Coronado (LPD 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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The hustle and bustle of began in April after a mini-cruise with marines that would later? fii li A tsl2 Q ' ff ' On 9 Mal' the departed for City, Ni:Cf.QlfltQ. embark the 34th Marine AmPhibi0US Unit- 'fl isin COi'Qn2iCl0,',Fll,2LS,Sfh1igF2f:-GHCliffmfihif5i?b.uS7'5QiUHdwii'UCHT, Were the Tfenwn, Barnstable County. lsit . 1 r2i, iiitil ffiff Alle' ten iii litiijrelieved Squadron set sail for X behind, t,h,us,,,begin,ning since her C0mmlSSl0'1.li?igrf2iin ii't ffgffflifi sifltss if ffliiffffiifif55lfffff5frfffff rrli itli itii isii A Prior tojasriltraininigfjopeiratioognitwith the..jTu.rki,shfNavy,'fCoronigaidofifvisiited many men to SUACl175l,Ff5S.Q?S Ephesugfind the tomb of lQohin3.i ThefS:i,ghts,jQsmellst and soundls, ,neaf,East 'country were a rrianyy,ofgthe'men,, if ilr, A wii oosi A o ifr ' irr r r Q if l si S if f ,y5,Qij3fQlff1'C,iff r,li C iiir rsl , ,f.1,Q2r,, On519Qj1gne the Coronado made a port vasafstov,NapifsS1,,51riftasiyr where afchiange of In ceremoniiesfattendedfby Vice AdmiralMurphy, Commanderiof SIXTH Fleet, Commodore Marcelilfus highly was relieved by,CaptainrMitcfhell1jQKarlowicz.-jj3After hfrisflong of Commodore Ritz wasikeenly feltrby all.FWhrile here, tours, were available to suchlplaces as theflsflanid offC,apri, the Ruinsfof Pompeii anidlvltg .A , .lQaterf3ini june, a bilateral exerciseylfith the on Sardinia was bv avisif to Genoa, lratlwhe rr Cbir.rfhspo1.a,cfsSiir0lChrlStOphefC61rurmbuS. Thfelnext operation tookjthe Coronado to Cythiioln', ,Creecie for landing exercisesgiiahd a visit Co,mmafn,der In igitir Chief of U.fSgs. Naval Forces Europe Murphy. fig Q2 'fsg Ei tem pofof Coronado's operations up dramatically by invasiorifof Cyfprus. The drama of being on a constan1tigQa.liertffcil.lowed by a successfti Of from strifeftorn5Cyprus, served to reinforce to all the in the Mediterranean and sided versatiljityfof Coronado. An unexpected portcalilriilwasfmade to Beirut, Lebanonito ThfisQiwas theffiiirst time an american ship was peirmittediyto,5visit this port in seven years. After of the srii G3 Ydcueiesl, Coronado returned to the watersQ,ofsCiy,prusfl After 32 days of te,nsi.ofnffat sea, a 2 week Vifsittof ilrtl Taormina,7Sicilv, for a well deseirvfedflperyiod of relaxationjf' C orr' S I - gg? fflA,UgUst Wasavmonth of manybsurprises. Onefzvwas arigriuineiipected trip to,ffBizerte, Tunisiaijgo aigd Navyjintransporting fa contingent of engineersfand their equipment to the lS,lja1ljdwOf,,,l5O. Cgaliteiiiabout 60 miles nforthwestfof,Bizerte. The engineersvvere bulifldfifafprovver station. The- seconid,QQ5fsfurp,r?i7sei fif- our scheduled Bllftflifitlgy to4Norfolk, 23 October, wasisrffbeingfclelayed y,-i1f,j552ifi The3,,Coron,ado hosted the Honorable 1. Secretary of thehlgavy the,,month of September. amphibious landing 2Q2QQ3f2lChU'f9 lUmD C?l5'f theitpace Of the visit. tr i , sfit f Following infrapidfsuccession of the viSitS ,5Pal5T12iaQi?1De Mall0rCa, Spain. Spanishports,areiialwaysjygreatand nel went on many of the well organized tours andturned in large niufimbersfor .yiyss exercise which was to conclude the, amphibious operation part ofour .MedjfcruisejwasJaolandinygfiat Carbonerasi, Spain, which was attended by the newfctommander of the SIXTH Fleet., VADMAFJC, Turner. Q' v On 15 Oct. 74, that long awaited return to Rota came. Five days of intense cleanup to preclude introduction of environmental undesirables into the.U..S. followed by a short turnover with PHIBRON FOUR, and USS Coronado 'set sail for the USA. 31 Oct,fCoronado returned to the Norfolk areafrom where she had set sail 174 days earlier. Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home. . . wi