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1968-1979 A-E
- Jerry T. Armistead, SKCS
Email:
jerryta@cox.net
Email:
jerrytarm@worldnet.att.net
Website: http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/9641/papa_bear.html
boarded 03/15/70
departed 04/01/71
Experiences to remember:
Member of PreCom Detail
Attended Commissioning June 70'
Plankowner. Made
transfer from Phila to Long Beach
Made Panama Canal Passage
Completed 1st Wes-Pac Cruise
Signed onboard this site: December 15, 2002
Virginia Beach, VA 23453
Email:
tsavery49@yahoo.com
Current_Occupation: Machinist, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
YAHOO: tsavery49@yahoo.com
boarded: 05/01/78
departed: 10/30/80
Experiences_to_Remember: This was where you would learn your trade inside and out with real hands on experience!!!! Eoss was just coming into being. Insurv meant a lot of blood, sweat and lost sleep. Even though She was showing a lot of wear and tear, the Sumter always made her commitments on time and with Pride. The crew was tight and proud. Operation Smoke Watch offered many challenges. Many thanks to ENC Harmon, ENC George, EN1 Agnew and EN1 Price for their guidance.
Signed onboard this site: July 20, 2006
12 Kirkwood Rd Gibbsboro, NJ 08026 USA
Email
Address: jbarr@snip.net
Current Occupation: Auto Travel Counslor, Aaa South Jersey
Boarded: 11/1/1973
Departed: 5/30/1977
Signed onboard this site: October 10, 2004
Exton, PA 19341
Previous Address
Provided
2-Feb-05
446 Old Forge Crossing
Devon,
PA 19333 USA
Email: mmzeronkw@aol.com
boarded: 01/14/74
departed: 08/26/76
Experiences to Remember:
I was on board Sumter for about 2 1/2 years. I came on board as an RMSN and left as an RM2. So, I guess you could say I grew up on Sumter. I played 3rd base on the softball team. We won the Phiblant afloat league and came in second in the Alphiblat tournament and the Norfolk area tournament. We were pretty good and had a lot of fun. Made a Med cruise from 9/74 - 3/75 and went through shipyard overhaul from fall of '75 - summer of '76. Then went through reftra at GTMO before getting out one month early, so didn't have to make the North Atlantic cruise in Sept. 76.
I had some really great shipmates that I will never forget. RM1/RMC Ted Miller, RM2 Jim Harley, RMC's Crawford and Moreno, RM3 Lyn Smithwick, PN3 Gary Nicely, RM3 Larry Nichols, Ens/Ltjg/Lt Reed Jerome, ETN2 Jose Serna, and RMSN Hank Spear were all special people for this sailor and taught me a lot.
My CO's were Cdr's R.B. Adgent and Dave Bolden.
We had a great Radio gang, while I was onboard. From Chiefs Moreno, Crawford, and Miller right down to our lowest ranking Seamen, we were a "can-do" radio shack.
The 2.5 years I was on Sumter were eventful. 6 months in the Med, 6 months in the shipyard for overhaul, reftra at GTMO, running aground on Onslow Beach. I met men that I will always remember and admire.
Some favorite memories....Basketball by the stacks....liberty in Monaco and Cardiff. Had a little roach motel apt. on 17th Bay St. and my wife and I loved to walk on the beach 1/2 block away. I also loved to fish in Little Creek harbor.
Not so favorite...GTMO and spending the bicentennial in Port Au Prince while our sister ship was in NY for the Tall Ships extravaganza. I also remember getting banged into by a barge, while we were undergoing ops in the Chesapeake right outside Little Creek. It put a huge dent in the bow. It was still there, when I got out. Don't know if it ever got fixed.
I will never forget my time on Sumter. Med. cruise Sept '74-Mar '75, Boston in April '74.....BRRRRR, even too cold to watch my beloved Sox at Fenway. Shipyard overhaul '76 and finally reftra at GTMO right before I got out. Fair winds to all.
Signed onboard this site: August 4, 2006
Crown Point, IN 46307
Email:
booth@ipact.com
Current_Occupation: Engineer
Website URL:
www.ipact.com
boarded: 12/20/78
departed: 01/26/80
Signed onboard this site: April 09, 2006
Experiences_to_Remember:
Will give more info in the near future, I have pictures from our spec ops to the north atlantic and Med cruises that I will up load. Looking to contact some old shipmates, Kevin Hoppe, Bob Carver, Tom Jewitt and Clayton.
4712 Scr 1200 Midland, TX 79706 USA
Email Address: packerdan@aol.com
Work Phone: (432) 694-9644
Home Phone: (432) 684-9731
Current Occupation: Quality Control Manager
Boarded: 4/1/1975
Departed: 11/19/1976
Experiences to Remember:
I reported on board sometime around April of 1975. I spent three weeks at Little Creek Base doing busy work around the base until the ship got back from it’s cruise. When I reported aboard I was welcomed by EM2 Tom Nedermeyer, he took me under his wing and showed me so much. He was a blessing, he sure went the extra mile. I remember the cruise to Bermuda to pick up construction equipment and deliver it to Rhode Island. Also the dry docks in Portsmouth and life on the YRBM next to the ship during it’s overhaul at Horn Brothers Shipyard. Then of coarse Gitmo, wasn’t that fun? One of the most fun things was getting to make the movie runs and show them on the mess deck. Does anyone remember getting stuck on the beach off of North Carolina? I think the cruise to the North Atlantic had to be the best. How about the rough high seas on the way back! Remember the different sounds of the screws as they came out of the water and how she shook when she came back down. I wouldn’t have done it any different, we did have some great times and worked hard. Feel free to contact me.
Signed onboard this site: March 15, 2004
Email:
dbrewin@comcast.net
Current Occupation: Charter Boat
Captain, Sailing Instructor
boarded 04/01/70
departed 06/01/72
Experiences to remember:
"Plank Owner, put the Commissioning booklet together (only left
one crewmember's name off - my own!), special sea-detail helmsman and ghost
writer for the Captain's newsletters. Sea-trials with Admiral Bulkeley;
liberty in Jamaica where a junior deck officer had to be rescued from a house
of ill-repute. The Panama Canal at night was better than Disney World. Showing
the flag at Powell River, B.C. was an awesome trip as was the quick cruise to
Da Nang to bring the Marines home, even when we had to cruise through the San
Bernardino Strait to avoid a typhoon and I almost missed my own wedding.
This entry was added on January 27, 2003
"I was a Plank-owner with some journalistic experience so wrote
the Commissioning booklet and Ghosted CDR. Hayes' newsletters. I also got a
by-line for an article about the commissioning in the Sandpiper, the
historical magazine of South Carolina. Signed onboard this site: December
22, 2002
I also made the second trip to Vietnam where we sat off the DMZ for about
three months waiting for the word to hit the beach and attempt the relief of
Hue. Hong Kong liberty and a final trip to Subic Bay highlighted the end of my
tour and my time in the Navy."
Took part in the shake-down cruise, making the Noon report
to Adm
Montego Bay, transiting the Canal at night and Acapulco were more highlights.
Powell River, BC was a great trip and then the quick turn-around to bring the
last of the Marines home from Da Nang, except they didn't want to leave!
Sailing around the Philippines to avoid a typhoon almost made me late for my
wedding!
Our next big voyage was as part of the Amphibious force sitting off the DMZ in
1972, the highlight of which was R&R in Hong Kong where a bunch of us were
lucky enough to meet up with our wives. I Left the ship on my way out of the
Navy from Subic Bay and so missed the trip to Djakarta, the rescue of the
fishermen, and the junior Deck Officer's performance when he got lost and
could not find the men's room at the restaurant. As we say here in Boston, "It
was a pisser of a show!" "
Email:
jaybrown@ptdprolog.net
AOL Instant Messaging: jay50sb
Current Occupation: High School Business Education Teacher
Website URL:
www.home.ptd.net~jaybrown (no longer valid)
departed 12/31/70
Plank owner - June 1970. I was the YN in the deck office. Great ship and great crew.
Signed onboard
this site: September 26, 2002
43096 Vista Del Rancho Temecula, CA 92592 USA
Email
Address: bburris@mfire.com
Home Phone: (909) 693-9981
Current Occupation: Navair(Retired)
Boarded: 1/15/1970
Departed: 8/14/1973
Plankowner: Yes
Experiences to Remember:
There are so many memories associated with this fine ship that I would'nt know where to begin. Fair weather and foul (remember that 57 degree roll?). Mostly good times, a few bad.Dive trips,liberty call,the "Third-Herd"(3rd Marine Div.),VietNam,Columbo,Djakarta,Okinawa,P.I.,Panama,DaNang,etc. I'm a plank owner and proud of it. I would'nt trade those experiences for the world. I am currently retired from NAVAIR.
Signed onboard this site: August 2, 2004
Marysville, WA 98270
Email:
tony.pat@comcast.netWork Phone: 360-794-2809
Current Occupation: Steam Fitter
boarded 06/10/72
departed 04/01/74
Signed onboard this site: January 04, 2003
Email:
mikepatc@aol.com
Work Phone:
714-319-3528
Home Phone:
714-377-3700
Fax Phone:
714-625-1302
boarded 04/27/70
departed 01/02/72
Experiences to remember:
I was on the commissioning crew that reported to Norfolk, VA for pre-commission training. After six weeks of training we were transferred to the ship which was at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. On June 20,1970 we commissioned the ship. After sea trials and acceptance by the Navy we departed Philadelphia for Long Beach, CA. We made stops in Norfolk, VA, Charleston, SC, Montego Bay, Jamaica, transited the Panama Canal, and made our last stop in Acapulco, Mexico. Before arriving in Long Beach, CA.
Signed onboard this site: September 22, 2002
Hazleton, PA 18202
Email: larryc@ptd.net
Occupation: RETIRED
Boarded 6/30/1975
Departed 12/15/1977
Experiences:
I arrived as a boot chief - matured fast -
My CO was D Bolden who convinced me to go to Submarines -
I made Senior Chief because of my duty on the SUMTER, I'l never forget her -
Signed onboard this site: December 3, 2004
- Randy Cumbie, GMG3
Melbourne, FL 32935
Email:
wcumbie@earthlink.net
Current Occupation: Engineer
boarded: 01/10/74
departed: 10/17/76
Signed onboard this site: February 24, 2004
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