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ELDORADO was commissioned as an Amphibious Force Flagship on August 25, 1944. Launched as SS MONSOON by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, she was transferred to the Navy four months later and was converted by Bethlehem Steel Corporation. As flagship for Commander Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet, ELDORADO participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. From 1945 to 1950, ELDORADO served as flagship for amphibious commanders in the Pacific and, on two occasions, as flagship for Commander, Naval Forces, Western Pacific. During the Korean conflict, ELDORADO participated in the Inchon invasion. She also participated in Operation BIG SWITCH, the transfer of Chinese and North Korean prisoners of war from POW camps to Inchon for their repatriation. The ship saw a variety of duties during the late 1950 ' s: as flagship for command- ers in both Eastern and Western Pacific, and on two occasions in 1956 and 1957 as a participant in Arctic supply operations in support of the Air Defense Early Warning Stations. During the 1962 Cuban crisis, the ship com- pleted an eight-week deployment to the Caribbean. Since the Tonkin Gulf incident in 1964, ELDORADO has been deployed at least part of every year participating in amphibious operations off the coast of Vietnam. In 1967 the ship ' s per- formance in twelve operations in Vietnam earned her the Meritorious Unit Commendation, the first ship so honored. ELDORADO currently holds the Battle Efficiency E with hash mark for two consecu- tive years as best ship of her type in the Pacific Fleet.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS O DEDICATION 2 SHIP ' S HISTORY 5 CAPTAIN FOWLER 6 CAPTAIN WAHL 8 ADMIRAL LACY 10 ADMIRAL ROSENBERG 12 CAPTAIN O ' NEILL 14 COMMANDER WISEMAN 16 PRE-CRUISE 18 REFRESHER TRAINING 19 FAMILY DAY CRUISE 20 SEA CADETS 22 FOURTH OF JULY 24 LIFE AT SEA 26 ARRIVAL WEST PAC 28 SHIP ' S COMPANY 29 BABIES 99 CHAPLAIN ' S PAGE 100 COMPHIBGRU III 101 PORTS OF CALL 113 CROSSING THE LINE 150 RESCUE OF PATROL CRAFT 154 [ARRIVAL SAN DIEGO 156 ' CRUISE BOOK STAFF 160
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If CAPT RICHARD E. FOWLER, JR., USN COMMANDING OFFICER 27 AUGUST 1967 -10 OCTOBER 1968 6
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