Princeton (CG 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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P 241345Z APR 91 ZYB PSN llI934GI9 FM CTG SEVEN ZERO PT FIVE TO RHPXDIHXUSS PRINCETON SSS SUBJ: DESERT SALAAM PHASE II RMKSXI. CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCCESSFULLY REACHING YOUR SAILAWAY MILESTONE, PLEASED THAT YOU ARE NOW HEADING FOR SEVENTH FLEET WATERS. SINCE THE I8 FEB MINE DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE ILLEGAL MINING OF INTERNATIONAL WA- TERS, HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR DAILY PROGRESS WITH GREAT INTEREST AND AWE. AM IMPRESSED WITH THE SUPERB CAPABILITIES OF PRINCETON,S CREW. HAVING .IOINED BATTLE GROUP ECHO IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKUPS, IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOUR HISTORIC VLADIVOSTOK PORT VISIT, YOU ROSE TO EVERY CHALLENGE WITH PRIDE AND PROFFESSION- ALISM. WELL DONE ON REACHING THIS POINT IN DESERT STORM AND WELCOME TO DESERT SALAAM QPHASE III OPERATIONS. LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK IN THE GRID. 2. RADM ZLATOPER SENDS.ff P 161900Z APR 91 ZEL PSN 052093G19 FM CTF ONE FIVE FOUR TO RUHGBAAfCTF ONE FIVE ONE SUBJ: BG ECHO FAREWELL TO AG DESERT STORM NA- VAL FORCES OPERXDESERT SALAAMH RMKSXI. AS THE RANGER BATTLE GROUP DEPARTS THE ARABIAN GULF, WE WOULD LIKE TO SALUTE YOUR VAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND SIGNIFICANT CON- TRIBUTIONS TO NAVAL HISTORY, ALL MEMBERS OF THE ARABIAN GULF MULTINATIONAL FORCE SHOULD TAKE PERSONAL PRIDE IN THEIR PERFOR- MANCE DURING A DRAMATIC EFFORT THAT -HAS LAID A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR SECURITY IN THIS REGION. 2. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH THE COALITION NAVIES WHO BANDED TOGETHER IN THIS GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE TRULY EN- JOYED WORKING WITH YOU. THE LESSON LEARNED ABOUT FLEET INTEROPERABILITY IS THAT IT IS QUITE SIMPLE WHEN YOU ARE BLESSED WITH A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS. 3. FAIR WINDS, FOLLOW- ING SEAS, AND GOD SPEED. RHOQDIH T USS PRINCETON P 080710Z VAR 91 PSN 55s142H25 FM CTF ONE FIVE ONE 0 0610007 MAR 91 FM USCINCCFNTH TO ALL DESERT STORM FORCESH MINIMIZE CONSIDERED PLEASE GIVE THIS MESSAGE FROM USCINCCENT WIDEST DISSEMINATION POSSIBLE SCHWARZKOPF SENDS. SUBJ: LETTER TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF DESERT STORM 1. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF DESERT SHIELD LAST AUGUST YOU HAVE TRAVELED OVER GREAT DIS- TANCES, THROUGH MILES OF DESERT, TO PLACES THAT WE NEVER KNEW EXISTED, WITH NAMES WE CAN,T EVEN PRONOUNCE. TOMORROW SOME OF YOU WILL BEGIN THE MOST IMPORTANT TRIP OF ALL, YOU'LL BE GOING HOME. THE REST OF YOU SOON WILL FOLLOW. 2. I DID NOT WANT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO LEAVE BEFORE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU HOW IMMENSELY PROUD I AM OF EACH AND EVERY SOLDIER, SAILOR, AIRMAN, MARINE, COASTGUARDSMAN AND CIVILIAN IN THIS COM- MAND. I ASKED YOU TO BE THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OF DESERT STORM, YOU WERE ALL OF THAT AND MORE. THROUGH YOUR COURAGEOUS ACTS, YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, YOUR DETERMI- NATION AND YOUR LOVE OF COUNTRY, YOU HAVE WRITTEN HISTORY IN THE DESERT SANDS THAT CAN ,..... .LY ,.,...-- C .. H...-... ,,-. ,.f 1.-- .- . NEVER BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE WINDS OF TIME, YOU TAKE BACK WITH YOU TO THE UNITED STATES NOT ONLY THE RESPECT OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN, BUT THE RESPECT OF MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF CITIZENS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, YOU HAVE DEMON- STRATED THE BEST QUALITIES OF AMERICANS THROUGH YOUR RESPECT FOR OTHER RELIGIONS, OTHER CULTURES, OTHER RACES, AND OTHER NA- TIONALITIES, WHILE YOU SERVED HERE, YOU LEARNED RATHER THAN CRITICIZED AND BY LEARNING YOU'LL TAKE BACK TO YOUR HOMES KNOWLEDGE LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT CULTURES THAT ARE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD. MORE IMPOR- TANTLY, YOU HAVE LEFT AMONG THOSE THOUSAND YEAR OLD CULTURES KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO DEAL WITH AMERCIANS. YOUR COUNTRY IS PROUD OF YOU, THE WORLD IS PROUD OF YOU, AND I AM PROUD OF YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD SPEED ON YOUR RETURN TO YOUR HOMES AND FAM- ILIES. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME BY ACCEPTING ME AS YOUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF OPERATIONS DE- SERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM. 0 1702227 JAN 91 zEx OPS PSN 209099G29 FM CNO WASHINGTON DCff00ff TO NAVOP SSS NAVOP 001 X91 SUBJ: DESERT STORM RMKSXI. ONCE AGAIN OUR NAVY IS RESPONDING TO OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF'S CALL TO ARMS. THE AMERICAN SAILOR'S COURAGE AND BRAVERY ARE A CHERISHED PART OF OUR NATION'S HONOR AND HERITAGE. I AM CERTAIN THIS GENERATION OF YOUNG AMERICANS SERVING IN OUR NAVY WILL ADD THEIR CHAPTER TO THIS DISTINGUISHED HIS- TORY. 2. IN OUR DEMOCRACY, THERE ARE, AND AL- WAYS HAVE BEEN, SOME WHO OPPOSE OUR COUN- TRY'S GOING TO WAR, BUT ALL ARE IN FULL SUP- PORT OF THOSE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES. AS THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS HAVE STATED, YOU WILL BE PROVIDED WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE. 3. TO THOSE OF YOU IN HARM,S WAY, BE CERTAIN YOU HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT AND RE- SOURCES OF ALL OF US IN THE NAVY. WE ADMIRE AND RESPECT YOUR COURAGE AND DEDICATION TO YOUR DUTY AND TO YOUR COUNTRY. OUR PRAYERS FOR YOUR SAFETY AND STRENGTH OF COURAGE GO WITH YOU. WE ARE DEDICATED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONES. GET THE JOB DONE SO WE CAN GET YOU HOME. 4. LET NONE OF US REST UNTIL PEACE AND STABILITY ARE RESTORED. 5. RELEASED .BY ADMIRAL FRANK B. KELSO, II.ff BT 0 172001Z .IAN 91 PSN 29l723H24 FM COMUSNAVCENT TO USNAVCENT SSS CTG EIGHT EIGHT PT ZERO CTG FOUR ONE EIGHT PT TWO CTG THREE TWO ONE PT ONE CTG SIX TWO SEVEN PT FOUR CTG THREE ZERO TWO PT THREE CTG FOUR TWO ZERO PT FIVE CTG SIX TWO THREE PT THREE CTG SIX TWO ZERO PT ONE CTG FOUR TWO NINE PT NINE CTG SIX SIX FIVE PT ONE SUBJ: DESERT STORM - FIRST DAY RMKSXI. THE CINC AND THE CNO HAVE BOTH EX- PRESSED TO ME THEIR ADMIRATION AND PLEASURE WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE, THEY SHOULD BE. YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT'. AS ALWAYS IN COMBAT WE LOSE SHIPMATES. THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT EASIER