Robert E Peary (FF 1073) - Naval Cruise Book

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A . .,,f f, w ui, Xi we , ,AA ,- tr L i 1 . K x ,W l. 3 it i 1 J.4x,. A- -..,,,,, 1 M, ,YA-M41 r Offieer's Foreword Commandin WPQSTPAC. the MED. Northern Europe. UNITAS - all familiar names to sailors and all signify deployments that have been made by US. Navy ships for decades. SOUTH PAC? What s a SOUTQH- l'AC'.' A cruise unknown to most sailors. For the members of Task Group 75.2 SOUTH PAC 79 became svnonomous with little visited and beautifully exotic ports such as Pago Pago. Rarotonga. l.autoka.'Napier. Adelaide. Pattaya Beach and many others. These seldom stopped attplaces became familiar names and ports for Pcary and created memories of this deployment which will remain vivid long after we move on to other jobs and life styles. The village feast at Aoloau, Easter' weekendhin Adelaide, a barbeque in lisperance, ANZAC Day in Geraldton and Dongara. the outback in Australia, snorkling in Pago and Tvlidway. a flat calm transit through the Sunda Straits enroute Sinapore. rowdy night life in Olongapo, an albatross wheeling majestically astern of the ship in open ocean. the encounter with homeless refugees and thousands of other individual and unforgettable events and experiences crowded this five month. 25 thousand mile cruise. ln addition to furnishing the stuff that tall tales and sailor lore is made of. the political and military implications of our SOl.lTlll'AC cruise will remain clear and become increasingly important in the hearts and minds ol' the people within each country we visited. The integration and fusion of combined forces of allies in exercises such as .ILC-ltltl and various PASSEXES. community relations projects performed for the needy and less fortunate. public relations in the form ofsports and athletic contests. crew participation in time honored community events and most important the viable and visible presence of US, Navy personnel and warships within a port all contribute to a countryis perception of support offered by the strongest nation of them all. the Lnited States. Your outstanding professional- ism and sincere efforts both at sea and ashore left an impression of American support. friendship and a sincere interest in peoples of divergent ethnic and social walks of life. lt is tloulitful that a similar SCN 'l'llPiXC' of such magnitude will be made again in the near future by any gl .S Navy ship. but lor all ol us the trip beneath the Southern Cross will provide hours of sea stories and uarm thoughts lor years, ww. wg. Mas rfvl' T T TZ. 'ykH - , .-M4.. L ' is ii? X l

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Lieutenant Commander Larry G. Eggleston, U.S. Navy Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander Eggleston was born in Westfield, New York and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy upgn graduation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., in 1965. Included in his past assignments are tours as Electrical Officer and First Lieutenant on USS Southerland CDD 7431, a student at Naval Destroyer School, Newport, R.I. and Weapons Officer on USS Rowan QDD 7821. ln September 1970, he assumed duties as Commanding Officer, USS Gallup CPG 855. Following this tour, he was assigned to the Enlisted Detailing Branch of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Washington, D.C. He then attended the Naval War College, Newport, R.l. as a student in the Command and Staff Course graduating in 1975, His most recent assignment prior to reporting aboard USS Robert E. Peary in February 1977 was as Flag LieutenantfAide to Commander Seventh Fleet in Yokosuka, Japan. Lieutenant Commander Eggleston has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal twith combat distinquishing devicel, Navy Commendation Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with seven stars, Vietnam Navy Distinguished Service Medal tSec0nd Classj and Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal. He is married to the former Ann Ritter of Mineola, N.Y., and they have two children, Bettilyn, 13 and Scott, 8. .af .-.... ,Aix WRX I Q. ,,, 3 N . ji V it j 1 jf V if , .. I .5 . f 3 H A A X 25 t ' , 1 gk , . i l ,. K .. ks D S t ..'k : 5 , A Q t., A 5 g fi -- 'Tas 51, R S 5 ,K kj ,Q s . ,x.gq,X gslsqg Q , .s ' xg- 5-Nw 1 ' - it ass C, t 35 A we M r 5, .'.,, . 1 K ,gg 4 . . In dwg nv K x x .Q -V ,aa v - nr . v