Santa Barbara (AE 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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The News and Courier Friday's edition of The News and Courier told the stony of what was to have happened on December 28th, but the Sunday edition told the rest of the story fsee next pagei. We left Charleston during a break in the fog and headed east, into a gathering storm. X santa barbara f fir ..- .-' .E X .ff X I.,- .- 4- f 'f .-f 5 Charleston-based ships leaving Friday for Gulf Five Charleston-based vvarships carrying about 1.500 sailors are scheduled to leave Fri- day for the Persian Gulf. The ships are the guided missile cruiser Richmond K. Tumer. the guided missile de- stroyer William V. Pratt. the guided missile frigates Halyburton and Havves and the am- munition ship Santa Barbara. The stati' of Cruiser-Destroyer Group 2 will also leave for the Gulf. Charleston Naval Base spokesman C. Patrick Dooling said. The tive ships were identitied last month as getting ready to leave soon after Christmas, but no departure date was given at that time. The Navy madethe initial announcement to allow crevv members and their families time to make plans for the Christmas holiday. The Santa Barbara, the William V. Pratt, the Halybunon and the Group 2 staff will became part of the aircrah carrier America battle group, the Navy said in a prepared statement. The Richmond K. Tumer and the Hawes will join the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt battle group. Other Charleston-based ships now in or near the Persian Gulf include the Destroyer Moosebrugger, the guided missile destroyer MacDonough, the guided missile frigate Nicho- las, the mine countermeasures ship Avenger and minesweeper Leader. The Navy routinely wonit say how long its ships will be gone when they leave for the Per- sian Gulf. However, most previous deploy- ments have been for six months.

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Charleston, SC., Friday, December 28, 1990 Q F . -XXX w fwlhw' ' -was 'ii-..-- gl ,ff'9, - - - gnu. .. xl ,.-,,2nkl sting behind the storm X ,