Mahan (DLG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS MAHAN CDLG-113 USS MAHAN CDLG-ID WAS COMMISSIONED 25 AUGUST 1960 AND IS THE 3RD U. S. SHIP TO BEAR THE NAME MAHAN. SHE WAS BUILT BY SAN FRANCISCO NAVAL SHIPYARD, THE FIRST SHIP TO BE BUILT FROM THE KEEL UP BY THAT FACI LITY. MAHAN IS 512 FEET IN LENGTH WITH A 50 FOOT MAXIMUM BEAM, AND CARRIES 350 ENLISTED ME N AND 25 OFFICERS. MAHAN'S MAIN BATTERY IS THE TERRIER SUPERSONIC ALL WEATHER GUIDED MISSILE, CAPABLE OF SEEKING OUT AND D ' ESTROYING APPROACHING HOSTILE AIRCRAFT AT GREAT DISTANCES. IN ADDITION SHE CARRIES ONE 5 ' f54 AND TWO 3 f50 CALIBER GUNS. THE ANTI-SUBMARINE BATTERY CONSISTS OF THE POWERFUL ASROC SYSTEM AND TWO, TRIPLE TUBE, TORPEDO LAUNCHERS. MAHAN IS ALSO EQUIPPED VVITH THE MODERN NTDS EQUIPMENT, UTILIZING COMPUTERS FOR THE COLLECTION EVALUATION AN , , D DISPLAY OF COMBAT INFORMATION. MAHAN IS ONE OF THE NAVY'S LATEST AND MOST ADVANCED SHIPS OF WAR AND CAN SPEAK LOUDLY FOR SEAPOWER IN THE CAU , SE OF PEACE. VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF PEACE, AND PEACE THROUGH SEAPOWER IS OUR MOTTO.

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FIRST SHIP OF THE FLEET TO BEAR THE HONORED NAME MAHAN. HER FIRST DUTY WAS IN THE AZORES AS STATION SHIP FOR HISTORIC FLIGHTS OF NC-1, NC- 3 AND NC-4. SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A MINELAYER CDM-75 IN IUNE 1919, AND FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS OPERATED WITH THE FLEET ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, WITH FREQUENT TRIPS TO SOUTH AMERICA. DECOMMISSIONED IN MAY OF 1930. LAUNCHED 15 OCTOBER 1935 AND COM- MISSIONED IN SEPTEMBER 1936. PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN FLEET TRAINING AND PATROL OUT OF PEARL HARBOR UNTIL ADVENT OF JAPANESE ATTACK. SHE MISSED AT- TACK, HAVING SAILED FROM PEARL TWO DAYS PREVIOUSLY. DURING THE WAR SHE COMPILED AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD IN THAT INCLUDED 10 AIRCRAFT KILLS AND COMPA- NY WITH ANOTHER DESTROYER, THE SINKING OF ONE SHIP. SHE WAS SUNK DECEMBER 7, 1944 DURING A KAMIKAZE ATTACK IN WHICH THREE ENEMY BOMBERS CRASHED INTO HER. SHE SHOT DOWN TWO OTHER BOMBERS DURING THE AT- TACK. er 5 USS MAHAN CDD 1025 24 OCT 1918-1 MAY 1930 USS MAHAN CDD 3645 18 SEPT 1936-7 DEC 1944 'QQ 43 2 1, Q 1 ? I . fibl., ' 1 N - KW T- --ff 1 .. , ' ' ,V ' ' ' gg ua 'U ' A f H , ,,,, , - ,gf M.,

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COMMANDING OFFICER , . . ,li N., ,- ,. . N wk X . N X QXNX I. XX A JAk Q wi S S Q N . GX CDR DAVID M. ALTWEGG COMMANDER DAVID M. ALTWEGG WAS BORN ON 24 FEBRUARY 1930 IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, THE SON OF EMIL AND ALLENE CMATTSON5 ALTWEGG. AFTER ENTERING THE NAVY IN MAY 1947, COMMANDER ALTWEGG ATTENDED THE AVIATION ELECTRONICS SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE ENTERING THE U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY AT ANNAPOLIS. HE WAS GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY WITH THE CLASS OF 1952 AND COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN AT THAT TIME. COMMANDER ALTWEGG FIRST SERVED IN THE ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ORISKANY CCVA 345 AS A DIVISION OFFICER WHILE THE SHIP WAS OPERATING IN THE PACIFIC WITH THE SEVENTH FLEET. DETACHED FROM ORISKANY IN JULY 1954, HE REPORTED AS AIDE AND FLAG LIEUTENANT TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION ONE FOR THE FOL- LOWING TWO YEARS. DETACHED FROM COMCRUDIV ONE IN JULY 1956, COMMANDER ALTVVEGG NEXT REPORTED TO THE U. S. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE STUDIED FOR TWO YEARS TO RECEIVE HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER- ING. FOLLOWING GRADUATION, HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES, THIS TIME AT THE MASSACHU- SETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOIOGY IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. HE WAS AWARDED A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE FOLLOWING COURSE COMPLETION IN JUNE 1959. RETURNING TO SEA DUTY, COMMANDER ALTWEGG WAS ATTACHED TO THE DETROYER, USS CONE CDD 8665 AS OPERATIONS OFFICER AND NAVIGATOR DURING THE SHIP'S OPERATIONS WITH THE SECOND AND SIXTH FLEETS FROM JULY 1959 TO JANUARY 1961. FROM CONE HE WAS ORDERED TO THE U. S. NAVAL GUIDED MISSILE SCHOOL, DAMNECK, VIRGINIA TO STUDY BRIEFLY BEFORE REPORTING ON BOARD THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATEJ USS BAINBRIDGE CDLG CND 255, AS WEAPONS OFFICER. DETACHED FROM BAINBRIDGE IN DECEMBER 1963, COMMANDER ALTWEGG SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED IN THE GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE USS DEWEY CDLG 145 AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER UNTIL FEBRUARY 1965. AFTER FURTHER STUDIES AT THE NAVAL NUCLEAR POWER SCHOOL IN BAINBRIDGE, MARY- LAND, AND AT THE NUCLEAR POWER TRAINING UNIT IN SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, COM- MANDER ALTWEGG REPORTED AS FORCE ARMAMENT OFFICER TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER-DESTROYER FORCE, U. S. PACIFIC FLEET, IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. HE WAS AT- TACHED TO COMCRUDESPAC FROM MARCH 1966 TO JUNE 1968, WHEN HE RETURNED TO FRIGATE DUTY AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF USS MAHAN CDLG 115. COMMANDER ALTWEGG HAS BEEN AWARDED, THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, THE KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, THE CHINA SERVICE MEDAL, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, THE KOREAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH TWO STARS, THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, AND THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL.