Kiska (AE 35) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 132 of the 1981 volume:

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Pll J S271 If SHIPS COMPANY 17 F. E. CLARK CGMMANDING OFFICER USS KISKA JAN. 1979 - APRIL 1981 CAPTAIN FRANK E. CLARK UNITED STATES NAVY Captain Frank E. Clark entered the United States Navy Officers' Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island in Febru- ary 1961 after graduating from the University ofAlabama with a Bachelor ofScience Degree in Education. Prior to entering the University ofAlabama, he served in the United States Air Force in an enlisted status from 1950 to 1954. He was commissioned an Ensign May 12, 1961 through Offi- cer Candidate School at Newport, R.I. and reported aboard USS CLAUDE JONES IDE-10331 at Key West. Florida. He was assigned the billet of First Lieutenant and later became the Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer and Gunnery Officer. He participated in the Berlin Crisis. Cuban Crisis and other surveil- lance duties throughout the Caribbean area, southwestern wa- ters of the United States, and the Atlantic Ocean. In May 1964. he received orders to USS HENRY COUNTY QLST-8241 as the Executive Officer at San Diego, California. This tour covered many areas along the Pacific Coast of the United States and numerous Navy-Marine Corps amphibious training exercises. He took part in the mass movement of the First Marine Brigade from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii to Okinawa in February 1965. This movement was followed by moving another contingent ofthe First Marine Brigade and their surface-to-air missile battery from CONUS to the Republic of Vietnam in August 1965, thus placing the first U.S missile power in that country. That deployment was completed in the Vietnam area and surrounding waters in providing logistic support within areas inaccessible to deeper draft vessels. In September 1965, while in Saigon. he received orders to return tothe Unites States and report to the Commander. Phila- delphia Group Atlantic Reserve Fleet as Prospective Com- manding Officer for the reactivation of the USS MEEKER COUNTY QLST-9801. Upon completion of the ship's reactiva- tion program at Philadelphia and the crew's training at Little Creek, Virginia, the ship was assigned to Commander Landing Ship Squadron THREE. Newly homeported in Guam, M.I., the ship arrived in April 1967 and deployed immediately. CAPT Clark served with MEEKER COUNTY in the waters of Viet- nam in direct-support of military forces in the I and IV Corps areas of Vietnam. In July 1968, CAPT Clark received orders to report to Staff, Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. He trans- ferred to the Staff of Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet in August 1968 where he served in the Readiness and Training Section, later transferring to the Logistics Section where he became the Assistant 3M Team Manager. One year later he became the 3M Team Manager. After his tour with COMPHIBPAC. he reported as Com- manding Officer USS WASHTENAW COUNTY ILST- 1 1661. homeported at Yokosuka, Japan on 12 August 1970. The first assignment was duty with Amphibious Ready Group BRA- VO QARG BJ until December 1970. Subsequent schedules in- cluded Market Time support operations in Vietnam waters, logistic support of Marine Corps operations in Okinawafjapan, and the initial withdrawal operations of men and equipment from Vietnam in Operation Round Robin. ln September 1972, CAPT Clark received orders to report to Naval Amphibious School, Coronado. After a brief indoctrina- tion period, he was assigned as Director of the Ship to Shore Department. The tour included supervising a staffof 32 instruc- tors tofficer and enlistedj in teaching eighteen different courses of instruction to fleet personnel, the development and incorpora- tion of new LHA courses, and instructor duties with senior allied officers attending the Naval Amphibious School. During his tour at the Naval Amphibious School, CAPT Clark completed an Associates Degree in Industrial Engineer- ing with Southwestern Junior College, San Diego and a Mas- ter's Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine Uni- versity, Los Angeles. Following his tour at the Naval Amphibious School, he re- ceived orders on 11 March 1976 to report as Executive Officer to USS LA SALLE QAGF-31, Flagship for Commander Middle East Force, homeported at Manama, Bahrain. The politico- military tour covered the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Indian Ocean areas. In May 1977, he was detached with orders to report to Navy Astronautics Group QNAVASTROGRUJ, at Point Mugu, California as Executive Officer. NAVASTROGRU's mission is to maintain and update the Navy Navigational Satellite Sys- tem QNNSSJ composed of five navigational satellites. The NNSS provides a world-wide positioning system designed for merchantfmilitary maritime users. After fifteen months Captain Clark was detached with orders to report as Commanding Officer on USS KISKA CAE-357 homeported in Concord, California. During his tour onboard KISKA Captain Clark conducted Underway Replenishment operations in both Eastern and Western Pacificg completing an eight month deployment to the Indian Ocean. While Command- ing Officer he received the Battle Efficiency E for KISKA. Captain Clark is married to the former Miss Daphna L. Holcomb ofChillicothe, Ohio. They now reside at Mare Island, California. ILDR JA. I'lNl,I:N. LX TWP? OFFICER 'QF' 'T' W I Q1 0 , OFFICERS CALL CHRISTMAS DINNER IN THE WARDROOM DECK L.E. MALONE. IST I.T. LTJG. J. HAND. RASIE LTJG G. ANDREOLETTI IST ENS. SLALJGI-ITER. ZND ENS. LANDHOLT. FOX ENGINEERING LT. J. HALL. CHIEF ENGI- NEER LTJG J. MII.LER. DCA LTJG N1.VVAGAN1AN.A DIV CW02 D. SCHOOLER. NIPA CW02 D. CREED. E DIV SL PPLY LT D. Iil.N1ORIE.SL.'PPO LTJG S. RIZZO, DISBLTRS ING I 22 E I 'ii . 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CC RE PO RI D OR N LC A LAN OF THE ALL OFFICIA E AND PERFOR IY M CT DU DU DENC I If-is OTHER TASKS 'fi ab--1 F-4 D 4 if 0.5 ...-uf' 'WTI Ah 5 FL., I 1 .X ,... 3' 7' W 1 rv W I I I X I -.Y PSHE rv v 'r I N' 4 xv! 54' X .aff Y 'IXQ :tl ' J., .8 ,.. I ID 4 O N - O f t HM RTRLFF 2 BA M D! 4 U ff W Z D- 5 O - f -an '-.J Q.. :A ac O , 'I ..: O I T 4 .-v XC... fx 95 O .I 3 .I- -5 5 12 :Lu ...Ji UD! ZZ mm I7 9-9- f O LU .- S IOSN 'NSN .n1,,, NCI P.fXI.ONI.AX: VINIJINCE TlIIi CIRIZXTIZST BI-QNIiI'ITS VOR IQXCII NIAN ON BOARD IS A I'IfI.I, TINIF JOB. NINI2 NASH ISING TIIIQ SITIE N NIINI C.-XNIISRA. U'-' 'I' a-J A st , 'P . 5 L 1 I 0... GBC Mini-Max! 5 Q O s A 'klb..L.-i X , ,, .ff ff. ,K . A 'ivfig 'Mg' 213 b F ' x 3' ,,,:- Y , M--' ' Q ? 'KA 1 I ai Y Q In as--'W I A , ,, Tu .EF xi' , ' w , -f -3 1 il f'3 l ' x L ,g sf.. N N4 ' ' -' 4' fi' 1 1 I . XNUIIIIR IIIXRID DWXY VOR YN! 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THIS .IUST NAMES A FEW THINGS SUPPLY HAS TO DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SUPPLY A O p V I H X tn, Q Q 1 - if it W E N V, Qu Li RX r Nl I 1 I 19. 1 '-Z. 1 P' D. ,C i - , x N . ' 7 , X I I D' l , ww ,L fp , K 'jf 4 SKI Mil IDO SHR BROWN SRSN ROHXN lzDDliR XISSN Dl RRIQT 34 SRS SCRLOCBS SRSN DfXX'lS SIISX CIOODXLI. NISSR ROBINSON X 'Q' n , -9 ' F I p,w A V A ,Q ? I .3 -1 Y n v V1 I 4, 4 l i ' 'Uh v D-.V X ii? SRI fXlJX'INCLL.'X SKSA HARDY SN VH-1ST N151 I,XL Rlil. Z 1 I 7 ' v X 1 sn: x1,xR'r1xEz sm x,xRv..x,Z.-N l sm cnxrsm' mg: uoomi E sx l.oPr2R SUSAN XML , sksx XK'lLl.lAN1S N153 SHIREU I ,ll 1 1' ' ! C l Y x J , X 5 . 75' , Y.. 4 . Sf n X151 N XX Xl XINSN NH RPIIY XISSN N1UNl'YllUN lx 1, .A is V 1 I ' I wif:-'f 'lL' :bv 1 f W v .. if ag. ' Y is AN 3. W ff A V 'iiify I In 5, H 5 1 I' Vin., K I A, 11' . - ff , X A U X L' Q, L Y Q -f' S - 1 , I 1 3 gf, I 4. Q 'f 'f f .. 4 - - 'th . , ,M ' WL x fn' -' r . y 3 - 'Y' Q , AA. W W.. , 1 ' 'H Q ' V 'wt I .. 'Q Mfv'jw4-g-v22ffF In .5 . I I I ' W 9 I.r-Li R QV., m - I I 3 Ill IHIUXX R NSI DIN - al U, Y ..iL1 f'-a 1 YT LOGISTIC SUPPORT. THE REPLENISH- N1 ENT OF THE FLEET WITH AMMO. FUEL. AND STORES IS WHAT KISKA IS ALL ABOUT. THE LARGEST OF THE SHIP'S DE- PARTMENTS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIAL CONDITION AND READINESS OF ALL OUR UNDERWAY REPLENISH- MENTS AND VERTICAL REPLENISH- MENTS DECK IS PRINCIPALLY INVOLVED IN THE EVERYDAY EVOLUTIONS OF MOORING, ANCHORING, OPERATIONS OF SMALL BOATS, AND IS LARGELY RESPON- SIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND MOST IMPORTANT THE MEN INVOLVED IN THESE EVOLU- TIONS. DECK 'L 37 r 3 1 WU' 'BL 5 1 ' n. 11 Y -. Y 'A lg, Q QV W-f' ,. A X x Lv- -HP I n N.. ' . . ' I ' N uxn KIIILY nxn RlNN XX nxn Rrrn BNU.K3NP5 9XVX55NH2EZ?, BWRRONLY HHSNN.HXRRH SNHlRN sxkrusumw 5x ucU'LNHNlR smcxmxr xx cLlLrx xx WVYFRS xx x1'sxH1ll xxlxn ff - xxx H- ' ' ' ' KIHII 5XI,IXNlOR SNKLRNNNTLS sxlru1w' SNUNRVA , 1 L 1 Y 'I ,S 4 In , in 4 1 If f 'f ...TI I' . '-rf' lf I.. I . in if ff . . ' .----1, -f , , A, ,, . .- ffffal' . . - 1 A' I I f Q . jxi. V Llgs ' ' I . 4 - I ' ul , ,- 7 I - --Cv:-ug. wg sl- ,:f 2 f 1 I -1 . ,Q JU, , -I V . I., Lf 'A ' T- F . i4 fII'i:9:-'ifyrmis H. ---A vm-- F- ,li K ff? 'J'-fffwif-..l'7i-i'...'-Qif,--gift 'Dk- fl A - 'R ..1- 1- -' . - -r h ,2- . . Y Y . L NIXI INK SX RUISIXSON UNREP ALL DAY AND STAND WATCHES ALL NIGHT. THAT IS THE JOB OF THE MEN IN IST DIVI- SION. ACTUALLY THAT IS JUST A SMALL PART OF THEIR JOB. THE LARGE PART IS MAINTAINING THE I00 PLUS SPACES THEY OWN, WHICH MAKES THEM THE SHIP'S LARGEST FORCE. BUT THEIR REAL GLORY COMES WHEN WE ARE ALONGSIDE ANOTHER SHIP TRANSFERRING CARGO BECAUSE IT IS THE PERSONNEL OF IST DIVI- SION WHO MAN THE WINCH CON- TROL STATION AND OTHER PARTS OF THE SHIP'S RIG. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO EARN US THE POSI- TION OF THE BEST SERVICE SHIP AFLOAT TODAY. Q - ff 'M f Q - 9' 4,13 -L +' ,r .W ' R R' f m 1 eff- R 4 fs , ' ' ru ' x ..,f V xx ,' , Xu Y ' 's V VV as 5 Rv L 2 '5 M EN I 'sw X. ,ip i , A I1NII ROGERS BNI! HlfN,l,'XN1lN N1N12 NASH HKU Ni.-XLONI5 SN N1IC'll.'Xl D MNH N TIES SX N1UNTIl1RO SN WI-.l.l S Us f . XJ ' - f N L IND IONU N1N13CiOlDBl9Y N1N1lN SNIITH SN S, N1,-XXWIQ .4 l 1 BND NI.-XCDONALD BWSN BL ST.-XMANTE SN XLXNKI1 I.l. SN C. T.-XYlOR IQNIZ DIETZ BNIB ROBERTS SN Dl-QNNEIZN S.-X VfXl.I2NTINE I T 3 KRQPISSKI s,-x Bmkx.-xRlJ sx WEST:-'Ifxl,l, SN HIGGINS' sx omico sx B. wl1.l.1,xx1s sx BL,xxTox XINII Sli.-XXX' RASE DIVISON A TEN HOUR UNREP WITH A CARRI- ER FOLLOWED BY A SIX HOUR UN- REP OF SOME DESTROYERS IS NOT ONLY HARD ON PEOPLE, IT IS HARD ON COMPLICATED EQUIPMENT THAT IS PART OF UNDERWAY RE- PLENISHMENT SYSTEM. THE MAIN- TENANCE OF THE WINCHES, LINES, AND VARIOUS HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KISKA'S STREAM TEAM . ALONG WITH FIX- ING THE EQUIPMENT AS IT BREAKS, THE MEN OF RASE DIVISION ALSO CONDUCT DAILY SYSTEM OPER- ATIONAL TESTS OR DSOT'S, ON ALL THE REPLENISHMENT STATIONS, WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN USED OR NOT. IT IS ONLY BY THE DILI- GENCE OF THESE MEN KISKA IS ABLE TO BE READY ANY TIME, ANY WHERE, TO TRANSFER STORES OF AMMO TO THE SHIP'S IN WESTPAC. 41 u -K , 1' Q- F il ii E I il I 4 P1 V 'Y . 1 I H I 1 nm? L S I I '- fills! . , WI wmv MII . V A 4 :fiom I I . . if S 'A , v f J' M 1: O E' 1 -L -- '. -V CP ' ,c BN12 DliNN1AN HN13 Wll.l,lAN1S SN GODWIN SA l lSHlzR SN JACKSON SN SCHOONOVIER SN YOUNG SN WILSON SA ROSS in 4, I. - 3 .xp DIVISION. LIKE IST DIVISION III-xs THEIR IIlALI fjr THE SHIP TO TEND TO. THEY ARE RESPONSIBII EOR THE PORT SIDE, EANTAIIM ,xxu EIOIOIITOEQIQ THEY ALSO STAND IQNOERWIW w,xTcIIIas AS LOOK OUTS AND HELMSMEN. , 4 I if fd' I H+ f C Q' 'C ? T I , , fiX1fi1RUSl'l'X UNICEF N11 Nl',Xl UNICLSX CONN! SX XXHl'IN1XN i -M FOX DIV. FOX DIVISION DELIVERS THE PUNCH FOR THE SHIP MADE UP OF THE GUN NERS IVIATES FOX DIVISION CLEANS REPAIRS AND MANS THE FOUR 3 INCH 50 CAL ANTI AIRCRAFT GUNS THEY ALSO ACCOUNT FOR AND STOW THE SHIP S CARGO OF AMMUNITIONS wi' I IIIIIIII .li K -4-- 4.3.-.-1 - 11 A qui Qiilv' 1 4 pf!! ....- GC DIVISIGN aff WHERE DO WE GO NEXT, AND WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN WE GET THERE. THIS IS THE QUESTION ASKED OF THOSE IN OP- ERATIONS. FROM ASSISTING IN CONTROLLING HELICOPTERS, TO REPAIRING ELECTRONIC GEAR, TO RECEIVING AND SENDING MES- SAGES ALL OVER THE WORLD, TO KEEPING THE SHIP FROM HITTING OTHER SHIPS IS THE JOB OF THOSE IN OPERATIONS. OPERATIONS IS MADE UP OF SIGNALMEN AND RA- DIOMEN FORMING OC DIVISION FOR OPERATIONS-COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS SPECIALISTS AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS FORM ING OI DIVISION FOR OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS DEPT RNIB RODNLY HARRIS OLT OF RADIO CEN IR -Xl -XS LSI ,-X I i ! 6 : ! if -.,,..-- 7i7i'i1 li i 1 1 1 1 A X 1 w i I i gf s Z Y E ,E L 'z I ll I X 'll I 1 Q Y ? I ' A 'I ,HJ K tx, Rv UH'- Qflu. RI if v SNH VRQXNCIS SN12 PORTYR SN13'l'l RNl5R SN13 NIINIS 1451.1 Y! 3 Y 12 ' 359 x 15, . Q RNII H.fXR'l' RN12 N1Il,l VR RN1SN HARRIS SNISN Wl1l.l,S -.. Y , if , -v 5 Q 1 ' y fm Q-ff G. C. DIVISIO RNII RYAN RN1ZBRllJNN'lfl.l RN12 C7XBl1.Xl, RX13 PATIl,l.O RHSN .IONVS RN1S.fX BVRNS IN TODAY'S MODERN NAVY THE WATCH WORD IS COMMUNICATIONS. THAT IS WHAT THE MEN OF OC DIVISION DO. OC DIVISION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS OF MEN. THE ONES WITH THE TAN BEING THE SIGNALMEN AND THOSE WITHOUT ARE RADIOMEN. BOTH GROUPS COMMU- NICATE: SM'S BY THE OLDEST WATER- BORNE METHOD OF SEMAPHORE AND RM'S BY THE MOST MODERN ELECTRON- ICS. X 1 MVT 2' DZ , V ,lg wg ,jx INL, yuh f H T N px, 1 W 5 ,rm wyfs T u EM l'M GOING OUT TO THE BRIDGE TO CHECK ON THAT CONTACT'S CPA x tl osu cmR1.ocK os: YARRENTI liT2 Hlcwxx ms xmc' DOLJGALL EU BfXRKaff?SL ossx KlDwril,1- OSS N BOVA R D ossx sTo Q ossA HINES ossn LIA NIAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE ADVANCED IZLEC- TRONIC EOIQIPNIENT ON BOARD DENIANDS A SPECIAL BREED OF SAILOR. ONE WITH TREMENDOLIS TECHNI- CAL KNOWLEDGE COMBINED WITH A LARGE ANIOLINT OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WHICH CAN ONLY BE OB- TAINED AT SEA. NO ONE RATE POSSESSES THIS CONI- BINED KNOWLEDGE. AND SO OI DIVISION IS CONI- POSED OE TOP OPERATIONS SPECIALISTS AND ELEC- TRONICS TECHN ICIANS. OI DIVISION LS 55 tg g .1 I .-fr, 3..i?,,, --1-..---.--Q-4-.Q---.....l 1 ---.-......... -.....-...5 1 --i-- -..........-.-.. ....-.-.............. --..-., ...i nu-li in- .---. inn: 9 ... 1- 4 ' l' , v ! 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MEN QUICKLY MATURE AS QUAR- TERMASTERS FOR THEY ADVISE THE C.O. ON THE SAFE NAVIGATION OF OUR SHIP. QM'S ,gil Nl Q '-1' . 3,3 CONINIANDER. SEVENTH FLEET, VICE ADNIIRAL C.A.II. TROST. VISITS KISKNS ENGINEERING DEPT. I L 'IC' sg 11' '42 F' THE ENGINEERING DEPT. IS RESPONSI- BLE FOR THE SHIPS MOBILITY. TOR GET- TING US WHERE WE HAVE TO GOI, WHICH INVOLVES ALL PROPULSION MACHIN- ERY SPACES. BUT ENCOMPASSES IN AD- DITION DAMAGE CONTROLXHULL MAIN- TENANCE, THE AUXILLIARY EQUIPMENT THAT PROVIDES THE CLIMATE CONTROL AND SANITATION SYSTEMS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FOR LIGHTING, STEERING, GYROCOMPASSES. ETC., THE ENGINEERING DEPT. ...,.,.......-..-4- 1 . , 1 1 1Q..iM' ' 1' 'f 'he'1 llrm? ' X WN I -I A-an Us-ijt! -A 'F A ' f 7 A U 'Q' f V i v 5-uf '-5 . - gg-was--' 7 -'U' 1 '-' 7, 'lf -Q, Q- Q1 S .. 1 I. I - , ull I as I I ' ' Liv: 'i -1. IIJII ROW I IORCXXKJ CRI I IJ. Ii Ii XRI SUN,lA'x1RfiI'RXl CiIIIN.Il 3 ISIRIXI XII XIDXNIS I X RIN l'Rl'. IDX IDOXIINUI LS. IAVIC B IHII IUN1 RUXK I IU R I 'XII L XX XX XXIIIN IiUX.Il3X1IYIRS,IXI, I I XX IN, IN NIURRIN IC RI1I1IJ. VNU IQSPI1, IQNIZ JOHNSON 56 WHEN YOI- HQIIR INTO fx COMPIXRTNIPQNT AND TLJRS UR THE LIGHTS DID YGL' EVER REF-'ISECT ON Iix,xCTIS,I' WHAT IT T.-IRES TO LIGHT TH.-XT BLYLBV OR. WIEIEN YOL, LSE THE TELEPHONE. STEER THE SHIP. TALK Ox THE SOLND POWERED PHONE CIRCLJITS DID YOL ETER WONDER WHO KEPT THIS EQLIPNIENT LP AN D UPERAT- ING? THE MEN OF '-E -' DIVISION. THATS WHO. ME, v ,,. wf. ff? ,19- I NXIIHI' I LXCINU I ll 'I'IzR C'l.l XNlNCi C. N AND THE HEAT IS ON AND YOU ARF NEAR- YOL7 S.AY YOUR AIR CONDITIONER IS BROKE. , I . , . -, ING A TROPICAL ISLAND ...THE ICE CREAM NIACHINE IS ON THE BLINK BUT THE MEAT W-XS COLD AT DINNER . . . WERE ON WATER HOURS BUT YOU CAN'T GET THE SHOWER TO ' ' ' ' I WELL. JUST CALL YOUR STOP DRIPPING AND YOU DONT KNOW W HO TO CALL TO FIX IT'. FRIENDLY GANG NIAN AND HE'LL FIX YOU RIGHT UP. F T ' 'KQIJIDXNIN X1XIIIiRlSiOI',INlLI INKXNIXIIN XIIUII IOP ROXK I IO R IN? XININKI. INI .X SIINI NN, NINI- . X X XIOI R INI X I IIXI I INDI R NIRI N XI I-,NIINI'. I X BIYIIOX1 RONN I, 'IU R INI IVXI I RNI R. XINII XKIIIII-I I II I, , ' . Xl IIKIRI. IN? IxRI1IK III IC II u -ul., T7-.N --.1 1 i 7 :Dj -us' L . 1 in , 7 4 ...- 'fl Qi .- 'I 4?-Y' if S QA Q- . , si SL ' , V 2' ,I W W 1: sl, Y f' Q1 , . U 17! I I 1 III I I OSII R BIS X'NC'IIIiT'X IH I N SI'l'NL'IzR Ii'I'I X IIIQNIJRICKSON W5 it -- 5. ' f , 'pai' A 'Nh ,4 I -if ', S M ' xi , bf . .5 ' Q ' I Y . A . Msg U52 I I I. I 4 1 X f A-R1 - l I X BIZ Ixl ICIII-R ISIS POXYIERS Ii'I'3 IMXNOI5 HI3 X1X'NIJl:l.I BI? III-'NDIQRSON XIX13 MORRISON IIIIN YOL NU XINII 'X IlIiRNANIJIi! BTI X JONES IVII X IIINSIIQI' IIII X KI-NNHDY IZII X I INI Y -V 1 D 5 hs ' .1 RQVIDES THE SHIP WITH TIIE POWER BDlg?':OS'5DERWAY. COMPRISED or BOILER IO DIVISION HAS BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE AND IHIS HAS IVIADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO KEEP ALL OF OUR COMMITTMENTS. f -1. B DIVISION Hd 1' I .,. . 4-.An , .QW , :M , - ,W QFFEE ' -v. W W - . - . ,. ...,,. .. . .i......-... 7.4. 4-...-, 4 ..,, . ....,,,-.. 4.-.,, E-,-A -A- , E, ---- ,- ...-,-... - . -. - - -,. . A.,. ,, - -V-4... -.. - V ... - .. N... . - - . ,-.,..... ...,............-, . .. .L ... ,-,W, , -. uh, .. ,W- , gr' S 'L 'ips A -, ...fl W I tw W 23 ' - -gummy- A in gf 4 ' .,-........, .... -it--f -sf- ---il-1. ,N - ,, , , .,, .... H.-.....,- , ,,,..-nr- .... .......-.v ,,j '--sv 1 iff .1-q .,--ef! ....,.. ......, CI ':. L ' EE-L 4 -..--A---..- -----Q, -1-------n-s .......- I u , Q I ' Q 1' . I. I If - I y x R I' Aff! ' I XIV , I , VL ,Q I' - S I I I -f X , ' I I II if .NIFN RICKEY TAI.I,.IiY HARD ,-'XT WORK I I 2 I I I A I I In um R. mimi NINII P, miuiox NINI3 IS. NOIKNIXNN XINII ,I. XX ISI.-NPR XINI3 K. CORRUN ' NINIX R, REID XIXIJ NI I.fXNGSTfXI I' I 62 -1a--1-nn-naman-anna: nunn-..-n1-n-n-unn-.-- .41 tr ' - ,plug- --- 1----0 cus-usvllfi -- ' -- - var' -- J, 4 4 4-If - '-'fv MM DIVISION D W XTER FOR THE BOILERS AND CLEAR FRESH DRINKING WATER ARE PROPIJLSION. FEE f ., . DIVISIONS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE SHIP. ALL THIS IS ACCOM ' ' ' 7 WORKSPACE IS FAR FROM COOL. PL ISHED BY THE NIACHINISTS NIATES AND THEIR TOP ROW I TO R NIN12 X'OI,RNI.XXN. XINII R NN IIITI1, NINIF R RI'ID.X1NI3 NI. I VXNGSTAI I. CVNO2 SCIIOOIIR IIOTTONI ROW I. TO R ' C' XRTI-R. NINI3 R. CIII-S. NINII .X R, IIIQRXANIJI-,Z NIXII P, DELIEON XINI2Ci.Ci.XRRISON.XIXIIN l.II'Xl,I,X1'xIIN NI. I I., 'Urn ,,,. e ,. 51..- is -'2'4 Th -1 -YIM' 'N ' ' X 1 ,,,,.,,,,,,...., .1 Tj . 1 f w T S x W V, , -.,.,.. --qv -.. --,, .f F- ,- -:mf f-f--- -W - ,, , A,,, - ...V , 4 -H ,--,-. . ..,,...,...... -..4.., .1-1 --nz 'wt' 1 ' . -- ,.. , ..-- . 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THE FOLLOWING PAGES DEPICT TYPICAL SIGHTS OBSERVED DAILY ONBOARD KISKA. 67 ON YOUR MARK. GET SET I H! -d 'iisgg ,xhml ,, Y,- fi' H fix ONE MORE TURN X XS 11 1 rs:- C 4 ... H x 4 I E X 4 I Xl .y '-N-sV.-.,,wx Q Y! '1. 3 ' x I K ..l.....-.7.- WHISTLE WHILE You WORK TIF A SQUARE N--Q. 4.-Q 'S Q N. ,,.p. ' I L4 I I ph, Q Q A ---:-...,...-- .ini ii.-.S F., I KNOT THIS TIME 5 'WL 4 f 1 x' fn . f' 'J'-st' K SPLICING THE LINE -.-me-1-... ,ee 0 We 1 f L ,-I A ' 'GV 1 ' 5 fi DAY AT SEA HIGHLINING A MAN I R-wx A., A- : . ff 4 -O' 1 H . 1- : f' I' it .9 :TWA THE CARRIER APPROACHES FOR AN LTNREWVERTREP 4 A . ,.- ,J V i e fi is f. u F I 1' f 95-4 if L 4 .L any , ' L 5 rg ,,4 ff A THE CARRIER WILL PLLL LTP 180 FEET ALONGSIDE AT A SPEED OF I2 KNOTS 4 - V ik, 2 '?- 'A I ' Z4 . g 'Y .' 71 Q --V--' ' 1 ,Tjifggil 'A ' A I-ml QQ-!-gg ga ' 5 -i nun!!- X lgfi 11' - A . .NV -- . A VW gd' Q. A T ir' -- Q 'A Ja ' -' 'S A 1 A- n,2-iTf.i.-4, 7 i 'GJ' l lyy. ' 4 my CARGO IS X TRANSFERRED BY AIR AND BY HIGHLINE sl Mx V 'tn - xn, 4, ..-f ' uni. 'T' lb ,u9 'Hi' l N' eu-V - Z - - : 'Ne jsxtlg .I 'V 41 3 U0 s ,rfb l' 1' Q ,.,s3'1 if ' N -' i -+P, x .- Q- , ' . Y . , wi- 1- , -J : ,I . 1 1 Q 2 I Q it 5 1 5 QT' 1 K , I ' if L Y K 'Q ., M' A .N 3 A 'fi-Q . , - ,i 5 ,Q-4' A 4 sf- ' fb no-'35,-, .. ' Iihuv-'- aff' 4-71 cv! V L D'-' ' 7 'K ' s 1- ..- 1' '!'vg,p3g-f-. FI. 5 'I 5,1 f: 1 I . ...Fu 'at 1 f -i' -hi --A -.4 ima are I fbi' . I W O ' 5 rv, V ,,,,, ,. -nv....-Q1-H-1-4 5 - X 'fri- AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE IS MOVED IN PLACE TO BE SENT ACROSS BY HIGI-ILINE OUR JOB COMPLETED. THE CARRIER MOVES OUT TO MEET HER COMMITMENTS IVIASIRAH, OMAN NIASIRAH AIRHEAD OPS WERE A WHOLE NEW EXPER- IENCE FOR THE KISKA.LO- CATED OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF OMAN, MASIRAH GAVE MANY THEIR FIRST CLOSE HANDLOOK ATACAM- EL AS A WORK ANIMAL, IT ALSO GAVE MANY THEIR I GOT MY TAN OFF THE COAST OF IRAN SUNTAN. IT IS NOT A PLACE HOLIDAY INN WILL SOON BE BUILDING A VACA- TION RESORT. ffl! . 1-nu I I V I, A-.MQ I .9 'i 5 9 4 4 l A A-G! H i-Hai -Lgflf -6-'-if-f ':.L 12' ,.':VAvf Q, -M 1--ill U , 3... API' . Q.- X x VL .,f. '! 3'-xr n..' AX CRLTISER AS SEEN THROUGH THE BIG EYES ABOVE WITH A CARRIER BELOW 3 ,.- V '., 'I -sf- ,ff lla A PLANE TAKING OFF FROM A CARRIER AND THE COMPANY OF SHIPS I ,- V 8 n , 4- X 4 1 , Auf , .-Liv if -f I q,,f,g...: f' - ,--frnfaaii .41-'ff' '7 1 ' HOUR' ' A ,. '44-1' - .,.,-..- . ,-'7,,4r-. - . -K ,V - Av- an , ,Lf H -in -Y vi '-,- 2 Fw h , 1,-:Zia .. ,H -, T' -ftr-'. , ' - ,.. f' jg, -N . 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AND .a A V Ll 5 9 L 1 ' i U s , 1 - I I r H' 4' f X i 1 N 1 1 1 4 w Q. 1 1 96 O E.-1, nf ,, 6 . 9- I ' E 1' Q26 f x Y 1 it . + 5 I JE 8 Y 4 ,! 1 I N I: S Q ss I . K, u I -'1- r sb , H . ..., 2- - NF? W. , . f 5 ,r,5., .,,- S A .N '-'ffuff .1-.if p-- 1 Q 319 ..-vu-. 'nqii--n -s-V, 'iv -1. vw.. X 1 5 . -i- ' yn., 4-' ,Q 1, i. ' v -1 M Ni.-XL'RITlL'S - .-X PLACE NONE OF LS SHALL EVER FORGET. 5 .- L , 'i ilu- A 5 I ! 1 Hp'-s 1,- if T U I K' I K L TIIIi AMERICAN FIGHTING NIANV? B Ill X HIC HON XNHN DON! Nil CONN ll XNIJ SH NH S JNH HXH POLLYWGG TG SHELLBACK INITIATION DAY MCRCSSING THE LINE KINC Nl ITl Nl XSSlN1lS CONH1 XNID 12 I S i i 5 n 4-' 1 3, 1, ng E 1 . 4 ' v .N . ,572 D .X . I ww . ,mf gs Lg? is W fn- ' R Q,-W. as ' nl 1' flllllln llllln- x ,Slam PRPPLXRINCP FOR A STAND.-XRIJ NAVY llfXlRClfT 1K gm W M 'V, mg ,ik all 4 's 5' VXI Sl Rli GLAID THIS ONLY HAPPIQNS ONCE our V. V 'Mei' f., YC , nqkz ,., Iv l x V -gift-, f 'Q If ' i Lv. dv ,A'?f I yi IN LINE TO KISS THE FEET OF HIS MAJESTY. KING NEPTUNE F U li -1 ia T V. 'Q as THE TRANSITION FROM POLLYWOG TO SHELLBACK it THE USG COMES THRUUGH FOR US 's 1 FY Av 5-7 P 1 5, fr 1-Trlgfiiiv Y,wY ff3'l'l'.-P-U-ft'-l-,---if-lfirfb-q-,r r.-'m'.Q'x-an-.1 '-f-l'-rJn-q- g .3'.t'.t'.l-.t.r.r.l'-r.l-.-:.r.r-rl?-j -1.1'.l-141-1-an-.1-::::,r::1-4:45 i'.1':l:iI:.l:l.l'.l.-lq:.:.l-Jrggfl,-5 iff-.--1'-ill:-fwfl-I-TiJf.lI-lflilf-If 1'-1.t9'.3'.t'.t-l'1'.t:tr:t:rt:r-1: 1.1 .:'Z.S'3'.t.I.l:'I3a:r.:J:I I- 5g3:l:1rt.tII i' Q.. T ML k vi' 3 THIS , IS THE REAL MR. MALQNE 106 lf' ,,,,...- i,.,.--.,.--.. ,.. 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'W 1 R 1 0 . .I I , ' 6. -,,,-,,,,,,g,.qp-nun' CHANGE OF COMMAND Formal directives ensure that a Change of Command is an honorable and ceremonial occassion. Dictated by tradition and legalities, this ceremony was held on the llight deck of KISKA April 27, 1981. Captain F.E. Clark was relieved as Commanding Officer by Com- mander Alexander G. Balian. Commander L.L. Wes- tling,StaffChaplain for Service Squadron Three, read the invocation. LCDR. FINLEY, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, directed the ceremonies. EQPT. CLARK salutes BMCS Spencer, SR. CHIEF .TTY OFFICER OF THE COMMAND, upon re- Celpt of the ship's Commissioning Pennant. s QL O P' K at 1 , l -4. 1.54 ,Cp . 'i'1 0-qua-.....,,,,..,. 1, . - 'f 44 2' 4 AG. BALIAN COMMANDING GFFICER USS KISKA APRIL 1981 - PRESENT COMMANDER ALEXANDER G. BALIAN UNITED STATES NAVY Commander Alexander G. Balian was born in Southgate, California in 1940. He attended the University of California at Los Angeles from which he graduated with a B.S. Degree in Business Administration. He received his commission from the Naval Officer Candidate School in 1963. He first served in the aircraft carrier USS KEARSARGE CCVS-337 operating out of Long Beach and in the Western Pacific. In 1965, he was assigned to the pre-commissioning detail of BOAT SQUADRON ONE, San Diego, as a SWIFT Boat Officer in Charge. Subsequently, from 1966 to 1967, he was assigned as Officer in Charge of PCE-36 and PCE-41 and conducted combat patrols in the rivers and coastal areas of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. While awaiting his class of Naval Destroyer School, he was assigned to the destroyer escort USS COURTN EY IDE-10211 operating out of Newport and in the Mediterranean Sea and Northern Atlantic. Upon completion of Naval Destroyer School in 1968, he was assigned as Weapons Officer in the destroyer USS ORLECK QDD- 8861 homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, and employed in Naval gunfire support operations in Vietnam. He then attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and graduated with a M. S. De ree in Communications Management. He was assigned as Communications Officer for Commandef Mid- dle East Force operating out of'Bahrain and in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean Areas. In 1974 he attended the Naval War College and graduated from the College of Naval Command and Staff in 1975. Subsequently, he served as Executive Officer in the ammunition ship USS MOUNT BAKER lAE-341 homeported in Charleston and employed in two deployments to the Mediterranean Sea. He completed his Surface Warfare Command Qualification in 1977 and subsequently completed a tour ofdlilrtygn gashington, D. C. at Commander, Naval Telecommunications Command, where he served as ea , ystems Plans Division and Head, Terminal Facilities Division. ln October 1979 Commander Balian assumed command of USS KILAUEA CAE-261 homeported on Concord and immediately deployed to the Western Pacific as the first ammunition ship in support of the lndian Ocean Battle Groups during recent Indian Ocean contingency operations. ThCommander Balian is married to the 'former Anne Elizabeth Ledoux of Newport, Rhode Island. Leg'hPlIgEngly reside at Mare Island with their two daughters: Elizabeth Anne, age 14 and Renee 111 ! ' x . U 1 . 4V-. -1 TIGERS '81 Twenty-six Tigers came aboard APU I C n- lulu. Hawaii to fide KISKA to her homepofl H1 7 0 f cord. CA. Tigers are the male triends Or relatives O1 KISKA crew members. During the week lheb' weft onboard they learned what life can be like On an Ameri- can Naval Ship, Each Tiger slept In the same com- partment as his sponso d watches with his sponsor. Sponsors and Tigers werct l28th in Hono- r. ate the same meals. and some even stoo CDR. A.G, BALIAN. CON1NlANDlNG OFFICER GEORGE BALIAN LEONARD HOLMSTRON1 ALVlN HARRIS SCOTT SPINELLI LCDR. J. FINLEY. EXECLTIVE OFFICER JOSEPH FINLEY LCDR. W. GAVETT WALLACE GAVETT LT. L. MALONE LANDRE NIALONE LT. .l. HALL JON HALL. CHRIS HALL LT. D. ELMORE LTJG Nl. WAGAMAN LT.lG..l.N1lLLER ENS. P. SLALGHTER CWO2 D. CREED CWO2 D. 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