Shreveport (LPD 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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The ship moored starboard side to the pier at 0800, 09 July, at Copenhagen, Denmark. It had been cold and rainy, but during SHREVEPORT's stay it was sunny and warm. Danes were very friendly, relaxed, and the men were impressed by the extremely clean city, Tivoli, the walking-shopping street, and the topless on the beaches. During general visiting on the l0th, 350 people were hosted in a 2-hour period. Taps might have signified extinguishing white lights inside the ship, but the daylight hours continued for many hours more. The ship was under- way 072l, T3 July for the 8l6.8 mile voyage to Ports? mouth, England, where she moored l233, l6 July at the South Railway . Jetty, near Lord Nelson's flagship, HMS VICTORY, famous from the l805 Bat- tle of Trafalgar. Clubs attended in- cluded Mecca and Pembrook. Places visited included London, Winchester, and Stonehenge. It was one foreign port where everyone spoke English! A band of bagpioes, drums and fifes from T S EXPLORER gave a concert on the flight deck of SHREVEPORT just prior to departure, and one of our sailors was able to try his hand at playing the upipest in

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Q , T Flor HREVEPORT departed- enfolflf Wf'f? t' ii April, Easter fiVQ'i 'l'if i'0'Tlll? 0'3'5t and Catholic worship services had been i. ear ier in aa on the fiiqm deck. ine shin WHS U'iflf?fWfi-Y W' 'iffff l7g3 l2 April, and moored at Pier 3, NGVY 3359: Nvrfvh 0937, l4 April. Her stay in Norfolk was aqain very brh getting underway 0753, 03 May for Onslow Beach for M CType Traininql. During this time, the eoorn safe land was made on snetvepoei by l!LT J- R1 'iClNl05H- USMC, HMMT-402, on l3 May. A documentary film was made to cord amphibious operations. Sixteen Llls and twenty Ai LARCS were also brought aboard durind the exercises. The ORI occurred on Good Friday, 09 April, and at l42QL leld 1 The ship was underway l7-l8 May for deperminp, 24 May 1 Contractor's Trials, 0l-03 June to load L-FORM, makinc 1 ship logistically prepared for its amphibious role. Cl PHIBRON 8, Captain R. A. HOGSHED embarked on O4 Juneg 1 Midshipmen arrived in force the evenino of 09 Juneg and 0906, l6 June, SHREVEPORT sailed alono with USS RALEI CLPD-ll and several hundred Midshipmen from the U.S. Nav Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on NATRONLANT 7l. Enroui the SHREVEPORT participated in Project RICE to devel future ocean surveillance systems. After leap-frogging across the Atlantic to give the Wi dies practice in ship handling and a mail pickup off TE ceira Island, Azores, the ship proceeded up the Tagus Ri G d Po t 0 44, e Li bon ve friendly and recent e no t which ill n r an anchored off Lisbon, r ugal 8 28 Jun . was a ry X A iv, r ' W' remembered for the beautiful Sintra town in the mountai the Texas Bar, and the German sailinq ship GORCH FOC The ship was underway l504, 02 July for Cgpenhagen, De mark. There was much apprehension in the enoine space D the guarding valve on USS TRENTON had just blown uo. T navigators were also apprehens' I . ive as we steamed throu the Straits of Dover in fog so thick we could see neith the white cliffs nor the coast of France only five mil distant, while about l00 contacts were made bv our rada each of which had to be plotted for CPAs. 0ne contact h H SDGGd Of flfty knotsg it was a hovercraft. As we pr C?eded thV0UQh the Katteqat we were in company with a Ru Zgggpggstrzgerz Sheyfsteamed around both our ships and 1 usan s o pictures f th i pictures of our two ships whileo bem and they Snapp naded the whole affair. , our and Continqent Ser 1 sf

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A 1210, 22 Ju1 , the s TP has U 3411.2 mi1es ahead before arrivinn at IVNNNHVEN R93 3 Whi1e enroute the ship had at v011evbd11 t0UCUam9nt t inc1uded practica11y every division on the 5010- Enthu siasm ran so high that after awhi1e there NGVG WDP? QPQC' tators than p1ayers present at the matches. In the final S-5 beat S-1 by winning two out of three QHWGS- The QHNES were hard fought a11 the Way. On 31 Juiy at 1900 the ship had its first smoker--13 matches. The embarked band con- tingent p1ayed the Gi11ett Song. The CPOS had taken Cafe of a11 the rigging and competed with each other--conSe- quent1y there were 1ights from overhead cranes, signal f1ags a11 over, an announcing system set up, and several hundred spectators sitting on the ramp to the We11 Deck. h' 1 nderway for CGNUS with ' ' -B 68. C hai 5 Boats were 1oaded into the Ne11 Deck at Litt1e Creek on 04 August. The ship proceeded to Annapo1is where she ancho- red 1630 and the Middies were off-1oaded in the embarked boats. It rained heavi1y, and the canvas used for the boxing ring gave some protection to the Middies in the boats. It was we11 into the evening and Mr. Pochkowski, the senior Aviation Bos'n of the who1e U.S. Navy, had the deck at anchor watch. The X0 was visiting on the bridge when the Captain said, HLet's get the ship underway.H S0 the X0 acted as Tee he1msmanI' The ship' moored 0823, O5 August, to Pier 5, Navy Base, Norfo1k. COMPHIBRON 2 embarked the ship one week beginning 18 Aug- ust. The ship was underway from 1001, 23 August. unti1 1622, 27 August, and again at 0824 on 30 August, anchoring near the Nava1 Academy at 1758 the same day for a visit to give 1ectures and fami1' ' ' N ' .iarization tours of the ship to the C1ass of 1975. The ship departed 1550 on 02 September and moored 1725, 03 September, to Pier 7, Navy Base, Norfo1k. The Ship was underway 0656, O7 september tb 1943, 09 sep- tembef, 304 H9510 at 1448, 25 September for the Seapower Demonstration of the NATO Review for students of the Nat- tiona1 War Co11ege and the NATO Mi1itary Committee. Ships participating inc1uded the HNLNS OVERIJSSCL CD815J from 523 Ngfhgglagdsg H205 A5SINIBOINE fDDH2341 from Canada, . . s ips inc d' , th CCVA671. SHREVEPORT retur 3 mo e USS JOHN F' KENNEDY ne t N f A mooring starboard side to Pier E, Nav31EaseT4, O1 Gctober, Five days Tater, at 1446, O6 0 t - underway for Phi1ade1phia Nava1 EEQP, the Shwn was aqain 07 October, and remaining unti1 221pyardS5 arriving 1248, , , November. The crew hadn opportunity to visit Ind d . , Frank1in Institute, and reipgn ence HB11' the m'nt' the' the 1oca1 USO to ath1etic ggmei aggnguitee t1CketS through ,J - ',2.s51, . 1 A - Q A at f e C ' T '1i ura1 events. ,C