Donner (LSD 20) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 50 of the 1960 volume:

THE USS DONNER IS 458 FEET LONG, 72 FEET WIDE, DRAWS 18 FEET OF WATER, AND CAN DO 15.5 KNOTS. SHE HAS A PERSONNEL ALLOWANCE OF 13 OFFICERS AND 249 ENLISTED MEN WITH SPACE FOR ABOUT 175 TROOPS. BECAUSE OF ITS WIDE ADAPTABILITY TO ALL TASKS, THE NAVY TODAY IS RELYING MORE AND MORE ON THE LANDING SHIP DOCK. THE LSD CAN BALLAST DOWN AND OPERATE LANDING CRAFT IN AND OUT OF ITS WELL DECK THROUGH A LARGE STERN GATE . . . HELICOPTERS CAN OPERATE FROM ITS HELO PLATFORM . . . IT CAN TRANSPORT TROOPS, TANKS, CRANES, TRUCKS, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT OVER GREAT DISTANCES AND LAND THEM AT A PIER, BY HELICOPTER, OR BY BOATS AT SEA. Commander Ralph A. Brackett is a native of Gastonia, North Carolina. He was graduated from Wofford College in 1939 and entered the Naval Service in August 1942 through the V-7 Officer ' s Candidate Program. He participated in the Guam-Saipan-Tinian Amphibious Operations on the PC 549, and took that vessel to Okinawa as Commanding Officer. Following World War II, Commander Brackett served as Commanding Officer of the EPCR 852 in the infra-red testing program. He saw duty as Gun Boss aboard the O ' HARE (DD-889), taught Naval Ordinance at Duke University NROTC, and served as Executive Officer of the PARKER (DE- 369) and the KNAPP (DD-653). After attending General Line School, Monterey, California, he was sent to the JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF as Administrative Secretary. Commander Brackett reported to the Amphibious Force, as Command- ing Officer of the DONNER, from Headquarters, U. S. European Command, Paris, France . LCDR KUEGLER SERVED THE DONNER AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER FROM SEPT 1958 UNTIL APRIL 1960 WHEN HE DEPARTED TO ASSUME THE DUTIES OF COM- MANDING OFFICER, U.S. NAVAL RESERVE TRAINING CENTER, YONKERS, N. Y. LCDR A. C. KUEGLER LONG ISLAND , N . Y . LCDR P. M. MITCHELL NORFOLK, VA. AUG 1942 FEB 1944 JUN 1945 SEP 1946 OCT 1950 APR 1952 SEP 1953 SEP 1956 MAR 1958 MAR 1960 ENLISTED AS A NAVAL AVIATION CADET COMMISSIONED A NAVAL AVIATOR COMPLETED UDT TRAINING RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY TAUGHT FLYING AND ATTENDED WILLIAM AND MARY-VPI IN NORFOLK RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY. SERVED AS EX- ECUTIVE OFFICER OF LST-503 ASSUMED DUTIES AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF LST-503 ASSUMED DUTIES AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF USN MC RTC, OWENSBORO, KY. SENIOR SHIP-RIDER AND INSTRUCTOR DECK DEPT, AOTU, LITTLE CREEK STAFF COMPHIBLANT ASST READINESS AND TRAINING OFFICER REPORTED ON BOARD DONNER AS EXECU- TIVE OFFICER DECK DEPT LT. J. F. GREENE, JR. ENS J . H. MALONE CAMP HILL, PA. DEMOPOLIS, ALA. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY UNIV. OF ALABAMA FIRST LIEUTENANT AND GUNNERY ASST. FIRST LIEUTENANT AND GUNNERY 3RD DIVISION OFFICER WO-1 R. W. D. OVERLY NORFOLK, VA. SHIP ' S BOATSWAIN 1ST AND 2ND DIVISION OFFICER ENGINEERING DEPT LT (JG) J. V. TULLIS NORFOLK, VA. UNIV OF ILLINOIS ENGINEERING OFFICER WO-2 B. E. MAYS WHEELING, W. VA. DAMAGE CONTROL ASST. R DIVISION OFFICER WO-1 W. HENSLER JACKSONVILLE, FLA. MAIN PROPULSION ASST. ' B M DIVISION OFFICER WO-1 H. E. KODGER NORFOLK, VA. ELECTRICAL OFFICER E DIVISION OFFICER NAVIGATION DEPT LT (JG) M. A. MEYER LEBANON, PA. PENN STATE NAVIGATOR ENS D. H. WHITTLE, JR. ROCHELLE, GA. ASST. NAVIGATOR N DIVISION OFFICER SUPPLY DEPT LT (JG) T. M. SIMS MEMPHIS, TENN. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY SUPPLY OFFICER ENS C. A. KRAPELS WEST HARTFORD, CONN. UNIV. OF CONNECTICUT DISBURSING OFFICER S DIVISION OFFICER OPERATIONS DEPT LT C. E. SERAPHIN PHILADELPHIA, PA. ST. JOSEPH ' S COLLEGE OPERATIONS OFFICER LT (JG) B. P. SMITH PANAMA CANAL ZONE UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ENS J.J. DAY, JR. DES MOINES, IOWA COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS ASST. COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER O DIVISION OFFICER 1 8T DIVI8I0N H-F .Duncan R.L.Autobee H.M. Berry R.L.Clark A.H.Whitley BMl BMSN SA SA SN Champaign, 111. Pueblo, Colo. Lynnhaven.Va Syracuse, N.Y. Hidalgo, 111. fe2 E.A.Davis R.Dorfman SN SN Gainesville, Fla. Paterson,N.J. D. Gibbons BMSN Ozone Park, N.Y. L.E.Pope P.H.Price U.Sapp SN SN SN Dayton, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Trenton, N.J. fe C) M.J.Liczbinski R.C.Matinog SN SN St. Petersburg, Phila.Pa. Fla. R.L.Moyer BM3 Fayetteville, N.C. JL J.Henderson E.L.Leake BMSN SA Lincolnton,N.C. Wellsville ,Ohio A.W.Schwartz J.B.Searcy SA BM3 Walker Valley, Lawrencebuig N.Y. Ky. W.K.McHan M.E.Paige SA SN Bryson City, Winchester ,Va . N.C. K.L.Titus J.S.Wheeler J.F.Cobb SA SN SN Columbus, Ohio Ander son,Ind. Hayti.Mo. 2ND DIVI9I0N P.E.Bartleson Sam EUiott B.J.Spratt R.G.Shick R.E.Yoder BMl BM2 BM3 BM3 BMSN Bayside.Va. Pennsville.N.J. Sherman, Tex. Sheffield, Pa. Asheville.N.C W .W .Lepperd SN Dixon, 111. T. A. Dandy SN Crane ' s Nest, Va A D.P.Wright SN Palatine, 111. it J.R.Killebrew G.R.Smith C.W. Trover SN SN SN Louisville, Ky. Greenfield, Ohio Earlington.Ky. M.R.Perry J.C.Long J.J.Isyk R.C.Garlow R.L.Br acamonte SN SN SN SA SA Alexandria, Baltimore, Md. Syracuse, N.Y Buffalo, N.Y. Tucson, Ariz. Minn. W.CWittig J.A.Toonen J.D.Henson R.L.Elifritz J .Ramirez SA SN SA SA SN Brooklyn, N.Y. Minneapolis, Minn. Oswatomie, Kans. Dellroy.Ohio New York, N.Y NOT SHOWN V.S.Shuler D.L.Sperlbaum J.L.Granski B.H.Bartee SA SA SN SA W.Fairview.Pa. Allentown,Pa. S. Plainfield.N.J. Columbus, Ohio K C.J.Rizzo K.L.Adams W.L.Wells L.R.Miller SA SA SN SA Rochester, N. Y . Columbus, Ohi( Nor ristown.Pa. Swift Run, Va. 3RD DIVISION Gr R.V.Smith M.R.Billy R.M. Barley G.L.England E.G.Wurts GMl GMl GM2 GM3 FT3 Belton.S.C. Portsmouth, Va. Sutherlin,Va. Fairborn.Ohio San Mateo, Calif. A i J.L.STEWART N.T.Krolicki GMSN SN Pickens, S.C. Dearborn, Mich. R.E.Lawwill SN Portsmouth, Ohio 0 DIVISION A.W.Foshey A.A.Honke J.C.Jarrell CM. Pais E.L.Higgins TE(RM)C ETl RM2 RD2 RD2 loxbury.Mass . Baltimore.Md. Clarkesville, Ga. South Coventry, Conn. Morganton.N.C H.D.Coon W.R.Goode W .J.Zacharias R.P.Crowley J .H.Adams RM2 ET2 ET2 RM3 RD2 Ft. Edward, N.Y. Winchester, Tenn. Ludlow, Ky. Pittsburg.Penn. Austin, Tex. R.W.Groezinger T.J.Roberts W.J.Kasak P.Scherer W.C.Smith RD2 RD3 RDSN RM3 RMSN Minneapolis, Camp Hill, Austin, Minn. Peekskill,N.Y. Pomona, Calif Minn. Penn. . dA A R.G.Hughes M.T. Field D.G.Cummings C.J .Keating H.A.Rosenau SN RMS RM3 SN RM3 New Orleans, Newark, N.J. Stratford, Conn. Palisades Park, Tampa, Fla. La. N.J. : L.S.Tomlinson M.G.Pare E.Johnson R.W.Base G.A.Shaberly SMC SM2 SM2 SM3 SN Rushville.Ill. Lewis town, Me . Randleman.N.C . Birmingham, Mich . Roseville,Mich J.J.Stasienko D.F.Cochran SN SN South River, Long Island, N.J. N.Y. E. H. Carrai BMC Brooklyn, N. Y. Chief Master-at- Arms 8 DIVI8I0N J.G.Farrell L.R. Cowling W.Hayes H.F.Knowles R.H.Denson SKGl CSl SDl SH2 SH2 Augusta, Ga. Lockesburg, Portsmouth, Atlantic City, Smithfield.Va Ark. Va. N.J. A M M m J.A.White C.H.Mason H.S.Toves H.J.Duve J.E.Rominger SH2 SK2 SD2 CS2 SH3 Richmond, Va. Evansville,Ind. Agat, Guam Collingdale.Pa. Reece,N.C. Jm 1 J .G. Grooms M.Goodley A.K.Pratt H.H.Clark W.L.Gross DK3 SD3 CS3 SKSN SN Charlotte, N.C. Portsmouth.Va. Grand Rapids, Mich. Linden, N.J. Washington, D.C lo M.D.Cook W.A.Fessenden R.G.Gibson J.L.Osborne SHBSN SKSN SN SN Columbia, S.C. Janesville.Wis. Barberton.Ohio St. Petersburg, Fla. H.R.Bailey SN Youngstown, Ohio A A J. Hutchins E.D.Schroth W .Anderson O.L.Esgue rra D.F.Daley SN SN SN TN SN iouston.Tex. Mt. Pulaski, 111. Mobile, Ala. Monck ' s Corner, S.C. Hamburg, N.Y IL A A O.M.Montano D.J.Schram A.Dancy R.A.Webber O. Winters TN SN SN SN TN Iliolo,P.I. Providence, R.I. Virginia Beach, Va. Redcloud,Neb. Memphis, Tenn J.E.Spillane SN Trenton, Fla. W.H.Blackwell SA Pueblo, Colo. H ' DIVIQION A A| G.W.Neadstine HMC Lake Villa, 111. K.D. Marietta HM2 Atlanta, Ga . L.M.Chumley HN Coffeyville, Kan. R ' DIVISION 1. M.J.Kovatch W.F.Giering E.F.Merritt J.W.Haygood W.J .Smart SFC SFl SFl DC2 SF2 St. Clair, Penn Phoenixville, Penn. Madison, Fla. Doraville.Ga. Conway, S.C. A Jy L.R. Rounds R.D.Goff J.L.Tolson E.W.Curtis Z.D.Motley DC2 SF2 SF2 SF3 SF3 lellevue.Mich. Murray, Utah Ft. Thomas, Ky. Flint, Mich. Concord, N.C W.N.Koch R. A. Dove W.H.Rogers L-G.Gourley W.Brown SF3 SF3 DC3 DC3 FN Manchester, Palmyra, Penn. Salem, S.C. Wichita, Kans. Lodi,N.J. N.H. R.L.Wynot V.D.Steinwand B.E.Young FN FN FN Kingston, Mass Fargo, N.D. Russellville, Ky. L.F.Williams W .J .Hasenf ang FN FN Sonnerville, Arpin,Wis. Mass. R.L. stuck R.R.Jarmosco R.F.Moore K.C.Zehner R.A.Uphoff FN FN FN FN FN Manheim.Penr Grand Rapids, Mich. Gary.Ind. , Albany, N.Y. Savannah, 111 X DIVI9I0N G.N. CRAFT PN2 Covington, Va. G. A .REED YN3 Chicago, 111. K.L.GOTTBERG PN3 Weymouth, Mass. F .M.Menees, YN3 Anderson, S.C. J .A.Harrelson YN3 Effinham.S.C . C.W. Lutes YN3 Atlanta, Ga. Hl n J H| JpySi K RP jpf Sbxi ' B t 991 H hkdlii ' ' L M ' w i l 1 E OIVIQION 1! F.W. E.L.Beauchamp W.L.Sebring J. H. Stamps G.P.Pendleton Waldbeesser EM2 EM2 IC2 EM2 EMCS Norfolk, Va. Adrion,Mich. Butler, Ala. Knoxville.Tenn Peoria, 111. M J.A.Mazza ICFN Monessen.Pa . A J.S.Harrison R.Overstreet W.A.Greth K.R.Winter T.D.Stahl EM3 EMS EM3 EMFN EMFN Zimmerman, Jackson, Ala. Robesonia.Pa. Charleston, S.C. Medina, N.Y. Minn. S.E.Trew C.L.Warlitner F.R.Murray P.Price EMFN EMFN EMFN FN Etowah, Tenn. Hudson Falls, Hudson Falls.N.Y. Toledo, Ohio N.Y. B ' DIVISION M. F.L.Wilson K.R. Murphy J.E.Keenan M.L.Knapp H.L.Dukes BTC BTl BT2 BT2 BT2 Loxley.Ala. Chicago, 111. Holmes, Pa. Des Moines, Iowa Central City, Ky. L V.J .Martineau J.W.McGovern E.Andrews R.L.Kuhns BT3 BT3 BT3 BT3 Twin Lake, Springfield, Greenwood, S. C . Freeport,Pa. Mich. Mass. J.A.Flory R.S.Borlace BTFN FN Logansport,Ind. Negaunee,Mich. L D.R.Cox BTFN Boston, Mass . JL R.R. Black C.L.Hodgett C.Bergamy FN FN FA Dayton, Ohio Keansburg,N. J . Detroit, Mich. '  v, MA. G.L.Ousterhout F.F.Olson S.C.Albert FN FA FN Bay City, Mich. Sudbury, Mass . St. Louis, Mo. D.L.Ortell J.R.Kudika FN FN noka,Minn. Butler, Pa. A.M.Brown A.T.Ballard W.W.Clark FN FN FN L.ucas ille,Ohio Cordova, N.C. Aurora, 111. D.E.Adams T.Bennett BTFN FA Sandusky, Ohio ; Bridgeport, Ind. J.A.Roscoe FN Blue Earth, Minn. M DIVISION 1 N.D.Vincent MMC Gardner, Mass J .Tomlanovich MMC Chicago, 111. B.R.Berger MMC Louisa, Va. C.R.Gibson MMl Roanoke Rapids, N.C. E.E.Tindal MM2 Madera, Claif. J.M.Reilly MM2 Arlington, N.J. E.D.Smith MM2 Wichita, Kans R.L.Ahrens MM3 Stuttgart, Kans T.E. Burton MM3 Pulaski, Va. .W.Daniels MM3 R.U. Madden MM3 R.C .Lundy MM3 J. R. Hicks MM3 R.L.Turner MM3 [endon,Ohio Leavenworth, Kans . Grafton.W.V. Bloomington, Ind. Casey, 111. W.D.Swain MM3 Hancock, Md. A.R.Callicutt MM3 Kannapolis.N.C. F.O.Thompson MMFM Muncie,Ind. G .C.Smith MMFN Toledo, Ohio E.L.Girouard MMFN Bridgeport, Conn. G.R.Mammen T.W .Groezinger FN FN Bloomington.IU Minneapolis, Minn. J. D. Foil FN Franklinton.La . jl H.J.Leo MMFN Buffalo.N.Y. AM. W.A.Upshaw J.G.Cattani D.J.Sinkola J.A.O ' Hare D.L.Bryant FN FN MMFN FN FN Chicago, 111. Tullytown.Pa. Cleveland, Ohio Brooklyn, N.Y. Franklin, Ohio R.B.Harper FN Jacksonville, N.C. R.M.Gardner H.E. A.T. V. Acker FN Carlander Paluszynski ENl Appleton.Wis . ENC MRl Heflin,Ala Norfolk, Va. Buffalo.N.Y. B.E.DeBoord J.F.Wheeland D.T.McGillem H.M.Mattson G.F.Young EN 2 MR3 MR3 ENS EN 3 Man,W.V. Wadsworth.Ohio Princeton, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn. Celoron,N.Y W.J. Cyphers ENFN Clarksburg W.V. W.C. Bartow FN Paterson.N.J. C.L.Malone L.L.Lienesch FN MRFN Campbellsville, Dayton, Ohio Ky. M.B.Cole MMFN Voluntown.Pa. N DIVISION W.B.Gorman R.M.Reed F.P.Johnson C.E.Dilts R.W.Duff QM2 QM3 QM3 SN SN vlontclair.N.J. Oley.Pa. Harrisburg.Pa. Clynner.Pa. Franklin.N.H D.J.Barbe SA Cumberland, Md. «Hw n -i F R A K G B o BAR.C( LONA ■f vexA MOROCCO L G E R 1 A US.S. DONNED LSD-20 1960 MEDHERMNEAN CUUISE sAJ ' , - ChO su S1CII-.V a ,vt .G-e c y bJU o C .V A, L.IBVA E GYPT HEY, COMMANDER! COME SEE WHAT I GOT. SOME FELLER BLOWED THAT WHISSEL INTO THAT LOUDSPEAKER AND THEY COMMENCED TO CLOSIN ' ALL THEM DOORS. I COULDN ' T EVEN GET TO THE SHIP ' S STORE. I DON ' T SMELL A THING GOTTBERG ' S AUTOGRAPH HERE IPHU X, i i - ' ' L flJtfLJ m m HI 32 LOST ANY GIGS LATELY? YOU TELL ' EM DUNC WHERE ' S MY STANDBY CHIT? plo GQ STATIONS LOST HIS HEAD 60 MINUTE COFFEE BREAK WAITING FOR THE COMMODORE 40 THE U. S. S. DONNER (LSD-20) IS AN 8000 - TON LANDING SHIP DOCK BUILT BY THE BOSTON NAVAL SHIPYARD 31 JULY 1945, DE-ACTIVATED 12 AUGUST 1949 AT CHARLESTON, S. C, AND RECOMMISSIONED 16 SEPTEMBER 1950. THE DONNER IS NAMED AFTER THE DONNER PASS IN CALIFORNIA, THE SCENE OF A DISASTER TO A PARTY OF PIONEERS CROSSING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE WINTER OF 1846. GEORGE DONNER, A WEALTHY PIO- NEER AND CAPTAIN OF THE ILL-FATED PARTY, LED HIS FOLLOWERS HIGH INTO THE ROCKIES ON THEIR WAY TO CALIFORNIA. DONNER WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN WAS CAUGHT HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS BY A SNOWSTORM, ABOUT SEVEN MILES NORTH OF THE PASS AND LAKE THAT NOW BEAR HIS NAME, AND PERISHED THERE. THUS DONNER GAINED IMMORTALITY BY HAVING A LAKE AND PASS NAMED AFTER HIM WITHOUT HAVING SEEN EITHER ONE. DURING HER FIRST TOUR OF ACTIVE DUTY FROM JULY 1945 to AUGUST 1949, THE DONNER PARTICIPATED IN ATLANTIC, CARIBBEAN, AND MEDITER- RANEAN DUTY. AFTER RE-ACTIVATION SEPTEMBER 16, 1950 HER DUTY TOOK HER NOT ONLY INTO THE ABOVE WATER AGAIN BUT EXTENDED HER SPHERE FROM THE ARTIC CIRCLE TO THE PANAMA CANAL. SHE HAS, IN HER 14 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE, VISITED NEARLY 50 FOREIGN PORTS, MOST MAJOR PORTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST, AND HAS HAD THE UNIQUE PRIVI- LEGE OF BEING ONE OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES NAVY VESSELS TO TRANSIT THE NEWLY-OPENED SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER WATERWAY AND VISIT THE MIDWESTERN CITIES BORDERING THE GREAT LAKES. DURING THIS PAST MEDITERRANEAN DEPLOYMENT THE MISSION OF THE LSD-20 WAS ALTERED IN THAT SHE CARRIED, LAUNCHED, AND RECOVERED HELI- COPTERS CARRYING COMBAT-LADEN TROOPS TO THE SCENE OF AN AM- PHIBIOUS LANDING. ' ?; fc W B?s 3 ff plhl , I n ' ,, V ' PM I ' | I 1 1 ' V ll, I I ' l III V I ( ' ' I ' IV ' ,1 1 Pi. i ' , I, 1 III i ' ' , , 1 I ' ill ' ' i ' I I , I ' . ' i ll ' ll ' i,lM ill L ' i,i