Johnston (DD 821) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q 8 SEP--16 SEP 17 SEP--23 SEP 24 SEP--28 SEP 28 SEP-- 29 SEP-- 1 OCT 3 OCT-- 4 OCT-- 5 OCT 5 OCT--14 OCT 15 OCT--16 OCT 17 OCT--25 OCT 26 OCT-- 2'7 OCT-- 9 NOV 10 NOV--14 NOV 14 NOV--21 NOV 21 NOV--24 NOV 25 NOV-- 4 DEC 4 DEC-- 7 DEC '7 DEC-- 8 DEC 8 DEC--10 DEC 10 DEC--18 DEC chedule of 1969 Enroute Exercise PEACEKEEPER Enroute Anchor Pollensa Bay, Menorca Moor Port Mahon, Menorca BFS Cagliari, Malta Enroute Moor Trieste, Italy EnroutefReplenish Exercise DEEP FURROW Anchor Navplion, France Anchor Athens, Greece Enroute Moor Brindisi, Italy Rep1enishfEnroute Moor Palma, Mallorca Ops West Mediterranean Moor D'hyres, France Exercise POOP DECK Exercise MEDITERRANEAN 'Uh-4 perations 18 DEC-- 19 DEC--20 DEC 21 DEC-- 4 JAN 5 JAN-- 9 JAN 9 JAN--10 JAN 10 JAN--23 JAN 24 JAN--27 JAN 28 JAN--29 JAN 29 JAN--31 JAN 1 FEB-- 6 FEB '7 FEB--15 FEB 16 FEB--20 FEB 21 FEB-- 22 FEB-- 2 MAR 3 MAR-- 8 MAR 9 MAR--16 MAR 17 MAR-- 17 MAR--27 MAR 28 MAR-- Anchor Gaeta, Italy Replenish 1970 Anchor Villefranche, France Ops TyrrhenianfIonian Seas Enroute TAV, Naples, Italy Enroute Moor Iskenderun, Turkey Enroute!Moor Mersin, Turke Ops Ionian!A egean Seas Anchor Athens, Greece Ops IonianfAdriatic Seas Replenish Moor Trieste, Italy Ops Ionian!Adriatic Seas Moor Palma, Mallorca TURNOVER Enroute Arrive Charleston J i 1, 1 1,5 2 .M 4 v if P' aw I 5. O av' V 4 I

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