Manitowoc (LST 1180) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1982 volume:

J!A . ■ r ' — r t  ' iww i    MARG 2-82 MEDITTERANEAN DEPLOYMENT 24 MAY 1982 TO 25 NOV 1982 USS MANITOWOC (LST 1180) SHIP ' S ITINERARY (before 24 May 82) 06-16 JUN ROTA, SPAIN 18-20 JUN LISBON, PORTUGAL 30 JUN-09 JUL IBIZA, SPAIN 12-16 JUL TRAINING ANCHORAGE, BRINDISI, ITALY 20-22 JUL ASHDOD, ISRAEL 2t JUL-01 AUG BERBERA, SOMALIA 07-11 AUG MOMBASA, KENYA 01-14 SEP PALERMO, ITALY 25-29 SEP ST. TROPEZ, FRANCE CHRONOLOGY 2 MAY (1000) UNDERWAY FROM LIT- TLE CREEK. VA. }5 MAY liOOt — MOOR AT RADIO ISLAND FOR ONLOAD (1800 SORTIE FROM MOREHEAD CITY ENROUTE TO ROTA SP 06 JVN (liJO) MOOR AT PIER i. ROTA SP 07 JUN (0400) LNDERWAY FOR EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN II JUN (1700) ARRIVE EASTERN MED MOD LOC 24 JVU CIVILUN EVACUATION TO LAR NACA CYPRUS FROM BEIRUT LEBAN ON J9 JUN SHIFT SAILS FOR TARANTO. ITALY 01 JUL (OaJO) ANCHOR AT TARANTO ITALY OS JUL SET SAIL FOR EASTERN MED MODLOC JO JUL MOOR AT NAPLES ITALY 16 AUG (1430) - — UNDERWAY FOR EASTERN MED MODLOC ji Al ' G 0010) ANCHOR OFF BEIRUT. LEBAN- ON SET UNDERWAY WATCH CONDI- TION III WATCH SOCAL AND J 50 ' GUN WATCH , ;,• ., „ 0) MOOR PORT SIDE TO BEIRUT HARBOR , - R.-TIRN TO HARBOR ANCHOR AGE 10 SEP 13 SEP 22 SEP 30 SEP 29 OCT 01 NOV 07 NOV 10 NOV 11 NOV 14 NOV 24 NOV 2S NOV I ' wu rATION BOW RAMP DETAIL ENTER BEIRUT HARBOR (074S) FOXTROT COMPANY EMBARKS OVER BOW RAMP (0800) UNDERWAY FOR TAORMINA SICILY (1815) ANCHOR AT TAORMINA SICILY (0900) --• SET SAIL FOR BEIRUT LEBAN- ON (1000) MARG 2-82 TROOPS RETURN T ' BEIRUT HARBOR (1400) RETURN TO ANCH(JRAGE (0730) COMMENCE TURNOVER WITH MARG 3-82, ONLOAD TR(X)PS (0940) UNDERWAY FOR AL HOCEIMA MOROCCO (1200 ) ANCHOR AT MOROCCO PHIH LEX OP AREA (1630) DEPARTED MOROCCO ANCHORAGE FOR ROTA. SP (0940) MOOR AT ROTA. SP FOR DES NAIL OPERATIONS (GOOD UNDERWAY FOR MOREHEAD CITY. NC (1015) MOOR AT RADIO ISLAND. DEBARK TROOPS. EMBARK GATOR CRUISE GUESTS il040) THANKSGIVING DAY MOORED LITTLE CREEK. VA Marching beneath a banner de- claring mission accomplished, the U.S. Marines left war-ravaged Beirut today after helping police the PLO withdrawal from the Lebanese capital. But in eastern Lebanon, Syrian-Israeli tensions heightened after two straight days of Israeli air raids on Syrian mis- sile batteries. O c V 0 NS iC ' The shells could not be counted. The entire cityscape disappeared under smoke. There was nothing but the roar that shook the earth. A FRONT ROW SEAT TO HISTORY was the reward for USS MANITOWOC crewmembers while in Beirut. Lebanon during the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) withdrawal from the besieged capital. Manitowoc contributed to the unique Navy-Marine Corps effort by providing wave two of the initial multinational landing- Two hundred and twenty embarked combat Marines of Foxtrox Company, Battalion 2 8 were sent ashore at dawn on August 24. witnesses to stray tracer rounds scarring the midnight-blue sky. City lights illuminated Christian East Beirut: West Beirut was a dark, unlit, torn mass. As US, French and Italian troops supervised the PLO withdrawal, Beirut embarked on a startling metamorphosis. Only three weeks earlier Israeli air and sea forces dealt their biggest blow to the city; now, with guns quieted and the PLO gone, Beirut began rebuilding herself. By September 8 the presence of American, French and Italian peacekeeping forces had brought welcome silence to Beirut ' s guns. Troops of the Multinational Force and the Lebanese Army paraded alongside the ship. Five days before he was assassinated. President-elect Bashir Gemayel reviewed the troops with Ambassador Dillon. On the ship ' s first visit inside the damaged Port of Beirut. Manitowoc crew members were required to wear battle helmets as protection from stray rounds fired less than a half a mile away. Marines, weary from a week of tense duty guarding the port and supervising the PLO withdrawal, were hosted onboard for hot meals, hot showers, snacks and a visit. In turn, the troops provided trucks to take crewmembers on a close-up tour of the devastation of the northern area of the port. On September 8, with peace temporarily restored in Beirut, ManitOWOC backloaded equipment On September 10, a farewell banner greeted onlookers from the derrick-arms. Mission Accomplished — Farewell was the message carried by newspapers and TV networks that day. . • ' Marines on Beirut duty again BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — U.S. Marines returned U Beirut Uxlay on their second peacekeep- ing mi.ssion in a month — an as- signment Pre.sident Reagan says will last until Lebanon ' s g( vern- menl can maintain order and all Israeli and Syrian trwjps are out of the country. V ill stay until Israel, Syria troops leave COMMANDER RICHARD M. BUTLER. UNITED STATES NAVY t, i . ; ; . . .. CDK Bi,:. . . umniiifKlcd USS MANIIOWOC ttirouuh two cxtcnilcd deployment which included piirticipiiliDii in two Multinutional Force nmphibioui landing operations in Lebanon, (or whicti hi ship w.l iiwunlrd the Navy Unit Commendation at u unit of MARG . ' K. ' USS MANITOWOC al o irned her fifth contecutive Squadron Battle Efficiency ' E award .ring thtt period i-DR Butler II a Univeriity of Southern California journalmni graduate commi  ione l through the Officer Candidate Prtignim in April ' 4i Hit Mutiul  ervice wa u WeapKjn Officer. Boat Group Conjmandet anil N.ivigator on USS LENAWEE (APA195). While on Lenawee he wh H at Group Comnumder f(jr the fir t amphihiout Inncling in Vietnam .it DaNang. Hue and Chu L«i Hollowing Dcitroyer Department Head Schfwl in Newport, he wui Operation Officer on USS OZBOURN (DD-846).  erving comhat tour in Tonkin Gulf for which hi iqiKiilion irceived the Navy Unit f ommendation. and parttciputing in the PUEBLO cri i re pon e Up jn ..-.iduation from Naval Poitgraduate School, he tcrved in the Bureau • Naval Per onncl and l ecame designated o a Proven Suh-«pmali t Personnel Management I)R Butler .erved a Executive Officer of USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY {LST-11921. followed by tour on the Commandci Ni.val Surfair Forrr A tlantic «taft. attendance at the Armed Force Staff College and a F ' ervjnnel and Adminiitrativc Officer for the US Naval Academy at Annnpolit CDR Butler wear the Meritoriou Service Medal (2 award ). Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V (2 award ), Combat Action Ribt.r,n. Navy Unit Commenilation (2 award ). Buttle Efficiency Ribbon. 1 2 award ) and various campaign medal USS MANITOWOC ' S Executive Officer, CDR Coble, is a native of Jacksonville. Florida who received his commission through the NROTC program at the University of Notre Dame in 1968. Following his commission he serv ed as 1st Lieutenant in USS HOOPER (DE 1026) in San Diego. CDR Coble was Navigator in USS PORTERFIELD (DD 682) while the ship was involved in operations off the Vietnamese coast. CDR Coble ' s next duty station was onboard USS WILLIAM R. RUSH (DD 714), as Navigator and 1st Lieutenant before moving on to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he was a Navigation instructor from 1971-1974. Following graduation from Destroyer School in Newport, CDR Coble was Operations Officer onboard USS BROWN- SON (DD 868), Chief Engineer onboard USS PENSACOLA (LSD 38), followed by a three year tour (1978-81) as Budget Officer at the Fleet Combat Direction Systems Support Activity. Dam Neck. COMMANDER M. A. COBLE, UNITED STATES NAVY EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEPARTMENT HEADS Operations Officer; LCDR Murshull. Ut Lieutenant S ' UIPtPILY DIVISION I OFFICERS V LTJG Game, A Division: LTJG Perkins. M Division. Main Propulsion Asst. ENS Bray. R Division. Damage Control Asst. LTJG Baan, 1st Division Asst. 1st Lieutenant t- Clockwise: ENS Hoik, Jnd Division; LTJG Knob, Communications Officer; LT Poser, 2nd Division, Asst 1st Lieutenant; ENS Grunt. Communications Officer. ENS Cotters. Supply Division I o c Clockwise from upper left: 1. OC Division 2. RMl Blakely 3. ET2 McCraney 4. SM3 Kelly 5. ETC Schoffstall ' ti kkJ. ' -i- DIVISION C cx-kwisc from upj- cr Ich RMJ SU ' i Lcc; RM3 Friizicr. SMSN Dobson. RMSN Suikau, RMJ Melton Above center: 01 Division. Other photos, clockwise from upper left: OSCS (SW) Draper; 0S3 Hanna; OSSN Tarkington and OSSN Grover: 083 Thompson. 0S2 (SW) Carrington, ENS Bellitto. and OSCS (SW) Draper; OSl (SW) Moore and 0S2 (SW) Carrington. fll ClockwiM from abos-e QMJ BIcvint: OS2 (SW) ■ ,. QMSNOyola and QM3 Arnhurt. QM2 SW ' QMSA Brown and QMSN Wulkcr UM- ii n- SN Quinn and SN Francis 1st Division BMSN Henderson SN Diinsky C ' ookwiic from ri ht 1 SN F ' .ciicf . SN S,:hick 3 BMCS SW. Huniakcr ■1 BMSR Baldwin ttnd BMJ Partlry EN ' S Bcllitio and SN Sorukot 6 SN D ' .nkini 7 SN ML-Hcnry 1 Center: GMGSN Doucette Clockwise from above: GMG2 MuUenax. GMGSN Lloyd, GMGl Hubble; GMGSA Mills; GMG2 Stewart; GMG2 Mullenax. GUNNERS MATES R DI ' ISION At n«ht . , . . . HTFA F .v Standing HTFN Bcvt HTJ Hu:;taav HTFN Vevchitto. HTFN Garcia HTFN Bca cr LCDR Trent ClockwiM from beSovk HTC Fcft:Uo, HTJ HiUxUy. HTJ Jan n HTl Kariiu K. ' FN Small THE MEN WHO RUN At left: M Division Clockwise from below: ENl Smith and ENFN White: PNSN McDonald; ENl McCann. ENFN Romel. EN3 Carroll; ENFN Bridges. MAXXVS SCREAMING MACHINES .... r H ' :«-■• EN) C. :. r.- ENKS { aur ZSrS B Tt ct .V tSi En J. .. ENJ GANG Below: ENFN McKinnev. ENl - Rosenow. EN3 Volker. ENFN Reedv. ENFN Tudor. IC2 Scasny. IC2 Rudnick, ICFN Raymo. ENFN Sabbio EMC Gapuz and ICC Harriman I c SHOP ELECTRICIANS At f.i). ' . ENJ Day nd ENFN Fraiwou Below EM2 Davts EMJ E -an and EMJ Parker Belo ICFN LL ' KACS •I ' .ow Kncxr.iri . EMFN Bilbrcy and EM2 Dnvii; SlumlinK. KM I Inglii. EMJ Parker. EMJ Madden and EM2 Frym;in Below: ENJ Hudson YNSN BROWN PN3 (SW) Levi X DIVISION PNl Matthews and YN3 Ryan PC 2 (SW) Reedy M A 1 F U L K r Above HMl Bu;.i:ai.iiu i-.c.ii uut .1 palicnt HMl Bulalucau anil HM. VNi Rvan HM2 DcSt.u ii iinr) HN Cutler 2.S !-5 MSC Bueno MSI Moss SKCS Rohr At left: MS2 Snader and MS2 Shannon. At right: DK2 Hill. SUPPLY DIVISION MSi Fletcher SH3 Drew Supply E cpartincnt iit left 1 to r. kneeling MSSN PouiuIn. SHSN Doyle. DK2 Hill. DK2 Sim. MSI Mirundii Standine SKSA Anderson. SHJ Bell. SKI TurnbuU. SHSN Rose. MSC Buenu. SKJ McGeady. SHSN Colluio. SKCS Rohr. SHJ Drew. MSSN Kor((. MS. ' Colbv. SHI Collins. MSJ Fletcher. MS2 Barker Above SHSN Doyle At left SH. Bell 27 You are about to embark on a mission of great importance to our nation and the free world. The conditions under which you carry out your vital assignment are, I know, demanding and potentially dangerous. You are tasked to be once again what Marines have been for more than 200 years - peacemakers. Your role in the multi-national force, along with that of your French and Italian counterparts is crucial to achieving the pmace that is so desperately needed in this long-tortured city. I expect that you will perform with the traditional espirit and discipline for which the Marine Corps is renowned, lodspeed, RONALD REAGAN. BEIRUT, LEBANON aiiiK ' .iir.i(is ciriii I olunoii ' ox C m-m r..llll Fox Company CO. of Troops Captain Richard Zilmer entered the Marine Corps in 1971 through the platoon leader ' s class. He was commissioned in 1974 and graduated from the Basic School in 1975. Captain Zilmer ' s first tour of duty was spent on Okinawa in India Company, Third Battalion Fourth Mar- ines. In June. 1976. he detached from Third Marine Division and was assigned to Parris Island, South Carolina serving as a series Commander and Company Executive Officer. After completing that assignment. Captain Zilmer attended Infantry Officer ' s Advanced course at Fort Benning. Georgia, in June, 1980. In July 1980, he was assigned to Second Battalion, Eight Marines, where he served as an S-3A and presently the Fox Company Commander. Captain Zilmer graduated from Kutz Town State in 1974 with a B.S. Degree. He has a wife named Lorie and their son, Christopher. Fox Company X.O. of Troops First Lieutenant Tom J. McGrath enlist cd in the Marine Corps in January. 1975. He was released Ironi active duty whereupon he attended Rhode Island College. Upon graduation from tollege in January, 1979. Lieutenant McGrath was commissioned in the Marine Corps. He fjraduated from the Basic ScIickjI in February. 1980. In June. 1980. Lieuten ant McGrath reported to Second Bat talion. Eighth Marines. Fox Company, where he served as rifle platoon commander until his assignment as Executive Officer in July of 1981. Fox Company First Sergeant Fox Company Gunnery Sergeant 34 Fox Company Officers ft - h Fox Company SNCO ' s 3S First Platoon Fox Company rr Second Platoon Fox Company 37 ' Third Platoon Fox Company •|lf 1 Weapons Platoon Fox Company Composite Platoon - First Amtrak Platoon Alpha Company . r J - — J , r ■j r k ki In Memoriam Corporal David Reagan In Memoriam Lance Corporal Ricky Parker 42 Shipboard Life Activities Marines ashore in Beirut Associated Press reporters watched the first group of Marines march down the ramp of the landing ship Manitowoc at Beirut ' s harbor at 11:55 a.m. (5:55 a.m. EDT) . Trucks and jeeps also rolled off the landing craft. Beirut resigned to destruction again The world can no tongrr accept a •ituaiMn of conitantly rtcalating violence FT fLJk %r BEIRUT, LEBANON i .1 t S6 S7  ! w n.p.. -J ' -a S ■ « iffi? • ij« ill I lU r C r I MISSION THANKSGIVING HOME ACCOMPLISHED, DAY HOSTS A -COMING U r r)l w L V MISSION I ACCOMPLISHFrj . Perhaps no other day could hn c set the stage better In the SIX months thiii MAM I t) ' OC was deployed to the Mediterranean, her crew and troops visited three ports, were called to Lebanon ' s troubled shores twice, were witnesses to Middle East discord and tension, and participated in the first major amphibious landing in Beirut since 1958 The deployment called for individual sacrifice both onboard and by families at home. Surely MANITOWOC played an important part in the temporary restoration of peace in Beirut, but on 2S ' ♦ ■ November her crew were witnesses to and part of something just as imp ortant — that is. the kind of stufl Thanksgivings are all about 63 CRUISEBOOK STAFF LTJG Rick Game, Cruisebook Coordinator Special thanks to: Mrs. Debby Game RM3 Dennis Frazier 053 Kevin Hanna LCPL NoUer 2nd LT Rochelle ENFN James Tudor QMSN Rich Wiilkt-r. Jr. 64 WAI.SWORTH www CRUISE BOOK OFFICE Ptllll.lSHINC III 0:i WnM 1 nlln Crfxih fload ( ■ )M PA N V mmm NwIoH. 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