Jouett (DLG 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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RTTEZYUW RUHPZTV3415 35206 15-EEEE—RUMPSUU. ZNY EEEEE R 186521Z DEC 74 FM USS JOUETT TO CINCPACFLT MAKALAPA HI COMCRUDESPAC SAN DIEGO CA INFO CHINFO WASHINGTON DC COMTHIRDFLT COMSEVENTHFLT PACFLT PA DET WESTPAC SUBIC BAY RP CTF SEVEN FIVE COMCRUDESGRU FIVE FHTNC GLARES IL BT UNCLAS E F T N05720 OUTCROP PRESREL A. CINPACFLT OPORD 201 ANNEX P 1. FOR CINCPACFLT: lAW REF A FOL PRESREL SUBMITTED FOR CLEARANCE AND RELEASE: A. QUOTE. USS JOUETT, DECEMBER 23, 1974 . . . THE GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE USS JOUETT RETURNS TO HER SAN DIEGO HOMEPORT IN TIME FOR A CHRISTMAS REUNION WITH HER FAMILIES FOLLOWING A BUSY SEVEN MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. B. OPERATING AS A UNIT OF THE U.S. SEVENTH FLEET, JOUETT PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS TRAINING AND READINESS OPERATIONS WHILE DEPLOYED. THE LARGEST OF THESE WERE TWO MULTIPLEX OPERATIONS, FULL SCALE EXERCISES INVOLVING AIR, SURFACE, AND SUB-SURFACE UNITS OF THE SEVENTH FLEET. C. JOUETT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN ANTI-AIR WARFARE (AAW) OPERATIONS WITH THE CARRIERS USS RANGER, USS CONSTELLATION, USS MIDWAY, AND USS ENTERPRISE AS CARRIER ESCORT PER- FORMING SEARCH AND RESCUE DUTIES, AAW PICKET OPERATIONS, AND AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTER CONTROL FUNCTIONS. JOUETT AIR INTERCEPT CONTROLLERS CHALKED UP 541 AIR INTERCEPTS DURING THE CARRIERS FLIGHT OPERATIONS. D. PORTS VISITED INCLUDED PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII; GUAM; SUBIC BAY AND MANILA, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES; YOKOSUKA, JAPAN; HONG KONG; AND THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE. E. JOUETT CREWMAN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE RELATIONS. THE SHIP WAS TOURED BY A NUMBER OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN IN SUBIC BAY AND SINGAPORE. OFFICERS REPRESENTING THE JAPANESE MILITARY SELF-DEFENSE FORCE TOURED JOUETT IN YOKOSUKA, WHILE ENSIGNS AND MIDSHIPMEN OF THE PHILIPPINE NAVY WERE HOSTED IN MANILA. JOUETT CREWMEN CONTRIBUTED SEVENTY PINTS OF BLOOD TO AID THE HEALTH OF THEIR NEW FOUND FILIPINO FRIENDS THROUGH THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS, MANILA. F. THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES, THE HONORABLE WILLIAM C. SULLIVAN VISITED JOUETT DURING HER STAY IN MANILA. TOURING VARIOUS SPACES THROUGHOUT THE SHIP, AMBASSADOR SULLIVAN WAS IMPRESSED WITH OVER-ALL COMBATANT CAPABILITIES OF JOUETT AND THE ABILITIES AND ATTITUDE OF HER CREW.

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k1§«: SPECIAL MENU CROSSING THE EQUATOR SHELLBACKS Assorted Sea Crater Salad Scalloped Shark Meat Boiled Sea Worms Raw Oysters Salad Bar Assorted Bread Butter Assorted Dressing Vegetable Soup Griddle Rib Steak Franconia Potatoes Mushroom Gravy French Fries Green Style Corn Buttered Green Beans Chocolate Layer Cake with White Coconut Icing Iced Fruit Punch Hot Fresh Coffee POLLIWOGS Blood Of The Red Eyed Sea Dog (Tomato Juice with Sea Foam Topping hot sauce) Jelly Fish Sandwiches Flying Fish Wings Boiled Sea Weed with Sowbelly Fish Eye Pudding Last Friday ' s Left Over Coffee Hardtack Brine Water Sea Weed Au Jus Note: In the event of a weak stomach, entree may be altered only by order of his Majesty King Neptune.

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mmmk G. TWO OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL THAI NAVY BECAME MEMBERS OF THE JOUETT TEAM DURING A 4-WEEK TRAINING CRUISE. H. WHEN THE NEW ZEALAND FRIGATE HMNZS TARANAKI VISITED SUBIC BAY, R.P., JOUETT ACTED AS THE OFFICIAL HOST SHIP. INFORMAL SHIP VISITS BETWEEN THE CREWS OF THE TWO SHIPS, SPORTS EVENTS, AND SHARED LIBERTY HOURS HELPED FORM NEW FRIENDS FROM THE TWO NAVIES. THE BAND OF THE FIRST BATALLION OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY REGIMENT, EMBARKED FOR A CONCERT TOUR IN TARANAKI, PRESENTED SEVERAL CONCERTS AT THE NAVAL BASE, SUBIC BAY, DURING THE VISIT. I. WHEN JOUETT VISITED SINGAPORE LATER, THE RNZIR BAND WELCOMED HER TO THE NAVAL BASIN WITH ASSORTED MARCH TUNES, THE FIRST TIME THE BAND HAD EVER WELCOMED A U.S. NAVY SHIP TO THE NAVAL BASIN. AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND-UNITED KINGDOM FRIENDSHIPS WERE RENEWED AND DEEPENED DURING JOUETT ' S STAY IN SINGAPORE WITH ANZUK-US SPORTS MATCHES, RECEPTIONS, AND GENERAL PERSON-TO-PERSON CONTACTS. THE ANZUK FORCES OPENED THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR BASE FACILITIES TO US IN A MANNER WHICH UNDERSCORES THE FRIENDLINESS BETWEEN OUR NATIONS, COMMENTED JOUETT ' S COMMANDING OFFICER CAP- TAIN R. F. STALDER, JR. J. IN ORDER TO REUNITE NEARLY 5,000 MEN WITH THEIR FAMILIES BY CHRISTMAS JOUETT AND CONSTELLATION WERE AUTHORIZED AN EXCESS TRANSIT SPEED. WHILE THE TWO SHIP ' S NAVIGATORS AVOIDED THREATENING WEATHER AREAS, THE CHIEF ENGINEERS WATCHED FUEL CONSUMPTION AND STEAMED THEIR PROPULSION PLANTS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER TO BRING JOUETT AND CONSTELLATION HOME IN TIME FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS. K. HAVING TRAVELLED OVER 44,000 MILES, JOUETT WAS UNDER-WAY NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF HER DEPLOYMENT PERIOD. JOUETT ' S RESPONSE TO THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTH FLEET HAS BEEN MOST GRATIFYING, COMMENTED CAPTAIN R. F. STALDER, JR. EACH OF OUR FINE OFFICERS AND MEN COOPERATED AND MET EVERY CHALLENGE SUCCESSFULLY. AS A RESULT, JOUETT FULFILLED EVERY COMMITMENT IN A TIMELY AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER. L. JOUETT, COMMISSIONED IN 1966, IS ONE OF THE LATEST CLASS OF CONVENTIONAL- POWERED SURFACE COMBATANTS. THIS WAS HER FIFTH DEPLOYMENT TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. UNQUOTE. 2. FOR FHTNC: WHEN RELEASED BY CINCPACFLT, REQ RELEASE WITH JOUETT HOLD FILE. REQ RETURN HOLD FILE TO JOUETT WHEN RELEASE COMPLETE.