Worden (CG 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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D plo m nt Statistics On April 16, 1987 WORDEN left her homeport, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a Western Pacific deployment. Ports visited: Subic Bay, Philippines 2 May - 8 May Diego Garcia, BIOT 20 May - 24 May Republic of the Maldive Islands 27 May - 31 May CWORDEN anchored outside of Male, the capital island, the biggest of 1,200 small islands known as atolls no larger than one square mile in areal Bombay, India 4 June - 6 June CWhile in port WORDEN participated in Project Handclasp supplying a needy school with clothing, books and medical supplies, donated S1,000, fixed the plumbing, painted and refurbished the playground and made some friends in the processl Diego Garcia, BIOT 13 June - 24 June Manama, Bahrain 4 July - 6 July QWORDEN anchored at Sitrah and ran liberty boats into townl. On 14 July anchored at Sitrah for the day. We refueled, replenished our water supply and took mail off and brought some back. The next day we were haze gray and underway again to our radar picket station. On 19-20 July we moored at Mina Sulman Pier in Bahrain and enjoyed some liberty. On 27-31 July WORDEN again anchored at Sitrah, Bahrain and ran liberty boats into town. On 16-18 August we were anchored at Sitrah for the last time. Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia 7 September - 14 Sep- tember Subic Bay, Philippines 21 September - 24 September Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 6 October KWESTPAC Endsl During the cruise WORDEN qualified 106 Enlisted Surf Warfare Specialists CESWSD including 33 Of 34 Chief peize Officers. y WORDEN steamed over 40,000 miles, spent 173 days awa from her homeport, 146 days at sea and a total of 42 either iii port or at anchor. Other significant events are as follows: 16 May WORDEN crossed the Equator, duly initiated over 100 slimy polly wogs and transformed them all into trusty Shellbacks. 16 July Captain William J. Hancock relieved Captain Hender- son A. Hodge III in a Change of Command ceremony at Sea. 25-26 August turnover with USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY QCG 325 Also during the deployment there were several new additions to the WORDEN family. The Stork delivered Jessica Lynn Jakich, 7 pounds 1 ounce, on July 4 to STG3 Tony Jakich and his wife. Shannon Diana Veronica, 7 pounds 2 ounces, arrived on July 6 to TM3 Gordon Whann and his wife. Lance Sargent, 9 pounds 11 ounces, arrived on July 23 to FCSN Carl Sargent and his wife. Shane Robert Stewart, 6 pounds 10 ounces, flew in on July 27 to LT Bob Stewart and his wife. And Kasey Patrick Pierce, 8 pounds 6 ounces, arrived September 23 to FC2 Kevin Pierce and his wife. 'Y if -ff li ll ,Ks Word ' Surface War'or 106 Q irflff' .5-72 A Q ti , v r 1 rv'- Ten:-' rf ,NP f s l '.ff f fl 4 , . 72' Y f r 'ii- -'

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