Hepburn (FF 1055) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1983 volume:

USS HEPBURN USS HEPBURN v CRUISING 1982-83 TABLE OF CONTENTS I WHO we are 3 HEPBURN 4 Commanding Officer 6 Executive Officer 8 Engineering Dcpt 10 Navigation-Admin Dept 14 Operations Dept 16 SuppI) Dept 20 Weapons Dept 24 Air Dept 28 SEASNAKE 14 30 II WHAT we did 37 III WHERE we went 57 San Francisco 58 Portland 59 Pearl Harbor 61 Subic Bay 62 Singapore 63 Karachi 65 Diego Garcia 67 Australia 69 Hong Kong 71 Subic Bay 73 Japan 75 Sunsets 77 A special thanlu la HEPBL ' RN ' i orTicUl pboiognpher. ADAS ' Morrow and all tboK who (sbmitted pbotot o mB. I We are HEPBURN  - r i The United States Ship HEPBURN (FF-1055) is named for Admiral Arthur Jary Hepburn, USN. HEPBURN is the sec- ond of the KNOX class Frigates commissioned. Admiral Hepburn began his illustrious career in 1893, when he joined the battleship IOWA, fighting in one of the last battles of the Spanish-American War. He distinguished himself as a Commander during World War 1 and was named Commander- in-Chief, U.S. Fleet in 1936. On 7 June 1938, he was named head of a Board to make recommendations as to the need for additional Naval Facilities in the Pacific and Caribbean area. From 1941 until he retired in 1945, heservedasadelegate to the Dumbarton Oaks meetings which laid the groundwork for the United Nations. Admiral Hepburn died in Washington, DC on 31 May 1964 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. HEPBURN was built by Todd Shipyards Corporation at San Pedro, CA. Her keel was laid 1 June 1966 and she was launched 2 March 1967, USS HEPBURN was commissioned on 3 July 1967. The ships of the KNOX class are designed to operate offensively or defensively in their primary mission areas of anti- submarine and anti-air warfare, shore bombardment, patrol, and search and rescue. This was HEPBURN ' S seventh WESTPAC deployment. HEPBURN has assumed various roles during her seven deploy- ments, including gunfire support in support of U.S. and allied forces during the Vietnam conflict. She has traveled widely in the Pacific and Indian Oceans from the United States to Mom- basa, Kenya, and from Japan to Australia. She has represented the U.S. in many international exercises with allied forces. During extended deployments, the normal complement of 17 officers and 240 enlisted personnel is augmented by four pilots and 10 maintenance personnel when the LAMPS helo is em- barked. HEPBURN is commanded by Commander H.J. Mill- er, Jr., and is normally assigned to Destroyer Squadron 13, the Black Cat Squadron , as part of Cruiser Destroyer Group ONE and Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. - ' ) ' It,. . 055 SHIPS STATISTICS Overall length 438 Feet Beam (width) 46 Feet 9 Inches Displacement 4100 Tons (Full load) Navigational Draft (depth) 24 Feet 9 Inches Speed In excess of 27 Knots Propulsion Single screw, steam turbine. 35.000 shaft horsepower, automatic combustion control SONAR AN SQS-26CX Armament 5 Inch, 54 Caliber mount, BPDMS, ASPOC, hull mounted homing torpe- does, and Manned Helicopter COMMANDING OFFICER H.JAMES MILLER, Jr. Commander H. James Miller. Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Miller, Sr. of Pasadena, California, was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned an Ensign through the Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. Since commissioning, he has served at sea in USS WILKINSON (DL-5), USS HOLLISTER (DD-788), USS PERSISTENT tMSO-491 ), USS FURSE (DD- 882), and USS LEADER (MSO-490). Billets in these ships included Communi- cations Officer, Engineering Officer, Operations Officer, Navigator and Execu- tive Officer. In addition, he commanded USS LEADER (MSO-490) and was the last USN officer to command USS FURSE (DD-882) prior to her turnover to the Spanish Navy. Shore assignments have included Destroyer School and the Bureau of Naval Personnel. While receiving his Master ' s degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cdr Miller was also a teaching assistant at the graduate school. In cooperation with the Navy, the Brookings Institution appointed Cdr Miller a Federal Executive Fellow, where he served a one year professional development assignment. His most recent tour of duty was as a student in the Senior Officer ' s Course at the Naval War College, Newport. Commander Miller ' s awards include: the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, with Combat V , Navy Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Combat Action Ribbon, Humanitarian Service Medal, Battle Efficiency E . and the Meritorious Unit Commendation. Commander Miller and his wife, Nancy, reside in Southern California with their two children, Mi- chelle and David. EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR DENNIS C. CARTER Lieutenant Commander Dennis C. Carter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Carter of Prosscr. Washington, was born in Sacra- mento. California. He graduated from Washington State Uni- versity with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was commissioned an Ensign through the Officer Candidate School. New port. Rhode Island in 1969. He was selected for OCS following three years enlisted service, including a Vietnam deployment with the Na- val Mobile Construction Battalion 121. Since commissioning, he has served at sea in L ' SS SHEL- TON (DD-790) and LSS GOLDSBOROLGH (DDG-20). Billets included Damage Control Assistant. ASW Officer. Weapons Officer, and Operations Officer. Lieutenant Commander Carter ' s shore assignments were of- ficer recruiting at Navy Recruiting District Seattle. Depart- ment Head School. Amphibious Operations Officer on the CINCPACFLT staff, and Scheduling Officer. Cruiser-De- stroyer Group THREE. Lieutenant Commander Carter ' s awards include the Navy Commendation Medal. Navy .Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Humanitari an Service Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation. Lieutenant Commander Carter and his wife. Rosita. reside in San Diego with their two children. Randall and Autumn. A man of many faces We are ENGINEERING DEPT Ll Norm Tcolc . I hid hnginccr Lijg John Adams. DCA Lt John Fragoso MPA MMC Pcrc BTC Henkel EMCS Mclendres HTC Mogge 10 ST BOILER TECHNICIAN Standing; BT3 Sallerfeild. BTFN Adams, BTC Henkle, BT3 Davis. BT3 Preston Sealed: BTFN Sawver, BT2 Fisher. BT2 Conrad, BT: Hosiner. Standing: BTI Hanvey. BT2 Cox. BT3 Schindler. BTl Gurnsc BTFN Wilburn. BT3 Laisure. BTI Dialino. Seated: BTFN Camp- bell. BTFN Vanvlotenburg. BT3 Novak. BT2 Steffel. BT2 Rippin, BT3 Carson, BT2 Couahlin. Standing: BT3 Newton. FN Brainard. BTFN Chenoweth. BT3 Bullcr. Sealed: FN Sullivan. BTFN Vannest. BT3 Carson BT2 Stewart. V i i il MM MACHINISTS MATE Sunding: MMFN CoiU. MM3 Thonm. MM3 Young. MMC Perw. MMI ' : n jles. MM3 Bulger. VJM.1 Ncumin Sealed MM2 St Aubin. FN Beck. MM2 -in. MM ' Broxn. MMFN Fereday Sunding MM3 Bonjviu. FN Vilona. MM3 Obrien. FN Gome . MM3 Hapeman Sealed MMFN Chalman. MM2 Leou. MM3 Fackrell. MMFA Ballc . .MM2 Part ingtoa. MM3 Link. MM3 Corbell. MM3 Miracle Sunding EN2 Bruner. EN I Johnion. ENFN Laughlin. EN2 Casuga. EN2 Smith. Scat ed: ENFN HalL ENFN Caldwell. EN2 Brown. MM2 Huey. MM2 Brown o EN ENGIHEMAN 12 HI HULL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN Standing: HT2 Byles. HT2 Garrison. MR2 Dennis, HT2 Romero. HTFN Schwanke. Seated: HT3 Hoppis, HTI Arens, HTC Mogge, HT3 Williams. HT: Barrick. IC INTEKIOR COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICIAN EM ELECTRICIAN ' S MATL Top to Bottom: 1C3 Moody. EMFN Williamson. FN LeMay. LTJG Adams IC: Greco. EMFN Mcgovern. EMCS Melendres, EMI Dalope. EM2 Reyn- olds. ICFN Mailman. EM2 Ganida EMI Dalope. EM2 Reynolds. IC3 Wells, EMCS Melendres Top to Bottom; FN Lemay, IC3 Wells, EMFN McGovern. ICFN Mailman. EM2 Garvida. IC2 Greco, EM2 Reynolds, 13 We are NAVIGATION- ADMIN DEPT Li Bill Light ' nin Igiucuk, Navigator T HM HOSPITAL CORPSMAN HMC Doc Rainey ¥ QM QUARTERMASTER PUnning Bored PC2 Ullrell VN YEOMAN POSTAL CIERK i PERSONNEIMAN Standing: HMC Rainey. QM2 Roberts. NCI Lewis. PN3 Ashby. YN3 Raub. YNC Swartz Seated: PNC Sehestedt. HN Bonifacio, QMl Johnson, HM2 Robinson, MMC Deruntz QM2 Meade. QMSN Wroten i NC NAVY COUNSELORS PNC Sehestedt Don ' t worry. I ' ll find Australia! 15 We are OPERATIONS DEPT 1 1 Dan MacDunagh. Operations Officer Ltjg Bob Schul c Lljg Norm Williami. CIC Officer Lijg Norm Scrceion. EMO Fns Scon Gilbert. Communicaliont 16 Standing: OS2 Lynch. LT Williams. OSSN Haney. Seated; OSSN Crocker. OSSN Harrington. OSl Peterson. OSSN Brown OSC Vandygriff OS OPrRATIONS SPECIALIST Standing: 0S2 Oneil. OSSN Riding. Lt MacDonagh, OSSN Hilby, OSl Thompson. Sealed: OSl Dillard. OSSN Trimble. OS3 Ollevetl, OSSN Hayes 17 IT ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN i ETC Schmelt2 EW ElECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNICIAN Standing: BT3 Rhoads. BTC Schmcli . Scaled; SN Garden. tT; Webb. EWSN Daile . ET3 Capp. EW2 Neuman Sunding ET2 Dominguez. ET3 Odcan. EW3 Jones. Seated: ETI McLaughlin. EW2 Nonhrop. EW2 Theoret IS KM RADIOMAN Standing: RM2 Montgomery, RMSN Jaworski, RM3 Johnson, RM2 Reams, RM2 Benslay, RMSN Manning, Seated: SM3 Macmillan, SMSN Mullinax, RMC Horsey, RMl Haskell, RMSA Noel SMI Hebert. RM3 Halter, SMSN Goodnow, SM2 Lane SM SIGNALMAN 19 L . We are SUPPLY DEPT Ll AUn Fcddc. Suppl Ofrictr « Eni Rich Unnicca. Aul Supply Omccr Ens Jim Tnieulcll. Disbursing Oniccr M SKC Jimenez SK STOREKEEPER Standing: SK3 Heard. Skc Jimenez, SKSN Earl Seated: SK2 Glover. SK3 Dimacali 21 X SN SHIP S SEIVICEMAN Sunding SHSN Williaim. SH; Kindred. SH3 Wiuon. SHSN Brothers. SHI Gregorio Scaled SHJ Valcnune SHI Rivera OKI Green DK OlStURSING CIERK MSC Garcia MS3 Jenkins MS MESS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST MS2 Bassig. MSSN Perez, MS2 Burgess, MS2 Laysa. MS2 Quindel, MSI Fernandez, MS3 Betanzos. MSI Anderson, MSI Evangelista MS3 Drew. MS3 Benito, MS3 Dickson, MSSN Avalos 23 We are WEAPONS DEPT Lljg Tim Rogers. ASW OITiccr Lcdr Al Davis. Weapons Onkcr Lijg Hap Heublcin. Isl Ll 24 saiis t Ens John Field. Gunnery Officer FT FIRE CONTROL TECHNICIAN Standing: FTG2 Gibson. FTGSN Broom, FTG2 Jennings. FTGC Lucas. FTG2 Pow- ers. GMGl Rodgers. GMG2 Wagner. FTM3 Dillon. Seated: FTM2 Zeija. FTG2 Graham. GMGl Anderson, GMGSN Reynolds. GMGSN Buchanan. FTG3 Mi- chalski. FTM3 Schmelzer. FTG2 Cruzan. FTGC Lucas X GM GUNNERS MATE 25 SM lOATSWAIN S MAT( BMC Jackson Standing BM2 Hurley. BMJ Moore. SN Onega. BM3 Fafara. SN Glaze Sealed BM: McElvcen. SN Waldeck. BM3 Meuenhimer. SN Ruthrford. SN HogCi TM TORPEDOMAN MATI Standing STG2 Ma on. STG3 Sward. STC} Schaeffcr. STG3 Cores. TMI Freeman. TM2 San Luis Seated GMT3 Devoe. GMT2 Pearson. STGC Bledsoe. TM3 Tribolct. GMT2 Torres Standing: SN Sinks. SN Faust. BMI Delacruze SN Ballard, SN Pas- qual. Seated: BMI Wiekle. SN Helmandollar. LT Heublein. SN Jen- kens. BM3 Small. SN Delong Standing: BMI Lincourl Seated: SN Benitez SN Brown. SN Agan. SN Compiean f ST SONAR TECHNICIAN Standing: TMSN Carter. GMTZ Beggs. STG2 Quezada. STGl Lub- bert. Seated: STGSN Thompson. STG2 Gibson. STG2 Boyle, STG2 Hite HP 1 , Lm. PI f-i — Sy 1 ' 1 A Bl c Tj j ' B  . '  j ' . k •§rk - « • t 27 We are AIR DEPT 1 cdr Tony Perez. O-inC Li Pele McNalty AT AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN AE AVIATION ELECTRICIAN S MATE ATCS Hall Li Mike McCormick AM AVIATION STRUCTURAL MECHANIC A0 AVIATION MACHINISTS MATE Lt Eric Johnson AW AVIATION ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE OPERATOR THE AIR DET 29 I am SEASNAKE 14 We are HEPBURN V •; . •s« [ %d ,i ■ iv ' i rt 7 .1 32 33 35 H t rpl We spent 162 days at sea 39 We un-repped . . J . . . and vert-repped 41 We flew . . . ii 9r 42 . . . and tested our weapons 1 43 We watched the RUSSIANS . . . . they watched us . . . -I_.t i - - I ' i - .a. 45 . and we rescued their tragic human debris. 47 We worked 49 so . . . and played S2 U - 53 WOG DAY  ft 55 ..1 The DALLAS COWBOY CHEERLEADERS BR ■ .i KL L — tt 11 ki 56 m %.■ HEPBURN S SCHEDULE JUNE 4-6 9-13 San Francisco Portland SEPTEMBER 1-12 Enroute Pearl Harbor 13-15 Pearl Harbor 16-30 North Pacific Ops DECEMBER 1-15 Upkeep Diego Garcia 16-31 Indian Ocean Ops JANUARY 1-19 Indian Ocean Ops Convoy Enroulc Australia 20-25 Bunbur . Australia 26-31 Enroute Hong Kong OCTOBER 1-14 North Pacific Sea of Japan Ops FEBRUARY Enroulc Subic Bay. RP 1-8 Enroute Hong Kong 15-18 Subic Bay. RP 9-13 Hong Kong 19-24 Enroute Singapore 14-15 Enroute Subic Bay. RP 25-29 Singapore 16-27 Upkeep Subic Bay. RP 30-31 Enroute Indian Ocean 28 South China Sea Ops NOVEMBER MARCH 1-19 Indian Ocean Arabian Sea Ops 1-18 South China Sea Sea of Japan Ops 20-22 Karachi. Pakistan 19-31 Upkeep Repairs Sascbo, Japan 23-28 Enroute Diego Garcia. BIOT 29-30 Upkeep. Diego Garcia APRIL 1-4 Upkeep Repairs Sasebo. Japan 5-6 Enroute Yokosuka. Japan 7-12 Yokosuka, Japan 13-28 North Pacific Ops Enrouie San Diego 29 San Diego A week-end in SAN FRANCISCO jm: . ■i . . . then a trip up the COLUMBIA RIVER . t 59 to PORTLAND and the ROSE FESTIVAL 60 PEARL HARBOR 61 A brief stop in SUBIC iiiii ' p ' :M vflYfl ! T B B H P Bi lf jH 62 then SINGAPORE 63 i , ■ ' - f ;■ -- • ■ -- ' - - . ' t - - 0 ! P b 1. KARACHI, PAKISTAN I Afe.; ' ? i f1. ■|:ff ' i 65 M bH Jlfwlfn 1 VkI J IfilKIAY rn -puffs ' fchi LA .. ,T ; )?A P B ' J J J EEi ' J ' r !|e c |rt DIEGO GARCIA ' ' I 67 Footprint of freedom AUSTRALIA . . Bunbury and PERTH 69 SP •-. •-• ' 70 HONG KONG . . . 71 . . and Chinese 72 Back to SUBIC BAY I I 73 r«T iSWYKHII ETC UK- , ,-, . . wlNJaiattTMNisROLa 4g -L . 1 n 0- .i ♦ - - ' - y- . «t T -■ ' : i JAPAN NAGASAKI CITY 75 PI! 1 HH P SIHB • B«|- V r rf ■ lT ca _J[ 76 And so many sunsets . . I 77 78 79 . . . until the sailor came home. Sunset, San Diego Bay Best Photo of CRUISING 1982-83 MM3 JAMES R. HUEY 80 1 I