Japanese ships are faintly visible on the horizon beyond the smoke screen (80-G-288144). Mathias Vorachek as commanding officer of Albany. The original contract was for 26 ships and to deplete the Navy of those ships as quick as they did was a move to deplete the Navy. She has been in use since 2004 as an unnamed and non-commissioned test ship for the US Navy as the Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS). you can look it up. ", It took me 14 years to get here and now we are Decommisioning? The four smaller stars in gold are in recognition of the attainment of the rank of Admiral. Make equipment that makes the other side say Hey guys Ill pass!. Video of Stump SINKEX literally brought me to tearsYorktown is decommissioned, but still afloat up in the northeast pending some kind of decision on disposition. someplace, too. Only once in three years did we ever experience water hours when our evaporators failed. A native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, Felix Budwell Stump was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state in 1913. Just one of their number, the former USS Paul Foster, remains. The career politicians let us down again, surprise surprise. Specifically, FBE-H further developed NWDC's draft Access Concept entitled "Poseidon's Presence". Photo by Malcom Muir, January 1 1988. The highlight of the deployment was the Tomahawk missile strike launched against Iraq in support of Operation Southern Watch on 17 January 1993. DD964 USS Paul F Foster plank owner, EM2. All of our navigation gear (NavSat, Omega) broke within days of leaving the shipyard and we had to navigate from Mississippi to San Diego using stars and sextant. DN-SC-85-09116. I loved bothe Sprucans I was on. Beam: 55 feet . But in order to build all those new Burks you have to get rid of the cheap fix. This is for All Shipmates who served on USS Oldendorf DD-972 from commissioning thru decommissioning. In January 1998 STUMP commenced work-ups for its upcoming Sixth Fleet deployment by participating in COMPTUEX and JTFEX as part of the USS EISENHOWER Battle Group. in Aerospace Engineering in. Highlights of the deployment included rendering assistance to the sailboat OKIVA which STUMP provided assistance in the form of fuel and 75 pounds of fresh food to get the boat to port. There is no impact to the commands mission or schedule due to the relief.. In another event, STUMP capturing a drug boat, known as "go-fast," and detainined its crew. USS Stump is the 16th SPRUANCE-class destroyer. However, I recognized that necessity. ADM W.L. DD 974 will forever live in my heart Sans Precedent ! After the war he served in the battleship ALABAMA, had flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, and postgraduate instruction in Aeronautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. George R. Aguilar as Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) during a ceremony May 19, 2022. out of the navy now and going to school. Email: Reunion@dd973.org for more info. Were all Navy ships of the 70s and 80s like that? I dont know anything about the Haylers SPS-49, but the Kidd class (4 ships originally ordered by the Shahs Iran) were equipped with the more capable SPS-48 series used by our older CGs and CGNs. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information. GOING BACK TO A CARRIER, IT'S NOT WHERE IT'S AT!I DON'T MISS THAT MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE MOST OF THEM CAME TO THE ENTERPRISE, BUT THOSE WHO DID NOT. You wonder what our planners are thinking?? For exceptionally meritorious service as "Commander of the combined operation center of the Allied-American, British, Dutch and Australian air command" he was awarded the U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Medal. Returning home in March 1983, she participated in Solid Shield '83, a complex exercise involving U.S. NATO ships and the U.S. Air Force. In 1944 Stump was promoted to Rear Admiral and took command of Task Unit 52.11.2 and Carrier Division 24 embarked on the escort carrier USS Corregidor (CVE-58) for operations against Saipan. The majority of ships already had been upgraded to vertical launch, and as far as the rest of the electronics upgrades go well, thats the easiest and cheapest of the bunch. Thank you for posting this. She was laid up at the inactive ships maintenance facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and sunk as a target along with her sister, Comte de Grasse off the coast of North Carolina on 7 June 2006. All Rights Reserved. Try the Ship's Store. Capt. @#$. I was the commissioning Operations Officer in USS SPRUANCE (DD-963). Stump conducted Black Sea operations, port visits and extensive undersea warfare (USW) operations. One of the finest ships I served on. Git R Done! Great Ships. Evidently the Goodyear rubber dome window had irregularities and caused flow noise. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. At a CPO reunion learned she is on the bottom off the coast of Australia as a reef.. Glad she wasnt a target or sold to some wierdo country. (Later on ships had gray railings in the 90s). No additional details were immediately provided. Search for a command's Crew List| 1981 1982 1986 was significant for two reasons. A close ET school friend was aboard Briscoe91-93. :p8\Z`x\. Amy Bauernschmidt, incoming commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), reads her orders during a change of command ceremony held on the flight deck. USS OBannon DD987 85-88, her sinkex is on youtube and the only thing I can say when I watched it was, those doing the sinking would be crapping themselves if I was still on board her shooting back, sad to see the young lady go down without a fight, and yes she could fight hard. | Walt "Sarge" Slaughter of his duties Aug. 19 during a change of command ceremony in San . I served on the USS F B Parks DD-884(Gearing class destroyer). I generally regarded the Ingalls Shipyard as a bunch of rednecks with welding rods. Great ship with a great crew. <3 AND, I MISS SOME OF YOU GUYS LOL. approx Age? Hope lifes treating you 1980-84 Her story is typical of her class. Not even her 127mm guns, standard issue on US Navy destroyers, were salvaged. I also served on the Uss Harry W Hill from sept 1 85 to april 9 88. HEY YOU GUYS ITS GENTLEMAN JACK
STUMP then deployed for UNITAS XXVI/WATC '85. No sooner were they stricken than they were systematically sunk in a series of fleet training exercises, dismantled, or otherwise scrapped. Too bad we had to end it all so soon. any other details? Loss of confidence is a response. Ive always told myself that I would have remained in the Navy if the Hill and her officers were my first tour! A waste of fineships! Shame that they sunk the Spruance class of ships, Way to soon. SN/EN3 McAllister I served aboard the Deyo from 84 until 88 and count those years as some of the best of my life. Call me crazy, but I miss everyone. I dont know if this went through the first time, but if it did I apologize Material and external links contained herein are made available for the purpose of peer review and discussion and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Naval War College, Department of the Navy or the Department of Defense. Thats an even 100-ships, or a reduction by about 58% from the late 1980s. 1992 1993 Add yours! Also in 1984, STUMP won the James F. Chezek Memorial Gunnery Award by shooting an extraordinary 496 out of 500 during Naval Gunfire Support Qualifications. USS STUMP, as part of Destroyer Squadron Two, joined five other nations and other U.S. Navy warships in the central Mediterranean for the execution of SHAREM 125, from July 9-15, 1998. I served aboard USS Cushing (DD-985) from 1990 to 1993, and she was one of the best in the fleet. You waited for the price to come down and technology to mature some and got the HD LCD TV and then you still held onto the tube set for a while and put it in the guest room until a better deal came along and you got an even better primary set. Bow of the destroyer USS OBannon (DD-987), a Spruance-class destroyer, showing the ships Mark 16 8-cell ASROC anti-submarine rocket launcher, foreground, and a Mark 45 5-inch/54-caliber gun. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsYour USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697) was an Allen M. Sumner class ship, not a Spruance. If youre not a member ask to be added. Captain Charles J. Smith, center, talks with guests attending a ceremony aboard the USS STUMP (DD 978) to adopt the destroyer as the flagship for the state of West Virginia. She also had lots of room for weapons upgrading for years to come. 102 0 obj
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r \B#oRbp STUMP's 1980 maiden deployment was to the Mediterranean, serving as flagship for COMDESRON FOURTEEN. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsMy Dad was on DD 974 during that time. BZ!!! made it. USS Peterson (DD-969) keeping tabs on YAK-38 Forger, most likely landing on a Soviet Kiev-class carrier. Have you checked out the websites Here the USS Hayler, DD-997, commissioned in 1983, is being sunk as a target on 13 November 2004. The crew was great, chaperoning me all over the ship, since dad was busy testing the sonar, amd Ieven got to play on a radar console in CIC. Saw Al Aumacks name listed USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) and two destroyer escorts making smoke at the start of the battle off Samar, 25 October 1944. Amazing experience!! Her weapons outfitting wasnt really all that bad even pointing to the DDG-51 Class the Spruance was a worthy foe. I also sailed in AW Radford DD968 89-94. well!!! CMC Bill DuVal (FC). Welcome USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is the lead ship of the U.S. Navy's Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and is named in honor of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. This is a total of 239 surface warships capable of blue water operations. Thanks for the article. Dawley is Hopper's second commanding officer to be relieved in the last three years. Fife Dog I understand your summary completely. Spent most my days as engineering logroom yeoman. Length: 529 feet . But then again how many times were we spending money like a drunken sailor in the PI on payday the last quarter of the year so that our budget didnt get reduced next year. I still want to see a Littoral Combat Ship sometime look s neat in a spaceship kind of way. I suoi incarichi in mare includono la USS Roark (FF-1053) come ufficiale di artiglieria / antisommergibile e navigatore; USS Stump (DD-978) come ingegnere capo; e come ufficiale esecutivo a bordo della USS Hercules (PHM-2) e della USS Yorktown (CG-48) . Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe assets, suffered a fire last month while pierside, Women in the military: Moving beyond firsts, Veterans Affairs drops mask requirement for all agency medical offices, Healthy eating on a budget for busy military spouses, The impossible choice facing many of Americas military families, Number of imprisoned veterans concerns former defense chiefs, Tax scams How to report them Money Minute, Capitol Hill weighs action on two controversial topics: medical marijuana and abortion, Lockheed wins hypersonics contract | Defense Dollars, Go inside a secret nuclear fallout bunker sealed for decades, Pentagon orders engine vibration fix for entire F-35 fleet worldwide, MCPON: Sailors need speedier, easier access to counseling, Navy issues new playbook for addressing sailors mental health needs, Dismissal of 3rd MARSOC 3 defendants case to be weighed by court, US Navy reviews cost-saving design changes before resuming amphib buys. Engineering: Auxiliary Dept. Served on Ingersoll 87-90 caught in yards in San Pedro Ca and rode her to Pearl.Did the Aussie Bi-cenntenial cruise more time inport than at sea after the cruise Capt Frank told me I would make chief because of the performance of our div(S2) I will be always thankful for that group of sailors much love for Spruance Class destroyers. Argenis. I WAS NOT ON THERE VERY LONG BUT I MISS IT. Specifically, FBE-H further developed NWDC's draft Access Concept entitled "Poseidon's Presence". The OHPs were never meant to be multi-warfare DD replacements. They drove the ship hard a lot, tore the fantail hand rail and trash chute several times. 96 0 obj
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In January 1942 he was transferred to the Staff of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet for which he was awarded the U.S. Army's Distinguished Service Medal. Story Number: NNS030731-06 Release Date: 7/31/2003 9:04:00 AM By Lt. j.g. Next duty station was Fleet Training Group Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from November 1991-June 1995 as a shipboard instructor on Perry class Frigates, Spruance class Destroyers, and Ticonderoga class Cruisers. I always liked your XO approachfair and honest. Following the return from its Middle Eastern Force deployment in February 1997, STUMP conducted an extensive DSRA and immediately commenced a rigorous training cycle which culminated in a highly successful Final Evaluation Period. Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm 1978 SHAREM 125 was the latest in a series of SHAREM exercises designed to test and evaluate undersea warfare tactics, weapons, sensors and procedures. We tagged yall down off the coast of Gulf of Fonseca. CG69 Loved every minute of it sad to hear they are being scrapped. Newspaper clipping from Navy New York dated August 1 1983. Requests should go out at Cost plus 7-10% and due on specific dates 100% certified and complete with a Bonus paid upon completion of contract when completed early and 100% . Shortly thereafter Stump attended flight training at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola in 1920-1921 followed by postgraduate instruction in Aeronautical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Weather the decision makers meant that or not It did affect the Navy force composition. and is slated to go to Jacksonville in the coming months. The USS Stump was decommissioned and stricken on 22 October 2004. that we had no bullets, so the tasking to send us into disputed Nicaraguan waters was cancelled. I then became a quasi-expert on the Middle East and oil issuessince I landed a job at Mobil Oil Corp in 1980 for 12 years. I will approve you. I was among the first to convert from EM1 to GSE1 in oct. 78 when the GS rating officially opened. OS2 DEL. WASHINGTON The Navy has fired the commander and the second in charge of the littoral combat ship Montgomery because of "a loss of confidence in their ability to command," the service said on. In October 1989, STUMP again deployed to the Mediterranean as part of the FORRESTAL Battle Group (MED 1-90). A few corrections: Good memories and sad feelings on the demise of our homes away from home! While in the Caribbean, Stump again shot naval gunfire support qualifications and scored 495 out of 500, winning the Atlantic Fleet "Top Gun" award for an unprecedented second year in a row. The heroic and distinguished naval career of Admiral Felix B. Stump is reflected in the ship's Coat of Arms. I remember when I first got there she was going through an availability. Yn3 Morris here mar 90- Sep 92. Heading south joining the US Naval Forces Southern Command, STUMP and its embarked detachment from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42 participated in counter-narcotics operations in the eastern Pacific and took part in the annual UNITAS exercise. The weapon systems, technology, engineering plant and livability differences between TJ and PF Flyer was night and day. Cadillacs..Plain and simple, Our Ship (USS FIFE), could tear through the water, Hunted Subs like a fox, and always looked sleek and sure in or out of port. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious serviceas Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet; United States Military Advisor to the Southeast Treaty Organizations." Some of the best times of my life were spent during my time assigned there. They were a fast, maneuverable ship. I agree that they were decommissioned way too early. We also had a major gunfire casualty due to a coke can being disposed inside of our fire control computer. The US Navy has dismissed four commanding officers and a senior enlisted adviser in less than one week due to "loss of confidence," a strikingly short timeframe for such disciplinary action . He held that post until June 1953. It is sad that these fine ships were scrapped or sunk with just 20 or so years of service. It went through a number of changes while I served(70-72) including but not limited to a helo deck. STUMP conducted Black Sea operations, port visits and extensive USW operations. I served aboard the USS John Rodgers DD983 from 1983-1986. Then, starting in 1998, these hardy destroyers that were at the top of their game, began to retire. It would have been prohibitively expensive to retrofit the SPRUANCE hull with AEGIS. I think, for the most bang for the buck, they were GREATand specialized sub hunters like you mentioned. While in the Caribbean, STUMP again shot Naval Gunfire Support Qualifications and scored 495 out of 500 winning the Atlantic Fleet "Top Gun" award for an unprecedented second year in a row. From 1923 to 1925 he was a Naval Flight Officer in Torpedo Squadron 2 (VT-2) "Doer Birds" of the experimental carrier USS LANGLEY (CV-1). 0
Available for both RF and RM licensing. The distinguished naval career of Admiral Felix Stump is reflected in the ship's coat of arms. Ironically, while all of the Spruances are gone, Orleck endures as a floating museum ship in Lake Charles, La. Navy made a big mistake not at least mothballing at least 20 of them! She was the first Spruance class ship to go outside Mississippi for a major overhaul. My First Ship was DD-977 Briscoe. See yall there. Although she was a great ship with plenty of power the Spruance class destroyers were plagued with some serious problems. BM3(sw)I got dam anchors on my hand, he's be so proud.learned alot, and remember everyone from 1st divgood and bad times..i even ran into didy in bahrain, Had a great time on Stump. While operating in the Persian Gulf, the Truman battle group enforced United Nations sanctions against Iraq by diverting 22 vessels with more than $5 million of suspected contraband cargo. VVB hx|_YjgJQzV@+ n%_q}y|&OWRFC7c#K||p/l-dcA*|?^Nl+SP(s)0?v1t\tA5H&H)9e*/s+r93'e\:7&"zD4]A-0P R; The gold shield is symbolic of knowledge and achievement. Second ship was USS John Hancock DD-981 October 1987- November 1991 Made one MEF cruise and a North Atlantic cruise, Served as Senior Enlisted Engineering Programs Manager. The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Stump (DD 978).
More on this ship below. The only big drawback that I can think of is that the superstructure was aluminum. Served on three of these hulls DD, DDG, and CG.Fletcher, Callaghan, and Thomas S Gates and enjoyed each one. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. I was part of the commissioning crew USS Ingersoll DD-990. We worked hard and played hard. The four KIDD class of upgraded Spruance destroyers were neither scrapped nor sunk. In February 1958 when the command was divided, he was relieved of duty as Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, but continued to serve as Commander in Chief, Pacific until his retirement, effective August 1, 1958. First, STUMP was chosen to become the test platform for the Navy's newest Hull Mounted Sonar, the AN/SQS-53C. My favorite one was when we were on our UNITAS and we were playing the wardroom in a softball game in Panama and the XO was piss drunk and I rounded third base and kicked over his beer! The cruise was supposed to end at Seal Beach, but dad ended up failing the new sonar, so we ended up going back to LBNS. Commanders of Constitution. Alexa Jenkins, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer Carney, assumed command of their respective ships in the summer of 2022. While in Vietnam I saw several Marine helo pilots park their helos on the fantail. USS Deyo after her ASROC was removed and replaced with the 61-cell VLS. I served on 2 SpruCans: USS PAUL F FOSTER (DD 964) as OPS Boss and USS OBRIEN (DD 975) as XO. While the SPRUANCE Class may have had many years of service life remaining in their hull and propulsion systems, it was their combat systems which spelled their doom. After the war he served in the pre-dreadnaught battleship ALABAMA (BB-8). Surely keeping some in mothballs would have been decent insurance but no one was worried about Russia or China back in 2003 or so. Stump, while conducting routine operations on 17 April 1998, was informed by United States Coast Guard Station Portsmouth that the Sara Ann was in distress. Diffenately my favorite cmd. Our Can was classified as 2250 tons, not the 3000 to 4000 tons as specified in the article. Ronald Gero, commanding officer of the USS Ohio, was relieved by Rear Adm. James Caldwell due to a loss of confidence in Gero's ability to command. Weapons systems limited, did they have NTDS, how about Engineers, were their power plants like? Then the navy in its infinate wisdom sent me to a LST. Didnt see your name listed there. BY the mid 1990s. Further, the 51s are tasked increasingly with fleet air defense and (now) with ABM missions. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsServed on the Deyo as EMO from about March 82 until retirement July 83. March 1984 was highlighted by Stump's adoption as state flagship of West Virginia. The focus of FBE-H was the application of network centric operations in gaining and sustaining access in support of follow on joint operations. | Capt. What state was he from? The Commanding Officers. Bragg is generally considered among the worst generals of the Civil War. WWII cans had 5/38 caliber guns (no such gun as 5/58) Our mission is to embark, deploy, land and support a Marine landing force. Perhaps you can contact the Orleck museum for more info on that scheme. I wont go any farther than that. The Spruances, unlike the Burkes, was dedicated to ASW, ASuW, and land strike with both naval gunfire and cruise missiles. I served on the USS Moosbrugger DD-980 from May, 1984 to Nov, 1986. Great to hear from a fellow Harry W Hill plank owner. I have learned a lot about ATM @ sea in such a short time, that I was able to work at fiscal section too easy. In drydock in New York during summer 1983. The Pete was my last ride 9/86-8/88. Ingalls promoted that the ships could be modified and upgraded for years to come, and Ingalls could build a modular section that could be added as the section they are updating was removed. Many good memories. While in the Gulf, STUMP completed over 40 boardings in support of Maritime Interdiction Operations and participated in 11 Arabian Gulf Tomahawk exercises, including one as Launch Area Coordinator. Even with all the trials and tribulations the KinkyD went through, I was surprised when I learned of its destruction. 1998 1999 and retired from the Naval Reserve as well. Promoted to Commander in 1940, he served as Executive Officer of USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6). In April, and on 48-hour notice, Stump was directed to detach and proceed to the Persian Gulf to replace the USSSamuel B. Roberts which had suffered extensive damage from a naval mine explosion. Great cruise. Stump was able to assist in rescuing the crew and provide safe passage back to Norfolk, VA. (Images on the right) Great memories!!! Both of them great ships. E-mail me so we can keep in touch. USS STUMP took part in the Fleet Battle Experiment Hotel (FBE-H) which was conducted by units of the 2nd Fleet and personnel of the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) from August 28 to September 12, 2000 off the Virginia Capes and in the Gulf of Mexico. The only thing better than riding a Spruance Can was driving a Spruance CAN! A fine ship gone far too soon. First paragraph.Five inch/thirty eight caliber gun.there is no such critter as a five inch/fifty eightthat would wind up with a barrel three hundred inches long or so. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsCommissioned the USS David R. Ray (DD-971) back in 1977 Greatest ship I ever served on I also commissioned the USS Vincennes (CG-49) based on the Sprucan hull. From December 1948 to 1951 Stump served as Commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic Fleet during which time he was promoted to Vice Admiral. They also faded away with 62 5-inch guns, 62 CIWS guns, 249 Harpoon anti-ship missile launch spots, 62 LAMPS helicopter hangar spots, 249 Sea Sparrow missile launcher cells, 210 RAM missile cells, and 186 Mk32 ASW Torpedo tubes. My dad was a sonar guru from the shipyard, and I went with. I was part of the USS Ingersoll DD-990 commissioning crew. One might say that the data processing and networking capabilities of the SPRUANCE class were like 9600 baud dial-up systems trying to keep up with broadband cable. Looking for DD 978 (legal and honorable) history makers, and Sailors of infamy. When she did trials out of Long Beach, I was there. A great ship and really hated to see her sunk.