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Mclnerney begins historic deployment

By MC2 Sunday Williams-,"-m.


Family, friends and Sailors
 gathered aboard Naval
 Station Mayport Oct.
5 to bid safe farewell to USS
McInerney (FFG 8) as the crew
set sail for their final deploy-
ment. During its six-month
cruise, McInerney will be the
Navy's first gas-turbine-propelled
ship to complete 30 years of ser-
vice.
 According to McInerney's
Command Master Chief
CMDCM(SW/AW/SCW) John
Lawry, this milestone pleases
more than just the ship's current
crew and the Navy.
 "The pride I feel to have
served on a warship with the
McInerney's history is indescrib-
able. This ship was commissioned
before anyone currently serv-
ing on her was in the Navy, and
before many of her Sailors were
even born. This accomplishment
is a great testament to all who
have sailed on her that this ship
has performed at high levels for


 Photo by MC1 Leah Stiles
The guided-missile frigate USS Mclnerney (FFG 8), homeported at Naval Station Mayport, departed Oct. 5 for its
final six-month deployment, during which it will complete 30 years of service.


this long," said Lawry.
 Commissioned in 1979,
McInerney was the second ship of
the Oliver Hazard Perry class of
guided-missile frigates. It served
as the Navy's test platform for
the LAMPS MK III helicopter
(SH-60B) anti-submarine warfare
system.
 "I have watched this ship pull in
and out of this harbor for years,"
said Neptune Beach resident


"Buzz" Wilks. "I never get tired
of watching ships leave full of
Sailors, full of our country's angels
setting out to serve, but nothing
makes me happier than seeing
them return home, and this one is
going to come back having served
this great country for 30 years.
Now that's really something."
 Lawry said the ship and its
crew achieved many accomplish-
ments, but he does have one that


stands out.
 "The accomplishments of any
warship, let alone one with 30
years of service are so numerous
and lengthy that I would do injus-
tice trying to name them all. The
accomplishment that stands out
most to me during my tour would
be the first capture of a SPSS in
2008 off the coast of Guatemala.
Our combined efforts resulted in
legislation being created to help


stem the flow of illegal drugs into
the United States and its allies,"
said Lawry.
 The SPSS (self-propelled, semi-
submersible) vessel Lawry referred
to was carrying an estimated
$107 million worth of cocaine that
never hit the streets of the United
States. Lawry said it is always
great to take part in something so
significant. The other goal of every
deployment is safety.
 "Everything else that we accom-
plish as a team just makes my
job that much more satisfying -
but our primary goal is to bring
everyone home safely."
 Lawry's pride goes beyond the
accomplishments of the ship and
of its 30-year milestone. His pride
stems from his crew.
 "It is hard to describe my feel-
ings for this crew and the growth
they have shown during my tour. I
am proud to serve as the command
master chief of such a hard work-
ing and professional group of indi-
viduals all who strive to improve
and grow on a daily basis."


From Naval History & Heritage Command


Oct. 15
1917 USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German
submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to
save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram
becomes first American sailor killed in World War I
and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his
heroism. He is the first enlisted Sailor to have a
ship named for him.
1948 First women officers on active duty sworn
in as commissioned officers in regular Navy
under Women's Service Integration Act of 1948
by Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan: Capt. Joy
Hancock, Lt. Cmdr. Winifred Quick, Lt. Cmdr. Anne
King, Lt. Cmdr. Frances Willoughby, Lt. Ellen Ford,
Lt. Doris Cranmore, Lt. j.g. Doris A. Defenderfer
and Lt. j.g. Betty Rae Tennant.
1957 USS Lake Champlain reaches Valencia,
Spain to assist in flood rescue work.
1960- USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) successfully
fires four Polaris test vehicles under operational
rather than test conditions.
1965 U.S. Naval Support Activity Danang
Vietnam, established.
Oct. 16
1885-Capt. Alfred Mahan becomes superintendent
of the Naval War College
1940 Fifth group of 10 destroyers from the
"Destroyers for Bases" deal turned over to British
at Halifax, Canada.
1942 Carrier aircraft from USS Hornet (CV-
8) conduct attacks on Japanese troops on
Guadalcanal.
1943 Navy accepts its first helicopter, a Sikorsky
YR-4B (HNS-1) at Bridgeport, Conn.
Oct. 17
1922 Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Griffin in a Vought VE-
7SF makes first takeoff from aircraft carrier USS
Langley (CV-1) anchored in York River, Va.
1941 U-568 torpedoes and damages USS Kearny
(DD-432) near Iceland, resulting in 11 killed and 22
injured.
1944 Naval Forces land Army rangers on islands
at the entrance to Leyte Gulf in preparation for
landings.
1989 Following San Francisco earthquake, 24
Navy and Military Sealift Command ships render
assistance.
Oct. 18


THIS WEEK IN NAVAL HISTORY


teams consisting of two ECM-equipped aircraft
and an armed escort of four AD Skyraiders and
four F4U Corsairs.
1967 Operation Coronado VII begins in Mekong
Delta, Vietnam.
1983 Due to political strife, USS Independence
(CV-59) ordered to Grenada.


 U.S. Navy photo
The world's first mass-produced helicopter.
In 1943, Sikorsky built 25 HNS-1 helicopters
for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. It
had a crew of two, a ceiling of 8,000 feet, a
cruising speed of 65 mph and a range of 230
miles.
1812 U.S. sloop of war Wasp captures HM brig
Frolic.
1859 U.S. Marines reach Harper's Ferry, Va. and
assault the arsenal seized by John Brown and his
followers.
1867 USS Ossippee and USS Resaca participate
in formal transfer of Alaska to U.S. authority at
Sitka and remain to enforce law and order in new
territory.
1944 3rd Fleet carrier aircraft attack Japanese
ships in harbor and land forces around Manila.
1968 In Operation Sea Lords, the Navy's three
major operating forces in Vietnam (TF 115, 116,
and 117) are brought together to stop Vietcong
infiltration deep into South Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
Oct. 19
1843 Capt. Robert Stockton, commander of USS
Princeton, the first screw-propelled naval steamer,
challenges British merchant ship Great Western to
a race off New York, which Princeton won easily.
1915 Establishment of submarine base at New
London, Conn.
1944 Secretary of Navy orders African-American
women accepted into Naval Reserve.
1987 Destruction of an Iranian oil-drilling platform
used for military purposes.
Oct. 20
1824 U.S. Schooner Porpoise captures four
pirate ships off Cuba.
1944 7th Fleet lands over 60,000 Army troops at
Leyte, Philippines while Japanese aircraft attack.
1952 Task Force 77 establishes ECM hunter/killer


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1797 -


Launching of USS Constitution at the


Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. "Old
Ironsides" remains the oldest commissioned ship
in the U.S. Navy.
1942 British submarine lands Navy Capt. Jerauld
Wright and four Army officers at Cherchel, French
North Africa, to meet with a French military
delegation to learn the French attitude toward
future Allied landings.


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