MED CRUISE 1-64 1964

14 January 1964: Departed Little Creek 16: Arrived Moorehead City, NC (departed 16th) 19: Arrived Bermuda (departed 23rd) 31: Arrived Rota, Spain (departed 31st) 27 Feb: Arrived Soudha Bay, Crete (departed 1 Mar; arr 23rd; departed 24th) 26: Arrived Port Said, U.A.R. (departed 26th) 26: Arrived Suez Canal (departed 27th) 30: Arrived Aden, Federation of Southern Arabia (departed 1 Apr) 7 Apr: Arrived Bahrain Island (departed 9th) 10: Arrived Kharg Island, Iran (departed 13th) 14: Arrived Genevah, Iran (departed 14th) 15: Arrived Kharg Island, Iran (departed 16th) 17 Apr: Arrived Bahrain Island (departed 19th) 24: Arrived Aden, Federation of Southern Arabia (departed 27th) 2 May: Arrived Suez Canal (departed 2nd) 5: Arrived Athens, Greece (departed 9th) 11: Arrived Naples, Italy (inc. Rome) (departed 18th) 19: Arrived Santa Monza, Corsica (departed 22nd) 23: Arrived Genoa, Italy (departed 28th) 29: Arrived Barcelona, Spain (departed 30th) 30: Arrived Rota, Spain (departed 1 June) 4 June: Arrived Cherbourg, France (departed 5 June) 7: Portsmouth, England (inc. London) (departed 10 June) 18: Arrived Moorhead City, NC (departed 18 June) 19: Arrived Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, VA

1956-1966 (Dates TBD) 1965-1966

Bethlehem Steel Shipyard - Hoboken, N.J. (March - May 1965) CARIBBEAN (2) GITMO (assume after the yards - May, June-ish '65) St. Thomas, St. Croix, Jamaica, Granada & Puerto Rico Operation Power Pack, Dominion Republic (began 28 April 1965 [ended September 1966]) 31 December 1965: San Juan, Puerto Rico May 1966 (exact dates unknown): anchored - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas SG's Tenth Anniversary all hands party (June 1966 somewhere in the Caribbean)

Caribbean Cruise 3-67 1967

4 Dec '66: Depart Little Creek for Carib 3-67 5: Embark Marines @ Morehead City, NC 6-8: U/W for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 9-10: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for liberty 11-12: U/W for Vieques, Puerto Rico 13: Amphibious landing @ Vieques 14-2 Jan '67: San Juan, Puerto Rico for liberty 3-4: U/W 5: Re-embark Marines off Vieques 8: Amphibious landing @ Vieques 9-11: U/W for Curacao 12-15: Willemstad, Curacao for liberty 16-17: U/W for Vieques 18: Amphibious landing @ Vieques 19-26: U/W 27: Re-embark Marines off Vieques 28-1 Feb: U/W for Panama 2-7 Feb: Panama for liberty 8-14: U/W for Barbados 15-21 Bridgetown, Barbados for liberty 22-26: U/W for Vieques 27-28: Amphibious landing @ Vieques 29 Feb-1 Mar: U/W 2-3 Mar: Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands for liberty 4-7: U/W 8-10: St. Thomas, Virgin Islands for liberty 11-13 Mar: Amphibious landing @ Vieques 14-16 Mar: San Juan, Puerto Rico for liberty 17 Mar: Depart for Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, VA

Med 1-71 1971

16 Apr: Moorhead City, NC - embark US Marines 28 Apr: Rota, Spain 7 May: Timbakion, Crete 8-13 May: Saros Bay, Crete 7-16 Jun: Athens, Greece 18-22 Jun: Antalya, Turkey 1 Jul: Porto Scudo, Sardinia 3-7 Jul: Brindisi, Itlay 9-15 Jul: Navplion, Greece 16-18 Jul: Izmir, Turkey 22 Jul-6 Aug: Naples, Italy 8-13 Aug: Porto Scudo, Sardinia 31 Aug-7 Sep: Palma Mallorca, Spain 22-28 Sep: Barcelona, Spain 30 Sep: Rota, Spain 10 Oct: Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, VA

1973-1974 (Dates TBD) 1973

Barranquilla, Columbia Aruba Viegues, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Roosevelt Roads October 1973: Dependents cruise incorporated with the transport of some Marines to Wilmington, N.C - had Halloween aboard. The youngsters were allowed to "Trick or Treat" at various places. Panama U.S. Virgin Islands Viegues, Puerto Rico

Med 1-74 1974 (Data courtesy of Peter Blake - thanks, Shipmate!)

17 May: Depart Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, VA 31 May-3 Jun: Mersin, Turkey (Exercise Good Friendship) 4-7 Jun: La Speizia, Italy 11-13 Jun: Porto Scudo, Sardinia for Amphib Ops 18-26 Jun: Naples, Italy 27 Jun-3 Jul: Gythion, Greece for Amphib Ops 5-16 Jul: Cyprus 17 Jun-2 Aug: various exercises in region 3-9 Aug: Brindisi, Italy (training exercise) 10-22 Aug: Catania, Italy 23-29 Brindisi, Italy 30 Aug-6 Sep: Palermo, Italy 7-9 Sep: Taranto, Italy for training exercise 10-17 Sep: Barcelona, Spain 16-26 Sep: Palma, Spain 27 Sep-6 Oct: Carbonaras, Spain for Amphib Ops 7-14 Oct: Rota, Spain 15-20 Oct: Underway for Little Creek 31 Oct: Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, VA

Med 1-76 1976 (Data courtesy of Marshall Turner [1975-1976] - thanks, Shipmate!)

21-23 Jan, 1976: Rota, Spain 27-30 Jan: Augusta Bay, Sicily 30 Jan-6 Feb: Messina, Italy 7-13 Feb: Brindisi, Italy 16-23 Feb: Marseille, France 25 Feb-Mar 1 : Monte Romano, Italy 2-3 Mar: La Spezia, Italy 4-7 Mar: Naples, Italy 7-9 Mar: La Maddalina, Sardinia 9-16 Mar: Porto Scudia, Sardinia 18-25 Mar: Naples, Italy 27 Mar: Brindisi, Italy 27 Mar 29-May: Anchored east of Crete (66 days) 29 May-2 Jun: Kusadasi, Turkey 4-12 Jun: Naples, Italy 20 Jun: Beirut, Lebanon Evacuation 22 Jun: Athens, Greece - Landed evacuees 30 Jun-5 Jul: Rota, Spain 13 Jul Moorehead City, North Carolina - Marine offload 15 Jul: Little Creek, Virginia

Med 1-79 1979 (Data courtesy of Michael Moretti [1976-1980] - thanks, Shipmate!)

10 Jan: Underway, Enroute Morehead City, NC 11 Jan Onload of Marines, Morehead City, NC 23-26 Jan: Inport Rota, Spain 27 Jan- 1 Feb: Inport Almeria, Spain 2-8 Feb: Carboneras, Spain training anchorage 10- 23 Feb: Inport, Palma de Mallorca 26 Feb: NATO EXERCISE NATIONAL WEEK XXVI/SARDINIA 79 26 Feb: Anchored Taranto, Italy 27 Feb: Scanzana, Italy training anchorage 2-9 Mar: Training anchorage, Capo Teulada, Sardinia 11-24 Mar: Inport, Naples, Italy 26 Mar- 2 Apr: Training anchorage, Vatika, Greece 4-17 Apr: Inport, Naples, Italy 18-27 Apr: Training anchorage, Pian di Spille, Italy 28 Apr - 2 May: Inport, Marseille, France 3-10 May: Inport, La Spezia, Italy 12 May: DAWN PATROL 79 12-16 May: Training anchorage, Capo Teulada, Sardinia 21-25 May: Training anchorage, Doganbey, Turkey 31 May- 5 Jun: Inport, Rota, Spain 18 Jun: Arrive, Morehead City, NC 19 Jun: Arrive, Little Creek Amphibous Base

MARG 1-80 1980

Dates/times forgotten over time.... (any help out there??) Rota, Spain Lisbon, Portugal Barcelona, Spain Naples, Italy Pompeii & Capri, Greece Rome, Italy Monte Carlo Palermo, Sicily Almeria, Spain

Teamwork '80 - North Atlantic Cruise 1980

26 Aug: Underway for Teamwork '80 (exact dates are unknown - no particular order) Kristiansand, Norway Copenhagen, Denmark Amsterdam, Holland (Netherlands) Antwerp, Belgium Marseille, France Paris, France

Caribbean Ops '81 1981 8 Mar: Underway for Carib Ops '81 (exact dates are unknown - no particular order) Cartagena, Columbia Willemstad, Curacao Castries, St. Lucia La Guaira & Caracas, Venezuela Roseau, Dominca Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1982

9 October - 31 December, 1982 INSURV, Amphibious REFTRA (set the highest score ever recorded at Little Creek) and REFTRA at GITMO

AHUAS TARA/KINDLE LIBERTY 1983

20 Jan: Underway for La Cieba, Honduras 29 Jan: Anchored, La Cieba, Honduras ?? Feb: Anchored, Gatun Lake, Panama Canal Zone March-April: In-port, Little Creek, VA

UNITAS XXIV/WATC 83 1983

15 Jun: Underway for UNITAS XXIV (exact dates are unknown - no particular order) 16 Jun: Onload Marines @ Moorehead City, NC 20 Jun: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico 21-22 Jun: Amphib Ops Vieques Island, Purto Rico 24-27 Jun: Oranjestad, Aruba 30 Jun-13 Jul: Amphib Ops in San Andreas Island, & Covenas Colombia 14-19 Jul: Cartagena, Columbia 20-24 Jul: Rodman Naval Station, Panama City 26 Jul: Crossing The Line Ceremony - SHELLBACK 28-31 Jul: Amphib Ops in Salinas, Ecuador 1-3 Aug: Salinas, Ecuador 6-10 Aug: Amphib Ops in Salinas, Peru 11-15 Aug: Callao, Peru 19-23 Aug: Valparaiso, Chile 24-29 Aug: Talcahuano, Chile 31 Aug- 1 Sep: Ops in Castro, Chile 5-16 Sep: Amphib Ops in Punta Arenas, Chile 24 Sep-3 Oct: Montevideo, Uruguay 4-6 Oct: Amphib Ops in Punte De Este, Uruguay 11-16 Oct: Amphib Ops in Marambai, Brazil 17-25 Oct: Rio De Janiero, Brazil 29 Oct: Transit to West Africa 5-8 Nov: Matadi, Zaire 9-11 Nov: Point Noir, Congo 13-15 Nov: Malabo, Equitorial Guinea 16-18 Nov: Douala, Cameroon 21-24 Nov: Abidjan, Ivory Coast 27-28 Nov: Bissau, Guinea 30 Nov-2 Dec: Novakchott, Mauritania Transit ConUS 12 Dec: In Port Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, VA

North Atlantic Training Operations

Portsmouth, England Edinburgh, Scotland Tromso, Norway

MARG 3-87 1987

18 Jun: Underway for MARG 3-87 1 Jul: Rota, Spain 10 Jul: Port Said, Egypt 25 Jul: Mombasa, Kenya 1 Aug: Geesaley, Somalia 25 Aug: Athens, Greece 19 Aug: Teulada, Sardinia 4 Oct: Doganbey/Saros Bay, Turkey 14 Oct: Augusta Bay, Sicily 19 Oct: Palma de Mallorca, Spain 29 Oct: Rota, Spain 13 Nov: In Port Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base, VA