Luce (DDG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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COMMAND MASTER CHIEF PNCM J. P. BRADBURY Master Chief Bradbury, originally from Hafboro, Pennsylvania, joined the NAVY in February 1964. After completing Boot camp and Personnelman Class A School in San Diego, California, he was assigned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor, where he served W th Fleet Intelligence Center and the staff of the Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet. Following assignments include serving onboard USS MOCTOBI (ATF-10) and USS SARATOGA (CV-60). Duties ashore in- clude NAS Cubi Point, Republic of the Philippines; Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Area Detailer in Washington, D.C.; and Course Supervisor for PN Class A School, NTTC, Meridian, Mississippi. Presently assigned to USS LUCE, Master Chief Bradbury is the senior enlisted advisor to the Commanding Officer on matters related to crew ' s morale and welfare. »Always listening ••Kannaley, don ' t you . , , (click).

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To occomplsh her mission. LUCt wMuipped with a missle system wtiich uses TERf?lER Extend- ed Range Standard Mbsies to engage surface orxj air targets To counter subsurfoce foes she IS equipped with anti-submarine rocl et-thrown torpedoes (ASROC) and torpedoes which can be fred from two, triple tube mounts. A 5 ' 54 gun system provides anti-air and anti-surface fire power. And finally, the HARPOON Cruise Mbsie System, designed to engage Icnown hostle surface targets before they are wittiln visual range. These weapons systems, including surface arxj air search radors. sorxar, and a ttvee-dimerviorx]l air tracking radar, ciow LUCE to project naval superiority wherever necessary.

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m wd ' l@@k lo)@(slk o o o On June 5. 1 long days an Hea Temph,i is of training received exc: (lenl sco detachment with Comm. cise. LUCE VIS port in over;i during jacksonvni ' 1 I iSOCflk f LUCE departAl fo A I p r rtMn!.sa|!rrtrjrinir i 07501 ng at Guantanamo Bay. Ci nights of intensjiii ining ' J( tl ' arei»s of surfaci;. anli-ai ' f ' .f flftPIni is wasjjLi»?r ' (T7ip datipgc ccffitrll and engineering casualties. Afte TpJ fBtional Pnia rfiloii Pla t xhmination (OPPE) board vviwadn: ndv for th board ' ror the ( aribbea le nbkl jijsignment. LUCE (l( [)iirtcd Cuba n fon liu enforcement ope» ' iTiTiTwr-Aikij ' sion LUCE ntiirn rfto Mayport in early Augtl t for two weeks htfTnti licgiii Jer. fuiser Destroyer Group Twelve embarked tedfhe island of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Island ' j inrK rntnrnnfl t 44- M ' 1 vpnrt Kf i ffeornhnr rked fbr FL TKX - md, WTiere the sHl| er 11 .T Off wr r B f | r ' f| tf lii-i lowed by a brit Dei ay • moer VELT. On D. ' was underw.i visit, return in ITE for upkf. 1-88 LUCE .v on Jan 27 for on Feb 29. l ' » ' Italy. Turke ler l@h ;he fnWfAx lome Decrfn and thi»undi illed again scori inal deployment preparali Over the next five monll ! Israel. At sea LUCE wa turned triumihanlly to Mayport on Aug ' J r .• k ' I Navy ' sjewestgarrier. ! chanjji comigand ci m -st()n.« K AJ?iitTi| f anititt) on )lul.iys) Wie N kv eV ' ear foirffd Luce i.st ffl; .;xcercVse4iefore th(Pi «W|li .ind surface targets. LUCE ll.iy of the departure for tli ' y visift ' d exciting ports in !m grpip anti-air warfare c( r task c nleted. O ' OOOE Civ 1.1 Following were li-surface warfare. ilmost a full month iiii.slcrt ' d and lAK ' E ith i ( oasl Ciuard ninplcting her mis- ' k to the Caribbean ollowing the exer- ii t ' (l its first liberty ii ' pn ' scnl the Navy n illc i.sil ,i,s fill- SlIIFODORKROO.SK- nimlt ' sron 12. LUCE I, III and a brief wx MIol ' SSYO.SKM- iisr Duiinv Fl.i ' K.X nivi ' d in homeport Med finally came Mill, France. Sicily, inlander. LUCE re- QicKjee OO00OC 0IO00»i