Jouett (DLG 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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' ■i ' i- ' i; a-» : - I ' M CTU SKVKN SKVEN PT ZERO PT ONE TO USS JOUETT USS BUCKLEY HC SEVEN DET ONE ONE ZERO HC SEVEN DET ONE ZERO SEVEN CO, VF NINE TWO CO. VA TWO THREE CO. VF ONE NINE ONE INFO COMSEVENTHFLT CTF SEVEN SEVEN CTC SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO COMCARDIV ONE USS ENTERPRISE CVW NINE CVW ONE NINE CVW TWO CVSG FIVE FIVE CTC SEVEN ZERO PT EIGHT CO HC SEVEN HC SEVEN DET ONE ZERO THREE SAR INCIDENT 7 MAY 1 . YOUR PROMPT AND AGGRESSIVE RESPONSE IN THE SUBJ SAR INCIDENT WAS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. THE COORDINATION AND ALTERNESS OF ALL PARTICIPANTS WAS SUPERB. YOUR HIGH STATE OF READINESS RESULTED IN THE SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY OF TWO NAVAL AVI.VrORS FROM THE WATER CLOSE TO THE ENEMY SHORE AND WHILE UNDER HOSTILE GUNFIRE WITHIN 2|3 MINUTES OF THEIR DOWN TIME. MY CONGRATUL-ATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE. 2. TO THE MANY ADDITIONAL UNITS WHO VOLUNTEERED BUT WERE NOT USED. REST ASSURED TaAT YOUR READINESS PROVIDED A SAFETY FACTOR WHICH I. AS SAR COMDR. DEEPLY APPRECIATED. ' ■ , if --v ' to ' l o - ' S ' - ' ii ' A ' ■« ' o ' ' o ' P7 ,. ' ' ' ■ ' r jvr oi ' ' f ; ■o, ' U:. ' Oh tA- s° ,- S iV- ' ,., ' ,, FM CTU SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO PT ONE TO USS ;OUETT USS D. J. BUCKLEY VF-TWOONE VAW-ONE ONE FIVE VA-ONE FOUR SEVEN HC-SEVEN DET ONE ZERO SEVEN INFO USS RANGER COMCVW TWO CTC SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO CTG SEVEN SEVEN PT SEVEN CTF SEVEN SEVEN CO. HC-SEVEN SAR INCIDENT SUNDOWN 03 1. SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY OF TWO NAVAL AVIATORS FROM RANGER VF-21 RESULTED FROM SMOOTH TEAMWORK. READINESS. AND PROMPT REACTION OF ALL UNITS CONCERNED. PROMPT ANNOUNCEMENT BY VF-21 PILOT WHEN HIT CAVE JOUETT FLIGHT FOLLOWER EARLY WARNING OF SAR AND ALLOWED JOUETT OBTAIN ACCURATE POSITION ON DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. OUTSTANDING REACTION BY VF-21. VAW-115 AND VA-147 ACFT RESULTED IN AN EARLY SIGHTING OF THE PILOTS AFTER EJECTING AND UNTIL THEY LANDED IN THE WATER. THEREAFTER VA-H7 RESCAP COMPLETE REPORTING KEPT THE CREWMEN ' S LOCATION PINPOINTED. HIGH STATE OF READINESS OF HC-7 DET 1»7 ENABLED CLEMENTINE TWO TO BE AIRBORNE WITHIN i MINUTES. COORDINATION AMONG ALL PARTICIPANTS RESULTED IN ACCURATE VECTORS TO HELO AND ACCURATE POSITIONING OF BUCKLEY FOR HIFR OR GUNFIRE SUPPRESSION . 2. YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AND SUPERB PROFESSIONAL COORDINATION IN THIS EMERGENCY RESULTED IN A TOTAL TIME OF ONLY TWENTY-NINE MINUTES FROM RECEIPT OF DANUGE TO ON-DECK RECOVERY OF RESCUE HELO. ALL HANDS DEMONSTRATED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF S. R READLNESS WHEN IT WAS NEEDED. WELL DONE . FM CTG SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO TO CTU SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO PT ONE GTE SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO PT ONE PT TWO HELSUPPRON SEVEN DET ONE ONE ZERO USS ENTERPRISE USS YORK TOWN INFO ALL CVA TG CDR TF SEVEN SEVEN CTF SEVEN SEVEN COMSEVENTHFLT Hl:l.SUPPRON SEVEN HELSUPPRON SEVEN DET ONE ZERO THREE nn T-C-.sJi.l-f.V ' - ' ' i ' A- io ' ' iA- ' ;« c Ko Pr ■vtv,. pr O E CHAMPION 406 SAR 1 . FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO DAYS OUR SAR FORCES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED A IXJWNED AIRCREW UNDER HOSTILE FIRE . 2. THE RECOVERY Ol- THE PILOT OF CHAMPION 400 FROM DEEP WITHIN ENEMY TERRITORY IN AN UNBELIEVABLY SHORT TIME WAS THE RESULT OF THE PROMPT. COOL. .VND PROFESSIONAL ACTIONS OF THE ONE SCENE COMMANDER. THE RESCAP. THE DOWNED PILOT AND MOST OF ALL THE INTERPID CREW OF BIG MOTHER 70. YOU HAVE THE ADMIRATION AND APPKECL TION OF ALL FOR CARRYING OUT A TOUGH ONE. WELL DONE. RADM H. II. EPPES ' Ot. 1 M COMUSMACV n) USS JOUF.TT INFO CTU 77.0.1 COMSEVENTHFLT CINCPACFLT CINCPAC YOUR TIMELY REACTION IN EFFECTING RDVU AND PROVIDING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO WOUNDED CREWMAN OF MISSION DEEPLY APPRECIATED BY ALL CONCERNED. 163

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' Ut ttlfO ' .s«: «orTV ' :a« -BTVO Js. THB VPS To- V N ' V -Ol-lG ' FM U SS ENTERPRISE TO COMDESRON ONE INFO CTF SEVEN SEVEN -fO CTC SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO CTC SEVEN SEVEN PT FIVE USS JOUETT I. FOR THE LAST TWO LINE PERIODS ENTERPRISE AIRCRAFT WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOUR STAFF AND JOUETT OF YOUR SQUADRON. YOUR STRIKE CONTROL, FLIGHT FOLLOWING. SAR COORDINATION AND FIGHTER CONTROL HAS CONSIS- TENTLY BEEN OUTSTANDING AND THE FINEST WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED. THE AIR WING HAS GAINED THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE IN YOUR CONTROLLERS AND ATTRIBUTES MANY SUCCESSFUL NIGHT MISSIONS TO THEIR PRECISE VECTORS TO LUCTARS. THE SUCCESS OF MANY SAR EFFORTS HAS BEEN DIRECTLY ATTRI- BUTED TO YOUR OWN QUICK RESPONSE. YOUR FINE SAR TEAM, AND OPTIMUM LTILIZATION OF RESCAP. ALL ABOARD ENTERPRISE WHO HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING JOUETT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY IMPRESSED BY THE OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL CREW . FM CTF SEVEN SEVEN TO CTU SEVEN SEVEN PT FIVE PT ONE INFO COMSEVENTHFLT COMFAIRWESTPAC CTG SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO USS AMERICA USS JOUETT HC SEVEN HC SEVEN DET ONE ZERO THREE HC SEVEN DET ONE ONE ZERO THE AGGRESSIVE. PERSISTENT AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL EFFORTS WHICH LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL RESCUE HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH ADMIRATION AND PRIDE. WELL DONE TO ALCON. RADM COUSINS. FM 3ARRGP TSN AB RVN TO CTLI 77 PT PT I INFO CTG 77 PT »= CTF 77 pro CTF 77 COMSEVENFLEET SUBJ: SAR INCIDENT 94-ai JOLLY GREEN 25. PLEASE CONVEY MY PERSONAL WELL DONE TO ALL HANDS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN ASSISTING THE RECOVERY OF JOLLY GREEN 25 AFTER THE EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING ON THE CHINA SEA. THIS COORDINATED EFFORT MADE POSSIBLE THE RECOVERY OF .«iN AIR CREW AND A MILLION DOLLAR AIRCRAFT NEAR AN EXTREMELY HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. COL LESKE. COM 3 ARRGPSENT)S. 2. ENTERPRISE WISHES YOU A SAFE AND SPEEDY RETURN HOME AND WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN . t- ' ] CTc ,!ffcSS«. ssSSS o, ' 2£«r7° ' £ The. ' --S ' ?o ' ' S ;ffi ' ;s,c« SOf ' 4ii i ' Enti S ' sa ' vej SAR, FM CTU SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO PT ONE TO USS JOUETT USS BUCKLEY HELSUPPRON SEVEN DET ONE ZERO FIVE HELSUPPRON SEVEN DET ONE ONE ZERO VF THREE THREE VF ONE ZERO TWO VAW ONE TWO TWO VAH ONE ZERO VA ONE ONE THREE INFO CTG SEVEN SEVEN PT ZERO CTF SEVEN SEVEN CTF SEVEN SEVEN PT FIVE CTF SEVEN SEVEN PT THREE CTF SEVEN ZERO PT EIGHT USS AMERICA USS ENTERPRISE HELSUPPRON SEVEN HELSUPPRON SEVEN DET ONE ZERO THREE SAR INCIDENT 1 YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE AND SUPERB PERFORMANCE IN TODAY ' S SAR FOR VF-iJ ACFTNR 204 WERE THE FACTORS WHICH BROUGHT ABOUT SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY OF LTJG SIMMONS IN IJ MINUTES FROM EJECTION TO PICK UP. 2. WELL DONE TO ALL AND A SPECL L KUDO FOR VAW-122 ACFT NR 722 FOR HIS CONTROL WORK DURING SUBSEQUENT SEARCH EFFORT. f ? vt OS iTsB ' • ■ .oC-t? co ' st t .o -So - ' ' ' l. oof:l° bV-l ■ f.- tjB;ss SfS , FM COMDESRON ONE TO USS JOUETT 1 . WITH THE ENDING OF OUR SECOND LINE PERIOD I WANT TO E.XPRESS THE GREAT PLE. SURE THAT I HAVE FIAD IN WITNESSING THE OLrrSTANDING PER- FORMANCE OF THE lOUETT. THE SAR SUPPORT WAS SUPERB. AND IN PARTICULAR. THE STRIKE SUPPORT TO OUR NAVY AIRCRAFT WAS OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. YOU CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THE TRIBUTE GIVEN THE SHIP BY THE ENTERPRISE FLYBY. THIS IS A REFLECTION OF WEL-DESERVED GRATITUDE THAT FEW HAVE EARNED. WELL DONE. 162

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