David Ray (DD 971) - Naval Cruise Book

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AIR DEPARTMENT - LCDR Peter Lyddon Air Officer photo by LCDR Lyddon 62

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Ship ' s Services LT Jon Steen Disbursing Officer The SH ' s of S-3 Division provide the crew with essential services for their morale and welfare. The SH ' s manage the ships store, laundry, bar- bershop and soda vending machines. During the deployment approx. 20,000 cans of soda were sold and the ships store did approx. $150,000 in sales. All profits were turned over to MWR for use on projects that benefit the crew. The laun- dry and barbershop provide the crew with outlets to keep their appearance in Tip Top shape. The Disbursing office, under the supervision of LT Steen, has the responsibility of paying over 350 crew members twice each month. They maintain the pay records for all personnel on- board and process travel claims. Approx. $40,000 in payroll checks are cashed each payday and another $45,000 in personal checks are cashed each month. SHI Frank Freeman Leading Petty officer DKl Faustino Delapaz DK3 Peter Fink DK3 Scott Ross SH2 James Huddleston SH3 Ronald Agurs SH3 Marcus Zeno SH3 Ernest Merriweather SHSA Brandon Sherrill 61

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L LT Dale Fedderson Maintenance Officer LT Erik Myhre Operations Officer LT Bruce Bachand Administration Officer LT Timothy Gibbons Asst. Maintenance Officer HSL-47 Det 3 (the Gumby Det) and Saberhawk 67 (Billy) embarked to provide long range electronic eyes and ears for USS DAVID R. RAY. Billy ' s tradition- al missions of anti-submarine warfare and anti-ship surveillance and targeting took a back seat to Middle East Force mission re- quirements. As part of the Maritime In- terception Force Team (and in the true spirit of Gumby flexibility), Gumby Det became the experts of Medical Evacuation, Vertical Replenishment, and Visit, Board and Search Support for the ship ' s boarding teams. Though significant, each of these missions paled in comparison to the most vital of all tasks . . . THE MAIL RUN! Through hundreds of scheduled and un- scheduled calls to flight quarters, Billy and the Gumbies were always Flexibilis Max- imus. AMHC Daniel Deboer Detachment Chief photo by LCDR Lyddon 63