Issue # 84 (November Juliet Tango Alpha) April/May. 2018 (Page 1) Official Newsletter for the USS Haynsworth Committee, President, Harvey N. Bailey RD3 1960 to 1962 SHIPMATES, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS OF THE USS HAYNSWORTH DD-700 COMMITTEE, WELCOME TO THE 2018 ISSUE OF THE HAYNSWORTH NEWSLETTER. Chris and I are pleased to announce that we are working with Williamsburg,Virginia venues to host the 29th USS Haynsworth . Williamsburg was a day tour at our 2005 reunion at Norfolk, VA. A short day tour is not a sufficient time to fully take in and enjoy the history of Williamsburg and participate in the on-site events that depict life in the ‘Colonies’ of that period. If it is possible for anyone attending this reunion and you have younger relatives, especially school age children, this reunion would be the one you would want to bring them to. Some activities you can attend are in the photo’s below. A ride in a real stage coach A court drama about real trials of the 1700’s ! A ‘witch’ trial from court documents. Evening show of Benjamin Franklins ‘Glass Harmonica’. SO, BRING THE CHILDREN. THERE’S ALSO ‘BUSHGARDEN’S AMUSEMENT PARK! (Many School’s will give excused absences for educational trips.) 1959 ‘INLAND SEA’s CRUISE. LEAVING CHICAGO’s NAVY PIER USS HAYNSWORTH DD-700 NEWSLETTER April/, 2018 issue #85 April/May, 2018 (page 2) James F. Horn (Editor) 2 Surrey Court Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED If your name or address is not correct or any of the information within is not correct or if you have any news or stories you wish to share with your ship- mates, please contact the Editor. If you wish to discontinue receiving this newsletter, please return this copy or notify Editor If you would like to receive the E-newsletter Exclusively, call or e-mail me. It’s Great in color! SHIP’S STORE The following items are available in our Ship’s Store. All orders include shipping. Ceramic Cup w/ DD-700 photo & DD-700 Patch--------------------------------$21.00* NEW ITEM Framed Glossy USS Haynsworth pictures(see note below)-------------------$16.00* USS Haynsworth, DD-700 Ball Cap’s (specify with/without “eggs)----------$15.00* W/eggs, $20.00 USS Haynsworth Patch (embroidered 5” Dia.).----------------------------------$ 7.00* USS Haynsworth Golf Shirt,(Navy Blue or Gray [state color] ) with: Gold embroidered ship, name, and hull number).S/M/L/XL XXL----------$32.00* USS Haynsworth DD-700 License Plate Frame (Metal)-----------------------$20.00* Light Tan Twill Jacket w/ DD-700 patch. (see insert)--------------------------$195.00* USS Haynsworth T-Shirts; (select from many DD700 pictures, all sizes.---$19.50* Note;(Contact me at: [email protected] or 717-263-8090 for available pictures or, send me your own!) (Note: All prices have increased due to increased mailing costs. See *) Make all checks payable to: “USS HAYNSWORTH REUNION COMMITTEE” Send check to: James F. Horn (Treasurer) 2 Surrey Court Chambersburg, PA 17201-8756 MAIL BAG April/May, 2018. (page, 3) Rec’d f/ RMSn Marvin Timm, ’48-’49, CambridgeMN Hi Jim,-------Sorry to hear of the health problems. I think that this is a bad year. My wife,(Lois) had the ‘bug’ for about six weeks.------I read about the reunion issues. We understand the work involved. Lois and I hosted the reunion in 1998. We had about 54/55 shipmates at that reunion, about 116 people in total. Thought you might like to see what happened 20 years ago. Please find inclosed, my dues.-----//s// Marv Timm ************************************************************************************** Rec’d 3/5/18 f/ MM2 (Stretch) Eovaldi,’58-62, CascoMI Hi Jim,------I’m late with dues, but better late than never, I talked with Billy Barnett, (webmaster for ships Web page www.usshaynsworth.org ), he was having a problem with a picture of Wally Lueck, MM3 (’59-’62). We had a terrible snow storm here yesterday, (3/1), but that’s Michigan.----- //s// ‘Stretch’ **************************************************************************************** Rec’d 2/10/18 f/ MM2 John Brockman ’63-’66, ClevelandTX Dear Jim,-----I hope this finds you and Chris well and happy. It was a real pleasure talking to you. This is to catch up on my dues. I forgot to tell you to make my Tee-Shirt a large w/ #5 picture. Please enter me in the drawing for the ‘(Navy) Jacket raffle. I added $50 for that. Also, give me five chances for the 2018 Clock too. Thanks Jim.---------Fair Winds and FollowingSeas, -------//s// John Brockman P.S. Say Hi to Chris. (Consider it done john, she appreciates that!) **************************************************************************************** Rec’d 3/17/18 f/ BT2 Timothy, (Tim) Fohs ’58-’61, Odenton, MD Jim, Enclosed are two photo’s of BT’s station aboard DD-700. The top photo was taken at our ship’s party in July 1960. (Editors note: I was at that ship’s party and it was in BarcelonaSpain). The other photo, location unknown, but possibly in a local bar when we were on the Great Lakes, (In-Land Sea’s Cruise) cruise. Ask Pappy Schreffler if he remembers going ashore in BeirutLebanon in September 1958, with myself and Louie Lowman, (BT2 ’56-’61 [D: 2/6/2008]). (Editors Note: I also was aboard and remember liberty in Beirut. that’s a story I will tell later.) Tim’s letter continues: Also, enclosed is a check for two Tee-shirts, 1-large; 1-medium and 1-ship’s cup and patch. I appreciate the work you guy’s put into the newsletter and keeping memories of serving aboard the Haynsworth, alive. I spent two years and nine months aboard the DD-700--- Some great times and some not so great.-------Thanks, //s// Tim Fohs BT2 (photo’s on page 4) *************************************************************************************** Rec’d 24 Feb. 2018 f/ LT Malcolm Kenyon, ’69-’70, Bellingham, WA Dear Jim,----Thank you for staying faithfully at the helm through the thickening fog of old age! Please find enclosed my check for dues and for 1 of the irresistible ceramic mug with our ships patch on it, (I still have the one I used in the wardroom in 1969, enshrined on a shelf in my library). Also enclosed is an essay / memoire compiled from vignettes written between January 2007 and February 2018. I send it for your amusement, because some of the character sketches are possibly to frank and, caution! It contains ’Sailor’ language. The VA Center in Bellingham has a weekly writers group for vets from all services who have PTSD, (we even have a woman!).We write this stuff for amusement and catharsis and read it out-loud to other. May you prosper,----//s// Malcolm (Ed. Note: Thanks Malcolm, I am going to break down your ‘essay’ titled THE HAYNSWORTH into three or four parts spread out into as many issues of the Haynsworth newsletter.) THE HAYNSWORTH by LT MALCOLM KENYON, 1969-1970 The pinnacle of my Naval career was to be Chief Engineer of the USS Haynsworth (DD-700), a 2250-ton destroyer, veteran of the Okinawa campaign, home ported during her last years on Pelican Island at Galveston, Texas. did not exist in 1900, but accreted later from dredge spoils dumped around the old quarantine moorage at the mouth of the HoustonShip Canal. The island was a flat featureless wasteland of crushed dusty white oyster shell, never fully recognized as a part of Texas. TODD Shipyards Corporation had a yard there. were water moccasins ans rattlesnakes just beyond the parking lot, making walking after dark totally insane and daylight strolls circumspect. No one wanted to walk there anyway since there was nothing to see. (C0ntinued on page 6 ) MAIL BAG April/May, 2018 page 4 Left to right: ? ; Frank Cavallaro; Louie Lowman; ? ; ? . If any shipmate can identify these, ‘unknowns’, please contact me, and I will print correction later. E-MAIL BAG April/May, 2018 page 5 (Editors comment on the following contribution from USS Haynsworth Committee President- Harvey N. Bailey RD3/c ’60 – ’62. The following article was penned by; James A. Lyons, ADM, USN (Ret.) Article was posted on Wednesday, September 6, 2017., [I agree with the following analysis/opinion.]) I am sharing this with the shipmates who have not had access to this article that was distributed to all shipmates that do have e-mail. Any received comments will be included in the next newsletter providing that the contributing shipmate(s) give permission to post their replies.) ANALYSIS/OPINION: (by James A. Lyons, (ADM RET. Cmdr. CINC Pacific) The U.S. Navy’s loss of two sophisticated, key anti-ballistic-missile-capable destroyers within a matter of several weeks is symptomatic of a much larger issue. The fact that these highly maneuverable ships were ‘steaming’ independently and collided with two civilian merchant ships, which was clearly avoidable, demands drastic corrective action. A recent directive by the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. John Richardson, calling for a top-to-bottom review by all levels of the Navy’s command structure is a step in the right direction. Areas most likely to be reviewed include the current size of the Navy and an assessment of ots impact on force deployments, operational tempo as well as lack of time for required maintenance. Certainly, current training procedures and how personnel are qualified to perform critical bridge watch-standing duties, as well as in combat information center, must be examined. While these are key areas to review, the Navy has always had long deployments and overworked crews, neither of which affected fundamental seamanship on operating our ships. However, I am sure that eliminating of the Surface Warfare OfficerSchool will be highlighted as a contributing factor.