Dyess (DD 880) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1970 volume:

o 13 0 I (5r 5 S S OYESS Oo 6 6 . 1945-1970 4 . % Atlantic C FIVE MONTHS OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS by ROBERT FROST MCMILLAN The year 1970, May 5th the day All lines were hauled in, the Bos ' n cried Underway The boilers belched, the screws spun ' round And we never stopped until Portugal was found The first of our ports the crew did it right Escudos flowed freely to the Portugese delight Then onward and upward to Northern Europe they sailed But the USS DYESS, black sheep, never failed Through 12 cities, 8 countries we spread good will (?) With nary an incident, save one man over the hill Then came Northern Wedding, wartime cruising and all Proved NATO ' s seapower our primary goal On the way back when men ' s hearts beat faster The MAN said G.Q. was the training he ' s after Brenton Reef it was spotted, beneath the Bridge we did steam Seven men tossed their hats, a short- timers dream Next to pier two, over line one Moored cried the BOS ' N, the cruise it was done £«•-, ' ' ■I y u SHIP ' S HISTORY DD-880 is named in honor of Lt. Col. Aquilla J. DYESS, USMCR, who was post- humously awarded our nation ' s highest award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, for con- spicious gallantry above and beyond the call of duty during the invasion of Kwajalein Atoll during World War II. DYESS was constructed by the Consoli- dated Steel Corporation in Orange, Texas and was commissioned DD-880 on 21 May 1945. In July of that same year she underwent the first of two conversions designed to enable her to better meet her fleet commitments. She be- came a radar picket destroyer; her primary mission, long-range detection and destruction of hostile aircraft. This she remained until 1964, when she under went a FRAM I conversion in Boston Naval Shipyard. There, with the instal- lation of high-powered sonar, the ASROC (Anti- submarine Rocket) Weapon System and new tor- pedo tubes, her capabilities became primarily oriented toward anti-submarine warfare. The year following her first conversion, DYESS served in the western Pacific but was soon transferred back to the Atlantic Fleet, where she has served ever since. After her FRAM conversion, DYESS spent seven months off the coast of Vietnam in support of U.S. troops in 1966 and was stationed in the Persia Gulf and Red Sea during the 1967 Suez Crisis. DYESS was the last warship of any nation to transit the Suez Canal before its closure on 5 June 1967. In July 1968 DYESS successfully completed refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following a six month overhaul in Boston Naval Shipyard. Most recently, in February 1969, DYESS returned from a five month deployment to the Mediterranean where she participated in several major Sixth Fleet Exercises. Between operation periods she visited Valletta, Malta; Naples and Venice, Italy; Palma de Mallorca; and Golfe Juan, France. It was during this de- ployment that DYESS made her much publicized visit to the Black Sea. DYESS is homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, and is assigned to D estroyer Squadron TWELVE. COMMANDING OFFICER Commander William F. Sheehan, Jr. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Com- mander Sheehan attended Fitchburg State Teachers College prior to joining the Navy in June 1945. Upon graduation from Radio Material School as an Electronics Technician Third Class, he attended Submarine School at New London, Connecticut. He was then ordered to the USS BUMPER (SS-333) for duty. In Feb- ruary, 1948, he was ordered to the Naval Pre- paratory School, and was subsequently accepted as a Midshipman, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. In June 1952, Ensign Sheehan was ordered to the USS COMPTON (DD-705), where he be- came the Engineering Officer. In 1955 LTJG Sheehan was assigned to duty as CIC Officer, USS WISCONSIN (BB-64). In 1957, he reported for duty in the Officer Performance Division of SUPERS. In June 1959, he was ordered to duty as Executive Officer, USS WOOD COUNTY (LST-1178). In January 1961, LT Sheehan was assigned as Aide and Flag Lieutenant, Com- mander Training Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and served in that billet until being ordered to the Command and Staff Course at the Naval War College. In July 1963, LCDR Sheehan was assigned as Commanding Officer, USS RUCHAMKIN (APD-89). In October 1965, he was ordered to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Emer- gency Actions Officer, National Military Com- mand Center. In June 1968, he wasSissigned to duty in the Operations Division, and later the Plans Division, of Headquarters, U.S. Mil- itary Assistance Command, Vietnam. Commander Sheehan is married to the former Avonne Aus of Rugby, North Dakota. They have two daughters, Anne Marie and Deborah. EXECUTIVE OFFICER LOVER OF: Lieutenant Commander David C. Eppling Good Food... Little Children... ► r r ' 1- Salty Chiefs... And More. WEAPONS DEPARTMENT LT R. O. Milham Weapons Officer BM3 P. Coats BM3 D. Arsenault 1ST LTJG M. W. Weir First Lieutenant DIVISION BM3 G. Medeiros BM3 J. Mataronas SN R. Allocca What did you say, Boot?! SR M. Barley And Little Mary said.. SN D. Burger SN T. Dailey SN G. Kimatian And how is this pose? SN R. Gilgallon Yum, yum, eat ' em up SN B. Craig SA D. Fitzsimmons How long do we have to hold this thing up? SN D. Pendleton They may not be able to read, but they know what they like SN W. Patten ( m. If he didn ' t have a white hat, I ' d swear he was one of the bad guys SN R. Wissinger SN R. Smith 10 SN G. Stefanko SN R. Swanson SN D. Whitener SN M. Williams E=MC2, or is it M=E2D3?? Is this any way to run an airline? SN L. Wright 11 SN M. Love We each bought one! SN G. Matthews SN M. Moore SN D. Murphy With the left hand pick up the fork, now 12 LTJG H. J. Hamel Gunnery Assistant Weight test a success SECOND DIVISION FTG3 R. Walker FTG3 E. Mcmillan FTG3 E. Sebastlonelli GMG3 D. O ' Rourke FTG3 S. Harriman 13 FTG3 R. Tilley Vi:m These are the new replacements FTG3 N. Pepe GMG3 G. Pickett GMG3 J. Miller SN D. Borders SN J. Pruitt YN3 G. Vargo Cease fire!! Cease fire!! SN D. Newton Handle with care 15 LTJG R. L. Schenkel ASW Officer Looks like a B-l-R-D to me, Captain .£% ■■1 B ' f v  w m LTJG D. C. Patterson Assistant ASW Officer 16 3RD DIVISION STC M. McLain All I can get is WPRO STl J. Moss And it only cost me 5 bucks and 3 Sonarmen 17 GMGl F. Vorhees i Where ' s your hat, Boot? GMG2 L. Cartier TM2 E. Sellers TM2 R. Golhart GMG3 J. Simpson SN J. White 18 GMG3 B. Rappold He doesn ' t fool me for a second GMG3 C. Ayres STG3 G. Schwartzbauer STG3 E. Broderick STG3 J. Kearns STG3 M. Carson 19 STG3 D. Paddack So tbat ' s what Grandpa keeps in there STG3 W. Riley Coming right up, Joe! STG3 L. Nichols SN T. Meyer 20 TVvVtt, S VuDUC W ' OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT LCDR S. R. Pierce Operations Officer 21 LTJG W. L. Huf Communications Officer OC DIVISION ( 1ou TO8 .A a Wwrntl ' l ' •CH . Mo 22 RMC R. Goodwin RMl R. McGuire HMl L. LaMarche QMl R. Fordham P { I) And this is for navigating me to the best bar in LeHavre QM2 R. Brown QMS D. Markley 23 VN3 G. Evans Bert ships for another four (or is it the other way around?) RM3 D. Cope RM3 J. Slendak SN O. Aponte RM2 S. Roncone YNSN R. Lunsford 24 YN3 W. Russell Just wait ' ll you see what we have planned for next Sunday 1 may be a little kid, but I ' m a mean little Md YN3 W. Beyer 25 These UNREPS are so exciting HM3 G. Starr PCS B. Lantzy QMSA S. Rury 26 LTJG PL. Shafer CIC Officer RDEl J. Bridge RD2 W. Roulioff RD3 O. N. Smartt RD3 R. Hammer RD3 C. Hampton RD3 M. Schreppel RDC J. Huck RD2 T. Ditch RD3 D. Weingartner RD3 D. Hughes I D I V I S I N RD2 M. Porter RD3 W. Lynch RDSN R. Noll RDSN R. DeMoranville RDSN W. Moran RDSN J. Iverson 27 I ' m so cute I can ' t steuid it Sea d addy Dailey Peace If we look mean enough, he ' ll go away 28 S3y h COUGH B S 2.70 J: GET OFF ' Sag ' 29 Request to turn this boat around Ray is drawing his plastic msin again Togetherness I miss my Ford 30 OE DIVISION LTJG C. J. Mosley EMO ETl M. Hoagland ETR2 J. Nichols 31 The Captain says this will correct our list ETN2 T. Marble ETN3 D. Appleton 32 ETR3 R. Koenor Not too comfortable, but who ' ll find me up here? 1 -Ml Y ' all drive careful now, Y ' hear Dyess departing 33 1 ENGINEERING LT. D. M. Brown Chief Engineer Chief Snipe ' s high chair Culver, where did you hide my Playboy? LT. T. J. Opladen M.P.A. 35 YN3 L. E. Culver Executive Secretary 97,000 Gals, of feed; something ' s got to be wrong M AND B DIVISIONS MM3 A. Steinle FA W. Veniero 36 FA S. Anderson The famous after evaps FN L. Wade Tug ' s junk yard 37 BTl D. Dupuis BTl D. Hansen Not that I ' m short Pappy ' s still 38 FN N. Smith Yes Mr. Brown ... Yes Mr. Brown ... Yes Mr. Brown BT2 D. Lovett Snipes at play 39 BT3 W. Vojick CW J. Deighan Are you kidding me? BTFN A. Reynolds BT3 A. Davis 40 I guess I ' ll need a bigger hammer BTFN G. McCabe BTFN P. McConnell 41 FN J. Belusik Another day another dollar BTFN J. Pokora FN T. Hardin 42 MRl R. Burke MMl E. Novak IC2 L. Stanley SFP2 M. Lindgren Forward station manned and ready FN D. Morris IC3 D. Satterwhite SFP3 D. King 43 EN2 A. Hall I wish it just had a big hand and a little hand DC2 A. Long EMS J. Welborn MM3 R. Messier 44 SP3 W. Caswell FA M. Tyra If I have to count any more I ' ll have to take off my shoes DCS A. Rupczyk MM3 R. Whitaker 45 DC and SF get together EM3 R. Andrus DC3 J. McTeer The sparky g£ing IC3 L. Morris 46 SKC A. Spickler Ron, I ' ve got to have this recipe SKI B. Parker r-4 CSl B. Haynes s D 1 V 1 i S 1 fe N SHI G. Altier 47 SD2 F. Manosca TN C. Manlapaz SD3 J. Bailey TN W. Villanueva 4 Chef Boy -Ar- Dee CS2 B. Beaty 48 SH2 J. Daleccio Picnic supply department style CS3 C. Milburn SK3 J. Assad CS2 J. Apple 49 CS3 P. Fayerweather Saturday at the market SN W. Rowland SN L. Scott SN C. Fair SH3 T. LoUer 50 SH3 R. Loller OK, Captain, I ' ll take your picture SN C. Williams Stand easy, Medeiros, 1 haven ' t got the film in yet 51 UNDERWAY Do you men have any last requests? Those girls on the other end are tough! What did you say? I don ' t even wtuit to look 52 REPLENISHMENT mm,. WW ft ! You win some; you lose some Darn, no mail All work and no play . . . We got some good movies! Grinch who stole Christmas and Gldget gets a hlckey 53 4TH OF JULY 54 PICNIC 55 N N Big Ben Tower Bridge Parliament 56 Trafalgar Square Panorama from the Tube 57 LEISURE TIME SEA AT 58 We Eill have our hang-ups Where ' s the lead guitar? •J What ever ' s right I only play with myself I took a thorn out of her foot and she ' s been following me ever since 59 What a handsome dude 4 years and a wake up Yea, that ' s the funky chicken So that ' s what the sun looks like Boy, was she nice 60 FASLANE 61 FACES 62 Gee but it ' s great to be back home Home is where I want to be I ' ve been on the road so long, my friend And if you came along 1 know you wouldn ' t disagree It ' s the same old story Everywhere I go I ' ve been slandered, libeled I ' ve heard words I never heard in the Bible And I ' m so tired I ' m oh, so tired Just trying to keep the Commodore satisfied Satisfied 63 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: PERHAPS WE ALL DESERVE SOME THANKS 64 WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY Marceline. 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