Luce (DDG 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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SHIP ' S INSIGNE The crest represents a bridge to the memor - of Rear Admiral Stephen Bleecker Luce. The blue and gold colors are s mbolic of the U.S. Na T. 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 Ja T. 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 victor - 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 know ledge which enlightens our lives and prepares the way for progress.

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HISTORY 1827 3(1. 19i;i! when slii- Uiisdi cominissid ed. On Sept. 29. 1922 she vviis solil Schiiivone-Bononmo Corp. She u scrapped on November 13. 1936. heavy hst to starlniard and the order of abandon ship was passed. Moments later she slid benea th the .surface. She received five battle stars for WW II service. RADM Steven B. Luce, the father of the Na - ' s Training System and founder of the Naval War College, was born in Buffalo. New York on March 25. 1827. In 1860 he was or- dered to the Naval Academy where he Sfr e(i a.s i:omni,;nii,int of mid- ' i ' best known textbooks on Seamanship. Ad- miral Luce was instrumental in estab- lishing a nautical school and develop- ing the enlisted training system that has been employed by the Navy since. In 1884. Admiral Luce succeeded in having the world ' s first Naval War College established at Newport. Rhode Island. He retired after com- pleting AT years of ser ' ice. 1942 1957 1961 The .second LUCE (DD-552) was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co.. Staten Island. N.Y. on Aug. 24. 1942 and commissioned )une 21. 1943. She then .steameil to .-Maska where she was engag(?d in patrol ASW duties until Augu.sl 8. 1944. As a unit of the South- ern Attack Force. LUCE patrolled out- side of I.ST-tr.insport areas providing air cover. The third LUCE was laid down by Bethlehem Steel Co.. Quincy, Ma.ss. on Oct 1. 1957 and designated a Guid- ed Mi.ssile Frigate. Following her commissioning on May 20. 1961. LUCE participated in numerous fleet exercises and de- ployed to the Mediterranean five times and the Indian Ocean once. On February 25, 1970, Luce was decom- missioned for a year for an extensive conversion as part of the Nav ' s Anti- Air Warfare Modernization Program. On July 1, 1975. LUCE was reclassified from [3LG-7 to DDG-38. Further modi- fication included the addition of the HARPOON surface-to-surface cruise missile system. USS LUCE is now one of the most capable fighting ships in 1918 1945 The first vhhsiA to Ixjar the n.iine LUCE was built in Quincy. Mass. and commissioned in Seplemlier 1018 LUCE was assigned I., Com- mander Cniiser Forcir. Atlantic fleet anri prrrformed patrol and r ' s- corl duty in the Mediterranean ftjr Ihi; remainder of WW i.()n( ii.lober Z ' ). ] m» she was transferred to re- •n-n ' i: force and on 18 March 19.;o was reclaKsifir;(l as a l.ighl Mine Layer (l)M-4| and served until June On May 4. HMfj while patroling off the coast of Okinawa, around 07411, lapane.se suicith; planes wimi; inter- cepted by the comliat air patrol in the vicinity of LUCE, Two enemy plamrs rfvaded the interceptors and allar:ked her from the port.side. LUCE spl,ishe l one. bill the explosion from tin: bond) il carried cawsr. ' d a powr:r failnrir prev- ented lier to bear in time, she was slrili;k in the after .si ' clion by the sec- ond kamikase. At 0814 LUCE look a 1 ler hull is made of sleel and the su- piTslrncluri! of aluminum. The ship is powered by four high-pre.ssure, oil- firi ' d boilers which drive twin screws, producing a to|) sp(M. ' d in excess of thirty knots. LUCE is 512.5 ft long with a be.iin widlh of 52.5 ft. She has a miMn drafi of 25 ft. and displaces 5.800 tons ,is she glides llii Mi);h llie water. ihe wor lively in with its Id. abli! to p. lodav ' scoMip di manils Im .pMl, I.I If

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x COMMANDER LANCE A. WATERS Commiinder Waters, a nati ' ti of Waiiwiitnsa. Wisconsin, f iaiiiiaUHl from Mar(|iietl( ' lliiiN ' crsity in [anuai ' v Ulfi8 with a bachelor of ails dejiiee in economics. Following commissioning from the Offic(;r Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island in July 19G8, he; was assigned to the IISS CAMDKN (A()K-2) as Assistant First Lieutenant. In October 1970 he reported to the jjrecommissioning crinv of the IJSS SAVANNAH (AOR-4). subsequently serving as Navigator and Main Projiulsion Assistant until |une 1973. I Jpon compilation of Naval Destroyer School in October 1970, C]ommander Waters served as the Operations Officer of the IJSS I ' AII, (FF-1()((0) until July 1978. From July 1979 to February 1981 he was assigned as the Operations Officer of the IJSS DALF ((Xj-19) beiori; rejjorting to th(! staff of (Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group Two as Combat Informa- tion Center Officer, In ( )clober 1981 he relie ' ed as Fxecnilive ( )ffi(:er. IISS VVAINWKKJHT ((;C;-28), S( rving until May 1984. Ashore, Commander Waters has been assigned to the Na ' al Recruiting Distiict MilwaukiM;, Wisconsin, and most recently, to the Naval Warfari; Directorate in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. He is a 1979 graduate of the Naval War College, N(!wport, Rhode Island. Commander Waters ' p(;rsonal awards incluib; the Lcjgion of Nhiril. llie Merilorious Servici ' Meilai ,iiul the Na 7 Cornmenfiation Medal (with (]old star in lieu of Second M(;(lal|. He is married I(j the tdiinci ' Callieriin ' Devincoi VVauwa- tosa. Wisconsin. They have a s(jn, (.;hristo|)her, and a daught(;r, lennifei.