Shasta (AE 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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'mi ' ww: .. ET- ON JUNE 8, HC-11 DETACHMENT THREE, COMMANDED BY LCDR JOHN D. FISH, RETURNED TO SAN DIEGO FROM A SIX MONTH ARABIAN GULF DEPLOYMENT IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF OPERATION DESERT STORM. DET THREE IS ONE OF ELEVEN DETACHMENTS BELONGING TO HELICOPTER COMBAT SUPPORT SQUADRON ELEVEN, BASED AT NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND IN SAN DIEGO. HCf11 DETf3 DEPLOYED ON USS SHASTA IAE-337, AN AMMUNITION SHIP BASED IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA. THE DET DEPARTED CALIFORNIA WITH BATTLE GROUP ECHO AND USS RANGER FOR THE ARABIAN GULF IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE DETACHMENT IS COMPOSED OF SEVEN OFFICERS, TWENTY ENLISTED AIRCREW AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, AND TWO UHf46D VERTICAL REPLENISHMENTN HELICOPTERS. THE PRI- MARY TASKING DURING THE WAR WAS ORDNANCE RESUPPLY TO THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS RANGER CCVf61D. DET THREE HELICOPTERS DELIVERED 3337 TONS OF ORDNANCE EXTERNALLY THROUGHOUT BATTLE GROUP ECHO AND THE ENTIRE ARABIAN GULF BATTLE FORCE DURING DESERT STORM. DET THREE ALSO SUPPLIED OVER 60 DIFFERENT SHIPS FROM THE USS AMERICA, USS MIDWAY, USS RANGER, AND USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CARRIER BATTLE GROUPS WITH PASSENGER TRANSFERS, CARGO, MAIL, AND FOOD. TWENTY-FIVE TONS OF MAIL, 1265 PASSENGER TRANSFERS, AND 80 TONS OF INTERNAL CARGO WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE DEPLOYMENT. DET THREE ALSO PROVIDED SHORT-NOTICE MEDEVAC TRANSPORTATION FOR SAILORS IN THE GULF. MANY OF WHICH WERE FLOWN TO THE USS MERCY AND COMFORT. PILOTS AND AIRCREW ALSO CONDUCTED AREIAL MINE SURVEILLANCE OF THE GULF WATERS. AIR 35

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