Ainsworth (FF 1090) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN G.J. ELLIS U.S. NAVY Captain Ellis was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from the University of Notre Danne in 1960 and attended graduate school at the University of Texas. Commissioned at the Officer Candidate School in 1962, he was assigned as Communications Officer aboard USS O ' BANNON (DD-450). Other sea service has included tours as Engineer Officer aboard USS ROBERT K. HUNTINGTON (DD-781) following completion of Destroyer School; Operations Officer with the recommissioning crew of USS LUCE (DDG-38); and Executive Officer of USS RICHARD E. KRAUS (DD-849), USS BORDELON (DD-881), and USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG- 27). Captain Ellis commanded River Division 573 and River Division 532 while in the Republic of Vietnam from August 1969 to August 1970. Shore assignments have included duty with the Military Sealift Command area headquarters in Bremerhaven, Germany; with the Fleet Combat Direction Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia; and most recently as the Director of Department Head Training at Surface Warfare Officers School Command, Newport, Rhode Island. Captain Ellis has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V , the Navy Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, and the Republic of Vietnam Staff Service Medal First Class. Captain Ellis is married to the former Susan Carolyn Haines of East Moriches, New York. They have two sons, Michael and Andrew, and three daughters. Karen, Anne, and Rebecca. Co wa Scl me Exf Poi h Op, 0,( Co fei f

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UNITED STATES SHIP AINSWORTH (FF — 1090) USS AINSWORTH is named in honor of Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, U.S. Navy, and is the first ship ever to bear his name. Vice Admiral Ainsworth was a distinguished task force commander in the South Pacific Campaign of World War II and was known as A destroyerman ' s destroyerman AINSWORTH was built by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., of Westwego, Louisiana. She is the thirteenth ship of the JOSEPH HEWES class of frigates. The ship is especially designed for locating and destorying enemy submarines but is also capable of performing such other missions as patrol, search, rescue, blockade, surveillance, shore bombardment, anti-surface warfare, and anti-air warfare. AINSWORTH is outfitted with the most recent electronic equipment for detecting and or communicating with ships, submarines, and aircraft. Main features include the ship ' s two sonar (underwater sound detection) systems. One, mounted in the hull of the bow, is capable of gaining surface or subsurface contacts at extremely long ranges. The other has a variable debth capability and is towed astern. AINSWORTH ' S principle armament is the homing torpedo. Placed in the general vicinity of an enemy submarine, the torpedo will seek out and destroy its target. The three systems installed in the ship to deliver the torpedo to the target area include: torpedo tubes, the ASROC (Anit-submarine Rocket) launcher and the LAMPS (Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System), a manned helicopter. Other major armament inlcudes the 5 54 rapid fire gun, having a primary purpose of anti-air and anti-surface warefare. It is also effective for shore bombardment in support of forces on beachheads to several miles inland. In August 1976, AINSWORTH became the first ship to receive a production version of the HARPOON Missile Launch System. The HARPOON anti-ship missile, with beyond-the-horizon ranges in excess of 50 nautical miles, adds significantly to AINSWORTH ' S fighting capability. AINSWORTH is powered by a single five-bladed propeller driven by a steam turbine developing 35,000 shaft horsepower. Featuring automatic combustion control of her two boilers, which operate at steam pressures of approximately 1 200 pounds per square inch, she is capable of speeds in excess of 27 knots (more than 30 miles per hour). The ships characteristics are; Length overall — 438 feet; Beam (width) — 47 feet; Navigational Draft (deepest point below waterline) — 26 feet; Full Load Displacement — 4,200 tons. AINSWORTH was commissioned 31 March 1973 and is manned by 18 officers and more than 260 enlisted personnel. The ship has facilities for embarking the squadron commander and his staff and a LAMPS helicopter detachment. In additions to operations in the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean operating areas, the ship has completed six extended deployments in her brief history. AINSWORTH has steamed over 600,000 miles. The ship has served as flagship for Destroyer Squadron Commanders Six, Ten, and Twenty-Two. Homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, AINSWORTH is presently a unit of Destroyer Squadron Ten.

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COMMANDER JOHN W. BEARDSLEY U.S. NAVY Commander Beardsley was commissioned in June 1964 upon graduation from the Naval Academy. His initial sea tour was on board USS JOHN W. THOMASON (DD 760) as 1st LT Gunnery Officer. Following graduation from Destroyer School in 1967, he reported aboard USS STODDARD (DD 566) as Weapons Officer. In 1969-70, he served as a member of the Naval Advisor Group, Republic of Vietnam. From 1970-73, Commander Beardsley was assigned to the Executive Department, U.S. Naval Academy. In March 1976, he completed the course of instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California and received a Master ' s degree in Oceanography. From 1976-77, he was Executive Officer on board USS MEREDITH (DD 890). From 1978-1981, he served on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OP-095) and from 1981-82 he was a student at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. Commander Beardsley is married to former Barbara Bocskay of Huntington, New York, and they have three children, Karen, Michael and Megan. '