Comte De Grasse (DD 974) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1980

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Shortly after our period in the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the ship experienced a near disaster which was averted only by the level headedness of the crew. A fire struck in one of our engineering spaces. Damage was sig- nificant; the ship went back to Pascagoula, Ms. for repairs, Returning on 3 September just in time to make its first deployment, a two month excur- sion to the North Atlantic to operate with NATO Forces. The COUNT set out to prove herself as a formidable warship, and in the course visited several ports including Brest, France, Dunkurque, France, Portsmouth Eng- land, and Hamburg, Germany. The COUNT returned home for the holidays, but was off again in February for another NATO operation, and a f inal port visit in New York City, before commencing preparations for her up- coming Mediterranean Deployment.

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Our stay in Norfolk was all too short, for the Navy wastes very little time with its ships. We left home on 3 October 1978 bound for the Caribbean Sea for our shakedown cruise. We visited various ports including Port Everglades, Florida, Nassau, Bahamas, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for refresher training, and Roosev ' elt Roads PR for a gun shoot. All our weapons and shipboard systems were extensively tested and all proved to be in excellent working order. Following our Caribbean cruise we went back to Pascagoula for an availability from early January 79 to 17 February. Finally, on 21 February 1979, we arrived in Norfolk again for a 5 ' j month yard period. Between all the activities and traveling the men of the COUNT still found time to relax together. T- ■ - .fly-V . « » F WCP yHJf w



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EXERCISE FEBRUARY-MARCH 1980 SAFEPASS jj NEW YORK CITY 9-12 MARCH 1980 E -1 m

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