Kirk (FF 1087) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 102 of the 1988 volume:

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Islands ' -• 2 % V o V i ' ««. % -  £• , §1 § II 3 SOUTH PACIFIC WELLINGTON lifl % r KIRK ' S WESTPAC HOME Contents Introduction 2 Commanding Officers 4 Executive Officers 6 Operations Department 8 In Memoriam to Monty Boy Rickey 9 Operations Communications 1 Operations Electronics 12 Operations Intelligence 16 Operations Navigation 20 Executive Division 24 Weapons Department 28 First Division 30 Second Division 34 Third Division 36 Engineering Department 40 Engineering Boilers 42 Engineering Electrical 46 Engineering Machines 50 Engineering Repair 54 Supply Department 58 Japan 64 Philippines 68 Thailand 70 Brunei 72 Malaysia 74 Australia 76 Singapore and Hong Kong 78 Crossing the Line 80 Voyages of the Kirk Fall in Love Again 82 Life at Sea 84 Families 88 Glimpses 90 Farewell to WESTPAC 92 Some Call It WESTPAC We Call It HOME Sl KIRK has always had two personali- ties. You could find them in the phrase work hard, play hard. You could also find them in the symbols pictured on this page. The ship ' s insignia, above, identifies the ship for ceremonial purposes. The central feature of the insignia is the shield from the KIRK family Coat of Arms, appropriately chosen to honor Ad- miral Alan Goodrich Kirk for whom the ship is named. The four stars indicate the rank Admiral Kirk achieved during his career and the tridents symbolize Kirk ' s primary mission of anti-submarine warfare. The House Flag, to the right, shows our other self. The palm tree symbolizes e xotic ports in Southeast Asia, while a smiling cat represents a KIRK Sailor on his well-earned R R. The phrase What ' s Next? correctly encapsulates KIRK ' s drive to take on new challenges. It may also refer to the constantly chang- ing schedules of a forward deployed ship, but this is only hearsay. i Kirk ' s Twelve Year Mission In July of 1976 the USS KIRK joined the modern version of America ' s Asiatic fleet in Yokosuka, Ja- pan. Over the years these ships and the men who sailed them earned a reputation for living hard and fighting hard at the far edges of civilization. KIRK and her sailors lived up to this reputation with style. For 12 years, from the frozen North to the Land Down Under, no weather was too fierce, no language too foreign for KIRK men to master. This cruisebook documents KIRK s final 18 months of going bamboo. It was a busy time. Communi- cation barriers, schedule changes, and moral dilemmas appeared at every turn. But through them all KIRK sailors showed great professional strength and human compassion. We donated scholarship money to Fil- ipino students, saved a life in Malaysia, and showed the flag effectively from Otaru, to Bali. After her 12 years in WESTPAC, KIRK returned to Long Beach, California, on August 25, 1988, full of men who spoke Tagalog, hadn ' t been to America in years, and tended to confuse aye with hai. This book is for you, WESTPAC sailors in EASTPAC, and also for our new shipmates who want to know what KIRK is all about. The Twelve Year Mission is over but far from forgotten. El- - ' ««.,! Commanding Officers CDR E. Richard Diamond, Jr. Commander Emil Richard Diamond, Jr., USN, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on 15 De- cember 1943. As a Navy Junior, he lived throughout the United States and Territory of Alaska before receiving the B.A. degree in Histo- ry from the University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, in 1967. After being commissioned in November 1967, CDR Diamond completed two Western Pacific cruises aboard USS BON HOMME RICH- ARD (CVA-31) and served two years aboard USS SPRINGFIELD (CLG-7), Flagship U.S. Sixth 4 Fleet, in the Mediterranean. He then served as an NROTC instructor at Tulane University, earn- ing the M.A. degree in Diplomatic History. CDR Diamond served as Weapons Officer aboard USS SAMPLE (FF-1048), on the CINCSOUTH staff in Naples, Italy, as XO of USS BUCHANAN (DDG-14), and with the Studies, Analysis, and Gaming Agency. CDR Larry W. Darling Commander Larry W. Darling, a native of Texas, was born on August 29, 1946 and was raised in Smith- ville. He attended Rice University and was graduated in 1968 with a bachelor of arts degree in com- merce. Following graduation he en- tered OCS and received his commis- sion in late 1969. He served as First Lieutenant, then Engineer Officer aboard USS FORSTER (DER 334). He served at the Texas Maritime Academy and in 1974 attended Sur- face Warfare Officer Department Head School in Newport, Rhode Is- land. He then reported to USS REA- SONER (FF 1063) as the engineer officer until 1 977. A following tour as Staff Material Officer for Destroyer Squadron Seven finished in January 1980. CDR Darling next served as Ac- ademic Director at SWOS, where he earned a MBA from National Univer- sity during off duty hours. In 1 981 he reported as XO aboard USS JOHN HANCOCK (DD 981). He then served at the Senior War College and with Deputy Chief of Naval Op- erations for Surface Warfare and Di- rector, General Planning and Pro- gramming Division for the Chief of Naval Operations. CDR Darling wears the Meritori- ous Service Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and Navy Achievement Medal in addition to various campaign and service me- dals. He is married to Sherrill Thomp- son Darling (also a commander on active duty.) He has a son, Jace, and a daughter Ellie. LCDR Steve MacPherson Executive Officers LCDR Thaddeus Moyseowicz Operations Department Electronics Technician (ET) Signalman (SM) LT Ensz LT Fillion Operations Specialist (OS) Radioman (RM) In Memoriam OS2 Monty Boy Rickey May 20, 1965 - June 29, 1988 A Shipmate A Friend . . . QC DIU. 10 11 Operations Electronics Division ET1 Fujii ET2 Combs ET2 Hurd ET2 Lubeker ET2 Bowling ET3 Viot ET3 Darlington Vf J T? ' 13 LT Walker Operations Intelligence Division consists of Operations Specialists and Electronic Warfare technicians. They are the eyes and ears of the ship, sensing friend and foe alike with the help of radar, electronic sensors, and communication gear of many kinds. They help navigate at all times and perform key roles in operations such as antisub- marine warfare, antiair warfare, and naval gun fire support. 16 OS1 Gasaway MNM EW1 Graham 0S1 Payne 0S1 Vertefuille 0S2 Carey 0S2 Centorbi 0S2 Dalaney 0S2 Gibson 0S3 Brown OS3 Bryant OS2 Burford EW3 Casey OS3 Chieffo 0S3 Malecha 0S3 Scott ¥ ¥ T 0S3 Tate OSSN Bowring OSSN Butler EWSN Cauley OSSN Coplen EWSN Freeland OSSN Fulmer WW EWSN Gunther OSSN Kenney OSSN Mommer OSSN Rickey OSSN Rushing EWSN Sharpe 17 Navigation Department ■ -j t--- j pa ira B3j c a i_j rp EBP3 fr 3_r a El LT Hall - • QMC Stewart fc it Led by the dauntless LT Hall and the redoubtable QMC Stewart, KIRK s NAVIGATION TEAM confidently plots her courses and fixes her position from the humid tropics to the fro- zen north (and, hopefully, back again). The Quartermasters use modern electronic equipment, charts, a fathometer, and yes, even the stars in their quest for the perfect fix. 20 |SQk t : Y QM2 Cochrane QM2 Stock V V QMSN Lee QMSA Pettibone m 21 22 w : - ' uLo ■ • ■•■ 23 XA Division flW HMC Klaiber PNC Retome EMC Osuna XA Division is the collection of people who see to the mountain of paperwork, medical, dental, postal, and career planning needs that the crew of KIRK generates. They are secretaries, doctors, counselors, writers, filers, retrievers, finders of obscure forms, arrangers of appointments, and sellers of moneyorders — and, as al- ways, sailors first. 24 v VC- V -fsr v V ' YN1 Diaz NC1 Pelky MA1 Lewis PN2 Guttierez HM2 Kunkel HN Mullen PNSN Joyner Personnelman (PN) y Yeoman (YN) ■ in, . ,d Master-at-Arms D ostal Clerk (PC) ( MA ) k Hospital lorpsman (HM) Navy Counselor (NC) V X) SN (HM) Jones PNSN Conley PNSN Slayton PCSN Wallace r ,l-. : : : .: V YNSN Strauther PNSN Prewitt 25 1-131-3 posrOffKS I IJ9-J-0 26 r - ■ ( LT Cunningham Weapons Department 28 LT VanDiest -T-- lsf D ivision a iNJTi PRlfOTi, THE SHIPi ) ENS Graham BMCS(SW) Verbic V V BM1 Pabst BM2 Miller BM2 Moreland BM2 Morris BM3 O ' Driscoll BM3 Guerriero BM3 Riche tf v r v BMSN Fitzpatrick BMSN Allen SN Carstens SN Wheland SN Britt SN Ritter SN Peet Y J V r V V V w SN White SN Jefferson SN Yates SN Graham SN Bodison SN Monroe SN Cavanaugh t w SN Wilson SN Eaton SN Shipard SN Green «r 31 r w Second Division The Gunner ' s Mates are in charge of the 5 . 54 gun mount, a rapid fire mount used for anti-aircraft, surface to surface, and shore bombardment to support ground troops. They are also responsible for all small arms on board, which are used for ship ' s defense, security, and boarding parties. The Fire Controlmen are divided into two workcen- ters: CIWS technicians and Mk 68 GFCS technicians. CIWS techs maintain the Phallanx .20mm anti-aircraft weapon system. It is the latest in AAW technology cur- rently installed on USS KIRK. Its primary capabilities in- clude a firing rate of approximately 3000 rounds per min- ute and totally enclosed search and track radars capable of tracking the target and the CIWS rounds themselves. Mk 68 GunFire Control System techs maintain and operate the Mk47 analog computer and the AN SPG-53F radar system. Together they plot 5 rounds with great accuracy. 34 35 Antisubmarine Warfare Division LT Givens STGC Toepel 3 r J Divsiori ■ ■ v GMC Kimball GMC Snider Making up Third Division are: Sonar Technicians (STG), Gunners Mates (GMM) who maintain the Mk 1 1 2 ASROC Launching System, and Torpedomen (TM) who maintain the Mk 32 Torpedo Tubes. Operating together with the Op- erations Specialists, the KIRK can carry out her primary mission of Antisubmarine Warfare. Equipped with a bow-mounted, high power, long range active sonar as well as the passive, long range TACTAS (Tactical Towed Array Sonar), the detection of enemy submarines can be accomplished in a variety of operating envi- ronments. With a LAMPS detachment embarked and using sonobuoys, over-the-horizon submarine detection keeps the KIRK in an advantageous position in the destruction of an enemy submarine. For short-range destruction, the Mk 32 Torpedo Tubes are employed. For long-range, the Mk 1 1 2 ASROC Launcher is utilized for launching the Rocket Thrown Torpedos, or the Rocket Thrown Depth Charge. The Mk 1 12 Launcher is also used to launch the Harpoon, an over-the-horizon anti-ship missile. The Sonar Technicians maintain KIRK ' s only defense against enemy torpedos, the T-Mk-6 Torpedo Countermea- sure System. W M V A V .1 V ' V v TM1 Andrews STG2 Edmonds STG2 Holmes STG2 Jeter STG2 Murphy STG2 McDonnel STG3 Ocheltree STG3 Drier STG3 Austin STG3 Carvill STG3 Hudon STG3 Rudolph STG3 Wyer STG3 Bush V v STG3 Dobbs STG3 Fricke STG3 Noth STG3 SaposnekooSTG3 Hampton STG3 Jennings STG3 Scott STG3 Forte STGSN Geosits STGSN Campbell STGSN Kay m V I STGSN Wylie TMSN Peterson X TMSN Smith GMMSN Waterman 37 Engineering Department LT Marshall, CDR Diamond, Shinto Priest, Engineering E ' LT Davis o Q Boilers Division, led by Boiler Technician Chief Andersen, takes care of and maintains two 1200 psi V2M Boilers, three main feed booster pumps, three main feed pumps, three fuel oil service pumps, four forced draft blow- ers, and a host of associated auxiliary machinery. To help in the care and maintenance are BT1 Newsted, fireroom LPO; BT2 Morse, ACC tech; and BT1 Knoll, oil shack LPO. Also to accomplish the various tasks in the fireroom Chief Andersen has the following outstanding performers: BT1 Askew as leading maintenance man, and BT2 Drake as PMS Petty Officer. Boilers Division has maintained a high standard of excellence, as wit- nessed by the gold E on KIRK ' s stack. The KIRK is ready, willing, and able to overcome all obstacles as did her namesake Admiral Alan G. Kirk in the invasion of Normandy to make her the finest forward deployed ship in the Pacific Ocean and throughout the world. BTC Andersen 42 BT1 Johnson BT1 Knoll BT1 Newsted BT1 Askew BT2 Roschman BT2 Hart BT2 Decker BT2 Drake BT2 Selecky BT2 Whitteker BT2 Morse ilFlpl ¥ BT3 Irons BT3 Kirk BT3 Williams BT3 Anders BT3 Binger BT3 Delpriore BT3 Milazzo BTFN Trinetra BTFN Holbrook BTFN Cornista w BTFN Starkel BTFN Glennon BTFN Vacha BTFR Edwards 43 f -) ■ « n Electrical Division LTJG Morrison EMC Munger Electrical Division sees to all manner of things electrical on KIRK as well as all of her internal communications equip- ment. The rates concerned with these efforts are Electri- cian ' s Mate, (EM) and Internal Communications electrician (IC). From the windbird to the running lights to stable shore power and the black phones all over the place, if you want to see the light or hear the talk, you call E Division. 46 I 1 ■ 48 • 3fc£ K • - GZZ J M 1 n i73ul 49 M-DIVISION LTJG Reid ENS Kane MMC Bloomfield Deep in the hull of USS KIRK is where you ' ll find the snipes of M Division. Consisting of Machinist Mates and split into two workcenters, EMOl and EM08, M Division personnel work long hot hours in and out of port. These hours are spent performing maintenance, repairs, watchstanding, preservation, and cleaning in the auxiliary machine room no. 1 and the engine room. M Division operates, monitors, and maintains the ship ' s main engine, which propells the ship through the water, the ship ' s service turbogenerators, which provide the ship with electricity, the distilling plants, which produce fresh water for the crew and boilers, and miscellaneous other equipment. All of these are crucial to the mission and habitability of USS KIRK. As you can see, M Division is a vital part of KIRK ' s winning team. So next time you take a shower, plug in your radio, or arrive in port on schedule remember M Division, the snipes who make it possible. 50 ■K $ V V V V t MM1 Taylor MM2 Kinnel MM2 Woods MM2 Langshaw MM2 Bradley MM3 Taganas MM3 Scroggins P ?J3 MM3 Jennings MM3 Ryan MM3 Sutton MM3 Sedy MMFN Smith MMFN Sudduth MMFN Wilson H ■ 1 ' 1 v l i 1 1 1 r • MMFA Spitnale MMFN Bird v • Si -, •- « - .- - - :- :- ' -: i - - - ' • ' • -  - • - J_1P £ ' B 1 bV l bi bB Ub ¥ H ; Repair Division ENS Burke HTC Brock 54 V v V l V V V HT1 Steitz HT2 Ralston HT2 Sanchez MR2 Taylor HT2 Gordon HT2 Lynn HT2 Zimmerman A I - i - j L 55 Supply Department ENS Smart SKCS Shelton IBB ' J V MSC Mojica LT Tibayan 58 DK1 Contrera MS1 Guevarra SH1 Labre SH1 McGlothin MS1 Porretta MS1 San Agustin SK2 Deang V - rd isl v v V V v. V v V MS2 Schweitzer MS2 Soto MS2 Calantoc MS3 Abadam SH3 Healey MS3 Ogden SK3 Harrison DK3 Andrada SH3 Parker V V SHSN Rogers MS3 Mott V V SKSN Rietz SHSN Jernigan 59 Br 61 62 Japan fulfill! sua Hfl M . 65 [- A dH 67 Philippine Scholars Kirk Soccer: International Champions; K v _1 ik .• ■■A mi ■ ' wr i «f - % 1 r h A ' „ - ! . : fW jL y OiL.Jr Xi 1 Jk J I • .., ' ., .  S8s A , T . V ' - - - - Thailand ■ 70 .4 fe: Brunei 72 Malaysia 74 US Navy goes to heart girl ' s rescue Lee Chai Ung By ZARINAH DAUD PENANG, Fri. - The United States Navy answered a different kind of SOS call today when crew members of a visiting warship made a sizeable contribution to little Lee Chai Ling, who has a heart ailment. So moved were the 285 crewmen of the USS Kirk by the seven-year-old girl ' s plight (she needs $9,000 more to undergo corrective heart surgery in Singaporel that they immediately launched a fund-raising drive after reading of her problem in the Neic Straits Times last week. The drive was initiated by the ship ' s Chief Petty Officer Harvie Christian and the result a whopping US$4,080 or $10,200 in 36 hours! The money was handed over to Chai Ling this afternoon on board the USS Kvrk which is . New Sfra-i t. s berthed at Swettenham Pier. It was a touching moment as Chai Ling kissed Mr Christian to express her appreciation after receiving the money. We were on an eight- day sea exercise with the Royal Malaysian Navy last week when we read of her plight in Lumut. We were all so touched that Chai Ling has to suffer at a very young age, Mr Christian said before taking the girl on a tour of the ship. Today ' s donation raises the fund for the girl to more than $44,000. Chai Ling, a Standard One pupil of Convent Jalan Datuk Keramat, will leave for Singapore on Dec 18 to undergo the surgery at Mt Elizabeth Hospital. She will be accompanied by her K teW 12 71 87 75 Australia 77 Singapore Hong Kong Crossing the Line Voyages of the KIRK MA V 1987 1-14 Ipt Yokosuka, Japan 15 Enr Shimoda with dependents embarked 15-17 Ipt Shimoda, Japan for Black Ship Festival 18-20 Enr Pusan, Korea 21-26 Ipt Pusan 27-28 Enr Yokosuka 29-2 JUNE Readiex 3-7 Ipt Yokosuka 8-11 Enr Beppu, Japan 12-14 Ipt Beppu 15-18 Enr Yokosuka 19-21 Ipt Yokosuka 22-26 Enr Subic Bay, RP 27-29 Ipt Subic Bay 30-1 JULY Enr Brunei, Borneo 2-5 Ipt Brunei 6-10 Enr Kure, Japan 11-12 Ipt Kure 13-15 Enr Yokosuka 16-6 AUGUST Ipt Yokosuka (Captain Darling relieves Captain Diamond 5 Aug 1987) 7-14 Enr Subic Bay (Typhoon Betty) 15-17 Ipt Subic Bay 18-22 Enr Singapore (Typhoon Cary) 23-26 Anchored Singapore 27-7 SEPTEMBER Enr Freemantle, Australia (Crossed The Line at 095.22E 31 Aug 1987) 8-9 Anchored Freemantle 10-16 Valiant Usher 17-21 Ipt Geraldton, Australia 22-25 Enr Bali, Indonesia 26-27 Anchored Bali 28-1 OCTOBER Enr Subic Bay (Track took KIRK through the pirate-infested waters of the Java, Sulu, and Celbbes Seas.) 2-6 Ipt Subic Bay 7-10 Enr Chinhae, Korea 11-13 Ipt Chinhae 14-16 Aswex 88-1 K Tae Kwon Do 17-18 Ipt Chinhae 19-20 Enr Yokosuka 21-25 Ipt Yokosuka 26-3 NOVEMBER Enr Singapore 4-6 Ipt Singapore (Sembawang Pier) 7-8 Mercub-88 9 Enr Lumut, Malaysia 10-12 Ipt Lumut 13-17 Mekar-87 18-23 Ipt Penang, Malaysia 24-26 Enr Brunei 27-29 Burongex-88 30 Anchored Brunei Bay for beach party 30-1 DECEMBER Enr Subic Bay 2-7 Ipt Subic Bay 8-9 Reconex 10-11 Enr Hong Kong 12-15 Anchored Hong Kong 16-20 Enr Yokosuka 21-6 JANUARY 1988 Ipt Yokosuka 7-20 MARCH SRA Yokosuka 21-23 underway 24 Ipt Yokosuka 25-29 Team Spirit 88 30-5 APRIL underway with Midway battle group 6 Ipt Sasebo 7 Enr Chinhae 8-10 Ipt Chinhae (Cherry Blossom Festival) 11-14 underway Northern Sea of Japan 15-17 Ipt Otaru, Japan 18-20 Enr Yokosuka 21-6 MAY Ipt Yokosuka 7-11 Enr Subic Bay 12-30 Ipt Subic Bay (16-18 NWAT, 28-29 OPPE) 31 Underway for NGFS 1-6 JUNE Ipt Subic Bay 7 Underway for TACAN certification and ipt Subic Bay 8-13 Enr Pattaya Beach, Thailand (11-12 Crossing the Line ceremonies: crossed at 095.22°E lattitude) 14-17 Ipt Pattaya Beach 18-22 Enr Subic Bay (Stopped for fuel in Sattahip, Thailand on the 18th. Picked up nine Vietnamese refugees in the South Chi- na Sea approximately 300 nm east of Ho Chi Minh City on 21 Jun 1988.) 23 Brief stop in Subic Bay to pick up helicopter 23-24 Enr Hong Kong 25-28 Anchored Hong Kong 29 underway for evasion of typhoon Vanessa 30 Anchored Hong Kong 1 JULY - 5 Enr Yokosuka 6-2 AUGUST 1pt Yokosuka 3-11 Enr Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Crossed international date line on 8 Aug 1988. Expe- rienced 48 hours of Monday on 8 Aug 1988. Became a unit of the Third Fleet for the first time in over 12 years 6 Aug 1988.) 12-17 Ipt Pearl Harbor 18-24 Enr Long Beach, California 25 at 0800 moored at Pier Six, Long Beach Naval Station, Long Beach, California, United States of America. 82 Fall in Love Again (Sailors Song) I know that you ' ll want me, that you ' ll need me All over the world And when I ' m not with you that you ' ll be my girl Until I return Tell me you always will need me Tell me you never will be untrue Tell me you ' ll always believe me Then we ' ll look to the skies from wherever we are And feel closer at night while we ' re sharing a star Remember my dear when I ' m home we ' ll fall in love again It must be a passion, some reaction That keeps us together Cause life with your sailor on the open seas Can seem like forever So tell me you always will need me Tell me you never will be untrue Tell me you always will believe me Then w e can look to the skies from wherever we are And feel closer at night while we ' re sharing a star Just remember my dear when I ' m home we ' ll fall in love again Life at Sea 84 Mll(Mi!ftht ,1 m Families 88 89 Glimpses 90 I Farewell, WESTPAC And then one ad day into exile they sent us, lr. the pouring rain we all said goodbye. No real band would play for us, the speeches were shortened, The clouds they brooded real low in the sky. And as the ship pulled away from the pier then, All hands threw their covers right into the sea. To promise they ' d be back to their rightful homeport, What a grand return that oneday will be. Oh leave our ship where she did her job And don ' t tie her up on to the pier, For Frisco, or Long Beach, or those blasted shipyards Is far as she ' ll go now I fear. Sea Shanty by Timothy Bowling Editor: Edward Warburton Layout, art, graphics: Larry D. Weas l ■ ih mWALSWORTH Cruise Book Sales Office PUBLISHING 912 Skvlark Drive COMPANY La Jolla, CA 92037 MARCEUNE. MISSOURI. USA 4