Santa Barbara (AE 28) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 102 of the 1983 volume:

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Shortly ,after arrival back in homeport on 17 MAR 72, she was ordered to the Western Pacific in support of U.S. ,Seventh Fleet Forces already deployed to that area as part of U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam. SANTA BARBARA sailed on 4 JUN 72. Her subsequent nine months deployment saw SANTA BARBARA set lrecords for replenishment of ship's at sea. Return to homeport came on 19 FEB 73 at Davisville, Rhode 4Island. ' After conversion to Navy Distillate fuel from Navy Standard Fuel Oil in that summer of 1973, SANTA BARBARA was ordered to change homeports to Charleston, South Carolina as part of the Navy's Base Consolidation Program. On 19 SEP 73 SANTA BARBARA was underway for Charleston. From that base the ship has trained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on five different occasions, deployed fto the MED from APR 74 to SEP 74 and from APR 75 to SEP 75, and underwent her first regular overhaul period in jacksonville, Florida. SANTA BARBARA again deployed to the MED from APR 77 to OCT Q77, from OCT 78 to APR 79 and from MAR 80 to AUG 80, winning her first Battle Efficiency E in 1979 and again in 1980. She underwent her second regular overhaul in Brooklyn, New York from SEP 80 until MAY 81. With another MED Cruise from 30 NOV 81 to 29 MAY 82. This Mediterranean Cruise started on 24 November 1982 starting off with the unusual assignment as Escort for two Royal Saudi Naval Force Gun Boats from Norfolk, Virginia to Tangiers. SANTA BARBARA has earned her fine reputation where the jobs were the hardest, the hours the longest, and the requirements the highest. Praises from BZ messages were many, i.e., Most cleverly disguised fast friga te , Outstanding performance noted, steely eyed professionalism obviously a characteristic of low country gunfighters, keep it up and pass our compliments to ALCON , 'The adventures of Sinbad the Sailor are at an end, SANTA B was most professional throughout, well done to all g Superb execution of Masirah Airhead Ops managed by SANTA BARBARA with SAVANNAH ,assist is best performance by any new battle group to date. 1 1 uv 14 I 'Q y P ' f, ,Q L 4 f!M-wsqsq. , Q ,,., v,q,,,,, ,,,,,, mr, f 1-- -vu-awww S Fx fm, ,A I 1 Q f , as-wr 0 1 A A 2 S i 1 I eff il. WJ 07110104611 4 I 1 . fx ffm: x , , 'm li, 4 x f 4 24 if i' Q f Q J f 0 I ' his f 7 ',,',,v.,'1r-CUQL ,', .4 X 'TQ 4. Commanding Officer A lx' COMMANDER RICHARD T. SLOANE Un1 ted Sta tes Navy Commander Richard T SLOANE U S Navy was born in New York City New York. He was commissioned Ensign United States Navy upon graduation from Officer s Candidate School November 1964. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree 1n American History from Boston University was as Repa1r D1v1s1on Officer in USS ROCKBRIDGE IAPA 2281 Commander SLOANE was then assigned to duty with the Navy s RIVCF Patrol Force where he saw service in the Mekong Delta regions of Vietnam. After attending the Navy s Destroyer School in 1969 Commander SLOANE was assigned as Weapons Officer on USS GARICA IFF 10401 He subsequently served as First Lieutenant on USS MILWAUKEE IAOR-21, and Execut1ve Officer on USS HASSA YAMPA IAO 1 451 Commander SLOANE has served as an instructor at the Navys Surface Warfare Officer School Newport Rhode Island and on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Technical Training Memphis Tennessee Prior to attending the Naval War College, Commander SLOANE served as Surface Opera tions Officer on the Staff of Commander Carrier Group EIGHT. He assumed command of USS SANTA BARBARA IAE 281 on 5 November 1982 Commander SLOANE has been awarded the Bronze Star and Navy Commendation Medal Commander SLOANE is married to the former Margaret McKenna of Cranston Rhode Island. They have two daughters Sandra and jennifer 5 Commander R1chard T. Sloane Commander SLOANE has served in both destroyers and amphibious type ships. His first assignment ID i , 0 rn-Av:-rue-,rv- -'-' '-.- an-Q -.. Executive ffiC61' COMMANDER DAVID L. BALLARD Commander David L. Ballard United States Navy Commander David L. BALLARD, U. S. Navy was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was commissioned Ensign, United States Navy Reserve upon graduation from Ofhcer Candidate School in October 1968. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Virginia. Commander BALLARD, has served in both Destroyer and Amphibious type ships. Prior to his commissioning in 1968 Commander BALLARD served for six years as a radarman in the Navy Reserve. His initial sea tour after commissioning was as Combat Information Center Officer in USS MYLES C. FOX IDD-8291. Upon completion of his initial sea tour Commander BALLARD augmented to U.S.N. He subsequently served as Chief Engineer in USS FISKE IDD-8421 and First Lieutenant in USS INCHON ILPH-121. His assignments ashore include Academic Director of the Surface Warfare Officers School IBasicj in Newport, Rhode Island and Student at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. Commander BALLARD reported to USS SANTA BARBARA as Executive Officer in September 1981 and was frocked to his current rank in April 1982. In june 1983 Commander BALLARD will report as Officer In Charge of the Navy Human Resource Management Center in New London, Connecticut. 7 Executive Ufficer -m ' M X y 4 , 1: ,,- q x,nY- 'lainie Lfun LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RONNIE L. BARROW Un1ted Sta tes Navy L1eutenant Commander Ronnze L Barrow US Navy was born Jn K1nston North Carohna He was comm1ss1oned Enszgn Un1ted States Navy upon graduat1on from U S Naval Academy m june 1969 He holds a Bachelor of Sczence Jn Naval Sc1ence from the US Naval Academy L1eutenant Commander Barrow has served Jn both Destroyer and Aux1l1ary type sh1ps I-I1s 1n1t1al sea tour after commzsszonzng was as F1rst L1eutenant 1n USS BROWNSON IDD 8681 Upon complet1on of h1s 1n1t1al sea tour L1eutenant Commander Barrow subsequently served as Ass1stant Sen1or Adv1sor U S. M1l1tary Ass1stance Command Sargon V1etnam and as Sen1or Adv1sor Afloat Repa1r Adv1sory Umts Sa1gon, V1etnam Weapons Off1CCf 1n USS STRIBLING IDD 8671 and Ch1efEng1neer 1n USS DETROIT IAOE 41. H1s asszgnments ashore Jnclude Student at the Naval Destroyer School Newport RI Off1cer Programs Recru1ter Naval Recru1t1ng D1str1ct Columbza South Carolma Student at Prospect1ve Engmeer Off1CCf Course Idaho Falls Idaho and Jn the OfflC6 of the Commandant at the US 1Naval Academy L1eutenant Commander Barrow reported to USS SANTA BARBARA as Execut1ve Off1cer 1n March 1983 L1eutenant Commander Barrow has been awarded the Mer1tor1ous Serv1ce Medal Navy Commendat1on w1th Combat V Combat Act1on R1bbon V1etnamese Serv1ce w1th 4 stars V1etnamese C1v1l Act1on and V1etnam Campazgn, Navy Commendat1on Isecond awardj and Navy Expert P1stol Medal Ksecond awardj L1eutenant Commander Barrow IS marrzed to Al1ce L Conners of Towson Maryland They have three chzldren Rob1n Dav1d and jenmfer 9 Lieutenant Commander Ronnie L. Barrow IM Foreign atm! Gun boa ts f an,,.w. .1-. 1 5647, pp- W,. ' 9 S .3 , J: ,VLAN 2--wa. ,-' 4 ,A k Q r V yt, - ,-,-. k ,- . xi E A V ,W ,., Y g 3 f J.-an-v ' - ' V W . 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'-1.3- XS. 5 ,XY 4-. A ' ' 4 1x , - ., , .A,.,, ..,.X.. .l--'.-.-..-:..z4-.uac.- +5-a.-.uf-4. Cruise Memories Must be OK if the captain's eating it. That's right weez from New York. Waiting for chow WN f' M S , , , ww , 3 WXNW .W f , M5 , , Wwwwk Q, we 1 e 3 1 p l il Some people need a hint. e + : w Mr G with all of the G's fx. 1 Trust me, I can fix it. 74 Does the word have any B's'? xg-'MM is 'mfQ4I-Hanan if Shou1d've bought a Japanese model Did you try plugging it in? Ex 5 Q I- -i 1-W -rv Q. 4 'Z Sure, it'11 be done this afternoon. 5 i us- '4 75 Let's flip it and find out. Z l , Q 1 4+ Part of the adventure. -Q ' H'-'Y Y wr, ww' Someone has to do it. Mad scientist at work.. 0 L w, wgniq- ,U . 1.- 1 1 I I only tapped him once. - L 1-ui' It's gonna be one of those days. X by i i 1 'Sn Q S ' it ilk - X 1 H rt. . Q 5 .Ns We overpaid you how much? Interesting book. 77 ! J n 1 You have to eat something. 'uw' That's right it's all mine. 2 'r J . I Checkmate. 78 1 Q 5 4 3 1 4 Yeah, I'm in charge 5 N1 rt X K 'YM qi! W 5 'L - 5 X'-7'-fi 1 04' WWW, ' W You want to mail what? Now try it. .K L ht 1 V' 1 - Looks like the Yankees are going to lose another one. ,ff fxw ' -LZMW ww . , W ff f f Q5 .W,:J,L32n Fx J-a-a-a-a-a-min in the Indian Ocean .mn The three Stooges. Who said that? l Santa Barbara's beauty shop. U pi H' YK Now what did I do? ,?,,,,,. . e.., X Q K-, f 1 K x x xi. . :X in X be .qwxzrf N 2 'V 5 1 94 5 2, t G o t. M Y Someone get me a hammer. Just like K-Mart. 5 E 82 i Y 1 ,L in? Not again. F K . 5 A . H V.. u..loQ...,i.AQ,,.T 5 : 4 ' , ' is , I r N , . . . LN' Q? ' iq? . 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Anyway, we ended up at her place Teamwork 85 owing ,ff 'aw A 6 Mumhgaaailtidw N ,, Q -. ff '46 'Q' H f - ,, ., 1.-1-Ji--vahnuuv.wssn14saus9.4L52-V K ,.4,.....q,,gggf.y K A , ,,V,! , ' C Radio check, over. Our fearless leader. Let's ignore it, it might go away lf? s E13 S511 I huh.: After a long hard day ,ff Restocking the soda machines. W Three PMS checks left. 87 ravo Zulu SUBJECT: MINDELO PORT VISIT - THE PERSONNEL OF AMERICAN EMBASSY PRAIA WISH TO THANK THE ENTIRE COMPLEMENT ABOARD THE USS SANTA BARBARA FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OVERALL US FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES IN THE REPUBLIC Op CAPE VERDE. THE TENNIS PLAYERS CREATED GOOD WILL, THE BASKETBALL TEAM REINFORCED PRIDE, THE GIFTS TO THE BO YS HOME AND HOSPITAL WERE RECOGNIZED AS TYPICAL GESTURES OF GENEROSITY MOST OF ALL, HOWEVER, YOU SHOWED CLASS BOTH IN OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND POPULACE. THANK YOU WE NOW BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR MOTTO, NOS N UMERUS UNOS. COME BACK AN YTIME, BEST WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND SMOOTH SAILING, AMERICAN EMBASSY PRAIA CAPE VERDE ISLAND S UB JE CT: AIRHEAD S UMMAR Y 1. 23 APRIL AND 26 APRIL AIRHEADS RESOUNDING S UCCESSES. SUPERB PERFORMANCE BY ALL KEY PARTICIPANTS ON 23 APRIL RESULTED IN RECORD MOVEMENT OF PMC INTO AND OUT OF MASIRAH WELL WITHIN ALLOTTED TIME. THIS FIRST EVER TRIPLE AIRHEAD PROVED THE VIABILITY OF SUCH AN OPERATION PROVIDED THE AIRHEAD IS MET WITH AUGMEN TED BEACH DET PERSONNEL, AUGMEN TED VERTREP CAPABILI TY AND THE LARGE QUAN TI TIES OF RETROGRADE ARE PRE-STAGED. 26 APRIL DOUBLE EVOLUTION MARKED SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF AMERICA BATTLE GROUP AIRHEAD SUPPORT. 2. FIFTEEN MASIRAH OPERATIONS AND ONE MOMBASA OPERATION INCLUDING TWO DOUBLE AND ONE TRIPLE AIRHEAD OPERATION AMPLY DEMONSTRATED THE PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE OF THE MANY MEMBERS OF THE AIRHEAD TEAM MAJOR BOB COX USAF, MAC MISSION COMMANDER DIEGO GARCIA, PROVIDED IN VALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING INTERFACE WITH C-141 CREWS. CAN-DO SPIRIT OF 22 AF CRE WS ALWAYS DELIVERED THE GOODS AND PROVIDED HIGHEST LEVEL OF COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE UNDER PRIMITI VE AIRHEAD CONDITIONS. NA VSUPPFAC DIEGO GARCIA AIR CARGO PROVIDED OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN CARGO PREPARATION AND AIRHEAD RETROGRADE HANDLING. FOREMOST WAS THE INCOMPARABLE PERFORMANCE OF THE SANTA BARBARA BEACH DET AND HC-6 DET. THE TOTAL MASTERY OF THE COMPLEX OPERATION BY LT JOHN WALSH AND HIS CREW MADE THE AIRHEAD APPEAR EAS Y' A SUPERB PERFORMANCE BY SUPERIOR PERSONNEL. SINCEREST APPRECIATION EXPRESSED TO ALL WHO MADE THE AIRHEADS HAPPEN TASK FORCE SEVEN ZERO DIEGO GARCIA DET 88 I'3VO Zulu 4-SUBJECT: USS SANTA BARBARA SUPPORT OF IO 1.33 CAMERICAQ BG 1. THROUGHOUT THE IO 1-33 IAMERICA2 CVBG DEPLOYMENT TO THE INDIAN OCEAN THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY SANTA BARBARA WAS SUPERB IN ADDITION TO HER ROLE AS THE INDIAN OCEAN CONTINGENCY AE. SANTA BARBARA WAS ASSIGNED THE PRIMARY TASK OF COORDINA TING ALL AIRHEAD LOGISTIC OPERATIONS FOR THE BATTLE GROUP. DURING FIFTEEN MASIRAH OIVIAN OPERATIONS IINCL UDING TWO DOUBLE C-141 AIRHEADS AND THE FIRST EVER TRIPLE C-141 AIRHEAD IN THE INDIAN OCEANQ PLUS ONE MOMBASA OPERATION SANTA BARBARA 'S CREW AND HELO DET IHC-6 DET 42 MOVED AN IMPRESSIVE 1446 PAX and 1,117,000 LBS OF CARGO. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SANTA BARBARA TEAM AND THEIR TOTAL MASTERY OF AIRHEAD OPS WAS FA VORABLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY BOTH CTF 73 and TF 70 DET DIEGO GARCIA AS THE BEST EVER! 2. OPERATING AT OVER A 90 PERCENT OPTEMPO DURING HER 94 DAY PERIOD WITH THE BATTLE GRO UP, SANTA BARBARA NE VER MISSED A COMMITMENT OR RDVU. WHETHER SHUTTLING PMC FROMXTO THE AIRHEAD, REFUELING A TRANSITING UNIT OR PARTICIPATING IN BATTLE GRO UP EXERCISES, SANTA BARBARA EXCELLED. HER PERFORMANCE AS A PARTICIPANT IN FIVE TACTICAL MANE UVERING EXERCISES, GUNEX'S, TOWEX'S AND NUMEROUS C3 EXERCISES WITH SURFACE COMBA TANTS WAS EOUALLY IMPRESSIVE AND EARNED HER THE REPUTA TION AS AN HONORARY GRE YHO UND. MOREOVER, THE WILLINGNESS WITH WHICH SHE PROVIDED QUICK RESPONSE HELO SUPPORT, SMALL BOAT SER VICE INPORT AND PARTS SUPPORT TO OTHER UNITS WAS INDICA TIVE OF THE TEAM SPIRIT AND PROFESSIONALISM OF THE SANTA BARBARA CREW. 3. SANTA BARBARA ESTABLISHED A MARK FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW TO EMU LA TE. HER SUCCESS CAN ONLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE TOTAL INVOLVEMENT, AGGRESSIVENESS AND CAN DO SPIRIT OF HER COMMANDING OFFICER AND CREW. A JOB EXTREMELY WELL DONE. COM CR UDES GR U T WEL VE THE RETURN OF SANTA BARBARA AND HC-6 DET 4 MARKS THE COMPLETION OF A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT WHICH BEGAN WITH A DEMANDING MISSION OF NATIONAL INTEREST, ESCORTING THE FIRST TRANSIT GROUP OF SAUDI PATROL BOATS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. YOU PERFORMED YOUR ASSIGNMENT SUPERBLY DESPITE THE SEVERE WEATHER EN CO UN TERED DURING TRANSIT. YO UR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE CONTINUED THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN T O THE I.O., WHERE YOU PROVIDED GISTICS SUPPORT TO BOTH SIXTHFLT AND SEVENTHFLT UNITS. OF SPECIAL CRITICAL LO NOTE WAS YOUR MANAGEMENT OF MASIRAH AIRHEAD OPS, NOT ED BY CTF 73 AS THE BEST OF PERFORMANCE BY ANY NEW BATTLE GROUP TO DATE. YOUR OUTSTANDING RECORD MA EADINESS IN AN AREA WHERE SUPPORT IS MINIMAL REQUIRED THE UTMOST TERIAL R IN INITIATIVE AND INGEN UI TY. TOPPING OFF THIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE WERE YED AN SUCCESSFUL PORT VISITS T O KARACHI, HAIFA AND CARTAGENA, WHICH PLA IM E IN ENSURING THIS COUNTRY'S CONTINUAL GOOD RELATIONS WITH PORTANT ROL THOSE NATIONS SANTA BARBARA RETURNS HOME HAVING COMPLETED A MOST REUNION SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT. WELL DONE AND BEST WISHES FOR YOUR JOYOUS WITH YOUR LOVED ONES. VADM BRIGGS, USN, COMNA VS URFLANT 89 Welcome Home - 1 v 45 V' ,ue u IKM 'Q- 1 1 , Affx If 1 X 1 So, this is it. If : X'-2 T San ta arbara .12 x :lf 1 , M W as ,a rx, ' I-x -if 'nr M .Wil A, . ..-nv 5 f-:af badfiv ,G , ,Swv . aw 4-A X xwtitfs X ,Qwwgrwx , .- , hh. x - -g V W I , . K.- f- QNX- ff, Q QSQ ki f x f X 5 X 32, Q I. .5 F -V . X. .,k,,. 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