Suribachi (AE 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT Mike Dunn Operations LT Frederick Thorpe l LT William Paulette Deck Supply and Admin LEIISIQZEEXSI DEPARTIVIE T HEADS

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LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ANDREW J KOCH UNITED STATES NAVY Lieutenant Commander Koch was bom Apnl 20 1954 and rarsed m Mrlwaukee Wlsconsin He is a 1978 graduate of Marquette Unlverslty and was cornmlssloned through the avlatlon officer candidate program later that same year Lieutenant Commander Koch s iirst sea gomg assrgnment was as BOIICIS Officer and later Main Propulsion ASSlSfZI'lt USS TRENTON CLPD 145 followed by shore duty as Manpower Analyst for Commander U S Naval Forces PQCIHC Fleet Followmg Surface Warfare Officers Department Head School lI'1 1985 Lieutenant Commander Koch was Clruef Englneer for USS KOELSCH IFF 10491 He reported to USS MONONCIAHELA KAO 1989 Lieutenant Commander Koch retumed to sea as Executlve Officer on board USS SURIBACHI QAE 213 in 1991 In 1992 he reports as a student to the All' Command and Staif College QA1r War College! at Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama Lieutenant Commander Koch s awards mclude the Navy Commendatlon Medal and the Navy Acluevement Medal in addition to vanous campalgn and servlce decoratlons He holds a Master of Sclence Degree in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School Lieutenant Commander Koch rs mamed to the former Karen Cobb of Troy North Carohna The Kochs have two sons Thomas and Patnck and reslde ln V1rg1n1a Beach V1rg1n1a I 1783 as Chief Engineer in 1987, where he served until ordered to Naval Postgraduate School as a student in as! I nl? 'I J 1 -f RN T G!

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THE HISTORY CF THE , Vg 5 Aw ,L g . 'au X v. 'vvv 1 K' K X .. . I X, Q rims Louis P. Deasaro Commanding Officer USS SURIBACHI 1 The keel of the USS SURIBACHI CAE 213 was laid in January 1955 at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland. The ship was commissioned in November 1956 as the prototype of a new class of ammunition ship designed by the U.S. Navy. The ship's name is taken from Mount Suribachi, the extinct volcano over which the United States Marines raised the American Flag during the battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. SURIBACItII's mission is to serve as a link between the production and storage of ammunition ashore and its use by combatant ships on the high seas. Since commissioning, SURIBACHI has operated in the Atlantic, Ca- ribbean, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean with the SECOND, SIXTH and SEVENTH fleets. SURIBACHI recently supported U.S. Naval Forces in Lebanon, Grenada and the North Arabian Sea. During the conflict in Vietnam, SURIBACHI operated in support of U.S. combat activities in Southeast Asia. She has an overall length of 512 feet, with a beam of 72 feet. Her maximum draft is 51 feet and fully loaded she displaces approximately 17,500 tons. Her single screw is driven by geared steam turbines, with steam supplied by two distillate fuel buming water tube boilers equipped with automatic combustion control. Her maximum speed is 20 knots, with a maximum sustained speed of 18.8 knots. There are 19 Officers, 21 Chief Petty Officers and 295 Enlisted. The USS SURIBACHI was also the first ammunition ship to answer the call of the nation, in support of Operation Desert Shield. SURIBACI-II's crew is very dedicated and proudly boasts that their ship is First in her class, best in her class. L Andrew J. Koch Executive Officer