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cate of the poor and racial minorities. While in Los Angeles campaigning for
the Democratic presidential nomination in June 1968, Kennedy was shot and killed at age 42. Kennedy, the father of 11 children, is buried at Virginia’s Arlington National Cemetery. The future USNS Robert F. Kennedy
will be operated by Military Sealift Com- mand and provide underway replenishment of fuel and stores to U.S. Navy ships at sea and jet fuel for aircraft assigned to aircraft carriers. Construction is expected to begin on Robert F. Kennedy in 2021 at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Corporation (NASSCO) in San Diego.
Oceanographer of the Navy Joins World Leaders in Support of Sustainable Fisheries
By Brian Leshak, Offi ce of the Oceanogra- pher of the Navy
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Oceanographer of the Navy Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet mod- erated a panel regarding the sustainment of fi sheries around the world’s oceans at a conference held today at the State Depart- ment attended by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry and actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The panel, included fi shery experts
from around the world, who examined op- tions that fi shery management authorities may use to combat overfi shing and mitigate adverse impacts on the broader marine en- vironment. “You’re probably wondering why the
Navy is up here today,” said Gallaudet. “We do much to support this [combating illegal unregulated unreported fi shing] through the detection and the monitoring of illegal fi shing using our very vast maritime domain awareness capabilities and surveillance assets on the sea, in the air and even under the sea. The Navy is very invested in this area. The whole key is, this will build our regional partnerships and advance collective maritime security.” The panel was part of a two-day confer-
ence titled “Our Ocean” that in addition to discussing sustainable fi sheries focused on issues such as marine protected areas, ma- rine pollution and climate-related impacts on the ocean.
Panelists for “Fisheries for the Future”
included Minister of Marine Aff airs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia Susi Pudjiastuti, the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development of the Republic of Ghana the Honorable Sherry Ayuttey, in- vestigative reporter for the New York Times Ian Urbana, Director of Global Fisheries and Aquaculture Monterey Bay Aquarium Jennifer Kemmerly and Executive Director for the Community and Biodiversity Asso- ciation Jorge Torre. Following the panel, world leaders
from sixteen public and private sector orga- nizations stood to announce detailed pledges in support of sustaining the world’s fi sheries including fi scal support, new partnerships and resource allocation. “What we had today was a call for ac-
tion. In the U.S. Navy, our job is to fi ght and win at sea and what we have now with us is a threat of Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing that we need to fi ght and win at sea. We have a great way ahead now to address these actions and to fi ght and win this battle,” said Gallaudet. Gallaudet serves as a key advisor to the
Chief of Naval Operations. As the senior oceanographer in the Navy he provides naval leadership on all issues related to oceanography, meteorology, hydrography,
precise time, climate change, the Arctic, maritime domain awareness and geospatial and celestial referencing. He also serves as the senior policy advisor for issues related to national ocean policy and governance.
NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Provides Sup- port to Navy’s Newest Ship
By Tom Kreidel, Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Command Nor- folk Offi ce of Corporate Communications NORFOLK (NNS) -- Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Norfolk is providing logistical support to the Navy’s newest ship, future guid- ed-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) following the ship entering port at Naval Station Norfolk Sept. 14. According to NAVSUP FLC Norfolk
Commanding Offi cer, Capt. Jack Moreau, nearly every department of the command including industrial support, operations, contracting, supply management and fuels has provided a wide array of services to Zumwalt. NAVSUP FLC Norfolk’s Logistics
Support Center (LSC) has two logistics support representatives (LSRs) dedicated to handling all of Zumwalt’s needs. “My sole purpose is to support the
ship in getting what they need in a timely manner,” said Logistics Specialist 1st Class Thaddeus Berry, one of the LSRs working with Zumwalt. “Having the ship relying on you to help them pull into port is a great adrenaline rush.” Theo Jamison, who also served as
a LSR for Zumwalt described the job as satisfying and rewarding, comparing the challenge to putting the pieces of a puzzle together. Berry added working with a completely
new class of ship can be challenging. Diff er- ences such as length of potable water hoses to the size and shape of the brow presented challenges for both the LSC and the ship’s Supply Department. “Certain things might work for other
DDGs (guided-missile destroyers), but for this particular ship we had to put our minds together as subject matter experts and fi nd the best possible solution for the ship,” he added.
According to Director, NAVSUP FLC
Norfolk Industrial Support Department Michael Johnson, the support for Zumwalt dates back to before the ship’s keel laying and as part of the New Construction Inte- grated Logistics Support (ILS). That support continued all the way through to assist visits earlier this year in preparing the supply de- partment for underway operations. He added the Fleet Outfi tting Supply
Assist Team (FOSAT) did a series of visits to provide assistance in several areas includ- ing as department organization, managing storerooms, ship services, ship’s hazardous material (HAZMAT), and postal. Zumwalt will be formally commis-
sioned during Fleet Week Maryland in Baltimore, Oct. 15. NAVSUP FLC Norfolk’s Navy Food
Management Team, Navy Cash Team and Fleet Assistance Team are also involved with training Zumwalt’s supply department personnel in areas such as galley manage- ment, running the ship’s store, laundry, vending and the handling of cash services. NAVSUP Logistics Center (FLC) Nor-
folk, one of eight fl eet logistics centers under NAVSUP Global Logistics Support (GLS), provides operational logistics, business and support services to fl eet, shore and indus- trial commands of the Navy, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and other joint and allied forces. Services include contract- ing, regional transportation, fuel, material
management, household goods movement support, postal and consolidated mail, warehousing, global logistics and husband- ing, hazardous material management, and integrated logistics support. NAVSUP GLS provides global logis-
tics for a global Navy. The organization is made up of more than 6,300 military and civilian logistics professionals operating from 105 locations worldwide, providing an extensive array of integrated global logistics and contracting services to Navy, Marine Corps, joint operational units, and allied forces across all warfare enterprises. A component of the Naval Supply
Systems Command headquartered in Me- chanicsburg, Pennsylvania, NAVSUP GLS is part of a worldwide logistics network of more than 22,500 military and civilian per- sonnel providing combat capability through logistics.
Navy Surveys the North Sea for Links to the Toughness of its Past
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Lockwood, Naval History and Heritage Command Communication and Outreach Division
NORTH SEA (NNS) -- A multinational group of Sailors and scientists from a vari- ety commands, organizations and militaries searched for the wreckage of Revolutionary War ship Bonhomme Richard, Sept. 2-9. Underwater archaeologists from the
Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit(MDSU) 2, Sailors from Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center (NOMWC), Sailors from the French Mine Clearance Dive Unit (MCDU) and members from Global Foundation for Ocean Explo- ration (GFOE) embarked upon Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51) to survey a late 18th or early 19th century-shipwreck off the coast of England in the North Sea. The site is interesting to researchers
for many reasons, not least of which is its location in the same general area as that of the fi nal battle of John Paul Jones’ famous warship Bonhomme Richard. While some evidence from the site suggests the wreck could be contemporaneous to Jones’s ship, other information suggests it sank much later.
“The site has potential to be from the
late 18th to early 19th century,” said George Schwarz, Ph.D., an underwater archaeol- ogist from NHHC. “Although the site has some intriguing features, including buried wooden hull, well-preserved organic arti- facts and large concentrations of concreted iron objects, we also have later material on site such as sections of 19th century iron
--- chain.” NHHC, NOMWC and MCDU all sur-
veyed diff erent areas around the shipwreck site using various pieces of equipment. NHHC used a magnetometer towed behind a rigid hull infl atable boat (RHIB) to map possible concentrations of iron along a pre- determined grid over the site. NOMWC used unmanned underwater vehicles to survey other areas of the site and MCDU used a towed side scan sonar. MDSU 2 accompa- nied the mission and provided logistical and small boat support. “The teams worked well together to col-
lect seafl oor and sub-seafl oor features in and around the wreck,” said Schwarz. “These new data sets will aid considerably in the interpretation of the site and we’re looking forward to future collaboration with project partners.” Both NHHC and NOMWC often had to
trade off using the RHI but MCDU had their own and surveyed the site whenever weather and sea conditions allowed. The many hours they spent out on the water allowed them time to refl ect on their mission and their part in it.
Acknowledging Bonhomme Richard
was given to Jones and the U.S. Navy by France, one of the participating French scu- ba divers explained he’s glad to be a part of the survey mission and that he is happy to be a part of it. The identity of the shipwreck under in- vestigation is currently unknown but future surveys of the site may be planned pending interpretation results of data gathered during this mission. In addition to the wreck site surveyed, the teams conducted remote-sens- ing operations over an additional two square nautical miles, expanding the previously surveyed areas. During the Revolutionary War, the
French crown loaned Bonhomme Richard to the United States. Commanded by John Paul Jones, Bonhomme Richard’s crew was an early example of Sailor toughness. The ship and her squadron were ordered to the United Kingdom to cruise for prizes off the coasts of Ireland, Scotland and England. About a month into her mission Sept. 23, 1779, she encountered a convoy of merchant ships underway from Flamborough Head, which immediately turned back once they caught sight of Jones and his ships. Jones pursued and around 6:30 p.m. engaged HMS Serapis, which had been covering the retreat. Three and a half hours later, Bonhomme Richard emerged victorious-but mortally wounded. Jones shifted his colors to Serapis, the wounded were transferred over and her riggings were repaired. Bonhomme Richard
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