Knox (FF 1052) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1990 volume:

r u K L I (.■ -.,1L- ' ' ' T(lcKc -- - ' -. ■ ' ■-• r jjl . ' • V r A II -I- -, - R r H r A t ■■■ c t: l«£ CM POliMHA r N I  2 E I V Q USS KNOX (FF 1052) CREST The crest is divided into two halves, each representing one of Commodore Dudley W. Knox ' s distinguished careers. The broad gold band which spans the top of the crest signifies his rank of Commodore, U.S. Navy, while the gold star on a field of blue commemorates his career as a seagoing line officer. The crossed quill and sword on white in the lower half represents Commodore Knox ' s later achievements as a naval scholar and historian. The scarlet arrow dividing the blue and white is symbolic of the ship ' s ability to strike in defense of the free world. CDR. Gregory L. Maxwell, USN Commanding Officer Commander Maxwell was born in San Jose, Cali- fornia in October of 1947. He attended the Uni- versity of Utah in Salt Lake City and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Psychology. He was commissioned as an Ensign on 19 December. 1969 after completing four years in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps pro- gram. As a seafarer, he has served as Damage C -itrol Assistant and Engineering Officer in US ' THEODORE E. CHANDLER (DD-717); Weaf, ms Officer in USS BERKELEY (DDG- 15); Fit;; Secretary and Flag Lieutenant to Com- mander, L ' nited States South Atlantic Force: and Executive Officer in USS BAGLEY (FF-1069). Ashore, he has served as Head, Surface Warfare Training for the Chief of Naval Operations and attended the National War Collage at Fort Leslie J. McNair. Washington, DC. and the Defence Language Institute at Monterey, California. Commander Maxwell ' s personnel decorations in- clude the Meritorious Service Medal. Navy Com- mendation Medal with two gold stars. Navy .Achievement Medal, National Defense Medal, and various Vietnam Service Medals. The Cap- tain is married to the former Diane Duckworth of Magna, Utah. They have two children, Mat- thew and Jennifer. LCDR Mark B. Yarosh, USN XO DEC ' 88 to JUN ' 90 A 1976 graduate of Wright State University, Lieuten- ant Commander Rynda was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School (OCS) program. LCDR Rynda served as Damage Control Assistant and later Navigator aboard USS CANISTEO (AD 99) and Com- bat Information Center Ottker aboard USS LUCE (DDG 38). He then served as Officer in Charge of the Department of Naval Science at Great Lakes Maritime Academy. Following Department Head School in Newport, RL he served as Operations Officer aboard USS UNDERWOOD (FFG 36) and subsequently as Leading . iiti-Surlace Warfare Instructor at Surface W.irfare Officer School. LCDR Rynda has been .iw.irded the Navy Commendation Medal, Navy .Vthievement Medal (2nd award). Meritorious Unit (.cimmendalion. Battle E (3rd award), and Naval Sea S(i ice Ribb(jn (3rd award). LCDR R nda reported for duty as Executive Officer, USS KNOX (FF-1052) in June, 1990. He is married to the former Miss Eliza- beth Provost and resides in Huntington Beach, CA. Lieutenant Commander ' arosh graduated from Villa- nova Universit in 1974 and was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officer Lraining Corps program. LCDR ' arosh served as the Engineering Of- ficer aboard USS DIRECT (MSO 430), Engineering Officer and laiei ExetLiti e Officer aboard USS LEADER (MSO 490), Staff Mine Countermeasures Officer at mine Squadrcjii TWELVE and subsequently Mine Group TWO. He was temporarily assigned as Officer in Charge, Mine Countermeasures Detach- ment, COMSOL.VNI where during his tenure, he embarked in USS PLYMOUTH ROCK (LSD 29) and circumnavigated South America conducting bilateral exercises with the South American Navies. He was se- lected f(jr and completed Department Head School in Newport, RL, during which time he won the City of Newport award for leadership. LCDR Yarcjsh has been awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal (2nd award). Meritorious Unit Commendation (2nd award), Battle E , Naval Sea Service Ribbon (3rd award), and National Defence Ser ice Medal. He received his per- manent appointment on 1 DEC, 1983. LCDR Yarosh also reported for duty as Prospective Executive Offi- cer of A ' ENGER (MCM 1) jDrior to assuming Execu- tive Officer of USS KNOX (FF-1052). . V if? LCDR Douglas C. Rynda, USNP Executive Officer LCDR D. Lowry, OPS LCDR E. Marcinkowski OIC HSL-33 DET-10 i ' J •mai LT Downey, CHENG LT L. Green, WEPS THE OFFICERS « ' ' - LT D. McCarthy LT J. Jones, OPS LT Varaday « , ' ■ ' ' ■• . ' JM ' .ijkuh t - MMl •• --• i ' ciga::-,;a THE COMMANDS LTJG Copp LTJG Collins LTJG Gustafson LTJG Hoskins ' y LTJG Mulhall LTJG Roelker LTJG Schomer LTJG Sheldon f g ■ y . -jf X r 1 )k L. LTJG Vinkavich LTJG Winkler ENS Cassady ENS Cadungog . L ENS Robinson Tiger Marcinki wski Tiger Marcinkowski Tiger VaraJv IPPSp n i lii • k BTCM Morris SCNC McDonald EMCS Antonio • • ' •i3a L A. MMCS Harrv GMCS Jensen •  «w. OSCS(SW) Olaveson THE CHIEFS AXC(AW) Allen PNC(SW) Baza GMC(SW) Bottorff DCC(SW) Burns •Oa EWC(SW) McPherson ETC(S V Quigley MMC Quintanilla EMC(SW) Robiboux a L Trt%;J . MSfCft STGC(SW) Vail SKC(SS) Velasco FCC Vinnedge Chief Bottorff reflecting with Petty Officer Nesmith Can you pick out the Knox Chief? OSl Brown MSI Butterworth EMI Doria AOl Erb EMI Fields OSl Forbess OSl Gave ENl George STGl Greenwood HTl Harrington OSl Johnson MMl Kimbrough ICl Lvles FCl Mobley SHI Morena SKI McCallister QMUSW) Oehldrich MMl Porras BTl Price MMl Ring MMUSW) Rogers BTl Ryder HMl Santos GMGKSW) Skiles BTl Totski THE RMl Williams ICl Young 9 FIRST CLASS O... jZ Kimbrough, George and Tull being goofy with their buddy Pink Panther :. ■ ' . -Tin ' . ' HVIMC IS , ia_ MMl Porras gets some practice in OSl Gave can ' t beUeve MiUie VinilH fake BM2 Amsler AZ2 Barker BT2 Beane GMM2 Brumfield STG2 Coale THE SECOND CLASS AMH2 Coffman STG2 Chamberlain GMG2 Densmore MS2 Fellizar EN2 Fisher GMM2 Hamilton ET2 Hinojosa FC2 Hubbard BT2 Lewis AMH Mansfield 0S2 Moore STG2 Nutting FC2 Reitan 0S2 Reynolds MM2 Richey BM2 Riggle EW2 Shaikh FC2(SS) Silletti ES2 Shepherd GMG2 Simmons Y i Irs. I 4..Il J. t,Y.y :Y K , fi S( :i} FC2 Stanton SH2 Thompson 0S2 Tinney BM2 Watt ET2 Wise 0S2 Young It doesn ' t taste like a Knox Burger. Williams and Williams apprehending Knox most wanted! THE THIRD CLASS BM3 Asperin STG3 Atteberrv MM3 Baker RMS Baptiste BM3 Berrvman MM3 Bishop BM3(SW) Bowan 0S3 Brandstatt BT3 Bruner BT3 Burrows 0S2 Cantu HT3 Chandler •) A i{ Y V ) V Y RM3 Denson ET3 Denton ET3 DelBone MS3 DelaCruz HT2 Dickhoff STG3 Drennan RM3 Fleming PN ' 3 Garza PC3 Golby BM3 Guver FC3 Guyette SM3 Harris SM3 Hoover ET3 Kecy MM3 LavvTence BT3 Magee TM3 Marsh MM3 Naehreiner MM3 Oshmi;go IC3 Patterscn Hi ' 0S3 Chapman BT3 Coxe r - ' 4 - ' ff «= V- - i QMS Davis . Jji ., V V «r VV n k n 1 H ' i A ■ li t. K 1 )( GMG3 Perez FC3 Reed FC3 Ryan AE3 Shamberger I) X A ' . A k II J MM3 Simpson FC3 Stevens STG3 Stiles RM3 Tolbertv ir ., .. Y MM3 True ET3 Turner 0S3 Upton EM3 Walker O M : :.i A xi. A X X STG3 Walters EW3 Warren STG3 Wentworth STG3 Williams g . . . if 0S3 Wilson •„ DK3 Zeringue ' EM3 Dabbadie BTFN Berggren MSSN Bailv OSSR Bradley SN Bowman OSSN Browning FN Beck SN Bergen DKSN Castrillo STGSN Christensen AWAN Carle SKSN Coronacion SN Coleman QMSN Currelley OSSN Digirolamo BTFN Davis EMFA Dacus MSSN Ericson FN Evans OSSA Fedor GMGSA Floto STGSN Frost EMFN FenneU SHSN Franch E-3 Hammond FN Hanson FN Heppe MSSN HoUins FN Hopkins OSSN Hoyle YNSN Hubbard MMFN Jerebeck OSSA Lindemann ADAN Lang MSSN Mack SHSN Merriweather S Q fl k ir W A Y V V 8 ' 5 SN McDaniel MMFN Middling SN Norton SA Presson FN Rice BRFA Robles STGSN Rover ENS Rolando OSSA Rohr SA Ree% ' es MMFA Knight EMFN Ingalla FN Stanton OSSN Topolski DKSA Taplin QMSA Tobin OSSA Thies PNSN Rilev HNSN Roebuck RMSA Sounier RMSN Swett SHSN Sanders SA Strangfeld MM3 Smith SKSN Sabatino MMFN Javier EWSN McCord SA Mescal] E2 Mack 0C3 McDonald STGSN McKee ' f W M ' • STGSA Meade MSSA McCov OSSA McCrav SNMay OSSA Wartena FA White AAN Kourtz FN Wallace MSSN Ware SN Wofford FN Williams MMFN Vigil MSSN Goings MMFN Nelson h f Disco Kiii ' hts boogie down! It looks like Baptiste and Hammond can really dance Caught again THE EVENTS DEPARTURE DAY 01FEB1990 RETURN DAY 31 JUL 1990 t Anticipation of foreign soil STG2 Mrs. Nutting with family Cast off all lines . . . Back 1 3 I ' ll be right here waiting for you! HAWAII LAST AMERICAN SOIL . . . We paid our respects to our fallen shipmates . . r:ta,. ' s- ' •;.]•- ■ M W ! ' Hey man, lets join Knox ' s party!! A typical sailor, ready to capture memories w7 ' ' Tell me the story again itf i . . . FOR AWHILE THE DEPLOYMENT STARTED WITH ALL HANDS CHECK FOR LIGHT LEAKS ■6 u_ S B K vfl s n f J K f wKsSSi A BANG % HONG KONG OPENED ITS ARMS Donald Trump ' s dinghy visits Hong Kong too! illEDEEUrS Lsstsm KNOX FOLLIES candid crew I ' d sail 18,000 miles to smoke a Camel keep telling you, you can ' t get here from here. KOREA LAND OF ENCHANTMENT ' I ' do nuKli pailviii ' . This bar better be good SUBIC BAY, R.P. €i IF WE OT DO IT ILOVEMKHIF Br IHdlHI SHELPUACK ! ; Ht I wonder if fruit of the loom started this way? OK. Joe! 32  OK Joe! MORE KNOX FOLLIES The monkeys look so life like I don ' t think that ' s funny My wife won ' t believe tliis Go ahead, make our day o X 7 .iJ , P o ' Z ID O Z o u CS lii h o H 2 O o 2: O CQ O U u l-U or u 1 KV 3 GGS, X wJOAjo .R i-O i- A THIS IS or A Drill If we see ROBO COP one more time J) 4 f Are there any aircraft around? Seasnake on the ball If I ' m nice to you will you take me up? It doesn ' t look like a helo console Electric guide in blue hang loose I ' ll do your nose job at half price WOG DAY Sl T r ' % ' i0t H MB r Make your buddy smile . . . right! I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner, a! at once! rk.Aj A true Wog dog KNOX FACES Hey Chapman, any aircraft around? Mv favorite Martians ■ llh ' 41 ' l«{ i!v?m IW - r)- ' Ji ' v ' «[M 1 xtjll ' ' Tj t I k ' ' ' ■ - . A K , ' H k:. % ' vJ? _ w7 H If ' . ji | H|r :; H We bad. We Mail buov watch Commisionins Ceremony. 1969 EM Doria ■■ o The handsome George family SN Pimpo? ■ W m B «- «. iT 1 |JJt « H y j ■ ay L ' ' H SM2 Wahrman, USS America, FEB 1983 SMSN Ansgart, SEP 1965 SM2 Ansgart, June 1968 Port and STBD, what a life We be bad When it counts, it comes together 99 bottles of beer on the wall The whole Division wants leave, when? • 1 i i. Ai ■ ■B, ra V 4 P 1 -1 . When are they going , to get it right I I r Homey, don ' t play that! FC2 Maddox finds two guys to buy his bridge TM3 Marsh tries on neck ties Hev Caldv ell, don ' t you ever smile? Another day at flight quarters I just love Wog day Hey Joe, have I got a deal for you!! TIGER RIDE FROM HAWAII TO LONG BEACH The days were kept at check I ' m tired of smihng for the tourists. When ar ' e going to eat? i H J ..,.J . @  JUNIOR BATTLE GROUP C SAILOR OF THE YEAR BM3(SW) J.M. BOWEN JULY 31, 1990 . . . HOMECOMING LONG BEACH, CA PIER 9 w r w.u«V3 till— i i ' . ' ' ' ai.;i 3g . . 1 ■ ' .u  CRUISEBOOK OIC: ENS D.S. ROBINSON SMI K.E. WAHRMAN ASST EDITORS: FC2 D.M. HUBBARD, STG2 D. NUTTING, STG3 L. STILES PHOTO CONTRIBUTORS: STG3 DRENNEN HMl SANTOS LT PIMPO MSSA HOLLINS PCS GOLBY FC2 MADDOX OSSN BRADY SHSN SANDERS And to the many people who have dedicated their photos, time and efforts to make this book possible. Also to a very understanding and patient crew. THE END AUTOGRAPHS AUTOGRAPHS on a job well done, to the crew of USSKnox from your cruisebook publisher. Walsworth Military Publications Wck Coast OlHcc Lc Mcs; (6l9)t 60-8101 S O f 4$ O V I £ T ; ' 80jjly w K2itj«i  - o c I A 1,1.5- .ic: ! t ? y B - 1 c If ' ii ' A . (; A ' ■ F I I --■ ! THE WO