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PAUL F. FOSter’s Next assignment

Naval museum. PAUL F. FOSter’s Next assignment. Saving a legendary warship for posterity. One of these things is not like the other. …the only one still floating. USS Spruance – disposed of in Fleet support training exercise.

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PAUL F. FOSter’s Next assignment

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  1. Naval museum PAUL F. FOSter’sNext assignment Saving a legendary warship for posterity

  2. One of these things is not like the other …the only one still floating USS Spruance – disposed of in Fleet support training exercise USS Radford– disposed of as artificial reef on 10 August 2011 off coast of Delaware USS Fletcher & Fife – disposed of in Fleet support training exercise

  3. Spruance Class status: DD 963-968 • Spruance DD-963Disposedof in support of Fleet training exercise • Paul F. Foster DD-964Active, in service as EDD-964 • Kinkaid DD-965Disposedof in support of Fleet training exercise • Hewitt DD-966Disposedof by scrapping, dismantling • Elliot DD-967Disposedof in support of Fleet training exercise • Arthur W. Radford DD-968Disposedof as artificial reef on 10 August 2011 off coast of Delaware

  4. Spruance Class status: DD 969-977 • Peterson DD-969 Disposed • Caron DD-970 Disposed • David R. Ray DD-971 Disposed • Oldendorf DD-972 Disposed • John Young DD-973 Disposed • Comte de Grasse DD-974 Disposed • O’Brien DD-975 Disposed • Merrill DD-976 Disposed • Briscoe DD-977 Disposed

  5. Spruance Class status: DD 978-986 • Stump DD-978 Disposed • Connolly DD-979 Disposed • Moosbrugger DD-980 Disposed • John Hancock DD-981 Disposed • Nicholson DD-982 Disposed • John Rogers DD-983 Disposed • Leftwich DD-984 Disposed • Cushing DD-985 Disposed • Harry W. Hill DD-986 Disposed

  6. Spruance Class status: DD 987-997 • O’Bannon DD-987 Disposed • Thorn DD-988 Disposed • Deyo DD-989 Disposed • Ingersoll DD-990 Disposed • Fife DD-991 Disposed • Fletcher DD-992 Disposed • Hayler DD-997 Disposed

  7. NAVSEA donated 48 ships, including these destroyers: Every destroyer ship class represented from 1941 to 1972 except Spruance

  8. Navy’s plan for Paul F. Foster • Remain at Port Hueneme, CA • Continue as Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) EDD 964 for the next 9-10 years • 2021 and beyond – unknown • Eventually will be stricken from service • Donation candidate • Possible • Meets some criteria

  9. NAVSEA Ship Donation Criteria • Awarded Presidential Unit Citation • Heroic act onboard • President assigned to ship during service • First to incorporate engineering, weapon systems or other revolutionary upgrades • Historic event

  10. NAVSEA Ship Donation Criteria • Awarded Presidential Unit Citation • Heroic act onboard • President assigned to ship during service • First to incorporate engineering, weapon systems or other revolutionary upgrades – Gas Turbine propulsion, All-Electric, vapor compression distilling • Historic event – 1st TLAM from surface ship in DESERT STORM

  11. Donation: Three-phase process • 1 – Letter of Intent (Board seeking Association concurrence this weekend) and Executive Summary (assigned committee of volunteers) • 2 – Submit Business, Financial and Environmental plans. Due within one year after Navy accepts Phase 1 Letter. • 3 – Applications for Towing, Mooring, Maintenance, Curatorial/Museum Management Plan within six months after Phase 2 acceptance.

  12. Donation timeline • 2012 • April – Association’s endorsement, establish committee • Summer – Visit USS IOWA, continue research • 2013-2021– Fundraising, location search • 2014 – Donation update @ Reunion • 2018 – Submit Letter of Intent to NAVSEA • 2019 – Submit Plans: Business, $$, Environmental • 2020 – Submit Towing, Mooring, Maintenance, Curatorial/Museum Management Plan

  13. USS MISSOURI at Ford Island

  14. USS IOWA The Pacific Battleship Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2009.  The organization was awarded custody of USS IOWA BB-61 on September 6, 2011 for display as a museum and educational attraction at Port of Los Angeles Berth 87.

  15. Possible PFF Association partner • USS IOWA – Association moving BB61 to permanent display July 2012 • Ongoing discussions regarding the process • Shared Lessons Learned & three key steps: • Financial backing ($22 million for IOWA) • Location (berth/community willing to host) • Per NAVSEA requirement: A not-for-profit organization or community, an active leadership plus staff to operate and maintain the ship.

  16. A destroyer like no other We can save the LAST of the Class

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