The Sullivans (DDG 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q CHANGE OF COMMAND December 11, 2004 g Commodore Tony Kurta, Commander Destroyer Squadron Two Four, awards Commander Richard Brown the Meritorious Service Medal for his tour as Commanding Officer of USS S HE SULLIVANS. Commander Wade Wilkenson relieves Commander Richard Brown as Commanding Officer while inport Muscat, Oman. The Prestige, Privilege and the Burden of Command Only a seaman realizes to what extent an entire ship reflects the personality and ability of one individual, her Commanding Officer. To a landsman this is not understandable, and sometimes it is even difficult for us to comprehend, --but it is so. A ship at sea is a distant world in herself and in consideration of the protracted and distant operations of the fleet units h N t e avy must place great power, responsibility and trust in the hands of those leaders chosen for command. In each ship there is one man who, in the hour of emergency or peril at sea, can turn to no other man. There is one who alone is ultimately responsible for the safe navigation, engineering perfromance, accurate gunfiring and 1T10f31C of his ship. He is the Commanding Officer. He is the ship. This is the most difficult and demanding assignment in the Navy. There is not an instant during his tour of duty aS C d. . . . . . omman ing Officer that he can escape the grasp of command responsibility. His privileges in view of his obligations are most ludicrously smallg nevertheless command is the spur which has given the Navy its great leaders. A It is a duty which most richly deserves the highest, time-honored title of the seafaring world -- MCAPTAIN7 - Joseph Conrad -4

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DJ IBO TI, DJIBOUTI November 10, 2004 - November 12, 2004 'H 45 V25 -'Q 777 fi if W I fffiff !f'f -'If W 11 - isi - Q. I V3 ' 1 THE SULLIVANS MOORED IN DJIBOUTI FCI SCALIA JR GM1 ROBERTS, STG3 NIEMEYER LT FAIRBANK FC3 INNES, GMC BURNHAM I FC3 MITCHELL BM2 ENGLISH, ENC HANSON, BMI JACKSON I FCI LINDSEY DJIBOUTIAN AND SULLIVANS' SECURITY FORCES

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SHIP'S TECHNICAL DATA LENGTH: 506 FT BEAM: 67 FT DRAFT: 34 FT DISPLACEMENT: S750 LONG TONS PROPULSION1 4 LM-2500 GAS TURBINE ENGINES DRIVING 2 GE HIGH POWER MAIN REDUCTION GEARS. 2 SHAFTS, 2 SCREWS. POWER GENERATION: 3 ALLISION 501-R34 SHIP'S SERVICE GAS TURBINE GENERATORS. COMBAT SYSTEMS: AEGIS WEAPON SYSTEM SPY-ID PHASED ARRAY RADAR STANDARD MISSILE TCPMAHAWK MISSILE 53' 54 CALIBER GUN 20 MM CLOSE IN WEAPONS SYSTEM SOO-S9 SONAR SUITE 12.752 TORPEDOES SLQ-32 ELECTRONIC WARFARE SUITE BOATS: 2 MK6 RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOATS CRHIBSD WITH SLEWING ARM DAVIT. I HELICOPTER FACILITIES: SINGLE SPOT FLIGHT DECK CAPABLE OF LANDING REFUELING, AND REARMING LIGHT AiRBORNE MULTI-PURPOSE SYSTEM CLAMPSJ HELICOPTERS. 1