Conolly (DD 979) - Naval Cruise Book

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I u USS CO OLLY I QDD-9791 I - ISSION SHIP, OPERATING WITH EQUAL EFFEC I 1iI.JOvlSEJC?RIiSA .:IUlN3ITTOLFEAAlCIAJRLR1IEIRTTI1:SK FORCE. SHE CAN BOMBARD ENEMY ISJHOIRIIEP i MILITARY AND MERCHA T I POSITIONS, SUPPORT AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULTS ESCORT ESTABUSH BLOG . RFACE SHIPS AS WELL AS SUBMARINE, I KNIDXFCERFCTRJINISIXSIEAIECXII-TIXNDURESCUE MISSIONS. DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR ANTI-SUB TRACKING AND ASW CONOLLY , , HAS THE MOST ADVANCED UNDERWATER DETECT IO I FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS YET DEVELOPED FOR SURFACE COMBATA NTS. SHE WAS BUILT I TO ENSURE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS MISSION WITH MAXIMUM I EQEFEECI-TR?EEl3JzEgISIcC12JJNOLLYIS MORE THAN TWICE AS LARGE AS THE DESTROYER OF WO '+ II WHICH SHE IS INTENDED TO REPLACE. .I I I ,D I I I I I I . CONOLLY IS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST 1 , MAJOR CLASS OF SURFACE SHIPS IN THE NAVY 0. ' I POWERED WITH M'ARi'NE CAS TURBINE ENGINES FOUR CAS TURB ' JET AIRCRAF . INE ENGINES, DERIVED I T TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCE MORE THAN 2o,ooo HORSEPOWER EACH TO DRIV SHIP MORE THAN so KNOTS. THREE SMALLER GAS TURBINE ENGINES TURN THE SHIP'S GENERATORS, PROVIDING UP TO SIX MILLION WATTS OF ELECTRICAL POWER THE ' REVERSIBLE PITCH PROPELLORS GIV . TWIN E CONOLLY AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH DECREE OF MANEUVERABILITY. THE HEART OF CONOLLY, THE SUBMARINE SURVEILLANCE AND DETECTION SONAR, IS L IN A LARGE BULBOUS DOME AT THE BOW OF THE SHIP. THIS LONG-RANGE SONAR WILL DETECT, IDENTIFY, AND TRACK MULTIPLE UNDERWATER TARGETS. WITH ITS HIGHER P 1 AND IMPROVED SIGNAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, THE SONAR WAS THE FIRST IN THE Ii' TO BE LINKED DIRECTLY TO DIGITAL COMPUTERS, THUS ENSURING SWIFT, ACCURATE C PROCESSING OF TARGET INFORMATION. THE ARMAMENT ABOARD CONOLLY CONSISTS I .F MARK 45 LIGHTWEIGHT, s INCH GUNS, AN ANTISUBMARINE ROCKET IASROCI LAUNQHER F. TORPEDO TUBES AND HELICOPTERS FOR ASW DETECTION AND LONG RANGE WEAPONS DELIVERY. THE MARK 45 GUNS, ONE MOUNTED FORWARD AND ONE AFT, ARE FULLY ' AUTOMATIC AND ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED. THEY CAN FIRE A PROJECTILE OVER T wgs MILES AGAINST AIR, SURFACE OR LAND TARGETS AT A MAXIMUM RATE OF zo ROUNDS F MINUTE. THE ASROC LAUNCHER IS CAPABLE OF DELIVERINC DEP TORPEDOES ON HOSTILE SUBMA TH CHARGES M RINES. MOUNTED PORT AND GR HM .AMIDSHIPS ARE THE TORPED .I fi STARBOARD JUST Ar- S ' O TUBE LAUNCHERS SLIDING HATCH DOORS WHICH X x 4 rw ' ' I? lf: ' FIRE HOMING TOP A I CA df' , , COMPLETELY REMOTE CONTROLLED FROM THE SHIEFSQQES W INFORMATION CENTER. A KEY ELEMENT IN THE BASIC DESIGN OF CONOIIY If FEIS? I HABITABILITY AND MANNING. WORK SAVERS INCLUDE RUST PROOF ALUMFNYUR I A ilIiIlgElgrI'gEIUISTURE, IMPROVED PROTECTIVE PAINTS, VINYL COVERED BULKHEAISS DEC TIE OOF CARPETTING. CAREFUL ATTE . f F A . HEATING AND RECREATION AREAS. NTION To LIGHTING' AIR CON I O DI TIONING, I f 'L

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I UI I , , A ,2,.,ff f' LI ENEM IFR CHIN 3BLISH J' PRRSNTI ETE If WAS I MAXIIV OYER 01 EQUAL I S E 4 , E THE NA NES, DEQ ACH TO DI THE SHIPE 52.5353 DMIRAL RICHARD LANSING CON OLL ISONAR, IS SONAR WIII s HIGHER PIDMIRAL CONOLLY WAS BORN IN WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, ON APRIL 26, 1892. HE WAS :sr IN my GRADUATE OF THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, AND RECEIVED A MASTER OF SCIENCE ,CCURATE DEGREE PROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HIS SHIPBOARD ASSIGNMENTS CONSISTED fq0N51515'RIMARII.Y OF DUTIES ABOARD BATTLESHIPS AND DESTROYERS. IT WAS ONBOARD , LAUNCHIIHE DESTROYER USS SMITH DURING WORLD WAR I THAT HE RECEIVED THE NAVY WEAPONSZROSS POR HIS PART IN SALVAGING THE TORPEDOED TRANSPORT WESTBRIDGE. mm ADM CONOLLY WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OP THE MOST ABLE AND SUCCESSFUL PM OVERAMPHIBIOUS FORCE COMMANDERS OP WORLD WAR II. HIS DETAILED PLANNING, R0U,V,QHARI1LLI-ANT EXECUTION AND MERITORIOUS LEADERSHIP DURING THE INVASION OP OR HM AICILY' WERECHIEF ELEMENTS IN THAT VERY SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT. HE ALSO CON- - MGR nUCfTED.THE1 SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT ON SALERNO, ITALY, BEFORE MOVING ON TO 3QES'fIIIfi2H'EIPAC!-FxICI1ifEFHERE HE LED AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS ON KWAJALEIN ATOLL, wb A YANDETHE RHILIPPINES. AT WARS END HE WAS IN COMMAND OF OCCUPA- ,RW - FOI'-I-AL POR CES-,IN NORTHERN JAPAN. HIS MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS ASHORE WERE AS M - , .- TX CIIIIEP QE NAVAL OPERATIONS POR OPERATIONS, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 55 Wg NAVAL PORCES, EASTERN ATLANTIC AND MEDlTERRANEANp AND PRESIDENT, UbN,,,,g, 1SIAVAL'WAR COLLEGE. ADMIRAL CONOLLY WAS AWARDED NUMEROUS DECO- P ONS AND CITATIONS DURING HIS NAVAL CAREER INCLUDING THE NAVY CROSS, THREE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALS, TWO LEGIONS OP MERIT, AND MEDALS PROM GREAT BRITAIN, BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA, MOROCCO, GREECE, I... .- CE, NORWAY, DENMARK, AND PORTUGAL. AFTER RETIREMENT PROM THE NAVY IN 1953, ADM CONOLLY WAS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF LONG ISLAND UNI- VERSITY. CONCURRENTLY HE ALSO SERVED ON BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF BOTH THE BROOKLYN AND NASSAU COUNTY CHAPTERS OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. ADM CONOLLY AND HIS WIFE WERE KILLED IN THE CRASH OP AN AMERI- CAN AIRLINES JETLINER WHILE TAKING OFF FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT ON 1 MARCH 1962.