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USS JOHN MEDITERRANEAN DEPLOYMENT |iitffi iiiiiii 9 29fAPRIL-21 NOVEMBER 1983
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«Ui , ulA - l HISTORY OF USS JOHN RODGERS Following commissioning on 14 July 1979 at Pascagoula. MS, USS JOHN RODGERS fDD-983) conducted Refresher Training at Guantanamo Bay. Cuba, and later established the Vieques Island Naval Gunfire Support Range record. In January 1980 the ship entered Pascagoula for four months post shakedown and overhaul. In July Sea Eagle returned to the Caribbean for a goodwill cruise and refresher training through the middle of August, setting the range record at VIEQUES ISLAND for the second time. On 18 November JOHN RODGERS was on her way toward her first overseas deployment, to the Mediterranean Sea as Flagship, Commander Destroyer Squadron Thirty-six. While operating with the Sixth Fleet, the ship was awarded the Hook ' em award for tracking a highly evasive submarine for over eleven hours. Sea Eagle returned to Charleston in early April 1981. From 4 September through 26 October, JOHN RODGERS participated in Ocean Venture Phase VII. a joint US Spanish naval exercise, and Phase VIII. a joint US Dani- sh German naval exercise in the Baltic Sea. Sea Eagle also participated in SHAREM 44, a US British Dutch ASW exercise, conducted in the English Channel. The ship ' s second major deployment, this time to the Middle East, began 11 February 1982. Assigned to COMIDEAST- FOR, the ship operated in the Arabian Gulf from early March through June. In May JOHN RODGERS crossed the equator for the first time while transiting toward Mombasa, Kenya. The ship returned to Charleston on 28 July. After only one month inport, Sea Eagle was underway again for two months of operations in the Pacific Ocean. In December the ship completed a very successful INSURV Inspection. During March 1983 the ship participated in READEX 1-83. a major Fleet exercise involving over 70 ships. During the exercise JOHN RODGERS successluUy fired all of its weapon systems. The Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable John Lehman, toured Sea Eagle 28 March, prior to the ship ' s return to Charleston 1 April. The ship departed Charleston for its most recent deployment to the Mediterran- ean Sea on 29 April 1983. Mm F
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