going to the VA for tests today and looked her up on the net. I forgot how she looked when we commissioned in New Orleans in 68

To Triplett--- I have film of you jumping a rope 1969---Stensill sounds very familiar!! Hamilton--didn't we attend a few beer parties in the sail locker together? UNAUTHORIZED? Steve Kennedy SFP2/DV1 swksw@aol.com

I was a EN3 when I got onboard in'88 & de-comed her in '89 it was a real learning experience for it being my first ship.

I arrived on board the sphinx april 29th1986 & went ashore sept1st,1987.i came on as a enfn and left as as a en3.if I remember correctly,en3 klaffer was a tall thin blond fella who became sw qualified before I left.i was in a&r division then.has anyone heard from lester strauss,terry burrix en3 taylor(the bump)mr3 dolan, en1 taylor, en1 coy and the encm of the boat?he stood about 6'4".i know he was nicknamed john wayne behind his back.i had a lot of good memories from those days.we used to call it uss spray n wipe for all the times we cleaned and painted her.it would ne nice to hear from the.old gang.

Thank you Bill Petrie for keeping the crew comments section up and running. I Served on Sphinx 88-89 in CIC. Wow! WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and the 80's as a Spy. No ship has this much history and so much fun at reunions. See you all at the next one.