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

The USS SPERRY (AS-12), a Fulton-class submarine tender, was commissioned on 1 MAY 1942. USS SPERRY was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard out side of San Fransisco, California and after commissioning, six month after the start of the U.S. entry in to World War II, joined the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.

Sperry History After Decommissioning: September 30, 1982 Sperry earned the distinction of being the first Navy ship to be launched after “Pearl Harbor” on December 17, 1941 at the beginning of World War II and achieved many successes in a career spanning some forty years.

USS SPERRY was the second FULTON - class submarine tender and the first ship in the Navy named after Elmer Ambrose Sperry. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on September 30, 1982, the SPERRY spent the following years laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, Benicia, Calif.

The Mare Island Navy Shipyard in Vallejo, California (renamed Mare Island Naval Shipyard after 1945), laid the keel of the submarine tender Sperry (AS-12) on February 1, 1941 and launched the ship on December 17, 1941, just 10 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Sperry was named after the famed engineer and inventor, Elmer A. Sperry.

A group of Sperry crewmen and families that get together every year to visit with old friends and make new friends with fellow shipmates.

6 photographs of USS Sperry at various times before 5” guns were removed in late 1970s. One image was taken during 1942, two circa 1950s and three circa 1970s. 1 photograph of various...

Sperry (AS-12) was laid down on 1 February 1941 by the Moore Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. at Oakland, Calif., launched on 17 December 1941, just 10 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; sponsored by Mrs. Robert B. Lea; and commissioned on 1 May …

2001年1月30日 · Description, history, and photograph(s) of Submarine Tender USS Sperry (AS-12) in WWII

USS Sperry (AS-12) Elmer Ambrose Sperry was born on 12 October 1860 at Cortland, N.Y. After spending three years at the state normal school there, he became interested in dynamo electricity during a year of study at Cornell University in 1878 and 1879.