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USS TARA WA FLA GSHIP OF t CUMMANDER A PHIBIO US S Q UADR O SE VE 1- USS SCHENCTADY 2.- USS BARBOUR COUNTRY 3- U35 ST' LOUIS 4- USS DENVER 5- USS FORT FISHER 6- USS TARAWA CAPTAIN FRANCIS L. ROACH Captain ROACH was born in Eric, Pennsylvania, on 9 De- cember 1928. Captain ROACH graduated from high school in 1946 and joined the Navy as an enlisted man where he studied electronics. He entered the Naval Academy inJune of 1949 and graduated on 5 June 1953 as an Ensign. Captain ROACH'S career includes duty on a destroyer, tank landing ships, a cruiser, var- ious shore duty commands, and USS ST. LOUIS as Commanding Officer. He assumed the duties as Commander, Amphibious Squadron SEVEN on 2 June, 1978.
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It was a cold, gusty, wet Thursday morning, 1 March 1979, which saw us off. Off on the first-ever deployment of an Amphibious Assault Ship, the USS TARAWA. Pearl Harbor, the first step on the deployment, was met with anticipation by all. But first there was work to do, and-a lot of it. The ship had to replenish the stores that it used and then some, for it was here that the Marine units that would deploy with us would embark. The loading of men and equip- ment of BLT 2!3, HMM 262 and LSU HOTEL would be the bulk of this inport periods work. With what litftle time was left available, the crew found time for leisure in the Hawaiian paradise. The beach, surf and wahini at Waikiki, fresh pineapple, challenging the waves at Makaha, and for some, a first taste of night life on the infamous Hotel Street. l l s Q 1-
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