Decatur (DDG 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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ROUTINE R 291810Z MAY 00 PSN 480797H35 FM COMSEVENTHFLT TO USS DECATUR INFO CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI N3 CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI N3 COMTHIRDFLT COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CA 00 01 CTF 7 COMCARGRU SEVEN COMDESRON FIFTEEN COMDESRON TWO THREE COMSEVENTHFLT UNCLAS N03120 MSGID GENADMIN COMSEVENTHFLT SUB J S AYONARA DECATUR REF A MSG CDS15 2 60001ZMAY00 - NOTAL AMPN COMDESRON FIFTEEN FAREWELL AND BZ RMKS 1. REF A NOTED WITH PLEASURE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE CREW FOR A JOB WELL DONE! 2. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE OUTSTANDING CONDUCT AND PROFESSIONALISM THE SAILORS OF THE USS DECATUR HAVE DEMONSTRATED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. THROUGHOUT THIS DEPLOYMENT, YOU RESPONDED TO EVERY CHALLENGE - DEMONSTRATING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF PROFESSIONALISM, SEAMANSHIP, AND AN UNFAILING CAN- DO ATTITUDE. ADDITIONALLY, ON LIBERTY, YOU PROJECTED A POSITIVE IMAGE OF OUR COUNTRY WITH OUR HOST NATIONS. 3. IN ADDITION TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS NOTED BY COMDESRON FIFTEEN, YOU SET THE STAGE AS THE INITIAL U.S. NAVAL SHIP TO CONDUCT NGFS OPERATIONS ON JERVIS BAY RANGE, AS WELL AS, BEING THE FIRST U.S. SURFACE COMBANTANT TO WORK WITH A COLLINS CLASS SUBMARINE. YOU CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THE EXCELLENT REPUTATION YOU HAVE ACHIEVED. 4. AS DECATUR DEPARTS SEVENTH FLEET ENROUTE SAN DIEGO, MY BEST WISHES GO TO YOU FOR A SAFE HOMECOMING AND A JOYFUL REUNION WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR CREWS MY APPRECIATION FOR A JOB WELL DONE, BRAVO ZULU! VADM DORAN SENDS. BT NNNN 44

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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

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ROUTINE R 300601Z MAY 00 PSN 482600H20 FM COMCARGRU FIVE TO USS DECATUR INFO COMSEVENTHFLT COMTHIRDFLT ZEN COMDESRON FIFTEEN COMDESRON TWO THREE UNCLAS N04740 MSGID GENADMIN COMCARGRU FIVE SUBJ BRAVO ZULU RMKS 1. AS DECATUR SAILS HOME TO A JOYOUS REUNION WITH FAMILY AND LOVED ONES, I COMMEND THE WARDROOM AND CREW FOR AN OUTSTANDING DEPLOYMENT IN THE SEVENTH FLEET AREAS OF OPERATION. 2. DECATUR ' S PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISES AND ROUTINE OPERATIONS WAS PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY. YOUR STELLAR PERFORMANCE ASHORE IN NUMEROUS PORT VISITS MAINTAINED THE STANDARD OF SEVENTH FLEET. 3. CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DONE. SMOOTH SAILING HOME! 4. RADM TIM KEATING SENDS. BT NNNN 45