Chapter 4 THE FANTAIL (BACK)

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1 Chapter 4 THE FANTAIL (BACK) Rev: Triton 1.0 USS Triton Ship-12 The Meaning of the Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes Challenge Coin 1

2 THE REST OF THE STORY (The Long Version) USS Triton Ship-12 at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes 2

3 THE USS TRITON SHIP RTC 3

4 THE USS TRITON SHIP RTC USS Triton Ship 12 side view. Recruits in groups of more than 8 will enter here USS Triton Ship 12 corner view 4

5 WHERE IS THE USS TRITON SHIP 12? So where exactly is the USS Triton at Great Lakes? 5

6 BOOT CAMP PROPERTIES The recruit training base in Great Lakes consist of 3 separate properties: Camp Moffett - the main in-processing area. This is where the recruits will arrive. Camp Porter - the main recruit training area where most of the training is taken place, and where some recruits are housed. Camp John Paul Jones - mainly used for housing of the recruits. Railroad tracks separates Camp John Paul Jones from Camp Porter here 6

7 CAMP MOFFETT, PORTER, & JOHN PAUL JONES The Canadian National railroad tracks separates Camp Porter from Camp John Paul Jones Camp John Paul Jones When coming from O Hare airport to RTC Great Lakes just head north on I-94, which will turn into I-294. Turn right on Buckley Road (IL-137), go for 8 miles. You will see Camp Moffett on the left, and Camp Porter on the right. Camp Moffett Camp Porter BEQ = Bachelor Enlisted Quarters ie the Ship (Barracks) Keep on this road to go to the main Navy base NTC Great Lakes. Note: Buckley Road divides Camp Porter (Left) and Camp Moffett (Right). There is a tunnel under the road that connects them together. The sailors will sing as they pass through the tunnel. 7

8 RTC Great Lakes ~ Ships Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall USS Constitution Ship 6 USS Theodore Roosevelt Ship 5 USS Arleign Burke Ship 4 USS Triton Ship 12 USS Kearsarge Ship 11 USS Enterprise Ship 10 USS Marvin Shields Ship 13 USS John F. Kennedy Ship 9 USS Chicago Ship 7 USS Arizona Ship 14 Parking lot (After PIR dropoff) Chapel Photo Lab USS MASON Ship 17 for Navet/Osvet In processing Barracks Medical/Dental NEX Recruit In-processing (Where Hell Begins) Golden 13 Combat Training Pool USS Chief & Gas Chamber Uniform Issue/Tailor Pacific Fleet Drill Hall USS Hopper Ship 3 Courtesy of USS Marlinspike Medical USS Freedom Hall Reuben James PFA Ship 2 Dental Small Arm (SAM-T) USS Iowa / Battle Stations 21 Visitor Control Center (VIP) Graduation (PIR) Entrance Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall (Graduation) Buckley Road (IL-137) USS Pearl Harbor Ship 1 In processing Barracks Lake Front Hwy/ Amstutz Expy 8

9 Triton LAYOUT OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES Kearsarge J.F. Kennedy Chicago Enterprise Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall Marvin Shields Arizona Main entrance to Camp John Paul Jones Canadian National railroad tracks 9

10 TYPICAL SHIP (BARRACK) LAYOUT 1 - USS Marvin Shields 2 - USS Arizona 3 - Division muster (meeting) point & Entrance with more than 8 recruits 4 - Entrance for staff & less than 8 recruits 5 Galley (cafeteria) (1 st Floor) & Training rooms (2 nd floor) 6 - Main point of entry into Camp John Paul Jones (Railroad underpass) 7 Canadian National railroad tracks

11 COOL PICTURE OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES Notice that the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall & USS Chicago (ship 7) are not built yet. 11

12 COOL PICTURE OF CAMP JOHN PAUL JONES Notice that the Atlantic Fleet Drill Hall is not built yet. 12

13 THE BRIDGE AND THE COIN The Challenge coin design As with all maps, you will need a reference point to understand where you are The reference point for Camp John Paul Jones (JPJ) is this railroad overpass. This is the main entrance into Camp JPJ, for both vehicle and pedestrian. There are other gates on Camp JPJ, but they are rarely/if ever used. They are basically used only to bring in landscaping and maintenance equipment. 13

14 When your sailors go to Battle Stations, Small Arms Training, Church the Navy Exchange, to exercise, Fire Fighting, Medical, Dental, etc They will march under this railroad bridge! 14

15 The Challenge coin design This is why the bridge was designed into the USS Triton Ship 12 Challenge Coin 15

16 TRIVIA QUESTION Question: How long did it take to complete the Canadian National railroad overpass? 16

17 ANSWER Answer: Because the railroad line provides daily freight service to local businesses during the week, the construction of the bridge over the underpass had to be completed over a weekend when there was no rail service. 17

18 TIME TO PLAY WHERE S WALDO 18

19 WALDO SAYS 19

20 God bless the sailors May they sleep good tonight! 20

21 USS TRITON SS 201 The USS Triton (SS-201) 21

22 USS TRITON (SS 201) HISTORY The Challenge coin design USS Triton (SS-201), The USS Triton SS-201 was a 1475-ton, Tambor Class Submarine Laid down, 5 July 1939, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. Launched, 25 March 1940 Commissioned, USS Triton (SS-201), 15 August 1940 She served along the East Coast and in the Caribbean for a year, then went to the Pacific, where she was based at Pearl Harbor. During the remaining months of peace, Triton conducted training and in November 1941 was stationed off Wake Island. She was there on 7 December (8 December local time), when Japanese aggression converted her "simulated war patrol" to a real one. While off Wake she made one unsuccessful attack on an enemy ship, using the soon-discredited technique of firing torpedoes while deeply submerged, using sonar bearings for targeting. Triton's second and third war patrols, into the East China Sea in January-March and April-June 1942, were much more productive. Her torpedoes sank two Japanese merchantmen in February. Three more were sunk in May, plus three fishing vessels and the submarine I Her fourth combat cruise, which took Triton to the Aleutians in June-August 1942, cost the enemy another ship, the destroyer Nenohi. 22

23 USS TRITON (SS 201) HISTORY The Challenge coin design USS Triton (SS-201), (cont) Following a shipyard overhaul, Triton began her fifth war patrol in mid-december After helping to guide Army bombers on a raid against Wake, she sank two Marus late in the month. The rest of the patrol probably produced damage to several Japanese ships, but also was marked by bad torpedo performance, a problem that plagued the U.S. Navy submarine force for more than a year and a half after the war began. A few weeks after arriving at Brisbane, Australia, in late January1943, Triton was sent to operate against enemy shipping north of the Solomon Islands. She sank one cargo ship in early March and attacked others. Triton was reported overdue and from patrol and presumed lost on 10 April Post-war examination of Japanese records revealed that on 15 March 1943, three Japanese destroyers attacked a submarine a little northwest of Triton's assigned area and subsequently observed an oil slick, debris, and items with American markings. The USS Triton, with her entire crew of seventy-three officers and men, was probably sunk by Japanese destroyers off the Admiralty Islands on 15 March Triton received five battle stars for World War II service. 23

24 USS TRITON SSN 586 The USS Triton (SSN-586) 24

25 USS Triton (SSN-586) History: The Challenge coin design USS Triton (SS-586), USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), a United States Navy nuclear-powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth (Operation Sandblast) in early Triton accomplished this objective during her shakedown cruise while under the command of Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach, Jr. The only member of her class, she also had the distinction of being the only non-soviet submarine powered by two nuclear reactors. Triton was the second submarine and the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Greek god Triton. At the time of her commissioning in 1959, Triton was the largest, most powerful, and most expensive submarine ever built, at $109 million excluding the cost of nuclear fuel and reactors. After operating for only two years in her designed role, Triton's role as a radar picket submarine was made obsolete by the introduction of the carrier-based Grumman WF-2 Tracer airborne early warning aircraft. Converted to an attack submarine in 1962, she became the flagship for the Commander Submarine Forces U.S. Atlantic Fleet (COMSUBLANT) in She was decommissioned in 1969, the first U.S. nuclear submarine to be taken out of service. Triton's hull was moored at the St. Julien's Creek Annex of Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia as part of the reserve fleet until 1993, though she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in In 1993, she was towed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to await the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program. The former Triton landed on the keel resting blocks in the drydock basin on 1 October 2007 to begin this recycling process which was completed effective 30 November

26 THE BLUE BACKGROUND The meaning of the blue background: Background blue represents the Navy ambitions to control the blue water. 26

27 HONOR, COURAGE, COMMITMENT The meaning of Honor, Courage, Commitment: Throughout its history, the Navy has successfully met all its challenges. America's naval service began during the American Revolution, when on Oct. 13, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized a few small ships. Creating the Continental Navy. Esek Hopkins was appointed commander in chief and 22 officers were commissioned, including John Paul Jones. From those early days of naval service, certain bedrock principles or core values have carried on to today. They consist of three basic principles. Honor: "I will bear true faith and allegiance..." Accordingly, we will: Conduct ourselves in the highest ethical manner in all relationships with peers, superiors and subordinates; Be honest and truthful in our dealings with each other, and with those outside the Navy; Be willing to make honest recommendations and accept those of junior personnel; Encourage new ideas and deliver the bad news, even when it is unpopular; Abide by an uncompromising code of integrity, taking responsibility for our actions and keeping our word; Fulfill or exceed our legal and ethical responsibilities in our public and personal lives twenty-four hours a day. Illegal or improper behavior or even the appearance of such behavior will not be tolerated. We are accountable for our professional and personal behavior. We will be mindful of the privilege to serve our fellow Americans. Courage: "I will support and defend..." Accordingly, we will have: Courage to meet the demands of our profession and the mission when it is hazardous, demanding, or otherwise difficult; Make decisions in the best interest of the navy and the nation, without regard to personal consequences; Meet these challenges while adhering to a higher standard of personal conduct and decency; Be loyal to our nation, ensuring the resources entrusted to us are used in an honest, careful, and efficient way. Courage is the value that gives us the moral and mental strength to do what is right, even in the face of personal or professional adversity. Commitment: "I will obey the orders..." Accordingly, we will: Demand respect up and down the chain of command; Care for the safety, professional, personal and spiritual well-being of our people; Show respect toward all people without regard to race, religion, or gender; Treat each individual with human dignity; Be committed to positive change and constant improvement; Exhibit the highest degree of moral character, technical excellence, quality and competence in what we have been trained to do. The day-to-day duty of every Navy man and woman is to work together as a team to improve the quality of our work, our people and ourselves. These are the CORE VALUES of the United States Navy. 27

28 WHERE DO I BUY THE CHALLENGE COIN? We proudly sell the Recruit Training Command (RTC) coin on Ebay. We are a start up company, our feedback on Ebay is fresh. Bear with us, as we get larger. This coin was developed for a sailor, by a sailor. To find us on Ebay, just type in your sailor s Ship s Name and the word coin : Example: USS Triton coin 28