Detroit (AOE 4) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1976 volume:

A (? J uLca rn.. CAA tmJ t m w ' I COMMANDING OFFICER 6 Aug 74- 19 Nov 75 CAPTAIN ROBERT B FULLER Captain Robert Byron Fuller was born 23 November 1 927 in Quitman, Mississippi. He was reared and educated in Jacksonville, Florida — the city he still calls home. After serving a year ' s active duty as a U.S. Navy enlisted man at the end World War II, Captain Fuller entered the U.S. Naval Academy. He was commissioned an Ensign in 1 951 . His duty assignments have included a Fighter Squadron on the West Coast, Combat Information School, Giynco, Georgia; Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Commander Carrier Division SEVEN in the Pacific; Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C.; Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia; and Attack Squadrons based in Florida and California. Captain Fuller was Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron SEVENTY-SIX, operating from USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31) off Vietnam, when on 14 July 1967 he was shot down. He was flying his one hundred and tenth strike mission over North Vietnam. He was held as Prisoner of War by the North Vietnamese until his release on 4 March 1 973. On 6 August 1 974 Captain Fuller became the fourth Commanding Officer of USS DETROIT (AOE-4). Captain Fuller has received the following awards and decorations: Navy Cross; 2 Silver Stars; Legion of Merit with Combat V , 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses; 1 1 Air Medals; 2 Bronze Stars with Combat V , 3 Navy Commendation Medals with Combat V , 2 Purple Hearts and numerous other citations and medals. Captain Fuller and his wife, Mary Anne, continue to make their home in Jacksonville, Florida. They have four children; Robert Jr., 20; Mary Jane, 1 8; Susan, 1 7 ; and Peggy, 1 5. COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN GUY CANE 19 Nov 75 - Captain Cane was born in New York City and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1 947. He enlisted in the Navy in August 1 948 and completed Photographic School at Pensacola the following year. In the fall of 1949 he reported to the Naval Academy Preparatory School, Newport, Rhode Island and entered Annapolis in June 1 950. Upon graduation in 1 954 Captain Cane reported dire ctly to Pensacola for flight train- ing and was designated a Naval Aviator in August 1 955. Captain Cane ' s first squadron duty was with VS-30 embarked in various aircraft carriers to the Carribbean and Northern European areas. In 1 958 he reported to VRF-31 at Norfolk for a brief tour as a ferry pilot where he flew the Navy ' s stable of jets and props. In 1 959 he was selected for Test Pilot training at NAS Patuxent and joined the Service Test Division upon graduation. At the Naval Air Test Center Captain Cane served as project pilot on numerous programs including initial flight tests of the F8, F4, A4, E2, P3 and KC-1 30 aircraft. In March of 1963 Captain Cane joined the RED RIPPERS of VF-1 1, flying the F8 Crusader from USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT in the Mediterranean. He completed his tour as Operations Officer and detached in February 1 965 for duty in London as Aide and Flag Lieutenant to Admiral John S. Thach, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. In 1966 Captain Cane reported to the IRON ANGELS of F-53 at NAS Miramar again flying the F8 Cru- sader. During 1967-1968 embarked with Air Wing FIVE onboard USS HANCOCK and USS BON HOMME RICHARD he completed two combat deployments to Southeast Asia as Operations Officer and then Executive Officer. On 29 July 1968, while leading a division of VF-53 Crusaders on a fighter sweep, he scored a kill against an opposing division of MIG-1 7 aircraft in an aerial battle over North Vietnam. Shortly after returning from WESTPAC in 1 968 Captain Cane was assigned as Fighter Training Officer to the Commander, Fleet Air Miramar. He coordinated the shipboard shakedown of the modified F8J Crusader. After refresher training in the F4 Phantom with VF-1 21 at Miramar, Captain Cane reported to the BLACK ACES of VF-41 at Oceana and commanded that squadron during 1 970-1 971 . Following a tour in Washington in 1972 as the Fighter Analyst with the OPNAV Systems Analysis Division (OP-96), Captain Cane assumed command of Air Wing SIX, embarked in USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. His Wing was deployed to the eastern Mediterranean in 1 973 during the Arab-Israeli October War . Captain Cane is a 1975 graduate of the National War College, and holds a Master ' s degree in International Affairs from George Washington University. His awards include the Silver Star and two Distinguished Flying Crosses. He is married to the former Simone Desiree Rosier of The Hague, Holland. They have two sons, Peter and John. EXECUTIVE OFFICER Jan ' 74-Jan 76 COMMANDER JOSEPH A JOCKEL EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER JAMES W SHELTON Jan 76- CHANGE OF COMMAND K Hi lfl V H !■ ■QH -Ms -© - y 1 HR mA • NAVY BIRTHDAY 200 YEARS OF PROUD SERVICE f 10 DETROIT AT UNREP FAST PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO THE FLEET DETROIT AT VERTREP H C - 6 DET - 3 WE PUT IT WHERE YOU LIKE IT AT VERTREP DECK DEPARTMENT LCDR Longshaw First Lieutenant CW03 Church Ship ' s Boatswain FIRST DIVISION BM1 Wynn BM3 Buford SN Broadnax SN Green 2nd DIVISION ENS Crews BMl Peters BM2 Weathers BM3 Olliver BM3 Seese SN Smith SN Johnson SN White SN Otis SN Banker SN Hasse SN Coleman SN White SN Johnson SN Vega SN Bennett SN Cater SN Richards SA Rocco SA Pazulski SA Labiste SA Cabyab SR Tate 3RD DIVISION ENS Satterfield BM3 F. Sullivan SNE. High SN J. Mahar 22 ■M JKI ■ 31 3tf ' M 1 B j I ' m not skatin ' , I just wanna get tanner before stateside. 3rd Division is enough to drive anyone batty The Black Kojak Reading stimulates the mind I wish they ' d ferment these things before we got ' em «. s 1 1f i . -_, Ham on cheese, hold the mayonnaise ' v,- ' I wish they ' d send me some help. Now I can skate. Those lazy bums left, But I ' m still gonna skate. This isn ' t what it appears to be, I ' m not just building a kid ' s model, I ' m practicing to be an engineer. The good times. THE EMBLEM USS DETROIT ' S emblem is comprised of seven major ele- ments{1) a profile of the first USS DETROIT; (2) a spherical bomb, the sympbol for ordnance; (3) a wheat-filled cornucopia to symbolize provisions; (4) a fuel valve, symbolic of petroleum products; (5) electron paths to depict the nuclear era; (6) five stars representing the five ships named DETROIT; and (7) the ship ' s motto, SUPERARE OPTIMUM (To surpass the finest(. The black hull and white sails of the first DETROIT are set against a background of light blue sky and deep blue sea. The first DETROIT was a 19-gun sloop cpatured from the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1 81 2. The symbols for ordnance, provisions and petroleum products are set within electron paths which identify the modern nuclear age. These symbols portray the mission of the Fast Combat Support Ship DETROIT: to support the Navy ' s attack carrier task forces at sea. The five stars are symbolic of the five ships of the United STates Navy to bear the name of the City of Detroit, Michigan. DETROIT ' S emblem is adapted from an original sketch by Quartermaster First Class Rex M. Reed, U.S. Navy, of the ship ' s Navigation Department. J ' : CW03 Butswinkas GMCS Deal GMGC Thompson GMG1 Zierak GMG2 Mullahy GMG2 Galvin FTG2 O ' Donnell GMM3 Jones FTG3 Widgeon FTM2 Judd FTM2 Pensak FTM2 Willers GMG3 Barnhart FTG3 Grady GMG3 Fejka I FTMSA Mayo SN Brooks SN Rodriguez SN Jeffries SA Carbone SA Rudnick SA Miller SA Scala These are the best Super in action I get It ' It ' s a joke You better get it this time The mug Space Why Hell Are you sure this is the last one? Turning two The last of the C Now where did that lifer go Rosy A DIVISION MM1 Elliot MR1 Haas MM2 Transou MM2 Sinkking MM2 Fusaro MM2 Askren MR3 Warren MM3 Ettel ENFN Strong FN Ziobro FN Tanquillut FN Cabling %V B DIVISION LCDR Womack CW03 Kopanski EMCM Jones BTC Jones BT1 Ferrenti BT3 Clemmens BT3 Humphrey BT3 Koelher BT3 Janish BT3 Stuaff BTFN Wilkey BTFA Raleigh BTFA Lewis FA Godwin FA Eisenbrandt BTFA Poole FA Burllett AND HELL ' S AFRAID WE ' LL TAKE OVER 7Si ATTENTION AT QUARTERS! Stanley ' s steamers Let ' s put a good day in for Detroit 1 ,033 days and a wake up! And 1,199 days and a wake up! Compartment liberty E DIVISION CW02 Hickson EMC Lane EMI Diedrich EM1 West EM2 Swayze EM3Sy IC3 Young EMS Thompson IC3 Wagner EMS Haws ICS Gray EMS Basallote EMS Tabang EMS Benedict i i FN Coogler EMFN Hummel ICFN Burnette EMFN Yartz FA McClead FN Chavez ICFN Lamplugh EMFN Fenohr ' May I have this dance? I know it ' s here somewhere A Chief Ross Striker J DIVISION EMCS Swartz EM1 Pantak MM2 Whiting EM2 Amaro EM3 Almond EM3 Dyer IVIM3 Sullivan SN Cofer SN Rogers SN Pasco MMFN Dionne EMFNChronik MMFN Pint SN Aucker EMFN Childress SA Brewer SA French Found hiding again Another hard unrep Unrep stons of fun Home Sweet Home f ' ■ ' hi ,■ itd ' t i rife - , , - f J y . — t ' M DIVISION MMFASoens MMFABunn FA Adkins And a host of others not pictured ENGINEERING ' S FEARLESS LEADER PROUD U.S. NAVY VESSELS NAMED DETROIT Throughout the history of this nation five U.S. Naval vessels have proudly carried the name DETROIT. The newest USS DETROIT plays an important role in fleet operations. The fast combat support ship was launched at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington on 21 June 1969. Fitted with new high-speed transfer equipment, the DETROIT is able to provide our carriers and their screening ships with fuel oil, aircraft fuel, the ordnance, sustaining the flexibility and on-the-line endurance of these versatile attack forces. Her displacement of 2,000 tons exceeds that of most WW II battleships. She was commissioned 28 March 1970 and is manned by 23 officers and 500 enlisted men. The story about to be told in this book is of her third Mediterranean Cruise, where once again DETROIT and her crew proved themselves capable of outstanding performance. 1813-1824 1869 The first DETROIT, a 19 gun brig of 400 tons, was first a British ship built at Maiden, (now Amhcrstburg) Canada in 1813. She was captured by Commodore Perry ' s forces at the Battle of Lake Erie that September, but was so badly damaged and had to be laid up at Put- in-Bay, Ohio. She remained out of service until sold in 1824 to commercial trading interests. The second DETROIT in the U.S. Navy had a very brief career, beginning on 15 May 1869 with the changing of the name of the USS CANANDAIGUA to DETROIT, and ending when the name was again changed on 10 August 1869, back to the CANANDAIGUA. 1893-1898 1923-1941 The third DETROIT, commissioned in July 1893, had a much longer and more varied career than either of her pre- decessors. After five years of protecting U.S. interests in Japan, Brazil, Korea and the Caribbean, she was assigned to blockade duty off Cuba at the start of the Spanish American War in 1898. While there, she captured the Spanish steamer CATALINA. The fourth DETROIT, commissioned in 1923, was a light cruiser of 7,050 tons that served as the flagship for a number of task forces. She was moored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941, but managed to get underway and set up an anti-aircraft fire which ac- counted for several planes. For her WW II service she received a total of six engagement stars. REPAIR DIVISION M. Willard DCA I Oive me liberty or give me EMI These Canadian nickles show up in your change where ever you go. Tell me they ' re not crazy! Reveille! ADMIN: X DIVISION Chaplain Rupp LTJG Liedtke PNC Haire ISC Krause PN1 Ellis PC2 Grayson PN3 Miller PN3 Nunnery PN3 Salinas YN3 Hackett JOSN Anderson SN Mahler • V LT Stolt Chief Powers QM2 Bill Perry QM2 Danny Preece QMS Don Verbica QM3 Mitch Parker QM3 Dave Spies QMSN Jabus Virgil QMSN Rick McKamey QMSAMarkTrible (not shown) A day in navigation What do you mean I missed a spot Would someone please help me up I just love windows Look at me. I ' m working! I think we should have turned left After steering Replenishment Sea and anclior detail Bridge General quarters i I Dave on the helm Rick using Goran It ' s my ladder A perfect match Danny using a sextant Bicentennial MEDICAL DEPARTMENT R. Allen, MC, USNR HMC W.Marvin HM-1 J. Midgette HM-1 A. Trujillo Not pictured: HM-2 Richard Kirley HM-2 Michael Kearns HM-3 Steven Bateman HM-3 Fred McGinnis The crack surgical team hard at work; M-A-S-H eat your heart out. The operation was a roaring success, but the patient died. 63 Ain ' t he butch! t r You ' re only getting one roll. Occupational therapy mr 1 Faithful trustee revolts; therapy. hates occupational Let ' s see, does F come Q or D ? after Our favorite turkey hard at work ' Now, the smoking lamp is out. . . Turn to, damn it! k;4S ' -i-p r- : s-M fn =1 . . and then the patient started to bleed. Artificial regurgitation AIR DET.-HC6 akiktk Lt. Hambrecht Lt. Baker Lt. Garey Lt. Towcimak Lt. Jg. Cerda Lt. Jg. Kalafat AD J 2 Carlton AE2 Ulrich ADJAN Russell ATAN Budd AMH3 Nelson AKAA Thompson EOD OC DIVISION OE DIVISION ET1 Ennis EW2 Kelly ETR3 Zaveski EW3 Cessarlch 01 DIVISION OSC Wasson 052 Butts 053 Ludwig 033 Zarat OSSN Munoz OSSN Lantz OSSN Naylor OSSN Gonzalas S-1 DIVISION LCDR Vigrass LT Shapack SK1 Carrillo SK3 Laposka SUPPLY DIVISION AT WORK - iS! S fc. f B •i--i B 7 1| ■niJ yf ' m H i,. - ' !■ E pp ' . 4 g jSjtKKe ' f ' ' 9ttK ■ ■B MB HH 1 (i gjM K ■B l l I BI S: . 1 | gi| ;fi ...:aisavj 1 f • k- ' iiliMii :.. ■ l! irf ' N fS iW !?L l .. Jiii Mfl IJ? !! Mi ■  ■ ' ? f WWW ;HR gv.. . 4 • - More ■ -Work- -More- - -? - - -Work- S-2 S-5 DIVISIONS ENS Jones MSC Condrey MS2 Turkenkopf MS2 Dimaya MS3 Hill MS3 Dillon SAHubeny MSSN Turner - ™ -fW |W zj i :Jk ' mLm SA Hedrick MMFA Taylor SA Garza MMFA Lowery SA Johnson SA Newman BTFA Vanzandt SA Prins FINE FOOD SERVICE FOR ALL S-3 DIVISION LCDR Vigrass Ens. Apple SH2 Hanshaw SH2 Dawson SH3 Murphy SH3 Earl SHSN Smith SHSN Moomaw SHSA Anderson SHSA Boss Ship ' s Serviceman ' s Insignia 78 i ( THE ABC ' S OF S-3 DIVISION 5 5 The A. B, Cs of S-3 Division ' A stands for Mr. Apple, he ' s the one with the plan. also for AMERICA, they go hand in hand. ANDERSON too, or as we call him ' Andy the only thing sweet about his job is candy. Lets not forget DAVID AREND too ' or as he ' s known to us LITTLE DAVEE POO. You don ' t dare critisize him for having no brains, but his greatest achievements been voiding in drains. B stands for BOSS, but we call him JIM, there isn ' t alot we can say about him. His devilish ghn, and rebellious attitude promises him daily he ' ll always get C IS tor CUNNINGHAM, CALLIHAN and CARTER. of these three lads we have none smarter. They must stand on their feet all day by a chair, but the question that nses is CAN THEY CUT HAIR? D IS for DAWSON, whom we all bear no mallace. He ' s the King of the LAUNDRY, the ruler of ED ' S PALACE E stands for EARL, in the SALE ' S OFFICE he ' s hid but we all know him better as the TACO KID. F IS for - OFF our most favorite saying which is probably why Ole DAD ' S hair is graying. G stands for the GOODNESS we are all so full of, Its all we are full of, except maybe S---. H is for HANSHAW, or as we call him DAD he b and moans, but he ' s really not bad. He gripes and groans and he raises a fuss HELL you would too if you had children like us. I stands for INTELLIGENCE in all of us you see If the J thafs in JOCKEL would just leave us be. K is for MOOMAW, I can say no more except he ' s the operator of our only SHIP ' S STORE. Let ' s not forget MURPHY, whom we all love, but confess the N ' that in NOTHING is what he does best. O ' s for the OPINIONS, for which we don ' t need P ' s our PROTESTS, for our signs you don ' t read. O ' s for the OPINIONS, for which we don ' t need P ' s for our PROTESTS, for our signs you don ' t read O is for a word which we will not relay for some of the strange action we sometimes display. R IS for REGGIE, we think he ' s dear, who is always so near. to the S that ' s in SMITTY the YOU CAN STICK IT IN HERE! We ' re blessed with two SMITTYS a black and a white, but there are times we ' d much rather have plague or the blight. Our T is for training, you might say it ' s UNSAT but the U in UNDERSTANDING is where it is at. V stands for VIGRASS, but ' s that ' s another story, because the W in working is without praise or glory. X is the black mark he gives us (so shrewd) for the Y s YES is the answer if we ask to get That brings us to Z which we will not exploit, it stands for this floating ZOO we all call DETROIT Thus goes the alphabet to sum up S-3 we want you to know that if you do not agree you can take your opinions, suggestions, and class, and do us all a favor for once, PACK IT IN YOUR ir 1 ENS Apple DK1 Ramirez DK3 Joersz SN Beliso How was it we put leave rats on? S-4 DIVISION I ' ll see your 25 thousand and ral« you 30 thousand. Who says I can ' t smoke coffee I think. j£ -Z.c kt S icA .. What does a red total mean ?! What do you mean, Get up and sign my evals. What do you mean, I can ' t take my nooner at 1 o ' clock What to buy some flowers See Bos ' n even DK ' s stand POW 85 WARDROOM MESS i SMOKER ATHLETICS ROME TOUR WE ' RE HOME I if ■ nn ,. a ■■nil ifll ' ■ 1 1 ( NESERNY IRB )