Richard L Page (FFG 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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C DIN G FFI C . ., . , . ,,,,, , ,. ,.,-....,., 5 '11 f'!'R On 2.0 October 1983, USS RICHARD L. PAGE QPPG-SJ departed Norfolk, families and friends to join the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY battle group for a routine deployment to the Indian Ocean and intermediate employment with the SIXTHFLT at either end. World events made drastic alteration to our plans. With the U.S. Marines placed in Beirut, Lebanon, a two-carrier battle group posture in East Med was adopted and the PAGEMEN found themselves embroiled in the real world, high-threat environment of those troubled waters for essentially the entire deployment. Tasked within the battle group to perform AAW, ASW and Surface Surveillance, all the PAGEMEN got the chance to shine, and shine they did as their ship prowled The Gap between Cyprus and Syria those many weeks. The reputation we earned was best expressed by Commander Task Force Sixty in his Bon Voyage message to PAGE upon outchop when he said in part, You have been the embodiment of all those desirable characteristics that continue to make our Navy first and foremost. PAGE is welcome in my battle force at any time under any conditions . There were lighter times too - the weeks in Naples for boiler repairs, our visits to Alexandria, Egypt, the relaxed tender availability we enjoyed in La Maddalena, Sardinia, and our visit to Kristiansand, Norway. It's all T- are in these pages. We can take the greatest pride in what we and our ship accomplished. USS RICH?-.Ri 2. i'ii A Q. Q is truly the Navy's finest frigate.

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