About the Destroyers Name, about Admiral Felix B. Stump: USS Stump Scores Again, Intercepts From December 1948 to 1951 Stump served as Commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic Fleet during which time he was promoted to Vice Admiral. 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. The end of service life for them was being discussed in NAVSEA back in the early 90s shortly before I retired. Pingback: Dragging out that Navy Naming Conventions Soapbox | laststandonzombieisland, Your email address will not be published. Capt. It was on this cruise that STUMP obtained it's mascot Felix, a Bluefronted Amazon Parrot, during a port visit to Brazil. Sure was ashame to see her sunk! I too precommed and was a plank owner of DD-990 USS Ingersoll. Did a North Atlantic cruise on the Spruance DD-963 while in Precom for MY ship, Comte De Grasse DD-974. Our mission is to embark, deploy, land and support a Marine landing force. USS Deyo after her ASROC was removed and replaced with the 61-cell VLS. In 1988, Stump deployed to the Mediterranean as part of the USSDwight D. Eisenhower carrier battle group (MED 388). Seems he Hey shipmate I also broke my cherry on the jolly Rodgers from 1985-1989 as an HT than a D.C. left there as a DC2. | He graduated and was commissioned an Ensign in March 1917. About the Ship's Coat of Arms: A bit of a story first, Capt., then a thought about what you wrote. They installed the CIWS, the helo recovery tracking system, ungraded the radars and expanded the helo hangar for extra sonar buoy storage. Search for a command's Crew List| USS STUMP deployed in late November 2000 along with the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN Battle Group. BY the mid 1990s. I put the David R. Ray (DD-971) in commission and served aboard her for 5 years. I never thought I'd miss the Stump untill I got to the Enterprise. He served in the gunboat YORKTOWN (PG-1) and as Navigator in the cruiser CINCINNATI (C-7) during World War 1 in the Atlantic. In August 1990, Stump transited to Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana, for overhaul and major combat systems upgrade. Other features may include candid photographs of crew members at work and recreation, details and history of the ship, and short biographies on captains, commanders, and other prominent officers. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. I served on carriers as well. I honor this class on my facebook page. In cooperation with a Colombian Coast Guard cutter, Stump located and recovered a survivor of a wrecked Colombian vessel. As a result of her outstanding performance, STUMP was awarded the "Hookem Award" for USW excellence by the Commander U.S. Sixth Fleet. One thing that did fascinate me is the level of vertical integration practiced by Litton Industries in the outfitting of the ship: Numerous other subsidiaries participated along with Ingalls: There were Clifton Precision SPA-25 radar scopes in CIC, Amecom communication gear in the radio room, Frigitemp chillers in the galley, and Royal typewriters (along with Monroe calculators) in the office. I would do it all again on any ship!! Secondly, STUMP was awarded the COMDESRON TEN Battle "E" Efficiency award for overall excellence. I was her first Navigator and XN Department Head. Thats an even 100-ships, or a reduction by about 58% from the late 1980s. made Chief before retiring. Your email address will not be published. Served on Elliot 967 from July 76 till 79. HI EVERYBODY! STUMP's 1980 maiden deployment was to the Mediterranean, serving as flagship for COMDESRON FOURTEEN. Those 7 hulls that were not equipped with VLS retained their ASROC launchers which gave the fleet another 56 of those weapons. In February 1995, Stump deployed to the Caribbean Sea in support of counter drug operations, transiting the Panama Canal. I considered the SpruCans as cadillacs since I came off the Knox Class frigates. Add yours! STUMP re-visited eight South American nations, as well as completing another successful transit of the Chilean Inland Waterway. to Everything else can be handled by the Coast Guard. She was the last in the continuous line of hull numbers. She was a fine ship and it broke my heart to hear that she was used as target practice and sunk. In A Reversal By Navy, Sacked Captain Of USS Roosevelt Will Not Be Capt. I boarded her for the first time 3 days before we bombed Libya. Leadership. I serve on the david r ray DD 971 for me that class was what the navy was all about during the cold war. Promoted to Commander in 1940, he served as Executive Officer of USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6). Our first ship, and boy was she a GREAT ONE In some warped wayI miss those daze. Lots of fond memories and funny stories. Just one of their number, the former USS Paul Foster, remains. Was that a new color scheme? He stopped, thought for a moment, and then told me Never mind, Ill handle this. UNITAS ROCKED!!!! My first thought about the justification was of the lack of stealth. A lot of good memories tied up in both those old girls. Numbers and weapon systems are what we need. Im not sure what upgrades they received, but they were originally designed and built for a foreign country, so I am sure their technology wasnt/isnt up to the Sprucans levels. well!!! The Mark 29 NATO Sea Sparrow launcher on the stern of the destroyer USS STUMP (DD 978). You listing of the weapon and radar systems would lead one to believe that all the Spruance class destroyers had an AN/SPS-49 air search radar when in fact only one, the USS Hayler had this type of radar. Props to the king of south america, Bob "as in I wanna bang you from the back" Didier. 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. In early 1945 he supported the operations at Lingayan, Philippines. The Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) was bound and determined to help Big Navy get rid of the SPRUCANs by failing them in their 5-year inspections (in 2002, aboard 989, we were the only SPRU in recent memory tobarelypass an INSURV). I loved that ship. In addition, the NATO exercise "Unified Spirit" ran concurrently with the JTFEX, with forces from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany and the United Kingdom playing major roles. Somehow the helicopters were on Sumner and Gearings. The FRAMs had 5/38s, but that could just be a typo. 1982-85 Reunion in a few days (Sept. 17 2015) in Mobile Al. Where to start? ENC (SW) ret 75-95. Much later, I watched video of them sinking her for a NJ reef. Dissimilar metals which caused electrolysis and resulted in rapid deterioration.Additionally she had no expansion joints and was prone to super structure cracking. We could not fight the Russians, or Chinese now and win. Like Megatron and Osama Bin Laden, most of the Spruances were sunk in deep water. I commissioned the David R. Ray (DD-971) and did my first 5 year sea duty tour as an OS. 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. Instead of being refurbed to serve another decade or two, they were stricken from the Navy List. There are 695 crew members registered for the USS Stump (DD 978). 2003 now. The blue silhouette cross refers to the Navy Cross twice awarded him while in command of Carrier Division 24; the white central star denotes the Silver Star Medal awarded "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action" against enemy-held islands. USS JOHN YOUNG, DD 973 Reunion 2018, Mobile Alabama. Perhaps you can contact the Orleck museum for more info on that scheme. She served us well and glad to see our old girl still afloat. Stump was Commanding Officer of USS SARATOGA (CV-3)'s Scout-Bombing Squadron 2 (VSB-2) in 1936-1937. Also, the irony is that the first four Ticos themselves were originally drawn up as DDGs! USS Stump and USNS Kanawha on 30 March 2001. Email: Reunion@dd973.org. CAPT Greg Stump, USCG, "Take on the Toxic Leader," U.S. I served onboard the US John Young DD973 from 92-96. A real shooter with aim. All ships also gained an 8-pack of Harpoon SSMs, an 8-cell NATO Sea Sparrow SAM launcher (also capable of being used against surface ships), and a pair of 20mm CIWS R2D2 guns for swatting away incoming missiles. | Served on USS FLETCHER DDDD992 from 91 to 95. [3] Stump was also credited with the identification of a low flying plane whose inspection upon landing in the US accounted for the recovery of several hundred kilos of Cocaine. Patch: Unit Details: Strength Destroyer Type Surface Vessels Existing/Disbanded Decommissioned Year 1975 - 2003 Description. At sea spent alot of time topside checking out the stars while underway. She was the last and best ship of my 20 plus years. After the war he served in the pre-dreadnaught battleship ALABAMA (BB-8). One is the USS Steniker in Mexico today. You probably know this, but Capt.Harbrect, Capt Lash, and Master Chief Huggins are still around Pascagoula, actually I think Capt Harbrect is in Fairhope, Alabama, https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsThen commander Lash was the best officer I ever had the honor to serve with. 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. Ralston, a native of Rota, Spain, has been in command of Porter since Aug. 12, 2020, leading Porter and her crew on two multi-mission forward-deployed naval forces patrols throughout U.S. Sixth. 5#ao8{C,bqxBYYfZ='c^[)clDec@FL|UcQ&PBgB*6XI-v*e>NgcG#8(.xcI#HlZBkL'b/8/ Vvj`f#evYI5)';br>)CgDlr/J#%?Ptw0:/W('Gr*5T1RP"vUT@!l?8jPHMm]&w|NN#%xqW!\RV{MV]rL=)8 Io)Ar3`#M(O/.k(zDP*'tx~QaCoQ3y)E@ : P"g7r\y*ed|vp2j\-FD;{:w^c^+d?)y`T8S`IhjU+b CApq;Oquq(b)-y~lD^pAF~%y XY_&gwSNJnN:`wUQO5oDI 6: 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. Ill be going to her last XOs funeral this Thursday in Arlington. What a waste to systematically rid the Navy of so many great ships. I dont know if this went through the first time, but if it did I apologize I was a Plank Owner on the USS Comte De GRasse and served from 1978 To 1980. Both were fine ships. After returning from the Gulf Stump was dispatched to meet and escort the Mighty Savant II carrying the damaged Samuel B. Roberts from the Suez canal to Rota Spain during part of its return journey to the US for repairs. Under U.S. Joint Forces Command's overarching experiment, "Millennium Challenge 00," FBE-H ran concurrently with the U.S. Army's Joint Contingency Force Advanced Warfighting Experiment, the U.S. Air Force Joint Contingency Force Experiment 2000 and the U.S. Marine Corps' Millennium Dragon. A waste of fineships! 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. I laugh when I see that the Navy saved 28 million a year on operations! | I was on the Briscoe, Did you go to Drubroknic, then Yugoslavia? A few corrections: in Aerospace Engineering in. Stump was underway again in October for six weeks of Caribbean law enforcement operations where she performed a rescue of a sinking drug runner and recovered a shipment of Marijuana, 80 bales of Marijuana were recovered for destruction before the boat sank. LAUREN BOEBERT DESANTIS VS TRUMP | Conspiracy Daily Update Deputy Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic 05 March 2021 Deputy Commander SURFLANT Rear Adm. Kimberly Walz is a native of Crownsville, Maryland. The Navy has announced a string of five firings in the span of less than a week, the most recent on Tuesday with the commanding officer of USS Preble . Naval Academy in 1997. . Most of the battles in which he engaged ended in defeats. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.js, http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/0834.htm, Warship Wednesday: March 9, 2016 Blooming flowers for Agerholm | laststandonzombieisland, http://www.reunion16.wixsite.com/ussjohnyoung, Warship Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020: Hannah on the Beach | laststandonzombieisland, Warship Wednesday, April 15, 2020: The Winged Spinach Can | laststandonzombieisland, East Bank buzzing again | laststandonzombieisland, Warship Wednesday: March 17, 2021, Shamrock Cans | laststandonzombieisland, A Closer Look at the FFG-62 Class | laststandonzombieisland, The Rat Attack! They were indeed beautiful ships though! He held that post until June 1953. Mission Ready, Qualified & Competent, On Time Execution! Navy Fires Warship's Top Two Officers, Citing 'Loss of Confidence' He retired off of her in June 1981. Served aboard the USS David R Ray (DD-971) in the early 80s. During this deployment, Stump was extremely successful in conducting anti-submarine warfare exercises and was once again presented the "Hookem" award for excellence in undersea warfare. This is for All Shipmates who served on USS Oldendorf DD-972 from commissioning thru decommissioning. However, the Ticonderoga-class cruisers are roughly the same age. Commanding Officer, USS STUMP (DD-978) 1992 COMUSNAVCENT Staff (N3A), Bahrain Collapse Timeline Expand Timeline Education M.A., U.S. I served on USS Oldendorf DD 972. It is sad that these fine ships were scrapped or sunk with just 20 or so years of service. More about us Leaders. Professor Walt Wildemann is a retired Surface Warfare Officer who first served as NWC faculty from January 1997 through September 2000 in the JMO Department where he taught both the Intermediate and Senior level courses. From top to bottom: USS Peterson (DD-969), USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968), USS Elliot (DD-967), USS Hewitt (DD-966), Kinkaid (DD-965), USS Caron (DD-970) PCUs are visible, At least five Spruance-class destroyers being built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi, with the two closest being USS Conolly (DD-979) and USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), 25 May 1977. 1940s complement for the Sumners as designed was 336 Officers and Enlisted while some wartime designs (such as DMs) were 363 http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/0834.htm . 102 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<1284F6F67DBE824BA8025A75EED7CAB2><13542D5798F657489313BA80B841852E>]/Index[96 14]/Info 95 0 R/Length 52/Prev 371474/Root 97 0 R/Size 110/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Most 21-year old ships are still in service, with another 10-15 years left on their hulls. 1958 edition | laststandonzombieisland, Goula Sub Sighting (of Sorts) | laststandonzombieisland, VS22 Looking Flat | laststandonzombieisland, Sprucan Desert Shield Watercolors | laststandonzombieisland, Bring back the Garcias! I find Shipmates and Friends rather easily when I have as much details as possible when I start. by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Alfred Coffield 05 February 2021 NORFOLK, VA -- The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769) conducted a change of command at Naval. Mike Sullivan. Went from Talos, Long Range Fist of he Fleet to pop gun, NATO Sea Sparrow. With the Burkes, its a side-job. Good article about a great class of DDs. Ingalls East Bank, Pascagoula, Six Spruance-class destroyers are being built at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. A hundred surface ships cant be everywhere at once. As a kid, I used to sit at the old Point on Beach Boulevard and watch these sleek 563-foot long greyhounds birthed for Poseidons fox hunts. A year later STUMP deployed as USCOMSOLANT Flagship for UNITAS XXII. Thank you for posting this. Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm - 1978 | 1979 - 1980 | 1981 - 1982 | 1983 - 1984 | 1985 - 1986 | 1987 - 1988 | 1989 - 1991 | 1992 - 1993 | 1994 - 1995 | 1996 - 1997 | 1998 - 1999 | 2000 - 2001 | 2002 | 2003 - now Navy Fires 2 Top Warship Officers Over 'Loss of Confidence' We also had a major gunfire casualty due to a coke can being disposed inside of our fire control computer. JPME I, U.S. All of you will always stay with me. Thorn just had plankowner reunion in Nashville. The Flight III Arleigh Burke is more than a match for anything any other Navy can deploysave the US Navy itself of course. What a waste!!! In their defense, most were funded by the bankrupt Carter military and their armament suite was superior to the destroyers they were supposed to replace. Do I understand correctly that they essentially turned these DDs into DDGs, but without renaming them? %%EOF Note the stealth hull configurations of the DDG-51 Class. It seemed disrespectful to me at the time. But, given the geopolitical situation in the post-Desert Storm world, it probably was the right decision. I was precom for USS John Hancock DD-981 in 1978 went TAD on the Peterson and Stump, sorry to see. Plankowner, Shellback and Suez Canal transit certificates proudly hang on the wall in my home office to this day, I did Med & North Atlantic trips on her I learned my trade on The Count, Finished 24 years active duty as an ICC(SW/AW), I knew it was time to retire when I was invited to the Decom for her, and I was still active duty Never thought Id out live that glorious ship. Ex-XO Harry W Hill, Hey there XO!!! I was across the pier from you on the USS John Rodgers (DD-983). As the commissioning commanding officer of Normandy, he led. I recall going through a storm that caused a 18 foot crack in the aluminum super structure. Login| I too have many fond memories of Pascagoula, Miss. USS John Rodgers has a Facebook page. Still, they made a good backdrop for 1984 recruiting commercials set in British-controlled Hong Kong! I served aboard USS Cushing (DD-985) from 1990 to 1993, and she was one of the best in the fleet. | [,mq2%*0IzbT0I:7g3N$I`V95 b1xeJzg7HI;A 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. Elliott was accepted into the Health Professions Scholarship Program and received a commission into the Navy Medical Corps in 1991. The distinguished naval career of Admiral Felix Stump is reflected in the ship's coat of arms. 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. <3 AND, I MISS SOME OF YOU GUYS LOL. Available for both RF and RM licensing. Engineering: Auxiliary Dept. A fine ship gone far too soon. USS Porter Holds Change of Command Ceremony - United States Navy Michael D. Nordeen, commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock Mesa Verde, and Cmdr. The year 1986 was significant for two reasons. 2. the ability ,of stump's crew to present a silver dollar ship to approximately 250 . USS STUMP was the 16th SPRUANCE - class destroyer and the first ship in the Navy named after Admiral Felix B. Stump. I do believe that generation of ships will prove to be the best all around ship designs any NAVY has floated, so far. Back in the early 1970s, the US Navy needed a replacement for the old FRAMd WWII era Sumner and Gearing leftovers from the 1940s and 50s in the fleet. The ship was named after Admiral Felix Stump, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command from 1953 to 1958.[1]. I retired in 1994 then worked for the owner of a fleet of commercial ships till 2008. . The U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal, received for exceptionally meritorious services as commander of a combined operations center during the early part of the war, is represented by the colors scarlet, white and blue, the colors of the suspension ribbon of the medal. DN-SC-90-04015. I served on 2 SpruCans: USS PAUL F FOSTER (DD 964) as OPS Boss and USS OBRIEN (DD 975) as XO. loved that ship. Aircraft Carrier Photo Index: USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) - NavSource 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. Deputy Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic Im as sentimental as the next sailor about the passing of the Spruance class having been a plankowner in Nicholson DD-982 from 78-80, but the fiscal and technological realities/limitations of the Spruance class fast became apparent. The highlights of the deployment was the devastating Tomahawk missile strike launched against Iraq in support of Operation "Southern Watch" on January 17, 1993. For this action he was awarded a second Navy Cross. USS America conducts a tour for the crew of the JS Ise (DDH 182) Capt. We attended a reunion in S.Diego a couple of years ago. Most of the Gun News That is Fit to Print! USS Montgomery blue crew CO and XO fired - Navy Times I was an OS/ship rescue swimmer 80-83 on DD-973 USS John Young. STUMP conducted Black Sea operations, port visits and extensive USW operations. Its possible, I reported aboard May, 1984 the day the Moose came home for the 1983 /84 med cruise as an undesignated E-1.By the time we did a port visit to Newport, RI, I was mess cranking. Jeffrey Juergens, commodore, Submarine Squadron 6, spoke on Vorachek's performance during his time as the boat's commanding officer. i worked as an electrician at ingalls on the first few of these. I served aboard the Harry W Hill, DD-986 aka The Furry Wet Mound 1996-97. They were called the Love Boats back then since they were the size of WWII light cruisers (8000-tons), yet only carried a pair of 5-inch guns (Mk45 rapid-fire jobs that provided more firepower than twice as many of the old Sumners 5-inch/58s), twin triple ASW tubes, and an 8-cell ASROC launcher.