Joseph Hewes (FF 1078) - Naval Cruise Book

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HURRICANE HUGO Just after midnight on Friday. September 22nd. Hurri- cane Hugo hit Charleston causing destruction unprecedented in the city s history. .Ail of the city ' s 65.000 residents were without power. Thirty buildings in downtown Charleston were flattened: houses and condominiums collapsed: fires erupted from natural gas leaks. Mayor Joseph P. Riley. Jr. estimated damage of SI billion. When news of the tempest was reported by the Captain. all hands began to hope for an early return. The thinking as that there were only two Charleston based ships in the MED. KL.AKRING and us. and our absence from the current exer- cise. Displa Determination, would be hardly noticed. In the end. the decision was made to keep JOSEPH HEWES and KL.AKRING in the MED but to allow each ship to send a Tiger team home to assist dependents and tend to single sailors properly. ENS HEDEGOR and approxi- mately a dozen crew members returned to Charleston fron: the ship and provided the much needed relief. In the mean- time the ship ' s .M. RS system was made available for ere ' ■ members to call their loved ones at home. ETC(S V) HERNANDtZ «orks »ith the MARS s stem to contact loved ones b .- «hile VNC(S V) CARTER. PM(SW) SMITH. ' DKClSW) KOOISTR.V Ft i ZLRBRICK wait in line. EMAT VISIT In Tunisia, the Engineering De- partment welcomed aboard the Na- ples Engineering Material .Assessment Team (EM.AT) which spent several days evaluating the ship ' s engineering readiness and proficiency. (The visit supposedly preceded the ship ' s out- chop OPPE which eventually never happened.) As usual, the engineers ' performance was outstanding. The of- ficer in charge of the EM.AT visit. LCDR CORDESCO, was exceedingly impressed, stating that he now knew why JOSEPH HEWES called herself ' Leader of the Class , because, She truly leads all other Knox class fri- gates. The No. 1 Evap Enforcers: .M.M3 BR.ATTON. MM2 TRAVILLION. MM3 DUNN. MM3 YATES. M.MC ONDRAJKA. MM3 BAKER. mm: east and MM3 WADLINGER. The ensured the ship rarely went on water hours. 84

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TMSN PROCTER, PNl(SW) SMITH, and FC3 BENSON pa- tienllv wait iheir turn to use GMC(SW) KALBERER ' s bino- culars ' . ' ?? The world famous harbor at Monte Carlo. Monaco.

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BIZERTE Outside of the Engineering De- partment, Bizerte, Tunisia meant a time for relaxing after having hunted submarines for almost three weeks in the NAATO exer- cise. Display Determination. Many enjoyed exploring the ruins of ancient Carthage, eating deli- cious North African food at bar- gain prices, or having a few drinks at the leading hotels. LTJG ROUSSEAU shows STG3(SW) LANGLEY the best way to shine turn- buckles in Tunisia. The CO and XO salute United States Ambassador to Tunisia. Pellatreau. who had lunch on board the ship. Some ruins of Carthage. 85