Luce (DDG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1984 volume:

. 1 . i jjj.i uj L.ui I ■ uiui ■ [■ ni I ■ ■ ' I ' ' • = ' • 57 l..h....LiCF g I ' I I ' l! SS ' 54 5S ' USS LUCE DDG-38 MISSION AND ARMAMENT luce ' s mission is to operate offensively, either independently or with strike, anti-submarine, or amphibious forces against air, surface, and submarine threats. Toward accomplishing this mission, she is designed to detect and destroy submarines and aircraft, destroy ships and shore targets, support amphibious assault and land forces, control aircraft, and provide command facilities and accommodations for an embarked unit commander. She is also capable of collecting electronic intelligence, performing search and rescue, plane guarding for carriers, participating in tactical deception operations, collecting hydrographic and oceanographic data, performing evacuation, blockade, visit-and-search, and surveillance functions, as well as operating as a sector control ship in anti-air warfare environment. To accomplish her mission, LUCE is equipped with a missile system which uses Terrier and Extended Range Standard Missiles to engage surface targets, supersonic aircraft, and missiles. To counter subsurface foes she is equipped with anti-submarine, rocket-thrown torpedoes and depth charges (ASROC) and torpedoes which can be fired from two triple-tube mounts. A 5 54 gun system provides anti-air and anti-surface fire power. These weapons are supported by updated sensor systems, including surface and air search radars, three-dimensional air tracking radar and sonar. LUCE ' s weapons are coordinated with those of other ships and aircraft through the Navy Tactical Data System. The ship is powered by four high-pressure, oil-fired boilers which drive twin screws, producing a top speed in excess of thirty knots. LUCE STATISTICS Builder: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy. Massachusetts Keel Laid: 1 October 1957 Launched: 11 December 1958 Commissioned: 20 May 1961 Decommissioned for Modernization: 25 February 1970 Rccommissioned: 22 May 1971 Length: 512Vi feet Beam: 52V4 feet Displacement: 5,800 tons Draft: 25 feet Maximum Speed: 34 Knots Propulsion: Twin screw, twin rudder, 1200 lb. Steam system, 85,000 SHP Armament: Terrier Missiles, ASROC, 5 54 gun Manning: 27 Officers. 365 Enlisted Commander Robert Leon Brant, USN. a native of Marquette. Michigan, is a graduate of Northern Michigan university and Miami University. Oxford. Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Science Degree respectively. After being commissioned from the Aviation Officer candidate program in 1%?. Commander Brant served on board the USS DOUGLASS H. FOX (DD 779) as Combat Information Center Officer. He was then trasnferred to Coastal Divisions Eleven and Thirteen in Vietnam in 1968 as Officer in Charge of PCF ' s 36 and 96. Following his Vietnam assignment Commander Brant was ordered to the Naval ROTC Unit at Miami University as an assistant professor of Naval Science. FHe then attended Naval Destroyer School. Newport. Rhode Island, where upon graduation he was assigned as Chief Engineer on the USS SARSFIELD (DD 837). In 1985 he was ordered to the Human Resource Management Detachment. Mayport. Florida as a management consultant and Equal Opportunity Specialist. This assignment was followed by a tour as Executive Officer of the USS O ' BRIEN (DD 975) homeported in San Diego. California. In September of 1979 Commander Brant reported to the Naval Military Personnel Command in Washington for duty as a Lieutenant Commander surface assignment officer. He is a 1982 graduate of the National War College in Washington. Commander Brant is married to the former Barbra W. Summers of Cleveland. Ohio. They reside with their daughter Jennifer Wrenn in Chantilly. Virginia. His personal awards include three Bronze Stars with Combat V . the Navy Commendation Medal. Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation and Vietnam service medals. CDR B. G. Hollenbcck. Jr., was commissioned as an Ensign in June 1968 upon graduation from the University of Kansas. He attended KU on an NROTC scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduation, CDR Hollenbeck served as ASW Officer Gunnery Assistant in USS Turner Joy (DD-951) and then as ASW Officer Navigator in USS Trippe (DE1075) He attended Destroyer School in Newport, R.I., in 1973 and subsequently reported to USS Semmes (DDG18) as Operations Officer and then to USS Hermitage (LSD-34) as Engineer Officer. From January 1977 to June 1979, he served as TAO Instructor for the Department Head Course at Surface Warfare School in Newport, R.l. Following this, he attended the Command and Tactics Course at Naval War College until July 1980, when he reported to COMCRUDESGRU TWELVE in Mayport, Florida, as Flag Secretary. CDR Hollenbeck assumed duties as Executive Officer in Luce in October 1982. He and his wife, Sandy, have two children, Jeffrey and Kevin, and presently reside in Jacksonville, Florida. CDR Hollenbeck ' s next duty station is with the NATO Frigate Replacement 1990 ' s Program Project Management Office in Hamburg, Germany. A native of Oklahoma, LCDR Charles A. Wood was commissioned as an Ensign in June 1972 upon graduating from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. After graduation, LCDR Wood served as the Fire Control Division Officer for the Talos Missile Fire Control System technicians In USS Oklahmoma City (CLG-5). He next served in USS Dewey (DDG-45) as the Terrier Missile Officer, Anti-submarine Warfare Officer, and acting Damage Control Assistant. While attached to Dewey he met and married his wife, Marcia. After attending Surface Warfare Officer Department Head course in Newport, R.l., he was assigned to USS Goldsburough (DDG-20) as Weapons Officer. Subsequently, he was assigned to the USS Pyro (AE-24) as the Engineer Officer. Prior to reporting to USS Luce (DDG-38) as the Executive Officer in June 1984, LCDR Wood attended the Naval Post Graduate School and earned his Masters Degree in Telecommunications System Man- agement. LCDR Wood and Marcia have two children, Charles Jr. (Andy), and Alan, and presently reside in Jacksonville, Florida. SHIP ' S INSIGNE The crest represents a bridge to the memory of Rear Admiral Stephen Bleccker Luce. The blue and gold colors are symbolic of the U.S. Navy. The three stars on either side of the border represent the three ships which have borne the name LUCE, The words Pride. Power and Knowledge on the lower scrolls represent meaningful concepts within the Navy. The word knowledge has particular meaning because of the guiding philosophy of Admiral Luce and the Admiral ' s intense concern with education, training and knowledge. The Trident in the 1st quadrant and the blue and white waves in the 2nd and 4th quadrants of the center design represent victory through seapower, and were drawn from the coat of arms of the Naval War College. The special relationship of Admiral Luce with the college is significant because he was instrumental in having the college established and was its first president. The torch in the 3rd quadrant signifies knowledge which enlightens our lives and prepares the way for progress. HERITAGE USS LUCE (DL 7), third navy ship to bear the name, was commissioned on May 20, 1961, at the Boston Naval Shipyard. During the next ten years LUCE participated in numerous fleet exercises and deployed to the Mediterranean five times and the Indian Ocean once. Luce was awarded the Battle efficiency E in 1964. On February 25, 1970. Luce was decommissioned for an extensive conversion as part of the navy ' s Anti-Air Warfare Modernization Program. New radar and electronics equipment was installed to replace less efficient units, and the missile system was modified to permit the firing of new guided missiles and to provide for operation against sophisticated enemy countermcasures. The Naval Tactical Data System was also installed, enabling LUCE to exchange operational information by computer-to-computer radio links with similarly equipped ships and aircraft. LUCE is now one of the most capable fighting ships in the world, able to participate effectively in today ' s complex environment with its demands for rapid and accurate identification and for precise control of weapons On July 1. 1975 LUCE was reclassified from Guided Missiles Frigate to Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG-38). Further modifications to her equipment configurations were accomplished during a complex overhaul from November of 1976 to November of 1977 and again from March 1982 to March of 1983. LUCE is homeported in Mayport, Florida and is permanent flagship of Commander Destroyer squadron TWELVE. World THE OULF Fight to the Finish ______ __ The uinker war tils a lull, but Iraq ears a new land offensive The focus in Ihe 4S-monlh-old uar helween Iran and Iraq shiTled lasl wetk from the tepid waters of the Per- sian Gulf where the two sides have at- tacked about a do en oil tankers since Ihe end of March, to the sweltering marshlands along the southern border between the two belligerents According to Iraqi estimates. Iran had as many as half a million men poised to launch a new ground offensive at any time. The Iranians have also brought Hawk mis- siles, armor and artillery into the area Despite recurring reports of disagree- ment in Tehran about the wisdom of launching yet another human-wave as- sault, there was little doubt that if Iran ' s their pocketbooks. not their guns. The Saudis can avoid a clash as long as the Iranians limit their attacks to tankers at sea If they hit ships in the vicinity of the Saudi port of Ras Tanura or the Kuwaiti port of Mena al Ahmadi. a Saudi or Ku- waiti response might be unavoidable. Lven more serious would be an Iranian attack on Saudi or Kuwaiti desalinizalion or electric power plants In the meantime. Saudi Arabia is try- ing to exert some infl uence over Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who began the tanker attacks earlier this year as a way of forcing Khomeini to enter into peace ne- gotiations But Saddam Hussein will not lift his siege of Iran as long as Khomeini With a tanker In the background, the U.S.S. Luce lies at anchor off Bahrain Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini orders a new offensive, the battle will take place Iraq attacked two Iranian oil facilities last week; the damage was apparently slight, and Iran did not respond While the Arab states tried to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Iran for its intransigence. Syria, al the be- hest of the Saudis, sent to Tehran a dele- gation headed by Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam He reportedly carried a Saudi offer to try to press Iraq to lift its siege of Iranian oil ports if Khomeini would agree to negotiate The Iranians re- jected the idea. As a US diplomat put it: No one has cracked Khomeini He hears but he doesn ' t listen Similarly. Turkish Prime Minister Turgut O al visited Baghdad and gently look the Iraqis to task for attacking Turk- ish tankers carrying Iranian crude oil in the gulf, but he got little satisfaction As Iraqi Information Minister Latif Nasif Jasim later e.xplained. How can we know which ship our rockets hit? The Saudis have been trying to con- tain tensions in the area, hoping that rea- son will somehow prevail They are des- perately seeking to prevent the conflict, as well as Khomeinis brand of Islamic fun- damentalism, from spreading Says a se- nior Western diplomat in Jidda: They are timid balancers. Their power is in seems set on toppling Iraq ' s government. According to senior Iranian military officers. Iran is making contingency plans to guard against the intrusion of US and other Western naval vessels in the gulf The Iranian navy has acquired rubber dinghies that, when equipped with out- board motors, are extremely fast and highly maneuverable The strategy is to fill several of these boats with explosives and ram them, kamikaze-style, against an enemy ship Alternatively, the dinghies can carry two-man crews equipped with rocket-propelled grenades In the event of US intervention. Iran would try to use these dinghy knights. as the Iranians call them, to cause the U.S. to suffer unac- ceptably high losses. At week ' s end Iran issued a rare con- ciliatory note when Assembly Speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani declared. As far as it is possible, we will prevent a catastro- phe in the Persian Gulf from occurring by diplomacy He hastened to reiterate, however, his government ' s determination to overthrow Saddam Hussein. For the moment, neither Iran nor Iraq has the power to end the war. but both have the capacity to invoke continued devasta- tion on the other and hardship on their neighbors —By WilUam E. Smith. Re- j ported by Barry Hillenbrand Jidda and Johanna I McCeary Washington ! riMb.JUNb II. 1984 91 WEAPONS DEPARTMENT HEAD LCDR. Vince Smith Expended Ammunition Statistics 2 FEB - 7 AUG 5754 155 .45cal 2,655 M14 5,947 M60 12,220 50cal 6,846 M79 194 Total: 28,017 16 Weapons CEIf LT Thomas Malonc BMC George Luck Boatswain ' s Mate (BM) BM2 J C Blanchard BM2 Willie Johnson BM3 Kevin Caldwell SN Mike Mattocks SN Charles Taylor SN Kenneth Howell SA Albei ' auschild 18 SN Bernard Garrett SN Tommy Roberts SN Douglas Garee SN Sam Calabrese SA Tim Steltzer SN Ruble SN Robert Fuller SN Thomas Rose SN Shawn Schomacker SN Richard Ivanoskis SA Erik Garrow SN Julius Hubbard SN Howard Foreman SN Morinville Desdunes SA Aaron Walls 20 y € .. ' W- , tLLL. Fire Control Gunner ' s Mate L LLLL Technician (FT) (GM) h I UC William Missey GMGC Thomas Knox GMGl Joe Oreskovich FTGl Jerry Rausch P UlS GMGl Don Ashby FTG2 Kenge Debold GMG2 Henry Ritter Lc V FTG2 James Hirsch FTG2 James Muse GMGl odney Lednum CMGS Bradley Jones 22 LT. Nick Katsiotis GMM2 Herbert Maxey GMM2 John Nicola GMM2 Scott Conrad GMMSN Charles Williams 23 r. S.Li;L. tllili s.tU LTJG Gary Pash STGC Joseph Dragone GMMl Frederick Britt GMMl Del Rodgers STGC William Bond GMTl Ronnie Olvera GMTl Wallace Pitts STG2 Kent Townley STG3 Timothy Adams TM3 William Carr GMTSA Philip Barichivich STGSN Henry Hardgrave • ii Si;S ' P ? GMM3 John Rauch ' -I,.; :  - STG3 Louis Bayron STGSN Michael Kaye STGSN Steven Cannon GMM3 Jeffrey Massey 25 While in Bahrain, the LUCE wardroom says FAREWELL to LT. Don Chaput (EMO) and to LCDR. George Rowland (CHENG). FTMC William Boon FTMl Richard Tinsdale P t ff FTMl Patrick Gilmore - ■ -1.- _«— )(r-: a 11 ■ti ' - ' vr , FTM2 Greg Norfleet FTM2 Robert Simpers T ? 4 ii . ' }i ' fur.i_.-  i --. - .. _ FTM2 Robert Mueller FTM2 Richard Carlsen FTM2 Victor Young 28 FTM3 Mark Craig FTM3 Barry Bonnerwith FTM3 Anthony Martinez ' •i . m i ' ■ST, ' FTM3 Phillip Lindsay FTM3 Scott Berringer FTMSN Russell Rockwell 29 FTMSN Edward Beauchemin FTM2 Timothy Daniels FTM3 Ronald Kawagoye TERRIER DDG-3e LUCE FTMSN Norman Sampson 30 (EN( LCDR. George Rowland (Chief Engineer) EHGr lEN(Cr LT. Van Case (Chief Engineer ■ New) 32 Engineering LTJG Kevin Brown fT ff LT. Jay Huston f?;h Boiler Technician (BT) BT2 James Janazak BT2 John Szymura BTk. ' ael Monday BT2 James Griego BT2 Milton Summers BT3 Mark Gilpin BT3 Richard Ames BT3 Scott Fulton 35 BTFA Donald Nugent BTFN Dell Baxlev BTFN Daniel Inman 36 BTFA Randy Clark BTFA Keith Gooch BTFA Daniel Thompson hh h tT s t V ' - ' . H ikj Mm I IHfe P 1 BB I ' j 37 LT Randy Little m - 717 Interior Communications Electrician (IC) Hmnli yiUUirri EMCS James Carni Electrician ' s Mate (EM) EM f ichard Case 3t. EM3 Richard Swalina EM2 Jeffrey Tennant EM3 Joe Miller IC3 James Rcif IC3 Daniel Jordan mm EM3 James Rowland EMFN Humberto Diaz IC3 Richard Bryson EMFN Alex Nofe EMFN Ryan Storro EM2 Charles Johnson 39 LT Mark White MMl Donald Pickard MMl Burnell MMl Emmett Morgan MMl David Finn MMFN . ert Chandler MM2 Mark Simms MMFN Richard Werth MMFN Cornell Battle FR Brian Sandlin LT. Charles Murphy Machinist ' s Mate (MM) MMl Ray Bennett MM2 Benny Turner MM2 David House LTJG Bill Ossman MM2 James Moore MM3 Brian Lee MM3 Robert Grant MMFN Gary Howard MMFN Joseph Ziemba 44 LT. Anthony Wegner V Hull Maintenance Technician (HT) C fllft e HTFN Wesley Atkinson HTFN Russ Morgan HTl John Flagg HTFN Wayne Smith 46 4 ■ J NX WINS LUCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT! ,-- if - Son y. -i 5-c ,. -500 f« i oo.coi ' The Great Manama Raft Race _ j y.- ' W ' iJL !«: 52 m ' - uairn yueeno ] 42 - - T r 53 In Search Of LGOfC w ' U ' 1 ' • ' • • Sijt 55 THE COMPETITORS THE WINNERS ► NX TAKES A TURN AT -■!? HOSTING ONE OF iS, MANY FANTAIL COOKOUTS! As ambassadors of our country overseas, LUCE hosted a reception for the embassy staff in Djibouti. 59 OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT HEAD LCDR. Carlton M. Bourne SHIP ' S SCHEDULE 60 4 FEB Enroute Hamilton. Bcrmuda BSF 1 1 FEB Enroute Azores BSF 14 FEB Enroute Rota. Spaln BSF 15 FEB Enroute Palma. Mallorca 16 ■ 18 FEB Port Visit Palma. Mallorca 19 ■ 23 FEB Enroute Port Said. Egypt 24 FEB Transit Suez Canal 28 FEB Enroute Djibouli BSF 28 FEB 4 MAR Enroute Persian Gulf 5 MAR 2 JUL Persian Gulf Patrol 3 • 6 JUL Enroute Djibouti 7 • 9 JUL Port Visit Djibouti 10 • 18 JUL Enroute Malaga. Spain 19 • 21 JUL Port Visit Malaga. Spain 22 JUL Oulchop MED 23 ■ 25 JUL Port Visit Lisbon, Portugal 26 ■ 27 JUL Enroute Azores 28 JUL BSF Azores 28 JUL ■ 1 AUG Enroute Bermuda 2 • 4 AUG Port Visit Bermuda 5 - 6 AUG Enroute Mayport 7 AUG HOMECOMING Operations 1 LT Steve Gahan Operations Specialist (OS) OSC Tommy Owens OSl Walter Kramer ENS Greg Prieur Electronic Warfare Technician (EW) OSl Kenneth Cole OS2 Steven Griffey 0S2 Chan Jones EW. -nothy M. adows 62 0S2 Michael Mahone OS2 Mark Hodder OSS George Hickey EW3 Bruce Peden V OS3 Greg Wanciak OS3 Jeffrey Yount OSSN Rickey Clements OSSN Mark Gill OSSN Tony Leonard EWSN Mark Modricker OSSN Keith Gooch OSSN Peter Poertner OSSA Mark Hyde 3SSR Brian Martin OSSN Percy Hinnant OSSA Joe Duvall OSSA Scott Lindberg OSSN Steve Huston OSSA Ronald Griffin OSSA Michael Newman 0S2 Gienn Moore 65 ■ ' . Bill Kennedv B E o I Data Systems Technician (DS) Electronics Technician (ET) DSl Larry Goebel DSl Robert Lepreze DS2 Michael Gardner DS2 James Sauely ET2 Kenneth Sexton )SSN Robert Penkwitz Radioman (RM) Signalman (SM) LTJG. Tom Champ B B RMl David Clark RM2 Dean Dvorak 1 RMC Gene Hill SM2 Milliard Arringfon RM2 John Hordge RM2 Ruben Lee RM2 Keith Winborn RMS Dewey Anderson SM3 Philip Miller RMS Todd Traffanstedt SMSN Robert Horton SMS Joel Perez RMSN Mark Dahling SMSN Richard Tripp RMSA Dan Lambrix 69 ENS. Scott Sundt Vi LT. Dana Eberlin •-i 1 A . = SUPPLY DEPARTMENT HEAD LT. William Sweetser CRUISE STATISTICS Days Underway: 187 or 87% Days Inport: 28 or 13% Miles Steamed: 32,945 Fuel Consumed: 4.2 Million Gallons of Nato F-76 Helo Details: 66 Officers Qualified SWO: 10 Enlisted Qualified ESWS: 53 Miles Ran: 14,035 Payroll: (Not Including Allotments) $872,627.00 Ship ' s Store Sales: $222,400.00 Ship ' s Store Profits: $24,350.00 Meals Served: 205.200 Food Consumed: 73,000 Pounds Plus Beer Consumed: 920 Cases Haircuts: 3,600 Money Expended On Repair Parts: $1,800,000.00 Fresh Water Made: 4.488.000 Gallons Soda Consumed: 3,625 Cases or 87,000 Cans Average Number Of Personnel On Board: 314 72 Supply SKC Erich Von Reed X Snip ' s Service- man (SH) MSI Ramon Padilla MSI Carlos Garcia Mess Management Specialist (MS) MSC Honorato Manalo WW LSi Disbursing Clerk (DK) Storekeeper (SK) SHI Vincent Dacanay MSI Gerald Schoff SKI Richard Wesley Em SH2 Chester Klodnlcki SK2 Scott Lyman SH2 Frederick True SK3 Elton Brown MS3 Andre Lewis MS3 Richard Spahr SK2 Erick Rittberg DK3 Richard Garcia SK3 Daniel Figlmiller MSS - nomas Baier 75 MSSN Brian Soullaird SHSN David Oliverio SHSN Albert Matthie SKSN Rodderick Webb SHSN Jerry Bridges LTJG Dan Anderson 76 VERTREP Mail and • applies 79 ESWS: HTl D. Stafford, ETl D. Scott, FTMl P. Gilmore, SKI R. Wesley, FTMC W. Boon, EWC M. Kingswell, STGC J. Dragone, EMI B. Cabacungan, FTM2 R. Simpers, SH2 C. Klodnicki, DSl R. Lapreze, MMl B. Penhollow, OSl K. Cole, ICl F. Flack, GMTl R. Olvera, SKC E. VonReed, HMC R. Shingleton, MAC D. McMakin, QMCM R. Krugcr, YNC J. Watts, FTCS H. Engstrom, GMMl D. Rodgers. TAKE 5 : HTFN Arnulfo Flores, HT2 Dennis Detloff, MM2 Anthony Gregory, HTFN Russell Morgan, HT3 Wesley Atkinson, MMl Willie Williams, HT2 Roy Griswald, HTl John Flagg. LLLLL • llLt r LT Philip Allizer Rolf Kruger Hauptbootsmann (26) German-Navy FTCS Harry Engstrom PNC Tim Hoffman JQ] W tiC ' orge Brack 84 YNC Jimmy Watts HMC Robert Shingleton QMl Fred Buffington SN Austin Kuo QMSA Michael Barnes QMSA jrry Witcher f tbffcfl: 86 G G G IPAKISTAN NAV HIP| ALAMGIR D SO in search of 88 t Mr ' - • z - : . 1 ' -J -: r-r: ' ' : still in searc!i of : K I Ltaiit ;. E?-: - r, tiv 95 WALSVVORTH PUBLISHING COM PA N Y m CRUISE BOOK OFFICE