Coontz (DDG 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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.A A . A V if .Adm1ra1,R.gE.. Coqntgjaig. d u Robertvntl-idwardq1Coontzghvvats ,.t.v 111.15 .?f'1.'lQ,fft1.8621.iin Hannibal, Missouri. 'Hefgradl12fCd 1ff017? lflaflflibaf COUEE9 in'l880, Annapolis 'in 1.885 and..bf?C3IZ15tR631-AdfI1l'F3hin -19.19. During fhafouf veafs12ffer.aW0f1dv1Wafel1H..W1?'Ch 11C.WaS1.vChiCf.Of ., NHYH1 1Q0pffra fiona esedfaifaf Coontz was a sta unch advoca teofanAm.erican. Navy f'second toJnone .W He became Commander of fthe, ,Fleet in..p1923a-and 1-was retired fbecause'5ofdage J w During his years activity in Unc1e,:Sam'si Navy, he served Tas Commzandant of flylidshipmenfaat pAnnapolis, Governor of Guam, Comdmandantof thePugct,SoundfNa vy Yard and the Fifth Naval7District.. V td ' be W , Coontz never saw salt 'wa tefunftil he decided to attend the Naval Academy. There .he .wastnoted-.for hisf remarkable memory and also wasratedeespecially good inwgunnerye He was notedaasa Hghtergf vOnce,1when 'still an ensign, he .took a patrol of fourmarines 'intoan Alaskan ,Indianf'Camp and captured 125. fully armed redskins byfboldlywalking up to them, pushing asidejthe Chiefs shotgun, whichhad been leveled atlihisstomach, and convincing, tthemjthatd it the l'td Fifth' Naval at Norfolk, . Virginia., Admiral 'of the United foreign cruises as of the service. A Coontzfsi capabilities came from V Was.-1 described by .Josephus Daniels, the Navyf undef President , Wilson, .as 1 , a man judgement who has the conHdence as much. as ,anyone in 5itQ d' Secretary A Everythinghe has ever done in the Navy done, splendidly. 7' Asidantekamplet of his emciency, it is recalled that in 1913, heilwas placed ff, command of the Battleship Georgia, 3that,thed ship .was'ar'zhe.1borrom of the list in Gunnery. he iW3S'll1'AjCOI1'lIT13IId, the Georgia rose to Hrst place in , their fleet in ,dtl Gunnery. ' Admiral,,Coontz wasaboard the Charleston when that ship participated fin the amusing capture of Guam in 1898. Later inthis career, he served as Governor of the tiny island. Convinced then that murderers had been dealt with too lightly' by his predecessors, he announced that he was a 'fhanging 'Governor .' There were no murders while he remained on duty on the island. While Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Coontz in 1922 led. as successful Hght to prevent the Enlisted personnel of the Navy from being reduced below 86,000, an aftermath of the 'Naval Limitations Conference. Q Admiral Coontz died at Puget Sound, Washington, on 26 January 1935. , X V 1 J d an mumg d. 1 was hopeless to oppose the United .States1Na,vy. d a . 'd,, 9 9. V 'During an ,assignment to North waters. he . V ,t I' ' f 9 . I Augusta Cohen,'ofdSitka,',Alaska. t,i1 Thdljfvvois,ons,fBenton-J 1- d ' E '- and Kenneth,.died buteMrs.',1CoontZ,a1ndia,daughter!Bgfgh3,. 1 1 -. s'd' .9 7 . A 1 sufvfvedgag A ' s ' 1 if 1 9 v 1' Admiral A and - True ' X x sixty fourth.

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The United States Na vylives a constant vigil around the world to maintain the peace. ' Should an enemy force commit aggression against the United States .or an ally, the U. S. Navy is prepared to retaliate with lightning speed and devastating power. , The annals of history reflect no counterpart to the U. S. Navy in action. The valor, daring and courage of the American -Bluejacket in time of war are legend. A A In peace too, the U. S. Navy is a true and dedicated leader. It has made countless contributions to science,' it molds men, it stretches a friendly hand across the seas to the small and -developing country struggling to Hnd friendship, reassurance and freedom. It is the age of technology. And the Navy has kept . . . indeed in many ways set . . . the pace. 1 I Navymen are highly trained and skilled. They must be in the modern Na vy. I - I I Our ship may be but a .small cog in themachinery of a great Hghting team. Yet in her men . . . her capabilities . . . her day to day routine and her overall mission, she is symbolic of that entire force. USS COONTZ' mission is to operateas a component of carrier and surface strike forces to contribute to the air, missile, and submarine defenses of these forces, to seek out, engage and destroy hostile surface forces, to attack targets along hostile shore lines, and to provide command and control facilities required to support an afloat commander subordinate to a tactical flag commander, and to operate in support of amphibious assault operations against air, submarine, surface and shore based activities. g ' A ' . 1 y COON TZ proudly bears the name of Admiral Robert Edward pooN once the Commander-in-Chielf U. S. Fleet, and aformer Chief of Naval Operations. He was appointed a Naval Cadet from the 12th ,District of Missouri in September, 1881, graduated in 1885, and ,two yearsblater was of active service in the Navy. He died on .lanuary 26, 1935'a-t the Naval. Hospital, Puget Sound, Washington., fl g 7 . V If The first ship named in hisrhonor,? the transport.. COON TZ IAP-1221 .wasgcommissioned November , Transferred commissioned an Ensign. He retired on June 11, 1920, after '46 ,yearsf to the Military Sea Lift command in.. 1950, it was renamed USS ALEXANDER PATCH. ' F ' .1 . ' . The thirty-nine years after Admiral Robert E. COONTZ USN, left an. assignment as Naval Shipyard .Commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, the.keel of the Guided Missile Frigate COON TZ was laidson March 1, 1957, in the same yard. The second ship to bear the name, COONTZ was the first guided missile frigate to be built on the west coast of the United States .',l ' 1 I A ' A I I ' . ' Y STATISTICS I LENGTH ...... ............................ .... . 5 12 FEET BEAM .......... I .......... . ..................... ' .... 53 FEET DRAFT ............................................... ............... C 125 FEET FULL LOAD DISPLACEMENT ............... 6000 TONS, FOUR BOILER f1200 PSD . .............................. 30 IPLUSQ KNOTS USS COON TZ was christened Mrs. Robertll. wife of Admiral COONTZ' grandson, on December 4, 1958. 1 P Commissioned on July 5, 1960 COONTZ reported for duty as a unit of the Cruiser - Destroyer Force, U. S. PaciHc Fleet in May 1961 and joined the U. S. FIRST Fleet with her homeport in San Diego. In August 1961 COONTZ commenced the first of her seven deployments with the U. S. SEVENTH Fleet in thefar east. COON TZ has served in the PaciHc Fleet with distinction including several tours in Vietnamese waters. ln January 1971, shortly after her last SEVENTH Fleet tour, COON TZ departed San Diego, California, her homeport for those ten years, via the Panama Canal, for Atlantic waters and Philadelphia. , After .ren ' years active servicefwithin the U. S. ,Pacific Fleet, 'COON TZ was decommissioned on 23 February 1971 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, ,tof,ulndergo,,lan extensive? fAnti-Air-Warfarej modemigazion.--iggi., . ff .,o-l g 7 1 Q gf A 1. . 7, Cooivrz March a.,197.2.-,l,Sincel September 1979, COON TZ has. been mgmany, local operations and' participated in several exercisesftaking' her 'from,gHalifax,- INLOAVQQ Scotia, to: Bridgetown BVU-2495-' .'i, 1 .e1.. I 'Oil f14jJuly7.1980,:1C00NTZ '80fliun.dvrW2YQY6ia again for '2,i1!eXfv11dCd. deploymentfwith ja .carrierl ftask iforceitof the,1Mediterranean.. The history fOfjtllIS',CIfl1l.9C- is,,documentedua7nd'illustrated within these pages. So just i sit' 'backjandf relax, 'leaf through' the pages,fand live QOF relive , the history 1980- e.s we1cvif1eiA.bv4fd-F i