Hooper (DE 1026) - Naval Cruise Book

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FOREWORD I T Set Sea Detail I U The Officer of the Deck shifted his watch from the Quarterdeck to the Bridge. t y Mr. Matson assumed the deck and the conn. lOU Z Brow on deck. 10 ZU Singled up all lines. |Q2o Underway from Quay Wall south of Pier Six, U. S. Naval Station, San Diego, Califor- nia enroute to U. S. Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Excerpt from Quartermaster ' s Notebook for 27 March. 1967

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USS Hooper Table of Contents Title Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Foreward 3 Hooper History 4 Hooper History 5 Commanding Officer 6 Commanding Officer 7 Executive Officer 8 Engineering Officer 9 Operations Officer 10 Weapons Officer 11 Supply Officer 12 X Division 13 M Division 14 M Division 15 R Division 16 R Division 17 OI Division 18 OI Division 19 OC Division 20 OC Division 21 Supply Division 22 Supply Division 23 First Division 24 First Division 25 Fox Division 26 Fox Division 27 Inspections 28 Inspections 29 Good -by San Diego 30 Good-by San Diego 31 Hawaii 32 33 Hawaii 34 Subic Bay 35 Subic Bay 36 Subic Bay 37 Sasebo 38 Sasebo 39 Sasebo 40 Bangkok 41 Bangkok 42 Bangkok 43 Bangkok 44 Tokyo Bay Area 45 Tokyo Bay Area 46 Tokyo Bay Area 47 Hong Kong 48 Hong Kong 49 Hong Kong 50 General Quarters 51 General Quarters 52 General Quarters 53 General Quarters 54 Unreps 55 Unreps 56 Liberty Call 57 Liberty Call 58 Liberty Call 59 Liberty Call 60 Hooper Life 61 Hooper Life 62 Hooper Life 63 Hooper Life 64 Homeward Bound

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THE HISTORY OF THE HOOPER ts» sb» ■»• :i ' HOOPER was built by the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation at San Francisco, California. The keel was laid on 4 January 1956; she was launched on 1 August 1957 and placed in commission on 18 March 1958 by her first Commanding Officer, LCDR John K. Leslie, USN. After a shakedown cruise and intensive shake- down training, designed to mold the ship and her crew into an efficient fighting unit of the U. S. Pa- cific Fleet, the Hooper departed for the Western Pa- cific. The ship returned to San Diego in April 1959 and conducted local training operations until her de- parture for a second tour of duty in the Far East in January 1960. It was during this period that LCDR T. J. Quarton, USN relieved LCDR Leslie as Com- manding Officer. Upon returning to San Diego after her second WESTPAC cruise, she entered the National Steel and Ship Building Company Shipyard for her first overhaul. Following this overhaul. Hooper went through refresher training and then departed for the Far East in March 1961. She returned in September, a high- ly qualified anti-submarine vessel. Prior to her second major overhaul, LCDR Quarton turned over command to LCDR T. J. WeUs, USN. In March 1962, the Hooper returned to San Francisco for an- other overhaul. During this period many significant changes were made, including the addition of a he- licopter flight deck and new electronic gear for de- tecting submarines. Again, after extensive training •f ,- m