Lynde McCormick (DDG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1975 volume:

uss LYNDE Mccormick (ddg-8) The Best DDG r f . MX. : -ii %-% A. COMMANDING OFFICER CDR H. Sperling ■f if ' ' .r m K EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR E. W. Froehlich COMDESRON FIVE LCDR Goodlett LT Bethea COMMODORE LEAHY LTJG Haas T«- MMCS Warren RMC Winders YN2 Schmidt GOODBYE SAN DIEGO . . . for 6 2 months WEAPONS DEPARTMENT WA Division LT Saxon L to R, kneeling: STG3 Jennings, STG3 MacFarlane, STG3 Whitney, STG2 Crawford, STG2 Munoz, SN Houk, TM3 Piotrowski, SA Coffel, TMSA Wilbers; standing: GMG3 Belus, STC Sanders, GMT3 Jones, STG2 Thomas, STG2 Johansen, STGSN Woodrum, STG3 Pearson, STG3 Shurden, STG2 Hammerstrom, GMTC Abshire. WD Division L to R, seated: SA Gutierrez, BM3 Robbins, SN Doerflinger, FN Blumhorst, SN Copper, BMC Miller; kneeling: BMl Mauldin, BM3 Rudolph, BM3 Castro, SN Phillips, SN Ownby, SA Gibson, BM3 Sharp; standing: SN Clonts, SA Barreras, SN Jamerson, SN Maldonado, SN Kennedy, FN Rodabaugh, BM3 Estrada, SN Shelton, BM3 Luevano, BM3 Meyer. WG Division L to R, kneeling: FTGSN Eck, FTG3 Fisher, GMG3 Wheeler, FTG2 Nodolf, GMG2 Haefner; standing: GMGl Koehmlein, GMGl Credle, GMG3 Matlock, GMGC Draeger, FTCS Greer, ENS Goldenstein, GMG3 Kalberer. -• i ' Man over what? ACME Club bearing. I ' m really glad I made 3rd Class! (?) First Class Living ' Fantail, Bridge, shift Number 6 two miles forward. iS ;iffless : ' : = -- : -s They wanna know who ' s got the after buoy watch. ' f •S fe . i Hi, welcome to WA Division, sir. We ' re your Petty Officers. ' They won ' t send us any more. ' Both sides are down now?! How can they consider the South China Sea LOCAL OPS? Sorrv Mr. Haas, no Frank Sinatra ID cards allowed on board. ii .,— --s We have the Decatur ' s what wrapped around our screws? ' ' Skating, just skating. ' I think we made a wrong turn Chief. ' Bro Reg is on the Bridge. Another sea detail. So what s wrimj; with putting pepper in your bug juice? And another. The Game Ball You really want to take on 120,000 gallons? 4 V ' ' Did you see the hands on that mermaid?! Sonar Dome Control for detecting Davey Jones ' approach. Bracey you ' re puUing the bollard loose from the pier! LT Kelts LT Zeiler SUPPLY DEPARTMENT S Division L to R, kneeling: SN Belarde, MSSN Phalp, SKSN Camangian, SN Archuleta, SN Espinoza, DK.3 Jor- dan, SH3 Comas, DK2 Lozano; standing: ENS Kalas, SKC Galang, MSl Ottey, SHSA Gipson, MS3 Her- nandez, MS2 DeJesus, MSl Tambio, SN Sorenson, SHSN Crawford, SK2 McCrary, MSSA Campbell, SKI Baillargeon, LT Zeiler. I ' ll bet thev eat better than this in the CPO Mess. J  W ' ' M. i 1 ' My Supply Warfare Ulli Who ' s in charge here? ' ' Merrv Christmas Mac ' An All Hands cookout on the Signal Bridge? Just tell him to go away. ' A long ways away. Muster a 25 man stores handling detail on the quarterdeck. ' They wanna know how many paper clips we ' ve used in the past 83 days. OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OC DIVISION L to R, seated: SMSN Eyre, RM3 Hill, RMS Herr, RM2 Denision; standing: SMI Welch, RMl Bennett, RMl Kennedy, ENS Michael, RMSN Kulm, RMSN Smith, RM2 Beach, LT O ' Neil, SM3 Mathew, SM3 Sutter. OE DIVISION L to R, kneeling: EW2 DeLeon. EW3 Rose, ETR2 Monzon, ETN3 Rodrigues, ETR2 Heinrichs, ETR2 Hargreaves; standing: WOl McKillips, ETN3 Erickson, ETRSN Castellano, ETN2 Dodds, ETC Griffin, ETN2 Polk, ETl Varga, ETN2 Wentzel, ETR2 DeLuca, ENS Milliken. «r«l % 01 Division L to R, kneeling seated: OSSN Moll, OSSN DeVinney, 0S2 Stack, OSSN Vanderdoes; standing: LTJG Goudv, 0S3 O ' Hara, OSSN Rowe, OSSN Mann, OSSN Kirkland, 0S3 Brown, 0S3 Sells, 083 Conway, OSC Schick. ON Division L to R, kneeling: LT Kopicko, YN3 Butt, YN2 Findley, YN3 O ' Leary, SN Nooney, SN Zupancic; stan- ding: YNC Lawrence, PC3 Madrid, SN Padilla, SN Jurado, PN2 Gale, QMSA Winship, QMSA Matwyuk, QMl Vieux. If we could just move that 39 radar antenna. Don ' t mess with me. I ' ve got the CONN. You guessed it — I ' m short. This is a dailv PMS check— really. . ;J s ' ' .m O,. x-, Positive leadership at work. iiiiii ' H 4 ' ' - ' I seem to recall leaving an extra battery back here. I get my exercise, eat the right l ind of foods, and take Styx and Shaddock every day. No, they didn ' t! The Combat Team The CIC Officer reviews another OPORDER Time out on the way h ' lme It ' s good to be back in Subic where you can get a real hotdog. ' W i -l ' I ' m your knot and degree man. ' A Wiped Bearing-taker !!■ ■ Ik -M J ' You ' re damn right you only go around once in life! I ' d just like to know when our new Chief Yeoman is coming on board. Did they just say what I think they said? R Division L ro R, kneeling: EN3 Casebeer, EMS Tran, EM3 Rickman, EM2 Mollenhour, FN McKinnon, MRFA Maietta, MM3 Bartek, HTFN Carlson; standing: HTC Ray, LTJG Spradling, EMS Castro, HTFA Kruse, HTl Moen, EMS Danby, ICFN Blom, MMS Criswell, MM2 Meischke, ICFN Robinson, ICS Gumke, EMFN Kruse, HTFA Eagy, EMCS Ruszala, EMC Holden. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Now each of us from time to time, Has gazed upon the sea. And watched the warships pulling out, to keep this country free. And most of us have read a book, Or heard the lusty tale About the men who sail these ships. Through lightning, wind, and hail. But there ' s a place within each ship, That stories never reach, And there ' s a special breed of men. The legends rarely reach. It ' s dawn below the waterline. It takes a living toll, A hot metal living Hell, That sailors call the Hole, It houses engines run by steam. That makes the shafts go round, A place of fire, noise and heat. That beats your spirits down. Where boilers like Hellish heart. With blood of angry steam Are of molded Gods without remorse. And nightmares in a dream. Where turbines scream like tortured souls. Alone and lost in Hell, As ordered from somewhere above. They answer every bell. The men who keep the fires lit, And make the engines run. Are strangers to the world of night And rarely see the sun. And every hour of every day. They keep the watch in hell. For if the fires fail. Their ship ' s a useless shell. I ' ve seen those sweat-soaked hero ' s fight In superheated air. To keep their ship alive and right. Though no one knows they ' re there. And thus they ' ll fight for ages on, Till warships sail no more. Amid the boilers ' mighty heat. And the turbines ' hellish roar. So when you see a ship pull out. To meet a warlike foe. Faintly remember if you can. The sailors who sail the hole. LT Rinaldi BT3 Fred Lines USS KITTY HAWK (CV-G3) M Division L to R, front to rear: MMC Leggett, MMFN Weaver. MMFN Davis, MMFA Ham, MMl Barr, MM2 Ridley, FN Threlfall, MMCS Waller; MM3 Smith, FN Thompson, MMFN Monk, MM2 Donahue, MM3 Larsen, MMFA Brust, FR Orcutt, ENS Collins; MMFN Van Riper, MM3 Naase, MMFA Grewing; MMFN Erfert . B Division L to R, front to rear: BT3 Waldner, BTFN Zeigler, BTFA Smith, BT2 Schmidt, BTFN Hamm, BTFN Thrasher; BTC Quigg, BTl Mason, BT3 Joseph, BTFA Ehrhart, BTFN Ames; BT2 Strehlau, BT3 Hall, FA Canfield, BTFA Grant, BTFA Dunn, BTl Garcia, ENS Collins; BTFA Miller, BTFN Clevenger. FA Pelo, BTFA Hartwick . Mr. Peoples gives a guest a conical baffle job. ' If onlv I was a Yeoman. Starboard engine ahead flank. ' No, it never really gets hot down here. ' ' Not really unsafe to steam sir, more like not in perfect condition ' . ' Yeah, if that vent motor worked it would be a lit- tle more pleasant down here. ' Now take a Forced Draft Blower for example. This thing ' ll do to 25 in 95 seconds. They call me Oramps. and I ' m only a 2nd Class. ' Looks like they found us Speedy. ' San Miguel forever. ' Chief Leggett, did you catch which space it was that reported a 12 foot hole in the bulkhead? ' Light fires in 2A boiler, aye. ' ' I ' ll get us gassed up OK — just don ' t you worry. ' Run that one by me again. Chief. You tell ' em about the Low Water. ' You really want to know what I think of the chow? ' One thiiK I don ' t need is a haircut. It ' s really much cooler down here you know. ' ■It ' s not a drill ' . ' !! ' Mavbe I should call Homer. ' Wanna see a Main Feed Pump do its thing? xN-j[7fJ Yeah. I know how it looks — I ' m growing it back out as fast as I can. ' Don ' t even ask. WESTPAC LIBERTY 7TH FLEET OPERATIONS M C r - 1 „. ,. 1 ■bkw ' 1 Subic Bay, R. P. Singapore Hong Kong Kaohsiung, Taiwan In Between Sunday cookout Decatur gets a practice tow in the rain No, that ' s really a true story. Kaohsiung, Taiwan SECNAV visits the Best DDG -.-«« ■■ H « J ! . Singapore by night, and then some m ML. - ■ -w iB • ■ - -- j Singapore by day SMI IHH 1 ' ' . PlSHBHIim .t ; 1 M i Annual DDG-8 WESTPAC Arm Wrestling Tournament w - 1 ■ ■ . . _ --r-j: g 6 ? ' i i C.O. ' s personnel inspection in Kaohsiung T ,. - ' ' The watch in Main Control No, we don ' t carry Boone ' s Farm. STATION THE REPLENISHMENT DETAIL tr, - ■ xf- - -c: Hong Kong harbor Luwf -• ' ' ,vi S 1 If? ' ' Sfm A V Inside 2B ' g firebox u Airiving in Hong Kong NAKSNIIN 10N( HAIR Kill If ArrtNOfD TO l«$I I 10114 Mill rl Singapore city Post Office .1 i-{ tBBL f f ' He can really make a mean sound, can ' t he? Kaohsiung harbor Snipes are people inn ynu knowl CROSSING THE LINE - yM wgnsti t B . King Neptune Ruszala arrives for the beauty conteat , . .on the way to becoming a shipload of Shellbacks ]?Jwfl Ifc l V t HH ' ; I really go for that King Nep- tune. I knew all that ' A ' School training would come in han- dy. The EOOW cross-connects cooling water J. ' ■i The Wardroom musters sideboys for the arrival of Davey Jones and King Neptune 4 it ¥. What a decision for the audience to make! Who will be chosen as King Neptune ' s Queen for the ceremony? §l _.! ' i i IvfCi Foxy Beaver makes her debut r V t T .x , The Wogs awaiting trial before the King and his Court More cooling water for Number 2 Main Engine Radar O ' Hara and his lulian repeater ' Right this way you slimy Pollywog! I have to do it all over again?! ' ' This is the part I like. V Anything you say, you ' iy .Shellbackl ' ' K-A-L. Il D w ' tS L v i flS K K ' i ' IK ' Bi ' X j . ► Jjw ¥ Why can ' t we hurry up and get to Singapore?! Just please. . .don ' t hit me with that thing again. The Royal Baby I ' m a Shellback— a real live Shellback— finally! ' The Royal Barbers, featuring regulation PoUywog hair styling The hired help at WOG ' S FAST FOOD (?) RESTAURANT The Starboard Engine Follow this, or it ' ll follow you. 1 .- v NAVY, arriving. THE HOLE The Big E You really are serious about try- ing that. Chinese Navy reception in Kaohsiung THE COUNTDOWN APPROACHES ZERO or ' There ' s Light At the End of the Passageway • • . 1 h-Ii lr i HOME. . . FINALLY TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE LYNDE MC CORMICK: Upon our joining the U. S. SEVENTH Fleet, VADM G. P. STEELE, the Commander, indicated we would be tasked with a variety of challenging assignments which would test our readiness and also have periods of relaxation with interesting port visits. True to his word, our seven month deployment was certainly that and this cruisebook captures some of those moments , The cruise was a highly successful one in material condition and operational increased and our commitments were ful in fleet exercises and operations incl destroyer duties and comprised amphibi submarine and anti-air warfare and con with the Republic of China. These evo day performance were marked with utmos which drew warm praise from our senior credit upon yourselves and LYNDE MC CO wherein our readiness expertise steadily ly met. Participation uded every aspect of ous operations, anti- ducting joint exercises lutions and our day to t professionalism s and reflected great RMICK. While serving as squadron flagship and when visited by COMSEVENTHFLT, COMTHIRDFLT and the Secretary of the Navy, our ship was complimented for both performance and appearance, To successfully operate and maintain a ship like the LYNDE MC CORMICK, it requires a tremendous team effort and loyalty which was fully shared by all hands. Over 300 officers and men joined in the manning of watch and battle stations, repairing and maintaining machinery and sophisticated electronics equipments and the replenishment of food and parts . Our visits in ports of call were no less exemplary and out of thousands of individual liberties no incident marred the record. So as you look through these pages and recall those memories, I would like all of you to know that I am forever grateful to your superlative efforts and support, and feel deeply privileged to have sailed along with you. 7 4 v-i m H. S RLING Commander, U. . Navy Commanding Officer : , WALSwoRTHVwv Cruise Book Sales Offices • omS!!:;?!!! S Ingrsham Street-Suite 205- . „u.. iSTTr San Diego. California 92109