Knox (DE 1052) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1972 volume:

1 - ... •.« V li ' .•  3d USS KNOX DE1052 IN WESTPAC 71 - 72 DEDICATION ADM. E.R. ZUMWALT, JR., CNO The Navy, as with most large organizations has problems due to the size and complexity of it ' s operation. The man on the ship and his family, and the Admiral in the Pentagon have almost no means of exchanging ideas, hence a communications gap of a sort. Rules and regu- lations can become outdated, thus making life aboard a ship somewhat difficult. The present Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral E.R. ZUM- WALT, JR. has attacked problems such as these and has made giant strides toward their solution. Through his Z- Grams and numerous visits to Naval ships and stations he has made contact with, and earned the respect of Naval personnel at all levels. His ambition, interest and concern make him a respected human being rather than just a name on a message. Therefore, we the men of USS KNOX, DESTROYER ESCORT 1052, dedicate this our second cruise book to ADM. E.R. ZUMWALT, JR., CNO, USN and thank him for his continuing efforts in improving Navy life. FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER COMMANDER E.W. HAYS Commander HAYS attended the U.S. Naval Academy and accepted his commission as Ensign in 1953. Commander HAYS has had a significant portion of duty assignments in the Pacific com- mencing with the USS MENIFEE (APA-202) during the Korean conflict and with KNOX on her first and a portion of her second deploy- ments to WESTPAC. Other tours included Oper- ations Officer, USS RAYMOND, Missile Officer, USS TOPKEA, Weapons Officer, USS HOLE, and most recent shipboard tours, as Executive Officer, USS COONTZ DLG-9 and Commanding Officer USS WILHOITE DER-397. During the time set aside as shore duty, Commander HAYS was a student at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey. After a tour of teaching at Annapolis he was assigned to Naval Ordnance System Command Headquar- ters in Washington, D.C. It is from this duty that Commander HAYS came to KNOX. Upon being relieved by Commander ROBERTS, Commander HAYS reported to his new duty assignment with Staff of Commander FIRST Fleet. The men of KNOX bid Commander HAYS a Bon Voyage. iJ . CBk mDimG COMMANDER N.C. ROBERTS, USN Commander ROBERTS attended the U.S. Naval Academy and started his career as a Commissioned Naval Officer in 1956. His initial duty assignment was to place the USS LESTER in commission as Communications and CIC Officer. From there he went to the big gun cruisers TOLEDO andLOS ANGELES. After a year at post graduate schooling at Monterey, he returned to the Naval Academy as an instruc- tor. During this period he obtained a degree in Personnel Administration from George Wash- ington University. In 1964 LT ROBERTS assumed command of the USS MATTABESSET, during which time he was promoted to lieutenant commander. In 1966 he returned to the Destroyer Force as Executive Officer, USS O ' HARE. Following duty with the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washing- ton, D.C., he served as the Surface Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander U.S. SIXTH Fleet. It is from this duty that Commander ROBERTS came to the USS KNOX as Com- manding Officer. EXECUTIVE OFFICER LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M.E. FITZGERALD Lieutenant Commander Fitzgerald attended the U.S. Naval Academy and received his com- mission in June 1959. His initial tour was aboard the USS J. P. KENNEDY where he served as R Division Offi- cer, Electronics Material Officer and CIC Offi- cer. He was then transferred to the USS SAMP- SON as Communications Officer. In 1962 he attended school as Prospective CIC Officer for the commissioning of the USS BARNEY. From 1963-1965 he was assigned as Officer in Charge, Systems Qualifications Acceptance Trails at the Naval Ships Missile Systems Engineering Sta- tion, Port Hue neme, Calif. His next tour was Weapons Officer, USS CLAUDE RICKETTS. From 1968 to 1970 Lieutentant Commander Fitzgerald attended Postgraduate School at Mon- terey. It is from this duty that he reported to USS KNOX at Executive Officer. LT. J. A. Lee, Weapons Officer LT. P. A. Dur, Operations Officer DEPARTMENT HEADS LT. J.R. Heufelder, Engineering Officer LT. L.F. Humes, Supply Officer KNOX DEPLOYS IN SEVENTH FLEET X WEAPONS DEPARTMENT FIRST DIVISION First Row C. Barlow. K. Harris. A. Bernatz.H. Estepa. I. Ferrera. P. Barrera, L. Figueroa. O. Dawson, M. Eldred. J Warren. ENS P. Dorman Second Row L. Lane. W. Crotty, D. Fulton, J. Bal dwin, G. Campbell, D. Marchant First Row L. Rentz. M. Nardini, L. Reed. T. Strecker. M. Savala Second Row J. Hazen, M. Emmons, R. Davidson, G. Van Houten SECOND DIVISION First Row L. Hutcherson, E. Horcajo, D. Kohlman, R. Walton, T. Derby Second Row T. Lirmertz, P. Hopkins, M. Woodward, R. Polcyn, L. Sellinger, J. Bosworth Third Row C. Payne, D. Gosbee, P. Huzi, E. Smith, N. Anderson, R. Miller, L. Kronquist Just getting my fingers ready for inspection. O.K., stick ' em up. Coffee, coffee, all I do is make coffee. FLASH s X SUPPLY DEPARTMENT SUPPLY DIVISION First Row G. Tabano, J. Young, W. Cody, P. Castillo, D. Montoya, D. Earles, B. Martinez, F. Butial, Second Row J. Seaman, V. Capparelli, N. Gibson, T. Flannelly, J. Lyon, D. Stone Third Row J. Andruskiewicz, R. Ochsner, J. Alday, J. Holder, M. Desy, V. Cheney, E. Creel, D. Keller, H. Phipps, R. Payden, V. Rutledge, S. Love How do you want your eggs? Push the button and it goes around and around. Good lookin ' hooker? Lets see now The Pidgeon. workin ' it out! There, does it look like I ' m working now? AA lO ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT M MACHINERY DIVISION i ' 4 Jm iS f f First Row W. Wirght. J. Garcia, T. Tate. R. Coleman. R. Larm. J. Harrington. M Len Second Row G. Decker, J. Lambert. W. Grigsby, R. Wisiewski, G. Ozers, D. Isaacson. J. Pearson Third Row S. Dahl, R. Rosiek. A. Thompson. S. Leohner, W. Jones, K. Rahikainen REPAIR DIVISION First Row B. P. King. S. Wruck. J. Rosenau. B. F. King. R. Hamilton. K. Trout, L. Lipscomb Second Row LTJG Arnold, L. Fraley. R. Coulter, M. Roe, J. Gibson, D. Thompson, W. Beauchamp. R. Bennett. D. Rimer We lost it and we are going to get yelled at The SUPERSTARS! I ' m going to throw a wrench into the works. - r J md m OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT x y COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION First Row ENS Lucy, R. Farber. A. Sellers. G. Dennis. R Henke. A. Garcia Second Row L. Prime. S. ONeill. D. Adams. W. Vidinha. A. Miller. W. Lapoint Third Row J. Womack, D. Zimmerman, T. Sheehan, J. Vogel, J. Gregoire, S. Engels INTELLIGENCE DIVISION First Row W. Len, J. Mayne, W. Mahoney, K. Wilson, G. Emerich, J. Mate, LTJG Nalley Second Row R. Thacker, L. Fuchs, S. Brockhoff, J. Van Huis, LTJG Anglim, R. Strong Third Row W. Ottavi, R. Melando, A. Walter, R. Wall, C. Emerling, M. Thomas, G Patten This is Rex, Roger out. Where am I going to get a FARAD capacitor? Leo, we need a good fix. This sure is a rough life. THE CRUISE UNDERWAY SHIFT COLORS i: MIDWAY PIT STOPS GUAM Of course I ' ll have your orders ready. ■■Mfllftl Chicago Skyline in Subic. SUBIC BAY How many more times? V Hard working GM ' s. , ' JS , ' • m tr ? _ -■ -M ' -M J i : a g!g ::: . w tf . j M BWli piW I id. t; y Various yard and district craft. USS SAMUEL GOMPERS, home away from home for sick Tin Cans. CROSSING THE LINE ' Guilty Come along now. Maybe they ' ll let up if we smile. mMJUjjiiv S A gathering of shellbacks. King Neptune Stoltenborg. Now kiss the baby. A shot of medicine will make you better The COFFIN. The king admires his queen. The honorable Shellbacks await a lowly Polywog. SINGAPORE Singapore Harbor —— gie Some Russian Merchant sailors TiBrwr ' TirTiirT Buzz and Bear roam the streets of Singapore. ■■. !?( ?!!? iS Housing complexes of Singapore. •Ml • • Dock work ers in Colombo Not an uncommon sight on the road to Kandy Farming is done mostly by hand CEYLON Picturesque building in Kandy 1, . -•• First liberty boat ashore MALDIVE ISLANDS Colors of both countries await visiting dignitaries. The controls HELO DETAILS Riggers man your stations. MORE OF THEM Personnel transfer. The helo fire party is standing by. A cookout breaks the monotony of a long line period ' I love it! K PLANE GUARD Set the plane guard detail. Big Mother takes too the air. Two runners approach home plate. Easy does it. The point of no return. mmmf:!i v.-rr,) !ir,,, Home Plate is loaded and all the runners are safe. Our first glimpse at Hong Kong HONG KONG Walla Walla to Fenwick Pier l:: ' il_a ai Kowloon ferry Victoria Peak Tram, one dollar up, two dollars down. Hong Kong, a thriving metropolis TAI PAK floating restaurant. I | £ i; jlljljl fii:;!; Downtown Hong Kong. -«, -v.-r ii v .r T ' 1 -i Bargins galore at the flea markets. Not to fast, but good mileage. JAPAN GRACE BEAUTY CHARM A Japanese tea house. j ri! - - Civilization Do you speak English? CHANGE OF COMMAND ti 1 Commander Roberts accepts Command and reads his orders Commander Hays turns ship over to Commander Roberts Commander Hays recieves Commissioning Pennant. iii AWARDS CEREMONY Congratulations T H Valiant fire fighters. It gives me great pleasure UNREPS UNREPS Mr. Beach has the conn alongside. The ship is making its approach. Heave around, talie up slack, sailors. AND MORE UNREPS KNOX is alongside. It happens everytime. The probe seats. which requires consentrated team effort . Highline detail is back breaking work 1 • to recieve stores, mail or transfer Commodores. On your marks for vertical replenishment ! get set . . . and GO, until tiie last bit of stores are put on the conveyor destined for the ships ' store- rooms and distribution. The narrow entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor. KNOX at anchor. Kaohsiung sister and brother. i -T-- ' ' KAOHSIUNG Cobblers repair KNOXMEN shoes. Some KNOXMEN depart on a tour. _ir ' M LJ Making last minute preparations to enter port ALOHA! KNOX! Gathering of loved ones Stragglers from left to right GMG2 Ashby, TM3 Best, SN Brabec, RD3 Morely, MM2 Donnelly, MM3 O ' Donnell, MM3 Coleman, QMC Taute Who ' s Dave Smith? Engineerings ' finest For two cents I ' d Joe Cool 1 1 N. fPf m ' fJ ' y ' V k Bn gTii L 1 H arS H The NEW and the OLD Only one scoop. The things that make us go and turn. ■91 What am I going to do with all the leftover nuts and bolts? Of course I can turn those controls with my feet. t •• I Where are your table manners? ' 1 j ' M 1 i Rosey ' Mooring at Subic Bay Tasted better than it looks. Big Chiefs of all little Indians. t A man would be a fool . . I know I hid that Playboy in here someplace. For once, I wish they would leave the lights on. That ' s not really James Bonds ' helo, is it? I can ' t say, I might ship. Ha ha, how does that black oil taste? What are you guys standing around for? I think everyone should wear whites in the Fire Room. I think I see the ENTERPRISE at 090 500 yds. Tell the lookout I concur the ENTERPRISE. I ' m studying how to be a signalman, why? Standby to let go. ,Tr h m ZSiVk. Does an ybody know what these knobs are for? ' iir 1 Next I ain ' t going in ' Hi Sweetie. Our snake charmer, P.O. Seaman. i I think I ' ll go up and check it out. i WKB aa I ' m waiting for a sea bat so I can talie a picture. We are ready to answer all bells. Course and speed on skunk BB please. PAPA FOXTROT Taking some spray over the forecastle. Holy crow, it ' s gone. Signals in the air. Oh, I don ' t think I ' ll jump today, it ' s too rough. I ' d like to meet the builder of that junk. Bridge watch standing, a serious business. I ' m not going to do it! Hey man. you can ' t work all the time. Seasoned Veterans Smile you ' re on Candid Camera. ' Standby . . . Mark ' Woe is me, Oh woe is me! Que pasa? How can we lose a carrier? P.O. Strecker gives a sermon. Let ' s see. is A dit-dah or dali-dit? If you drop the load don ' t tell anybody If I add 300 miles East we ' ll be right on track Navy life, a tough life. Dry Docked in Subic Top level conference 1 1 - - re -• Boot shellback This is what I do, .. . sometimes. Almost down Boz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z Get your own food. Richard E and FLASH Is that right? ; W t If I have to get up, so do you. Catchin ' rays. And what do you think of the navy sailor? A At .1 No wonder we got them for nothing. I like it. Yeah, I remember the time I used one of these babies. Go Navy! Shipboard life can be a three ring circus at times. Our steaming partner A nice gesture from the Connie Only 1000 more letters to type up 1— J= t t THE Officers lead the way in JFK ' s. They didn ' t say anything aboui this in ncs. Oh boy, my favorite meal - spinach. •— , «■■ 1 1 T? p. 0.3 Wilson and P. 0.3 Flannelly sing a song. 5= • a . - FN Valerino works out a tune. Painting, a favorite passtime Get out of my stateroom Who cares? Getting in your practical factors for 1st and chief. It ' s a long way home. I ' ve got it under control. Yeah, but what else did you do on leave? All hung up Blowing tubes . . . whatever that is. Chief. I think someone is talking our picture. ' GREETING Of course the sunglasses help me. I AMXl HISTORY OF USS KNOX DE-1052 USS KNOX (DE-1052) is the lead ship of a new class of 46 ocean escorts specially designed for locating and destroying enemy submarines. KNOX was built by Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle, Washington and commissioned 12 April 1969 in Bremerten, Washington. Ships of this type have many traits of the swift and deadly destroyer. The newest and longest range underwater sound detection equip- ment (SONAR) in the Navy today enables KNOX to operate independently in locating and tracking hostile submarine forces or to be an extremely effective team member of an anti-submarine protective force for a Navy task force or mer- chant convoy. Like the destroyer, KNOX is very capable on missions of rescue, patrol, evacuation, blockade, and visit-and-search. The principal armament is the anti-submarine homing torpedo which can be delivered to an enemy submarine miles away by the anti-submarine rocket (ASROC) or launched from four conventional above water torpedo tubes. The 5 inch 54 cali- ber gun is an effective shore bombardment weapon used in support of military operations inland or against hostile air or surface craft. Space provisions have been made for the addi- tion of manned helicopters, an Independent Variable Depth Sonar (IVDS), and the Point Defense Missile System in the future. After commissioning KNOX participated in a variety of tests and trails in Puget Sound, Long Beach, California. These trails were designed to test this new class of ship ' s resist- ance to underwater shock under simulated battle conditions. In March, 1971 KNOX completed the first overseas deployment of her class when she returned from six months in the Western Pacific as a member of the SEVENTH Fleet. During exercises near New Zealand with ships of the British, Australian, and New Zealand Navies, KNOX demonstrated her effectiveness against air, surface, and sub-surface targets. Employed primarily as an escort for cruisers and aircraft carriers in the South China Sea area, KNOX has now successfully completed her second deployment with the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet. Manned by 17 officers and 227 enlisted men, KNOX has the speed and mobility to meet the requirements placed upon a versatile ship of the line. A member of the Cruiser -Destroyer Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, KNOX is homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with Destroyer Squadron ELEVEN. CREDITS STAFF COORDINATOR LTJG J. P. NALLEY CO -EDITORS STG2 T. F. DERBY STG2 J. D. ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER STG2 J. W. BOS WORTH THANKS The staff would like to thank the photo crew of the USS CONSTELLATION CVA-64 for the generous use of their photo lab while we were at sea. Also thanks to BT3 Larm, MM3 Ozers, and HT2 Rosenau for taking candid pictures of the Engineers. A note of special thanks goes to the ET shop for the use of the pencil sharpener. PUBLISHER REPRESENTATIVE WALS WORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY GLENN B. MILLER WALSWDRTH T W ■ Cruise Book Sales Offices PUBLISHING III 7857 Herschel Avenue COMPANY La Jolla. California 92037 ' ' .■ - ' ■ : TSf ' - ■• A-. ' ' S ' - -f ■ ? A