Lockwood (FF 1064) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE CRUISE Dear LOCKWOOD Parents, Dependents, and Friends: This cruise book is a reflection on the long but important deployment that LOCK- WOOD made to the Indian Ocean from 28 September to 21 December 1977. During our journey with Task Group 77.4, the ship steamed 25,000 miles, participated in three multinational exercises, and visited ports in the Philippines, Australia, Iran and in Singapore. We had the opportunity to operate with units from Australia, Iran, Great Britain, Pakistan, Turkey and Singapore which contributed to improving relations with these good allies, and in making friendships that we will long remember. The Indian Ocean is a most significant sea lane for the flow of oil from the Mideast to the United States. It was therefore fitting that we demonstrate to the world our capability and resolve to operate there. Although it was arduous at times, I believe we carried it out most professionally and, to help make the time out of homeport seem less long, we did things that make going to sea more fun. In these pages you will see that we worked hard, but we also celebrated our crossing of the equator, enjoyed fan- tail cookouts, took a lot of pictures, and occasionally relaxed while we watched TV on our newly installed system. Hopefully, this cruise book will serve as a source to rekindle fond memories in fu- ture years of a very exciting and interesting time in LOCKWOOD ' s history. The ship is now in a maintenance period and upon completion in March will rejoin the U.S. Sev- enth Fleet in operations throughout waters of the Western Pacific. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate and convey appreciation to all my shipmates for their outstanding efforts which contributed to making LOCKWOOD ' s Indian Ocean excursion so highly successful. Best wishes.