No Higher Honor (49 page)

———. to Greg Rinn, 23 February 1988.

———. to Greg Rinn, ca. 13 March 1988.

———. to Whit [of the Survivors' Association], 2 May 1988.

Tatum, Randy, and Ted Johnson to
Wisner News Chronicle
, 14 April 1988.

Unhjem, Mark, to Rinn, 23 February 1988.

USS
Carl Vinson
Engineering Department to crew of USS
Samuel B. Roberts
, 16 April 1988, courtesy of Gordan Van Hook.

Valliere, Lt. (jg) Michael L., to crew's families, 18 April 1988.

BATH IRON WORKS DOCUMENTS

“A Legacy of Pride . . . A Future of Promise: The First Hundred Years of Bath Iron Works,” BIW promotional booklet, 1984.

“List of Ships: The Hulls of Bath Iron Works,” BIW promotional booklet, 2002.

“The Log,” BIW employee newsletter, April 1986.

Platform List, FFG 58 Launch, 8 December 1984.

Press release, BIW, 24 October 1989.

OTHER

Briefing, Albert J. Tucker, Office of Naval Research, “Opportunities and Challenges in Ship Systems and Control and ONR.” Presented at the IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, 4 December 2001.

Database, “Changes in Ships' Status, v. 3.4, 22 May 2005,” compiled by Christopher P. Cavas.

Radio Address, Ronald Reagan, 21 May 1988.

Scrapbook, Gordan Van Hook.

Speech, CNO Adm. Carlisle Trost to USNI Annual Meeting, Newport, RI, 21 April 1988.

Transcript,
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
, 18 April 1988.

Transcript, Pentagon press conference by NAVSEA chief Vice Adm. William Rowden and DCNO for plans, policy, and operations Vice Adm. Henry Mustin, 21 April 1988.

Transcript, U.S. House Armed Service Committee's Defense Policy Panel hearing into the USS
Vincennes
' attack on the Iranian airliner, 21 July 1992.

Videotapes, MSC Kevin Ford. Sent home as letters, January, February, April 1988.

Videotape, Navy Combat Camera B-roll, 15–16 April 1988.

Written recollections for NAVSEA investigators, GSE2 Randy A. Tatum, ca. 16 April 1988.

INTERVIEWS WITH AUTHOR

Former members of
Roberts
crew:

Baker, Joseph, 31 March 2004.

Burbine, David, 28 March 2004.

Chaffin, Lester, 9 February 2004.

Dumas, Charles R., 30 January 2002.

Eckelberry, John R., 26 October 2002.

Ford, Kevin, 30 March 2004.

Lambert, James, 7 February 2006.

Muehlberg, James, 23 January 2002.

Palmer, Glenn P., 4 January 2004.

Preston, John, 2 February 2002.

Raymond, Richard, 30 March 2004.

Rinn, Paul X., multiple occasions, 2001–05.

Sepelyak, Alan, 25 February 2004.

Sims, John, 22 February 2006.

Sobnosky, Robert B., 29 March 2004.

Sorensen, Eric, 29 November 2003.

Tilley, Mike, 5 August 2002.

Van Hook, Gordan E., 7 March 2004.

Walker, David J., 29 March 2004.

Others:

Blakelott, Bill, 6 August 2002.

Fitzgerald, Duane, 28 January 2002.

Haggett, William, 6 August 2002.

Hansen, Erik, 6 August 2002.

Less, Anthony, 29 October 2003.

Moll, Ed, 6 August 2002.

Rinn, Pamela, 30 July 2005.

Rowden, William, 16 December 2004.

Mustin, Henry, 11 December 2004.

CORRESPONDENCE

Substantive e-mail exchanges with these former members of
Roberts
crew: Joseph Baker, Robert C. Bent, David Burbine, Lester Chaffin, Larry Deem, Bill Dodson, John R. Eckelberry, Kevin Ford, Bradley G. Gutcher, Ted Johnson, Bill McCarty, Tom Mowry, James Muehlberg, Glenn P. Palmer, Christopher Pond, John Preston, Richard Raymond, Tom Reinert, Paul X. Rinn, Mike Roberts, David Robinson, Alan Sepelyak, Geary Shafer, Robert Sobnosky, Eric Sorensen, Randy Tatum, Doug Thomas, Mike Tilley, Gordan Van Hook, David J. Walker.

Abu Musa,
91
,
93
,
97

Aegis combat system,
27–28

al-Rekkah,
65–66
.
See also
Bridgeton
, MV

Alvand,
90–91
,
93–94
,
95

Anderson turn,
51–52
,
53

Aquilino, Paul,
69
,
74
,
113
,
176
,
204–5
; at commissioning of
Samuel B. Roberts,
48
; denial of Battle E award to
Samuel B. Roberts,
69
; praise for Paul Rinn,
202
;
Samuel B. Roberts
deployment and,
69
,
113

Arleigh Burke,
USS (DDG 51),
208
,
215

Aston, James,
171

Atlantic Surface Fleet,
63
,
65

Aubrey Fitch,
USS (FFG 34):
25

Bagley,
USS (FF 1069),
180–81
,
184
,
185

Bailey, Richard A.,
164

Baker, Joe,
70
,
78
,
121
,
133–34

Baker, Mark,
206

Bath, Maine, as “City of Ships,”
19

Bath Iron Works Ltd., Bath, Maine,
3
,
19–29
,
75
; during Cold War,
20
; construction of the
Samuel B. Roberts,
3
; modular construction practices of,
21
; PF 109 class contract,
24–26
; repair of
Samuel B. Roberts,
58
,
197
,
206
,
207–16
;
Samuel B. Roberts
commissioning and,
47
; shipyard workers' strike,
43
; during World War II,
19–20

Battle E (battle efficiency) awards,
12–13
,
58
,
112–13
,
192

Battle Group Foxtrot,
180–81

Battle of Lake Erie,
24

Battle of Leyte Gulf,
15–17
,
48

Bauman, Stanley,
159

Bellatrix,
USS (AK 20),
14

Bent, Robert C.: as Bronze Star recipient,
191
; involvement in repair of
Samuel B. Roberts,
198
; during minefield sighting,
120–21
,
131
; response to mine hit,
133
; rescue of Alex Perez,
139–40
,
175

Blakely,
USS (FF 1072),
9
,
50

Bon Pisai,
8

Bowdoin College,
46

Boyd, Joseph D.,
164

Bridgeton,
MV: as
al-Rekkah,
65–66
; mine hit,
66–67
,
74
,
83
,
114
,
210

Brindel, Glenn,
57
,
6
l,
62–63

Brunswick Naval Air Station,
46

Bulkeley, Joseph D.,
24–25
,
27
,
47

Burbine, David J.,
121–22
; burn injuries to,
130–31
,
141–42
,
176
; evacuation from
Samuel B. Roberts,
164
; as Purple Heart recipient,
192

Bureau of Ships,
20

Bush, George H. W.,
188

Bushehr,
92

Cambodia,
8

Canadian Destroyer Squadron,
1
st,
9

Carlucci, Frank C.,
179
,
180
,
182

Carl Vinson,
USS (CVN 70),
190

Carr, John,
149
,
162–63

Casey, Thomas,
6–7
,
8

Castro, Fidel,
55

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
85–86

Chaffin, Lester,
162
; family of,
175
; involvement in repair of
Samuel B. Roberts,
198
,
199
; during minefield sighting,
118
; during mine hit,
128
; as Navy Achievement Medal recipient,
192
; return of to the United States,
205

Chambers, Robert,
160

Chandler,
USS (DDG 996),
81
,
83

Chesapeake Shipping Company,
66

Clark, William,
62–63
,
69
,
72

Claus, David,
105

Conoco,
199

Copeland, Edwin B.,
139–40
,
191

Copeland, Robert,
15
,
16–17
,
18
;
The Legend of the Sammy B,
18

Coronado,
USS (AGF 11),
89
,
94
,
116
,
117
; as Middle East Force flagship,
88
; Operation Praying Mantis and,
180
; Rinn's call to,
142
;
Samuel B. Roberts
as escort for,
91

Courier,
108–9

Cowan, George,
139
,
175
,
191

Crist, George B.,
179
,
180
,
185
,
189
,
191

Crosby, Earl Jr.,
104

Crowe, William J.,
179
,
180
,
182
,
191

Cuban missile crisis,
17

Damage control (DC),
10
; guidelines for,
33–40

David, Ward,
171

deconfliction,
77
,
81

Dejno, Mark,
121
,
131
,
192

Destroyer Squadron 22 (DesRon 22),
75–82

Djibouti,
80

Dodson, William,
160–61

Donnell, Joseph,
192
,
204
,
205

Dubai Drydocks,
173–74
,
176–77
,
195–200

Dukakis, Michael,
188

Dumas, Charles R.,
13
,
49
,
148
,
191

Dyer, Donald A.,
77
,
79
; awards to
Samuel B. Roberts
crew by,
81–82
; Operation Praying Mantis and,
180
; reprimanding of Paul Rinn by,
75–76

Eager Glacier,
85–86

Eckelberry, John R.,
72
,
93
,
123
,
170
,
174
; as Bronze Star recipient,
191
; comments on combat readiness,
86–87
; at Dubai International airport,
203–4
; response to mine hit,
141
,
154
; evacuation of injured crew members,
164
; treatment of injured crew members,
158–59
,
160
; wife of,
204–5

Elrod,
USS (FFG 55),
81
,
89

Enterprise,
USS (CVN 65),
17
,
109
; munitions explosions on,
150
; in Operation Praying Mantis,
180
,
181–82
,
186
,
187

Fearless,
USS (MSO 442),
189

fire control, on ships,
35–39
; on
Samuel B. Roberts,
148–61
,
162–164
,
167–69

Firehammer, Robert L.,
4
,
115
,
123
,
174

Fitzgerald, Duane,
216

Flatley,
USS (FFG 21),
28

Ford, Kevin,
4
,
71
,
102
,
115
,
159
; closed-circuit sports program of,
104
; as Navy Commendation Medal recipient,
191
; response to mine hit,
143
,
144
,
145
,
147
,
154
; treatment of injured crew members by,
158
;videography activities of,
96
,
97
,
113

Forrestal,
USS (CV 59),
150

Forster, Bill,
211

Frank, Scott,
143
,
154
,
191

free surface effect,
34

Fridley, Richard L.,
104
,
106
,
143
,
154
,
191

Frost, George E.,
118
; as Bronze Star recipient,
191
; response to mine hit,
142–43
; ship stabilization efforts of,
171–72

Fujairah,
80

Gas Princess,
83
,
108–9

Gawor, Gary W.,
165–66
,
174
,
191

Gearing
class of destroyers,
17

Georgia,
USS (BB 15),
19–20

Giannone, Steven,
159

Gibson, Robert F.,
1–2
,
4
,
115
,
123
; evacuation from
Samuel B. Roberts,
164
; injuries to,
160
; during mine hit,
5
,
127
; as Purple Heart recipient,
192

Goodrich, James,
20
,
21
,
24

Gorbachev, Mikhail,
188

Gore, Al,
188

Grapple,
USS (ARS 53),
28

Guadalcanal, 1942 U.S. assault on,
14

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. Naval Station (Gitmo),
55–75
,
63–65

Guardian,
205–6

guided-missile frigates,
27–28

Gurnett, Lloyd A.,
48

Gutcher, Bradley,
160
,
191

Haggett, William,
20–21
,
24
,
25
,
27
; repair of
Samuel B. Roberts
and,
197
,
209
,
210
,
216