Y&/! DEPARTMENT OF THE NA Y

USS CARR (FFG-52)

FLEET POST OFFICE

AA 34090-1 506

5750 Ser 00/ 046 '3 1 MAR 1993

From: Commanding Officer, USS CARR (FFG 52) To: Director of Naval History (OP-09BH), Washington Navy Yard

Washington, DC 20374-0571

Subj: COMMAND HISTORY 01 JAN 1992 - 31 DEC 1992 1. Command Composition and Organization:

CARR is a Guided Missile Frigate attached to Destroyer Squadron FOUR and Commander, George Washington Battle Group, homeport - Charleston, South Carolina

Mission - To escort and protect convoys, underway replenishment groups, amphibious landing groups and carrier battle groups.

Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Four (HSL-44) Detachment 4 based at NAF Mayport, Florida. Aircraft - 1 SH-60B Seahawk.

2. Commanding Officer's Biography:

Commander Carradean (Dean) L, Brown, a native of graduated from the University of South Carolina receiving a

Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and his commission via the NROTC Program on 29 December 1972.

Commander Brown's first assignment was aboard USS BELKNAP (DLG 26 ) from March 1973 - December 1975 where he served successively as ACICO, ACOMMO and Gunnery Officer. After BELKNAP'S decommissioning following the tragic collision with USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), Commander Brown was assigned to USS ASSURANCE (AG-521) where he served as Operations Officer and Executive Officer until July 1977. Commander Brown's next assignment was as Weapons Systems Instructor and Engineering Fundamentals Instructor at NROTC Unit, Rice University, Houston, Texas until September 1979. After attending Department Head School in Newport, Rhode Island, Commander Brown was assigned to USS PAUL (FF-1080) as Weapons Officer from May 1980 - February 1982. His follow-on Department Head tour was as Operations Officer onboard USS KING (DDG-41) through October 1983. For the next two years Commander Brown was assigned to COMNAVSURFLANT Staff as the Cruiser-Destroyer Scheduler/Future Ops Officer. From December 1985-December 1988 Commander Brown served as the commissioning crew Executive Officer for USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG-51).

He then served until February 1991 as Assistant Ops/Assistant Exercise Officer for COMSEVENTHFLT, homeported in Yokosuka, Japan and deploying to Operation Desert Shield/Storm embarked on USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19). After assuming command of CARR in early September 1991, the ship deployed to MEF 1-92 operating in the Mediterranean Sea and extensively in the Red Sea. Commander Brown's decorations include the Meritorious Service

Medal with one gold star, the Navy Commendation Medal with 3 gold stars and various servicehnit awards. Commander Brown and his wife, the former of

with their two sons and , live in Summerville, South Carolina.

d%[qP DEPARTMENT FTHE AVY

USS CARR IFFG-52)

FLEET POST OFFICE

MIAMI IUODO. 1506

5750 Ser/041/043 31 January 92

From: Commanding officer, USS CARR (FFG-52) To: Director of Naval History (OP-09BH), Washington Navy Yard

Washington, DC 20374-0571 I W Z

Subj: COMMAND HISTORY 01 JAN - 31 JAN 1. Command Composition and Organization:

CARR is attached to Destroyer Squadron SIX, homeport - Charleston, South Carolina

Mission - To escort and protect convoys, underway replenishment groups, amphibious landing groups and carrier battle groups.

Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four Four (HSL-44) Detachment 4 based at NAF Mayport, Florida. Aircraft - 1 SH-60B Seahawk.

2. Chronology.

01 - 03 January 04 - 06 January 07 - 12 January 13 - 15 January 16 January 17 - 31 January

Pvst Naples, Italy Underway Mederterranean Pvst Athens, Greece Underway Mederterranean Suez Canal Transit Maritime Interdiction Operations, Red Sea

3. Narrative.

CARR began the new year deployed as an asset of COMSIXTHFLT, enroute to become one of the U.S. Forces on station conducting Maritime Interdiction Force operations in the Red Sea in support of U.N. resolutions against Iraq. The first day of the new year saw the ship moored in Naples, Italy continuing a port visit and maintenance availability. On the second, RADM Katz, CTF 60/ COMCRUDESGRU TWO, toured the ship and addressed the Wardroom, CPO Mess and crew on various deployment issues. In the evening LT

, LT and LTJG qualified as Command Duty Officers after passing their board chaired by the Commanding Officer. The next day the ship got underway from Naples escorting USS AMERICA (CV-66). General Quarters for abandon ship and emergancy destruction were conducted upon securing fromthe Special Sea and Anchor Detail. A helicopter crash on deck drill was conducted by the crash and salvage team, and day and night landing qualifications also were accomplished. General Quarters was held again on the 4th in order to complete a main space fire drill, and

Subj: COMMAND HISTORY 01 JAN - 31 JAN 1991

Basic Engineering Casualty Control Exercises (BECCEs) were conducted in the evening. Holiday routine was observed on Sunday, and Protestant and Catholic lay services were held. The ship's helo re-qualified in Vertical Replentishment (VERTREP) and Helicopter In Flight Refueling (HIFR) operations. The navigation brief for entering Athens was held in the Wardroom, and successful firing of the Close In Weapons System (CIWS) and 76mm gun concluded the day's events.

In the morning of Monday the 6th, CARR moored in Athens for a port visit. The crew executed full dress ship in honor of the Greek national holiday, Feast of the Epiphany. The following day the ship hosted an official visit and luncheon for Commodore Psifias, the Senior Naval Officer Aegean; the Piraeus Harbormaster; and the Chief of the Police District. A tour of the ship was also given to Captain Grey, USN, the Defense Attache, and his aide, Major , USAF. On Wednesday, the 8th, in an extremely exciting game the CARR basketball team defeated the Greek Naval Academy team by a score of 92 to 90. The crew continued to enjoy liberty in the Athens area, and a Restricted Maintenance Availibility (RAV) began when the USS SIERRA (AD-18) moored across the pier on the 10th. The Captain attended a lunch hosted by Commodore Psifias, and 3 new crewman reported aboard: SK2 , DS2 , and STGSN . The RAV condinued on the llth, and Mr Theodore Valmas, the editor of the Greek Monthly Military Review, toured the ship. On Sunday, the 12th, the ship completed her RAV with USS Sierra and holiday routine was observed.

On the 13th CARR was underway from Athens enroute to the Red Sea for Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF) operations. Magnum 447 conducted a maintenance check flight and the Visit, Boarding, Search and Siezure (VBSS) teams trained on board. On the 14th the ship anchored at Port Said in preparation for the transit through the Suez Canal. While anchored, the ship conducted an awards ceremony on the flight deck. The Commanding Officer presented SK2

with the award of Sailor of the Quarter, and FN was awarded Junior Sailor of the Quarter. HM3 , QM3 and OS3 were frocked to Third Class Petty Officer; SK2 , GMG2 , FC2 and GSE2 were frocked to Second Class Petty Officer; RM1 , EN1 , FC1 , and BM1 were frocked to First Class Petty Officer. The Captain also presented the Navy Achievement Medal to SH2 , FC1 , OS1

, QMC and STGC .

In the early morning hours of the 15th, CARR began her transit throught the Suez Canal but had to remain overnight because of a casualty to the starboard Auxillary Propulsion Unit. At 0300 the ship anchored inside Port Said. At 160100 the ship stationed the Special Sea and Anchor Detail and began the canal transit

Subj: COMMAND HISTORY 01 JAN - 31 JAN 1991

again. The ship spent from 0345 - 1615 transiting the canal itself and remained at Sea and Anchor the rest of the day through the restricted waters of Gulf of Suez.

The 17th of January was CARR's first day on station. Early in the morning, members of the ship held turnover briefings on USS KLAKRING (FFG-42), and then both ship's VBSS teams conducted a joint boarding. CARR received a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from USNS RIGEL (TAF-58), and three new crewmembers reported aboard: HM1 , BM3 , and EN3 . The next day we conducted our first solo boarding (of the M/V Marsus). CARR's VBSS personnel were divided into two teams named after their respective Boarding Officers, Team and Team . Later in the afternoon the ship's RHIB and motor whale boat participated in a small boat regatta comprised of ship's boats of the entire MIF force. That evening the ship received an underway replenishment from the USNS JOHN LENTHALL (TAO-189) comprised of both fuel and stores. The next day CARR hosted CTG 152.1, Commodore Spahr, and his Rock-n-Roll Chaplain, Chaplain . The Chaplain conducted both Potestant Divine Services and an Active Parenting Class. The Captain dined on board HMAS SYDNEY (FFG 03) for an outstanding MIF Commanders Luncheon. Monday the ship conducted two more boardings. In the evening a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observance was held on the mess decks. More than 50 crewmembers attended the celebration. On the 21st the ship's VBSS team boarded two more vessels. Later that evening the ship conducted BECCE's and the helo pilots completed Rast Landing Qualifications (RLQ's). The 22nd began with two more boardings and a personnel transfer with USNS JOHN LENTHALL. Four junior enlisted personnel from USNS JOHN LENTHALL came aboard to observe operations on an FFG, and the ship's barber, SH3 , was transferred to the JOHN LENTHALL to provide barber services. The next day saw Team boarding 4 ships, and another round of I Division began on board for newly reported crewmen.

On the 24th CARR began the day with three more boardings and a Vertical Replenishment from JOHN LENTHALL using Magnum 447. The first round of a cribbage and checkers MIF Busters tournament began on the mess decks in a double elimination format. At 0330 in the morning of the 25th General Quarters was called away due to a waste oil leak in Auxiliary Machine Room Number Two. The oil was covered with a layer of fire fighting foam and no damage resulted. On the 25th CARR conducted a personnel transfer of one officer and five enlisted men with the French frigate COMMANDANT DUCUING (F795). Another Vertical Replenishment was conducted with JOHN LENTHALL, and the ship received fuel by means of underway replenishment. That evening OS1 and FC1 won the cribbage and checkers competitions respectively, bringingto a close MIF Busters Event #l. More MIF Buster Events are waiting in the wings. On the

Subj: COMMAND HISTORY 01 JAN - 31 JAN 1991

26th CARR conducted 2 more boardings in the morning, and 13 selected exercises were conducted by the ship and graded by an observer from USS BOONE (FFG-38). In addition LTJG transferred to USS BOONE in order to grade their exercises. The next day the ship hosted the new MIF commander, Commander Destroyer Squadron 22, Commodore Buckeley. That evening several of the crew participated in a committee meeting to plan events for the upcoming Black History Month. The 28th saw 3 more boardings, bringing the total to 24. CARR conducted BECCE's and participated in an Anti-Air Warfare exercise with the other MIF ships. Rigorous training continued the next day, with CPR recertification, a navigation briefing on the Straits of Tiran, officer training on anchoring evolutions, and Repair 5 locker training. In the evening the payoff was evident, however, with RMC(SW) and SKC(SW)

qualifying as Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialists. The month closed with CARR conducting more boardings, MIF Busters event #2 (cribbage, checkers, chess, and spades competition) being kicked off, and the crew looking forward to the upcoming first port visit to Egypt.

C. L. BROWN

FEBRUARY 1992 Chronology:

01 - 03 February Underway Red Sea MIF operations 0 4 - 07 February Port Visit Hurghada, Egypt 08 - 21 February Underway Red Sea MIF operations 22 - 26 February Port Visit Hurghada, Egypt 27 - 29 February Underway Red Sea MIF operations

Narrative:

February began with CARR continuing to conduct Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF) operations deployed as an asset of COMUSNAVCENT. On the evening of the first we conducted an underway replenishment (UNREP) with the SNS JOHN LENTHALL (TAO-189) for fuel and water. With a fully qualified team on station the UNREP proceeded smoothly with F76, F44 and potable water taken on board. Upon securing pumping F44, the fueling crew discovered that the potable water and F44 hoses had been inadvertantly connected to the wrong deck risers. Therefore CARR's JP5 tanks were contaminated with water and the potable water system was contaminated with JP5. JOHN LENTHALL and CARR stopped pumping, and developed a course of action to correct this serious problem. JOHN LENTHAL rerigged to receive JP-5 and water back to her contaminated waste holding tanks and then CARR commenced pumping all of the contaminated liquids back to JOHN LENTHALL. After ten hours alongside and two course changes of 180 and 65 degrees while continuing to UNREP, the return evolution was complete. After another four hours, our potable water tanks were cleaned and key personnel were rested. CARR and JOHN LENTHALL again conducted an underway replenishment for approximately four hours alongside to refill the potable water tanks as well as the JP5. After the UNREP the ship celebrated Superbowl Sunday by watching a tape of the game on the ship's closed circuit television. The COMDESRON 22 Chaplin, LT , held Protestant Divine Services. Catholic Lay Services were also held. On Monday CARR conducted two more boardings and prepared to enter Hurghada, Egypt, for a port visit only to be delayed by high winds and a violent sandstorm. Instead the ship anchored at 0845 on the 4th to begin the ship's first visit to Egypt.

CAPT Churchill, USCG, the COMUSNAVCENT MIF coordinator, with LT , USCG, visited the ship and addressed the boarding teams. On the 5th eighteen crewmembers went on a 2 day tour to visit the pyramids and Cairo. The Captain paid an official call on the acting Commanding Officer of Naval Station Safaga. The next day the acting Commanding Officer returned the call, and the Cairo tour group returned. On the following afternoon the ship conducted the navigation briefing and UNREP briefing in preparation for leaving port. Liberty boats were secured at 1700 due to high winds and choppy seas.

CARR was underway from her anchorage at Hurghada, Egypt, early

on the morning of the 8th and conducted another boarding, this time with a SEAL detachment which was onboard to conduct training. On the morning of the 9th. CARR conducted a VERTREP with the USNS JOHN LENTHALL and later also conducted a Refueling At Sea with USNS JOHN LENTHALL. Another boarding was conducted with the SEAL detachment, and both Protestant and Catholic Lay Services were held. On the 10th the ship conducted two more boardings, one of which resulted in a diversion because of improper manifest documentation. Oral boards were held for prospective Auxilary System Monitors, and MS3

reenlisted onboard. On the 11th two more boardings were conducted, and the Captain attended a superb MIF Commanders luncheon onboard the French Destroyer COMMANDANT BORY (FFL-735). A Safety Committee meeting and military leadership exams were held on the mess decks.

A new CARR record 5 boardings were conducted by Team on the 12th of February, and the boarding team was accompanied by the SEAL detachment for all boardings. LT successfully completed his Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer oral board chaired by the Commanding Officer. On the 13th the ship conducted 3 more boardings and then transited the Strait of Tiran escorting the merchant vessel TANYA 5 through the Gulf of Aqaba to Aqaba, Jordan. CARR had the honor of being the first ship to conduct a boarding of a merchant vessel inport Aqaba, Jordan. Because of the time required to unload TAYNA 5, the boarding continued through the 14th. CARR returned to station in the northern Red Sea while Team remained in Aqaba to finish the boarding. On the evening of the 14th, the CARR First Class Association hosted a pizza night on the Mess Decks.

On the 15th CARR conducted 4 more boardings, bringing her total to 57. In the evening the ship began preparations to transit the Strait of Tiran again in order to pick up Team . The actual transit began in the morning of the 16th. After an uneventful transit and the team back on board, the ship returned to station late in the evening. The Second Annual We're On Deployment And It's Time For Another Kite Flying Contest was held with DCFA

getting the top honors for his kite flying ability and persistance against some initial adversity. On the 17th 4 more boardings were conducted (including one diversion) to bring the total to 61.

An awards ceremony was held on the flight deck, with the Captain presenting a Letter of Appreciation to OS3 from the Commanding Officer, USS TAYLOR (FFG-50) for his help while TAD to USS TAYLOR during their interim refresher training in Guantanamo Bay, CUBA. A Letter of Appreciation from the Commanding Officer was presented to members of the Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment: QM1 , BM3 , and BM3 . The Captain also presented a Letter of Commendation to the detachment's Officer in Charge, ENS , USCG. Good Conduct Awards were presented to the following personnel: EW1 (SW) , EN3 , AMH3 , EN2 (SW) , SKI , and MA1 (SW) . QMSN

was advanced to QM3, and LT was formally designated a Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer.

On the 18th 2 more boardings were conducted, and a briefing was held in preparation of the next UNREP with JOHN LENTHALL. CARR

VERTREPPED and UNREPPED w i t h J O H N LENTHALL on t h e 1 9 t h . and a l s o c o n d u c t e d 3 more b o a r d i n g s . The C o a s t Guard Law Enfo rcemen t Detachment r e t u r n e d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a f t e r b e i n g r e l i e v e d by a new de tachmen t c o n s i s t i n g of LTJG , MK2 , MK3

, and BM3 F i v e p roud crewmembers r e e n l i s t e d on b o a r d CARR on t h e

20th--DC2 , D C 3 , IC3 , RM3 , and RM3 . GSMC and GSMl s u c c e s s f u l l y comple t ed t h e i r

E n g i n e e r i n g O f f i c e r of t h e Watch o r a l b o a r d s , and t h e s h i p boa rded two more v e s s e l s . On t h e 2 1 s t t h e s h i p p r e p a r e d f o r h e r upcoming p o r t v i s i t t o Hurghada, and a Zone I n s p e c t i o n o f S u p p l y Depar tment s p a c e s was h e l d . CARR a n c h o r e d i n t h e Hurghada h a r b o r a t 0800 on t h e 22nd, c o n d u c t e d a p o r t b r i e f i n g , and l i b e r t y c a l l went down s h o r t l y a f t e r noon. The c rew e n j o y e d a p e a c e f u l p o r t v i s i t i n Hurghada. The anchorage p e r i o d w a s h i g h l i g h t e d by a v i s i t by CDR

, USCG, and LCDR , USCG, COMUSNAVCENT C o a s t Guard r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s who d e b r i e f e d t h e LEDET b o a r d i n g team members on t h e Aqaba m i s s i o n and d i s c u s s e d b o a r d i n g s i n g e n e r a l .

CARR g o t underway e a r l y on t h e morning o f t h e 2 6 t h and began a r i g o r o u s day w i t h a ma jo r UNREP f o r f u e l and s t o r e s . The s h i p ' s l a r g e s t underway c o n n e c t e d r e p l e n i s h m e n t t o d a t e f o r MEF 1-92 , o v e r 40 l o a d s were smoo th ly r e c e i v e d from USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (TAO-195). The s h i p c o n d u c t e d two b o a r d i n g s i n t h e a f t e r n o o n , and s e t G e n e r a l Q u a r t e r s f o r a main s p a c e f i r e d r i l l i n t h e e v e n i n g i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e upcoming E n g i n e e r i n g Mobile Team T r a i n i n g v i s i t .

F o r t h e l a s t two d a y s o f t h e month Commander, Task Group 1 5 2 . 1 (Commodore B u l k e l e y , COMDESRON TWO TWO) and h i s b a t t l e w a t c h s t a f f were embarked onboa rd CARR. T h i s was t h e s t a r t o f a 6 day embark w h i l e t h e normal f l a g s h i p , USS THORN (DD-988) was o f f s t a t i o n f o r a p o r t v i s i t i n J e d d a h , S a u d i A r a b i a . On t h e 2 8 t h f o u r more s h i p s were b o a r d e d , w i t h one more d i v e r t e d due t o i n a c c e s s i b i l i t y o f h e r c o n t a i n e r s . T h i s marked t h e s h i p ' s f i r s t s i m u l t a n e o u s u s e o f b o t h b o a r d i n g p a r t i e s . On t h e " e x t r a day" of l e a p y e a r 1992 CARR s u c c e s s f u l l y boa rded t h r e e more s h i p s and d i v e r t e d two o f them, one b e c a u s e of c a r g o i n a c c e s s i b i l i t y and a n o t h e r b e c a u s e o f i m p r o p e r l y m a n i f e s t e d c a r g o . L a t e r i n t h e e v e n i n g G e n e r a l Q u a r t e r s was h e l d f o r a main s p a c e f i r e d r i l l i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e upcoming E n g i n e e r i n g Mobi le T r a i n i n g Team v i s i t . The end o f F e b r u a r y marked C A R R ' s s econd month on s t a t i o n as we approached t h e h a l f w a y mark o f MEF 1-92.

Chronology: MARCH 1992

0 1 - 09 March MIF Operations Red Sea 10 - 14 March Port Visit Hurghada Egypt 15 - 29 March MIF Operations Red Sea 30 - 31 March Port Visit Hurghada Egypt

Narrative:

March began with CARR continuing her deployment as an asset of COMUSNAVCENT deployed to the Red Sea in support of Maritime Interception Force (MIF) operations. Commodore Buckeley, CTG 152.1, was embarked on CARR. On the first the crew enjoyed a modified holiday routine which included four more boardings, bringing the total to 85, and a MIF Buster's Event (talent show). The following day the ship conducted an Anti-Surface Warfare exercise and conducted a general quarters drill in preparation for the upcoming Engineering Mobile Training Team (EMTT) visit. A Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) was conducted with USNS LEROY GRUMMAN (TAO-195) on the 3rd and more Basic Engineering Casualty Control Exercises (BECCES) were conducted. The fourth was a special day for CARR as the ship broke the 100 boarding milestone in superb fashion with a record setting 12 boardings, the most ever conducted by a single ship since the inception of MIF operations. The crew celebrated the next day with a cake cutting on the messdecks. Another General Quarters drill was run, and Second Class Petty Officer advancement exams were administered. On the 6th, Commodore Buckeley, CTG 152.1 disembarked CARR. The ship conducted a manila highline transfer exercise with USS THORN (DD-988) and conducted a main space GQ fire drill in preparation for the upcoming EMTT. During an Underway Replenishment with LEROY GRUMMAN on the 8th. the ship experienced a steering causalty on the bridge and had to transfer steering control to Aft Steering. Because of timely action on the part of all members of the conning team, especially QM3 (Helmsman), the resulting controlled breakaway went safely and smoothly. The problem was corrected and the ship successfully went alongside later in the evening.

On the lath, CARR anchored at Hurghada, Egypt for a port visit and administered the First Class Petty Officer advancement exams. Hurghada's weather brightened on the 11th just in time for the ship's party at a local restaurant, The Three Corners. The crew also enjoyed the rest of the relaxing stay in Hurghada until getting underway again on the 14th. On the 15th MS2 reenlisted in the Navy with the Supply Officer administering the oath of enlistment.

The 16th was a busy day as CARR conducted a gunshoot with 76mm, CIWS, and small arms as well as a main space fire drill. On the 17th the ship conducted a Refueling at Sea (RAS) and VERTREP with USNS LEROY GRUMMAN. BECCEs were also conducted in preparation for the upcoming EMTT. Preparation continued to increase with alternating sets of BECCEs and main space GQ fire drills in the following days along with practice oral boards for the engineering watchstanders. On 18 March COMDESRON TWO SIX, Commodore Crewshaw,

r e l i e v e d COMDESRON TWO TWO, Commodore B u l k e l e y as CTG152.1. T h a t n i g h t Magnum 447 f l a w l e s s l y e x e c u t e d a MEDEVAC of a J O H N HANCOCK s a i l o r w i t h an a c u t e a p p e n d i c i t i s a t t a c k from Hurghada, Egyp t t o Tabuk, S a u d i A r a b i a .

On t h e 1 9 t h t h e s h i p c o n d u c t e d a g r a d e d r e s c u e and a s s i s t a n c e e x e r c i s e onboa rd USS BOONE and c o n t i n u e d t o add t o i t s t a l l y of b o a r d i n g s , which t o t a l e d 134 by t h e end o f t h e day . On t h e 2 1 s t Commodore Crawshaw, COMDESRON 26, v i s i t e d t h e s h i p f o r l u n c h and a d d r e s s e d t h e crew. Sunday meant m o d i f i e d h o l i d a y r o u t i n e which was e n j o y e d and 1 5 CARR crewmen p a r t i c i p a t e d i n a b a r b e c u e p i c n i c on b o a r d LEROY GRUMMAN. FC1 (SW) and FC2 (SW) comple t ed t h e i r Weapons C o n t r o l O f f i c e r q u a l i f i c a t i o n s on t h e 2 3 r d , and t h e Combat Sys t ems d e p a r t m e n t h o s t e d t h e crew t o a s t e e l beach p i c n i c .

The EMTT a r r i v e d and began h o t and c o l d c h e c k s on t h e morning o f t h e 2 4 t h . By t h e 2 5 t h . t h e v i s i t was i n f u l l swing w i t h t h e s h i p c o n d u c t i n g BECCEs and a main s p a c e GQ f i r e d r i l l . The 2 6 t h c o n t i n u e d w i t h a n o t h e r main s p a c e GQ f i r e d r i l l and two se t s of g r a d e d BECCEs. Commodore Cranwshaw a t t e n d e d t h e s u c c e s s f u l EMTT d e b r i e f i n g on t h e 2 8 t h .

CARR e n j o y e d a v i s i t on 28 March from COMUSNAVCENT ( a c t i n g ) , RADM Roge r s , CTG 1 5 2 . 1 , COMO Crawshaw, and s e v e r a l members o f t h e COMUSNAVCENT S t a f f : CAPT C h u r c h i l l , USCG, and CAPT Johnson , USCG. RADM Rodgers a d d r e s s e d t h e c rew on t h e f o r e c a s t l e and a l s o r e e n l i s t e d OSC (SW) . The 2 9 t h saw m o d i f i e d h o l i d a y r o u t i n e o b s e r v e d , and t h e COMDESRON 26 C h a p l a i n , LT v i s i t e d h o l d i n g P r o t e s t a n t D i v i n e S e r v i c e s . S e a and Anchor Deta i l was s e t e a r l y on t h e 3 0 t h f o r C A R R ' s n e x t p o r t v i s i t t o Hurghada. The S e a and Anchor D e t a i l was o b s e r v e d by t h e COMDESRON 26 Ch ie f S t a f f O f f i c e r a s a n a v i g a t i o n s a f e t y check r i d e . The month ended w i t h t h e c rew e n j o y i n g a n o t h e r r e l a x i n g v i s i t t o Hurghada, Egyp t .

APRIL 1992 Chronology:

0 1 - 0 3 A p r i l P o r t V i s i t Hurghada Egypt 04 - 14 A p r i l MIF O p e r a t i o n s Red S e a 1 5 - 16 A p r i l T r a n s i t Suez Cana l 17 - 27 A p r i l P o r t V i s i t H a i f a I s rae l

28 A p r i l T r a n s i t To Rhodes Greece 29 - 30 A p r i l P o r t V i s i t Rhodes Greece

N a r r a t i v e :

A p r i l began w i t h CARR a n c h o r e d i n Hurghada f o r a p o r t v i s i t . On t h e 1st. t h e s h i p h e l d f l i g h t q u a r t e r s f o r S t o n e y Ranger i n o r d e r t o c o n d u c t a p a r t t r a n s f e r . On t h e morning o f t h e 2nd. a g roup o f CARR s a i l o r s d e p a r t e d f o r a two day t o u r of C a i r o and t h e Py ramids . LT and C W 0 3 t r a n s f e r r e d t o S i g o n e l l a f o r m e d i c a l e v a l u a t i o n . A l s o on t h e 2nd. two new E n s i g n s r e p o r t e d f o r d u t y . ENS began t u r n i n g o v e r D i s b u r s i n g O f f i c e r d u t i e s w i t h LTJG and ENS assumed d u t i e s as ERO. The C a i r o t o u r g r o u p r e t u r n e d t h e e v e n i n g o f t h e 3 r d . t i r e d b u t c o n t e n t w i t h h a v i n g had a n u n f o r g e t a b l e e x p e r i e n c e d u r i n g t h e two day t o u r . O v e r a l l , t h e p o r t v i s i t t o Hurghada was a r e l a x i n g b r e a k f o r t h e c rew from t h e demanding b o a r d i n g o p e r a t i o n s i n t h e Red Sea .

CARR r e t u r n e d t o h e r s t a t i o n i n t h e Red S e a on S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 4 t h . Man o v e r b o a r d d r i l l s were c o n d u c t e d on t h e way back t o s t a t i o n w i t h t h e s h i p b e i n g maneuvered t o Oscar from C I C and from t h e b r i d g e . On t h e a v i a t i o n s i d e , C a r r k e p t b u s y w h i l e Magnum 447 c o n d u c t e d ground t u r n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e day . L a t e r i n t h e d a y , a c h a p l a i n and d o c t o r were r e c e i v e d from CDS 26 v i a s m a l l b o a t t r a n s f e r w i t h USS J O H N HANCOCK. The d a y ended w i t h o u t a b o a r d i n g b e i n g c o n d u c t e d , s o t h e t o t a l remained a t 160 b o a r d i n g s . The 5 t h dawned w i t h h o p e s t h a t t h e r e would b e some s h i p s t o s e a r c h . Magnum was a g a i n c o n d u c t i n g ground t u r n s . The h i g h l i g h t o f t h e day t u r n e d o u t t o be a BBQ p i c n i c h e l d on LEROY GRUMMAN which f i f t e e n CARR s a i l o r s a t t e n d e d . Once a g a i n , no b o a r d i n g s were c o n d u c t e d .

On t h e 6 t h , t h e s h i p had i t s f i r s t b o a r d i n g i n t h r e e d a y s . The Greek merchan t s h i p ELPIS, a b u l k c a r g o c a r r i e r l o a d e d w i t h s u g a r , was boa rded by one o f C A R R ' s two V i s i t , Board , S e a r c h , and S e i z u r e (VBSS) teams. T h e r e were many o t h e r e v e n t s b e s i d e s t h e b o a r d i n g on t h e 6 t h . A m e d i c a l emergency d r i l l w a s c o n d u c t e d on t h e b r i d g e watch team, a n E n g i n e e r i n g C a s u a l t y C o n t r o l T r a i n i n g Team (ECCTT)/Damage C o n t r o l C a s u a l t y T r a i n i n g Team (DCCTT) b r i e f i n g was h e l d and a PSM o r a l b o a r d w a s g i v e n . C h a p l a i n began a s e r i e s o f m a r r i a g e s e m i n a r s and he a l s o h e l d a B i b l e s t u d y t h a t e v e n i n g . T h r e e more b o a r d i n g s were comple t ed on t h e 7 t h and one v e s s e l was d i v e r t e d . LT and OSC(SW) a t t e n d e d a L e a r SAGUNEX b r i e f i n g on J O H N HANCOCK. A RAS b r i e f i n g and f i r i n g b r i e f i n g were h e l d onboa rd f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y ' s e v o l u t i o n s . The b i g e v e n t o f t h e 8 t h was t h e SAGUNEX and CIWS SELEX t h a t was c o n d u c t e d i n t h e morning. The L e a r J e t towed t a r g e t was s h o t o u t o f t h e s k y by CIWS. L a t e r i n t h e d a y , a n Underway Rep len i shmen t (UNREP) o f f u e l and s t o r e s w a s f l a w l e s s l y c o n d u c t e d w i t h LEROY GRUMMAN . A l s o on t h e 8 t h . a P e r s o n n e l Exchan e Program was comple t ed w i t h HMAS D A R W I N . The crewmembers o f hot% s h i p s e n j o y e d

t h e e x p e r i e n c e immensely. Th roughou t t h e d a y , t h e s h i p a l s o managed t o c o n d u c t t h r e e more b o a r d i n g s and d i v e r t one v e s s e l , b r i n g i n g t h e t o t a l t o 167 b o a r d i n g s and 12 d i v e r t s . The l a s t e v e n t o f t h e 8 t h was a n OTH t a r g e t i n g PASSEX w i t h FS PRIMAUGET.

A p r i l 9 t h was a b u s y d a y f o r b o a r d i n g s w i t h f i v e s h i p s b e i n g s e a r c h e d . A G e n e r a l Q u a r t e r s ( G Q ) d r i l l was h e l d f o r Combat S y s t e m s t r a i n i n g , B a s i c Damage C o n t r o l E x e r c i s e s ( B D C E ' s ) and B a s i c E n g i n e e r i n g C a s u a l t y C o n t r o l Exerc ises (BECCE's). A M a r i t i m e I n t e r c e p t i o n F o r c e (MIF) Commanders Luncheon was h e l d onboa rd on t h e 1 0 t h w i t h t h e Commanding O f f i c e r s o f USS BOONE, USS J O H N HANCOCK, HMAS D A R W I N , USNS LEROY GRUMMAN and CSO o f CDS-26 p r e s e n t . A V e r t i c a l R e p l e n i s h m e n t (VERTREP) o f s t o r e s was done w i t h LEROY GRUMMAN i n t h e a f t e r n o o n . C h a p l a i n h e l d a P a r e n t i n g S e m i n a r i n t h e e v e n i n g and MIF B u s t e r E v e n t # 5 , a s p e e d p u z z l e c o n t e s t , was h e l d on t h e messdecks l a t e r t h a t n i g h t . Only one v e s s e l w a s b o a r d e d on t h e 1 0 t h . The 1 1 t h was a two b o a r d i n g d a y , which b r o u g h t C A R R ' s t o t a l t o 175 . C h a p l a i n was busy h o l d i n g a B i b l e s t u d y and a P a r e n t i n g Semina r on t h e 1 1 t h . MIF B u s t e r e v e n t #6 was h e l d . T h i s t i m e it was a S p a d e s and C r i b b a g e Tournament f o r t h e c r e w ' s en joymen t .

Sunday , A p r i l 1 2 , was m o d i f i e d h o l i d a y r o u t i n e . Palm Sunday D i v i n e S e r v i c e s were c o n d u c t e d by C h a p l a i n . T h a t a f t e r n o o n , a S t e e l Beach P i c n i c was h o s t e d by t h e E n g i n e e r i n g Depa r tmen t . The s h i p managed t o b o a r d t h r e e v e s s e l s d u r i n g t h e day . A n o t h e r s i x b o a r d i n g s were c o n d u c t e d t h e f o l l o w i n g day . A p r i l 1 4 t h was t h e l a s t d a y on s t a t i o n i n t h e Red Sea . A RAS b r i e f i n g was h e l d t h a t morn ing f o r t h e RAS w i t h LEROY GRUMMAN l a t e r i n t h e day . I n a s m a l l ceremony, L e d e t 8 A , who had been a s s i s t i n g w i t h VBSS o p e r a t i o n s , was p r e s e n t e d w i t h a p l a q u e , a L e t t e r o f Commendation a l s o was p r e s e n t e d t o t h e O I C , LTJG , and L e t t e r s o f A p p r e c i a t i o n t o t h e t h r e e members f o r t h e i r s e r v i c e . CARR b o a r d e d f o u r more v e s s e l s on h e r l a s t d a y t o b r i n g t h e t h r e e month t o t a l t o 188 b o a r d i n g s and 12 d i v e r t s .

A p r i l 1 5 t h saw t h e s h i p d e p a r t t h e Red S e a h a v i n g f i n i s h e d h e r MIF d u t i e s . B e f o r e d e p a r t i n g t h e a r e a , EN2(SW) and HT3

r e e n l i s t e d . They were t h e l a s t two s a i l o r s t o r e e n l i s t and r e c e i v e SRB i n a warzone a b o a r d C A R R . The d a y was s p e n t t r a n s i t t i n g t h e Gul f o f Suez and c u l m i n a t e d i n CARR a n c h o r i n g i n P o r t Suez f o r t h e n i g h t . The 1 6 t h was s p e n t t r a n s i t t i n g t h e S u e z C a n a l . The t r a n s i t was a c c o m p l i s h e d v e r y smoo th ly . EMCM(SW)

r e e n l i s t e d d u r i n g t h e c a n a l t r a n s i t . A s soon as t h e s h i p c l e a r e d t h e S u e z C a n a l s h e headed f o r H a i f a , I s r a e l . CARR moored i n H a i f a i n t h e morn ing on t h e 1 7 t h , and a f t e r t h e p o r t b r i e f i n g , l i b e r t y c a l l was p u t down. The US0 was v e r y i n t e r a c t i v e w i t h t h e s h i p and p l a y e d a m a j o r r o l e i n making t h e p o r t v i s i t a s u c c e s s . The f i r s t e v e n i n g i n p o r t , t h e US0 a r r a n g e d f o r crewmembers t o o b s e r v e P a s s o v e r w i t h J e w i s h f a m i l i e s . A l l t h o s e who p a r t i c i p a t e d had a v e r y e n j o y a b l e and c u l t u r a l l y e n r i c h i n g e x p e r i e n c e w i t h t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e f a m i l i e s . While i n H a i f a , t h e s h i p unde rwen t a R e s t r i c t e d A v a i l a b i l i t y w i t h I s r a e l S h i p y a r d . The s h i p y a r d w o r k e r s were v e r y h e l p f u l and many j o b s were a c c o m p l i s h e d . Many good t o u r s were a l s o a v a i l a b l e t h a n k s t o LT ' s work as Mora l e , W e l f a r e and R e c r e a t i o n O f f i c e r . T o u r s t o J e r u s a l e m and G a l i l e e were e n j o y e d by a v a s t m a j o r i t y o f t h e c r ew d u r i n g t h e p o r t v i s i t .

The 2 1 s t was a v e r y b u s y d a y f o r C A R R ' s f l i g h t q u a r t e r s p e r s o n n e l due t o a v e r t i c a l r e p l e n i s h m e n t o f 8 0 p a l l e t s o f s t o r e s f rom USS SYLVANIA. The e v o l u t i o n t o o k a l l d a y t o c o m p l e t e and a n o u t s t a n d i n g job was done by a l l t h o s e i n v o l v e d . While some crewmembers worked a l l d a y , s i x s a i l o r s e n j o y e d a s c u b a d i v i n g t r i p t o a sunken W W I I I t a l i a n submar ine . T o u r s o f CARR were g i v e n t o two I s r a e l i Navy women and s e v e r a l j u n i o r o f f i c e r s f rom SYLVANIA w h i l e t h e VERTREP was i n p r o g r e s s . Two CARR s a i l o r s , TMl(SW)

and OSl(SW) , a c h i e v e d a m a j o r c a r e e r m i l e s t o n e when t h e y p a s s e d t h e i r E n l i s t e d S u r f a c e War fa re S p e c i a l i s t (ESWS) b o a r d s .

On t h e 22nd, OS2(SW) and EW2(SW) a l s o q u a l i f i e d ESWS. The US0 a r r a n g e d f o r some CARR s a i l o r s t o a c t a s e s c o r t s and a u d i e n c e a t a l o c a l f a s h i o n show. The CO and XO a t t e n d e d and t h e Mayor o f H a i f a was a l s o p r e s e n t . I n t h e i r summer w h i t e s , t h e o f f i c e r s and c rew were r e s p l e n d e n t and warmly r e c e i v e d d u r i n g t h e f a s h i o n show.

The 2 3 r d - 2 5 t h was a p e r i o d of many t o u r s o f t h e c o u n t r y f o r t h e c r ew and t o u r s o f t h e s h i p f o r t h e I s r a e l i s . The re was a J e r u s a l e m t o u r , a G a l i l e e t o u r and a h o r s e b a c k r i d i n g and BBQ p i c n i c f o r t h e c rew. One s a i l o r s u f f e r e d a c u t on t h e s h i p t h a t r e q u i r e d t r e a t m e n t a t a l o c a l h o s p i t a l . He r e c e i v e d s i x s t i t c h e s and was r e l e a s e d . D u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d , ENS s u c c e s s f u l l y q u a l i f i e d as O f f i c e r Of t h e Deck (unde rway) and Combat I n f o r m a t i o n C e n t e r Watch O f f i c e r . The 2 6 t h w a s t h e s h i p ' s l a s t d a y i n H a i f a and NBC News was t h e r e t o f i l m CARR and i n t e r v i e w t h e Commanding O f f i c e r . They a l s o f i l m e d s e v e r a l I s r a e l i De fense F o r c e ( 1 D F ) o f f i c e r s t o u r i n g t h e s h i p as w e l l as t h e f o r m e r C h i e f o f Naval O p e r a t i o n s of t h e IDF and now head o f t h e s h i p y a r d , A d m i r a l ( R ) Almog, who s t o p p e d by f o r a b r i e f v i s i t . I n a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r a l l t h e US0 had done f o r t h e crew, d o n a t i o n s f rom crewmembers were t a k e n u p t o h e l p s u p p o r t t h e US0 i n H a i f a .

CARR g o t underway from H a i f a t h e morning o f t h e 2 7 t h a f t e r a v e r y p r o f e s s i o n a l RAV and w a r m h o s p i t a l i t y f rom t h e c i t i z e n s o f H a i f a . Once underway it was back t o b u s i n e s s w i t h GQ b e i n g h e l d f o r B D C E ' s . R e p a i r Locke r 2 had a c l a s s "A" f i r e t o f i g h t i n t h e Bos ' n Locke r and R e p a i r L o c k e r 3 f o u g h t f l o o d i n g . The Combat S y s t e m s T r a i n i n g Team made good u s e o f t h e GQ by r u n n i n g a n engagement s c e n a r i o i n C I C . Dur ing t h e day , Magnum 447 c o m p l e t e d a f u n c t i o n a l c h e c k f l i g h t and c o n d u c t e d f l i g h t t r a i n i n g and RLQ's. T h a t e v e n i n g , a s e t o f B E C C E ' s was done by t h e e n g i n e e r s . On t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , man o v e r b o a r d d r i l l s were pe r fo rmed and a n o t h e r round o f B E C C E ' s was c o m p l e t e d . The n a v i g a t i o n b r i e f i n g f o r e n t e r i n g Rhodes, Greece was a l s o h e l d . On t h e 2 9 t h . CARR p u l l e d i n t o Rhodes and moored s t a r b o a r d s i d e t o t h e p i e r . A f t e r h a v i n g s e n t t h e mo to r whale b o a t i n t o t h e h a r b o r f i r s t t o v e r i f y t h e w a t e r d e p t h n e x t t o t h e p i e r , ENS and t h e leadsman d i s c o v e r e d a l l w a t e r t o be a t l e a s t 34 f e e t d e e p and CARR moored w i t h o u t i n c i d e n t . L i b e r t y c a l l commenced i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r t h e p o r t b r i e f i n g . Whi le t h e crew was r e c e i v i n g t h e i r b r i e f i n g , t h e CO made a c a l l on t h e Nomarch ( G o v e r n o r ) o f t h e i s l a n d s and t h e Mayor o f Rhodes. The XO a l s o made o f f i c i a l c a l l s . He v i s i t e d t h e Rhodes Harbo r C a p t a i n and t h e C h i e f o f P o l i c e . T h a t a f t e r n o o n , CARR h o s t e d t h e o f f i c i a l s t o a l u n c h e o n i n t h e Wardroom. The 3 0 t h found

the ship still inport and the crew enjoying a relaxing visit in beautiful Rhodes.

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MAY 1992 I n p o r t Rhodes, Greece E n r o u t e Augus ta Bay, S i c i l y Anchored Augus ta Bay, S i c i l y O p e r a t i o n Dragon Hammer 92 T r a n s i t t o Palma, S p a i n I n p o r t Palma, S p a i n E n r o u t e t o R o t a , S p a i n Moored R o t a , S p a i n T r a n s i t A t l a n t i c Anchored Bermuda E n r o u t e C h a r l e s t o n , SC

The month of May began w i t h CARR i n p o r t Rhodes, Greece e n j o y i n g a n o u t s t a n d i n g p o r t v i s i t . The s h i p c r e a t e d a g r e a t amount of i n t e r e s t among t h e t o u r i s t s on t h e p i e r , l e a d i n g t o many i n f o r m a l t o u r s o f t h e s h i p h o s t e d by CARR s a i l o r s . The 2nd was h o l i d a y r o u t i n e f o r t h e crew. A l s o on t h e 2nd. t h e C a p t a i n exchanged mementos w i t h C h r i s t o s Z a v a r i a n o s , a w r i t e r f o r t h e Greek magazine "Defense Matters." On t h e 3 r d . t h e C a p t a i n gave a t o u r o f CARR t o t h e Commanding O f f i c e r and E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e r o f H e l l e n i c S h i p A N T O N I O U and M r . C h r i s t o s Z a v o r i a n o s . F i r s t D i v i s i o n s p e n t many h o u r s p a i n t i n g t o g e t t h e s h i p l o o k i n g s h a r p f o r t h e r e t u r n home. The s h i p a l s o began making p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r g e t t i n g underway t h e f o l l o w i n g morning.

A t 0800 on t h e 4 t h CARR b i d a r e l u c t a n t f a r e w e l l t o Rhodes. The p o r t v i s i t had been one of t h e b e s t of t h e deployment . While CARR t r a n s i t t e d t h r o u g h t h e S e a of C r e t e , a Combat Sys t ems T r a i n i n g Team/Engineer ing C a s u a l t y C o n t r o l T r a i n i n g Team/ Damage C o n t r o l C a s u a l t y T r a i n i n g Team (CSTT/ECCTT/DCCTT) b r i e f i n g was h e l d i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r an upcoming G e n e r a l Q u a r t e r s . A l s o t h a t a f t e r n o o n , t h e S a f e t y Committee had a m e e t i n g and a b r i e f i n g f o r an underway r e p l e n i s h m e n t (UNREP) f o r r e f u e l i n g a t s e a and v e r t i c a l r e p l e n i s h m e n t (VERTREP) w i t h USS SYLVANIA (AFS-4) w a s h e l d . Rounding o u t t h e day was a s e t of Basic E n g i n e e r i n g C a s u a l t y C o n t r o l Exercises (BECCEs) h e l d t h a t e v e n i n g . On t h e 5 t h . t h e s h i p c o n t i n u e d t h e t r a n s i t t o Augus ta Bay, S i c i l y and comple t ed t h e VERTREP/UNREP w i t h SYLVANIA. A Main Space F i r e D r i l l was a l s o comple t ed on t h e 5 t h .

The 6 t h found CARR a n c h o r e d i n Augus ta Bay f o r a n a f t e r n o o n o f b r i e f i n g s onboa rd USS SCOTT (DDG-995). Most of t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n t h e NATO E x e r c i s e Dragon Hammer were a l s o p r e s e n t i n Augus ta Bay p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e e x e r c i s e . The s t a y was n o t l o n g . A n a v i g a t i o n b r i e f i n g was h e l d f o r d e p a r t i n g Augus ta Bay and t r a n s i t t i n g t h e S t r a i t of Mess ina , and t h e s h i p d e p a r t e d s h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r . The t r a n s i t t h r o u g h t h e S t r a i t of Mess ina was i n t e r e s t i n g f o r t h o s e who had n e v e r been t h r o u g h and went v e r y smoo th ly . O p e r a t i o n Dragon Hammer commenced on t h e 7 t h . CARR was i n v o l v e d i n an A n t i - s u b m a r i n e War fa re (ASW) e x e r c i s e w i t h USS BATFISH, USS SCOTT and ITS ZEFFIRO. A f t e r t h e e x e r c i s e , t h e s h i p a c t e d as l i f e g u a r d s h i p as SCOTT and ZEFFIRO r e f u e l e d from USNS J O H N LENTHALL. CSTT and DCTT h e l d a m e e t i n g and a g e n e r a l q u a r t e r s was conduc ted . The GQ c o n s i s t e d of f l o o d i n g f o r w a r d , which R e p a i r 2 f o u g h t , f i r e a f t ,

f o u g h t by R e p a i r 3 and Mainspace F i r e T r a i n i n g f o r R e p a i r 5. Dragon H a m m e r c o n t i n u e d on t h e 8 t h w i t h a n o t h e r ASW e x e r c i s e ,

PHM a t t a c k s , and e s c o r t i n g a convoy. The convoy c o n s i s t e d o f USS SHREVEPORT (LPD-12), USS WHIDBY ISLAND (LPD-41), USS NEWPORT (LST- 1 1 7 9 ) . USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST-1193) . USS I N C H O N (LPH-12). ITS SAN MARC0 ( L - 9 8 9 3 ) , HS OINOYSAI (L -104) . AND HS KOS ( L - 1 1 6 ) . The PHM a t t a c k was c o n d u c t e d by t h r e e SPARVIERO c l a s s PHMs. The PHMs were r e p u l s e d b e f o r e t h e y c o u l d r e a c h t h e convoy. An E n g i n e e r i n g Depa r tmen t Zone I n s p e c t i o n w a s a l s o h e l d among a l l t h e e x e r c i s e s . More convoy e s c o r t i n g was done on t h e 9 t h a l o n g w i t h E l e c t r o n i c W a r f a r e e x e r c i s e s and ASW e x e r c i s e s . E x c e l l e n t r e s u l t s were a t t a i n e d i n t h e ASW e x e r c i s e a g a i n s t t h e I t a l i a n d i e s e l submar ine . The s h i p ' s LAMPS MK I11 h e l i c o p t e r , Magnum 447, l o c a t e d and a t t a c k e d t h e s u b w e l l p r i o r t o it b e i n g i n a p o s i t i o n t o a t t a c k t h e amph ib ious convoy. CARR a l s o managed t o g e t i n some s i m u l a t e d a t t a c k s on t h e s u b . L a t e r t h a t n i g h t , a Harpoon A n t i - S u r f a c e W a r f a r e e x e r c i s e was c o n d u c t e d . On t h e 1 0 t h . CARR p a r t i c i p a t e d i n a n ASW Bat t l e Problem e a r l y i n t h e morn ing and was t h e n d e t a c h e d t o p r o c e e d t o Palma d e M a l l o r c a , S p a i n f o r some rest and r e l a x a t i o n .

The 1 0 t h and 1 1 t h were s p e n t i n t r a n s i t t o Palma. Dur ing t h e t r a n s i t , a Main Space F i r e D r i l l was h e l d d u r i n g GQ and H e l i c o p t e r I n f l i g h t R e f u e l i n g (HIFR) t r a i n i n g was c o n d u c t e d . CARR p u l l e d i n t o Palma on t h e 1 2 t h . The C a p t a i n p a i d a c a l l on t h e P o r t C a p t a i n , and h e and t h e E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e r a t t e n d e d a c o c k t a i l p a r t y on FGN ELBE (A-61) . h o s t e d b y t h e Commodore o f t h e German FGN P a t r o l B o a t Squad ron a l s o i n p o r t . USS KLAKRING (FFG-42) moored o u t b o a r d o f CARR and CARR assumed d u t i e s o f SOPA. The 1 3 t h was a b e a u t i f u l d a y , as were a l l t h e d a y s i n Palma, and CARR and KLAKRING c o - h o s t e d a luncheon onboa rd CARR f o r t h e C h i e f o f A i r D i s t r i c t B a l l e r i c I s l a n d s , C h i e f o f Nava l S e c t o r B a l l e r i c I s l a n d s / P o r t C a p t a i n , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e Navy League Palma, and t h e AMCONSUL R e p r e s e n t a t i v e . Some s a i l o r s o f FRG ELBE (A-61) t o u r e d t h e s h i p w h i l e a g r o u p of CARR s a i l o r s a l s o t o u r e d t h e ELBE. The 1 3 t h a l s o marked a c a r e e r m i l e s t o n e f o r BM2(SW) and GMG2(SW)

as t h e y q u a l i f i e d E n l i s t e d S u r f a c e W a r f a r e S p e c i a l i s t (ESWS) . The m a j o r e v e n t o f t h e 1 4 t h was t h e H a i l and F a r e w e l l h e l d by t h e Wardroom. A f a r e w e l l was g i v e n t o LT , LT , and LT and a h a i l t o ENS and ENS . The c a m a r a d e r i e w a s g r e a t as t h e Wardroom b i d f a r e w e l l t o t h r e e f i n e o f f i c e r s . On t h e 1 5 t h two more CARR s a i l o r s , EMl(SW) and SKl(SW) , q u a l i f i e d ESWS. The C a p t a i n gave a t o u r t o M r . A lphonso C a s a s n o v a s , P r e s i d e n t o f Navy League Palma, and f i v e g u e s t s o f h i s . More f u n was had i n Palma on t h e 1 6 t h w i t h t o u r s o f t h e s h i p b e i n g g i v e n t o some l o c a l r e s i d e n t s and s e v e r a l crewmembers a t t e n d i n g t h e Med ieva l D i n n e r Tour . Underway p r e p s were a l s o begun. May 1 7 t h was t h e f i n a l d a y i n p o r t Palma, and a l s o t h e l a s t l i b e r t y d a y i n t h e Med f o r t h e HEF 1-92 Deployment , s o a n i n f o r m a l s h i p ' s p a r t y was h e l d on Magaluf Beach as a l a s t h u r r a h .

The s h i p g o t underway f rom Palma on t h e 1 8 t h w i t h ENS c o n n i n g t h e s h i p o u t . An ECCTT/DCTT/CSTT b r i e f i n g was h e l d d u r i n g t h e d a y and BECCEs were a c c o m p l i s h e d t h a t e v e n i n g . A s u c c e s s f u l TACAN c e r t i f i c a t i o n f l i g h t was a l s o c o m p l e t e d on t h e 1 8 t h . On t h e morn ing o f t h e 1 9 t h a n awards ceremony was h e l d f o r s h i p m a t e s who would be d e p a r t i n g i n R o t a , S p a i n . The Navy Achievement Medal was

awarded to GSMl and SN , a Letter of Commendation was awarded to SK1 and TM1 , and a Letter of Appreciation was awarded to SN . The ship made a smooth transit of the Strait of Gibraltar on the 19th. Also on the 19th. a small arms famfire was held and a GQ for BDCEs was conducted. A navigational briefing for entering Rota was also given. CARR was pierside Rota at 0830 on the 20th and began taking on fuel and stores shortly after arrival. LT and five other crewmembers left the ship PCS and EMCM(SW) flew back to Charleston to assist in coordinating the upcoming Tiger Cruise. Two new crewmembers reported aboard, LT and STGSA . At 1730 the ship got underway for the USA. The USS SIERRA Fly Away Team was riding in order to complete repairs on number one HPAC. Q1 the 21st, CARR rendezvoused with COMDESRON 14 (CTG 24.14) and USS MONTERREY (CG-61). USS SCOTT (DDG-995), USS SIERRA (AD-18). USS KLAKRING (FFG-42). USS BOONE (FFG-28) and USS THORN (DD-988) for the homeward transit across the Atlantic. The 22nd dawned with CARR steaming for home in company with the other ships. A SELEX observer was transferred from the USS BOONE and SELEXES were completed in open ocean navigation, EMCON, ELW-5, ELW-6, ESM watch ELW-8, Engineering MOB-E5SF, and emergency control of a GTM. The seas were also quite rough, reintroducing some of the crew to the agonies of "ma1 de mer". CARR continued her transit homeward on the 23rd, completing four DC SELEXES and one MOB SELEX during the day. The DC SELEXES accomplished were: setting zebra, rigging casualty power, fire fighting and desmoking, and underwater hull damage. The MOB SELEX was a jammed rudder exercise. On the evening of the 23rd, a Charleston Trivia Contest was held among the transitting ships, which CARR won handily. The 24th was holiday routine for the crew as the ship continued steaming across the North Atlantic. The big event of the day was the 50's and 60's Music Trivia Contest. CARR had high hopes going into the contest, but only managed a 4th place finish. Monday the 25th was also holiday routine in observance of Memorial Day. CARR's Commanding Officer flew over to USS SCOTT for a visit with COMDESRON 14, Commodore Murphy, and to conduct a Command Qua1 Board for the SCOTT'S Chief Engineer. CARR crewmembers held a much needed fresh water washdown during the day and later that evening, took second place in a Norfolk Trivia Contest. On the 26th. the ship was visited by Captain Murphy, COMDESRON 14, for lunch and a wardroom discussion. A GQ/Main Space Fire Drill was held in preparation for a SELEX the next day. ENS achieved a significant accomplishment by passing his EOOW oral board in outstanding fashion.

The 27th was a busy day for the ship. A Main Space Fire Drill GQ was held for a SELEX, a 76mm and CIWS PACFIRE was conducted, and a small arms FAMFIRE was held for security force personnel. A navigation briefing also was completed for entering Bermuda the following day. In the evening CARR rendezvoused with USS MILWAUKEE (AOR-2) for a musical UNREP and Cookie Contest. CARR placed first in the Cookie Contest categories of quantity, smell, taste, and bribery. The last event of the day was the much anticipated Silver Screen Trivia Contest, which CARR unfortunately was not able to win, although the ship showed well. The ship anchored off of

Bermuda on t h e morn ing o f t h e 2 8 t h i n o r d e r t o p i c k up T i g e r s f o r t h e f i n a l t r a n s i t back t o C h a r l e s t o n . T h i r t y T i g e r s were embarked and welcomed a b o a r d on t h e f l i g h t deck . A f t e r t h e f o r m a l i t i e s were c o m p l e t e , t h e T i g e r s e n j o y e d a S t e e l Beach P i c n i c on t h e f o c ' s l e . The s h i p p r o c e e d e d t o weigh a n c h o r and g e t underway f o r home.

The 2 9 t h was f i l l e d w i t h many d e m o n s t r a t i o n s , f o r t h e T i g e r s . T o u r s o f t h e s h i p were g i v e n , s p r i n t and c r a s h b a c k d r i l l s were c o n d u c t e d , e n g i n e e r i n g d r i l l s and G Q / D C d e m o n s t r a t i o n s were h e l d . CARR r e n d e z v o u s e d w i t h USS THORN and USS SIERRA f o r t h e f i n a l t r a n s i t home. More e v o l u t i o n s were c o n d u c t e d on t h e 3 0 t h f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e T i g e r s . The morn ing was f i l l e d w i t h DIVTACS and a 76mm/CIWS PACFIRE. An awards ceremony was h e l d i n t h e a f t e r n o o n , w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g p e o p l e b e i n g awarded: Food S e r v i c e A t t e n d a n t o f t h e Quarter-STGSN Mess S p e c i a l i s t o f t h e Q u a r t e r - MSSN P l a n e C a p t a i n o f t h e Month-

; J u n i o r S a i l o r o f t h e Quarter- S a i l o r o f t h e Quarter-GSE2 The f o l l o w i n g crewmembers r e c e i v e d t h e i r E n l i s t e d S u r f a c e War fa re S p e c i a l i s t d e s i g n a t i o n : GSEC(SW)

J , FCl(SW) , OSl(SW) , EMl(SW) , EW2(SW) ,

OS2(SW) , BM2(SW) , GMG2(SW) t , SM2(SW) . The Good Conduct Medal was

awarded t o BM1 ( s e c o n d ) , IC2 ( f i r s t ) , BM3 ( s e c o n d ) and EW3 ( f i r s t ) . MS1 was awarded t h e Navy Achievement Medal and LT was awarded A i r c r e w o f t h e Year f rom t h e Naval H e l i c o p t e r A s s o c i a t i o n . A f i n a l award o f t h e s h i p ' s H o t e l f l a g was g i v e n t o LCDR r e c o g n i z i n g t h e dep loymen t c o n t r i b u t i o n s o f t h e e n t i r e A i r Depa r tmen t . The Awards Ceremony was f o l l o w e d by t h e c e r e m o n i a l p romot ion of LT t o LCDR, ENS

t o LTJG and ENS t o B u l l E n s i g n . A p i z z a / b i n g o n i g h t was h e l d and CARR w i v e s ' m u s i c d e d i c a t i o n s were p l a y e d o v e r t h e s h i p ' s e n t e r t a i n m e n t s y s t e m f o r t h e c r e w . The 31st was "Channe l F e v e r " d a y as t h e s h i p a p p r o a c h e d h e r homecoming. The c rew was v e r y a n x i o u s t o s e e t h e i r l o v e d o n e s . S e v e r a l more e v e n t s were h e l d f o r t h e T i g e r s on t h e 3 1 s t , i n c l u d i n g a h e l i c o p t e r f l i g h t d e m o n s t r a t i o n by Magnum 447, man o v e r b o a r d d r i l l s w i t h T i g e r s c o n n i n g and s t e e r i n g , and a f i n a l S t e e l Beach P i c n i c on t h e f l i g h t deck h o s t e d by t h e Wardroom. CARR c o n t i n u e d s t e a m i n g t o w a r d s C h a r l e s t o n t h r o u g h o u t t h e r e m a i n d e r o f t h e d a y i n o r d e r t o be r e a d y t o p u l l i n on t i m e t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y and s e c u r e f rom MEF 1-92.

JUNE 1 9 9 2 C h r o n o l o g y : 1 - 3 0 J u n e I n p o r t C h a r l e s t o n N a r r a t i v e :

C A R R r e t u r n e d t o h o m e p o r t a n d s e c u r e d f r o m t h e MEF 1 - 9 2 d e p l o y m e n t o n t h e m o r n i n g o f J u n e I s t , m o o r i n g a t p i e r N4A, C h a r l e s t o n N a v a l S t a t i o n . T h e h o m e c o m i n g w a s q u i t e a n e m o t i o n a l e v e n t w i t h l i t e r a l l y h u n d r e d s o f f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l i e s o f t h e c r e w w a i t i n g o n t h e p i e r . T h e d u t y s e c t i o n t h a t d a y h a d t h e g o o d f o r t u n e t o d i n e o n p i z z a s g r a c i o u s l y d o n a t e d b y F i r s t F e d e r a l o f C h a r l e s t o n . T h e CDO g a v e a t o u r o f t h e s h i p t o r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f F i r s t F e d e r a l . T h e f i r s t l e a v e p e r i o d a s w e l l a s a n u p k e e p p e r i o d f o r t h e s h i p c o m m e n c e d o n t h e f i r s t . On J u n e 2 n d f o u r t e e n new c r e w m e m b e r s r e p o r t e d a b o a r d . On t h e 3 r d , A t l a n t i c D r y d o c k C o r p ( J a x . F L ) w a s o n b o a r d f o r s h i p c h e c k s f o r a p o t e n t i a l b i d o n t h e u p c o m i n g DSRA. T h e s h i p a l s o r e c e i v e d 4 9 , 8 7 9 g a l l o n s o f D i e s e l F u e l M a r i n e (DFM) i n a p i e r s i d e r e f u e l i n g o n t h e 3 r d . T h e 4 t h b r o u g h t a s u r p r i s e f o u r h o u r n o t i c e b e r t h i n g s h i f t f o r CARR t o h e l p a s i s t e r s h i p t h a t n e e d e d a p i e r s i d e b e r t h . T h e s k e l e t o n c r e w o n b o a r d p e r f o r m e d w e l l i n c o m p l e t i n g t h i s e v o l u t i o n . L a t e r i n t h e d a y , C A R R w a s v i s i t e d b y a g r o u p o f v e t e r a n s f r o m USS T I L L M A N d u r i n g t h e i r 5 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y r e u n i o n . On t h e 5 t h , C A R R ' s C o m m a n d i n g O f f i c e r a t t e n d e d USS RICHMOND K . TURNER'S C h a n g e o f Command. A l s o o n t h e 5 t h , t w o m o r e new c r e w m e m b e r s r e p o r t e d a b o a r d , MS1 a n d ENS . T h e 6 t h w a s a q u i e t S a t u r d a y . A s u r p r i s e HAZMAT i n s p e c t i o n w a s c o n d u c t e d o n t h e 7 t h . CARR r e c e i v e d a s a t i s f a c t o r y r a t i n g . LTJG r e c e i v e d t h e g o o d n e w s t h a t h e h a d b e e n s e l e c t e d f o r D e p a r t m e n t H e a d S c h o o l o n t h e 8 t h . A l s o , SR r e p o r t e d a b o a r d . T h e C O p a i d a c a l l o n COMDESRON S I X o n t h e 9 t h . A n o t h e r new s h i p m a t e , RMSN c h e c k e d o n b o a r d o n t h e 1 0 t h . T h e 1 1 t h f o u n d CARR s t i l l i n p o r t C h a r l e s t o n c o n t i n u i n g l e a v e a n d u p k e e p .

On t h e 1 2 t h , CARR b e g a n s h i p c h e c k s f o r I M A V a n d DSRA. Two s u c c e s s f u l q u a l i f i c a t i o n b o a r d s w e r e h e l d , LT q u a l i f i e d a s EOOW a n d LT q u a l i f i e d a s CDO. A f t e r t h e w o r k d a y w a s o v e r , t h e r e w a s a n O f f i c e r ' s J o i n Up a t t h e 0 ' C l u b f o r r e t u r n i n g W a r d r o o m s t o g e t t o g e t h e r a n d u n w i n d . T h e w e e k e n d o f t h e 1 3 t h a n d 1 4 t h w a s v e r y q u i e t o n b o a r d CARR w i t h t h e d u t y s e c t i o n s t a k i n g c a r e o f s h i p ' s r o u t i n e . M o n d a y t h e 1 5 t h w a s a h e c t i c d a y a s l e a v e t u r n o v e r t o o k p l a c e b e t w e e n 1 s t a n d 2 n d l e a v e p e r i o d p e r s o n n e l . A b e r t h s h i f t w a s c o n d u c t e d , m o v i n g t h e s h i p t o p i e r L i m a . Two b r i e f i n g s , t h e PMT a n d C a b l e w a y I n s p e c t i o n , w e r e h e l d o n t h e 1 5 t h . T h e n e x t d a y t h e PMT v i s i t w a s i n p r o g r e s s a s t h e C O d e p a r t e d o n l e a v e a n d t h e X O t o o k o v e r a s a c t i n g C O . T h e f i r s t d a y o f I- D i v i s i o n w a s c o m p l e t e d f o r a l l t h e n e w p e r s o n n e l o n b o a r d . I- D i v i s i o n c o n t i n u e d o n t h e 1 7 t h a s d i d t h e PMT v i s i t . I n s t a l l a t i o n o f SWG-14 H a r p o o n F i r e C o n t r o l S y s t e m w a s a l s o b e g u n . T h e PMT o u t b r i e f i n g w a s h e l d o n t h e 1 8 t h . A l s o o n t h e l a t h , n o n m a n e u v e r i n g D IVTAC t r a i n i n g w a s h e l d . On t h e 1 9 t h , T h e S u r f a c e W a r f a r e O f f i c e r ' s B a l l w a s h e l d , b i d d i n g RADM K a t z f a r e w e l l w i t h s e v e r a l c o u p l e s f r o m t h e w a r d r o o m a t t e n d i n g .

C A R R w a s v i s i t s h i p o n t h e 2 8 t h , a n d t h e v i s i t i n g c o m m e n c e d i n t h e a f t e r n o o n . T h e p r o s p e c t i v e " O p s B o s s , " L T , r e p o r t e d o n b o a r d t h e 2 2 n d t o r e l i e v e L T . On t h e 2 3 r d , a

g r o u p o f e l e v e n C a n a d i a n Sea C a d e t s came o n b o a r d a n d w e r e g i v e n a t o u r o f t h e s h i p .

C D R r e t u r n e d f r o m l e a v e o n t h e 2 5 t h . USS JESSE L . BROWN ( F F 1 0 7 8 ) m o o r e d a c r o s s t h e p i e r f r o m CARR o n t h e 2 6 t h . L a t e r in t h e e v e n i n g o n t h e 2 6 t h , C A R R 1 s W a r d r o o m h e l d a H a i l a n d F a r e w e l l . T h o s e h a i l e d w e r e ENS , LT a n d h i s w i f e L T

a n d h i s w i f e , a n d LT a n d h i s w i f e . A f o n d f a r e w e l l w a s b i d t o LT w i t h t h e " G r e a t

K a r n a c k " a n d " D a v i d L e t t e r m a n " m a k i n g a p p e a r a n c e s t o s e e h i m o f f . M o r e s h i p c h e c k s w e r e c o n d u c t e d o n t h e 2 7 t h a n d SIMA t e c h s

w e r e p r e s e n t w o r k i n g o n v a r i o u s j o b s . T h e 2 8 t h w a s t h e l a s t d a y o f C A R R ' s l e a v e a n d u p k e e p p e r i o d . On t h e 2 9 t h , t h e s e c o n d l e a v e p e r i o d e n d e d a n d t h e f o u r s e c t i o n w a t c h b i l l w a s i m p l e m e n t e d . L T

d e p a r t e d t h e s h i p f o r t h e l a s t t i m e a n d LT o f f i c i a l l y r e l i e v e d LT a s O p e r a t i o n s O f f i c e r . CSMP t r a i n i n g f o r O f f i c e r s a n d C P O ' s w a s h e l d o n t h e 3 8 t h a s w e l l a s a NAVOCEANCOMDET b r i e f i n g d e a l i n g w i t h H u r r i c a n e s . J u n e e n d e d w i t h CARR i n p o r t , C h a r l e s t o n m o o r e d a t p i e r L i m a .

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T h e m o n t h o f J u l y b e g a n w i t h CARR m o o r e d C h a r l e s t o n , SC. The f i r s t d a y o f t h e m o n t h b r o u g h t w i t h i t t h e P h y s i c a l R e a d i n e s s T e s t (PRT) f o r t h e s h i p . T h r e e o f t h e f o u r d u t y s e c t i o n s a s s e m b l e d n e a r t h e C h a r l e s t o n N a v a l S t a t i o n BOQ a n d d e m o n s t r a t e d t h e i r p h y s i c a l r e a d i n e s s b e f o r e t u r n i n g t o f o r t h e i r n o r m a l w o r k d a y . A s t r o n g s t o r m , t h e w o r s t i n C h a r l e s t o n s i n c e H u r r i c a n e Hugo, o c c u r r e d e a r l y i n t h e e v e n i n g , b u t n o damage was d o n e t o t h e s h i p . On t h e 2 n d t h e s h i p c o n d u c t e d a b e r t h s h i f t t o P i e r P a p a , b e r t h 4A. The IMAV w h i c h b e g a n 2 9 J u n e c o n t i n u e d i n f u l l s w i n g . A b i r t h d a y l u n c h e o n was h e l d o n b o a r d f o r a l l c rewmembers w i t h b i r t h d a y s f a l l i n g d u r i n g t h e f i r s t week o f J u l y . F r i d a y , J u l y 3 r d , was a H o l i d a y R o u t i n e t o c e l e b r a t e t h e 4 t h o f J u l y h o l i d a y . CARR was a t F u l l D r e s s S h i p t o h o n o r t h e C o u n t r y ' s b i r t h d a y o n t h e 4 t h . Many f a m i l y members w e r e a b o a r d o n t h e 4 t h t o h e l p c e l e b r a t e .

Monday , t h e 6 t h , m a r k e d t h e b e g i n n i n g o f S u r f a c e W a r f a r e T r a i n i n g (SWT) Week, o r " S w e a t " Week a s i t i s p o p u l a r l y c a l l e d . SWT Week a n d IMAV c o n t i n u e d o n t h e 7 t h , a n d LT q u a l i f i e d a s CDO. J u l y 9 t h was a n e x t r e m e l y h o t d a y a n d i t m a r k e d t h e e n d o f SWT Week . C A R R won t h e C o m m u n i c a t i o n s P e n n a n t f o r t h e SWT Week c o m p e t i t i o n a s t h e b e s t c o m m u n i c a t o r o n t h e w a t e r f r o n t . A l l O f f i c e r s / C P O s a t t e n d e d a b r i e f i n g b y VADM K i h u n e o n t h e p r e s e n t a n d f u t u r e o f t h e S u r f a c e N a v y . IMAV c o n t i n u e d f o r C A R R t h r o u g h t h e 1 1 t h . On S u n d a y , t h e 1 2 t h , t h e s h i p o b s e r v e d h o l i d a y r o u t i n e .

P r e p a r a t i o n s f o r u n d e r w a y w e r e b e g u n o n t h e 1 3 t h a n d t h e W a r d r o o m c o n d u c t e d a c a r w a s h i n t h e a f t e r n o o n t o h o n o r o n e o f o u r CCDG-2 S c h o l a r s h i p F u n d C h a r i t y C o n t r i b u t i o n s . The 1 4 t h was " h a z e g r a y a n d u n d e r w a y " f o r GTM T r i m B a l a n c e A n a l y s i s . A T r a i n i n g GQ was c o n d u c t e d t o f a m i l i a r i z e new p e r s o n n e l w i t h t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s a n d a c t i o n s . On t h e 1 5 t h . m o r e a t s e a d r i l l s w e r e c o n d u c t e d w i t h a T r a i n i n g ( u a l k t h r u ) M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l (MSFD) a n d a BECCE s e t b e i n g a c c o m p l i s h e d . C A R R r e t u r n e d p i e r s i d e , C h a r l e s t o n , i n t h e e a r l y e v e n i n g o f t h e 1 5 t h a f t e r t w o g o o d u n d e r w a y d a y s o f t r a i n i n g a n d t h e GTM T r i m B a l a n c e A n a l y s i s .

An A l l O f f i c e r s M e e t i n g was h e l d o n t h e 1 6 t h t o d i s c u s s t h e s h i p ' s s c h e d u l e f o r t h e n e a r f u t u r e a n d t h e C O h a d l u n c h w i t h t h e C h i e f s i n t h e CPO m e s s . L a t e r i n t h e d a y , a C o u n t e r N a r c o t i c s OPS b r i e f i n g was h e l d i n t h e W a r d r o o m i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r f u t u r e o p e r a t i o n s . R l s o o n t h e 1 6 t h , DC1 S h o e m a k e r r e e n l i s t e d f o r s i x y e a r s . An A u a r d s / F r o c k i n g Ce remony was h e l d o n t h e 1 7 t h a s was a C o a s t G u a r d Ops b r i e f i n g . The 1 9 t h was a b u s y d a y w i t h t h e A i r D e p a r t m e n t o n l o a d t a k i n g p l a c e m o s t o f t h e d a y a n d u n d e r w a y p r e p s b e i n g d o n e a s w e l l . C a t h o l i c D i v i n e s e r v i c e s w e r e a l s o h e l d o n t h e 1 9 t h .

C A R R g o t u n d e r w a y o n t h e 2 0 t h h e a d i n g f o r Guan tanamo Bay t o b e g i n C o u n t e r - N a r c o t i c O p e r a t i o n s . Soon a f t e r l e a v i n g C h a r l e s t o n , f l o o d i n g was d e t e c t e d i n t h e E q u i p m e n t C o o l i n g Room. A h e a t t r a n s f e r d i s c h a r g e p i p e h a d f a i l e d a n d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 7 5 0 g a l l o n s o f w a t e r w e r e o n d e c k . S e v e r a l pump m o t o r s a n d c o n t r o l l e r s s u f f e r e d w a t e r i n t r u s i o n . An O p r e p 3 N a v y B l u e was f i l e d a s r e p a i r s w e r e c o n d u c t e d . Magnum 446 f l e w o n s h o r t l y a f t e r d e p a r t u r e t o c o m p l e t e t h e A i r D e p a r t m e n t . DCTT/ECCTT t r a i n i n g was c o n d u c t e d a n d a s e t o f BECCEs was r u n i n t h e e v e n i n g . T h e 2 0 t h was a l s o S e r v a n t N i g h t , w h e r e members o f t h e W a r d r o o m a n d C h i e f ' s Mess s e r v e d a s w a i t e r s f o r c r e w m e m b e r s who h a d b i d f o r t h e i r s e r v i c e s t o s u p p o r t t h e N a v y / M a r i n e C o r p s R e l i e f f u n d d r i v e . On t h e 2 1 s t a M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l G Q was h e l d a s w e l l a s a man o v e r b o a r d d r i l l . LT g a v e a n A i r c r a f t S a f e t y B r i e f i n g f o r t h e h e l i c o p t e r a n d d a y a n d n i g h t R L Q s w e r e c o n d u c t e d f o r t h e f l i g h t c r e w s .

T h e s h i p c o n t i n u e d s o u t h t o w a r d s Cuba o n t h e 2 2 n d . D u r i n g t h e m o r n i n g , t h e A i r D e p t . c o n d u c t e d H I F R s ( d r y ) f o r t r a i n i n g p u r p o s e s . The E n g i n e e r s c o n d u c t e d BECCEs i n t h e a f t e r n o o n . DCTT t r a i n i n g o n M a i n S p a c e F i r e s was h e l d i n t h e M a i n E n g i n e Room. M o r e BECCEs w e r e c o m p l e t e d o n t h e 2 3 r d a l o n g w i t h a G Q f o r MSFD. The s h i p h e l d a PACFIRE f o r 5 0 c a l . a n d 76mm g u n s . The N a v i g a t i o n B r i e f i n g f o r e n t e r i n g a n d d e p a r t i n g GTMO was a l s o c o n d u c t e d o n t h e 2 3 r d . C A R R p u l l e d i n t o Guan tanamo B a y , Cuba, a t 0 9 0 0 o n t h e 2 4 t h w i t h a s t i f f w i n d m a k i n g t h e a p p r o a c h c h a l l e n g i n g . A f t e r r e f u e l i n g , t h e s h i p d e p a r t e d a t 1 6 0 8 . D u r i n g t h e t i m e p i e r s i d e , t h e s h i p e m b a r k e d C o a s t G u a r d LEDET 7C f r o m Key W e s t , F l . LTJG was t h e O f f i c e r I n C h a r g e o f t h e LEDET. The d a i l y C o u n t e r N a r c o t i c s O p e r a t i o n s B r i e f i n g was h i g h l i g h t e d b y a C o a s t G u a r d D i s c u s s i o n o n u s e o f f o r c e i n b o a r d i n g o p e r a t i o n s . The s h i p a c t e d a s a i r s e a r c h p l a t f o r m o f f t h e s o u t h e r n c o a s t o f H a i t i o n t h e 2 5 t h . Many e v o l u t i o n s o c c u r r e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e d a y . The E n g i n e e r i n g D e p a r t m e n t h a d a Zone I n s p e c t i o n , BECCEs a l o n g w i t h a G Q MSFD, a n d t h e LEDET p r e s e n t e d a u s e o f f o r c e b r i e f i n g t o g u n n e r y s t a t i o n a n d p r i s o n e r c o n t r o l p e r s o n n e l . The s h i p a l s o b e g a n t r a n s i t t i n g t o o u r s t a t i o n o f f t h e n o r t h e r n c o a s t o f S o u t h A m e r i c a .

C A R R was o n s t a t i o n o n t h e 2 6 t h a n d c o n d u c t e d t w o b o a r d i n g s a l m o s t i m m e d i a t e l y . M o t o r v e s s e l s Maya NR6 a n d M i n i L i o n e s s b e g a n CARRis s e c o n d t o u r o f b o a r d i n g s a f t e r h a v i n g b e e n i n t h e Red Sea. A S t e e l B e a c h P i c n i c a n d V o l l e y b a l l T o u r n a m e n t w e r e s c h e d u l e d f o r t h e 2 6 t h , b u t h i g h w i n d s a n d s e a s c a u s e d t h e V o l l e y b a l l t o u r n a m e n t t o b e c a n c e l e d a n d t h e S t e e l B e a c h P i c n i c t o b e h e l d o n t h e M e s s d e c k s . The b i g e v e n t o f t h e p i c n i c was t h e c u t t i n g o f CARRis s e v e n t h b i r t h d a y c a k e b y t h e l o n g e s t s e r v i n g c rewmember , IC2 (SW) , a n d t h e n e w e s t c rewmember , SR

. The C O a n d X O a s s i s t e d i n t h e c e r e m o n y . The s h i p c o n t i n u e d p a t r o l l i n g o n t h e 2 7 t h a n d h e l d many t r a i n i n g e v o l u t i o n s d u r i n g t h e d a y i n c l u d i n g : a DCTT t r a i n i n g s e s s i o n a n d R e p a i r L o c k e r O f f i c e r t r a i n i n g ; R e p a i r 5 On-Scene L e a d e r , Team L e a d e r a n d B o u n d a r y m a n t r a i n i n g w i t h t h e R e p a i r L o c k e r O f f i c e r ; E n g i n e e r i n g W a t c h Team t r a i n i n g o n H e a t S t r e s s . The s h i p a l s o r a n a s e t o f BECCEs a n d managed t o h a v e a n M W R C o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g a s w e l l .

On t h e 2 8 t h 9 t h e LEDET b o a r d e d t h e M o t o r V e s s e l R o o s t e r I. The b o a r d i n g t e a m ' s i n s p e c t i o n r e v e a l e d s i g n s o f c o n t r a b a n d , b u t no s o l i d e v i d e n c e was o b t a i n e d . An ECCTT/DCTT b r i e f i n g was c o n d u c t e d a s was DCTT t r a i n i n g o n OBA d o ' s a n d d o n ' t s . On t h e 2 9 t h 9 C A R R h a d a n e a r l y m o r n i n g UNREP w i t h RFA ORANGELEAF ( A 110), a B r i t i s h o i l e r . L a t e r i n t h e d a y t h e s h i p h a d i n d i c a t i o n s o f a n e n g i n e e r i n g c a s u a l t y . A l o u d m e t a l l i c s o u n d was h e a r d i n t h e M a i n R e d u c t i o n G e a r . T h e g e a r was o p e n e d a n d i n s p e c t e d w i t h a l l c o n d i t i o n s n o r m a l a n d o p t e s t e d s a t . M o r e R e p a i r 5 t r a i n i n g f o r OSL/Team L e a d e r a n d Z e b r a Zone Men was h e l d . CSTT t r a i n i n g was a l s o a c c o m p l i s h e d . F o r e n g i n e e r i n g t r a i n i n g , a s e t o f BECCEs was r u n . A much n e e d e d o p p o r t u n i t y a r o s e on t h e 3 0 t h t o g e t m a i l o u t t o USS SAVANNAH, c a u s i n g t h e c r e w t o s c r a m b l e t o f i n i s h l e t t e r s . As a M a i n S p a c e F i r e G Q d r i l l was b e i n g h e l d , a n a c t u a l c l a s s " C " f i r e b r o k e o u t i n M a i n E n g i n e Room p o r t s i d e ABT. E l e c t r i c i a n s t u r n e d t o a n d r e m o v e d t h e damaged ABT a n d d i d d i r e c t c o n n e c t i o n o f c a b l e s t o b y p a s s t h e ABT.

On t h e f i n a l d a y o f t h e m o n t h , t h e s h i p r e c e i v e d c o n f i r m a t i o n t h a t o u r u p c o m i n g D r y d o c k i n g S h i p y a r d R e s t r i c t e d A v a i l a b i l i t y (DSRA) was g o i n g t o b e h e l d i n C h a r l e s t o n , l e a v i n g t h e c r e w much r e l i e v e d . C A R R c o n t i n u e d t o p a t r o l , m o v i n g i n t o a new s t a t i o n . The C o a s t G u a r d LEDET g a v e a v e r y i n f o r m a t i v e d e m o n s t r a t i o n o n t h e M e s s d e c k s o f E q u i p m e n t a n d P r i s o n e r C o n t r o l T e c h n i q u e s , u s i n g s e v e r a l C A R R s a i l o r s i n t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n s . I n a n a t t e m p t t o b u i l d t h e f r e s h w a t e r l e v e l u p , a r i g o r o u s w a t e r c o n s e r v a t i o n p r o g r a m was i m p l e m e n t e d o n t h e 3 1 s t .

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A u g u s t b e g a n w i t h C A R R c o n t i n u i n g C o u n t e r N a r c o t i c s O p e r a t i o n s i n t h e C a r i b b e a n Sea . On t h e 1 s t t h e s h i p h e l d a G e n e r a l Q u a r t e r s d r i l l f o r a M a i n E n g i n e Room f i r e d u r i n g t h e m o r n i n g a n d f r o m 1 2 0 8 o n R o p e y a r n S u n d a y was o b s e r v e d . The n e x t d a y t h e s h i p c o n d u c t e d H o l i d a y R o u t i n e a n d A i r D e p t h o s t e d a S t e e l B e a c h P i c n i c f o r t h e c r e w . P r i o r t o t h e s t a r t o f f e s t i v i t i e s , CARR was t a s k e d a n d p r o v i d e d f u e l a n d w a t e r t o a s m a l l b o a t t r a n s i t t i n g t h e C a r i b b e a n . L a t e r i n t h e d a y a n UNREP b r i e f i n g was h e l d f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y ' s r e n d e z v o u s w i t h RFA ORANGELEAF ( 4 1 1 0 ) . The m a j o r e v e n t o f t h e 3 r d was t h e UNREP w i t h RFA ORANGELEAF w h i c h w e n t v e r y s m o o t h l y a n d q u i c k l y . T h e E n g i n e e r s c o n d u c t e d a s e t o f BECCEs d u r i n g t h e e v e n i n g w a t c h . Two b o a r d i n g s w e r e c o m p l e t e d o n t h e 4 t h . M o t o r V e s s e l V ICTORIA -1 was b o a r d e d i n t h e a f t e r n o o n a n d M o t o r V e s s e l ROCKY-1 was b o a r d e d i n t h e l a t e e v e n i n g . A l s o o n t h e 4 t h , t h e r e was a PQS s t a n d o u n f o r OPS, E n g i n e e r i n g a n d DCA. A s e t o f BECCEs was a c c o m p l i s h e d a s w e l l .

T r a i n i n g was t o p p r i o r i t y o n t h e 5 t h , u i t h a l l h a n d s i n v o l v e d i n some a s p e c t . A M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l G Q was h e l d i n A M R 1 d u r i n g w h i c h CSTT r a n a n OTHT s c e n a r i o i n C I C . DCTT t r a i n i n g was h e l d o n v e n t i l a t i o n s y s t e m s . The R e p a i r L o c k e r s h e l d R e p a i r O f f i c e r , Team L e a d e r a n d B o u n d a r y m a n t r a i n i n g . NAVADMIN h a d a PQS s t a n d d o w n a n d M i l i t a r y L e a d e r s h i p Exams w e r e a d m i n i s t e r e d . The PQS s t a n d d o w n was c o m p l e t e d o n t h e 6 t h w i t h CS a n d S u p p l y D e p a r t m e n t s . A c o m b i n e d CNOPS/UNREP b r i e f i n g a l s o was h e l d o n t h e 6 t h . The 7 t h was a b u s y d a y b e g i n n i n g u i t h f l i g h t q u a r t e r s a t 8 7 0 0 a n d t h e b o a r d i n g o f M o t o r V e s s e l ENSCO GIANT w / t o w a t t h e same t i m e . f i t 1 2 3 0 C A R R r e n d e z v o u s e d w i t h USS SAVANNAH a n d commenced a VERTREP. The VERTREP was f o l l o w e d b y r e f u e l i n g , w h i c h was c o m p l e t e d a t 1 5 8 0 . I n t h e e v e n i n g , t h e E n g i n e e r s c o n d u c t e d BECCEs. On t h e 8 t h , M o t o r V e s s e l ROOSTER-1 was b o a r d e d a n d a M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l G Q was h e l d i n A M R 3 .

S u n d a y , A u g u s t 9 t h , was a q u i e t d a y a s t h e s h i p was a t H o l i d a y R o u t i n e . T h e o n l y e v e n t s w e r e a S t e e l B e a c h P i c n i c a n d V o l l e y b a l l o n t h e f l i g h t d e c k . I t was b a c k t o b u s i n e s s o n t h e 1 0 t h w i t h a M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l G Q i n A M R 2 . C A R R c o m p l e t e d b o a r d i n g s o f M o t o r V e s s e l s ALDER a n d GERANDA o n t h e l l t h . Many t r a i n i n g e v o l u t i o n s w e r e h e l d o n t h e 1 1 t h : BECCEs, S m a l l Arms G u n s h o o t , CIWS P a c f i r e , CPR R e f r e s h e r T r a i n i n g , CSTT T r a i n i n g a n d R e p a i r L o c k e r T r a i n i n g w e r e a l l h e l d . S u c c e s s f u l ESWS b o a r d s w e r e h e l d f o r GMMl(SW) , BMl(SW) , a n d GMM2(SW) . A l s o o n t h e l l t h , t h e N a v i g a t i o n B r i e f i n g f o r t h e r e t u r n t r a n s i t t o C h a r l e s t o n was h e l d .

An UNREP/VERTREP w i t h USS SAVANNAH s t a r t e d o f f t h e d a y o f t h e 1 2 t h . L a t e r , t h e s h i p was v i s i t e d b y Commander , C a r i b b e a n S q u a d r o n , CAPT R . L . C a r p e n t e r , USCG. T h e r e was a l s o a M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l G Q o n t h e 1 2 t h . C A R R was homeward b o u n d o n t h e 1 3 t h a s

s h e o u t c h o p p e d CTG 4 . 1 a n d i n c h o p p e d SECOND FLEET. M o r e BECCEs w e r e h e l d a l o n g w i t h a CIWS a n d M K 76 P a c f i l - e . On t h e 1 4 t h , BECCEs w e r e c o n d u c t e d a s was a G Q M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l . I n t h e a f t e r n o o n SQS-56 Q p s w e r e c o n d u c t e d u s i n g a M i n i M o b i l e T a r g e t (IUIMT) a n d w e r e f o l l o w e d b y LAMPS s o n o b u o y p r o s e c u t i o n o f a s e c o n d MMT. ENC(SW)

a n d PC3(SW) q u a l i f i e d a s ESWS a n d ENS q u a l i f i e d a s 0 0 0 U n d e r w a y l a t e r i n t h e e v e n i n g o f t h e 1 4 t h . A S e x u a l H a r a s s m e n t S t a n d d o w n f o r a l l h a n d s was h e l d o n t h e 1 5 t h u s i n g t h e CNO p r o v i d e d m a t e r i a l . CIWS a n d S m a l l a r m s P a c f i r e s w e r e d o n e a s w e r e BECCEs a n d RLQs. SH2(SW) r e e n l i s t e d o n t h e 1 5 t h .

The 1 6 t h b e g a n w i t h Magnum 446 f l y i n g o f f t o r e t u r n t o M a y p o r t f o l l o w e d q u i c k l y b y a M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l G Q . The c r e w r e l a x e d a f t e r w a r d w i t h a S t e e l B e a c h P i c n i c h o s t e d b y t h e C o a s t G u a r d LEDET. L a t e r i n t h e e v e n i n g , LTJG a c h i e v e d a c a r e e r m i l e s t o n e b y q u a l i f y i n g a s a S u r f a c e W a r f a r e O f f i c e r . T h e 1 7 t h was a n e a r l y d a y f o r a l l a s t h e s h i p a r r i v e d a t b u o y " C " a t 0 4 3 0 a n d b e g a n t h e t r a n s i t u p t h e C o o p e r R i v e r t o NAVWEPSTA CHARLESTON. By 0 7 0 6 C A R R was m o o r e d a t t h e Weapons S t a t i o n a n d t h e pre-DSRA A m m u n i t i o n O f f l o a d b e g a n . Due t o r a i n d e l a y s t h e o f f l o a d was n o t c o m p l e t e d u n t i l t h e m o r n i n g o f t h e 1 8 t h . The s h i p d e p a r t e d t h e Weapons S t a t i o n f o r NAVSTA CHARLESTON f o l l o w i n g c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e A m m u n i t i o n O f f l o a d . Once p i e r s i d e , C A R R became t h e CCDG-2 f l a g s h i p . LTJG a r r i v e d TAD. He w i l l e v e n t u a l l y b e a s s i g n e d p e r m a n e n t l y t o t h e s h i p . T h e HERO S u r v e y was b e g u n o n t h e 1 8 t h . On t h e 1 9 t h , e n g i n e e r i n g t r a i n i n g c o n t i n u e d a s d i d t h e HERO S u r v e y . R o p e y a r n was o b s e r v e d a l s o . T r o p i c a l S t o r m C o n d i t i o n F o u r was s e t o n t h e 2 0 t h a s T r o p i c a l S t o r m A n d r e w a p p r o a c h e d . C A R R was h o s t s h i p f o r t h e h o m e c o m i n g o f USS NICHOLAS o n t h e 2 1 s t . U n d e r w a y p r e p s w e r e b e g u n f o r p o s s i b l e s o r t i e t o e v a d e T r o p i c a l S t o r m And rew . A n d r e w was u p g r a d e d t o H u r r i c a n e s t a t u s o n t h e 2 2 n d a s i t h e a d e d w e s t t o w a r d s M i a m i . H u r r i c a n e W a r n i n g C o n d i t i o n T h r e e was s e t a n d u n d e r w a y p r e p s u e r e c o n t i n u e d i n c a s e o f a n e m e r g e n c y s o r t i e . By t h e 2 3 r d i t was a p p a r e n t t h a t A n d r e w w o u l d h i t F l o r i d a , t h e r e f o r e H u r r i c a n e C o n d i t i o n F o u r was s e t a g a i n . H o l i d a y R o u t i n e was o b s e r v e d o n b o a r d .

C A R R s h i f t e d b e r t h s o n t h e 2 4 t h f r o m Q4A t o Z3A. The b a s e s e c u r e d f r o m H u r r i c a n e C o n d i t i o n F o u r . T h e C O , X O , QPS, a n d C M C t o u r e d t h e s h i p y a r d f a c i l i t y i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r DSRA. COMCRUDESGRU TWO, RAOM McDEVITT, t o u r e d t h e s h i p w i t h t h e C O a n d s p o k e t o t h e W a r d r o o m o n t h e 2 5 t h . On t h e 2 6 t h , p r e p s u e r e made f o r g e t t i n g u n d e r w a y t h e f o l l o w i n g m o r n i n g f o r t r i m b a l a n c e / s u r v e y o f 1B GTRB.

A l s o on t h e 2 6 t h , a n A w a r d s Ceremony was h e l d o n t h e f l i g h t d e c k t o h o n o r some o u t s t a n d i n g s a i l o r s . The J u n i o r S a i l o r o f t h e Q u a r t e r , PNSN , a n d S a i l o r o f t h e Q u a r t e r , HM3

, w e r e f i r s t t o b e r e c o g n i z e d . ENC(SW) , BMl(SW) , GMM2(SW) a n d

PC2(SW) w e r e r e c o g n i z e d f o r q u a l i f y i n g a s E n l i s t e d S u r f a c e W a r f a r e S p e c i a l i s t s . LTJG was r e c o g n i z e d f o r q u a l i f y i n g a s a S u r f a c e W a r f a r e O f f i c e r . PC2(SW)

was a d v a n c e d t o h i s p r e s e n t r a t e b y t h e Commanding O f f i c e r t h r o u g h t h e Command A d v a n c e m e n t P r o g r a m . Good C o n d u c t M e d a l s w e r e a w a r d e d t o GHGl(SW) ( T h i r d A w a r d ) , SH1

( T h i r d A w a r d ) , ENZ(SW) ( S e c o n d A w a r d ) a n d HM3 ( F i r s t A w a r d ) . C o n c l u d i n g t h e Ce remony was t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e Navy A c h i e v e m e n t l l e d a l t o MA1(SW)

f o r h i s a c t i o n s w h i l e s e r v i n g a s a B o a r d i n g Team Member d u r i n g t h e f i r s t b o a r d i n g o f a m e r c h a n t v e s s e l i n Aqaba , J o r d a n .

C A R R was u n d e r w a y o n t h e 2 7 t h f o r t h e t r i m b a l a n c e l s u r v e y o f 1B GTE. A M a i n S p a c e F i r e D r i l l G Q was c o n d u c t e d d u r i n g t h e u n d e r w a y p e r i o d a n d t h e s h i p a r r i v e d b a c k i n C h a r l e s t o n a t 1 8 3 0 t h a t e v e n i n g . The Commodore, CAPT G n e r l i c h , came o n b o a r d o n t h e 2 8 t h t o e x a m i n e 1 B GTE w h i l e SZMA c o n d u c t e d a s h i p c h e c k t h e same d a y . A t 1 9 0 0 t h e W a r d r o o m h a d a H a i l a n d F a r e w e l l a t t h e X O ' s h o u s e . LT a n d LCDR w e r e b i d f a r e w e l l a n d LTJG

was h a i l e d . On t h e 2 9 t h a g r o u p o f N a v a l R e s e r v i s t s f r o m U S S ELROD (FFG-55) w e r e g i v e n a t o u r o f t h e s h i p . T h e 3 0 t h was H o l i d a y R o u t i n e . P r o t e s t a n t D i v i n e S e r v i c e s w e r e h e l d i n t h e m o r n i n g . USS ELROD m o o r e d a l o n g s i d e o n t h e 3 1 s t a n d LT was b o n g e d o f f t h e s h i p a f t e r t h r e e y e a r s o f s e r v i c e o n C A R R .

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29-38 ~ e ~ t e m b e r p i e r s i d e D e t y e n l s S h i p y a r d N a r r a t i v e :

USS C A R R s p e n t t h e f i r s t d a y o f o u r f i r s t f u l l m o n t h i n h o m e p o r t i n w e l l o v e r a y e a r t a k i n g c a r e o f r o u t i n e s h i p ' s b u s i n e s s . The M W R c o m m i t t e e h e l d a m e e t i n g a n d R e p a i r 5 t r a i n i n g was c o n d u c t e d o n a n o t h e r w i s e q u i e t d a y . R o p e y a r n Sunday was o b s e r v e d o n t h e 2 n d o f S e p t e m b e r . The H a r p o o n M a t e r i a l a n d S a f e t y C e r t i f i c a t i o n d e b r i e f i n g was h e l d a n d LT r e l i e v e d LCDR

a s S e n i o r W a t c h O f f i c e r . On t h e 3 r d ENS r e a c h e d a s i g n i f i c a n t c a r e e r m i l e s t o n e b y s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t i n g h i s 00D u n d e r w a y b o a r d . The C O a t t e n d e d COMDESRON THREE S I X 1 s Change o f Command o n t h e 4 t h . A l s o o n t h e 4 t h , Combat S y s t e m s D e p a r t m e n t h a d a Zone I n s p e c t i o n a n d t h e Food Management A s s i s t Team d e b r i e f e d a f t e r a week l o n g v i s i t . S u n d a y , S e p t e m b e r 6 t h , t h e s h i p o b s e r v e d H o l i d a y R o u t i n e . H o l i d a y r o u t i n e was c o n t i n u e d o n Monday i n o b s e r v a n c e o f t h e L a b o r Day H o l i d a y . I t was b a c k t o b u s i n e s s o n t h e 8 t h w i t h t h e C O a n d QPS B o s s a t t e n d i n g a C o u n t e r N a r c o t i c s O p e r a t i o n s d e b r i e f i n g w i t h CCDG-2. O f f i c e r T r a i n i n g on B o a t O f f i c e r p r o c e d u r e s was g i v e n b y LTJG . D i v e r s i n s p e c t e d t h e s h i p ' s s h a f t a n d A P U 1 s o n t h e 8 t h , a l l r e s u l t s w e r e SAT. On t h e 9 t h t h e C O , X O a n d D e p a r t m e n t Heads a t t e n d e d t h e IMAV a r r i v a l c o n f e r e n c e a t SIMA, C h a r l e s t o n .

C A R R was v i s i t e d b y o u r S q u a d r o n Commander, COMDESRON FOUR, Commodore G n e r l i c h , o n t h e 1 0 t h . The v i s i t was v e r y e n j o y a b l e a n d t h e Commodore was p l e a s e d w i t h t h e s h i p a n d c r e w . The 1 1 t h b e g a n w i t h a t o u r o f t h e s h i p b y members o f t h e W o r l d War I 1 e r a , USS MANCHESTER r e u n i o n g r o u p . E n g i n e e r i n g D e p a r t m e n t h a d a Zone I n s p e c t i o n a n d t h e C O , Command M a s t e r C h i e f a n d Ombudsman a t t e n d e d t h e a n n u a l Ombudsman A p p r e c i a t i o n Day L u n c h e o n a t S t e a m e r s . The C O a l s o h a d a m e e t i n g w i t h COMDESRON 4 , w h e r e h e r e c e i v e d a b r i e f i n g o n t h e A f l o a t T r a i n i n g O r g a n i z a t i o n . A f t e r " K n o c k o f f s h i p ' s w o r k , " t h e O f f i c e r s a t t e n d e d t h e m o n t h l y J o i n Up a t t h e 0 - C l u b . C A R R was a s s i g n e d V i s i t S h i p o n t h e 1 2 t h a n d 1 3 t h . Two g r o u p s t o u r e d o n t h e 1 2 t h : t h e R o c k v i l l e , S o u t h C a r o l i n a JAFROTC ( A i r F o r c e ) c o n s i s t i n g o f 3 0 h i g h s c h o o l c a d e t s , a n d t h e USS ROBINSON r e u n i o n p a r t y c o n s i s t i n g o f 40 W W I I a n d K o r e a n War V e t e r a n s . The s h i p ' s p i c n i c was h e l d o n t h e 1 2 t h a t S h o r t S t a y R e c r e a t i o n P a r k . The f o o d was g r e a t , t h e X O a n d C M C w e r e d o u s e d i n t h e D u n k i n g B o o t h t o r a i s e money f o r t h e C A R R F a m i l y A s s o c i a t i o n a n d l o t s o f s p o r t s w e r e e n j o y e d . E v e r y t h i n g f r o m P a d d l e B o a t i n g t o C a n o e i n g t o V o l l e y b a l l t o B a s k e t b a l l was a v a i l a b l e a n d p o p u l a r . LTJG a l s o o v e r s a w t h e C A R R B i g B r o t h e r s who t o o k c a r e o f t h e 9 c h i l d r e n f r o m J e n k i n ' s Q r p h a n a g e (CARR1s c o m m u n i t y P e r s o n a l E x c e l l e n c e P r o g r a m p a r t n e r ( P E P ) ) t h a t w e r e i n v i t e d t o t h e p i c n i c . The w e a t h e r was b e a u t i f u l a n d e v e r y o n e h a d a g o o d t i m e . Sunday t h e 1 3 t h was H o l i d a y R o u t i n e f o r t h e s h i p . C h a p l a i was a b o a r d t o h o l d h i s "Rock a n d R o l l " B i b l e S t u d y .

T h e 1 4 t h was a n u n e v e n t f u l d a y f o r C A R R . The 1 5 t h was p a y d a y a n d a l l e l i g i b l e E-5 c a n d i d a t e s t o o k t h e i r a d v a n c e m e n t exams. On t h e 2 5 t h , t h e DSRA r e l a t e d I n t e g r a t e d L o g i s t i c s O f f l o a d b e g a n . The much a n t i c i p a t e d CPO I n i t i a t i o n was h e l d o n b o a r d i n t h e P o r t H e l o H a n g a r o n t h e 1 6 t h . C A R R h e a r t i l y w e l c o m e d OSC(SW) ,

DCC(SW) , GMMC(SW) l a n d MAC(SW) t o t h e CPO r a n k s . T h e s h i p made a b e r t h s h i f t t o p i e r M i k e f o r a c o u p l e o f h o u r s t h e n s h i f t e d b a c k t o p i e r Z u l u , n o w o u t b o a r d USS MACDONOUGH (DDG-39) . E-6 e x a m s w e r e h e l d o n t h e 1 7 t h . T h e I L O O f f l o a d w a s n e a r c o m p l e t i o n o n t h e 1 7 t h . T h e CARR F a m i l y A s s o c i a t i o n h e l d a c h i l i d o g s a l e o n t h e m e s s d e c k s a n d C h a p l a i n w a s o n b o a r d f o r C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l . SK2 r e e n l i s t e d o n t h e 1 8 t h i n t h e p i l o t h o u s e w i t h h i s w i f e a n d p a r e n t s - i n - l a w i n a t t e n d a n c e . L T

s w o r e h i m i n f o r 2 m o r e y e a r s . T h e I L O S u p p l y s t o r e r o o m o f f l o a d w a s c o m p l e t e d o n t h e 1 8 t h . S a t u r d a y , t h e 1 9 t h . w a s a q u i e t d a y f o r t h e d u t y s e c t i o n . T h e 2 0 t h w a s a n o t h e r q u i e t d a y a s t h e s h i p o b s e r v e d H o l i d a y R o u t i n e .

On M o n d a y , t h e 2 1 s t , t h e C O , X O , OPS, SUPPO a n d C M C t o u r e d t h e f a c i l i t i e s f o r c r e w u s e d u r i n g t h e u p c o m i n g DSRA. T h e a p a r t m e n t s a n d m e s s i n g f a c i l i t i e s m e t w i t h a p p r o v a l f r o m C A R R ' s command i n s p e c t i o n t e a m p e n d i n g c o m p l e t i o n o f a , v a r i e t y o f i m p r o v e m e n t s a g r e e d t o b y t h e c o n t r a c t o r a n d SUPSHIP.

T h e r e s u l t s o f t h e L T S e l e c t i o n B o a r d s w e r e a n n o u n c e d a n d t o n o o n e ' s s u r p r i s e LTJG a n d LTJG s e l e c t i o n t o L T w a s a n n o u n c e d . On t h e 2 2 n d LCDR s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t e d h i s 'TAO b o a r d a n d LT a n d L T w e r e f r o c k e d t o t h e i r new r a n k . O f f i c e r T r a i n i n g c o v e r i n g I E M / L a y - U p w a s g i v e n b y EMCM(SW)

i n t h e W a r d r o o m . C h a p l a i n w a s o n b o a r d f o r C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l .

D e f u e l i n g c o m m e n c e d o n t h e 2 3 r d i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r m o v i n g i n t o t h e s h i p y a r d . I - D i v i s i o n commenced f o r f i v e n e w s h i p m a t e s a s w e l l . An e x t e n s i v e C o m m u n i c a t i o n s TYCOMEX w a s c o m p l e t e d o n t h e 2 4 t h . T h e c o m p e t i t i v e e x e r c i s e i n v o l v e d a l l f o r m s o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n f r o m r a d i o t o f l a g h o i s t , s e m a p h o r e a n d f l a s h i n g l i g h t . U p o n c o m p l e t i o n o f t h e TYCOMMEX, CARR w a s a w a r d e d a g r a d e o f 9 8 . 2 5 b y t h e COMDESRON 4 o b s e r v e r , LTJG . LTJG n o t e d t h e s u p e r i o r p e r f o r m a n c e o f RM2 a n d RM3 t h r o u g h o u t t h e S e l e c t e d E x e r c i s e . D e f u e l i n g c o n t i n u e d o n t h e 2 4 t h a s d i d I L O o f f l o a d o f T e c h M a n u a l s .

T w e n t y f i v e t h r o u g h t w e n t y s e v e n S e p t e m b e r w e r e q u i e t d a y s w i t h o n l y r o u t i n e s h i p ' s w o r k a n d some SIMA w o r k t a k i n g p l a c e . H o l i d a y r o u t i n e w a s o b s e r v e d o n t h e 2 7 t h . On t h e 2 8 t h t h e X O i n s p e c t e d t h e o f f s h i p a p a r t m e n t b e r t h i n g f o r t h e c r e w a n d f o u n d a l l a r r a n g e m e n t s a c c e p t a b l e . CARR e x e c u t e d a n u n e v e n t f u l d e a d s t i c k m o v e t o D e t y e n ' s S h i p y a r d , I n c a t S h i p y a r d C r e e k f o r c o m m e n c e m e n t o f DSRA o n t h e 2 9 t h . A DSRA a r r i v a l c o n f e r e n c e w a s h e l d o n t h e 3 0 t h a n d s c a f f o l d i n g a s s e m b l y , e q u i p a g e o f f l o a d , e t c commenced . A l s o o n t h e 3 0 t h , R o p e y a r n S u n d a y w a s o b s e r v e d .

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C A R R b e g a n t h e m o n t h o f O c t o b e r p i e r s i d e a t D e t y e n ' s S h i p y a r d i n t h e m i d s t o f a DSRA. P i e r p o w e r was l o s t i n t h e e v e n i n g o f t h e 1 s t f o r a b o u t 9 0 m i n u t e s , n e c e s s i t a t i n g a s h i f t t o s h i p ' s p o w e r . On t h e 2 n d t h e X O i n s p e c t e d NAVSTA CHASN CCU. A r e e n l i s t m e n t c e r e m o n y was h e l d f o r SK l (SW) w i t h LT t h e r e e n l i s t i n g o f f i c e r . A t 1 8 0 0 o n t h e 2nd , t h e C O g a v e a s p e e c h t o a r e u n i o n g r o u p f r o m t h e USS SUSAN B. ANTHONY (APU-2) . The C a p t a i n was w e l l r e c e i v e d a n d h e e n j o y e d h i m s e l f i m m e n s e l y a t t h e r e u n i o n .

The s h i p l s T n p o r t E m e r g e n c y Team r e s p o n s e was t e s t e d o n t h e 3 r d a s a C l a s s A l p h a f i r e b r o k e o u t i n A f t S t e e r i n g . The d u t y s e c t i o n f i r e t e a m p e r f o r m e d a d m i r a b l y a n d t h e f i r e was o u t b e f o r e s e r i o u s damage o c c u r r e d . S u n d a y , O c t o b e r 4 t h , was H o l i d a y R o u t i n e f o r t h e d u t y s e c t i o n . The s h i p r e c e i v e d a d e f u e l i n g b a r g e f r o m RSG i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e d e f u e l i n g e v o l u t i o n . C A R R d e f u e l e d on t h e 5 t h w i t h n o p r o b l e m s . The a n c h o r a n d a n c h o r c h a i n w e r e o f f l o a d e d o n t h e 6 t h a n d C A R R b o u n d e d i n t o t h e f u t u r e a s O f f i c e r T r a i n i n g was h e l d o n MDU, The P a p e r l e s s N a v y .

M e s s i n g o f f s h i p commenced o n t h e 7 t h w i t h b r e a k f a s t b e i n g s e r v e d a t D o l p h i n Cove M a r i n a . Q A Team T r a i n i n g f o r d e s i g n a t e d Q A Team members a n d a l l k h a k i was c o n d u c t e d . The b i g news o n t h e 7 t h was t h a t t h e C A R R G o l f Team ( L T , OS1 , RM2 , a n d a s u b s t i t u t e p l a y e r f r o m USS ORTOLAN) won t h e Armed F o r c e s G o l f T o u r n a m e n t o u t o f a f i e l d o f 2 2 t e a m s . An M W R C o u n c i l m e e t i n g was h e l d o n t h e 8 t h a n d t h e W a r d r o o m c o m p l e t e d y a r d w o r k f o r t h e i r l a s t e v e n t s u p p o r t i n g t h e COMCRUDESGRU 2 A u c t i o n h e l d w h i l e C A R R was d e p l o y e d . T h e r e was a z o n e i n s p e c t i o n f o r E n g i n e e r i n g M a i n S p a c e s on t h e 9 t h . The X O a t t e n d e d a m e e t i n g o f a 1 1 CBMDESRON 4 X O 1 s a t t h e COMOESRON 4 b u i l d i n g . The m o n t h l y w a t e r f r o n t J o i n - U p was a l s o h e l d o n O c t o b e r 9 t h a t t h e F l e e t B a r . The 1 0 t h was a q u i e t S a t u r d a y f o r t h e d u t y s e c t i o n a n d t h e 1 1 t h was H o l i d a y R o u t i n e . Monday , O c t o b e r 1 2 t h was C o l u m b u s Day a n d t h e s h i p was a t H o l i d a y R a u t i n e i n o b s e r v a n c e o f t h e h o l i d a y . S a n d b l a s t i n g o f t h e s u p e r s t r u c t u r e b e g a n o n t h e 1 3 t h . T h e SPS-49 R a d a r A n t e n n a was r e m o v e d o n t h e 1 4 t h a n d s a n d b l a s t i n g c o n t i n u e d . T h e s h i p o b s e r v e d R o p e y a r n o n t h e 1 4 t h a s w e l l . On t h e 1 5 t h t h e r e was a FMC ORDALT b r i e f i n g f o r t h e C O , X O , a n d CSO.

T h e r e w e r e many e v o l u t i o n s c o n d u c t e d o n b o a r d C A R R o n t h e 1 6 t h : t h e SPS-55 R a d a r A n t e n n a was r e m o v e d a l o n g w i t h t h e 3 5 ' W h i p A n t e n n a s ; CSTT t r a i n i n g was h e l d i n R i c e r ; t h e USS BOONE (FFG-28) u n d o c k i n g c o n f e r e n c e was h e l d ; NAVADMIN h a d a z o n e i n s p e c t i o n . A l s o o n t h e 1 6 t h , MAC(SW) was r e e n l i s t e d b y t h e X O i n a c e r e m o n y h e l d i n t h e C h i e f ' s Mess . H i s p a r e n t s , M r . a n d M r s .

, a n d h i s w i f e , w e r e i n a t t e n d a n c e a t t h e c e r e m o n y . S a n d b l a s t i n g o f t h e p o r t s i d e m a i n d e c k b e g a n o n t h e 1 7 t h . The 1 8 t h was H o l i d a y R o u t i n e f o r t h e c r e w . M a j o r w o r k c o n t i n u e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e s h i p o n t h e 1 9 t h . L a t e r i n t h e d a y , C A R R was h e l d i n t h e t u r n i n g b a s i n b y t h r e e t u g s w h i l e USS BOONE was t a k e n o u t o f u n d o c k e d a n d moved p i e r s i d e t h e n C A R R was b r o u g h t b a c k t o t h e p i e r a n d m o o r e d o u t b o a r d BOONE. S a n d b l a s t i n g o f t h e s t a r b o a r d s i d e

commenced on t h e 2 B t h , a n d a GHLS ORDALT I n b r i e f was a l s o h e l d t h a t d a y . The 2 1 s t a n d 2 2 n d w e r e t y p i c a l s h i p y a r d d a y s w i t h a m u l t i t u d e o f j o b s i n p r o g r e s s a l l o v e r t h e s h i p .

The d o c k i n g b r i e f i n g was h e l d i n t h e Wardroom o n F r i d a y , t h e 2 3 r d , a s t h e s h i p p r e p a r e d f o r M o n d a y ' s d r y d o c k i n g . The C O was o f f t h e s h i p t h a t m o r n i n g a t t e n d i n g t h e d e c o m m i s s i o n i n g o f t h e USS MacDonough (DOG-39). A t 1306, Combat S y s t e m s D e p a r t m e n t h a d t h e i r Zone I n s p e c t i o n . The d r y d o c k i n s p e c t i o n a n d m e a s u r e m e n t s w e r e c o m p l e t e d on t h e 2 4 t h . The t i m e c h a n g e b a c k t o e a s t e r n s t a n d a r d t i m e was o b s e r v e d b y t u r n i n g t h e c l o c k s b a c k one h o u r . The 2 5 t h was a q u i e t Sunday f o r t h e d u t y s e c t i o n a s H o l i d a y R o u t i n e was o b s e r v e d .

The b i g d a y a r r i v e d o n Monday, t h e 2 6 t h , a s C A R R e n t e r e d t h e d r y d o c k . The e v o l u t i o n w e n t v e r y s m o o t h l y a n d was a c c o m p l i s h e d a s s c h e d u l e d . S u r f a c e W a r f a r e T r a i n i n g Week (SWeaT Week) commenced on Monday a s w e l l . SWT Week c o n t i n u e d o n t h e 2 7 t h w i t h C A R R h o l d i n g 1 s t p l a c e a f t e r Day O n e ' s e v e n t s . MSC ' r e e n l i s t m e n t ce remony was h e l d on t h e 2 7 t h w i t h ENS , t h e D i s b u r s i n g O f f i c e r , s w e a r i n g h i m i n f o r f o u r m o r e y e a r s . LT ' s C D O b o a r d , w h i c h he p a s s e d , was a l s o c o n d u c t e d on t h e 2 7 t h . On t h e 2 8 t h , a DSRA p r o d u c t i o n m e e t i n g was h e l d w i t h SUPSHIP a n d D S I a t 1 0 0 0 . SWT Week e v e n t s c o n t i n u e d w i t h C A R R t e n a c i o u s l y b a t t l i n g f o r 1 s t p l a c e . DCTT t r a i n i n g was a l s o c o n d u c t e d o n t h e 2 8 t h , a n d t h e s h i p o b s e r v e d R o p e y a r n Sunday . C A R R was i n t h i r d p l a c e , b u t w i t h i n s t r i k i n g d i s t a n c e o f f i r s t p l a c e , a s SWT Week c o n t i n u e d o n t h e 2 9 t h . SWT Week ended w i t h C A R R c r u s h i n g h e r o p p o n e n t s i n t h e B a t t l e o f t h e Commands M i l k C a r t o n R e g a t t a a l o n g w i t h w i n n i n g t h e N a v / A d m i n P e n n a n t . The s o u n d s o f s a n d b l a s t i n g o f t h e u n d e r w a t e r h u l l and t h e s p i r i t o f H a l l o w e e n c l o s e d o u t a b u s y m o n t h i n C A R R .

NOVEMBER 1 9 9 2 C h r o n o l o g y : 1 - 3 0 November D e t y e n ' s S h i p y a r d N a r r a t i v e :

C A R R was s t i l l i n t h e m i d s t o f h e r DSRA a s November b e g a n . On t h e f i r s t t h e s h i p l o s t p o w e r when t h e d r y d o c k s w i t c h b o a r d t r i p p e d , h o w e v e r , p o w e r was r e s t o r e d s o o n a f t e r w i t h o u t i n c i d e n t . S a n d b l a s t i n g o f t h e h u l l c o n t i n u e d a n d t h e s o n a r dome was p r e p a r e d f o r r e m o v a l . D i v i n e s e r v i c e s w e r e h e l d f o r t h e c r e w i n t h e G a l l e y T r a i l e r b y C h a p l a i n . On Monday , t h e 2 n d , t h e s o n a r dome was r e m o v e d a n d a n e v a l u a t i o n t e a m f o r t h e Mk 5 0 T o r p e d o v i s i t e d t h e s h i p t o t o u r t h e t o r p e d o m a g a z i n e . November 3 r d was e l e c t i o n d a y a n d c r e w m e m b e r s w e r e g i v e n t i m e o f f t o v o t e . OS1 was r e e n l i s t e d i n C I C f o r f o u r y e a r s w i t h t h e Command ing O f f i c e r s w e a r i n g h i m i n f o r t h i s " h i t c h . " R o p e y a r n Sunday was o b s e r v e d o n Wednesday , November 4 t h . A l s o o n t h e 4 t h , The F i r s t A n n u a l C a p t a i n ' s Cup G o l f T o u r n a m e n t was i n a u g u r a t e d w i t h t h e t o u r n a m e n t b e i n g h e l d a t NAVWEPSTA G o l f C o u r s e . T h i r t y - o n e c r e w m e m b e r s p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e t o u r n e y . C o m p e t i t i o n was k e e n a n d t h e r e s u l t s w e r e : 1 s t p l a c e t e a m - LTJG , HM1

, R M 1 , RM2 ; 2 n d p l a c e t e a m - LT , LT , LT , EW3 l ; 3 r d p l a c e t e a m - O S 1

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. T h e C O p r e s e n t e d a w a r d s t o t h e w i n n e r s a t t h e C l u b H o u s e . I t was a g r e a t t o u r n a m e n t a n d e v e r y o n e i s l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o t h e n e x t o n e .

R e m o v a l o f t h e p r o p b l a d e s b e g a n o n t h e 5 t h a n d s a n d b l a s t i n g o f t h e h u l l c o n t i n u e d . The a n n u a l S u r f a c e S h i p A c o u s t i c A n a l y s i s P r o f i c i e n c y P r o g r a m exams w e r e t a k e n b y t h e S o n a r T e c h n i c i a n s o n t h e 6 t h a n d t h e C O a t t e n d e d a CDS-4 C O ' s C o n f e r e n c e . An OPS D e p a r t m e n t Zone I n s p e c t i o n w r a p p e d u p t h e d a y ' s e v e n t s o n t h e 6 t h . S a t u r d a y , t h e 7 t h , was a q u i e t d u t y d a y . The f o l l o w i n g d a y , t h e l a s t o f t h e p r o p e l l e r b l a d e s was r e m o v e d . H o l i d a y R o u t i n e was o b s e r v e d b y t h e S u n d a y d u t y s e c t i o n . Monday was u n e v e n t f u l e x c e p t R e p a i r 5 t r a i n i n g was c o n d u c t e d . On t h e 1 0 t h , a S a f e t y C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g a n d O f f i c e r ' s T r a i n i n g o n t h e N a v y ' s " F o r g e The F u t u r e " P r o g r a m w e r e h e l d . T h a t e v e n i n g , a CFA P o t l u c k D i n n e r t o o k p l a c e a t M e n R i v C o m m u n i t y C e n t e r . The C O t a l k e d w i t h f a m i l i e s a b o u t t h e s h i p y a r d w o r k a n d o u r f o l l o w o n s c h e d u l e . E l e v e n f a m i l i e s a t t e n d e d t h e d i n n e r . The 1 1 t h was H o l i d a y R o u t i n e a s t h e s h i p o b s e r v e d V e t e r a n ' s Day . An A d m i n i s t r a t i v e S e p a r a t i o n B o a r d was h e l d o n b o a r d w i t h t h e USS BOONE1s E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e r a s S e n i o r Member .

C A R R managed t o a v o i d t h e b a d l u c k t r a d i t i o n a l l y a s s o c i a t e d w i t h F r i d a y t h e 1 3 t h a s w o r k c o n t i n u e d i n t h e s h i p y a r d w i t h o u t i n c i d e n t . The s h a f t was r e m o v e d a n d a n I n t e g r a t e d L o g i s t i c s O v e r h a u l ( I L O ) M i d - A v a i l a b i l i t y M e e t i n g f o r t h e C O , Suppo , a n d C M C was h e l d a t t h e I L O s i t e . S e v e r a l c r e w m e m b e r s t o o k a d v a n t a g e o f NAV/SWO t r a i n i n g o n DONALD P. HALL ( T - 4 6 0 ) . A l s o o n t h e l J t h , C h a p l a i n h e l d C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l . T h e o f f i c e r ' s g o t t o g e t h e r l a t e r t h a t e v e n i n g a t LT k l s h o u s e t o " h a i l " LT , t h e new C h i e f E n g i n e e r . T h e 1 4 t h a n d 1 5 t h w e r e q u i e t d a y s f o r t h e w e e k e n d d u t y s e c t i o n s . T h e r e was p l e n t y o f a c t i v i t y o n t h e

1 7 t h . COMDESRON FOUR, Commodore G n e r l i c h , p a i d t h e s h i p a v i s i t t o a t t e n d a DSRA P r o g r e s s M e e t i n g . L a t e r t h a t d a y C O ' s M a s t was c o n d u c t e d , t h e b r o w was s h i f t e d a f t , a n d t h e e n g i n e e r s c l o s e d o u t t w o l u b e o i l t a n k s . C h a p l a i n was o n b o a r d o n t h e 1 8 t h f o r C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l , a n d C a t h o l i c D i v i n e S e r v i c e s w e r e a l s o h e l d . DCTT h e l d t r a i n i n g o n t h e 1 8 t h a n d a n A w a r d s Ce remony was h e l d a t D o l p h i n Cove M a r i n a . A t t h e c e r e m o n y , L e t t e r s o f A p p r e c i a t i o n w e r e a w a r d e d t o EM2 , ET2 , a n d ET3 . I C 1

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On t h e 2 0 t h , t h e PRT f o r S e c t i o n III a n d s t r a g g l e r s was c o n d u c t e d . LTJG a c h i e v e d a s i g n i f i c a n t m i l e s t o n e b y s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t i n g h i s C D O o r a l b o a r d a n d b e c o m i n g f u l l y q u a l i f i e d i n t h a t i m p o r t a n t p o s i t i o n . A l s o o n t h e 2 0 t h , a n E n g i n e e r i n g Zone I n s p e c t i o n o f n o n M a i n S p a c e s was a c c o m p l i s h e d . The w e e k e n d was u n e v e n t f u l e x c e p t f o r a d e l u g e o f r a i n . The C O c h e c k e d o u t o n l e a v e o n Monday , November 2 3 r d . A M i n e W a r f a r e B r i e f i n g was h e l d a t FMWTC o n t h e 2 4 t h w i t h ENS a t t e n d i n g . The W a r d r o o m was t r a i n e d i n C a s u a l t y A s s i s t a n c e C a l l s O f f i c e r (CACO) P r o c e d u r e s b y COMNAVBASE CHASN C A C O , YNC(SW) l . A t w o d a y E n g i n e e r i n g T r a i n i n g G r o u p (ETG) i n f o r m a l v i s i t was c o m p l e t e d o n t h e 2 4 t h . The ETG r e v i e w e d t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m s f o r ECCTT, DCTT, l u b e o i l managemen t , f u e l o i l managemen t , l e g a l r e c o r d s , o p e r a t i n g r e c o r d s a n d t a g o u t . On t h e 2 5 t h t h e w e e k l y p r o d u c t i o n m e e t i n g was h e l d i n t h e w a r d r o o m . DCTT t r a i n i n g was g i v e n i n t h e 76mm m a g a z i n e o n s h o r i n g . The C I C O , LT , a t t e n d e d a b r i e f i n g o n t h e new F o r c e T r a i n i n g M a n u a l .

T h a n k s g i v i n g Day came u p o n u s a n d w i t h i t a m a g n i f i c e n t f e a s t p r e p a r e d b y t h e Mess S p e c i a l i s t s . The r e p a s t o f p l e n t y was a t b o t h D o l p h i n Cove a n d a t t h e d u t y s e c t i o n t r a i l e r f o r c r e w m e m b e r s a n d f a m i l y . T h e r e w e r e w a l l t o w a l l p e o p l e e n j o y i n g A m e r i c a ' s u n i q u e H o l i d a y t h e CARR way . The d u t y s e c t i o n o b s e r v e d H o l i d a y R o u t i n e a n d a r e l a x i n g d a y was e n j o y e d . The 2 7 t h b r o u g h t a w o r k d a y f o r t h e d u t y s e c t i o n w i t h t h e r e m a i n d e r o f t h e c r e w e n j o y i n g t h e d a y o f f . R e i n s t a l l a t i o n o f t h e s h a f t c o n t i n u e d on S a t u r d a y , t h e 2 8 t h . And o n t h e 2 9 t h , H o l i d a y r o u t i n e a g a i n was o b s e r v e d . The m o n t h o f November c l o s e d o u t o n a Monday . The Command ing O f f i c e r r e t u r n e d f r o m l e a v e . R e p a i r Two t r a i n i n g was a l s o c o n d u c t e d .

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The m e r r y m o n t h o f December b e g a n w i t h a v i s i t f r o m t h e C h a r l e s t o n N a v a l B a s e I n s p e c t o r G e n e r a l . He i n s p e c t e d t h e d r y d o c k , s h i p , m e s s i n g a n d b e r t h i n g f a c i l i t i e s a s p a r t o f a COMNAVBASE s a f e t y QOL o v e r s i g h t o f s h i p s i n m a i n t e n a n c e a v a i l a b i l i t y . He was p l e a s e d w i t h t h e D o l p h i n Cove a n d Summi t P l a c e f a c i l i t i e s a n d h a d a g o o d h a n d l e o n s h i p s a f e t y i s s u e s a f t e r t h e t o u r . 1 D i v i s i o n k i c k e d o f f a n d C h a p l a i n l was o n b o a r d f o r C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l . The Ward room r e c e i v e d t r a i n i n g i n S u i c i d e P r e v e n t i o n . I D i v i s i o n c o n t i n u e d o n t h e 2 n d a n d R o p e y a r n Sunday was o b s e r v e d b y t h e c r e w . The W e e k l y p r o d u c t i o n m e e t i n g was h e l d . The C h i e f ' s Mess was t r a i n e d i n S u i c i d e P r e v e n t i o n a n d DCTT h e l d t r a i n i n g . LCDR

, CARR's PXO, r e p o r t e d a b o a r d t o b e g i n t u r n i n g o v e r d u t i e s w i t h LCDR . Many e v o l u t i o n s t o o k p l a c e o n t h e 3 r d : a n a i r t e s t o f t h e S o n a r Dome R u b b e r Window was c o m p l e t e d , I D i v i s i o n c o n t i n u e d , S e c t i o n 4 I n p o r t E m e r g e n c y Team a t t e n d e d F i r e f i g h t i n g Team T r a i n e r , t h e Ward room r e c e i v e d a P a s s i v e C o u n t e r m e a s u r e s B r i e f i n g f r o m NAVSEA r e p M r . Han a n d h e l d O f f i c e r T r a i n i n g o n t h e new A f l o a t T r a i n i n g O r g a n i z a t i o n .

The 4 t h saw t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f I n d o c t r i n a t i o n a n d S e x u a l H a r a s s m e n t A w a r e n e s s T r a i n i n g f o r new c rewmembers a n d s t r a g g l e r s f r o m t h i s s u m m e r ' s CNO m a n d a t e d t r a i n i n g . ENS a t t e n d e d a M i n e W a r f a r e B r i e f i n g h e l d a t COMINEWARCOM b u i l d i n g . An MWR C o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g was h e l d t o f i n i s h p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r t h e s h i p ' s C h r i s t m a s P a r t y , w h i c h was h e l d l a t e r i n t h e e v e n i n g a t " P u z z l e s " a t t h e NAVSTA. The C h r i s t m a s P a r t y was a g r e a t s u c c e s s . E v e r y o n e h a d a g r e a t t i m e w i t h a b u f f e t m e a l f o l l o w e d b y t h e Navy B a n d p r o v i d i n g m u s i c s o e v e r y o n e c o u l d d a n c e t h r u t h e e v e n i n g . EMCM(SW)

a n d ENS e n t e r t a i n e d t h e c r o w d b y g i v i n g o u t 1 7 d o o r p r i z e s d u r i n g t h e c o u r s e o f t h e p a r t y . On S a t u r d a y , December 5 t h , ETC(SW) h e a d e d a g r o u p o f v o l u n t e e r s f r o m t h e s h i p who w e n t t o J e n k i n ' s O r p h a n a g e t o d e c o r a t e t h e g i r l ' s d o r m i n C h r i s t m a s r e g a l i a . T h e i r t i m e a n d e f f o r t w e r e g r e a t l y a p p r e c i a t e d a n d s u r e l y b r i g h t e n e d u p t h e c h i l d r e n ' s H o l i d a y Season . The 6 t h was H o l i d a y R o u t i n e f o r t h e d u t y s e c t i o n . Monday, December 7 t h , m a r k e d t h e f i f t y - f i r s t a n n i v e r s a r y o f t h e a t t a c k o n P e a r l H a r b o r . R e p a i r 3 t r a i n e d a n d u p d a t e d t h e i r PQS o n Monday , a n d t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e S e p t e m b e r a d v a n c e m e n t exams w e r e r e c e i v e d . The r e s u l t s showed t w e l v e s a i l o r s s e l e c t e d f o r a d v a n c e m e n t i n r a t e a n d t w o w e r e d e s i g n a t e d s t r i k e r s . N e a r l y a l l o t h e r c a n d i d a t e s P N A ' d t h e i r t e s t s .

H i s t o r y was made o n t h e 8 t h a s U . S . N a v a l F o r c e s w e r e t h e f i r s t t o e n t e r S o m a l i a i n O p e r a t i o n P r o v i d e R e l i e f . On a l e s s g r a n d s c a l e a n d l o c a l l y , CARR's S i g n a l m e n c r o s s d e c k e d t o USS MT BAKER (AE 3 4 ) f o r f l a s h i n g l i g h t a n d s e m a p h o r e t r a i n i n g . Many C A R R c rewmembers a l s o p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e CDS-4 H o l i d a y B l o o d D r i v e . O t h e r e v e n t s o f t h e 8 t h i n c l u d e d : C a t h o l i c D i v i n e S e r v i c e s w i t h C h a p l a i n , R e p a i r 2 t r a i n i n g a n d PQS u p d a t e a n d r e f u e l i n g / e n v i r o n m e n t a l t r a i n i n g f o r CDO1s/EOOW's a n d O i l K i n g s . The w e e k l y p r o d u c t i o n m e e t i n g was h e l d o n t h e 9 t h a s w e l l a s t h e S a i l o r o f t h e Y e a r B o a r d c h a i r e d b y t h e Command M a s t e r C h i e f . On

t h e 1 0 t h t h e E n g i n e e r i n g T r a i n i n g G r o u p (ETG) C h a r l e s t o n h a d a n i n b r i e f i n g w i t h t h e C O , X O , C h i e f E n g i n e e r , AUXO/MPA, a n d SUPPO. C O ' s M a s t was a l s o h e l d o n t h e 1 0 t h . A c h e m i c a l s p i l l o c c u r r e d o n t h e l l t h n e a r t h e s h i p y a r d when t w o r a i l r o a d c a r s c a r r y i n g P e r a x y l e n e d e r a i l e d . The l e a k s t a r t e d when a c r a n e t r y i n g t o r e - r a i l t h e c a r s p u n c t u r e d o n e o f t h e t a n k s r e l e a s i n g t o x i c f u m e s . P o l i c e c o r d o n e d o f f t h e a r e a , w h i c h p r e v e n t e d a c c e s s t o D o l p h i n Cove a n d made i t d i f f i c u l t t o g e t t o t h e s h i p f r o m t o w n . NQ i n j u r i e s w e r e r e p o r t e d a n d t h e s p i l l was c l e a n e d u p b y m i d n i g h t . The W a r d r o o m a s s e m b l e d o n t h e l l t h t o w i t n e s s t h e p r o m o t i o n o f ENS

a n d E N S t o LTJG. T h a t e v e n i n g a H a i l a n d F a r e w e l l p a r t y was h e l d a t t h e C O ' s h o u s e , b i d d i n g a d i e u t o LCDR

a n d w e l c o m i n g LCDR a n d LT . The f i r s t C h r i s t m a s l e a v e p e r i o d commenced a t 2 6 0 0 on t h e l l t h . The h u b was r e p l a c e d o n t h e s h a f t o n t h e 1 2 t h . On t h e 1 3 t h N a n - D e s t r u c t i v e T e s t i n g o f t h e f u e l o i l b a l l a s t t a n k s i n Aux 3 was c o n d u c t e d .

The Command A d v a n c e m e n t P r o g r a m (CAP) B o a r d a n d S a i l o r o f t h e Y e a r B o a r d m e t o n t h e 1 4 t h a n d f o r w a r d e d t h e i r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s t o t h e C O . A l s o o n t h e 1 4 t h . T h e E n g i n e e r i n g T r a i n i n g G r o u p a s s i s t a n d d e b r i e f i n g w e r e c o n d u c t e d . LCDR was r e l i e v e d o f h i s d u t i e s o n t h e 1 5 t h . a n d LCDR assurned d u t i e s a s X O . Work c o n t i n u e d o n r e i n s t a l l i n g t h e m a i n s h a f t a n d p r o p e l l e r h u b a s s e m b l y . C h a p l a i n was o n b o a r d o n t h e 1 5 t h t o h o l d C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l . A t t h e w e e k l y p r o d u c t i o n m e e t i n g h e l d o n t h e 1 6 t h D e t y e n ' s r e q u e s t e d t o e x t e n d t h e s h i p y a r d a v a i l a b i l i t y t o 3 1 J a n due t o s l i p p a g e i n t h e c o n t r o l l i n g s h i p a l t s a n d d e l a y s i n u n d o c k i n g t h e s h i p . T h i s was l a t e r m o d i f i e d b y t h e TYCOM t o 2 8 J a n , m a t c h i n g t h e CNO e n d d a t e . The P o s t a l A s s i s t V i s i t o n t h e 1 7 t h was c o m p l e t e d s a t i s f a c t o r i l y . FC2 l r e e n l i s t e d o n t h e 1 8 t h . The C O p a r t i c i p a t e d i n a s u c c e s s f u l Command Q u a l i f i c a t i o n B o a r d a t D e s r o n F o u r f o r t h e X O o f t h e USS M o o s b r u g g e r . A t 1 3 8 0 a Zone I n s p e c t i o n o f Comba t S y s t e m s S p a c e s was c o n d u c t e d .

T h e i n i t i a l g r o u p o f 4 f u e l o i l t a n k s was c l o s e d o u t o n t h e 1 9 t h i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r r e f u e l i n g o n 2 2 Dec . T h e 1 9 t h was t h e d a t e f o r t h e S u r f a c e W a r f a r e O f f i c e r ' s W i v e s C l u b C h r i s t m a s Dance w h i c h was a t t e n d e d b y t h e C O a n d h i s w i f e , X O , SUPPO a n d h i s w i f e , a n d t h e CHENG. The h o l i d a y d i n n e r d a n c e was e n j o y e d b y a l l . T h e s h i p y a r d r e i n s t a l l e d t h e p r o p e l l e r b l a d e s o n t h e 2 0 t h . The d u t y s e c t i o n d e c i d e d t o h a v e a p i c n i c o u t s i d e t h e t r a i l e r f o r l u n c h o n t h e 2 0 t h . On t h e 2 1 s t r e m o v a l o f t h e m a i n m a s t s c a f f o l d i n g was b e g u n a n d c l o s i n g o u t o f f u e l a n d w a t e r t a n k s c o n t i n u e d . C a t h o l i c D i v i n e S e r v i c e s w e r e h e l d b y C h a p l a i n f o l l o w e d b y C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l . R e f u e l i n g was b e g u n o n t h e 2 2 n d w i t h t h e b a r g e a r r i v i n g a t 8 8 0 0 . The s h i p t o o k o n 1 0 0 , 8 0 0 o f 1 3 0 , 0 0 0 g a l l o n s r e q u i r e d b e f o r e s t o p p i n g f o r d a r k n e s s . S l o w p u m p i n g r a t e a n d t w o s t o p s b e c a u s e o f h o s e l e a k s made t h i s a l o n g d a y . A p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 g a l l o n o f f u e l s p i l l e d o n t h e b a r g e ' s d e c k a n d some o f i t r a n i n t o t h e c r e e k . The f u e l was C l e a n e d u p b y b a r g e a n d s h i p ' s f o r c e . A l c o n i n f o r m e d a n d m e s s a g e r e p o r t s s u b m i t t e d .

T h e 2 3 r d b e g a n w i t h a DSRA p r o g r e s s m e e t i n g i n t h e W a r d r o o m w h i c h was f o l l o w e d b y a n u n d o c k i n g c o n f e r e n c e . The r e f u e l i n g e v o l u t i o n was c o m p l e t e d . The 2 4 t h was a h o l i d a y f o r t h e s h i p y a r d a n d a h a l f w o r k d a y f o r t h e c r e w . The d u t y s e c t i o n made p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r t h e a r r i v a l o f S a n t a C l a u s o n t h e 0-2 l e v e l s i n c e

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The s h i p ' s f i r e m a i n s y s t e m was r e e n e r g i z e d a n d o p t e s t e d o n t h e 2 6 t h . H u l l p a i n t i n g was a l s o r e s u m e d o n t h e 2 6 t h . On t h e 2 7 t h t h e m a i n h u b a s s e m b l y was h y d r o t e s t e d . Bad w e a t h e r c a u s e d d e l a y s i n t h e h u l l p a i n t i n g . A f a s t c r u i s e f o r t h e u n d o c k i n g was h e l d o n t h e 2 8 t h , w i t h a l l s t a t i o n s m a n n i n g u p a n d t e s t i n g c o m m u n i c a t i o n s . The u n d o c k i n g was d e l a y e d u n t i l a t l e a s t t h e 3 1 s t d u e t o w e a t h e r d e l a y s i n h u l l p a i n t i n g . The 2 8 t h was a l s o l e a v e t u r n o v e r d a y a s t h e 2 n d l e a v e p e r i o d b e g a n . On t h e 2 9 t h , S u p s h i p f o r m a l i z e d r e q u i r e m e n t s t o d e l a y u n d o c k i n g u n t i l Monday, 4 J a n a t t h e e a r l i e s t a s a r e s u l t o f c o n t i n u i n g h i g h h u m i d i t y p r e c l u d i n g u n d e r w a t e r h u l l p a i n t i n g . S a f e t y i s s u e s a n d t h e t i g h t s c h e d u l e w e r e d i s c u s s e d a t t h e p r o d u c t i o n m e e t i n g o f t h e 3 0 t h . H u l l p a i n t i n g c o n t i n u e d a s much a s t h e w e a t h e r w o u l d a l l o w . A l s o o n t h e 3 0 t h . C h a p l a i n l was o n b o a r d f o r C h a p l a i n ' s C a l l . The o p t e s t c o n d u c t e d o n # 3 S S D G was u n s a t d u e t o a l u b e o i l c o o l e r l e a k , a l t h o u g h t h e d i e s e l d i d s t a r t f i n e s e v e r a l t i m e s , a n d was f i n a l l y t e s t e d s a t o n t h e 3 1 s t . The w e a t h e r i m p r o v e d o n t h e 3 1 s t a n d t h e S h i p y a r d was a b l e t o make p r o g r e s s o n t h e h u l l p a i n t i n g . The c r e w was a b l e t o e n j o y a h a l f d a y o n New Y e a r s E v e d a y d u e t o t h e u n d o c k i n g b e i n g moved b a c k . M o r a l e was g o o d a s t h e c r e w u s h e r e d i n t h e New Y e a r .