Francis Hammond (DE 1067) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1972 volume:

PAC 72 ' rtSlPftf r mmmmm OPERATING SCHEDULE 07 JANUARY 07-13 13 14-16 16-18 18 18-21 22-01 FEBRUARY 02-04 10-12 13 14-15 16-22 ji 23-26 27-28 29-01 MARCH 02-13 14-15 16-20 16 21-22 23-02 APRIL 02-03 04-07 08-20 2 1-07 MAY 08-09 10 11-12 13-07 JUNE 26-27 08-09 10-11 12-18 19-08 JULY 08 04-12 13-17 18-22 22 29-30 30-04 AUGUST 05 DEPART LONG BEACH ENROUTE PEARL HARBOR SHORE BOMBARDMENT EXERCISES, KAHOOLAWE ISLAND INPORT PEARL HARBOR UNDERWAY FOR TRAINING; HAWAII OP AREAS REARM, PEARL HARBOR INPORT PEARL HARBOR ENROUTE SUBIC BAY INPORT SUBIC BAY UNDERWAY FOR TRAINING; PHILLIPINE OP AREAS UNDERWAY FOR MANILA INPORT MANILA SEATO EXERCISE, OPERATION SEA HAWK ANCHOR, MANILA SEATO EXERCISE, OPERATION SEA HAWK INPORT SUBIC BAY ENROUTE YANKEE STATION WITH USS CORAL SEA PLANEGUARD, YANKEE STATION ENROUTE SUBIC BAY INPORT SUBIC BAY CHANGE OF COMMAND ENROUTE YANKEE STATION WITH USS CORAL SEA PLANEGUARD, YANKEE STATION ANTISUBMARINE EXERCISE WITH USS SCULP1N, WHIPPLE AND CHICAGO PLANEGUARD YANKEE STATION WITH USS CORAL SEA NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT; MILITARY REGION ONE PLANEGUARD YANKEE STATION WITH USS CORAL SEA SEARCH AND RESCUE WITH USS PROVIDENCE PLANEGUARD YANKEE STATION WITH USS CORAL SEA ENROUTE SUBIC BAY UPKEEP, SUBIC BAY MACHINERY TRAILS ENROUTE GULF OF TONKIN; ANTI-AIR WARFARE AAW WITH USS STERRETT AAW WITH USS CHICAGO NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT, MILITARY REGION ONE LCDR RENTLE RELIEVED BY LCDR MCCORMICK AS EXEC. OFFICER ENROUTE HONG KONG AND SUBIC BAY INPORT SUBIC BAY ENROUTE GUAM REFUEL AT GUAM, ENROUTE PEARL HARBOR INPORT PEARL HARBOR ENROUTE LONG BEACH ARRIVAL LONG BEACH Commander John Elmore Commanding Officer March J 9 70 -March 1972 Commander Peter Doerr Commanding Officer March 1 ( 72 m Lieutenant Commander Norman Rentle Executive Officer March 1970 July 1972 Lieutenant Commander James McCormick Executive Officer Julv 1972- Mni ' iL 1 J cTrfcx ! 1 ' l lil,. A Operations Dept. Head Lt. Bald win Weapons Dept. Head Lt. Karg Supply Dept. Head Lt. Greenburg Supply Dept. Head Lt. French Eng. Dept. Head Lt. Condor Eng. Dept. Head Lt. Urmston CIC Officer Lt. Dinklespiel Damage Control Officer Lt.j.g. Goewey Communications Officer Lt.j.g. Alden ASW Officer Lt.j.g. Madison Gunncrv Asst. Lt.j.g. Stumpff(USCG) First Lieutenant Navigator Lt.j.g. Baker Main Propulsion Asst. Damage Control Officer Lt.j.g. Grelish Ensign King Ensign Withrow Disbursing Officer Sonar Maintenance Officer Electronics Maintenance Gunner]- Asst. Officer Li. Chase Desron 9 Chaplain  , Not Pictured . Butscher Navigator c January 7, 1972 K I % i J U EM3 Campbell EMFNHoffer EM FN Peralta IC2 Butterworth IC3 Perry IC3 Gjeston EMI Weaver EM 2 Gocke i- HTl Terrell ' ■ 1 • ;!•■ I1T2 Smith HT3 Ulrich HT3 Leach I ITS Ragan HTF.X Sanders HTFN Alvaradt r _ BTCHill BTl West BT2 Haugen BT2Cook BT2Neill BT2 King ' fti-i jfl v ; ' BT2 Kasztelewicz BT 3 J arris BT3 Sudzinski Si ■ 1 4. J BTFN Bums BTFN Harris BTFA Indrews BTJHopp BTFN Hoffman BTFN Yelenich MMCS Gamble MM! Sack MM] Sid ley MM2 Burehle MM2 Kapitan MM2 Scales MM3 Mahart MM J Faulkner MM J Newham . s , MM 3 Murphy MM ' Hooper MM 3 Kelly tikmk MM J Stout MM3 Wilson MM IX Wolters MMFN Bunce MMFN Shell, n MMFN Mendonca MMFN Midland   .«« EN1 Rivers MR3 Schnettler MRFN Baran FN Woltcrs FN Bruno FN Hogan FN Sylvia FN Conelly FN Kowalczyk 16 Not Pictured llll Perry BTFN McGowan Hl ' l Mwnpowei MM2Sponable HTSStraley MM J Miller HT3 Irish MM 2 McDaniels EMC Starr 1 1 A Foebsch EMS Penalosa l l 1 MacFarlane IC3 Kriese EN2Mendiola BT1 Steinback EN3 Biggs BT3 Yates EN3 ( ' lievenne BT3 Thomas FN Gaschler NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT Military Region One A I .. . Incoming round - port side - June 21 Caution: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous STC Whitley ST1 Hagquist ST1 Johnston STG2 Reed STG2 Riddering STG2 Woodard I STG2 Weber v w I STG ' Ward STG J Kast STG J Valesnick STG3 Smith STGSN Brass STGSN Vordmever S (,S l int,u imcr] WHICH WAY TO HUE? and with this we are supposed to win the war. ' 2 BMC Cook BM1 Buchko BM2 Mundell BM3 Gross BM3 Griswald BM3 Leiprecht BM3 Jones SNRoby SN Ilcckt. E. . ' ■; m  l± ■S ? Si Rushing SN Finley SN Hawkins SN Westphall SR Cowley SN Horse SN ( ' abrera S She paid SN Rami V! Heckt.S. SA Zavada SA Nelson SA Duenas SA White SA Can SR England SR Elsbeny SR McDonald GMGSN McCreight CMC I Taylor GMG2 Heath GMG2 While GMG2 Price GMGSN Ries GMGSN Thayer , r ' M PLANEGUARD Gulf of Tonkin ;; UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT GMT] Dean GMTSN Burback GMTSN Reed GMTSN Thompson GMTSN Creel TMOS Watt ii FTM2 Edwards FTG2 Schlosser FTG3 Durand FTGSN Moore FTGSN Young SN Kin i ha II Not Pictured SIX ' S Co mm ire STG2 Fickh n ' Cenchitz STG2 Ranson STG3Fuchs BM3 Howard GMG3 Ricketts GMG3 Chemlar GMG3 Brown FTGC Johnson 1 TM1 Peterson 1 TG edbetter FTG ? Miller .V - fl - I It 1 3 ETC Fuller EWC Garbell ETR2 Fisicaro ETR2 Dolfin ETNJ Schlitzkus ETN3 Wilson (.! ETN3 Broz ETN3 Long ETN3 Calapan ETRSN Griffiths ETRSNEccles SN T ical V CHANGE OF COMMAND SUBIC BAY, REPUBLIC OF PHILLIPINES March 16, 1972 u ■■LUy w I n W r i , ' i-inv awnits start of ceremony. The crew awaits start of ceremony CDR. Doerr waiting to assume com : mand Chaplin Chase delivers invocation. I., CDR Elmore addressing the crew for the last time. Senior Enlisted Advisor. RDCS Remetch presents CDR Elmore with the ship s commissioning pennant DESRON ' ' and DESRON 3 look on. y %• 7 relieve you, sir. The new CO RMC Yelvington RM2 Jacobson RM2 Frazier RM2 Renstrom RM2 Cox RM2 Dunn 18 RM3 Rice RMS Mitchell RMS Lope: RM3 Hinton RM3 Zcilncr HELO DETAIL 40 xA 1 i r a , paam mmn wr ■SiV ' .if 41 RDCS Remetch RD2 Haldaman RDJ Lisco RDJ Maury RDJ Danials RDJ Bailey RDJ Martin RD3 Marino RDJ Holman . ' 4A M I ' I RD3 Gillespie RD3 Hanson RD3 Blumthal RD3 Thomas RD3Bialecki RDSN Helpingstine Kellogg Company Battle Creek. [ICHIGAN April 7, 1972 R dar Cane USS Francis Hammond (TIE 1067) FPO San Francisco, CA 96601 Dear Hang : Your recent expression of friendliness shown in Kellogg Company and its products is ereatlv appreciated. It is most gratifvine, to know that there are oeople who will take time out of their busy lives to pass alone a kind word. Especially you great guys who are doing such a great service for our country. While we know it must be tough for vou to be away from vour homes and families we were certainly pleased to find that KFLLOCC ' S RAISIN BRAN is so much appreciated, by you , in the Gulf of Tonkin . Please share this letter with the whole gang who signed and to show our appreciation for your taking the time to write we are sending you a gift package of our products, which we hope you guys will all share and enloy verv much. Thanks for your letter. Sincerely, KELLOGG COKPA . G. L. Howard Manager of Consumer Service GLH jn n 4 r iti FLIGHT DECK BAR-B-Q . « MAIL CALL SM2 Buerman SM3 Bri.x SM3 Nuchas SM3 Dibenedetto SMSX Morgan SMSN Reed 46 LA QMl Mitchell QM2 McDonnell QM 3 Hicks QMS Voss QMSA Siqueland HMC Huttenhower HM3 White SN Bum-it es e I f i Y ( linker ' I Williams YN3Smeed YNSA Kiefer SNCollard S Bradley PCS Overmeyer Not Pictured ETl Voorhies ETR2 Lundquisl ETR3 Flesc i RM2 Benwav RM2 Ledford RDSClerenger RDJ Whnr SMALL ARMS TRAINING , i lilllil I. SHIPS ALONG THE WAY Soviet ' ' Fishing ' ' trawler. ; - r , «- t South Vietnamese fishing boat. Phillipine coastal patrol craft. P Passing freighter. . [ustralian frigate. SD2 Gonzalo SD2 Coquia 77V Far rales 77V Legaspi DK2 Verceles •: . A W ■1 i l t n « P W • -f J ' 1 kC- ri ' Hi - SHI Sibley SH2 SH3 Peterson SH3 Williams SN Rover nj 1 ' 1 ■ •m m GRANDE ISLAND SUBIC BAY, REPUBLIC OF PHILLIPINES  I ' CS1 Ford CS2 Wooldridge CS3 Pallisire CSSN Nichols i 9 ), SN Norris SK( ' Thompson .SAC ' ( ' ahatan SKI Pardoe SK3 Kirkwood SK3 Pugmire SK3 Lore Not Pictured Sh Irispe ( Si ' Gaunter (.SI Tipton C ' S3 ( ■ CSS A 4 vi ( SS I ) . ! t? ON WATCH 58 AT WORK 99 ill ? ON LIBERTY S OR JUST RELAXING  . ■ 1 ■ I ' I cr ■ p ii « 1 I M COMSEVENTHFLT TO RHMPSKK USS FRANCIS HAMMOND INFO ZEN2 COMDESRON NINE ZEN2 COMCRUDESFLOT THREE BT UNCLAS SAYONARA 1. AS HAMMOND DRAWS CLOSER TO LONG BEACH AND A HARD-EARNED STAND DOWN IN HOMEPORT, THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF AN EXTENDED DEPLOYMENT FADE INTO THE DISTANCE WITH EACH PASSING MILE. WHILE PROVIDING BOTH NGFS AND ESCORT SERVICES, THE PER- FORMANCE OF HAMMOND MEN EARNED TOP MARKS. THROUGH THICK AND THIN, YOU MET YOUR EVERY COM- MITMENT AND ACQUIRED A FIRM REPUTATION FOR DE- PENDABILITY. AN APPRECIATIVE SEVENTH FLEET THANKS HAMMOND AND HER ACCOMPLISHED CREW FOR A JOB WELL DONE AND WISHES GOD SPEED ON THE JOURNEY IIOMI . VADM J. L. HOLLOWAY III, USN. r ■ •- FM CINCPACFLT TO RUWGSJJ USS FRANCIS HAMMOND UNCLAS F F T WELL DON I 1. AS USS FRANCIS HAMMOND COMPLETES A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT TO THE U. S. SEVENTH FLEET, YOUR OFFICERS AND MEN CAN TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR. FRANCIS HAMMOND HAS PLAYED A MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IN NAVAL GUNFIRE OPERATIONS AND HAS CARRIED OUT HER DUTIES WITH GREAT PROFESSION- ALISM AND SKILL. YOUR FINE PERFORMANCE AND ACCU- RATE GUNFIRE DURING THIS PERIOD HAS HURT THE ENEMY BADLY AND HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING COUNTLESS FRIENDLY LIVES. THE ENEMY ' S DETERMINA- TION TO STOP YOUR GUNFIRE TESTIFIES TO YOUR EFFEC- TIVENESS. I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN EXTENDING MY PERSONAL WELL DONE TO YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL. ADMIRAL B. A. CLAREY. USN. COMMANDER IN C HIM U. S. PACIFIC FLEET FM COMCRUDESFLOT THREE TO RHWZSKK USS FRANCIS HAMMOND UNCLAS Wl LCOME HOMI 1. WELCOM1 BACK rO YOUR I MILII S AND FRIENDS IN LONG Id U H l II R HIGHLY SI CCI SSI UL Dl PI (A Ml N I 2. YOU MAY ALL LOOK BACK ON THIS Dl PI OYMEN1 WITH SENSE OF PRIDE THAT COMES ONLY FROM IOB WELI DONE. YOUR EXPLOITS AND SIGNIF1CAN1 ACCOMPLISH Ml MS Willi I UNDER llll GUN, HAM PRECEDED YOU WD SI RVI K) M VKI VOIR HOMI COMING AN EVEN ! MOM! MoiSOl CASION. 3. It) YOUR MANY I ' KI VIOUS KUDOS I Dli MY Bl SI WISH! S 1 OR A HAPPY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. WELI DOM Kl AK ADMIRAL W. L. Rl l wi pi i m i ro Kl I NION Wl 111 ■Ill 1 111- lllllil ill ' I ■HHi MHHb walswokthTWW Cruise Book Sales Offices PUBLISHINO I I 7857 Herschel Avenue COMPANY X JL La Jolla, Caliloroia 9203: %mm