Charles P Cecil (DDR 835) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1962 volume:

T€lJ ea ? i % :- -i : of lES RCECIL (DDR-835) L February 1962 August 1962 (§( m-- 1. Till ry f (K- ' V( r tj — f ■ri ' -- t — TTf-nil-rii-iiBTgrf iTtgTITMrng.T-ii 11 ; J- iiij n hi w . - C«i ' ■ ' r -- f l 1B - ii ' -« ISS CHAKLliS P. CECIL (UDR 835), built liy the i ' uili Iron Works. I ' .alii vininc, was nameii for Uear Auiniral Charles P. Cecil who died in a plane crash in the Pacific in l ' M4. Uhen C ecil was laiincneo on 22 April l ' )45, Mrs. Charles P. Ce cil christened her. Two month, ' - lator, on 2!) June, LSS CliAI Li;S P. CI-.CTL (ODS io) wa.s tommi.ssioned. After her shakedown crui.se at (luanlaiianlo I ' .ay, ( uba and brief visits alonu the Kast Coast. Cecil lieiian her tour of active service which ha.s earned Ivor to almost ' ery part of the t;lohc. On 6 November, 194.5, she pasaea throu.Hii the Panama Canal into tlie Pacific. While arrivin-j too late to partici- pate in tnc war, Cecil was present in Tokyo ' - ay for tlie Japane.se surrentler ceromonip.s. Durint: this tour the ship visited many Japanese ports as well as I ' .newetok and the iarshall Islands. After two inontiis in Pearl Marbor Cecil went to Kwajalein anci then to I ' ikini Atoll for both Atomic ' omli te.sts. Upon cohipletion of lier first yard period in San Francisco in .August 1047, stie was deployed to .the Western Pacific for eif ht months. I urinu luis periou, S35 has visited such ports as .Shant;hi, ioiijkoni;, Yokosuka, Okinawa and Pearl ilarbor. mmwi • i m i-XtadJLi-Ll 1 1 1 t i e?sion IQ ,be ing air attacks,. Cecil ' s Ourinsi her next year of operations aloiit; picket destroyer. Especially equipped for loim raiisje dcteci Value to the fleet was greatly increased. 7 « w «. ■ .  lju„j„i- In pril 1949, C11 RL1CS P. CKX ' IL returned to the .Atlantic Fleet. Making hei l.olll it in Newport, Khode 1 ., she left for her first Mediterranean Cruise in September 1949. .- fter her second Med. Crjyse in 1050 she can,e to her new homeport of Norfolk, Virginia. . ' ,. Since coming to the Atlantic Fleet, Cecil has nade nine deployments to the bixth Heet m the .mediterranean in addition to participating in various second fleet ana NATO operations. For the years 1955 and 19o7 Cec.l won the -lattle Kfficiency K award. New electronic systems for anti-air warfare have been developed by the Navy, Cecil has been receiving them. ,,.,... j.. j • x- In May 1963 Cecil is scheduled to enter the shipyard to undergo the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization program! When she is recommissioned ih 1964 CHARLES P. CKCIL will again be DD 835 with a new primary mission of Anti-submarine warfare. ns. For the years 1955 and 1957 Cecil won warfare have been developed by the Navy, J ■4 LI ' m ir: =- 31? ' I 1 -I .rw. ' .i; ' - ' . CECIL (bl ' ; - .)5), built by the I ' lith Iron WorKs, liatli Mninc, was nain.?il for Kear Aamiral Charles P. Cecil who died in a plane crash in tlie Pacific in liM4. V i,( n C cil was launclieci on 22 April 1045, lrs. Charles P. Cecil christened her. Two mpnthf-- latPr , on 2!) June, LSS CU i Ll S P. Ci.ClL (DD- j. ' io) was commissioned. After her shakedown cruise at (iuantannmo liay, Cuba and brief visit.s alonu the l- ' a.-l Coast. Cecil bejan her tour of active service which ha.s earned her to alinosl f .-ry (lart of the t;lobe. On 6 November, i945, she passed throu.tdi the Panama Canal into the Pacific. While arriving too late to partici- pate in tnc war, Cecil was present in Tokyo ' - ay for the Japanese surrender ceremonies. Diirint: this tour the ship visileil many Japanese ports as well as l-.newetok and the -arshall Islands. After two months in Pearl Marbor Cecil went to Kwajalein anci men to I ' ikini . toll for both Atomic ' ' omli test.s. . pdn coiiipletion of her first yard period in San Francisco in August 1047, stie was ileployed to the ' Aestern Pacific for eij.;ht months. Durintz tais period, S35 has visited such ports as .Shant;hi, ionjkonii, Yokosuka, Okinawa and Pearl ilarbor. ■ Mlll - ..U ■ r r jrsion lo become a ra ' ini air att.iCKS, Cecil n Newport, Khode Is.. e in 1050 she came to i)urin-. l.er next ve ar of operations alon picket iest ;oycr. Especially equipped for Ion. ran.e oe.... Value to the fleet was ' f f ' ' ' l ' , ,, ,„,„ed to the .Atlantic Fleet. V.akinu her hi _ ... L „;„incT th  m. . J ,1,- Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernizati pro.. ' ' hrshe i; recon .issioned Ih 1964 CHARLKS P mission of Anti-submarine warfare. Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization 1 again be DO 835 with a new primary Comm iridmg Offum COMMANDER C.P. ROZiER U.S.N. Commander C.P- Rozier, a native of Sparta, Georgia, entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940, after three years at Emory University. He was commissioned upon graduation in 1943. While serving in USS TUSCALOOSA (CA 37), he participated in the regarrisioning of Spitsbergen October 1943; the Normandy invasion, Cherbourg bombardment, and Southern France invasion, 1944; Two Jima and Okinawa battles, 1945. In other tours of duty afloat, he has served as Gunnery Officer in USS BASILONK (DDE 824) , Executive Officer in USS DASHIELL (DD 659), Commanding Officer in USS WOODSON (DE 359), and Operations Officer in USS LITTLE ROCK (CLG 4). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Management and Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Since Commander Rozier took command on 9 October 1961, the CHARLES P. CECIL has realized its capabilities and risen to be a leader in Destroyer Squadron 26. mujiJm OffrWij Lieutenant Commander A.R. Hasler was com- missioned in June 1946 after graduating with honors from Harvard College. His first tour of duty was in USS TOPEKA in the Pacific. Follow- ing six months at George Washington Law School, he ' served in USS CORDUBA briefly and then spent two years as a Naval aviator at Pensacola and Norfolk. His next duty was in Kor ea aboard the destroyer USS MASSEY. Subsequently, he was Flag Lieutenant for Commander Cruiser Div. Four, Assistant Naval Attache to the Soviet Union, Executive Officer of the MSC USS SALUTE, Commanding Officer of the USS GROUSE, and Commander Mine Div. 43, followed by a tour of duty as Gunnery Officer in USS MANLEY (DD 940)- From the Manley, Mr. Hasler went to Staff of Commander Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, thence to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island prior to reporting to CECIL in July 1961. Re- cently Mr. Hasler was awarded the Secretary of the Navy Citation for his operations work on the Mine Force Staf f. Mr. Haslerdeparted CECIL in .August for duty in Viet Nam. His leadership was largely re- sponsible for success of the CHARLES P. CECIL. LCDR. A.R. HASLER U.S.N. York, New Yr..L Jew York — c t w -is acii V CECIL dun ' • ' o ' persona - 5 -- ' Tei]_ (j._._ er perforsecc Tine rer the Sir:; - oo This success i? - _. .ted. 1 I ' WAS A COLD MORNING WHKN WE GOT L Di:KV V ON February 7 at 0830. Down Thimble Shoals Channel we went in a column of seven destroyers, passint; Cape Henry light to starboard, and then joined by CANBERRA, TIDEWATER, MARIAS, CHIKA KIA eund TRUCKEE. When formed up, we headed south to latitude 33 N to cross the Atlantic on a rhumfirline. Everyone was in good spirits and, even though the brown baggers wouldn ' t admit it. it was a rewlPfO get un I rway at last and leave the flails of Norfolk behind to search for new ones. - Bw Several days later the SHAN(iKI ITjfloinecrusirora Mayport 3 Uc I! ri 12 came down from Newport. This brought the group lo twenty ships and we were now Task Force 2: , The seas got progressively rougher, but when ue passed between th . ' Pillars { Hercul - ' nnleting the tran-it through the Straits of Gibraltar, the .Mediterranenn H ' . ared t etorr u-- like a i .1- : ik. CH. RLICS f. CECIL was now a unit of the --IxrH FLKFT . insignificant now, Lil not for vt ry long. Later ir. the evening l! the 17th, the incho;. ' ' iroup split and we proceed- : ' turnover :inrhorage in Majorcfi Early on the morning of the Iflih, wr ' anchored and by mid-afternoon, ik ' - l.id relievi. 1 the USS FVI. ' -V, of her .- I.XTH FLEET dutie. : in 1 f.fTr .,n-erway at 30 knots plane guardi:i ' f- r SH. NGRI LA. I Kmic how m.my times you heard it and r- ■ ,ow set the i ! ' .ne guard detail! ' ' Th- .-ngineers would turn out 2S knots on two boilers, CIC .. ui .u -r ,nd launch, -li- ' deck force would man uy at mid-sbips jQd the forward fan room, and the bridair iii-have to gues Ahich way the SH. NGRI L. was goic_- Aft.r a rather uneventful .ADE.X we Itft pioset station to head for our first liberty port - Theoule. France. !. ;.in by trie drt v-as about thi.s to anyone. - the Straits t fn I ' -vnian Scti not .so tor others. Kinsey quickly establi.-hed r-. mayor - -pent eight days there during . - M ' -naoo, Nice, Cannes, Grasse, the --Mp. ?, s:ii; fir I ' on.DesIUv 262. During that period .it -r tt I MMnodore departed, he had many gooi, he . ; . of ' i.r- Fiats- To say the weather was -1 ' r- ■ ■ ' . lays of plane guarding for the of ' . ' Four. It was a struggle but lirtt th C.4 ' . Cl CiIL •started to realize that she lin_- J an ■n.my, Theoule was a first time .on the o- !mself as ALUSNA in the Marc. Folo. an 1 Ir aich time tours were taken c-.er th ' ' K ' ;.:-.t-, ' and Golfe Juan. When we left T. ' ■ i- th ' ! t sea we had our first underway r- ' .inr; ia er things to say about CFC ' IL N ' ci . ' -i - F i miserable would be an. un i - t. -i. i;. .. i SHANGRI LA and a sag cj we came o-j -vit . high -.: j did not to he in - ; Knjoute to Greece, dcale N. TO air defen-- picket. Th? T?i?k Fon e ' - ' kt pfx ition LjirC ' U i t ,t her - ' u cycles aTTiong the runs . ' .ii i -; • There we- , [ •nt our day.- lo.iri CECIL sailed into t!ie norilit .. of . SW ' and type training. 1 n. remembers our full po ' .ver run horizon. Our first tender aval hi! ilitj to Pompeii Vesuviou . t ipri, .r iRISTOL. Captain Rozier maSg Na ipngress, and everyone agreed . ' -.:in 1 . . During the next as sea period, DDR SSp goinf un i rec d for bogey splashed in exercise Powerdrive and thine for 6 17 annual atiministrative in.specli n. After scori ' OHUDE L. .Nl for a day of conferenc - and lunchei ■. - Florence. ATter another week of .ADEX ' s we anc ored in Car The nwt at si period lasted eight day$ and then bikinis find blossomed out like flowers. Six days o When v. went to bca on 26 June we completed th co ... a very res; Ctable thilli. out of eight ships in DesVU-r. : i Frogres.s is our -jost impnr The Fourth ct July was Cej ' -Frated in ' 1 aormina 3 tdMfe spent three ijeautifui i Messina, T. -k rbrce Here CECIL . a. ' . ' t t-■ ' or ne xnt.! ' ., ' t ' l in i ■- ' V-i!-: ■ IX ' ltl FLKF, J ' . We haa . ; N a; :r ichmae for 1 Ix Beer. .Next . i! ■mi .Athens and our night.%- tc ?r of the Aep- in within 40 r.iic . ' re detach a to jcin TF.IN i l ' ■ii ; (x Ll « IL R(| ' cca: c TF 239 tor a lar-je . -ri.w.ed .; il ei ' s number oi. c, CFCIL maintained this ■nd in Rhodes ridine ' i- i ' -.vas the port of Paereus. ■ :i Paereu . 1 r.cc Paereus, !. e l ardinelles for several days J : roceed to Naples. Everj ' one ic, j thf other ships far over the 11 1 1 K. ' T r I r. h [le. iJu wouF. tivo S May V. appearan i t gren; v. ith ■ ks. Many took side trips . it into San Remo with th at the International Coffee an unlimited supply of lire. ihc natlie of Station Quebec undoubtedly set a fleet ■■•er _ ' oing well when we arrived in Livorno Uent on that, we were vii itej y CONF .s still had time to go over n. Pisa an ; foi r r days of a little rest and much recre aion. wa ! feck to Golfe Juan on the h ' lviera, where the rj.tuous beach insurgance followed. ' ...ft tive year and ClI MiLKS P. CF(. II, finished product. er Mt. Etna ' s availabilitv. shadow. Having to iceep a date nujii the CASCADC-« ' 6W ' ft Naples and our . p Here CECIL ' S Softball team compiled much of its 22 aod 4 won - lost ' ■ : the Med. . fter being extended in Naple.- foc, additional weekeiu lji ed _, .... . .rrhenian Sea past Monte Cristo and Elba to Livorno. This time .nly for three da ulThat was enough time for several visits to clubs and exchanges at Camp Darby. A i;iorith in pirr will make most ships stale, but it didn ' t take the CECIL long to get back to business when w€ joined the fleet again. On the 3rd of .August, having lost Mr. Ha.- ler to the Vietnamese, we tied up in .Messina for our third visit to the island of Sicily. . ' final outstandinL ' ADF,X performance and a new ALL. GASH fueling record were added to CECIL ' S list of Mediterranean accor. pL - hments. -August 19 was our outchop day in Pollensa Hay, aft r which we proceeded to Gibraltar at 25 knots to conduct a SHOPEX. This exercise expended our fund and on the morning of the 21st, we left Gibraltar in a heavy fog . Our job in the Mediterranean had been completeiij ? THfOULf 24 FEB Mp ' Toot ' ♦oo crowded in Mo rch. ■■-SSi Theoule (across the boy) was only 20 minutes away. T)ejckj T uMAimt ENSIGN C. J. GALLAGHER FIRST LIEUTENANT i.. Markowitz. BMl R. Browers, BM3 H. Kean. BM3 T. Ruenburg, BM3 J, Anzalone, BMSN J. Baluch. SX J. Bohier, Si J|  ii iiji G. Cielmski. SN K. Combs, S. J. Enjidahl. ii. M. Gaspard, SN D. Gierhart, S. A. Grubbs. SN L. Johnson, S. H. KeancSN P. Kirkwood, SN C. Lmderman. SN T. Mattio, SN J. McMillan, SN R. Phillips. SN W. Renwick, SN D. Shaver. SN D. Trepanier, SN J. Williams. SN R. Belshaw. SA J. Hagan. SA R. Nov.ak, SA R. Patterson, SA W. Redard, SA fojo Uiml iiHAimj J. Cair., GMl D. Head, FTl D. XichoUon. CMGl D. Barrelle. FTG2 O . Qi Mil iiiiii LTJG. W. G. HAMMOND GUNNERY OFFICER J. Mer.del. FTG2 J. Eckstein, TM2 K. ToUiver. GM2 R. Yackley. SOG2 A 0t B. WiUong. SOGZ L. Kitchen. SOGj D. McMaster, GM3 H. Sr..ith, GMG3 J. Kiernan. FTG3 R. Stuart, FT:- ■ ' ° J. Valerio, FTG3 C. Coyle. TM3 M. Carito. SOGSX E. Nelson, SOGSN LTJG. R. E. JOHNSON ASW OFFICER J. Smith, SOGSN D. Whitsel, SOGSN C. Reynolds, r TGSN L. Booth, SN M. Brousseau, SN J. Calvey. SN E. Carter. SN E. DeVault. SN n W. Gardner, EISN W. Hentscr.el. : N W. Korni asser, FTCi £. 1-arkens. SN R. Lomax, SN M. Rogers, SN F. Stewart, SN flllPLtS TOOR Pompeii. Familiar landmarks. ..the castle ---and Vesuvlous across the bay. There were weekend tours to Rome And nightly tours of Naples UJ Dimi WiAimj LT. W. B. PEIRCE OPERATIONS OFFICER LTJC. J. W. BICKNELL CIC OFFICER LTJG. J. G. hl;:-I£i, NAVIGATOR ENSIGN J. D. DONICHT Ass ' t CIC OFFICER ENSIGN D. O. SMALL ELECTPONIC WARFARE OFFICER J. Davis, RD3 S. Fisher. RD3 E. Jarvis. RD) J. Labadia. RD3 M. Ramazko. RD3 C. AUord, RDSN N. Hemric, RDSN M. Do-.vdy, SN PiSA Admin, and Admirals 24 MAY-15JUN. r r- T 1 T ■■im ' Fr gi- ' 111 111 11 4 .« , - - OC Viml imvonj LTJG. W. R. HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER LTJG. M. J. HOESLY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER M. Breinmger, Y ' C R. Krzyzak. RMC L. McKee, HMC L. Williams. QMC E. Schutz, SMI R. Frazer. YN2 R. Ayler, SM3 J. Dwyer, SMi J. O ' Neill, SM3 J. Tlbensky. SM3 J. Young, SM3 D. Gaddis, RM3 :. Walter. RM3 T, O ' Brien. PC3 J. Powers, QMi M. Shevlin. PN3 J. Morris. Y 3 F. Serrell, RMSN T. Spatola. RMSN w It X  ■.• T. Carito. SN H. Cancel, S G. Glover, S F. Landis, SN JmmM p. McGovern, SN D. Nelson, SN 4 G. Neuendorf. SN H. Strohmeyer. SN 1 wF S Dt-ii mm 8 JUN.- 12 JUN. Thank you, Coxswain return at 0200 The world ' s greatest playground CECIL was welcomed in every port Monte Carlo Casino. GOLff JUflll 20 JUN.- 26 JUN. Napoleon used same landing. The home of the former Miss Kelly 11 Where ' s the motor whaleboat? Mon U.S.O. OEXWiwi mA ' i ■ ' • ' ' T ::KjH ' J, ELarr cn iC: H:s mr.Af r 0£Dmi UMAUHl I R. Balduck. ETN2 F. Cragle, ETR2 R. Heinsohn. ETR2 T. Casey, ETR5 LTJG. W. L. MC SWINNEY ELECTRONICS MATERIAL OFFICER o o r fj D. ElUon. ZZF.- Ij. OiiUv,!:. Zlfi.; J. Steis. . .-. Liir.s, .ii.i.. C. Bivetoui. ETHSN W. Hicij. ZTRSN K. ' A ' hu ey. =:rS5N i-. V.urphy. SN EXECTR.0N C1 TtCHNC A.N ? dgentinJ] 4; j|t] ' ( H li . J;, M M UHs- fel B le 1 E ir f i 1 , M n u i M Viml UMAUHI W, Wilson. MMC K. Rember. MMl D. Winchester, MMl M. Adams, BTl M. Thompson. BTl R. Cierpich, MM2 C. Davis, MM2 U. Shatlir, MM2 C. Gramhofer, BT2 E. Hall, MM3 F. Klemm, MM3 G. Leslie. MM3 W. Smith. MM3 A. Cleborne. BT3 T. Jones. BT3 W. Kunkle, BT3 J. Pearson. BT3 W. Senn, BT3 J. Coulter. MMFN D. Cunningham. MMFN E. Dick. FN D. Kar.ieu.ski. F.N H. .Martu -Napp. r .N ' D. Shee:s. FN . ' . ' .. Smit. ' -. r ;. 3. Sr.O ' .v . R. lerray. F: P. WiUia. ..s, F. D. Benson. - « . ? RflUfin TO flflPLfS 6 JUL- 20 JUL f 1 1 1 '  Ctv  V K 17uKAt UXAUHl R. Malor.e, SKI J. Huiton, EM2 A. Allen. SFP3 R. Beal.SFPJ LTJC. J. J. ' .VEED DAMAGE CONTROL Ass ' t im iM M B. Devlin, SFP3 J. Kramer, SFP3 C. Tidwell, SFP3 Of f ' ni S. Herschman. IC3 L. Moran, IC3 J. Stanslield. MRi K. Barry. EMi R. Negley, EM3 G. ShuU. EM3 R. Wenisch, EM3 C. Ouellette. DCj N. iiolsU).-.. E. 3 M. Birdsall. iCFN G. iUedel. ICFN . la Jiia nil j. Gach. :i.NFX M. Kerr.ble, EMFN J. Oyter. tMFN R, Biafore. FN mm J. Smith, r .-. R. A 03:1= Florence was only 90 kilometers away. Actually, the streets were packed. The Dukes of Messina fl n c E D I ■ ; -j SUJim CALL lUflTERfllELOn r ' S T7uaAi UMUHt LTJC. R. S. EMERY SUPPLY OFFICER S C. Grado. SK3 H. Ruiz. SK3 M. Zeller, SK3 Wk f BF HHMII . ' •i ' i N BB ts . HH H p. Brown, DK3 C. Jones, SKSN T. Tolbert, SHSN R. Barringer, CSl B. Bagwell, SHI L. Mull, SKI H. Walton, CS3 H. Chambers, SH3 A. Povanda, SH5 «- ' . f a Wood, SliSN M. iJi;lBarrio, SN J. Fisher, bX J. Lindsey, SN J. Mathews, SN K. OttUi .cr M. Gan it, TN K. C una nan, TN E. Medina, TN B. Peralta, TN L. Johnson, SHSA 20 AUG. at last THESE THINGS WE REMEMBER From: Commander Task Group 60.2 To: Commander Task Force 60 COMSIXTHFLT (Critique of an electronic countermeasures exercise) CECIL, LAWK and CORRY excellent ' ° mS CHaI LES p. CECIL .„, as two time to date with a From: Commander Destroyer Squadron 26 To: USS CHARLES P. CECIL CECIL excellent conduct ashore and hard work along- side tender reflect credit upon Destroyer Squadron 26. ' Or aii 26 ' MC , = de - CANBERRA - ssss,„.... ' ' n respeets5 ' °) I am proud to be the Captain of the CECIL and to be associated with such excellent officers and men. We have put behind us a gloomy past with a record of continuing progress to the point where we are the best ship, in performing our primary mission, of a fleet of expert performers. C.P. ROZIER CRUISf BOOK CfifDITS LTJG. J. G. HUNTER MCKEE, L. P. HMC TIFFANV PHOTOGRAPH ERS 1 PUBLISHERS CoUey at Westover Norfolk, Virginia i? €ifjzec :y s S e ea -v,v ;- , % , V i- i ' I . ' ' . f ' « «J V. 0