No Higher Honor (51 page)

Roberts, Ivonette,
29

Roberts, Jack,
29

Roberts, Mike,
56
,
170
; comments about
Samuel B. Roberts
commissioning ceremony,
47
; during minefield sighting,
118
; during mine hit,
127
; signalman's watch duty of,
101

Roberts, Samuel B. Jr., as
Samuels B. Roberts
namesake,
13–15
,
18
,
48

Rowden, William,
188–89
,
200–201

Rules of engagement,
89
,
108

Sa'am
-class frigates:
Coronado
mission,
90
,
93
; mission EW88018,
110
,
111
,
112
; trailing
Samuel B. Roberts,
132
,
181

Sabalan,
181
,
183
,
186–87

Sahand,
93–95

St. Lawrence Seaway,
17

“Sammy B Fun Bunch,”
13
,
46

Samuel B. Roberts
(DD 823),
17–18

Samuel B. Roberts
(DE 413),
14–17
,
18
; survivors of,
17
,
29
,
47
,
48

Samuel B. Roberts
(FFG 58): air-defense sensors of,
85
; air detachment (helicopters) of,
157–58
; at-sea refueling of,
78–79
,
95–96
,
115
; Battle E awards to,
112–13
; combat information center (CIC) of,
42–43
,
84
,
85–86
; commissioning of,
46–49
; construction of,
25–27
,
43
; crew of,
2–5
; chief petty officers,
11–12
; citations awarded to,
112–13
,
191–92
; combat systems team,
41
; damage control team,
10
,
30–40
,
33–39
; damage control training of,
63–65
; morale of crew,
13
; off-duty activities of,
103–7
; precommissioning training of,
9–10
,
41
,
42
,
43–44
,
45
; returns to the United States,
203–5
; training of,
9–11
,
76–78
; in Destroyer Squadron 22 (DesRon 22),
75–82
; first year of commissioned service,
47–58
; launching of,
28–29
; maiden voyage of,
47
,
49–54
; mine hit,
4–5
,
17–18
,
115–36
; cleanup efforts after,
170
; crew's response to,
123–72
; entrance into minefield,
115–23
; fire-control efforts after,
148–61
,
162–64
,
167–69
; flood-control efforts after,
137–47
; response of crew members' families to,
174–76
; namesake of,
13–15
,
18
,
48
; official motto of,
18
; Pentagon press conference about,
188–89
; return to Dubai after,
173–74
; treatment of injured crew members,
130–31
,
140
,
158–61
; U. S. revenge for,
178–93
; as
Oliver Hazard Perry
class frigate,
2–3
,
11
,
12
,
18
; in Operation Earnest Will: deployment of,
70
; preparation for,
69–74
; Persian Gulf duty:
Alvand
incidents,
90–91
,
92–93
,
94
; Bahrain port visit,
107–8
; Eager Glacier incident,
85–86
; EW88018 convoy,
108–10
; EW88023 convoy,
110–12
; EW88025 convoy,
112
,
113
; Iraqi Badger aircraft incidents,
98–99
,
100–101
;
160
^th
Aviation Group (Airborne) incident,
99
; patrol operations,
88
;
Sahand
incident,
93–95
; repair of,
176–78
,
189
,
194–202
; at Bath Iron Works,
197
,
206
,
207–16
; at Dubai Dry-docks,
195–202
; JAGMAN investigation of,
201–2
; rules of engagement for,
89
,
108
; as “three-space ship,”
40
,
126
; at U. S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Gitmo),
55–75
,
63–65

Sandle, Kim,
153

San Jose,
USS (AFS 7),
112
,
115
,
164
,
171

Sarsfield, USS
(DD 837),
7
,
50

Saturday Night Live
(television program),
41

Savi Island,
14

Scamp,
USS (SSN 558),
63

Sea Isle City,
68
,
74
,
82
,
180

seasickness,
78

Seattle,
USS (AOE 3),
78–79

Segovia, Eduardo,
167
,
170

Sepelyak, Alan,
155

Shannon, Matt,
116

Shultz, George P.,
179
,
180
,
182

Simpson,
USS (FFG 56),
74
,
79
; in Operation Praying Mantis,
180
,
181
,
185

Sims, John,
144–45

Smith, Alex,
122

Smith, Mary,
122

Smith, Wayne J.,
130
,
159
; burn injuries to,
176
; evacuation from
Samuel B. Roberts,
164
; as Purple Heart recipient,
192

Sobnosky, Robert B.,
103
,
191

Sonar, SQS-56,
22–23

Sonenshein, Nathan,
20

Sorensen, Eric,
30–40
,
44
,
71–72
,
78
; concern about
Samuel B. Roberts'
“three-space” design,
40
,
126
; as damage control assistant,
32–40
; damage control handbook of,
33–39
,
154
; damage control training exercises of,
56
; as damage control training supervisor,
64
; Officer Candidate School Training of,
31
; as
Samuel B. Roberts
inspection team member,
194–95
,
196
; training routine of,
103
; U.S. Coast Guard service of,
30–31
; USS
Briscoe
(DD 977) assignment of,
30
,
31–32
,
33

Spanish-American War,
55

Stark,
USS (FFG 31), Iraqi attack on,
3
,
61–63
,
71
,
77
; lesson learned from,
154
; memorial ceremony for,
199
; readying for deployment,
57
; repair of,
209
; sailing home,
177

Strait of Hormuz,
82–83
; Operation Earnest Will in,
66

Striker,
109

Suez Canal,
17
,
207

Supervisor of Ships (SupShip),
26–27
,
43
,
47
,
216

Surface Group Four,
48
,
69
,
194

Tandis,
91

“Tanker war,”
59–60

Task Unit 77.4.3 (Taffy 3),
16–17

Tatum, Randy A.,
105
,
121
,
133–35

Texas A&M University,
45

Thailand,
7–8

Thomas, Cynthia,
175

Thomas, Doug,
164

Thomas, Randy Lee,
164
,
175

Thresher,
USS (SSN 593),
17

Ticonderoga,
USS (CG 47),
27–28

Ticonderoga
cruisers,
208

Tilley, Mike,
99
,
106
,
121
,
202–3
; as Commendation Medal recipient,
192
; during mine hit,
133–35

Townsend,
MV,
83
,
210

Trenton,
USS (LPD 14),
142
,
161
; in Operation Praying Mantis,
180
,
181
,
182
,
187–88

Trost, Carlisle,
189

United Arab Emirates,
93
,
188

United States Air Force,
182

United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Gitmo),
55–75
,
63–65

United States Naval War College,
9

United States Seventh Fleet,
15

United States Third Fleet,
15
,
16

Valliere, Michael L.,
172
,
191

Vandegrift,
USS (FFG 48),
210

Van Hook, Gordan E.,
33
,
44
,
45–46
; as Bronze Star recipient,
191
; calisthenics classes of,
105
; as damage control training supervisor,
64
; during minefield sighting,
116
,
119
; naval background of,
45
; response to mine hit by,
163
,
167–68
; as tactical action officer,
116
,
119

Vientiane, Laos,
8

Vietnam War,
7–9
,
17–18

Vincennes,
USS (CG 49),
207

Vinroot, Charles A.,
196

Wagner, Tom,
134
,
135
,
136

Wainwright,
USS (CG 28),
75
; in Operation Praying Mantis,
180
,
181
,
183
,
184–85
,
187

Walker, David J.,
44
,
45
,
78
,
92
; as Bronze Star recipient,
191
; calisthenics classes of,
105
; during minefield sighting,
119–20
,
121
; during mine hit,
129
,
135
; response to mine hit,
137–39
,
141

Wallingford, Michael,
120
,
129
,
138

Ward, Dave,
211
,
212
,
213

Washington Post,
28
,
188

Welch, Larry A.,
133
; burn injuries to,
160–61
,
176
; as Purple Heart recipient,
192

Whitley, Jim,
120
,
128
,
191

Wijsmuller shipping and salvage line,
200

Willi Tide,
184

Wimbrown VII,
97–98

Wisner News Chronicle,
104–5
,
121

World War II,
13–17
; naval mine use during,
67
; production of destroyers during,
19–20

Yamato,
15
,
16

“Yeomanettes,”
13

Zumwalt, Elmo R.,
22
,
23

BRADLEY PENISTON
is managing editor of
Defense News
. He has covered the U.S. military in more than a dozen countries and has spent time aboard more than fifty warships. His work has appeared in the
New York Times
, the
Washington Post, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
, and elsewhere. This is his second book.

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