Princeton (CG 59) - Naval Cruise Book

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BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE WE LEAVE BEHIND WANT US TO LEARN AND GROW FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE. 2. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL FIRST DAY, WE MUST NEV- ER FORGET - WE ARE IN A WOODPILE WITH A COPPER- HEAD SNAKE - HE CAN STRIKE WITHOUT WARNING. 3. STAY SAFE, KEEP ON YOUR TOES, MAKE NO MIS- TAKES AND GIVE HIM NO EASY SHOTS. YOU'RE DO- ING GREAT, AS I EXPECTED. TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER R 0415302 JUN 91 2YB PSN ll3058Hl8 FM COMTHIRDFLT TO RUHPDIHXUSS PRINCETON sss SUBJ: BRAVO ZULU USS 'PRINCETON 1. THE ACTIONS OF USS PRINCETON AND HER OUT- STANDING CREW DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM WERE INSPIRING AND COMMENDATORY. YOUR COURAGE, WARFIGHTING SKILLS AND SPIRIT SAVED THE SHIP AND YOUR SHIPMATES, AS OUR PRAYERS WERE WITH YOU THEN, OUR CHEERS ARE WITH YOU NOW AS YOU RETURN TO LOVED ONES AND A NATION EQUALLY PROUD OF YOUR COMBAT CONTRIBUTIONS. ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE THIRD FLEET, I WELCOME YOU HOME. WELL DONE, PRINCETON, VADM J.L. UNRUH SENDS.ff BT R 090025Z APR 91 PSN 973876G40 FM COMDESRON SEVEN TO RHOQDIHXUSS PRINCETON SUBJ: BRAVO ZULU OPERXDESERT STORMH RMKSfl. BRAVO ZULU TO THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF USS PRINCETON FOR WINNING THE ASW, ASUW, AAW, ELW, NAVIGAT. AND SEAMANSHIP, DAMAGE CONTROL, AND ENGINEERING MISSION AREA EX- CELLENCE AWARDS. THIS FORMAL ACKNOWLEDG- MENT OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL PROWNESS ONLY ECHOS THAT WHICH IS OBVIOUS TO ALL WHO SERVE ALONGSIDE USS PRINCETON, AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR AN IMPRESSIVE SHIP. WELL DONE AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. LOOK FOR- WARD TO OPERATING WITH YOU IN BATTLE GROUP ECHO REAL SOON. RELEASED BY CAPT G. T. FORBESH P 2510242 APR 91 2YB PSN ll823lGl6 FM COMSEVENTHFLT TO RHPXDIHXUSS PRINCETON INFO RHOQCGSXCOMCARGRU SEVEN RUWDGAAXCOMNAVSURFGRU LONG BEACH CAN SUBJ: FAREWELL RMKSXI. AS YOUR DEPLOYMENT DRAWS TO A CLOSE AND YOU HEAD FOR LONG BEACH, MY BEST WISHES GO WITH YOU FOR A SAFE VOYAGE AND A JOYOUS REUNION WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. YOUR GAL- LANT AND INTREPID WARRIORS MET THE ENEMY EARLY ON, AND DESPITE THE UNSEEN BLOW YOU WERE READY AND WILLING TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT WITH YOUR MAGNIFICENT SHIP. YOU DEPART WITH MY RESPECT AND ADMIRATION - HAVING EARNED A MAJOR SHARE OF THE CREDIT FOR THE SPECTACULAR SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY OUR FORCES DURING THESE HISTORIC OPERATIONS. 2. RELEASED BY VADM S, R, ARTHUR,ff R 0402407 JUN 91 ZYB PSN l0l642H14 FM COMNAVSURFPAC SAN DIEGO CAff0off TO RUHPDIHXUSS PRINCETON INFO RUWDGAAXCOMNAVSURFGRU LONG BEACH CAff00ff RHOQCGSXCOMCARGRU SEVEN RHOQHKGXCOMDESRON SEVEN SUBJ: WELCOME HOME RMKSXI. TO THE OFFICERS, CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS AND MEN IN PRINCETON, CONGRATULATIONS FOL- LOWING YOUR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DE- SERT STORM. THE TRANSIT HOME HAS BEEN THE IDEAL TIME FOR THE MEN IN PRINCETON TO RE- FLECT WITH EARNEST PRIDE ON THEIR COUNTLESS ACHIEVEMENTS WORKING UP FOR AND DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT TO THE WAR REGION OF THE PER- SIAN GULF. REGARDLESS OF THE TASK, BE IT SERV- ING AS ALTERNATE AAWC FOR THE GULF OR AS LAAWC FOR THE CENTRAL GULF, TO PROVIDING DI- RECT SUPPORT TO THE COALITION MINESWEEPING FORCES, PRINCETON WAS CLEARLY INCHARGE, OUT IN FRONT OF THE PROBLEM, AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. THE CONFIDENT ACTIONS OF EVERY MEM- BER OF THE PRINCETON TEAM DURING THIS DE- MANDING AND STRESSFUL TIME IS A TRIBUTE TO THE TRAINING, RESPONSIVENESS AND 'CAN DO' SPIRIT PRESENT ABOARD. IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE, YOUR ACTIONS WERE NOTHING LESS THAN HEROIC AND PROFESSIONAL. I WOULD LIKE EACH CREW- MEMBER TO KNOW THAT I WOULD BE PROUD TO CALL HIM SHIPMATE',. 2. I WISH EACH OF YOU A SAFE RETURN AND JOYOUS HOMECOMING TO LONG BEACH. HAVE A WELL DESERVED POST DEPLOYMENT LEAVE AND UPKEEP PERIOD, FOLLOWED BY CONTIN- UED SUCCESS IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE AHEAD. 3. WELL DONE. VADM D.M. BENNETT.ff P 0607007 JUN 91 ZYB PSN 115397H26 FM CTG THREE 2ERO PT FIVE TO RUHPDIHXUSS PRINCETON sss RHOQMDXXUSS PAUL F FOSTER RHOQFHUXUSS FRANCIS HAMMOND SUBJ: FINAL SALUTE RMKSfl. AS YOU DETACH FROM BATTLE GROUP ECHO ON THE FINAL LEG OF THIS HISTORIC DEPLOYMENT, YOU ARE HEADING HOME FOR A WELL-DESERVED REUNION WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND OTHER LOVED ONES WITH OUR STRONGEST ACCOLADES FOR YOUR CRUISE PERFORMANCE. THE BATTLE GROUP CALLED ECHO HAS BEEN COMMENDED AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND FROM CNO TO FLEET COM- MANDER, AND I JOIN THEM IN APPLAUDING YOUR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE. 2. TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION DESERT STORM AND YOUR DIRECT ROLES IN THE LIBERATION OF KU- WAIT. YOUR OPERATIONAL READINESS AND SIGNIFI- CANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS THE OPERATING FORCES OF THE FLEET THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEPLOYMENT ARE ESSPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY. YOU HAVE DONE YOUR COUNTRY PROUD. WOULD FIGHT TO SAIL WITH YOU AGAIN, ANY TIME, ANY PLACE. 3. FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS. 4. RADM R.J. 2LA- TOPER SENDS.ff P 0718202 JUN 91 2YB PSN 123559H25 FM COMNAVSURFGRU LONG BEACH CAff01ff TO RUHPDI4fUSS PRINCETON SSS SUBJ: HOMECOMING RMKSfl. FROM MRS. W. W. BRADLEY, SHIPS SPONSOR CONGRATULATIONS ON THE COMPLETION OF YOUR HISTORIC DEPLOYMENT TO THE PERSIAN GULF AND HAVE A WONDERFUL HOMECOMING. MY HEART IS WITH YOU ALL ON THIS JOYOUS DAY. SIGNED MRS. SUE BRADLEY.ff

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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

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