USS LEAHY (DLG-16) BASIC CHRONOLOGY 1974

 
January 01 - 03 Preparation for deployment with SIXTH Fleet
  04 - 13 Transit to Mediterranean
  14 - 15 INCHOP* Mediterranean
  16 - 17 Underway for Toulon, France
  18 - 20 Port visit, Toulon, France
  21 - 25 Underway for operations with SIXTH Fleet
  26 - 27 Anchor at Cagliari, Sardinia, port visit
  27 - 28 Missile firing at Salto di Quirra, Sardinia Missile Range
  29 - 30 Underway for Barcelona, Spain
  31 Inport Barcelona for upkeep
February  01 - 09 Inport Barcelona for upkeep
  10 - 18 Underway for operations at sea and National Week XVI exercise
  19 - 28 Anchorage and Port visit, Souda Bay, Crete
March 01 - 12 Underway for operations with USS AMERICA (CVA-66)
  13 - 17 Port visit, Thessaloniki, Greece
  18 - 22 Underway for operations with USS AMERICA
  23 - 26 Port visit, Istanbul, Turkey
  27 - 31 Underway for operations with USS AMERICA and other SIXTH Fleet units
April  01 - 08 Underway for at sea operations with SIXTH Fleet
  09 - 30 TAV* period, Naples, Italy
May 01 - 02 TAV* period, Naples, Italy
  03 - 11 Operations at sea with USS AMERICA and DAWN PATROL exercise
  12 - 18 Port visit and upkeep, Athens, Greece
  19 - 24 Operations at sea
  25 - 26 Port visit, Mykonos, Greece
  27 - Underway and anchor at Rhodes,Greece
  28 - 31 Port visit, Rhodes, Greece
June 01 - 05 Underway for at-sea operations and Operation Good Friendship Exercise with Turkish Navy
  06 - 08 Port visit, Marmaris, Turkey
  09 - 11 Operations at sea
  12 - 17 Port visit, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
  18 - 23 Operations with USS AMERICA and transit to Rota, Spain
  24 - 25 Turnover and OUTCHOP* in Rota, Spain
  26 - 30 Transit to Norfolk
July 01 - 02 Transit to Norfolk
  03 Arrive NORFOLK
  04 - 31 Leave and Upkeep in Norfolk, VA
August 01 - 05 Leave and Upkeep in Norfolk, VA
  06 - 25 Upkeep and Tender Availability
  26 - 31 Services to Navy Destroyer School, Newport, Rhode Island
September 01 - 12 Services to Navy Destroyer School, Newport, Rhode Island
  13 - 22 Training availability and upkeep, Norfolk
  23 - 30 LANTREADEX 1-75
October 01 - 04 LANTREADEX 1-75
  05 - 07 Port visit, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  08 - 10 Underway for Norfolk
  11 - 30 Training availability, NTPI*
November 01 - 17 Upkeep, Norfolk
  18 - 25 COMPTUEX*, Vacapes
  26 - 30 Upkeep, Norfolk
December 01 - 15 Training availability and upkeep, Norfolk
  16 - 31 Holiday stand-down and leave period
 
*COMPTUEX - Composite Training Unit Exercise, is a rehearsal each US Navy Carrier Strike Group performs before departing for deployment
*NTPI - Navy Technical Proficiency Inspection
*INCHOP / OUTCHOP - going from one geographic location to another
*TAV - Tender Availability

DECLASSIFIED