Fired Navy skippers often stay in service | Stars and Stripes Lots of blurry nights I don't remember. She was the best riding ship I ever served on and is dearly missed. I WAS NOT ON THERE VERY LONG BUT I MISS IT. Command Master Chief, USS Monterey (CG 61) Captain AARON M. ANDERSON Commanding Officer, USS Carney (DDG 64) Cmdr. Ernest E. Evans, commanding officer of the USS Johnston (DD-557) . Thanks Murphy. DN-SC-85-09116. Naval War College, College of Distance Education M.A., (IR) Villanova University, Political Science B.A., Villanova University, Political Science Awards and Decorations It seemed disrespectful to me at the time. HEY YOU GUYS ITS GENTLEMAN JACK About the Destroyers Name, about Admiral Felix B. Stump: I served on the DD718, USS Hamner. Maybe Im too nostalgic, but I strongly feel the Navy wasted a perfectly good hull when it dumped the SpruCan. The Legion of Merit (which he was awarded three times) is indicated by the crossed arrows in scarlet and white. As a 9 year old. Today we face challenges on all fronts with neither the manpower nor the equipment to support sustained operations in a multiple theater scenario. USS O'Brien (DD-975) - Wikipedia Photo by Malcom Muir, January 1 1988. Steamed with a lot of the Spru cans. No sooner were they stricken than they were systematically sunk in a series of fleet training exercises, dismantled, or otherwise scrapped. Navy fires nuclear submarine captain after only 8 months on the job CMC Bill DuVal (FC). The end of service life for them was being discussed in NAVSEA back in the early 90s shortly before I retired. This is a total of 239 surface warships capable of blue water operations. Evidently the Goodyear rubber dome window had irregularities and caused flow noise. Hello Jake! The best s-3 division I Have been put in charged of. Bill DuVal here. | While operating in the Persian Gulf, the HARRY S. TRUMAN Battle Group enforced United Nations sanctions against Iraq by diverting 22 vessels with more than $5 million of suspected contraband cargo. The Ticos and the Burkes have steel superstructures. It broke my heart to learn of Nicholsons decommissioning and subsequent sinkex but it also happened to two of the other ships I served in as well. you can look it up. I was a plank owner on the DD986 USS Harry W. Hill. Recalled for Desert Storm and worked the Pentagon intel jobsbest billet I ever had!!! Lt gen brian cavanaugh hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy I met the ship of the coast of Beirut In Sept 83 where she was the first ship with the new 554 gun system to draw blood. USS O'Brien (DD-975) was a Spruance -class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. I was on Her from 91 until 93 as a CTM1 up in outboard on 03 level you never made it that high I am sure nose bleeds and all. Then I discovered the whole 963 Class had been mothballed and were scheduled Davy Jones fleet. The Navy has relieved 13 commanding officers so far this year, including one Marine who was at a Navy command, said . I served on the DD-990 and am a plankowner. Sketch in the 1973-4 Janes Fighting Ships on the planned Spruance class, Artists conception of the Navys DD-963-class destroyer. Thats an even 100-ships, or a reduction by about 58% from the late 1980s. The USS Stump was decommissioned and stricken on 22 October 2004. I bet that today, in 2018, there are a lot of Admirals walking around wishing they had some of those still above water. I was among the first to convert from EM1 to GSE1 in oct. 78 when the GS rating officially opened. [,mq2%*0IzbT0I:7g3N$I`V95 b1xeJzg7HI;A However, the Ticonderoga-class cruisers are roughly the same age. MED-MEF 388: Stump (DD 978) - Naval Cruise Book, Class of 1980, Page 37 of 72 What have you been doing for the last 30 years? Cheers, 1 Helicopter. USS Stump and USNS Kanawha on 30 March 2001. but the Spruances were in such bad shape that they ended up replacing them instead and the OHPs stuck around as glorified gun boats a lot longer than desired. A small correction on the main article. Japanese ships are faintly visible on the horizon beyond the smoke screen (80-G-288144). 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. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? Commanding Officer, USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) 27 April 2022. Spru cans had 5/54s. Iowa bracketed by Spruance Class destroyers Deyo and Comte de Grasse. In December, STUMP was presented her second consecutive Battle "E" award by RADM Donnell, Commander Naval Surface Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Such a waste. Admiral Stump's great grandson, John Stump III served on the decommissioning crew in 2004. 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. Navybuddies.com Crew List - Reunite with old US Navy Buddies The four smaller stars in gold are in recognition of the attainment of the rank of Admiral. My new last name is Flood, yes I married the Sonar Tech Flood :). She was a good ship! The USS America Carrier Veterans Association, Inc.( An NYS Tax-Exempt Corporation) is a Tax Exempt Organization, under IRS Code 501(c)(19). She was considered Head and antlers above the rest. So she serves a greater purpose than a Target Elliott was accepted into the Health Professions Scholarship Program and received a commission into the Navy Medical Corps in 1991. However, I recognized that necessity. Divide that into a billion for a new Burke. I have the last picture taken in 2006, over 5 years after she was decommissioned, in the starting process of being scrapped in Texas. Frank does keep in touch with a couple of guys that he worked closely with. On Friday, July 8, the Navy announced that it had removed Cmdr. The Flight III Arleigh Burke is more than a match for anything any other Navy can deploysave the US Navy itself of course. The highlights of the deployment was the devastating Tomahawk missile strike launched against Iraq in support of Operation "Southern Watch" on January 17, 1993. If anyone knows where Rick Dangerfield is from uss Briscoe have him email me. Not a bad ship! 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. During this period STUMP participated in a Search and Rescue mission in the Pacific Ocean. Richard McCandless relieved 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. I wish all my SH'S the best in their future! It still pisses me off to think of it. The first thing I thought, perhaps horribly, was that I hoped she wasnt alive to have seen it. They have actually served as long in the RCN as they did in the USN. | 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. and eventually San Diego on her.I feel the same wayheart-broken to hear the fate of the Spruance class. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 4 May 1945 - USS Morrison - On 4 May 1945, in the Battle of Okinawa, the US destroyer was sunk after being hit by four kamikaze aircraft. The USS STUMP returned home to Norfolk on November 26, 2003 and was decommissioned on October 22, 2004. Incidentally, Newport RI was my home port when I served on my 2nd ship, the USS Miller FF-1091, from 1987 to 1990. I think, for the most bang for the buck, they were GREATand specialized sub hunters like you mentioned. USS LEXINGTON (CV-16) (later CVA-16, CVS-16, CVT-16 and AVT-16) Commanding Officers: NS-cv16-co01: CAPT Felix Budwell Stump: USNA 1917: 17 February 1943 - 10 April 1944: ADM: CAPT Ernest Wheeler Litch: USNA 1920 : 10 April 1944 - 30 January 1945: VADM: CAPT Thomas Hinckley Robbins, Jr. hPO0*;ASDP-LSto"kyxooo>rq*D$rW)kt{Bku#UL&Hk5l%>qV! "EK 10QT r \B#oRbp Stump deployed in late November 2000 with the USSHarry S. Truman carrier battle group. USS Stump DD-978 | Tales of an Asia Sailor She is a 1992 graduate of the U.S. E-mail me so we can keep in touch. Stump's 1980 maiden deployment was to the Mediterranean, serving as flagship for Destroyer Squadron 14. Two. 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. Best command I have ever served on. It would have been prohibitively expensive to retrofit the SPRUANCE hull with AEGIS. USS Spruance (DD-963) ships propulsion control center, during her trials period, May 1975. Later on I rode USS A W Radford DD 968 operation Desert Storm. to In July 1994, STUMP again deployed to South America for UNITAS XXXV serving as the Flagship for Commander U.S. South Atlantic Force. Everything else can be handled by the Coast Guard. This was the eighth in a series of fleet battle experiments designed to evaluate new naval warfare concepts and technological capabilities. These were small, 3500-4000 ton ships that carried an 8-cell ASROC launcher, 4 5-inch/58 guns in twin mounts, and two triple Mk32 ASW torpedo launchers. Middle name? Jeffrey Juergens, commodore, Submarine Squadron 6, spoke on Vorachek's performance during his time as the boat's commanding officer. Displacement: 8040 tons. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. I served on the Deyo from March 82 until my retirement in July 83 as the EMO. 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. I never said the DDG-51s are not capable, or that a Spruance class was comparable, the 51s were laid down in 1989 and are a generation evolved. STUMP re-visited eight South American nations, as well as completing another successful transit of the Chilean Inland Waterway. I hope everyone is doing good. USS STUMP, along with the rest of the CVBG and ARG ships returned home on May 24 2001. The ship was specifically designed to accommodate air cushion . Our Navy has become has shrunk to become second rate. Where's Bob? I believe the spru-cans could have been refurbished to another decade or more. The hull and superstructure were perfectly made to give just about any radar a nice, juicy return and changing that would probably cost as much as a new ship. i worked as an electrician at ingalls on the first few of these. When the Spruances left the Navy, they took with them 1,494 Mk41 VLS cells which carried mainly Tomahawk cruise missiles along with a smattering of ASROC sub-busters. What's up Dookie! OS2 DEL. Now they cancel the Line of Zumwalt Class bringing the Price up to 2.2 Billion per ship and only 2 in the Planning. It was a great ship, and I'll miss all the great people on board. During this deployment, STUMP was extremely successful in conducting anti-submarine warfare exercises and was once again presented the "Hookem" award for excellence in the area of USW. The US Navy announced Thursday it fired the top two officers in charge of the USS Montgomery due to "a loss of confidence in their ability to command." Cmdr. No less than 16 Spruance class destroyers are on the way.