USS LEAHY (DLG-16) BASIC CHRONOLOGY 1970

January 1 - 14 February		Leave and upkeep, homeport, Norfolk, VA following UNITAS X South American cruise
	14	Underway for Armed Forces Weapons Range and RIMEX 4-70
	19	Fired missile from after launcher at ex. USS DELONG (DE-684) - direct hit forward superstructure
	19	In-port San Juan, Puerto Rico
	27	Port visit St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
March	4	Returned. to homeport, Norfolk, Virginia
	17	Hosted officers and crew of French Naval destroyer FNS. LA GALISSIONIERE (D-638)
4 March - 13 May		Leave and upkeep; conducted Dependent's Cruise to Yorktown, Naval.Weapons Station
	13 - 22	Participated, in exercise Exotic Dancer III acting as Orange Force surface raider
22 May - 9 June		Leave and upkeep, Norfolk, Virginia
	10 - 18	Operating in Narragansett.Bay Op-Areas conducting midshipmen training
	19	Paid port call on city of New York
	22	Underway on Hudson River at passage from New York City to West Point, New York
	22	Conducted orientation tours for second class United States Military Academy cadets
	23	Underway for Newport Op-Areas
	24	In-port Newport, Rhode Island
	24	Underway for Narragansett Bay Op-Areas and midshipmen training
	27	In-port Newport, Rhode Island
	29	Underway Narragansett Bay for midshipmen training
	30	In-port Newport, Rhode Island
July	1 - 5	Returned to homeport Norfolk, Virginia for 4th of July holidays
	5 - 7	Underway for midshipmen training, Narragansett Bay Op-Areas
	8 - 13	In-port Boston, Mass.
	13 - 15	Underway for midshipmen training, Narragansett Bay Op-Areas
	15	Underway for homeport, Norfolk, Virginia
16 July - 24 August		Leave and upkeep. Hosted Japanese Training Squadron port visit
	24	Underway for Yorktown Naval Weapons Stations and missile load-out
	25	Conducted "type training" in Virginia Capes Op-Areas
27 August - 14 September		Leave and upkeep-in homeport, Norfolk, Virginia
	14	Underway for Armed Forces Weapons Range, San Juan, Puerto Rico and operations in RIMEX 1-71.
	18	Received orders to proceed to Eastern Mediterranean for operations in support of Jordanian Contingency Plan
	24	Passed through Straits of Gibraltar
	29	Arrived at Operating Area for Eastern MED Contingency Force in support of Jordan Crisis Ops, approximately 130 miles from North coast of United Arab Republic
29 September - 16 October		Conducted AAW Surveillance operations in company with USS INDEPENDENCE CVA-62), USS JOHN. F. KENNEDY (CVA-67), USS GUAM (LPH-9), USS BELKNAP (DLG-26), and various other units of the SIXTH Fleet
	16 - 24	In-port, Athens Greece
24- October - 2 November		Continued operations in the Operating Area for Eastern MED Contingency Force in support of Jordan Crisis Ops
	2 - 7	In-port, Naples, Italy
	7 - 9	In transit, conducting Fleet Exercises and ISE*
	9 - 13	In-port Palma de Mallorca, Spain
	13 - 18	Conducting normal SIXTH-FLEET operations including competetive exercises, "type training" and ISE*
	18 - 21	In-port, Naples, Italy
	21 - 25	Conducting normal SIXTH FLEET operations including AAW missile firing in Malta Op-Areas
26 November - 2 December		In-port Valletta, Malta
	2 - 9	Conducting SIXTH Fleet Operations in the Ionian Sea
	9 - 14	In-port Valletta, Malta
	15 - 18	At sea, Ops Ionian Sea
	19 - 20	In-port Souda Bay, Crete for the Bob Hope Show
	20 - 21	Enroute Athens, Greece
21-December - 5 January		In-port Athens, Greece. Participated in Dependent Air Charter Program
*ISE - In-Service Engineering
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