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USS NI TRO IAE-232 USS NI TRO IAE-232 was commissioned 1 May 1959 and was then homeported at Da visville, Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay. In February 1960 NI TR O set sail for the Hrst of man y successful Mediterranean deployments. In September 1962 the ship made a 'good will visit to Northern Europe and returned in November of the same year to participate in the quarantine of Cuba. NITRO averaged one Mediterranean deployment per year in the following years un til May of 1966 when she was placed in a reserve sta tus for an extensive overhaul. During this overhaul NI TROKS Cargo transfer system was modernized and two gun mounts were removed aft and replaced by the helo deck that is present today. NI TRO continued her Mediterranean rotation until 1972 when she made one deployment to the Pacific during the Vietnam conflict. In 1974 NITRO19 homeport was changed to Naval Weapons Station, Earle at Colts Neck, New Jersey, becoming the Hrst ship to be homeported there. NITRO continued her Mediterranean deployment cycles until January 1977 when a one-year overhaul started which reworked the engineering plant and the majority of the ships cargo handling equipment. The communications center on board was also remodeled at that time. Upon completion of overhaul NI TRO once more en tered her Mediterranean deployment rotation, but was taken out of action in June 1981 when a Ere swept through her main engineering space causing extensive damage. After essential repairs were completed in Greece, NI TRO returned to the United States and entered the Coastal Drydock in Brooklyn, NY where the main engineering space was rebuilt and various other repairs were accomplished. Leaving Brooklyn on Sep tem ber 30, 1982, NI TRO once more began serving the United Sta tes Second Fleet and making regular deployments to the Mediterranean as a Mobile Logistic Support Force unit of the United States Sixth Fleet. After conducting sea trials and extensive training, NI TRO deployed in October 1983 to the Mediterranean in support of the Multi-National Peace Keeping Force in Beirut, Lebanon. During this deployment NI TRO was the Hrst replenishment ship to upload the USS NEW JERSEY IBB-621 since her recommissioning. NI TRO was also awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal during this deployment. In March 1985, NI TRO once again deployed to the Mediterranean and assisted the battle group in support of the response to the TWA hijacking crisis in Beirut, Lebanon. NI TRO returned to her homeport in Earle, NJ on October 3, 1985. In January 1986 NI TRO entered Coastal Drydock in Brooklyn NY for a four- month Phased Maintenance Availability. In August 1986, NI TRO deployed to the North Atlantic for Operation Northern Wedding ,86. NITRO opera ted with US. Na val and NA TO forces, making port visits in Glen Douglas, Scotland, Portsmouth, England, and Dublin, Ireland, returning to Earle on October 16th. On 30 December, NI TRO got underway for yet another in a long history of Mediterranean deployments. 1 i I l l E f 1 3 2 1 L 'x r sl f, rl It w DLX I x fs FE W R V