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USS HORNE CG-30 AD URA? FREDERICK .1.-HORNEyU . S . MAVY ' Admiral HORNE, for whom our ship fe'named, had a remarkable naval career chat extended over a period of '52 years of continuous active duty. Before the turn of this century, as a young midshipman, he fought at the Battle of Santiago in the .Spa.nish-An.erie'ai: tyjrif. Forty-four years later and at the apex ol his career, he was named Vice Chief of Naval Operations And.assigned, a. major role in directing the Navy through World War II. Ips£.hfe. po$it s’;princfpdf assistant in the Wash- :-'T Vv; .‘Ington. headquarters to Adrairad Ernest Admiral HORNE had broad '..v responsi bili t its tor t he operations of.the Navy, lie '• was directly in charge of .ihe ,;i:0{ i Stic '(supply) support for the entire Fleet, including being cb irndn of the special bonrd-vhlc.h. allocated petrol- eum on a--world wide basis-;- 'W was 'responsible for che Naval.- Intelligence . Service, for all naval comm'iinT o a f; i on s, and for executing a 1 I plans and pol- V rv ' ivies of the Commander in Chief o.S. Fleet. ! :'C-v :' • . | .jjMSfV.tv j ., ...... i®£ In t he course of Kiis career. Admiral‘ HOP.NF. was honored-jnai y tiraes From our country he.received the Navy Crpss and the Distinguished Service Medal. He received,the Third Order of the Sacred Treasure 'in 1915 from the kmneror of Jauan. father of'!ho.Hirohito whom he later worked hard to defeat Emperor of Japan, father of i lit?.Hirohito whom he later worked hard to defeat in World War 11 he Tect Ivhd decorations from Croat Britian, France, Poland, Brazil and China. Admiral. £. m| y. fds 1 frrMn ;active duty in 1947 and made his home in , » , , , w,r'n Coronado, ;C ii f.orni a where he died it 1959. Admiral HORNE’s distinguished naval career was symbolicffulfil of his family motto, Mb’Amiacer- Ton jours I.'Audace . . . .Audacity, Audacity. iiu 'Tdu j oy i fulfillment , AIWay»$ mm ... X'• --4sV A JjV IS-' ■ Ov0 - f • -X • O ‘. .Ccs ■ f— • • • . , V . v- ■ SBBSBb»?» -t v' ■ • V ■£ £ 0,-£.v-;, July 24 through December 21
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HORNE is one of nine Cruisers of the Belknap Gass. Al the time of their construction they were classified as Frigates, and were the larg- est and most powerful Frigates built by the United States Navy. Construction of HORNE was authorized by Congress for fiscal war 1961. Her keel was laid on December 12. 1962 at the Hunters Point Division of the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard Mrs Frederick J. Home, the widow of the late Admiral Home, chris- tened HORNE on October 30. 1964. On April 15. 1967. HORNE was placed in commission. Captain Stansfield Turner. USN. Commanding. Since being commissioned. HORNE has deployed nine times in the Western Pacific and once in the South Pacific. On four such deployments, HORNE served on Search and Rescue stations in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam Conflict. Distinguished herself dur- ing these deployments. HORNE was instrumental in 1968 and 1970 in directing American fighter planes in action which resulted in the downing of two enemy MIG-21 interceptors Dunng the South Pacific deployment. July 15. 1978 to October 6. 1978). HORNEvisited countries which had not seen a good will visit from an American ship since World War II.
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