Cabildo (LSD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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CABILDO NEW ORLEANS llu I ' SS CABILDO (LSD- 16) derives its tuniie from an histurie building; in New Orleans whieli housed the fnniial transfer of th Louisiana Purehase from Fran(( to tin I ' .S. Now a naral niu (uni. tin CABILDO is loeatid in tlu old French Quarter and is the h( st known nionunn ut of tht { ( riod of Spanish domina- tion.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF U.S.S. CABILDO JULY 44 KEEL LAID l ' , NEWl ' OKl . E .sllll ' BL 1LL)L ( . C( )MI ' . A , XEWl ' OR 1 NEWS, VIRC;iNL MMi 15 CONLMISSIONEI) I ' A ' THE CiOMNLWDAM, Vl H . A AL DISIRICT A ' ] ' NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, Ik(.INL APR 45 ASSIGNED IC) U.S. .ATLANTIC FLEET, LATER BELNXi TRANSFERRED TO THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET FOR THE OCCUPAl lO.X OF JAPAN. JAN 47 DECOMMISSIONED AND TRANSFERRED TO IHE P. C1FIC RESERVE FLEET. SAN DIEGO. CALIFORNIA RECOMMISSIONED FOR KOREAN CONFLICT PARTICII ' A I ED IN ' OPER.ATION GREENHOUSE , AN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PROJECT DEPLOYED TO WESTERN PACIFIC TO OPERATE IN THE KOREAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS SUFFERED DIRECT HIT AMIDSHIPS AT WOXSOX. KOREA RETURNED FROM WESTERN PACIFIC TO OPERATE IN THE SOUTH- ERN CALIFORNIA AREA. DEPLOYED FOR ALASKAN CRUISE HOME PORl CH. N(;ED FROM SAN DIECiO TO LONG BEACH, CALI- FORNIA FEB 60 DEPLOYED TO WESTERN P.VCIFIC FOR TOUR OF DU ' IA ' WHH 1 HE U.S. SEVENTH FLEET .AND P.ARTICIPATION IN JOINT AMPHIBIOUS OPER.ATIONS WITH THE NATIONALIST CHINESE AND KORE.KNS JUL 6(3 RETURNED FROM WESTERN PACIFIC AND .ATTENDED THE -P.XCIFIC FE.STI ' AL ' . r SAN FR.ANCISCO. P.VRTICIP.ATED IN -OPERATION PACK MULE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FEB 61 MADE AN OPERATIONAL VISIT TO FORT LEWIS AND TACOMA. WASHINGTON ALONG W ITH A GOOD WILL ISIT K ANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA MAR 61 DEPLOYED TO WE.STERN PACIFIC TO P.ARTICIP.ATE IN SUPPORT OPER.ATIONS TO PRESER E THE PE. CE IN THE FAR EAST M.AY 61 RETURNED .AND PARTICIP.VrED IN ' -OPERATK X (iRREX LIGHT OFF THE COA.ST OF .SOUTHERN CALIFOR.XIA AUG 61 COMMENCED FRAM MARK II OVERHAUL . T TODD SHIPYARD. .ALAMEDA. CALIFORNIA OCT 50 JAN 51 NOV 51 APR 52 SEP 52 Jl I 54 OCT 54