The Sullivans (DDG 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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1 TERE TI G DEPLOYMENT F CT 327,000 7,834 nautical miles - furthest distance traveled from Mayp 6 months deployed 25 weeks deployed 177 days deployed 4,264 hours deployed 255,840 minutes deployed 147 days underway 11 port visits 30 days inport 78 days spent in Fifth Fleet Area of Responsibility 67,252 nautical miles traveled 19,565 pounds of mail received 4,302 pounds of mail sent 19 CASREPS 3 Community Relations Projects 4 receptions 236 pounds of turkey for Thanksgiving dinner 84 pies for Thanksgiving dinner 3,060 dozen eggs consumed 3,360 pounds of flour used 2,760 pounds of ground beef served 1,680 gallons of milk used 6,000 pounds of chicken served 2,800 pounds of hambuger served 2,996 pounds of French Fries served 18 Underway Replenishments 3 Inport Refuelings 3,792,424 gallons of F-76 received 3,499,255 gallons of F-76 burned 6 Connected Replenishments 1 Vertical Replenishment 99 pallets received 9 MT 21 PACFIRES 7 MT 22 PACFIRES 2,500 .50 cal rounds fired 415 25 mm rounds fired 3,000 rounds of Depleted Uranium fired 6 rounds of chaff fired 18 Flight Quarters operations conducted 70 helicopter landings 140 helicopter evolutions 3 Rescue and Assistance missions 5 VBSS Boardings 49 Intel Stops C16 in one dayj 564 Sixth Fleet Queries 1,367 Fifth Fleet Queries 284 Sixth Fleet TACELINTS 456 Fifth Fleet TACELINTS 91 Travel Claims processed 4 months tax free S438,000 in checks prepared and mailed for deposit S105,000 in checks cashed for The Sullivans' crew S347,000 in split payroll available to Sailors in the ship's ATM 399,380,000 total deployment cost 946 male and female haircuts provided 49,633 pounds of laundry processed f5176,000 generated in ship's store and vending sales in sales profits transferred to the Morale, Welfare and Recreati 20 articles written for the Mayport Mirror 3865 pictures taken by ENS DesSureault 712 total gallons of paint used 220 gallons of haze grey used 130 gallons of deck grey used 500 2'l paint brushes used 750 rollers used 65 cases of toilet paper used 9 Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals awarded 57 Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals awarded 16 Flag Letters of Commendation awarded 22 Good Conduct Medals awarded 35 advancements 3 promotions 6 Surface Warfare Officers qualified 57 Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialists qualified 10 Officer of the Decks qualified ort, Florida on Fund