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Stump Intercepts Large Cocaine Shipment Navy Newsstand. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. You can argue that the 96-cell VLS equipped DDG-51 class destroyers replaced the Spru-cans, DDGs, and retired CGs on a 2:3 basis, but the DDG-51 lacked the extra 5-inch mount, and, in early models, the aircraft capability. Richard Zamberlan, left, and his. USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - Navy 24 June 1975. USS STUMP deployed in late November 2000 along with the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN Battle Group. KIT ELAINECFIGUEROA@AOL.COM. DN-ST-88-03644. "STUMP"-2-3-4. 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. Great article! Most 21-year old ships are still in service, with another 10-15 years left on their hulls. 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. Saw Al Aumacks name listed STUMP conducted Black Sea operations, port visits and extensive USW operations. As a result of her outstanding performance, STUMP was awarded the "Hookem Award" for USW excellence by the Commander U.S. Sixth Fleet. USS Bulkeley CO, CMDCM Relieved of their Duties Maybe Im too nostalgic, but I strongly feel the Navy wasted a perfectly good hull when it dumped the SpruCan. Japanese ships are faintly visible on the horizon beyond the smoke screen (80-G-288144). I would do it all again on any ship!! I was on Board the Fletcher 1993-1996 when I got out from active duty. I still want to see a Littoral Combat Ship sometime look s neat in a spaceship kind of way. I commissioned the David R. Ray (DD-971) and did my first 5 year sea duty tour as an OS. The US Coast Guard retrieved the drugs that the small boat had jettisoned. Search crew members| Design threshold on the Gearings were 350 and both classes saw increases post-FRAM. First, STUMP was chosen to become the test platform for the Navy's newest Hull Mounted Sonar, the AN/SQS-53C. In November 1992, Stump deployed to the Persian Gulf and Northern Red Sea as part of MEF (193) to serve as a ready strike platform. Plankowner USS Spruance DD-963 First an Best. USS America (LHA 6) - Navy DN-SC-90-04015. With the Burkes, its a side-job. Our Can was classified as 2250 tons, not the 3000 to 4000 tons as specified in the article. Much later, I watched video of them sinking her for a NJ reef. Help| The heroic and distinguished naval career of Admiral Felix B. Stump is reflected in the ship's Coat of Arms. After the war he served in the pre-dreadnaught battleship ALABAMA (BB-8). In early 1945 he supported the operations at Lingayan, Philippines. Today, Constitution 's commanders change every two years. Oh, what nowthe Russians are reviving there sub fleet, too badno Spruance-class destroyers are left to hunt them down. The SPRUANCEs served long and with honor. Range: 6 000 nautical miles . Also, the irony is that the first four Ticos themselves were originally drawn up as DDGs! USS Stump is the 16th SPRUANCE-class destroyer. 1994 1995 I did however find one mistake that you made. Thank you for posting this. But retrofitting with Aegis I wouldnt think excessively cost prohibitive unless Lockheed and others wanted the good old arm and leg they like to charge. Stump conducted Black Sea operations, port visits and extensive undersea warfare (USW) operations. He retired off of her in June 1981. hbbd``b`Z$@ U&F@#V?co 4 We were down there in 80 doing radar picket with new Outboard listening system. They are presently serving honorably and proudly in the Taiwan Navy. The gold shield is symbolic of knowledge and achievement. Off to research this one for myself. Elliott was accepted into the Health Professions Scholarship Program and received a commission into the Navy Medical Corps in 1991. Naval War College, College of Distance Education, M.A., (IR) Villanova University, Political Science, B.A., Villanova University, Political Science. She was considered Head and antlers above the rest. I was Pre-com Connolly DD-979 and then regular ships company, 78-81. Access denial was expected to be the focus of any potential adversary's strategy. The ship, designed by Litton Industries Ingalls West Division at El Secondo, California, will be mass-produced at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi. The 40B rotor had a two-speed motor, slow for long-range mode (LRM) and faster for Low Flyer Detection Mode (LFDM). USS Deyo after her ASROC was removed and replaced with the 61-cell VLS. I also was on the Briscoe DD-977. The USS Stump was decommissioned and stricken on 22 October 2004. Question: How come in the 70s and 80s it shows the US Navy ships with white railings? Back to the USS Stump (DD 978) page|Crew List main page| 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. 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. Cheers, In February 1995, Stump deployed to the Caribbean Sea in support of counter drug operations, transiting the Panama Canal. would have been able to serve another 10 or 15 years and update the engines and to get better has milage, Served on USS Yorktown CG48 and USS Stump DD978 in late 80s through mid-90s. 1985 1986 Would love to hear about a reunion, Plankowner on DD997 USS Hayler. Capt. Made rank on her and met some friends for life and took em to Japan w/me. Admiral Stump's Navy career, his noted boldness, and his service aboard six aircraft carriers are presented by the griffin holding an anchor. The ship is underway near Norfolk, Virginia, 07/02/1984 DN-SN-85-09104. However, the Ticonderoga-class cruisers are roughly the same age. I am medically retired now, and love life. He subsequently served in Torpedo Squadron 2 of the experimental carrier LANGLEY; as Assembly and Repair officer at Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia; and in command of the Cruiser Scouting Wing and on the Staff of Commander Cruisers, Scouting Fleet. I was an EW on DD-971 (David R. Ray) for a couple of years early to mid 80s. thanks gi bill. All of you will always stay with me. Other than those small errors, I found the article to be very noteworthy and interesting. I learned a few yeas ago she ended up off the coast of Australia and is a fish reef. I was mind-boggled when they so rapidly decommed those destroyers and then the CGs (I also served on USS Thomas S. Gates CG 51). I also was on the Proud Pet for commissioning. We tagged yall down off the coast of Gulf of Fonseca. While in Vietnam I saw several Marine helo pilots park their helos on the fantail. No sooner were they stricken than they were systematically sunk in a series of fleet training exercises, dismantled, or otherwise scrapped. In March 1998 the Sara Ann (a fishing trawler) was operating off the Virginia Capes when the seas became too much and she started taking on water. made it. All welcome, but if you want a seat, you need to email cmc@stump.navy.mil BEFORE 10/12/04. any other details? The Stump, which was conducting routine operations in the area when it received the distress call from the 72-foot Sara Ann at 8:30 a.m., was assisted by two Coast Guard aircraft from Elizabeth City, N.C., that circled overhead to mark the boat's position, the Navy said. 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. I served nn the UssComte De Grasse DD 974 from 1984 to 1987 great ship just found out her fate saddens me to hear that she rest on the bottom of the ocean miss her and my ship mate God bless Them all. In command of the LANGLEY in Manila Bay, at the outbreak of World War II, he was transferred in January 1942 to the Staff of the Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet. Picked her up in Panama City just as she was deploying for her NSA ops in Gulf of Fonseca for the NSA. 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. Photo by PH2 Gary Bonaccorso, February 26 1988. I was on the USS John Rodgers DD983 and she died a death no ship should go through, she was scrapped at Brownsville TX shipyard. Commanding Officer, USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) - Navy Best damn ship ever been on, considering it was my first. Plankowner on USS HAYLER DD997. 2003 now. I served on the USS Kinkaid DD-965 during CrashPac 89-90 as ET3/ET2. We slept in the COs cabin, and i had sailors giving me the nonstop tour. My first ship was USS TURNER JOY (DD 951), which was the last USN DD before the Spruances came along. UNITAS ROCKED!!!! In July 1994, Stump again deployed to South America for UNITAS XXXV serving as the flagship for the commander of the U.S. South Atlantic Force. 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. Following completion of basic training at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, he reported to NTTC Meridian, where he completed Aviation Storekeeper (AK) "A" school. A close ET school friend was aboard Briscoe91-93. She was my last ship in a 20 year Naval career. Those 7 hulls that were not equipped with VLS retained their ASROC launchers which gave the fleet another 56 of those weapons. I honor this class on my facebook page. USS STUMP (DD-978) Deployments & History - Hull Number My hat off to you sir, another tincan sailor. Good ship great crew. (I spent lotsa time in the LBNS drydocks too) So if you have any recollection of a lil redhead aboard, running poor exhausted junior sailors all over the ship, that was me!!! Isnt it odd,(or not), that each of us was on the best Spru can. We attended a reunion in S.Diego a couple of years ago. 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. Today, as a commander in the U.S. Navy, Ralston finds himself once again navigating familiar waterways as commanding officer of USS Porter (DDG 78), currently forward-deployed to Rota, Spain.. Raines, as well. Catalog #: USN 1144349 Copyright Owner: National Archives. Thanks to all of you that helped me to become a better officer. Just seems wasteful. It made a big impression on me. Petraeus: Time to remove names of Confederate 'traitors' like - reddit Story Number: NNS030731-06 Release Date: 7/31/2003 9:04:00 AM By Lt. j.g. 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). Commanding Officer USS Manchester (LCS 20) Sep 2020 - Jun 2022 1 year 10 months. Naval War College's 2023 Newport Arctic Scholars Study Integrated Naval Deterrence in the Arctic Region, U.S. Served on the mighry warship Deyo from 99-04. Many good memories. Stump commanded Carrier Division 24 of Task Unit 77.4.2 (Taffy II) at Leyte Gulf and Samar embarked in NATOMA BAY (CVE-62) in October 1944. I am a plankowner on the USS VICKSBURG. Thanks for the article. 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. He was Chief of Naval Air Technical Training Command from May 1945 to December 1948, after which he served successively as Commander in Chief, Pacific and U.S. Pacific Fleet, with headquarters at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on July 10, 1953. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. Remember the Pascagoula shipyard and all the pre-commissioning work we did. As another Conolly plankowner, I fully agree with Tim and was dismayed to learn of the ships mothballing in 1998 after barely 20 years in commission, and eventual demise as a test target. Be just and fear not USS Hewitt DD-966. | 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. 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. Bragg is generally considered among the worst generals of the Civil War. It is sad that these fine ships were scrapped or sunk with just 20 or so years of service. Dad and I slept in Commander Mullens cabin, and he took the XOs. I remember when I first got there she was going through an availability. 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. 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. 2002 A small correction on the main article.