Trippe (FF 1075) - Naval Cruise Book

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I X 5? f gl 5 'mm 1 Ei A l ' s 1 ' . . . in ,f 1 ktl' A -N '. .' Jai 'fl 4 FCCIVIQSW KELLEY S. BROW CCM D MASTER CHIEF Master Chief Kelley S. Brown was bom in Sanford, Maine, in 1955 and was raised in New Hampshire. He joined the Navy in 1971, two months after graduating from Epping High School in Epping, New Hampshire. Following Basic Training, Master Chief Bromm attended Fire Control A and C Schools in Cireat Lakes, Illinois. His sea tours include assignments onboard USS DAHLGREN QDDG-451: USS OOONTZ QDDG-4053 USS MILLER QFF-10915 and USS TRIPPE QFF- 1075l. Significant shore tours include attendance at the Advanced Fire Control HC School 5 Fire Control HC School Instructor: and R-5 Division Officer, Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, Newport. Master Chief Brovm was advanced to Master Chief in February 1991. While onboard TRIPPE, he has served as Second Division Gunnery Officer and 5-M Coordinator. He is presently serving as the Command Master Chief. Master Chief Brovm is married to the former Cynthia Kristine Lundsten of Pequannock, New Jersey. They have three children: Jeremy, Nicholas, and Emily. Command Master Chief 5

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,f ' x W4,.,v-f' - N, C .. Mr? .W i i ' ' I COM DER STEVE WEI GART EXECUTIVE OFFICER Commander Weingart, a native of Minneapolis, Minne- sota, graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics, and was commissioned in 1977. His sea tours include assignments as M-Division Officer and Reactor Training Assistant onboard USS BAINBRIDGE QCGN-2555 Radiological Controls Officer onboard USS CAPE COD QAD-451: Weapons Officer onboard USS JOHN KING QDDG-53: and Damage Control Assistant onboard USS 4 Executive Officer DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER QCVN-691. Significant shore tours include attendance at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, where he earned a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science: Department Head School, Surface Warfare Officers School, and Nuclear Power School. His awards include two Navy Commendation Medals. Commander Weingart is married to the former Lori Gen- dreau of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have two children, Greg and Diana.

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LIEUTENANT JOHN TRIPPE 1785 - 1810 John Trippe was born in 1785 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Little is known about his formal education, but his naval correspondence suggests that he was well schooled in his youth. Trippe entered the Navy on 5 April 1799 and SCI'V2d aboard the frigate UNITED STATES and the schooner EXPERIMENT as a midship- man. During the quasi-war with France, he participated in the Mediterranean cam- paign against the Barbary pirates while aboard the frigate PRESIDENT. In late 1805, the new construction schooner VIXEN, with Trippe as acting Lieu- tenant, sailed for the Mediterranean to join Commodore Preble's American squadron. Upon VIXEN's arrival, Preble planned a direct attack on heavily defended Tripoli. The battle began mid-afternoon as the American gunboats and bomb ves- sels advanced against the Tripolitans despite overwhelming armament arranged against them. Lieutenant Trippe commanded one gunboat in a division of three during the advance against the enemy's eastern division. With their ships outnumbered three to one, they quickly closed to a range where hand to hand combat ensued with pis- tols, sabres, pikes, and tomahawks. Lieutenant Trippe boarded one of the enemys large vessels with only ten men, his gunboat drifting away before others could fol- low. Thus, he was left to conquer or perish with the odds thirty-six to eleven against him. In minutes, the enemy's decks were cleared, and the colors hauled dovm. Fourteen enemy sailors were killed and twenty-two taken prisoner. For his personal gallantry and fearless leadership in this action, he was commended by Congress and awarded a sword of honor. In 1805, Lieutenant Trippe visited the United States, but returned to the Mediter- ranean to sewe again the following year. In 1808, he was assigned to Charleston, South Carolina to enforce President Jefferson's embargo legislation. Two years later Lieutenant Trippe, now Commanding Officer of the schooner VIXEN, was fired upon by the British sloop MOSELLE off the coast of Florida. Trippe immediately prepared for the action, but a battle was averted when the British Captain tendered a written apology for his action. Lieutenant Trippe died at sea on 9 July 1810, while enroute to New Orleans. There have been four ships named after John Trippe. The first was a former merchant sloop which was outfitted with a single long gun and took part in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1815. Then followed Destroyer DD 55 commissioned 25 March, 1911. She escorted convoys during World War I. DD-405, commissioned TRIPPE on 1 November, 1959, served her first two years conducting anti-subma- rine patrols in the North Atlantic. After the United States joined World War II, TRIPPE performed survivor searches, shore bombardments, amphibious landings, ASW patrols, and convoy duty. She was decommissioned on 28 August 1946. DD-55 1 11-1919 6+LT John Trippe DD-ll-D5 1959-1911-6