Compton (DD 705) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1961 volume:

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III the beautiful Clean lines of her, in her speed and roughness, in her curious gallantry, she is completely a ship, in the old sense. -John Steinbeck, Once There Was u War With her proud flags flying, the COMPTON cast off her lines to the destroyer piers in Newport, Rh0dC IS1ar1Cl Ofl 4 Al1gl1Sf 1960 and set course for the Straits of Gibralter and the United States Sixth Fleet. Transiting the Atlantic in company with Destroyer Squadron Twelve, the carrier INTREPID and the fleet oiler WACCAMAW, she joined the Sixth Fleet in Golfe de Palmas on August 1960. As part of the destroyer element of the Carrier Striking Group of Task Force 60, she sailed for the eastern Mediterranean for fleet exercises during the first three months. When a third carrier was assigned to the Sixth Fleet, COMPTON and PURDY were detached to meet the SARATOGA in Rota, Spain and escort her safely to the Mediterranean operation areas. Between extensive operations at sea, the COMPTON showed the flag in Fuimicino, Italy for the Olympic Games, in Athens, Greece, in Istabul, Turkey, and Beriut, Lebanon. In November, Task Force 60 moved to the western Mediterranean and COMPTON continued her varied missions with the Fleet in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Naples, La Spezia and Genoa were the ports selected for COMPTON'S liberty visits and Christmas was spent at the Andria Doria Pier in Genoa. Underway on the 26th of December, she sailed to Naples where she welcomed in 1961 while undergoing her second maintainance period alongside the destroyer tender CASCADE. After New Year's, the deteriorating world situation sent COMPTON to sea before her availability was complete. COMPTON joined her sister units in the Tyrrhenian Sea for fleet exercises. Liberty again in Naples, and then in Golfe juan on the French Riviera gave her crew a respite from the rapid pace of fleet operations. Turning over her store of knowledge and experience to units of Destroyer Squadron Thirty-Two, COMPTON was detached from the Sixth Fleet on 13 February 1961 and, stopping off for fuel in Rota, Spain, she headed out into the Atlantic and set course for Newport. Six IHOHUIIS with Che Sixth Fleet Was hard work. The COMPTON participated in many and varied exercises with the Fleet and the entire structure of the NATO defense forces in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Serving frequently as rescue destroyer for the attack carrier INTREPID, she became a part of the high morale of that Outstanding carrier flying group. Through her cordial and hospitable relations with the people of the ports she visited, she spread the easy and sincere good will of the U.S. Navy and the United States. As a unit of the Sixth Fleet, COMPTON served well and was a solid support for the continuing defense of the free world. With the Rock of Gibralter fading from view in the boiling waters astern, COMPTON closed another successful chapter in her h0r10rable history as a fighting destroyer. nm mlm re CONN. . . CDR Edwin J. Zimmermann, USNR Commanding Officer Commander Edwin Zimmermann, USNR, took command of the COMPTON on 15 October 1958. A native of Kansas and a graduate of Southern Methodist University, Captain Zimmermann brought to his command the knowledge and love of destroyers accumulated through long associa- tion with the Tin Can Navy. Serving aboard the destroyers KNIGHT and AULT during WWII, he participated in the African and Mediterranean campaigns and the South China Sea and island-hopping strikes against the Japanese Fleet and home islands. As Gunnery Officer during the latter campaign, he won a letter of Commendation from Commander, Destroyers Pacific for meritorious action in defense of his own ship and those in company during multiple Kamikaze attacks. From a successful tour as Executive Officer of the ROWE during the Korean conflict, he went to work for the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington. Coming aboard the COMPTON, the skipper took the helm and under his calm and proficient leadership, guided the ship to the Battle Efficiency E award for Destroyer Squadron Twelve for the 1960 competitive year, establishing a reputation for operational competence and reli- ability throughout the Atlantic destroyer force. The COMPTON has a spirit of her own .... it is one of rugged durability and hardheaded pride of an experienced veterang but, the professional zeal and competence, the love of ships and the sea, and the devotion to duty and the missions of the United States Navy that the Captain has instilled in all of us who have had the honor to serve with him, have been the real backbone and driving force of the COMPTON for these past two honorable years. 6 ,4,fr0Y 0 52 W, ., CAPTAIN A.M. NIBBS ovwf n ww 0 'Z CHAPLAIN FULLER LTS. KOFOED, SACHS, PAULY, DRAKE ois RON Tgve L4 0 wg 1 5. DOCTOR DELISSELgf!f PLAN OF THE DAY FOR: SUNDAY UNIFORM OF THE DAY: UNDRESS WHITE BRAVO DUTY DIVISION FOR RIGGING MOVIES: M DIV Carry out the daily routine when underway in accordance with paragraph 2401, page 2-35 Of the Ship's Organization, except as modified. .1 0430 0445 0450 0745 0750 0800 0900 1200 1230 1245 1300 1315 1330 1500 1700 8 Reveille Breakfast. Mess line open until 0600 CAboutJ Refuel from AO, port side to Upon completion of fueling, station the life guard detail Quarters Officer's Call General Quarters. Condition lAA For compet Z-6-G C5 D. No time available for rehearsal runs so SHOOT FOR THE E !! Planeguard for INTREPID. x5 mount crew that has completed firing will take plane guard Battle Messing on stations Commence Holiday Routine Catholic Lay Services CLTJG Cardellaj Protestant Lay Services CENS Evansj Station the Replenishment Detail Replenish from AF, stbd side to. Be ready for helo replenishment on fantail at any time Planeguard for INTREPID Detached. Commence Full Power Trail. Expect to complete about 0400. . Recreation Committee Meeting in the mess decks. Subject: COMPTON placque contest. D. W. SMITH 1. The morale of the crew seems to be dropping due to the shift from White Hats to Blue Bal l Caps and vice versa. I'm sorry, but we must stick with Sixth Fleet Regulations. This is IT: Off and CPO: Tropical White long except when doing work that requires khaki. Enlisted: dungarees with white hat during working hours. Other times, undress white Bravo with white hats, 2. Change THREE to our current OpSked has been received and we are no longer scheduled for Genoa but will return to ROTA to escort the SARATOGA into the Med. 3. General Mess coffee cups are again appearing outside the mess decks, I have personally Seen fhfee C39 OH the bridge- Unless 2111 hands use their own coffee cups the Coffee MCSSCS will have to be closed out. NUFF' SAID. 7 4. This is a full day. However, Monday Ctomorrowj we enter port. NO red lead showing, all bright work shined. LET'S LOOK AS GOOD AS WE ARE!! EXECUTIVE OFFICER ' X . 1 D. W. SMITH, LCDR, USN X0 STAFF Sheriff lp' ff A 5 CHIEF MOORE I U WHITE, WAITKUS, RAY Deputies GOODE BRADBURY, BUSSE, KONOWITZ, GILLIAM ,M v E M M. ,, ZEN . , , fa is ii i , if iz- L, fk :N fi' PY' gwifbiwc fi M v 2' E W zwf fsff - :X V. , .,,. 4, ,f 42 , 5 , fy Phi , A X, , b ' ' 1. 4 .f Y an :gf . ,,, 4.f, Q. - , E , , K, ,NEEX , ., , ' ' - - ' , 1' ' L ,. f v. , , A W , E :Qi . I :, ,:,,, -N ft E . 4,-:shi p H H -f 1s'f -'-' J fw-,..I wwf.: 3 TYE SHIP 7W4f IVFVER MADE P027 fto the tune of Charlie on the MTAHJ The good ship Compton sailed from Narragansett Harbor Bound for the blue Med sea, Her flags were flying as she sailed past the Lightship On the last day she had liberty. CHORUS: Oh, did she ever make port? No, she never made port. And she never got liberty. She may ride forever on the blue sea waters, She's the ship with no liberty. DesRon 12 went to protest the nation And to show Old Glory around. Their sides were painted and the brass was As they sailed past Gibralter town. shining, CHORUS: 60.5 was the big boss honcho And he wondered all night long, Who can I send on the lonely duty To bring SARATOGA home? CHORUS: Forty days at sea and a crew with no shore leave, The Compton was the choice of the day. DesRon 12 steamed into Genoa, Compton was anchors aweigh. CHORUS: Her flags were flying and the brass was shining As she headed out to sea, The last words heard as PriTac faded: Two weeks till liberty . CHORUS: . - ne w -r S '-Q U E --, ? . 31:-L 2 FP ss1bXe Sub, , 5 . QQ S5157 - . Cm ofped oe-S Awa U KL V W ,.,. 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From Fuimicino where we were anchored, it was a two hour trip by bus to the Olympic Stadium and the buses were loaded with determin- ed sailors, camera in hand, embarked upon their first liberty in the Med. Warm feelings were expressed by the State Department at the enthusiastic and dignified support of the American Olympic Team by the Sixth Fleet Sailors. To be present as our team won many top honors in competition with the world's finest athletes was a fine opportunity. Fresh vegetables, via express. Watch the birdie!! ffhw ATHENS. The first authentic liberty port since the ship left Newport forty-four days before, Athens stood before us in all her Grecian splendor as We dropped anchor in Phaleron Bay and gazed up to marvel at the dignity and awesomeness of the famous Acropolis. While the first liberty parties carefully investigated the local scene near the fleet landing in Pireaus, soon the whole vista of modern Athens was familiar to us all. r r 1 7 .1 The N CO Club zov Beer Blast! The Magnificent Acropolis I I STANB ISTANBUL. Anchored off the Sult:an's Palace in the Bospherous Straits, the striking mosques and spires that rose above the modern buildings of the capital of Turkey were impressive re- minders of the strong and proud people who controlled the Black Sea area for so many centuries. c0MPL1MENTS or me 11.6.01 -11 E. 4 o Q A N15 E EEE X if? E55 ee? S S, ' 1- '-naman. r X e fl, eifa - f V 4 i i Q Z! J H3431 , 505 ILT F E210 7' BERIUT. In this dusty Middle East capital of Lebanon, We saw the country of the Bible and visited the Holy Land by plane in two hours. Modern and international, Beriut maintains a great deal of the atmosphere of ancient times. CHILDREN af' Eskfur 41' 21 Spam I s i Ship of all kinds. 1 f lx? - xFsx 5.2 x' 1:1 Porto Venere G . ,, , l .5 11-' Vino At Pisa On the Bay NA W-E5 -f,s,, . .Aff-if N , f 'Q N, , ni. , GOLFE JUAN. The French Riviera was a splendid spot and the generous hospitality and magnificent scenery of the Nice and Cannes was appropriate for our last port in the Med. Golfe Juan NAPLES. Berthed al- most in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, this was our Med homeport Three times we visited, including New Year's Eve, and the Isle of Capri, Pompei and Vesuvius were familiar sights to us all. Oui La La www C9 N , QAJQCL 1 P-if mf ff flz At quarters with CANBERRA LEE7' Q E ance The Comer SUPCUH Now, Bear a Hand manning Stations . . . Pass The Stores Tourist! The Net Coming pw 'W' .af .' ' ..x. pg, J 0 rfi'q. if fy, ' I Q , ,Q M sf, af -Hag -M-:-. . QE? x . 21 .Qi ':'r' .- ,Hvfz f , Y W QA, ' - Qpd rf' gffzli,-Q, W gl W, 2 1 K H J ' . . f ! 'fm -ww . . '. .33 .fj,1:,::'fgl.x I ,Iv one Minute Dry 1 W QA 27? 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CLIFTON, AUCOIN PITTS, WARD, BORICH Z 2 .7 i .1 ' .Z 1 .1 ..f .f 1 .f .1 MR. ADAMS Csickb, SIMPSON, PAOPAO THIS IS OUR CHIEFPP Guests 1 000 of them Handshake around the world. U WS' go e S BQOM l Entertainment I ,M Q Y Honor Roll -S061 5 sb 00k ug The kids loved it. Lt. John Katsoufris Royal Hellenic Navy U' 5 UP It's down! SY Kids, the heart of goodwill king I . , . . . scemacicalbf Spea at ff f h Head Action on the Beac LA SPEZIA. A quiet, naval port, we toured much of the interior of Italy from here, enjoying the fertile valleys and magnificent mountains of the Appian Way . . . in spite of the weather. Really? Yeah, He showed 'em Music, the same the world over. GILLIAM, LINCH, KEARNS PONDISH N, P ARR R El Navigator at work. LT. DREGHORN, HENNEY CHIEF CONNELLY, INGERSOLL MION R MTWNS MR. ADAMS Um ml K PL GARDTHAUSEN, CLARK, MULLEN, WEST, KINGSLEY NORTON AND BERRY USM, B J LL R div! 1 ? EZJLLN Luv ' DEGASPEMS, P1 Bafk ROWI ADAMS, ENS. REID, LEONHARDT, MEADOR Front Row: KEMMJS, BROCKMEIER, KUNSTBECK 7 3 WADE, HUG , PARSCH, ENS. EVANS CLABOUGH, E ff 1 I, C' fy 1: 3- 36 Reddf W' BUMBLE BEE Y EuMBLE BEE! WHO THE S HELL IS BUMBLE BEE 2 SCHRAMM, . VUKELICH, MCCAUGHAN RDELLA, MORRILL, SMITH ETS 'H p This :B Hepiigon Check Your i'ranSmi'l'rwr 1 CALLAHAN, DAVIS, PAGE 1 FENSTERMACHER ,W SM 2 P S S SOMERS, HUGHES, GRAPER W , 02 ANP MJ Santa riding RIGEL , Y L, ' .N 1- :V 4, n ' ,lf qi L - ff ' i yi . 1 ' J fs ' i 1 H . .I -an - : , ,B -'- xt :nv i H A501199 796 5017777017 Placing finishing touches on the Compton's display C0mPf0U Tree- of Yultide Spirit. Christmas Concert by Intrepid Band ' ' fs ,kt ,0..,,,,,, ' ' ' ,M 4211 W, 3- Agn.. -,, - . ' ' 3 Q oo-04 5 We've traveled from our quaint fishing gown On New England's shores where our Navy first grew. Tonight in Naples, the port anchor's down Medmooredwith four others. The old year is through. Crossed the Atlantic and into the Med To join the Sixth Fleet, both friendly and tough. Power by the U.S.S. Cascade's CAD-195 now fed. Comfairmed is SOPA. The bay is not rough. First stop Fiumicino, Olympic games. Then Piraeus and Athens gave us some sport. Cascade is to starboard, U.S. ships with the names Hyman CDD-7325, Wood CDDR-8175 and Massey CDD-7385 are nested into port We greeted Istanbul and Beirut. Then rainy La Spezia, a town of good heart. We'Ve set Yoke and IV, our ship is a beaut. Trust Compton to help keep the Sixth Fleet smart. Many the EX'es that busied our days. ' Out at sea where we've trained and sharpened our Calls to Augusta and Aranci Bays When we've come together to critique our ills. skills, We visited Naples a month ago, FEX'ed on to Genoa for gay holidays. At berth fifty-one Mole San Vincenzo We welcome the New Year, resolving new ways. Navy ships and merchants sing Auld Lang Syne And odd harbor craft share the bright festive night. We can tell by the OpSked our future's fine, But Flaminia light is passing from sight. From The ship's log of The U.S.S. COMPTON KDD-7051 l January 1961 'CHIEF PALLESCHI, PYNN fmewzsz we forward ire om CHATHAM, LTJG. ROYSE, AMARAL , ENS. DIETSCH CARROLL Q1 1? gf: 8 xv- N23 ERR f 8 OYXX' ELAJVGQ Q38 ' 1? +195 ' SFP Afo UR 40 D PJETIW IV7' nfer kinqs V MARTIN, ALDRIDGE, SELBY, DEGAPERIS I P NESS, GILHOUSE, ED FORWARD ENGINE ROOM STAN TON, HOOTON 411 IV? CHIEF KYNOCH, FARNHAM, WELSH, CALNAN ,... ,, CBYJXR Arms nee em PASSMORE, NELSON, HINTON, WATTS ' ALRED, SARUBBE, FRIBERG l BRONK, CHIEF OUELLETTE, ENS. DIETSCH 756 flV6l1VEK'001W Q-Q Tu-:mu GY 5 Al POST, BRONK, GRAY GILBERT, RANDAZZO, STEVENSON LARSON, HUTCHIN SON TIPTON xJ1N, IW QMVQIXQ M-Q71 XX LL H01 I fBackj WOODRUFF, LTJG. NOLAN CFrontJ NOBILE, .IENNINGS A IONEiCHHEFDAVE,PANCER C h i e f N E IJ 3 1 H e E I 4 I-TIG. T GU ASHLINE, BROWN, STRACH, HOUSER ' NNING, USNR FRECHETTE, MCKELVA, WARD 44 BETTINI, MOSHER, LTIG. ROYSE ll ' Lv ' GMX ' la QX KI an T X X XLQW ' Www- BUSSE, JAKIUN, DANNY PETROCY, STEVE PETROCY EGELAND MUSE TURNER Y J, W ' Q 'A Q1 .1 mfr W BURNETT BOUFFARD GRIGGS PETERS, CATUDAL, WATSON , , ... ,.. -.,- x-....,...,....,- .-, ,.,-- .-.. -,E.,.-x-..L-...... ...,...-.... . .-. .--Q r I Rupert' s pride 41 m Looks good Capta Water by hi-line. Operate or Bust To carrier hospital via high line Leg if car. ' . . f 3 , -JL,,e 'wi p L f R .- , - .- V 'gill- .. I , ,fy 4 6, TI f K , 1 ix' v .ff ' .w ff' r 7 i x.: Holiday routine Look at me, Mother: Bravo Zulu d Canbeliaa , h 11-MP1 1 . Cox H, make t C Heat landing. --wand 1 u oo u u -o 47 ' 7 months at sea. M1 W T J, 'M 'Q J U' FJ! AN W 1 a Z r ,w li 1, yu, k i 1 1 N 4 r -: If I, Tl 1, 1 Y ! 9 2 - W K 4. ff. flxlfjmwr- 'M ,iff ,ww F' W ' At his best. Gmc' f ' ,,,,..- - ,, 'ww - , -Qvfkxf- ,1 'f 1 y rgf?-:-,yw.ifi'fi , - -, ff'1ff-'f?4'zfz H, No, No, No, not again! As always. The Gain ard at se a?? What'a you mean, no skivvy Shift H5554 y Whafa you mean, you gott'a land. I think that I shall never see, a substance wewer than the sea. ' N- ff' -I , . f , fe 4- A sean fwhertfcalm reflects, 'fx nt' lfffl V a fiery heat to our sunhzu-ned necks. A sea which churning in a gale, leads us all to the shaky rail. A sea whose iuaves in winter are, higher than the highest spar. A sea that spreads both far ana' near, how we wish that it were BEER. Poems are made hy fools like me, After seven months at sea. J C .G. Cwith apologies to Joyce Kilmerl Look - dungarees topside!! Hit it ho gs! 1 Not always hearts and flowers 1 JW 5, 1 , '-' ,K ,X . V 51 FOR LANDFALLS OVER THE HORIZON .... The ship is heading back to homeport now, the crew anxiously watching the horizon for the first sight of land, scanning the radar and re-computing the charted track for the sixty third time. Soon we will be back with our loved ones, our families and our friends, back on stateside soil again with a job well done behind us and another chapter in the honored history of the COMPTON about to close. To those sailors who will cross her gangway, to those of us who will see yet another horizon from abaft her sturdy foc'sle, to all the men of the sea who chance to see the proud cut of her jib as she knifes through the far flung Seas, we who have brought her home once more bid you Fair winds and a following sea. Until the pennant is struck and the COMPTON sails into harbor' for a well earned rest, we shall always keep in our' hearts the proud vision of the ship we sailed through the stormy seas to carry the Flag with honor and dignity. , J 8,5 5 86 S 9 I z- 1' f-21. . f ' 'gl . x, , , . .ff J K- ' S k-1 - 4 A WW, Q , -,, . J mhq f4 A LTV, b lfnflx 1' 'I' 1 - , -5 'lui' . ' -mMim dm ,,?, 1, M .4 ,.g, ,, , . .'.'4.'5:N9,5 ' -- , A . - 5 3 ,. , 1, . 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