Du Pont (DD 941) - Naval Cruise Book

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Asa some tr1v1a - Facts we complled a small Figures for the depl which began on 8 June 82. For instance, we have da s at sea and 51 da s in ort. We have burned Y Y P 3,248,060 gallons of fuel ffuel conserva over 35,422 miles, enough distance to some. We have refueled at sea some 40 was as a Our longest assignment Lebanese Contingency While we are underway, we distilled 2,487,732 gallons of consumption by the crew. bread, 900 pies of assorted hamburger, 90,708 eggs and 2,640 cases C63,360 c nsl o 31,647 ,000 in salaries The ship's laundry barber shop gave 3,780 home, the radiomen messages and made ove a f 7 r use 1n our The prepared rolls ons of tionl and OVBI' contact with the bossls ming messages and p these messages for in 6 In addition the e period the 1 1,757 pounds of of potatoes, paid over S375

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THE WIVES CLUB S SUNRISE ON THE ELIZABETH RIVER Z 22 DEC 82 . . , , AND IN THE YS HELLO AIR ON THE CHAMR1-1ERLIN THEN THERE IT WA S PIER 21 - N OB NORFOLK, VA 5 AND F HOME TO FRIENDS AMILY FINALLY!

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USS D UPON T DD-941 SHIP'S ARTIST SH2 ROMEO I GNACI O PH OTOGRA PHI C EDITOR AND ASS'T LAYOUT EDITOR THE STAFF THE MANAGING EDITOR SALES AND PHOTOGRAPHY LT JOHN W LYVER, IV LA YO UT EDITOR ET2 RICKY L. NORTON ISW2 l f M1 For 25 years, this ship called DUPONT has sailec between the 4 corners of the world and crossed eacl of the seven seas. Her hull is filled with the tales anc dreams of those who have sailed with her. But it's not the ship which rules the waves, nor the canines who check her movements but it's her crew whc makes the difference, and it's to that end we salute the last crew of the good ship DUPONT. As a ship ages, and as the seas slowly begin to take their toll, capabilities normally wane. But u v DUPONTS crew would not permit their ship to be BT2 HERBIE second best. DUPONT was awarded the Battle 'E' as the most battle ARMS TRUN G IS W, ready non-missile ship in DESRON 2. This was not the end because 7 months later the crew would earn the most honored Top Hand award as the best ship in the Med between 19 June and 12 Dec 1982. DUPONT was cited by VADM Rowden, Commander Sixth Fleet, for Top Hand excellence in Supply, Weapons, Operations and Engineering in meeting the missions to which her country had called. But our last days are numbered until the Decommissioning Ceremony on 4 March 1983, and until we sadly watch a tug slowly take a dead hull away to her final resting spot in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Along with Decom means splitting the Family DUPONT and ending the DUPONT story. But the missions we've been on, the places we've been, and the friends we've made will last in the hearts and minds of those U.S. Navy Sailors who can proudly say that they were a part of USS DUPONT'S last deployment. The Staff salutes each and every crewmember and wishes each man fair winds and following sas in the future. JWL4