John Young (DD 973) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1979 volume:

il :jp m . ---• f . S ' tS 1 IN THE BEGINNING . . . UNITED STATES SHIP JOHN YOUNG DD-973 €k SHIPS SPONSOR MRS. HAROLD E. SHEAR CHRISTENING BIG JOHN ON 7 FEBRUARY 1976 1978 1979 COMMANDING OFFICER USS JOHN YOUNG (DD-973) 29 March 1980 Dear Crewmembers and Shipmates, This yearbook presents a pictorial history of the first eighteen months of JOHN YOUNG ' S commissioned life. These months have seen us take an inanimate metal structure and bring it to life. Through our hard w ork, perseverance and willingness to face the unknown, we have provided this ship with an identity of its own. This ship is usi We should look at this accomplishment with a great deal of pride. Besides the sophisticated technology we had to master, we also had to learn to function as individuals within a sea-going organization. Since more than sixty-five percent of us had never been to sea, this in itself was significant and proved to be quite a challenge. Nevertheless, three transits through the Panama Canal, SWEET MAMA, one crossing of the Equator, visits to Rodman, Acapuico, Monterey and Seattle, a training Readiness Evaluation, Refresher Training, Final Contract Trials, a Dependent ' s Cruise and a six-month Long Beach overhaul period proved just how successful we had been. For me this has been one of the most rewarding times of my life as I watched you develop along with the ship. Initially, we addressed her formally as JOHN YOUNGj then as we became tentatively more familiar with her we refereed to the ship as The SPRUANCE WITH CLASS . Finally, confident in our abilities, she became Big John as we became salty old sea-dogs. If you look closely at the pictures that follow, I think you ' ll see what I mean. It has been an honor to be with you as your Commanding Officer. I ' ve never been associated with a crew like you and would like to thank you for your contributions to our success. Well done. Warm Regards, D. K. 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L ABOVE: AT ANCi PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES ABOVE: NIGHT TRANSIT THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL OFFICERS LCDR STEPHEN H. HAMILTON, USN X R A Y OSCAR LCDR JIMMY W. PARKER. USN THE WARDROOM AT WORK AND PLAY r LCDR C.L. HAGEE LT L.C. STODDARD LT H.H. CUMMINGS LT L.D. HARDER LT T.J. GANN F V LT A.K. GIDEON LT F. MILHOUS LT T.B. SERVICE LT L.A. GHOLZ LT S.J. CVRK LT H.S. WYKOWSKI. JR. LTJG D.J. MLAKAR LT J.E. GRAUSE LTJG M.W. JOHN LTJG P.G. JOHNSON LTJG R.B. CLIPP ENS M.E. IVERSON LTJG M.P. TRYON ENS J.T. STANIK LT E.M. MORGAN LT R.S. TUDDENHAM ENS J.D. SWORD ENS A.L. RIDNOUR ENS S.R. MICHEELS ENS D.P. PHILPOT i ENCS DICKENSON STGCS GUAY ENCS GUNSETT CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS HTC SCHURR DSC MCDONALD SKC MARTIN EMC CONRAD MSC ARRIOLA ENC BUCHAN EMC MIDDLETON RMC MORGAN OSC EVANS GMTC MOSSUTO FTGC ORR GMGC CARTERE FTGC SMITH MAC KELLOG K GSMC BRASHER V BIG JOHNS FIRST MISSILE SHOT - 13 AUG 79 COMBAT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT CB DIVISION jr mrfT m. GMMI STUART GMGI BROWN liT GMMI TOAL GMG2 MONGELLI GMM3 NEIMAN GMGSN WHITE FTG3 WESTEE GMG3 WEATHERFORD FTM3 HLAVENKA 40 CE DIVISION DSI BRANNON ET2 ADAMS EWI ELLIS ET2 HERZBERG ET2 BANKS DS2 MYERS DS2 PARKER ET2 GILBERT EW2 FAZIO DS2 MOSELEY ET3 ERICKSON ET3 KOEHLER ET3 PETERSON CA DIVISION STGI YORK STGI TESH STGI CLARK STG2 TUGGLE STG2 MCMASTER STG2 LYNCH m STG3 MCGRIFF GMT3 PETERSON STG3 STANGLAND STG3 LARSON STG3 GRIMM PI, c -Jl STGSN MANSMANN STGSN JONES STG3 RUSHING STGSN SLEM STGSN PRATT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT MP DIVISION IP GSEI BASFORD GSEI WINQUEST GSEI GERMAIN GSE2 PAPILLA EN2 GRIMM EM2 ROMACK EN2 GUEBERT EM3 GREEN GSE2 LUEKEN krf F? EN3 GENAW EN3 STATEN [ ' Vv GSE2 OSHIRO GSM3 NEARY ENFN GOMEZ GSM2 BAKKER GSM2 LOVELL FA CANTRELL MR. AND MRS. BRASHER GSM3 THOMAS FR SAFRON A GANG EN3 COTTRELL ENFN KINFORD ENFN WACHENFELD FR HAVARD R DIVISION HTI AMBERSLY HT2 BROWN MR2 CRAGGS HT2 BOWENS HT2 BENTON HT3 FOWLER fO « HT3 HARRELL i J HT3 COOPER HT3 CRUZ • A o ■ICl!l:l f f HT3 CONTRERAS HT3 KLINGBERG HTFN SANDEFUR HT3 DEHUT HTFN HARRINGTON DIVISION £S EM3 HENRY EM3 POWERS EN2 COOLEY EM2 ROSSI EMS CRAVENS EMFN PANTEAU ICFN JACKSON EMS COLLINS ICFN DOBEK FA HUMMEL 49 OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT 01 DIVISION 0S2 SNIVELY t. 1 OS3 WEST 0S3 TIETJEN -4- i k y ife ik:i OC DIVISION itt f 1 RMI PETTINGILL SMI AGOR RM2 LAMAN kWi RM2 MILLER RMS REICHERT RMi COX, R. RM3 COX. P. SMS WESTBROOK 53 SMS BRUNSON SMSN CAMPBELL SMSN POWELL c BMI SOLOMULI BMI FREVOLA BM2 MARTIN FIRST DIVISION BM2 MARSH BM2 ERICKSON BM3 FISH BM3 DEPERALTA BM2 SMITH BM3 SIMPSON BM3 DEKLE BIV13 MCPHERSON BVI3 JUANTA BM3 TIMMONS BM3 MOORE BMSN WALKER BMSN BEBAK BMSN YOUNG 54 SN SLEM BMSN GOUGH BMSN HAYES BMSN RYNES SA CHALLENDER SA WENTZ If; a I NAVIGATION AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT YNI RICHMOND YNI KOVAR PNI KLUSCZYNSKI PCI STRANGE QM2 JORDAN PN2 BOEHRINGER YN3 MATHERLY QMS ESCHER 7 YN3 MERRIT HM3 PUCKETT QM3 FURTNER. C. QM3 MATHIESON YN3 WYSOSKl QM3 VAILE QMSN FURTNER SUPPLY DEPARTMENT SHI ABADESCO SK2 MALMAD MS2 ALBARDA MS3 LEE SK3 ASPURIA SK3 DULCE SHSN TARKINGTON MSSN BURG MSSN DUTT SHSN HERNANDEZ SK3 O ' DONNELL MSSN WOLFE DK2 LEARN MSSA PEKLAR SEATTLE SEAFAIR AUGUST 1979 THE END M m ' OF THE BEGINNING JOHN YOUNG CRUISE BOOK STAFF EDITORS LTJG MICHAEL HOLIDAY JOHN ENS MARC BULL IVERSON LAYOUT LTJG M.W. JOHN, USN ENS M.E. IVERSON, USN HM3 A.E. BALDACCI, USN PHOTOGRAPHY: ALL HANDS ACKNOWLEDGMENT A SPECIAL BIG JOHN THANKS TO THE MANY PARENTS AND RELATIVES OF JOHN YOUNG CREWMEMBERS WHOSE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE THIS BOOK POSSIBLE. WTALSWuRTHvwv Cruise Book Sales Offices ' ■ comJSJJJ?!!! Inewham StreetSuite 202 , San Diego, California 92109 n ' ■4 ' i ' tSfl) f -