Hepburn (FF 1055) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1981 volume:

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KM.J  «Tli r H TFN St«-ph«ny I r.J(; Mc -| « key SM3 Surhnf USS HEPBURN USS HEPBURN (FF 1055) COAT OF ARMS Thr Coat or Arnu of I SS HKI ' RIKN iPF lOUt m UkM tnm Uw coat of arm of the HKI ' Hl ' RN family sith tbMr parmwmum. m wtU m thai of thr l rd l.ynn Kinc of Arms and Lord Haiks of g-g — It m dnrrihrd in heraldic term aa; (iule«. onarhr - - • ' Tann fi linm riw ia tant of the nrat. in baoe n ■ a ke«n at the aanMid The full blazon of the fan «i« a mt d««CT b d i heraldry a A horwa head coupvd pmprt camit Md ruin Motto Kevpe Tryau The HKF ' Bl ' RS family - '  — follom fule !• red. thr arfeni i the  iK r «rr ' of the emit The «rr :. T  « ' . r-. i thaprd vmhi l hri ;• the mw The l i« and loae form the pnmart ,:■ rmU THe intYTled heart mnk letter T t%. of nmrx. t u k ' .t to Lhe ha c4 a haart ' It •• liie •roondary feature of the fr  t The family motto K« pe Trycu n tn old Kotfaali aad m baM tMwm •mbfd into modern iuifluli a Ke«t Faitli WESTPAC ' 81 AS HEPBURN BEdAN HER SEVEN-MONTH SO- JOURN, HER FIRST FORT VISIT WAS HAWAII. FROM THERE IT WAS ON TO THE PHILIPPINES WITH A BRIEF STOP IN GUAM. THE LIBERTY PORT OF PATTAYA BEACH, THAILAND WAS NEXT BEFORE TRANSITING THE SOUTH CHI- NA SEA TO HONG KONG. AFTER FIVE DAYS OF LIBERTY IT WAS BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES BEFORE HITTING SINGAPORE AND THE STRAITS OF MALACCA, THE GATEWAY TO THE INDIAN OCEAN. ENDURING THE HEAT AND WEATHER OF THE I.O. WE PULLED INTO DIEGO GARCIA FOR REPAIRS BEFORE CONTINUING ONTO THE LIBERTY PORT OF GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA. THIS MARKED THE RP TURN VOY- AGE HOME. IT WAS BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR A MONTH BEFORE THE FINAL TRANSIT HOME. A BRIEF STOP IN GUAM AND HAWAII AND FINALLY HOME. PATTAYA BEACH PHILIPPINES HONG KONG .L ■■ u m DIKCO C.AKCIA PHILIPPINES GERALDTON .Cr-A HAWAII  .L COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDKK VK ' VKR W. SOVKRKL, USN f r- COMMANDER PETKR W SOVERF.L I ' NITKI) STATh ; NAVY Peler Wolrntt Soverel was horn in Portsmouth. Virginia on 21 Januar ' 1941. A graduate of the l ' i . Naval Academy a of I9K3. he wa promoted to ( ommnndiT nn 29 Aujiusl 1977. His initial assignment followinK (jraduation from the Naval Academy was to L ' SS JOHN WILLIS ((DDI02T a Anti Submarine Warfare Officer FollowinK a Iwci year lour, he attended the I ' .S. Naval I)estroyer School. After graduating from the De lro -er DeparUnenl Head Course, he was assigned t I ' SS RICH lI)l)-820) as Operaliims officer. Reporting in October 1967 to River .Assault Squadron NINK. in the Republic of Vietnam, he a-wumed the du ' - ' . er Rj ' ef As.sault Squadron NINK was a part of the Mobile Riverine Force He ser ed from October 1967 to (Viober IS - mraandef for joint ArmvNavy combat o|KTations with the . second Hrigade. IS. Ninth Infantry Division throughout tr -wing ht lour in Vietnam. Commander Soverel attended graduate schiml at the I ' niversily of Washington where he receivcU r.ii n-i urs drjjrre in Public Administration and is currentiv a d Ktoral candidate In July 197:1. he became Executive Officer. CSS THEODORE E. CHANDLER (DD 717t After a hnef tour on the suff .i ' rrrr .-.Uni. THIRTEENTH Naval District (March -July 197,S) he became profes.s r of Strategy at the IS Naval War College While . rxt he was assigned temfxirarily (February to .luly 19771 to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to participate in a review of • ■ itc options for Presidential consideration. Commander Soverel served as Commanding officer. I ' SS HIC.BEE (DDS06 from .Apr;, .-i • :■ mky 1979 and assumed command of I ' SS HEI ' Hl ' RN (FF-1( .V I on 8 January 1980. Commander Soverel next atugnmenl i MiliUrt Aau tant to I ' S Defense Advisor NA TO. Hrussels. MrlKium Commander Soverel ' s | er onal decorations include the Silver Star. Bronze Star. Bronre Star with V . Na - Commendation Medal •ilh V . the Vietnamese Cro.s,- of Ciallanlrv Corps Level and the Vietnam Cr «ss of C.allantry Diviuon Level. During hi as tgnmenl with Hivrt A.s. aull S |uadron NINE they were awarded the Presidential and Navy I ' nit Citations. He is married to the former Marion ■I.ee Joy of Virginia Beach. Virginia. They have three children: Chrutinc Joy. Gragory Wokott. and Camille . shlev. EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER DAVID R. SCHEIJ, USN COMMANDKR DAVID R. SCHKl ' United Stales Navv Commander David Robert Scheu was born in Mil- waukee, Wisccmsin. He is a jjraduate of the United States Naval Adademy Class of 1967. I ' pon commissioning he was assij;ned to USS STKR- K ' lT (C(;:U) as Missile Ordnance Officer and. later. Missile Fire Control Officer. This was followed by a tour on USS l-$UCHANAN (DDC.- 14) as Tartar Battery Officer. In September 1971. I.CDR Scheu was a.ssigned to the U. S. Naval Academy where he was a member of the faculty in the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department and as (me of the Academy ' s Sailing Coaches. After graduating from the Destroyer Department Head Course in Mav 197. i, CDR .Scheu was assigned to USS BKRKKI.KY (i)D(Mo) as Operati.ms Officer. Fol- lowing this tour he wasa.ssigned to Fleet Combat Train- ing Center. Pacific as an instructor in the Tactical War- fare .Section and Tactical Action Officer (TAO) Course Director. In .April 1980. CDR Scheu assumed duties as Execu- tive Officer. USS HKI ' HURN (FF lO.S.S). CDR Scheu is married to the former Deb  rah S. Hill. They have two children. David and .Stephanie. SAN DIEGO FINAL PREPARATIONS ARE MADE FOR GET- TING UNDERWAY ON WESTPAC ' 81. OPPOSITE PAGE: ANXIETY MOUNTS AS ALL HANDS PREPARE FOR ENTERING PORT. IP •ik ' w W ' WmjItf . a .. . t — — A - Bt-t — OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT LCDR Bill Kclley i;r Kill Landay KNS Norm Scrceton KNS Niiriii Williams WEAPONS DEPARTMENT I.CDR Ken Costiuan LTJG Jim B«II I.T.K; Kill lKnHt-7Ak KNS Harroon Hap HrublriD ENGINEERING DEPT. LCDK Steve Ryan LT Bruce MarDonald I.I.K; I ' «i KiUhey l r Sid Camp AVIATION DEPARTMENT « - ' M ♦ LCDKKiikSauUr. 1.; l.i. Huh Kiuhl I.U. Cuolu«y. Kruhl It McNm mint t. Itnihurn psyched for relurninf humr SUPPLY DEPARTMENT ♦. Ik-® IT Ai riM I.T.K; C.iirN M.U«krv NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT Lt. Ricardo Rey Mendez In Memorium Who ' s he? Those wild and rrazv -lOs IN DEDICATION TO RICARDO REV MEXDEZ. LT. ARGENTINE NAVY THE UNIFORM OF THE DAY IS . . k Df HAW I I I w GUAM POINTY - ENDERS AT PLAY :ni8i ALCOHOLIC ATHLETICS W li If PATTAYA, THAILAND Boss, de ' Plane. Give me 5 Beers, 1 Big Mac Take us to your leader. 1 vr;. Just for kicks. The First Team NX%m — a JK ' Hf rTI MM HI M ■ r _J m Mfi f • r Qpl Jv o P 4 27 UNEXPECTED VISITORS REFUGEES ' RESCUE FROM THE HIGH SEAS While sailing the waters off the Ciulf of Thailand, a small host was sighted on the starboard bow. After close observa- tion, it was discovered that the inhabitants were thirteen Vietnamese refugees, ten males and three females. They had been at sea for four days with only one gallon of fuel, one gallon of fresh water and two cups of rice. They were relieved to see us and were taken aboard, cleaned up and given medi- cation, food, clean clothes and a place to sleep. As the days passed, their conditions improved. It was a warm sunny day, around the 30th of April, as the ship moved lazily through the South China Sea when an- other boat as sighted. This boat had twenty people on board, sixteen adults and four children. The boat was twelve feet in length which had been at sea for ten days, six of those days were spent without food. These refugees were taken care of in the same manner as the others. After about four days, the children were up and running around, getting into mischief just as any other child would do. They would run up and down the corridors, investigating anything that they were curious about. As for the crew, they all took to the children with great enthusiasm. They would slip them fruits from the galley and did other things that the children enjoyed. The refugees didn ' t speak any English, but they usually got the message across of what was needed. The third and final rescue took place while on a voyage to Hong Kong; when a twenty-five foot boat was spotted and was later found to have on board twenty-two people who had been out there for five days without food or water. These refugees also were taken care of by means of proper care and medication for the sick and needy. When these people came aboard, they were in a more serious state of condition than any of the other refugees that we had picked up. Many of them thought that they wouldn ' t make it; and some of them took longer to come around. A week later, they were doing much better and eventually all the refugees were turned over to the Hong Kong Immigration Officials and homes were found for them. HONG KONG iimr UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT HEPBURN •z. 9 z. •me HAS AN 10 tipBIRTHOAYlr ' KTf-iossx SINGAPORE The Captain wants another movie??? No, I won ' t give you another kiss. sjjSggSmi wis J IKi EESSH f 1 PHOTO FANTASIA As the Kitty Hawk Battle (iroiip relieved the America Battle (iroup in the Indian ( ean, the warship HKl ' Bl ' RN was at the pointy end of the formation with both hoilers steaming and en ;ine ahead flank. The men of the Hepburn heranie very close during; those days in the l.O. Some times were tou :h. some easy, but the men o( Hepburn showed what esprit de corps meant. )S COOK OUTS YOU DESERVE A BREAK TODAY . . ■ fVdW f 1 ' wm ' V DIEGO (;arcia CROSSING THE LINE w ■!r ' T . ' m m  ' MZ (CID 1 jM [ Wf jW 5 0r: K jv i P  ■ ' •• M i wJI 1 V J-. x ' ' .y L 1 - H ' r ■ The Flying Fish watch And the winner is Sweeping the Horizon And Ihf rharKPK art Vou wiinnii do what ' We ' re having some fun! rhe ■■( ' ■arbage Chute Where a it Where u il M I made il! Tm nut going in there ' Akhh ' A ci«M iwth AUSTR LIA 4) One iif the IcM-aU 4S SPORTS THE MARTIANS OF GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA HEPBURNS MIGHTY CHESS FLAYERS MSI FERNANDEZ: THE WINNER WEAPONS DEPARTMENT LCDR COSTIGAN Row 1: FTMSN Dillon, FTG2 Graham, FTG2 Pow ers, FTG2 Cruzan, FTG2 Gibson, GMGC Williams Row 2: FTM3 Schmelzer, FTM. ' i McKntee, FTMSN Michalski, FTM2 I.uedtke. Row .3: I ' NS Heublein FTGSN Graves, GMG:i Wagner, GMG2 Jennings GMG3 Whittle, GMG2 Rodgers, KNS Field. i lilt Row: BM:l Hurley. SR Preston, SN Messenheimer, SN Salazar, SR Agan. SN lx pez. ind Row: l.T.lfi Ignaczak. BMM Chewnini!. BM:i King. SN Ashlon. SN Heard. SN Byles. SN Michalski. SA Davis, SA Hampton. .Ird Row: BMi C.uill. BM,} Frayling. SN Benjamin, SA Hoagan, SN Old. SR Smith, SN Stotl.BMl Mangin. SR .Johnson. 1ST DIVISION I ' nderway Replenishment AS DIVISON It Row: STfil T.H.hill. I. r.lK Hull. S ' nU ' S Cl-.n- 2n(l How CM 12 rrdiuri. S ' l ' tia Cilisoii, SIVi.! Ciiinnim k, Slf..! Hiu-zjidii. Sl ' ti.l ilii.k. S ' l ' lja Smith .Iril Kow rM.t Allni. CMTt Thomiih, Sl ' ti.l ' owiin. CM ' I ' .; Bishop, SK Viildivia. TM.I Kn-cman. STliSA ) ItH,lr -llh Uow: S ' I ' CSN Hnvcs, S ' l ' KJ MohU-r, SIC,.; Torri!. I want to leave the I.O. NOW!! I.T.IC. KAI.I. You have to help me pedal. OOPS!! Just another day. FOX DIVISION 1st Ko ■r • t 1 S3 ENGINEER DEPARTMENT .i I J vr l.CDK KVAN I ' m enlrririK ihr paiT at Ihu limr Kir« ' iind Hrini-itunr I kmiw It ' s icolu br oiw of thn« vaKv ss M DIVISION ST Aubin, Brown, Larson, Chatman, Bulger, Lt. MacDonald, Hapeman, Dimacali, Elliott, Smith, Perez, Troyer, Gatdula, Thomas, Deruntz, Ceato Looking Good ' .lusl Uccniislcd Wi-lj von see, I B DIVISION B7C Ching, 1-T M cl)«nald. BTS Butler. BTFN Cf.u«hlin. BTFN Ijinil.. HKKN Vannn. HTKN SnlterfirM. BTFN Nc.vak. BrtSt«-w,irl. Hr:i Diivk). HT) Kiwhtr, KN I ' .ttv.STKN Kippin. B7C Hrnkil. HIl AKuilar. BT:t St.ffil, MIKN S. hin.ll.r. H ' IKA Oulettc. FA Adams, BT:J CarliM)n Sw ' . Thf H Kik l r n I l.n- Yra. Vr rr Bad Brotherly I -e A DIV MM2 Freshwater. MMKA Hall. MMKH Batlev, MMH Huev. MN2 Casuga, EN2 Imthurn, MM.! Bacon, MM:! Bradac. KNl Bank.s (an Vdu Kind it? It ' s party liinf I ' lic- ninuls ;,| w,,rk. R DIVISION HTC MoKK.-. H I ' l I ' hi.lir. HI-J Mullin . HIM Willmm . HKKA Carrison. HTKK (•..nnrr. HI:! Hiirri.k. HIKN Hvles. KNS Ad iinis. H rL HuKwII. HIKN Kumir... HTKN Claylc.n. (ISSN V,ihl tten. HT:) JolKen No.. I dunl  anl t j pld jir.iiivn ' l.ikr K,.lh,r. like -..n 1 h.i . n I hjd thi- mil, h Iv:  E DIVISION EMI Dalop . ICa Moody. EM3 I mav. ir:i Wells, IC:! Ashton. EMFA Godwin, EMFA McGraw, 1,76 Mcl.oskey. ICl Logan, RM2 Reynolds, EMFA Berlier, EM2 Nunag, K ' FA Haymans. ICFN Forillo. EM2 Garvida. Art you sun- ihul ' s u pink Mibmiirine ' ' No. I ' m not turning while. BTKN .nnr t I u 1 HH « FN Petty KM Tillman i.rul DKl I. BTFN Carscm OPERATIONS OSr Vandyuriff hill Krilrv, •OJ ' S BOS.S ' • $  :: li}-.l Who ' s MindinK Radio Ontral RADIO MEN SIGNAL MEN f SM2 Surling SMSN Good Now SMSN MaeKmy. SMl MalaU SM.1 Heitzraan lliiB.lS ■ DE-ELECTRONICS TECHS J. Latken in uniform (alxive) (Right) ETCS Apafford, ET2 Staton. ETSN Capp, ET2 Hatch (Left) ET2 McCourrey, ET2 Staton, ET3 Do- minKuez, R V2 Northrup. KR2 Linden, ET2 I.alkern (I. Tc. R, Kri.nt To BarkI OSSN HudiM.n. OSl Thumpiion. OS2 Kvendrn. OS.) Ollivrtt. OSSR Futnum. OSSA HarinKton. OS.) Lynch. OS2 ONeill, OS2 Schnelle. OSSA Hilby. OSC Vandyghfr. OSSA HayM. OSSA Blehjew. 01 OPERATIONS SPECIALISTS OS J Iiim.- 1 i ■ ' H 1 «. H H w -1 ' t -; y - ■ 9y mamSsmm SUPHLY Sii|i|iIn ..llu.r, ..r •- Ut Row: MSSN Wilion. MSI KVm«iMl« MW B«r ef SK2 I ' tiKifili, SK2 Oli.ver. MS3 Quindtl ' --d. MSt Bfniot. I.T Kedfll -. MSSn l)r.- ' - ; (jarcia. MSI Andrnion. UKI Tuc«v. M- .rA C(« % SH2 Kindred I - r Hold the pickle, hold the lettiic sS i You wan! n haircut LT ReyMendez Isl Row: NCI Lewis, YNSN Rauh, PC.) Littrel. QM2 Meade. LT MacDonald. 2nd Row: QMl .Johnson, YNC Schwarze, HM2 Robinson. HMC Rainey, MAI Dolan. You ' d bite the hand that types for you? Nearmt aid to navigaTton 2 6 JU v '