Marvin Shields (FF 1066) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1980 volume:

[ ■ j:: ' ' k:i kmi : t Mi!i 15-20 MAY U W FOR PEARL HARBOR 21 MAY IPT PEARL HARBOR 22 MAY NAVAL GUN FIRE SUPPORT 23-25 MAY INPORT PEARL HARBOR 26 MAY-10 JUNE U W WESTPAC 11-14 JUNE INPORT SUBIC BAY 14 JUNE CHANGE OF COMMAND 15-21 JUNE ASWEX NEAR OKINAWA 22 JUNE INPORT SUBIC BAY 23-27 JUNE GUN FIRE SUPPORT 27 JUNE-13 JULY INPORT SUBIC 14-16 JULY U W FOR HONG KONG 17-20 JULY INPORT HONG KONG 20-22 JULY U W FOR SUBIC BAY 22-20 JULY INPORT SUBIC BAY 30-3 AUG U W FOR SINGAPORE 4-9 AUG INPORT SINGAPORE 9-14 AUG U W FOR GERALDTON 9 AUG CROSSED EQUATOR 15-18 AUG INPORT GERALDTON 19-AUG U W FOR FREMANTLE 20-26 AUG INPORT FREMANTLE 27 AUG-1 SEP SANDGROPER 80 2-8 SEP INPORT FREMANTLE 9-12 SEP U W FOR WHYALLA 13-17 SEP INPORT WHYALLA 18-19 SEP U W BURNIE. TAS. 20-25 SEP INPORT BURNIE, TAS. 25 SEP U W FOR MELBOURNE 26 SEP-4 OCT INPORT MELBOURNE 4-6 OCT U W FOR BLUFF HARBOR 7-10 OCT INPORT BLUFF HARBOR 11-14 OCT U W FOR AUCKLAND 15-20 OCT INPORT AUCKLAND 21-23 OCT AUCKEX 80 24-27 OCT INPORT NAPIER 28-30 OCT AUCKEX 80 31 OCT INPORT AUCKLAND 1-3 NOV U W FOR PAGO PAGO 4 NOV INPORT PAGO PAGO 5-10 NOV U W PEARL HARBOR 11 NOV INPORT PEARL HARBOR 11-17 NOV U W SAN DIEGO 18 NOV INPORT SAN DIEGO ■■y-: A9 - 4 ' U88 MARVIN SHIELDS (FF-1066) IS THE FIRST SHIP NAMED IN HONOR OF CONSTRUCTION ME- CHANIC THIrD class MARVIN Q. SHIELDS, US NAVY, WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WHILE SERVING WITH THE UNITED STATES NAVY SEA- BEE TEAM 1104, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, ON 10 JUNE 1965. MARVIN SHIELDS, THE SIXTH SHIP OF THE KNOX CLASS CONSTRUCTED BY TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION SEATTLE DIVISION, IS ONE OF A NEW CLASS OF MODERN OCEAN ESCORTS DE- SIQNED FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE IN LOCAT- ING. TRACKING. AND DESTROYING HOSTILE SUB- MARINES. IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING ANTI- SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW), MARVIN SHIELDS IS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING SUCH VARIED MIS- SIONS AS SEARCH AND RESCUE, PATROL, SHORE BOMBARDMENT, EVACUATION AND BLOCKADE. MARVIN SHIELDS 18 EQUIPPED WITH THE MOST MODERN LONGRANGE UNDERWATER SOUND DE- TECTION (SONAR) INSTALLATION IN THE FLEET, AS WELL AS LONG-RANGE AIR AND SURFACE RA- DARS, MODERN COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND A SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM. HER ARMAMENT INCLUDES ANTI-SUB- MARINE ROCKET (ASROC), AND A 5-INCH 54 CALIBER GUN FOR USE AS AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT OR ANTI-SURFACE WEAPON, OR FOR SHORE BOM- BARDMENT IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPER- ATIONS ASHORE. VARIABLE DEPTH SONAR, BA- SIC POINT DEFENSE MISSLE SYSTEM, HARPOON, AND MANNED HELICOPTER CAPABILITIES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO MARVIN SHIELDS SENSORS AND WEAPONS INSTALLATION. POWERED BY TWO BOILERS PROVIDING 1200 PSI STEAM THROUGH TURBINES TO A SINGLE SCREW, MARVIN SHIELDS IS CAPABLE OF SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 27 KNOTS WITH CRUISING RADIUS OF OVER 4000 MILES. MARVIN SHIELDS PRODUCES OVER 20,000 GALLONS OF FRESH WA- TER DAILY FOR PERSONNEL USE AND FOR FEED- ING THE SHIP ' S BOILERS. OVERALL LENGTH 438 FEET BEAM 46 FEET, 9 INCHES DISPLACEMENT 4200 TONS NAVIGATIONAL DRAFT 24 FEET, 11 INCHES SPEED IN EXCESS OF 27 KNOTS PROPULSION . SINGLE-SCREW, STEAM TURBINE 35,000 SHAFT-HORSEPOWER SONAR AN SQS-26CX; AN SQX-35 IVDS P ' ' :S ? WARDROOM COMMANDER LAWRENCE C. GASKELL 1 JULY-1978-14 JUNE 1980 LAWRENCE C. GASKELL WAS BORN IN ENFIELD, CONN. ON 25 JANUARY 1938. HE ATTENDED AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE (SPRING- FIELD, MASS.) AND GRADUATED IN 1959 WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN BIOLOGY. HE RE- CEIVED HIS COMMISSION FROM THE AVIATION OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, PENSACOLA, FLA. IN 1960. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK OF COMMANDER ON 1 MARCH 1976. HIS TOUR OF DUTY (INITIAL) WAS TO THE NAVEL SCHOOL OF PREFLIGHT, PENSACOLA, FLA. (MARCH-NOVEMBER 1960). IN JANUARY 1961, HE REPORTED TO THE NAVAL TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, JACKSONVILLE, FLA. FOLLOWED BY ASSIGNMENT TO THE USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) (NOVEMBER 1963-JANU- ARY 1966) IN FEBRUARY 1966 HE REPORTED TO THE USS LAWRENCE (DDG-4) ALLOWED BY AS- SIGNMENT TO THE USS BARNE {DDG-6) IN APRIL 1966 WHERE HE SERVED AS CIC OFFICER AND OPERATIONS OFFICER. IN DECEMBER 1968, HE JOINED THE COMMANDER, MIDDLE EAST FORCE AT BAHRAIN ISLAND AS AIDE. HE ATTENDED THE NAVAL POSTGRADUAATE SCHOOL AT MONTEREY, CALIF., IN AUGUST 1970 AND GRADUATED IN MARCH 1973 WITH A BACHE- LOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN OPERATIONS RE- SEARCH. HE BECAME EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS SCHOFIELD (FFG-3) IN JUNE 1973. AS- SIGNMENT TO THE FLEET COMBAT DIRECTION SYSTEM SUPPORT ACTIVITY, SAN DIEGO IN JAN- UARY 1975 WAS FOLLOWED BY DUTY AT THE PA- CIFIC FLEET DATA PROCESSING SERVICE CEN- TER, SAN DIEGO FROM AUGUST 1976, TO MARCH 1978. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS COMMANDING OFFI- CER USS MARVIN SHIELDS (FF-1066) FROM 1 JULY 1978 TO 14 JUNE 1980. HE IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE STAFF OF COMMANDER, CRUISER-DESTROYER GROUP THREE. COMMANDER JOHN W. ALLIN 14 JUNE 1980-DATE UPON GRADUATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN DECEMBER 1963. COMMANDER JOHN W ALLIN WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN EN- SIGN UNDER THE REGULAR NROTC PROGRAM. AFTER COMMISSIONING, HE SERVED AS OPER- ATIONS OFFICER OF USS ENDURANCE {MSO-435). HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ASSIGNED AS OPER- ATIONS OFFICER AND LATER ASSISTANT OFFI- CER IN CHARGE OF AN INSHORE UNDERSEAS WARFARE DETACHMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM FROM LATE 1966 UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 1968 HIS NEXT SEA TOUR WAS AS COMBAT INFORMA- TION CENTER OFFICER OF USS REEVES (CG-24) THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A SHORT ASSIGNMENT AS DAMAGE CONTROL ASSISTANT OF USS ZEL- LARS (DD-777) PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE US NA- VAL DESTROYER SCHOOL, FROM WHICH HE GRADUATED WITH DISTINCTION. COMMANDER ALLIN THEN SERVED AS ENGI- NEERING OFFICER OF USS WADDELL (DDG-24) FROM 1970 TO 1972, AFTER WHICH HE WAS OR- DERED TO DUTY IN THE LOGISTIC PLANS DIVI- SION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. HE THEN SERVED AS FLAG SECRE- TARY ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER DESTROYER GROUP ONE FROM 1976 TO 1978 HE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF USS FRAN- CIS HAMMOND (FF-1067). WHICH WAS FORWARD DEPLOYED TO JAPAN UNDER THE OVERSEAS FAMILY RESIDENCY PROGRAM. HE REPORTED TO THIS COMMAND AFTER DUTY AS FLEET SCHED- ULING OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET. CHANGE OF COMMAND 14 JUNE, 1980 - . 1 il THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS A TIME HONORED TRADITION WHICH FORMALLY RESTATES TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE COMMAND, THE CONTINUITY OF COMMAND. IT IS A FORMAL RITUAL CONDUCTED BEFORE THE AS- SEMBLED COMPANY OF THE COMMAND. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND OF A NAVAL SHIP IS UNIQUE IN THE WORLD TODAY; IT IS THE TRANS- FER OF TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AUTHORITYAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO AN- OTHER. THE HEART OF THE 3EREM0NY IS THE FORMAL READING OF OFFICIAL ORDERS BY THE RELIEV- ING OFFICER, AND THE OFFICER TO BE RELIEVED. COMMAND PASSES UPON UTTERANCE BY THE RELIEVING OFFICER, I RELIEVE YOU SIR! THE OFFICER BEING RELIEVED RESPONDS, I STAND RELIEVED! THIS SIMPLE PROCEDURE IS DUPLI- CATED HUNDREDS OF TIMES DAILY THROUGH- OUT THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD AS EACH WATCH OFFICER PASSES RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS RELIEF IN THE CONDUCT OF EACH SHIP ' S ROUTINE. THE STRENGTH AND SUPREMACY OF TODAY ' S NAVY STEMS IN LARGE MEASURES FROM THE OBSERVANCE OF CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, EACH FOUNDED ON NEED, EACH CONTRIBUTING ITS SHARE TO STABILITY, COMBAT EFFECTIVE- NESS, AND SMOOTH TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY. THIS SIMPLE CEREMONY PASSING AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO YET ANOTHER FINE OF- FICER REFLECTS THE DEDICATION OF FREE MEN SERVING THEIR NATION PROUDLY. CDR GASKELL AND CDR ALLIN GREET RADM CARTER, CTF-75 (UPPER LEFT). SENIOR CHIP PET- TY OFFICER OF THE COMMAND NENN PRESENTS THE COMMISSIONING PENNANT TO CDR GAS- KELL (MIDDLE LEFT). CDR GASKELL GREATS CAPT USTICK, CDS-21 (LEFT). THE NATIONAL AN- THEM (UPPER RIGHT). THE READING OF THE OR- DERS (MIDDLE RIGHT). EXECUTIVE OFFICER WARREN JOHNSON ROBERT HORNE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER RELEIVING PROCESS (LEFT TOP). CDR JOHNSON AFTER THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY WITH CDR ALLIN AND CDR GASKELL (ABOVE). CDR ALLIN PRESETING CDR JOHNSON WITH A PLAQUE AT THE EXECU- TIVE OFFICER HAIL AND FAREWELL PARTY (ABOVE RIGHT). LCDR HORNE THE PRESENT EX- ECUTIVE OFFICER (RIGHT). LCDR LOWE LT LABRECQUE LT FITZPATRICK LTJG LAPP LCDR PETTY LT DEMASI LTJG SULLIVAN CAPT RALSTON LTJG PETERSON LTJG HEBDA LTJG PINSON LTJG SMITH ENS CADIZ ENS BARNES ENS ORLANDO ENS GILBREATH ENS DUNKLIN .-mf  m 1 i 3l ' OPERATION ' S DEPARTMENT OE DIVISION ETC HIGLEY ET1 FINN EW2 CLYMER EW2 WILLIS ET2 YUHAS ET3 BAKELER ET3 STOCKWELL EW3 TORNO 01 DIVISION OSC ARNOLD 0S3 BLAKE BM3 JOHANNING OSSN HILL OSSN BURNHAM OSSN LAUGHLIN OSSN TAYLOR OSSA MEDWID OSSA MURPHY OC DIVISION RM1 BAUDER SM2 BERCHILD RM3 DEWYKE SM3 PARKER SMSN PATTERSON i L. L iff p ox DIVISION PNC JOHNSON QM1 NEWTON QM1 DUFF YN1 SEEFELDT QM2 HARPER QM2 LANGE QM3 RUTKOWSKI PNSN FREDRICK SN SMITH. N. S L i LY DEPARTMENT S DIVISION DK1 CAYABYAB MSI BALEMO MSI BAGALSO SHI NAZRENO SH2 HERNANDEZ SK3 FOUTAIN SH3 MORRIS DK3 JONES MS3 SPERRAZZA s. 1 ar„ .- «5 - KyBgiif SKSN SAN DIEGO MSSN KENT MSSN WILSON 8KC ARAQON (MIDDLE LEFT). THE SUPPLY OFFICER HARD AT WORK. (MIDDLE RIGHT). CDR. ALLIN REEN- U8TINQ M83 CAREY (LOWER LEFT). WHERE ARE THE ME88-DECKS777 (LOWER RIGHT). f • :,% SHIPS AND MEN TO THE COMMANDERS. U.S. THE NAVAL SURFACE FORCE. U.S. PACIFIC FLEET (NAVSURFPAC) IS COMMANDED BY A VICE ADMI- RAL WITH HEADQUARTERS AT THE NAVAL AM- PHIBIOUS BASE. CORONADO. CALIFORNIA. THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE COMMANDER. NAVAL SURFACE FORCE. IS TO PROVIDE COM- BAT-READY iillL ' MJii3J .1 k I ' -1 AH H.ll.lJ l AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PACIFIC EN- COMPASSES ABOUT 85 MILLION SQUARE MILES. THE COMMANDER IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING, READINESS. DISCIPLINE AND MO- RALE OF HIS FORCES. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SUBMARINE AND NAVAL AIR FORCES, COMNAVSURFPAC COM- -i ' i; rfAH - 1 1 U-fl u CIFIC FLEET. WHILE DEPLOYED. THESE SHIPS AND MEN MAY BE ENGAGED IN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE EXERCISES, SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS. PROVIDE GUNFIRE SUPPORT. TAKE PART IN FLEET AND AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISES. OR MAY VISIT OTHER COUNTRIES ON GOODWILL MISSIONS. WHEN IN THEIR HOMEPORTS. SHIP ' S CREWS EN- JOY LEAVE AND LIBERTY. CONDUCT REFRESHER TRAINING. MAKE NECESSARY REPAIRS. PER- FORM ROUTINE UPKEEP OF THEIR SHIPS AND TRAIN NEW MEN FOR DUTY IN TODAY ' S NAVY. WEAPON ' S DEPARTMENT ' w ■mmmm FOX DIVISION i ■V ' H PTQC TAYLOR FTQ1 HUNTER FTQ3 HOWARTH FTM3 WILSON FTG3 SMITH FTG3 BICKERSTAFF I FOX-2 DIVISION STGCS LINDBLOM STG1 ANDERSON STG2 GREED STG2 MILLER STG2 SMITH STG2 HEBERT GMT2 HOLLON STG2 DIAMOND STG2 HILL STG3 VAN MECHELEN STG2 WILDMAN STG3 COMPO STG3 FRIANT STG3 BRANNON STG3 FRANCO GMT3 PROCTOR TMSN GOYETTE STGSA PAGE STGSN SCHWESKA STGSN WILSON FIRST DIVISION BMC PUCKETT BM3 BUSE BM3 SWANK BM3 STONE BM3 WILLIAMS BMSN SLAWSON SN CANADA SN CARTHEN SN COX SN FLORES SN GLOVER SN GRAHAM SN HARDEN SN HOGUE SN HOUCK 29 SN MARSHALL SN MC DONALD SN OFFERMAN SN SIMS SN SMITH SN STRUCK SN SUTTON SN WHITE SN WILLIAMS -s - .5 m- ' $■ Ij- ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT mm ' .t ' . 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SSN SUPPORT OUR ASSIGNED JOB IN HONG KONG WAS TO SUP- PORT THE USS OMAHA, A LOS ANGELES CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINE THE SUPPORT SHIP ACTS AS AN ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE FOR THE SUB. ALLOWING HER TO SHUT DOWN ALL INTER- NAL GENERATION MAC HINERY SUPPORT SHIPS ALSO PROVIDE LAUNDRY SERVICES. MESSING FACILITIES. AVAILABILITY OF A SHIPS STORE FOR CANDY AND SHAVING GEAR. AND FINALLY, IN CASES OF EMERGENCY. THE SUPPORT SHIP CAN TOW THE SUBMARINE TO SAFETY THE AR- RANGEMENT ALLOWS THE SUBMARINERS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF LIBERTY WHILE IN SUCH A PORT AS HONG KONG. ml 1 1 7 IRON BEACH A V TIGER CRUISE UNREP 4 i U Su 1 IB ;,:.■ - , 5 v m ' ' — r m. |7 t l ' f  ■•■ ' :..,i;L. .- ' fk ■ .,.u_i., (J ' OF ALL THE UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT (UNREP) OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE US NAVY, BY FAR THE MOST FREQUENT IS REFUELING. EVER SINCE 1899 WHEN THE US NAVY COLLIER MARCELLUS, WHILE TOWING THE USS MASSACHUSETTS, TRANSFERED COAL TO HER, THE NAVY HAS SYSTEMATICALLY SEARCHED FOR A SAFE, EFFICIENT METHOD OF REFUELING AT SEA. THE METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED HAVE BEEN PROVEN IN ALL AREAS OF THE WORLD ' S OCEANS IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER. PROOF OF THESE CONCEPTS WERE PROVEN TO THE CREW OF THE MARVIN SHIELDS DURING NEMER- EOUS REFUELING EVOLUTION WITH USS WICHITA AND CARGO SEAMANSHIP EXER- CISES WITH OTHER DESTROYER SIZED SHIPS OF THE US, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND NAVIES. SANDGROPER 80 ti DURING OUR VISIT TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC, TWO MAJOR MULTI-NATIONAL FLEET EXERCISES WERE CONDUCTED. SANDGROPER 80, 27 AU- GUST-! SEPTEMBER OFF THE COAST OF WEST- ERN AUSTRALIA AND AUCKEX 80, 21-23 OCTOBER AND FROM 28-30 OCTOBER OFF THE COAST OF EASTERN NEW ZEALAND. MARVIN SHIELDS WAS A MEMBER OF A SURFACE ACTION TASK GROUP THAT CONSISTED OF UNITS OF THE ROYAL AUS- TRALIAN NAVY, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE, AND THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY; BOTH TRAINING EVOLUTIONS TOOK ON A TRUE- LY INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR. SANDGROPER 80 AND AUCKEX 80 WERE DESIGNED TO PRACTICE NAVY AND AIR FORCE UNITS IN A SIMULATED ANTI-SHIP, ANTI-AIR AND ANTI-SUBMARINE MULTI-THREAT ENVIRONMENT AUCKEX 80 i VISIT SHIP ONE OF THE PRIMARY MISSIONS FOR MARVIN SHIELDS WHILE IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WAS THE PROMOTION OF GOODWILL BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEA- LAND. AND THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES ONE MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHING THIS IS THROUGH THE VISIT SHIP PROGRAM. MARVIN SHIELDS WAS OPEN FOR GENERAL VISITING BY THE PUBLIC, DAILY BETWEEN 1:00 PM AND 3:30 PM THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS TO CROSS THE QUAR- TERDECK WAS IN EXCESS OF 23.000 THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA. MR PHILLIP ALSTON, VISITED MARVIN SHIELDS THE FIRST DAY INPORT AT MELBOURNE y i ■CJB ' W ' ' ' lii;t ' ' a  ' r. : f CANDIDS 4: ' - f f I Ik- AM ff 9i ■ .V -ij: ' u ' ' ,ii,. I I H • t CROSSING THE LINE AT 45 MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT, 9 AUG. 1980, MARVIN SHIELDS CROSSED THE EQUATOR INTO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AT 0400 THAT MORNING A GRUELING INITIATION FOR ALL THE LOWLY WOGS , (SAILORS WHO HAVE NEVER CROSSED THE EQUATOR). ASPIRING TO BECOME FULL FLEDGED SHELLBACKS. STARTED THE LINE CROSSING CEREMONY THE DAY BEGAN EARLY FOR THE WOGS. WITH A MANDATORY BREAK- FAST OF SUCH TREATS AS BLOOD OF THE RED- EYED SEADOG. BOILED SEAWEED. RAW OYS- TERS. AND FISH EYE PUDDING WITH SEA-FOAM TOPPING SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE WOG PA- RADE BEGAN AS ALL WOGS CRAWLED ON ALL FOURS FROM THE FORECASTLE TO THE FANTAIL TO THE TUNE OF ON YOUR KNEES YOU SLIMY SCUMMY WOG! ' UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SHELLBACKS WEILDING LENGTHS OF FIREHOSE. ALL WOGS MOVED SMARTLY TO THE FANTAIL FOR THE NEXT STEP IN THE INITIATION: THE CRAWL THROUGH THE GARBAGE SCHUTE. AFTER BOWING BEFORE KING NEPTUNUS REX (MSC EA- TON) AND KISSING THE BELLY OF THE ROYAL BABY (FTM1 ROSENTHAL) THE WOGS SPENT TIME IN STOCKS OR THE COFFIN. OR BOTH. FI- NALLY AFTER A BATH IN THE WATERS OF THE SEVEN SEAS, THE SMELLY. SLIMY. GREASY WOGS OFFICIALLY BECAME SHELLBACKS A TO- TAL OF 180 MARVIN SHIELDS SAILORS WERE CONVERTED FROM POLYWOGS TO SHELLBACKS. LIBERTY CALL THE ORIENT imk-- . ' T: ii-4 AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND i r PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII THE TfMNSrr TO HAWAN ALLOWED ALL UNITS TO QAM CONFIDENCE IN OPERATING IN MULTI-SHIP FORMATIONS. WE ARRIVED IN PEARL HARBOR ON THE TWENTV-nRST OF MAY. FOR LOADING OF AMMUNITION AND FUEL. NEXT MORNING WE STEAMED TO THE GUN RANGE AT KAHOOLAWE TO COMPLETE THE RE- QUIRED QUAUFICATION FOR NAVAL GUNFIRE MARVIN SHIELDS RETURNED TO PEARL HARBOR ON THE TWENTY-THIRD AND REMAINED INPORT UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH. WHILE IN HAWAII. CREWMEN COULD BE FOUND VISITING WAIKIKI BEACH. WAIMEA FALLS. DIA- MOND HEAD. AND THE USS ARIZONA WAR MEMO- RIAL. NEXT TO FORD ISLAND. RIGHT • STANDING BY TO RENDER HONORS TO USS ARIZONA LOWER RIGHT - USS ARIZONA AND BATTLE- SHIP ROW BELOW - WE DID IT ON ONE GOOD ■ ClliJi lilB s s-i i tu ABOVE - EVERY WHERE MAR- VIN SHIELDS CREWMEN WENT IN HAWAII, SMILES FOLLOWED. HAWAII PROVED TO BE A PHO- TOGAPHERS PARADISE - ABOVE RIGHT - FOR BOTH NAT- URAL AND MANMADE OB- JECTS. THE BLOWHOLE - RIGHT - WAS FORMED FROM THE OCEAN UNDERCUTTING THE LAVA COAST LINE AND SURGING UP. ARCHITECURE CAN BE JUST AS STRIKING AS NATURE ' S BEAUTY - LOWER RIGHT. PHILIPPINES eodtt  J: .   ' -ENTER INTO THE WORLD OF PHILIPPINE TREASURES . IS WHAT THE SIGN STATES ON THE ROAD TO THE RESORT CITY OF BAQIO. (LEFT). THE TREASURES TREASURES DONOT CONSIST ONLY OF SIL- VER ARTIFACTS AND HANDI- CRAFTS. BUT ALSO OF GRASS- HUTS (LEFT AND MIDDLE LOW- ER) AND A NATIVE ISLAND CULTURE THE STATUE OF THE GIRL (BELOW) SYMBOLIZE THEIR HARD WORK AND RELI- ANCE UPON THE LAND. ■ 1 I i l KK-lllV S- 1 . h™ ■:f m ■i 1 -SB ' THE PHILLIPPINES IS A COUNTRY TO SHOP FOR BARGAIN BASEMENT PRICED ITEMS (TOP LEFT), BUT TRANSPORTATION CAN BE A PROB- LEM. A TALL WET ONE CAN BE EN- JOYED WITH SHIPMATES ON A BEACH (LEFT). A COOL DIP (LOWER LEFT) CAN ALSO BE TAKEN IN THE BAY. THE SCENERY OF THE PHILIP- PINES IS EXTREMELY PICTUR- ESQUE (ABOVE) HONG KONG i ' • s H — r- T 1 1 I I J L ' . I toll H - tf THERE ARE NO SUPERMARKETS IN HONG KONG. ONLY THE STALLS OF THE OPEN MARKETS IN THE STREET (LEFT). RICKSHAWS ARE CURRENTLY BEING PHASED OUT AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER THEY ARE STILL A TOURIST ATTRACTION AS DEMONSTRATED BY STG 3 FRIANT AND STG 2 VAN MECHELEN (MIDDLE LEFT). THE QUICKEST MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO AN OUTLYING ISLAND IS BY HYDROFOIL (LOWER LEFT). TIGER BALM GARDENS. (BE- LOW) WERE CONSTRUCTED IN 1935, COVERING 8 ACRES AND COSTING $3.555355 (US). IT CONSISTS OF GROT- TOS AND PAVILIONS DISPLAYING EF- FIGIES OF CHINESE MYTHOLOGY. DUE TO FLAMBOYANT COLORS AND GRO- TESQUE STATUES. IT 18 A PHOTOGRA- PHER ' S PARADISE TW ' ¥ KQ •u, - : r., V!rj rji. •I (A ABERDEEN, (UPPER LEFT), IS HONG KONG ' S MAIN FISHING VILLAGE AND HAS THE LIONS SHARE OF THE 65,000 FLOATING MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION LIVING ON 13,000 VESSELS IN COLONY WATERS. THERE ARE 20,000 PEOPLE LIV- ING ON 3,000 VESSELS IN ABERDEEN HARBOR. YAUMATI TYPHOON HARBOR HAS 8,000 PEOPLE ON 1,000 BOATS AND THE CAUSEWAY BAY TY- PHOON SHELTER HAS 2,000 PEOPLE ON 750 VES- SELS. MORE COLORFUL VIEWS OF TIGER BALM GAR- DENS (LEFT MIDDLE AND LOWER). THE ARCHI- TECTURE THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH COLONY OF HONG KONG VARIES. CLASSIC CHINESE AR- CHITECTURE (ABOVE) CAN BE SEEN INTERMI- GLED WITH MODERN HIGHRISE, VICTORIAN, A WALLED VILLAGE, AND SMALL SINGLE ROOM SHACKS. !« • « SINGAPORE IN MALAY ANNALS. IT 18 RECORDED THAT SANG NILA UTAMA. A DE8CENDENT OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. JOURNEYING FROM PA- LEMBANY TO THE ISLAND OF BETANY. WAS DRIVEN TO THE ISLAND OF SINGAPORE BY A STORM. ON COMING ASHORE WITH HIS FOL- LOWERS. HE SAW AN ANIMAL WHICH THE ANNALS DESCRIBED AS  VERY SWIFT AND BEAUTIFUL. ITS BODY BRIGHT RED. ITS HEAD JET BLACK. ITS BREAST WHITE. IN SIZE RATHER LARGER THAN A GOAT. ON BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS A LION. SANG SAID: IF AN ANIMAL HERE LOOKS SO SMART AND FIERCE, IT WOULD BE A OOD COUNTRY IN WHK;H TO FOUND A KINGDOM. HE NAMED THE NEW KINGDOM SINGAPURE (THE UON CITY). ll ' ftwa . G. THE ISLAND, 85 MILES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR, IS 26 MILES FROM EAST TO WEST AND 14 MILES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE ESTIMATED POPULATION AT THE END OF 1975 WAS APPROXI- MATELY 2J2 MILLION OF WHICH 76% WERE ETHNIC CHINESE, 15% ETHNIC MALAYS. 7% ETHNIC INDIANS AND THE REMAINDER OTHER NATIONALI- TIES. WITH THIS OVERCROWDING, CRAMPED APARTMENT COMPLEXES ARE COMMON PLACE (ABOVE). THE DIVERSITY OF ETHNIC GROUPS MEANS THAT IT IS A GASTRONOMIC PARADISE. HOWEVER NO PLACES ARE SACRED (ABOVE RIGHT). THE TIGER BALM GARDENS (MIDDLE AND LOWER RIGHT) ARE SIMILAR TO THE GAR- DE NS IN HONG KONG, BUT LARGER. 4 n ..: • . j d fltW3S wrt -it I :i i fj- ' i %y %tk i Utlf iiS ii,ja '  ■ ' • ' .! i ' te AUSTRALIA U88 MARVIN SHIELDS DEPLOYED FOR THE SOUTHERN PA- CIFIC ON • AUGUST. THE PORTS-OF-CALL IN AUSTRALIA IN- CLUDE: QERALDTON. FREMANTLE PERTH. WHYALLA. BURNIE TASMANIA. AND MELBOURNE. UPON ARRIVING AT AND DE- PARTURE FROM PORT, THE CREW MANNED THE RAIL (BE- LOW). THE HRST PORT WAS GERALDTON. WESTERN AUSTRA- LIA. A SMALL HSHING TOWN (BELOW LOWER). PICTURESQUE SEASCAPES WERE ALWAYS ON HAND (ABOVE RIGHT). MEL- BOURNE. THE LAST PORT IN AUSTRALIA. IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY (LOWER RIGHT). 4_ ' i : 4, anuKimi R 010007Z OCT 80 FM USDAO CANBERRA AS BT UNCLAS SUBJ: WHYALLA PORT VISIT REF: A. MAYOR OF WHYALLA LTR TO US EM- BASSY DTD 23 SEP 80 1. THE TEXT OF REF A IS QUOTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION: I AM WRITING TO THANK YOUR OFFICE AND THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE USS MAR- VIN SHIELDS ON THE RECENT VISIT TO WHYALLA BY THAT SHIP. THE VISIT WAS THE FIRST BY AN AMERICAN WAR SHIP TO WHYALLA AND THE CITY WAS PROUD AND HONORED TO BE HOST TO THE OFFICERS AND CREW. THE PEOPLE OF WHYALLA WHO TURNED OUT IN THEIR THOUSANDS TO SEE THE SHIP AND TO ATTEND FUNCTIONS WHERE THE OFFI- CERS AND SAILORS WERE PRESENT THROUGHLY ENJOYED YOUR VISIT. I SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT A MUCH GREAT- ER AWARENESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS PEOPLE WAS CREATED BY THE VISIT AND THE GENUINE WARMTH GENERATED BY THE EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF WHYALLA AND THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE SHIP WILL BE REMEM- BERED IN WHYALLA FOR A LONG TIME. I ALSO HOPE THAT THE VISITORS GAINED ADDITION- AL INSIGHT INTO OUR COUNTRY. YOURS SINCERELY AILEEN C. EKBLOM, OBE MAYOR OF WHYALLA 2. ORIG ADDS APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO MARVIN SHIELDS FOR THE FINE PORT VIS- IT AND GOOD WILL CREATED DURING YOYR VISIT. BT ■«l v •l! . A , ■ -13 -fl mil W x BHP IRON WORKS IN WHYALLA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, IS THE MAIN IN- DUSTRY IN TOWN EMPLOYING 56% OF THE WORK FORCE (ABOVE LEFT). THE SIGHTS IN FREMANTLE PERTH WERE NUMEROUS INCLUDING THIS SUNSET (LEFT MIDDLE). ONE OF THE ATTRAC- TIONS OF MELBOURNE WAS KING ' S PARK (LEFT). THE OTHER ATTRAC- TIONS OF MELBOURNE INCLUDE ITS RELIGIOUS EDIFACES (ABOVE). ONE OF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIES OF AUS- TRALIA IS WOOL PRODUCTS (ABOVE UPPER). V4 1 NEW ZEALAND GEYSERS OF ALL SIZES, POOLS OF BOILING MUD. CRYSTAL CLEAR SPRINGS OF MINERAL WATER, GLITTERING SILICA TERRACES IN WIERDLY BEAUTI- FUL FORMATIONS, RICKLY COLORED CRATERS, AND HISSING FUMERALS MAKE ROTORUA A WORLD- FAMED TOURIST ATTRACTION. THE THERMAL DIS- TRICTS OF ROTORUA IS A PHOTOGRAPHER ' S PARA- DISE. s M RUGGED MOUNTAIN RANGES TOWER- ING ABOVE A BEAUTIFUL LAKE. FRINGED BY SLENDER POPLARS AND GRACEFUL WEEPING WILLOWS, SET THE STAGE FOR QUEEN8T0WN. (UP- PER LEFT). ROLLING HILLS PROVIDE A SCENIC BACK DROP FOR SHEEP STA- TIONS IN THE SOUTHLAND PROVINCE AROUND BLUFF HARBOR (MIDDLE LEFT). AUCKLAND. NEW ZEALAND ' S LAR- GEST CITY. OCCUPIES A SUPERB SITE BETWEEN TWO HARBORS (LEFT LOW- ER AND ABOVE). THE INHABITANTS OF AUCKLAND BOAST OF THE MOST UNIQUE HOMESITES IN THE WORLD. y HAWKE ' 8 BAY INCORPORATES THE CITIES OF NA- PIER AND HASTINGS WITH RICH SURROUNDING FARMLANDS INCLUDING VINEYARDS AND OR- CHARDS. NAPIER IS A MODERN SEASIDE CITY. IT ' S MARINE PARADE 18 LINED WITH PINES AND A MARI- HOMEWARD BOUND R311900Z OCT 80 FM COMAUCK TO COMDESRON 21 U88 OLDENDORF U88 TURNER JOY U88 MARVIN 8HIELD8 UNCLA8 DIG LOG 1. FAREWELL AND GOOD LUCK, IT IS WITH CONSIDERABLE SAD- NESS THAT WE WITNESS YOUR DEPARTURE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ONLY VERY MUCH ENJOYED YOUR COMPANY SOCIALLY BUT HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WORK WITH SAILORS WHO ARE CLEARLY AMONG THE WORLDS PROFESSIONALS. 2. HOPEFULLY IT WON ' T BE TOO LONG BEFORE UNITS OF THE RNZN CAN AGAIN WORK WITH YOUR SQUARDRON AND CONTIN- UE TO EXPAND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FOUNDED. BT R 311938Z OCT 80 FM HMAS BRISBANE TO USS TURNER JOY USS MARVIN SHIELDS USS OLDENDORF INFO COMDESRON 21 UNCLAS SIG ABA 1, WE HAVE VERY MUCH EN- JOYED WORKING WITH YOU ALL DURING THREE MAJOR EX- ERCISES THIS YEAR. YOUR EN- THUSIASM AND DEDICATION TOGETHER WITH OBVIOUS PROFESSIONALISM HAS BEEN MOST IMPRESIVE. 2, WE WISH YOU SMOOTH SEAS AND A HAPPY HOMECOMING. FM CT6 SEVEN FIVE PT. FOUR : _ TO ZEN USS OLDENDORF ZEN USS TURNER JOY ZEN USS MARVIN SHIELDS BT UNCLAS N01610 SUBJ: PERFORMANCE: AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND NAVAL PRES- ENCE MISSION 1. AS TG 75.4 DEPARTS AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND MARITIME AREAS. I AM PLEASED TO NOTE THE OUTSTANDING PER- FORMANCE AT SEA AND ASHORE OF YOUR PERSONEL AS THEY MOST EMINENTLY REPRESENTED THE U.S. NAVY AND OUR COUN- TRY. YOU WERE ON STAGE FOR THREE MONTHS, IN 13 DIFFERENT PORTS IN TWO COMBINED FLEET EXERCISES AND AS HOST FOR ABOUT 70,000 SHIP VISITORS. 2. IT WAS WITH NO SMALL AMOUNT OF PRIDE THAT I WAS ABLE TO REPRESENT OUR SURFACE COMBATANT TASK GROUP AT NUMER- OUS OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS HOSTED BY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MILITARY AND CIVILIAN DIGNITARIES. THEY WERE SINGULAR IN THEIR PRAISE OF THE OPERATION AND AP- PEARANCE OF YOUR SHIPS AND THE PRIDE. ENTHUSIASM, PROFES- SIONALISM AND EXEMPLARY CONDUCT ASHORE OF YOUR OFFI- CERS AND MEN. 3. THE MAIN BATTERY EFFORT IN THE SOPAC 2-80 TASKING WAS NAVAL PRESENCE - SHOWING THE FLAG. THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR SHIP AND CREW WAS SIGNIFICANT AND IMPRESSIVE. WELL DONE. COMMODORE USTICK. BT R 060602Z NOV 80 FM CTF SEVEN FIVE TO COMDESRON TWO ONE USS TURNER JOY . USS MARVIN SHIELDS USS OLDENDORF INFO COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA COMSEVENTHFLT BT UNCLAS N01000 SUBJ: FAREWELL 1. AS YOU COMPLETE YOUR DEPLOYMENT WITH THE SEV- ENTH FLEET, YOU MAY LOOK BACK WITH WELL DESERVED AT YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTH- ERN PACIFIC IN PARTICULAR, YOUR PERFORMANCE AS AM- BASSADORS OF GOOD WILL TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEA- LAND WERE EXCELLENT EX- AMPLES OF THE CONSISTENT- LY HIGH STANDARDS OF CON- DUCT AND PROFESSIONALISM YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT YOUR DEPLOY- MENT. 2. WELL DONE AND MY BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOME- COMING. RADM CARTER. BT v - IBH B ' W ' b ,! r