Arkansas (CGN 41) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1990 volume:

“CRACK PAC 90” a CREDITS Editor Lay Outs Photographs LT. Charles Quarles, CHC OS3 Alexander Hodges MSSN Michael Thompson SA Charles Allen SN John Bell LT. Bill Calderwood HM2 John Carey EM3 Peter Castro ET2 Frank Delaney OS2 Paul Hoppe NCC Timothy Kelly MM3 Clark Kranz FC3 Phillip Lavine CTR3 Chad McVay CTTC David Pawlowski CTT3 Konrad Schaeffer MS3 Michael Thompson IS1 Alan Whitty CDR Alan Zimm i UNITED STATES SHIP ARKANSAS CGN 41 CDR Alan D. Zimm Command Master Chief MMCM William Prentice 4 Underw ay Ljrsday, June 21 1990 5 VERT REPS SAN DIEGO June 25, July 13-17, September 15-20 8 T J COME! Share the Warmth of MEXICO! 9 BOARDINGS ADVANCEMENT AND FROCKING FIRST CLASS EMI BURRIS OS1 CORNELSION MM1 ALLEN FC1 BROWN FC1 KIRKWOOD MM1 LIZEWSKI EMI MAYCLIN SECOND CLASS EM2 LEESE OS2 DONOFRIO MM2 MOTT RM2 HENDERSON DK2 BROWER ET2 HISCHAR QM2 GROAT ET2 HOLOP MS2 MALCOLM OS2 NIPPER MM2 MARTINEZ OS2 RYAN RM2 HEDRICK OS2 SARGENT OS2 LOWE ET2 STERLING MR2 CANDOW ET2 WALKER OS2 CARDANA ET2 YARBROUGH OS2 CRIPPEN If THIRD CLASS OS3 BAIRD MM3 SHERRON SH3 DELAROSA YN3 TOLES OS3 DEMMIN MM3 BROEKER TM3 FOXX OS3 JAMES PN3 GARMEN EM3 RAMSEY OS3 HODGES MM3 MARTINEZ MM3 MILLER MM3 BARRNET BM3 PROCTOR MS3 BLAKE CTT3 SCHAEFFER CTR3 MCVAY SH3 MYERS 11 FSA FOR A DAY Navy Relief Drive 1990 11,747 Dollars Raised THE WINNERS! LCDR Tom Concannon LCDR Steve Keith LCDR Warren Lewis MAC Sidney Johnson BMC Kevin Baines CTAC Franz Ott EMI Steven Reese OS1 Ralph Digise OSI C Bitts ) z RODMAN, PANAMA AUGUST 8-14, 1990 OUR ONE LIBERTY PORT PANAMA CITY Panama City is the capital of The Republic of Panama. Located on the Pacific side of the isthmus it was founded by the first Spanish royal governor, Pedrarias, in 1514. There are 3 distinct sections of Panama City; Old Panama City, New Old Panama City, and New Panama City. Old Panama City was burnt down in 1518 by the English Pirate, Henry Morgan. New Old Panama was built further from the ocean so it would be protected from pirate raids. New Panama City is a modern city with many high-rise buildings. Its growth was spurred on by a change in banking laws in 1970 that has made Panama the sixth largest financial center in the world. The ARKANSAS arrived in Panama about 10 months after Opera- tion Just Cause . ARKANSAS Sailors got to see the empty field where General Noriega's military headquarters stood prior to the invasion. They also got to see his home and House of the Papal Nuncio where he took refuge after he was driven from power. 18 lUMrUiHimi MIUFIIWS tOCK wm cmi w.x. PANAMA CANAL The Panama Canal is a lock type of canal that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. The Canal is 50 miles long from deep water to deep water. Ships entering from the Pacific side are raised 54 ft above sea level at the Miraflores locks to Mira- flores Lake. At the Pedro Miguel Locks the ships are raised to the Gaillard Cut which is 85 ft above sea level. The cut is 8 miles long and runs through the Continental Divide into Gutan Lake. At the end of Gutan Lake the ships pass into the Gutan Locks where they are lowered 85 ft, back to sea level and head off into the Atlantic. Rodman Soft Ball Tournament THE WINNERS! COMBAT SYSTEMS 21 LABOR DAY Talent Show 1 st Place Achmed and the Rag Head EMI Vinent Reese EMI Al Oestreicher 2nd Place The Blind Comic CT02 Roger Robbins 3rd Place Mr. Shy and the Shyphonics FC2 Peter Fries FC1 John Lightfoot FC2 David Jimenez FC2 Charles Pyle FC3 Paul Anderson HAPPINESS IS THE TEXAS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR! 25 26 29 HOMECOMING September 22, 1990 30 31 A JOB WELL DONE 3lu' § an Itaui Union Saturday, November 10, 1990 2 charged in drug raid on high seas By Philip J. LaVelle. Staff Writer Federal offici foreign mariners v caine aboard a fr tional waters The hiond her cre o tachm federa Th ange bu sank in .1 abou reixlay charged two ns of Colombian co- Sept. 11 in interna- The Nordcapp was not moving, and a Coast Guard of- ficer aboard the ARKANSAS asked permission to board the vessel “due to prior confidential intelligence informa- tion'’ the Nordcapp might have cocaine on board the affi- davit said. ____ ____ Velarde, n?ed ester app and her ks and val miles sout capp skipper Horacio Velarde-G Nicaragua later told officials that “ loaded off Columbia in August a United States via Mexico, accoVoing to a forcement Administration (DEA) affidavit unseafefl'yester- day in federal court. Velarde and a Nordcapp crewman. Boliver Wilson Guerrero-Mosqueda, 42, of Ecuador, were both charged yesterday with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. If convicted they could face life-impris- onment and a fine of $4 million each. Velarde is a fugitive in a drug case in Belgium, where he faces a 10-year prison term, officials said. Guerrero is on parole for his role in shipping tons of marijuana to the East Coast in 1989. At a hearing yesterday, U.S. Magistrate Irma E. Gonzalez de- nied bond to both men and set a bail hearing for next Fri- day. The Nordcapp was taking on water and listing, and her crew of about a dozen men were evacuated. It ank by mid- afternoon that day. The Nordcapp crev «rrivQ| jp San Die- go aboard the ARKANSAS on Sept...15 Ia Velarde admitted that he was transporting 15 tons ofcT cocaine after officials inconsistencies in Ris rlief state- ments. Velarde initially said his ship - hundreds of miles from the usual shipping lanes -A.had been en route from Ecuador to Guatemala. Ship with 15 tons of cocaine was scuttled by crew The affidavit by DEA agent Alan Polezak said that the ARKANSAS encountered the Nordcapp early on the morn- ing of Sept. 11 in the area where it later sank. mWALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY MARCEUVC. MISSOURI. U.S A Cruise Book Sales Office Vic Nigro 10755 Anaheim Drive LaMesa, CA 91941