Cabildo (LSD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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HISTORY CONTINUED FEB 62 COMMENCED A SERIES OF INSPECTIONS AND EXTENSRT REF- RESHER TRAINING TO RE-QUALIF ■ THE OFFICERS AND CREW FOR AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS FEB 62 PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION DOMINIC AS A UNIT OF JOINT TASK FORCE 8 IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR TESTING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AREA OCT 62 DEPLOYED THROUGH PANAMA CANAL IN COMPLIANCE WIIH ORDERS FOR A CUBAN BLOCKADE ' DEC 62 RETURNED AND OPERATED IN THE LONG BEACH AREA. UNDER- WENT AND COMPLETED OVERHAUL AT AAA MACHINE SHOP SHIP- YARD AT SAN FRANCISCO MAY 62 COMMENCED A SERIES OF INSPECTIONS AND EXTENSIVE REF- RESHER TRAINING TO RE-QUALIFY THE OFFICERS AND CREW FOR AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS JUN 63 COMMENCED OPERATING IN THE LONG BEACH AREA SEP 63 DEPLOYED TO HAWAIIAN ISLAND AREA TO PARTICIPATE WITH VARIOUS UNITS OF AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON SEVEN IN OPERATION DULL KNIFE . OCT 63 DEPLOYED TO WESTERN PACIFIC FOR TOUR OF DUTY WITH THE U.S. SEVENTH FLEET MAR 64 HOMEWARD BOUND APR 64 ARRIVE CONUS MISSION AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE LSD The landing ship CABILDO is 457 feet in hngth, is the largest landing ship of all amphibious type ships. It is a ship built around a floating dr doek and carries loaded landing eraft, tanks, In avy vehicles, and troops into tlu b( (lehlu ad art a. This dry dock or well deck is tlun flooded and tlu landing craft art- launelud. The LSD is armed for limited anti-aircraft defense anil functions as a rt pair ship for landing craft: is (quipped with a lulieopter platform; boat control facilitiis. and acts as heavy transport and a general workhorse of the Am phibiowi Fleet.

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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

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