Mount Baker (AE 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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JAN 13 JAN 23 JAN 26 JAN 27 JAN 29 FEB 08 FEB 10 FEB 11 FEB 14 FEB 15 FEB 16 FEB 23 MAR 02 MAR 06 MAR 09 MAR 14 MAR 18 MAR 22 MAR 23 MAR 27 MAR 28 APR 01 APR 03 APR 04 APR 08 APR 12 APR 15 APR 18 APR 25 APR 27 MAY 01 MAY 05 MAY 06 MAY 08 MAY 10 MAY 19 MAY 20 MAY 21 MAY 23 MAY 27 JUN 03 JUN 07 JUN 08 JUN 10 JUN 13 JUN 24 CRUISE C1-1R0NoL0G1f Underway for USS SARATOGA Battle Group Mediterranean Deployment Blue water turnover with USS BUTTE JTG turnover between USS SARATOGA and USS AMERICA, INCHOP to COMSIXTHFLT Inport, Rota, Spain Depart Rota, transit Straits of Gibraltar Inport Souda Bay, Crete, depart Souda Bay Transit Straits of Messina Inport Naples, Italy Depart Naples, transit Straits of Messina Inport, Augusta Bay, Sicily Moored alongside USS YELLOWSTONE for TAV Depart USS YELLOWSTONE and Augusta Bay Commence Beirut Air Bridge Ops south of Cypress Arrive Haifa, Israel Depart Haifa Arrive Trieste, Italy Depart Trieste Arrive Augusta Bay, Sicily Depart Augusta Bay Transit Straits of Bonifacio Arrive Toulon, France Depart Toulon Easter Sunday, transit Straits of Gibraltar Arrive Rota, Spain Depart Rota, transit Straits of Gibraltar Arrive Augusta Bay, Sicily Depart Augusta Bay Divert from course to rendezvous with USS YELLOWSTONE for repairs of a main steam leak Arrive Aksaz Karaagac, Turkey Depart Aksaz Karaagac Provide assistance to distressed Maltese oil freighter LIDO II Arrive Augusta Bay, Sicily Depart Augusta Bay Arrive Souda Bay, Crete Depart Souda Bay Csteering casualtyj CON SUL with USNS SIRIUS Arrive Augusta Bay, Sicily Depart Augusta Bay, transit Straits of Messina Arrive Naples, Italy Depart Naples, transit Straits of Messina Transit Straits of Gibraltar Arrive Rota, Spain Depart Rota Blue water turnover with USS SANTA BARBARA J TG turnover between USS SARATOGA ON OUTCHOP and USS GEORGE WASHINGT , gg: 3130 Nolith, Charleston Naval Weapons Station mes 3 ongslde other ShlDS, over one million gallons of fuel transferred over 2,000 lifts transferred ,

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:lub ,. 4? Command Master Chief AFCM KSWJ Irvin R. Hendershot Master Chief Hendershot enlisted in the Navy in 1970, and attended boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois. Upon completion of basic training, he attended Aviation Machinist Mate Hydraulics A School in Millington, Tennessee. His first assignment was to VS-29 at NAS North Island, California, and he completed two WESTPACS on board the USS TICONDEROGA 1CVS-145. In 1974 he reported to NAS Cubi Point, Philippines, as part of AIMD. In 1976, he reported NALF, Goliad, Texas, for shore duty until he was ordered to S-3A Familiarization School 1VS-415, at NAS North Island in 1979. He reported to VS-28, NAS Cecil Field, Florida, in 1980, where he completed two Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Deployments on board the USS INDEPENDENCE 1CV-625, during which time he was promoted to Chief Petty Officer. In 1983, he reported to VSSU, Cecil Field, for shore duty, and was sent to HS-15 at NAS Jacksonville, Florida. He completed three Indian Ocean and Mediterranean deployments, and two north Atlantic deployments. In 1989, Master Chief Hendershot was assigned as the Command Master Chief of HSIf3O, NAS Norfolk, Virginia. In January 1992 he was selected to be the Command Master Chief of the USS FORRESTAL 1CV-59!AVT-595, until her decommissioning in 1993. In October 1993, Master Chief Hendershot reported aboard the USS MOUNT BAKER 1AE-345 as the Command Master Chief. Master Chief Hendershot wears the following awards: Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal 125, Navy Achievement Medal 125, Navy Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal 165, Navy Expeditionary Medal 125, National Defense Service Medal 125, Armed Services Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon 155, and the Overseas Service Ribbon.

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