Strong (DD 758) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 65 of the 1971 volume:

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LHEEEARYW 7 - 1 - t ng., M . s i 'H WN- MED CRUISE 1971 i f r K I -Tia nf K ' A-s :lag L As the pages of this book are turned it be- comes readily apparent that this is acruise book of people- - -not places. The intention of this volume is to record STRONG's 1971 Mediterra- nean deployment and it is felt that the candid people shots will do more in the coming years to kindle and rekindle memories thanafew postcard-type pictures of places we have been. The Editors .9 .. ,ff I X, , If mf W ,, ' 7 ,, ' , ,, r I.-Mwzw I yvi ,, WW ml ., S, , v x 4 x XJ ' N, as x is am 1 ' A -A s is U w x 5 fkxffvg 'K A sit if 5 E . . U J ENGINEERING 'BTFR Busby---resident hippie snipefu 7 All we do is boil wateriu BTFN Hovermale But this is aleft- handed wrench! BTFN Abercrombie . Y 'P N 4 ' ,,'f-, 5' ,-. -- , . - hs . Eating candy bars makes my beard grow in full. ENS Brown and DC1 Horst K w i 1 s 1 ids Y -,,-Q 'Q -av-1 ' fy, 3 BTl Bernard . . . a real pro! It was dark in there but Hendricks found his pearly whites. K For six long months, as if by magic, STRONG silently sliced through the blue waters of the Med, thanks to the tire- less efforts of the Boiler Technicians, Machinist Mates, Machinery Repair- men, Enginemen, and Shipfitters. A glance down into any one of the Engi- neering spaces leaves the layman puz- zled at how, in that maze of pipes and stifling heat, these men can persuade the metal hulk to move. Although their jobs are occasion- ally taken for granted, we have the IC- men's gyro to thank for pointing us in the right direction and their E-call Anything a sailor can break a chief can fix. MMC Collins phones for keeping the XO in constant communication with after officers' country. The Electricians are respon- sible for often overlooked electrical necessities and power for navigational luxuries, such as radar. In the event of a casualty the entire ship must rely on the Damage Controlmen's expertise to safely pull us through. Certainly not enough credit is given to these men who time and again have gotten us from point A to B with plenty of fresh water to spare for an occa- sional Hollywood shower. And travelling incognito as a mild-mannered MPA is . . . the infamous skivvy bandit! LTJG Payne It ain't much, but it's home! BTFN Mapes 1-..., 24 Would you believe BT2 Kornegay is changing num- ber two spark plug? It's 1150 down here, ,,,,1 BT1 Tam -soc-r H there's not much shade! and li And here we have EM3 Gil- 5 ley tossing a nickle in the port wishing well. Frolik sans cutting torch Heres a rare pic of SF3 What, White worry? A f r A ., W ' ff f 7' ' f f f ' W ' KJ' I Short-timer Prince ' . with 483,846 seconds to 4 r. L U go and counting 5 ' - I ,-t,, ' I It may look 11ke a buffer handle, but II s really the lawn mower for the Cap- R ta1n s puttlng green up onthe Dash deck. ' IC3 Rodgers and EMFN Eldenmiller l k Funny how R d1v1s1on s axr condltxoner always worked Nothing like a good game of cards on a lazy afternoon. MMFN Brooks, MM3 Shumpert, FN Vann, FN Thompson, and FN Savage. Here IS FN Thompson helplng astronaut Kmght Sometimes it's tough but BT2 Foster ' l ce to write home prepare for a moon walk found a Qlllet P H - 1 I' FN Hale takin' a break. .I Giving it a little spit and polish. MM3 Tibbetts I K ! I Here's to mud in your eye. FN Henderson V1 'arf 4 3 s g?xk!fj6fL ,,-4 ,n 5 5 4 ,K 6 I i N ,. 5-.5 Wi 'F :fl J. 1 .M !.' f ' f 'nil- Yep, FN Teel just swallowed a canary. ...- f-V. , , S Did you ever see a Chief without a cup . of coffee nearby? . BTC Benton v wi' 3 ., fbi!! ,xxx ff K? , rg fr ,CJ Q J ' , 7 ' if 99. :,.f- Q TW ' 1 - , - Q , I f. 3 Q.. Now that's a toothy grin! FN Savage -ul-5 -HX Al Vi 1 ix FN Saunders up from below I in 25, MM2 Newell 1 FN Eckard and FN Magoteaux Some of the Bowry Boys. IC2 Baker A I A ' if-5' X. i 1 21 5 11 sa li M ik Qi ei ll 4 Y v Y ii li V: H A ,! I w ! i K Y W Q J ii il 1 H is L! N iii li A Q! yi 1 , V 7 I I 5 , Q i 3. N1 , L! ll WX Y. El U 1 w M 1, la M fl K! Q FN Terry l :yu-'. 1 I V . Inv, 1 I r 1 r I K w v N Q ! 5 I 1 4 11 Y 1 I 5 Q 1 I 5 1 c 4 MM2 Wallace FN Wahlkamp SFC Amos and BT1 Seymour STC James XX.. 1 FN Rocap FN Smith FN Cary EM3 Dunn MM2 Hooper MMCM Wesson FN Elliott EM2 Gonzales I X -rf! I BT2 Butler MM2 Dannenbring EN3 Podgursk1 S Nigf' Snipes FN Kitchens BT3 Gruber FN Walterman EMC Spencer SFI Woicik fs e FN Pautzke 4 Q 2 1 N ixwxang f.'v'5l3i7f- A 5. IC2 Smith and NC2 Plotter A high level talk. BT1 Seymour and BT3 Webb Frog Brown and DC3 Purdy, ready to take on some black oil. Not BT3 Henighan's best profile. Hey down there! BT3 Barham - ' .i in Tl I' MR3 Wokaty can work it out! BT3 Lemay- - -Flirn Flange Man. k,,w.wi Down, Set, Hut Two! Hut Two! BTFN Houghtaling , I A A- Yfmon .,,. .ns MM3 Montavy--- Mean Muthap, ' BT3 Petro with his finger in the dike ' L S Q ex The Sampson won't forget FN Vann anytime soon! . 4 7 'Q K sh! il., 6 1. Q x 3 i -K X v 5. A ' K 5 K 9 Q V. A e OPERA T I ONS Q W5 ,fi f-i EW3 5 DIT DIT DIT DA DA DA, DIT DIT DIT. SMSNTewe11, MIDN Drews, MIDN Horney X SR SS sm' RD3 Coates and RDSN Harris like skunks even le s s than most folks. J JR 3 3 SAE' Even within shouting distance the sigs are essential. SM1 Sambets, SM3 Mur- phey, SMSN Grable If you think PNl Hart's a good typist, you oughta see him cut out paper dolls! QMSN Holamon is a go- pher. After he checks ' these logs, he'll go fer signatures. i V I .fr .il ii if A524 , 'S 5 .,t-..,,,,v-gsvg, K I if lit if Yeah, you guessed it. This one was posed. ETR2 Clark, ETR2 Hicks, ETRSN Giordano 'Miva E af Z The glare on the box is the reflection from PC3 Be- mi1ler's head. li N . ? X if Road toad striker, here! Raffle! Raffle! LT Schofield Functioning as a unit the Operations Department acts as the eyes and ears of the ship. The pace is frantic and demands a team effort by a number of highly trained men. Watches must be stood, typewriters pound out schedules, equip- ment fails and must be repaired. During both routine at-sea periods and hazard- ous night steaming exercises the men in the Combat Information Center sit tire- lessly over their radar scopes to keep the Captain continuously informed of the rapidly changing and sometimes danger- ous situation. Without the Radiomen's twenty-four hour vigilance the ship could neither listen nor speak to other units for the coordination and details of STRONG's varied mission areas. On the Bridge the Quartermasters keep a written minute-by-minute account of the ship's position, weather conditions, and changes in the formation or ship's maneuvering. During periods of modified radio silence, the Captain depends solely on the eagle eyes of the Signalmen to pass critical message traffic to and from other units in company. In the Ship's Office the men are re- sponsible for processing the awesome amount of correspondence generated by a ship this size. The Electronics Technicians, for- tunately, are a hard working and talented bunch who are able to fix most any equipment that a sailor is capable of breaking. All of the above-mentioned jobs as well as the Postal and Medical affairs are closely monitored and supervised by the Operations Officer, who spends the ma- jority of his day raffling through pertinent pubs and instructions. i 1 A 'A -.,...-. -,..,-, .- I 2 E i I ----...,,,4,,-A N-J -vu ?v Xx3' Eff? e fx XM e.Q we X RD2 Keefe and RD3 Steinbeck, reading a pub hot from the secret safe. H' Four Sigs in their shack Doc striker Reed and . .ahhh. . .STG2 Crave? 'F qp The Three Stooges. From left to right, Larry Milliken, Moe Collins, Curly Wright. Dirty John Heimerl ardently backs the Pack. li xy, ln YN2 Rogers- - - ' 'Georgia Cracker Shape up or ship out, Boot! RM1 Kelly Do ya recognize this one? RM3 Guitteau Gotcha, Chief! RMC Cartrett 1 Q I I A A NJ., ' af, , at it U 2 6 'T L x O l 11' I HI i 'r j Q3 EBU K 'O RDSN Dyslin, better known as Dizzy, You break it, I'11 fix it- - -radios, thatisf' ETN3 Chorniak xx X .... 1..- -1 I just locked Mr. Mauldin in the pantry- - -again! Heh heh, heh! RD2 Smith ' Electronics Technician Extraordinaire. ETR2 Burson . , N if , A giph 11.9 I 9 . 7 .fy 10' ir' , f' Freq Freak Second Class Tolivar N L Y Faster than a speeding bullet! QM3 Vandruff I U Bzzzz. . . ' 'Ship'sofficePN3Adamssir! O If there's one thing me and the XO agree on, it's the quality of rnidratsf' I RDSN Casadevall D 4' O UUAC .r ' 3 ', '. , 'AJ .. , jf n 1 , . . n W' f K ' ' s A' uf' n. X X KV I'd walk a mile for a Winston! RD3 Churchwell 5 'im . ,M Z., RDSN Davy Downs the . . . bandit FSI ' Q I i QMSN Holamon- -Queen For A Day SM1 sambers and SM3 Murphey YN2 Rogers RM1 Kelly GMG1 Austin POTPGURRI Groceries RM2 Collins and SN Milliken an- ' TIMES SQUARE 15 1 RDSN Dyslin ENS Holcombe ENS Shemanski RD3 Marshall k L PIII? i , ,I .. y KKPIGJ D A I 1 X' 4 QM2 Shanoski J RM3Ho1somback ETC Canfield Capfn HCM 'lv.3, , 'Uh , , x A 'r A 'Y x YNSN F01keI' r I o J E .1- S' ff.. . 5 E That Homeward Bound look in his eye. RM3 Wright 'xxx Mx -.io The Mids: Drews, Horney, Crowell, Orr Hey, Joe! Wanta buy a flying .... an ....? QMSN Griffin at X ix X S H, , I 1 ff-'wr .AJ . EX utfff , A .1 HI The Editor SN Milliken strikin' for Radioman RM3 Guitteau: STRONG, this is the World. Come in, come in. . ...- Our Stowaway ,--an -s-1 ...gn F273 il 2 KWH!! Q ETR2 Laird, GMG3 Vantassell MM3 Montavy during a vertrep ,I i Q if ' N Y u wou1dn'L want to tangle wlth RDS Norton 1I1 a dark alley! ,Wh J iff-ft:1 r..,a1.. , f 1 ,x 5 . 5 i i A familiar sight. I SN Roman, SN Fitzgerald, t BM3 Jones I l, Tampa-Nugget stock soared when STG2 Craver stopped smoking cigarettes! Q i 1 1 i I j LE i 1 GMG3 Beaver FTGSN Grizzle, an an un1dent1f1ed derriere. Letting go the an- chor, under the close supervision of BM1 Byrd. SN Fillmore, SN Ross, SN Lacount Gettmg ready for a light une As critical as the other three de- partments are, the Weapons Depart- ment is the reason we exist as a war- ship. Without our guns, torpedoes, and other related equipment, there would be no point in STRONG's getting under- way. Destroyers are built to fight--- that's the name of our game. By design much of STRONG's ar- senal and equipment is exposed to the elements which adds to the problems of on short notice. Tn' SN Boutet always keptthe liberty boat ready to go STG2 Slyh grab- , bing a couple of normal failure rates and maintenance. While the Bosun's struggle to keep the ship cosmetically 4.0, the Gunners Mates, Sonarmen, Torpedomen, and Fire Control Radar Technicians are continually maintaining their sophisti- cated equipment so that the ship will be ready to fight on short notice. The task is monumental, but these highly trained men insure that STRONG continues to function as a lethal war machine. i..... 6 . i' 'ffl RT'S. in ,. y 'wt f 1 3? X K. 'J SN Brumfield, hard at work. We're short! GMGC Cur- lee, GMG1 Vichlach F111 er up and check the lube 011 W nw Breaking up the O11 slick near Corfu 10 , A 1' ff Ki 1,0--ngfx. JV 1 9 Awsr . 'X AW 5 1 . -, 4 wif , . ' Q v , J ,if h 1 vi, . ff Sffq f :- . ,X , 11 ,1.., Takin' it easy af T '79 S V It's time to put the gro- ceries away 'J' .C ' Kr ' O A 1 1,1 YG A me 74 3. -41, :aw-vi My rudder is right seventeen degrees coming to three-four-five, sir! SN Stafford and SN Damin Work fascinates SN Lacount. He could watch SN Ware do it for hours. That'11 getcha a go! ENS Esterl W Deck Apes: SN Damin, SN Melia, SA Davis, SN Boutet, SN ROFHHH Weps lecture f at Q ,M l S SN Stephens- - -the Ole McDonnell cradle robber ,,,,..-- ' I 5 0 o This is my rifle, This is my gun, This is for shooting, This is for fun! GMG3 Vantassell Bridge watch underway It.wasn't hard catching STG2 Slyh in this position! Lightline crew FTG3 Boss 9 4 GMG2 Bentley I 4 I Q -1 wus' ,, Ay. -w . 1 SN MCQUSSH FTGSN Sisnroy ,...,4 CP' .X fb STGSN Olah BM3 Coulliette, BMC McSwain, BM1 Byrd The after refueling team BM3 Bush, supervising aw' f 1'V, BM3 Coulliette, doing a SA Hendricks fakin' down a 11tt1e crochet work 1n the 11 dash hangar ne during an unrep H Xi - :ri 'S' A 1 I if 275 V .L I- Sf .. 5 at Q En. ..Sun. . .Pen. . .Sun Say what? Cheese? The line-up. Blast off! STG2 Horn and STG3 Bartlett 'N The Sonar ..Gang,,,--STG2 SN M.ose1ey-D--doing First Tester, STG2 Ho Vanselow, STG3 White, ST1 Kane. rn STG3 D1v1s1on,s thmg. , 7. am. S The ship's chemist at work. SN Damin Baby Byrds -- -bustin' . . . SN Sprofera, SN Brumfield SN McNeil- - -Weps yeoman lil., ,4uiie+.g, en S. 41- Doub1e, double, Toil and troubleg Fire burn and Cauldron bubble. CS3 Dioquino S UPPL Y Good eatin , W ,X K an X Qi .Q Ml ff nw? No, SK1 Varnell isn't the ship's librarian working with the card catalogue. if diff 736952 , W 'ww K , I fix , , my f I ,, ff, 4 2 ,, ,H Z 2. ' , Q, 14,5231 1 4.6, ' N fag . ' ff' H' , Z QWK' 'f 1 ,mf FUUD CS3 Furtado and RDSN doing a thankless well Would you believe DK3 Wallis cannot nake his check book balance! ,,..-' ENS HP. J. Paxton and LTJG Joe Ingram SK3 Burghart helped break up Sampson's oil slick, too! Pop Purmort with a couple of Salts -H GMG1 Fallaw, GMG2 Gray Peace Brother! TN Corpuz, TN Veraque, TN Posadas, TN Vargas Uzdarwin is an 8993 name, SN Bradley operating the ship's button crusher. 57-N f - .N f ' . ,mmf ,-- WV ,, 4- -f .W r Qffff, 'wwf 1 - - fl 'xv -,Z-f, lr , W W .ag fx I A y W fd -F212 90 .Km an 'f -'Vw . f Q f -Q-WW ,fww ww YJ 7-an ..n--- -. P KE: s 3 l. SKSN Ondersma, known to Q ------- most as Sweet Pea. I i if X 4 . f fg'Zfg' .' 2 ' , 4 Mffwzf ,f f' ,, Arg- Q 'J ' - , My g I V 1 1 g if R 5 I 1 ,gi ,. 551-W 'rf' ' ff ' 'xl' -,J .f,gr,! . 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No matter how many talented technicians a ship may have, they would be helpless if the Storekeepers didn't keep them supplied with thou- sands of necessary parts. Also onthe list of hard workers are the Disburs- ing Clerks who keep track of the monthly compensation that we receive in the pay line. Certainly these jobs are exact- ing and tedious, but the men in Sup- ply continue to rise to the occasion and have performed .in a notable way. SH2 Wilson 'L' 'Zn '12 f 1! 1-nf,-H GMG1 Holden .1 AW ph if , 1,1 1' 5442, ,gm p ' ' CS2 Franklin SN Elder SN Rankin K ,, .4 , 1, V ,,. :- , Lfyfjfv f, 5- ff -4' -5,- . N, ' 4, .M ,W 4 5 4155' I TI L EV T ll DE VEL OPM EN T THIS WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY x18l'l't'llfll',sI0 . l S Crum' Book Ullu-e 913 West llsl Nlrrvl Xorlulkilrglnua 2451 .l. S 4 1 i I :P Q , w 4 1 1 I i 1 I 1 i I i ii ff? g , I Y I v 1 1 w 1 is Q 1 i :L fl , , s 7 , Q S 3 3 x 4 i 2 w 4 I A, M M ,-,.,.,,..-GF :'w fhQ5'7 0213! 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