Nimitz (CVN 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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NIMITZ departed on her first Mediterranean deployment on July 7, 1976. The Task Force, comprised of numerous ships including the nuclear-powered guided missile cruises SOUTH CAROLINA and CALIFORNIA marked the first time in more than ten years that a nuclear-powered surface ship task group had deployed to the Mediterranean. Port Visits included Rota, Spain, Tangier, Morocco, Naples and Taronto, Italy, Tunis, Tunisiag and the famous Rock of Gibralter , Spain. Many foreign dignitaries, including I-lis Majesty King Juan Carlos and Oueen Sofia of Spain paid a visit to NIMITZ during this cruise. In November 1976, NIM ITZ was awarded the coveted Battle Readiness E by the Commander Naval Air Force, LIS. Atlantic Fleet, in recogni tion of outstanding performance in battle readiness exer cises. NIMITZ was obviously off to a good start in establish ing a tradition of operational excellence NAVAL A I R FCJRCE I in at .t-1 - 4 1 3 , A QQ Q,-1'

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1 li l l E 5-7 A M if . , ,..k.. Y ,-L f k M vw!-ku: ' -gslilngn v ' . ...-' ' -via 'pn in M-f m f .i As the most capable unit of the United States tor- ward deployable torces, NIMITZ has played major roles in a vvide variety of North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation, Sixth, and Seventh Fleet exercises in thelvledi- terranean, Atlantic, Caribbean, Northern European and Indian Ocean areas. NIIVIITZ has demonstrated the highest standards of combat readiness, endur- ance andthe ability to rapidly deploy to troubled areas of the globe. These standards of excellence charac- terize the NIIVIITZ' motto: Teamwork, A Tradition .