L Y Spear (AS 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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Kudos FROM: CTF SEVEN THREE Subj: Farewell 1. As L. Y. SPEAR departs the SEVENTHFLT after a challenging and highly successful deployment to the Indian Ocean, I extend my sincere appreciation for your contribution and accomplishments. 2. The challenge of providing fleet repair services to a broad range of surface ships as well as submarines was met in a super- lative manner by the Officers and Crew of L. Y. SPEAR. Your aggressiveness and flexibility in performing your duties in an isolated location, with very limited shore support and often adverse weather conditions attest to your dedication and professionalism. Although confronted with limited parts and technical documentation support for surface ships, the overall job acceptance rate of 92.4 per cent and the overall job completion rate of 94.4 percent were outstanding. The support provided to NAVSUPPFAC Diego Garcia and NMCB 30 were crucial in enabling those activities to continue to perform their missions, The effects of the extremely long logistics pipeline were ameliorated by your timely and accurate supply requirements messages and the Indian Ocean Battle Force was the beneficiary of that action. L. Y. SPEAR 1 s pre-deployment supply preparations paid marvelous dividends which were graphically demonstrated by the ability to render a 95.86 per cent gross and 99.42 per cent net fill rate to the 11,113 demands. These supply efforts significantly contributed to the ship ' s fine repair record. Your provision of the full range of support services from Barber Shop to boating and from Medical to Mars represented an important contribution to both readiness and morale. 3. The excellent reputation you earned during your stay with the SEVENTH Fleet will long be remembered. Return to your loved ones with the knowledge that you have played a vital role in supporting our Naval Forces in the Indian Ocean. You will always be welcome in Task Force SEVENTY-THREE. RADM M. P. FRUDDEN, USN From: COMSEVENTHFLT Subj: Sayonara 1. Congratulations for an outstanding job during a precedent setting deployment with SEVENTH Fleet. Operating well beyond the traditional scope of a Sub Tender and earning high praise from all your customers, you have made significant contributions to Indian Ocean Battle Force readiness through your professional and imaginative support. Your readiness and responsiveness have been particularly valuable during this critical period. Weil-Done! 2. Best wishes as you return to the Atlantic Fleet. I have been proud to have you on the SEVENTH Fleet team VADM C.A.H. TROST, USN

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New Arrivals NAME WARD, GARY HEBERT, STEPHEN M. FULLER, CLYDE R. GREGO, JEFFREY P. STAYNER, MICHAEL EVANS, JEFFREY T. JAMES, RYAN K. PUGLIESE, FRANK J. HOOPER, RONALD EVANS, NATHANIAL McGHEE, ARTHUR MASON, SCOTT SEARS, ROBERT L. CARDINALE, THOMAS CONNORS, PATRICK J. ELINGS, CHARLES W. SLACHCIAK, DAVID R. CHAPMAN, ANDREW J. SOLICE, LARRY W. DESLAURIES, MARK CHAMBERS, DCNALD WIFE ' S NAME BABY ' S NAME DATE BCRN WEIGHT LINDA BRIAN MICHAEL 1 APR 80 8 LBS. 2 OZS. DEBORAH MICHAEL LEON 1 APR 80 6 LBS. 13 OZS. CARROL SHANNON GERMAINE 11 APR 80 5 LBS. 6 OZS MARY SUSAN JEFFREY P. 16 APR 80 6 LBS. 7 OZS. MAUREEN MICHELLE ELIZABETH 1 MAY 80 5 LBS. 2 OZS. DEBRA D. PATRICK LEE 1 MAY 80 4 LBS. 0OZS. DERRICK THOMAS 4 LBS. 9 OZS. PATRICIA CHRISTOPHER DENIS 5 MAY 80 5 LBS. 10 OZS. LAURA CATHERINE RENEE 11 MAY 80 6 LBS. 4 OZS. DOROTHY ABIGAIL TIFARAH 19 MAY 80 10 LBS. 3 OZS. SHERRY BROOKS DONTA NATHANIAL 21 MAY 80 10 LBS. OZS. LOIS BRENDON LaMAR 21 MAY 80 6 LBS. 8 OZS. LINDA KELLY ANNE 14 JUN 80 8 LBS. OZS. CARY CHARLES KELLY 2 JUL 80 8 LBS. 2 OZS. GWEN JOSEPH DOUGLAS 14 JUL 80 10 LBS. 7 OZS. ELAINE PATRICK J. 20 JUL 80 7 LBS. 7 OZS. DIANNE CHARLIE DREW 23 JUL 80 6 LBS. 11 OZS. JANICE JESSICA 24 JUL 80 8 LBS. 9 OZS. DIANE AMANDA JEAN 28 JUL 80 5 LBS. 10 OZS. PATRICIA ANN JENNIFER CAMILLE 30 JUL 80 7 LBS . 14 OZS. DIANE PATRICK A. 5 AUG 80 6 LBS . ioy 2 ozs MICHELLE DANIELLE 8 AUG 80 8 LBS . 6 OZS.

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From: CTF SEVEN ZERO Subj: Well Done 1. Congratulations on your superb deployment to the Indian Ocean. The performance of your crew and their visible determination being the best there is resulted in SPEAR ' s many important contributions to our operations in the Indian Ocean. I have been very impressed by L. Y. SPEAR ' s willingness to pursue the difficult and complete assigned tasking even when of a nature or scope normally considered beyond the IMA level. 2. The most visible and dramatic evidence of L. Y. SPEAR ' s outstanding performance was the repair of USS DAVIDSON. The cooperation, assistance and support you offered expedited the return of a ship whose loss to the Battle Force placed restrictions on our operational capability. 3. L. Y. SPEAR has made another significant contribution to our operation in the form of cogent, intelligent and realistic appraisals and recommendations contained reference A. The thoroughness of this report reflects the same quality and effort that you have shown since you arrived. This lessons learned document will be extremely useful for our future planning and will have a lasting effect on our operations and readiness. I have extracted some key passages pertaining to TAV planning and execution for the immediate benefit of BG units perparing for forthcoming availabilities . 4. Every crewmember has a right to be proud of your many accomplishments. Again, congratulations and well done. Have a safe and speedy transit home. RADM R. E. Kirksey, USN. From: CTG SEVEN ZERO PT ZERO Subj: DAVIDSON Repairs 1. On 17 June a serious fire in DAVIDSON ' S Fireroom resulted in the loss to the Indian Ocean Battle Force of a valuable ASW escort. Responsiveness of addees since that misfortune occurred has been most impressive and effective. 2. Rapid reaction by DAVIDSON, SACRAMENTO and TRUXTUN in fighting the fire, limiting the damage, and expeditiously towing DAVIDSON to Diego Garcia began the chain of events destined to minimize DAVIDSON ' S time away from station. Upon arrival alongside USS L. Y. SPEAR, the repair expertise of SPEAR, CTF 73, and NAVSHIPREPFAC Subic Bay combined to assess the damage and progam its immediate repair. The assistance of the multitude of Supply Support organizations and expediters enabled work to progress with little delay due to spare parts - even though those parts were located thousands of miles from the Indian Ocean. Of particular note during the repair phase was the superb performance of the SRF Tiger Team, L. Y. SPEAR AJAX Repair Departments and DAVIDSON Engineers. 3. On 14 July DAVIDSON returned to sea ready to resume her duties on Gonzo Station. The herculean effort which made this possible has set a new standard for repair and supply responsiveness. 4. Well Done. RADM RAMSAY sends