Schenectady (LST 1185) - Naval Cruise Book

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0 0 , COMMANDING OFFICER M U55 scHENEc'rAov u.s'r 1185: 23 Ueeemben 1981 CO'S CRUISEBOOK UEDICATION Loohing bach on the 1981 weatenn Paci5ic deployment, I mould have to bay that my moot memonable event uno oua depantune 5nom Albany, weatenn Aultnalia. Hundnedo o5 people came to beauti5ul Painceio Royal Hanboun to Aee uo 055. Ao we paooed down the channel, you could oee many people Atanding out againbt the hillAideA'uuving.5ond 5anewello. It hal been many yeaao Aince I ve vioited a pant whene hoot and vioitoal got on A0 well. Unlihe the big dnaw enteatainment 05 the langen libemty poato, all Albany had to o55ea wan the welcome 05 itz townopeople and the augged beauty 05 thin pnovincial coaotal negion. But auth the keen inteneat Ahown in uo by the local neotdento, and a gneat oocial itinenany, it wal a wonden5ul pont viiit. Fon me - and I believe 5on moot 05 the cnew - Albany wal a highlight 05 a challenging and exciting cnuioe. with oun pont callo to Mombaaa, Kenyag Albany and Sydney, Auctnaliaj Subic Bay, Philippineo and Hong Kong, BCC it centainly lived up to the Navy'4 o55en to Hoee the wonld.H A weotenn Paci5ic deployment in aluuyz a demanding aooignment. It meano having to leave 5amily and loved oneo behind 50a an aw5ully long time. Shipboand uutcheo and upnh ane done undea anduouo weathen conditiono and a aeotnicted living enviaonment. Yet, it il the one time that Navy men can do what they do belt - openate theia ohip at Aea. Duning the deployment, we nailed the Ahip oven 50,000 mileo 05 open ocean. we panticipated in 5ive Aepanate amphibiouo aooault exencioeo, including the combined joint amphibioui anoault exencile KANGAROO-81 unth Auotnalian and New Zealand de5en4e 5onceA. Long houno anne Apent at 5light quanteno. Anchouing in aeotnioted wateno, launching LVT'A and conducting boat openationo became Aecond natuae to uog and we leanned to do theoe thingl well. Eveny day, in a multitude 05 wayo, we became mone pno5eoAional Navy men. Fknaigy, towando the end 05 the cnuioe, we could all oee the Aigni5icant impaovementb SCHENECTADV had made oven 102 P041 yean in matenial and openational neadlneoo. It'A ggizai long, hand noad out 05 the ohipyand ovenhaul to the hid 'heady ohip today. we can all tahe a meaoune 05 the F ,Q in thin accompliohment and in the contnibution we ane making in the de5en4e 05 oun countny. J.. w. .ATHANSON