Beaufort (ATS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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C0MMJNDISG 0» ' LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RICHARD L. LYONS ENTERING THE NAVY IN 1959, LCDR LYONS SERVED ON VARIOUS SHIPS AND STATIONS AS A BOATSWAIN MATE AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN, AFTER BEING SELECTED FOR OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AND SUBSEQUENT COMMISSIONING IN 1965, LCDR LYONS SERVED AS COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC MATE- RIAL OFFICER IN USS VOGELSANG (DD 862); OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF A PCF (SWIFT BOAT) IN VIETNAM; A STUDENT AT NAVAL DESTROYER SCHOOL; ENGINEER OFFICER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER OF USS CORRY (DD 817); FIRST LIEUTENANT IN USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST 1 192); AND COMMANDING OFFICER USS AFFRAY (MSO 511). AFTER LEAVING USS AFFRAY, LCDR LYONS SERVED IN THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL AS AN ASSIGNMENT AND PLACEMENT OFFICER IN THE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER DISTRIBUTION DIVISION. LCDR LYONS REPORTS TO BEAUFORT FROM DUTY UNDER INSTRUCTION AT THE AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COL- LEGE, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA. LCDR LYONS WEARS THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: BRONZE STAR, NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, PURPLE HEART, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, AND NAVY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. A NATIVE OF BOSTON, MASS., LCDR LYONS NOW MAKES HIS HOME IN FALMOUTH, CAPE COD, MASS. LCDR LYONS HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR PROMOTION TO COMMANDER.

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USS BEAUFORT (ATS-2) MISSIONS AND MILESTONES NAMED IN HONOR OF THE CITIES OF BEAUFORT, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, THE USS BEAUFORT IS THE SECOND OF A NEW CLASS OF RESCUE AND SALVAGE SHIPS TO BE COMMISSIONED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. SHE IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE FLEET WITH THE LATEST AND MOST ADVANCED SALVAGE DIVING CAPABILITIES. THE USS BEAUFORT IS HOMEPORTED IN PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII AND ASSIGNED DUTY WITH THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET. BEAUFORT ' S PROPULSION, AUXIL- LIARY AND DECK MACHINERY IS LARGER, MORE POWERFUL, AND MORE SOPHISTICAT- ED THAN THAT PREVIOUSLY FOUND ON U.S. NAVY SALVAGE VESSELS. HER DIVING CAPABILITIES EXCEED THOSE OF OLDER SALVAGE SHIPS AND ARE COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF SUBMARINE RESCUE SHIPS. SHE HAS SELF TENSIONING TOWING WINCHES WITH 70-TON STATIC PULL CAPABILITY. HER FORWARD AND AFTER CRANES HAVE LIFTING CAPABILITIES OF 10 AND 20 TON RESPECTIVELY. SHE IS EQUIPPED WITH A BOW THRUSTER UNIT TO IMPROVE MANEUVERABILITY AT THE LOW SPEEDS NECESSI- TATED BY MANY SALVAGE OPERATIONS. HER BOW ROLLERS ENABLE BEAUFORT TO PROVIDE A 300-TON BALLAST TIDAL LIFT AND A 150-TON DYNAMIC LIFT. BEAUFORT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO RECEIVE THE PORTABLE MARK 1 DEEP DIVING SYSTEM WHICH WILL SUPPORT DIVING OPERATIONS TO DEPTHS OF 300 FEET. THE DESIGN OF THE USS BEAUFORT REFLECTS THE NAVY ' S INCREASED EMPHASIS ON HABITABILITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL. THE BERTHING SPACES ARE LARGER THAN THOSE OF OLDER SHIPS AND MUCH OF THE SHIP IS AIR CONDITIONED. THE GALLEY AND MESSING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AMONG THE MOST MODERN IN THE NAVY AND CON- TAIN THE LATEST CONVENIENCES. THE USS BEAUFORT IS A SHIP OF NEW DESIGN, WITH A UNIQUE AND ALREADY PROUD HERITAGE. SEVEN YEARS OF PROVEN SERVICE AND AN EXTENSIVE REGULAR OVERHAUL HAVE PLACED BEAUFORT WELL AHEAD IN HER SALVAGE ROLE IN THE PACIFIC. DEPLOYMENTS: MAY73-DEC73 WESTERN PACIFIC AUG74-NOV74 NORTHERN PACIFIC SEP75-MAY76 WESTERN PACIFIC NOV77-MAY78 WESTERN PACIFIC APR78-OCT78 W ESTERN PACIFIC COMMANDING OFFICERS: A. R. ERWIN W. R. FLADD S. H. FUl TON R. L. LYONS 22.IAN72-26SEP73 26SEP73-30Oct75 30Oct75-30Sep77 30SEP77-

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OPERATIONS AND ADMIN DEPARTMENT Well! What do you think? I don ' t know but just fake it. Orders! What orders? Hello GOD!! So, you have a headache. And I ' m striking for PN.