Lake Champlain (CG 57) - Naval Cruise Book

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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- ' ' ■ - ' —

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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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S!! On e day out of 120 0030 Launch Red Stinger 0315 Recover Red Stinger Hot Pump crew swap 0400 Launch Red Stinger 0600 Recover Red Stinger Shut down 0815 Log HelolDesert Duck) picks up mail 0845VERTREP 1515 Desert Duck drops off mail 1800 Launch Red Stinger 2100 Recover Red Stinger Hot Pump swap crew 2130 Launch Red Stinger 0030 Recover Red Stinger ,A.You got the Hot Seat .I ' lh.l i l Chapman is relieved hy LCDR Jaeger duri ng a briefstopover. To sustain the needed flight operations the pilots turned over every 3.5 hours of flight time. PhotobyEMn.SW)CulweU Moving Fast. Seaman Strom re- moves chocks and chains prior to Red Stinger 108 taking to theair.Thechocks and chains requirequick removal since the helo is now fully up to speed and ready to liftoff. PhotnbvKMnSWlCulwell r Look Mom, see what I do a 11 day. .Sraiiian Strom refuels Red St 1 ngerdui- i 11 . a stop over bet ween opci ' .i lions. Red St ingerlOHandhersister helo 109 were refueled on average 4 times a day and couldcarry. ' }97gallons(4000lhs)ofJP-5 OCT 17:Cruisebook Editor-in-Chiefsbirthday; Hoi iday routine;HT2 Christopher, FC2 Murphy, HT3Fimbresand HM3ScholzqualifyESWS 0CT18:FASwith .SACRAMI :NTO;enrouteto escort PELILIEU ARC OCT 19: Transit Straits of Hormuz .south. querie times by Iran; Protestant Divine Service: Cat hoi icl Reader Service; Ice Cream Social; 18T11ECRUISL