Hooper (DE 1026) - Naval Cruise Book

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WEAPONS oFFlcER LTJG Richard J. Wolf hails from Nyack, New York. He attended the University of Virginia on a NROTC scholarship, where he received his commission and a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce. After com- missioning he Went to the fleet ASW school in Key West and then reported to the USS John R. Pierce QDD-7512? as second division officer. When the ship eployed to the Sixth Fleet, he assumed duties of ASW and fire control officer. He also served as first lieutenant and navigator. In September 1964 he joined Hooper in Subic Bay as Weapons officer. SUPPLY OFFICER LTJ G Hugh B. L, McClung prepared for the Supply Corps as an economics and ac- counting major at the University of Wash- ington. In June 1963 he received his commis- sion through the NROTC program. After commission he attended the Naval Supply Corps School at Athens, Georgia, where he received his Supply Corps designator. His first tour of duty Was With CruDesPac Staff in San Diego. In April 1964 ENS McClung reported to Hooper to assume the position of supply officer.

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CPERATIGNS CJFFICER LTJG Clarence M. Painter, Jr. is a Texan from Houston, After two years in college LTJG Painter enlisted in the Navy. While attending AT A school, he was selected for the Naval Preparatory School at Bain- bridge, Maryland and the Naval Academy. After being commissioned in June l96l he reported to the USS Fechteller QDDR- 87Oj as DCA, After serving as MPA he be- came engineering officer. In January 1963 he reported' to the Destroyer School in New- port, Rhode Island, Upon completion of school he reported to Hooper in September 1963 as operations officer. His wife is the former Sandra Alice Wren. He has three children: Clarence ,MelvinIlI,i Emily Helen, and Jennifer Alice,' who was born during the cruise. ENGINEERING OFFICER LTJ G William L. Wunderly comes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he was born. After winning two letters as a member of the varsity 150 pound football team at the Naval Academy, he was commissioned in J une l962, His first duty assignment was the USS King QDDG-35, where he served with the engineer- ing department as DCA and MPA and then with the gunnery department as the ASW officer. In September 1964 LTJG Wunderly joined Hooper in Subic Bay as the engineer officer. He is married to the former Miss Sandra V. Willisen and is the proud WestPac father of Susan Jane.

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in S Hooper's keel was laid in the San Fran- cisco shipyard of Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel-Corporation on January 4, 1956, she was launched on August 1, 1957 and placed in commission on March 18, 1958. I-Ier dis- placement is 1800 tons, she measures 314 feet in length and 37 feet in beam, I-Ier accommodations house 14 officers and 159 men. Her propulsion plant consists of two integral superheat boilers providing steam for her main engines, a single plant with 20,000 shaft horsepower to her single screw. Hooper's primary mission is to seek and destroy submarines. Her ASW battery con- sists of SQS-23A sonar, Weapon Alfa fa rocket propelled depth chargej, and homing torpedoes. Her twin rudders give her the manuverability to turn with any sub. For air defense she has an enclosed twin 3 f50 mount forward. After a shakedown cruise and intensive shakedown training, Hooper deployed for the first time to the Seventh Fleet, returning in April 1959. Her second tour of duty in the Far East began in January 1960. The ship returned in May 1960 to the National