Kidd (DDG 993) - Naval Cruise Book

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BrI.m: I1..111111.4 I..1 llir HSS inisM,,ii mi luilrd I1IS..SU(II ,lss,,ll,r i.lliiiMv. iiu-.sinr |. .inl iii.uKUMis Kii;hl (.i.isl (.11, ml Olli, ,1 (U 111..11M1.U. s ihi- com w.n I.. Ii.nid, nil s ..ii - II. I.. u iii;hl I I (....isl (.11. nil Olfur. |., is..ililrl .[Is.. I,iiii;lu illi U v l..k .lown iiKiruuMis, KIDD ' s niissiiiii (lidii ' l end wlicii wr li-ll llir I ' trsi.ui (.nil. liilou ' ((inliiui- ing our voyage lioiiic. vc- spent a week participating in MIF operations in the Red Sea. MIF-o]is, or M.nilinie Inter- diction Force operations, constitiitid eniJH ' is In pai ising an M-liO m.ii iiine the eidorc finenl ol I ' nili-d Nations Resolution (i()l which i)rohibited all A hoarding lould luin into .1 fi ' , , 111 , long e (iliition dependiu ' ' on the l i)e hul liunianit.n lan Hade with Ir.Ki. In ' ' ' ., , ,,.,,,, ol ship and i .ir jo onboard, (.ontainer ihe Noilhern pari ol the Red Sea. ihis . ' ' hips were the W( n si hci .uise tat h ei )n- suspe( I nurc haiit ships hoinid to or lioni the Joidanian poi t ol Atiab.i. 1 ; ' . s iinoKed hoarding and seai(hin ; all lainei w.is siibjei I to inspection. One ol llie (onlainei shi|)s hoarded In the c.l 1 i irwr.- 11 , KM I ) ' I ' ..S.S I eaill had o (1 .MK) ( on- VMnle KIDD s spec talk trained isil, , , , , ,, ,. , , , . laineis oiihoaid. ()lliei shii)s were lioaidiiig. Seai(h. and .Sci ine team . , ' , , . , , , nun h easiei lo mspecl, siu h as hulk (oudiuled Iheii search ol Ihe inlci- , , , , , , , ,.,, , . ,, lieh ' hlei s. . iiuic k look into ihe c aiijo ceptc-d ineich.nil vessels, ii,Sl.-.VI llcw , ,, , , , , , , ,, , , ,.,,,.., hold 1 c c-, lied whcihci 01 nol ihe ( ai l;o C() (i loi ihcin. lieloie ihc- ilS.S le.nii , , , . w.is pc-i nnssihle. e c-| gol lo llii- ineii li.iul cssel lu (|UC ' s- tioii, die ,iii( lew holll llic- lielo on sl.i- tiou lelasc-d iiiloi inaliou ku k lo KIDD siK h as the nuiiihei ol ( 1 c s iiiciiihci s on deck and ihe l pe ol aii visible caigo. . pail lioin ihc- seiuiilv ol hav- ing an aiiboiiie siii veill.iiK c- .ind c-.iih ' W, lining pl.ilhiini, llie helos piuvided a suhM.iulial dclcnsc loi die XJVS.S le.ini

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I ' ll., loin ITFti Ah.nt- lill: KIDD ( ..ndu. t l .1 Mii.ill l)i).il pans ii.iMslcE Mili USS TRIPOLI Ahovc: Anotlur iiiiiu- IS dcMiovcd. I.ill; One ol llif IS. MSO miruswccps thai wcrr l)r uj;lil imr In llu- mill oil a mo(li(i (1 nuK ham slup. riuiuiln l.TK.i 137

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l ' h..i..lA tWSMullii Thr week liin;4 inissidii was (|uilt ' .ill .Khcniuic 1(11 I he nu ' inlxis ol llic IISS icun who ,ilwa s had intficslini stories lo icll when llicv airi c(l hack oiihoaid KIDD l ul loi most of the (lew who I ciiMiiu-d oidioaid KIDD (hiiiiiu; ilic hoanhim opci .uions, ihr w(( k sfcnicd lo pass uiihflii ' vahlv slow- 1 . llaMiii; Uli ihf I ' crsian (luHlor home two wtcks railiii. we were all anxious I o oil hat k to Ndrlolk. ()iii week 111 lh - Red Sci linallv Al.in, l-WI Sh.iu pi.i. no- il, .Ml .1 Irlhm m.uhuimIhi AIha - iihIiI: II, ,u elided and Willi oui BSS mission l ,iii;il, N,Hi tliHik !■ IS |.i ks,.M li.isix-, I,. ,1,. ihis KM All.M- B.l, u .111,1 lili 111, nss K-.IMI pi.l, 11,,SM„,1,- 1.1, IKS. llOlIR r hehind lis. we (onlinued ihe o .ii 139