Hoel (DDG 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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Uss HOEL DDG-131 WORLD'S FINEST , GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER , , ,,., ,L .,...,,, ., THE GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER USS HOEL IDDG-13I IS NAMED FOR LCDR WILLIAM R. HOEL, A NAVAL HERO DURING THE CIVIL WAR OF THE UNITED STATES 111861-18651. THE HOEL IS NOT THE FIRST SHIP TO BEAR THIS DISTINGUISHED NAME. THE FIRST HOEL IDD-533I, A 376-FOOT LONG DESTROYER COMMISSIONED IN 1943, WAS SUNK DURING THE CRUCIAL WORLD WAR II BATTLE OFF SAMAR ISLAND OCTOBER 25, 1944. THE GALLANT SHIP WENT DOWN WITH GUN MOUNTS FIRING, SUCCESSFULLY PREVENTING A JAPANESE BATTLE- SHIP FORCE FROM DESTROYING A VULNERABLE U.S. ESCORT CARRIER GROUP LOCATED IN LEYTE GULF. ONLY A HANDFUL OF SURVIVORS, INCLUDING HOEL'S COMMANDING OFFICER SURVIVED TO DISPLAY THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, AWARDED FOR CONSPICUOUS VALOR. THE PRESENT HOEL WAS LAUNCHED AT BAY CITY, MICHIGAN IN AUGUST 1960 UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF MRS. HARRY H. LONG, GRANDAUGHTER OF LCDR HOEL. FOLLOWING HOEL'S COMMISSIONING IN BOSTON, JUNE 16, 1962, HOEL WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NAVY'S PACIFIC FLEET. FULFILLING VARIOUS PEACE KEEPING ASSIGNMENTS BETWEEN 1962 AND 1983, HOEL HAS SEEN ACTION THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC OCEAN. BRINGING GOODWILL TO VARIOUS NATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HOEL HAS VISITED SUCH COUN- TRIES AS PAKISTAN, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THAILAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, FIJI, TONGA AND NEW CALEDONIA DURING ITS TWENTY ONE YEAR HISTORY. THE SHIPS OVERALL LENGTH IS 437 FEET, HER BEAM IS 47 FEET AND SHE DISPLACES 4500 TONS. TWIN STEAM TURBINE ENGINES DEVELOP A TOTAL OF 70,000 SHAFT HORSEPOWER AND PROPEL THE SHIP AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS. HOEL'S VARIETY OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS TESTIFIES TO THE DIVERSITY OF HER MISSION CAPABILITIES. SHE IS EOUIPPED WITH SURFACE-TO-AIR TARTAR GUIDED MISSILES, SURFACE-TO-SURFACE HARPOON CRUISE MISSILES, TWO AUTOMATIC FIVE-INCH 54 GUNS WHICH CAN DELIVER EXTREMELY ACCURATE AND RAPID FIRE AGAINST AIR, LAND, AND WATER- BORNE TARGETS, AND ANTI-SUBMARINE HOMING TORPEDOES. RECENTLY MODERNIZED RADAR, SONAR, AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SUITES HAVE KEPT HOEL ABREAST OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN COMBAT SYSTEMS. A TOTAL OF 350 OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN MAKE UP THE CREW THAT KEEPS THE SHIP READY AND WILLING TO MEET ALL COMMITMENTS. HOEL IS ASSIGNED TO DESTROYER SOUADRON SEVEN OF THE NAVAL SURFACE FORCES, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AND MAKES REGULAR DEPLOY- MENTS FROM HER HOMEPORT OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. THE SHIP RECENTLY COMPLETED JOINT MANEUVERS IN OPERATIONS WITH UNITS OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AND ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVIES. HOEL'S LATEST DEPLOYMENT COMMENCED IN LATE OCTOBER, 1982. IN THE NOTEWORTHY TRADITION OF HER NAMESAKE, HOEL WAS RECENTLY AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS ARLEIGH BURKE TROPHY FOR THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET, GIVEN TO THAT SHIP OR AIRCRAFT SOUADRON WHICH DEMONSTRATED THE GREATEST OVERALL IMPROVEMENT DURING 1982.