Saipan (LHA 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Six months on SEPTEMBER 3 September - Underway from Norfolk, Virginia. 4 September - Anchored, Mor- ehead City, N. C., for embarka- tion ot 32nd MAU, HMM 264, and BLT 216. 8 September - Replenishment from USS KALAMAZOO. 12 September - Visit by COMPHIB RON TWO. AV8's operate from SAIPAN. 1518 September- Operation Ocean Venture Phase VII. 19 September - Turnover with USS GUADACANAL, Rota, Spain. Embark COMPHIBRON TWO and debark COMPHIBGRU TWO. 20 September - Transit Straits ot Gibralter. 22-26 September - Exercise Display Determination '81. 29 September - Port visit, Naples, Italy. r OCTOBER 3 October- , ' . Italy. 4October- ' Qsouthj. 11 October - T 13 October - '14 October - 13,000th P by USS SAI 15 October - L today. 16 October - T 22-26 October - Liberty 8 Oct 03 Operation CRISEX 31 October- 41st U. Brigade visits SAIP S. 'V 9 Juan. AQ , it I 0 1 iw f' A T sf'-' b E Old Dardinelies. visit, Valencia, COMSIXTHFLT, No BGEN Nudo 1--1 P ,aa- MJIJN INDEX YE OLD POSITION OCEAN VENTURE DISPLAY DETERMINATION 81 SOUDA BAY CRETE MODLOC sEA or MARMARA vALENciA spAiN CRISEX 81 ATHENS, GREECE SUEZ CANAL OMAN aAracELoNA, SPAIN TOULON. FRANCE PHiBLEx 1-82 PALMA DE MALLORCA ROTA, SPAIN z A E' f I W .Af 1 2 2 NAPLES, ITALY 5 . 6 7 8 . 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 rl I6 '

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4 FWH- is N 'V ' Egl fb 992 5 C' 9 DIMENSIONS Keel Ldid ...A..... ....... 2 4 July '72 Lduncned ........... .......... 2 0 July '741 Commissioned ......... 45 October '77 Length ............. ........... 8 20 feet Bedm ...l.......... ........ 4 06 feet Disolocement ..... ....., A 0,000 tons Speed .......... ..... o ver 20 knots Officers ........................................... 60 Men ............................................... 850 ARMAMENT 3 Five incn 511 Col MKA5 Gun Mounts 2 Bosic Point Defense Missle Systems o 20 mm Mocnine Guns

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eling through the Me 1 November - COMCRUDESGRU VIII, RADM McCauley visits SAIPAN. 5-6 November - Safety Standdown. 7 November - Replenishment trom USS SAN DIEGO. 8-22 November - Port visit, Athens Greece. Liberty for all hands 12 November - U. S. Ambassador Athens, Greece, visits SAIPAN. 13-20 November - Volunteers work at Greek Orphanage. 24 November - Transit Suez Canal 'A DEQEMBER qsouthy. 26 November ig Day. lor crew. Replenish- Capt. H. . . A Fiasvhegrteattack I Y uss V an f d Q pter aboard for medical - Transit Bab-EI- Straits, and begin halt of Van Op- and he is released. Bright . -7 Dece JANUARY 1 January - New Years Day 4 January - Underway from Bar- celona, Spain. 5 January - Cdr. Barr pins on eagles. 619 January - Port visit, Toulon, France. Liberty on the French Riviera, ski trips to the Alps. 22 January - NAVSURFLANT Birthday. 19-22 January - Exercise National Week. 23-27 January - Operation PHIBLEX - 1'82. 30 January - Replenlshment USS SAN DIEGO. 31 January - SAIPAN U Road Again as her songf ' the - Port Palma, liberty t. - Port visit, . Spain. 11 February - Turnover lthxuss NASSAU. On the road ne. 13 Dece Flight out. 22 February iload ot boxing, and we transit the Red 14 December - Transit Qnorthj. 23 December - Port visit, Spain. 24 December - SAIPAN I due to high winds. 25 December - Christmas Day. Anchored in Barcelona Bay. Church services and caroling throughout the ship. 26 December - SAIPAN is pierside once again. Liberty in Spain. 30 December - Ski trip leaves for Canal AndOfl'G. SAWAN SKllS The Pyfen- 698. - t, . 32nd MAU HMM 264 d BLT 276 Morehead City N 24 February Arrival rtolk Virginia Moored souths o Pier 7 SAIPAN returns e to a band and cheerrn ellwrshers Med Cruise 81 successfully com plete 1' . si V H