | SK3 | Aug 1967 – Aug 1969 | S-1 | GSK storekeeper My Brother SK2 Roger Williams work In supply Office w/ Cdr Crozier. |
Geiger, Gary | Aug 1967 – Aug 1969 | served in disbursing and on deck force | ||
Lemke, Larry | E-2 - YN3 | Aug 1967 – Jun 1970 | Deck Force/X Div. (Captain's Office) | Met many good friends and enjoyed the experience olf serving on SPERRY. Made many trips to dump effluent, Vallejo Shipyard for repair, Long Beach Shipyard for repair and Portland (Rose Festival. Worked hard and had fun |
Stephenson, Ronald "ron" | IM2 | Aug 12, 1967 – Feb 7, 1969 | R4 | Worked in the instrument shop. Did most of my time in the watch and cronometer shop with CPO Frank Jarnigan. Frank and I still call each other after 30 years. |
Case, John | ET-1 | Aug 15, 1967 – Oct 1971 | R-4 (Shop 67B Calibration Lab) | Great 4 yrs, underway CIC watches, training PSI's for the Nuc pgm, Point Loma sub base, SD bay, NI NAS acrs the ch, Gr8 ship, Gr8 crew, Gr8 time . T U :-) It was priviledge to serve on such a great ship. |
Stephens, Dave | SF2 | Sep 5, 1967 – Aug 12, 1968 | R-1 | Worked in the tin bending and pipe fitting area |
Edington, Jeff (Ed) | IC3 | Oct 2, 1967 – Jun 11, 1969 | E&R Gyro Shop | |
Trower, Robert | SF2 | Oct 3, 1967 – Sep 14, 1969 | R3 | Worked in the weld shop, sheet metal shop and pipe shop. |
Holt, Lonnie D | CWO2 | Nov 15, 1967 – Jun 1969 | Supply | |
Knight, Richard | DT1 | 1968 – 1969 | D | |
Steinkuller, Rex | ETRSN | 1968 – 1969 | Antenna Shop | Mare Island & awesome trip to Portland ! |
McPherson, William C (Bill) | EMFN | 1968 – 1969 | E Div, Engineering | I was stationed on Sperry while waiting for Nuclear Power School. My firsts on Sperry: my first watch on a ship, first time I qualified as an Electrical Operator. I learned a lot on working on her |
Molinari, Brad | FN | 1968 – Mar 9, 1970 | Deck Force | |
Kilcrease, Daniel (Jack) | SM1 | Mar 8, 1968 – Apr 2, 1969 | Master at Arms | Great ship for the short time I was there. Went accross the pier to Nereus,(TAD flag) for one year. |
Martens, George | IC2 | Jun 1, 1968 – Apr 4, 1972 | Electrical | Four short years I'll never forget. Two trips to the Rose Festival, unfotunately two years after the grounding that gave her the nickname Roadrunner. |
Grubb, James | ET1 | Jun 23, 1968 – Dec 2, 1971 | R4 shop 67 | I miss the ship, subs, work, people and location just inside Pt Loma. I don't miss the CS or the touch and go's at the NAS that kept me awake in our shop above the fantail. |
Muschlitz, William "Lew" "bill" | MM | Jul 1968 – Sep 1968 | RC | Friend of William "Lew or Bill" Muschlitz, Jr. I'm looking to speak to anyone who knew him. |
Andrews, Dave | PICM | Aug 1968 – Jul 1972 | R-2 | Had two tours of duty on Sperry. The first tour of duty I was in the Periscope Shop, and made Chief on the tour of duty. On the second tour of duty I made masteer Chief and became Command Master Chief before retiring. |
Chaney, Richard | HMSN | Dec 1968 – 1968 | medical | I had great mentorship from senior HMs. Hope you've all had good careers and lives. I'm still going strong but in Army National Guard CW3 now. Thanks for friendship and leadership! |
Trudeau, James | ht3 | Dec 1968 – Jun 1972 | repear department carpenter shop | good 4 years went to portland or.for 2 weeks ship odered doughnuts . order was put in @oops we got 48000 i hadto count them fun. |
Smith, Richard | e-3 through HT3 | 1969 – 1973 | R-6 and R-1 | Loved those trips tp Portland and Pearl Harbor on the 'Ol Girl ! |
Powell, Jeff | HT2 | 1969 – 1972 | Engineering | |
Gonzales, Jamesj | ftg2 | Jan 10, 1969 – Oct 15, 1970 | weapos | my gq station was 20mm gun. my chief was Hilsbeck.weearned the battle E, in'69,'70 |
Murnock, Greg | SF1 | Jan 27, 1969 – Jul 30, 1971 | R-1 | Worked in the Weld Shop. |
Fumuso, Albert | SM | May 15, 1969 – Dec 15, 1970 | Personnel | Worked Captians Mast, Chaplians Yoeman, Maste at Arms, and personnel Dept. |
Kitchen, Larry | ET! | Jun 1, 1969 – Jun 1, 1971 | R3 | |
Kellogg, Clifford | TM3 | Sep 1969 – Feb 1973 | Weapons/Weapons Office | Assigned to Mark 37 shop. Soon assigned to Weapons Department Office performing yeoman duties for the next two and a half years. Have many great memories on Sperry, including Portland Rose Festival in 1972. |
Geis, Wayne | e 3 Engineman | Oct 1969 – Sep 1971 | Engineering | I worked in that aft engine room |
Morris, James | EN 2 | Oct 1969 – Sep 1970 | Eng a-gang | Came on board the Sperry in Oct 69 in Vallejo Ca. Left for San Diego in Jan 1970. I was a-gang lpo until en1 Harris came on board. After that I was supply po. I also was the engineer on the captains (Capt Williams) gig. |
Lester, Charlie | PM2 | Nov 1969 – Dec 1, 1972 | Repair | Had a good time and great ship mates. |
Balla, David | BM-3 | Dec 1969 – Apr 1971 | 1st | Great fun but it was just one of those things. |
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