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Histor daily SYNCOM messages., When the systemis operational, it can provide highly reliable multi-channel tele- type operations or voice circuits, linking commanders ashore with 7th Fleet units, In addition to normal operations, ANNAPOLIS has provided essential assistance and repairs for ships with communication difficulties. She has also been involved in many search and rescue incidents, and haS rendered frequent medical assist- ance to ships without doctors on board. During her first operational exer- cises following her conversion and shakedown cruise, ANNAPOLIS underwent strenuous tests and ex- periments in Operation Steel Pike I in the fall of 1964. In the amphib- Thefirst ANNAPOLIS was a 19th Century gunboat. ious exercise, the largest ever staged in peacetime, ANNAPOLIS provided communications for over 80 ships and 50, OOO men, AGMR-1 is the third ship to bear the name ANNAPOLIS, The first ANNAPOLIS was a gun boat com- missioned in 1895 which served in the Spanish American War, After a stint in Asia, it was put to use as a training ship at the Naval Academy. She cruised through Mexican and Central American waters before finally being decommissioned at the end of WWI, The second ANNAPOLIS was a patrol frigate which made convoy runs to Algeria in the latter part of WWII. She was decommissionedin 1946 and sold to Mexico. The present ANNAPOLIS was con- verted from GILBERT ISLANDS QCVE-1079, Asa CVE, the ship saw action in the Pacific during the Okinawa - Gunto and Australian operations in Borneo, before being decommissioned in 1961, After a twenty-three month con- version period and three month shakedown cruise, the new ANNA- POLIS joined the fleet in June, 1964 as a unit of Service Squadron 8, - F E V l i r 1 P I P P
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