But, given the geopolitical situation in the post-Desert Storm world, it probably was the right decision. Anyway its good to see that you He was relieved . February 20 1985, an aerial starboard bow view of the Spruance-class destroyer USS Stump (DD 978) underway as a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter approaches the helicopter deck during an in-flight refueling operation. Stefan Walch, Commodore, Destroyer Squadron Two (CDS-2), relieved USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) commanding officer, Cmdr. Stump took part in the Fleet Battle Experiment Hotel (FBE-H) which was conducted by units of the U.S. 2nd Fleet and personnel of the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) from 28 August to 12 September 2000 off the Virginia Capes and in the Gulf of Mexico. The Sprus were a wee bit bigger but you had lots more guns, 3 dual 5/38 mounts. Photo by Malcom Muir, January 1 1988. 1992 1993 Were all Navy ships of the 70s and 80s like that? The end of service life for them was being discussed in NAVSEA back in the early 90s shortly before I retired. Implementing 360-degree reviews could help prevent toxic leaders from rising through the ranks and reduce the number of commanding officers fired for character-related infractions. Diffenately my favorite cmd. Retired ENC(SW) 1975-1995, USS JOHN YOUNG REUNION JUNE 2018 EMAIL REUNION@DD973.ORG FOR DETAILS. Jenkins will be temporarily reassigned to the staff of Commander, Naval Surface Squadron 14, the Navy said in a statement Thursday. The ship was named after Admiral Felix Stump, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command from 1953 to 1958.[1]. 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. Commissioned her as an ETC, Departed a year later as an LDO Ensign. Then again, our crew took excellent care of our baby So sad to know she has been put to the bottom though. USS Stump (DD-978) was a Spruance -class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. The shame in the SPRUANCE class retirement is that the Navy did a poor job of maintaining and upgrading them. The ship was specifically designed to accommodate air cushion . 24 June 1975. The through deck destroyer variant would place a ski jump on a Spruance hull and be able to carry as many as 10 VTOL aircraft. I borrowed the Moose as we called her for my last reenlistment ceremony, august, 1999. My husband, MAC Frank Pierce was also a plankowner on Cushing. Pingback: Warship Wednesday: March 9, 2016 Blooming flowers for Agerholm | laststandonzombieisland. Yes, the 51s replaced the Spurances and the 1970s vintage CGNs of the South Carolina and Virginia-class in so much as AAW is concerned, but they did not fully replace their capability in ASW and NGFS. As a result of her outstanding performance, Stump was awarded the "Hookem Award" for USW excellence by the commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet. I miss the comradery of blue-water sailors Nice to see it / feel it on Facebook pages. All Rights Reserved. The STUMP was last homeported in Norfolk, Va. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsYour USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697) was an Allen M. Sumner class ship, not a Spruance. It went through a number of changes while I served(70-72) including but not limited to a helo deck. The Spruances, unlike the Burkes, was dedicated to ASW, ASuW, and land strike with both naval gunfire and cruise missiles. What a platform. I was among the first to convert from EM1 to GSE1 in oct. 78 when the GS rating officially opened. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information. (I lster served just as dad did!! from 1973 to 1978 the hull was so thin we were forbidden from needle gunning the bilges. The gold shield is symbolic of knowledge and achievement. I know the Ticos early on had the same issue with white railings. Hello Jake! And Carson In October 1989, STUMP again deployed to the Mediterranean as part of the FORRESTAL Battle Group (MED 1-90). 2003 now. Did a North Atlantic cruise on the Spruance DD-963 while in Precom for MY ship, Comte De Grasse DD-974. The focus of FBE-H was the application of network-centric operations in gaining and sustaining access in support of follow-on joint operations. While in the Persian Gulf, Stump completed over 40 boardings in support of maritime interdiction operations and participated in 11 Persian Gulf Tomahawk exercises, including one as launch area coordinator. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. We held a swim call instead. This is a total of 239 surface warships capable of blue water operations. Email: Reunion@dd973.org. 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! In August 1990, STUMP transited to Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, LA for overhaul and major Combat Systems Upgrade. She received the Vertical Launch System (VLS) which is designed to carry, among other things, the battle-proven Tomahawk missile. 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. Off to research this one for myself. I retired in 1994 then worked for the owner of a fleet of commercial ships till 2008. Somehow the helicopters were on Sumner and Gearings. Call me crazy, but I miss everyone. In 1989, the US Navy had 63 Knox/Brooke/Garcia-class frigates, 51 OHP type guided-missile frigates, 31 Spruances, 4 Kidd-Class DDGs (Mk-26/SM-2 armed Spurances) 27 Ticonderoga class CGs, 23 older Charles Adams-class DDGs, 10 Farragut-class DDGs, six nuclear CGNs, 19 Belknap/Truxtun/Leheay-class CGs, four huge Iowa-class Battleships, and the 15,000-ton cruiser Long Beach as large surface combatants. Picked her up in Panama City just as she was deploying for her NSA ops in Gulf of Fonseca for the NSA. They drove the ship hard a lot, tore the fantail hand rail and trash chute several times. Too bad we had to end it all so soon. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Best command I have ever served on. We keep making under armed ships that will get folks on our side killed, and loose the battle. He held that post until June 1953. Stump was decommissioned 22 October 2004. Commanding Officer NAVY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER MINNEAPOLIS Sep 2020 - Present2 years 5 months Minneapolis, MN, United States Reserve Manpower Policy Branch Head Office of the Chief of Nacy. It probably wasnt so much the hull, the armament or the electronics, it was the crew. Following the return from her Middle Eastern Force deployment in February 1997, Stump conducted an extensive dry-docking selected restricted availability and immediately commenced a training cycle which culminated in a final evaluation period. I remember the swim call in Gatun Lake while heading west through the Panama Canal on SPRUANCE. Now it just seems stupid how these ships were allowed to fall to pieces prematurely by bureaucratic penny pinching. Back to the USS Stump (DD 978) page|Crew List main page| On June 2, 2003, STUMP departed Norfolk on her final deployment. Additionally, U.S. I recall going through a storm that caused a 18 foot crack in the aluminum super structure. I had an alright time on the ship, every once in a while i miss it. We had some good times Sullivan. Sailors worked with military forces from Oman, Jordan, Tunisia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, improving interoperability and strengthening relationships with those countries. Further, the 51s are tasked increasingly with fleet air defense and (now) with ABM missions. I was on her when we went to Pascagoula for the retrofit from ASROC to VLS. Gone were the days of boilers and steam plants. The latest was the captain of the nuclear submarine USS Scranton. Such a shame that they retired them early. One is the USS Steniker in Mexico today. Email reunion@dd973.org for details, or visit website at http://www.reunion16.wixsite.com/ussjohnyoung. One of the finest ships I served on. A great ship, a great class of destroyers. Those 1940s era steam powerplants are killers. 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. I was on Her from 91 until 93 as a CTM1 up in outboard on 03 level you never made it that high I am sure nose bleeds and all. They were indeed beautiful ships though! I was part of the USS Ingersoll DD-990 commissioning crew. In April, and on 48 hour notice, STUMP was directed to detach and proceed to the Persian Gulf to replace the USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS which had suffered extensive damage from a mine explosion. My dad was running the sonar dept at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. 2000 2001 The DDG-51 Class was originally supposed to replace the OHP FFG-7 Class, We need to arm our vessels to the teeth to out gun any enemy like the Russian Battle Cruisers, and heavy DDs did! McDonald, Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet, embarked in March 1985 for CARIBOPS '85. Albatross (MSC-289) Albert David (DE-1050) Albert T. Harris (DE-447) Alcor (AK-259) Aldebaran (AF-10) Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617) Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) Algol (AKA-54) Allagash (AO-97) Alstede (AF-48) Altair (AKS-32) Aludra (AF-55) Alvin C. Cockrell (DE-366) America (CVA-66) Amherst (PCER-853) Ammen (DD-527) Amphion (AR-13) Ships are, from left Paul F. Foster (DD-964); Spruance (DD-963), then running trials; Arthur W. Radford (DD-968); Elliot (DD-967); Hewitt (DD-966) and Kinkaid (DD-965). Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm 1978 Wifes Name? The four smaller stars in gold are in recognition of the attainment of the rank of Admiral. A commanding officer speaks to his crew during an all-hands meeting. approx Age? My new last name is Flood, yes I married the Sonar Tech Flood :). Portraits are generally organized alphabetically by surname within each division or department. 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. If its any conciliation the contemporary Perry class frigates were deficient in NTDS, only one target illumination radar, no five inch gun, and a substandard air search radar. My first ship and where I met my future husbandFC2 Krug! Specifically, FBE-H further developed NWDC's draft Access Concept entitled "Poseidon's Presence". Engineering: Auxiliary Dept. | David-Tavis M. Pollard relieved Capt. San Diego, California, United States Executive Officer USS Coronado (LCS 4) . In 2002 he was named the Deputy Director of CDE, where he was instrumental in the expansion and transition of CDE programs, faculty, staff, and student body to the size and scope that exists today. My first ship was also the Briscoe .all the spru cans were hungout to dry prematurely. The Ticos and the Burkes have steel superstructures. I served aboard the Deyo from 84 until 88 and count those years as some of the best of my life. The reorganization was to be phased in over the summer and take effect on 31 August, with homeport shifts to occur through 1998. Was that a new color scheme? Chief: I do believe we were on sister ships; Served on the Nick DD-982 from precom 78 till I left in82 as GSE1. 1985 1986 I served onboard the US John Young DD973 from 92-96. | 1958 edition | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: Goula Sub Sighting (of Sorts) | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: VS22 Looking Flat | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: Sprucan Desert Shield Watercolors | laststandonzombieisland. Assigned DD968 USS AW Radford during Desert Shield/Storm, Pingback: Warship Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020: Hannah on the Beach | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: Warship Wednesday, April 15, 2020: The Winged Spinach Can | laststandonzombieisland. STUMP's 1980 maiden deployment was to the Mediterranean, serving as flagship for COMDESRON FOURTEEN. DC2 Chris C. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsDid you know MAC Robert Gonzales Plankowner on Hewitt? 1979 1980 However, I recognized that necessity. I was a plank owner on the DD986 USS Harry W. Hill. I love you for your service and dislike you (just a lill) honesty about a ship Ive learned to love. you can look it up. I served in NICHOLSON (DD 982) from 1998-2000 and DEYO (DD 989) from 2001-2003. in April 1995. https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsServed on the Deyo as EMO from about March 82 until retirement July 83. I have learned a lot about ATM @ sea in such a short time, that I was able to work at fiscal section too easy. It broke my heart to learn of Nicholsons decommissioning and subsequent sinkex but it also happened to two of the other ships I served in as well. Following completion of basic training at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, he reported to NTTC Meridian, where he completed Aviation Storekeeper (AK) "A" school. USS Jimmy Carter SSN 23. Search crew members| A few corrections: Kearsarge is the third ship of the Wasp-class multipurpose amphibious assault ships. @#$. FOURTEEN to USS STUMP, all ships fired on the Afloat Training Group roboski for the SUW-5 Exercise. Dont get me wrong; I hated to see my old ship and all the other ships of the class go away. I bet that today, in 2018, there are a lot of Admirals walking around wishing they had some of those still above water. Both Capt. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); There are 695 crew members registered for the USS Stump (DD 978). Talk about packing a lot of guys in a tin can. Drone anti submarine helicopters Unmanned helicopters capable of carrying nuclear depth charges. Was great ship and a great crew. 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. NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - Capt. The 963 class were disposed of prematurely. Switching on-the-fly from slow to fast was no problem, but we needed to warn our OSs about the damage risk of going from fast to slow without first doing a total stop, where braking would be properly applied. I assisted in writing the PQS for Engineering and the PMS program that was a mess as received by BUSHIPS. Plankowner USS Fletcher DD992 BM3 AlexRodriguez, I was a plank-owner on the USS Cushing (DD985), a fine ship! The USS Orleck, shown here in 1964, a WWII veteran still going strong, by the 1970s needed to be replaced. Most 21-year old ships are still in service, with another 10-15 years left on their hulls. any other details? CPO Quarters 360.315.2393 Ship's Office 360.315.2393 . I was across the pier from you on the USS John Rodgers (DD-983). Beam: 55 feet . Several of those that werent converted to VLS were given quadruple ABL Mark 43 Tomahawk missile launchers like on the recommissioned Iowa class battleships.