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USS Brunswick in background
 
USS Brunswick tows the USS Machinist
 
USS Brunswick tows the Adept
 
USS Brunswick tows the Adept

NB: this article is incorrect, evacuees were also processed through Subic Bay Naval Station. The original article appears to be from http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/fiery_vigil.htm or http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=668&page=1, not a primary source but http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/batgru-72.htm

  • Evacuee transport (ship, evacuees carried, reference)
Participating ships
Ship Evacuees Reference
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) 4,323 http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/abraham_lincoln.htm
USS Bristol County (LST-1198) ? ...
USS Comstock (LSD-45) Yes http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/c/lsd-45/1991.pdf
USS Curts (FFG-38) 547 (298, 249) http://www.curts.navy.mil/site%20pages/history.aspx, http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/c/ffg-38/1991.pdf
USS Gary (FFG-51) 602 (314, 288) http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/g/ffg-51/1991.pdf
USS Ingraham (FFG-61) 2+ x crew http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/i/ffg-61/1989.pdf
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) 844 (304, 302, 238) http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/abraham_lincoln.htm, http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/l/cg-57/1991.pdf
USS Long Beach (CGN-9) ? ...
USS McClusky (FFG-41) 375 http://www.mcclusky.navy.mil/site%20pages/history.aspx, http://www.history.navy.mil/shiphist/m/ffg-41/1991.pdf
USS Merrill (DD-976) (?, 302) unofficial: http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/dd976-91/65.htm
USS Midway (CV-41) 1,823 -
USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) ? http://www.mobile-bay.navy.mil/Site%20Pages/history.aspx
USS Peleliu (LHA-5) ? http://www.peleliu.navy.mil/Content/History.html
USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60) Yes ...
USS St. Louis (LKA-116) ? ...

Presence possible but doubtful: USS Fife (DD-991) USS Hewitt (DD-966) USS Oldendorf (DD-972)


Supported by the USNS Hassayampa. USS Roanoke (AOR-7) USS Passumpsic (AO-107) - present but did not participate USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3)


Using the USS Long Beach (CGN-9) more-or-less as a template.

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Using the command histories as primary sources.

  1. Build sections conducive to bullet pointing, i.e. Commanders and Milestones.
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      1. Select only those that are significant over the course of the likely lifetime of the ship
      2. Keep them brief - the details can be laid out in the narrative sections
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On 12 August 1988 BM3 Kerekgyarto died instantly when the slewing arm davit (SLAD) for the ships boat broke from its mount and fell on him. A subsequent investigation revealed a faulty weld as the cause. The SLAD was installed during the 1988 ships reduced availability (SRA) period to serve the rigid hulled inflatible boat (RHIB) which replaced the motor whale boat.

1989 saw the Kauffman make her maiden Mediterranean deployment with the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) [1], participating in ASW operations with the French Navy and Display Determination. The ports visited included Malaga, Spain, Villefranche, France, Catania, Sicily, Sevastopol, USSR, Istanbul, Turkey, Marseille, France, Palma, Spain, and Ibiza, Spain.

Early 1990 saw the Kauffman in an ships restricted availability (SRA) period where the #1A gas turbine generator and the Mk. 75 76mm gun mount were replaced. A Silver Cutlass Award was won for the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) program, and the North Carolina Azalea Festival at Wilmington, North Carolina was visited. Kauffman then participated in BALTOPS with port visits to Helsinki, Finland, Kiel, Germany, Gdynia, Poland, Aalborg, Denmark.

During preparations for a forthcoming deployment the Kauffman visited Nassau, Bahamas and shortly after returning command changed to Commander Chapman, USN. 26 April Kauffman deployed on MEF (Middle East Force) 2-91 which included visits to Port Mahon, Spain, Muscat, Oman, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Mina Sulman, Bahrain, Genoa, Italy, Alicante, Spain.

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1991: , this also included Exercise Indigo Serpent with the Royal Saudi Naval Forces| and Exercise Infinite Shadow with the Royal Jordanian Naval Forces

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