Belleau Wood (LHA 3) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 216 of the 1983 volume:

The Ship Like Its «- r- J Its Forerunner NAVY In The Air . . i - vl i-- On The Beach ! 1 I 1 - • ' ' Given An - M I An Opportunity — To Excel Mm ' mm t USS Belleau Wood t :- m- m Devil Dog Navy And Marine Legends Change Of Command - April 24 — - f A ' Mi Meet The New Boss 1 mm L : REFTRA . . . The Team Begins To Form p H I B R E F T R A Uk Sailors Developing The Skills That Make The Marine Corps Go KERNEL USHER 82-2 . One Final Practice Before We Leave . . • i ractice save- 25 Mobile Sea Range OPS . . . And . . . :::.: . . On To Seal Beach To Onload Ammo IWtyflM I ■ ! A Ceremony To Introduce A New COMNAVSURFPAC . . . Then . . . 29 wm We ' re Finally Underway But Aug 24 m Leave A Part Of Ourselves Behind „ ' ■ m A I I ei £ r Commanding Officer Captain Henri B. Chase Captain Henri B. (Bert) CHASE was born in Kilmarnock, Virginia. He earned his BS degree from the College of William and Mary and his MS degree from George Washington University. In 1955 Captain Chase entered OCS, receiving his commission in September of that year. Subsequently, he attended Navy Flight School and received his wings of gold in March 1957. His duties have included exchange duties with the Royal Navy at RNAS Lossiemouth, Scotland; RNAS Yovilton, England and aboard HMS EAGLE, East of Suez. Captain Chase is a graduate of the Royal Navy Fighter Weapons Schools and the British Tactical Air Strike Force Course. He has attended the Naval War College, been assigned as the Tactical Air Analyst to the Secretary of the Navy, served as the Director, Naval Aviation Safety Programs, Naval Safety Center, Norfolk, Virginia and commanded Attack Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIVE, Attack Carrier Air Wing SIX, Light Attack Wing ONE and USS GUAM (LPH-9) prior to assuming command of USS BELLEAU WOOD on 24 April 1982. Captain Chase ' s awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Navy Commendation Medal and various campaign and service medals. 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CDR LCDR Berg Silvers LT Larsen LTJG Setzer H P CW02 Toney ENC Garrett YN3 Biggerstaff 81 EM3 Voung A Gang tf 1 MJ EN3 Brown MM2 EN3 FN Wasurick Campano Woodrow ENFN FN MMFN White Hutchins Cates MM3 fmfleet « •. Tyson Hicklin ' EM2 IC3 EM3 Rhowe Douchette Gaiser E Division n_ a IC3 EM3 EM3 EM3 EM3 EMS EM3 Myers Hayes White Brown Gribble Ferrer Uebelacker BM3 k £ ICFN EMFN Frank Wall EM3 EM3 EM3 Webb Suprenant Brough EMFN EMFN EMFN Go Samuel Watson EMFA EMFA Woodard Harris 85 -sal MP Forward n_ SB 11 % l$W MM2 BT2 MM2 Tamares Thomas Lemkuil MM3 BT3 MM3 Lapurga Corbin Kendrick J B BTFN BTFN V _ Spencer Sweeney MP Aft al IPFlp HTC HTC Rivers Drake MR1 HT1 Pascual Gawor MR1 HT2 Livingston Wickline fwiWPww HT2 HT2 HT2 HT2 Taylor Peterson Clarke Vilicich 1 R Division HT3 Allen HT3 Scogin a Executive Officer Captain J.B. LaPlante John Baptiste LaPlante was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on 6 June 1940. Following graduation from Severn School in Annapolis he attended the U.S. Naval Academy. He was commissioned in June 1962 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. His initial sea duty was in USS FOX (DD779), an Atlantic Fleet destroyer, as CIC Officer. Following a tour as a student at the U.S. Naval Destroyer School he served in two Pacific Fleet destroyers, USS SAMPLE (FF1048) as Operations Officer, and USS DUNCAN (DDR874) as Weapons Officer. In December 1968 Captain LaPlante took command of USS SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY (LST1122), homeported in Guam. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY wasanactivated in September 1969 and Captain LaPlante ' s next assignment was as Commanding Officer of a sister ship, USS FLOYD COUNTY (LST762), homeported in San Diego. He next reported to the U.S. Naval Academy where he served in the office of the Commandant of Midshipmen. This was followed in June 1972 by a tour of the U.S. Naval War College as a student in the College of Naval Command and Staff. During the tour he earned a Master of Science Degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University. In September 1973 he returned to the Pacific Fleet as Executive Officer in USS SAN BERNARDINO (LST1189). He was then ordered to the staff of the Commander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, where he served as Current Operations Officer during 1975 and as Aide and Flag Lieutenant from February 1976 until February 1978. He then served as Commanding Officer in USS THOMASTON (LSD28) from May 1978 until June 1980. He reported to USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA3) in August 1980. Captain LaPlante is married to the former Phyllis Elaine DeBartolo of Youngstown, Ohio. They have two children and reside in San Diego. 93 a! Captain ' s Closet YN3 Wright If YNSN Dean ■ rt r ii YN2 Wilcox W | YNSN Brown YNSN Gonzales YNSN Pierce LTJG Kirtley MAC YN ' J Jones YN3 Winans Admin Office f| JJ T p fl ff ff MAC Buckland MAI Ward MAI Shoun MAI Garcia ICl Davis MS2 Babao ABF2 Panelo Master-At-Arms P SN Olsen Print Shop PCI Burton Post Office J! 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Gimber was born in San Diego, California. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957 and was assigned to the USS WATTS (DD567) where he served until December 1959. Subsequently, he attended submarine school in New London, Connecticut and then was attached to USS CORSAIR (SS435) and USS TENCH (SS417) where he held a variety of billets. Captain Gimber then attended U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey for two years and received a Mechanical Engineering Degree in June 1965. Captain Gimbers next assignment was in USS BARBEL (SS580), homeported in Pearl Harbor, where he served successively as Operations Officer, Navigator, and Executive Officer. From January 1968 through May 1970 he had a tour on the Staff of Career Planning Board, Bureau of Naval Personnel. Following a brief period as a COMSUBPAC Command Center Watch Officer he returned to sea in April 1971 as Commanding Officer of USS BLUEBACK (SS581). In July 1973, he began a three year assignment in the Bureau of Naval Personnel, first as an assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel and then as Head of the Washington Placement Branch in the Officer Distribution Division. From December 1976 to April 1979 he served as Executive Officer, USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC19). His next assignment was Plans Officer for the Commander THIRD Fleet in Hawaii. Following the Senior Officer Ship Material Readiness Course in Idaho, Captain Gimber assumed command of USS OGDEN (LPD5) in Nove mber 1980 in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines. He relinquished command in August 1982. Captain Gimber assumed command of COMPHIBRON FIVE, 7 September 1982 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Captain Gimber ' s decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with bronze star, Navy Achievement Medal and various unit and service awards. Captain Gimber is married to the former Maxine Reynolds of Bellingham, Washington. 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U Ad Am % ■vrrrrmirmttm We have a beautiful descriptive words frorJ in the province of Bataan RP) lhe Roosevelt Elementary School one of the community, servi Sailors of the USS BELLEAU WOOD volunteering their effort JVestPac 82-83. in an extended hand of friendship A fresh coat of paint to brighten the faces fed morale of th J1 m ■ a morale of the dnldren and teachers Navy and its Univariates y m • LISLE E ' STEWART and the image of A fy ,1 WM« a Mail Call Sweet words sounding over the 1-MC arousing pleasant thoughts of anticipation, and at the same time, producing a knot-in-the-pit of the stomach out of fear that I ' ll be passed by once again with no word from that special person from whom I want so much to hear. Tons of mail piled high in the Ship ' s Post Office . . . impatient with the clerks ' slow motion sorting . . . Is there one there for me? (Oh please, let there be) There are times when even a bulk mail advertisement would suffice to lift my dragging spirits because at least, my name is on it and I haven ' t been totally forgotten. Sometimes when days have stretched to weeks with no mail ... no word from the outside world (is anybody there?) . . . I ' d give my paycheck for one personal note that tells me someone knows I ' m here and cares enough to share. Whoever it was that said that mail is a big factor of morale . . . has got that right! Only those who have been so isolated and cut off from loved ones . . . really know the full impact of that reality. Thanks for trying to cheer me up but no, I don ' t want to share your hometown newspaper ... I want my own . . . my own paper, my own special care package, my own letter from . . . whoever! Here ' s a letter for you . . . Thank God! ahh, the postal clerk is spared from my curses, for this is a special day . . . mail call has been personally mine! There is someone who cares!!! Lisle E. Stewart CDR, CHC, USN Diplomacy through Sports and BELLEAU WOOD turns up a Winner! ns . the Sea ) and Unrep Detail 2 HI Jade Tiger 83 Storming The Beaches Of . . . Oman f ,,,, „, n h , , «,:. -tor 1 w. 1 m i r!  i . rOrair w ' , gs pWgi ' . m 4 IP m ' ■ ' . R?. WT SSI r f , ' A 0f0 j I 1 - • Tiger Cruise ' 83 u. i 6i K w A . Iff: § .Mm: . t.u « 24 Feb 83 . . . We ' re Back! 204 A rain-soaked greeting . . . long-awaited reunions . . . dM and the deployment reaches . . . THE END 207 Cruise Book Staff: Editor - LT Grandau Layout - DM2 Fiala, PHAN Zukowski Photos - PHC Harper, PHI O ' Brien, PH2 Huntsberger PH3 Brown, PH3 Gilbert, PH3 Anglada, PH3 Kendricks, PHAN Zukowski, PHAN Fuller, PHAN Alford, J02 Embry Sales - LTJG Keller Contributing Photos: Captain Chase, ABH2 Wingerter, HT3 Ferese, HT3 Porter, SM3 Dupre, YN3 Pierce, QM3 Marksberry, AGAN Nelson Contributing Artwork: OS3 Rodgers Poems: Commander Stewart Editor ' s Note: A special thanks to DM2 Joe Fiala and PHAN Dale Zukowski. They both devoted long hours of free time to photo selection, processing, layout and just general running around in meeting a very aggressive schedule. Without their efforts this book could not have happened. WALS WORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY in ■HHUHUUMB