Gary (FFG 51) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1991 volume:

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(India) NJtt Degre? u, IkJAV fDTfrkADrOX C IO FREEDOMS f£r- jdp€K G UARDIAN DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PCSN TODD ANDERSON COI ' YKKiHT IW2 Table of Contents Personnel Pictures 6 Pie-Deployment 20 Operation Fiery Vigil 25 Events 37 People 53 Plaees 71 What is a Frigate? In the late 1600 ' s in the British fleet there appeared a three masted light, nimble ship built with the purpose of sailing swiftly. Fast and powerful enough to capture merchant- men and elude heavier warships, she was called a frigate, a term derived from the earlier Italian fregata. The fregata had been a long, narrow merchant ship propelled by sails or oars and was common in the Mediterranean during the 16the and 17the centuries. Toward the end of the 18the century, the term frigate had crystallized. It identified a two deck ship with the main, or gundeck. and the upper deck, which had no name until U.S. Navy sailors christened it spar deck. In earlier times, British frigates were used to forwarn homeward bound merchantmen and to escort convoys across the Atlantic and North Sea. Steam frigates began to displace sailing frigates in the 1850 ' s and were in turn dis- placed by iron-clad ships during the Civil War. During WWII, the British revived the term frigate for escort vessels which were somewhat smaller than destroyers. Post war frigates of the U.S. Navy were developed to operate in severe weather conditions while coordinat- ing the movements of other ships and aircraft in anti-submarine operations. Gary is the forty-fifth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates. Currently there are over fifty ships in the class, the Navy ' s newest as well as largest de- stroyer class since World War II. Her mission is to provide anti-air. anti-submarine, and anti-surface protection for military and merchant shipping, amphibious task forces, under- way logistics groups and carrier battle groups. The Combat System utilizes a computerized command and control system to integrate the ships sensors and weapons. Her weapons include surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles, a rapid fire gun. a close-in weapons system, anti-submarine torpedoes, and the LAMPS MKIII helicopter. The propulsion system is a computer controlled gas turbine power plant with engines similar to those found on the civilian DC- 10. GARY propulsion system can be brought on-line in less than ten minutes compared to more than four hours for conventional steam powered ships. These systems, combined with a professional crew, make GARY a valuable asset in today ' s multi-threat environment. Command at Sea Only a seaman realizes to what great extent an entire ship reflects the personality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a lands- man this is not undestandahle and sometimes it is even difficult for us to compre- hend, hut it is so! A ship at sea is a different world in herself and in consideration of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units the Navy must place great power, responsibility, and trust in the hands of those leaders chosen for command. In each ship there is one man who. in the hour of emergency or peril at sea can turn to no other man. There is one who alone is ultimately responsible for the safe navigation, engineering performance, accurate gunfire and morale o( his ship. He is the Commanding Officer. He is the ship! This is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour as Commanding Officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privelages in view of his obligations are almost ludicrously small: nevertheless Command is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders. It is a duty which most richly deserves the highest, time-honored title of the seafaring world ...CAPTAIN. JOSEPH CONRAD Commanding Officer I was impressed by the Bluejackets willingness to give everything that he had at hand to help other people. The American sailor always rises to the occasion Biographical Data Commander Ratcliff assumed command of USS GARY (FFG-51 ) on 18 August 1990. Commander Ronald E. Rate lit ' ] ' was born and raised in Montana. He is a 1971 Graduate of the University of Montana with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He was commissioned an Ensign, U.S. Navy, upon completion of the Naval Officer Candidate School, Newport Rhode Island in 1972. Commander Ratcliffs fleet assignments include: USS GEORGE K. MACKENZIE (DD-836) Damage Control Assistant Combat Information Center Officer USS WADSWORTH (FFG-9) Commissioning Combat Systems Officer COMMANDER CARRIER GROUP 2 Staff Asst. Surface Operations Officer USS PREBLE ( DDG-46) Executive Officer His notable fleet operations include 3 deployments off the coast of Vietnam 1973-1975. combat operations off the coast of Libya 1985, and Operation Desert Storm. Commander Ratcliffs shore assignments include: French Naval Academy, Brest. France Instructor (Authored an English French Naval terms dictionary) Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. CA Student (Master of Science degree in Financial Management) NMPC. Washington. D.C. Assistant Surface Commander Detailer Executive Assistant to NMPC-4. Commander Ratcliffs awards include: Meritorious Service Medal (x 2) Navy Commendation Medal (x 2) Navy Achievement Medal Na Unit Commendation (x 2) Navy Battle Efficiency Ribbon Navy Expeditionary Medal National Defense Service Medal (x 2) Vietnam Service Medal Sea Service Deployment Ribbon ( 4) Overseas .Assignment Ribbon Southwest Asia Campaign Medal Commander Ratcliff is married to the former Brenda l ' a lor of Jamestow n. R.I. CDR Ratcliff has two sons. Executive Officer The quality of work and sincere caring of individuals to perform as a team is continually growing 8 Biographical Data LCDR Cheezum assumed Executive Officer aboard USS GARY (FFG-51 ) on 01 March 1991. LCDR Kevin R. Cheezum, who makes his hometown in Williamstown, New Jersey, is a 1978 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. LCDR Chee um ' s fleet assignments include: USS KIRK (FF- 1087) USS JOHN L. HALL (FFG-32) USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) LCDR Chee um ' s shore assignments include: Damage Control Assistant Navigator Ship Control Officer Operations Officer NMPC. Washington. D.C. Naval Postgraduate School. Monterey. CA LCDR Chee um ' s personal awards include: OIC of Midshipmen and Officer Separations Student (Masters of Science in Operations Research) Navy Commendation Medal and Southwest Asia Campaign Medal (with bronze star) LCDR Cheezum is married to the former Virginia Williams of Arnoklsville. GA. The} have two sons. Michael (II) and Bobby (12). and currently reside in Los Alamitos, CA. His interests include arious types o sports including swimming, di ing, snow skiing, and golf. Department Heads w ' i L w y Combat System ' s Officer Lt. Severino Engineering fc Officer Lt. Buchy 10 Ship ' s Control Officer Lt. Woodson Supply Officer Lt. Berg 11 CS-1 CS-2 (NOT PICTURED) 12 CS-3 CS-4 l rJ - Q n 4J 1 Ik ' fc ffi 13 E-1 E-2 (not pictured) E-3 14 S-1 S-2 15 S-3 X (NOT PICTURED) r fP 16 SC-1 SC-2 P- r I .-i S 9 f t A .««.-.■ 1 17 SC-3 18 Pre-Dej. Pic oy merit )ic Departure — 28 May 1991 North Arabian Gulf-Bound Any sailor, married or single, who has spent time onboard ships bound for WESTPAC knows that the day of departure is tilled with emotion. This eruise was no exception. 23 A life of ease is a difficult pursuit William Cowper 24 Operation Fiery 25 Mount Pinatubo Subic Bay Naval Station Clark Air Force Base Manila VIS AY A ' S Cebu g • .■- . ¥ ■■ -J MINDANAO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 26 Volcanic ash f alls like snow... JL 27 The destruction 28 - ' l ofSubicBay, R.P. 29 It appeared to be snow... However... upon closer inspection it proved to be something much more sinister 30 The Lone Fork lilt The once proud Spanish Gate k% P JF 32 • ' ■ 35 From stem.. This included pets... 34 Gary became home to a myriad of Americans and thier dependants while the) were tranported to the island of Cehu for further evacu- and of course. the children. and all th luggage the) could! earn .... Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well Lord Chesterfield 36 EVENTS .-,-?: 4fft 37 i 38 Battlegroup Playmates - r f. WS 40 41 Y; t 42 ! ' 2 ■ .- 43 44 45 46 47 d i katecv 1 49 50 57 Trust men, and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. Ralph Waldo Emerson 52 PEOPLE m m y.v.v.v.: ■ y.-.v. 53 ■ ■ 54 r v V — -.- 57 58 61 H ■- f-.f-fC ' ! 65 66 67 68 ■ -%. JtLmm W A 69 Small change can often be found under seat cushions You live and learn. Or you don ' t live long. Lazarus Long 70 PLACES 71 Singapore . 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FREEDOMS I G UARDIAN This cruisebook was developed entirely on a Macintosh llsi using System 7.0, Aldus Pagemaker 3.0, and Adobe Illustrator 3.0 by GSMC(SW) Raab. 80% of the pictures in this cruisebook were donated by ET2 Burress. Other photograph donators included: Lt Woodson, GSM1 Crabill, ET2 Murphy and ENS Schiebner. Other donators are not identified due to their pictures not being marked on the back. Cruisebook sales were handled by ENS Schiebner and FC3 Hudiberg. m SO Walsworth Publishing Company Mara lira Missouri 54658 i S 10 ' 55 Vnaheim I o Mcsi I V9204I (619)660 B10I A j h y j jj Dasht-e Kavir. «7Jf f:R A N i O ShTraz Irmfin  .-. «««- Sfcoril • HEN K §L U ' l „ Lahore-i ' i. 2 I o V 4il rrf J f Mult6n tSOMAiAD jCrZJ O 7 l IcrwJof ttlWij[ ■■ ,- PM t BAHRAIN MAR ' GREAT INDIAN DESERT Ajme Jodhpur o I0 0AWHAH 1 B I A v - ifeBaj W Hyderabad Q t  IvT ' V ' ' « a sal tf? 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