Delta (AR 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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HISTORY San Diego and Long Beach for the next seven months, then returned to the Far East. This time, she saw service in Sasebo, Yokosuka and Subic Bay. She returned to San Diego in July 1954, where she joined Service Squadron One. On DELTA'S next Far East tour, which began in January 1955, she spent part of her time as the Flagship of Commander Blockading and Escort Force, Pacific Fleet. She returned to the West Coast that July, and the following month was ordered to the yard at Puget Sound for deactivation. She was decommissioned on 1 December 1955, and became a unit of the Bremerton Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. Cold War was the word of the day for the next few years. As world tensions increased, so did the need for more mobile repair facilities in the Pacific Fleet. On 31 October 1959, DELTA was recommissioned by the crew of the Internal Com- bustion Repair Ship, USS KERMIT ROOSEVELT, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She sailed immediately for Long Beach, her new homeport. Her stay at home was 'short lived. On 12 April 1960, she sailed again for the Far East. As a unit of the U.S. Seventh Fleet and Service Squadron Three, she provided repair service in Sasebo, lwakuni and Subic Bay. On 21 December 1960, she returned to the States for what was expected to be an eighteen month stay. But again the need for repair services in the Far East called her away on short notice. She left Long Beach on 2 February 1962 and provided repair services in Sasebo, Okinawa, and Subic Bay. Work was accomplished on Seventh Fleet Ships supporting the U.S. Forces in Thailand and the Taiwan Patrol Forces. DELTA returned again to the States for a long stay, from August 1962 until Christmas Day 1963. She departed the day after Christmas for another deployment to the Far East, this time, providing services in Subic Bay, Sasebo, Iwakuni and Yokosuka. While serving the fleet, DELTA also served the good will of man with outstanding success in her visits to Moji, Japan and to I-long Kong. Her tour completed, DELTA returned to Long Beach in July 1964 for a long awaited yard overhaul. Upon completion of the yard period, she again provided re- pair services for the Fleet in Long Beach. On 1 July 1965, DELTA'S homeport was changed to Alameda, California, although she remained in Long Beach until sailing again for The Orient on 22 July 1965 for another eight month chapter in the 'history of a fine old ship. The jobs done on DELTA range from tightening the smallest bolt to the re- building of entire boilers and engineering plants on the ships she serves. No matter what the job, DELTA does her best to help the rest, in keeping with her motto: V DILIGENCE, DEPENDABILIT Y AND DEXT ERIT Y.

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