Kidd (DDG 993) - Naval Cruise Book

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,gi f-'12 --.L Ai , wr Y Tankers approach dangerous stralt By NABILA MEGALLI of Tho Auocntod Prou MANAMA Bahrain Four Kuwaltl tankers and thexr U S Navy warshlp escorts approached the narrow Stralt of Hormuz the last and most dan gerous leg of thexr Persxan Gulf Journey In New York meanwhile Iran s deputy forelgn mxnxster was scheduled to hold dlscus sxons today with UN Secre- tary General Javxer Perez de Cuellar 0 endmg the 7 year-old Iran lrar .var A State Depart ment Uff1Cl8l sau the United States would also be willing to talk with the Iranlan about a cease-fxrn the convoy s three smaller U S In th gul5 the mme da maged Bndgeton and two U S warshlps cnused well ahead of reglstered tankers Sunday but by thls morrung the tno was catchrng up gulfbased slup- puxg sources said The US Navy had ordere d the 401382 ton Bndgetor to leave xts overmght moormg about 12 hours earher that the other three tankers m an app r ent effort to confuse any potex Plauuu0ULF pqo12A ,ei initial '34 ,L Lsasgii.-, E K, 5-0 7' gpg :x I song GULF Continued from page 1A ual attackers sand shrppmg and salvage experts speakmg on condmon of anonymnty The sources sand the four tankers would hkely sau today through Hormuz the gulf s southern gateway IH which Iran has deployed Chinese made Srlkworm ant: shlp missxles The US Navy whxch ns guardxng the tankers wlth axr and sea cover and mme sweep 'mg hehcopters has refused to mscuss the movements of the our slups smee they left Ku want early Saturday Despite frequent theats Iran nas not dlrectly attacked any rfuwaltl tankers under U S es cort Sunday everung the patched up supertanker and the destroy er Kidd were salhng off the Umted Arab Emirates behmd mme sweepmg hehcopters and the USS Guadalcanal hellcopter carrier saxd gulf based shxp pmg execuuves and a group of reporters 9 I , 4 A l ' I ll I 1 .f I , Q - ,. Ag If . . , ' I I ' , n ' ' ' I n u 1 ' . ' a . , - A - , I '1 ' - ' n - u V ' H 'n l 1 F ' 5 . l r .- ,A --... S I . 1 i I H Y I u I . . . I , Q. ' . . M .ff ,KV 'V 'V ' , ah: ' R. X- vga S 1 lmfvg: sf.. Mil f . 5 'F -ff.-av-3, 1' , A.f,L?Q'J,,:44 ia it . - ' . It haf .V gm,-,..f'f':,1'B5',,1n5q+'fYS,EfMa,1i'15..':. . , ' xy sr.. 'sig-:Lf If ,fatal -.,, 1 ' A ' t-,ref '1 Afg..J .. l ' .-' ,- s TTiP'- 'sity-'fid'g,.:,SL','. . l f- .- , Ulvgxq., 'ffl' ' - I . . 5 'H ' , , u ' A- , .v .,e+. ' ---Q-3, ..,' ,- ,-,- 5 . . b:ely',5. - , f -f gs!--. 3 . .1 'f . 1' ., .w ' I,- 7 ' ' 9 . W . . lr ' - . I W 5 . I Q l w . ' ' - 1 1 .t 4 N Y 6 8 ..........-...k........ ..,.... --.........m.......,+...-......a.....,...............N....... . ..,,,, . , ,.

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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

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