Valdez (FF 1096) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 sep 75 moored port said, egypt 5 sep 75 transited suez canal. egyptian president anwar sadat formally re-opened the canal on 5 iun 75 in a ioyous ceremony in which the u.s. was given an unexpected pride of place. in a much remarked gesture, the guided-missile cruiser, uss little rock lclg-4l, flagship of the mediterranean-based u.s. 6th fleet, was the only foreign warship in the official flotilla that sailed slowly down the canal toward ismailia, halfway point along the 101-mile-long waterway. the uss iesse l. brown iff-lO89l and uss valdez iff-l096l were the third and fourth warships respectively to transit the canal as the flagship only coursed halfway. the valdez was only the second u.s. warship to transit the canal southward in its entirety since the 1967 war closed the 50-foot-deep waterway. both the valdez and the brown again transited the canal on 31 ian 76 homeward bound making them the first and second, respectively, to go through both ways.

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