Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1987 volume:

w ' ms - : : i i ' V [ ' ••• ' ' • accept all challenges that come to me. will support you, re-arm you and refuel you. In whichever ocean you may sail. Under any condition or circumstance. My goal is perfection; my friend, fortitude, i . My heart beats service to my battle group, i give of myself to keep others going while I go alone. am the rogue. t Q HOT- . l ' BM2 William K. Nagy This book is dedicated to the wives and families who support the men who support the fleet at sea. They have the toughest job. i w«ww) i   i iiiiii i imtu-.iMW Commanding Officer ROBERT S. COLE Captain, US Navy C$).iVJMA ' [ i%J Captain Robert S. Cole, a native of West Point, New York, entered ttie Navy in September, 1963 from the NROTC contract program. Commissioned after graduation from Penn State University, he com- pleted flight training and was designated a naval aviator in May, 1965 Following A-4E SKYHAWK replacement pilot training. Captain Cole reported to Attack Squadron FIFTEEN, NAS Cecil Field. During his tour. Captain Cole flew more than 200 combat missions over North Vietnam from the carrier USS INTREPID. Assigned flight instructor duty. Captain Cole re- ported to Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY- SIX as NAS Miramar in November, 1968. During this tour he worked as Squadron Training Officer and helped initiate adversary training among Miramar- based fighter squadrons. Captain Cole transferred to the Naval Reserve in 1969, flying the A-4 SKYHAWK at NAS Los Alomi- tos. In July 1970 Captain Cole returned to active duty as Operations Officer of Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX. After completing transition training for the F-4 PHANTOM in late 1972, the Cap- tain reported to Fighter Squadron ONE HUNDRED FIF- TY-ONE as Maintenance Officer aboard USS MIDWAY forward-deployed in Japan. Captain Cole attended the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island in 1975, followed by a tour in the Pentagon where he served as the Head of Naval Aviation Manpower and Planning (OP-05). In 1978 Captain Cole reported as Executive Of- ficer Commanding Officer of Fighter Squadron SEV- ENTY-FOUR aboard USS FORRESTAL. He proceeded to become Fighter Training Officer for COMNAVAIR- LANT and then most recently. Executive Officer of the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY. Captain Cole has logged over 3500 hours of flight time and 800 carrier landings. His personal de- corations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Meri- torious Service Medal, Air Medal, seventeen Strike Flight Air Medals, four awards of the Navy Commen- dation Medal with combat V, three awards of the Navy Achievement Medal with combat V, the Hu- manitarian Service Medal, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (Bronze Star), plus various unit awards and campaign medals. He has written numerous articles on naval aviation safety and served as Grampaw Pettibone while Contributing Editor for Novel Avia- tion News Mogozine. Captain Cole resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia with his wife Paulo and their children Tomi, Jennifer, Brian and Shelly. Executive Officer WILLIAM S. HACKETT Lt. Commander, US Navy LCDR William S. Hackett, a native of Princeton, Kentucky, en- tered ttie Navy in December, 1973 from the NROTC Contract Pro- gram, Commissioned upon graduation from Auburn University, he completed the Surface Warfare Officer Basic Course in Newport, Rhode Island and was assigned to his initial sea tour aboard USS TRUCKEE (AO 147) as Communications Officer LCDR Hackett transferred to the West Coast in 1977, where he was assigned as the Combat Information Center Officer aboard USS FOX (CG 33). Following his tour aboard the FOX, he attended the Surface Warfare Officers Department Head School in Newport, Rhode Island In May 1979 he was assigned to the precommissioning unit for USS CUSHING (DO 985) and served as her Operations Officer when she entered service the following September, In October, 1981 LCDR Hackett reported to USS FORT FISHER (LSD 40) as Chief Engineer. LCDR Hackett attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monteray, CA in 1983, followed by a tour aboard USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) as Main Propulsion Assistant. In No vember, 1986 LCDR Hackett reported as Executive Offi- cer to the CANISTEO, His personal decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal (second award). Command Master Chief FRANCIS J, SHEPPARD SHCM(SW), US Navy SHCM(SW) Francis J. Sheppard, Canisteo ' s Com- mand Master Chief since May 1986, was raised in Philadelphia. He quit high school in 1961 after com- pleting the tenth grade, and he enlisted in the Navy in early 1962. He reported to his first ship. USS SAV- AGE (DER-386), serving as laundryman and ship ' s store operator. While onboard the SAVAGE, Master Chief Sheppard earned his high school GED in March, 1963. In 1965 Master Chief Sheppard reported to USS COGSWELL (DD-651), serving as laundryman and then OS ship ' s store recordkeeper. He reported to USS TOWERS (DDG-9) in 1967, where he eventually became the leading ship ' s serviceman. He was leading ship ' s serviceman at Naval Sup- port Activity Saigon, Detachment YRBM-21, from March, 1970 to March, 1971. Master Chief Sheppard then reported to the Commissary Store, Naval Sta- tion Philadelphia where he acted first as Office Su- pervisor, and then as primary Cash Collection Agent, until 1974, when he reported to USS RICH (DD-820). On the RICH he was leading SH and then became leading petty officer for the supply department. Master Chief Sheppard reported to the Commis- sary Store at NAS Bermuda in March 1976. During his tour in Bermuda he moved from the position of Warehouse Supervisor, to that of Sales Floor Supervi- sor, to that of Assistant Officer-in-Charge. In 1979 he reported to the Navy Exchange, Guantonomo Bay, Cuba, where he served as Distribution Manager and later as Assistant Navy Exchange Officer From Cuba Master Chief Sheppard transferred to the Commissary Store at NNSY Portsmouth where he eventually became the Commissary Store Offi- cer. He reported to CANISTEO on completion of his tour in Portsmouth. Master Chief Sheppard ' s decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Coast Guard Merito- rious Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Award (five awards). Notional Defense Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon (three awards), Vietnam Service Medal (three bronze stars), Vietnamese Gal- lantry Cross and Vietnam Campaign Medal. Master Chief Sheppard resides in Virginia Beach with his wife, Toni, and their children, Michele and Christie. They plan to remain in Virginia Beach when he transfers to the fleet reserve in July, 1988. Department IHeads LCDR Ronald G. Keim First Lieutenant LCDR Michael B. Shepperd Ctiief Engineer LT William A. Macht Operations Ofticer LT Alvin L. Peschke, SC Supply Otficer LT Chris E. Buck, CHC Chaplain Senior Departmental Assistants CW03 Stanley C. Kogutkiewicz Main Propulsion Assistant BMCM(SW) Roger A, LaCross St-iip ' s Bo ' sun BTCS(SW) Edward V. Joyner Senior Enlisted Propulsion Engineer ETC(SW) Gregory A. Scott 3M Coordinator History of the USS CANISTEO (AO 99) The history of the CANISTEO is a 42-year saga of versatility, support and dependability. Built by Bethle- hem-Sparrows Point Shipyard under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract, she received a commission on 3 December, 1945 under the command of LCDR E. L. Denton, USNR. She is the next to the last ship built in a class of 24 oilers v hich v as originally designed in the mid 1930s for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. CANISTEO ' s first year set the pace for the rest of her history. On her maiden assignment she delivered diesel fuel to the Allied occupation forces in Ger- many. She returned west to spend time training in the Caribbean before she sailed north to Greenland and Iceland. She concluded her first year of service by steaming south through the Panama Canal to the opposite end of the earth, where she played a criti- cal role in Operation High Jump, the largest scien- tific expedition ever to explore Antarctica at the time. Supplying fuel to the fleet is CANISTEO ' s primary mission, but by no means is it her only one. In her early history she played a particularly major role in transferring personnel from one ship to another. In 1957 while operating with the Sixth Fleet, she per- formed what is believed to be a record for trans- ferring personnel by highline at sea: a total of 254 persons in less than 24 hours. CANISTEO has a long history for aiding ships in distress. In 1946 she towed a disabled merchantman to safety. Nine years later in August 1955, the U.S. Maritime Administration commended CANISTEO for her help extinguishing a fire on the SS JOHN STEPHEN- SON. Her premier rescue occurred in the late Janu- ary of 1961, when the modern-day pirate Henrique Galvao and 50-100 armed men seized the Portu- guese luxury liner SANTA MARIA. CANISTEO chased the pirates 3000 miles and was present in Recife, Brazil for their capture. During September and October of 1965 CANIS- TEO entered the realm of Boreas Rex while operat- ing in the North Atlantic, whereupon all crew mem- bers became true ice- and brine-encrusted Bluenoses. The following month, she again pro- ceeded to the opposite end of the earth to South Africa, where she replenished American naval units returning from the Far East. On the completion on this 14,000 mile deployment, CANISTEO returned to Norfolk manned entirely by a crew of Bluenosed Shellbacks. In January 1967 CANISTEO returned to her birth- place at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, where she had her forward superstructure and a hull section amid- ships removed and replaced. The main deck, previ- ously open on the sides and covered by a wooden deck on the 01 level, was now enclosed entirely in steel. The Navy ' s new electro-hydraulic winches and rigs replaced the steam winches and first-generation unrep gear. Most importantly though, she was 91 feet longer and capable of carrying not only fuel, but refrigerated and dry stores, bottled gases, lube oils, 600 tons of ammunition and over 6.7 million gal- lons of jet and diesel fuels. Returning to the fleet in January 1969, the now AOJ(Jumbo)-99 reasserted her place. After leaving refresher training in Cuba with the highest score earned by on auxiliary in years, she reported to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. During seven months in the Med, 1969-1970, CANISTEO provided replenishment services 341 times, establishing a new record for Sixth Fleet oilers as she worked the bugs out of the Navy ' s new unrep technology. Ordered to Guatanamo Bay again, CANISTEO left Norfolk in June of 1970. Enroute, however, she received new orders dispatching her to rendezvous with the USS GUAM (LPH 9), which was flying disaster assistance missions to earthquake-ravaged Peru. CANISTEO passed through the Panama Canal, cross- ed he equator and met the GUAM long enough to refuel her. She then turned immediately around to retrace her track. Twenty-six days, two oceans and six thousand miles later she tied up in Norfolk When she finally did reach Gitmo she received the highest grade awarded any ship type in over two and one half yeo ' s CANISTEO spent most of the seventies passing between the Second Fleet and the Sixth Fleet and excelling in both. During her 1972-73 deployment she had the reputation of providing the best quality fuels in the Mediterranean. In the ten years between 1969 and 1978, she earned the following efficiency awards: eight In Engineering, five in Battle, four in Communications, two in CIC, one in Supply and one in Seamanship. She was named Second Fleet Top Overall Operator in 1977 for her performance in that year ' s CARIBEX exercise Returning from her 1978-79 Med deployment, CANISTEO received the nickname Supership Can-Do, when her fleet, group and squadron commanders in both the Sec- ond and the Sixth Fleets addressed her as such in commending messages. CANISTEO spent most of the 1980 ' s making short patrols to North Atlantic and Caribbean operating areas. In the Caribbean in 1986 and 1987, she earn- ed two successive Meritorious Unit Commendations from the Coast Guard for the assistance she ren- dered in countering ille gal drug smuggling efforts. In late 1987 CANISTEO earned uncommon praise during a deployment to the Mediterranean. Enroute to the Med she aided the salvage ship USS GRAPPLE towing minesweepers to the Persian Gulf. GRAPPLE had encountered heavy weather and was running low on fuel CANISTEO devised on impromptu rig to refuel GRAPPLE without wasting time breaking her tows. Commander. Naval Surface Force, Atlantic Fleet placed this accomplishment in a class by it- self After only two months in the Med, she was again at the head of the fleet, delivering fuel, ammo and goods thirty to fifty percent faster than the Sixth Fleet was accustomed. The commander of the logistics ships attached to the Sixth Fleet identi- fied CANISTEO ' s performance as a benchmark for fleet, and her operational commander claimed she was the best logistics ship he had ever seen. The USS CANISTEO is many things to many peo- ple. To the sailor first reporting aboard, she is a name often mispronounced. To the worker at Cra- ney Island Fuel Depot she is just another oiler to be loaded. To the destroyer riding high and rough, she is the ship showing hull down on the horizon ready to supply fuel, bring moil from home, exchange movies and give a friendly greeting in the middle of the sea. For her engineers, she requires many long hours to maintain her aging plant. For the rest of the crew, she requires equally long hours on the rigs and at un- rep stations. For all of us, though, she is home for a good port of our time, with all the happiness, sorrow and peace that any home offers. CANISTEO carries no big guns, no supersonic air- craft, and no missile launchers, but she does carry the fuel, weapons and supplies which give the fight- ing ships their long arms and legs. And we know when they pull away fat and heavy that we are on indispensible member of the United States Navy. Specifications of the CANISTEO. Mission: Crew: Dimensions: Refuel and replenish the fleet at sea. 21 Officers 335 Ennlisted Men Length - 644 feet . ' Beam - 75 feet Draft - 36 feet Propulsion Plant: Electrical Plant: 4 boilers. Twin Shafts 13,500 S.H.P. Maximum speed - 18 knots ' 2 Ship ' s Service Turbogenerators 3 Ship ' s Auxiliary Diesel Genera- tors I Cargo Capoci- ties: Armament: Diesel Fuel Marine - 4,431,369 gallons Jet Fuel (JP-5) - 2,268,780 gollc Frozen Stores - 48.9 tons Dry Stores - 126.7 tons Consumable Materials - 63.8 tc Cargo Ammunition - 550 tons 2 3 50 Caliber Duel Purpose Guns Note: As originally built, CANISTEO carried the follo ing armament: 1 5 38-caliber Dual Purpose Gun 4 3 50-caliber Anti-Aircroft Guns 8 40mm Anti-Aircroft Guns Note: For the deployment to the Med, CANISTEO temporarily carried a electronic warfare (EW) von on the fo ' c ' sle. Additionally, prior to the deployment, she was fitted for two ready-service Stinger Anti-Air- craft Missile Stations, fore and oft. CANISTEO was to receive these shoulder launched weapons, should she have received orders to support the Seventh Fleet in the Indian Ocean. THE SHIP ' S COMPANY Communications Division The radiomen and signalmen of OC Divi- sion provide CANISTEO with reliable, secure and rapid communications. Radiomen use highly sophisticated digi- tal-electronic equipment to relay voice and teletype messages around the world, while signalmen use more t raditional methods such as flaghoists, flashing light and semaphore to transmit messages between ships, OC Division transmits, receives and pro- cesses messages twenty-four hours a day. These messages range from highly classified information to personal telegrams and tele- phone calls. In addition to their communica- tion duties, CANISTEO ' s signalmen are in many respects the eyes of the ship. With the aid of their high-powered binoculars, known as Big Eyes, and the 12 searchlight, watchstanders on the signal bridge can per- ceive visual contacts undetectable to the naked eye During 1987 the two workcenters ex- celecl in several exercises. While the ship was in the Med, they participated in a NAVCOMMEX 99, allowing CANISTEO to communicate with several NATO allies simul- taneously. Late in the year the division made a joint score of 96% on a graded TYCOMEX. No ship in SERVRON FOUR has scored this high in several years. Additionally, Radio has main- tained a CIM rate far below the 5% fleet av- erage for six consecutive quarters, making CANISTEO the only ship in SERVRON FOUR to have ever done so well. OPERATIONS ENS K. W. Solfermoser Communications Officer RMC E. E, Riggle, Sr. Leading Chief Petty Officer 11 ET Division These men dwell in the upper reaches of the forward superstructure. They are elec- tronics technicians. They prod with probes, tweek with prods and perform maintenance on parts that most people need a magnify- ing gloss to figure out. ETs ensure that CANISTEO ' s eyes and ears work. When the radios fail to transmit or receive messages, the radiomen call for the ETs. When the radar refuses to point a pic- ture of the local shipping traffic, the OSs call for the ETs. When it ' s time to make sure ev- ery piece of personal electronic gear on- board is safe to operate, the CO. calls for the ETs. Through the year these men hove suc- cessfully kept the ship ' s electronics working so that CANISTEO could get underway safe- ly. Thanks to their efforts, the ship got under- way on time, every time, and sometimes even with five or ten minutes to spore! Thanks to the ET ' s work in conjunction with the ship ' s electricians. Fathom magazine cited CANISTEO for having the best electrical safety program on the Norfolk waterfront. Navigation Division Oh, oh . . . three foot swells out there — better get a master helmsman! Oh, oh . . . Soros Boy here has on awful lot of islands in it — better set a modified nav detail! Oh, oh ... We got a schedule change — better find a qualified Pimulator! Oh, oh . . . Twelve hour consol! Oh , oh . . . Cruddy weather! Quartermasters are the guys who keep the ship out of trouble — safe and clear of large objects like islands and with water be- neath the keel. What ' s more, you never hear o quarter- master complaining. Well, maybe once in a while after they ' ve spent three or four hours staring at a compass card. ... but they always seem to know where we ore. After all, just how could you lose some- thing the size of CANISTEO anyway? ( MMiM RM1 W, L. Anderson RM2 R, M. Ashline RM2 J. D. King Leading Petty Officer RM3 C, E. Campbell RM3 T. D. Griffen RM3 R, E. Henson RM3 D. C, Kent RM3 T, J. Riemer SM1(SW) S. H. Chandler Leading Petty Officer SM2(SW) J. R, van SMSN T. J, Stanley SMSN T. Strain Syckle 12 SMSN D. M. Chandler SMSN K, S. Croker SMSA P. R. McKinney LT P T, Amoroso Electronics Materials Officer ET1(SS) D. K. Tfiompson ET2 K. R. Golden Leading Petty Officer ET3 E. F. Oldfiom ET3 K. C, Orson ET3 M, J. Steckel ET3 B. W, Taylor, Jr. ETSN K. D McDowell WfU. fl«, U)« CAM SlTMCK CMjL a AO  IW WMfOfM KMtTf m I TO Ccmt III. y fhri y ch QM ' s ' CT LT(jg) S. J. Belair Assistant Navigator QMC(SW) W. C, Per- kins Leading Chief Petty Officer J 01 Division Whoever said that logistics ships really don ' t have a CIC? Obviously someone who ' s never stood a twenty hour watch making sure there are no merchants charging over the horizon, hell- bent on driving right between us and who- ever is alongside. The best and the proudest on the wa- terfront, CANISTEO ' s operations specialists have been the very heart of the Can-do Take Charge! attitude. In the past year they have organized and executed each of CANISTEO ' s rendezvous, finding everything from drug-laden sailboats to hundred-foot minesweepers in twenty-foot seas, to MSC tankers in crowded Mediterranean traffic lanes. They act as the eyes and ears of the ship, piloting us through hazardous waters, searching for things that would go bump in the night. And how ' bout that tranquil Med cruise? What comes after skunk ZZ anyway? Stores Division (S-1) The storekeeper ' s provide complete lo- gistic support for the material needs of the CANISTEO and, in a deployed environment, of the battlegroup as well. Storekeepers, alias Stores or Keys, are responsible for the proper re ceipt, ex- penditure and accounting of fuels, SAC-224 materials, and onboard stocks. The SK ' s pride themselves for achieving customer satisfaction through outstanding service relations with all shipboard divisions, and they know that at one time or another even the lowest ranking seaman will come to a storekeeper for materials. The most frustrating thing about being a storekeeper is that their shipmates truly don ' t understand what goes on behind the scenes and how difficult it is to maintain a Blue E division with superior standards of excellence in repair parts management. QM1 D. V Land QM3 R. L. Ellsworth QM3 W. T. Hollo well OS ' S SN J A, Katz OS1 W J Mewis OS2 G A. Campbell OS2 M. G. Mescner Leading Petty Officer OS2 R, A, Seay OS3 K, H, Allen OS3 B E McNary OS3 S- L Netties OSSN R. Vinson 14 SKC R O has Leocing C ef Sen-y Officer SK2 B. W. Chaney SK3 M A Chftdres SK3 S L George SK3 D. C. Stephens SKSN M. R. Lone SN M. E. Myers WSCS 7. C. Ncveoc, Leocing Seniof Chief Petty C-:t MSI W. C. Brody MS2 R. R. hoflboje- MSSN M. A Domngues MSSN E. W. Ftxjua SR J i Home f tSSA A. L. Smitti 15 Food Services Division (S-2) It ' s an uncontested fact that S-2 Division has a greater and more imnnediate impact on CANISTEO ' s morale than any other division on the ship. They cook breakfast, lunch and dinner, as v ell as midrats, reenlistment cakes, birthday cakes, special surf-ond-turf meals, and picnics. Judging from the crew ' s partici- pation in the Jane Fonda ' s Daily Workouts, the mess management specialists must be doing something right. SURFLANT obviously agrees, since they nominated CANISTEO ' s Supply Department for the Blue E and her Enlisted Dining Facility to compete for the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award for Food Service Excellence among Atlantic Fleet medium-sized afloat commands. During CANISTEO ' s two month Med de- ployment, S-2 provided over 10,000 cookies for transfer to customer ships, 3,000 burgers and hot dogs for Steel Beach picnics and over 500 pizzas for midrats pizza feasts. Not bad for a galley designed to feed a crew half the size of the ship ' s current company. Sales Division (S-3) 1987 was a great year for S-3 Division! They kicked ass and made a name for them- selves. Navy Resale and Support Office requires a stock turn of 1.33 every four-month ac- counting period. CANISTEO ' s ship ' s service- men realized an average stock turn of 2.65 — double the fleet standard — throughout all four quarters in 1987! The ship ' s store in- corporated an imaginative new product mix which helped to increase sales and add to the moral of the crew during the ship ' s hec- tic operating schedule. During CANISTEO ' s Supply Management Inspection on July 2 and 3, S-3 received grades of Outstanding in areas of Ship ' s Store Records and Returns and Service Activities, including the laundry and barber shop, making a significant contribution to CANISTEO ' s Blue E award for supply excel- lence. Additionally, the Ship ' s Store was o final- ist for the Best Sales and Service Award in the small afloat category in the Atlantic Fleet Competition. SN E. J. O ' Neal, Jr. SA C. E. Washington LTQg) R, E. Davis, Sr., SC Disbursing Sales Officer m m DK1 J, P. Quicho SHI J. Brown SH2 R. L, Singletori Leading Petty Officer Leading Petty Officer Canisteo Sailor of the Year SH3 D. M. Bell SHSN D. R. Kertulis SH3 J, M. Raczok 16 SHSN D. M. Dixon SHSA T. A. Sam SHSN T. E. Trinnmer z 3M32 S A AbsfM-e 3WG3 : . . S:oggs SN Z. Z. Z-avs SN B. R. McCoy SN M. G. SfX3fT )len 17 Disbursing Division (S-4) S-4 (Disbursing) Division is responsible for maintaining more than 350 officer and enlist- ed pay accounts, making a total monthly re- sponsibility of over $180,000. Although they enjoy uncommon ship- wide popularity tw ice a month, they none- theless earn a bad reputation for themselves when new sailors check aboard. In doing their job so well, they find a lot of improperly maintained pay accounts arriving from previ- ous commands. In most cases — for exam- ple, overpayment from a previous com- mand, out of balance LES ' s, personnel not retaining receipts for depts incurred during TAD or PCS moves — it means bad news for the customer, On the other hand, DK ' s enjoy getting to know everyone on the ship. The DK1 and two DK3 ' s in the office ensure that every- one ' s pay problems get fixed as quickly and painlessly as possible. Accountability is al- ways maintained. Cargo Ammo Division (S-9) The Cargo Ammo Division (S-9) consists of those gunner ' s mates who load out and transfer munitions to the fleet. They maintain the magazine sprinkler systems, eductors and ordinance handling equipment. While CANISTEO is underway, they assist the Third Division gunner ' s mates man the 3 50 mounts and machine gun stations at GQ and Condition III, stand Main Deck Security watches, fly shotlines and tend phone-and- distance lines during unreps. During the year they successfully com- pleted three successful Ordance Handling Safety Assist Team (OHSAT), Nuclear Weap- ons Assist Team (NWAT) and Combat Systems Readiness Review (CSRR) inspec- tions. With less than a month ' s notice, they brought onboard a specially tailored load of cargo ammo for the Iowa battlegroup de- ployment. While CANISTEO was in the Med this close-knit family of nine safely transferred over 500 tons of warfare. Inport, besides maintaining and preserv- ing their magazine spaces, the S-9 gunners stand quarterdeck watches, guard paylines, and escort the disbursing officer to the bank. 18 LT(jg) E, P Voge Administration Officer NCC(SW) J, Benford Command Center Counselor ADMIN PC1(SW) A. R. Griffith PCSN W. T, Zeveney, RM1 R, C, Hart Ship ' s Postmaster Jr. Master-at-Arms HM3 A, Blacl burn, Jr. HM3 K R, Johnson YN1 W, I, Fuller Ship ' s Secretory PNSN H. W. Trent PNSN R. N. Fields RP3 K. W. Davis yTX. .cVO- Engineering A GANG z- a 5 ze;- ' cQi Officer ■ tJiCn iSi ENC ' S.v; 3 =e.e-e W S. Epperson MM1 B. J. Bryant MM3 R. G. O ' Deil 19 Administration Dept. How can you sum up the professionalism and great customer service provided by CANISTEO ' s Administration Department? If you had a little fever or a sore body, the corpsmen were always there to help out. Thanks to the postal clerks, the mail al- ways got through, whether we were in St. Vincent or the Aegean. If you had a question concerning any- thing in that mysterious service record, the personnelmen were always glad to interpret an answer, if it existed, And if you needed a letter typed or a last-minute power of Attorney drawn up, you knew the yeomen would have it in their typewriter that very instant! These were their good points . . . They were warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Their hands never got dirty unless they had been tangling with carbon paper. They used their brain power instead of their brawn in the execution of their du- ties, and even in the execution of the annual physical fitness test. Like the old saying goes, It ' s a tough job, but someone has to do it. A Division They keep the freezers frozen; they keep the ovens roasting. They make ice cream and hot water. They make sure that the boatswain ' s mates can heave around on the anchor, and they make sure the quarter- masters can shift the rudders. They ' re sup- posed to keep the ship cool in the summer and warm in the winter (and they usually do.) They run diesel engines that are three times bigger than the average automobile, and they run them on jet fuel, The A-Gangers take core of every piece of engineering that is not associated with underway replenishment or main propul- sion. For this reason, there ' s hardly a space on the ship that the enginemen and machin- ist ' s mates of A Division can ' t claim some ownership within. They have a lot of equipment, and a lot to be proud of. They point out that they kept all of their machinery operational all year long, and that the SADGs didn ' t run out of gas a single time in 1987. Now if only they could make shore steam as reliable. MM3 A. W. Powell MMFN D. J, Ekdahl EN2(SW) B, F. Luke EN3 M. F. PIcciano EN3 t, E. Stewart ENFN E. J. Freiwald EDIV. EMC(SW) J, A, Millete Leading Chief Petty Officer 20 EM1 A. A, Alemelor EM2 B, S, Alexander EM2 G, S, Steimling Leading Petty Officer EM3 F. E, Andrekus FN J. M. Evans FN R, T. Geis FN M, N Herrera EMFN P- Javarone FA L, N, Lagliva EMFN S- C, Moody IC1(SW) J. R, Jackson Leading Petty Officer IC3(SW) B, E. Irish IC3 S, H, Baker FN J. C- Durol ICFN T. L, Jeffries FN G, D, Johnson Hey, Boats! The captain wants to know if these guys want regular or unleaded. 21 Canisteo Power and Lighting Whereas the HT ' s work with metal, and the YN ' s and PN ' s work with paper, the EM ' s work with electrons. Electrons are too small to see, but they work hard for you. Your electric razor, the ship ' s lighting and our CHT system all depend on electrons. While inport you can usually find electri- cians doing PMS on the many equipments we use day-to-day. While underway you will find them doing more PMS, standing switch- board watches or answering trouble calls throughout the ship. They maintain all the motors, generators, controllers and lighting that we take for granted. When we pull into port, happy to see our girlfriends, wives and families, the electri- cian stays behind to pull shore power. Then you still have ail the conveniences of home, even while inport. The next time you listen to your radio, watch TV, get a cold drink of water or read a book by your rack light, think of the electri- cian working hard and long hours to give you that power. CP L — We light up your life. Tlie ICMen They make the IMC work, and if the IMC doesn ' t work, then the IMC makes them work, . . . likewise with the sound-powered phones, and with the dial telephone, and with the steering control system, and with all the alarms and warning systems, and with the salinity indicators,and with CCTV, and with the gyro (Oh no, not the gyro!). The IC-Men enjoy the habit of assuming responsibility for things that are fairly small, but which stretch throughout the ship. This means that once they ' ve found the prob- lem, they can just put it in their pocket and carry it back up to the IC Shop to tinker with. Until they ' ve found the problem, that is. The problem could be in one place, or it could be on the other end of the ship, or it could be somewhere in the middle. It ' s all part of a day ' s work, they say. The causes are varied. Sometimes it ' s be- cause the sound-powered phones weren ' t stowed properly, or because somebody plugs their phone into the wrong circuit, or, as is frequently the case,the batteries simply go dead. BDIV ENS N. W, Schley I Boilers Officer BTC (SW) P. L. Schild Leading Chief Petty Officer Ship ' s Oil King BT1 J, P, Crute BT1 D, A, Ivy BT1 T, G, Ryder BT1 R. S. Ames BT2 J, L. Burgreen BT2 (SW) D, J, Hanson 22 BT3 T. J. Anderson BT3 B. L. Herbert BT3 D. L K Minier BT3 G- R, Reed BT3 D K. Wilson BT3 W. J Wilson BTFN S. J. Hall FN T. D. Staude BTFA K. Z. Clear BTFN A. O. Lopid MMCS (SW) K, E, Taylor Engineroom Supervisor MDIV jr.c ' . i O Us l-lAve Pterrty of salt. .. .So, now Bcor A MARGARITA ? MM1 W. J. Shields MM2 (SW) G, C. Henderson MR2 M A Siple MM3 F. H. Decannp MM3 J A Mineo MM3 R. L, Sisson 23 Who would believe that it takes thirty people to boil water? But how many people boil water with pots and pans with ainnost four thousand square feet of heat transfer area per pot? And how many people have to clean the soot off of one side — and the chemical buildup off of the other side — of every one of those four thousand square feet on each of four such pots? Three or four times a year? Boiler techs indisputably make up the hardest working division on the ship. They (along with the machinist ' s mates in the en- gineroom) are the original hull snipes; if it wasn ' t for the sun coming down through the outer stack, they ' d never see the light of day, But when the burnerman inserts the torch and lights the fires, BTs bring life to the heart of the plant. (Who would believe that with all the wa- ter that they boil in the fireroom, CANISTEO ' s BT ' s have the coldest space below decks on the ship in the wintertime?) These men boil water, and CANISTEO goes. And as long as they have a cigarette lighter, these BTs will guarantee that the ship will go anywhere. Anytime. FN B. J. Brammer FN W, J. Bryant MRFN E, E Nickle MMFN W, L. Wheaton MMFA J, T, H, Hakes FA B, K, Smith 24 RDIV LT(jg) EC. Cenizal Damage Control Assistant ENS L. G. Cordero Liquid Cargo Offi cer HTC CM. Stone Leading Chief Petty Officer HT1 (SW) ID. McCroy HT1 S. R. Leading Petty Officer Fenstermocher (ER01) Leading Petty Officer (EDC1) HT1 M. G. Hill HT2 D A. Delsigrxxe HT2 P A Mendez HT2 G L Troglln HT3 T. I. Fisher HT3 J. C. Lewis HT3 R. H. Loucks, Sr. HT3 J. E. Thayer HT3 L. R. Thayer HTFN S. A. Cotfels HTFN K. L. Klinedinst 25 M Division Make one mention of water and lube oil in the same comment ... or Mutter a slight murmur about cloudiness . . or maybe Whisper a barely perceptible suggestion that perhaps water is seeping from some- where into the precious main engines . . . . . . and you will immediately draw glares from the machinist ' s mates of M Division. These men are the ones who claim real- ly to drive the CANISTEO, These are the men who put the steam to the engines and moke the shaft go around. These are the men with the Notorious, Cloudy, Lube Oil. Certainly lube oil was a highlight of everybody ' s year. It ' s a safe bet that their oil caused more worry and discussion through- out the ship than perhaps anything else on board. After a lot of purifying and even more sampling, the MMs finally kept both the lube oil clear and the Propulsion Examining Board onboard long enough to finish OPPE. In the end, ECCTT and the watchstonders had trained each other so well that after PEB gave drill sessions for all three wotchsections, CANISTEO returned to Norfolk flying brooms from the yordorms, representing a clean sweep in the OPPE after all. The rest of the year was cake. Well, ex- cept for the gland seals on the main fe ed pumps, and the oil seals and the gland seals on the SSTG ' s, and the LP drain line (which one this time?) with the elusive hole, and the salty condenser requiring the quick-tear- down-plug-hydro-flush-and-buttonup- while- underway adjustments, and the evaporators not quite up to snuff, and, of course, not the least which was the dreaded crab ambush from the aux circ overboard valve. Flush and fill which sump? Again?! But the important thing was: the MM ' s took care of it all. DECK DEP. LT(jg) K. A, Perrone Division Officer BMCS R. A. Seda Leading Chief Pefty Officer BM2 R. W, Suhr BM2 W. R. Counts BM3 A V, Frank BM3 T, J, Gill BM3 P, M Minor BM3 J. A. Rannos 26 SN E Axson SN J D. Alston SN S, R, Boggs SN E. M Mesquiti SN J R. Pratt SN T, J, Pratt SN J. G. Beer SN D L Crespo Nonrated Sailor of ttie Year SA B A, Cribbs SA C A, Madrid SA R, C Garcia How A Eo s ' NrAf re rriRa +lS Co f fee BM1 D. H, Hanson BM2 M P Sciocca BM3 K, A, Myers Leading Petty Officer SN J, D. Hill SN P A Jardine SN J W, Mobley SA J. F Dilts SA J, M. Marctiand 27 R Division The men of R Division ore nnasters of many trades. CANISTEO ' s hull technicians are the house experts on everything from fuel analysis to plumbing. The R stands for Repair Division. CANIS- TEO ' s hull technicians do most of the welding and brazing jobs throughout the ship. They ensure the ship has a continuous firemain pressure, and they maintain that system and all other major DC gear onboard. They repair all commodes and urinals. They even ensure that the ship ' s sewage is properly disposed of. As leaders in the damage control orga- nization, all HT petty officers are qualified on- scene leaders, members of the At-Sea Fire Party and members of the Helo Crash and Salvage Crew. As cargo fuels specialists, the HT ' s are re- sponsible for the safe transfer of JP-5 and DFM, and they guarantee the quality of CANISTEO ' s seven million gallons of cargo fuels. When the ship unreps, the HT ' s rarely transfer less than several hundred thousand gallons in a day. Manning the console board in Cargo Control and the discharge valves at each unrep station, they direct the flow of fuel throughout the ship and off to our customers. Deck Department Deck Department has a greater impact than any other department onboard when CANISTEO sails forth to meet the rest of the world. The boatswain ' s mates ' rating is re- knowned for the proportion of work they perform maintaining and preserving a ship ' s topside spaces and gear. They carry needle- guns and knucklebusters as their sidearms of choice. So great is their task, that by the time they finish chipping, priming and laying a fresh coat of haze gray to the sides and weather decks, it ' s time to start repainting the ship all over again. These men are the stage crew. Their stage bears witness to all who come alongside. Deck Department has other BM ' s also, as well as enginemen, electricians, and machin- ist ' s mates who operate, maintain and repair all the equipment for each of CANISTEO ' s un- rep stations. When CANISTEO produces, these men 28 SA B, A. Powell SR D. Dickerson SR W. P. Ranger SR L, C. Robinson DIV. LT(jg) E. A. Dejesus Division Officer GMG1(SW) B. J, Wyatt GMG2 S. W. Phillips GMG3 S, M. Bailey Leading Petty Officer GMG3 J. D, Moore GMGSN P- M, Walters SN A. J. Chatman SA E. D. Pierre RASE EMC (SW) A F Abidog Leading Chief Petty Officer MMC (SW) D Q. Deiogrange Leading Cfiief Petty Officer 3M2 M. A. Wilkerson BM3 M D. Culver BM3 J- Deleon BM3 R. S Neff BM3 O, A Negronrivera 29 are delivering. They have a monumental task of controlling fuel gushing at rates of thou- sands of gallons per minute, of controlling spanwires and outhauls pulling tons of force, of controlling hanging pallets loaded w ith hundreds of pounds of high explosives (well o.k., sometimes loaded u ith soda pop) and of sending these products across 150 feet of open ocean to CANISTEO ' s customer ships. Although underway replenishment re- quires participation from the entire crew, these men and their rigs stand on the front line of safety, efficiency and success. They are the players that the rest of the world sees when they come alongside CANISTEO. Replenishment at sea is a ceremony, an inspection where crew faces crew, and each reckons the other ' s professional worth. As the customer makes her approach all hands examine their counterparts, checking the skill of the helmsman and the smartness and togetherness of the rig teams. Hull snipes who ore topside con only eye the stack for the telltale puffs of black smoke that announce boiler techs who haven ' t quite mastered their boilers. The boatswain ' s mates and RASE engineers, how- ever, present themselves when they present the ship. They own virtually everything top- side, and everything can be seen, Oil stains down the side of the ship, running rust over the length of the hull and a sloppy weather deck let boatswain ' s mates determine each other ' s professional mastery. As the skipper welcomes the customers alongside, the gunner ' s mates step forward to prove their worth. To shoot a fist-sized rubber plug accurately into 20 knot winds, while the shooting platform and the target heave and pitch independently, requires special talent. While the delivery teams pay line out and the receiving teams heave around, the coordination each team displays fixes the final judgement of skill or ineptitude. 1987 was a fantastic year for CANISTEO. It was the year of a comeback, CANISTEO received numerous compliments from her operational commanders, and all of them stem from the sustained superior perfor- mance of the men in Deck Department. BM3 F, L. Robinson, Jr. FN E, Annoro, Jr, SN J. L. Hayes I SN A, Hubbard SR W. P. Huston S N M. M, Jones SN K. S Scanlon SN D, A, Schlies SN R. L. Werner SR J, S. White I EM2 G. O, Eliorin EM3 R. I, Carroll 30 EM3 M, F, Mourer EM3 A. N. Naugle EMFN P. R. Sllcox EN3 W. J, Beard EN3 B J Tierney MM2 D. N Everett MM2 W, J, Shaver MM3 L. B. Hill. Jr. MMFN S First Division Thirty-six boatswain ' s mates responsible for maintaining the 0-1 level aft to the Boat Deck, including the anchors, the fo ' c ' sle, and the quarterdeck. They manage the ship ' s paint stores, paint issue and the sail loft. Boat Deci Division The boatswain ' s mates ' side of the team known as the Riggers. They are thirteen BMs responsible for maintaining the two 40- foot utility boots, the motor wholeboat, the captain ' s gig and the LCVP. Additionally they operate and maintain the cargo booms, the unrep rigs and all unrep equip- ment. Second Division Some thirty-odd boatswain ' s mates re- sponsible for maintaining the 0-1 Level oft of the Boot Deck, including the fantoil and the after deckhouse. Third Division The ship ' s shooting gunners. Responsi- ble for the ship ' s armory, manning the two 3 50-caliber guns and conducting small arms training and issue. When CANISTEO un- reps, their precision shooting puts the first lines over at each station. Additionally, they help the S-9 (Cargo Ammo) GMGs pass ammo during onloads and offloads. RASE Division The twelve machinist ' s mates, electri- cian ' s motes and enginemen who maintain the engines on the ship ' s small boats as well as all the hydraulic winches on the unrep sta- tions, the ship ' s cargo elevator, the two weapons elevators an d the two ship ' s ser- vice ammo dumbwaiters. 31 3rcl place winner, Supply Dept., by SH3 Bell t place winner. Supply Dept. ' SHSN Kertulis 2nd place winner. Supply Dept., by SH3 Bell 1st place winner, Operations Dept., by SHCM (SW) Sheppard 2nd place winner. Operations Dept., by BM2 Sciacca 3rd place winner. Operations Dept. 1st place winner. Admin Dept., by IC3 Irish 3rd place winner. Admin Dept., by ICFN Johnson 34 2nd Place winner. Admin Dept., by HM3 Blackburn ?nd place winner. Deck )ept., by IC3 Irish 3rd place winner. Engineering Dept., by MM3 Mineo 1st place winner. Deck Dept., by BM2 Sciacca . .ivwrrrrrrr 35 St. Vincent, Grenadines 2ncl place. Historical Sigtits, by ICFN Johnson 36 View of our praise-winning un- rep of USS Grapple, done with- out breaking the tow of three minesweeps bound for the Per- sian Gulf. Our first unrep with Iowa while enroute to the Med. le the cathedral at Pompeii Inside the Colosseum in Rome Naples, Italy St. Peter ' s Square, Vatican City Naples, Italy 38 place winner. Liberty Call, by IC3 Irish Sidewalk caf§, Roma 39 1st place winner. Liberty Call, by PNSN Fields 2nd place winner. Liberty Call, by MM3 Ekdahl St. Vincent, Grenadines Liberty: you gotta toke what you can get. )nnk up, fellas! Mail Call iding watch in Main Control OPPE IV 1s the lube oil clear yet? ' ' ,,s ia ' i.vk.v(; i.« . (I :i. cum: i mi s niJjL- AUsJiL-. STt CON I) l , M S ' ■1U. . 1 . ■ ' tj.vii:, WK| ' ' I, ' Hey, Picciano! What ' s it all about!! 44 1st place winner. Scenery, by ICFN Johnson Homecoming Ho, ho, ho! ' 48 49 Mongo k 50 Leave me alone — I ' m short! 51 A couple of greasers place winner. 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O to I- a. r ct 59 Ship ' s Schedule for 1987 January 1 5-9 February 3-6 10-13 18 19-23 inport Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia INSURV Inspection continued inport NS Norfolk underway for type training in Virginia Capes Operating Area; returned to Norfolk underway for type training in VCOA; returned to Norfolk shifted to W Anchorage underway for type training in Narragansett Bay Operating Area; returned to Norfolk March 1-2 13 20 23 April 14 18 21 28 May 6 14-15 underway VCOA for OPPE; returned to Norfolk departed Norfolk for Caribbean Sea arrived Guontonamo Bay, Cuba departed GTMO to commence Law Enforcement Operations (LEOps) continued LEOps liberty port: St, Vincent, Grenadines departed St. Vincent arrived GTMO for IMAV departed GTMO continued underway arrived inport Norfolk underway VCOA for OPPE; returned to Norfolk June 1 2 15 18 23 25 29 underway VCOA for OPPE continued north to NBOA for reserve ship training liberty port: Boston, Massachusetts departed Boston for VCOA arrived Craney Island Fuel Depot for onload shifted to NS Norfolk commenced IMAV 60 July 1-2 10 13-14 20 continued inport NS Norfolk Supply Management Inspection departed for VCOA OPPE; returned to Norfolk completed IMAV August 10 14 September 8 21 23 24 25 28 October M 18 29 continued inport NS Norfolk shifted from NS Norfolk to W Anchorage, Hampton Roads for pre-deployment ammo onload shifted from W Anchorage to NS Norfolk continued inport NS Norfolk departed Norfolk for MED transited Straits of Gibraltar arrived Cagliaria, Sardinia, Italy for fuel onload and pier picnic departed Cagliaria arrived Naples, Italy for BBBG Conference and liberty departed Naples for battlegroup support continued battlegroup support arrived Augusta Bay, Sardinia, for supply onload departed Augusta Bay National Week formation with Iowa, Coral Sea and Saratoga Battlegroups, transited Straits of Gibraltar November continued Atlantic transit arrived NS Norfolk December 3 4 12 13 continued inport Norfolk shifted to W Anchorage departed for Jacksonville Operating Area arrived Craney Island Fuel Depot for onload shifted to NS Norfolk M..y  ? 61 CANISTEO STATISTICS MILES TRAVELED: January • 112 February • 1729.5 March • 5299.8 April ■ 9618.1 May • 11253.35 June ■ 13160.35 July- 14295.35 August • 14305.35 September ■ 19485.85 October ■ 26596.85 November ■ 27860.85 December • 29545.85 TOTAL = 29546 Nautical miles MONTH CANISTEO COVERED THE MOST DISTANCE: October, 7,111 miles. We went from Naples to and through the Aegean north of Galllpoll, returning west by Souda Boy, Crete to Gasoline Alley off Libya, north to Augusta Boy and then out Into the Atlantic. MONTH CANISTEO COVERED THE LEAST DISTANCE: August, 10 miles. Approximately the distance to W Anchorage and bock. MOST MILES TRAVELED IN ONE DAY: 422 nm, averaging 17.6 knots throughout the day on November 2, 1987 Second Fastest Day: 31 October, average speed: 16 knots. REVOLUTIONS OF EACH SHAFT: over 11 million times each. WATER DISPLACED: 2,984,166,000,000 gallons Conlsteo pushed almost 3 trillion gallons of water out of her way In 1987! 62 U N c L ( ' • 1 r 1 -i ' ' . ' lU f IP 1 ' ' , ' .a. ' ' ' ' , dS i - • • ITS or- TF f. 1! =- : ' t - THAI C.-Al i-- ' ' - .o?L: aT J 2Sl , i:;iM 63 Yearbook Staff: Officer-in-Chorge: ENS N. W. Schley Artwork: BM1 (SW) D, H, Hanson PNSN H, W. Trant Business and Accounts: SHCM (SW) F. J. Sheppard BMCM (SW) R. E. LoCross Copy: YN2 R. J. Paquin YNSN K, D. Smith Layout: MMCS (SW) K. E. Taylor ICFN G, D. Johnson BT3 C. L. Butler Photography: SM1 (SW) S.H, Chandler IC3 (SW) B. E, Irish LTJG E. P. Voge Text: PCSN C. A, Houlette MMFN M. L. Burrell Cover Design: BM1 (SW) D. H. Hanson Editor ' s Note: I would like to give special thanks and recognition to the following staff members who made superior contribution of their time and effort to produce this book: SHCM (SW) F. J. Sheppard IC3 (SW) B, E, Irish BT3 C. L. Butler ICFN G. D, Johnson YNSN K. D. Smith 64 WALSWORTH rPTPT? PUBLISHING COMPANY f 1 CRUISE BOOK OFFICE 5659 Virginia Beach Blvd. Norfolk, VA 23502 Marcellne. Mo. USA. 4 I r...