1980-1993 P-T

• Mark  Reed MS3/MS2
  5477 W. Mcmillan Rd.

  Muskegon, MI 49445 USA

  Email Address: markhreed@hotmail.com or reedm3@michigan.gov
  Current Occupation: State Of Michigan Social Worker

  Boarded: 9/1/1980
  Departed: 7/30/1984

  Experiences to Remember:

  I remember being an immature kid who didn't grow up until long after I left the Sumter.  But is was my first ship and I have good memories.  Learning to cook from MS1 Pascua and MS1 Neri.  Drinking with SK2 Bobby Priebe.  Getting multiple Captain's Masts and being sent to deck division for six months and then having to strike for MS even though I was designated MS out of A school.  I would be interested in hearing from former shipmates.

  Signed onboard this site: December 26, 2004

  
   

• David Reilly, EN3

  88 Grand Ave
  Middletown, NY 10940

  Email: nypdusnassoc@earthlink.net  
  
  boarded: 06/24/89
  departed: 04/19/91
  
  Signed onboard this site: December 08, 2003
  
  Experiences to remember:
  
   

• Joe D. Renton, YN3

  6411 Monrovia
  Waterford, MI 48329

  Email: joerenton@yahoo.com
  Work Phone: 248-623-2600
  
  boarded: 11/1988
  departed: 07/04/1992
  
  Signed onboard this site: April 10, 2003
  
  Experiences to remember:
  
  There are so many memories. I think the people that were on the ship is what I miss the most, the friends that you make are forever just a couple,  Fahey, Hadji Henderson, Scott Stewart, Rick Bauburger (I know I butchered his last name), Chris Naylor, The guys from the Laundry, Louis Almendarez, Big Titty Smitty (Brent).  Learning to water ski in Cuba was fun, Scuba Diving in Greece and just getting ripped in every other place we would visit.

   

• George A Rodriguez HT3/HT2
  6435 S Routt St  

  Littleton, CO 80127 USA

  Email Address: grod9216@msn.com
  Home Phone: (303) 903-8614
  Current Occupation: Denver Sheriff

  Boarded: 2/1/1988
  Departed: 6/30/1990

  Experiences to Remember:

  Where to start? Where's everybody at, Brock, Zankey, Marty, Ray Ray, Smitty, Jake, T-cup, To name just a few.  WATC & UNITAS 1988, The Shellback initiation, Rosy Roads, GITMO, Watching Shane stand mail bouy watch through the Panama canal, So many fond memories. From G-ROD

  Signed onboard this site: December 25, 2004

   

• Ian S. Sinclair, FC1
  732 Acorn Ct.
  Warrenton, VA 20186
   

  Email: usroute17@verizon.net
  
  boarded: 04/1984
  departed: 01/1989
  
  Signed onboard this site: October 09, 2002
  
  Experiences to remember:
  
  Served from April 1984 to January 1989. Looking to locate FC2 Rocky Nicholas & GMG1 Phil Mercury. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. I have a lot of memories from serving on board the Sumter

   

• Howard C Smith EN3
  1116 Thomas Jefferson Place

  Fredricksburg, VA 22405 USA

  Email Address: hcrissa@aol.com
  Home Phone: (540) 368-5229
  Current Occupation: Industrial Mechanic

  Boarded: 4/15/1987
  Departed: 10/9/1990

  Experiences to Remember:

  I found my discharge certificate the other night while unpacking some things and got to wandering if there might be a web site and guess what i found. This is pretty cool. Memories, I've got tons of them. There is probably a lot that i don't remember too. The Unitas in '88 was unforgettable. Like to say hey to a few people like zank, dane, marty, towers, ray-ray, young, t-cupp, blok and george "rod" rodriguez. I know everyone's first name just didn't feel like typing all that in. ha! There is a lot of other guys i didn't mention but had a blast with. If master chief maurer reads this, hey, it's me, smitty. Still playing softball? I am for my church. Well love to hear from some of you. Drop me a line.seeya

  Signed onboard this site: March 25, 2005

• Kevin Stanley, DCC
  5280 Blackwell St
  Bartlett, TN 38134
   

  Email: kevstan1@hotmail.com
  
  boarded: 05/01/89
  departed: 05/01/91
  
  Signed onboard this site: January 11, 2003
  
  Experiences to remember:
  
  I'm not too clear on the check in and check out date's, but I can tell you that I was on the infamous cruise that found us off the coast of Liberia for three months.  Evaps down, taking showers on the tank deck or outside when the weather was right. The Seabees dockside bar, the Shellback Ceremony and out chopping from a Med Cruise in Puerto Rico. I attended the decommission of Sumter. I was very sad and very proud. There are very few that could say they served on one of her class and I'm proud to say I was one of them.  If you remember me, e-mail me. I'm proud to say I served on the USS Sumter LST 1181!

   

• Mark A Stewart, FC2
  6324 Leonard Ave.
  Cocoa, FL 32927

E-Mail: oneshoex2@aol.com
Home Phone: 321-638-4913
Current_Occupation: ACNielsen Installer
AOL: oneshoex2

boarded: 04/01/84
departed: 08/02/87

Signed onboard this site: April 18, 2004
 

• Michael D. Sutton, BM1
  939 Erie Street
  Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
  
  Email: zolt5@cox.net  
  Work Phone: 757-462-8807
  Home Phone: 757-436-2562
  FAX: 757-436-2562
  Current Occupation: Ordnance
  
  boarded: 03/12/86
  departed: 12/15/89
  boarded2: 03/14/92
  departed2: 09/30/93
  
  Signed onboard this site: December 31, 2003
  
  experiences:
  
  Master Chief Lacefield, BMCS Gery..... much memories.... to many to think of...
  
   

• Ronnie L Tatum LT/LCDR
  930 Cr 721

  Ripley, MS 38663 USA

  Email Address: ronnietatum@yahoo.com
  Current Occupation: Navy (Reserves)

  Boarded: 3/13/1990
  Departed: 3/28/1993

  Experiences to Remember:

  Doing 3 back - back - back Med cruises and going through 3 XOs and GITMO and LIBERIA and SHELL BACKING, etc...and just an incredible experience of being HAZE GRAY AND UNDERWAY FOR ALMOST 80 TO 85 PERCENT OF 3 YEARS WAS A CHALLENGE...Especially as an boot ensign and country boy growing up in a intense environment quickly was worth every minute on the USS SUMTER.....

  Best to each of our ship mates out there...

  Signed onboard this site: November 21, 2004

  
   
• Leonard V Terry MSSN
  21 Camborne Circle

  Iowa City, IA 52245 USA

  Email Address: lennyter@msn.com
  Home Phone: (319) 341-0259

  Boarded: 3/1/1982
  Departed: 5/21/1984

  Signed onboard this site: January 6, 2005

  
   
• John L Tibbetts, E-3

  Email: JTIBBET1@MAINE.RR.COM
  Email: redsox4life2002@yahoo.com
  Current_Occupation: Produce Manager

  boarded: Jan-91
  departed: Oct 93

  Signed onboard this site: June 21, 2006
   

  Experiences:

  I had alot of great memories from the Sumter that remain with me today.... I really enjoyed the Med cruise and now know how lucky i was too see the countries we did when we did. Want to say hello to any and all of the Sumter sailors if you remember me , 2nd division . I look at the list of names and remember alot of you . Looking foward to reuniting or communicating by email or maybe even sharing memories with pictures we had taken on board. Its nice to show my children something we all did and believed in . LONG LIVE THE SUMTER!

   

• Leonard Tindal, RM3
  8 Archer Road
  Fredericksburg, VA 22405
  
  Email: lltindal@msn.com   
  Work Phone: 703-798-7694
  Home Phone: 703-798-7694
  
  boarded: 10/16/86
  departed: 02/24/89
  
  Signed onboard this site: February 23, 2004
  
   

• Scott Thrasher, SM3
  322 Combs Ave.
  Cotter, AR 72626

  Email: sthrasher@northarkansas.net  
  Work Phone: 870-435-6439
  Home Phone: 870-435-6548
  Current Occupation: Police Detective

  boarded:   09/22/87
  departed:  12/08/90

  Experiences to remember:

  I don't know where to start. There were so many great guys in all of the divisions, and so many good times. Remember the Med cruise when we ended up in Liberia? As I like to remind people around here when I get chided for not being in Desert Storm, Hey, you didn't see any Liberians invading the US in 1990, did ya?

  Signed onboard this site: January 04, 2003

   

• Jay A. Torchik, SHSN
  RR1 Box 130A
  Albright, WV 26519

  Email: mr_mended_heart_2000@yahoo.com  
  Home Phone: 304-329-3124
   

  boarded:   06/05/80
  departed:  04/07/83

  Signed onboard this site: December 16, 2002

   

• Brad  Turner RMSA/RMC
  4701 Chalfont Drive  

  Virginia Beach, VA 23464 USA

  Email Address: robert.b.turner@navy.mil
  Work Phone: (757) 444-1281
  Home Phone: (757) 636-2724
  FAX: (757) 444-1024
  Current Occupation: Electronics Technician

  Boarded: 5/10/1983
  Departed: 9/30/1985

  Experiences to Remember:

  It was a wild and bumpy ride on Sumter, but we had a lot of fun. If you guys remember Derrick (Bo) Hendrickson, BM2, I have been working with him at RSG Norfolk for the past 6-7 years. Stop by sometime. My extension is 444-1281 x 4084, cell 636-2724.

  Signed onboard this site: June 17, 2004