Fresno (LST 1182) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHAT, WHERE, WHEN... 13 April - Underway WESTPAC 76 ' 20 22 April - Pearl Harbor for supplies 28 April - Arrive Kwajalein, Marshall Islands to load for an opportune lift (House Trailers?) 28 April 7 May - Enroute to Okinawa 7 10 May - Enroute Subic Bay R.P. for Offload and R R 16 20 May - Amphibous operations in the Zambales R.P. 25 May - Typhoon Olga battered us in Subic Bay 8 June - Ship ' s party at Grande Island 17 21 June - Enroute to Kaohsiung Taiwan 21 26 June - Inport Kaohsiung for liberty and relaxation 26 28 June - Underway for operation Beacon Cherry 28 June 4 July - Beacon Cherry off the coast of Korea 8 12 July - Inport Pusan, Korea for sight seeing and buying gifts 12 19 July - Underway for Subic Bay 28 July - The E Presentation on board 3 August - Underway again, this time for Hong Kong 5 August - Arrive Hong Kong An overnight stay? 6 August - Underway to avoid another typhoon, Billie 7 10 August - Back to Hong Kong 10 13 August - Sailing to Okinawa again 13 14 August - Offload onload troops in Buckner Bay, Okinawa 14 19 August - Underway for Subic Bay one more time 19 22 August - Inport Subic Bay 22 27 August - Off to Guam, looking forward to an upkeep period 27 August 16 September - Guam 4 September - Tropical storm Fran 8 September - Ship ' s party at Polaris Beach 10 September - Sortie for tropical storm Georgia 16 17 September - Underway for Tinian and exercise Quick Jab 17 22 September - Civic action and Quick Jab Vl, Tinian, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 22 27 September - Underway for Subic Bay for the last time 27 September 8 October - Preparations for Kangaroo II 8 October - Underway for Australia and exercise Kangaroo II 12 October - Davey Jones presided at our Shellback ceremony at 00 0 ' and 140 36 ' E 19 28 October - Exercise Kangaroo II in the Coral Sea and off the cost of Australia 28 30 October - Sailing to Brisbane Australia 30 October 4 November - Inport Brisbane for rest, relaxation and kangaroo chasin ' 4 15 November - Enroute to Pearl Harbor 15 17 November - Offload troops onload Tigers 17 24 November - Underway for San Diego and home 24 November 1976 - Homecoming and loved ones