Du Pont (DD 941) - Naval Cruise Book

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RA GS DUPONT'S mascot was known throughout the fleet. Definitely one of the saltiest dogs, he joined the DUPONT crew in May 1980 during the ship's overhaul in Hoboken, New Jersey. Rags rode DUPONT through high Winds and heavy seas and proved himself a seaworthy mascot as well as an exceptional morale booster for the crew. It was a sad day when Rags drowned in Bayonne, France on 4 July 1982. Rags is gone but certainly not for- gotten. 7 Bm0l'1B8 E if i 'Q'!4 7 TT 4, ' , 'K L- 'ff' ix K J Q' N K t f K I X -X ,2f . If I X X. W T , r we 2 ,f , 1' . f . 1 ffl X lv , , X X, , - X l, 1 ' 6.190 if gif WW my'-' DUPONT'S current mascot, JR Cfor Junior Ragsl, was adopted by the DUPONT crew when the American Ambassador to France learned of Rags' passing. JR is a natural sailor and quickly adapted himself to shipboard lifeg he's friendly and has become an integral part of the DUPONT family serving as a constant reminder of our famous mascot. 3-.

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After her Antisubmarine Warfare Mod- ernization, DUPONT was recommissioned in May 1970. The conversion and modern- ization of DUPONT included a long range sonar tied into an underwater battery fire control computer to produce a fire- control solution for control of the ship's antisubmarine rock- et system QASROCJ located aft and the two triple torpedo mounts forward. Following the completion of fitting out and final accep- tance trials, DUPONT joined Destroyer Squadron 26 of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. She made major deployments to the Mediterranean and played a key role in upholding the American role in the North Atlan- tic Treaty Organization QNATOD while attached to Standing Naval Forces Atlantic CSTANNAVFORLANTD in 1974. DUPONT also made goodwill cruises to the Caribbean and South Atlantic regions. DUPONT returned to Norfolk in mid-1975 and commenced a scheduled overhaul in the Nor- folk Naval Shipyard. After completion of overhaul and sea trials, DUPONT was ready to support the active fleet once again. She made var- ious major deployments in the following years which includ- ed the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean in 1975 and 1976. She joined up with the NATO Fleet in 1977 for numerous exer- cises and then toured South America as a part of UN ITAS XIX in 1978. DUPONT once once again spent a great deal of time making goodwill tours to the Caribbean. In June 1979 DUPONT headed to the Bethlem Steel Ship- yards in Hoboken, New Jersey, where she un- derwent her last scheduled overhaul. In June 1980, DUPONT departed Hoboken for sea tri- als and proceeded to Guatanamo, Cuba, for re- fresher training. Since that time DUPONT has made three Mediterranean deployments which also saw her as a part of the Indian Ocean!Per- sian Gulf Battle Group during the Iranian Crisis. DUPONT is now 25V2 years old and the Beirut Contingency Operations was her final assign- ment. On 4 March 1983, the commissioning pen- nant will be lowered as she's decommissioned. DUPONT's list of accomplishments speaks highly of the thousands of men Qand dogs! who have served as a part of the DUPONT family. DUPONT will be placed in the Inactive Ship Basin in the Philadelphia Navy Yard to await her country's recall to duty possibly sometime in the future

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ZS COMMANDER JOHN SH OBER BURROWS III Commander Burrows has been the Commanding Officer since December 1981. A graduate of the New York State Maritime College in 1962, Commander Burrows served as En- gineering Officer on the Navy's only minehunter, USS BITTERN QMHC- 435 and as First Lieutenant and ASW Officer on USS H.E. Yarnell QCG-175 Following a tour in the Officer Tactical Branch at Fleet Sonar School in Key West, Florida, he completed Department Head School and reported aboard USS DUPONT QDD-9415 for duty as Operations Officer then Executive Offi- cer. This was followed by duty as an Exchange Officer on a joint Royal Navy!Air Force Staff in Edinburgh, Scotland. He then joined the staff of Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group EIGHT as Staff Scheduler and Assistant Surface Operations Officer. His next afloat assignment was as Execu- tive Officer of USS CONYNGHAM QDDG-175. Commander Burrows returned to DUPONT fol- lowing duty as Weapons Training Officer at the Fleet Combat Training Center, Atlantic, at Dam Neck, Virginia, and as a student at the College of Naval Warfare at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Commander Burrows' decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal and the Navy Achievement Medal. Commander Burrow is married to the former Daphne Jean Stirling of Surrey, Camberly, Eng- land, and they have three children, Deborah, Don- na and John, IV.