Blakely (FF 1072) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1981 volume:

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What follows in these pages is a pictorial history of the deployment . . . People Places Events One Look At The Sea And l Knew That This Was Only The Begmnmg nibnard Maury CDR Norman J. PATTAFIOZZI is a native of Highland Park, Illinois and a graduate of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illin- ois. CDR PATTAFlOZZI's inl- tial sea assignments were as the Engineering Officer in the USS JACANA IMSL-1951 and OinC PCF ISWIFTI COS- DIV 13 RVN. After attending Destroyer School, he served as the Engineering Officer in the USS WALLER IDD-4661 and USS JOHN S. McCAlN QDDG-36j. CDR PATTAROZZI then attended the Defense Intelligence School with a subsequent tour with the Ocean Surveillance and Fleconaissance Division of OPNAV. Following his OPNAV assignment, CDR PATTAROZZI served as Executive Officer in the USS GARCIA IFF-10403. After a brief assignment to a DOD Study Group, CDR PATTAR- OZZI attended the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College. After gradua- tion, CDR PATTAROZZI, a proven subspecialist in intel- Iigence, was assigned to the Navy Field Operational Intel- ligence Office Detachment, Naval War College. Upon returning to sea duty, CDR PATTAFIOZZI assumed com- mand of the USS BLAKELY IFF-10721 in August 1979. 4 . - . A I . If . - ' ' , I . ,-, .L ,afar I '- -MW ,,,1, .. . . s ,. f ' 1 .5 ff! -,gh . 1 ,ef 1- f.. f I' yr 5 ,Ink ,-' 54 5: , 'gl -432'-1:5 9 Luau .a.l.E-g.r:r.xr.AB'+ :anfunii, - .u. - '- .qa,,. ,N ., ,. . 14, N. v J., E, .. mf' in ,, ..-9 4, , . .A ., .- -3... -fvf' ' - fe m N. J. Pattarozzi CDR, USN Commanding Officer me WW N! . 'Law , Z .IVY There Are No More Tomorrows. NJP 1981 A gg M- . E 'H li I ! lbw? I r i if V MXHLH m,,.wv,d..., IVX, ,L.. Y -1 51.9. A 1966 graduate of the Naval Academy, CDR Tom H. Reynolds, Jr., served his first sea tour aboard USS NEWPORT NEWS QCA-1481 as Fox Division Officer. Following completion of the course of instruction at the Destroyer School with Class 21, he served as Operations Officer on USS KEPPLER IDD-7651, homeported out of Newport and Pearl Harbor, from 1968 to 1970. CDR Reynolds next served as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to COMCRUDESFLOT SIX, Rear Admirals Crutch- field and Tidd, and made one deployment to SIXTH Fleet in that capacity. In 1972, CDR Reynolds attended the Naval Post-graduate School at Monterey and earned a Master of Science Degree in Management. He was then assigned tothe Precommissioning unit of USS KALAMAZOO QAOR-61 and after commissioning served as Operations Officer from 1973 to 1974. For the nexttwo-and-a-half years he was assigned to the faculty of the Behavioral Science Dept. at the Naval Academy. During his last semes- ter at the Naval Academy he served as Executive Assistant to the Director of the Division of Professional Development. He re- turned to sea as Opera- tions Officer aboard USS FOX QCG-331 from September 1977 to August 1979 and reported to USS BLA- KELY QFF-10721 for duty as Executive Of- Executive Officer T. H. Reynolds, Jr. CDR, USN ficer in December 1979. 1 1 i f. i B If' 1 5 f if n LCDR W.J. Marshall, Weapons Officer D e pa rt m e nt e S LT RJ.. Schindler, Operations Officer LT J.N. Andrews, Chief Engineer LCDR F.E. Groenert, OinC Air Dept. LTJG J.E. Nieder, Supply Officer .vf-V. me :vii 1 I an . Q M 9 Y-Q X Wi f f A i , , ,Q 7 3 N . , W X X NN X TR' fix f 72.5 x MM 7 U R , s X 7 N l never found naval men at a loss. Tell them to do anything that is not impossible, and depend upon it, they will do it . . . their manner of life creates in them a self-reliance, which you seldom find in men of other professions. They are not to be taken by surprise. The Duke of Wellington Nh X E - ...mh..1..u.'- SN Rae Bressler BMC Joe Coker BM2 Isaiah Simmons SN Jesus Ortiz SN Raul Rivera SN Robert Boyter BM2 James Hersman SA Jerry Andrews SN Dwayne Lipford SN Michael Price SN Michael Roeslar First Robert Williamson Larry Goetz J.R. Thomas Alvin Foster Dan Uhlenbrock Joe Garcia BM3 David Foster BM3 Arturo Lopez BM3 Bob Amen Division Y ' ,.. ., ' 2 v rf 'J' .,,-f -' .. Q V, V A-,Q ,W W Q ' ?f w ' W l '-4-my .. i 'l S , .1 X 5 R xy X X! Q Xi xxif n, as gt fic , to I fe' 55:1 6 f, .5 Lit., tai, H iii ' Q . fel if, ,fy X' W Second Division GMGSN Chet Sacharko SN Roger Lowe FTG3 John Snyder FTG1 Mack Horn GMG3 Ernie Cowell FTM2 Paul Hamm FTM2 Daryl Bruce GMG2 Richard Clayton GMGC W.A. Cordell FTGC R.V. Miller FTGSN David Greer GMG2 Walter Alexander GMG3 Dale Scobee FTMSN Scott Fish FTG3 Mike Buchanan LTJG Wylie Cavin FTG3 Scott Beaman FTG3 Rich Little a X ga A t Q X 'X SH Sw . , N 11 Third Division STG2 Flon Sullivan STGSN Fred Morin STG1 C.E. Woolsey STG3 Rob Suders GMA2 Mike Shertz STG1 Allan Grimes STG2 Gary Dyer TMSN Calvin Grant GMASN Brian Boldt GMA2 Ed Jernigan STG3 Warren Eckstein STG3 Pride Joseph LTJG David Fleenor FTGC Jerry Baker GMASN Todd Root TM3 Mark Osborne STG2 Mike Doyle STGSN Johnny Shafer STGSN David Cottrell STGC Steve Romani STG3 Steven Goodridge STGSN Norman Michaud Boiler Technicians BT3 Mark Fahey BT3 Rodney McCutcheon BT3 Chris Johnstone BT2 Robert Gajda BTFA Mike Beckwith BT3 Audie Williamson BT3 Terry Healy BT3 Doug Grimm BTFA Gary Shaw BTFN Dennis McKinnon BTFA Rodney Calhoun BT3 Gary Tomberlin BT1 Bruce Burding BT1 Charles Pitcher BT2 Clyde Turrentine BT3 Jim Bilodeaux BT3 Kenneth Rogers BT3 Terry Wolff BTFN Bruce Stuart BTC Phillip Beczynski BT2 Michael Brown BT2 Allen Cochran BTFN Doug Lancaster BT3 Lloyd Ray BT3 David Herbert BTFN Steven Rikke BT3 Richard Mooney BTFN Rodney Robinson gf 'f ix 13 . , W , . , ,. , ,,,, , , , X ---! NA - V , , A .. , ,, A ' -' - l-,wx tif: . an A . .r . . .. 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A beauty Contest for ,Daiiyls pleasure is followed by an app elalrangceflw before the Ruler of th9lR8QllylflQ1yM3ll1la+ A ROYAL l L. l 36 5 and then the judgement LATITUDE O e e NEPTUNE'S DOMAIN -if '1---.' i X- 1 ' V 5 5 'Mail ' .I W W.. igifi' -vfA-: L '1' -'1v1- 55597 Hia 1, Meeting Neptune is an exercise in humility. 37 S'1QST1f ' AFRICAN fc, f X .iv- m 38 fm, W iff? , Af, Q , A U Q ,K 1 n wi ul' W ' ZW , W 1 vW ' WWW' SAFARI if r S i 39 ,, , sv IVIOIVIBASA ,MJ . -A 1, E J I I , V 'VA' E G W ,V Y ' ii i' .i'.'l1 , la KENYA HY I I ,,, , , , ,lt l to l W I Wi.. ml But of all those sacramental sights the chief is the Iandfall from far away. When a man after days at sea first hesitates whether some tenuous outline or level patch barely perceived, a vast way off, is land or cloud and then it becomes a moment of certitude and knows it for land, all his mind changes, the ship becomes a different thing, the world, which has been formless and simple, takes on at once name and character. He is back among human beings. Hilaire Belloc 41 NM 2 i .A , ' ,X 5251 Responding to an article in LIFE magazine about the deprivation, famine, and disease prevalent at the Las Dhure, Somalia refugee camp, the crew of USS Blakely collected S3800 for the purchase of food for the nearly 80,000 refugees in the camp. The supplies consisted of some 2750 pounds of flour, 1500 pounds of rice, and 67 cases of evaporated milk. They were bought in Bahrain and turned over in Djibouti to Richard Grove-Hills of the Save the Children Fund, who accepted the food on behalf of World Vision, the organization operating the camp. The U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti, the Hon. Jerald M. North was on hand and expressed his appreciation on behalf of the Dept. of State. Divisional Representatives: SM3 Donald Lewis MMFN Barry Emory OSSN Kerry Miller EMFN Roger Wiersma EW3 Peter Schein AT3 Daniel Kislan MA1 Doug David SUEZ CANAL TRANSIT IVIALAGA SPAIN ,- ,- ,X MqJ:L??f??l.i,V 7,17 '- wx f if K ii N, B 'fm 9 , f W wif! X Z4 V W H' 14, wf' , J, af W W af f I 5 fiwy ff my 'V pm, yy 0 i' ?'Z?5f2 tihfw v 1 7 W Ly 1 4 f 4 fi! , 4 64 -fa f ' f f V 1, ' V .f Q30 f an f ? ff , X T J . , .X gy , 3 4,0 - H .W 5, . ,,,, ,,l,, . Q4 242 A V Q, , 4, Vg. -,, Q ,, - ' , H-M, ,ff V'- . W ',,-'v t M, ,. M 5 1, 0 if ,,,, wwf. MALAGAXTORREMOLINOSQ Welcome relief from the long days at sea in one of the best liberty ports in the world . . . .aa -' 53' i ii F i i x 4 l Q '17 ,. . i ' in ' i Passing beneath the Cooper River i Bridge means home to most ships in p Charlestong but today, to us, the feeling was i special. . . Bahrain, Mombasa, Djibouti, Suez Canal, Malaga. 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' ' 'L' H ' ' - Y ---- .UV .... ,-...u..,,,, 12 JAN ENROUTE MIDDLE EAST 15 JAN BSF BERMUDA 20 JAN BSF PONTA DELGADA, AZORES 23-24 JAN ROTA, SPAIN 31 JAN SUEZ CANAL TRANSIT 3 FEB BSF DJIBOUTI 7 FEB TURNOVER-USS PETERSON 7 FEB-3 MAR PERSIAN GULF OPS 3-15 MAR MANAMA BAHRAIN 16 MAR-22 APR PERSIAN GULFIINDIAN OCEAN OPS 00 21 APR EQUATOR CROSSING ENROUTE MOMBASA OO 22-30 APR MOMBASA, KENYA 31 APR-17 MAY INDIAN OCEANXPERSIAN GULF OPS 18 MAY TURNOVER-USS BIGELOW 22 MAY BSF DJIBOUTI 26 MAY SUEZ CANAL TRANSIT 1-7 JUN MALAGA, SPAIN 10 JUN BSF PONTA DELGADA, AZORES 15 JUN BERMUDA 18 JUN CHARLESTON, S.C. 'r'-I I u- .nv- ' gn n . -'lla-AI ' 'I ff' I .A Q -1 f 'fa f .Q wwnxewin-fa Xw X, ,Jxx ' X,M S wi Www A 1 FM COMNAVSURFLANT TO uss BLAKELY SUBJ: WELCOME HOME 1. AS BLAKELY NEARS HOMEPORT, I EXTEND TO ALL HANDS HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE COMPLETION OF A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT CARRIED OUT UNDER MOST DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. THROUGH- OUT A LONG AND ARDUOUS DEPLOYMENT YOU ANSWERED EVERY CHALLENGE IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER. YOUR PRESENCE IN AN OTHERWISE UNSTABLE AREA OF THE WORLD. YOUR EXEMPLARY CONDUCT ASHORE HAS PROMOTED CLOSER RELATIONS BETWEEN THE NATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE UNITED STATES. 2. I WISH EACH AND EVERY MAN ONBOARD A WARM REUNION WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WELL DONE AND WELCOME HOME. VADM J. D. JOHNSON, U. S. NAVY FM COMSEVENTHFLT TO USS BLAKELY SUBJ: BRAVO ZULU 1. REF A IS A TIMELY, INFORMATIVE REPORT WHICH HAS FILLED A CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE GAP WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRENT ANDFUTURE OPERATIONS OF THE PAKISTANI TASK GROUP. INITIATIVE REPORTING SUCH AS REF A IS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF SEVENTHFLT AND IS NOTED WITH PLEASURE. WELL DONE. VADM C. A. H. TROST FM COMSEABASEDASWWINGSLANT TO USS BLAKELY SUBJ: BRAVO ZULU 1. UPON COMPLETION OF YOUR SIX MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST. THE USS BLAKELY AND HSL-36 DET 2 CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU HAVE PERFORMED YOUR MOST DIFFICULT MISSIONS. I HAVE WATCHED WITH PRIDE AS YOU FLEW OVER 450 MISSION HOURS IN THE DEMANDING OPERATIONAL AND LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENT OF THE INDIAN OCEAN. YOUR DEDICATION AND SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH PLEASURE. 2. WELL DONE AND WELCOME HOME. RADM HARLOW FM AMERICAN EMBASSY DJIBOUTI TO uss BLAKELY INFO SECSTATE WASHINGTON D. C. 5569 COMIDEASTFOR SUBJ: BLAKELY DONATION TO THE LAS DHURE REFUGEE CAMP 1. THE FOOD AND CLOTHING DONATED BY THE uss BLAKELY HAS ARRIVED SAFELY AT THE LAS DHURE CAMP IN SOMALIA. THE EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED A LETTER OF THANKS TO THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE uss BLAKELY FROM THE CAMP. A ROLL OF UNDEVELOPED FILM IS INCLUDED. THIS MATERIAL IS BEING FORWARDED TO THE SHIP. 2. EMBASSY OFFICER MET YESTERDAY WITH THE LOGISTICS OFFICER OF LAS DHURE CAMP AND WITH A NURSE FROM THE CAMP. THEY BOTH EXPRESSED SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE BLAKELY'S ADMIRABLE EFFORTS AND ESTIMATED THAT THE EFFORT COULD SAVE THE LIVES OF soo CHILDREN WHO ARE IN DANGER OF STARVATION. 3. THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN DJIBOUTI WISHES TO ADD A WORD OF THANKS TO THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE uss BLAKELY FOR DEMONSTRATING SUCH CONCERN FOR THE PLIGHT OF THE REFUGEES ON THE HORN OF AFRICA, NORTH. ' X-XXXXX X X X M X- mwwgXfXX'X1XXXX'XmpXv-X---m-XXXXX-Xs'XX- X',XXXX f iTXX.X Xf1 XX'XX 'TXXWXYTVNTTWW' 7'TfXX'X7X5 X X X 1' X XX X ' X X XXX X XX X XXXXXXX' XS X X' WX ,XXX X XX X X X X XXXX X X X XXX XFX X XX X XX XX XXX? ,X X ,,X'X.AXYXXJX'XX,'JXXXXXXXXXXjJI,XXXXgXfX5,Xiff XXQXLXXWQ-X-XX-XX,X,-X X X ' XX XX' XXX X XX XXXXXNXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-'XXXXXXXX1,XX1X,XfXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX.XXXXXXXXX--,- XX X X XX, X' XXXXXX ,XXX X X X X XXX1XXX'XXXXXNW ' N' X , XM X,XXXX,,XXX XXXX,XXXXX,,XXxX,'X-.XX,X XX XXX,-X'XX--.XXXXXXXQXXX-X XXXXVXX, X',XXXXXX1XX-X XXX X XXXXX' XXXXXXX X X, XXX! 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Underway about 85 percent of the time, BLAKELY excelled at everything she did, a tribute to the professionalism and maturity of her crew. The cruisebook staff is a cross-section of that same crew with the same credentials: professional, mature, dedicated. Without these people there would be no book. Many thanks go to MM3 BOB HORNBACK and SN ROBERT WILLIAMSON who worked so hard on the layouts. Photos were obtained through crew contributions, especially LT VINCE WASHINGTON, LTjg DAVE FLEENOR, LTjg WYLIE CAVIN, GMG2 WALTER ALEXANDER, GMG3 ERNIE COWELL, FTG3 JOHN SNYDER, MA1 DOUG DAVID, LTjg RICK STORREY, SN SERGIO RIVERA, SN WILLIAMSON, and the CO and XO. Most of the typing was done by HM3 JOHN SZEMKOW, MM3 HORNBACK, and myself. The financial matters were handled by ET1 DAVID HAWKINS. LTjg CAVIN, FTM2 DARYL BRUCE, and SN RAE BRESSLER were most generous with their assistance and support. BLAKELY'S 1981 MIDDLE EAST CRUISE, here it is summarized and preserved. 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