Decatur (DDG 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 210210Z JUN 00 ZYB PSN 768513Q30 FM CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI TO USS DECATUR INFO USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI J1 J3 COMTHIRDFLT COMDESRON TWO THREE CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI UNCLAS N01650 MSGID GENADMIN CINCPACFLT SUBJ WELCOME HOME REF A MSG COMNAVSURFPAC 060001ZJUN00 AMPN REF A IS COMNAVSURFPAC MESSAGE RMKS 1. REF A NOTED WITH PLEASURE. IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT YOUR MAIDEN DEPLOYMENT WAS BOTH A HISTORIC ONE AND A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO CINCPACFLT THEATER OBJECTIVES. YOUR PERFORMANCE DURING MULTINATIONAL EXERCISES WITH THE MILITARY FORCES OF PACIFIC RIM NATIONS WAS IMPRESSIVE AND IN KEEPING WITH YOUR MOTTO OF AGE QUOD AGIS. WELL DONE TO ALL. 2. ADMIRAL THOMAS B. FARGO. BT NNNN 42

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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 270255Z MAY 00 ZYB PSN 474683H32 FM CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI TO USS DECATUR INFO COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA NOO COMSEVENTHFLT JOO COMTHIRDFLT J00 COMDESRON TWO THREE CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI UNCLAS NOOOOO MSGID GENADMIN CINCPACFLT SUBJ AMERICAN SAMOA CENTENNIAL RMKS 1. WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSFUL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN AMERICAN SAMOA. WE COULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER SHIP TO REPRESENT THE PACIFIC FLEET FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT OCCASION. 2. THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF USS DECATUR FLAWLESSLY PERFORMED THEIR MISSION OF GOODWILL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS. YOUR RECEPTION FOR OVER 300 GUESTS FROM AROUND THE PACIFIC AND YOUR WARM WELCOME TO ALL SHIP VISITORS WILL PAY DIVIDENDS IN THE REGION FOR YEARS TO COME. YOUR HONOR GUARD AND MARCHING UNITS WERE KEY TO THE CENTENNIAL PARADE AND MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY. USS DECATUR ' S IMPRESSIVE PRESENCE IN THE HARBOR, INCLUDING TOURS FOR MORE THAN 1,000 AMERICAN SAMOANS, FULLY SUPPORTED THE NAVY ' S IMPORTANT PRESENCE AND RECRUITING EFFORTS IN THE PACIFIC FLEET. A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMANDER GUMATAOTAO ON YOUR APPOINTMENT AS AN HONORARY HIGH CHIEF OF FAGATOGO VILLAGE. 3. ADMIRAL THOMAS B. FARGO. BT NNNN 41

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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 060001Z JUN 00 ZYB PSN 520232H14 FM COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA NOO TO USS DECATUR INFO CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI NOl N01P N3 CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI NOl N01P N3 COMDESRON TWO THREE UNCLAS N05720 MSGID GENADMIN COMNAVSURFPAC SUBJ BRAVO ZULU RMKS 1. I WISH TO EXTEND MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE DECATUR TEAM FOR YOUR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE WHILE DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN SUPPORT OF OUR NATIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY. 2. AS YOU COMPLETE YOUR DEPLOYMENT YOU CAN BE MOST PROUD OF THE FINE MANNER IN WHICH YOU ENGAGED AND EXERCISED WITH THE MILITARY FORCES OF MULTIPLE PACIFIC RIM NATIONS. YOUR DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS WERE EQUALLY SUPERB, AND YOU PROVIDED AN OUTSTANDING FIRST EXPOSURE TO THE NAVY FOR MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE THEATER. THE HUMANITARIAN AND HISTORIC ACTIVITIES IN WHICH YOU PARTICIPATED HELPED FURNISH A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE OPERATIONAL, DIPLOMATIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS. I WISH EACH OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS A SAFE AND HAPPY HOMECOMING. 3. WELL done; VADM MOORE SENDS. BT NNNN 43