Carr (FFG 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT Hirst conns the ship out of Bahrain. AMMAN Wilson and ADAN Swaney await The British pilot talks to the maintenance Ooopppsss.. the Helo ' s return crew. LTJG Davidson puts on some night moves. AMHl Blunt keeps the Helo ready at all times. ATC Neitzel does some paperwork. - « » mmrr:-i::!i i» . 9 9 t l K Jr t jrfl ■ ' atai E 1 Sit = fej V Kt d jl fcl r yjKC • 25

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HSL 44 DET 4 ■%.« » « Kneeling: LT Schiefer, AEAN Perkins, AMHAN Wilson, AD2 Shaneyfelt, and LTJG Davidson Standing: ATC Neitzel, LTJG Bush, AE2 Timko, AW3 Carmichael, AT2 McSorley, AMHl Blunt, AZl Moore, LCDR Keaney, AWl Worthington, ADAN Swaney, AXAN Pearson, LT Hirst The Air Department onboard CARR is detachment four of HeHcopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four- Four deployed from Mayport, Florida. The Air Department is made up of the pilots, aircrew, and maintenance person- nel operating the LAMPS MK III (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System) SH- 60B Seahawk Helicopter, the navy ' s newest and most sophisticated Anti- Submarine Warfare (ASW) platform. In addition to the primary mission of ASW, the Air Department provides CARR a variety of other essential capabilities, in- cluding anti-ship surveillance and Tar- geting, search and rescue, medical evacu- ation, vertical replenishment, naval gun- fire spotting and communication relay. The Helicopter contains all the avionics necessary for instrument flight and is de- signed to be compatible with the Recov- ery Assist, Securing and Traversing (RAST) system, which allows operation of the aircraft in all types of weather and up to a sea-state five. The main rotor blades and tail pylon can be folded for storage. The Air Department personnal and aircraft first embarked in March of 1989 for preliminary work-ups and have prov- en themselves to be an invaluable asset to the continued operational success of USS CARR.

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