Hewitt (DD 966) - Naval Cruise Book

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The official crest of the HEWITT is highly symbolic of the ship it so strikingly represents. The bomb shell at the top of the crest symbolizes Naval Gunnery and Naval Gunfire Support of forces ashore. The pointed bursts indicate the pinpoint accuracy of this gun- fire. The four stars refer to the rank of Admiral, the highest rank achieved by Admiral Hewitt. The shield is divided into three sections. The lower sec- tion alludes to the oceans of the world. The middle section represents defended positions ashore and the upper sec- tions is symbolic of assault landings and establishment of beachheads ashore. The two arrows refer to the Navy ' s part in seaborne invasions. The two arrows in this instance refer to the Allied landings in Sicily and Salerno during World War II. The American share of the naval operations were conducted by Admiral Hewitt ' s Eighth Fleet. The words Be Just and Fear Not appear on Admiral Hewitt ' s headstone and the anchor is symbolic of the Navy, to which Admiral Hewitt dedicated much of his life.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Hewitt Crest Commanding Officer Command Master Chief Operations Department Officers OD Division Navigation Engineering Department Officers E Division R Division Supply Department Disbursing Retail Operations Administrative Department .. Air Department Pilots Combat Systems Department Officers CSM Division CSA Division Shellback Initiation Port ' s O ' Call Adak, Alaska Pattaya Beach, Thailand Diego Garcia Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Statistics Hewitt History Executive Officer .. Department Heads , OI Division OC Division M Division ... A Division .... Stores Food Service . Crew CSE Division , CSG Division Subic Bay, RP Singapore Phuket, Thailand .

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USS HEWITT (DD 966) HEWITT is the fourth of the Spruance Class destroyers, known as the greyhounds of the fleet for their speed, versatility, and reliability, Spruance (Mass destroyers are the largest general purpose destroyers ever to fly the flag of the I nited States. HEWITT is 564 feet long, displaces 9600 tons, and is .Vi feet at her widest point. She is manned by 350 enlisted men and 24 officers. Propelled by four General Electric I.M2500 gas turbine engines, a marine version of the jet engine used in the DC-10 airliner, HEWITT inn sustain speeds of greater than .10 knots. Each engine is rat- ed at 20, 000 shaft horsepower. In addition to spied. the LM2500 engines provide .It 7 with a rapid rale of n deration and dec eleration, a quit k start- up time, and high degree of reliability. •. ' It II ' I ' S ' primarv warfare missions include Anti submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-surface Warefare (ASl W ), Anti-air Warfare (AAU). Strike Waif, ire (SW ' I. and Amphibious Warfare, Her weapons suite includes the Vertical l.aunc h Sys tern (VI. S) with Tomahawk Land Attae k and Anti- ship missiles as well as Vertii al I.aum h ASK( )( Equipped with the most modern technology in dueling the AN SQQ 89 ASW (ombat Suite. HEW- ITT employs her Torpedo lubes, snt.ii LAMPS MK HI Helicopter, and AN SRQ-19 I. ictical row eel Array Sonar to detect and attack enemy suh- marinal long range. Ill W ITT has Iwo 1K 4 ). . in. 4 i aliber guns for A AW . si w , ami Amphibious Warfare 1 igh) Harpoon i raise missiles are used for ASIW . and the SATO Seasparrow Missile S s tem is used for both AAW and ASUW, HEW ITT is named tor Admiral H. Kent Hew- itt, commander of the amphibious forces in the Atlantic: Elect during much of World War II. Keel laying for HEWITTtOok place 23 |uly 1973 at In- galls Shipbuilding Division of I.itton Industries in Pascagoula Mississippi. Mrs. I.eroy Taylor and Mrs. Gerald Norton. Admiral Hewitt ' s daughters, christened HEW ITT on 14 September 1974 It ITT was commissioned on 2, ) September 197b. Since commissioning, HEW ' ' has had a busv operating schedule. She deployed to the Western I ' ac ific in September, 197!) and again in May. 1980. In May 1981 HEW ITT entered a one year Over- haul. After overhaul, HEW III ' deploved twice again, in March 1983. and October 1984 HEWITT has operated with Destorver Squadron 31 during ASWOPS in the Northern I ' ac ific . earning the- Mer- itorious l ii it Commendation for her at lions there She e. irned the Battle Eftic ienc E , her second award, during the same period 11 entered Overhaul again in M,i 1987 u here she rec eiveel her upgraded ( ombat S stems Suite. HEWITT completed a successful Sim I rial in November 1988 and after an ,n c rill ated work- up, deployed m itii Battle Group I ( ) I K( ) 1 on 18 September 1989