Moosebrugger (DD 980) - Naval Cruise Book

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MED CRUISE October 20, 1983 - May 2, 1984 USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980), commanded by Captain Donald A. Dyer, and her embarked LAMPS helicopter detachment lHSL-34 DET 6), Officer in Charge LCDR David K. Wright, departed Charleston, S.C, on the morning of October 20, 1983 for what was to be a routine deployment to the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Having recently completed nearly eighteen months of technical and operational testing of the NasT ' s newest sonar suite, the men of MOOSBRUGGER (26 officers and 308 enlisted) departed Charleston anticipating the many days of Submarine Hunting that lay ahead. World events shaped this deplo Tiient as an thing but routine. On the morning of 25 October, MOOSBRUGGER was present off Pt. Salines, Grenada in operation Urgent Fury providing Naval Gunfire Support and Helicopter Combat Search and Rescue for the 22nd Airborne assault. MOOSBRUGGER recovered battle damaged U.S. Army helicopters and provided life-saving emergency medical treatment to the wounded. Helicopters staged from MOOS- BRUGGER ' s deck conducted over one hundred and thirty hours of combat search and rescue without incident, rescuing ele% ' en %vounded soldiers. In later operations in support of the Multinational Peacekeep- ing Force Lebanon, MOOSBRUGGER delivered over one hundred rounds of Naval Gunfire Support in support of the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit in Beirut. USS MOOSBRUGGER also conducted several very successful Anti-submarine Warfare operations. During this deplo -ment MOOSBRUGGER conducted over thirty replenishments at sea and her embarked LAMPS aircraft accumulated over six hundred accident-free flight hours. MOOSBRUGGER flight deck crew conducted over twelve hundred and fifty safe flight deck evolutions for five different types of Army, Navy, and Marine helicopters. For her combat actions, USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980) was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Grenada), the Na .-y Expeditionary Medal (Lebanon), and the Navy Unit Commendation. While deployed the MOOSE was also named as this year ' s winner of the Destroyer Squadron Six Battle Efficiency Award (Battle E ), and HSL 34 Det Six was awarded the Captain Arnold Jay Isbell Air ASW Excellence Award. The MOOSE returned to Charleston May 2, 1984. having travelled in excess of sixty two thousand nautical miles, spending over eighty six percent of the deplov-ment at sea. While in the Mediterranean the MOOSE visited Gaeta and Trieste. Italy; Split, Yugoslavia, and spent the Christmas Holiday in the Holy Land at Haifa, Israel. 81

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I ' m going to get you O.K. what do I do now. 80 Slam Dunk

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ISRAEL Dome Of The Rock Jerusalem, Israel 82