La Moure County (LST 1194) - Naval Cruise Book

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AFTER ANYEXTREMELY SUCCETSSFULgTRAINING: IBER1QD,fWE QDEPARTED GUANT,ANAMO AMY FOR A PORT VISIT T0 N ASSAUJAAHAMASQ WHILE ENJOYINCIJTHE BAIIAMAS4CTHEfCREWATOOK TIME IOUTAITOAOPARTIOC9 IPATE IN A COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROJECT PAINTING A LOCAL SCHIIILDRENTSIIYOSITELQA LA MOORE COUNTY LEFT NASSAU AND ARRIVED IN LITTLECREEK1 ON ISQREBRUARYLTaTHRO,UGHOpUT THE MONT1-IEOE FEBRUARYQLA MOURE COUNTY WAS UNDERWAY WITH THEE,NG1NIEERIN,GREIADINESSEASSISTANCE1TI7EAM51NPREPARATIONEORI THEUPL COMNG OPERATIONAL PROPULSION EXAMINATIONIjADDITrIONALLYgfiTHE5JiNPfORT?OPERIOIDSIDURING FEBRUARY WERE SPENT SUCCESSFULLY Q0YMPfLET1NGlTHE QQMBATFQSYSTEMS AOLO R EADI!NESS5lREV1EWAPHASEII+ON:MARCHY14O LA MOURE COUNTY COMMENCED ATEN DAYS O'F4AMPHfIBIOCUSf REERETSHERQTRAININC,fEXERCISIINCIAND FINE-iTUNiNG ALL OF USS LA MOURE 55 ij Ei? 14 32 ' OOfA ' I 12 A I A f A I I Q AFTER MANY LONG DAYS AOPTPREPARATION4LA3MQOU1REf5COUNTYQWASFQUNDERWAYQZEORfHAN5sOPERATIONALA PRO4 PULSION PLANT EXAMINATION ,OWIUCHLWAS SUCCESSFUIZLY3iClONI31UCTEI3f1i141O4fCAFRILLfON1g18APRIIIWESAILEDA T0 PARTICIPATE IN A WEEK-LONGA'1fYPEgIOOMMANQERQSIjIAPMRIjI1j3f IQOU7SQQ'1fRAIfNAINGf3?IXERCISElAT,!ONSLOWA7BIAY,QNORTH CAROLINA. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY TCOCM- MENCINC 25 APRIL. THE UAGILE PROVIDERASAEIIERCISIEI5CONiSISCTEDgOEA:EOURgsSfHIPgVARGfMAC,TEgWITH ARMY AND AIR FURCE C00RDIN AT 10N 4 AFTER TLEVCREEK TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE COMPHIBRONE TEENS! QEINLQMIDQiMAYP?THE'YCREW WAS RUSILY TRAINING DURING A COMBAT:SXSf1fEM IREAD1NESSiREYIEWIBHASEfIIgfANQAUXII1IARYI SOYISTEM?IREADI- NESS REVIEW, AND A PERSONNEL ASSESTSMENTATRAININQ THE AR- GENTINE NAVY VISITED LA MOURE COUNTY FORE PREQDEPLOYQ MENT SEA TRIALS- IN ADDITION TO AST TIDEWAT ER PARK3 SEVENTYI-JEIVE AND WATCHED THE TIDES BEATLROCHESTERCASSJQAINAA115INNIITQSEI,fyggj LA MOURE COUNTY DEPARTEDALITTEE CREEKAYICOEORATHE EMBARKING MARINES FROM A COMPUSITE fSP13Q1A?s9iMAGTF17AIFBQMl2fl3TIEL552N1I34iMABJNEI?AiDWISIQNg2i1Nl5fM0REHEAfDI CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, ON 23 JUNE SWE SAILCEDEASTTOIYAR 11APfIEUANf2,OAOTEeAE'IYO4IRE.:iARRIYINCAINARIDIIAN ON 8 JULY, WE ENJOYED OURFIRST-WEST TOUR AND A FLIGHT DECK RECEPTIONCLATERT 3RELATIONlS5iRRO+ JECT RENOVATING AN ORPHANACE FOR AND ATTENDED THE ABIDJANOMARINESIISECURITY EORKDAKARL SENEGAL, ARRIVING JULY 15-I LA MOURELCOUNTY SPONSOREDIIISTORIA CAL TOUP-UF GUREE ISLAND AND VISIT 21N DAKAR, WE PARTICIPATED IN ASCOMMUNITY ARELATWNSfBBQJEQTSIMEKQYINQfAigQ11Ue1lI1EN?5IgD,A5C:QARE DONATED PROJECT HANDCLASSPAMATERIALSI EDQIAAPOOLAPARTY SPONSORED BY THE AMERICANAEMBASSYIWE DEPARTEDQDAKEARF LY5 ON JULY 22 THE GAMBIAN GOVERNMENTIWASLOYERTHROWNS EEGANffTHE,SGAM13IAlAEX+ PERIENCE' FOR USS LA MOUREA COUNTY-I EVER:READY,5ILAAMOTUERE4fCOUN1TY5iIfR9YEIDfEDfEEFUGEfANDllEVAQUiATED THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO ON 23 WE RECOVERED FOUR OF OUR SAILORS WHOQWEREASTRANDED4:INL1COUNTBfY4fTIIEY2IiADA1ABEEIN,IREBAIRINGA ERATOR FOR AN ORPIIANAGE, AND AWEREIAILEFTIYBIEIIIN COUNTY7AR+ RIVED BACK IN DAKAR, SENEGAL TODISEMBARKQA0URf52Q2EVAOUEES2?Il7YIMAEf IAATEIQYQEQIJLOWINGVET 1IE1R3DEBARKA+ TION WE SAILED BACK T0 THE IWATERSIOFFTHEIA 5AS,TR13QU1REDiBYITHEfNA+ TIONAL COMMAND AUTHORITYTUNTIL 26fJULY fIDUT!ESOf,AENDYDIRECTEDO TO CONTINUE THE WATC DEPLOYMENT4 USSQLA I STANDARDSINITSQSEXEMPLARYPERFOIE MANCE IN NEO OPERATIONS, AND WASICOMMENDED QOYERATIONSY CINCLANTELT, CINCNAVEUR, AREA JOINT? COMMZANDERSQAND ii A Az in Q f If A 5 I jj Aj e OUR LAST STOP IN AFRICAN WATERS3WALSqA COUNTY SAILED FOR PUERTO LA CRUZ, VENELURLAIANL A LA MOURE COUNTY ARRIVED INVENEZUELA A:SI:IIAAND TOFAI- CILITATE TURNOVER OF OUR MARINE,DETACHMSENgTSANDATHEIRIfEQIIIPMEN711qONETUWAMORNAINIGQOEI OAUGUST WE COMPLETED OUR TURNOVER AND,SAILEDITOWARD,S53BRAZILgINTCOIVIPANY, SSRI MCINERNEY? USS, SAMUEL B ROBERTS,AAND THESYUSSSEATAHORSEIFOUR?fDCAYS5gLACTERIjAAlIGQS'Ifgjf1Q,1THETASKiFQRGEDCROSSEDQTHE2 EQUATOR AND PARTICIPATED IN Al'5CR0SS1NGT,THE1UNE74IICEREMQNY4LSALLYADORI1eB3AZH?iIWAS?0URONEXTPQRT VISIT- WE ARRIVED ON 14 AUGUSTAAND YEMIBARKEDRADMYFIJADSDQIUSSQTQMSQLANTQ ED flAM?H1IB1QUSI OPERATIONS WITH THE BRAZILIAN NAVY,,CONS1STINCg OFIEOURA fDAYSffQ1?2AAVj OPlERAT1ONS? THE QOREW iEN+IOYEDl LIBERTY IN RIO DE JANEIRO, AND YCONDUCTED SIIIPS'iTOURS'5F0R:THOUSANDS OF iBRAZI2LIiANSg ON 14 SEPTEMBER LA MOURE COUNTY ARRIVED IN:MONTEVIDEOQURUCUAYEORAAPCORTlIVIlSSIT.jAONA9iSEPTEIVIBER,QLA MOURE COUNTY ENTERED PUERTO EELCRANO, AROENTINA,lANDC CONDUCTEDT MORE MULTTINATIJONAL IAMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS WITH THE ARGENTINEAN NAVY. NEXT WEISAILED EOR PUNTA ARENASQ CHILE4pWEvDEPARTEDePUNTAAARENAS ON THE 22ND AND TRANSITTED THE STRAITSLOF MAGEOLLANAAND ,OINLANDI WATERWAYSfORiC CHILE CTO VALPARAISOY CHILE. ARRIVING IN VALPARAISOJ ONT ZSISEPTEMBERI WE AATTENDED1AjAWREATH1LAY1NG'ACEREMQNY,5C0NDUCTEDf TOURS FOR HUNDREDS OF CHILEANICGUESTSQANYDCPARTAICIPATEDLA21N'AfJ01NTLAMPAHIBIUUSIEXERCISE AWITH CHILEAN NAVY. WE ARRIVED IN COQUIMBO, CHILE PAINTING ANORPHANAGE ASPARTOE A PROJECTIHANDCLASP DONATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROJECT.AAFTER AAFEW DAYS AAT SEAIWEARRIVED zINICALLAO,4PERU,ION 19 OCTOBER. WE DEPARTED CALLAOOON 24 OCTOBiER7TO,CONDUCT AMPHIEIOUSTOPERATIONS4WI'1'H5TIrIE PERU? VIAN NAVY, RETURNINC TOCALLAO ON 28 OCTOBER, WE DEPARTEDCALLAOLQFOR THE LASTTIME ON 30 OCTOBER, FROM 2 THROUGH 10 NOVETMBETR,Y LAI MOURE COUNTYQTRAVELLED BfETWEENAITHETECUADORIAN CITIIESAOF GUAYAQUIL AND MANTA, CONDUCTING IAMPHIBIOUSOOPERATIONS WITH THE ECUADTORIAN NAVYIWEARRIVED IN RODMAN, PANAMA, ON 12 NOVEMBER, AND THEAEOLLOWING DAYILA MOURE COUNTY ASUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TEN HOUR TRANSIT OF THE CANALQARRIVING IN ROOSEVELT ROADS5iPUERT0IRICO,lONT16 NOVEMBERALA MOURE COUNTY DETACHED FROM USCOMSOLANTSAND HEADEDOAHOMEMWE ADEPARTED QPUERTO RICO TONYISQNOT VEMRER, AND FOUR DAYS LATER SAILED INTO MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINAITO DISEMBARK OUR :MARINES AND EMRARR 'za TIGERSVFOR THE TIGEROCRUISE TO LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA-I 1 I , ACTI I I I 4 A 2,12 I If s A I I I AFTER COMPLETINO THE ARIGOROUS YET ENJOYABLE DEPLOYMENT, LAIMOURE COUNTY ARRIVED AT NAVAL AMPHIEIOUS BASE, LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA ONE 23 NOVEMBER 1994. THE LADY WAS FINALLY HOME,CAND THE BUSYYEAROF1994CAMETOANEND. 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