Waddell (DDG 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS WADDELL DDG-24 WILL TRAVEL

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WADDELL CHARACTERISTICS Commissioned: 28 August 1964 First Homeport: Long Beach, CA. Present Homeport: San Diego. CA. Length of ship: 440 feet and 3 inches Displacement: 4500 tons Highest speed achieved: 40.2 Knots (no smoke) Armament: TARTAR surface-to-air guided missiles. HARPOON surface-to-surface guided missiles. ASROC rocket-propelled anti-submarine weapon. Two 5754 Caliber, rapid-fire, dual-purpose guns, and six anti-submarine torpedo tubes Propulsion: Four 1200psi boilers, twin screw. 70.000 shaft horsepower COMMANDING OFFICERS CDR CARL J. BOYD CDR GRANT J. WALKER CDR LYLE O. ARMEL II CDR PETER K. CULLINS CDR ALBERT S. HERBERGER LCDR C. DAVID EWING CDR DONALD R. ANDERSON CDR WILLIAM S. MANNING CDR BRIAN G. MOYNIHAN CAPT BENJAMIN E. ALLEN JR. CDR EDWARD K. KRISTENSEN CDR JOHN D. LASSWELL CDR JAMES L. McCLANE AUG 64 - JAN 66 JAN 66 - JUN 67 JUN 67 - JUL 69 JUL 69 - JUN 71 JUN 71 - DEC 72 DEC 72 - JUN 74 JUN 74 - JUL 76 JUL 76 - JUL 78 JUL 78 - AUG 80 AUG 80 - SEP 82 SEP 82 - JAN 85 JAN 85 - FEB 87 FEB 87 - APR 89 ‘WARSHIP WESTPAC STATISTICS DAYS OF WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT............ :171 DAYS UNDERWAY......................... :136 LONGEST UNDERWAY PERIOD................ :45 DAYS INPORT.............................:35 TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELLED........... :33.218 NAUTICAL MILES AMOUNT OF FUEL USED..............:2.517.298 GALLONS MEALS SERVED ON WESTPAC............:147.253 COST OF MEALS CONSUMED.......... :$160.000.00 WESTPAC PAYROLL................:$960.000.00 SODAS CONSUMED..................... :73.263 SODA MACHINE INCOME............ :$26.330.00 NUMBER OF HAIRCUTS GIVEN............ :2.129 AMOUNT OF LAUNDRY SERVICED......... :81.483 POUNDS SHIP S ANNUAL BUDGET.......... :$1.300.000.00 NUMBER OF REPAIR PARTS ONBOARD...... :24.030 VALUE OF REPAIR PARTS....... :S2.200.000.00 UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENTS CONDUCTED ... :51 HELICOPTER OPERATIONS CONDUCTED........:115 NUMBER OF 5' ROUNDS FIRED............. :187 NUMBER OF SMALL ARMS ROUNDS FIRED . :1.433 OUTGOING MESSAGES SENT...............:4.105 NUMBER OF COPIES MADE IN RADIO..... :238.587 MAIL SENT HOME.............. :7,817 POUNDS MAIL RECEIVED FROM HOME.....:20.135 POUNDS USS WADDELL HOMEPORTS LONG BEACH, CA YOKOSUKA, JAPAN SAN DIEGO, CA Aug 1964 - July 1968 July 1968 - Aug 1970 Aug 1970 - Present 3