Convairiety, Volume 12, Number 26, Wednesday, December 22, 1959 Page: 2 of 8

                                
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CONVAIRIETY
Tuesday, December 22, 1959
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FIRST FRIGATE—U. S. Navy’s first guided missile frigate, USS Dewey (DLG 14), is shown here
during sea trials prior to her commissioning Dec. 7 at Boston Naval Shipyard. Note Terrier missile
launcher aft.
New Destroyer Leader,
Terrier-Armed Dewey,'
On Active Fleet Duty
Heralding a new era in sea
power, USS Dewey (DLG-14),
first of a new class of guided-
missile destroyer-leaders, official-
ly joined the Fleet at 3 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 7, in commissioning
exercises at the Boston Naval
Shipyard.
The 512-foot, 5,600-ton proto-
type of the largest destroyer
class ever built, is 50 feet longer
and almost double the tonnage of
the largest World War II de-
stroyer.
Much of her armament and
equipment was undreamed of in
that conflict. This includes the
latest in anti-submarine weapons
—the guided missile ASROC
(anti-submarine rockets), and
Terrier, built at Convair Pomona
and designed to repel air attack.
IVfore conventional arj^ment in-
clvraes 50-inch an^^-inch 50
caliber guns and tubes for anti-
submarine torpedos.
Implementing this armament
are the latest in search radar and
long range sonar devices. Once
detected, these can keep an
enemy target under surveillance,
record its height or depth, course
and speed. The Dewey will be
manned by a complement of ap-
proximately 20 officers and 300
enlisted men, including many
electronics specialists. The new
warship is the second to carry
the name of Admiral George
Dewey, whose mildly phrased
order, “You may fire when ready,
Gridley,” brought destruction
within a span of a few hours to
the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.
She was built at Bath, Maine,
by the Bath Iron Works, which
also launched the first USS
Dewey in 1934.
A comparison of the two illus-
trates the rapid evolution of war-
ships in the past quarter century.
The new destroyer leader’s
5,600 tons are more than three
times the 1,726 tons designed dis-
placement of her predecessor and
her 512 feet dwarf the other’s
341.
The new class even approaches
dimensions of cruisers authorized
in the World War I era. USS Ra-
leigh, a light cruiser authorized
in 1916 and built by Bethlehem
Steel Company’s Quincy, Mass.,
yard, was 555 feet long and of
7,050 tons displacement, only 14 1
feet and 1,450 tons greater than
USS Dewey (DLG-14).    -    '•*
Dewey was launched last No-
vember, 1958, with New York
Congresswoman Katherine St.
George as sponsor. Since then the
ship has engaged in several sea
and machinery trials.
She left the builder’s yard
early Wednesday morning, Dec.
2, for Boston and arrived that
afternoon.
Aboard was her prospective
commanding officer, Cdr. Elmo
Russell Zumwalt, son of Dr. and
Mrs. E. R. Zumwalt of Tulare,
Calif., who took command at the
commissioning exercise.
He has served in seven ships
since graduation from the Naval
Academy in 1943, all but one of
which were destroyers.
BREAKTHROUGH—“Bright day” for Air Force is indicated as
sun breaks through clouds while B-58 Hustler No. 31 heads for new
home at Carswell Air Force Base after final acceptance flight.
Picture was made on delivery day of first production airplane. Col.
David M. Jones, test commander of B-58 Test Force, was at controls
of first tactical Hustler during four-and-a-half hour “routine” flight.
NAMESAKE — Admiral of the
Navy George Dewey, only offi-
cer of U. S. Navy ever to hold
that rank, is shown here. USS
Dewey (DLG 14) is second ship
to be named for hero of Battle
of Manila Bay.
Closed Circuit TV
Operates on Dewey
A unique feature aboard the
USS Dewey is a closed circuit
television installation. TV re-
ceivers, located in strategic
spots in the ship, show a pic-
ture of plotting boards in the
combat information center
where the TV camera is located.
For example, the commanding
officer and officer of the deck, j
by simply glancing over their
shoulders at a receiver em-
bedded in the bulkhead on the
bridge, can get a full picture
of all attacking aircraft being
plotted in CIC.
Another feature of the Dew-
ey is the use of aluminum in
her superstructure, adding to
stability and seaworthiness.
Bureau Merger
Beats Schedule
The U. S. Navy’s Bureau of
Ordnance and Bureau of Aero-
nautics were officially merged
Dec. 1 into a new Bureau of
Naval Weapons — a full month
ahead of schedule.
The new Bureau was actually
established on paper Sept. 1, but
the additional time was required
to complete organizational de-
tails. RAdm. Paul D. Stroop,
USN, former chief of the Bureau
of Ordnance, is the new chief of
the Bureau of Naval Weapons.
At Pomona the title of Capt.
Edward C. Sledge, USN, has been
changed from “Naval Inspector
of Ordnance, Pomona,” to “Bu-
reau of Naval Weapons Repre-
sentative.” The official abbrevia-
tion of the new title is
BUWEPSREP.
The official name of the Con-
vair-operated Naval Industrial
Reserve Ordnance Plant at Po-
mona will remain unchanged.
The merger of the two Bureaus
was the result of a recommenda-
tion of the Department of the
Navy’s Committee on Organiza-
tion.
First 880 Spare Parts
Orders Speedily Filled
Via Transceiver' System
First spare parts orders re-
ceived for the Convair 880 are
being shipped to Delta Airlines
this month after being processed
by Convair SD’s new “trans-
ceiver” system.
Service parts at Convair SD
this month also acknowledged re-
ceipt of the first spare parts
purchase orders from Trans
World Airlines.
Delta, during December, will
receive 350 spare parts items for
the 880 jetliner. By the end of
June, Delta will have received
over 5,000 jet 880 spares items
valued at roughly $1,300,000, ac-
cording to Harold Wolfe, SD gen-
eral supervisor of service parts.
All of the Delta orders are be-
ing processed by the new “trans-
ceiver” punched card communica-
tion system in accordance with
Spec 200 as recommended by the
Air Transport Association (Con-
vairiety, Sept. 16, 1959).
In brief, the system works as
follows. Order tab cards received
at SD service parts (Midway and
Fordham) are pre-punched with
all of the information needed for
processing. An IBM “trans-
ceiver” system reproduces dupli-
cates of the order at Rose Can-
yon and Bldg. 8, Plant 1. After
accounting and shipping func-
tions have completed their tasks
all pertinent information con-
nected with processing the part
is recorded at service parts by
a facsimile posting machine.
The system eliminates many
steps formerly required in
processing spares orders and
is considered one of the most
advanced in the industry.
At present, there are some
13,000 “master” tab cards for a
corresponding number of jetliner
parts on open order. (Eventually,
the “jetliner” term will describe
parts for both the 880 and 600.)
By the end of 1960, the number
of jetliner parts on open order
will be around 18,000.
The number of jetliner spares
being processed by service parts
and stocked at Rose Canyon in-
creases daily. At the same time,
however, the spare parts pro-
gram needed to support Convair
SD’s twin-engine planes is being
revamped. It, too, will eventually
be processed by the “transceiver”
system.
At Rose Canyon, most of the
Bldg. 2 warehouse is being used
for receiving, stocking and ship-
ping spare parts for the jetliner,
twin-engine and military (F-102
and F-106) programs.
R. H. “Buck” Johnson, assist-
ant general foreman of material
receiving for the military and
commercial spares programs,
pointed out that eventually the
entire building (100,000 sq. ft.)
will be taken up to support the
spares program.
New shelving in the warehouse
is constantly being added, most
of which will accommodate spares
items for the 880 and 600. John-
son estimated that roughly 40,000
spares items will be stocked in
the warehouse by the end of 1960
to support both jetliner and twin-
engine planes.
The modern processing of
spares orders does not end with
the “transceiver” system. New
packaging methods for shipping
parts to airlines are also in use
and being developed.
J. J. Janssen, Convair SD pack-
aging specialist, said packages
being designed fall roughly into
two classes, each of which pro-
tects parts to the highest degree
possible.
In the “long life” category,
containers are designed for re-
pairable parts such as generators,
cylinders and control surfaces.
Emphasis is placed on quick and
easy removal of the part and re-
usability of the container which
is expected to make “100 trips.”
These containers, for the most
part, are made from light weight
metals, fiber glass, vulcanized
fiber, etc.
Materials used in the “short
life” group are made of card-
board, fiberboard and wood. In
this category, too, emphasis is
placed on having many parts of
the container reusable for anoth-
er shipment.
FIRST ORDER—Delta Airlines this month received first shipment
of 880 spares that eventually will total 5,000 items by June. In top
photo, Lu Shafer (Dept. 14) discusses punched card “transceiver”
system with J. F. Jaehn (center), SD spares store supervisor, and
E. L. Elliott, Delta Airlines representative. Below, Harold Wolfe,
general supervisor of service parts, shows Elliott ATA Spec 200
packing card which accompanies each item. Note specialized pack-
ing of individual parts.