David Ray (DD 971) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 112 of the 1981 volume:

- r K Hii ; ' ' m m . m m ■m m V AlA H ! Ml. AN ' f 1 ; --J K- y. c ln , fn : ■ •• i V f ' N, 4h a IK £J ' : ' -O : ' fi o i: ' ' ll femr% til ' , ' B-iorp I 4 m i IV ( I , C 5Mb? is? ,--jB ' ' S . r ■ . H ' [ r J klS • -- «V-. - - - ' M¥i £. United States Ship DAVID R. RAY (DD-971) USS David R. Ray (DD-971) is the ninth SPRUANCE class destroyer and the fifth to join the Pacific Fleet. Homeported in San Diego, California, DAVID R. RAY is assigned to Cruiser-Destroyer Group One and Destroyer Squadron Thirteen. Designed and built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, RAY is a member of the first major class of surface ships in the U.S. Navy to be pow ered by gas turbine engines. Four General Electric LM-2500 engines, marine versions of those used on DC-10 and C-5A aircraft, drive the ship at speeds in excess of 30 knots. Twin controllable-reversible pitch propellers provide RAY with a degree of maneuverability unique among warships of her size. A highly versatile multi-mission destroyer, RAY is capable of operating independently or in company with Amphibious or Carrier Tasl Forces. Her overall length is 563 feet and she displaces 7800 tons. RAY ' s primary mission is to operate offensively in an Antisubmarine Warfare role. RAY ' s sonar, the most advanced underwater detection and fire control system yet developed, is fully integrated into a digital naval tactical data system, providing the ship with faster and more accurate processing of target information. Ship ' s weapons include two MK 45 lightweight 5 inch guns, two triple-barrel MK 32 torpedo tubes, an antisubmarine rocket (ASROC) launcher, and facilities for embarkation of antisubmarine helicopters. The ship ' s missle systems consist of the NATO Seasparrow Missile System, a short range surface to air, defensive weapon and the Harpoon Weapon System which employs a medium range, offensive, surface to surface anti-ship cruise missile. Additionally, the ship is equipped with rapid blooming offboard chaff, a decoy system used in an electronic warfare environment. Although built for maximum combat effectiveness, crew comfort and habitability are an integral part of RAY ' « design. Berthing compartments are spacious and the ship is equipped with amenities not usually found aboard destroyers including a crew ' s library, lounge, hobby shop, and gymnasium. Automated weapons and engineering systems permit operation of the ship, the size of a World War II light cruiser, by a reduced crew of 18 officers, 20 chief petty officers, and 250 enlisted men. USS DAVID R. RAY (DD-971), is named in honor of the late Hospital Corpsman Second Class David Robert Ray. The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Ray, he was born on 14 February 1945, in McMinnville, Tennessee. He graduated from City High School in McMinnville in 1963. David Ray was a 1963 University of Tennessee alumni scholarship winner and attended the university ' s Knoxville campus from 1963 to 1966. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy at Nashville, Tennessee, on 28 March 1966 and subsequently reported to Recruit Training Command, Naval Training Center, San Diego, for recruit training. From June to October 1966, he attended the Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, after which he was assigned to the Naval Hospital in the USS HAVEN (AH-12). Following his tour in the hospital ship, David Ray next served at the Naval Hospital, Long Beach, California. In May, 1968, he requested a tour of duty with the Marines. He reported for instruction at the Field Medical Service School, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, and in July he joined the Second Battalion, Eleventh Marine, First Marine Division (R einforced), Fleet Marine Force. David R. Ray was serving as a corpsman with the battalion when he was mortally wounded on 19 March 1969, while treating wounded Marines. For conspicious gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty . . . near An Hoa, Quang Nam Province, in the Republic of Vietnam . . . David Robert Ray was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In addition to the Purple Heart Medal which was awarded for wounds received in action, he also had the Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with star, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. HM2 David Robert Ray History of the USS DAVID R. RAY USS DA VID R. RA Y (DD 971) Command history from 19 November 1977 to 19 November 1982. Commissioned 19 Nov. 1977 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Mississippi under the command of Cdr. Edward B. Baker jr., USN. Served as flagship for Commander, Destroyer Squadron Nine from 12-31 December, 1978. The DAVID R. RAY conducted its first operations on 11-13 December 1977, planeguarding for the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the SOCAL operating area. David R. Ray was shifted to Destroyer Squadron Thirteen (13) on 1 May 1979. CDR Frederick Triggs, USN, relieved CDR Edward B. Baker on 12 May 1979. David R. Ray began its first WESTPAC deployment commencing 8 September 1979, conducting ASW and AA W exercises with the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group. The ship made port visits in Yokosuka, Japan and Inchon, South Korea. In response to the Iranian hostage crisis the David R. Ray joined other US Navy ships in the Indian Ocean for extended operations, beginning 30 November 1979. The ship returned to its homeport, completing a seven month deployment, on 29 March 1980. On its return trip, it stopped for port calls in Colombos, Sri Lanka; Subic Bay, Philippines; Hong Kong, Guam and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During 1980, the ship participated in Armed Forces Day in San Francisco and Seafair ' 80 in Seattle, Washington. In January and February 1981, David R. Ray participated in Readiex 2-81 and 3-81. David R. Ray left San Diego on 21 April 1981 on its second WESTPAC deployment with initial stops in Subic Bay Philippines and Singapore. CDR Larry Seaquist relieved CAPT Frederick Triggs while the ship was in Singapore. David R. Ray conducted special operations in the Arabian Sea under the jurisdiction of COMIDEASTFOR and in coordination with USAF AW ACS aircraft. After rejoining the USS Kitty Hawk Battle Group, David R. Ray conducted ASW operations in the northern Indian Ocean, which included surveillance of a Soviet Type II nuclear submarine. In October, 1981, David R. Ray operated with the USS Coral Sea Battle Group and rescued 48 Vietnamese refugees from a small boat in the Gulf of Aden. The ship concluded its second deployment returning to San Diego 23 Nov 1981. For David R. Ray, 1982 was spent largely in the shipyards as the ship moved from San Diego to Seattle, Washington on 22 February for an eight-month overhaul in Lockheed Shipyard. During the period, the ship was honored for its outstanding helico ptor launching and recovering record as David R. Ray was presented with the LAMPS HELO SAFETY AWARD. The award, a navy-wide competition, was won by the ship for its 500 -h accident free helicopter launches and recoveries. David R. Ray left the yards on 14 October 1982 and was shifted from DESRON THIRTEEN AND CRUISER- DESTROYER GROUP ONE to DESRON SEVENTEEN AND CRUISER-DESTROYER GROUP THREE. The remainder of 1982 was spent preparing for its third deployment scheduled for later in 1983. I u WESTPAC ' 79 - ' 80 . 4 '  (| .trt ' ' ' ' ' )i«%4 ' ' Deployment Day Making It To take a ship on a deployment such as ours requires a great deal of manpower and skill. The men of the Ray proved what can be accomplished when everyone pulls together. . w M| ijyl 1 r - m - ' -i Kki t H Bfc - 1 M ■ ' .-•.. JL ik: 1 k ' E:B 11 Change of Command fh ' ««, 12 On May 79, 7952, Captain Fredrick Triggs was relieved as Commanding Officer of the RAY by Commander Larry Seaquist during an onboard ceremony in Singapore Harbor. I 13 I Singapore 76 17 Crossing The Line 18 19 Snapshots 1 1 - ■ 22 23 ' v •X w i j 1 ff ' iM H nt- H m L= 2 hS3 B V ( ' rw 1 26 «iiiiiiliiiiiiii Perth, Australia 28 I I 29 30 31 33 Snapshots ' fmBMStrt- :i4 ' 1-.a, rr m- .« 34 35 Diego Garcia Fantasy Island 36 Beer Day Charlie Ops The Soviet Presence The U. S. Presence 41 Subic Bay ? SJtMC N ftAL W COMMAND AMifEO PQRCB OF THE HUPPWES 43 IWW7W ADM James D. Watkins Then CINCPACFLT Now CNO 46 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Crow lOAjB uyp, O00 47 Racin Ray Out Drags Ingersol •V.., _:a« e«k . 48 49 The people pictured on these pages know the true worth of freedom. They sacrificed all in an attempt to gain it. Fifty people on a twenty foot fishing boat with only a bag of rice, little water and less fuel. That day the men of RAY knew why they must sail the seas. 50 51 S2 UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES Sub-Office for Singapore NATIONS UNIES HAUT COMMISSARIAT POUR LES REFUGIES Sous-Del6gatlon pour SIngapour Telephones : 02 - 222 1 3 93 Telegrams : HICOMREF SINGAPORE BY HAND P.O. Box 1403 Singapore SIN 81 2049 10th October, 1981 Dear CDR Larry Seaquist, On behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, I would like to extend to you my congratulations and my gratitude for your humanitarian gesture towards refugees in distress on the high seas. Thanks to your action, 50 Vietnamese refugees on board your vessel USS DAVID R. RAY were brought safely to Singapore on October 10, 1981 and I want you to know that our office is aware of the great responsibility you took in doing so. I appreciate the fact that you did not hesitate to save lives. Again please be assured of our appreciation and gratitude on behalf of those rescued. Yours sincerely. yfe ' AjM jL- Shasbi Tharoor Head of UNHCR Sub-Office Singapore Captain and Crew of USS DAVID R. RAY jo 53 ii Pearl Harbor ;« «««™« ««™ ' « «  ' ' Coming Home Tiger Cruise 56 57 Homecoming WmiMVI p. v . $8 nar Homecoming San Diego 59 i ; ir Former Commanding Officer CAPT F. Triggs Captain Frederick Triggs was born in Newark, New jersey in 1939 and graduated from high school in Chatham, New Jersey in 1957 and the United States Naval Academy in 1961. Upon commissioning he was assigned to the USS LEONARD F. MASON (DD-852) where he served as Damage Control Assistant and Main Propulsion Assistant. Captain Triggs has also been the Auxiliaries Officer IN USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9), Chief Engineer in USS TRUXTON (DLGN-35), and Executive Officer of the USS CALIFORNIA (CGN-36). Captain Triggs is married to the former Judity L. Walters of Chatham, New Jersey. They have two children, Bruce and Deby. The Triggs reside in Bonita, California. 62 Commanding Officer CDR L, Seaquist A graduate of Oregon State University, Commander Seaquist was commissioned in 1964 from Officer Candidate School. At sea, his tours of duty have included assignments aboard USS NORTHAMPTON (PG-99) and USS BRONSTEIN (FF-1037). Ashore, CDR Seaquist was most recently the Combat Systems Officer on the staff of the Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Earlier duty ashore was within the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) in the Pentagon where he was Aide and Administrative Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare) (0P03) and a Program Analyst in the General Planning and Programming Division (OP90). In 1975 he was appointed to a Federal Executive Fellowship at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C Prior to joining the Navy, CDR Seaquist worked in polar meteorological research, wintering over both in the Artie and in the Antarctic, the latter as U.S. Representative to an Argentine expedition. CDR Seaquist wears the Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal. His wife, Caria, formerly the Equal Opportunity Officer for the City of San Diego, is the founder and owner of a contemporary art gallery in La Jolla, California. She was recently appointed by California Governor Brown to serve on the Governor ' s Task Force on Civil Rights. 63 Executive Officer LCDR Kane A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander Kane was commissioned with the Naval Academy class of 1968. His previous tours of sea duty have included Gunnery Officer and First Lieutenant in US5 COLLETON (APB-36) which operated as part of the Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Operations Officer and Executive Officer in USS INFLICT (MSO-456), and Engineering Officer in USS RICHARD L. PAGE (FFC-5) while homeported in Athens, Greece. Lieutenant Commander Kane was awarded a Masters of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1978. His other tour of shore duty was at the Surface Warfare Officers School Command, Newport, Rhode Island, where he coordinated gas turbine engineering training. 64 SHIP ' S ORGANIZATION A. ' ' REGULATIONS MANUAL Officers LCDR Wilus LT Crouch LT Everett LT Holmes LT Taplett LTJG Booth LTJG Everett LTJG Hall LTJG Hampton S6 LTJG McCall LTJG Scheller LTJG Smith LTJG Vezetinski ENS Beyea ENS Osterbrock ENS Pandolfe ENS Price ENS Webb 67 Chief Petty Officers EWCS Antle OTCS Carpenter HMC Belluto MSC Calaustro OSC Christensen MSC Diwa 69 GSEC Smith ENC Pedersen STCC Lloyd EWC Kendrick GSMC Kelty 70 First Class Petty Officers RM1 Barton OT1 Bennett PN1 Bowlen GMT1 Carter STG1 Charney OS1 Conway OS1 Davis OT1 Doll EN1 Garfield 72 EMI Gregory YN1 Herzog QM1 Husband STG1 Kentner IC1 Kuder ET1 Livermore EMI Mayo STG1 McComb GSM1 Moog 73 MAI O ' Donovan SHI Poe EMI Sepe 74 Second Class Petty Officers GSM2 Akers ET2 Baker FTM2 Blades ET2 Briscoe OT2 Chase RM2 Dienst CSM2 Durnal QM2 Flood EW2 Fowler 76 BM2 Gerald GSE2 Gerhes GMT2 Hector OT2 Higgins RM2 Jones ET2 Kravitz STG2 Marquardt SM2 Mavis GSM2 Middleton 77 EN2 Solarski GMT2 Simonich ET2 Siesel CSM2 Recker STG2 Parrish STG2 Sparks n DK2 Talmadge STG2 Triebold CMG2 Viduya BM2 Waelty HT2 Wickline 79 Third Class Petty Officers SH3 Aflleje FTG3 Akers GSE3 Andreoli STC3 Bell FTM3 Benton GSM3 Bergsied GSM 3 Boy her SH3 Briggs 81 STG3 Chandler ET3 Clark OT3 Cliett ENS Coe HT3 Crooks GSM3 Crosson TM3 Daniels RM3 Dowell EW3 Fetter ■ I H ■ ■ ' mk 1 m V 1 i 82 ET3 Gallick FTM3 Goldsworthy DS3 Gonzales BM3 Hampton FTG3 Herbert BM3 Jones STG3 Klingler OT3 Labrador ET3 Miller 83 FT3 McCarthy STG3 McCarthy STG3 Nash FTC 3 Norn ' s ET3 Nunez FT3 Peterson BM3 Quartman QM3 Reynolds RM3 Roden EN3 Russell EN3 Scarton GSM3 Seiders RMS Shapiro RMS Shireman PN3 Smith OT3 Snead BM3 Strange STC3 Surratt 85 EM3 Velasco MS3 Virtusio BM3 Walker HM3 Warren GSE3 Wegner BM3 Wess EW3 Williams FTM3 Williams SM3 Wilson 87 Non-Rateds HTFN Augustus SN Bean SN Borneman QMSN Brown SN Carter CMGSN Carpenter SN Cato OSSN Chansky ICFN Church 89 ENFN Colby STCSN Collar FN Dillard BMSN Emerson SN Ewbanks SN Farias OSSN Fisher SN Foor SN Garvin 90 FTGSN Claser SN Goodson ENFN Hendershot MSSN Hernandez BMSN Herr MSSN Jackson ENFN Jefferson RMSN Jones SHSN Jones 91 OSSN Julian HTFN Kennedy SKSN King FN Kraus QMSN Long MSSN Moen ICFN Montalvo ICFN Mohr RMSN Nordstrom a OSSN Norman GMGSN Peterson FN Phillip GMGSN Phillips GMGSN Poole FN Sigur FN Smith MSSN Stone FN Storenfeldt 93 GMGSN Sturm FTSN Thompson GMGSN Walker BMSN Webb FTGSN Wiedower GMGSN Willette ENFN Willougbby DKSN Wiseman QMSA Blanton FA Conn SA Costa YNSA Cruz YNSA Ferguson GMGSA Galik QMSA Granillo SA Martinez FTGSA Pearson MRFA Raterink 95 i SA Richardson SA Teasdale SA Turpin 96 HSL-33, Detachment 9 The Crew LCDR Brian D. Wiggins LCDR Anthony H. Perez LT Robert C. Dobson AMCS David R. Reifstech AD1 Fred H. Schultz AMS2 Jason B. Cable AX2 Robert E. Hadley AE2 Charles J. Graham AW2 Duane M. Highly AMH3 Omar A. Trevino AW3 Gary D. Brose AEAN Theron J. Hill AXAN Herbert C. Vanburgel AD2 William E. O ' Hair 97 Newborns Steven Alan Church born June 27, 1981 Adam Charles Kuder born August 17, 1981 Kyle Law rence Phillips born July 25, 1981 ii Troy David Montalvo born September 1981 Jessica Elaine Smith born July 6, 1981 98 99 Cruisebook Staff Cruisebook Officer: ENS Alan L. Beyea Cruisebook Editor: STG1 Curtis Kentner WALSWORTH YY fruise B,K k Sales Office PUBLISHING m COMPANY A A™ ' i ' ' .t::;T ' , San Diegc), CA 92109