Wainwright (CG 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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M you and your fine ship depart the Task G gg on sur THANKS AND , PIN 1 ADMIRATION TO YOUR CREW Your ship reflects their I-ide har looks and performance. As a team l - ' P h P flyer yOu contributed to many of our successes We wish you a happy omecommg and bid you aloha. G. M. FURLONG JR CO USS INDEPENDENCE l'0l1p and turn toward Charleston we on INDY w The lzeiformgncg sf yimr officers and men during an extended deployment to the Mediterranean has been o owe wit pride. You have served your country well for which we are all r0ud W 1 home to a much deserved reunion with families and friends. VADM W L READ p i e Come COMNAVSURFLANT ' ' ' . . . V, 4.45, .. I. 1- -, ,,. J ,ig A- U. . W- 1, y?li,1Wp,gyrE5i1::fz1Agiy-f 'gill A ,H HA F, . N ish in 7 7 I TERE TI GI 'T IT? Length of cruise 205 days Days at sea 121 Paydays 13 Fuel used 4,424,420 gals Feed water used 2,135,521 gals CCTV on the air time 1,345 hours ASROCS fired 1 5 shells fired 325 Class EZ messages sent 140 Outgoing messages 37,844 Payroll for the crew 2B703,840.00 Toilet paper used 8,000 rolls Kaopectate issued 88 bottles Value of money orders sold S217,015.43 Bible studies 229 Mail dispatched 171,430 lbs Eggs used 11,417 dozen Bacon used 4,360 lbs Potatoes used 33,565 lbs You've reached the end! Days inport 84 Miles steamed 34,500 Fresh water used 2,024,025 gals Movies shown 390 Missiles fired 4 Torpedoes fired 2 3 shells fired 32 Incoming messages 4,678 Laundry washed 7,843 lbs Exterior paint issued 1,200 gals Cases of diarrhea 178 Money orders sold 2,369 Value of stamps sold 35,205.93 Mail received 264,420 lbs Rations served 225,900 Milk used 11,703 gals Beef used 12114 tons Pages in this cruisebook 108

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. f' , d l ment. Your high state of operational Well. Done to all hands in WAINWITIGHTdfo1:ergpeprei,I:2ldness enabled WU m chop to the l condition an readiness and Superb matena Y ur great. professionalism was demonstrated . , , SIXTH Fleet fully ready fOr extended Opefauons 0 . 'SIl,EX. National week XXIII, Silver . LEX, NAMPI MIS W I during the SIXTH Fleet Open Ocean IVIISSXISW week and ITE OPS' WAINWMGHTS Cqinmstendy t , FOX' Dawn Palrol' Dlsplfiy Determma lon 'ded a significant contribution to these SIXTH 1 d vi excellent shooting and air cgntgpt 5rgtceinug2FXIr?lC3IFLT AAW perfmmance. Your nutxsmndmg record of Fleet exercises and were a rig p . Y f h U -t d State 15' 1 b'1't to perform as representatives o t e nl .e S conduct ashore and overall excep ma a If yh Fl et. WAINWRIGHT was always ready to go on th TOP PERFORMER in t e e v n tldlrahleylahrdacirieztnhll cfommitments, attesting to your outstanding state of material readiness and .. f't ble deployment of which you can be proud. As you mobility. You have completed a most pro 1 a n v return to CONUS, I wish you fair winds, following seas and a happy homecoming. HARRY D. TRAIN, II, COMSIXTHFLT COMSIXTHFLT's message noted with great pleasure. Please convey my personal WELL DONE to harleston look forward to your well deserved homecoming. RADM all hands. All of us in C GIBBONS, COMCRUDESGRU TWO At the end of your Med deployment you can look back with satisfaction on your contribution to the readiness of the SIXTH Fleet. The success of exercises such as National Week XXIII and Display Determination was due in no small part to your performance singly and as a group. I wish you a safe transit and a happy reunion with your families and friends. VADM J. P. MOORER, CINCUSNAVEUR As you depart this Task Group and commence the final leg of your journey home, I wish to add my personal compliments for a job well done. Your consistent reliability in many varied assignments over the past six months has been highly commendable. As OCE during one NAMFI MISSILEX and Flagship during two, you displayed a thorough mastery of all aspects of AAW. This sharp skill was also well enployed as range control ship during the Open Ocean MISSILEX. In two PHIBLEXS and as OTC of Silver Fox OPS you again excelled, drawing plaudits from all involved. During all port visits your crew presented themselves as outstanding representatives of the United States, our Navy and WAINWRIGI-IT. Your responsiveness and can do spirit. in carrying out y0lll' many assignments during this deployment have been superb and representative of professional Cruiser-Destroyermen. Smooth sailing and a happy, well earned homecoming. RADM WALTERS ,

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We wish to thank everyone who helped the staff put this book together. We thank all of you who submitted photographs as well as those of you who did photography work specifically for the book. In particular, we acknowledge and thank EW1 MAURER and EW1 WILLIAMS, who gave up a lot of their own free time to process and develop large quantities of film for the cruisebook. We extend our appreciation and gratitude to the command for its support in our endeavor. We sincerely hope that this cruisebook serves its purpose, keeping in your memory always, the cultural and educational experiences, along with the good times and the bad, gained from the Dreaded Medn. The Staff YN1 Howard E. Kirsner PN1 Mark R. Hunter YN2 Patrick A. Hunter -