Denver (LPD 9) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 160 of the 1978 volume:

I i •v f - uss DENVER PD-9 Making Waves SEP! 13, 1977 Till April 26. 1978 TABLE OF What Is A Sailor? . . . p.ll lijjffl J Sports Splash!! . ttiaSk it. p.21 mi m p.27 Divisions p.35 CONTENTS O.P.S. Exercises . . p.81 Unreps p.95 Individuals p. 109 Ports Of Call p.l35 Captain Robert E. Klee was born in Tacoma, Washington on May 15, 1930. He attended the ■University of Puget Sound prior to graduation from the Naval Academy in 1953, Sea tours included USS Lenawee (APA 195), USS Neifeh (DE 352), USS John S. McCain (DL 3) , USS Parsons (DD 949) , and command of USS Falgout (DER 324) and USS Joseph Hewes (FF 1078). Shore assignments included instructor, NROTC Unit, Stanford University, and Staffs Cincpac , OPNAV (OP 60) and OJCS (J 5) . He attended both the Naval Command College and Naval Command and Staff College, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and holds a master ' s degree in International Relations from the George Washington University. Captain Klee is authorized to wear the Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal, Armed Forces Expenditionary Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, China Service Medal, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnamese Unit Citation, and the Vietnamese Service Medal. Captain Klee is married to the former Valerie Mooney of San Anselmo, California. They reside in Bonita with their children Robert, 13, Denise, 1 1 , and Colette , 9 . CPR-5 Ret ■ ' Captain HaiT ' T. Jenkins, Jr. , is a native of Suitland, Mar ' land. He entered active naval service in July 1945, and was assigned to the aviation training unit at Newberry College , Newberr ' , South Carolina and later at the University ' of South Carolina at Columbia . He received flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas, Pensacola, Florida, and Jacksonville, Florida. He was designated a naval aviator in August 1948 and joined the fleet as a midshipman flying the Martin Mauler, the navy ' s then newest attack aircraft. Commissioned ensign in December 1948, he subsequently served in the destroyer USS Fred T. Berry, the jeep carrier USS Point Cruz and a carrier based early warning squadron. In 1959, captain Jenkins completed a two year study at Naval Post Graduate School and received a bachelor of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering , Following a tour at Naval Air Turbine Test Station, Trenton, New Jersey , he rejoined the fleet flying the A4 Skyhawk , with attack squadron one six three where he served as the executive officer. He asr ■ ' ' ' — ' ri„ „™u„. i, J- aitVA  VtlJ lA Jl. J t it IIJIA v.. a 1 - Jiti J.it ji. j .i .. v . . .... ' ..-.. Vietnam in November 1965, remaining a prisoner until February ' 1973. Since his release and recuperation at naval hospital in San Diego, he has served as force operations officer on the Staff of Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and as commanding officer, USS Denver (LPD 9). He commenced his tour of duty as commander Amphibious Squadron Five in January- 1976 and assumed additional duty as commander Amphibious Group, Eastern Pacific in August 1976. He completed both of these tours in August 1977. Captain Jenkins (RET) is married to the former Marjorie Fowler of Washington , D . C . They reside in Coronado , California with a son Kirk, 17, and a daughter, 19. They have one married son , Chris . Captain Uavid G. Ramsey received his commission in June 1951 and has served ex- tensively in both Atlantic and Pacific fleet units. In his early career tours he served in destroy- ers and amphibious ships. His early assign- ments included experience in gunnery, engineering and operations departments. Following his sea duty he was selected for post graduate school. He was then assigned as Assistant Naval Attache in Hong Kong. From 1964-1966 he served as Executive Officer of USS BRUSH (DD 745), followed by six months as a student at the Armed Forces Staff College. In 1967 he assumed command of USS PRESTON (DD 795) and completed two combat deploy- ments. In 1969 Captain Ramsey became a Plans Officer in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations until 1972 when he became the Chief Of Staff (N3), for Amphibious Group Two. In 1974, he was assigned responsibilities as Assistant Chief Of Staff (J5), for Commander In Chief, United Nations Command United States Forces Korea. From February 1976 to August 1977, he commanded USS VANCOUVER (LPD 2). Captain Ramsey holds the Bronz Star Medal with Combat V , the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V , and other campaign and service medals. He is married to the former Nancy Lee Richmond of Danville, Virginia. They have two children, Lynne and Richmond. Lynne is a graduate of the Julliard School of Music, New York and is presently a violist with the Pitts- burgh Symphony Orchestra. Richmond is a third -year engineering student at UCLA. Ij Commander Reginald C. Pye, Jr., USN, Chief Staff Officer, Commander Amphibious Squadron Five, is a native of Red Bank, New Jersey. He graduated from Williams College in 1956 and was commissioned in 1957 as an Ensign. His first assignment was Communication Officer, USS JOHN HOOD (DD 655 ). This was followed by Officer In Charge , Branch, Hydro Office, NAVSUPPACT, Naples; First Lieutenant, USS FORT SNELLING (LSD 30); Operations Officer, USS NORRIS pD 859); COMSEC Officer, USMACV J-6; and mSTRUCOT, NAVDESTROYERSCOL, In July 1970, Commander Pye was assigned as Executive Officer, USS MCCARD (DD 822). He assimied command of USS CAYUGA (LST 1186) in May 1972. This tour was followed by assignment in December 1973 as Executive Officer, Combat Systems Technical Schools Command, Mare Island. Commander Pye is authorized to wear the Navy Commenda- tion Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Joint Service Com- mendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, as well as several campaign and service medals. Commander Pye is married to the former Mary Jane Fitzpa trick of Brooklyn, New York. They have daughters, Mary Kathleen, 18, Victoria Meave, 16, Regina Cecilia, 11, and a son, John Edward, 14. Commander Herbert B. Richter is a native of White Plains, New York and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in 1959. Sea tours have included USS EVERETT F. LARSON (DDR 830), USS WHETSTONE (LST 27), COMPHIBRON 7 Staff, and USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19). CDR Richter holds a Masters Degree in Physics from the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School and has served in related shore duty assignments with Test Command DASA, Albuquerque and Field Command DNA at the University of California, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. CDR Richter is authorized to wear the Bronz Star with Combat V, Joint Service Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy Commendation Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, National Defense Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal (5 campaigns), Vietnamese Presidential Meritorious Unit Citation, and Vietnamese Service Medal. CDR Richter is married to the former Barbara Smith of Montrose, Colorado. They reside in Chula Vista with their pre-school son, David. Wardroom Officers: (Left to Right)— LTJG Palenshus (SC), LT Lechleitner, LT Murphy, ENS Fann, LT Driver, LCDR Brown, LCDR Fitch, LTJG Markulus, CW03 Wilson, LTJG Hadel, LTJG Nolte, CW02 Howard, ENS Roadinger, ENS Strawder, LT Beaty (SC) , LTJG Kautz, ENS Zucker (SC) , LT Longenecker (MC) . Not Pictured: LCDR Scheerer, LCDR Naylor (CH) , LT Eastwood, 1ST LT Gologonoff , LTJG Jennett, ENS Zieschang, CW02 Laros. Chief Petty Officers: (Left to Right)— ICC Warner, OSC Weitzel, ETC Price, C Chilcutt, SKC Hitchen, HMC Saizon, RMCS Wimpy, PNCM Buck, SMC Haney, MMC Pomibier, BMCM Yockey, NCC Green, MMCM Barnes (MCPOC), EMC Scott, HTCS Mills, HMC Ziel, SHC Greenidge (EOT), MSCS Arthur, EWC Van Horn. Not Pictured: BTC Long, HTC Lawling, MSC Lewis, RMC Peterson, BMC Kinghom. The mission of Comphibron Five is to plan and conduct amphibious operations and type training of assigned units including a program of evaluation as directed by Higher authority. Control and coordinate operations of assigned units, including training. Exercise such administrative and operational control as necessary to ensure the highest state of efficiency, morale, material readiness, and to maintain maximum readiness for war. With the twentieth century concept of Global Warfare, it is imperative that the navy have the capability of swiftly transport a marine fighting force, its support equipment and material which is necessary to sustain the force in the field for an indefinite period of time, to areas requiring the presence of the U.S. Military. The diverse function of each ship in Phibron Five makes this possible. The assault helicopter carrier (LPH), with her embarked marine helicopter squadron, gives the force the ability to penetrate miles inland using vertical envelopment techniques developed by the U.S. Marine Corps. The LPH also acts as command ship for the Amphib Ops and is the hospital for battlefield casualties; her afloat medical facilities are second only to those of a hospital ship. The dock landing ship (LSD) and the amphibious transport dock (LPD) , have wet wells which can be flooded to discharge assault craft which are employed to carry support equipment and artillery ashore. These ships also have helicopter landing capabilities. In some cases an attack transport (LKA), with its four deep holds, is used in place of one of these wet wells. In addition to the above deep draft vessels, the new twenty knot capable, landing ship tank (LST) may be offloaded by landing craft through a stern ramp or directly from the ship to the beach via an extended bow ramp . Amphibious Squadron Five is composed of the following ships: USS Denver (LPD- 9) Flagship For Phibron Five USS Tripoli (LPD- 10) USS Duluth (LPD-6) USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) USS Mount Vernon (LSD- 39) USS Mobile (LKA 115) USS Bristol County (LST 1198) USS Barbour County (LST 1195) 10 WHAT IS SAILOR? THE MAKINGS OF A (DENVER) SAILOR WESTPAC 1977-1978 Somewhere between the security of childhood and the insecurity of second childhood, we find a bunch of good Bills who wear funny pants and shirts all of blue, and whom we call Swabby (EVEN IF YOU DO GO BY SPIDER). They are worked too hard, get very little sleep (Rather tough on six and six, huh?), take great verbal abuse, do every kind of job at any imaginable hour (FORTRESS LIGHTENING BRING ANY MEMORIES. . .WHO EVER DREAMED UP THAT OPERATION ANYWAY??) 12 They never seem to get paid (WHAT WE ' RE WORTH) , nev- er know where they are going (WHO SAID ' OKINAWA AGAIN ' ) , and seldom can tell anyone where they have been (HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO RELATE TO SOMEONE EX- ACTLY WHAT ENEWETOK IS OR WHY IT EXISTS? ) . They come in assorted sizes, shapes, weights (CARBOHY- DRATE DIET ANYONE?) , and states of sobriety. 13 W 4 J t They can be found anywhere : in bars , on ships (TELL THE TAXI-HOTEL No. 9) , on leave, in debt, and in love. Girls love them (1 LOVE YOU SAILOR, NO SH , BUY ME DRINK? ) , towns tolerate them, and the government supports them. 14 A sailor is laziness with a deck of cards, bravery with a gun (ARE WE SHOOTING AT THE OCEAN TODAY, OR DO WE GET A BALLOON? ) , and the protector of the seas with a copy of our POD. They have the energy of turtles (AN AMPHIBIOUS PLOY HERE . . . , the slyness of a fox, the stories of sea captains, the sincerity of a liar (EVER BEEN TO XO ' S SCREENING?), the appetite of a GATOR, the asperations of a casanova, and what they want most is . . . weekend liberty. 15 Some of their likes are women , girls, chicks, dames, babes, ladies, and for an occasional few with high class, the oppo- site sex ! ! Mil 16 Dislikes Include answering the phone, explaining why they can ' t answer simple questions ( WHAT THE HE ARE YOU DOING, SAILOR? ), wearing uniforms (QUARTERS FOR PORT AGAIN?), taking orders, getting a haircut (BUT THE LIST WAS FILLED CHIEF!), getting up (WHO ' S THE REVILLE PO?), and quarters six days a week. I 17 Nobody else can cram into one tiny pocket a black book, a playboy calen- der, a picture of his girl, a deck of cards, (A ' JOHN WAYNE ' ), and what is left of last payday. He likes to spend most of his money on women, then ladies, and if those two fail, then definitely whiskey, and the rest he spends foolishly (AND AT LEAST EVERY DAY, HE PLAYS A GAME OF ' RISK ' WITH THE PEPSI MACHINE). 18 A sailor is a magical creature; you can lock him out of your house, but not out of your heart. You can put him off your mailing list (JUST ASK WILD WILD WEST), but not off your mind. You might as well give up, because he won ' t. He ' s your long -way -from- home lover; your one and only blood -shot -eyed -good -for -nothing worry. 19 But all these faults seem in- significant when your sailor is back and looks you in the eyes and says: Hi Honey! I ' m homel (AS A REMINDER TO ALL DENVER SAILORS, HOME IS NOW THE FOREIGN PORT OF SAN DIEGO, CA; THIS IS CON- FIDENTIAL AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE). 20 ESTES BIGUM WILLIAMS BO WEN B E A S o N DODSON ALLEN BURGEE STALLINGS 22 23 24 26 ' i W . y- ' .- ' r ■ ' ■ ' : 30 31 32 33 34 .1 ' . DIVISlAS 38 39 i 48 I • K ' u ai 49 iTiE y w ■ rj ) ■ ,ij r v Utf - r: - i rJ Ttm. w 5 y -M •T— fs3j) Ai u; ,v iv - ! 1ST DIVISION DECK BACK ROW L-RAMBASSING, WAGNER, EDWARDS, HAMM, SUGDEN, ESTES, CALHOUN, CHESTER, LTJG JENNETT (DIVISION OFFICER). MIDDLE ROW L-R KINGHORN, PARKINSON, DOUGHTY, GRIFFITH, WILLIS, DILLENBURG, EVERETTE, AYERS, ZIMMERMAN, MORIN. FRONT ROW L-R ARRINGTON, MENESES, DOWELL, ABROMOVITZ, CHAPMAN, CHAPMAN, SHAW, MARKLEY. ' j O : ' I 53 54 m3ifei 57 64 66 i f t. U l ' . 6S 69 70 71 72 73 75 f 76 78 79 80 OPERATIONS EXERCISES aaiiirmr- - I mmmmmitimKlmmf 11 I • 82 83 % 84 85 86 [■ 87 88 89 90 91 92 BBHBi 1 ■ 1 . r;lB_j4Cu[, - UNREPS - ' lilV ' -i 95 ..IS jSMMlk SJStJ ' i- ' ' •P4 . _ ' J ' 97 98 99 100 101 i , •♦ ' ||i ;g gm f«-n,, p g 102 104 105 106 107 108 INDIVIDUALS trr i m 11 2 113 114 116 117  h 119 122 124 K 9k « . . S3 ' MPVH W] HSSi Ml 126 127 128 129 130 132 I 133 134 135 136 5 LW -jS  .-. ■l — . 137 138 139 r j aa. 1141 142 1 li siii iiKii 141 144 145 146 1 147 148 I 149 OUR IS CLEiVR IVV mm 150 151 152 f