Luce (DDG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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CRUISEBOOK STAFF TJGMARKDA BERENGUER ditof. Layouts. PhotoQfcapfief Secretary. Ptx)tographer ENS WILLIAM LIDE Manager. Proofreader J03 WALTER D LITTRELL Assistant Editor, Photographer From the Editor: When we first started this book we weren ' t sure of what adventures were ahead of us When we look bock at the past year, it all looks a little easier than it was Forgotten are the times away from our families, midnight unreps and many adminis- trative i nspections. We oil learned quite a bit about ourselves as we prepared, drilled, trained, worked and waited for our return home. It ' s been fun putting this book together and I hope the entire crew and their families enjoy recapturing the memories through these pages. Special thanks must be ex- tended to Ensign Lide for taking over this job after my departure J03 Littrell for being the source of information and ideas on how to lay out and manage this book, and SN Kannoley for his energy in taking photographs throughout this year Thanks must also be extended to the people who donated their photographs to make This book complete. Photographic contnubutor include: lt manna LTJG BOLTER ENS JORDAN CW02 BAXLEY OS2 MOVE OS2 MIMS BT3 BURTON TM3 GONZALES MM3 MAY GMM3 REBENNACK GMM3 JENNINGS GMM3 GHOLSON GMTSN HEATH OSSN HAWKINS HTFN WILLIAMS FN GOELZE SN DUCLOS M. BERENGUER POSTSCRIPT A great thanks must be extended to LTJG Mono Berenguer for his undevoted effort in compilir g this book The hours he expended in bringing this book together are too numerous to count We all wish him well in his future endeavors W. LIDE

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Meet LUCE ' S Pen Pals i fe- ' ' A ' i Developed primarily as a learning tool for school-aged children, the Adopt-A-Ship progrann was imple- mented onboard LUCE during the ' 87- ' 88 school year. The ships ' repre- sentative FCCM Bryant, collected pictures, books, and posters from all the ports we visited. He also taped numerous ship ' s evolutions like under- way replenishments and helicopter operations. All this material was for- warded periodically to the school. In return, we received numerous letters, special-occasion cords and pictures from the kids at FINEGAN ELEMENTA- RY, We appreciate their letters and we hope they understand better now what our mission is.

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r ifikr 1 MED ' DEPLOYMENT STATISTICS Over the course of the Mediterranean de- ployment the LUCE steanned 24,622 nautical miles, visiting six different countries with a to- tal of 1 1 port visits, burning 3,770,760 gallons of fuel (A Perry-class frigate burns 1100,000 gallons for a similar distance). Some interest- ing facts follow: Meals prepared and served Cans of soda consumed Haze grey paint used Five inch ammo expended 22,000 112,603 cans 300 gallons 350 rounds ' 1