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Jan 18th |
Finally snowed in Charleston today. |
March 2nd |
At sea for sea trials and to NAD to load ammo. Trouble with radar |
March 4th |
Pay day |
March 6th |
Loading ammo at NAD with a 100 man working party. left at 0730 for Mayport, then to Puerto Rico or GITMO to fire missiles. |
March 7th |
Mayport outstanding. At 1245 underway for Roosevelt Rhodes |
Mar 13th |
Pulled into Puerto Rico after operating with the fleet |
Mar 16th |
Left San Juan. On our way to fire Tarters. |
Mar 27th |
Arrived in Bermuda. Good liberty. |
Mar 29th |
Left Bermuda |
Apr 3rd |
Arrived Charleston. |
Apr 13th |
Out to sea for ten days. Operating with the USS Saratoga. |
Apr 14th |
off the coast of Daytona beach, behind the carrier USS Saratoga |
Apr 15th |
at sea |
Apr 19th |
Pulled into Mayport. |
Apr 20th |
Off Savannah Georgia- 2345 Captain's Gig launched 50 miles off coast, instructed to locate entrance to Intracoastal Waterway and meet ship in Charleston. |
Apr 21st |
Gig got to Charleston before Semmes. Semmes arrived soon after. |
May 3rd |
in Charleston. We're on 4 hours alert. May pull out Monday? |
May 11th |
At 0800 underway for New York |
May 14th |
At 1330 arrived in New York, pier 86 (86th Street) |
May 18th |
At 0950 we are underway again. |
May 22nd |
At 1245 pulling into Mayport to unload torpedoes. Underway again at 1430. At 2400 we are 100 miles S.E. of Jacksonville |
May 25th |
Pulled into San Juan |
May 26th |
At 0800 underway for missile range. USS Sellerss and USS Adams are with us? |
May 27th |
In ort, San Juan |
May 28th |
Enroute to Charleston |
May 30th |
At 1000 in port, Charleston |
June 12th |
Change of Command to Capt Robert Welander |
June 15 |
Underway to meet USS Saratoga |
June 19th |
In Mayport |
June 20th |
In Charleston |
June 22nd |
Underway at 0800 |
June 23rd |
Back in port, Charleston |
July 20th |
To sea |
July 23rd |
Met with USS Shangri La, operated with a nuclear sub. |
July 25th |
In Port, Charleston after being at sea for five days |
Aug 3rd |
Out to sea again, off Virginia Cape |
Aug 7th |
At 1930 arrive at berth, Charleston (Have copy of POD for today) |
Aug 17th |
Out to sea for Family Cruise. |
Aug 18th |
U/W Ops |
Aug 21 |
Ship in Brunswick, Georgia |
Aug 23rd |
left Brunswick |
Aug 24th |
Conduct ORI on USS Tattnall |
Aug 26th |
Hurricane Cleo |
Aug 27th |
Hurricane Cleo |
Aug 28th |
Operations with USS Independence CVA-62 |
Aug 29th |
on our way to Charleston |
Sept 1st |
NTPI |
Sept 2nd |
NTPI |
Sept 22nd |
Operating in the Artic Circle |
Sept 23rd |
left the Artic Circle, and are off the coast of England. Refueled off USS Independence today. |
Oct 2nd |
POD says "enroute to replenish..." |
Oct 3rd |
around this date we pulled into Portsmouth England. |
Oct 9th or 10th |
Pulled into Edenburgh Scotland. |
Oct 12th |
about this date we left for Charleston |
Oct 19th |
At sea. Scheduled to be in Charleston tomorrow |
Oct 20th |
scheduled to pull into Charleston |
Oct 24th |
Underway for New Orleans |
Oct 27th |
Scheduled to pull into New Orleans |
Nov 20th |
Mitch released from Active Duty. My ledger stops here. |
Nov 21st |
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Nov 24th |
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Nov 25th |
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Nov 26th |
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Nov 27th |
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Nov 28th |
Departed Charleston, SC |
Nov 29th |
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Nov 30th |
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Dec 1st |
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Dec 3rd |
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Dec 4th |
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Dec 6th |
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Dec 8th |
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Dec 9th |
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Dec 10th |
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Dec 11th |
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Dec 12th |
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Dec 13th |
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Dec 14th |
Gibraltar - Joined Sixth Fleet |
Dec 15th |
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Dec 16th |
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Dec 17th |
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Dec 18th |
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Dec 19th |
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Dec 20th |
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Dec 21st |
Naples, Italy |
Dec 22nd |
Naples, Italy |
Dec 23rd |
Naples, Italy |
Dec 24th |
Naples, Italy |
Dec 25th |
Naples, Italy |
Dec 26th |
Naples, Italy |
Dec 27th |
Naples, Italy |
Dec 28th |
Livorno, Italy |
Dec 29th |
Livorno, Italy |
Dec 30th |
Livorno, Italy |
Dec 31st |
Livorno, Italy |