USS Monterey (CG 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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' x -Q onterey said farewell to family and friends in May-port on 2 5 August 1995. With the remainder of the battle group still recovering from a hurricane in Norfolk, MONTEREY was tasked to proceed independently at best speed across the Atlantic Ocean to assume the duties as Red Crown in the Adriatic Sea. Dodging five other major storms, MONTEREY made it through some vetjw rough seas and then spent eight hours refueling in Ponta Delgada. Agores on 1 September Menifee? jet, fel if A 5 Q A - -' w.n7wa12a'.3gn,.5,,d-g,. - , A K MS1 Stokes, MS2 Moore, MSSN Polk, and PACE instructor Gaston DesHarnais pose along the harbor. Above left, FC1 Jones, SKSN Krueger, and FCI Boutieller wave. 9

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aving left our mark on the Azores, we were once again underway making best speed to the Adriatic Sea. On the morning of Sunday 3 September, accompanied by a school of dolphins we passed the fa- mous Rock of Gibraltar One of the Pillars of Hercules Gibraltar marks the entrance to the Mediterranean. By 6 September we were on station in the Adriatic reliev- ing USS MISSISSIPPI ICGN-402 as Red Crown, track- ing and identqcying aircraft while of the coast of the former Republic of Yugoslavia, and maintaining infor- mation on surface vessels in support of Operation Sharp Guard. ,EH J , -54.