USS Sperry AS-12 (about 1973)

I goofed. The Main engines were V-16's (4 in each ER)and the auxillary engines were V-12s (2 in each ER). Hey, I only worked on them day in, day out for 3 1/4 years. camo;

Did you serve on Sperry, musksnipe?

Yepper, I was on her from Feb.'73 to Sept. '76

I was in the FER and was a Engineman 3rd class (E-4) w/ secondary MOS(Gm Diesel Tech.)

I was wrong about the year taken, too. She is missing her 3 gun turrets (3 inch, I believe) so it was taken after being in the shipyards, which was either '74 or '75 {my memory is failing me }

Great photo and information @musksnipe

USS Sperry (AS-12) was a Fulton-class submarine tender in the United States Navy. She was named for Elmer Sperry.

Sperry was laid down on 1 February 1941 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched on 17 December 1941, just 10 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; sponsored by Mrs. Helen Sperry Lea, daughter of Elmer Ambrose Sperry; and commissioned on 1 May 1942, Captain Robert H. Smith in command.

Name: USS Sperry
Namesake: Elmer Ambrose Sperry
Builder: Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California
Laid down: 1 February 1941
Launched: 17 December 1941
Commissioned: 1 May 1942
Decommissioned: 30 September 1982
Struck: 30 September 1982
Fate: Sold for Scrapping 28 July 2011 to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Tx