Uss carl vinson was the first usn ship named for a living american since about. North west indian ocean deployment cruise book 1983. Used it the first time last night working on 50 a6es for my vinson project. If you have any photos of interest to the navy nuclear weapons community and that are unclassified now, email them to the webmaster. Here you can download the uss carl vinson cvn 70 maiden cruise book 1982 as a high resolution. The carl vinson cvn 70 is the third united states navy. Uss carl volume vinson chronicles 1983 cruise cvn70 book carl 2 vinson world uss carl vinson.
If you would like us to do a name lookup for this yearbook, please contact us before placing the order. A nimitzclass supercarrier launched in 1980 and commissioned in 1982, carl vinson calls san diego her home port. In 1983, the carl vinson crossed the equater the first time at 0 longitude and 0 latitude for shell back initations. He wants to hear of my cruise and my job working with the combat center, etc. We also offer outofprint and unusual scientific, historical and technical books. On january 30, 1983, the vinson anchored in roosevelt roards, puerto rico. On 9 june 1983, meyerkord deployed on her sixth westpac with uss new jersey and other destroyer squadron 17 ships. Uss carl vinson cvn70 deployment cruise book year log 198889 vol v uss. In recognition of his contributions to the us navy. May 24, uss carl vinson returned to homeport after a sixday tiger cruise from. Uss carl vinson cvn70 under construction in late 1970s. He attended the university of minnesota and united states naval academy, graduating from the latter in 1955. In september 1981 he assumed command of uss guadalca nal lph7 in palma, majorca, and completed two mediterranean deployments and three major exercises to northern europe and the caribbean, detaching from guadalcanal off lebanon in march 1983. Shellback invitation on board the uss coral sea world cruise 1983.
Uss carl vinson cvn70 1984 1985 westpac indian ocean deployment cruise book. Congressman carl vinson became the first person in the history of the united states to witness a launching in his honor. Alamo lsd33 1961, 1966, 196768, 1969, 1972, 1974, 197576, 1977, 1980, 1986. Its final cruise was completed in 2005, escorting the aircraft carrier carl vinson and its task group on a cruise around the world. He is a former commander of destroyer squadron 26, destroyer squadron 20, uss semmes and. I witnessed the docking of uss carl vinson s arrival to dg for th first time. She has participated in many cruises and support missions around the world, deploying frequently to the middle east and pacific. Uss worden cg18 westpac deployment cruise book year log. World events forced new jersey to other commitments and sent meyerkord to the indian ocean to escort the carl vinson battle group. The ship was launched in 1980, undertook its maiden voyage in 1983, and underwent refueling and overhaul between 2005 and 2009. His book is patterned after dean mawdsleys usn cruise books of wwii.
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