Iowa (BB 61) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 248 of the 1984 volume:

V Iffmmmmtm USS IOWA BB-61 ON THE PROWL AGAIN 1 SEPTEMBER 1982 - 17 SEPTEMBER 1984 REACTIVATION RECOMMISSIONING FIRST DEPLOYMENT CONTENTS 4 THE STORY OF THE BIG STICK 8 COMMANDING OFFICER 10 EXECUTIVE OFFICER 12 COMMAND MASTER CHIEF 13 REACTIVATION 22 COMMISSIONING 32 LEAVING PASCAGOULA 33 UNDERWAY . . . AFTER 26 YEARS 36 RETURN TO NORFOLK 38 OPEN HOUSE 40 IOWA MEETS THE PRESS 42 THE FIRST DEPLOYMENT 43 UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT 49 AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 59 TEAM SPORTS 66 RELIGIOUS SERVICES 68 TALENTED lOWANS 70 HELPING HANDS 74 OFF DUTY 81 PORTS OF CALL 113 HOMECOMING 116 BATTLESHIP ' S COMPANY 118 ADMIN 128 NAVIGATION 132 OPERATIONS 144 DECK 168 WEAPONS 188 MARDET 194 ENGINEERING 218 SUPPLY 230 MEDICAL 234 DENTAL 238 CREDITS 240 LATE ARRIVALS The crest for the third era of active service was designed by John Giss of Iowa. Symbolically, the outside circle is rendered in red, white and blue to represent the patriotic mission of the USS IOWA in defense of the United States of America. The motto Our Liberties We prize, Our Rights We Will Maintain is the motto of the state of Iowa and was used on the ship ' s 1943 crest. The World War II drawing of BB-61 in camouflage is used as a reminder of past glory and victory and denotes vigilance. The hawk represents strength and speed in response to enemy acts of aggression. The hawk is shown returning the numbers 61 to the ship ' s bow as she is once again placed in service to her country. The two stars beneath the ship are representative of her two previous periods of service and of operations in both the East and West Hemispheres. The star rising in the blue field of the sky represents the beginning of her third era of service and high ideals and standards set by the ship ' s crew. The dates 1943 and 1984 commemorate the ship ' s original commissioning and her most recent commissioning. THE STORY OF THE BIG STICK Twenty four years out of commis- sioned service had not been kind to the mothballed battleship. Once considered the mightiest warship afloat, she sat lifelessly at her mooring in Philadelphia, with sistership WISCONSIN alongside. Her 16 inch guns had been silent for more than two decades; her teak wood deck was rotting in places. A thick layer of dust covered the spaces below decks. Solidly boar ded bridge windows concealed out dated equipment. It was a disaster, said Captain Gerald E. Gneckow, commanding officer, recalling the first time he saw his new ship. F or the officers, crew and civilians who gave IOWA back to the fleet, the effort was almost superhuman — 18 months of 18-20 hour working days, often seven days a week. Their work culminated at 11:39 a.m. on April 28, 1984 when Vice President Bush placed IOWA in commis- sion. A crowd of 15,000 cheered as the Battleship came alive for the third time in her career. More than four decades earlier, 30,000 shipyard workers had gathered at the New York Navy Yard to witness lOWA ' s launching. I christen thee IOWA said Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the vice president and sponsor of the ship, as she swung a metal encased champagne bottle against the ship ' s bulbous bow. May God guard the IOWA and all who sail in her. With those words, the simple wartime ceremony ended, as IOWA slid down the ways and into the East River. Frank Knox, then Secretary of the Navy, proclaimed the namesake of her class the greatest ship ever launched by the American nation. With the possible exception of Japan ' s YAMATO and MUSASHI battleships, which the IOWA class was designed to encounter, she was without question the most powerful warship in history. Working day and night, it took thousands of men three years to build her at an original cost of $110 million. Nearly the length of three football fields, the 887 foot, 55,000 ton behemoth carried nine 16-inch guns (capable of firing a shell the weight of a Cadillac well over 20 miles), twenty 5-inch guns, and twenty 40mm anti aircraft guns. In places, her steel plated armor was more than 16 inches thick. A crew of 2,800 sailed her at speeds well in excess of 30 knots. Commissioned on Washington ' s birthday in 1943, IOWA embarked on her shakedown cruise just two days later with a crew who, for the most part, had just enlisted for the war effort and had never been to sea before. Because of the war, she received her first orders just three months later. On August 27, 1943, IOWA set for Argentia, Newfoundland, and the Tirpitz Watch , which was designed to keep that feared German battleship penned up in Norway, where she reportedly awaited the chance to pounce on Allied commerce. 4 In the fall of that same year, IOWA was given perhaps the most distinguished assignment in her 13 years of commissioned service. She was selected to carry President Roosevelt from the United States to Mers- el-Kebir, North Africa, the first leg of his trip to the Teheran conference with Churchill and Stalin. Because of the secrecy of the mission, the President ordered that no honors were to be rendered him. And so on November 13, 1943, IOWA slipped out of Hampton Roads, Virginia, with the Commander-in-Chief, his special advisor, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 76 of their party. A white porcelain bathtub, the only one on any US Navy ship, had been installed in the Captain ' s cabin for the President, who suffered from infantile paralysis. It remains in place today. At lOWA ' s helm was Capt. John McCrea, former aide to President Roosevelt when he was Undersecretary of the Navy. IOWA was forced to return to sea during the Teheran conference, because of the constant threat from German glider bombs. On November 27, 1943, while enroute to Bahia, Brazil, she crossed the equator for the first time, welcoming King Neptune on board and conducting her first shellback ceremony. R ' eturning to North Africa via Freetown and Dakar, IOWA again embarked President Roosevelt, to return him to the United States. He was taken aboard from LA GAZELLE, a French destroyer, by use of a special boatswain ' s chair designed and made under the supervision of lOWA ' s chief boatswain. As he was about to leave IOWA at the mouth of the Potomac on a cold and raw December morning, he paused to thank the officers and crew who had carried him safely to North Africa and back. By this time, IOWA had steamed 16,161 miles at an average speed of 22.5 knots — a speed so great that relays of destroyers had been required to screen her. Unfortunately, one of those destroyers, W. D. PORTER, was the cause of what Capt. McCrea would later call in his official report the only untoward incident of the trip. It occurred on the second day, while the President and his party were topside observing anti-aircraft demonstrations. PORTER was making practice torpedo runs on IOWA when a live torpedo was accidently fired directly at the Battleship. PORTER immediately signalled torpedo coming your way , followed by torpedo is mine. I am investigating. As IOWA came to full speed and turned hard toward PORTER, the torpedo ' s wake could be seen 1,000 yards off the starboard quarter. Two weeks later, IOWA was ordered to support an attack on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific theater of the war. Designed to transit the 110 foot wide Panama canal with less than a foot of clearance on either side, IOWA and her sister ship NEW JERSEY scraped their way through the canal early in 1944, as much to the chagrin of their respective deck departments then as in 1984, when both ships transited the canal on their way to Central America. The two battleships reached the Pacific in time to support the bombardment of Majero and Kwajalein prior to the landing of General H. M. Howlin ' Mad Smith and his Marines. In late February, 1944, IOWA was assigned to Task Force 58 under the renowned Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance, who had served in the first Battleship IOWA (BB-4) in 1906-07. The ensuing attack on Truk by the carrier task force resulted in 265 enemy aircraft destroyed and the sinking of the cruiser KATORI and the destroyer MAIKAZE. lOWA ' s first month in the Pacific concluded with strikes against Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam in the Marianas. On March 18, 1944, IOWA joined a task force of six battleships and a fast carrier for an attack on Japa- nese shipping near Mill Atoll. Flying the flag of Rear Admiral Willis Lee, IOWA and the special task force sent several enemy ships to the bottom with no American losses. IOWA, however, was struck by two 153mm Japa nese shells. The first detonated on the port side at frame 134, tearing a jagged 30 x 50 inch hole in her side starting 12 inches below deck level; the second exploded on impact on the left side of turret two about 18 inches above the barbette, causing minor damage to the turret range finder. The worst damage IOWA was to sustain throughout all her fierce fighting in the war was negligible, and there were only two minor personnel injuries. During the next two months, IOWA supported British landings at Aitape, Humboldt Bay, and New Guinea, protected carriers operating in those regions, and fulfilled a role that one journalist, writing in 1983, called typical. Unfortunately, he wrote, American battleships were like a blocking back in a football game — they were always the playmakers but never the heroes. By June, 1944, Task Force 58 had grown to include not only IOWA but six other battleships, fifteen carriers, twenty one cruisers, sixty nine destroyers, and many other ships. The primary cause of Japanese losses, it was obvious to the increasingly desperate Imperial Navy that Task Force 58 had to be destroyed. On June 19, 1944, the Japanese attacked the American Task Force, with a four section air strike. When the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot was over, the U.S. Navy ' s losses totaled 30 planes vs. 346 for the Jananese. Left with barely three carriers and 100 operable aircraft, Marianas represented the end of any real hope for a Japanese naval victory, although Japan ' s battleships and most of her cruiser force had not shared in the fate of the As the Battleship ' s helm passed to Captain Allen Rockwell McCann, IOWA was operating with Admiral Halsey ' s Third Fleet and Admiral Spruance ' s Fifth Fleet, leading attacks against Tinian, New Guinea and the Caroline Islands. In October, 1944, in support of amphibious landings in the Philippines, the Navy positioned one task force in southern Leyte Gulf, and another, under Admiral Halsey, and including both IOWA and NEW JERSEY, at the San Bernadino Straits. Both task forces were initially ordered to assume a defensive posture. Historians would later refer to Leyte Gulf as the location of the last great ship to ship battle. The Japanese divided their forces into three fleets, the Northern, Southern and Central Forces. The Northern Force was to sail north of Leyte Gulf and act as a decoy to lure IOWA and NEW JERSEY away from their positions, leaving the Central and Southern forces, with the YAMATO and MUSASHI, free to attack the remainder of the U. S. fleet in a pincher movement. But the Japaneses plan failed disastrously when the decoy Northern Force went unseen but the Central Force was spotted and mauled, including the sinking of the MUSASHI. Admiral Thomas Kinkaid presumed that the San Bernadino Straits were protected by IOWA, so he continued the amphibious landings. However, by this time, the decoy Japanese force had been discovered and was being pursued, when the Central Force, including YAMATO, sailed unmolested into Leyte Gulf and attacked the small collection of destroyers and escorts there. Two desperate messages were sent to Admiral Halsey, urging him to return with IOWA, but the second was misinterpreted to read Where is Task Force 23. The World Wonders. Halsey read this as an insult, and refused to return his task force until the battle had been miraculously won by the undergunned Americans. IOWA had been denied a battle with YAMATO, the very ship she was designed to destroy, and only Halsey ' s public image saved him from a court martial. Shortly after Leyte Gulf, IOWA steamed home under a new skipper, J. J. Holloway. She received a warm welcome in San Francisco and was overhauled at the shipyard at Hunter ' s Point, returning to sea in March, 1945, for a shakedown and training cruise off San Pedro. As the flagship for Battleship Divison 7, IOWA supported carrier actions off Okinawa until May. Shortly thereafter, she rejoined Task Force 38 for strikes against Kyushu, one of Japan ' s home islands. During the summer of 1945, IOWA turned her 16-inch guns on installations at Honshu and Hokkaido. Just prior to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, she raided Nagoya and Tokyo. However, lOWA ' a sister ship MISSOURI was selected as the sight for the surrender ceremonies, in deference to President Harry Truman. With the coming of peace, IOWA did not remain in Japanese waters for long. She sailed for Seattle from Tokyo on September 20, 1945, bringing home former POW ' s and hundreds of American GI ' s. By January, 1946, however, she was back in Tokyo Bay as flagship of the 5th fleet. She remained there until March, when she returned to the United States. For the next two years, she served as a naval reserve training vessel, welcoming aboard midshipmen and taking part in the traditional cruises, drills and training exercises of the peacetime Navy. IOWA was finally decommissioned on March 24, 1949, and placed in reserve mothball fleet in San Francisco. OWA and her sister ships might have been scrapped had it not been for the Korean conflict. On April 1, 1951, she was recommissioned to support United Nations forces off the east coast of Korea. As flagship of the Seventh Fleet, she fired more than 4,500 rounds of 16-inch ammunition, more than double the amount she fired in all of WWII. Vince Leonard, a seaman journalist at the time, later described in a column the effects of shelling from the big guns: The firing of a single 16-inch gun during the Korean conflict was a blinding burst, three-quarters earthquake and one-quarter fireworks, a bone-jarring, teeth shattering microcosm of war. But the Korean conflict proved not to be a naval war. Shortly after leading an unsuccessful mock amphibious assault on Kojo, hoping to expose the enemy, she was ordered to Norfolk, Virginia, for overhaul. J OWA moved from assignment to assignment in the next six years. She served as flagship for NATO exercises in 1953 and 1957, and between those cruises joined a Battleship - Cruiser force, showing the colors in Scotland and South America. During this time, she also made several Mediterranean cruises. Sunday, July 4, 1954, saw IOWA in New York City. Ed Sullivan and CBS broadcast TV ' s 1 variety show, Talk of the Town , on the fantail. lOWA ' s Marine Detachment performed on the show, and afterwards a reception for Sullivan was held in the wardroom. IOWA was ultimately berthed next to WISCONSIN in Philadelphia, and decommissioned on February 24, 1958. With eleven battle stars in her distinguished career, she was the fifth most decorated battleship in U. S. history. Despite periodic plans to modernize and reactivate her, lOWA ' s future did not look promising — if she were lucky, she might become a floating museum, like other BB ' s Alabama, North Carolina and Texas. If not, scrapping was always possible. But with the coming to power of the Reagan administration, plans to reactivate the four mothballed battleships became serious, and in 1981, the Secretary of the Navy decided to modernize and reactivate IOWA. On September 1, 1982, she began her tow to Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, for hull repairs and removal of obsolete equipment. In January of the following year, IOWA arrived in Pascagoula, Mississippi, for completion of modernization and reactivation at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries. Offers from sailors who had sailed her in Korea and even WW II began to pour into Washington, most willing to come out of retirement to sail her again. The total cost of modernization was $385 million, giving the Navy a modernized battleship at approximately the cost of a new frigate, and in less than half the time to build one. With her extensive armor, speeds in excess of 30 knots, and longest cruising range of any conventional ship, IOWA is undeniably the most survivable ship afloat. JOWA ' s mission is to serve as the predominant unit of a surface ship action group (SAG) working with carrier battle forces or as an independent force. lOWA-claas ships will also fill a void in naval gunfire needed to support amphibious operations and provide off-shore support to any U.S. forces on the beaches or in coastal waters. Keel Laid Down (New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn), June 27, 1940 Launched: August 27, 1942 Commissioned: February 22, 1943 Decommissioned: San Francisco, March 24, 1949 (9 WWII battle stars) Recommissioned: August 25, 1951 Decommissioned: Philadelphia, February 24, 1958 (2 Korea battle stars) Recommissioned: April 28, 1984 Length: 887 ' 3 Beam: 108 ' 2 (one foot less than the Panama Canal) Draft: 38 ' Height: 209 ' from keel to mast top (approximately as tall as an 18 storv building) m Displacement: 58,000 tons m Original cost: $110,000,000 Scope of Construction: 800 miles of welding, 1,135,00 driven rivets, 16 miles of ventilation ducts, 14,140 valves and 80 miles of piping; 17 miles which is used for refrigeration and cooling purposes. Fuel Oil Capacity: 2,582,000 gallons Electrical Capacity: sufficient to handle the industrial and domestic load of a city of 20,000 population, and includes over 900 electrical motors, 5,300 lighting fixtures, 250 miles of electric cable and 1,091 ship ' s service telephones. Food Storage Capacity: 100 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables, 650 tons of dry stores and 84 tons of frozen meats. Armor: sides 12.1 ; maximum conning tower thickness 17 V2 Guns: Three 16 ' 750 turrets (9 guns) - range 42,345 yds (23 miles) Each 16 projectile weighs approximately 2,700 pounds and can penetrate up to 30 feet of concrete. Each barrel is 66 ' 8 long M Six, 5 ' 738 twin gun mounts (12 guns) - range 17,575 yards % Four, Phalanx Close-In Weapons systems (each capable of 3,000 rounds minute) Missiles: Eight Tomahawk armored box launchers (32 long-range cruise missiles) Four, 4-canister Harpoon launchers (16 anti-ship cruise missiles) Main Engines: 4 geared Westinghouse turbines; 53,000 horsepower each j Boilers: 8 Babcock Wilcox I Propellers: two 5-bladed 17 ' ; two 4-bladed 18 ' 3 (total of four? Rudders: two Speed: 30+ knots Design Complement (WWII): 117 officers, 1,804 enlisted Complement (after modernization): 60 officers, 1,500 enlisted COMMANDING OFFICER ■ CAPT GERALD E. GNECKOW, USN ™ 1 1 K ' LJ 1 f EXECUTIVE OFFICER . --  red the Navy via i n.v n ai iTiimui «jiiivcian.jr, Oxford, Ohio. 1967, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree i as commissioned an Ensign. Following graduation, he larried the former Patricia Wolf of Pelham, New York and, today, they have two teenagers, Karen and John. Until 1977, he devoted his career to the Submarine Service. Following Officer Submarine School in New London, Connecticut, he headed for sea assignments as Assistant Engineer Officer and Communications Officer ■ USS TENCH (SS-417); Communications Officer and Engineer Officer, USS WAHOO (SS-565); Engineer Officer and Weapons Officer, USS BLUEBACK (SS-581) and Navigator, Operations Officer and Executive Officer, USSBONEFISH (SS-582). From 1971 until 1973, he served as Flag Lieutenant, Force Public Affairs Officer and Aide to the Commander, Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet. Two challenging assignments took him to Washington, D. C. from 1977 to 1979. He represented Submarine Warfare for the Career Planning D u „j jijg Bureau of Naval Personnel, and he headed letention for the Chief of Naval Operatf — Captain Chernesky was next assigned sea duty as Executive Officer, USS DALE (CG-19), followed by Commanding Officer, USS PATTERSON (FF-1061), with deployments to the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden. Among his personal decorations are the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, the Navy Achievement Medal with Gold Star, a Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star, a National Defense Service Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, a Unf Battle Efficiency E Ribbon and the Sea Duty Servic Ribbon with Bronze Stars. The Executive Officer is a New Englander by birth. He is an avid racquetball player and a lifetime member of his fraternity. Delta Tau Delta. An interest in stamp collecting hr ' - ' ' - association with the American Philatelic So Society of Philatelic Americans. CAPTAIN JOHN J. CHERNESKY, JR., USN BMCM (SW) BOBBY L. SCOTT, USN COMMAND MASTER CHIEF Master Chief Boatswain ' s Mate (Surface Warfare) Atlanti Bobby L. Scott began a distinguished career in the United States Navy on August 2, 1952, when In Jai he enlisted for service one month following his eighteenth Comma birthday. Following Recruit Training, his tours included Comma USS ELDORADO (AGC 11); USS PAUL REVERE (AP wears 248); USS SANDOVAL (APA 194}- — —• - - —- ' the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station in v uaniico, Virginia; cau.| . Tug Master at U. S. Naval Station, Guam; USS PRIME Medals (MSO 466), Commander, Riverine Forces, for duty as Boat Captain of the mine-sweeper boat at Alpha Nha Bei; U. S. Naval Station, Mayport, Florida; Senior Enlisted r. Advisor and Boat Loading Officer for the Military Sea Lift and Ci Command in Saigon; OSS YOSEMITE (AD 19); U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis as Battalion Enlisted Instructor for F •-  - D- -.io„. USS SANTA BARBARA (AE 2H) where bo osition of Command Master Chief. He was Ch selected Force Master Chief by Naval Surface Force In January. 1983. he reported to the Prospective Commanding Officer. USS IOWA (BB 61) for duty as Command Master Chief. The senior enlist ' ' - - wears the Bronze Star with Combat V ,  d_-„:j-_.: I Citation. Among his other expeditioi ...i, .,i . and service awards are nine Good Conduct d his diploma from Morris Reactivation On September 1, 1982, IOWA was towed to New Orleans for the first phase of her modernization and reactivation. On January 30, 1983, she arrived at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, for completion of the renovation. During renovation, IOWA was fitted with 8 quadruple armored box launchers for 32 Tomahawk cruise missiles; 4 quadruple canister launchers for 16 Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles; and 4 Phalanx Close-In Weapons sys tems for anti-air and anti-missile defense. Modern communications, air and surface search radar and electronic countermeasures systems, an operating station for one helicopter, and space on board for two more helicopters was also added. In addition to new weapons, electronics and communication systems, lOWA ' s boilers and engines were converted to burn cleaner, more efficient. Navy standard distillate fuel. The crew ' s sleeping and dining spaces were modernized and air conditioning was installed throughout the ship. Her nine 16-inch guns and twelve 5-inch guns were reactivated, and an anti-pollution sewage collection and holding system was installed. The modernization cost approximately $385 million, about the same as the construction cost of a new frigate. ' bt? mi i 4V f6l fff ■ Bwt fl Bfe. B:__ . .--Jfl S B. Kl I ' Em irtdi, JmBBi Btt . ' — .- i a wMm - iL W UKtttjtUKtK. gam ' . :. L-- ' K H- ' ' 0 16 AIk . ' V ,- ' 1 I Iff; J T- ■■■ 1 1 L ; 9 ir! 1 ■obSl H . ' i .gr a fe. -i ■■ii.. s • - . I .i tf ■i£i J 3m. • 1 • 5r K l 1 t : jjP ' l lll •} ; ' mi U ' 25 ? m TSuf A f y • - ;_ etui ' hing ToN RlWH 1 On 9-10 June 1984, USS IOWA volunteered to be one of the ships opened to the public visiting as part of the Naval Base Norfolk public relations effort. Everybody got into the act. The local recruiters set up a booth, the Hampton Roads Naval Museum set up a display about U. S. Battleships, the Navy Exchange brought their mobile canteen over, and the memorabiliamen of X-3 division set up their wares in a tent on the pier. Everyone was expecting a high turnout for the weekend, but nothing like 28,000 people who showed up for the tour. The crew proved to be up to the challenge, showing off the Big Stick in fine style. The USS IOWA now holds the record for the most people welcomed aboard during a Naval Base Norfolk Open House. OPEN HOUSE ijirHHju j S 5J Bt SKUk ' -ffll m. iw.r aatuesnip lowa cast spell dUSI 4,000 former Navy men applied to serve aboard The Big Stick ' H P ' Bv JACK DORSEY ger men, many of them trained in high school and Dedicated crew takes shine to ba owa is coming back ' !; ; other ship. JSS Iowa ' s big guns loaded with Navy p Battleship will be econd reactivated boost U.S. fleet JSS IOWA: This is the most reliable ship n the U. S. Navy. There are no ither ships like this today. ' Navy Recalls 104 to Active Duty For Service in Battleship lowa But more than anything else, it will be the nine 16-inch guns that will rivet the attention, as they always have. Forty years ago. they were among the most powerful in the world. They still arc . Aark Rjchard. Stall Reporter ar MSC and tenant Fohhoc, We have a small task for you. WEll, maybe , t that small. It may lake you a while, but we y ., •e at Naval Sea Systems Command in e ishington feel like you ' re up to the task. It ms we have a small ship... well, not that all a ship.. .a battleship actttally... that ' s been ntorage for quite a while, and we ' d like for ' i to send down to Pascagoula a few items y ' ll need to get underway again. Nothingie. cial. Just stuff like hats and toilet paper, lers and pumps, things like that. We think ' ' U need close to, uh. seventeen thousand items , so. Yeah, that ' s right, seventeen thousand . m, but don ' t worry, we ' ll gfve you lots and I of time. YouU have til January 1 985. No. s. K-e that up to June 1984. Better yet, you ' d ter have the stuff delivered by April. 1984. • like April here in Washingttm. Oid we mention money? Sorry. Congress 7 give you all you want. Well, not exactly nty, but a few dollars and change at least. If t need more, don ' t hesitate to call. You know ' ' ' ™ ' V easy it is to get a politician on the phone money in election years. We know you can «A. USS lowa rattles windi . OldUSSIoware d] for high-tech warfai By Brian Chapman Gazette slatt writer PASCAGOULA, Miss. - It is a ship ' s command center that James T. Kirk, captain of the fictional tarship USS Enterprise, would feel omfortable in. Lighting in the portless chamber movie-theater dark, . air cool. Weapons computer coffsolps and But this nerve center Is a the super-dreadnought USS not the Enterprise of Star from TV and films. While the Enterprise ' s p torpedoes were only fiction Iowa ' s 32 Tomahawk cruise ml can fly an all-too-real nuclear bead hundreds of miles. USS lowa: The craw of ttw lowa prepares (or commiti loning wa only warshipj The Big Stlcl H iiiUi ballUub p M , vovi. uwaiu unecxow va Wooden deck the job done. Of course, everything is sub- t to change and restraints. j 13 ye(J%, NA MAT requires 9S percent of all  nd ' rero« m items, operating spacepart and con- « ' ' nahles imhoard by delivery. Hope this won ' t ' an Inconvenience. See you in Pascagoula. he c Love, ing NAVSEA ' i. Forgot. A lot of the origirtal manufacturers the equipment you ' ll be looking for have her g me out of business or no longer even ve the plans of the parts you ' ll rued, and you ' n ' t have any special procurement waivers, xxl luck! hen the April 28 re-commlsslonlng ceremonlale rolled nd tor USS lowa, 98.2% ol all her stores, pans and other s were onboard. This staggering accomplishment In the ol lormidable odds illuminates the elforts ot all those par- aimg in ouilltting the ship, the lirst battleship venture of Battleship rebor from a proud pa ..A most beautiful ship... -Vice President George Bush Return of the battleships adds to conventional fora says lowa senas ige to adversaries _ Halwy. cienllv and as. costeHectively as eship JIMSnsfKKKj M si.:r; .,=r...ij.i..L.i,n,.. Battleship in limelignt le joy- 1 as it ' s returned to sea ' ' ' Bv Brian Chaoman . J ' ' S ss-- lany types of ships in r — cruisers, trs, submarines and :arriers — there is quite as heart- I to behold as a Ip. By Brian Chapman , g OizMta ttaX writer the The crew who commisgloned and ilce rode the USS Iowa to sea during World War II knew her as Show- ngs boat. My And 80 the battleship remains ,„a today, eet Within the next five weeks the Matmi$toryoni age3C Iowa will move onto center sUge, playing host to thousands who will come aboard to personally inspect vyith 16-inch guns Bush on board Vice President George Bush (center) ctiecks out the Iowa ' s 1 -lr guns. He Is flanked by Navy secretary John Lehman and Ca, Gerald Gneckow, commander of the battleship. juns of steel, men of character Navy Swamped By Volunteer Applications for lowa i Battlewagon Iowa becoming Big Stick ' I By OENE RAFPEMSPERGER ' • n ji. iLn The bttUeriUp Iowa, b«iiic rtfittod lo • shipyard at Paaeafonla, Mlai., is getting new armanMots and oew equipment, tnelading air coadltionliif. Sbt also may be getting a new nMiMUir. The Big Stick. Tbat i the name the crew has bung on the giant ship, one of only two bat- tleships in service In the world today. The other is the U.8.S. New Jersey. The Iowa will not be ready for sea for almost a year, but every diy brinp We rtaUy Uke that. I am will stick and become our motto. That ' s assuming that the 1, LEAVING FOR CENTAM 42 UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT S.X M m: i : r.k 1 % ■ i life. 4 ' W ' , ' , . ■ ■ -— .■ , r,. : - - - .i- • - ;M a ■ ' ' ' . PROMOTIONS BMCS Hiawatha demons GMGCS Larry Pousson FTGC James Fears MMC Christopher Archut FTGC Danny Brown PNC Wayne Conway EMC Milagrito Felipe DTC Michael Buechler BTC Thomas Evans BTC Danny Gazaway EMC Reynaldo Delrosario GMGC Carl Farmer GMGC David Mabry MAC David Broadway FTGC James Cain MMl Blane Aument FTGl Ronald Brown GMGl Bradley Cole BTl Steven Dunham BTl Jesse Esquivel BTl Mark Halstead BTl Timothy Harvey PHI Randy Jablonowski ICl Glenn Lewis EMI Noe Maniago GMGl Wayne Ross BTl Donald Rutledge GMGl Thomas Sloniger MMl David Stafford BTl Donnie Waters BT2 Richard Anson GMG2 Jeffrey Beanblossom FTG2 Richard Beaulieu FTG2 Victor Bertoluzzi PC2 Douglas Bickler EN2 Hiram Broadbent DK2 Delsol Cabrera GMG2 Ted demons BM2 Arthur Collins FTG2 Ryan Corey HT2 Gregg Cunyus MM2 David Dole HT2 Gregory Gentry GMG2 Mark Haggith HT2 Kenneth Harmon FTG2 Frederick Harper BM2 George Hinton FTG2 Jesse Hobson MM2 Jeffrey Jackson MRS Glen Johnson GMG2 Steven Jones MM2 Kenneth Judd BM2 Patrick Kessler BT2 Leonard Lahair BM2 Timothy Letcher FTG2 Christopher Lingle FTG2 David Mabe SM2 William Mace HT2 Nathaniel McCray FTG2 James Moore BT2 Robert Ruffn er MM2 Donald Saunders HT2 Douglas Shoup HT2 Kenneth Tanner HT2 Albert Waltz GMG2 Richard Weathers BT2 Steven Williams RP3 John Adham EMS David Blythe ICS James Bonds ICS Kirk Bostwick BTS Gary Eanes BT3 Michael Flockhart BTS Michael Gordon SK3 Michael Gray FTMS Rick Griffin BTCM Michael Colburn OSS Patrick Hall GMGS Paul Hardy GMGS Benjamin Harris FTMS Dennis Hughes OSS Donald Hutchison OSS Jon Kittelmann SKS Richard Mackley GMGS Tad Martin GMGS Thomas Meyer GMGS Conroy Randolph SKS Silas Richardson OSS Charles Smith JOS Anthony Venture DMS James Waters SMS Michael Webb BM3 xMark Westfall FTGS Scott Williams MERITORIUS SERVICE MEDAL IstSGT Gerald Hoel NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS % .L .t EMI William Hatzfeld ENS Ronald Acosta HTl Manuel Palacio BMSN Salvatore Morgano RMC David Cimino MMC Christopher Arehut GYSGT Elbert Kuenstler FN Patrick Banning HTCS Jimmy Banning MMFN Leonard Carr MS2 Thomas DePalma BT2 Steven Dunham BT2 Jesse Esquivel BTl Thomas Evans EMC Milagrito Felipe BTC Charles Graham MM2 Dale Grevencamp MMC Bobby Jackson PN2 Terrence Halligan SKI Raymond Marquis EMCS Thomas McCune HT2 Jesse Nichols ENl Olaf Roughtvedt BTFN Brian Schofield MM2 Bobby Simpson YNl Thomas Smith GMCM Gerald Tisdale EMI Noe Maniago BTCS Michael Colburn 50 GOOD CONDUCT AWARDS  f 5i -| MAI Ronald Hawkins LN2 Philip Mark PN3 Harold Goode FTCM James Corbin FTMl Steve Grubbs GMGl David Mabry FTM2 Duane Heishman RMl Michael Wallington AG2 Daniel Hoffman QMl Marvin Moon 0S2 Kevin Grieser EW2 Allen Mallow SM3 Reuel Morney BTl Thomas Evans HTl Robert Preston HT2 Frank Merriweather BT2 Jimmy Jones IC2 Michael Fleming MM3 Stephen Foster ENS S inclair Rivers BM2 Martin Doty DT3 Kenneth Ryan EMI Miguel StaMaria BTCS Robert Anderson BM2 James Andrews SKCS Richard Vincent SK3 Silas Richardson BM3 George Hinton SKC Edward LaPrade FTM2 Hiram Piedmont BTl Taft Lefevers PN2 Terry Halligan GMG2 Andrew Capritta BT3 Leonard Lahair BMl Ricky McDivitt SK3 Kenneth Haller AGC Michael Brannan DT2 William Candler MAI Douglas Black IC2 Glen Council 0S3 Mark Hartgrove BTl Patrick Patrow IC2 Michael Burgess BT3 Brian Washburn BMCM Thomas Oneyear MM3 Renard Moore 51 m FTCM Adrian Dotson SKCS Richard Vincent BTC Ronald King RPC David Young FTGl William Lyell BMl Harry Stiles MM2 Timothy Cohan FTG2 Thomas Epperson BM2 Christopher Jourdan MM2 Gary Pavlus MM2 Timothy Tharalson YN3 Ricky Rowe FTGC Mark Humphrey AGC Michael Brannan GMGC Frank Wismer GMGl Carl Farmer FTGl Thomas Keough MSCS Darrell Simonson MMC Bobby Jackson ENC Donald Johnson BMCS Thomas Parris MAI Ronald Hawkins HTl Robert Preston GMGI Steve Gibson OSCS Carl G. Fullbright HMCS Henry Doll ETCS Howard Baker FTGl Ronald Brown FTMl David Silvers EMI William L. Hatzfeld JOC David E. Olsen PHI Jeffrey R. Hilton HTCM John Kennedy FTGC Larry Ford MSC Romeo M. Valencia MMl Daniel Lewis GMGl Thomas Solheim FTG2 Victor J. Bertoluzzi HT2 Gregory Cunyus QM2 Mark Humphrey PC2 Steven Nuckels HT2 Kenneth Tanner EM3 Martin A. Palmiere GMGC Wayne Evans SKC Edward LaPra GMGC Frank Snyder ICl Gerald Costin MMC Wayne McCombs BMl Oliver Peart MAC David Broadway BMC Philip Simmon FTGl Bobby Miller BMC Anthony Orlar ETl Ronald Dennen OSC James Murray MSC Paul Frederick BMC Ronald Cropp FTCS Jackie Moore FTGl John Palmer BM2 George Hinton FTGC James Fears GMGC Kenneth Smith EMC Reynaldo Delf SKI Raymond Marquis ETl Mark Matthews LI I Samuel Huffman FTG2 Richard Beau ICl Charles W. Chandley FTCM Ste - ' ' ' MSC Brett Williams ISC Edward Barron RMC David Cimino ICC Douglas Urann EWC Nolan Allen HMl Paul W. Conlii EWl George R. Weatherbee MRl Donald Ramsd( PNC Wayne Conway MM2 John Baker HMl Alan James FTG2 Ryan Corey FTG2 Michael Allen FTM2 Duane Heishr FTG2 Daniel L. Goeltzenleuchter HT2 Douglas Shoup ISC Edward Barron ICC Douglas Urann HMl Paul W. Conlin MRl Donald Ramsdell MM2 John Baker FTG2 Ryan Corey FTM2 Duane Heishman JOl Timothy J. Shipman MM2 Dale E. Grevencamp PNCM John Bristow EMCS Thomas McCune BMC Sanders V. Shepard AGl William Adamo HTl Manuel Palacio MSI Jose Vasqucz BM2 Arthur Collins YN2 Barry Everhart EW2 Allen Mallow MM2 Donald Saunders FTM3 Dennis Hughes OS3 Charles Smith BMC Claude Holder SHC Dale Lauderman PGC William Sanders YNl Thomas Smith BMl Gerry Reed RMCS Idus Benham YNC William Owens MSC Chester Ceehorne FTG3 Joe Messner FTG3 Joseph Waters MMCS Billy Boyd FTGC Daniel Webb DKl Eddie Villanueva OS I Bryson Barnes GMGl Dale Mortensen HTCS Jimmy Banning FTMC James Fobbs NCCS Jerry Leggett SMI Larry Porter MAI Michael Zelnik GMGl Bradley Cole BMC Ronald Gildersleeve MACS David Biddlecome FTMC James Corbin ETC Hector Alomar EMC Milagrito Felipe FTMl Steven Grubbs BMl John Bultman BMC Michael Drelich OS2 Richard Jclderks ENLISTED SURFACE WARFARE SPECIALISTS lwJfii . Tj li ' f MBSaWW ' pace; (program for afloat MMFN Michael Baccamazzi FN Kenneth Hugle SA Jeffrey Mires MR3 Ray Williams SA J. Carter SHSA Darrell Jackson SR Charles Mosley SA Thuan Bao SHSA Harold Crider SN Thomas Kirk SR Jamie Torne BTFN Ralston Clarke SN Edward Parker PFC Jose Riverarosado EMC Milagrito Felipe SN John Hyde SN Ramone Quinones BM2 Kevin Wilson SN Anthony Enoch SA Jeffrey January SK3 Silas Richardson LIl Samuel Huffman SA Joe Bautista BMSN James Rhoads FN Robert Whetstone SA David Bryant FN Gerry Henderson SN B. A. Robinson GRADUATES COLLEGE EDUCATION) SA Rex Gibson EM2 Robert Levandowski SHSN Alphonse Thomas BT2 Ray Anderson SN Paul Gonzales SA David Kosling BT3 George Simpson YN3 Stanley Billups SN Keith Jackson SA Graydon Richards SN R. L. Williams SN Russell Burch SN Lee Israel SHSA Vernel Smith BM3 Charles Smith DKSN Albert McKenna RP3 Gregory Tiffany SA Victor Boyd SN Anthony House LCPL Edward McGuire FN Fred Timmons MMFN Richard Burke SN Kelvin Kennedy GMGl Wayne Ross SN James Andrews SA Nicholas Clappsy MR3 Glen Johnson FTMSN Kenneth Umpierre LCPL Donald L. Waite Marine of the Quarter 56 BN Preston E. Sutton I on-Rated Man of the Quarter FTG2 William E. Lyell Petty Officer of the Quarter 4 57 REENLISTMENTS ONBOARD USS IOWA SINCE PRECOM MAl(SW) Douglas Black MMCS(SW) Billy J. Boyd PNCM(SW) John Bristow AGC(SW) Michael Brannan PNC(SW) Wayne Conway RMl George Collins MRC James Doherty ETl(SW) Ronald Dennen BTC Charles Hill MMC David Hewitt MMCS(SW) John Herzog BM2 Robert Hill EMCS(SW) John Ippert SKC Edward LaPrade NCCS(SW) Jerry Leggett FTGl(SW) Bobby Miller GMG2 David Mashtare MMC Wayne McCombs SKI Robert Marion FTG2 David K. Mabe YNl Thomas Smith IC2 Clifford Bruinsma RMl Eddie Nikolas BMCS(SW) Thomas Parris MAC David Ries BM3 Michael Pacheco MAI William Stockberger ICC Douglas Urann BM2 Robert Wilkinson DKC(SW) Jerry Young BTl Anthony Watkins BT3 Curtis Gregory QMC(SW) Candelario Martinez MSC(SW) Paul Frederick HTC(SW) Larry Larimore EM2 Dwight Trew BTl Douglas Robinson HT2 Gerald Gaskill ETl(SW) Mark Matthews GMG2 Andrew Capritta MMC Samuel Henderson SKI Ray Marquis m;- Big Stick Sports IOWA SOCCER TEAM WITH TEAM % FROM CARTAGENA, COI Q  i ia« •SMi!M ' J : i B T Religious Services ■B . WMI 4r ' rl Tfe ? y._ rAMMp H ; « ' ' w T W HH j f ' SE H M h|L« | a u I H ss? KC pB • fli l l ii 9 l ■a ■ll b ' fi H H 67 Big Stick Talent lOWANS Lending A Ha f ; Xrf 2!i A A I lb Kli A l!i A A I J ITJ LTJ mn.tf ■ rnxvi fym i m a i 1 WM ' m f i9 jH ! iW 4 ■ B ■ IjHk i vi a?  -««« «rJt ■mi ' . mu, P®{r Memphis , v, rM«iinrM.fd  )l, •Atlanto noobilt ( o MANAGUA i  d Icttelk Mi nfllio fr A r y!in 09 d tBtio INGiTilN L . Pascagoula, Ms Refresher Training, Arrived Norfolk, VA Departed Norfolk, V Caracas, Venezuela Puerto La Cruz. Ve Montego Bay, Jamaica St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Martinique, French West Barbados uantanamo Bay, Cuba (SAG A St ' anama Canal Transit (Atlantic- TClftl? ' I City, Panama ' - ' ' ransit (Pacific-Atlantic) La Ceiba, Honduras Ft. I - Ho IM5SmS3MmJR NASHVILLi EAMOm 27-29 June ■5 July 7-9 July 14-18 July 23-24 July 27-30 July gStes T-r 30 August , 3-6 September i m BAHAMAS i Hl l INDIES ill 6nd Cai ' cos lilandt DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAIfl ? i iMnm.o , o ° ° l 1 I VlltG ISlANDi Sf.CrciH % . (US) v UK) Xivd th (UK) (jLiK) (Fr) rnp j aommquify- NtfHfBlANOS Sf. Vinc nf (UK) ■ SofWiiri  « dc M ri;. nM lominquinp ' i . .Morocaibo i OBARBADOS ItlOMIOWN TRINIDAD AN(rT .@0 ? • ' i « cjniftiiAMti Venezuela Colombia fjmi — Jamaica ..:: 7 . ,.; f iiiii i ? -A- ,« .- ' • -■ Jt ' ' « • 1 ' f ' a ' St. Thomas i m 0 - ii ■ ? B ' m ss£. ' aH PWi Air — = ■ I ffl S P wS tf- wmnt M tC fjr i %£:Mf lt0 tlt mtU fc . ■: i sSR v • : Is i. l gH H S a 1 wlBPi 1 ■i 4! IHHJIV ' ii ' ECl l 4 i Ti IJ R ' H i WB I ,i.vV. ' :; LvV. ...i,: :i l . ' . - . ' 4l85 (« Barbados y Wi ,4 pfe I Panama Cana . ' ' ' . ' ■ i ■-- ■ ■■.• • ' .n y - %% . ■ — m. - %F r itf iT ' ' ' JOSE NAPOLEON DUARTE President of El Salvador lOWANS in El Salvador ' La Ceiba I, M m :m g I TVff. B 6 ii Ti Jil BATTLESHIP SAILORS r 1 1 he Crew of the LfSS IOWA is different X than most other crews aboard US-MEN-OF-WAR. The ir 00 men are predominantly volunteers, including over a hundred reservists and retirees who re- turned to active duty specifically to serve on the Big Stick, Representing 48 States, 2 U.S. Territories and 4 foreign countries, lOWA ' s crew ranges in age from 17 to 57, and in active naval service time from 2 months to 33 years. 116 IP : 1,- • ' V - aI 117 ADMIN Command information flows from the Commanding Officer, through the Executive Officer, to all departments to reach every man onboard. The Administra- tion Department manages that flow to keep all of us informed about daily events, long range schedules, and policy and procedure. Additionally, Administration provides a wide and varied range of services. From within the department, we receive our mail from home and obtain all the services provided by a stateside post office. Spiritual guidance and religious services, conducted regularly for all religious faiths, are provided by the Chaplain ' s Office. They also staff our shipboard library and lounge. In the Legal Office, professional legal counsel- ing is available in addition to handling disciplinary cases. The Personnel Office accounts for each crewmember ' s service record, while the Educational Services Office (ESO) person- nel administer educational programs that enhance N avy careers. The Public Affairs Office (PAO) provides liaison with the news media and is our news source providing broadcasts through the WIOA-TV studio and printed news through the lOWAN, the battleship ' s at-sea newspaper. The Career Counseling Office advises personnel on career paths within the Navy, while the men in 3-M keep track of main- tenance on the ship ' s equipment and machinery. Tying all of ADMIN ' s divisions together is lOWA ' s Print Shop. It provides printing and reproduction services to keep all of the lines of communication open. LCDR DAN STUART ADMIN OFFICER X-1 Division is comprised of the Administra- K. tive Office, the Captain ' s Office, and the |P Post Office. lOWA ' s Administrative Office provides a variety of services to lOWA ' s crew vs hile ensuring a smooth coordination and flow of essential information between the Executive Officer and the ship. Admin is responsible for publishing the Plan of the Day (POD) and a myriad of other functions. The Captain ' s Office provides direct administrative support to lOWA ' s Commanding Officer. In addition, the Captain ' s Office maintains over 60 officer records, controls incoming and outgoing ship ' s official correspondence and classified materials. The men of the Post Office handle the morale enhancing tasks of processing incoming and outgoing mail. NOW MAIL CALL . . . MAIL CALL is just about the best word to be passed over the ship ' s IMC. lOWA ' s Post Office processes mail 16 hours a day while IOWA is underway. Over 20,000 pounds of incoming and outgoing mail is dispatched, sorted, and distributed every month for IOWA. Selling stamps, money orders, and accepting parcels for mailing, lOWA ' s Postal Clerks are there to serve. Whether IOWA is transiting the Panama Canal or providing gun-fire support, the ship ' s post office gets the mail through rain, wind, heat and storm. LCDR Daniel Stuart LTJG Paul Ogg YNC William Owens PCC William Sanders YNl Thomas Smith YN3 Ricky Rowe , PCSN Kenneth Anthony ' YNSN Anthony Christophe SN Alvin Fletcher SN Greg Hankins - YNSN Eric Moen YNSN Michael Montoro YNSN Jose Negron YNSN Christopher Williams X-2 Division is to ensure the administra- tive readiness of over one thousand five hundred enlisted personnel as- signed to IOWA. It is also comprised of the Educational Services Office (ESO). lOWA ' a Personnel Office is dedicated to serving the crew seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Twelve personnelmen and the Personnel Officer maintain an average of over 1,500 records. They keep service records up to date, prepare orders for travel and keep the record of emergency data up to date. They also prepare miscellane- ous personnel forms, issue identifcation cards, and are responsible for the orderly gain and transfer of enlisted personnel onboard IOWA. They are responsible for processing all reenlistments, extensions and separations of enlisted personnel. For the crewmember, the Personnel Office provides invaluable services to ensure the complete accuracy of documents supporting an individual ' s Navy career. Additionally, through the ESO they provide educational services in the form of Navy-wide advance- ment examinations, correspondence courses, school quotas, PACE, and functional skills classes. LTJG John Gerik PNCM Johnnie Bristow PNl Wayne Conway PNl Randy Jablonowski PN2 Terry Halligan PN2 Robert Lemmond PN2 Stephen Mason PN3 Craig Kronewitter PN3 Harold Goode PN3 Geoffrey Gradney PNSN Paul Beebe PNSN Mitchell McClay PNSN Scott Williamson 123 Division is better known as the Public Affairs Office (PAO). The mission of the PAO is to dis- seminate accurate, timely infor- maRo o the crew of IOWA and to the general public. -3 External press releases are processed in the PAO to keep the news media informed of what is happening aboard IOWA. Working with the print shop and the photo lab, they publish the 10 WAN and lOWA ' s FAMILYGRAM. Providing information to the crew is the purpose of the lOWAN, the newspaper written by the PAO staff and published daily by the print shop. The FAMILYGRAM keeps our families back home informed of the lOWA ' s activities, such as the ship ' s long-range schedule and recent port stops. Assisting in the important function of keeping the crew informed is the WIOA-TV News Team, presenting the evening news on the super SITE Closed-Circuit TV System (CCTV). The CCTV system, installed during reactivation, provides entertainment through six hours of prime-time programming on three separate channels each night at sea. The Print Shop provides support to the ship by printing everything from Welcome Aboard pamphlets to official IOWA instructions. The printers also provide professional layout and design guidance. The Photo Lab provides support by photographic coverage of the ship for historical and media purposes, as well as in support of lOWA ' s intelligence-gathering efforts. LCDR George Farrar JOC David Olsen PHI Jeff Hilton LIl Samuel Huffman ICl Terrence Lewis JOl Timothy Shipman IC2 Michael Burgess JOS Anthony Venture DM3 James Waters PHAN Jeffrey Elliott LISN John LaGesse PHAA David Carreras X-4 Coordinator. Division of the Administrative Depart- ment is comprised of the Legal Disci- pline offices, the Chaplain ' s office, the Career Counselor, and the 3-M The Legal Office provides legal assistance to the crew, processes courts-martial, claims and other investigations. lOWA ' s Legal Services are provided by a Command Judge Advocate who is directly responsible to the Commanding Officer for all legal matters. Legal service includes preparation of wills, powers of attorney and free legal advice. lOWA ' s Master-at-Arms Force enforces the rules and regulations on IOWA, assists in maintaining internal security, and operates our brig. The force strives to serve and protect the crew. It is organized to perform everything from cutting locks and conducting criminal investigations, to providing security for dignitaries. The Chaplain ' s Office is the center of lOWA ' s religious The Command Career Counselor is the retention program manager on IOWA. He provides a ready source of knowledge i for all IOWA crewmen as well as their families pertaining , to career programming, education, future assignments, benefits, and entitlements. The ship ' s 3-M Office provides assistance to all levels of management. They coordinate and direct all facets of the shipboard maintenance and material management program from preservation and maintenance to Zone Inspections. LCDR William Dillon LCDR Timothy McGuan MACS David Biddlecome NCCS Jerry Leggett BMCM Bobby Scott EMCM(SW) John Ippert MAC Carl Ogelsby MAC David Ries RPC David Young XJL, MAI Douglas Black V Jf MAI David Broadway J( Min ' K LIl William Campbell MAI Ronald Hawkins MAI Willis Stockberger MAI Lester Vermillion MAI John Zelnik BM2 Philip LaFrance K . if jiJr; bAk , lir BM2 Merle Littlejohn LN2 Philip Mark BM2 Kevin Wilson RP3 John Adham RP3 Gregory Tiffany 128 J 129 NAVIGATION ' LCDR Russell Bauer QMC(SW) Candelario Martinez QMl Marvin Moon QMl Ronald Schultz QMSN Ricardo Bonilla QMSN Larry Garcia QMSN James Griffith QMSN Chris Mannoia SN Timothy Taylor QMSR Neil Evans OPERATIONS Operations Department, consisting of seven divisions, is responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information and tactical data that is vital to the ship ' s mission. The objectives of the Operations Depart- ment derive from the !OWA ' a missions, nierally, the ship must be ready to carry tasks in the following major mission which affect the Operations Depart ' It: anti-surface warfare; anti-air war- fare; anti-submarine warfare; electronic warfare; and Command, Control and imunication. Operations Department must ensure the ship ' s combat readiness in the above mission areas by meeting the following objectives: Maintaining the highest material readiness of all assigned communications and electronics equipment and systems; maintaining the highest personal readiness including operator proficiency at stations assigned in the watch organization; collect- ing, disseminating, and displaying informa- tion; and providing communication urvices apartments CDR JOE FRANK TIT OPERATIONS OFFICER 1  Division operates lOWA ' s Meteor- m ology Oceanography office. Aero- W m I L grapher ' s Mates (AGs) assigned to the ■ J Division are responsible for taking, encoding and transmitting upper air, surface and sub-surface environmental observations. With all locally gathered environmental data, real time satellite imagery, fleet weather radio, and facsimile broadcasts received from the Navy ' s weather centers, the ship ' s meteor- ologist and his forecasting staff are able to provide IOWA with timely and accurate weather forecasts. LCDR Richard LeRoy AGC Michael Brannan AGl William Adamo AGl Lester Letner AG2 Daniel Hoffman AGAA Russell Balch 134 ' M. 5!p|f5 ' ? ' 1 ' i . iii Division ensures M M 1 lOWA ' s voice of com- V ■ S .mand is heard loud m and clear at sea or in port, around the clock. The men of OC Division, using various equipment and circuits process over 300 messages daily to support 1500 people. They also provide the services which enable their shipmates to send and receive personal telegrams while IOWA is underway or in homeport. The men of OC Division provide reliable, secure, and rapid communications at the speed of light. IOWA is equipped with the Navy ' s most modern communications equipment. Capable of satellite, voice, data and record communications, plus having the services of a modern computer system, we are able to communicate in any medium, thanks to OC Division. LT Joseph Thomas CW04 B J. Pohly RMCS Neal Benham RMC David Cimino RMC (SW) Alfred Rathbun RMl Ernest Clater RMl George Collins RMl Eddie Nikolas RMl Peter Turick RMl Michael Wallington RM2(SS AC) Patrick Brooks RM2 Dave Fields RM2 Robert Hitesman RM2 Cesar Lohner RM2 Hilton Mostella i RM2 Christopher Slagle RMS Curtis Barcliff RMS Maurice Gould RMS Luis Granado RMS James Mattice RMS Jimmy Thornton RMS James Williams RMSN Lester Davidson RMSN John Schultz SN Timothy Smith Jr- ii¥ .i ; ii ' i ( 136 RMSN Michael Taulbee RMSA Kenneth Clark RMSA William Hill SA William Wilson Division maintains m M ft and repairs all « m ■ 1 J OH A ' svastquanti- - L ty of electronic equipment. They enhance the material readiness of IOWA through preventive and corrective maintenance of all assigned equipment. OE Division is comprised of highly skilled Electronic Technicians (ET). The ET ' s maintain and repair all communication ' s equip- ment in radio central, the ship ' s sensor and radars, and calibrate and repair all electronic test equipment. The Micro- Miniature Repair Shop tests and repairs circuit boards from various gear. During Condition I, OE Division con- trols and restores casualties to electron- ic equipment and contributes to the battle readiness of IOWA. LT Charles Munter ETCS Howard Baker ETC Hector Alomar ETl Ronald Dennen ETl Fredrick Finger ETl Mark Mathews ET2 Tom Alford ET2 Scott Burdick ET3 William Dowers ET3 Bret Durrett ET3 Kenneth Foltz ET3 John Hammond ET3 Robert Jones ET3 John Townsend SN David Perry d Division goes by many M M names as they practice M m 1 the old sea methods of • am communication. During all periods, but especially during times of radio silence and when radio security is needed, the men of OS Division provide flag hoist, semaphore, and flashing light as the primary means of sending and receiving tactical and maneuvering infor- mation when steaming in company with other ships. They also provide the OOD with visual identification and position of other ships around IOWA. There is always a signalman on watch, keeping a weather eye on the horizon to collect information for the command. ENS Lant Gotten SMI Larry Porter SM2 John Handloser SM2 Russell LaPorte SM2 William Mace SM2 Mark Roden SMS Reuel Morney SM3 Michael Webb SMSN Eric Hope SMSA Wayne Desrochers SMSA Thomas Henry SMSA Tim Shockley WJ-M m 138 p Division, operating from Combat Information M B I Center (CIC) and Combat Engagement V V ■ Center (CEC) is the focal point of informa- L tion flow in the entire ship. Over 98% of all voice communication originates in these two spaces. Planning of operations, directing of lOWA ' s massive firepower, air control, navigation, and surveillance of the seas out to 600 nautical miles are daily evolutions for the operational specialists who man these spaces. Working closely with all echelons of command, providing them with the needed information to make decisions of tactical importance, these men have to be finely-tuned professionals. LCDR Walter Mclntyre ENS Stephen Dissette OSCS Carl Fullbright OSC Thomas Brown OSl Paul Albertson OSl Bryson Barnes OSl Dan Taylor 051 John Snelling 052 John Dunn OS2 Kevin Grieser OS2 Mark Hartgrove 0S2 Frank McKiddie 0S2 Juan Rodriguez OS2 Kregory Scott OS2 Christopher Viverette 139 0S2 Craig Waldo 083 Donald Hutchison 083 Jon Kittelmann 083 Dave Kovach 083 Nicholas Locklair 083 Mark McKinney 083 Anthony Pace 083 Joseph Ray 083 Charles 8mith 083 Bob 8tephen8 0S8N Tracy Bonner OSSN Joseph Breznican OS8N Darrell Cherry OSSN Dale Clark 083 Gregory Clewes OSSN Marvely Coleman OSSN Anthony Cosgrove OSSN Patrick Dwyer OSSN Jody Fortney OSSN Clint Gregory ■Jf- , j( :tM : W Mm JT .iir. 140 V OSSN Gary Hamilton OSSN John Hartman OSSN Ted Kyser OSSN Robert Lawson OSSN Louis Martin OSSN Ricky Newton SN Christopher Polk OSSN James Rasmussen i OSSN Troy Raulston OSSN Dale Russell OSS Fredric Sammartano OSSN Martin Stark OSSN Scot Taylor OSSN Scott Woolhouse OSSA Edward Harrison OSSA Scott Ross OSSA Sean Talley division M M ' I comprised of M W I electronic war- L fare technicians (EW) and a detachment of cryptologic technicians (CT). The EW ' s operate and maintain lOWA ' s electronic war- fare intercept, electronic countermea- sures, torpedo countermeasures and MK 36 Chaff Decoy System. They monitor the electromagnetic spec- trum, detecting, identifying, and tracking electromagnetic emissions and employ countermeasures to neu- tralize threat emitters. EW ' s maintain a 24 hour watch in combat engagement center (CEC) providing early warning data to the tactical, action officer (TAO). IOWA had members of the Naval Security Group embarked dur- ing the deployment. The CT ' s provide electronic support measures and dis- seninate tactical and strategic infor- mation to the tact ical action officer. LT Steven Ritz CW04 Byron Hodges EWC Nolan Allen GYSGT E. Kuenstler SGT Charles Carroll SGT Francisco Garza CTRl Curtis Gant EWl George Wetherbee CTI2 Brigham Bechtel CTM2 Frank Kampen EW2 Allen Mallow CT02 Bruce Milchuck EW3 Lonnie Burns EWSN Mark Altmanshofer EWSN Brian McConaghy EWSN John Renz 142 oz 9 (Intelligence) Division is comprised of one Intelligence Specialist Chief and three intelligence assistants (OS). The Division is responsible for collection and dissemination of intelligence information in support of IOWA, and other Atlantic Fleet Commands. While underway, the OZ Division is manned 24-hours a day and maintains an accurate up-to-the-minute assessment of enemy capabilities based on the latest available information by maintaining various plots and intelligence files, and by collecting new information. ISC Edward Barron 0S2 Richard Jelderks IS2 David Layman YN3 Roland Cyr OSS Patrick Hall 143 k DECK OWA ' s Deck Department, hours-per-day operation, is devoted professional seamanship. The sailors of Deck provide numerous services. From operating O (FA ' s anchors to issuing paint for the entire ship, Deck Department provides strong support to our efforts to keep IOWA the cleanest, sharpest- looking ship in the fleet. From reveille to taps, the voice of the ship ' s general announcing systems is that of a Boatswain ' s Mate. From port to port, the helm and lee-helm are under the control of a Boatswain ' s Mate. Around the clock regard- less of the weather, Boatswain ' s Mates are vigilantly posted as lookouts. In a time-honored ritual, Deck Department sailors spend many hours swabbing, scrub- bing, holystoning, and maintaining the 57,000 square feet of lOWA ' s teak-wood planking to keep them looking good. S Visiting dignitaries will find the Honors Boatswain ' s Mate standing proud and sharply piping the side. Deck ' s underway replenishment rig crews consistently transfer fuel, ammunition, stores, and food quickly, safely and professionally. Remaining always ready to rescue a shipmate adrift at sea, the men of Deck Department man the ready lifeboat twenty- four hours a day when underway. And they man the boats that take us ashore for liberty | in foreign ports. The Boatswain ' s Mate rating, the oldest in the Navy, has for centuries provided the Navy with hard-working sailors. This proud ; tradition is steadfastly carried on by Boatswain ' s Mates of IOWA. 144 M B M y I M composed of JLJ W J each Deck Division. They are responsible for the issue of all paint and cleaning gear on IOWA This is an enormous task which requires many hours of record keeping and inventories. When interior spaces require painting, the Bos ' n Detail spray painting team is tasked with painting in a timely and professional manner. The Bos ' n Detail also supplies lOWA ' s riggers which are on call to move vents, motors, and equipment. The recent installation of disbursing ' s new safe was accomplished by the Bos ' n Detail. Their job is varied and sometimes rigorous. It is one in which the men , have a deep-seated sense of pride as they have proven f. themselves many times over. fe CW02 Ralph Carey BMCM(SW) Thomas Oneyear BMCS Thomas Parris BM2(SW) Paul Freeman BM3 Michael Kalapodakis SN Kenneth Beebe SN Marc Carlock SN Peter Cavanaugh SN Walter Clark SN Robert Cozza SN Michael Halter SN Terence Jefferson SN Francisco Martinez SN Preston Sutton Fi n SN James White Y SN Mark Wright W ' ' SA Salvatore Morgano 4 - SA Richard Sanchez i, SA Richard Stern ' i 1 Division is re- I I sponsible for ■ % ■ IOWA ' S fore- _M- K — JL. castle (foc ' - sle), her giant anchor chains, and two mighty 15-ton anchors. It comes as no surprise that First Division has acquired the nickname The Chain Gang . They maintain and preserve the forecastle which, in addition to its use as the anchor chain handling area, is one of the most impressive areas onboard. It is available for religious services, inspections, musical enter- tainment, awards and other ceremon- ial functions. Maintaining the forecas- tle ' s immaculate appearance requires daily effort, superb seamanship and personal interest. First Division pre- serves the ship ' s two, 15-ton anchors and 374 fathoms of chain (including painting and preservation of each 80 pound link). During underway replenishment (un- rep), First Division is responsible for the forward unrep stations for receiv- ing both fuel and cargo. LT Vincent Jefferies ENS John Donovan BMCS(SW) Hiawatha Clemons BMC Anthony Orlando BMl(SW) Ricky McDivitt l 3J SN Timothy Boggs SN John Brancheau SN Alejandro Burgos BMSN Tony Coen SN Kip Cole SN Maurice Diggs SN Kent Dumas SN Ehrlich Dyson SN William Gallishaw SN Gerald Catling SN Wilfredo Gotay SN Cedric Greene SN Michael Groft SN George Hutcherson SN Charles Johnson SN Darren Johnson SN Thomas Langston SN Michael Larmony SN John Lindsay SN Gary Lomax 149 SN Lajon Miller SN Kelly Mitchell SN Kevin Oskovich SN Fernando Puentes SN Stanley Richmond SN Samuel Salcedo SN Matthew Scott SN Marvin Smith SN Kevin Soileau SN Ronald Williams SN Storm Williams SN Michael Zahradka SA Brent AUeyne SA George Banks SA Paul Berton SA Machion Bray SA Judson Duval SA Nathan Hall SA Charles Hampton SA Jeffrey Heisler SA Lewis Horton SA Michael Nunnally SA Norris Nunnally SA Erick Peoples SA James Searl SA Dale Smith SA Rex Wentzell C TW X T Division • • i LI I ■ is respon- . I ■ U sible for Sm -M- both for- ward Quarterdeck areas where all honors and ceremonies are held for visiting heads of state and other dignitaries. They also rig the forward accommodation ladders to port or starboard. Second Division takes pride in being responsible for the 01 level forward, commonly referred to as the Captain ' s Deck or Captain ' s front porch. They stand the majority of Deck ' s underway watches such as helm, lee-helm, and lookouts. During underway replenishment (unrep), the men of Second Division man the forward unrep stations to receive both fuel and cargo. LTJG Arthur Mayfield BMC Michael Drelich BMC Ronald Gildersleeve BMl William Parham BMl Harry Stiles BM2 Jeffrey Mericle BM2 Robert Wilkinson BM3 Leroy Dickerson BM3 Samuel Hubbard BM3 Brian Moffett BM3 James Webb SN Paul Alvies SN David Armstrong SN Lester Bailey SN David Bryant SN Carlos Conde SN Donald Dick SN Carl Diruscia SN Matthew Duncan SN Jim Eddy fihh. PS 152 T SN Calvin Gilchrist SN David Henry SN James Hewitt SN Thomas Hillgen SN Albert Hoffman SN Anthony House SN Donald Hurst SN Thomas Kirk SN John Logan SN Randall Melton SN David Mencke SN Franklin Quereau SN James Rhoads SN Curtis Richardson SN Wilmer Riles SN Bruce Robinson SN Kenneth Smith SN Kevin Smith SN Philip Snow SN Robert Stoppel 153 SN B. Vanderklis SA Thuan Bao SA Russell Burke SA Kevin Cistrelli SA George Clark SA Michael Dalessandro SA Douglas Edmonds SA Gerling Hughey SA Jeffrey Knight SA Marvin Lloyd SA David Martie SA Tim Martin SA Marvin Norman SA Abraham Piti SA Louis Schimenti SA David Swenson SR Jeffrey Garr SR Dan Hayden SR Anthony Pearson SR Carlton Thomas m m idfKKor ; ' .i ' v«fc4 154 UIVISIUU IS icayuxiaiuxc l ii. i-«« - c  v sections of deck, both port and starboard sides. They rig the aft accommodation ladders and the port boat handling boom for putting the Captain ' s Gig and two utility boats in the water; they rig and maintain the port and starboard boat booms as well. 3RD During underway replenishment (unrep), Third Division is responsible for the after cargo and unrep stations. ENS Gregory Miller BMC Ronald Cropp BMl John Bultman BMl Oliver Peart BM2 George Hinton BM2 Norman Webb BM3 Angel Mojica BM3 Patrick Worley SN Robert Allen SN Brian Altenbaugh SN Douglas Barnes i BMSN Charles Bess SN Jesus Cortijo SN Ronald Dehning SN Jose Goncalves SN Rick Grenert SN Jonathan Harris SN Ralph Hubbard SN Wilfred Hudson SN Pedro Ithier 155 SN Darren Jackson SN Keith Jackson SN Brian Kilmurry SN John Maslyn SN Charles Mosley SN Hector Nalzaro SN Steven Nolan SN Walter Reynolds SN Thon Rice SN Leonard Rowles J!Sr[F l BMSN Thomas Sherman SN James Steele SN Charles Thompson SN Jeffery Vanden Heuvel SN Donald Vincent SN Elliot White SN Terry White SN Trampas Wright SA William Antill SA James Ashford 156 0 h f lylM f i SA David Barr SA Gary Bergman SA Joseph Berry SA Robert Brown J, SA Russell Burch SA Bryan Crone SA Willie Curry SA George Delamotte SA Arthur Frothingham SA Frederick George SA Fredrick Harris SA Terry Harrison SA Shelly Hilton SA Andrew Howell SA David Jefferson 157 SA Stevie Jones SA Timothy Lambert SA William Livingston SA Troy Maxwell SA Rodney Miller SA Gary Ormand SA Ronald Plant SA Miguel Rivera SA Gregory Schank SA Alfred Sites 7 m ?Wm.i V i SA Gary Steffeck SA Erik Surbaugh SA Paul Thomas SA Terrence Willis SR Paul Campo WW 158 4TH Division. These men rig, receive, and send all cargo, ammo, and fuel. Their work takes much preparation, planning, and consummate skill. The entire concept of underway replenishment revolves around safety and professionalism. The men of Fourth Division, through long hours of training and actual performance, make the job look easy. Their work makes it possible for us to sustain at sea for long periods of time. 160 BM2 Ralph Jones BM2 Timothy Letcher BM2 David Smith BM3 Arthur Collins BM3 Steven Oberhausen BM3 Mark Westfall SN William Angulo SN Alonzo Brown SN James Byrd SN John Casteel SN Terry Crawford t SN Chris Custer ' SN Michael Disimone SN Kerry Drager Jf SN Matthew Duran SN Lestley Fayall SN Paul Gonzales SN Jerry Grines SN Keith Hunter SN John McCraney SN Dwight McKeithan SN Allan Miller SN Ramon Quinones SN Charles Searight SN Slade Stewart wr Wm .,1 iw ' : SA Vincent Coleman SA Kenneth Cue SA Marvin Dickens . SA David Gautier SA Jamie Jobin SA Keith Kinsler SA William Kissenberger SA David Kosling SA Matthew McElmurry SA Wayne Mosley SA Joseph Palumbo SA Graydon Richards SA Bruno Salgado SA Dan Shrier SA Charles Smith SA Gregory Votaw SA Paul White SR Jesse Eubanks SR Dru Rhyne SR Barry Walters 161 1 ■ ■ ar r or Boat Divi- L B LJ sion is often jTm I ■ ■ thought of as T JL J JL the Liberty Division. These men are responsible for all of IOWA ' S seven boats. Since the majority of the liberty ports were too shallow to go pierside, Fifth Division took our liberty parties ashore. These highly motivated Boatswain ' s mates not only maintained OW A ' s liberty boats, but also provided the majority of coxswains. In spite of often poor boating conditions, Fifth Division always performed. ENS Barry McDonough BMC Sanders Shepherd BMl Vernon Montgomery BM2 Charles Brown BM2 George Primavera BM3 Ernest Dolby BM3 Michael Pacheco BM3 Kenneth Rose SN Charles Bishop SN Terry Boothe SN Anthony Chastain SN William Colbert SN Thomas Collette SN Kenneth Cotton SN George Curry SN Jeffery Fisher SN Jack Frost BMSN James Guerriero SN Harry Havens SN Jeffrey January y SN Matthew Jenkins ' SN Samuel Jenkins ' i SN Joe Johnson SN Tee Maddox SN Gregory Menard . SN Marty Mosley } 7 SN Frank Munoz ig SN Leighton Mustard i f 1 SN Robert Nobles SN Tim Noonan SN Willie North SN Ronald O ' Connor SN Philip Ortego SN Edward Parker 163 SN Michael Reidl SN Darrell Rogers SN Rodney Simmons SN Johnathan Taylor SN Robert Tierney SN Edward Werner SN Oliver White SA Timothy Bass SA Steven Bly L SA John Cater SA Anthony Clemente SA Steven Conn , SA Kenneth Copling SA Paul Douglas SA Davey Ervin SA Crymes Harrell SA Harvey Heath SA Ellis Johnson SA Kelvin Morrison SA Robert Sears SA Louis Shaw SA Antonio Stovall , M SA Otis Tate . I X SA Darrell Williams , T ji; 6TH or Flight Deck Division is re- sponsible for the entire flight deck area and the landing, fueling, and vertical replenishment (VERTREP) that is requi red on IOWA. During the recent reactivation, an aviation facility was installed on IOWA to include one helicopter spot with storage space for two additional helicopters. VERTREP uses cargo-carrying helicopters to move supplies from one ship to another. Sixth Division proved itself invaluable during our rearming of 16-inch ammo. They performed tirelessly and kept the flight deck clear which enabled IOWA to stow all ammo in a timely manner. w % — LT Mark Rossano ENS John Costello BMC Phil Simmons BMl Gary Caudill BM2 James Andrews BM2 Donald Callahan BM2 Robert Hill BM2 Ralf Lohrenz BM3 William Allison SN Donald Baker SN Cornelius Benner SN Barry Bennington SN Nelson Carter SN David Gray SN Roberte Grizzle SN Walter Jackson SN Virgil Jones SN Clarence Lewis SN Kevin Lovering SN Michael Martinez SN Richard Miller SN Thomas Moo- . SN Tracy Myrjks SN Santiago ieves SN Thomas J Gorman SN David Robinson SN Roy Sayers SN Gerald Sedlak SN Anthony Wenig SA Steven Adkins SA Keith Brown SA Frederick Gilbert SA Scott Gilley SA Michael Grabowski SA Darwin Heck WEAPONS Clint Eastwood ' s Dirty Harry philos- ophy lives aboard the IOWA: The gunner ' s mates who operate the ship ' s 16-inch guns have adopted Eastwood ' s famous line to his foes in the movie Sudden Impact, Go ahead, make my day. The 16-inch guns are divided into three divisions by turret number. Each division is responsible for three 16-inch 50 caliber naval guns, turret train drives, elevation drives, projectile hoists, powder hoists, projectile rings, rammers, and sight systems. A nine-gun salvo with armor piercing projectiles puts out 24,300 pounds of steel propelled by three tons of powder to a range of 42,500 yards. Each shell weighs 2,700 pounds, the same as some automobiles, and is capable of penetrating concrete 30 feet thick, or defoliating dense jungle down to stumps and roots in an area 200 yards in diameter, leaving a crater 20 feet deep and 50 feet wide. Taking the turrets from yard-turnover to Hring condition and maintaining them in a ready condition has been no task for the faint-hearted. These modern day gunner ' s mates have proven themselves the equal of their predecessors in IOWA as they maintain and operate a very effective piece ,of floating history.  -A ' V:. A S LCIJK Robert KIcni (iunnery Officci G-1 H 1 W L S H pv l CJ I I cHl r rjHH| 1 K CW04 Richard Wicks GMGC(SW) Joseph Konkoly GMGC Frank Snyder GMGl Kimball Cozzens GMGl Steven Gibson GMG2 Ted demons GMG2 Richard Fiore GMG2(SW) David Mashtare GMG2 William Pilkington GMG2 Richard Weathers GMG3 Robert Crockett GMG3 Thomas Meyer GMG3 David Peterson GMGSN Danny Duvall SN Gary Emily GMGSN Robert Freeman SN Jeff Heigl GMGSN Norman Mosley GMGSN Carl Paustian GMGSN Randy Schaufelberger SN Donald Symons SA Thomas Hargraves GMGSA Dale Story 173 LT Jack Bruno LT Kenneth Colby GMCM(SW) Gerald Tisdale GMGC Donald Guattari GMGC Franklin Wismer GMGI Charles Lovell GMGl David Mabry GMG2 Steven Jones GMG2 John Lawson GMG2 Dwayne Whittle GMG3 Kenneth Albert GMG3 Ronald Fernandez GMG3 Jack Head GMGSN Timothy Cooper GMGSN William Crudden 174 GMGSN Danny Dawson GMGSN Robert Fowler GMGSN Trenton Harpe GMGSN Patrick Jennings GMGSN Edwin Littleton GMGSN Mark McCottrell GMGSN Rickey Manderick GMSN Melvin Pryor GMGSN Richard Reed GMGSN Manny Trevino GMGSN Fred Voigt GMGC Wayne Evans GMGl Carl Farmer GMGl Dale Mortensen GMG2 Jeffrey Beanblossom GMG2 Richard Powers GMG2 Danny Sennee GMG2 Lawrence Staab GMG3 Robert Allen GMG3 Paul Hardy GMG3 Benjamin Harris GMG3 Tad Martin GMG3 Kurt Sjoholm GMG3 Bryant Wilson GMGSN Larry Ball GMGSN Mark Chapalonis GMSN Nicholas Clappsy GMGSN Daniel Dugan GMGSN John Keerl GMGSN Timothy Moore GMGSN Johnathon Newland GMGSN Kirk Taylor GMGSA William Burnett GMGSA David Fentress GMGSA Ellis Hunter 176 GMGSA Craig Robinson uit m.fi ffim 1% r Division has the responsibility for the several, diverse weapon systems that were installed during the recent reactivation. It operates and maintains the command, control, and launch elements of the following systems: Tomahawk weapons system was installed for use against both surface and land targets. The Tomahawk missile can engage surface targets at 250-plus nautical miles and land targets at 600-plus nautical miles. Harpoon cruise missiles and launching system were installed for use against surface targets. The Harpoon missile can inflict significant damage on surface targets at ranges in excess of 60-plus nautical miles. The Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) anti-missile gun system was installed to defend against anti-ship missiles. Each of the Phalanx fires at a rate of 3,000 20mm projectiles per minute. These systems are self-contained and can automatically respond to incoming air threats. This system has been dubbed R2-D2 by the crew because of the close resemblance with the Star Wars robot. LCDR Robert Owen FTMC James Fo bs FTGC Robert M FTGl Danny F . own GMGl StewE ' t Henry FTGl Bobby Miller GMGl Wayne Ross FTMl David Silvers FTG2 Michael Allen FTG2 Richard Beaulieu FTG2 Ryan Corey FTG2 D. Goeltzenleuchter FTG2 Keith Hayes FTM2 Gary Moretti FTG2 John Palmer 178 J FTM2 Hiram Piedmont FTG3 Joe Angulo FTG3 David Brittain FTG3 Jose Messner GMG3 Christopher Thompson FTG3 Joseph Waters GMGSN Gregory Stafford 179 G-4 180 Division is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the six 5-inch 38 gun mounts, associat- ed magazine spaces, and the ship ' s armory. Their task before and since commissioning has been a herculean one, and they have more than met the challenge as they have struggled to keep their old but effective equipment on the line. Thanks to their efforts the 5-inch guns are now a reliable part of lOWA ' s gun battery. As vindication of their efforts, IOWA shot one of the highest scores attained during the year on the Naval Gunfire Support range at Vieques Island on her first qualification firing in 26 years. LCDR Jeffrey Butts GMCS William White GMGC Kenneth Smith GMGl Joseph Barboza GMGl David Butler GMGl Bradley Cole GMGl Cornelious Cousins GMGl Thomas Sloniger GMGl Thomas Solheim GMG2 Kenneth Baumann GMG2(SW) Tommy Shelvin GMG3 Jody AUspach GMG3 Stephen Moore GMG3 Conroy Randolph GMG3 Christopher Stites 181 GMGSN Mark Larson GMGSN Lucien Lindo GMGSN Robert Parnell GMGSN Robert Salazar GMGSN Jerry Walters SN Timothy Youell SA Dennis Poston 183 A Division per- Mj ' i L sonnel main- ■ l tain and op- . L Ab erate the Secondary Battery Gunfire Con- trol System which consists of four Directors (MK37) and their associated radars (MK25) and two identical plotting rooms (one forward and one aft) where the computers and switchboards are located. Fire Control Technicians as- signed to FA are a versatile lot and frequently find themselves repairing their equipment with parts locally manufactured or borrowed from older ships about to be scrapped. Their ability to accurately direct the 3-inch guns was well demon- strated at Vieques Island where IOWA attained one of the high- est scores for the year on the Naval Gunfire Support Range. ENS Thomas Cheamitru FTCM Adrian Dotson FTMC James Corbin FTGC Larry Ford FTGl Ronald Brown FTGl James Fears FTGl Thomas Keough FTGl John Novitsky FTG2 Stephen Berlinger FTG2 Stephen Evans FTG2 Jesse Hobson FTG2 Russell Kay FTG2 Christopher Lingle FTG2 Lynn McLamb FTG2 David Mabe FTG2 Alan Robinson FTM2 Gregory Spike FTG2 Jimmy Stanley FTG3 William Bohanan FTG3 Rod Felderman 184 FTG3 Michael Hutcheson FTG3 Donald McDuffy FTG3 James Moore 1 FTM3 Andrew Pipo — Y FTG3 Paul Saville FTGSN Thomas Anderson FTGSN Donald Ashley FTGSN Noel Clarke FTMSN Brian Coons ■ SN John Davis FTMSN David Daykin FTGSN James Erne N FTMSN Andrew Gropp y FTGSN Michael Hill ■ FTGSN Kevin Ketchum FTGSN Michael O ' Neill FTGSA Michael Osborn FTGSN Raymond Pfeifle FTGSN Kevin Scarlett FTMSN George Sewell ■r M ' Division personnel are responsi- LA l k l t operation and ■ ■ I f I maintenance of the Main Bat- L tery Fire Control System which consists of three SPOT Directors (one optical and two optical radar) and two identical main battery plotting rooms (one forward and one aft). It is this group of men who have been chiefly responsible for the highly accurate 16-inch gunnery for which IOWA has become known. Utilizing one of the Navy ' s first fire control radars and other tube-technology equipment, FM Division has met or exceeded all requirements placed upon lOWA ' s big gun systems. FTCS Jackie Moore FTCM(SW) Carter Gibbs FTCM Stephen Skelley FTGC Marvin Humphrey FTGC Dan Webb FTGL James Cain FTMl Steve Grubbs FTGl William Lyell FTGl Daniel Metreyeon FTG2 Victor Bertoluzzi FTG2 Tom Epperson FTM2 Duane Heishman FTM3 Herbert Conboy FTM3 Michael Catron FTG3(SS) Kevin Ford 186 f FTM3 Rick Griffin FTM3 Dennis Hughes FTG3 Edward King FTG3(SS) James Smith FTG3 Scott Williams FTGSN James Avila FTMSN Daniel Collins FTGSN Randy Delzeith SN Anthony Enoch FTGSN Mark Gero FTGSN Terry Kelley FTMSN Alan Kott FTMSN Eric Lee FTGSN Robert Rosas FTGSN Marshall Russell FTGSN Lester Schaffer FTGSN Jay Schilling FTMSN Brian Smith FTMSN Ken Umpierre FTGSN Michael Wirth MARDET M: ARDET performs those traditional sea duty missions for which marines are more properly organized, equipped, and I anchor in the Marine Corps emblem symbolizes that Marines are first and foremost maritime soldiers. The presence of Marines aboard capital ships of the fleet spans the days of sharpshooting from a wooden frigate ' s rigging to the present day service on battleships manning a 5-inch 38 gun mount. In addition to providing physical security, the Detachment ' s fort four Marines form IOWA ' b Honor guai and provide orderlies for the ship ' s Capt The Marines who serve at sea are hai picked from a variety of occupation specialties to provide a balance of skills include gunnery, security, administratic ordnance and supply. LCPL Terry Cojocar LCPL Jonathan Fast LCPL Glen Gatzke LCPL Dennis Graves LCPL Richard Laskey LCPL Timothy Lawn LCPL Edward McGuire LCPL Douglas Potts LCPL Bryan Reppert LCPL Michael Rogers LCPL Tommy Thompson LCPL Donald Waite LCPL Michael Webb PFC Kevin Hatcher PFC David Hill 191 PFC Jose RiveraRosado PFC Joseph Rogers PFC Martin Schuj PFC Theodore Sloan PFC Timothy Smith PFC Mark Vollmar PFC Nathan White PFC Kip Williams INGINEERING Putting ordnance on target requires moving IOWA to any threat area, at any time, at any speed. The Department also provides structural, machinery and electrical repair services, damage control and firefighting capabili- ties, small boat maintenance, steering, anchor and navigation systems, ship and helo fuel systems and technical library services. Included in these services are the ability to generate over 10,000 kilowatts of electrical power and the capability to distribute that electricity to any point on the ship. The machine, valve, pipe, shipHtter, motor rewind and telephone IC repair shops support virtually every effort within the ship, and are called upon for support to other fleet units. The three distilling plants are capable of producing in excess of 100,000 gallons of water each day to support the needs of the ship ' s propulsion boilers in addition to the needs of the crew (including the galleys and laundry). The capacity to store, transfer internally and to transfer to other fleet units up to 2.5 million gallons of boiler fuel or 37,500 gallons of aviation fuel is also a function of the Engineers. 194 LT Robert Clink The Snipe ' s Lament Now each of us from time to time, has gazed upon the sea, And watched the warships pulling out, to keep this country free. And most of us have read a book, or heard a lusty tale. About the men who sail these ships, through lightning, wind and hail But there ' s a place within each ship, that legend fails to teach. It ' s down below the waterline, it takes a living toll A hot metal living hell, that sailors call the hole. It houses engines run by steam, that makes the shafts go round, A place of fire and noise and heat, that beats your spirits down. Where boilers like a hellish heart, with blood of angry steam. Are of moled gods without remorse, are nightmares in a dream. Whose threat that from the Hres roar, is like living doubt. That any minute would with scorn, escape and crush you out. Where turbines scream like tortured souls, alone and lost in hell. As ordered from above somewhere, they answer every bell. The men who keep the flames lit, and make the engines run. Are strangers to the world of night, and rarely see the sun. They have no time for men or God, no tolerance for fear. Their aspects pays no living thing, the tribute of a tear. For there ' s not much that men can do, that these men haven ' t done. Beneath the decks, deep in the hole, to make the engines run. And every hour of every day, they keep the watch in hell. For if the fires ever fail, their ship ' s a useless shell. When ships converge to have a war, upon an angry sea. The men below just grimly smile, at what their fate might be. They ' re locked in below like men fore doomed, who hear no battle cry, It ' s well assumed that if they ' re hit, the men below will die. For every day ' s a war down there, when the gauges all read red. Six hundred pounds of heated steam, can kill you mighty dead. So if you ever write their sons, or try to tell their tale, The very words would make you hear, a fired furnace ' s wail. And people as a general rule, don ' t hear of men of steel, So little ' s heard about this place, and try to make you see. The hardened life of men down there, cause one of them is me. I ' ve seen these sweat soaked hero ' s fight, in superheated air. To keep their ship alive and right, though no one knows they ' re there. And thus they ' ll Hght for ages on, till warships sail no more. Amid the boiler ' s mighty heat, and the turbine ' s hellish roar. So when you see a ship pull out, to meet a warlike foe, Remember faintly if you can, THE MEN WHO SAIL BELOW. Division is comprised of a conglomerate of approximately 70 Machinist Mates (MM), Enginemen (EN), Machinery Repairmen (MR), and Firemen (FN) who are responsible for equipment and spaces that stretch from the bow to the stern and from the 08 level to the 7th deck. A Division supplies the air-conditioning and refrigeration to help keep IOWA cool and the hotel steam for heating as well as for the laundry and hot water heaters. All five main drain pumps and the secondary drain pump along with their respective eductors are another facet of A Division ' s responsibilities. A Division is responsible for lOWA ' s guidance in the form of her two separately controlled steering gear units. The ship ' s compressed air is produced to a large extent by two high pressure air compressors, which produce 3,000-lbs per square inch, and two medium pressure air compressors, which produce 200-lbs per square inch. Should the ship ' s electrical load ever fail, A Division responds with two emergency diesel generators to provide emergency power to vital areas. Most of lOWA ' s water, both fresh and feed is produced by two 40,000 gallon distilling units. Everytime IOWA pulls into port, A Division personnel are there with the anchor windlass units and the engineering systems on each of lOWA ' s small boats. And whenever something is broken or damaged, it is A Division ' s machine shop which either repairs it or produces a new one. LT James Burns ENS Michael Harris MMCS Billy Boyd MMC(SW) Bruce Bechtel ENC Donald Johnson MMl Daniel Lewis MMl Allen McNerney MRl Donald Ramsdell MMl Edward Turner MM2 John Baker MM2 Dale Grevencamp MR2(SW) James Hare MM2 Robert Holbrooks MR2 Glen Johnson MR2 Clarence Leavitt MM2 Gary Pavlus MM2 Don Saunders MM2 Timothy Tharalson ENS Hiram Broadbent ENS Kenneth Carroll 197 MM3 Ronald Cromer ENS Cesar Gonzales ENS Sinclair Rivers MM3 Dennis Shepheard ENS Donell Williams MRS Ra Williams FN Terrance Akins MMFN Michael Baccamazzi FN Jeffery Bowers MMFN John Burger MMFN Richard Burke ENFN Kevin Callis MMFN Kevin Clipper MMFN Rocco Deflorio MMFN Allen Doss MMFN Danny Everette h MMFN Michael Freeman FN Burl Hamby FN Kenneth Hugle 198 FN Michael Kirby Y ;j m ii£ _ €§1 h ' •if £ FN Kevin Lensman FN Jeffrey Lierheimer 1 IIW , .v -.l M : FN Thomas Luke FN Edward Mayhall MMFN Daniel Milan FN Thomas Musch g FN William Pennell FN Lawrence Riddle MMFN Jeffrey Riley FN Ross Roberts FN Isaac Rubio FN Richard Schaefer FN Joseph Shippole ENFN John Smith FN Dennis Streeter FN Jeffrey Thurman FN Fred Timmons FN William White FN Darryl Williams MMFN Wayne Williams FN John Wilson FN Roger Winey B Division is comprised of ap- proximately 150 Boiler Tech- nicians (BT) and Firemen (FN) who are responsible for four firerooms, eight 600 psi M-type Babcock and Wilcox boilers (capable of providing up to 850 Deg F superheated steam), 16 main and emergency feed pumps, 24 forced draft blowers, fuel oil service, storage and transfer systems, four fire and flushing pumps, two low pressure air compressors, and all associated machinery and systems. In addition, the Oil Lab maintains responsibility for test and treatment of over 130,000 gallons of boiler feed-water, 200,000 gallons of fresh (potable) water, and 2.5 million gallons of boiler fuel. The Engineering Gauge Calibration Facility is also maintained by B Division, and is responsible for documenting, recalling and calibrating (comparing) over 5,000 gauges and ther- mometers. LT Winston Smith ENS Joseph Milligan CW03 Benny Brooks BTCM(SW) Carl Ashmore BTCM(SW) Michael Colburn BTCS(SW) Robert Anderson BTC(SW) Charles Hill BTC Ron King BTl Willia m Archer BTl(SW) Steven Dunham BTl Thomas Evans BTl Carl Ford BTl Danny Gaza way BTl Timothy Harvey BTl Kenneth Jones BTl Taft Lefevers BTl Patrick Patrow BTl David Phillips BTl Michael Pich BTl Douglas Robinson BTl Donald Rutledge BTl Stephen Tucker BTl Donnie Waters BTl Garland Watkins 200 BTl(SW) Bernard Whitaker oo o ' ' Ti ri, .MM, i( xr.V. « ' :i BTl Lynn York BT2 Raymond Anderson BT2 Edward Begley BT2 Jesse Esquivel BT2 Patrick Hood BT2 Ryan Hoover BT2(SW) Jimmy Jones BT2 Leonard Lahair BT2 Robert Ruffner BT2 Brian Washburn BT2 Steve Williams BT2 Timothy Witt BT3 Thomas Bochenski BT3 John Bryant BT3 Remus Chavis BT3 Gary Eanes BT3 Michael Flockhart BT3 Michael Gordon BT3 Frank Griffin BT3 Mitchell Harvey 201 BT3 Patrick Jones BT3 Louis Jorgenson BT3 John McKnight BT3 Ralph Piatt BT3 Donald Raineri BT3 George Simpson BT3 Kevin Taal BT3 Jesse Wilson BTFN Patrick Albrecht BTFN James Anderson SN Robin Alexander BTFN Timothy Antinore BTFN David Bell | f BTFN Timothy Bernal BTFN Michael Bird BTFN John Bowden FN Joao Burgo BTFN Thomas Canham BTFN Ralston Clarke BTFN Jimmy Cornell BTFN Dennis Dake BTFN James Doyen BTFN William Dunham FN Howard Ealy BTFN Matthew Elliott BTFN Harold Foster BTFN David Franchetti FN Steve Futter FN Raymond Gaggiotti FN William Gore BTFN Bruce Gordon BTFN David Halk FN Joseph Hooper BTFN Alan Johnson BTFN Leroy Johnson BTFN Michael Kelly FN Harvey Kuykendall FN Keith Kilgore BTFN William Lake FN Delbert Lee BTFN Kevin Lemon BTFN Donald Libby BTFN Darrell Littles BTFN Douglas McKillips BTFN Ray Madayag BTFN Bryan Marenko FN Louvell Marshall BTFN Richard Melvin FN Scott Messer BTFN Herbert Mims FN Jerry Nellis BTFN Paul Nunez BTFN Harold Owens FN Jackie Pardue BTFN David Pastorius toil ikJl fc ' if i! 204 FN Eric Sandstrom BTFN Paul Scaramuzzino FN Brad Schmidt BTFN Brian Schofield BTFN Ronald Sharin BTFN Grant Sherfield BTFN Karl Shuman BTFN Tyrone Silecman FN Michael Smith BTFN Edward Snyder 205 BTFN Anthony Sparck FN Bobby Speegle BTFN Philip Staton BTFN Matthew Thornberry FN Samson Tuliao BTFN Rickey Walls FN Tommy Webb BTFN James Williams BTFN David Wyatt FN Glenn Wyrembek BTFN Alan Youse BTFA Douglas Grau BTFA Ronald Hardman FA Gary Henderson FA John Mariano BTFA Nathaniel May 206 Dirrt i-Nainaniei iviay r FA David Montgomery f FA Lewis Peacock FA James Rush BTFA Richard Zavaglia Division is lOWA ' s King of the J Load controlling over 10,000 watts of electrical power genera- tion. E Division maintains and operates lOWA ' s high voltage ship ' s service distribution system; high voltage emergency distribution system; low voltage sections of emergency switchboards; main machinery room motors and controllers; high and low voltage shore power connections; and also the motors and controllers for degaussing, special frequency generation and distribu- tion, and fire pumps. They also maintain and repair all electrical systems outside of the engineering plant. This includes all interior communcations systems, such as the telephone system and the announcing (MC) systems, as well as all Navigation equipment. In addition, they repair motors not only for IOWA, but also for other ships as well. LT Anthony Battaglia CW02 Roger Wardell EMCS Thomas McCune ICC Douglas Urann ICl Charles Chandley ' ' ' ' i: i . ' ' ir i ICl Gerald Costin EMl(SS) Reynaldo Delrosa EMI Milagrito Felipe EMI William Hatzfeld EMI Noe Maniago EMl(SW) Thomas Kyle ICl Ray Smeltzer EMI Miguel StaMaria IC2 Clifford Bruinsma IC2 Glendale Council IC2 Michael Fleming EM2 Robert Levandowski EM2 Joseph Stegner EMS Thomas Bellow IC3 Jeffrey Blanton EM3 David Blythe IC3 James Bonds IC3 Kirk Bostwick EMS Michael Haulotte IC3 Jeremy Herrscher M H EMS Lewis Kerberg EMS Joseph Morgan EMS Michael Neas EMS Martin Palmiere EMS Eddie Pearson EMS Harold Petteys EMS Benjamin Riegelman EMS Gene Rowell EMS Melvin Thompson ICFN Christopher Brys ICFN Timothy Elmore ICFN Robert Fletcher ? EMFN Mark Foreman EMFN Rickey Frost FN Eddie Gasmin WWiF EMFN William Good EMFN Fredrick Harrison i .y f 1 ICFN Archie Humfleet lir nk W k ICFN Kevin Jones i -W 1|i JT Jr A lU A . ICFN Gary Kirby nil Am r m ' iM A 9 ICFN Bruce Macy EMFN Chris Pace EMFN Glenn Phillips ICFN Walter Roberts EMFN Thomas Simmons ICFN Eric Timmerman EMFN Herman Wells EMFN Lance Wells ICFN James Williams FA Greg Dilbeck M Division is comprised of approximately 120 Machinist Mates (MM) and Firemen (FN) who are responsible for four engine rooms, four shaft alleys, four 53,000 SHP main engines, eight 1250 KW ships service turbo- generators (SSTG ' s), one 20,000 gallon per day distilling plant, two medium pressure air compressors, and all associated machinery and systems. The four main engines are capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots, utilizing high and low pressure turbines, double reduction gears, shafts with a total of 32 line shaft (spring-type) bearings and propellers (the largest of which is about 18 feet across). The eight SSTG ' s can produce, in one week, enough power to supply an average American home with electricity for 13.5 months. •5 f yi- LT Kenneth Chapman ENS Ronald Acosta CW03 Harry Curtis MMCS(SW) John Herzog MMC Bobby Jackson MMC Wayne McCombs MMl Christopher Archut MMl Blane Aument MMl(SW) Cliff Cramer MMl(SW) Tim Flournoy MMl Charles Garthwaite V MMl Bobby George MMl Thomas McKenzie MMl David Stafford MMl Douglas Tolrud MM2 Tim Cohan ' -1- Mmi MM2 Jon Dillard 210 MiM2 David Dole MM2 Michael Dumonceaux MM2 Wayne Good MM2 Gregory Jackson MM2 Jeffrey Jackson MM2 Kenneth Judd MM2 Gary Karlberg MM2 John Nelson MM2 Phillip Pena MM2 Flordelino Ragadio MM2 Bobby Simpson MM3 Brock Bair MM3 Toppy Beal MM3 Michael Blaney MM3 Clifton Bradley MM3 Chris Burgess MM3 Craig Coleman MM3 Jeffrey Donaldson 211 212 MM3 Kenneth Dyer MM3 Kenneth Fachin MM3 Randy Forrest MM3 Bryan Foster MM3 Stephen Fowler MM3 Michael Granger MM3 Gregory Guthrie MM3 Thomas Horner MM3 Daniel McGrath MM3 Renard Moore MM3 Alexander Novak MM3 Randy Owen MM3 Richard Pilkerton MM3 Jeffery Pinkard MM3 Andrew Salter MM3 Steven Thomas MM3 Greg Zanetell MMFN Marvin Abeita FN Ernest Amacker FN Ralph Baker MMFN Douglas Barnes FN Reginald Barnes FN Roy Blanchette FN Ernest Brown FN John Bunker MMFN Leonard Carr MMFN Wes Carriveau FN Edward Carter FN Antonio Chaney MMFN Raul Chavez MMFN Arthur Clark FN Matthew Colvin MMFN Vincent Covington FN Gary Dove jj FN Greg Gagnon FN Jon Gates FN Clifford Giroux FN Thomas Greeley MMFN Daniel Gzimalowski g FN Gerry Henderson 213 MMFN Joktan Hill FN Kyle Jackson MMFN Richard Kavanagh MMFN Charles Lands MMFN Wayne Linssen , FN Forest Mapes j ' FN Kenneth Martin P V W FN Scott Mayo MMFN Michael Miller FN Richard Mills FN Robert Morris FN Ken Neibrugge FN Kevin Nordlum FN Gus Olguin FN Donald Parker FN Michael Saez FN Julio Santiago FN Gregory Stokes _, ,, FN Anthony Thompson ' ' MMFN Michael Vanmaele k ' JT ail H .-W ?i ' 214 FN Harold Wolfe FA David Bradley FA Daniel Brady FA Tracy Brown FA John Geoghegan FA Guy Hammond FA Marquette Harris FA Robert Katri MMFA Scott Kjera FA Norman Mafnas FA Joe Reisinger MMFA Paul Richards FA Corwin Sandel FR Byron Wade 215 R (Repair) Division is a small, multi-faceted organization dedicated to support. They maintain lOWA ' s material condition of readiness, especially in the area of Damage Control. It is manned by skilled Hull Maintenance Technicians (HT), designated strikers and Firemen (FN). They are the prime reservoir of fire fighting and ship repair talent onboard IOWA. Under the auspices of the Damage Control Assistant, the division ' s many work centers turn out quality, locally constructed products and affect repairs to installed equipment and structures. As did previous IOWA crewmen, whose names appear permanently etched on the solid stainless steel work benches, the present Repair Division maintains systems which affect every crewmember in IOWA. From the complexities of the installed fire fighting equipment and waste disposal system, to the sounding of tanks and voids, these support areas are vital to provide for the safety and comfort of the crew. Additionally, this division provides the kernel around which the shipboard fire fighting organization is built. LTJG Robert Kalinowski ENS Ralph Lavender HTCS Jimmy Banning HTCM John Kennedy HTC(SW) Larry Larimore HTl Manuel Palacio HTl Robert Preston HT2 Gregg Cunyus HT2 Michael Ducey HT2 David Davis HT2 Rick Gaskill HT2 Gregory Gentry HT2 Kenneth Harmon HT2 Richard Herman HT2 Nathan McCray HT2 Frank Merriweather HT2 Jesse Nichols HT2 Richard Reifonas HT2 Douglas Shoup HT2 Paul Southern 216 HT2 Kenneth Tanner , HT2 Albert Waltz ' HT2 John Wood WWTM HT3 Carl Boggs HT3 Kevin Chapman FN Stephen Best FN James Bollinger FN Evan Commings FN Raymond Garcia FN Vernie Hart FN Dani Kelly FN Roberto Landers FN Joseph Madison FN James Phillips HTFN Mark Ringstaff FN Jay Smith FN Frederick Walker FN Jo hn Williams FA Keith Black FA Carmine Califano FA James Drury FA Gary Fletcher FA Mark Herrod U T ' •-.-s SUPPLY 1 Teamwork ... No other Department strives harder to epitomize Navy teamwork than the Supply Department. Their role is one of teamwork, taking care of the personal needs of the 1500-plus man crew and the logistics requirements of all their work centers. The Supply Department takes pride in providing logistics support to the men of IOWA in a variety of important functions. They include financial planning and con- trol, repair part support for IOWA, laundry and dry cleaning service, and food service. Additional functional areas of the Supply Department include officer messing, barber shop service, tailoring, retail stores (luxury items, sundries, uniforms, tobacco), and disbursing services. The Supply job is challenging, but it is always rewarding. Logistics support is a key factor in the readiness of shipboard systems and the crew ' s morale. S-1 (Stores) Division Storekeepers (SK) control the pro- cessing, handling, and inventory of more than 17,000 line items valued in excess of $5 million. This requires a close working rela- tionship with Navy Supply activities and local merchants in procuring goods and services required to support lOWA ' s men and machinery. Another major task is accounting for over $4.8 million of operating funds allocated yearly to IOWA. S-1 initiates, tracks, and follows-up all requirements with special attention paid to critically needed repair parts. All together, approximately 20,000 purchases and requisitions are processed yearly. LT Nick Cheston SKCS Richard Vincent SKC Edward LaPrade SKI Robert Marion SKI Ray Marquis SK2 Gary David SK2 Thomas Debick SK2 John Reynolds . SK2 Timothy Stringer i SK2 Isaac White SK3 Carl Gardner SK3 Michael Gray SK3 Kenneth Haller SK3 Richard Mackley SK3 Silas Richardson I W I SK3 Bill Trammell SK3 Marvin Trosclair  ; SN Santiago Barrera SN Rufus Brown SN Bill Coombs SKSN James Firth SN Matthew Gamble SN Richard Leonard SKSN Edward Markiewicz SN Victor Moon SA Rex Gibson SA John Homans SA Kenneth Johnson SA Christopher Lawton SA Jeffrey Mires SA Richard Rodriguez SA Ronald Resales SA Thomas Sherry S-2 Rats ' , lOWA ' s Food Service Division, has the awesome responsibility of feeding a 1500-plus crew. Their day usually starts at 0430 and runs until 0100 after Mid are served to oncoming 0000-0400 watch standers. There are currently 65 Mess Management Specialists (MS) permanently assigned to process, cook, serve, store and maintain enough food for the crew. They are reinforced by 77 men who are supplied by the other departments on a rotating basis. The food requirements for a single day are staggering. Battleship sailors consume 1,500 pounds of meat, 4,320 eggs, 1,900 pounds of potatoes, 250 gallons of milk, 7,000 hot dinner rolls, 13,640 slices of bread, 400 pounds of vegetables and more than 230 pounds of fresh fruit per day. Even these large numbers are dwarfed by the total storage capacity of the 887 foot long man of war. She can store 100 tons of fruit and vegetables and more than 84 tons of frozen meats in her reefers. These huge amounts are needed to sustain the crew on long deployments. Even so, at practically every port the men of S-2 are seen loading fresh food in order to maintain the endurance load required for extended periods at sea. The amount of food needed to feed the men of IOWA for one day would feed the average American family for over a year. ENS Scott Bailey MSCS Darrel Simonson MSC Chester Ceehorne MSC Paul Frederick MSC Thomas Hamacher MSC Brett Williams MSI William Epps MSI Lamingo Johnson MSI Harold Ogden MSI James Rider MS2 Morris Bembry MS2 Thomas DePalma MS2 Raymond Eldridge MS2 Kenneth Kromis MS2 Marvin Mays MS2 William Norris MS2 Eddie Ozuniga MS2 Evaristo Patao MS2 Walter Powell MS2 Edward Price Us.i III - E ' ' _ h m MS2 Thomas Ziznewski MS3 Darryl Cooper MS3 Floyd Davis MS3 Tyson Mailen MS3 Kenneth Sautter MSSN Ted Butora MSSN Peter Chatman MSSN John Deutscher MSSN Charles Downey J MSSN Todd Drespling MSSN Dennis Freeman MSSN James Gifford MSSN Todd Green MSSN Harvey Harris MSSN Patrick Intorre MSSN Allen Kahn MSSN Barry Kauffman MSSN Walter Kittle MSSN Michael Kohlbrenner MSSN James Kubacki 223 MSSN Andrew Little MSSN Todd Messick MSSN Randy Morris MSSN Richard Petroff MSSN Keith Pritchard MSSN Dennis Seraaj MSSN Francis Southern MSSN Steven Tolbert MSSN Bruce Wetterau MSSA Robert Askew MSSA Keith Dale MSSA Lawrence Furman MSSA James Gatton MSSA Kevin Hummel MSSA Jeffray Jewell MSSA James Lowell mm r; K. mm:- . a f I F( MSSA Gerald Nixon MSSA Todd Oaks ' MSSA John Sauer MSSA Glen Vicks FA Nelson White W B ■l«- ' 1 ' ' m ' v l l K S ' 7 ' i, « M Hllby I L atS S-3 Service is heard frequently aboard IOWA but even more so in the Sales Division. Divided into two sections, their retail and service activities burn lots of midnight oil to strive for one thing: Customer satisfaction. Their stores carry a wide variety of items, from simple necessities like toothpaste and soap, to luxury items such as cameras and stereos. Even flower orders are taken and rushed back home to say what a letter sometimes cannot. The fifteen vending machines provide a reliable source for a cool drink or gedunk — the Navy ' s term for candy and other small packaged edibles. The IOWA laundry provides daily service 7 days a week to over 1500 men, as well as dry cleaning and tailoring. S-3 takes care of it all, including hair cuts in two barbershops, one for the crew and one for the officers and chief petty officers. Underway replenishment and inport loading fills the eight storerooms that support the requirements for all S-3 Division work centers. And Sales division profits are turned over to the Welfare and Recreation fund! ENS Steven Rolph SHCS Fletcher Dickerson SHC Warden Lauderman SHI Walt Shadlow SHI William Stevenson SH2 Aleck Desmond SH2 Michael Hebert SH2 Timothy McCall SH2 Gary Tracy SH3 John Curry SH3 Richard Smith SN Warren Alexander SN James Andrews SN Jorge Arroyo SHSN Kevin Bracey SHSN David Brown SHSN Kenneth Brown SHSN Eddie Fleener SN Robert Gladding SHSN John Herlong SN Frank Hudson SN John Hyde SN Keith Jackson SN Kelvin Kennedy SHSN Al Lester SN Reggie Moore SHSN John Rosa SN Karl Savage SHSN Vemell Smith SHSN Doyle Stephens SHSN Ornando Tatum SHSN Alphonso Thomas SHSN John Travers SN Clayton WakeHeld SHSN John Wright 226 S (Disbursing) Division A has a monumental task mg J in maintaining more than 1500 officer and enlisted pay records of our crew. The upkeep and accurate reporting of pay records is the primary mission of the Disbursing Clerks (DK) of S-4 Division. The Disbursing Office is also responsible for the accurate and efficient processing of hundreds of travel claims that are submitted by members of the crew during their tour aboard IOWA. Operating from their office on the 2nd Deck, they literally disburse millions of dollars in cash during a deployment. In addition to this function, the Disbursing Office offers an array of services including check cashing, foreign currency exchange, allotments and individual financial planning. Because pay is always on a shipmate ' s mind, Disbursing Clerks must project the highest degree of integrity through a broad and ever-deepening knowledge of their job; including kind and courteous customer service to their shipmates. ENS George Rudolph DKC Jerry Youngs DKl Eddie Villanueva DK2 Delsol Cabrera DK2 John McDaniel DK3 Brian Patterson DK3 David Romett DKSN Albert McKenna DKSN Gary Wisell DKSA Dwight Taylor mMm (Wardroom Mess) Division is responsible for the feeding and berthing of the almost seventy officers that call IOWA their Home away from home. In addition, S-5 plays host to a constant stream of ofHcers and midshipmen who call IOWA a great place to visit. The division is comprised of a Wardroom Mess Officer who is responsible for the operation of the Wardroom Mess, administration of officer ' s berthing, and keeping of associated financial records. The Division ' s Leading Chief Petty Officer prepares the menu, monitors food preparation and supervises food service. The division consists of 8 permanently assigned Mess Management Specialists (MS) and 17 men in a rotational pool from other divisions in IOWA. They are responsible for food preparation and service as well as 68 separate staterooms and numerous passageways and heads that make up the part of the IOWA called Officers Country . S-5 is responsible for the management, cleanliness and security of staterooms and for laundry service for all IOWA officers. S-5 Division also caters special, formal dinners the ship hosts for visiting dignitaries. S-5 has hosted many guests including Vice President Bush, the Secretary of the Navy, American Ambassadors and visiting Heads of State. ENS Thomas Schergen MSC Romeo Valencia MSI Edward Richards MSI Benjamin Saradpon MSI Joselito Vasquez MS2 Conrado Vasquez MS3 Alvin Valentine SN Kurt Johnson SN Louis McCaslin MSSN Kenneth Moorer SN Roberto Roman SN Wayne Scott SA Kevin Benoit S SA Jose Calderon SA Todd Jones MEDICAL OWA is a small city with over 1500 inhabitants. Providing the whole range of health care to this city — from preventive medicine to emergency surgery — is the responsibility of the Medical Department. The providers of this health care are a highly trained and motivated team of physicians and hospital corpsmen. lOWA ' s Medical Department also has the capability to bring surgical teams with surgeons and anesthetists aboard during an extreme emergency. Medical is supported by well-equipped facilities including a 26-bed hospital, an intensive care unit, an operating room, an x-ray suite, well-stocked pharmacy, labora- tory, and physical therapy unit. lOWA ' s medical team is always alert, ready to respond to a medical emergency, whether it be a single injured shipmate or multiple casualties. The Medical Department main- tains the health, safety and well-being of the crew by means of a comprehensive preventive medicine program inspecting food supplies, galley areas, drinking water, heads, ship ' s laundry, and berthing spaces. 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