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. Lived in Bremerton for many years and watched a set of 3-4 of them (I remember one was David R Ray) moored in the bay off of PSNS for years, just rotting away. In cooperation with a Colombian Coast Guard Cutter, Stump located and recovered a survivor of a wrecked Colombian vessel. Promoted to Commander in 1940, he served as Executive Officer of USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6). A waste of fineships! What a waste!!! My first thought was Wownow why wouldnt they want to retrofit these great ships and get another 10 to 15 years of service out of them? From: Commanding Officer, USS KAUFFMAN (FFG-59) To: Director of Naval History (OP+09BH), Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20374-0571 . Email reunion@dd973.org for details, or visit website at http://www.reunion16.wixsite.com/ussjohnyoung. Naval/Maritime History - 27th of February - Today in Naval History 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. 1989 1991 out of the navy now and going to school. Stump conducted Black Sea operations, port visits and extensive undersea warfare (USW) operations. Had I not been forced to rotate, I would gladly have spent another year or two on 979! It is sad that these fine ships were scrapped or sunk with just 20 or so years of service. Steamed with a lot of the Spru cans. | Naval War College's 2023 Newport Arctic Scholars Study Integrated Naval Deterrence in the Arctic Region, U.S. 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. In July 1994, STUMP again deployed to South America for UNITAS XXXV serving as the Flagship for Commander U.S. South Atlantic Force. But they could all have been upgraded to the standard of the three DDGs based on the Spruance class. Lots of blurry nights I don't remember. Pingback: A Closer Look at the FFG-62 Class | laststandonzombieisland, Pingback: The Rat Attack! Bragg was extremely unpopular with both the men and the officers of his command, who criticized him for numerous perceived faults, including poor battlefield strategy, a quick temper, and overzealous discipline. 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 . USS STUMP (DD-978) Deployments & History - Hull Number The reorganization was to be phased in over the summer and take effect on 31 August, with homeport shifts to occur through 1998. Those 1940s era steam powerplants are killers. In 2015 he was named the Director, CDE; and in 2017 appointed Dean of of CDE upon the College's elevation. The first thing I thought, perhaps horribly, was that I hoped she wasnt alive to have seen it. At the outbreak of World War 2 Stump was Commanding Officer of USS LANGLEY (CV-1) in Manila Bay, Philippines. Then dad failed the sonar gears performsnce and we went back to LB instead of San Diego. USS John Young (DD-973) Thomas Snyder - Deputy Trials Director - LinkedIn In 80 to 81, I was 11-12 yrs old and was in St Lucia while my dad was working thereWe took a tour of the USS Peterson when it came in for a port visit. Prior to that, USS STUMP took part in Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 01-1, to certify the carrier battle group for deployment. USS Heerman (DD-532) and a destroyer escort lay a smoke screen to protect Taffy 3 from attacking Japanese surface ships at the beginning . March 1984 was highlighted by STUMP's adoption as state Flagship of West Virginia. I agree that they were decommissioned way too early. 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. The Legion of Merit (which he was awarded three times) is indicated by the crossed arrows in scarlet and white. The Navy said Nordeen is being reassigned to Commander, Naval Force Atlantic, while Capt. someplace, too. 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. 1983 1984 My First Ship was DD-977 Briscoe. I felt my ship was too young. 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. She was a fine ship and it broke my heart to hear that she was used as target practice and sunk. I was an OS/ship rescue swimmer 80-83 on DD-973 USS John Young. She is armed here with just her guns, torpedoes, ASROC, and a Sea Sparrow launcher. Involved in this process was Long Island contractor Dynell Electronics, which was acquired by United Technologies company Norden Systems. Never served aboard any of these ships or in the Navy, but I always admired these ships. Great memories!!! In October 1989, Stump again deployed to the Mediterranean as part of the USSForrestal carrier battle group (MED 190). We sailed with many Fletcher class cans that were only 2100 tons. Congress, present & past administrations in order to support government payraises, pork projects, massive welfare projects and foreign aid have cut military new hardware/ modernization projects needed to provide the physical defense of this nation and to meet our comittments to our allies. No sooner were they stricken than they were systematically sunk in a series of fleet training exercises, dismantled, or otherwise scrapped. I still want to see a Littoral Combat Ship sometime look s neat in a spaceship kind of way. At least they were not sold to another country. Admiral W. L. McDonald, Commander in Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet, embarked in March 1985 for CARIBOPS '85. Specifically, FBE-H further developed NWDC's draft Access Concept entitled "Poseidon's Presence". Commanders of the Constitution - USS Constitution Museum 345644 entries available online. 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. Now they cancel the Line of Zumwalt Class bringing the Price up to 2.2 Billion per ship and only 2 in the Planning. The Soviet attack boat was towed to Cienfuegos, Cuba for repairs, and Red Fleet technicians recovered some parts of McCloys array. Wifes Name? She was my last ship in a 20 year Naval career. Many good memories. Best damn ship ever been on, considering it was my first. Brett Crozier, who raised alarms in late March about a serious coronavirus outbreak aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier he commanded, will not be reinstated after being. I too have many fond memories of Pascagoula, Miss. 96 0 obj <> endobj 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. I was 6 or 7. USS Stump (DD-978) was a Spruance -class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Frank does keep in touch with a couple of guys that he worked closely with. I was a Plank owner of the Spruance and The OBrien DD 975. 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. What you said was honest and well thought out. I find Shipmates and Friends rather easily when I have as much details as possible when I start. I considered the SpruCans as cadillacs since I came off the Knox Class frigates. This is a total of 239 surface warships capable of blue water operations. At sea, she served as the Strike Officer in USS VELLA GULF (CG 72), Reactor Electrical then Reactor Controls Division Officer in USS NIMITZ (CVN . Deputy Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic When ours blew, I remember the tedious process of flipping this very heavy unit between two dollies in the radar room vestibule to get it out onto the main passageway, then wheeling it through the hangar and out to the flight deck, where a pier-based crane took it away while my chief (ETC Ronald Pyle) looked on. 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. 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. I loved that ship. Select the period (starting by the reporting year): precomm 1978 She was named after a Vietnam MOH winner and I remember his mother making visits to the ship. He served in the gunboat YORKTOWN (PG-1) and as Navigator in the cruiser CINCINNATI (C-7) during World War 1 in the Atlantic. 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 . Sure was ashame to see her sunk! Anyway its good to see that you 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. Was that a new color scheme? I was shocked that the Navy saw fit to get rid of all of these capable ships! 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. On Friday, July 8, the Navy announced that it had removed Cmdr. STUMP returned to Norfolk in August. The shame in the SPRUANCE class retirement is that the Navy did a poor job of maintaining and upgrading them. Lt gen brian cavanaugh hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy Thanks to the internet and facebook have been able to reconnect with several of my old shipmates.