Arkansas (CGN 41) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 24 of the 1987 volume:

Q' aifxgf J-X W4 CREDITS: Photographs LCDR S.C. Ritter PH 2 S.L. Jonas PHAN B.P. Percy Published by Baron, Oakland, Ca. THE COMMANDING OFFICER Captain C. Robert Twardy The USS Arkansas departed from Alameda, California on April 27, 1987 fOl' operations in the Northern Pacino Following a brief port visit in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, we got underway on May 8 for Operation Kennel Freelance. Arkansas approached the coast ofthe Soviet Kamchatka Peninsula at 0400 Sunday morning, May 17, undetected. The volcanic terrain was frozen and formidable. l i l l MOMA AGI Soviet intelligence gathering ship Four days later Arkansas received orders to cross the line again. The Soviets were waiting and Arkansas was in the news. Keep a sharp watch! A Krivak gets close. One of the objectives of Operation Kennel Freelance was a freedom of navigation exercise. The line the Soviets had drawn and claimed as internal waters was not recognized by the United States government. Only hours after arriving on station Arkansas crossed the line. ..:F"' ' ,gf"'g fr ' xi if g ' fail A Krivak closes on the port beam. Captain Twardy makes 3 C311- A I I I I I I I I I I P I I I . Krivak III "Dzernskiy" BE-12 Mail looks us over if 'VV' hav. 2 .1 ! Commander Brown, executive officer, makes an urgent call. .10 96:5 A 04"- I- -0 --,,, .m ' l ,,, 9.--r - -- L -.. ., -.A -.avg -A, '.... ' -ntflv-' Tr- - "' 3:3-0 -..-QL -1, g 5-U'-.gff-4? . - " -- -'-A ' - , . - ,.. ,Yugo - -..Q ,-, - V - l'l -" -4f',f-1 . ., - ,H -- " - 1 -"" - V 'v " tx Q ' ' - , - -- - - - - - Q., ',,,i,N.lfh-f:,1.....--7 q.-'- ' 5- 17 . . - A- ' . 1" v-,Q -A - we s Q . '- i-'r' -n-41' ' A 'iar .4 Krivak II "Reskiy" The Gray Ghost of the Kamchatka coast Arkansas signals the Soviets siifikwf? Mr H Two BE-12 Mails and Soviet Krivak T i 1 2 v v if N N I i I x 1 E f x 1 l 5 3X'5-3 '5 A WJ! 515135 -iz, Crew of Sevastopol takes a look at Arkansas, swf.,-N Kresta I. 'Sevastopol Arkansas leaves Sevastopol astem Grisha III li Officers of Sevastopol take our picture Let's get that fly out of the salad. LTJG Harris cleans up the pots and pans I h ff ers and chiefs were voted in for the Not your typical mess cooks. T ese o IC day at a dollar a vote for Navy Relief ln a hotly contested finish Chief Popej oy beat the odds on favorite Engineer by only one dollar. lt was all in good fun for a good CEUSC. . LCDRS Farlin and Palatas take an order. M7 1 Nefdffw Chief Dulce was quite popular, too, .egsgyx sig sw XM- N, I i . A 3 i Q i 'x Q I 3 5 3 3 3 4 Arkansas left Kamchatka behind on 8 June and headed for Adak, Alaska, The crew had been through some tense moments and had gone for over four weeks without a mail call, but Operation Kennel Freelance was successfully completed, We're number one!