Kidd (DDG 993) - Naval Cruise Book

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Also oiii lUmi; aroimtl iic.ii tlic ship til. II (l,i was .1 Dassault-Bi(t;uil Ail.iii- ii(liu- iiiaiiiinic patrol aii(ialt. I he Atlanliqiic ami alt wnc the Inst loiii- hat aiitiall to l)c drsioiicd and htiilt as a ( (iiii|)ltlcl multi-national iiiojcct. Siiiiilai to the Anici i( an l ' -:U;. llit- AllaiitititK- was designed to limit sub- niaiiiies, hut is i a|)ahle ot inan other iiiissioiis. 1 his |)artHiilai aiicialt was ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ailiiii; as a saleU ohseixei. eiisiniiii; that thii e wci e no otiiei ail ( i .ill oi iiiii. aH.i ilu surlad- essels in the area to inleileie Mii..i;i ' joiKi ,||]| iii . |,,|, t iiig t-xercise. iVi.ldo sh.mli ' l itli die ti.uking exercise behind us ilu (.uli and oiii 111 111 stoj) in Augusta Ba coiii- |ilete, we made a last transil across the lest ol die Meditenaiiean and headed siraiulit loi the Sue (anal. 13

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Be-low; Fk-iuIi Mh.ihi- 1-1 .nui.ili m,-,lli,v ihr KIDD. RiKlil: Ki.iuh Ail.iiiiii|ii lu.iMtiiii, p.uiol aiixialt llus In iIk- ship m , In , k us ..iii H I. .u righl: A Mii.iK - ' . ' 000 mm.iUs p.iM ih. sliip ,ii maMlu-.id li ii;hi. Bi n,,ni S, ., 1 ns lulu , ,pi.-, hrciiglil ,1 s,nl..r Ficn.l, ..lluii ..vri I,, I he- KIDDIc, .iMsii. I ' hcih. h E V3 Dordcll S ? ' SliDiiK alifi ciUi-riTit ilu ' Mcditfi- raman Sia, the KIDD had an t)pp()i tu- nity to do a Httle work with the French Air Force. On the 26th of JaniiaiT up in the ( .iilf De Leon several Mirage F-i and Mirage 2()()0 fighter aircraft came out and flew tracking iiins at tiie slii|). A visiting senior Freiu h (ilfui i was on board for the oclinIoh Io ohsene the (AC. wal( listanders dcitci, iraik and sinmlalc eng.iging llic Ficiuh airirah. The (XCK isf u.is |)aiti( iilai K useful loi KIDD iu that the Freni li Pilots ( anie ni face of attempts In tin- Freni h pilots to .i )id tieing tr.ii ked. Hie visiting Fri-nc h offuei flew out to KIDD iu a Sea l.viix lu-li( o|)ter. Mau III ilic ( lew had iu ci seen a Sea l ii up (lose before and it bei ailie |uilc llie louiisi allr.Ktioii as it sal on our fligiit del k. It was soiiiewlial small- er tiian th ' SH-2 Sea S|)rile lulic oplei s low aud last. ladKs wliu li we expec led KIDD normalh eml)aiks, iioi did il seem as si uk Is as il s Amei i au ouulei- I he 1 1 a(p pilots to use should I li allempi to allai k aii ol ihe ships ui Ihc I ' cisian ( .ull. I he low |)iorile llic Milage lighleis Hew |)i(sejile(l a ( lial lenge lo iiol ouh ihc d U( lion and tracking skills of ihc ( )Ss, but also ol the ( apabililies ol llie Sl ' S-lSK a i SI ' S-1 .) ladais Koih ihe opeialois a tli - ladais |)eiloimcd llawlcssK ni llie 1 1. Bui llieii a ' ' , mi, iiellhei do llieii ni..l,.bvfU lllnl.llll 14

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The ship arrived at the Northern terminal of the Suez Canal - Port Said - on the 31st of January. We were just one day too late to be able to collect tax free pay for the month of January. The entrance to the canal was crowded with many other ships but KIDD and MCINERNEY were the only warships present. We moored in a fashion that can be best described as parallel parked to buoys at our bow and stern. MCINERNEY moored in a similar fashion behind KIDD. Topside security was greater than ever because of our vulnerable position in the harbor. With the war in full swing, there was a serious concern that the Iraqi military might try to use guerrillas and cripple or sink an American warship in the canal thus effectively forcing all other ships coming from the Atlantic fleet to transit around the Southern tip of Africa in order to get to the Persian Gulf. While moored at Port Said, we received a large Suez Canal Light which was hung from our bow. The idea was that this light would illuminate the mile markers along the shores of the canal. But to see the thing in use, one could only wonder if all it was really designed for was to create another multi-thousand dollar fee that each ship would have to pay before transiting the canal. KIDD ' s own signal lights did a much better job. The ship got underway shortly after midnight as a part of a convoy of U Tm m n ' ' ' •- » . 1... ( W.lK 11.11 M .11 I ' orl S.il.l ,.1111, .ll,.ll M, 1,. Mil iIh n vv,.us Ali.A, 1, h , 1,11,, 11 mk;.;, s.nlhii.il s.iiK .iiMi.ni; ill, ships .in, I ,1 in ll (.H ' .il iilll, I I .ik, , .isliiii; III, ,il,l .111,1 ll luu I,,,M- iii;lil A iii.is.iii, .11 III, II., nil, Ml I, inin.il ,,l Ih, ,,iii.il III I ' ,, II S.ii,l Kii;lil S luiii 11. ins 1 111 I ' K 1 llu i.m.il l..«.ii,l ih, (.1, .11 Uill, 1 mil, li.iiil J .u 1 .ik, iiii; . 1m, So liii; llhc II 1 l,,|, ,S,,M,, .lllsll III l ' ..ll S.11,1 l-.ii ll lll I,,| Sl,l, •A 111, 1 SI (. ' J 11,., k ,ll,,ks,.lll 111, , lll|,s .111. 1 III 111. (.1,. 11 Hill, 1 1 .ik, l ' „i iii|,lii.in -.Is 1 1..III i..;li 1 1 ,1 111 1 ( , isli ,, k h, 1.4111, 1 lui S., mil, 111