Ticonderoga (CG 47) - Naval Cruise Book

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March 24, 1986 f ibya fires as U. . planes cross Cline of death, Libyan forces fired at least two anti-aircraft missiles No American planes were hit by the missiles and there today as U.S. planes crossed Col. Moammar Khadafy's 'line were no immediate reports of the United States responding of death' and conducted operations over the disputed Gulf with attacks on the Libyan coast, the sources added. of Sidra, Pentagon sources said. March 25, 1986 Libya attacks again, .S. strikes back Libya today fired an undetermined number of addi- tional missiles at U.S. warplanes flying over the disputed Defense Department sources, meantime, disclosed the United States might conclude its naval maneuvers off the Gulf of Sidra, and the United States struck back against Libyan coast before the end of the week. If they stop two or more Libyan patrol boats and a radar installation, the Pentagon said. 'f March 26, 1986 y shooting at us, we'll probably stop soon , one source said. o new firing at mericans before action White House officials, expressing private glee that Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy was dumb enough to shoot at U.S. forces in the Gulf of Sidra, disclosed that new American attacks Tuesday destroyed two additional Liby- March 27, 1986 an patrol boats and damaged a radar missile site a second straight day. The Pentagon called the renewed American action a defense against hostile Libyan intentions even though no new hostile fire provoked it. hadafy boasts about firepower as U.S. Navy prepares to quit gulf Navy warships last night prepared to leave the Gulf of Sidra after steaming closer to Libya's territorial waters, while Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy Announced inten- tions to demonstrate his own naval firepower elsewhere in the Mediterranean. ANPentagon spokesman declined yesterday to identify which warships had sailed across Khadafy's so-called 'line of death' at the mouth of the Gulf of Sidra at 32 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude. Other officials identified the ships as the cruiser Ticonderoga, the guided missile de- stroyer Scott and the destroyer Caron. H

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March 28, 1986 , Libyans celebrate glittering victory as fleet leaves gulf p Brass bands led marchers through the streets Thurs- The demonstration came just hours after the ships and day. night .in praise of Moammar Khadafy, who the state planes of the Sixth Fleet withdrew from the gulf and presi- radio credited w1th a gllttermg victory over the imperialist dent Reagan and other officials declared the United States invaders in the Gulf of Sidra. had succeeded in defending freedom of the seas. Here We go again . . . April 10, 1986 arr1ers nearing The Navy today sent a second carrier, the Coral Sea, steaming toward the central Mediteranean in case Presi- dent Reagan decides to order a military strike against Lib- ya, Pentagon sources said. But the sources who demanded anonymity said no or- ders had been issued for the Coral Sea and the America to April 13, 1986 L1bya reform a battle group. The disclosure of the Navy actions came as the president was telling newspaper reporters the United States 'tis not going to just sit here and hold still in the wake of new terrorist actions against Americans in Europe. .S. forces waiting in editerranean Pentagon sources said two U.S. carriers, the America and the Coral Sea, were in a holding pattern Saturday off the coast of Sicily. The carriers were conducting routine operations, awaiting directions on whether they should go farther into the central Mediteranean toward Libya. April 15, 1986 U.S. strikes Lib Initial reports that the middle-of-the-night air strike aimed at the headquarters and terrorist facilities of Liby- an leader Moammar Khadafy, were a success. Reagan, in a nationally broadcast address to explain the military strike, said the United States had direct, precise and irrefu- table evidence that Khadafy had ordered recent anti- Y 5 But U.S. officials refused to say what Reagan was plan- ning as each new tidbit of information raised expectations that the United States this time was going to do something in response to the latest act of terrorism. a by air American attacks, including the bombing of a discotheque frequented by servicemen in West Berlin. When our peo- ple are abused or attacked anywhere in the world we will respond in self defensev Reagan said, he added, we've done what we had to do and if necessary we will do it again. Articles derived from Associated Press and other news wire services. 15