Chronology - U.S.S. Galveston CL-93 / CLG-3
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1944 |
20 Feb 44
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Keel laid (as CL-93), at Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, Pa. |
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1945 |
22 Apr 45
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CL-93 launched, Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, Pa. |
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| 15 Aug 45 |
VJ Day, Ending World War II |
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1946 |
| 24 May 46 |
Moved from Cramp Shipbuilding to Philadelphia Navy Yard |
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24 Jun 46 |
Construction suspended (WW II demobilization)
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1947 |
6 May 47
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Assigned to the Philadelphia Group - Atlantic Reserve Fleet |
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1956
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| 4 Feb 56 |
Reclassified CLG-93 |
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Aug 56 |
Rework begins to convert to a Guided Missile Cruiser
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1957 |
23 May 57
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Reclassified to CLG-3 |
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1958 |
May 58
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Final fitting out at Philadlphia Navy Yard
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28 May 58
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Commissioned at Philadelphia, Captain J. B Colwell in command |
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| 30 Jun 58 |
Departed Philadelphia for builder's trials and tests of Talos missile |
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| 18 Nov 58 |
Capt. David D. Scott relieves Capt. Colwell. |
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| 31 Dec 58 |
Galveston finished out the year with operations in the Norfolk area. |
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1959 |
16 Jan 59
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Arrived San Juan, Puerto Rico for training and evaluation operations.
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| 24 Feb 59 |
Launched first Talos missile ever fired at sea. |
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| 17 Mar 59 |
Set course for Norfolk and a special yard period in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. |
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| Jul 59 |
Conducted shakedown and acceptance trials in the Virginia Capes area, refresher training off Cuba, and war games with the U.S. Air Force. |
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1960 |
4 Jan 60
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Departed Norfolk for Charleston, S.C., Florida coast, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
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| 11 Feb 60 |
Captain Leslie M. Slack assumes command of USS Galveston |
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| 15 Feb 60 |
Begin four day visit in namesake city, Galveston, Texas |
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| 16 Feb 60 |
Open house aboard ship for Galveston, TX residents . |
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| Feb-Mar 60 |
Shock tests off the Bahamas, then returning to Norfolk |
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| 25 Mar 60 |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for a yard period that extended into fall |
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| 21-22 May 60 |
Armed Forces Day. USS Galveston at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA |
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| 24 Oct 60 |
Departed for Virginia Capes, successfully completing her first missile transfer at sea. |
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1961
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| 6 Jan 61 |
Departed Norfolk for Bureau of Naval Weapons technical evaluation of Talos off Jacksonville, Fla., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. |
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| 4 Feb 61 |
Capt. John Henderson Cotten assumes command of Galveston |
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| Feb 61 |
Longest range Talos firing at sea. |
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| 1 Mar 61 |
Departed San Juan for RefTra and final acceptance trial out of Guantanamo Bay |
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9 Apr 61
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Returned Norfolk |
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| Apr 61 |
Departed for Jacksonville, Fla |
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| 8 May 61 |
Began duty under the Operational Technical Evaluation Force |
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| May 61 |
Cape Canaveral Armed Forces weekend |
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| Jun-Jul 61 |
First Talos two missile salvo at sea |
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| 21 Jul 61 |
Completed evaluation exercises in the Caribbean |
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Visited Bayonne, N.J., where her missile fire-control radars were removed preparatory to overhaul of Talos Fire Control system |
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| 30 Aug 61 |
Begin overhaul at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard with modifications to the Talos Fire Control system |
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1962
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April 62 |
Inclining experiments at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Departed Philadelphia |
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| 4 Apr 62 |
Capt. Gerald Patrick Joyce assumes command of USS Galveston |
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| 23 Jul 62 |
Departed Philadelphia, PA for new home port of San Diego, CA |
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| 4 Aug 62 |
Arrive at Galveston, TX |
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Balboa, Canal Zone |
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Transited the Panama Canal |
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Acapulco, Mexico |
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| 24 Aug 62 |
Arrived San Diego, Calif. and joined Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla 9, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
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| 14 Oct 62 |
Cuban Missile Crisis begins |
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| 20 Nov 62 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ends |
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1963
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| Jan 63 |
Embarked COMCRUDESFLOT NINE |
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| Jun 1, 63 |
Capt. Thomas J. Rudden Jr. assumes command of the Galveston |
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| Jun 63 |
Complete development tests of Talos missile |
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| 17 Oct 63 |
Departed for 1st WestPac cruise. Served as flagship. During the next 6 months she operated in the Far East with the 7th Fleet off Japan, Taiwan, and Okinawa. |
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| Jul-Aug 63 |
Refresher Training |
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| Oct 63 |
Operating with USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 |
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| Oct 63 |
Operating with USS Perkins DD-877 |
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
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Subic Bay, Luzon, Phillipines |
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Yokosuka, Japan |
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| 22 Nov 63 |
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated |
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| 25 Nov 63 |
JFK memorial service held on the Galveston fantail
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Kagoshima, Japan |
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Yokohama, Japan |
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Tokyo, Japan |
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Hong Kong -
While in Hong Kong flooding of the Area 3 Missile Space (Missile / Booster stowage) occurs. Faulty valve is at fault.
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Captain Gerald P. Joyce assumes command of USS Galveston |
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1964
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3 Feb 64
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Talos missile shoot - Okinawa Missile Range |
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Imabari, Japan |
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Yokosuk, Japan |
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Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
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Kobe, Japan |
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Nagasaki, Japan |
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| 4 Mar 64 |
Operation Backpack |
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Sasebo, Japan |
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| 16 Apr 64 |
Returned to San Diego and resumed West Coast training.
At sea |
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| May 64 |
Ship's Open House at Foot of Broadway Piers, San Diego |
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| 19 Jun 64 |
Capt. Lloyd Verne Young Assumes Command |
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| Oct 64 |
Began 4-month overhaul |
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1965
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| Jan 65 |
Inclining experiments Long Beach Naval Shipyard |
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Feb 65 |
End 4-month overhaul |
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| 4 Jun 65 |
Departed San Diego for 2nd WestPac cruise. Naval support in South Vietnam. |
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| 21 Jun 65 |
Arrived Subic Bay, Philippines, then sailed to join the 7th Fleet in the South China Sea. During the next 5 months she ranged the Southeast Asian waters from the Gulf of Thailand to the Gulf of Tonkin |
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| 08 Jul 65 |
Off Chu Lai, Vietnam. Galveston fires 12 rounds. Investigated Vietnamese junk |
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| 18 Jul 65 |
Capt. Alexander Scott Goodfellow arrives |
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| 19 Jul 65 |
Officers hold a ceremony honoring Capt. Young at "O" Club |
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| 20 July 65 |
Capt. Alexander Scott Goodfellow assumes command |
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| 1 Aug 65 |
Fired 115 rounds of gunfire support north of Da Nang |
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| 2 Aug 65 |
Fired 224 rounds of gunfire support south of Da Nang |
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| 3-4 Aug 65
| Fired 275 rounds of gunfire support south of Saigon |
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| 5-11 Aug 65
| Conducting UnReps and operating with carriers |
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| 12 Aug 65
| Fired 72 rounds of gunfire support off of Da Nang |
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| 16 Aug 65
| Fired 145 rounds of gunfire support north of Qui Nohn |
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18 Aug 65
| Operation Starlite. Amphibious assault on the Van Tuong Peninsula, Vietnam. Supported by marine air and naval gunfire from the cruiser USS Galveston.
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| 23 Aug 65
| Conducting a junk and sampan patrol in support of US Marines Amphibious Operations ashore between Nui Gay Tac and Pointe de Phuoc Thien |
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| 28 Aug 65 |
Arrive Hong Kong |
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| 3 Sep 65 |
Depart Hong Kong. Begin 43 consecutive days at sea! |
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| 10 Sep 65 |
Fired illumination rounds to assist crew of a downed helo with salvage operations |
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| 11 Sep 65 |
Fired 197 rounds. Destroyed 13 structures, damaged 34 |
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| 23 Sep 65 |
Shore bombardment, I Corps area South Vietnam, ship's 6"/47 guns fire over 440 rounds at Viet Cong targets. Spotter reports 13 Viet Cong KIA, 50 structures and five guns destroyed. |
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| 24 Sep 65 |
Fired 419 rounds of 6" in two hours. Then 133 more rounds |
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| 25 Sep 65 |
Fired on and destroyed pillbox |
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| 3 Oct 65 |
Fired 231 rounds, damaging 60 structures |
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| 16-24 Oct 65 |
Yokosuka, Japan |
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| ? Oct 65 |
Fired 93 rounds of 6" ammo near Chu Lai |
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| 10 Nov 65 |
Marines celebrate USMC 190th birthday! |
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| 25 Nov 65 |
Thanksgiving Day in port - Hong Kong. |
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| 2 Dec 65 |
Capt. Robert Edward Adamson assumes command from Capt. Goodfellow - Departed Philippines |
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| 18 Dec 65 |
Arrived San Diego. |
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1966 |
Jan 66
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Resumed operations out of San Diego |
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Midshipmans' Cruise |
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| 05 Feb 66 |
At San Diego with USS Chicago, CG-11 |
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| Jun 66 |
Hawaii |
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| July 66 |
San Francisco, CA; San Diego,CA; Long Beach, CA |
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| 31 Jul 66 |
Begin modernization overhaul, Long Beach |
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| 5 Nov 66 |
End overhaul and return to San Diego for sea trials. Many new crew members boarded and received brochure included in link at right.. |
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| Dec 66 |
Continue Sea exercises out of San Diego |
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1967 |
| 28 Jan 67 |
Change of Command, M.H. Sappington relieves R.E. Adamson Jr. |
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13 Feb 67
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Departed San Diego to Operate with 6th Fleet in Mediterranean |
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| 19 Feb 67 |
Arrive Panama City, Canal Zone |
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| 20 Feb 67 |
Transit the Panama Canal |
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25 Feb-
2 Mar 67 |
Newport, Rhode Island |
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| 12 Mar |
Palma, Mallorca |
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| 25-31 Mar 67 |
Naples, Italy |
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| 8-17 Apr 67 |
Palermos, Sicilly |
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| 24-26 Apr 67 |
Barcelona, Spain |
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27 Apr-
2 May 67 |
Toulon, France |
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| 11-15 May 67 |
Valletta, Malta |
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| 5 Jun 1967 |
Beginning of Six Day War |
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| 8 Jun 67 |
USS Liberty attacked by Israeli jet and torpedo boats |
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| 10 Jun 67 |
End of Six Day War |
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| 15-21 Jun 67 |
Soudha Bay, Crete |
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| 27-30 Jun 67 |
Valletta, Malta |
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| 7-16 Jul 67 |
Naples, Italy |
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25 Jul-
2 Aug 67 |
Marseille, France |
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| 16-22 Aug 67 |
Palma, Mallorca |
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| 30 Aug 67 |
Newport, Rhode Island |
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| 5 Sep 67 |
Cristobal, Canal Zone |
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| 11 Sep 67 |
Return to San Diego -- gone so long a Guide to San Diego was issued |
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1968
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| Mar 68 |
Capt. Robert B. Pettitt assumes command of USS Galveston |
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?
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Entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard for overhaul |
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| 4 Apr 68 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated |
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| 17 May 68 |
Inclining experiments at Long Beach Naval Shipyard |
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| 6 Jun 68 |
Robert Kennedy Assassinated |
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| Oct 68 |
In and out of San Diego for Sea Trials |
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| 17 Oct 68 |
Depart San Diego for third WestPac deployment |
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| 22 Oct 68 |
Arrive Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
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| 25 Oct 68 |
Depart Pearl Harbor |
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| 6 Nov 68 |
Arrive Subic Bay, Phillipines.
Moored at Alava Wharf
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| 11 Nov 68 |
Depart Subic Bay |
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| 14 Nov 68 |
Anchored at Da Nang Harbor, South Vietnam |
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| 15 Nov 68 |
COMCRUDESFORPAC RADM Freeman visits Galveston |
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| Nov 68 |
Expended 3565 rounds of 5” and 6” ammo in gunfire support |
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| 23 Nov 68 |
USS New Jersy relieves Galveston. Galveston to Gulf of Tonkin in accordance with instructions from Commander Task Unit 70.8.9 |
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| 30 Nov 68 |
Depart for Sasebo, Japan |
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| 4 Dec 68 |
Arrive Sasebo |
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| 12 Dec 68 |
Depart Sasebo |
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| 25 Dec 68 |
Christmas at sea |
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1969
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| 8 Jan 69
| VertRep by helos from USS Mars AFS-1 |
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10 Jan 69
| Arrive Hong Kong, BC:
Mooered at Buoy 1, Man of War Anchorage
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| 2 Feb 69
| Arrive San Diego, CA;
Moored Pier 16
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| 9 Apr 69
| Depart San Diego. Underway for Panama Canal |
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| 14 Apr 69
| Arrive Rodman Naval Station, Panama Canal Zone |
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| 15 Apr 69
| Transit Panama Canal |
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| 19 Apr 69
| Arrive Galveston, TX;
Moored Pier 15, Galveston Channel.
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| 26 Apr 69
| Arrive Norfolk, VA;
COMCRUDESFLOT 8 RADM F.H. Price embarked.
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| May 69
| Rota, Spain |
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| 12 May 69
| Arrive Barcelona, Spain |
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| 17 May 69
| Barcelona, Spain: Capt. James W. Montgomery relieved Capt. Robert B. Pettitt as CO |
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| 26 May 69
| Arrive Valletta, Malta;
Moored Buoy 9 fwd and Buoy 8 aft
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| May 69
| Athens, Greece;
Anchorage B-1 Phalaron Bay
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| May 69
| Villefranche-Sur-Mer , France |
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| 20 Jul 69
| Appolo 11, 1st Moon Landing |
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| 21 Jul 69
| Arrive Naples, Italy;
Moored stern to (Med Moor) at Berth Q73
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| 14 Aug 69 |
Palma, Mallorca |
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Taranto, Itally |
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Soudha Bay, Crete |
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Argostoli, Greece |
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| ? Sep 69 |
Valetta, Malta |
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Naples, Italy |
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Rota, Spain |
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Norfolk, VA. COMCRUDESFLOT 8 disembarked |
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Panama Canal transit |
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| 9 Nov 69 |
Retrun to San Diego, CA |
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1970
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25 May 70
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USS Galveston CLG3 Decommissioned |
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1973
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21 Dec 73
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USS Galveston CLG3; stricken from the US Navy Ships Register |
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1975
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| 30 Apr 75 |
Saigon falls to North Vietnam and becomes Ho Chi Minh City. |
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30 Apr 75
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USS Galveston Offered for Scrap Sale- Appraisal Value $400,000
(Bid Detail Booklet - click on Info) |
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| 1 Jun 75 |
Navy Reports Change of Ship's Status - SOLD |
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