USS LEAHY (DLG-16) BASIC CHRONOLOGY 1971

January	01 - 10	Inport Athens, Greece
	12 - 17	Inport Suda Bay, Crete
	18 - 29	Operating with Task Group 60.1 in the Western Mediterranean Sea
30 January - 3 February		Inport Valleta, Malta
	4 - 7	Operating in the Ionian Sea with Task Group 60.1
	8 - 10	Anchored in St. Pauls Bay, Malta
	11 - 18	Operating in the Ionian Sea with Task Group 60.1
	20	Change of command
18 February - 1 March		Inport Naples, Italy for tender availability
	1 - 6	Underway transit to Suda Bay, Crete
	7 - 11	Anchored in Suda Bay, Crete
	12 - 17	OPERATING IN THE Aegean Sea with. Task Group 60.1
	18 - 25	Inport Athens, Greece
	26 - 27	Anchored in St. Pauls Bay, Malta
	28 - 29	Operating with Task Group 60.1
30 March - 1 April		Anchored in St. Pauls Bay, Malta
	02 - 04	Operating with USS FORRESTAL between Malta and Spain
	5 - 16	Inport Barcelona, Spain
	17 - 20	Transit to Palma de Mallorca, Spain
	21 - 22	In port Palma, COMDESRON TEN hauls down his pennant
	23	C0MSIXTHFLT presents awards to LEAHYMEN and presents LEAHY with the Meritorious Unit Citation
23 April - 1 May		Underway in transit to Norfolk, Virginia
1 May - 14 June		In port, Norfolk, Virginia
14 June - 13 July		Drydock, .Newport News, Virginia
	14	Dependents Cruise, Yorktown, Virginia
	21 - 28	Midshipman Training, Newport, R.I.
29 July - 1 August		Visit New York City
	02 - 05	Midshipman Training
	06 - 09	Inport Norfolk, Virginia
	10 - 24	AAWEX/ASWEX 1-72
	13 - 16	Visit San Juan, Puerto Rico
	25 - 30	Inport Norfolk, Virginia
	31	Reload at Naval weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia
1 September - 25 October		Inport Norfolk, Virginia
	26 - 29	Independent Operations in the Virginia Capes Operating Area
30 October - 1 November		Inport Norfolk, Virginia
	2 - 17	RIMEX 2-72
	17 - 21	BOLDSHOT/BRIMFIRE in the Gulf of Mexico
	24 - 28	Inport Norfolk, Virginia
28 November - 3 December		Independent Operations in the Virginia Capes Operating Area
4 December - 10 January		Christmas Leave Period
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