Welcome to the website of the

USS L. Y. SPEAR (AS-36) Association! 

This site is meant to be a source of information for those who served aboard the

USS L. Y. Spear and their families.  We feel it is very important to have as much input from those who were involved with the ship and to have that information posted on this site.

If you have any information about the Spear or her crew, or would like to submit photos or other memorabilia, please contact the webmaster.

We will post all pertinent information as soon as possible.

This site is still under construction so please check back often as new items are added.  Some of the links on the right are "active" so feel free to look around at what we have so far.

News & Events

2/6/2010 - Reunion Update!

Plans are in the works for our 2010 reunion in the Norfolk area. We are currently accepting proposals from area hotels, with a submission cut-off date of Feb. 19th. The proposals will then be reviewed, and we hope to have a contract in place by the end of March. Once we have a signed contract, we will be able to let you know the dates and which hotel the reunion will be held. The dates that we are looking at are for arrival on Thursday and departure on Sunday, as follows:

(Preferred) October 7-10

(1st Alternate) October 14-17

(2nd Alternate) September 30 - October 3

We are also working on a really cool tour for Friday that includes going into the Norfolk Naval Shipyard to see the SPEAR. Keep checking back for more information. We hope to see you in Norfolk!

We're going back to our roots!

Our next reunion will be held in the Tidewater area in 2010, which is the 40th anniversary of the L. Y. SPEAR's commissioning.  Dates and details are still being worked out and will be posted as soon as they're available.  We hope to see you there!

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2008 USS L. Y. SPEAR Reunion!

Our 2008 reunion is officially "in the books" and what a GREAT time we had in Washington, DC!  New friendships were made and old ones rekindled as we laughed and shared stories of our time onboard.  If you weren't able to make our reunion this year, you missed two special presentations to former Commanding Officers Jay Cohen and Ralph Ghormley, you don't know "the sign", and you didn't see who set the alarm off at Mount Vernon!  To see some pictures from our reunion, click here.

Status of the SPEAR

On September 21, 2007, the SPEAR's status on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) changed from "Stricken, to be disposed of by scrapping" to "Stricken, to be disposed of."  Have they changed their minds about scrapping our ship?  We'll dig deeper into this mystery and post our findings here! 

Membership information is now available!

Help keep the memory of our ship alive by becoming a member of the USS L. Y. Spear (AS-36) Association!  Click on the Association-Information link to the right for details!

Chat with your Shipmates!

Come chat with your shipmates on Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 9:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. EST / 6:00-9:00 p.m. on the west coast.  Click the Members Only link and sign in or register for your user name and password to access the Members Only site.  You can always launch the chat window at anytime to see who's on, even if just say a quick "hello"!