Lots of folks here shoulda just joined the Navy or Coast Guard.
I am done floating around waiting to catch fire or sink or both.
Lots of folks here shoulda just joined the Navy or Coast Guard. No kidding. And these people are paying to go?
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The DuPont spent 1974 and 1975 in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia for an overhaul.
Cmdr. C.D. Collis assumed command in Autumn 1975. In January 1976, the DuPont relocated to D&S piers, Norfolk Naval Base, and commenced sea trials in the Virginia Capes.
From 1976 to 1979, the DuPont made the following cruises and port visits:
Carribean Refresher Training – February 1976 to April 1976
- Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
- Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands
- St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Midshipman Training cruises – June 1976 to August 1976
Middle East cruise – September 1976 to April 1977
- Hamilton, Bermuda
- Sao Miguel, Azores
- Rota, Spain
- Port Said, Egypt
- Jiddah, Saudi Arabia
- Djibouti
- Muscat, Oman
- Manamah, Bahrain
- Bandar Abbas, Iran
- Kharg Island, Iran
- Karachi, Pakistan
- Port Sudan, Sudan
- Fujarah, UAE
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Port Victoria, Mahé Island, Seychelles
Brazil Joint Operations - July 1977 to September 1977
- Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
- Recife, Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
North Atlantic, Baltic Cruise – October 1977 to December 1977
- Hamilton, Bermuda
- Sao Miguel, Azores
- Rota, Spain
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Karlskrona, Sweden
- Plymouth, England
- ** change of command ** Cmdr. J. A. Carbone assumed command of the DuPont from Cmdr. C. D. Collis in Plymouth, England, Autumn 1977
UNITAS 1978 – July 1978 to January 1979
- Charlston, South Carolina
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
- Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Trinidad and Taboga
- Fortaleza, Brazil
- San Salvador, Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil
- Montevideo, Uraguay
- Puerto Belgrano, Argentina
- Ushuia, Argentina
- Puerto Williams, Chile
- Punta Arenas, Chile
- Talcahuano, Chile
- Valpraiso, Chile
- Ilo, Peru
- Callao, Peru
- Guayaquil, Equador
- Panama
- Cartegena, Columbia
- Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
- Norfolk, Virginia, Dec 1978
The DuPont departed for a short cruise to Nova Scotia in February 1979 prior to returning to the yards in Hoboken, NJ for another overhaul.
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