Copeland (FFG 25) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1988 volume:

7 0 • BERING SEA .••• C ancer O Wake Island tden h( Si) | •:S il s2 ■ NORTH PACIFIC Midway Islands Of. Hawaii peasl harbor O 0 .HU .HONOLULU . f . % Christmas PACIFIC OCEAN auaiof SOUTH PACIFIC CHRONOLOGY OF PORTS VISITED, 01 - 03 Feb 88 Honolulu, HI 15 - 22 Feb 88 Subic Bay, R.P. 16 - 19 May 88 Manama, Bahrain 06 - 08 June 88 Manama, Bahrain 15 - 18 June 88 Phuket, Thailand 23 - 30 June 88 Subic Bay, R.P. 02 - 09 July 88 Hong Kong, U.K. 20 - 21 July 88 Honolulu, HI )ear Admiral Robert W. Copeland Robert Witcher Copeland was born in Tacoma, Washington, on 9 September 1910. He graduated from the University of Washington with Bachelor Degrees in Business Administration and Law, and on 18 May 1935 he was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve. In that same year he was admitted to the Washington State Bar and practiced Law until entering into active Naval Service In 1940. During the early 1940 ' s, he advanced rapidly and successfully commanded the USS PAWTUCKET (YT-7), USS BLACK DOUGLAS (PYC-45) and USS WYMAN (DE-38). On 28 April 1944, a new destroyer escort was commissioned, USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (DE-413), and placed under the command of (then) LCDR Robert W. Copeland. SAMUEL B. ROBERTS was ordered to the Pacific theater of operations and fought in the battle off Samar. It was that battle in which LCDR Copeland inspired his crew to such heights that, in spite of being a small destroyer escort, the ROBERTS helped turn back the formidable Japanese Battleship, Cruiser and Destroyer Force and contributed to the key victory in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The ROBERTS was sunk in the battle, but not before she carried out her mission in heroic fashion and earned the reputation of being The Destroyer Escort that fought like a Battleship . LCDR Copeland was among the 120 survivors of the ROBERTS who were rescued some 50 hours after the battle. For extraordinary courage and magnificent spirit in the face of terrific odds LCDR Copeland was awarded the Navy Cross. It is interesting to note that FFG-52 was commissioned USS CARR in 1985 in honor of GMG3 Paul Henry Carr, who was killed on board the ROBERTS during the battle off Samar, and that FFG-58 was commissioned in 1986 as USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS. United States Ship Copeland (FFG-25) The officers and crew of USS COPELAND (FFG-25) extend to you our greetings and welcome you aboard what we feel is the best guided missile frigate in the world. Keel Laid 24 October 1979 Launched 26 July 1980 Commissioned 7 August 1982 COPELAND is the eighteenth of approximately fifty planned Guided Missile Frigates of the FFG-7 (Oliver Hazard Perry) Class. She was built by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation in San Pedro, California. Her mission is to escort and protect convoys, underway replenishment groups, amphibious landing groups and carrier battle groups. COPELANDS ' s missile, gun and anti-submarine warfare systems, combined with her quick reaction and high speed capability, make her a valuable asset in today ' s multi-threat environment. Ship ' s Characteristics - Displacement: 3600 Tons Length 445 ' , Beam 45 ' 14 Officers, 168 Enlisted Dimensions: Complement Propulsion: Maximum Speed: Armament: Combat Systems: • Two General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine Engines, 40.000 Total Shaft Horsepower • Two 350 Horsepower Electric Auxiliary Propulsion Units • 30 Knots • MK13 MOD 4 Missile Launcher • MK75 76MM Gun Mount • Two Triple MK32 ASW Torpedo Mounts • AN SQS-56 Digital Sonar • MK92 MOD 2 Fire Control System • AN SPS-55 Surface Search Radar • AN SPS-49 Air Search Radar • Lamps Helicopter Commander G.M. Ziller Jr., USN Commanding Officer Commander Ziller was born in Austin, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He completed the Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island and was commissioned in November 1967. Commander Ziller ' s initial sea assignments included tours in the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser USS TRUXTUN (DLGN 35) as Damage Control Assistant and precommis- sioning crew for USS CALIFORNIA (DLGN 36) as Damage Control Assistant. After attending the Department Head Course at Surface Warfare Officers School. Newport, Rhode Island. Commander Ziller reported to the USS ROBISON (DDG 12) as Operations Officer in August 1975. In 1977, he reported to the staff of the Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, Virginia to serve on the Nuclear Propulsion Mobile Training Team. Following this staff duty. Commander Ziller was assigned to the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) from April 1979 to July 1981 serving as Main Propulsion Assistant. While aboard Nimitz, he participated in her historic deployment to the Indian Ocean in 1980. In August 1981 he reported as a member of the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board Atlantic on the staff of the Commander-in- Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. From November 1983 through February 1986, Commander Ziller served as the Executive Officer of the nuclear powered cruiser USS LONG BEACH (CGN 9). After attending several prospective Command- ing Officer courses. Commander Ziller relieved CDR D.R. Dunn as Commanding Officer, USS COPELAND on 11 October 1986 in Fremantle. Western Australia. Commander Ziller has been selected for CAPTAIN and will report to USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) as the Engineer Officer. Commander Ziller ' s awards include the Navy Commendation Medal (with gold star in lieu of second award). Navy Unit Commendation. Meritorious Unit Commenda- tion and several campaign and service medals. Commander Ziller is married to the former Susan Jane Smith of Hampton. Virginia. They have one son, Gregory Mathew and currently reside in San Diego, California. LCDR William P. Craft, USN Executive Officer Bill Craft was born in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. He served his first tour in the Navy as an enlisted Photgraphic Intelligenceman from 1967 until 1971. He left the service to attend school at Michigan State University, where he graduated in 1973 from the Honors College with a BA in Geography. He returned to the Navy as an officer in 1974. After commissioning at OCS, Newport, Rhode Island, he attended the first west coast class of the Surface Warfare School. He served in USS GRIDLEY (CG-21 ) as Navigator Admin Officer from 1975 until 1978. Next he was posted to Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, II. as Military Training Assistant. Resuming sea duty m 1981. hecompleted his department head tours as Combat Systems Officer In USS GUSHING (DD-985) and later as Operations Officer in USS JOUETT (CG-29). In 1985 LCDR Craft returned to shore and served in the N6 staff at CINCUSNAVEUR in London, where he specialized in Tactical Satellite Communications to support Joint Contingency Operations, and Tactical Satellite Data Systems. In August 1987 he reported to USS COPELAND (FFG 25) where he is currently assigned as Executive Officer. LCDR Craft has received the Navy Achieve- ment Medal, three awards of the Navy Commendation Medal, and Meritorious Service Medal. Married in 1979, LCDR Craft, his wife Patricia, and their three children reside in San Diego. California. The Captain... 1 1; A ' W ?S : Finishing another daily run. Captain and XO taking time to have a Steel Beach burger or two. Copeland and Gary passing the time away. The Captain with a few remarks during the ship ' s Awards Ceremony. The Wardroom (Left to right, bottom row) ENS O ' Donnell, LTJG Cullen, ENS Hungate, LTJG Vandiver, LTJG Dillenberger, ENS Whiston, ENS Maciejewski; (top row) CDR G.M. Ziller Jr., LT Haben, LT Baxter, LT Sather, LT Owens, LT Gill, CW02 Boggs, LT Ditri, LT Irwin, LT Monahan, CW02 Bridges, LCDR Craft. CW02 Bridges and LT Owens discuss another upcoming UNREP. Atypical night on the town with LT Irwin. LT Gill just couldn ' t stop shopping in Phuket, Thailand. N } LTJG Goose Cullen LT Haben in his usual manner on his duty day. LTJG Vandiver looks as if he is having a wonderful time during the Line Crossing. N ) r ' s CPO Mess (Left to right, front row) SKC Dougall, ENC Diaz, BMC Hickey, STGCS(SW) Settles, ETC Underwood, MSC Arce, OSC(SW) Veith, QMC West; (back row) AMSC Payne, PNC(SW) Womack, HMC Shaw, EWC Rice, FCC Hurd, FCC Sistrunk, RMCS(SW) Pratt, SKC(SW) Burlingame. Hanging out at the Coral Beach Hotel in Phuket is FCC Sistrunk. •M3 ' ■•■ JB r ' i1WIVW!. ' .- •.•jm 1 ETC(SW) Underwood seSSS8SS8gSSSSS388SS3SSSSSgR Taking a stroll on the beach is STGCS Settles. Operations Boatswain ' s Mate (BM) Signalman (SM) Quartermaster (QM) Electronic Warfare Technician (EW) Radioman (RM) Postal Clerk (PC) Operations Specialist (OS) Hospital Corpsman (HM) Personnelman (PN) Master-at-Arms (MA) y Yeoman (YN) Department Sfes5sa8. « ' ?« s«s s - - -- - ii iAs r- sssssassssssssssssssi Ops Dept. Candids... ON - Division (Left to right, bottom row) SMSN Culver, SM2 Hoek, QM3 Patrick, SMSN McCauley; (top row) QM3 Shadwick, QMSA Biddlecomb, ENS Maciejewski, QMC West, QM2 Rodriequez, SM3 Kaiser. Honest, guys, I didn ' t do it! Playmate-to-be, QM2? Setting up another Wardroom meal is SMSN Culver. « OC - Division (Left to right, sitting kneeling) RM3 Butts, RMSN Miranda, SN Nukala, RM2 Jones: (standing) RM1 Cotroneo, RMCS(SW) Pratt, RM3Eubanks, RMS Guerra, RM2 White, RM3 OToole, RMS Welsh. : ' RMSN Miranda and SN Crivelli just having a little fun. Taking in some sights in Hong Kong are Rollins, Bouley, Butts, Nukala, Jones, Owsiany and Ambers. ■ y t I f f ili Cassolopez and Guerra enjoying a Steel Beach cookout. 01 - Division (Left to right, bottom row) OSCS(SW) Veith, OS1 Reeves, 0S2 Marling, OSSN Wright, OSSN Yusem, OSSN Hessem, EW3 Walker, EWC Rice; (2nd row) OSSN Synder, OSSN Nagao, 0S2 Schweizer, OSSN Wenning. OS1 Urtz; (3rd row) 0S2 Bingham, 0S2 Jaggers, EW2 Myers, OSS Flynn; (top row) OSSN Staten, OSSN Blower, EW3 Kutter, ENS Whiston. Getting ready to put the Cobra Clutch on FC3 Knight is OS2 Marling, as ET3 Hatch and OSSN Blower watch. OSSN Wenning doing a little preservation on the 0-2 Level. King of the Smurfs, no one but: 0S1 Reeves What a rarity! An OS doing a real man ' s work! B m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m n m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m X - Division (Left to right, bottom row) PCSN Alves, PNSN Delrosario, YN1 Knapp, YN3 Diaz; (top row) EN2 Templeton, MAI Gallegos, HMC Shaw, ENS O ' Donnell. a H s B a a 11 B a H a a PCSN Alves 18 FC3, do you really think I should say this? MAI Gallegos, a.k.a. Barney Fife X-Division ' s Beauty Queen contestant: Miss PNSN Delrosario Who, me? First Division (Left to right, bottom row) SN Beavers, SN DeLeon, SN Collins, SA Valdez, SN Dent; (2nd row) BMC Hickey, BM3 Bundalian, SN Reardon, SN Emiliozzi, BM3 Redden, SN Evans; (top row) BM2 Mendez, BM3 Schwarzman, BM2 Garner, SN McGlaughlin, BM3 Marvin, SN Longo, BM1 Weiszbrod, BM1 Hruby A rare time that SN Crivelli is not asleep I BM2 Mendez, a Boghammers worst nightmare BM1 and BMC giving HT1 a hand. The Three Musketeers — or The Three Stooges? The OOD with Copeland ' s No. 1 Sea and Anchor Team. Combat PX Q Firft Control - vj ' Fire Control Data Systems Technician (FT) Electronics Technician (DS) Technician (ET) Systems Torpedoman ' s Sonar Technician Gunner ' s Mate ate (TM) (ST) (GM) Department Combat S ;stems Candids... CS-2 Division (Lett to right, tront row) STG3 Dempsey, STGCS(SW) Settles, TM1 Scott; (2nd row) STG3 Cummings, STG1 Kruise, STGSN Brossow; (back row) TMSN Walter, TMSN Schneider, STG2 Erhnman. Hey, what ' s going on, STG2? A tearless lookout ready f( i ■•-•-•-•- ' - •- •- ' l.t ««« ' h«. ' ht1 -•-•-•-•-•-•-•- - ■- ' - • ' '   - - -  ■- . ■ .-■- ■ s. . ... thing is TM3 Walter. Looking at STG2 ' s expression, Condition 1-A doesn ' t seem that bad at all. 25 K m mmmvm ?mmvmmm m? Mmm????m mm?mm?M m I CS-3 Division ii i (Left to right, bottom row) FC3 Reaka, FC3 Fraser, GMG3 Winstead, FCC Sistrunk, GMG3 Marcov; (2nd row) FCC Hurd, GMM2 Brown, FC3 Lasater, FC3 Knight, GMGSN Albert, GMG3 Roth, GMG3 Heath; (3rd row) FC3 Pickett, FC2 Utiey, FC3 Johnson; (top row) LT Haben, FCI Arvidson, FCI Marshall, GMM1 Wilcox, FC2 Field, GMG3 and FC2 after a hard day of painting. V ' n.....Jt ' m V ' ;: • fWMmm M JV  m     mvvvm mmMm mm Mm mmm M f GMG3 Marcov with a smile looks confident that he ' ll get the Shot Line across. Go ahead, make my day! CS-4 Division (Left to right, front row) ETC Underwood, ET3 Hatch, ETSN Brown, ET2 Stevens, DSI(SW) Dineros, ET3 Bartels; (back row) ET2 Magos, ET3 Maines, ET3 Madigan, ET1 Hawkins, CW02 Boggs, DS3 Redden. o DS3 getting a little Thailand love and affection. ET3 and his Marilyn Monroe imitation during the WOG Beauty Contest. Copeland ' s answer to the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. Look Ma, no hands! ET2, ETSN and FTC enjoying a bit of dinner in Hawaii. Engineering V (Op Hull Maintenance Technician (HT) m[inilif Interior Communications Electrician (IC) Gas Turbine Machinery System Repairman (MR) Technician (GS) A i? y ' ?r ' i x Engineman (EN) Mate (EM) Department Engineering Dept. Candids. v ' im Mm mmmmmmmm m  m mfMV  v mmmm m E-1 Division (Lett to right, bottom row) GSM2 Herras, GSM2 Aguas, GSM3 League, GSMFN Preskey, GSM2 Palm; (top row) GSE3 Schleuter, EN3 Walker, GSM2 Petrey, GSM1 Gibson, GSM1 Carney, GSMC(SW) Cinco, CW02 Bridges. GSM2 Petrey looks like he ' s having a good time, doesn ' t he? WM m Mvvvm mvm m? MM M ; M WT l I Gibson, Petrey and Preskey painting on an award they worked hard for — the Engineering E Isn ' t this Awards Ceremony over yet? CW02 Bridges 1] a 11 a 11 1] 11 B a B [1 1] 11 1] ij 11 1] 11 1] 1] H 11 11 [1 a s H 11 II 1] 11 II 1] 1] 1] 1] s 11 1] 1] II B [i a a a a E-2 Division if l; i r (Left to right) HTFN Owsiawny, LT Ditri, HT3 Bass, HT2 Gale, HT3 Gonczi, HT3 Jones, HT3 McCrumn. Do we have Green Deck yet? XO presents HT2 with a plaque after his re-enlistment. at: III i mililllilililllilllllBililllBIi f«if HT3 McCrumn chillin ' at ASU Bahrain Goose, I don ' t think we should have went drinking last night! E-3 Division (Left to right, front row) EN3 Hallman, EN1 Abad, FN Dagdag; (back row) CW02 Bridges, EN3 Lozier, EN2 Sanders, EN2 Cassolopez, EN3 Dion, ENC(SW) Diaz. W ' In deep thought is EN1 Abad. IIIIIIIIIIB 11 11 H !1 m m m m m m m m m a a a a a a a a a a a a aaaaBaaaaaaaaaBBaaaaaaaaaaaaai] a a B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBBBaaaaaaaaaa a a Just hanging-out with Phuket beauty is EN3 Dion. aaaaaa m MmMMM w ' WMMym m mw M  mwjfWMMfmm E-4 Division (Left to right, bottom row) ICFN Drouienaud, EMI Estoesta, EM3 Oliver, EM2 Fish, EMI Garvida, GSE1 Manazo, GSE1 Krai; (standing) IC2 Ambers, GSE2 Aiwtorre, EM3 Anderson, GSE3 Grimes, EMFN Wolfe, EM2 Strauss, LTJG Cullen. wmmmwm M wmMM wvvmM M fwm Mm?mM y M j MMvmw Never without a smile is EM2 Fish. Hard at work on another refue ling detail is EM2 Strauss. HT3 McCrumn and IC2 Ambers chillin ' at the hoopdee. Award recipents GMM2 Brown and IC2 Ambers. Supply Support Storekeeper (SK) Disbursing Clerk Mess Management Specialist (MS) X Ship ' s Service- man (SH) Department Supplx Department Candids... S-1 Division (Left to right, front row) SK3 Arechiga, SK2 Dagdanganan, SK2 Davis; (back row) SKC Burlingame, SKC Dougall. S-2 Division (Left to right, bottom row) FN Smith, PNSN Delrosario, FN Wallace, FN Rollins, FN Renolyos, GMM3 Meier, FN West, MS3 Bryan, MS2 Baker, MS3 McMahon, SN Staten, SN Gaulin, MSC Arce, MSSN Teto, BM2 Miller. Clemena, Nalos, Teto and Dagdag cooking the steaks for Favorite Waiters night. S-3 Division (Left to right) SH3 Burnette, SHI Smith, SHSN Morales. X Caught with his hand in the cookie jar is SH1 Smith i Air Det - HSL 35 Det 6 uav t (Left to right, bottom row) AD3 Troeter, LTJG Vandiver, LT Baxter Air Boss, LT Gill, Lou Cardona ■ Hughs Tech Rep., LTJG Diilenberger, AD2 Carr; (top row) AMSC(SW) Payne, ADAN Cearlock, AD2 Poliett, AZ3 Shannon, ATI Thomas, AMH2 Crutchfield, ADS Holder, AZ3 Tatum, AE2 Kelly, AEl Breslin. Troeter and Poliett do a little M-60 cleaning after a busy day of shooting. Aviation Electrician ' s Mate (AE) Aviation Maintenance Adniinistration- man (AZ) V ' ' ' - ' - ' - ' ' ' - ' - ' ■-■ ■■- ' •- ' ' - ' ' ■ ' ■•■ ' ■ ' ■ ' ■ Ports of Call: Subic Bax;, R.P.; Port of Call: Hawaii Two mighty warships — USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and USS Missouri (BB-63) — surround Gary and Copeland. The Arizona Memorial: a tribute to those who courageously sacrificed their lives One of the many pineapple plantations on the islands First stop: Honolulu! On our return home, USS Gary gave us a traditional Hawaiian welcome! (1 1] 11 11 1] 11 11 11 11 B 1] 11 [1 11 11 11 11 11 B 11 1] 11 11 1] 11 11 11 1] 11 1] 1] 1] 11 11 1] a S 1] B B 11 H 1 B I Port of Call B B B B B B B B B Hong Kong U.K. s B II B 1) a H [1 a II Hi] 11 g] 11 mi mi SI] II 111] - •• ' From 2 - 9 July 1988, Copeland paid a visit to Hong Kong, U.K. A wonderful time was had by all, along with endless amounts of shopping and sightseeing this Pearl of the Orient had to offer. Port of Call: Phuket, Thailand Petrey, Strauss and Fish having a couple of Kloster Lagers at the Hard Rock. On 15 June 1988, Copeland visited the island paradise of Phuket, Thailand for four days. It was the highlight of the cruise for many, as these pictures can attest. One of the many strips of bars in this party port .I ' . l ' . ' . ' . ' .l ' . ' H. ' -t.f-S. ...... Bahrain iiBudaiya AMSC(SW) Payne and the crew routinely checking out another chip light casualty on Magic 32. Aviation Antisubmarine Warfare Operator (AW) Ci eadside -c jemac M-2 flLDT? 0H...1 TWOUG-HT YOU UtUL 1 MAVAL AVIATOR ! How to get under a helo pilot ' s skin. Aviation Electronics Technician (AT) When I find that Cullen and Maciejewsl i, I ' m going to... Anchors Aweigh! 27 Januar} 1988 - 0900 On 27 January 1988 at 0900 USS Copeland (FFG-25) departed 32nd Street Naval Station on her 3rd Western Pacific Deployment. These candids tell the story of that eventful day... 4 ♦ 4 ■T. ' .r ■ ' SSSSSSSSSSSSS Crossing the Line... On 25 February 1988, over 100 slimey Pollywogs entered King Neptune ' s Domain. Shellbacks united to cleanse the ship of this problem, as Copeland crossed the Equator... One of the many hardlined Shellbacks, STGSN Brossow Open up, Wog GallegosI gs  J N Flight Quarters Copeland conducted over 1200 hours of helicopter operations on WestPac. 800- plus hours were achieved by the ship ' s Air Detachment: HSL35DET6alone. HSL35 DET 6 also completed 1000- plus landings. These two figures were both LAMPS MK I records for an Air Det on a six-month deployment. The pride and professional- ism demonstrated by everyone involved with this dangerous evolution made it that much safer and easier. Well Done! ! ' Arabian Gulf Ops The MV Ranger trying to stay in column formation. Magic 40 hoists ENS Maciejil after a successful Earnest VI ET1 Hawkins watches on as the Gas Princess takes station ahead of FFG-25 Our Min( Will trar The Goo, Khor Fakkan, Mine i l Twilight appears before another escort with the MV L.H. Gianella off of MV Golden f lonarch ission. 1 keeps a sharp lookout as another Earnest ough the Gulf. ' ulman... LT Haben keeps a visual on one of our tankers: the reflagged Gas Prince. ' Now station the VNREP Detaiir Looks like a pretty good UnRep Cupeidnd participated m ci ITS (Italian Ship) Strombc ' LTJG Hungate boldly crosses over from the USS San Jose {AFS-7) Crash Smash, R A, Ref uelin Hf .f Flying Squad (kneeling) HT3 Jones, HTFN Osiawny; (standing) HT3 Bass, YN1 Knapp, EM2 Strauss, IC2 Ambers, GSM2 Petrey, EN3 Zozier. SHSN Morales, HT1 Zamora, SH3 Burnetts, EN3 Oliver. Flight Quarters Crew r ' Marvin, BM2 Garner, B! (2nd row) EN3 Oliver, E Reynolds, GSM3 Herra ' row) EN3 Lozier, HT2 Owsiawny, GSE3 GrimS Zamora. Refueling Detail (left tc Reynolds, GSE3 Herra Fire Team (left to right, kneeling) HT3 Gonczi, EN3 Oliver, BM3 Soto; (standing) HT3 Jones, EM2 Fish, GSE3 Alatorre, HT3 McCrumn, GSE3 Grimes, EM2 Strauss, HT1 Zamora, HT2 Gale, GSE1 Stanek, EN3 Lozier and HTFN Osowsiawny. sasssacKxscsaaaatsaacscscsn Detail...   P XXX36XXKXXKX3Otxxx30txyK%3iO6ve 1 ' 5 It. bottom row) HT3 Gonczi, BM3 hwarzman, BM3 Bundalian, BM3 Soto; eiszbrod, HT3 Jones, GSM2 Petrey, FN N Preskey, GSMFN Lashbrook; (back GSE2 Alatorre, HT3 McCrumn, HTFN ? Strauss, EM2 Fish, GSE1 Stanek, HT1 Chock and Chain Team (left to right) GSM2 Petrey, BM2 Garner, BM3 Marvin, BM1 Weiszbrod, BM3 Bundalian, BM3 Schwarzman. GSMFN Lashbrook, GSM2 Petrey, FN FN Preskey. Bunalian and Marvin taking a much needed break between Flight Quarters Remembering the ' Sammi; B. .. The Captain with his opening remarks The crew to honor the fallen heroes LTJG Vandiver delivers the invocation EN3 Lozier aboard Ocean Lord 21, ready to take the memorable snapshots. On 14 February 1988, approximately 60 NM from where the original USS Samuel B. Roberts sank in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, on 24 October 1944, USS Copeland took part in a Memorial Ceremony to honor the fallen heroes of the Destroyer Escort that fought like a Battleship commanded back then by LCDR Robert W. Copeland. On board Copeland, while the Memorial Service was being held, LTJG Kevin O ' Donnell picked at random from a list of names and EN3 Robert Lozier flew in USS Gary ' s Ocean Lord 21 over the spot where the Sammy B. sank to drop a plaque honoring those who gave their lives. CDR Ziller pointing out some of the Sammy B ' s heroic accomplishments Homecoming: 27 July 1 988 On the morning of 27 July 1988, USS Copeland returned to San Diego after an arduous six- month deployment. It was a happy time for families, friends and, mostof all, the crew, who had missed America ' s Finest City for the past six months...! SM3 Kaiser and GSM1 Petrey point to Point Loma and, in short, Home Sweet Home A familiar sight not seen in some time. «:£ BMC supervises as the Welcome Home Lei is tied on. HTFN Wallace and HT3 McCrumn wait in anticipation of the words, Moored, Shift Colors! 67 IOtXXX3t3tXXXXXX3t3tXXX3tX3tXXX300CKXXXXX Special Achievements... r 1 1 u ' zi. •i? ' :; LT Ditri administers the Oath of Allegiance to HT2 Gale upon his re-enlistment. Captain Zille FC3 Lassater, moments before his re-enlistment ceremony. POtX3tXXXKXXXXX3t3tXX306X3tXX3tXXX3tXX3t scnts LTJG O ' Donncll with his Surface Warfare Pin. ENS Maciejewski receives an award for outstanding physical fitness. . t? LTJG Whiston recieves an award for outstanding coordination of Copeland ' s 1987 CFC Campaign. SKC Dougail receives his fourth Good Conduct Award. 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