Wainwright (CG 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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I I II I 1 i I ' I I I I I I I I I I . I I- I I 1, I 1 I I I -I 'I I I I I ' I I - I , . I I ,. I I, I I I I II iI II I I I II I I I .I l I I I I QI TI II I I 'I II I I: iI II II I I I I I , I I , I II II I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I f I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I :JI JI , I , M- MED CRUISE 75 WAS FOR WAINWRIGHT A SUCCESS IN WHICH ALL HANDS MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS. EVERY CHALLENGE WAS MET WITH A POSITIVE STATE OF MIND AND EVERY PROBLEM OVERCOME WITH A STlCK-TO-IT-NESS' THAT WE HAVE COME TO EXPECT OF OURSELVES THE AWACS DEMONSTRATION, OUR FIRST MAJOR COMMITMENT, WAS BROUGHT OFF WITH A PROFESSIONALISM THAT REFLECTED WELL NOT ONLY ON WAINWRIGHT, BUT ALSO ON THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF THE U.S. SIXTH FLEET AS WELL. OUR MISSILE SHOOTS AT SOUDA BAY AND SALTO DI QUIRRA DEMONSTRATED A HIGH DEGREE OF COMBAT CAPABILITY. THE PERSONNEL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO OUR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE IN THESE EXERCISES CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THE HARD WORK AND LONG HOURS THEY PUT IN. IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MATERIAL READINESS THE TITLE OF THE STANDARD OF THE SIXTH FLEET WAS ONE THAT WAS EARNED BY THE CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORT ON THE PART OF ALL HANDS TO KEEP WAINWRIGHT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SHAPE. IN ALL RESPECTS WE WERE READY FOR INSPECTION .

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USS Kalamazoo Soviet Leningrad 1 ! USS Forrestal

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AT CONSTANTA WE MADE WHAT CAN HONESTLY BE CALLED OUR MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF THE ENTIRE CRUISE. HERE, WE NOT ONLY HAD TO BE GOOD SAILORS, BUT AMBASSADORS OF GOOD WILL. OUR PERFORMANCE HERE CAN BE DESCRIBED AS NO LESS THAN OUTSTANDING. ASW WEEK, NATIONAL WEEK, AND THE AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISE AT CARBONARAS WERE OUR LAST OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS. HERE AGAIN THE LONG HOURS OF PREPARATION PAID OEE IN A DEMONSTRATED ExPERTISE OF EXECUTION. ON LIBERTY TOO, WE PROvED THAT WE COULD HAVE A GOOD TIME WHILE STILL REELECTING CREDIT UPON THE AMERICAN SAILOR ABROAD. AND WHEN THERE WASN'T A LIBERTY PORT AvAILABLE, WE MANAGED TO MAKE OUR OWN ENTERTAINMENT. SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD, STACK GAS AND THE OvERLOADS, AND TEEN ANGEL ALL HELPED TO EASE THE TENSION EVERY NOW AND THEN. OUR ALL-NIGHT TELETHON WAS ESPECIALLY WELCOME EOR THOSE WITH CHANNEL FEVER. IN RETROSPECT WE CAME THROUGH MED CRUISE 75 LOOKING LIKE A WINNER. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE WILLINGNESS OF ALL HANDS TO WORK HARD AND A DESIRE TO EXCEL.