Marvin Shields (FF 1066) - Naval Cruise Book

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FM CT6 SEVEN FIVE PT. FOUR : TO ZEN USS OLDENDORF ZEN USS TURNER JOY ZEN USS MARVIN SHIELDS BT UNCLAS N01610 SUBJ: PERFORMANCE: AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND NAVAL PRES- ENCE MISSION 1. AS TG 75.4 DEPARTS AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND MARITIME AREAS. I AM PLEASED TO NOTE THE OUTSTANDING PER- FORMANCE AT SEA AND ASHORE OF YOUR PERSONEL AS THEY MOST EMINENTLY REPRESENTED THE U.S. NAVY AND OUR COUN- TRY. YOU WERE ON STAGE FOR THREE MONTHS, IN 13 DIFFERENT PORTS IN TWO COMBINED FLEET EXERCISES AND AS HOST FOR ABOUT 70,000 SHIP VISITORS. 2. IT WAS WITH NO SMALL AMOUNT OF PRIDE THAT I WAS ABLE TO REPRESENT OUR SURFACE COMBATANT TASK GROUP AT NUMER- OUS OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS HOSTED BY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MILITARY AND CIVILIAN DIGNITARIES. THEY WERE SINGULAR IN THEIR PRAISE OF THE OPERATION AND AP- PEARANCE OF YOUR SHIPS AND THE PRIDE. ENTHUSIASM, PROFES- SIONALISM AND EXEMPLARY CONDUCT ASHORE OF YOUR OFFI- CERS AND MEN. 3. THE MAIN BATTERY EFFORT IN THE SOPAC 2-80 TASKING WAS NAVAL PRESENCE - SHOWING THE FLAG. THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUR SHIP AND CREW WAS SIGNIFICANT AND IMPRESSIVE. WELL DONE. COMMODORE USTICK. BT R 060602Z NOV 80 FM CTF SEVEN FIVE TO COMDESRON TWO ONE USS TURNER JOY . USS MARVIN SHIELDS USS OLDENDORF INFO COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA COMSEVENTHFLT BT UNCLAS N01000 SUBJ: FAREWELL 1. AS YOU COMPLETE YOUR DEPLOYMENT WITH THE SEV- ENTH FLEET, YOU MAY LOOK BACK WITH WELL DESERVED AT YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTH- ERN PACIFIC IN PARTICULAR, YOUR PERFORMANCE AS AM- BASSADORS OF GOOD WILL TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEA- LAND WERE EXCELLENT EX- AMPLES OF THE CONSISTENT- LY HIGH STANDARDS OF CON- DUCT AND PROFESSIONALISM YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT YOUR DEPLOY- MENT. 2. WELL DONE AND MY BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOME- COMING. RADM CARTER. BT v» - IBH B ' W ' b ,! r