Leahy (DLG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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The Unexpected E mer g enc y Deploy raent WE AREN ' T REALLY GOING TO THE MED ARE WE DANA? REFUELING FROM USS JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDWAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. THE RUSSIAN SNOOPER TRAILING US IN THE CARIBBEAN. NIGHT RENDEZVOUS WITH KENNEDY AND BELKNAP. OUR LAST SIGHT BEFORE LEAVING THE CARIBBEAN. PROOF OF OUR PEACEFUL INTENT.

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ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1970 THE USS LEAHY DEPARTED HER HOMEPORT FOR A TEN DAY MISSILE EXERCISE IN THE WATERS OFF SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. SOMETIME DURING THE TRANSIT TO THE EXERCISE THE LEAHY RECEIVED SECRET ORDERS TO PROCEED TO A POINT IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SOME 100 MILES OFF THE COAST OF EGYPT. FOR THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF LEAHY THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF A SEVEN AND ONE HALF MONTH LONG CRUISE, DURING WHICH BOTH THE SHIP AND HER CREW WOULD BE TESTED AS TO THEIR COMBAT EFFICIENCY. WHAT FOLLOWS HERE IS A PICTORIAL ESSAY, WHICH IT IS HOPED, WILL CONVEY TO THE READER WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE ABOARD THIS GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE, AND WHY OUR PRESENCE WAS NEEDED. AS THE SHIP CRUISES IN THE WARM WATERS OFF PUERTO RICO, OUR STORY BEGINS. ' ir r

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GOODIES AT THANKSGIVING. Tlianksgl vi ng and Halloween at Sea MMMM. . . . JUST LIKE MOM MAKES BACK IN OSCODA. ONE OF FRENCHY ' S DELICIOUS CAKES.