Sylvania (AFS 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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CAPTAIN JAMES B. LINDER CapTain James B. Linder was born 13 CcTober 1925 in UsceoIa, Iovva. En1isTing in Tbe Navy in 19113, be served aboard paTroI craTT based aT LiTTIe Creek Virginia prior To aTTending T116 U S NavaI Academy PreparaTorv 5cbooI in Bainbridge, MaryIand.lHe enTered Tbe US, NavaI AcademY in 19115 and was graduaTed and Commissioned in 1949. He received bis NavaI AviaTor Wings in 1950. As a piIoT in EigbTer Squadron UNE HUNDRED TWELVE CapTain Linder parTicipaTed in T119 Korean conTIicT aboard Tbe ATTacI4 Carriers USS PHILIPPINE QEA a d U55 KEAPSAPGE. H9 L n subseauenTIv compIeTed Tours oT duTy in Tbe Peserve Training Command aT NavaI Air STaTuon, WiIIow Gro P 1 ' ' ve, ennsy vania and aboard Tbe ATTacI4 Carrier USS LE. D. POUSEVELT assigned To Tbe Second and 5ixTb EIeeTs. He aTTended Tbe Command and STaTT Course aT Tbe NavaI War CoIIeQef NewporT, Pbode IsIand, in 1959 and Tben served as OperaTions Officer, ATTacI4 Squadron ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY IFWO GIUOOVCI U55 E. D. FQOOSEVELT and Tbe neWIv commissioned nuC1GOV powered carrier USS ENTEPPPISE, During 1963 and 1964, CapTain Linder served as aide To Tbe CbieT of NavaI PersonneI in WasI'TingTon, DC. prior To reTurning To TITo EIeeT as Ifxecuiive OIIICGV, A 14 S T ' TTac auadron SEVENTY SIX, assigned To Tbe ATTacIc Carrier USS AMERICA and USS ENTEIQ- PRISE LaTer as Commanding QTTicer of Tb SP - 'I L G 119115 OF 76 , Ire pailicipcih-QI in T110 1955-06 dep1aymenT of USS ENTEPPPISE T . S I ' -A - ' ' o ouTweasT Asia vvbore nucIeur power vvas IuisT usvd in conibdi- He TITen assumed command of ATTacI4 Carrier Wing EIEIMLIEN in 1967, nfiuiriwl To IIiv VioTnaHT combaT TbeaTer aboard USS QQRAI- SHA, gm! qyqig so iff 'A s ' , . - ' C1 Dar i.liuaTr.c.I in rxiwiiaivw un ioinbai UPN' aTions over NorTb VieTnam. Prior To Taking command of 1.155 SYLVANIA on 11 lnnv I9 I1 1111110111 Linder served wiTIT Tbe Bureau of NavaI P 1 f 1 Q . ersonneI and T110 Assisiiiiii fair wirirw ui Ibn Navv 10' Wianpower and Peserve Aiiairs in Was1TingTon 15 C Ingapdnion To campaign and service rnocInIs, fr,5,im,e, 1gi,,,sIC,, lm., Img, ,,W,, Iwi nh. Niue i ross, Tour ui ver 5Tars, Two Legion of Merns, seven Iu1I?,TlIxIri,11lf,le1i ii ri WMI, I lgrijggq 5, .WI Iwuii'Tv Tour Air 1ifieda1s. CGDIFllV1C?i'iV1Af1V9.x Linder, TIie Tor'inf:r Pcilric in Weir, nn.1I grin lr-ling ,,.. ,,l,T ,,, T51 L' H iiiI1 Ixinris Poad, Virginia Ideucri Tfirr , T QIIHICI. I ii A commandmg officer

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in retrospect SYLVANIA is named for Georgia and Ohio communiTies ThaT bear The name of The asTeroid SYLVANIA. She is The second ship of The MARS class combaT sTores ships To be commissioned, and Therefore carries The designaTion AFS-2. As a combaT sTores ship, SYLVANIA is designed To consolidaTe The underway re- plenishmenT efforTs of The STore Ship, The General Issue Ship, and The AviaTion Supply Ship. The HSYLVANIAH is Truly a one sTop replenishmenT. From 25 April l965 To 30 SepTember l969, SYLVANlA's mission was To coordinaTe and handle The logisTic replenishmenT of The SIXTH f:leeT. A highly demanding replenish- menT cycle began each monTh wiTh The arrival of a refrigeraTor Type ship CAFD carrying The re-supply iTems ordered for ThaT parTicular monTh. TogeTher SYLVANIA and The Al: would sTeam The MediTerranean To re-supply ships of The SixTh l:leeT on sTaTion. AT The end of The cycle, The AF would Transfer her remaining cargo To SYl.VANlA To bring her sTores To full operaTing capabiliTy. Then The AF would deparT The MediTerranean for Norfolk, Vir- ginia, and SYLVANIA would awaiT The arrival of The nexT reefer and The beginning of The nexT monTh's CLQGREPD logisTic replenishmenT cycle. While permanenTly deployed To The MediTerranean SYLVANIA sTeamed l68,8ll nauTical miles during 50 such LOGREP cycles and issued over 38,25l shorT Tons Cover 76 million lbs.i of provisions and repair parTs. l:urThermore, SYl.VANlA did so wiThouT missing a single operaTional commiTmenT over nearly four and one half years. Nearly 900 ships were received alongside for under- way replenishmenT and counTless oThers were verTically replenished using The Two Ui-l-116D Sea KnighTs helicopTers of CombaT l-lelicopTer SupporT Squadron SlX. AfTer reTurning from a six monTh deploymenT To The Med on i8 June l97l, SYLVANIA enTered Norfolk Naval Shipyard, l3orTsmouTh, Virginia, for four monThs of rouTine mainTe- nance. Leaving Norfolk Naval Shipyard on Li OcTober l97l, SYLVANIA engaged in Type Training in The Virginia Capes OperaTing Area unTil i3 OcTobef l97l. She deparTed her homeporT of Norfolk, Virginia on 2l OcTober l97l. Arriving in l:orT Lauderdale, Florida on 23 OcTober l97l, SYl.VANlA conducTed a four day porT visiT To ThaT ciTy. Underway again on 27 OcTober l97l SYLVANIA proceeded To GuanTanamo Bay, Cuba where she underwenT an abbreviaTed buT inTensive period of refresher Training under The guidance of The l:leeT Training Group, following which-she reTurned To Norfolk, Virginia on l5 Nov- ember l97l. SYLVANIA enTered Horne BroThers Shipyard on 23 November l97l To undergo a re- sTricTed availabiliTy in preparaTion for her deploymenT To The lVlediTerranean. She lefT Norfolk on 24 February l972, for a six monTh cruise wiTh The SixTh l:leeT.

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