Raleigh (LPD 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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HISTORY USS RALEIGH ILPD-II, THE WORLDSS FIRST AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK, IS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA AND SIR WALTER RALEIGH. SHE WAS BUILT IN THE NEW YORK NAVAL SHIPYARD, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND WAS CHRISTENED ON 17 MARCH 1962 BY MRS. TERRY SANFORD, WIFE OF THE HONORABLE TERRY SANFORD, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA. RALEIGH IS THE FOURTH SHIP OF THE FLEET NAMED AFTER SIR WALTER RALEIGH, THE FAMED ENGLISH EXPLORER WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO ATTEMPTSETTLEMENT OF AMERICA. HER FULL LOAD DISPLACEMENT IS 13,900 TONS. SHE HAS MORE THAN 24,000 HORSE- POWER AND OVERALL LENGTH IS 521 FEET AND AN OVERALL BEAM OF 100 FEET. KEEL WAS LAID ON 23 JUNE 1960. TOTAL COMPLEMENT OF SHIPQS COMPANY IS 462 IOFFICERS AND ENLISTEDI. IN ADDITION, RALEIGH HAS A TOTAL CAPACITY TO EMBARK 840 MARINES IOFFICERS AND ENLISTEDI. RALEIGH W'AS COMMISSIONED ON 8 SEPTEMBER 1962 AT NEW YORK NAVAL SHIPYARD, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. GENERAL DAVID M. SHOUP, USMC, COMMANDAINT OF THE MARINE CORPS DELIVERED THE COMMISSIONING ADDRESS. OUTFITTING WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER, 1962 AND RALEIGH SAILED FOR SHAKE- DOWN TRAINING AT GUANTANAMO 'BAY, CUBA. DURING THIS TRAINING PERIOD SHE WAS TWICE DIVERTED TO STAND BY IN TROUBLED AREAS IN THE CARIBBEAN. HAVING COMPLETED AMPHIBIOUS SHAKEDOWN TRAINING AT LITTLE CREEK, RALEIGH DEPARTED NORFOLK IN JULY, 1963 WITH SHIPS OF AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON EIGHT ON PHIBULEX 3 - 63 HER FIRST CARIBBEAN DEPLOYMENT. DURING THIS PERIOD, EXTENSIVE HELO OPERATIONS, LANDING OF MARINES AND VEHICLES FROM THE WELL, AND TRIPS TO TROUBLED HAITIAN WATERS WERE MADE. RALEIGH RETURNED TO THE NEW YORK NAVAL SHIPYARD ON 7 JANUARY 1964 AND COMPLETED HER POST SHAKEDOWN AVAILABILITY IN MARCH. SOON THEREAFTER, SHE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED HER FINAL ACCEPTANCE TRIALS. DURING APRIL AND MAY, THE SHIP PARTICIPATED IN THREE AMPHIBIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS AND TRAINING EXERCISES OFF ONSLOW BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. IN JUNE 1964 RALEIGH SAILED TO VENEZUELA TO PICK UP TEN BOATS ON LOAN TO THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT. DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT, ALL HANDS ENJOYED LIBERTY IN SANTO DOMINGO. FROM 6 JULY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER? RALEIGH PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS OFF CAMP PENDLETON AND ONSLOW BEACH, INCLUDING OPERATION TRAMID AND MULTI HELEX OPERATIONS. RALEIGH THEN WENT TO NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. ON 7 OCTOBER 1964, RALEIGH LEFT NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD AND EMBARKED MARINE PERSONNEL. SHE THEN SAILED FOR THE SOUTHERN SPANISH COAST WHERE SHE PARTICIPATED IN EXERCISE STEEL PIKE I FROM 26 OCTOBER TO 3 NOVEMBER 1964. AFTER THE EXERCISE, RALEIGH VISITED OPORTO, PORTUGAL AND VIGO, SPAIN AS LIBERTY PORTS. IN DECEMBER 1964, RALEIGH REMAINED AT A NORFOLK NAVAL BASE PIER WHILE PARTS OF SHIP S COMPANY CELEBERATED THE HOLIDAYS. FROM 25 JANUARY THROUGH 25 MARCH 1965 RALEIGH HAD A PERIOD OF RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY FORCOMPLETIONI OF INSURV ITEMS IN NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. ON 1 APRIL 1965 RALEIGH DEPLOYED AS PART OF CARIB READY SQUADRON I2- 65 TO PARTICIPATED IN QUICK KICK VII OFF VIEQUES ISLAND, PUERTO RICO. HOWEVER ON 25 APRIL 1965 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS OVERTHROWN AND RALEIGH WAS ORDERED TO EVACUATE 558 AMERICAN AND FOREIGN NATIONALS WHOSE WELFARE WAS ENDANGERED BY THE REBELS. SHIP'S COMPANY DID AN ADMIRABLE JOB OF HOSTING THE EVACUEES AND MAKING LIFE AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. DURING THAT WEEK OF APRIL, 1965 WITH EVACUEES STILL ON BOARD, RALEIGH RECEIVED ORDERS TO LAND HER MARINES OF INDIA COMPANY ON THE SHORES OF SANTO DOMINGO. DURING THE FRACAS, RALEIGH ACTED AS A CASEVAC SHIP. ON 1 MAY 1965, A SURGICAL TEAM FROM PORTSMOUTH NAVAL HOSPITAL ARRIVED ON BOARD AND GAVE SURGICAL AID TO THOSE WOUNDED IN THE CIVIL WAR. FOLLOWING A FEW TENSE WEEKS, THE FIGHTING SLOWLY BECAME LESS VIOLENT AND SHIPDS COMPANY WAS ABLE TO ENJOY SEVERAL DAYDS LIBERTY AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. AT SANTO DOMINGO, ON 27 MAY 1965 RALEIGH BACK- LOADED HER MARINES AND AGAIN WENT TO SAN JUAN FOR ONE WEEK OF LIBERTY. TROOPS WERE THEN OFFLOADED AT VIEQUES. RALEIGH THEN VISITED ST. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS. BACKLOADED MARINES AND HAD ONE MORE DAYS9 LIBERTY IN ST. THOMAS. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS LIBERTY IN SAN JUAN, P.R., RALEIGH STEAMED FOR CONUS, TO DISEMBARK MARINES AND TO ARRIVE IN NORFOLK 29 JUNE 1965.

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CIIMMIINIIING OFFICER 4- CAPTAIN EDWARD G.MILLER WAS BORN IN LEHIGHTON,PENNSYLVANIA ON 25 JANUARY 1918. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS ENSIGN IN FEBRUARY 1941. AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF WORLD WAR II HE WAS SERVING IN THE USS WASHINGTON IBB-561. HIS WAR SERVICE INCLUDED DUTY AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE USS GHERARDI IDD-6371 AND THE USS MEREDITH IDD-8901. SINCE WORLD WAR II CAPTAIN MILLER HAS SERVED TOURS AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS GREENWOOD IDE-6791, USS POWELL IDER-2151, USS GYATT IDD-7021 AND USS ROBERT A OWENS IDD-8271. HIS SEA DUTY HAS ALSO INCLUDED TWO AND ONE HALF YEARS ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SIXTH FLEET. SHORE DUTY ASSIGNMENTS HAVE INCLUDED DUTY ON THE STAFF AND FACULTY AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE. HE HAS SERVED TWO TOURS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. CAPTAIN MILLER GRADUATED FROM THE ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE IN 1953, FROM THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE IN 1960 AND FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN 1962. JUST PRIOR TO REPORTING TO USS RALEIGH,CAPTAIN MILLER SERVED SUCCESSIVELY AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND THEN DIRECTOR OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY'S SHIPYARDS APRAISAL GROUP. CAPTAIN MILLER ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE RALEIGH IN JULY, 1964. CAPTAIN MILLER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MARY ALSA THOMAS OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS. HE IS THE FATHER OF THREE SONS OF THE LATE JEAN ANNE VIEREGG OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA AND THE STEPFATHER OF FOUR SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS OF THE LATE COMMANDER FRANCIS J. SURHE, US.