Shreveport (LPD 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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quised as a Sailor. Discovered during volt 4 dvhal amination.H The Shih WGS Undefwdy f 0'l' l'leQU?S, MTW ziliif in Rasta anchored 0706, 14 February' 'H 5 C'lf M' Harbor, Panama, later WO was underway the next day at l635, but steamed in a circle outside Cristobal all of the l6th. On l7 February, the l,OOOth safe helo landing was made by Lt J. J. KAVALE, USN, of HC4, Det 32, in his HH-2 helicopter designated HSCOOTER SIX SIX.H The next day the shi E 0riHU to Pier ll li i 9 L h x gi l c X L H lf4.ln A n. a-f p passed through Boca chan into a harbor large enough to hold the wiolf U fleet and moored 0854, starboard side to Pier l mort o1 Car e gena, Colombia, location of an interestinu hi io La Poia on a cino qena made hian 063l and moored to Pier Dlayri a rhall Q W with sai r THC underway from burma O Fehruiry ini wh rout: ha a slvqhi rolli lil if ,C -. -U .J 23 lfhyuirv div Ihr lm c .V I lfl 16C t 1447 fri tolli Ray at a 5 than four hours later the sh' 7 2. lflr Less , lU was aqa Ll an moored starboard side to Berth B. Fernanroz Feder dy, SGH JUHH, Puerto Rico. Ty. F. A - som d' ' ' i io stay in in liin ena e lVlSlOnS to have Parties at Luuuillo RflLH 'Il c Hui I gg .

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At 1545, 21 October, the SHREVEPORT was underway co1d p1ant to dry dock 44, passino USS WISCONSIN and USS IOWA on the Way- The Ship spent one week in the dry dock whi1e the hu11 and mast were sandb1asted and the ship comp1ete1y red- 1eaded at one time. During this period the ship was tight- 1y closed to prevent grit from entering and venti1ation was secured. Access was Iimited to specified periods, the ship was opened for fifteen minutes to ha1f an hour six times during the 24-hour period each day. Whi1e in the Hyardsu our footba11 team continued its win- ning streak in Norfoik. On Friday, O5 November, the POD announced that our team had won the af1oat footba11 com- petition in PHIBLANT, and wou1d represent COMPHIBLANT and a11 his ships in the LANTFLT championship tournament. The ship was underway for Norfo1k O93O, 23 November, and moored starboard side to Pier 2, Navy Base, at 1437, 24 November. COMPHIBRON TWO embarked O9 December as the ship continued its POM for CARIB 2-71. Prior to departure on CARIB 2-71, however, the ship was underway from O931, 1O January, to 1602, 13 January, and O93O, 17 January, to 1746, 2O Janu- ary for type training. The ship departed 0953, 28 January, on CARIB 2-71 a1ong with USS NASHVILLE QLPD-131, USS PORTLAND CLSD-371, and USS GRANT COUNTY CLST-11741, arrived O722, 29 January, at Morehead City, North Caro1ina, and embarked BLT 276, the ship's first embarkation of Iarge numbers of Marines. Embarkation was conciuded and the ship underway at 1642 the same date. For most of the crew, having Marines on board simp1y meant Ionger chow Iines and Iess space avai- 1ab1e at movies. After a brief stop-over at GTMO CO908, O2 February, to 1158, O5 Februaryi to five the embarked Marines enough time to fi11 sand bags for the Marines at GTMO, and enab1e the ship's officers to beat the chiefs in two games of baseba11 C24-15 and IO-21, the ship was underway for Vie- ques Is1and, anchoring off the southern coast at O731, O7 February. From O7 to 1O February, the ship participated in Exercise ESCORT TIGER XI, simuiating rescue of American nationa1s from a country torn with a deteriorating po1itica1 situa- tion. Seven men from SHREVEPORT simu1ated American citi- zens at Camp Garcia, some simu1ated pregnant women about to give birth, some simu1ated foreign nationa1s, some sim- u1ated Americans without va1id passports, and the chan1ain simulated the weaithy oi1 tycoon, Dr. Punt, who 1ost his Hdaughterzn HDr. Lamar Punt reported his 17 year o1d dau- ghter Eudora missing. Eudora found aboard PORTLAND dis-

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adventurous sailors to ride their bicycles up the high hills of El Yunque Rain Forest. The ship was again under- way ll24, 03 March, travelling around Viegues Island to Navy Base, Roosevelt Roads, due to ocean depths, where she moored l708, 04 March. A brief party Cbeer on the pierl, and the ship was underway 0646, 05 March, to guard UNREP of the other three ships in our formation. While the other three ships in our formation made their separate courses to Morehead City in an exercise designed to see if we could be detected, the SHREVEPORT paused for a day C09 Marchl to anchor off GREEN Beach off the western coast of Vieques, and land a liberty party via embarked troop boats. The ship was underway l9ll, with l266.5 miles to Morehead City, anchoring at 0558, and mooring at 0939, l4 March, to off-load the Marines, and was underway l4l2 the same day, mooring port side to Pier l2, Navy Base Norfolk, at l022, l5 March. The ship moved the next day to Army Pier 2, South Annex, for collision repairs, was underway 06 April to load ammunition, and underway 0957, l3 April, for the second half of CARIB 2-7l, anchoring at 06l9 and mooring 0838, l4 April to re-load BLT 276. She departed l555 the same day. A The second half of CARIB 2-7l was filled with much activi- ty. The ship anchored off Viegues Island T355, l8 April, but was underway l454, 20 April, for a liberty period at Navy Station, Roosevelt Roads, leaving 0757, 25 April, and returning the same day to Viegues to participate in VERITAS V, a joint U.S.-Brazilian ex- ercise. The Bra- zilian Marines vi- sited SHREVEPORT 26-27 April, and D-Day landing took place 28 April. Lt General AXTELL, Commanding General FMFLANT, was pre- -+ve sent on SHREVEPORT K' during the opera- tion. After a PHIBRON TWO sailing regatta in which the captains and executive officers of each ship participated in vari-