Coontz (DDG 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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PHE The most popular pastime while at sea during the MEF 2-87 deployment had to be salt water shing. Thanks to the Welfare and Recreation department those who didn't bring fishing gear with em were able to check out a pole and tackle box for a few hours. BTC Rolle, HTCS Chancellor and 'MCS Iverstine was usually on hand during fishing hours to lend advice or a helping hand to the eginning fisherman. Fishing in the Persian Gulf was surprisingly good. Crewmembers caught sharks, groupers, ocean Catfish, marlin, sailfish and a few aquatic creatures nobody could identify. TCM Thomas and HTCS Chancellor appeared on SITE TV to put out a few fishing tips and wam of he dangers of catching sea snakes. All in all, the lishermen of Coontz turned out to be fairly Jroductive: so many fish were caught in one week that a fish frywas held on the Steel Beach, and 1obody went hungry. i K 1 1 s 4 ERICAN SPQRTS If 1, A 64 N' ,-.-.wg V- 4, .-,. .,., -- -vv-., ,44- - .-n.a.,.,..-, - . . , -,. b .. ,... , ..,...,-..,.,...........-N-.-.......,.., ....,-..-4---N.-.I ,. Y Q- .-. C. .............-. ,.-e......Q-.,-.--............, J - - - A - ..,.,,.,.,,.,.,,,,,,,,,,0,,,,,,,,,,z,,,hy'N-Alm--A A ..., ,,,,,,,wm,-qu--5-......,,......,.,. 4-.......-A .-.-,..,...-.....Q..-.--........----x. ' - - . 2 ' :ig-1 L.:-1.112521 Qc: at-:'::1'::.-' A- A -1-:-J - !:: :::.-::.x:-:'.g-... .. -::'t'2. ::z-.Q-7.11: -.' f,-L ...'i':t'rt . .2':f':::.'f':'::2.Z:'t :':: ':v.-1S-'1q-r

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'R FLECTICNS: TIME T0 A WAYS REMEMBER Middle East Force Cruise 2-87 has ended, a thing of the past, existing only in the thoughts, feelings, mem01'i and experiences of those who endured it. In the years to come, as we grow older and wiser, we will undoubted reflect back in our oum seperate but special ways to the MEF 2-87 Cruise. To each of us it will mean somethin different. It is important to always remember the positive aspects of the cruise as well as the negative. Reflect f a moment and try to remember: -The seemingly endless days of preparationjinspections prior to deployment. -February 5, 1987 -COMDESROH 14 and his stall' -The crossing of the Atlantic and the dark days full of high winds, heavy seas and 55 -40 rolls. -The CASREP to W1 evaporator in Rota, Spain -COMDESRON 14 departing -The passage through the Straits of Gibraltar -The transit of the Mediten'anean Sea -The passage through the Suez Canal -The passage through the Straits of Bab Al Mandeb -The passage through the Straits of Honnuz, traveling outbound at 215 knots with GQ set -The Captain's fishing trips -The Great Raft Race -The Great MEF Run-out -Bingo and Casino nights -Boredom, loneliness, heartache, uncertainty and despair -High humidity: hot, Sticky days and dust everywhere -The change of command -The early morning sea details -The unreps in 10 ft seas -The thick, insidious fog of the Persian Gulf -May 17, 1987 fThe attack on the USS Starkl -Fighting the fires onboard the USS Stark and assisting in the clean-up -The memorial service for the USS Stark at the Bahrain lntemational Airport -Water hours -Ho water at all -Steel beaches and the unoflicial ship's band tEW2 Gibbs, FC2 Comer, ETSN Campbelll -Wild Bill Cranney from Baaston tBostonl -Cro-Magnon Man Chet Nash -70 watch bill assigments and only 40 people to fill them fDouble watches - Getting doggedl -The tum-over with USS O'Bannon -The tum-over with USS Kidd -The man from Moyers, W. Virginia -PN1 Hassle ftlassel l Y Q ES O l' if F.- pf' I, gif as ir l ,Mi W T-J' y-:J l. Xp! .:7 .41 .wig ,Citi .SHN -mf ,fv .27 . j .Hb- -Tin' ilk! -'22 , 5: Vit' Wg: yww il? , it lf, w,' is