Leahy (CG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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50 YEARS OF BUILT BY BATH IRON WORKS IN BATH MAINE, USS LEAHY IS THE FIRST OF HER CLASS OF NINE GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS. THE REEL WAS LAID DEC 5, 1959, AND LEAHY WAS COMMISSIONED AUG 4, 1962 AT BOSTON NAVAL SHIPYARD. INI- TIALLY HOMEPORED IN THE ATLANTIC FLEET, LEAHY MADE SIX DEPLOYMENTS TO THE MEDI- TERRANEAN. ON HER LAST MED CRUISE LEAHY VISITED THE PORT OF LENINGRAD, USSR ON MAY 12, 1975, THE FIRST U.S. WARSHIP TO VISIT THE USSR SINCE THE EARLY 186O'S. IN 1976, LEAHY STEAMED THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL TO HER NEW PACIFIC FLEET HOMEPORT OF SAN DIEGO CA. LEAHY COMPLETED HER FIRST PA- CIFIC DEPLOYMENT IN FEB 1979 AND HAS SINCE MADE EIGHT WEST PACIFIC DEPLOYMENTS. HER SEVENTH, IN MARCH 1991, WAS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION DESERT STORM. LEAHY, IN 1991, WAS THE SENIOR HOST SHIP FOR THE SOVIET NAVY'S FIRST VISIT EVER TO THE U.S. WEST COAST. IN JULY 1992, LEAHY SERVED AS ANTI- AIR WARFARE COMMANDER FOR RIMPAC-92. DURING THIS EXERCISE LEAHY SUCCESSFULLY FIRED SM-2 AAW AND HARPOON ASUW MISSILES. LEAHY DEPARTED SAN DIEGO NOV 1992 FOR HER EIGHTH AND FINAL DEPLOYMENT. 4 CHRISTENIPIG B Y MRS. MICHAEL J. MANSFIELD, 1 JULY 1961 N 5 it I LEAH Y OIY WA YS, PRIOR TO LA UIYCHIIYG. BA TH MAINE, 1 JULY 1961 tiss array, if It if Mt I '. X cc ,,I 16 wi SHIPIS CREST The symbolism involved is simple, yet significant, with the circle of five stars relating to the U.S. Navy's first Fleet Admiral, Wiliam Daniel Leahy. The crossed missiles per- tain to the first double ended guided missile cruiser. The motto, Prompt and Ready, was selected as the most appropriate for the development of a ship's spirit and philosophy of being ready, par excellence, to perform every assigned mission. Pi: f

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COMMA DI GOFFICER A CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. SMITH CAPTAIN SMITH IS A 1968 GRADUATE OF THE U.S. NA' VAL ACADEMY. AFTER HIS INITIAL SEA TOUR ON USS HUGH PURVIS IDD 7091 AND DESTROYER SCHOOL, HE SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER ON USS PERKINS IDD 8773 AND COMMISSIONING CHIEF ENGINEER ON USS MOUNT BAKER I,-.E EAU. SHORE DUTY AT NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AD LOWED CAPTAIN SMITH TO OBTAIN A MASTER OF SCI- ENCE DEGREE IN PHYSICS IN JUNE 1976. AFTER TALOS MISSILE SCHOOL, AN OPPORTUNE STASH ASSIGNMENT AT OPTEVFORPAC PLACED HIM AS OPERATIONALTEST DIRECTOR IOTDI FOR THE HARPOON MISSILE OPERA TIONAL EVALUATION HE THEN REPORTED ON USS CHI , CAGO ICG 111 IN MARCH 1977 AS TALOS BATTERY OFFI CER FROM WHICH HE RELIEVED AS WEAPONS OFFICER TO FILL OUT A THREE YEAR TOUR BACK TO OPTEVFORM PAC HE EECAME THE OTD FOR THE TOMAHAWK MIS? SILE IN JANUARY 1982 HE REPORTED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER USS REEVES ICG 243 HOMEPORTED IN YOKQ SUKA JAPAN L Lg i IN WASHINGTON D C HE WAS THE READINESS OFFIIRG CER AND CGfDDG PLATFORM SPONSOR IN OP 521 UNI TIL HE BECAME EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEFIOF NAVAL MATERIAL IN JULY 1984 HE COML IVIANDED USS LEWIS B PULLER IFFCI 527 AND WAS UTIVE OFFICER IN USS NEW JERSEY IBB 621 BEFOREIRE? PORTINCI AS ACOS FOR OPERATIONS AND PLANSON T HE COMNAVSURFPAC STAFF IN NOVEMBER 1991L1I'IE ASSUMED COMMAND OF USS LEAHY ICG 7161 p I Q if HIS PERSONAL AWARDS INCLUDE THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH THREE GOLD STARS AND ITHIE CAPTAIN SMITH IS MARRIED T O THE FORMER SUSAN ELIZABETH SCHWARZE OF CALDWELL NEW JERSEY THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN BRENT AGE 22 RAND RIMS AGE19 - A T THE HELM I fi? P ' 7 7 ,I 7 I ff Z , V! ,W Y M TALKING WITH THE GENTS CAPTAHYS CALL NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH 'THREE GOLD STARS ' I 5 A