Kidd (DDG 993) - Naval Cruise Book

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Executive Officer Daniel S. Beach CDR USN CDR Beach camt- to us and to KIDD lor a seroiid tiint ' as XO. His first tour (in KIDD was as ihc Combat Systems l)(])ai tiiuiii Head. Much has changed since those d.i s as a resuh of the XTU overhaid in U).S,S-1 VISy. hut lor CDR Ik.u h ii was still like coming home. I he ( ) ' s influence on the daily life on Ixiaid KIDD could he h-ll eyemvheie. He had a hand m eviiA majoi e (ilu- tion the shi|) went through, whiih is [)i()l)er foi .ui 1- e( uli e Otficei . At au gi en lime, the ( ) could he foimd on the flight diik ,is a safety ohseiTer, on the bridge ensiuing evolutions weie carried oiu smoothly, .tnd vy i.uiK he (ould he spoiled on his simian bed u|) on the sigu.il biidge. Perhai)s the () ' s biggest (oniribution to the suioolh i)i)eiali( n i)f KIDD was his l.il- eiU loi flawless |),i|)er oi k. It isn ' t .m eas job A] ( il sine isii ' i Inn, bul some- one has lo do il. Whatever the job was. whaUMi il look. CDR Beach got the job done.

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Ah.n,-: riu- () acts as s,il,l ,,l,s r tr fluDtm fliulll |ii.nl(is. Alien. 1, II ) coriiiilii; tin ship iliinnt; .111 umlciu.u t cplcriislinu-nl. Below: A I h. nil I- Id relax during a suci bcarli picnic. RikIii: I he () ciiKa.ncs in A.linin Warfare. Far Tinhl: ) piesenlmi; an .mai.l

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[lie lt|)l() iiicnl l)(;;.iii (in .1 (old cxim ' i iriu c lli.il lluxwould use iiKiiiths and i.iiii 11101 iiiiii; 011 9 Jaiiuan W . laui in llic Red Sea. I he transit across Tlio mood was s()ml){-i ihioughoul llic tin- Aliaiili( also oltcicd iiian sliij) as ail hands watt lu-d the pici and i ituiiuinbci s an o])])oi innil lo (|ii,ili- lo cd ones k ' ft hcliiiid sli|) into the (lis- l on . I ' l ( alihci pisioK and sliot; ;iins. taiuc. Oiii tra( k was not diu ' cast Ilu- atiiiosplici c onhoaid the slnj) was diifc ll a( loss ilic Atlanli( , Init latlu-i c liart;cd with a iiiixtiin- ol anlu ipation south to the missile test laiit c. Out .ind apprclic 11 sion .ihoul what the fust t.isk diuiiii; dc|)lo mciit was to icsi weeks alieail would bring. The sliool- a new CDS W ' DS (omputei piogiaui ing stalled on the liith of Januan and designt-d lo mote etle(ti el counlei it wasn ' t long helore radio got tlie hrsl ilie expfcled illicit in the Persian news of the fighting in message traffic. C.ulf. Witii a successful op-test and mis- Soon ihe sliipwide apprehension gave sile siioot, we set our course for the wa to a general anxiousness to get to Stiaits of Gibralter via the .Azores. Oiu wluie the action was. While friends (()m|)anion across the .Atlantic was the and famih watched the fust da s ot the USS MCINERNEY. The eniljargo and war 011 CW. we read of the iiuiial air econoniK sanctions against Iiac] weie lauK and ' fomahawk cruise missile in effec I and all shipping traffic hound attacks 111 message ticiffic ,ind the for liat] or ports in (oiinlries s nipa- KIDD nc-ws|)a|)ei published 1) radio, ihetic lo Iraq was subject to isit and Our Inst landfall was the island search. KIDD |)repatc ' d for tliis mission with MCINERNEY during the transit across the . tlantic b conducting train- ing fjoardings on eacli other. With the aid of.i Coast Guard detachment, the KIDD VBSS team yained valualile Al.cx,- 1,1 Su.,ns..ii ,|u.iliriis ..n I ' l , .il |jist.,l ,1 1111; .. tiihI All.inli, l.un 111. Al)., - iii;lil S,k A(.l in ih - Ail.uiii, . Kii;hi 1 .uull.ill A ..ms biKl M.,|, lo. III. l,,Mlu u.ir .l|,| I. Il.■