Puget Sound (AD 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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TABLE UFC N EN S Prelude to War President Bush Announces Desert Storm Puget Sound Departs Norfolk AD-38 in the News Drilling for War Transiting the Suez Canal Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Antalya, Turkey Gaeta, Italy Marseilles, France Paris Memorial Day in France Turnover in Naples, Italy Evolutions Underway Setting the Standards Serenity of the Sea Battle Group Heads Home Homecoming Capt. Maloit Cdr. Roberts Cdr. Zivovic QMCMCSWD Damron Repair Department Supply Department Operations Department Engineering Department Administration Department Medical Department Dental Department Deck Department HOME

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EM3 Adriene Ford receives loving comfort from 5-year-old daughter Krystle before PUGET SOUND departs from Norfolk OH 21 cold and dreary january 30. i r l y g d ',y'W3f Desert Storm y Q Plafies flew away and shipsicyent out to sea before they were nussing their mom or dad 3 j, all m hope of setting Kuwait free Letters were Written and sent out every day E g- y Q N21v, Marmes and more from children and spouses who sent love m every heading to Iraq to ston tins tragic war way For the soldiers many prayers were said Men are coming home it's been nice to see but it and in America many tears were shed won t be really great until my dad is home for me. Remembermg the fun many families had ne year oldjennifer Lepere daughter of CDR Wctor Lepere Wrote this message of love for her father during our CRUISE OF UNCERTAINTY 2 i W X X X X . f ' X X 4 . . . . Q ' U r . , ,,. J- . . , 3 X - ' ' ' n 1 f , . . -' - -, 1 , 1 J ' ,rl X ' ' - . , 'Z ' ' X 1 , , . 1 -X 1, I xx I C ff ,Ill X, .f f ,N ll 1 i i N1 ' ' ! 7

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TO WAR - oPERAT1o 1 Aug. 2, 1990 - Iraqi troops storm into Kuwait. USS PUGET SOUND CAD-381 steams into Halifax, Nova Sco- tia. The trip to and from the Canadian island is filled with rumors: We,re not going home. They're sending us to the Middle East. Aug. 8 - President Bush orders Armed Forces to Saudi Arabia. Aug. 9 - PUGET SOUND moors in Norfolk. Aug. 24 - USS WISCON- SIN QBB-64j transits the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf. Sept. 5 - The U.S. Navy lifts the firing suspension for' WISCONSIN'S 16-inch guns. Sept. 14 - USS JOHN F. KENNEDY CCV-677 carrier battle group transits the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. Sept. 18-22 - PUGET SOUND earns a 24-month certification as a result of the Operational Propulsion Plant Examination. 1 Following a port visit in Boston at the end of October, PUGET SOUND spent 16 days at the end of the 2.9-mile pier of the Naval Weapons Station, Earle, NJ. Repairs and maintenance are made to ammunition ships preparing for deployment to the Persian Gulf. Nov. 8 - President Bush announces that more heavy divisions, Marines and ships will be sent to the Persian Gulf in addition to the 230,000 troops already on sta- tion. Nov. 13 - USS MIS- SOURI CBB-635 deploys for the Persian Gulf from Califor- n1a. Nov. 21 - PUGET SOUND returns to Norfolk. Shortly after Thanksgiving, Captainls Call was held aboard PUGET SOUND. Capt. Maloit announces that the destroyer tender has received orders to leave Nor- folk in january. We would support forward deployed ships in Operation Desert Shield. Our destination: unknown. Length of deploy- ment: unknown. Thus began an all hands effort to prepare for our short-notice CRUISE OF UNCERTAINTY Nov. 29 - U.N. Security Council approves a resolution authorizing the use of military force unless Iraq withdraws from Kuwait byjan. 15, 1991. Jan. 2, 1991 - U.S. Navy ship strength: 55 total, 25 in Per- sian Gulf, 20 in North Arabi- an Sea! Gulf of Oman, 10 in the Red Sea. . jan. 6 - USS SARATOGA CCV-605 transits and Suez Canal into the Red Sea for the fifth time - a record canal transit by any U.S. Navy ship during a single deployment. Jan. 8 - U.S. Navy ship strength: 63 total: 18 in Per- sian Culf: 21 in North Arabi- an SeafCulf of Oman, 12 in Red Sea and 12 in Eastern Mediterranean. jan. 10 - An eight-ship amphibious task force enters the Persian Gulf to conduct routine operations. Led by USS NASSAU CLHA-49, the task force consists of nearly 10,000 sailors and Marines. jan. 12 - Congress approves joint resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq. USS RANGER CCV-611 carrier battle group arrives on station in the North Arabian Sea. Amphibious Group 3 C13 ships with 7,500 Marines of the 5th MEB embarkedj also arrives, creating the largest amphibious task force since the Korean War. jan. 14 - USS THEO- DORE ROOSEVELT QCVN-'71J carrier battle group transits the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. 0 jan. 15 - USS AMERICA CCV-665 transits the Suez Canal and arrives on station in the Red Sea. RANGER car- rier battle group arrives on station in the Persian Gulf. jan. 16- At 7 p.m. QESTJ, President Bush announces to the ,nation that the libera- tion of Kuwait has begun. OPERATION DESERT STORM EVENTS jan. 17: USS JACINT O CCG-562 fires the first Tomahawk cruise missile from the Red Sea between 1 and 2 a.m. Moments later, USS BUNIUZR HILL KCC-522 fires the first Tgmghawk cruise missile from the Persian Gulf The Navy launches 228 combat sorties on the first day of Desert Storm from six aircraft cani- ers in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf 19: USS LOUISVHJJE ISSN-7242 fires the first submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missile in combat history while submerged in the Red Sea. The missile is directed against an unidentified Iraqi tar et g . President Bush signs authorization to extend call-up of up to one million National GuardfReserves for up to two years. DoD raises the ceilings for National GuardfReserves to 360,000 The Navy's authorization ceiling is raised from 30,000 to 40,000 and Marines from 23, 000 to 44,000 jan. 21: ROOSEVELT carrier battle group arrives on station in the Persian Gulf re 'on jan. 25: Iraq dumps several million barrels of oil into the Persian Gulf from the gSea Tsland crude oil tanker loading terminal off the coast of Kuwait. Five pre-positioned Im j tankers in the occupied Kuwaiti port of Mina al Ahmadi are drained of oil, adding to theqs ill 's volu Described by DOD as an act of environmental terrorism, the spill is approximlzitely 20 niilgs RIZ,iEiISl:?1iI3i2fnDIZl2qg9LgI'tl1d6 and three feet deep and threatens to foul the in takes of Saudi Arabia 's jan. 30: USS PUGET SOUND departs Norfolk. Two weeks in to Desert Storm, the Navy has flown more th 3 500 ' f - . and launched more than 250 Tomahawk cruise missiles. an l Somes mm SIX Camels