Hanson (DD 832) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 86 of the 1972 volume:

..♦ -Xr „ T- _ ASEBO | — — AUG OCT. 14-19 :i - ' o-sss - ' Y « — tr ,...(. - ... ■• . ?7 ' -: I A I i USS HANSON (DD-832) is a F RAM I. 2250 ton destroyer named in honor of First Lieutenant Robert M. Hanson, United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Hanson, son of a missionary, was born in Sueniew, India, in 1920. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his attack on six Japanese torpedo bombers over Bouganville in November 1943. He shot down twenty-five enemy aircraft before his plane plunged into the sea near Rabual. New Britain. HANSON was built as a Gearing class destroyer by the Bath Iron Works and commissioned on 1 1 May 1945 at Bath, Maine. She was converted to a Radar Picket Destroyer in August 1945 at Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts. She was FRAMed in 1964 to add DASH and ASROC to her ASW weapons. While on her Mediterranean cruises, HANSON was station ship to the United Nations General Assem- bly at the Isle of Rhodes and carried the United Nations Mediator, Dr. Ralph Bunche to Beinit Lebanon for the peace negotiations concerning Israel in 1949. She was transferred to the Pacific theater in 1 950. During the Korean War she took part in various operations including the Inchon In- vasion and the evacuation of Hungnam. As a rescue ship HANSON has towed a 25,000 ton tanker to safety and shepherded a lost merchant- man to safe waters in the face of a typhoon. At another time she was called upon to rescue an Air Force plane ' s crew who had crashed on a small isle between North Borneo and Indo-China. USS HANSON DD-832 HANSON has made 7 deployments to Viet Nam. During her 1965 deployment she was one of the first U.S. destroyers to participate in shore bom- bardment of South Viet Nam. During her 1966- 1967 deployment, the ship made headlines when assigned to Operation SEADRAGON with USS MANSFIELD fDD-728) from 25 October 1966 to 2 November 1966. The two ships were taken under fire and returned counter-battery fire on enemy shore batteries while operating in international waters during the assignment. HANSON was also assigned as Naval Gunfire Support Ship in III Corps, South Viet Nam, and as such expended over 9,000 five-inch projectiles in support of friendly troops. HANSON ' S 1972 Western Pacific deployment marked her nineteenth cruise. There is little doubt in the minds of her officers and crew that 1972 proved to be one of HANSON ' s greatest tests; Cruise statistics tell that story. She came through in 1972 to the tune of many Bravo Zulus and when she returned home on 10 November 1972 she had fired nearly 15,000 5 inch projectiles. HANSONS CHANGING FACE POST-COMMISSIONING 1945 PRE-FRAM 1964 i POST-FRAM 1965 USS HANSON DD 832 SHIP DATA AND INFORMATION Built by: Bath Iron Works. Bath. Maine Launched: 11 March 1 45 Comniissioiu ' d: 11 May 1 )45 Length OveraU: ' iO.S Feet Beam: 40. ) F-eet Displacement; .v ' ;44 Tons Speed In exc-ess of . 0 knots Propulsion; Two steam burbines capable of delivering hO.OOO total shaft horsepower Armament Two twin 5 inch . 8-CaliKTGun Mounts. ASROC . nti-Submarine Torpedoes. WESTPAC 1972 On 10 April 1972 USS HANSON (DD832) de- parted San Diego two months ahead of schedule enroute her nineteenth WESTPAC deployment and seventh Vietnam tour. One month prior to HAN- SON ' S departure North Vietnam had launched a full scale armored invasion of South Vietnam. The NAVY was bearing the bnint of the fight and everyone on HANSON expected a long, arduous cruise. No one was disappointed. The ship was involved in a myriad of destroyer operations including plane guard duty. Naval Gun- fire Support, Waterborne Logistics Craft Interdic- tion, and Night Raider Strikes off the North Viet- nam coast. On numerous occasions I A ' SON was taken under fire by the enemy artillery, twice being hit. The ship suffered minor damage consisting of tens of shrapnel holes. Luckily no personnel were injured. From an operational point of view the cruise was a definite success. Officers and crew put forth a magnificent effort that resulted in our 27 year old ship meeting every operational committ- ment. - I I %intbutktx 1 1 CRUISE STATISTICS I ' ucl used: 3.950.000 gallons Helos received: 224 11 n reps: 07 Rounds expended: 14.48(1 Miles steamed: 48.17(1 miles Days at sea: 18.Ulays Days out of San Diego: 214 days YOUR OWN THING DAY m TTTTW have not yet begun to fight - John Pnil Jones Damn the torpedoes . . . fiiM speed ahead - David G. Fampit You may fire when ready GriHey - Geocge Dewey l_ We have met the enemy and they are ours - Other Hmid Peny , ' Don ' t give up the sh -Samts Laweience WEAPONS GUNNERY DIVISION v. Jltli _ . H H A FIRST DIVISION AS DIVISION ' ■ - di- COMMANDER IAN M. WATSON CDR Ian M. Watson, originally from Rye. New York, graduated from the New York State Maritime College in 1958 with a commission in the Naval Re- serve. Following a normal two-year service obliga- tion as Engineer Officer of the KYNE (DE-744), CDR Watson augmented to USN and subsequently served at sea as Engineer Officer of the USS DAHI- GREN (I)LG-12) and USS HALSEY (DLG-23) and Executive Officer of the USS TWINING (DD- 540). Shore duty assignments include one year at the USN Postgraduate School, Monterey and two years in Logistic War Plans division on the OPNAV Staff. CDR Watson came to USS HANSON from a one year assignment as Force Plans Officer on the COMNAVFORV Staff in Saigon, Vietnam. He is married to the former Eleanor Thomsen and cur- rently resides in Lakeside, California with their four children. xo Lcdr. Richard A. Gregor graduated the U.S. Naval Academy in I ' ftl. After a short look at submarine school he reported aboard USS BUCKLEY (DD808) as Main Propulsion Assistant. Next he served aboard USS HF.NOFRSON (DD785)in the capacity of Damage Control Assistant. Upon completion of Destroyer School in Newport. R.I.. Mr. Gregor was Operations Officer for USS TAUSSAC (DH1030). From January N66 to October f)S Lcdr. Gregor attended Monterey Naval Postgraduate School canv ing a Masters Degree in Science with a major in applied math. Leaving a staff billet with COMCRU- DESFLOT EIGHT. Mr Gre gor arrived aboard HA. SO. as her EXFC on 20 September l )71. He is married to the former Diane Lynn Wallace of Jackson -ille, Florida and has two children: Scott Allen and Anda w Donald. A lana oi many contrasts, THE PHILIPPINES .of terraced mountain rice paddies. ...of Olongapo bars... ..and a small child ' s poverty. m ■ The ever-faithhil water buffalo and his mounted owner, MUNICIR UTY or OLONGAPO T .:s ir.i-urt 5;a.-.1sJi rr.indor :c } ' hi::; r«rr history. - I B DIVISION y :- i - L R DIVISION Ncllo-DC Csntral . . .t i : GANGER I ns ' : vi ■Ht«OS Hf FRIES T«ILS Wf 7 ff T JRN IT off ' I JL. M DIVISION ' ( : 1 . 1 „3 X, SUPPLY T(ofi5r £Zf . . . ll oF s rB£Ef? «1 t. V. « . The Pearl of the Orient , as seen from atop Victoria Peak, It rains a lot in Hong Kong. Directing traffic, an everyday job for Hong Kong Police. HONO mm IIdNCj KCjNG A city of impressions, leaves its tiiark on a sailor. Tailored suits, new cameras from the China Fleet Club, the Star Ferry, Kowloon nl ht clubs, rain every day, the tramway, bearded sailors with liritlsh accents, warnings alxjut rickshaw drivers, the look-alike concrete buildings, the left-hand driving, fleet landing, cheap prices, the crowded harhwr, the water tiuxis, sidewalk vendors. Junks, the smell of the Orient mixed with gasoline fumes, those big Hong Kong dollars and girls. That, was Hong Kong. J J — ui w  (,Tor len V: o( transpon.i her bat v a l a ' A typtcAl Hone Koof str««t sc • common mod« A mother tXt s HONG KONG v ' « Y .i € ■t % vvv % i •• • •• ••J ••• - - . ' it, Ltl • ' -;i OE DIVISION -  01 DIVISION f r -1 i OC DIVISION V-Wi r - f5i -, ' .i ■ ' L A J X-N DIVISION ' 1 J 1 r i B m Mi Haole-lype ' L ' SS ARIZOVA M«nor  ' A nati-.u girl makes grass skirts at the Inter national Market Place. Hawaii is the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean. No alien land in all the world has any deep strong charm for me but that one; no other land could so longingly and beseechingly haunt me sleeping and waking through half a lifetime as that one has done. Other things leave me, but it abides. For me its balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun; the pulsing of its surf- beat is in my ears. In my nostrils still lives that breath of flowers that perished twenty years ago MARK TWAIN V Vftgf I LET ' S V ( (()(. A l l I ' l II OVW Kl !!(,«;( i2 ' r.f. IMIVISI I I I K||M(K,()A NV III II OV I II||(,S(,(,:K| I KI KOI II OI KI IIHUKA:%6 I53023J I ISSIIANSON I ' l0. ' n JIIN72 ID TI) 7r lO KIIMI ' SKK ISSIIASSON IM () KI WIAIA ( ()M( Kt ' DI SI ' A( rr X T T TT I N (()MSI VI Mill I I (MAII I 111 II I N ( l(. SI VI N l K(JIM IK. Ill (MAII) -L V. 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I SPI ( I l H BY THOSI N HO U Rl SAVFD BY (OI R TIMI n ARRIX At YOUR ABIlll IO( ARRN ONNOCR ASSK.Nl D MISSION Dl SPII I BATTLE DAMAGF SI I ASI ANDARDFOR Mil RI SroF t S 0[ IIWI MADI A SIGNIFU ANK ONI RIBl TION TO nil MISSK)NOF Till SI VFNTH Ft FIT IN SOI nil ASI SI KIRN ' ' } ' ' VB ' ' ixA ' i ' . I ' PRESS ON Nothing in the world can take the pla ce of persistence. |p Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; warded genius is almost a proverb. J Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination i alone are omnipotent. EDITOR: Ens. M. B. Susik CRUISE BOOK: COMMITTEE:CSL G. L. Rudd MM1 R. D. Bowen FTG2 E. J. Welch USS HANSON I N A — HONG KONG OCT. 14-19 — SASEBO i inr PHILIPPINE V — ■ -Wi 1, • ■ K ■ K «LAG yy ■■ H 1 hi