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Photo by A1C Thomas E Bohon

  

Ready Aim Fire!

 

USS Horne Final Mission: RIMPAC 2008

 

 Hail Sister! Many Sterett shipmates will recall steaming with or being docked alongside our sister ship: USS Horne DLG/CG 30, over the years around the world. She was actually the first ship DLG 31 relieved on PIRAZ station during Sterett's initial deployment to the Gulf of Tonkin in 1968.

Here are two excellent video clips produced by USS Horne Association Webmaster Joe Westerberg that are sure to be appreciated by shipmates who served aboard Sterett 31, as well as others interested in seeing actual weapons fire aboard this class of ships (Belknap Cruisers) which served as key workhorses and shields for the Fleet from the mid- Sixties to the early Nineties.     

The two weapon systems covered in the first clip: the rail-launched Terrier/Standard surface-to-air missiles and the 5-inch 54 gun mount should be familiar to all Sterett 31 shipmates. Both could have been similarly filmed anytime during the entire service life of either Horne 30 or Sterett 31 (1967-1994). This clip certainly captures what we all remember from those days about getting  geared up and being ready to fight the ship. These were the same two systems Sterett deployed against the MIG and surface attack threats in the Battle of Dong Hoi in 1972.  

The second clip is a moving video of Horne's last mission: while serving as a target ship on RIMPAC in 2008, the Horne was finally commended to the deep. It is a fitting tribute to Sterett's fair sister!

 

 Posted 8 July 2010
Expanded DD 27 Section 2010 is the centennial of the launching and commissioning of the DD 27 - the first U.S. Naval vessel named after early American naval hero Andrew Sterett. This section has been enhanced to honor that anniversary. 

 

 Posted 2 May 2010
Honor Flight Network Groups of WWII veterans and guardians will soon be mustering and boarding for a round of special flights to the Nation's Capitol this Spring and Summer to visit the WWII Memorial on the Mall. Pass the word about the Honor Flight Network ! Help support this cherished airlift. (View website with its schedules and points of contact by clicking link to the left).

Below is the link to a slideshow of photos DLG 31 Shipmate John King took when he happened upon an earlier Honor Flight arriving at DC's Reagan Airport from Alabama last April (2009) while waiting for a flight out.  

Honor flight Arrives at DCA April 2009

 

 Posted 1 March 2010
CG 31  KAL 007 Recovery Ops Slide Presentation

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 This presentation was just uploaded on YouTube ™. The photo slides show  supplements our earlier story of CG  31's role in KAL 007 Recovery Operations covered in the Fall 2008 Newsletter and available in the 1983 CG History section of this site.

If you would like to obtain a copy of the original PowerPoint presentation on disk,  please contact DLG/CG 31 Shipmate Steve Hayes ( shayes@cableone.net ).

Posted 1 March 2010
     
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