Stein (DE 1065) - Naval Cruise Book

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5 THE CRUI E Ns., On 26 April 1973. USS STEIN KDE-1065, with Cap tain John E. Mitchell, Commander, Destroyer,Squadron Five embarked, and in company with USS AGERHOL M fDD-826J, departed from her homeport, San Diego Califor' f ' nia, or her Maiden Deployment to the Western Pacific. Left behind were friends family and loved . ones, while ahead loomed the challenge of the unknown Man b ' y a oard were new to the sea, untrained, untestedf some as salty as they come, ready to mold m an and machine into a single, self-contained fighting unit. Unliked ' estroyers deployed in WESTPAC for the last ten years, STEIN was tasked with a variety of missions. All were undertaken with enthusiasm a d n completed with timely, professional results. With a variety of missions on picket stations in the Gulf of Tonkin, major training exer- cises in the Philippine Sea and New Zealand waters and port visits throughout the Far East STElN's first de lo - P Y- megntnto-WESTPAC must be considered most 3U9C933fU'- - l . ., iii?-vii . I

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