Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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Command History United States Ship CFFG 345 r a,,,.f,-faeyaf .w'r.: U 9 f ,f .af W . United States Ship AUBREY iiii PrOPU:l5lOI1d Planth Exgminatidnn. ln luly r ifeee n xg dep We to t 9 aslem aC'f'f fo' Iron WOFkS, Bath, Marne, Where mg? l 't f f the CO3 I f C r launched dn d 'Ons 9 S O emi' April 1. Id WaS9 0 t ber tt, 'n September 1985 the ' 'fii' BE? ,i',,i, Q! ie,. fi f if rircrr received Sl'i3kGdOWl:l rne tt dd d t t it t tttttt ,WTEEHFYF 1986 thpa T' . f the Seam ing Group erranranana n nn Q e5pf'ii'O 5 a r Q We Training, AUBREY by ht, 'ng e 5 on he' Board of inspection Final radar, she first s ip on the scene to ended with AUBRE Y for shuttle was awarded the Coast United States Navy Commerg atitggyyyrth operational distinguish- ship's material for her SGVQF3 l0n5 Of nation team. 1 . , AUBRE Y FITCH to Bath .recewed he' Second fn' KPSAJ- UPON the 17 dass SNP 'SP?Cted to FITCH returned to began 1988, hosted a visit by the Refresher Training at Barr me PeOP'e S RePUb f ing Cuba, the Ship COW . . USS Taurus IPHMBQ unit of Middle East Force bined FFCVPHM 5Uff TFMWPOFF on 4 Decembef ra narrrdnare in rrrerrrrrrrrrerrr rrrrrrrderr Prrrr the ifWf1Si0n Of afhir Pakiqanl Aqaba' 10 011 22 IUHG 1984, F' dan Mayport to join the 'll' in january 1987, AUBRE Y mouth, England. duties for USS SARATOGA FORLANT deployment AAW and ASUW exercises beck, Germany: included St. Thomas, Us Swilai Cha eSl0'1r South Y FITCH Served as School Ship in Maaftenr Nefhefl3Fld5 Antilles: and visited Wilmington, NC. Returning ana- AUBREY HTCH fefumed to 1987, AUBREY FITCH completed IMAV 6 1934- ' W iiiii 'tt support services in the Port Canaveral ln 1985 AUBREY FITCH was employed in carrier Viiiriii W duties, providing submarine services, and in preparations OPAREAS in May and june 1987.

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I HIP U55 AUBREY FITCH WG341 ls A ine Torpede MOUWS Capable Of Ship in 5 new Cl355 ef Glllded ln addition, she can carry in honor of naval hero Xigig ao aAL Airbgme Multi-Purpose Sys- COf1SlSflf18 Of OVGT flflY an array of weapons, destroyer class since Y in her class, is ideal for AUBRE Y FITCH is the careful of and military shipping, provide 3 DOVUOU Of assigned warfare fer military and fO'CeSf and Bv i '87 UBREY FITCH and her she more than meets test and refine tional commitments vital fii respect to just these communication isy N iii 3 Igvy in Anti-Submarine ln Ofdef ld efedfe ef Warfare, relatively inexpensive Navy Communica- fdfed 'TWV WO and and Cdmfdl cluding modular their commit- pact data systems, They worked allocation of in the NATO countries, a the feet that She iS ,t added fd the dtdl' modern technological inherently difficult AUBRFY HTCH iS i is t dvd' ledl' the complement of at best, Spoke En' empley- i i t , AUBREY HTCH Def' The ship is actually a Ocean Safari, a fact which Signed, fltfeugh her Cembat hd dew and ef he' equip' destroy all air, surface and with unmistakable clarity her a guided missile launching what she was built to do: de- both Standard Surface-to-Air Missiles and those vessels in her charge against Surface-to-Surface Missiles, a 76MM Rapid Fire C'U nfilW'ai7l'i'potential threats. the Close In Weapon System QCIWSJ, and two Triple 5