USS Luce DDG 38
STG2 Block – Asroc Shack
Pratt, Luce, Farragut, Salem 1992
Looking over towards Luce, denied entry 1992.
Request to Board Luce denied…
Never say NO to a Sailor…
Luce and Pratt 1992
STG2 Block 4th Div DDG-38 @ 1979
USS Luce DDG – 38 Bridge 1979
Luce, Farragut on right, Pratt on left
we rescued these 3 from a drunk in Fort Lauderdale
MT 51 letting one loose 1979
shell casing landed on point
STG 2 me
ASROC LAuncher, I painted it on our transit to the med
Kent, VJ and Bowman
Asroc Deck 1980
Ron Olvera
Don Weldon
Awards Ceremony helo deck 1980
Boatswains Locker @ 1993
Windlass @ 1993
Forward Diesel
When the shark bites
Luce, Starboard side main deck, looking forward – 1993
4th Division, Olvera, Bake, Billings and Howry
Billings, Howry, Conrad and Woody
Desron 12
Luce starboard side midships looking up – 1993
Luce portside looking forward, flag bag at left
Starboard-side signal bridge looking aft and down, Pratt alongside
Luce mainmast
Signal Bridge
UNREP, JFK on the port side of Canisteo (Prowler)
unrep twilight
Luce Portside Bridgewing @ 1993
Fueling probe CDR Stubbs, portside bridge wing
securing the probe, Luce @ 1980
Independence flight deck
our wake…
Luce Pilot House
Luce Pilot House 1993
Luce, from signal bridge looking forward, overlooking mothball fleet 1995
Hurricane Alan 1980
Anchored after Hurricane Alan
Radio Central, still secured
Luce, portside looking aft 03 level
Routine Maintinance on the MK 32 Tubes
Torpedo recovery, portside midships, VJ, Howry and Kirkpatrick
VJ, Corwin, Carmen, OT and Kirkpatrick
Corwin, Holler, Carmen 46 recovery
Vertrep / Unrep – USS Barney DDG-6 & USS Butte AE 27
Conrad
CIC Combat Information Center
Lower CIC, Luce @ 1993
4th Division at Hanna Park, Mayport, FL – VJ, Proctor, Blood, Bake and Conrad
Mike Gordon
Blood, Conrad, Maddox, Kirkpatrick and Bake
Freddy Clark
Walbridge
55 radar…
Terrier Missile Control
Missile load out selector @ 1993
Missile Launch Panel, Luce @ 1993
Galley
chowline, looking aft
Mess Deck Looking Aft 1993
Forward pasageway, starboard side looking aft 4th division below.
My Rack, 4th Division berthing.
Weldon and Blood, all the room anyone needs
4th Division berthing starboard side @1993
4th Division Head (9th wonder of the world)
Mark and Blood, Marks last night onboard
Luce, Crews Quarters, Frame 157
Crews quarters outside of ASW Control Frame 38
ASW entry (my office)
ASW, Sonar and UB plot
UB Plot
Entering ASW (dejavu)
The Gang – Midnight spades
Mk 114 FCS
Torpedo Launch Selector
ASW control
ASW UB PLOT @ 1993
Billings Initiation UB PLOT- Woody, Townley, Billings, Howry and Bake
USS Luce ASW – SQQ 23 Pair Console 1993
Stack
Heading below to Sonar Equipment room Luce
NTDS, calling home via ham radio connection
Kent Townley
Luce rolling to port @ 1980
Howry
Divisional Communications
sonar equipment room @ 1980
ladder down into Sonar equipment room
Sonar Generator Room behind gate
Luce, Crews Quarters Forward
Ceew Quarters, Frame 187 B-Division
Luce, Dry storage, way below deck
Luce Patch painted in one of the holes
Status board
Forward Fireroom
Boiler
Forward Engine Room
Reduction Gear Main Engine
Missile house looking aft @ 1993
Missile house looking forward @ 1993
Terrier launcher – Billings, Davio and myself
Missile load demonstration, Halifax Nova Scotia
SM 2 on the rail, from observation post
Launch from observation post
Launch from midships looking aft
Birds Away
SM2 on the way
Missile House Post Launch
Climbing down to missile magazine @ 1993
Terrier SM2 magazine
SM2 Missile Magazine 1993
Terrier missile mag, as far down as one could go
After Steering, XBT launcher
Stern-2
Reunion Program
reunion letter from President Bush
4th Division
Erica and the Luce
Shipmates
The Once Mighty LUCE…
Bridge
Ron Diorio
Rich Bake
It was a hot day…
Luce, prepped for the scrappers torch
Lucites 24 years later
4th Division Maddox, VJ, Bake and Block
Reunion News Coverage
Luce enters dry dock for the last time, image by metro machine
Luce sadly begins to be cut up, image provided by metro machine
ASW and Sonar is visible, gun magazine drums are also visible just above sonar dome, by metro machine
Forward section almost gone, image by metro machine.
A sad sight for a sailor.. image by metro machine.
Stern is off, her name plate is saved, image by metro machine.
The Hull quickly reduced, image by metro machine.
Then she was Gone… image provided by metro machine.
Invitation to Annapolis
Stern Plate Dedication
At the Dedication of Stern Plate, Luce Hall Annapolis
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