Fife (DD 991) - Naval Cruise Book

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left to right CBS: LTDiia. OPS: LCDR Shane, SUPPO: LT Santacroce, NAV: LT Shiffman, ENG: LT Skelly. AIR DET: LCDR Barratt LTjG MacDonjld conns during iinderwdx ifl ' lcmshnicnt uit ' USNS ANDREW J. HIGGINS {Photo courtesy of Ted Salois Pacific Stars and Stripes AIR DET ENGINEERING COMBAT SYSTEMS NAVIGATION OPERATIONS SUPPLY LCDR Shane consulted by LTjG Choi. E A D S RECORD UvoFFiaisi- tRwSE Book ' = L SOME DEPLOYMENT STATISTICS Total miles traveled 43,654. 1 r)autical miles Hottest temperature 1 1 4 ' F (Muscat, Oman) 1 15 ' F (Aft Engine Room) 1 39° F ( 3 Waste Heat Boiler Room) Crossed the Equator 0800.21 April 1992 O ' VO II8°5630 Rounds Fired 166 5 154 rounds 4480 aWS rounds Cas Turbine Engine 625 1 hours Cas Turbine Generator 49.596 hours Gallons of F-7 6 Used 4.285.155 gallons Gallons ofJP-S Used II 3, 862 gallons Meals Served 1 95.480 meals Sodas Consumed II 8,090 cans (325.29 per person) Underway Replenishments 30 Vertical Replenishments 12 EXCERPTS FROM THE UNOFFICIAL CRUISE BOOK One wardroom member does the sensible and inexpensive thing — he keeps his own unofficial cruise book. By a twist of luck and fate some of its contents are revealed... ...Ensign Mitchell, working on a qualification as OOD INPORT, answers the question of what to do when a man falls overboard, Put the rudder over and close up flag oscar. ...Heard over the IMC, The ship is now conducting uncontrollable electrical and engineering casualty drills. Place all non-electronic gear in standby. . . .LTJG Padden, qualified SWO, asks, What ' s that contact out there? It ' s the jackstaff rigged for deceptive lighting, the OOD answers. ...SKSN Hallock ' s minewatch report, Bridge, forecastle, I have a tree 30 degrees to port, 200 yards. . . .HSL 5 1 pilot LT Hupp razzes the Site TV officer for days and days about only printing the weekday ' s TV schedule. LT Post replies, Did you try turning the sheet over? ...Cryptologic Officer LT Doherty is turning over the Conn. How ' s your engines? the oncoming Conn asks. Then after a long pause the lieutenant thoughtfully replies, Oh them, they ' re fine. ...And a few weeks later he issues the order, Helmsman, left standard rudder, steady 11 knots. . . .While standing watch as helmsman, SN R. Gray was complaining that he had been in the Navy a long time, hi September it will be one year, he proclaims. Oh really, next month will be six years for me, the experienced BMOW brags. The fifth will be my seventeenth anniversary, LT Post remarks. Wow! How many years is that? young SN Gray asks. . . .One Lieutenant advises LTJG Choi, Don ' t forget that tonight at 0200 we advance clocks. He replies, Oh really, what time? ifat s T A T I S T I C s

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Deployment ' 92 D o you think you will ever have to get rid of that pesky inbound aircraft, or settle the score on far far away? Do maintenance on your radar? Load or unload that launcher just because you are in the mood? Troubleshoot that multi-million dollar missile launching system that just refuses to come on-line when you need it most? Get rid of that rust in your steel or aluminum deck that j ust won ' t go away? Paint and or clean passageways until they shine ? Stand watch over your operating consoles until the cows come home? These are just some of the jobs done daily by the highly trained fire controlmen (PCs) and gunner ' s mate missiles (GMMs) of CF division. So if the answer is yes to any of the questions just mentioned above, you need CF division. We are the professionals you need to get the job done right the first time. And yes we can fix your toaster too. -ji V FC3 Wheeler renews acqiumtjiuei with a French sailor in Htmi; Kniig. mmmm .y