Kidd (DDG 993) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 GSMQ, Allison iokes o breolt ro fish while- guarding roolsers :rr rhe Gulf of Omoo 2 The Arnerlcoo Hog flies on 55A l5tE CITY 3 GREENCHECKER patrolling the con- vgy A Commodore Yonkers keeps up his signalling Sgrllg 5 JARRETT follows HUNTER ond SIRIKER os they sweep for mines CO VOY SAILS AFELY FOR IT By RICHARD PYLE of The Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain Three Kuwaiti tankers and their U.S. warship escorts sailed tip the Persian Gulftoday after a secret overnight stop designed to avoid the possibility of an Iranian ambush, shipping sources reported. They detected Iranian military activity between Farsi Island and where they were, said one source, who is in regular contact with other ships in the area. Off Bahrain, a wooden dhow, a private commerical craft, struck a floating mine this morning, other shipping sources said. They said there were no reported casualties, and the ship apparently did not sink. The incident occurred in coastal waters, some distance from the route used by the convoy a day earlier. Mines have been spotted off the Bahrain coast on previous occa- sions, and two children were killed earlier this year while examining a mine that had washed up on a beach. The overnight anchorage off the Arabian coast was in keeping with the Navy's decision to move the convoy through the most haz- ardous parta of the 550-mile voyage during daylight, when helicop- ters and ships can scout the waters ahead for mines. The convoy set sail at daybreak today after the overnight stop, and was expected to arrive late this afternoon at its destination, Ku- wait's main offshore loading terminal at Al Ahmadi. Iran repeatedly has threatened to attack the ILS. warships, and said on Sunday that the gulf would remain full of mines as the su- perpowers stay in the region. Farsi, a tiny island in the northern gulf, has been used in the past by Iran to launch speedboat-borne commando attacks on ships. On July 24, one of two reflagged Kuwaiti tankers being escorted near the island was damaged by a mine. Pentagon sources in Wash- ington said Iran planted the explosive that blew a hole in the hull KIDD continued to participate in every mission for the first nine escorts with the exception of num- ber six when we were in Abu Dhabi for some well de- served liberty. With the Escort Commander, COM- DESRON 14, onboard our role in the missions was 8 big one, even providing the officers to ride the tank- ers with LT Vogel riding the first three missions and LT Young and ENS O'Donnell on the fourth. Tactics and procedures advanced with the developments made by KIDD remaining in use even after our de- parture from the gulf. THE ESCORTS CO TI ofthe supertanker Bridge-ton, Shipping sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the convoy, which does not need to use deepwater channels, would steer well clear of Farsi Island. On Sunday night, the convoy turned out most of its lights as it traveled single-file through the gulf. Preceding the convoy Sunday was a fourth U.S. warship, the guided missile cruiser Reeves, which was exploring the waters, shipping sources said. Small utility helicopters, which the warships carry, were dragging sounding devices through the water to try to de- tect suspicious objects, they said, speaking on condition of anonymi- IV. The convoy was the second to travel up the gulf under a U.S. agreement to re-register ll Kuwaiti tankers to afford them military protection. Iran accuses Kuwait of supporting Iraq, its foe in the 7-year-old gulf war. Each nation has attacked ships involved in commerce with the other. In an interview broadcast Sunday by Tehran radio, Iranian Prime Minister Hussein Musavi issued new threats against foreign intervention in the region. As long as the superpowers intend to be present there and as long as they intend to act against countries of the region, the Persian Gulfwill remain full of mines and continue to be a dangerous region for ships, he said in the broadcast monitored in Cyprus and London. The convoy's biggest tanker, the 81,283-ton SEA ISLE CITY, has been leading the procession, evidently as a bulwark against float- ing mines, observers said. The refiagged vessels are the SEA ISLE CITY, an oil products carrier, the 79,999-ton OCEAN CITY, another an oil products carri- er and the 46,732-ton GAS KING, a liquefied gas tanker. Their escorts were the missile destroyer KIDD and missile fri- gates CROMMELIN and JARRETT. UE 5 25

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MISSION 87001 87002 87003 87004 87005 87006 1 87007 87008 87009 23 87010 4 87011 4 67012 4 87013 4 ESCOR T MISSION SUMMAR Y wfour DA TE IN OUT 02-03 AUG IN IN OU T IN OUT OUT IN OU T IN OUT IN TANKER5 nR1DG5roN.GA5 PRINCE GAS PRINCE SEA ISLE CITY OCEAN CITY-GAS KING TOWNSEND-GAS QUEEN GAS PRINCESS OCEAN CITY-GAS KING SEA ISLE CITY SURF CITY CHESAPEAKE CITY TO WNSEND-GAS QUEEN . f , I A fr cm' DRIDGETON-A L FUNTAS GAS PRINCE GAS PRINCE SEA ISLE CITY-GAS KING OCEAN CITY-GAS PRINCESS OCEAN GTY-GAS PRINCE U55 RALEIGH COURIH-PA TRIOT 2 NOTES: 1. mon import Abu Dhabi, U.A.E, 2. BRIDGE- TON and AL FUNTAS stop in Dubai, U.A.E. for repair and conversion respectively. 3. AL FUNTAS to become MID- I DLETON after conversion. 4. KIDD patrolling: south of Abu I I: UU ls!!! B!! .. g 9 - I ll 3 1 OCEAN CITY moves up the gulf 2 ENS Ilmg sronds JOOW SIWOVYIY ofrer hrs omvol J GAS PRINCE heods Outbound the flrsr round mp completed 4, GSMQ Doughmon or PACC 5. CROMMELIN Wm ocsm cm ond G-As Kms during the Sec- ond rmssnon 6 KIDD brmgs up the reor in the foorvh rmssion. 7 Io porrol sronon 6 Amerrcon Mosrer of rhe SEA ISLE CITY. COprom John Hom