Renshaw (DD 499) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q 1 1 3 5 K' A di ulil 1 ll-'ill 4, S2 Commander FRANK l. RENTZ, USN Commander RENTZ graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in june of 1951. The follow- ing month he reported aboard USS ALBANY QCA 1235 as 5 Battery Qfficer. He attended Mine Countermeasures School, Yorktown, Virginia prior to serving 16 months as Executive Qfficer of USS HLLTEBIRD CMSC 1215. After receiving his HS in Mechanical Fngineering from the United States Naval Post Graduate School, Commander RliNTZ served as Main Propulsion Assistant aboard the USS INTREPID 'CQXA II5 from july 1957 to january 1959, followed by two years as Operations Officer and Navigation Ufiicer on hoard the USS DAVIS QED 9375. Prom March 1961 to june 1963 he was Projecot Ulficer for fJlyl4l',Vl'fJR. Attendance at the Naval VVar College, where he received his N131 in Politicgal Science in 1964, was followed hy a tour as lixecutive Ullicer and Navigator on IQSS IUHN l'AUl, IUNILS fill? 9525. Comrnandur RIQNTZ is now C'on1ma11cli11g Clllicc-r oi' USS Rl ilXlSllAVV QDD 4995 following his tvufruy months oi duty on USS SIIANCIRI-IA KCYA 555 as l'iHgllN'K'l'lI1g Officer.

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A BRIEF ISTGRY 1 USS Renshaw CDD-4995 is an ASW destroyer serving with Destroyer Squadron Twenty-five and Destroyer Division 251 home ported at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The present Renshaw is named in honor of Commander William B. Renshaw who fought in the war of 1812. She was Commissioned in Kearney, New jersey on December 5, 1942. Renshaw's adventures are many, during World War II she participated in operations in the Solomons, Luzon, Saipan, Guam, New Georgia, Treasure-Bouganville, Bismark Archipelago and Tinian. It was during World VVar II on 21 February 1945 in the Mindanao Sea that Renshaw was struck by an enemy torpedo causing extensive damage, killing I9 crewmen and wounding 20. Between 1951-1953 Renshaw participated in two tours of duty in the Korean Conflict. It was during the second tour that Renshaw wrote naval history by sinking a shore battery. The Chinese battery located on a cliff was knocked into the water by Renshaw's fire. Renshaw has participated in two West Pac cruises in support of the Viet Nam conflict, the first from july 8 to December 1966 and the second from April to Dctober 1968. STATISTICS FOR I968 WEST PAC CRUISE OVER 5,000 ROUNDS FIRED MILES STEAMED 49,000 29 BUNKERS DESTRDYED MEALS SERVED 151,020 26 BUNKERS DAMAGED CDKES SOLD 9,540 51 BUILDINGS DESTROYED HAIR CUTS 3,600 III BUILDINGS DAMAGED 3 ENEMY KILLED IN ACTION 5 SECONDARY EXPLOSIDNS 1 SAMPAN DESTROYED 1 RICE CACHE DESTROYIZD 3 PRISONERS SURRIiNlDIiRIiD

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1'- H CT fn kiikmggfdi 1621.51 iii izislti Lieutenant Cornmancler lzrricfaf ZOISI enlisted in the Navy October 27, 1944. Lis first ship was the USS ALLEN CDD 665 with the following sub- sequent duties: USS GIRASOL KPY 275, Standard Landing Craft Units 61 and 62, USS SAN MARCOS QLSD 255, USS SATYR QARL 305, USS JASON KARH 15, USS HECTOR CAR 75, 2 years Recruiting Duty, A Glendale, California and the USS BRYCE CANYON QAD 365. He was ordered to OCS in March of 1958 and commissioned an Ensign in june of that year. On completion of OCS he served on board the USS TRATI-IEN QDD 53o5 as ISt Lieutenant and Gunnery Ofhcer for 36 months, then as as I Executive Officer of the USS MARYSVILLE CEPCER . A 8575 for 24 months. Prior to reporting aboard F 35 F' the RENSI-IAW he served a 3 year tour of shore ,G iii, g n duty with the Pleet Work Study Group, San if Diego, California. oun Two xo s 4 LCDR MICHAEL D. MAYNARD usN W Lieutenant Commander Michael D. Maynard came to us from a tour of duty on the USS LEXINGTON QCVS 165. Aboard LEXINGTON he served as main propulsion assistant. A graduate of the Naval Academy in 1959, LCDR Maynard had already seen action in the Lebanon Crisis in july of 1958, as a miclshipman aboard USS WASP CCVS 185. His first tour of duty was 1 four years aboard the USS HIGBEE QDDR 8065, as ASW and then as Weapons Officer. HIGBEE , . saw action in the Quemoy-Matsu Affair. . I In 1963 our X. O. moved ashore to study Mecha- nical Engineering at U. S. Naval Post Graduate E School in Monterey, California. Prom P. G. School he went to the Lexington for a two year tour as main propulsion assistant, and then to RENSHANV in the summer of 1968. J