Cushing (DD 985) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1984 volume:

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The upper area of the pile is red. allud- ing to the danger and high risk of this famous action and the fact that Commander Gushing had been under more fire than any other officer in the Navy at that time. The lions head is a symbol of courage and strength and represents the spirit and abilities of Commander Gushing This spirit is also reflected in the ship ' s motto. Non Sibi Sed Patriae. a statement attributed to the ancient Roman Cicero, which translated to Not for Self but for Country The trident is a traditional maritime symbol and its sharp points suggest offensive aaion. The spar torpedo is dark blue, alluding to the dark of night and the covert nature of the sinking of the ABERMARLE. The dark blue also recalls the faa that Commander Gushing a Union officer, took the torpedo, at that time basically a Confederate weapon, and used it to sink an enemy vessel. The five stars refer to the faa that this SPRU ANGE class destroyer is the fifth destroyer type ship to be named GUSHING. TT , Tasmania Kerfuelen lilarMlt C0MM WDMG Commanding Officer CDR Frank F. Hewitt, USN CDR Frank F. Hewitt, U.S. Navy, graduated from the united States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in June 1967. For the next two years, he served as Engineer Officer aboard USS SAGA- CITY (MSO-469). During this initial tour of duty he was selected to attend the Naval Destroyer School in Newport, Rhode island. After gradua- tion in December 1969, CDR Hewitt served as weapons officer in USS WALKE (DD-723), then was assigned as the first weapons officer aboard USS MARVIN SHIELDS (DE-1066), a new con- struction ship. m July 1972, CDR Hewitt returned to the U.S. Naval Academy where he served as 32nd Company Officer. He then attended the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, as one of the first small groups of lieutenants so selected. After graduation from the College of Naval Command and Staff in July 1974, CDR Hewitt returned to sea duty as Commanding Officer, USS ADROIT (MSO-509). During March 1977 he received orders to the Naval Postgradu- ate School at Monterey, California as a member of the first section in the Electronic Warfare Sys- tems Technology curriculum and was gradu- ated in 1 979 with an MS in Systems Technology. CDR Hewitt then served as Executive Officer in USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20) which deployed to the Indian Ocean with the USS RANGER Bat- tle Group. Following this tour in March 1981, he was assigned to Commander Destroyer Squad- ron THIRTY-THREE as Chief Staff Officer, and again deployed to the Indian Ocean as a mem- ber of the Anti-submarine warfare Commander ' s staff in the USS FlANGER Battle Group. In December 1982, CDR Hewitt commenced Prospective Commanding Officer ' s training and upon completion of this training in June 1 983, he was assigned to Commander U.S. Naval Surface Force, Pacific Fleet Staff as Anti-submarine War- fare Tomahawk Officer while awaiting assign- ment to command. On 28 April 1984, CDR Hewitt assumed command of USS CUS HING. CDR Hewitt, his wife Jeanne and two children, Jean-Marie and Corinne, reside in San Diego. Executive LCDR M. W. Treeman, USN The Battle E ' The Golden Lion ' s superb performance dur- ing the deployment typified the kind of spirit embodied by the Battle Efficiency Award she wears proudly on each bridge wing GUSH- ING was awarded her second consecutive Battle ' E ' ribbon by Gommander Destroyer Squadron SEVEN for the competitive period ending 31 December 1984. in addition to the Battle ' E ' , the ship was awarded excellence designations in eight individual departmental disciplines. These areas included GIG, Electronic warfare. Dam- age Gontrol, Engineering, Gunnery, Gommun- ications. Missiles, and Anti-submarine Warfare. In a message to the ship, Gaptain H. R. Jones. Gommander Destroyer Squadron SEVEN, praised GUSHING for its maintenance of superior standards of excellence. This most noteworthy achievement is only obtained by those ships who have developed a superb team of professionals who will accept nothing less than the best, he said. €r. 7 DC 9 Departure San Diego May 4, 1984 Underway, shift colors! These words would be echoed times over the next six and a half months, but never would they have more mean- ing than on this morning. So began the voyage of USS GUSHING, a cruise that would take the ship farther than it had ever travelled. As wives, families and friends and former shipmates watched from the deck of USS KINKAID. the GOLDEN LION backed slowly into the channel and out to sea. In the excitement of that spring morning, few could stop to think back on all the preparation and hard work that transpired over the previous twelve months. INSURV, nwat, dnsi, OPPRE. REFTRA, ARE...meaningless alphabet soup to some, but to others these acronyms conjur up memories of all the successful efforts which earned GUSHING her Battle ' E ' and a reputation as the finest destroyer in the fleet. But without the support of those who watched the ship get underway, the GOLDEN LION could never have come so far, nor sailed so smoothly. ABOVE: CDR Abbott, the ship ' s executive officer, fell off son ' s bike three days before the ship sailed, broke his arm. and missed the entire cruise. His relief, LCDR Treeman. reported aboard in Subic Bay. ABOVE: Pre-departure onload. 600 cases! we won ' t need to load more sodas for the rest of the cruise! Famous last words.... iiMyiiiB ija 10 F Mf c ABOVE LEFT: Crewmembers unrig the brow as the ship makes final preparations for getting underway. ABOVE RIGHT; Final goodbyes on the morning of departure. LEFT: The crew mans the rail as the GOLDEN LION sets out on her third overseas deployment. 11 LEFT: SM 1 Winchester and OS 1 Mosley discuss plans for the upcoming cruise. RIGHT: A final look at San Diego as the GOLDEN LION heads out to sea. BELOW: Ol Division mans the rail as families look on from the focsle of USS KlNKAlD. r— ' ,r JhFp 13 Department Heads LCDR Joe Natale LCDR Mike Hlywiak Combat Systems Officer Engineering Officer LT Mike McDevitt LT Fred Robinson LTJG John Lackie Operations Officer Supply Officer Navigator 14 Senior Advisors The Hellfighters First row: LTJG Bruce Starcher. Second row: HT 1 Larry Grimes, HTFN Randy Warner. HT2 Norman Nicks, and HT2 Michael Brindle. Thiird row: HM3 Gary Karns, FN Eric Cooper, HT3 Mike Curry. EM3 Ramon Garcia, and HTC Glen Young. Fourth row: MR2 David Back. ENFN John Stevenson. HT2 Matthew Hostler and HT3 Barry Canouse. GMCS(SW) Henry Sellers Chief Master at Arms HMC(SW) Charles Heneger Chief Petty Officer t of the Command J SMC(SW) Wayne Winchester Command Career Counselor Mrs. Marsha Heneger Ombudsman 15 • • • Division OPERATIONS LT Mike Carlin First Lieutenant BMC James Kincaid BM 1 Robin Fisciier BM2 Steven Frye BM2 Andres Estrada BM2 Michael Husi isson BM3 William Robertson BM3 Paul Soroka BMSN Bryan McFarlane SN Joseph Wilson SN Edward Jenkins SN Russell Weaver SN Mark Higgins SN Jerry Luckstead SN Brian Lucker SN Jerry Thompson SN Larry Sage SN John Valentino SN Brian Ceaser SN Junior Mercado SN Steven Sventek SA Victor HoUier 16 OPERATIONS First Division Can I come home now7 ' First Division during tiie towing detail. 17 OI Division OPERATIONS OSCS Michael Bush OS 1 Alan McKay OS2 Kenneth Anderson OS2 Troy Archuletta OS2 Timothy Dearing OS 2 Dale Foster OS2 Columbus Offord OS2 Robert Risley OS2 David Roberts OS2 Michael Zander 052 Douglas Pleck 053 John Myers OSSN Thomas Barton OSSN Dennis Jones OSSN Clifford McKee OSSN John Sarles OSSN Michael Zamarripa OSSA Chris Magill 18 I OPERATIONS OC Division ENS Charles Sholtis Communications Officer SMC(SW) Wayne Winchester RMi Robert Theal RM 1 Richard Durbin RM2 Alfred Leighton RM3 Steven Barton RM2 Douglas Kellner RM3 James Dobson RMSN Robert Harvey SMSN Mark Hutson SMSN Troy Lockhart 19 OC Division OPERATIONS 20 OPERATIONS ■ NX Division n ' HMC(SW) Charles Henegar YNC Patrick Kingsbury EMC RulDen Santiago QM 1 Michael Fridstronn MA 1 Mansel Ellis AG 1 Robert Landis QM2 Angel Hernandez QM3 Albert Post PC3 Thomas Keegan AG3 Richard Clark HM3 Gary Karns YN3 James Lawson YNSN Rafael Serra QMSN Russell Williams YNSN Raymond Martinez YNSN Anthony Anzic SN Daniel Garza 21 NX Division OPERATIONS 22 COMBAT SYSTEMS CA Division LTJG Geoffrey Plume ASW Officer STGC(SW) Terry Allison STGC(SW) Alvin Hall STG 1 Lance Curtis STG 1 Greg Morgan GMT 1 James Snyder TM2 Jerry Hannon GMT2 Steve Smith STG2 Larry Nelson STG2 Howard Zelligman STG3 Mark Easterday TM3 Daniel Hayes STG3 Steve Gabrish STG3 Mike Gonthier TM2 Ron Pasquariello GMT3 Carl Ratliff STG3 Greg Rzewnicki GMT3 Jose Sanchez STG3 Jeff Shaw STG3 John Shaw STG3 Michael White STGSN David Herdon GMGSN Joel Kurtz STGSN Darren Serrett 23 CA Division COMBAT SYSTEMS 24 COMBAT SYSTEMS CB Division LT Kevin McKinley Batteries Officer LT John Burke Gunnery Officer ENS James Broadwater Fire Control Officer GMGC Josepin Hackett FTGC Charles Thompson GMGi Richard Dahlin FTM 1 Allen Meng FTG 1 Douglas Wenger FTG2 David Barth GMG2 Jimmie Betts FTG2 Douglas Cornell FTG2 Michael Couton FTG2 Edward Crow FTM2 Charles Hargrove GMG3 Gary Albritton FTG3 Walter Cowan FTM3 Richard Enfield FTG3 John Foley FTG3 Michael Galyen FTG3 Christopher Ganas FTG3 Robert Malloch FTG3 Kevin Mullen GMG3 John Odom GMG3 Troy Shull 25 CB Division COMBAT SYSTEMS FTMSA Douglas Sutton FTMSA Theo Woodard 26 COMBAT SYSTEMS CE Division I LT Harry Watts Electronics Maint. Officer DSC John McCoard ETC(SW) Dale Sorenson EWC Walter Stander ET 1 Jordan Forney DS2 Reginald Brown EW2 Bobby Burke ET2 Cameron Christie ET2 Scott Dadaian DS2 Reginald Nance DS2 Merrill Richardson ET2 Christopher Robins EW3 Alan Cannady CTM3 Eckman DS3 Edwin Harris ET3 William Hatcher ET3 Thomas Holzapfel ET3 Todd Lake ET3 Albert Markham ET3 Timothy Morano ET3 Alan Naas ET3 Oscar Recio DS3 Ray Rexford EWSN Doug Barrett 27 CE Division COMBAT SYSTEMS EWSN John Jarrett SN Richard Pattee EWSN Ricky Simpson 28 ENGINEERING A Division ENS George Briest Auxiliaries Officer ENl Rosalino Alcantara EN 1 Rey Manalang EN2 Douglas Hunter 1 EN2 Timothy Bost EN3 Scott Nicholaisen ENFA John Stevenson 29 E Division ENGINEERING ENS Sean O ' Connor Electrical Officer EMC Benjamin Bantug ICC Richard Morse EM 1 Larry Gillen IC2 Jordan Chappie EM 2 Ramon Garcia 1C2 Thomas HoUis IC3 William West ICFN Steve Albritton EMFN Noel ALigustin FN Donald Dickey ICFN Gary Gosney ENFN Ricardo Jimenez FA Ronald Still 4® i p. I B ' r a a 4 30 ENGINEERING E Division L ' 1 ' ( ' - r r 4A ■ .i_ , W k -1 k 31 MP Division ENGINEERING LT Phillip Cleverly Main Propulsion Assistant GSCS George Chavez GSEC Robert Fleischman GSM2 Thomas Boring GSE2 William Carroll GSM 2 James Joiae GSM 2 Wade Olson GSM 2 Robert Palesch GSM 2 Peter Powers GSM2 Edward Seiders GSM3 Jeffrey Campbell GSE3 Mark Hedberg GSE3 David Heeger GSM3 Christopher Fulton GSM3 Edward Rosenberg GSM3 Dennis Sauvageau GSM3 Roger stone GSMFN Timothy Hammerman GSEFN Jack Helle GSEFN Roman Rodriquez GSMFN Gene zbieszkowski ' Ik  . wTM W ' : M 32 ENGINEERING MP Division 33 R Division ENGINEERING LTJG Bruce Starcher Damage Control Assistant HTC Ernest Parrish HTC Glen Young HT 1 Larry Grimes MR2 David Back HT2 David Brewer HT2 Michael Brindle HT2 James Dejong HT2 Matthew Hostler HT2 Norman Nicks HT3 Barry Canouse HT3 Michael Curry HT3 Gary Freitas HT3 Michael Hastings FN Eric Cooper HTFN Richard Gudausky HTFN Randy Warner 34 ENGINEERING R Division 35 SI Division SUPPLY SKC Noli Canivel SKI PatCollantes SK 1 Mario Velasquez SK3 Antenor Rapaido SK3 Wallace Jones SKSN Dennis Edwards SN Dean Sherrod S2 Division MSC Maximo Limos MS 1 Alfredo Gacias MSI Leopoldo Reyes MS2 Carl Cannon MS2 Frederick Merriweather MS2 Glenn Straughn MS3 Efren Basa MS3 Russell Reed MSSN Israel Garcia MSSN Timothy Pickering MSSN Fred Strehler 36 SUPPLY S3 Division SH 1 Hilario Limbag SHSN Charles Askey SHSN Robert Eiler S Division ENS Jerry Little Disbursing Officer DK 1 Jesus Ratonel DK3 Ronald Smith DKSN Isaac Serna 37 38 A ' ' — w 39 USS Warship WADDELL (DDG-24) spent a large portion of tlie cruise 4000 yards on our port beam as we steamed together from between ports. French Frigate BALNY (F729) was inport with us in Singapore and later met us in Noumea. USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) operated briefly with GUSHING early in the deployment. The Australian Frigate HMAS ADELAIDE conducted personnel transfers and ASW exercises with the GOLDEN LION enroute to Sydney. The Soviet NANUCHKA class missile boat was sighted limping under tow through the Straits of Mallacca The intelligence-gathering ship BALZAM was the first of many Soviet vessels sighted by the GUSHING during the cruise. BAL- ZAM ' s activities off the Galifornia coast were the topic of head- lines in May 1 984 and made for an interesting start to WESTPAC ' 84. Mi USS JULIUS A PURER weighs anchor in the Persian Gulf after assuming duties as CUSHiNG ' s relief in the Middle East Force. Underway Replenishment • ' The ship is making its approach alongside USS CIMARRON, all hands topside fall in! These are the words that signal another underway replenishment. Underway, the ship can use a lot of fuel, but with the attack tanker close at hand, the GOLDEN LION was never low on fuel. The skilled boatswain ' s mates of First Division led the ship safely through the refuel- ing operations with the assist- ance of the blue and gold linehandling teams. On the bridge, the conning team must keep the ship precisely on station until all lines are clear and the solemn strains of The Runner signal the breakaway. 42 43 Highline Transfer The highline detail was set several times dur- ing the course of all cruise for the purpose of transferring personnel between ships at sea. Several officers and men from the GOLDEN LION took a ride In the bosun ' s chair when GUSHING conduaed personnel exchanges with other U.S. and Australian naval vessels. iiiitlliiii mill Gookouts: when It ' s Time to Relax During the course of the deployment thousands of sliders hit the grill on CUSHlNG ' s Steel Beach. Cookouts were a regular weekend routine through- out the cruise. In addition to grilled food and sodas, various forms of entertainment were served up at the events, as depicted here. ABOVE: The inevitable clean-up routine follows yet another chapter in the Steel Beach story. This Persian Gulf cookout was sponsored by the First Class Petty Officers. HT2 Nicks takes aim during a fantail sliotgun target matcfi. wsg fi LEFT: A group of alert sailors keeps watches as the ship crosses the international dateline. SN Garza points toward the line, thereby helping the conning officer to avert the tragedy of snaring the line in the ship ' s screws while crossing b- ' 47 short Shots % Repair Three A hot place to be during GQ. Qualified swimmer SN Higgins warms up before lifeguard detail. Hopeful cowboys prepare to lasso prizes at the Halloween competition. Only 1 1 2 and a half hours of watch to go. 48 49 The Golden Lion Crew j On watch. 3 X -i so ..and on the job. 51 I 53 Persian Gulf On an early June morning. USS GUSHING transited the Straits of Hormuz and began a two-anda-half month patrol of the Persian Gulf, serving as Flagship for Rear Admiral J. F. Addams. Commander Middle East Force. While Iran and Iraq fought their war to the north, the Golden Lion patrolled the hazy waters of the Gulf, providing flagship support and representing an important American presence in a troubled region of the world. 54 USS KING (DDG-41) inspects the merchant vessel Tiburon, victim of an Iraqi exocet missile. At Sitrah Anchorage, a sentry keeps watch on the fantail. in the background U.S. merchant vessel Falcon Contess takes on fuel at Sitrah Pier. GMCS(SW) Sellers puts the finishing touches on the terrorist attack craft , a training device used for small arms and gunnery practice. 55 OK, who ordered the 27 pallets of canned tamales? BELOW: Turnover items are staged for transfer to CUSHlNG ' s Persian Gulf relief, USS JULIAS A. PURER . 56 f ■■ ► fij V i- The Desert Duck Pictured at left are members of the Golden Lion Flight Deck Crew. From left to right, First row: GSM2 Jobe, SN Lucker.SN Thompson, FN Curry, HTl Jones, HT2 Nicks, FN Cooper, and BMl Fischer. Second row: EN3 Gunderson, HT2 Brewer, HT3 Canouse, GSMFN Tinder, and SN Westfall. Third row: HTl Young BMSN McFarlane, HTl Grimes, MR2 Back. HT2 Hostler, HT2 Dejong, HTC Parrish, LT Robinson, and LTJG Starcher. 57 Self Defense Force 58 Self Defense Force 59 60 PoUyM ogs Strut Their Stuff on 23 September 1 984., GUSHING crossed the equator and entered the realm of King Neptune, in doing so, the trusty Shellbacks enacted a ceremony of initiation upon the neophyte PoUy- wogs. a ceremony which has been observed all through the years for as long as men have been going down to the sea in ships, the Grossing the Line ceremony. 61 The Royal j. Court is ' in Session « 62 ► 63 N. c .o ' iia Australia Thailand 64 Pearl Harbor WAIKIKI Af llMlflTll eiNTIl 1424 UUUU Hawaii was tlie Golden Lion ' s first stop on tine westbound transit, and was tine ship ' s final p)ort visit on our return trip to San Diego. 65 k SSSii S ' - Pearl Harbor Subic Bay The obligatory stop in Subic Bay provided an opportunity for the crew to relax and to explore the streets of Olongapo, Subic City, the Barrio, and Corregidor. 67 RIGHT: Riding tine bonca boats and tak- ing a swim at Pagsanjan Falls. ABOVE: Captain inspects gun positions on Cor- regidor Island. Mount one of these on each bridge wing and that should keep those fighters off our backs! 68 69 Bahrain i rr « t HT2 Nicks and ICFN Gosney make acquaintances with more friendly locals! Crewmembers pose with repre- sentatives from local teamsters union, Bahrain Branch. 70 MR3 Back escaping the noon sun at the A.S.U. Hilton? A iDeer barge party at Sitrah Anchor- age — no one can drink just two! 71 Twelve man working party pushing tlie bus out of the sand on a desert tour in Bahrain. Bahrain 72 Singapore Singapore 74 Singapore Singapore was CUSHlNG ' s first stop after leaving tJie Persian Gulf, and it was the first real liberty port of the cruise. The glittery downtown hotels proved a stark contrast to the gloomy vistas of Bahrain. The architecture reflected the city-state ' s oriental heri- tage, and the night-life made it easy to unwind after ten weeks on patrol in the Gulf Finally we left, broke, exhausted, but content, on the morn- ing of 22 September, enroute south of the equator to.... 75 Fremantle, Western Australia RIGHT: Finishers in tine Pertin 12 kilometer run. Members of the Golden Lion Harriers , LTJG Calomeni, LT McDevitt, ET3 Recio, ETl Forney, ENS O ' Connor, and YNC Kingsbury. 76 — M. ' LjL 77 Fremantle Ife . K ROYAL PERTH YACHT CiUB I 78 Melbourne -, iHHr The ship spent four days in Mel- bourne, visitors swarmed to visit the Golden Lion during the general visit- ing and a formal reception was held in the helo hangar for local diplo- matic and civic officials. Meanwhile the city offered some of the best lib- erty yet. 79 Melbourne 60 Sydney, Australia GUSHING arrived in Sydney, on 1 8 October for a four-day port visit, it was the final Australian stop, and in many ways it was the finest of all. Only a few blocks from the pier, the famous King ' s Gross district beckoned. Sydney Harbor, one of the most picturesque in the world, proved a popular site for boat cruises and picnics. As always, the Australian hospitality could not be matched. On 22 October, the ship departed for its next South Pacific port visit in Noumea, New Galedonia. 1 1 1 - ■Pi ■■• ' - ' T ' - r I! ■■k - M ll ' ■ • .• L i S BUk ' ' 1 i - ' Z ' M EbJB u. % ■-- V, ' p _ _ -jj Wg ir:;3 - S . w — -- ' ' - .fl _.™ row «« «? 8St3 8 - • ■§ ■■■■■ ■■■ ' 81 82 h 83 Noumea 9 84 New Caledonia 85 86 Project Handclasp ■ x] 1 ' i 1 While in New Caledonia, members of the Golden Lion crew helped repair and repaint a home for the aged and destitute. The volunteers sacrificed their liberty time to spread American goodwill. Their efforts received wide- spread coverage in the local media as well as the heartfelt thanks of the local citizens. Also in Noumea, sev- eral pallets of Project Handclasp material (textbooks, food, children ' s items, etc.) were distributed to a local relief agency. 87 Pago Pago American Samoa Pago Pago was the final stop in the South Pacific. The ship remained only overnight and left with USS CIMAR- RON on the morning of 3 November. ■-a . 88 A farewell to SoPac, a final toast in the city park. 89 Tiger Cruise in Pearl Harbor, a group of Tigers (family and friends of the crew) em- barked for the return transit to San Diego. They are pictured here in a group photo taken with their spon- sors on the ship ' s flight deck. 90 Lion Cubs Children born while their fathers were deployed aboard USS GUSHING. Joseph John Natale Jr. Timothy Robert Palesch James Matthew McDevitt Jennifer Marie Sholtis 91 Homecoming November 21.1 984 .-««  « ' p J. 1 fe ' f IL ILi J ■ : Sl ' l ' 1 PV i ibfKn % - k « « iiiiiiiHnnfjff b Ml Re-Enlistments and Awards 94 WestPac Snapshots 1 i n  H ' l r 1. •• .vf J ' V T ' --ii y t . . ' ' - j-.-. 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