Shasta (AE 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 '1f,'t.5.., YN! VME' , 1 ' T 'l7' Everyone is .1 titre tighter with-mrtl Slr.nt.r, reg rrilli-M nt nite On Z9 lvlureh 1991, SHASTA mnlorx joinetl foreea with the Roytil Nirviil whip, IIMS I3rilli.rnt, I Sprtnimh N.rvirI whip, SNS Yrtt-wr1i1,.iriiItlit-ISS Francis Ilirininontl .intl USS Nr.igr.r liillx in .i R fourteen hour effort to eont.nn itntl ewringnixli .n rnziin spruce fire, hl.r:ing out or eontr-il tirilmrrxl the ll Sri l-gxnlmr rnerehgint Nhrp, the Mt-rw lrlornnir. PSS - woes: . vi I Ida Hundreds of 'wogs' endured hours of humiliation and persecution as SHASTA crossed The Line . The memory of the May 4, I99l Shell- lmck initiation remains vivid, even now. P74 right: LT I:Qenlx'rper revels in 5hrlIf'.rtlt P--uvr .As SHASTA Stearns townrti an uncertain destiny with fate, to play her role in the 'N' Gulfg SHASTA'S ex' pectant fathers await anxiously for the news 3' of their newborns. J F vt. . at leit:Chri1trn.1EluniiMnntova,daughter-HEMIMont-I V .gK.u.,n-Q. 'P .--- ----4-0'-f f CONTENT CO ................ ........ OFFICERS ................. ...... Z SX CHIEFS ............................. ...... 2 4 ADMINISTRATION ...... ...... 3 O AIR DET .................... ...... 3 4 DECK .................. ...... 4 4 ENGINEERING .... ...... 8 Z EOD ................. ....,. 5 6 MEDICAL .......... ...... 9 6 98 OPERATIONS .......... .......... SU PPLY ............................... ........ I IZ SHASTA HISTORY ........,.... ........ 4 CHANGE OE COMMAND ...... ........ 8 WAR WEEK-BY-WEEK ........ ...... I 4 IN TIIE NEWS ............... ...... I Z RELIGION .............,........ ...... 2 8 ELIGI IT QUARTERS ........ ....... 4 O OVER TI IE SIDE ......... ....... 5 4 RLAZE AT SEA ........ ...... 5 8 IN PORT ,........................ .....,. 7 O OPERATION TIGER ..... ....... 7 3 I IOME COMING ........ ....... 7 2 WOG DAY '91 ...... ....... 7 4 SLEEPERS .....,........... ....... 8 O GONGSIIOW ................ ,....... I IO SHASTA GALLERY ...... ........ I 22 ADVERTISING ......... ........ I 32 EDITORS PAGE ...... ....... 6 4 COVER: HCLIPPINOS FROM THE WAR , DESIGNED AND PHOTOGRAHED BY IC2 BENT- LEY. ARTICLE WRITTEN BY LT ANDRAEAS AND BM2 POWELL. CONTENTS 3 I

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HA TA Its History and Nfission Named for Mount Shasta, a snow- capped dormant volcano in North- ern California, USS SHASTA is a Kilauea class ammunition ship, launched April 3, at Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned February 26, 1972 at Charleston, South Carolina. The mission of USS SHASTA is to provide ammunition, related ordi- nance equipment, plus fuel and stores to the fleet underway. Under- way Replenishment is a method of transferring cargo between ships by a ram-tensioned wire .system known as STREAM lStandard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Methodi. ln addition, SHASTA is equipped with a helicopter flight deck, mak- ing Vertical Replenishment possi- ble. Vertical Replenishment is a method of air-lifting cargo between ships by helicopter. Further advan- tages of SHASTA include a bulbous bow for seakeeping and Automatis Propulsion Systems IAPSQ, allowing direct control of the engine from the bridge. As a result, SHASTA can accomplish her mission in excess of twenty knots, enabling her to keep pace with the modern, high-speed task forces of today's modern Navy. SHASTA was designed with econo- my and maximum efficiency in mind. With tanks large enough to hold nearly 700,000 gallons of fuel, and greatly increased cargo space, SHASTA can stay on station for far greater periods of time without the need for refueling or refilling her cargo holds. Further, SHASTA is equipped to refuel other ships and has extra refrigeration space to Store food supplies. Ultimately, SHASTA ggefs the' goal of our modern Navy y combining economical service with the most advanced techniques and equipment available. 4 HISTGRY -. I