Dubuque (LPD 8) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1982 volume:

i USS DIJBIJQUli: LPl -8 WESTPAC: 19 l- 2 DEDICATION . . . This cruisebook is dedicated to the continued diligence and determination of the fine officers and crew of the USS Dubuque. Their winning attitudes and actions are symbolized by the BATTLE EFFICIENCY AWARD PENNANT which proudly flies from the main mast. In Adm Walsh ' s words The USS Dubuque is the Best of the Best TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Dedication 2. Table of Contents 3. Ships Schedule 5. Ships Mission 6. Commanding Officer 7. Executive Officer 8. Leaving San Diego 10. A Day in the Life 17. Ports of Call 28. Christmas Party 30. Show Time 33. Engineering 45. Deck 53. Operations 59. Supply 65. Aviation 69. Dental 70. Medical 71. Administration 74. MCPOC 75. Chaplain 77. Navigation 78. Tacron-12 79. Communications 84. Assault Craft Unit One 92. Tiger Cruise 93. Awards 94. Homecoming SHIPS SCHEDULE 12 NOV 18 NOV 21 NOV 23 NOV 29 NOV 07 DEC 13 DEC 15 DEC 17-29 DEC 30 DEC 3 JAN 6-7 JAN 10-11 JAN 13 JAN 15 JAN 19 JAN 22 JAN 25-26 JAN 29 JAN 12-18 FEB 21-22 FEB 24-25 FEB 26 FEB 14 MAR 17 MAR 20-21 MAR 22 MAR 25 MAR 26 MAR- 4 APR 6 APR 9 APR 12-13 APR 16 APR 7-8 MAY 15 MAY SHIP ' S SCHEDULE 1981 DEPARTED FOR WESTPAC WITH PHIBRON ONE ARRIVED AT PEARL HARBOR; EMBARKED BATTALION LANDING TEAM 3 3 PARTICIPATED IN MIDPAC OPS: EXERCISE BELL VOLCANO RETURNED TO PEARL HARBOR FOR REPAIRS TO UPPER VEHICLE RAMP TRANSITTED TO OKINAWA, STEAMING INDEPENDENTLY CHOPPED TO SEVENTH FLEET ARRIVED ATBUCKNER BAY, OKINAWA, JAPAN CONDUCTED LVT OPS AT ORWAN, OKINAWA; TRANSITTED TO SASEBO, JAPAN VISITED SASEBO FOR CHRISTMAS ARRIVED IN PUSAN, KOREA FOR NEW YEARS 1982 STEAMED FOR YOKOHAMA, JAPAN MOORED IN YOKOHAMA TO LOAD MARINES FROM CAMP FUJI STOPPED AT BUCKNER BAY TO OFFLOAD MOORED AT POSCO PIER, POHANG, KOREA TO LOAD EQUIPMENT MOORED AT INCHON INNER HARBOR TO LOAD CAFEX-82 RETROGRADE ARRIVED AT BUCKNER BAY FOR OFFLOAD MOORED AT INCHON INNER HARBOR TO LOAD MORE CAFEX-82 RETROGRADE MOORED IN BUCKNER BAY; EMBARKED CTF-76 DEPARTED FOR SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES ARRIVED AR SRF SUBIC BA Y FOR THIRTEEN DA Y UPKEEP VISITED HONG KONG; MOORED TO HMS TAMAR STOPPED OVERNIGHT IN BUCKNER BAY TO DISEMBERK CTF-76; LOADED TEAM SPIRIT 82 CARGO AND PERSONNEL VISITED PHANG FOR OFFLOAD ARRIVED AT SRF SASEBO FOR TWO-WEEK UPKEEP RETURNED TO BUCKNER BAY FOR ADDITIONAL TEAM SPIRIT CARGO MOORED IN POHANG FOR OFFLOAD LOADED REMAINING TEAM SPIRIT CARGO IN OKINAWA; ANCHORED IN BUCKNER BAY TEAM SPIRIT REHEARSAL AT KIN BLUE ANCHORED IN PHANG HARBOR FOR TEAM SPIRIT PRE-SAIL CONFERENCE PARTICIPATED IN EXERCISE TEAM SPIRIT 82 OFFLOADED TEAM SPIRIT PARTICIPANTS AND EQUIPMENT RETURNED TO POHANG TO LOAD TEAM SPIRIT RETROGRADE STOPPED OVERNIGHT IN OKINAWA TO OFFLOAD DEPARTED SUBIC BAY FOR PEARL HARBOR VISITED PEARL HARBOR OVERNIGHT; EMBARKED VISITORS FOR TIGER CRUISE MOORED PIER 6 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USS DUBUQUE LPD-8 THE MISSION OF USS DUBUQUE USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) is the fourth in a series of modified AUSTIN -class LPD ' s, combining the best features of three earlier classes of ships. The ship carries its own assault boats and can handle many types of helicopters as well as the Vertical Takeoff and Landing Harrier jet fighter. The spacious well deck provides safe haven for numerous assault and landing craft which are launched and recovered within the ship. In wartime and exercise situations DUBUQUE transports and lands troops and their essential equipment by means of embarked landing craft or amphibious vehicles augmented by helicop- ter lift. D-B-Q FACTS AND FIGURES The keel of USS Dubuque was laid on January 25, 1965 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship was launched on August 6, 1966 and was placed in commission at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on September 1, 1967. She arrived in her homeport of San Diego, California, in November of 1967 to become the flagship of Amphibious Squadron ONE. Since 1968 Dubuque has completed nine Western Pacific deployments, including four combat deploy- ments to Viet Nam. She has served as Flagship for Commander, Amphibious Forces Seventh Fleet (CDF-76), Commander, Amphibious Group Easter Pacific and Commander, Amphibious Squadron ONE. During WESTP AC 1981-82 Dubuque provided extensive support to U.S. Marine Corps units. Teamed with USS Frederick (LST-1184) to form a Separate Operations Group, Dubuque transported 4498 Marines, 978 vehicles and 1200 tons of cargo. Most of the transport services involved shuttling Marines and their equipment between training bases in the Western Pacific. The ship traveled a total of 28,938 miles between November 12, 1981 and May 15, 1982, a span of 183 days. The crew and embarked Marines ate 180,000 meals and consumed 150,000 cans of soda during the deployment. The Supply Department processed 4,293 requisitions. Much of the deployment was made at a cruising speed of 14 knots, which is about 15 miles per hour. At that speed Dubuque burns 1200 gallons of fuel each and every hour, enough to drive a compact automobile around the world twice. Dubuque doesn ' t have a milage rating , the ship only gets 70 feet to the gallon! COMMANDING OFFICER CAPTAIN J. R. DENNIS CAPTAIN JEFFERSON R. DENNIS Captain Dennis is a 1957 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. His sea duty assignments have included tours aboard USS NORFOLK (DL-1), USS KING (DLG-10), USS TOWERS (DDG-9), Staff, COMDESRON SIX, USS DENVER (LPD-9), an command of USS MONTICELLO (LSD-35). His shore duty assignments have included U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, NAVORDSYSCOM, CONC- PAC Staff, Naval Advisory Unit Da Nang, RVN, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England and Staff, CINCUSNAVEUR. Captain Dennis was born in San Diego, California, and considers this area his home. He is married to the former Judith Ahl of Carmel Valley, California. Captain and Dennis reside in Coronado, California, with their two children Allison and Michael. EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER W. P. FINI COMMANDER WALLACE P. FINI Commander Fini was born in Leominster, Massachusetts and maintains his permanent home in New Hampshire. He holds a BSEE degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute as well as an MSME and a Mechanical Engineer Degree from the Naval Postgraduate School. Commander Fini began his Naval career as an Executive Officer when he was assigned to Oceanogra- phic Unit Two aboard USS DUTTON. He has also served aboard USS HENRY B. WILSON (DDG-7), USS JOHNS. MCCAIN (DDG-36), and USS BERKELEY (DDG-15). His shore assignments have been at Naval Destroyer School and Naval Postgraduate School. Commander and Mrs. Fini, the former Theresa Howey of Long Beach, California, live in San Diego with their children, Kevin and Catherine. UNDERWAY SHIFT COLORS! A DAY IN THE LIFE 15 HOLIDAY ROUTINE WHEW!! 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