Coontz (DLG 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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COHCRIDESPAC VUiu Coontz-Rogers Team Aids SAR Effort 1 cTff« ot =e g=dec =ssile tigae Cooctz, op etac iag oci tie OD ct ' :e .s:. cc aoc sa-. tc be tdi tt «as aae a dcf tL Tbe call ca.Tre o t rise s ip ' s pcbiic addjes s svstes at -i OS B.E. A?nl 19. Aite - wariis. tbe CO. CDR C-l. Cczcisgs oi Porten-ille, C iL. told tbe crew ttae ptloe aad pa:3c =:ec l=eo rbe a;i:ef. soee 12 ssiles fiRJO e- sostile J WHY DID WE GO? By PiRRY ' S BLACK SHJPS Festival Marks the Opening of Japan iM irlvt uo -.- irsnrr 9L»«vrs. ' DO ' oV e Ac cloi«f e f:3vm£ uet r Search Rescue DD thwarts VC bounty hunters We ' ve heard a rumor that die Viet Coog and Nonb Viecnamese o6er a size- able reward eo any junk ibac brills in a pUoc. I don ' t know bow well foun- ded tbls U, biz tber do seem to inscaotly bead for a pUoc in tbe vater and try to get bim aboard. ' A6 Cwnmander of Sea- rcb and rescue descrtiyers in Vietnamese waters Cap- tain £. U Fox, of La Jolla Calif., expressed bis con- fer this . -pe rf ship, and uds type of detachment. The complete engine was imercbai ed in less tban eigbt hours. The Coootz carries en- ough spare parts so that major repairs may be made to the UH-2 Seasprite be- Ucopcer «hile are sea, pro- viding there is no damage to the airframe itself. REPLENISHMENT VTSEA Self - sufficlencv, -witf: tr.e air of L ' NREF ' . cr keep tbe crew occupied, attboogb the eight boors of watch each day, plus nor- mal mainienance and up- keep of the ship and re- plenishmea every third ni- ght, is usually more than enovgh to keep everyone busy. WMle on station, tfee Cooocz must remain at rea- dy alert, with gun mounts manned. Tbe general quar- ters alarm may be soun- ded at ac ti.T.e, day or and armed beat, the ship could pick up a pilot direct, if the circumstances dic- tated, McBrlde stated. ' ' We could send a swimmer out, book a line onto him and bring him aboard. Tbe boat is manned and ready during all search and rescue operations. All of these things ' said Commodore Fox, re- refuel also, but sbe Is us- ually pretr - much Involved with her own helo, so we use tfce Rogers a little more for that. Tbe CoofKZ Is more th- an 500 feet long and has a displacement of about 5,800 tons, about two and a half times the displacement of a regular destroyer. NVN PT BOATS MANEUVERING.— Three North Vietnamese PT boats are pictured maneuvering in the Gulf of onkln late last FpidaY afternoon Julv 1. 1966. The three boats fired on a Nav F4 Phantom aircraft from the carrier USS Constellation as the Phantom was making an identification pass. Thev were sunk b the aircraft. rU.S. Navv Photoi LS carini for torpedoed North Vietnamese S.D.-Based Frigate Rescues Viet Pilots emphasize the complete h- ' ' f ver Stv of destroyers. e carriers, tie ■ ' in tfce task lorce much do- - - ' - :-trr. element ser thar we ' ve ever been command before. eiii r, Cum- V .ASKING rOX. Jii.y 3 (. r Kinet ' »€n North Vietnamese crewmen res :ae l afler U. S. plants sank their torpedo boats in the gulf of Tonkin are undergoing me lical chec- kups and inlerrogation.. thp Defense Department said here. orr Tje spokes iiaa reriised to disclose where the prisoners had been Ukea. or would he comment on their altimate disposition. The 19 were taken aboard the USS Coontz, a destroyer, afler three torpedo brats we- r e sar.k Friday night by bomb and rockets from L.S. Xavy planes. eHEMY C0M97 Black Ship Festival At Shlmoda YOKOSUK. . iapan (CNFJ)— Americans and Japanese will spend Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday in the village of Shi- moda to celebrate the 112th an- niversary of the arrival of Com- modore Matthew C. Perr - and PT Boat May Have Fired Torpedoes: Coontz Exe( 3 NVN PT Boats Sunk 19 Survivors Of Attack weVmo reJnd OnU.S.FrigateRescued were or The Road jo yictorY THESUNDAYPOST UJ. Mary plasAi Friday aftu-Koon caoglit tkrvc North Ti«AxaL« « patrol torpcds boab a clo- i g b £ast n ( Taeric«a nuaatW Iri- f te tatioae 3 8 n I ' a SoAday. I«lT 3, 1966 I1ft««a Pi «»«i

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E X o E C F F I E V R LIEUTENANT COMMANDER E. W. HAYS, U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER E. W. HAYS U.S. NAVY, a native of Giltner, Nebraska reported aboard USS COONTZ in September 1965 from duty as an instructor at the United States Naval Academy. Upon entering the Navy in 1949 following the graduation from Giltner High School, he attended the Naval Academy, graduating with the class of 1953. Previous experience includes sea duty on board the USS MENIFEE (APA 202) and USS RAYMOND (DE-341) plus duty with the pre- commissioning and on board USS TOPEKA (CLG-8) and USS HOEL (DDG-13) Lieutenant Commander HAYS graduated from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1960 and grad- uated from George Washington University in 1965. Lieutenant Commander HAYS resides in San Diego with his wife and three children. The million dollar smile

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29 JANUARY 1966 WE LEFT SAN DIEGO They ' ll b e walking and talking in six months. Take in all lines. They ' ll be waiting there when we return.