I think, for the most bang for the buck, they were GREATand specialized sub hunters like you mentioned. What a comedown. 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. The crux of the argument in the post is that the Spruances were put to pasture too early when they clearly had another decade or more of life in them. 2. the ability ,of stump's crew to present a silver dollar ship to approximately 250 . Oh, what nowthe Russians are reviving there sub fleet, too badno Spruance-class destroyers are left to hunt them down. Stump was able to assist in rescuing the crew and provide safe passage back to Norfolk, VA. (Images on the right) McDonald, Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet, embarked in March 1985 for CARIBOPS '85. The shame in the SPRUANCE class retirement is that the Navy did a poor job of maintaining and upgrading them. The distinguished naval career of Admiral Felix Stump is reflected in the ship's coat of arms. USS STUMP (DD-978) - a Spruance-class destroyer. Hiram Andreu Commanding Officer, USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS 21). Then the navy in its infinate wisdom sent me to a LST. 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). We tagged yall down off the coast of Gulf of Fonseca. USS Jimmy Carter SSN 23. Talk about packing a lot of guys in a tin can. Started as an IBM, and struck for OS, 1976-1979. This changed over time and by the late 1980s, they were pretty capable ships. The many decorations received by Admiral Stump for his exemplary service in the Pacific Theater during World War II are represented in the shield. Saw Regec, though. We had several fires onboard due to shipyard trash being stored in electrical junction boxes. The Navy said Nordeen is being reassigned to Commander, Naval Force Atlantic, while Capt. | 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. Get the latest in military news, entertainment, and gear in your inbox daily. Navy fires nuclear submarine captain after only 8 months on the job Great summary ..thank you for bringing this to light. One of the finest ships I served on. As a 9 year old. 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. Naval/Maritime History - 27th of February - Today in Naval History We were a Gearing Class Fram II with the ASROC setup. Named for: Felix Budwell Stump. Great crew and wardroom not to shabby for bubble head CWO. More about us Leaders. LEXINGTON participated in operations against Kwajalein, Gilbert and Marshall Island Campaign, and air strikes on Truk. Were in dire need of an administration, Congress, and Military Leadership that willing to make the right arguments to them both for WHY we need their unequivocal SUPPORT ! (Felix Stump) Taffy 2 (Task Unit 77.4.2) . Admiral W. L. McDonald, Commander in Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet, embarked in March 1985 for CARIBOPS '85. Elliott is originally from San Diego, California. Divide that into a billion for a new Burke. 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. Rota Spain, Ibiza Spain, Marseilles France, Cavaliere France, Genoa Italy, ASU Bahrain, with a brief stop for Suez Canal traffic in Port Said Egypt and a brief stop for fuel in Djibouti. Naval Institute Proceedings 143 . As Sea Sparrow I made Chief and selected tor 8 when I went ashore. Using advanced technology, the "53C" would be the sonar for the U.S. Navy combatants well into the twenty-first century. Yet another Conolly DD 979 plankowner here. Middle name? She received the Vertical Launch System (VLS) for the BGM-109 Tomahawk missile. CAPT Greg Stump, USCG, "Take on the Toxic Leader," U.S. Well these ships were fun to drive and both of them shot a lot of Tomahawks when I was on them. Pingback: East Bank buzzing again | laststandonzombieisland. The photo below was taken by Brian Barton and shows USS STUMP at Naval Base Norfolk, Va., on July 23, 2002. In the end, it is always money. This is a total of 239 surface warships capable of blue water operations. Capt. ", It took me 14 years to get here and now we are Decommisioning? In August 1990, Stump transited to Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana, for overhaul and major combat systems upgrade. Served on the mighry warship Deyo from 99-04. Displacement: 8040 tons. 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. Mediterranean Sea, March 2 1988, a starboard bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19) underway. The first thing I thought, perhaps horribly, was that I hoped she wasnt alive to have seen it. 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) Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. that we had no bullets, so the tasking to send us into disputed Nicaraguan waters was cancelled. I commissioned the David R. Ray (DD-971) and did my first 5 year sea duty tour as an OS. 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. Pingback: Dragging out that Navy Naming Conventions Soapbox | laststandonzombieisland, Your email address will not be published. Thanks to all of you that helped me to become a better officer. Perhaps the best way to summarize Admiral Stump's philosophy towards his naval career, as well as the best way to summarize the conduct of the proud ship that bears his name, is the ship's motto: TENACITY: FOUNDATION OF VICTORY. I served aboard the USS John Rodgers DD983 from 1983-1986. It made a big impression on me. Loved my division those of you I called friends there! USS Comte De Grasse? Help| Her story is typical of her class. Did you know Ray Harner, a DS from Pennsylvania? Donald D. Engen July 1966 - July 1967. I assisted in writing the PQS for Engineering and the PMS program that was a mess as received by BUSHIPS. 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. Ex USS Paul F Foster DD-964, SDTS Self Defense Test Ship EDD-964, the last Spruance class Destroyer, decommissioned in 2003, still working, departing San Diego after refueling, December 3rd 2021 as captured on San Diego Webcam. USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) Changes Command In March of 1998 the Sara Ann (a Fishing Trawler) was operating off the Virginia Cape when the seas became to much and she started taking on water. Specifically, FBE-H further developed NWDC's draft Access Concept entitled "Poseidon's Presence". Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. But what hurt was the De commissioning before I retired from the navy. After his retirement, he was appointed to the position of Vice Chairman of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. This class represented one of the Navys early efforts to improve quality of life afloat for enlisted sailors (Time Magazine interviewed men on the Peterson), and also be more environmentally responsible (the Jared vacuum-suction sewage incineration system). 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. It was cheaper and more effective to scrap the SPRUANCEs in favor of an entirely new class of vessels who could exchange and manage battle space data much more efficiently. 1981 1982 First, Stump was chosen to become the test platform for the U.S. Navy's newest hull-mounted sonar, the AN/SQS-53C. My GPS system was almost always Casrept, so we sailed from Mississippi to San Diego and back again by radar and starsthe Loran and Omega was totally worthless. I was on the John Rodgers. The Battle off Samar: The Sacrifice of "Taffy 3" 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. They drove the ship hard a lot, tore the fantail hand rail and trash chute several times. "STUMP"-2-3-4. Elliott was accepted into the Health Professions Scholarship Program and received a commission into the Navy Medical Corps in 1991. My first ship and where I met my future husbandFC2 Krug! Amazing experience!! 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. 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. The USS America Carrier Veterans Association, Inc.( An NYS Tax-Exempt Corporation) is a Tax Exempt Organization, under IRS Code 501(c)(19). I did however find one mistake that you made. A great ship, a great class of destroyers. 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. I bet that today, in 2018, there are a lot of Admirals walking around wishing they had some of those still above water. . STUMP deployed in August 1996 for a Middle Eastern Force cruise to conduct Maritime Interception Operations and act as Ready Strike Destroyer in the Arabian Gulf. . I always liked your XO approachfair and honest. 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. Whenever we got underway, we would announce, The Moose is Loose! he had a set of moose antlers on the fwd superstructure, on the mess decks, the ward room and the chiefs mess. They were sitting ducks to anti-ship missiles, could not carry helicopters, and packed almost 400 sailors into a tin can made to all the best specs of 1942. Whenever I play the song: Jazzman by Carol KingI think of the Spruance Class destroyers. Find your Shipmates on Navy.TogetherWeServed.com JOIN FOR FREE TODAY! They were indeed beautiful ships though! The focus of FBE-H was the application of network-centric operations in gaining and sustaining access in support of follow-on joint operations. Email: Reunion@dd973.org. From December 1948 to 1951 Stump served as Commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic Fleet during which time he was promoted to Vice Admiral. Ken Ward, commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), speaks to Capt. GSCS(SW) Ret DD963 79 83. HWkOG_1'~(M# Plankowner on USS HAYLER DD997. Good luck to all you, those still servingstay safe wherever you're at. 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. Photo by Malcom Muir, January 1 1988. She was the 5th of 7 ships I served on in my career. I was also on a Spru Can the USS Sperry DD697 it had 5 /38 from what I can remember. USS O'Brien (DD-975) was a Spruance -class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. They were great ships and it broke my heart to see them be tossed aside like they were. 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. Great boat. I was on-board USS Elliot(DD 967) AS A CTM1 From 1990 until 1993 always a tin-can sailor SPRU-CAN all the way got rid of them way too soon. We could not fight the Russians, or Chinese now and win. Didnt see your name listed there. Capt. [,mq2%*0IzbT0I:7g3N$I`V95 b1xeJzg7HI;A I never had more challenges than getting through the Light Off Exam and the Operational Readiness Exam. 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. The Abandoned Destroyer Class : Curse of the Spruances Original 40s were upgraded to 40C, and 40As were upgraded to 40D. The Sprus were a wee bit bigger but you had lots more guns, 3 dual 5/38 mounts. 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 9 to 15 July 1998. March 1984 was highlighted by STUMP's adoption as state Flagship of West Virginia. All Rights Reserved. Bitzer you will always be the Shop's B! What a waste!!! %PDF-1.7 % Drone anti submarine helicopters Unmanned helicopters capable of carrying nuclear depth charges. Went through GITMO reftra, Oct, 1985 and then on to the med cruise 1986. I hope all is well. 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. As a result of her outstanding performance, STUMP was awarded the "Hookem Award" for USW excellence by the Commander U.S. Sixth Fleet. Pingback: Warship Wednesday: March 9, 2016 Blooming flowers for Agerholm | laststandonzombieisland. 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. 1958 edition | laststandonzombieisland, Goula Sub Sighting (of Sorts) | laststandonzombieisland, VS22 Looking Flat | laststandonzombieisland, Sprucan Desert Shield Watercolors | laststandonzombieisland, Bring back the Garcias! Joseph Perrotta Obituary (1942 - 2018) - Norfolk, VA - The Virginian-Pilot for Together We Served and/or Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted. Rear Adm. John Meier, commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, and the first Commanding Officer of Gerald R. Ford, served as the event's guest speaker, and remarked on how Cummings' leadership. Off to research this one for myself. I served aboard the Deyo from 84 until 88 and count those years as some of the best of my life. 1958 edition | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: Goula Sub Sighting (of Sorts) | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: VS22 Looking Flat | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: Sprucan Desert Shield Watercolors | laststandonzombieisland. USS John Rodgers has a Facebook page. 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. Went through a yard period overhaul and upgrade in Pascagoula, MS. She was a good ship! Capt. Spent a considerable amount of time in Pascagoula. To the guys (you know who you are): "Stump Mafia Lives On! Navy Fires Warship's Top Two Officers, Citing 'Loss of Confidence' Question: How come in the 70s and 80s it shows the US Navy ships with white railings? During this period Stump participated in a search and rescue mission in the Pacific. Capt. Throughout the deployment, the battle group also participated in numerous international exercises, including Arabian Gauntlet, an 11-nation exercise that involved more than 20 ships. Look up operation Operation Nimble Archer for some good spurance class reading. I was a Torpedomans Mate. <3 AND, I MISS SOME OF YOU GUYS LOL. I then served at SIMA Newport from 1990 to 1993. Other than those small errors, I found the article to be very noteworthy and interesting. Many good memories. They need to be renamed the Department of Disinterested. Open to former crewmembers and support personnel. I served on three Spruance destroyers (USS Harry W Will DD-986, USS Cushing DD-985, and USS Fletcher DD-992) out of San Diego from 1987-1992. I still want to see a Littoral Combat Ship sometime look s neat in a spaceship kind of way. Upon retirement from active duty in September of 2000, he was hired as civilian faculty as a Professor of Strategy and Policy in the College of Distance Education. I also served on the Uss Harry W Hill from sept 1 85 to april 9 88. I remember one of the Key Selling points to Congress at the time was the Ships modular design. Officers and crew watch from their underway replenishment stations aboard the destroyer USS STUMP (DD 978) as their ship takes on fuel from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Polmar has good reference material on this, but THE ultimate reference book is Michael Potters Electronic Greyhounds. Here the USS Hayler, DD-997, commissioned in 1983, is being sunk as a target on 13 November 2004. A commanding officer speaks to his crew during an all-hands meeting. 9th Spruance, 7th Fleet, 1 speaks for itself (971). The reason the Navy dumped the Spruance Class was because of the hull FC2. Arghh.. South America anyone? Peter H. Daly (US-Marine) - Peter H. Daly (U.S. Navy) I also was on the Briscoe DD-977. 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. Did that Spy thing and looking for Gun Runners on the USS Coontz DDG-40 in 81/82. USS STUMP deployed in late November 2000 along with the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN Battle Group. I was on the Briscoe, Did you go to Drubroknic, then Yugoslavia? USS Heerman (DD-532) and a destroyer escort lay a smoke screen to protect Taffy 3 from attacking Japanese surface ships at the beginning . Good article about a great class of DDs. endstream endobj 100 0 obj <>stream Multiple deployments, several Typhoons, and never saw any problems like you described. 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. The Commanding Officers. For this action he was awarded the Navy Cross. Jeffrey Juergens, commodore, Submarine Squadron 6, spoke on Vorachek's performance during his time as the boat's commanding officer. 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. A mainstay during this deployment, Stump remained underway for over eighty percent of the time she was in the Persian Gulf. Range: 6 000 nautical miles . Would love to hear about a reunion, Plankowner on DD997 USS Hayler. Speaking of carriers, there was even some thought to making an aviation destroyer variant. Had a similar mechanical upgrade been given to the 24-VLS equipped Spurances, they would all still be in service. Flank Speed: 32 Knots. USS John Young (DD-973) I served on carriers as well. STUMP's 1980 maiden deployment was to the Mediterranean, serving as flagship for COMDESRON FOURTEEN. in Aerospace Engineering in. Commanding Officer USS Manchester (LCS 20) Sep 2020 - Jun 2022 1 year 10 months. A native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, Felix Budwell Stump was appointed to the Naval Academy from that state in 1913. Evidently the Goodyear rubber dome window had irregularities and caused flow noise. Stump was Commanding Officer of USS SARATOGA (CV-3)'s Scout-Bombing Squadron 2 (VSB-2) in 1936-1937. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Stump (DD 978), Report an offensive or inappropriate entry, Stump..What more can a guy say.livin it up in S. America with the rest of CA was awesome. 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. In 2015 he was named the Director, CDE; and in 2017 appointed Dean of of CDE upon the College's elevation. I serve on the david r ray DD 971 for me that class was what the navy was all about during the cold war. I was a plank owner on USS Paul F Foster DD-964. CG69 Loved every minute of it sad to hear they are being scrapped. In early 1945 he supported the operations at Lingayan, Philippines. I considered the SpruCans as cadillacs since I came off the Knox Class frigates. Stump (DD 978) - Naval Cruise Book, Class of 1980, Page 37 of 72 ADM W.L. My brother Roy and I were one of 2 sets of brothers that were plankowners on the David R. Ray. The US Coast Guard retrieved the drugs that the small boat had jettisoned. Admiral Stump's great grandson, John Stump III served on the decommissioning crew in 2004. Dad and I slept in Commander Mullens cabin, and he took the XOs. Both were fine ships. Navy made a big mistake not at least mothballing at least 20 of them! The ship's commanding officer oversees all operations of the ship and its crew. The aluminium hull construction specifically. In this role, she is a remote control drone boat, used as a hard target for new weapons systems. 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. 2002 Any Operations types serve on a Kidd AND Spruance? roster of the magnanimous 4 0 become shzpmates f dependents ' 3 cruise from: comdesron ten to: uss stump info: comcrudesgru eight personal for commanding officer info radm watlers dependents cruise 1. the unqualified success of stump's dependent's cruise noted with great pleasure. Even with all the trials and tribulations the KinkyD went through, I was surprised when I learned of its destruction. Repairs and upkeep were very expensive. The focus of FBE-H was the application of network centric operations in gaining and sustaining access in support of follow on joint operations. A year later STUMP deployed as USCOMSOLANT Flagship for UNITAS XXII. Naval War College's 2023 Newport Arctic Scholars Study Integrated Naval Deterrence in the Arctic Region, U.S. USS America conducts a tour for the crew of the JS Ise (DDH 182) Capt. Both Capt. Stump then deployed for UNITAS XXVI/WATC '85. However, I recognized that necessity. An elite marksman. They whipped up a bogus hostile and even sounded some alarms for my benefit. They loved their weekly tub of ice cream. Yes the Hull and superstructure was very thin but, you had to sacrifice something for speed and maneuverability. Note the stealth hull configurations of the DDG-51 Class. MORE USS Topeka Arrives in Hawaii for Change of Homeport hPO0*;ASDP-LSto"kyxooo>rq*D$rW)kt{Bku#UL&Hk5l%>qV! "EK 10QT r \B#oRbp We had 2 Class C fires due to shipyard trash being stashed in sealed electrical boxes. Served on three of these hulls DD, DDG, and CG.Fletcher, Callaghan, and Thomas S Gates and enjoyed each one.