Sacramento (AOE 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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OPER TIO E DURING FREEDO USS SACRAMENTO QAOE 13 returned to her homeport of Bremerton, Washington on Ianuary 21, 2002, after a six-month deployment to the North Arabian Sea in support of the global war on terrorism, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM COEFJ. The Golden Bear departed for the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf on Iuly 23, 2001, anticipating 180 days of steady operations replenishing the five ships of the Carl Vinson Battle Group. On September 11, rounding the southern tip of lnclia headed for the Arabian Gulf, she found herself in a much different environment. As naval forces from the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Italy and Iapan arrived in the waters off Pakistan, SACRAMENTO became one of the most important assets in OEE From September 4 to December 23, the crew sighted land a total of four times, for only a few hours, to hastily on-load provisions and weapons before returning to sea to support four carrier battle groups, three amphibious ready groups, and multi-national coalition forces from six different countries. SACRAMENTO completed a total of 175 alongside replenishments with 43 different ships, including four aircraft carriers, transferring more than 19 million gallons of marine diesel fuel and more than 15 million gallons of aviation fuel, 3300 lifts of ammunition and thousands of pallets of food, stores, parts, and mail. Practically every gallon of fuel used by and every bomb dropped in Afghanistan from a CARL VINSON jet came from SACRAMENTO. When a crisis unfolds anywhere in the world, the President asks Where are the carriers? -the Battle Group Commander asks Where is the AOE? USS SACRAMENTO- Ready for Service! AUEA 5