Stein (FF 1065) - Naval Cruise Book

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SHIP 'S HIS TOR Y USS STEIN IFF-10651 is a Knox class friga te named in honor of Corporal Tony Stein, Marine hero and Medal of Honor winner in World War II. The FF- 1052 class vessel is configured for optimum anti-sub- marine performance: however, when equipped with the harpoon missile, an ti-surface warfare is also a pri- mary mission area. S TEIN is capable of carrying out other routine destroyer tasks, such as na val gunfire support, anti-air warfare and replenishment opera- tions. P Since STEIN's main primary mission is an ti-su b- marine warfare, her armament is conhgured to pro- vide the optimum in ASW search, detection and kill. STEIN is equipped with the AN XSQS-25CX bow- mounted sonar which is capable of multi-mode opera- tions: the AN XSQS-35 - independent variable depth sonar KIVDSI along with the ANXSQR-18A tactical towed away system I TAC TASI and the LAMPS heli- copter system,incIuding its MAD and sono-buo y ca- pabilities. ASW armaments include the ASROC long- range, rocket-fired torpedo, above water torpedo tubes, which can Ere MK46 torpedoes, and LAMPS dropped torpedoes. The ASROC launcher is equipped to Hre the HARPOON missile, and for self protection and anti-air warfare, STEIN is equipped with a 5 f 54 dual purpose, rapid-fire gun, and the basic point de- fense surface missile system IBPDSMSQ.

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Corporal Tony Stein, USMC Tony Stein was born in Dayton, Ohio on 30 September 1921, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stein. He attended grammar school in Dayton and went on to be a student at Kaiser High School. With the outbreak of World War ll, Tony Stein felt his patriotic duty and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Corporal Stein became an expert marks. man, and on several occasions sa ved the lives of his companions. On Boug- an ville, for instance, he knocked his commanding officer to the ground while simultaneously firing a burst into a nearby treetop in which a Japanese snip- er was concealed. Before the end of the campaign, he had single-handedly eliminated four other snipers. F ' The events of 19 February 1945, the day of the initial assault on lwo Jima, climaxed the wartime career of Corporal Stein. Stein 's Battalion had managed to isolate the hill by taking the narrow isthmus at the foot of Suribachi, but then became entrapped in a blazing Japanese crossfire which pinned down the entire unit. Using his improvised aircraft weapon, Corpo- ral Stein and his company commander, Captain Grove Wilkins, stepped out across I wo Jima as if they owned the place - and their amazing courage kept things going. Corporal Stein suffered minor injuries as his weapon was shot from his hands. His performance on the day of 19 February 1945, was truly instrumental in pacing ultimate victory. Less than two weeks later, he volunteered to help clear a ridge of Japanese snipers so that his company could capture an airstrip at the north end of the island. On 1 March 1945, he fell mortally wounded while charging enemy machine gun emplacements. The Medal of Honor was presented to Mrs. Tony Stein by RADM F. W. Pen- noyer Jr., on 19 February 1946. ggwb f ' .1 af: W ' WH ZZYIYW - 1 4 ef 4 f 4. ' - N- 'Wf we-+ M gs Jr , we L .:'gf,:w-Q' ismsx.