Denver (LPD 9) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1972 volume:

H SASEBO TOKYO YOKOSUKA JAPAN v HONG KONG TAIWAN KAOHSIUNG PHILIPPINES mwswmMmMm I HAWAII PEARL HARBOR %- IB SAN FRANCISCO 1 LONG BEACH SAN DIEGO s mm j CRUISE BOOK {•!: ' I-V : ■ I.V: :!S: - ■ ' . USS DENVER (LPD-9) ; October 1, 1971 - August 18, 1972 i . llllll mm ' : f? USS DENVER (LPD-9) FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS DENVER (LPD-9) I am sure that all the individuals who served onboard the DENVER during her deployment from September 1 97 1 until August 1 972 will agree that no book could be long enough to describe the many missions she undertook or the many experiences we shared. This book, therefore, is an overview. I hope that it will provide many happy memories of an experience that I look back on with happiness and pride in a job well done. Robert E. Bodamer Captain, USN CAPTAIN ROBERT E. BODAMER, USN Captain Robert E. Bodamer assumed command of USS DENVER (LPD-9) on 9 June 1971 while the ship was moored in the harbor of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. His previous assignment was as Commander, Destroyer Division 212. Captain Bodamer was born in Columbus, Ohio and still considers Tiffin, Ohio his home, although he and his family presently live in Imperial Beach, California. Captain Bodamer ' s wife is the former Patricia A. Shoquist of Des Moines, Iowa. They have a son Steven. Captain Bodamer began his Navy career in 1943 when he entered the University of Wisconsin in the Navy V-12 program. In August 1944 he was transferred to the University of Minnesota where he was commissioned an Ensign, 20 February 1946 and received his BS degree. Captain Bodamer attended the General Line School, Monterey, California in 1948 and the U.S. Naval Post- graduate School and Carnegie Institute of Technology from August 1951 to June 1954 when he received the degree of Master of Science in Metallurgy. In 1968 Captain Bodamer attended intensive language courses in Chinese in Washington, D.C. before going to Taiwan for naval attache duty. Other of his duty stations include a tour as Executive Officer onboard USS DUNCAN (DDR- 874); Commanding Officer of USS PICKET (AGR-7), USS PORTERFIELD (DD-682), and USS MORTON (DD-984); and Director Surface and Amphibious Programs at the Office of Naval Research. Other previous experience in amphibious operations includes duty as boat group com- mander onboard USS WASHBURN (AKA-108) during the landing at Inchon and Wonson. Korea. COMMANDER JOHN J. FLYNN, JR., USN Commander John J. Flynn, Jr., reported aboard USS DENVER for duty as Executive Officer on 24 March 1971 after graduating from the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia. Commander Flynn was born in Newport, Rhode Island and was graduated from De La Salle Academy there in 1952. He began his Naval career as a seaman recruit in 1953. Following g radu- ation from Manhattan College and commissioning as an Ensign in 1956, he served in seagoing billets in the destroyer and submarine forces, including five patrols as navigator and operations officer of the Polaris submarine USS WOODROW WILSON. Following a tour as Executive Officer of USS REDFISH in 1968, CDR FLYNN served as an operations analyst on the staff of Commander Anti- submarine Warfare Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Commander Flynn is a bachelor whose parents reside in Newport, Rhode Island. His brother is a battalion commander with the 8th Infantry Division in Germany. Commander Flynn currently resides in Coronado, California. Si 1 AIR OPERATIONS Vertical replenishment. Preparing for a launch. ' jJitiW. ' • ' ■ JL rjfGnr ■-gj aasiSSgEgjig The AH-1J helicopter gunship - the Cobra ' Milestones ■ SEARCH AND RESCUE One of the most challenging and rewarding assign- ments the DENVER carried out on her deployment was when she was assigned duties as a platform for Search and Rescue helicopters. While engaged in this mission, the DENVER was instrumental in the recovery of five downed United States pilots. The photographs on these two pages record the rescue of Lt. Michael G. Surdyk on May 1,1972. 10 Lt. Surdyk is welcomed aboard. The pilot ' s physical condition is checked in sickbay. : i 11 Debarking troops in the Phillipines. AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS Embarked troops exercising on the flying bridge. 12 Lowering boats into the water. W : i ' St Ij ' tl t- ■ ' . m t mm -- ■ z$p One of the landing craft from the embarked Assault Craft Unit, one of the many embarked amphibious detachments the DENVER carried. ' , ' -. I ' -- ' 13 HOMEWARD BOUND Manning the rail while entering Pearl Harbor. Passing the USS ARIZONA Memorial. Unloading cargo prior to the final leg of the trip home. 14 I THE END OF THE LINE — IN KING NEPTUNE ' S COURT His Imperial Majesty and his Court. t A polly wog does homage to His Majesty ' s Queen. The unworthy polly wogs await their initiation. The initiation begins. is I W iTV INITIATION INTO THE SOLEMN MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP Now Trusted Shellbacks, the new members are welcomed into their honorable order. 17 LIBERTY CALL SINGAPORE ft - w ' %y M isl Tf fC ' , « EJk iicU«il • Singapore Harbor gMfttt-rj :■ •? T rnfT •■«?•?: V; •tfs. ■ Bi HONG KONG ■ Backside of Hong Kong Island Hong Kong and Kowloon from Victoria Peak .1 « M I . •J _ a ' | BOTTOM ; -- ;.; :t -: ■TO l k lb $ ' % ' Wtor «.. . . • ' a i Pl Village near Mt. Fuji %•$ • «« 11 !• • iS - . . -. ' .-• VtJ ■ • • ?3?v ... . ..._. J ttJ. . ' ! ' | : ' ' j : Bronze Btttifiha at fCamalcura i! «|; iiv.fi! f-:i ' .■ ■ ii . : • i il ; ' 7 I.;- -, .- 1 - - . 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