Hoel (DDG 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER RUSSELL H. BUCKLEY, IR UNITED STATES NAVY A NATIVE OF VIRGINIA, COMMAND- ER BUCKLEY WAS COMMISSIONED IN 1964 UPON GRADUATION FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY. HIS PREVIOUS SEA DUTY INCLUDES ASSIGNMENTS AS FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ANTI-SUI3MA- RINE WARFARE OFFICER, USS JOHN A. BOLE IDD-7555, WEAPONS OFFICER, USS HANSON IDD-832Ig PRE-COMMIS- Z SIONINO DETACHMENT AND VVEAP- ,,,,, , ,U , , ONS OFFICER, USS SOUTH CAROLINA ICGN-37jg AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER, , , f m ' USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS KDDG-55. HE f SERVED ASHORE IN THE ENLISTED PLANS SECTION, BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL AND AS DIRECTOR, DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS DIVISION, NAVY MILITARY PERSONNEL COMMAND. HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF HOEL IN OCTOBER, 1981. COMMANDER BUCKLEY IS A GRADUATE OF THE ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE AND, WHILE SERVING AT THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL. EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. COMMANDER BUCKLEY HAS BEEN AVVARDEDTHE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL WITH A GOLD STAR, THE NAVY OOMMENDATION MEDAL WITH COMBAT V, AND THE BATTLE EFFICIENCY RIBBON. HIS WIFE LINDA IS A REGISTERED NURSE AND A OUALIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN WHO HAS WORKED AT HOSPITALS IN SEVERAL CITIES. THE BUCKLEY'S HAVE TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGH- TERS. I . i faq? ,,b, 1 H me I.. IIIIIH It TI' .I kj , 1 'F .,, fx, fI'. If

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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.

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T' f A I T I I I I I .1 , I I EDCI I nuzfl'-E sqm-551 I I lligglx E ESD-M, I vtvercs. I I F126-ZilltS I I' KT EAS- IJ-HILM I I v ff 1321.1 . '-E E195 . sf' a '-QE ii!! 2-' Y :Elf .3 pf? ' .-'LF :XS-19: A gf! . 53 - Trl' .Aff K 11: .1 m...'l'lI EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMMANDER IOHN H. STRAUSS UNITED STATES NAVY HAILING FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK, COMMANDER STRAUSS GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1969. FOLLOWING COM- MISSIONING, HE WAS ASSIGNED DU- TIES ONBOARD USS HENRY W. TUCKER IDD-8751 AS FIRST LIEUTEN- ANT, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, NAVIGATOR, AND OPERATIONS OFFI- CER. FROM 1973-1978, HE SERVED ASHORE AT THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, WASHINGTON, Dc. FOLLOWED BY DUTY AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF I CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER OF ENGI- NEERING DEGREE. COMMANDER STRAUSS COMMENCED HIS SEC- OND TOUR AT SEA IN 1978 AS ENGINEERING OFFICER ON BOARD USS WILLIAM H. STANDLAY ICG-321 AND REPORTED TO HOEL IN SEPTEMBER, 1981. . HE IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER NANCY ULLMAN OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA AND HAS ONE DAUGHTER AND ONE SON. COMMANDER STRAUSS DEPARTS HOEL UPON COMPLETION OF THIS DEPLOYMENT ENROUTE ASSIGNMENT AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER, U.S. NAVAL STA- TION, SUBIC BAY R.P. I