Richard E Byrd (DDG 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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fsaa. , riff Frigates f'1red upon before exercises The Associated Press ULISBON -- Three mortar rounds wereirffred yesterday near three frigates waiting to take part in NATO naval exercises, and a Portuguese extremist groupe ciaimcd responsibility, police said, No injuries' or damage to the ships were reported. Bomb squad investigators said the shots were fired shortly after i3 a.m. and must have exploded in the Tagus Estuary near the ships, which were anchored in Lisbon harbor before heading out to sea for the exercises. r Hours after the explosions, anony- mous cailers telephoned Portugafs state-run news agency Anop and a radio station. Radio Commercial, and claimed the lefiist group, the Popular Forces of April 25, had carried out the action. i J Radio Commercial said it was un- able to iind a note the caller said had been left at a certain location in the Portuguese capital. The three ships targeted inn the attack -- the frigates Arcthusa of Brit- ain, Jan van Braquel' of the Nether- lands and Narvic of Norway -- left the harbor later in the morning to join the maneuvers of NA'I'0's standing naval force in the Atlantic. Capt. Eric Capela, press spokesman at NATO's local command post, said the three ships, along with the USS Richard E. Byrd, the Hamburg of West Germany and the Iroquois of Canada, ina been anchored in Lenoir and Wednesday. o 1 p The Popular Forces claimed re- sponsibility for mortar attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon ion Nov. 25 and a suburban NATO command post Dec.9. ,t y In notes afier the embassy attack, the group said it was protesting Portu4 gal's military ties to theillnited States and NATO. Following the NATO one plosion, it said the action was fro defend national independence, 'right NATO's presence tin Portugalj and iight American imperialism. The group also has claimed responf sibility for killings of three industri-l alists-and several bombing and robberies and bombings. i

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LISBO POR T GAL 23-28 JANUARY Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, was a beautiful seaport that BYRD crewmembers had five days to visit. The city is located on the Tagus River just before it spills into the Atlantic. Our portcall in Lisbon brought with it two important changes of the guard. LCDFZ James Lobue relieved LCDR Jackson as XO, and BTCM Pasche became Command Master Chief. K .s f 1 ' .N QKYQ, Wx . , ::L. Q, 3 09 Sf, 1. ' 'L f ffx,

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