Donald Beary (FF 1085) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1986 volume:

m ' Named after Vice Admiral Donald B. Beary, she is the eighth ship of the Joseph Mewes class of ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) frigates. Her primary mission is the detection and destruction of enemy submarines, but she is also capable of haval Gunfire Support, Anti-Surface Warfare, and Anti-Air Warfare. To support her many missions, the ship is armed with ASROC (Anti Submarine Rocket), torpedoes, a 5754 caliber gun, harpoon Missile System VULCAM PHALYMX Close-in-Weapon System and is capable of carrying a LAMPS (Light Airborne Multipurpose System) helicopter. She also carries the latest in sensors including the An SQS-26CX bow mounted sonar, Ari 5QS-35 IVDS (Independent Variable Depth Sonar), An SQR-18A Tactical Towed Array Sonar, surface search and air search radars and the An SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Support Measure System. DOMALD B. BEARY was built by Avondale Shipyards at Westwego Louisiana, and was commissioned on 22 July 1972. She is homeported in Morfolk, Virginia as part of Destroyer Squadron Ten, within Cruiser-Destroyer Group Eight; haval Surface Forces, Atlantic Fleet. Ships History 1 Commanding Officer CDR Ralph H. Lipfert, USn Commander Lipfert was born in Washington, D.C. in 1945. A Mavy junior. He grew up at various locations on the east coast. He graduated from the U.S. naval Academy in 1966 and entered naval nuclear Propulsion Training. His first at-sea assignment was Reactor Control OfTicer and Electrical Officer in USS TRUXTOM (COM 35). Subsequently, he was assigned to USS MIMITZ (CVn 68) as Reactor Mechanical Assistant and USS VIRGiniA (CGn 38) as commissioning Engineer Officer. Most recently he served as Executive Officer in USS MISSISSIPPI (COM 40). He was Executive Officer when MISSISSIPPI was awarded the Battenburg Cup, symbolic of the best ship in the U.S, Atlantic Fleet. He was also present in the Quif of Sidra when the Libyan fighters were shot down in August 1981. He has commanded USS DOPtALD B. BEARY since May 4, 1984. Ashore, Commander Lipfert served as the surface assistant at the Division of naval Reactors, U.S. Department of Energy. He earned the degree of Ocean Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and isagraduateof the Armed Forces Staff College. His decorations include the Meritorious Service, navy Expeditionary, Armed Force Expeditionary and Vietnam Service Medals. He also wears the E ribbon (3 awards) and the Meritorious Unit Commendation. Commander Lipfert is married to the former Christine Bonds of Virginia Beach, Virginia. They reside in Virginia Beach with their three children Jennifer, Michael and John. 2 CO Executive Officer March 1984 - February 1986 LCDR David A. Schwiering, USH Lieutenant Commander Schwiering, a native of Fanwood, Mew Jersey, enlisted in the United States l aval Reserve on 4 February 1968 while attending Rutgers University. During his active duty enlisted service, he served in First Division on board USS HAMK (DD 702). Lieutenant Commander Schwiering graduated from Waynesburg College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History in June 1971 and entered Officer Candidate School, Mewport, Rhode Island in August 1971. He was commissioned Ensign, United States rtavy as a Distinguished naval Graduate in December 1971. HIsfirstasslgnmentwasasAuxiliariesOfficerandlaterCICOfficerinUSSST. LOUIS (LKA 116). While assigned to ST LOUIS, he made two deployments to Vietnam and participated in a shipyard overhaul. In January 1974 he was assigned as navigator in USS HEnOERSOM {DD785) for a short tour prior to attending the Department Head Course at Surface Warfare Officers School in Mewport, Rhode Island. Upon graduation in December 1975, he served as Engineer Officer in USS VESOLE (DD 878). In March 1977 he attended the first class of Prospective Engineer Officer Course at the Maval Reactors Facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho and was subsequently assigned as Engineer Officer aboard USS TRUCKEE (AO 147). From February 1980 to May 1982 he was assigned as a junior officer detailer at the naval Military Personnel Command In Washington, D.C. His next assignment was the naval Post-Graduate School, Monterey, California where he graduated wnth a Master of Science Degree in Financial Management In December 1983. He reported as Executive Officer in USS DONALD B. BEARY in March 1984. Lieutenant Commander Schvidering is authorized to wear the navy Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, national Defense Medal and the Vietnam Service and Campaign Medals. He is married to the former DeynaArtke of Scotch Plains, newJersey. They reside with their two children Lori and David in Fairfax, Virginia. Executive Officer February 1986 - Present LCDR Jacob L. Johnson Jr., USH Lieutenant Commander Johnson was bom in CliftonTorge, Virginia in 1951. He graduated from the U.S. naval Academy in 1973. His first assignment was Anti-submarine Warfare Officer and First Lieutenant in USS LAWRENCE (DDG 4). In February 1977, he began a 13 month tour as a military observer for the United nation ' s Truce Supervision Organization (UnTSO) in the Middle East serving in Lebanon and Syria. Upon graduating from the Department Head Course at Surface Warfare Officer School in newport, Rhode Island, he served as Operations Officer in USS HEFBURM (FF 1055). His follow on department head tour was as First Lieutenant in USS BARBOUR COUNTY (LST 1195) where he served from novemb er 1980 to May 1982. Lieutenant Commander Johnson attended the naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California from July 1982 to December 1983, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in national Security Affairs. In February 1984, he reported to the staff of Commander, Carrier Qroup FOUR, where he served as Assistant Surface Operations Officer. He assumed his present duties as Executive Officer in USS DOnALD B. BEARY on 4 February 1986. Lieutenant Commander Johnson is authorized to wear the Joint Service Commendation Medal, navy Commendation Medal, navy Expeditionary Medal, United nations Service Medal (unTSO Palestine), national Defense Service Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with two bronze stars. He is married to Barbara Tourtelot of River Forest, Illinois. They reside with their daughters Irene and Emily in Chesapeake, Virginia. 4XO Command Master Chief MMCM(SW) Kenneth D. Doescher, USn Master Chief Doescher joined the Maval Service in March of 1962 and attended Basic Training at Recruit Training Center, San Diego. His first at-sea assignment was in USS SIRIUS (AF 60). Subsequently he was assigned to USS VESUVIUS (AE 15), USS ORISKAMY (CV 42), USS ARLIMGTOM (AGMR 2), USS FARSOMS (DDG 53), and USS KIRK (EF 1087). He has served aboard USS DOMALD B. BEARY as Command Master Chief since January 1985. Ashore, Master Chief Doescher has been assigned to naval Air Landing Facility, Monterey, California, China Lake Maval Weapons Station, China Lal e, California and Service School Command, Great Lakes, Illinois. His decorations include the Navy Commendation, Good Conduct, Mavy and Marine Corp Expeditionary, national Defense, Vietnam Service, and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medals, and the Sea Service ribbon. He also wears the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist device and has earned the Master Training Specialist Award. His wife and two children reside in Waukegan, Illinois. Med Cruise 85-86 The Preparations SPECOPS For most crewmembers, SPE- COPS was the roughest at-sea period they ' d ever experienced. For 33 days the weather never abated and 12-14 foot seas were the norm. The words secure for sea took on a new meaning as we found things previously thought to be firmly attached to decks being tossed about freely as the ship rolled. On the positive side, the real-world ASW training we received proved to be invalu- able in the upcoming deploy- ment. While we were gone . . . we flew, flew, flew! CLOCKWISE rROM ABOVE: PCSM Searfoss and HM3 Thrumston manning up for flight quarters. The Air Det, crash crew and flight crew celebrate over 1000 safe deck landings that tISL 32 Det 3 has made since they were attached to the BEARY in March 1985. FIFI Gets pushed into the hanger. Tin on final approach. . . . we worked out! Many crewmembers took an intense interest in staying in shape while at sea. Most every afternoon, the ballroom was filled to capacity with fitness-minded sailors lifting weights, using the exercise machines and the exer- cise bikes. This spirit of staying in shape culminated in our Bike Across the Atlantic. Organized by LCDR Saunders, at least one of our two exercise bikes was ridden 24 hours a day from when we left Qibralter on April 5th, until the ship tied up at pier 11 in Morfolk, a period of over ten days. Over 6300 miles were logged during the transit by the bikers. RIQtIT: Sn Mall bikes across the Atlantic while rC3 Cottone spots for a friend. BELOW RIGHT: LCDR Saunders. BELOW: MM3 Curtis works out while OSSn Powell spots. «S« It v% p ABOVE: MT2 Williams RIGHT: HTC Highsmith and STQl Berg r we had cookouts! ... 12 of us reenlisted. MM3 Runderson MAI Sims HT2 Sexton BT3 Doyle SH2 Simmons BT3 Donato MM3 Taylor MM2 Middleton EMC Leonor STQ2 Smith MMC Greene rC2 Davidson Total SRB paid was $157,037.23. riAVOCFORMED ... we participated in riATO exercises. ... 65 of us were promoted. Meritorious Promotions HM3 Thrumston ET3 Huguenin MS2 Daley Competitive Examinations STQl Berg MMl Qherrity rci Slezal SM2 Bennett STQ2 Brindle STQ2 Bumey MM2 Carberry rC2 Cottone OS2 Coughlin MM2 Curtis SM2 riynn STQ2 Qlazeb- TOO {S OS2 Hartley STQ2 Hasples- lagh AW2 Kirschner EM3 Anderson BT3 Barnes RM3 Bejgrowicz BT3 Bramlet BM3 Boxmeyer QM3 Brown HT3 Cline MS3 Davis Yrt3 Dean rC3 Haynes HT3 Hess 1C3 Jones OS3 King BTl Engman QMl Jeffery MM2 Kjerulf ET2 Long MM2 Middleton STQ2 Miney rC2 nelson STQ2 riewhard STQ2 novielli EM2 Redmond EW2 Ross MM2 Runderson rC2 Schmelzle EM2 Stubban AZ2 Williams OS3 Lowe AW3 Moore BT3 Osting OS3 Peterman MM3 Rodgers IC3 Rudd AE3 Shaver STQ3 Stone En3 Vandermay STQ3 Weathersby STQ3 Wysingle rC3 Yee ... we refueled and replenished. Surface Warfare Officer LT Alley LT(jg) Thorstenson LT(jg) MInerowIcz Ens Mosher . . . qualified as . . . Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist STQl Tarantelli STGC Bright SKC Dasco QMT2 Dubose OS2 Eaton BM2 Smith QMl Jeffery QM3 Johnson MSC Delarosa MM2 Curtis STQl Barker STGlClifTord OSl Grimes MMCM Doescher TM2 Fisco HTl Pitman GMT2 Dextrage BT3 Bramlet BTl Engman ET2 Vandermotten MMl Qherrlty Aircrewman AW2 Kirschner AW3 Moore Engineering Officer of the Watch LT(jg) Thorstenson MMC Greene steamed with the Battlegroup. . . . saw an occasional Russian. Gone ... 15 ... we played games, celebrated Christmas, and took pictures. . . steamed over 44,000 miles. , . burned 2,655,260 gallons of fuel (About 51 gallons per mile.) . consumed: 5410 gallons of milk. 1 1 ,665 gallons of bug juice 3,000 gallons of iced tea. 5,960 loaves of BEARY bread. 43,680 cans of soda. 20,800 candy bars. 1,849,292 gallons of vi ater. . . . Helo Det flev 250 flights, totaling 650 fiours, and made 870 safe landings. . . . ETs inspected 31 1 items of 16 Qone . . . personal electronic gear, 166 of which were boom boxes. . . ,RM ' s processed 6,900 outgoing messages, of which 100 were flash, 1,000 immediate, 6,900 priority and 6,900 routine. They also handled 46,000 incoming messages, of which 200 were flash, 13,800 immediate, 16,000 priority and 16,000 routine. . . . were deployed for 233 days (7 months 3 weeks) of which 153 days were spent underway, 80 in port. Ports of Call Genoa, Italy Genoa was our first liberty port of the deployment. A relatively quiet town in Northern Italy, Gen- oa provided much needed rest for a crew that had just spent 46 straight days at sea. Portofino (above), near Genoa, is typical of the tiny, picturesque harbors dotting the Pforthem Italian coastline. 18 Ports La Spezia, Italy After Genoa, we steamed di- rectly to La Spezia for a six day port visit during which we partici- pated in the opening ceremonies for MAVOCrORMED, a riATO ex- ercise that also had as partici- pants ITS Qrecale, HMS Yar- mouth, and TQC Sevestepe. La Spezia proved to be a great jumping off spot for sightseeing ventures into Florence and Pisa, as well as two ski trips during our second visit there In February. Ports 19 Florence, Italy 1 :h with Italian culture and history, :nce was one of the true high ts of the deployment. Most of the members took advantage of the i from La Spezia and were rewar- with sights such as Michelange- David (bottom right), the Cathe- of Santa Maria Del Tiore, also m as the Cathedral of Florence osite page; upper left), the colos- narble statue of neptune (oppo- )age; upper right), and the Bapis- ' St. John the Baptist. The mosaic e the Bapistry is truely an awe ring sight, (opposite page; bot- Pisa, Italy 22 Ports After the quiet ports of Genoa and La Spezia, the fast-paced nightlife of Raima was a welcome change for most crewmembers. Located on a small island off the coast of Spain, Palma is not only famous as a great tourist vacation spot, but also for Mallorcan pearls. Many took advantage of the great prices available on not only the pearls, but also porce- lain figures made by Lladro. -v S SBf ' V . .k Naples, Italy We visited Maples more often, and spent more time there than any other Mediterranean port. Our visits there were character- ized by extremely busy IMAV periods, trips to the local cameo factories, Pompei, Sorento, and probably most important of all, the Mavy Exchange at the nSA complex. Capri A small, beautiful island near the entrance to Maples Harbor, Capri provided the perfect con- trast to dirty, crowded Maples. Marrow, winding roads lead up to the higher elevations on the island where a spectacular view of the Med can be had. Rome While the ship was in Naples, a two day tour to Rome was made available. Many were able to get away and see such famous places as Trevi Fountain, the Roman Coliseum and of course, the Pope. Ports 29 — Toarmina, Sicily Although not a scheduled port visit, the chance to turn over in Toarmina was a welcome sur- prise, near Mt. Etna (right), the actual town of Toarmina is nes- tled high in the cliffs of the eastern coast of Sicily, a few miles from the port of Mexus. Augusta Bay, Sicily Qibraltern Ports 33 ' J, ' ' ■• ' a „ ■ ' . !}■- ' . ' M.:iSs ' i.iM ' ' .-i ' - ' M i April 16, 1986 r — ,-, ' I ' -■!• ' V • ' ■■■A — ■ - - . « ' ' V S, ' Homecoming 35 Med Cruise 85-86 The Crew ft S «?:- Boiler Technician (BT) Machinist ' s Mate (MM) Engineering Department }|UllJ|f Electrician ' s Mate (EM) nterior Communications Electrician (IC) Hull Maintenance Technician (HT) EMS Reese Engineering 37 E Division RIQHT: 1C3 Jones explains how EOSS really works. FAR RIGHT: EMFM McKeever, ICrn Hen- dreckson, and IC2 Reddy introduce EMC Deleon to the master gyro. EM2 Stubban EM3 Wilson EMrn McCourt EM FN McKeever 38 Engineering ICl Loveland IC3 Rudd ICFN Hendreckson icrn Holmes ICrn Nartin ABOVE: EM3 Wilson, EM2 Redmond, EMFM McKeever, and EM2 Davis in Electrical Central during our Christ- mas at sea. LEFT: EMI Smith and ICEM Martin. BELOW: EM2 Stubban. Engineering 39 HTC Highsmith HTl Pitmon HTl Price HTl Worsham HT2 Salmeron HT3 Cline HT3 Hess HT3 Wagner R Division HTFn Holt and Htm Pitzpatrick take a break from loading stores on the mess decks. 40 Engineering Engineering 41 B Division BTCS Trammell BTC Fox BTC Qreen BTl Bourgeois BTl Schultz BTl Young BT2 Butler BT2 Davis RIQHT: BTFN Picarella gives BTFn Sauer a helping liand. FAR RIQHT; BTl Engman and BTC Fox. 42 engineering BT3 Wells rn Boyer Birn Picarella BTFn Sauer rn Schlaefli BTFA Roberts engineering 43 ABOVE: BT2 Deckard. TOP RIGHT: EnS Perez. CEMTER: FM Schalefli exhibits his version of raw energy. RIGHT: BT3 McMil- lan. FAR RIGHT: BTFn Barnes and Fn Schlaefli hard at work In the fireroom. 44 Engineering Engineering 45 M Division MM3 Cox MM3 Curtis MM3 Edwards MM3 Kjerulf 46 Engineering MM3 Lomans MM3 Runderson MM3 Slowe MM3 Steele MMFA Angel MMm Qarlick FM Qunter MMm Moll FN Parrish Fn Rodgers TOP: FM Qunter performs maintenance on one of the ships SSTQs. ABOVE: MMFM Qarlick. Engineering 47 RIGHT: LT(jg) Thorstenson and EMS Perez ensure the correct casualty control procedures are carried out during BECCE ' s. BE- LOW: MM3 Steele. BOTTOM RIGHT: MM3 Runderson. , ' : | 48 Engineering Engineering 49 A Division 50 Engineering Sonar Technician -- j_ . (ST) Department Weapons Boatswain ' s Mate (BM) IWm. ' tr j F B H  H HIH LT MacKercher Weapons Officer Torpedoman ' s Mate (TM) Fire Control Technician (FT) Gunner ' s Mate (GM) Ens Qanthier Weapons 51 First Division BM3 Boxmeyer BM3 Simmons sri Booker sri Dudley 52 Weapons Sn Hill Sn Hernandez sn Long sn Miller TOP: sn Rutz and Sn Wilkerson busting rust. CEnTER: Sn Wilkerson. BOTTOM: BMl Johnson. Weapons 53 54 Weapons Second Division QMQ3 Cardinal QMQ3 Fisher QMQ3 Salsgiver QMQSn Gray Weapons 55 rC2 Slezak rC3 Browning FC3 Cottone rC3 Melson rC3 Schmelzle rCSn Haynes rcsn Spencer rCSri Yee 56 Weapons Weapons 57 STQCS Taylor STQC Davidson STQl Barker STQl Clifford STQl Taranteli STQl Berg STQ2 Helton STQ2 Martin AS Division STQ2 Smith ST2 Aurandt STQ2 Balmer STQ3 Brindle 58 Weapons AS Division, lead by LT(jg) Minerowicz, at their sea and anchor station. Soon they will be hard at work handling lines as the as the ship pulls into Cartagena, Spain. STQ3 Movielli STQ3 Thomas STQ3 Young STQSn Eagles STQSn Schaller STQSM Stone STQSn Weathersby STQSM Wysingle Weapons 59 ABOVE: STQSn Weathersby and QnT3 Braun handling lines during sea and anchor detail. ABOVE RIQHT: A surprise reward for the ST ' s provided by the mess cooks to mark over one hundred hours of contact time. TM2 Fisco TMSM Wood QMT2 Levy QMT3 Dextraze QMT3 Bretz QMT3 Braun QMTC Bryson QMTC Beard QMT2 Dubose 60 Weapons FAR LEfT: STQSM Eagles thinks trak- ing submarines is a ball! CEMTER LEFT: STQl Barker shooting bearings during sea and anchor detail. CEN- TER: STQ3 Haspeslagh, STQCS Tay- lor, LT(jg) Minerowicz and STQ3 Au- randt celebrate over one hundred hours of contact time. CEMTER RIGHT: STQ3 Bumey. BOTTOM LEFT: STQ3 Haspeslagh, STQ3 Dye and STQ2 Smith on watch in Sonar Control. BOTTOM RIGHT: STG3 Thomas, STQ2 Helton and STQ3 Frey put their weight to work during a sea and anchor detail. Weapons 61 fe Operations Specialist (OS) Electronic Warfare Technician (EW) Operations Department Electronics Technician (ET] 62 Operations Ens Simmons OSCS Qalvin OSC Brooks OSl Fernandez OI Division OS2 Hartley OS2 Lape 052 Leauber 053 Brown FAR LEFT: OS3 Mines stands tall, ready for anything. LEFT OSC Brooks performs the demanding task of con- trolling aircraft. Operations 63 OS3 Cody OS3 Mines OS3 Jones OS3 King OS3 Martin OS3 Peterman OSSM Barbrow OSSn Mobbs OSSn Powell OSSn Tobin 64 Operations EWl Breeder! EW2 Oconnor rs ilii EW2 Ross EW2 Vallandingham EW2 Wadsworth EWSri Boisvert EWSn Dawes TOP: EWSn Boisvert in the EW workshop. CEPITER; OS3 Lowe. BOTTOM; EW2 Ross. Operations 65 CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: OSC Brooks ' artistic talent helped put the Christmas spirit In all CIC watchstanders. EW2 Ross, EW3 Sterrett and EWSn Boisvert. OSC Brooks enjoying the tour of Rome. EWSn Dawes and EW2 Vallandin- gham. OS3 Lowe takes a break from topside preservation. 66 Operations i OC Division r; rs - ' RMC Hardesty RMl Clisso RMl Coerper RM2 Chitwood RM2 Hawkins RM3 Bejgrowicz RM3 Brown RM3 Maldonado LEFT: EMS Peterson, the new Com- munications Officer. ABOVE: RM3 Bejgrowicz Operations 67 SMI Snyder SM2 Anderson 5M3 Bennett SM3 riynn Sn Alexander 68 Operations i LEfT: SM2 Anderson, SM3 Bennett, Sn Alexander and SM2 Flynn. Operations 69 OE Division ABOVE: ETC Day and ETl Homan. RIGHT: ET2 Brennan and ET2 Vandermotten troub- leshooting one of the many electronic systems onboard. ET2 Vandermotten ET3 Crown ET3 Huguenin 70 Operations Operations 71 Xn Division QM2 Kelly QM3 Johnson QM3 Brown QMSN Howard MAI Garcia MAI Sims MCI Butler PCSM Searfoss It gives you a nice warm feeling inside knowing that there are corpsman like HMl Morrison and HM3 Thurmston on board to take care of you, doesn ' t it? xn 73 CLOCKWISE rROM UPPER LEFT: YMSn Dean, Yri3 Willour, and Pri3 Milburn. QM2 Kelly. QMl Jeffery shoots a sunllne. PMC Foley. KES= — Ajy ' MJK ■ M PS 1 1 1 l fl H ' f m4 J 1 I J E ' ■ --. m ' jH ' - w y JP H sJi i im iE CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: QMSn Howard. MAI Garcia and MAI Sims. QM3 Brown checks out the stadimeter. 74 XM X Ship ' s Service- man (SH) Disbursing Clerk (DK) R a Supply Department LT Mosley Supply Officer Mess Management Specialist (MS) Storekeeper (SK) a LT(jg) rinkel o Supply 75 MS2 Daley MS2 Mewman MS3 riuker MS3 Post MS3 Shiner ABOVE: SHSM Condon and SHSn Rone pressing away in the ship ' s laundry. RIQHT: Payday ' s always a busy day for EMS Daniels, DKl Jacob- son and LT(jg) Finkel. MSSn Oglesby DKl Callxto DKl Jacobson DKSn Sutcliff 76 Supply SKC Dando SKC Dasco SKSR Scribner SHI Hudson SH2 Kelly SHSn Condon SHSn Herbert SHSM Rone Supply 77 Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Technician (AX) Aviation Structura Mechanic (AM) Aviation Maintenance Administration man (AZ) Air Department 4 Aviation Machinist ' s Mate (AD) Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator (AW) LT Summers gets ready to take ' TIFI ' for a flight. 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