McInerney (FFG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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' «••■• « ' 1 07 OCTOBER 1992 ■ -4 MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR GETTING UNDERWAY ... 0900; overcast and raining, Beyond the harbor, the seas were rough and rising. Never a good sign for the start of a deployment. Underway, shift colors!

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USS MCINERNEY FFG-8 The ass IcllEtlEt is the lead production vessel of the Oliver Uzard Perry Cliss ol guided iissile frigates, the largest class of lestroyer-type ships built since lorld »ar 11. ItllEIIET ' s iission is to provide lulti-threat protection for ilitary and lerchant shipping, aiphibious task forces and undemay epl em shient groups . Since her coiiiss loning on 15 Deceiber 1379, IcIIESIEK has erforied «ell in every facet of her iission. Froi her selection as he UUPS RUli 111 test platfori, through tuo consecutive COBSinHfLI Hook ' El ' Anards for Ant i -Subiar ine Karfare excellence, to her esignation by CORIiHSUHf LAN I at the top AII sail-39 platfori in the tlantic fleet, every assignient is a chance for IcllEIIET to euel. During Deser t Sh i el d Beser t Stori, ItilEIIE! perforied uell ir, verynarfare area, including Escort, Bine Karfare, Anti-Air and Anli- urface operations. Ihe ship is credited nith the destruction of over ifteen floating lines and the escorting of over 50 lerchant vessels hrough line saept vaters enroute to Kuvaiti ports. IcllEIIET has proudly earned the Coibat Action libbon, the oast 6uard Operational leritorious Unit Citation, the Navy Unit oiiendat ion, the fleritorious Unit Citation «ilh Bronze Star, the ational Defense Service lledal , the Sea Service Deployient Ribbon yith our Bronze Stars, the luyait Liberation ledal and the Southnest Asia erv ice lledal m th tuo Bronze Stars. ItllEIIErs electronics technology and weapons systeis, oibined Kith her skilled crev and professional leadership, set her part as one of the lost capable ships in the II. S. Navy. Ihe USS dlEIIEt vill retain a vital coiponent of the United States Navy in support of operations to protect F r e e d o i and D e i o c r a c y . 1 mt

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RADM ENRICO MARTINOTTI, ITALIAN NAVY COMMANDER, STANDING NAVAL FORCES, MEDITERRANEAN t- L i R ' i •r kI ' f i rk J With sincere re- spect and true friendship, this book is dedicated to RADM MAR- TINOTTI. He was a valued member of our crew and a true shipmate.