Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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Spiegel Grove Shines in the Caribbean Almost everyone has 'dreamed about getting away from it all and escaping to some tropical island to lie on the beach and sip exotic drinks. For the men and embarked personnel Ol USS SPIEGEL GROVE tLSD-32i and USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS QCG-273 that dream came true during Carib- bean Ops'8l. 5 During the one month cruise sailors and Marines from both ships got a taste of six sunny Caribbean ports - Cartagena, Colombia, Willemstad. Curacao, Caracas, Venezuela, Castries, St. Lucia, Roseau, DominicaL and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Plenty of good liberty was coupled with an important mission to perform. That mission was to promote goodwill, respect, and esteem for the United States and to present the U.S. Navy as a professional and credible instrument of United States foreign policy, dedicated to maintaining peace. security, and freedom of the Carib- bean Sea area. Admiral Harry D. Train, ll, Com- mander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, was embarked aboard JOSEPHUS DANIELS for the first two weeks of the goodwill cruise. Vice Admiral J. D. Johnson, Jr., Commander Naval Sur- face Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, represented Admiral Train during the latter half of the cruise. As open house ship in each port ot call, SPIEGEL GROVE hosted thousands of visitors. Marines from Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, and sailors from Assault Craft Unit Two and the Special Warfare Detachment, both from Little Creek, manned several static displays in the well deck, demonstrating the various tasks and equipment used in amphibious warfare. While all of these activities were got I A proud young Mnrurm uluurf' nl nllnrilr- rr, rfinvigg :l ,lui .r t 11.11.1151 rrflirmr .sl ing on, the two stirpf, were rlrfrnori strating goodwill in other wayu, in Cluding marry sportirirl tfvrrritk witlr local softball, vollrzytmll, li:r'.kretti:ill and soccer teamf, SPIEGEL GROVE also delivered rrirerlirfrl ',iiprilirr', tri lrrr :rl hospitals, arirl both ntrirrf, :r'.',if,lr-rl witlr local corrirniirrityr1roirrr.t', Working parliref. rlrflivrtrr-rl r-rrrtit piillfilf, ol fl'Il3fjlf,itl niirrrilir-'. tri ar Methodist rrri',',rorr:rr,1 in lirirnrriir ii where tr:ir,r:', ol lirirrirrirrr- lirrvirl wtill linger trorri ln'.t yr-nr llir- niirirrlirv. airirl fifqlltftfilfffll wrfrr- rrrllrrr ltfrl .irrfl rlormtrrrl try ldoriollfu l.irr tirrrfvit Mottiorlrml l',lriirr lr lrrr ti-.r rr ,i rqr rvr-r nrrwrrl W sporfsored hOSPllal- A liirrirry twzichos, warm and QU' lliiinicr'-lit Str-rtlllle. arid ill? Opportunity tri fil'lllUllfwllHll' U S lHGllUShlp an llrr-nrt will tw rernembered. Perhapslhe rrtirul lei'-ling lllUlllOly wilt be tht? leellng rrl rrrirlt' in lli'iVtltQ rt?pff359lll9d me ltrrrtr-ti Stull . itlilitfill ltit- fret rotary ot the NavY avtfaldzg ii Mwnliiritrtif- Ullll C0 nendauonh8 llfiii SPIEGEL GROVE tor Nh rrllwtirrrrlrrrrg rrmrrritfr in which the les it-wi riil'lorrrettrt1 iritSSl0ll W li i tilllttllf,lll'ti

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Carib Ops '81 The Caribbean Goodwill Tour of USS Spiegel Grove QLSD-325 -:- 'K

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7 1 -4 St. Lucia harbor Jgla-f'q 5-gr, -103' 1 0, 1 '-1 V- '2 5 .ram . . Approaching Venezuela 1 Delivering medical supplies in Dormmca