Arcturus (AF 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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Barcelona, Valencia, and Alicante, Spain, Naples, Italyg and Villefranche. ARCTURUS returned to Norfolk on 5 August 1965. On 20 August 1965 Captain Walter S. Delany, Jr., USN, relieved Captain Fair as Commanding Officer. In October ARCTURUS was recalled from type training operations and ordered on an emergency deployment to the Mediter- ranean to replace her sister ship, ALDE- BARAN which had suffered an engineering casualty. The ship was loaded in four days and was off to the Med on 23 October. On 9 November Commander Service Force Atlantic Fleet, RADM Henry A. Renken visited the ship. During the deployment, 22 ships were replenished. The crew enjoyed liberty in Naples, Italy, Barcelona and Rota, Spain, Villefranche and Toulon, France. On February 11, 1966 ARCTURUS left Norfolk to participate in Operation Spring- board in the Caribbean. Four ships, USS GUAM, USS SUFFOLK COUNTY, USS RAN- KIN, and USS YANCEY were replenished. Ports visited were St. Thomas, V. I. and San Juan, Puerto Rico. ARC TURUS returned to Norfolk on 2 March 1966. After a five week stay in Norfolk, ARCTURUS departed once again for the Mediterranean on 11 April. This was an especially successful cruise and the ship was so noted by the Commanding Officer of the USS SEVERN QAO-611 who said Thank you for an outstanding LOGREP. Your packaging and handling stores was the best we have seen. After leaving the Mediterranean ARC- TURUS headed North and visited Rotterdam, Hollandg Hamburg, Germany, and Copen- hagen, Denmark. During the Northern leg of the journey over 5000 people visited the ship and gained a first hand view of the U.S. Navy and an insight into the part it plays in defending the free world. ARC- TURUS returned to Norfolk on 27 June 1966. With her crew of 17 officers and 203 enlisted men ARCTURUS is homeported in Norfolk, Virginia as a part of Service Squadron FOUR. 34,,.',- 2.5 .1 -V','71f..l1'.'

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senger from Rota to Valencia, Spain. AtriP to C asablanca provided a special liberty PON during this deployment. At a change of command ceremony on October 17, 1963 Captain David A. Shonerd, USN relieved Captain Brassfield as Com- manding Officer. During Second Fleet Operations in No- vember 1963, ARCTURUS I'ep1e11iShGd two carriers, two cruisers including Second Fleet Flagship USS NEWPORT NEWS QCA- 148J in one day during extremely rough weather and then in December commenced a period of overhaul first alongside the repair ship USS VULCAN, then for dry- docking at Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Balti- more and finally to Newport News Ship- building and Drydock Corp. in Newport News, Virginia. Leaving Newport News in April 1964, ARC TURUS prepared for another Mediter- ranean deployment in June and July 1964. Forty-nine ships were replenished during ideal weather. Over forty percent of the ships were replenished at night including the carriers ENTERPRISE and FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Ports visited were Golfe Juan, France: Naples, Italy and Catania, Sicily. After a short period in Norfolk which gave ARCTURUS the time to conduct a dependents cruise in order that our families might observe a transfer at sea, she was loaded and departed in September on Opera- ti0f1 Teamwork in the North Atlantic and Bay of Biscay. Thirty-two ships were re- plenished, some during extremely bad weather. The USS ANNAPOLIS fAGMR-11 was first replenished during this operation. ARCTURUS entered the port of Le Havre France on 4 October to spend one week'ST liberty visiting Normandy and Paris. Upon return to Norfolk a change of command ceremony was held and Captain John W. Fair, USN relievedCaptain Shonerd on 26 October 1964. In December ARCTURUS again re- turned to the Mediterranean for her sixth replenishment there andxat the same time a holiday season in Europe. Over 7,850,000 pounds of cargo were transferred to 39 ships during this deployment. Replenish- ment of the USS FORRESTAL on January 7, 1965 was delayed one day due to search and rescue operations conducted for two missing carrier aircraft in which ARCTURUS par- ticipated. Both men were safe and the re- plenishment took place on the eighth of January. ARCTURUS returned to the states in early February. After a three week respite ARC TURUS again put to sea on 27 February, and transferred her replenishment cargo to the new USS SYLVANIA QAFS-25. After ob- serving the SYLVANIA's replenishment of Task Group Alpha, ARCTURUSvisited Ber- muda for liberty port and returned to Norfolk on March 12. After a two month stay in Norfclk ARCTURUS traveled to Miami, Florida for Armed Forces Day, May 15. Over 2500 Floridians vis ited the ship over the weekend. June marked the start of lucky number 7 deplcyment to the Mediterranean. ARC- TURUS replenished 31 ships alongside while working hand in hand with the USS SYLVANIA fAFS-25 in vertically supplying various units of the sixth Fleet. Liberty ports included

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