Lake Champlain (CG 57) - Naval Cruise Book

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USSNIMITZ Battle Group L eading the way! The nuclear-powered carrier, USSNIMITZ( CVN- 581. makes her way through theWestern Pacific and Arabian Gulf. The 5,000 cremember ship is from Bremerton, WA. but will change homeport to Norfolk. V A. at the end of this deployment. PhotobvFlKSWI.Mitchell --! r«5?% fe!j. .A-NIMITZBattleGroupundtr- way replenishment. USSFOKD ' FFC; .54 1 along side USS SACRA- MENTO (AOE-1) with USS KINKAID(DDG965)forging ahead after receiving fuel. The FORDand SACRAMENTO are homeported in Everett, Washington; while KINKAID is homeported in San Diego. Photo by Fa(SW)Mitchell r The Golden Bear in action. Sailors onboard USS SACRA- MENTO! AOE-1) keepa sharp look- out during UNREPs. The USS SACRAMENTOservedasthemain replenishmentshipfortheNIMITZ BattleGroup. Photo by FCl(SW)Mitchfll HISPANICHeritage CELEBRATED Save some lor mel OSSN Cobos and SK ' Z Buenrostro cut the Hispanic Heritage Celebration cake as Captain Dobrydneyand EWC(SW)Apodacalookon. Eight hispanic countries including Mexicoand the Dominican Republicare represented on the CHAMP. l hnt,,hvI.T.r( ' ,W,ill..n Enjoying the meal. FC2 Morales and FC3 Cook join FC2 Newlun for the Hispanic Heritage Meal. Great Mexican food like tacos and enchiladas were on the menu. PhotobvLTJGWalton .MS:t.James, EN. ' J Ruiz, and EM3Sordia Bustamantes serve ( )S,SN Cobos Spanish style rice, refricd beans and burritos. i ' li,.t,.l,vLT.K!WiilU n OCT 11: TransitStraiisof Hormuz.queriedby Iranian Naval Forces7times;SailorsoftheQuarterRMl Ward, ET2 Tauzer, a nd GSEFN Unciano selected. OCT 12: Arrive Persian Gulf, Anchor at 1256 offthecoast of Bahrain;Commence receiving tax free income; Retard Clocks -.3 CHARLIE OCT 13: Celibiate Hispanic Month with special evening meal; Blues Re VI playonfantail. IGthecrlise

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mMk ' i NINETEENTIMES UNDER WA Y REPLENISHMENT FUEL, PARTS, FOOD RECEIVED; HAZMAT REMOVED F Refuel ing at sea( R AS). The CHAMP receives fuel from the USS Sacramento. il.,hvI ' H:iBiMirir r Measure the Distance. Crewmembers take in on messenger line to hook up span wire from control ship. Once thespan wire isacrossand attached to theCHAMP, the refueling probe is sent along the cable to be seated intooneof four of theCHAMP ' s refueling stations. PhritnbyHMSSch.jlz «• 1— i dl - ' ill ' 11 f. i ■- t H - l l K 1 .i( 1: my i ' jw m Kr l -M ■pfl Hi iifL, ri ft i ' b I ■V » ' r i l ' Receiving fuel at Station 4. Crewmembers monitor the progress of refuel ing operations to avoid fuel spills. PhotobvHMaSfholz Captain Dobrydney keepsa care- ful watch over the ship ' s movement. He coordinates operations in LKC ' s Central Control Station, aboard the refuelingship, and at LKCs refuel ing stations. PhotobvHM.-SScholz OCT 8:Set weapons posture H; Small arms familiarization fire; Retardclocks-5ECHO;MS3Catangui ' s wife Miria gives birth to son Roger Catangui Jr.; 50cal machinegun FAMFIRE OCT 9:UNREP VERTREP with USS SACRAMENTO; INCH0P5th Fleet; AA W detect to engage exercise. OCT10:CIWSPACFIREand small armsqualifications;TLAM exercise;JAMEX TlIECKL ' l.SKl. g m!.. . - :

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EXP EDITION EXCURSIO N The CHAMP arrives in the Persian Gulf Totally Useless tidbits II Longest underway period-32 days shortest underway period-5 days Average underway time between ports was 14.1 lays Shortest inport period-Hawaii-l d Longest inport period 5 days Total of inport periods 32 days . Navy ' s 222nd Birthday celebration party on the Fantail. FCl Notzon.theoldest memberand SN Augustin, the youngest member on board cut the birthday cake. MSl Quesnel made the cake!! OCT 14: Underway at 0935 from anchorage; ' 4 UNREP with USS SACRAMENTO; Desert Duck Jdrops by; Navy Birthday party on fantail OCT15:57CIWS smallarmslivefireexercise;A C plants running at maximum capacity; Plane Guard OCT 16: Vidaurri capped to SMI; Shotgun qualifications; start of arounc the clock Help flight operations thecrl:ise 1, ttnimm ' tiw- ' ' ■ - ' —