Hepburn (FF 1055) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 184 of the 1976 volume:

t m r 3 l.- i V $VJ •• U ' j-J tfm s=«3H LE ENTS HERE ' S WHAT WE DID 4 I) ntry 21 I 28 Fi 34 Away the I R.P. 52 HEPBURN 1EPBURN Ml Frigates are the eyes of the fleet, exclaimed English Admiral Lord Nelson in 1804. Over a century and a half later, these words still apply, and on November 11,1975 fleet e 1055-HEPBURN-continued in this proud tradition when she took in her lines and steered into the channel of San Diego Bay headed for Hawaii and points west. She v nning her fourth ex- tern Pacific depkv One of the first of the Navy ' s ( lass of destro HEPBURN was commissioned in and designed to incorporate an impre ay of recent te h- gical developments through- out the ship. Her 438-foot 4200-ton hull driven by two 1200--pound high performance s. I let c i ew of 240 men and 20 as armed with a rapid-fire inc h gun mount, an anti- ket (ASROC) toi pedo tubes, and a ght surface-to-air mis- A shipborne LAMPS helic opter, nic knamed Maggie, and a de il of pilots and rew - men from HSL-33 augmented HEPBURN ' S own capabilities with a irm. All hands had the past six finish preparations for the n and a half month and on that mlier all systems HEPBURN ' S first slop was Pearl or, I lawaii, from whi h she ■ . i while c on- SR X and tor- pedo firings. Midway Island was next and gave the crew an op- portunity to meet a gooney bird. The long transit continued with drills, gun shoots, and intership exercises with USS GRAY (FF-1054). A day to remember occurred on the eighth of December when HEPBURN stopped her engines in a quiet cove of the San Bernadino Strait and passed Swim Call. A dive into 85 degree clear blue watei and a flight deck picnic made the day for many a once-in-a-lifetime Heat. The U.S. Naval Station at Subic Bay, Republic of the Phillipines - HEPBURN ' S home away from home-was her next port of call. But only a few days of voyage repairs were in store. HEPBURN had orders to steam North for Kaoh- siung, Taiwan and an exercise i ailed Sharkhunt with the Republic of China Navy. She returned to Subic Bay just in time- to elebrate Christmas and gear up for a most chalh assignment. I he task was, of course, an Indian Ocean excursion. HEPBURN was hosen as one ol a fon e of four ships to circumnavigate the Indian Ocean and show the flag around two i ontinents. I Indei wa the morning of January tenth, Task ip 75.1 steamed Southwesl through the ' south ( hina Sea, skirt- ed along the c oast of Vietnam, and swung north past Singapore gh the Straits of Mala i a HMS MONTAUK (P1055) STEAMS PAST HER AMERICAN SISTER HEPBURN (FF HARBOR. crew a few days of liberty before HEPBURN rendezvoused with a nuclear submarine for three days of intense ASVV. 1055) IN HONG KONG What followed was a whirlwind of amazing foreign ports and strange sights. HEPBURN visited the cities of Georgetown, Malaysia; Karachi, Pakistan, Mombasa, Kenya; and St. Denis on the French Island of Reunion before returning to Sin- gapore and Subic Bay in mid- March. During this cruise HEPBURN collected valuable oceanographic and intelligence data, and she also cleansed her holds of scores of slimy poliwogs. A tender availability in Subic separ- ated her from her next assignment. Early in April HEPBURN returned to sea, this time to escort the aircraft carrier MIDWAY on operations off the Eastern coast of South Korea. Chinhae, a major Navy base near the Port of Pusan, afforded the An engineering casualty diver feci HEPBURN from a planned visit to Hong Kong and she returned to Subic Bay for repairs. Underway again the second week in May HEPBURN joined elements of the Seventh Fleet in more ASW opera- tions off the Luzon Coast and was rewarded with a schedule change and six days R and R in Hong Kong. Typhoons Olga and Pamela awaited HEPBURN when she left. Storm evasion took precedence, and end- less days of violent pitching and shaking remained before she could enter Subic for one more availabili- ty before her home trip. During Olga LAMPS flew to the scene of a wrecked Philipino freighter and supplied the battered crew with provisions until help arrived. At exactly 1630 on June sixth HEPBURN got underway from Subic her last time. The transit to Hawaii and fuel stops in Guam and Midway were unevenful. In Pearl she welcomed twenty-four Tigers -friends and relatives of crewmembers whc had flown out to meet the ship for the trip home. Arrival came on the morning of June 26. The crowds were waiting, a band was playing, and an enjoy- able cruise was climaxed with a wonderful ending. DEPLOYMENT DATE NOVEMBER 11, - THE LONGEST DAY - COMMANDER GEORGE W. CULBERSON . the skipper HEPBURN ' S fifth CO, CDR George W. CULBERSON, took command in Long Beach Naval Shipyard in May 1975. Formerk Assistant Gunnery Officer on the USS LOS ANGELES (CA-135), Operations Officer on the USS LUCE (DLG-7), jn XO on the USS MANLEY (DD-940), the Captain had just re- turned from a tour as Naval Attache for the American embassy in Brussels, Belgium. Onboard HEPBURN CDR CULBERSON is a very popular CO, and his trademarks have become his pipe, his occasional beard, and his enthusiasm for the ship, its mission. and its c i ew EXECUTIVE LCDR M.A. NOV 74-MAR 76 LCDR S.L. MERCHANT MAR 76 - . . - NOW FLIGHT QUARTERS Rl !)Y I OR ANY EMI R ' ,1 N Y. THE SCENE LF.ADF.R. 10 OFFICERS COUNTRY THE HtPBURN WARDROOM SUPPLY DEPT IK Ml HI ZERS SAVI 1 1 II MESS MONEY, l 00! ' I Ns || II (l IK- DISBURSING Ol FICER IT HON BUR fON SI I ' l ' n ()l I l( I K 14 LTJC BRUCE FARLEY FARQUE MAIN PROPUSION ASSISTANT LT RUSS BLAUVELT CHIEF ENGINEER E N G I N E E R I N G LTJG LEE CREASE HARRIS DAMAGE CONTROL ASSISTANT MAIN CONTROL! BRIDGE. THIS IS THE CAPTAIN. 15 LT FLOYD SAMMS OPS BOSS THRU MARCH I |(, ! ' .( )H si K i | II R | M( ) i . BATTERIES RELEASED! LT BILL WHEELER 4| - JK b Mwi 0jr m ( w E mr — -— — 1 1 • W M M V l JU THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ABOVE; ENS PAT COTTER - NAVIGATOR AT LEFT; ENS JAMES SADLER - COMMUNICATIONS WELL YOU SEE, CAPTAIN MOORE, CIC OFFICER 17 K i s or LTJC MIKF HECK THROUGH MARCH GUNNERY MISSII I S DEPARTMENT - LTJG DICK BURDGE - ASW - 3M OFFICER ENS JIM BOBENAGE - ASW OFFICER 19 FIRST STOP PEARL HARBOR HAWAII 17-24 NOVEM OAHU ' S DIAMOND HEAD AT SUNRISE AND THE ARIZONIA .•I IT - Tf A f ONBOARD THE MEMORIAL ■ 22 w MWtry 01 DIV LTJG D.W. MOORE • OSC MERSBERGER 2! OSSN YOUNGER OSSN VELASCO OSSA DEL RIO OSSA GREENE . ' ■i OS1 MARTEL OS1 FINCH OS1 PARKER w p OS3 DUGAN OS3 GOODWIN OS3 DUCKWORTH OS3 VAN OMEN •-w OS3 SCHERMERHORN 25 . . i MIDWAY ISLAND OF FUEL PIERS AND GOONEY BIRDS 28 NOVEMBER 26 I r r jd Se FIRST DIVISION fm ts $ % 28 BM2 Mc CULLOUGH BMCS WARD STATION TWO BM1 TAYLOR 29 SN RABAGO SN COLEMAN SN ( OMBS OVIR Illl SIDI ItMl IIIIIRSON U) FOR SALE: 69 ' Knox class FF . Needs engine and body work. $200.00. LYLF USED DESTROYERS, Chula Vista, 235-2479. SA VEGA SA PORSCHE AND SA HERBERT 51 r - SN WILLIAMS Hi E SN M(NAB SN MORRIS SA ). DAVIS SA FRAZIFR J2 BM3 HOI AND, BM3 CRUTCHFIELD, BMSN WICK, SN A.C. TAYLOR BM3 CRUTCHFIELD AND HIS FAMOUS BOATSWAIN PIPE SA FLORES SA MONTGOMERY SN JORD AN ■ B N TOW BY THE USS CRAY 33 AWAY THE UNREP DETAIL : i ' ! . . . FOR ASROC HANDLING J5 Wl AM HERE TO SERVICE THE FUET] IKYPROJIEMS.SECOMENDATICNS.OR CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. CONTACT 1 IS APPROPRIATE uuiiuuici omen  ■ nucirrm omen mjjb COMMABHIB OFFICER SAFETY i SECURITY. .55198 5891 ■Mfc v NUr dar; TRANSMHTIHG 5-INCH AMMO AT SEA. . . AND IN PORT S8fc 3 1 £.,:,- -=- -jf 37 SWIM CALL SAN BERNARDINO STRAITS 16 DECEMBER 8 V. lTMMMflt 1 V R DIVISION f «J t«f ts i9 t ♦ ! t I WE CAN FIX ANYTHING WITH NOTHING HT( SIMMONS (RIGHT) CHATS IN CPO QUARTIRS EMC LAGERBLADE 40 IC1 FRYBARGER, IC3 MILLS AND GYRO LEFT; SAILOR OF THE QUARTER NOMINEES FN PAJIMULA AND HT2 LOCKHEED. RIGHT; HT2 DICK- NSON AND LTJG HARRIS. — — ' • i 1 EM1 GRAHAM EM2 FEATHERSTON IC2 HOFER ■41 MR 2 HAAS I M UN ks 42 EM2 MARTENS THE FRESH AIR SNIPES HT3 MORAROS AND HT3 DASHER IC2 SPURGEON THE SHOP 43 It EM3 NABOR 45 CUBI POINT COMPLEX ON SUBIC BAY HOME AWAY FROM HOME SUBIC BAY R.P. NI Ol IIIOl-S l B INK BOATS HEPBURN MOORFD AT RIVIKA PIER 46 r IK i M trf • ' •■m Hf HEHBriS -i«? • ' • ' ' COCKS FIGHTS DOWNTOWN . . . AND OLONGOPO CITY 47 OC DIVISION S1 .PH SM2 Rim AND KNIFF SMI PINKNI N in -SSQ fco SM3 Mc MASTERS SIGNALMEN f% % SM3 WITHNOWSKY 49 RM3 REINFR RMC STOWE RADIOMEN Jfl % •PI V ?.. , RM1 BFCK RM3 SCHMEICHFE 50 RM3 KINGSBURY PI SN GRANSTROM si HEPBURN VISITS KAOH- SIUNG TAIWAN  • • •• ■.....■ ; ' . DECEMBER 15-21 1 1 El If 1 1 ' PMHB l em  — .. ' A ni kl Jtdtf t. a wwwmmt, r ? ' V i X riM . ■ 1 EC TAIWAN MERRY ITS SANTA CLAUS! THE BAND WASN ' T THAT GOOD CHRISTMAS WHAT A PARTY! 5 MK 68 FCS BPDSMS FOX DIVISION ■■«■ 58 5 54 BFRTHA GMCC LARRY HALE THE GUN GANG SN JOE GROOMS GMG2 MARTY TRASK GMGSN LENNY HACKER GMG3 CRISPY ' ORESKOVICH GMG2 JOHN MURRAY 59 SMII.FY AND ANDY GMGSN MARVIN COWDRIY ■■■■ SN FRFD NACY 60 FTG1 JOHN EDWARDS FTC2 JIM CRANE LEFT; FTCSN LOWELL HORTON RIGHT; FTGSA DAN HATFIELD FTG2 RICK DURAY AND FTGC BOB HASENFLUE 61 HOLIDAY ROUTINE: PICNIC On countless Sundays during WESTPAC, Commence Holiday Routine meant more to the crew than a few extra hours in the rack. For on HEPBURN, the passing of that word signaled the beginning of a clay of highlighted celebration and festivity - by an all hands picnic on the flight deck. It was a time for steaks and baked beans, for new sterios and suntans, for sket shooting and for relaxtion. It was a time of fun. IM 62 63 I % il M DIVISION 65 MMFN WOOD MM3 FOAT FN PRUITT MM3 HOLLOBAUGH - MM2 HOWELLS EN2 BRANSON AND EN3 WELCH I A COX FN3 ENGLAND 68 MM2 WHALEY MM2 LYNCH EN3 DWYER SECNAV IN MAIN CONTROL WITH CO, CHIEF ENG, MMC STEVENS AND MM1 WIGGS 69 MMFN KLANDE MM2 I I Ml K 70 AT LEFT; MM2 ROBINSON BELOW; EN1 WILCOX ■ ' ■-— — ■ ■ ■ M giw JEFF MAKES IT LOOK SO EASY HEPBURN ALL STARS BASKETBALL IN THE PHILIPPINES TWO POINTS FOR STARKS 7. GOOD FORM BUT TOO MANY HOMERS ■ 4 ■ | DAVIDS DOUBLES TO LEFT SOFTBALL IN KOREA ' - -i. A FINE CROWD ON HAND SAFE! 73 HSL - DET 7 6i IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER 5? MAGGIE AND HER CREW. BOTTOM; PEREZ, NETZEL, HECTOR, Mc MINN, LEMASTER, PRENTICE, GUELLERO, ROSS, PEOPLES, DAVIDS, FULGENCIO, MILLER, SMITH, ON TOP; MOUTON, MICKEL, CRAW- FORD, KEMP, AND SARE. ' •i AMS2 SARE - SAILOR OF THE QUARTER In cabin ' d ships at sea, by sailors young and old Haply will I, A Reminislence of the land, be read, In full rapport at last. Walt Whitman i J • II I 75 VhRTRtP 13 FhB 76 - 29 LOADS ( 0 1I I(, HOI () I WO •t. BREAK IT DOWN 7 s«r2 78 The sea is pleasant enough as a daily companion, but has indeed also a bitter and brackish quality. (CPO) Plato 79 STEAMIN ' DEMONS BACK ROW- BTFN ANDIS, BT3 HARRIS, BTFN POSTELL, BT2 TATUM, BT2 Mcintosh, front; btfn nelson, bti symoens, btfn smith B DIVISION III I; BTC SAPPINGTON ON THE RAMPAGE BTFN KING SPANKY ' S GANG TOP ROW: BTFN McENDOO, FA ALDERSON, BTFN BURDEN JOTTOM ROW; FA GOODWIN, BTFN KING, BTFN CABLE, BT3 HARMON 81 1(11 HI KM N BT2 KEN Oil SPILLSKI ZAVACKI I IKI s | II | Hi ROM IR I BTI N A. SMITH RRRROY! BT3 HARMON BTFN PORKY AVERNA BTFA CABLE . . . SPANKY BT3 NELSON AND BTFN COLE 83 BTFN ROBERT COLE BT3 DUKE LANIER BTFN M ENDOO FA GOODWIN BTFN ROY SMITH B4 SUPPLY ENS CIZEK DISBURSING DK1 SAMPLES M SPECIALISTS MSC DASSE MSI PEDIANGCO MS2 DOZIER B! - MS2 DOZIER MS2 WIRTH THE SHIPSERVICEMEN SN A.C. TAYLOR SHIP SERVICEMEN SHI HOOK SH3 HARPER AND FAMILY B7 SKI KING SORRY - NO SFRVMART RUNS ' TILL NEXT THURSDAY. SK3 MENDOZA 88 INDIAN OCEAN EXCURSION JAN 10 - MAR 27, 1976 B9 TASK FORCE 75.1 i uss HEPBURN frr 3 USNS PASSUMPSIC ■((I USS GRAY USS FOX 91 • ' S I ' - ; — ft ?TF it —  VERTREP! ' •. FEB. 13 OFF AFRICA 93 29 PALLETS HEPBURN ' S ALL TIME RECORD 94 SEVEN DAYS KARACHI ■PAKISTAN - CAPTAIN TOMMY LAUNCHES 4 SAILING BOATS HIRERS EXPERTS FOR ARRANGING OF FISHING PARTIES AND GROUNDS OF VARIOUS FISH INCLUDING RED SNIPPER GROUPERS. PASSENGER PIER MA-JOB B3AT BASIN KARACHI. (P K! 95 HP 3g£. J{ KARACHI ... A HARD LIFE FOR HARDENED iKMlfMft f t ... THA Davey Jones Feb 7 6 L4 ON THE ±:.r DAY OF ABOARD THE USS HEPBURN oOj crossed the equator at longitude Thus he may be respfcted as onf of our Trusty Shellbacks ruler of the paging main CROSSING THE LINE - HEPBURN ' S SHELLBACK INITIATION 99 KING NEPTUNE ARRIVES THE NIGHT BEFORE MISS ' AS ' DIVISION MISS AIR DEPARTMENT . . . TWAS A TIME FOR ENTERTAINMENT MISS ' OI ' (LEFT) AND THE WIN- NER MISS WOC ' OX ' DIVISION FROM THE CHIEFS QUARTERS AND SOME SPECIAL CASES FOR SLIMY POLLIWOGS, THE CLEANSING BEGINS 102 THE ROYAL JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR THE ROYAL FLOGGER WITH VICTIM 103 ' ■■.-■■ ' ■■■■■■ ' ■ . ■ -■ THE ROYAL CHOIR THE ROYAL PHOTO STUDIO THE JOOD ON WATCH . . . AND FINALLY A SHELLBACK! 4 A KOTLIN CLASS DESTROYER - ALL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN FROM THE LAMPS HELICOPTER. HBh INDIAN OCEAN A KRIVAK CLASS CRUISER - .--— - A PETYA CLASS DESTROYER ESCORT AT ANCHOR THE RUSSIANS A PIECE OF FRANCE ... LA REUNION A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN PENANG MALAYSIA .: :•! in m v J ■ 5 ■- 4 « , r :f ' c.iir,irfc t s « § -r Si. -- -c __ 5 «3ek  fl •.-. ' •r « Bl NOINC, ON Till UK, III INI FROM USS FOX 114 - 1 . M j Jmm 4 iw ' «r • :-: ; ' - 7 T . . . AND THE FIRST MAIL IN FOUR WEEKS! 115 It ANIMALS SEEN AROUND THE WORLD I.O. REGATTA ■ HEPBURNERS MAY BE FIRST . . . r 118 BUT NOT WHEN THEY ' RE IN THE MOTOR WHALEBOAT! 119 A DAY AT SEA 120 1 121 122 SINGAPORE CITY OF THE LION 123 t l ' ; - - 4t 7 m. mi ignt8 rrom Around The World 125 GATEWAY TO EAST AFRICA MOMBASA KENYA Ml A PLEASANT AFTERNOON AT THE NEW FLORIDA CLUB 126 I HEPBURN RETURNS TO THE PHILIPPINES 127 Land Of Many Faces. . . I . ' I! tf . . . . AND THE BEST LIBERTY IN WESTPAC ox DIVISION y MMC DAVF MORTON GODFATHER ' 130 ON QM3 DONNIE C. DAVIS QMSN FRANK SAVOY QMSN RON HALL QMSN McNEAL QMSN FLOYD EASTER QMC HAJDINAK ENS COTTER SN JOHN ANDERSON PERSONN i PN3 C.J. EWING SN RUBEN ROMERO PN1 EUGENE SMITH (LEFT) 132 m m i 4t| % YNC DON THORP WORKS WITH CO SHIP ' S OFFICE YN2 MARK G. PHEBUS YN3 TYE STARKS 133 MEDICAL MAN OVERBOARD!!! 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BELOW: INSPECTION AT SEA LIFE IN THE CPO QUARTERS 146 t t v t t t t, t, f_f V i AND THE FIRST CLASS MESS 147 ■ ■■■ ::■■ ' NK rsJ as APRIL 19-23 m 18 rat §y$ SES3 HONG KONG SHIPWRECK TYPHONE OLGA WAS RAGING WHEN NEWS CAME OF A VESSEL IN DISTRESS i. LAMPS WAS I AUNCHIL) TO SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS ! ,11 OFF MINDORO ISLAND AND THE WRECK WAS SIGHTED THE CREW WAS SAFE, BUT COLD AND HUNGRY MAGGIE SUPPLIED FOOD AND WATER AND DEPARTED WHEN ALL WAS WELL 151 NEW FRIENDS UNDERWAY FOR WESTPAC PEARL HARBOR MIDWAY ISLAND SUBIC BAY, R.P. KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN, SHARKH SUBIC BAY, R.P. PENANC, INDONESIA KARACHI, PAKISTAN MOMBASA, KENYA ILE DE LA REUNION SINGAPORE SUBIC BAY, R.P. CHIN HAE, REPUBL SUBIC BAY, R.P. HONG KONG SUBIC BAY, R.P. GUAM MIDWAY ISLAND PEARL HARBOR ARRIVE SAN DIEGO, CA UNT XIV 11 NOV 75 17 NOV 75 28 NOV 75 9-13 DEC 75 16-22 DEC 75 23-DEC-10 JAN 76 15-20 JAN 76 29 JAN-2 FEB 76 17-20 FEB 76 28 FEB-2 MAR 76 13-16 MAR 76 20 MAR-8 APR 76 KOREA 18-22 APR 76 1-8 MAY 76 15-20 MAY 76 26 MAY-6 JUN 76 10 JUNE 76 16 JUN 76 19 JUN 76 26 JUN 76 TASMANIA X) KERGUELEN ISLAND O CANADA U.S.A. CHRISTMAS £ ISLAND EQUATOR a o , SAMOA FIJI 000 C? 1 TAHITI _ __.L b 4- iig op TROPIC OF CAPRICORN SOUTH PACIFIC NEW ZEALAND! I „ .r ALL IN THE FAMILY 159 WELCOME ABOARD TIGERS TWENTY-THREE FATHERS, SONS, BROTHERS, AND SPECIAL FRIENDS OF HEPBURNERS MET THE SHIP IN PEARL HARBOR TO SHARE THE TRIP HOME. FIVE DAYS OF BEAUTIFUL SEAS AND ENJOYABLE DAYS WERE ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE CRUISE. . . . ENROUTE FROM HAWAII TO SAN DIEGO WE DON ' T KNOW WHAT IT ' S FOR BUT IT LOOKS NEAT. 167 166 169 ,i HOME AT LAST JUNE 26, 1976 170 fl il?A - ™ |?§f ' ?i3K fc ' KfiB r- vS£ ' .|||j DRV1 KIni-y 1 r • jftf 3 MlXESlJ 4 ■- 171 AND THEN IT WAS ALL OVER. ■y- Ill WALSWORTH Marceline, Mo., U.S.A. ■ 4 i ' «v. v fc: K IVv ' J 5 «w t- fh. K aus It iHP j§JQ |Pp ' ' ■SH K  . i V, % : a m ■ . ; . ■ ' ■■ I u ' s