America (CV 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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Part IV: Desert Storm Part V: Cease Fire Hurghada, Egypt. 180 Return Red Sea.. 198 Suez Canal...... 216 Homeward Bound .... 222 Homecoming...... 228 Part VI: America’s Ship’s Company.. 238 EOD............. 384 MARDET...........388 CCDG-2.......... 394 CVW-1 .............. 400 Part VII: New York City... 478 Parade.......... 500 114 Red Sea.......... 116 CV-66 C of C..... 140 Beer Day......... 144 Persian Gulf..... 146 BDA.............. 165 170 Memorial 506 Credits......508 Memorial 506 Credits......508

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Table of Contents Part I: The Command ... 4 Part II: Ship and Airwing Overview.. 17 Part III: The Road to Desert Storm Fort Lauderdale.. 38 SRA-90........... 46 CVW-1 C of C..... 54 REFTRA........... 58 Adv Phase FLTX... 66 St. Thomas.......... 74 The Holidays....... 82 Departure........... 88 Desert Shield...... 92 Suez Canal......... 106

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Rear Admiral Douglas J. Katz Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group Two Rear Admiral Douglas J. Katz is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy H. Katz of Bluefield. West Virginia. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned on 9 June 1965. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Management from the Naval Postgraduate School. Monterey. California and is a graduate of the Command and Staff Course. Naval War College. Newport, Rhode Island. Rear Admiral Katz’s sea assignments have included USS PERRY (DD 844) as Gunnery Assistant, First Lieutenant and ASW Officer; USS JOHN PAUL JONES (DDG 32) as ASW Officer, and after attendance at Destroyer School, as the ship’s Weapons Officer; USS MAHAN (DDG 42) as Executive Officer; and Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Group TWO as Surface Operations Officer. He served as Commanding Officer. USS DEYO (DD 989) from 1983 to 1985 receiving two Unit Commendations and his squadron’s Hattie Efficiency E”. From 1987 to 1989 he served as Commanding Officer. USS NEW JERSEY (BB 62) where during deployment to the Western Pacific, the ship participated in Pre-Olympics presence operations off the coast of Korea and represented the United States at the Australian Bicentennial Naval Salute. Ashore he has served as Shipboard Advisor with the Fleet Command Advisory Unit in Vietnam, as a Weapons System Engineering Instructor and Professional Education Committee Chairman at the U.S. Naval Academy, as the Program Planning and Budgeting Officer for the Surface Combat Systems Division (OP-35) in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. as the Director of Professional Development at the U.S. Naval Academy, and prior to reporting as Commander. Cruiser-Destroyer Group TWO. was the Director, Surface Warfare Division (OP-32) in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Personal decorations include the Legion of Merit (three awards). Bronze Star with Combat V”, the Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), the Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), the Navy Achievement Medal, the Vietnam Staff Service Medal First Class, and numerous unit commendations and citations. He was selected for promotion to Rear Admiral (Lower Half) by the Fiscal Year 1990 Flag Selection Board. Rear Admiral Katz is married and has two children. His wife. Sharon, is also from Bluefield, West Virginia. Their son. Robert, is an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and their daughter, Erica, is a senior at Virginia Tech. 4