John King (DDG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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OMMAND MASTER CHIEF RAYMOND T JONES FCCM YS W1 USN COMMAND MASTER CHIEF RA YMOND I5 A NA TIVE OF NOR TH PHILADELPHIA PENN5 YL VA NIA. HE ENLISTED IN THE NA VY IN NOVEMBER IQGQ. MASTER CHIEF JONES A TTENDED BASIC TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO. HE HAS A TTENDED VARIOUS NA VAL SCHOOLS WHICH INCLUDE SER VICE SCHOOL VALLEJO CALIFORNIA, NA VAL TRAINING CENTER GREA T LAKES, SER VICE SCHOOL COMMAND BA INBRIDGE MARYLAND, NA VAL AIR STA TION MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, AND GUIDE MISSLE SCHOOL DAM NECK VIRGINIA. MASTER CHIEF JONES' SHORE DUTY STA TIONS INCLUDE TERRIERXTAR TAR MISSILE FACILITY NA VAL WEAPONS STA TION YORK- TO WN, HIS SEA TOURS HA VE BEEN IN USS RICHARD E. BYRD CDDG-232, USS BARNEY CDDG-62, USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS YDDG-51, AND USS SEMMES CDDG-l8Q. MASTER CHIEF JONES PERSONAL A WARD5 INCLUDE NA VY EXPEDITOINARY MED- AL, NA VY ACHIE VEMENT MEDAL C2 A WARDSJ, SEA SER VICE DEPL O YMENT RIBBON, AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. MASTER CHIEF JONES RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STA TE OF NEW YORK IN IQSO HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER JUDI TH ANN SIL VER OF HOLLIS TER, NOR TH CAROLINA AND RESIDES IN VIRGINIA BEA CH.

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RANGE, TO TAKE PART IN OPERATION MOBILE SEA RANGE A MISSZE IZIi!,Ni:?NEdjE,IE,C6i'L1:EA9G-AINS T A UNAUGMENTED TARGET DRONES FL YING PROFILES. THE FIRING WAS HELD IN A HEAVY ECM CH - CROINQBQI FOUND, JOHN KING IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA MAKING ALL NECESSARY PREPARA TIONSOLZBC-.'gLi-IJLRIJQITQIEZ gg-:NbSA Y QCDTH BIRTHDA Y. THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ABOARD JOHN KING WAS INDEED EXCITING AND MEM EPENDENCE DA Y PORT VISIT PARTICIPA TED IN VARIOUS LOCAL PALM BEACH AREA FESTIVITIES. UPON CONCLUSION OF THE IND OF OVER THREE MONTH CELEBRATIONS, JOHN KING PROCEEDED TO NORFOLK ARRIVING ON 8 JUL Y, THUS ENDING HER MINI-DEPLOYMENT S A TERS. IN OF I97 7 FOUND JOHN KING IN HER HOME PORT WHERE SHE WAS BUSIL Y READ YING HERSELF FOR CARIBEX I-7 7, WHERE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF EXERCISES, JOHN KING DISTINGUISHED HERSELF BY ACHIEVING TWO DIRECT MISSILE HITS. AFTER A BRIEF PORT VISIT IN FREDRIKSTAD, S T, CROIX, JOHN KING RESUMED HER ROLE AS A TOP MISSILE SHIP, WHEN SHE AGAIN SCORED A DIRECT HIT FOR THIS PERFECT THREE FOR THREE SHOWING, JOHN KING RECEIVED COMSECNDFL T'S A WARD AS TOP MISSILEER OF CARIBEX I-7 7. ON 3l MARCH, JOHN KING STFAMFD FROM NORFOLK FOR THE MEDITERRA NEAN SEA, AND HER NINTH FL EET DEPLOYMENT. ARRIVING A T GIBRAL TER ON I2 APRIL, JOHN KING FFFFCTFD A QUICK TURNOVER WITH USS CLAUDE V. RICKFTTS CDDG-51 AND STEAMED THE NEXT DA Y TO NAPL ES, ITAL Y, WHERE SHE JOINFD IN THE ACTIVA TION OF THE NA VAL ON CALL FORCES MFDITFRRA NEAN CNA VOCFORMED 1. THIS NA TO FORCE WAS COMPOSFD OF JOHN KING, THE ITALIAN DFSTRO YFR INDOMITO, TURKISH DESTRO YFR CAKMAK, BRITISH FRIGA TE HMS MOHA WK, AND BRITISH OIL ER RFA TIDFRFA CH, ON 25 APRIL, IN PALFRMO, SICIL Y, DURING THE HEIGHT OF NA VOCFORMED ACTIVITY, JOHN KING UNDER WENT A CHANGE OF COMMA ND, IN THIS TIME HONORED CEREMONY COMMANDER THOMAS A KFLL Y III WAS RFLIF VFD OF HIS DUTIES AS COMMA NDING OFFICER BY COMMANDER JFRR Y D. BE VFRIDGF. JOHN KING ON 28 MA Y IN COMPANY WITH USS CHARLES F. ADAMS KDDG-22 ARRIVED IN PALERMO, ITAL Y FOR A TWO WEEK MAINTENANCE A VAILABILITY WITH THE LOCAL CIVILIAN SHIP YARD. JOHN KING WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SHIPS TO PAR TICIPA TE IN THIS NEW PROGRAM OF U.S. WARSHIP MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BY FOREIGN CIVILIAN SHIP YARDS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE A VAILABILITY JOHN KING TOOK PART IN VARIOUS NA TO EXERCISES THE MOST NO TEWORTHY IS NA TIONAL WEEK XXIII. JOHN KING ACTING AS A MEMBER OF THE ORANGE FORCE WAS ABLE TO STA Y 'AFL OA T UNTIL THE FINAL DA Y OF THE FXFRCISF. THIS SUCCESS WAS A TTRIBUTFD IN PART TO HER COMOFLA GE OF A ITALIAN NA VY HULL NUMERALS IN PLA CE OF HFR REGULAR THRFF . ON B OCTOBER JOHN KING ARRIVFD A T GILRAL TAR FOR TURNOVER WITH USS TRUETT IFF-I0952. AFTER A RAPID TURNOVER, JOHN KING DEPAR TED THF MFDITFRRA NEAN ARRIVING ON 2l OCTOBER AFTER ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS ABSENCE. - AS THE END OF I977 CALENDAR YEAR ARRIVFD JOHN KING ENTERED A RESTRICTED A VAILABILITY WITH A NUMBER OF NORFOLK AREA SHORE AND SEA REPAIR COMMANDS AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF MAJOR ENGINEERING PLANT MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. WITH THE BEGINNING OF I97s THF PROPOSAL TO MO VE JOHN KING TO PHILADELPHIA NA VAL SHIP YARD TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS TO HER ENGINEERING PLANT WAS UNDFR CONSIDFRA TION. THE DECISION WAS FINALIZFD IN MID-JA NUARY AND ON 3Q JANUARY JOHN KING ARRIVED IN PHILADELPHIA NA VAL SHIP YARD AND COMMENCED A FOUR MONTH OVERHA UL OF HER MAIN PROPUL SION PLA NT. JOHN KING DFPAR TED THF NA VAL SHIP YARD ON I9 MA Y AND CONDUCTED VARIOUS TRAINING OPERA TIONS SUCH AS NGFS OUALIFICA TIONS, SELECTED RFFRFSHFR TRAINING IN GUANTA NAMO BA Y, CUBA WITH EMPHASIS PLA CED ON ENGINEERING TRAINING. IN THE MONTH OF JUL Y JOHN KING TOOK PART IN COMP TUEX 4-78. i ON 3 OCTOBER NEARL Y ONF YEAR OF PREPARA TION WAS CLIMAXED WHEN JOHN KING GOT UNDER WA Y FOR HER TENTH MFDITFRRA NEAN DFPLOYMFNT. ON 2 NOVEMBER, JOHN KING DFTA CHED TO PROCFFD TO TUNIS, TUNISIA WHERE SHE ARRIVED ON 3 NOMEMBER. DURING THE SHIP'S VISIT TO TUNIS, THE COMMANDING OFFICER, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF THE SHIP'S OFFICERS AND CREW MEMBERS, PARTICIPA TED IN A WRFA TH LA YING CEREMONY A T TUNISIA 'S SEDJOUMI MONUMFNT, A MEMORIAL TO ALL TUNISIA NS WHO DIED IN THEIR FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. ADDITIONALL Y, THE STA Y IN TUNISIA WAS MARKED BY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO JOHN KING BY THE TUNISIAN CNO. THE CHRISTMAS OF 78 WAS SPENT IN NAPLES, ITAL Y. WITH THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR AND JOHN KING IN THE MIDDLE OF HER TFNTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE MFDITFRRA NEAN CONDUCTING VARIOUS ASW EXERCISES ALONG THE COAST OF SPAIN AND PAR TICIPA TING IN NA TIONAL WEEK xx VI. ON I5 MARCH JOHN KING DEPAR TED THE MFDITFRRA NEA N. SHE ARRIVFD IN NORFOLK ON 4 APRIL TO A LARGE WEL COME. DURING THE BRIEF RFSPITF AFTER HER DFPLOYMFNT, COMMANDER WILLIAM G. COLLINS, JR. RFLIFVFD COMMANDER BEVERIDGE AS COMMA NDING OFFICER. DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JUL Y JOHN KING CONDUCTFD TRAINING AND A BOARD OF INSPECTIONS AND SURVEY IINSUR Vp. ON I6 AUGUST SHE GOT UNDER WA Y FOR A DFPFNDFNTS' CRUISE. ON I8 AUGUST THE SHIP LEFT TO UNDFRGO NGFS OUALIFICA TIONS AND TO PAR TICIPA TE IN COMP TUEX 3-79 WHERE JOHN KING WAS TO POSE AS A KARA CLASS CRUISER. JOHN KING WAS COMMFNDFD BY COMSECONDFL T FOR HER SKILLFUL OPERA TION AND SUCCESSFUL DFCFPTION DURING THIS EXERCISE. JOHN KING RETURNED TO NORFOLK ON I SEPTEMBER AND REMAINED THERE FOR UPKEEP UNTIL IO SEPTEMBER IN PREPARA TION FOR DFPLOYMFNT TO THE NOR TH A TLANTIC. ON Il SEPTEMBER THE SHIP DFPAR TED FOR OCEAN SAFARI, A NA TO EXERCISE REOUIRING CL OSF COORDINA TION WITH OTHER FOREIGN UNITS. BETWEEN OPERA TIONS JOHN KING ENJO YED A PORT VISIT TO KRISTIA NSA ND, NOR WA Y AND COPFNHA GEN, DENMARK. JOHN KING LEFT COPFNHA GEN ON 22 OCTOBER AND TRA NISTED TO RO TTERDAM IN THE NETHERLANDS. SHE LEFT FOR NORFOLK ON 27 OCTOBER AND ARRIVFD IN NORFOLK ON 9 NO VEMBER, THE SHIP WOUND UP THE YEAR MAKING PRFPARA TIONS FOR THE OPFRA TIONAL PROPULSION PLANT FKAMINA TION WHICH WAS CONDUCTFD I0 TO I2 DECEMBER. AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL FXAMINA TION, THE SHIP STOOD DO WN FOR CHRISTMAS AND PREPARED FOR CARIBBEAN OPERATIONS AND REGULAR OVFRHA UL IN I9BO AFTER COMPLFTING CARIBBEAN OPERA TIONS JOHN KING FNTFRFD THE PHILADELPHIA NA VAL SHIP YARD IN APRIL OF I9SO FOR A REGULAR OVFRHA UL. DURING THE OVFRHA UL SHE WOULD RECEIVE A UPDA TED WEAPON SYSTEM, MAJOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT UPDA TES, AND RE VITALIZED ENGINEERING PLANT BEFORE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO DEPART IN JUNE I9SI. ON 7 APRIL I9SI THE TWFNTY-ONF YEAR OLD DESTRO YFR GOT UNDERWA Y FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A YEAR TO CONDUCT SEA TRAILS. JOHN KING SUCCESSFUL Y COMPLETED SEA TRAILS AND RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA ON I0 APRIL AFTER ACCOMPLISHING NUMEROUS SYSTEMS TEST. THE OVFRHAUL PERIOD WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL JUNE I9sI. ON 3I MA Y, JOHN KING RECEIVED A NEW COMMA NDING OFFICER AS COMMANDER STANLEY J. PR YZBY RELIEVED COMMANDER COLLINS. TWO WEEKS LA TER SHE LEFT PHILADELPHIA AND RETURNED TO NORFOLK ON I5 JUNE. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR EFFORTS WERE TURNED TOWARDS RFTURNING THE SHIP TO A FIGHTING MAN O' WAR. NUMBEROUS UNDER WA Y PFRIODS IN THE VIRGINIA CAPFS, NFARL Y FOUR CONSFCUTIVF MONTHS OF WEAPONS OUALIFICA TIONS AND EIGHT WEEKS OF RFFRFSHFR TRAINING IN GUANTA NAMO BA Y FNSURFD THA T THE CREW MFMBFRS OF JOHN KING WERE READY FOR ANYTHING. THE SHIP RETURNED TO NORFOLK ON JI DECEMBER AFTER STOPPING IN PORT EVERGLADES, AND MA YPOR T, FLORIDA. THE FIRST PART OF I9S2 WAS BUSY FOR JOHN KING AS SHE CONDUCTFD VARIOUS FXFRCISFS MAKING PRFPARA TIONS FOR HER FIRST MFDITFRRA NEA NXINDIAN OCEAN DEPLO YMENT. JOHN KING GOT UNDFR WA Y FOR THE MEDXIO ON S JUNE. DURING THIS DFPLOYMFNT SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO VISIT MANY POR TS. HO WE VER DUF TO REAL WORLD EVENTS SHE SPENT A GREA T DEAL OF TIME OFF THE COAST OF BEIRUI LFBANAN. ONF OF THE LONGEST UNDER WA Y PERIOD WAS OVER 57 DA YS. SHE WAS LA TER A WARDED THE NA VAL EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NA VY. POR TS THF SHIP DID VISIT WERE NAPLES, ITAL me ALEXA NDIA, EG YP72 AUGUSTA BA Y, SICIL Y, AND RO TA SPAIN. JOHN KING RETURNED TO NORFOLK I6 NOVEMBER. THE FIRST PART OF I9s3 JOHN KING UNDER WFNT VARIOUS INSPFCTIONS, DEFENSE NUCLEAR SAFETY INSPECTION, NUCLEAR TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY INSPECTION, 3M INSPECTION AND INSUR V. SHE ALSO CONDUCTED A CHIEF OF NA VAL OPERA TIONS SPECIAL OPERA TIONS PROJECT FOR MINE WARFARF. JOHN KING ALSO PAR TICIPA TED IN ANTI-SUBMARINF WARFARE EXERCISES. ON I4 MA Y, IN A SHIP BOARD CEREMONY COMMANDER RONALD F. BISHIP ASSUMED COMMAND RELIEVING COMMANDER PR YZB Y AS COMMANDER OFFICER. W'T' 1

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