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USS Sperry (AS 12) Crew List
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 405 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richter, William 'Sandy' | HM2 | 1973 – 1976 | H - Medical/Dental | Great tour and friends. Would like to re-connect. Emails welcomed. Aloha, Sandy |
| Hooten, Norman | HT 3 | 1973 – Sep 14, 1976 | R-1 | I was aboard 1973-76,in the Pipe-shop, as a silver-brazer.I'd like to say hi to anybody aboard then, especially Frank Greer, Dusty Skinner; George Hughes,Bill Pompetti,David Smith,Zip Pritchard,Mitch Keller,&many more. |
Ingram, Randy  | Seaman | Jan 1973 – 1974 | Deck | Met the ship at Pearl, survived the fire, made the trip to Bremerton, Portland, then discharged. Would love to hear from old friends I often think of from deck crew to other secs. Have nightmares about scraping, and chipping that 12 tub! |
| Eichstadt, Mark | EN-2 | Jan 1973 – Jun 1976 | R-2 | vierhund@msn.com |
| Kinslow, Donald | e4/em3 | Jan 1973 – Nov 1975 | electrical | joined the ship in hawaii, after fire. started in deck force, struck into electric shop |
| King, Wayne | tm2 | Feb 1973 – Dec 1973 | steam shop mod 14-16 | |
| Zarr, Paul | EN3 | Feb 1973 – Mar 1975 | Oil King | Picked up Sperry in Hawaill, off a DE 1034 , assigned to Aft Engineroom, then Oil King Shack, under MM2 Bill Watts. Road the ship back to San Diego in May of 1973 and up to Portland Orefon for the overhaul. |
| Judd, Don | ENFN | Feb 1973 – 1976 | Engineering-FER | |
| Ehli, Dennis | FN | Feb 1, 1973 – Nov 19, 1975 | Repair - Worked in hydraulics shop | Met the ship in Hawaii .. made the trip to Bremerton .. then to Portland .. Looking forward to making contact with some old shipmates! |
| Skinner, Dusty | SN | Mar 1973 – Nov 21, 1975 | deck | worked in deck div made cruise to hawaii and portland |
| Harris, Craig | HTFN | Apr 1973 – Sep 1974 | R1 | Worked SF shop and weld shop. Rode ship to Pearl, fought the little fire,went to Bremerton, then Portland. Enjoyed having HT1 Cooper as my boss. Would like to hear from HT2 Wayne Waters, & Pappy. e-mail: c.fridge@cox.net |
| Hillier, Lorne | FN | Jun 1973 – Jun 1974 | Electical Shop | Met the ship in Pearl Harbor and was there during the fire, and later in Bremerton and Portland. Left for Guam while we were in overhaul. (the Sperry was better) Like to hear from folks working in the Electric shop 73 and 74. |
| Nelson, Tom | ICFN | Jun 1973 – Jun 1975 | IC Repair | Loved The Sperry. Was along for the weapons offload in Washington State and yard period in Portland. Was part of the IC Sub Repair Crew specializing in VOM and Panel Meter Repair. Was one of the unique people to have a Brother on board. |
| Burris, Patrick | DT3 | Jun 1, 1973 – Jan 15, 1977 | Dental | Worked as a dental technician. |
| Lorelli, David | ET-3 | Jun 10, 1973 – Jul 15, 1974 | RT | Assigned to the Sperry between ET school and NucPower school to have a year in the fleet. It was some of the best time I had in the Navy. I can't remember if it was RT or RS division. A bunch of Bubbleheads |
| Litwiller, Don | IM2 IM1 | Jul 1973 – Jan 1979 | R2 R6 | Was assigned to MIRCS Lab 1 yr. Assigned to R6 Div(P&E and ARRS Ofc)41/2 yrs. ETCM Terrebrood was among the finest men I served with on the 3 ships & 1 shore station to which I was assigned in my 12+years in the USN. |
| Green, Tim | ETR2 | Jul 1973 – Mar 1976 | R3 & R4 | |
| Rothwell, Rudy | PN3 | Sep 1973 – Apr 1977 | X | Looking for Michael Harrison or Dave Ball |
| Peck, Daniel | PN3 | Sep 1, 1973 – Jun 14, 1974 | Admin | PN3 in charge of the Educational Services Office |
| Helm, Neil | E3 | Sep 17, 1973 – Oct 10, 1975 | R3 | Worked in the motor rewind shop, made the trip to Bangor, Bremerton, and Portland. Great ship and crew. |
| Gallo, Thomas | e-3 | Oct 15, 1973 – Jun 20, 1974 | amin | ym first ship |
| Thayer, William L. Thayer (Bill) | AS12 | Dec 1973 – Oct 1977 | E | SHIPS COMPY. ELECTRICIAN EM-3 |
| Danesi, Carl | EM2 | 1974 – 1976 | E-Div | Met the ship in Portland. Made a few little cruises and then the Hawaii trip in 76. Lived off base in Clairemont Mesa while we were tied up in Balast Point. |
| Schade, Adolph | SEAMAN | 1974 – 1975 | Deck | Looking for fellow shipmates. I reported aboard at Swan Island Shipyard in Portland Oregon in 1974 rabbiadolph@hotmail.com |
| Demski, Edward | HTFN | 1974 – 1976 | R-5 / R-1 | Great ship if we could just get underway without having a fire in the switch board. I learned to chip paint in R-5 DIV.(LOL)! Transferred to R-1 Div, shipped over star program for C school. Should have stayed and worked w/ the NUCS! |
| Quinlan, David | MR2 | 1974 – Jan 1976 | R2 | Came aboard in during the overhaul in Portland, Oregon.... froze my ass off working in the machine shop with the bay doors open, and no port hole covers. |
| McKnew, Hank | sn | 1974 – 1975 | deck | |
| Graves, Mark | EN | 1974 – Mar 8, 1977 | A-Gang | |
| Patzke, Al | MM2 | Mar 1974 – Jul 1974 | R7 | |
| West, Westley | MM3 | Apr 1974 – Nov 29, 1977 | engineering | I WAS IN THE BOILER ROOM DURING 1974 TO1977 I would like to contact D Green, Kevin Paulos, Bobby Byrd, Eddie Morse, Marvin Wolf. or anyone from the Boiler Room My e-mail is westwes87@yahoo.com |
| Mitchell, David | EN2 | May 1974 – Nov 1974 | Cant remember | I was transferred just before going to Portland for refit. I missed the ship in San Diego. Had to travel to Bremerton to find the ship. Great cruise down the Columbia River. Rotated out early. |
| Dunsmoor, Ronald Fuzzy | RM-3 | Jun 14, 1974 – Jun 21, 1974 | C-1 Radio | Not sure if anyone remembers me on the ship but my Brother Steve was on the Sperry for two years |
| Ladd, Christopheruss | SN /QM | Jun 22, 1974 – Jun 26, 1976 | QM | Came on board in Bremerton yards, spent yr & a half in portland, Or, then Diego/ Last cruise was Pearl Harbor where I got out. Had some of the best times of my life , Even got married / all in the past |
| Maitland, David | mm3 | Oct 31, 1974 – Apr 3, 1976 | B | After the Midway, This was heaven. |
| Lloyd, William F./ "pink" | HT3 | Nov 1974 – Feb 14, 1976 | HT Shop | Good Times and Good Memories with guys in the shop, e-mail me at wflloyd@gmail.com |
| Diciaccio, Anthony (Tony) | MM3 | 1975 – 1976 | Engineering | I remember the stack fire the most. Mostly because I was one of the smaller guys and could climb inside the boiler to do firesides and watersides. Damn was it hot in there, and dirty but no hot water to shower when done. |
| Wright, Chris | HT2 | 1975 – 1979 | R7 NDT Lab | I made three cruises on the USS Sperry. One to San Francisco, one to Mazatlan & Acapulco and we spent about two months at Pearl Harbor. I worked in the NDT Lab and made a lot of friends and have fond memories. |
| Nelson, Randy | MM3 | 1975 – 1976 | R2 | Came to Sperry as Nuke MM3 with welder quals, was assigned to Shop 38A, also supported Weld Shop, Hydraulic shop, and Injector shop. When at sea, was assigned to engineroom when to run the diesel engines |
| Dibala, Peter | DP3 | 1975 – 1976 | Supply | I was on USS Bryce Canyon AD-36 in Pearl Harbor, but got tired of Hawaii, asked detailer to get me to San Diego, so sent to Sperry and darned if we didn't get sent to Pearl Harbor for 3 months |
| Osborne, Paul | HT 2 | 1975 – 1978 | R1 | Stationed on the Sperry out of C1 Welding school. We sailor to Hawaii for 3 months. |
| Goyen, Michael | E5 | 1975 – 1976 | R1 | Great duty great people. Best food I ever had (no offence to my wife) remember the puffed rice incident!! lol many talented people were there in all fields. I grew as a person and learned a lot in a short period of time. |
| Metz, John NEW | mm3 | 1975 – | engineering | boiler room watches and daily repairs |
| Henderson, Jim | HT-3 | Jun 1975 – Jun 1977 | R-1 | Great time on board sperry! learned alot about life,made some friends for life too. navy helped me grow up and sperry was a big part of that. willie hale and michael goyen, you out there. |
| Dennert, Paul | EM2 | Jun 1975 – Jun 1977 | Repair - Motor rewind shop | Worked in the motor rewind shop - if I never see another 43KW commutator it will be to soon... Great times hang gliding down to Blacks Beach at Torrey Pines! |
| Deknikker, Vern | EM2 | Jun 1, 1975 – Oct 22, 1978 | R3-51A | Spent tour in motor rewind shop in repair Dept. Seems I spent much of the time working on 43KW MGs on the boats. Recall beach parties with shipmates on Mission Bay and Torrey Pines Stake Park. All the surfing! |
| Wells, Doug | HT 3 | Aug 6, 1975 – Jul 19, 1977 | R 5 | Had a blast ridding motorcycles with Ray rhines,Chris Behymer,Gary minor,lee hinish |
| Bosley, Gary "Bos" | MM3 | Sep 1975 – Apr 1976 | Repair | |
| Pattwell, John | po3 electricians mate | Sep 5, 1975 – Mar 31, 1979 | e-div | Served in the electric shop ships company for 4 years. One of the tightest shops on the boat... |
| Desoto, Rick | SH3 | Nov 1975 – Jun 1979 | S-3 | The best time in my life..Hawaii.San Francisco..Mbexico(remember no drinking water for 3 days coming home) would like to contact Mark Jenson from Flint Mich.or anybody else that remembers me...radesoto1@gmail.com |
| Hershberger, Bruce | HT3 | Nov 1975 – Jun 1979 | HT Shop | I'll be darned if I can remember names but I spent time in the HT and DC shops. I went to SF twice; made the Bi-centennial Hawaii trip parked across from the USS AZ; and the Mexico trip in '79. Great memories. |
| Robbins, Clay | RM2 | Nov 5, 1975 – 1977 | Communication | |
| Bland, Jim | SK1 - SKC | Dec 1975 – Dec 1978 | S-6 |
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