USS LEAHY (CG-16) BASIC CHRONOLOGY 1975

January	01 - 05	Holiday leave and upkeep
	06 - 10	Combat System Training Exercise (inport)
	11 - 31	Upkeep and tender availability
February	01 - 02	Upkeep and tender availability
	03 - 14	Underway for USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) workup
	15 - 28	Upkeep, Norfolk
March	01 - 06	Upkeep, Norfolk
	07 - 21	Underway for LANTREADEX 2-75
	22 - 23	Port visit, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
	24 - 27	Enroute to Norfolk
	28 - 31	Inport, Norfolk
April	01 - 24	Inport preparations for Leningrad visit and Mediterranean deployment
	25 - 30	Enroute to Portsmouth, England
May	01 - 03	Enroute to Portsmouth, England
	04 - 07	Inport, Portsmouth, England, turnover with USS TATTNALL (DDG-19)
	08 - 12	Enroute to Leningrad, Russia
	13 - 16	Port visit, Leningrad, Russia
	17 - 19	Enroute to Helsinki, Finland
	20	Port visit, Helsinki, Finland
	21 - 25	Enroute to Portsmouth, England
	26 - 27	Port visit, Portsmouth, England
	28 - 30	Enroute to Rota, Spain
	31	INCHOP*, 6th Fleet
June	01 - 03	Enroute to Palma de Mallorca, Spain
	04 - 09	Upkeep and port visit, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
	10 - 18	6th Fleet exercise
	18 - 26	Exercise Dawn Patrol
	27 - 30	Port visit, Finale Ligure, Italy
July	01	Leahy officially redesignated CG
	02	Enroute to Monaco 03-06
	03 - 06	Port visit, Monaco
	07 - 08	Enroute to Ajaccia, Corsica
	08 - 13	Port visit, Ajaccia, Corsica
	14 - 17	Missile firing exercise, Salto de Quirra, Sardinia
	18 - 31	Upkeep and tender availability, Naples, Italy
August	01 - 07	Upkeep and tender availability, Naples, Italy
	08 - 10	Enroute for Exercise National Week XVIII
	11 - 12	Workup with 6th Fleet units
	13 - 14	Exercise National Week XVIII
	15	Training anchorage, Augusta Bay, Sicily
	16 - 17	Enroute to Barcelona, Spain
	18 - 29	Upkeep and port visit, Barcelona, Spain
	30 - 31	Enroute to Polensa Bay, Sicily
September	01 - 03	Amphibious exercises, Polensa Bay, Sicily
	04	Enroute to Palma de Mallorca, Spain
	05 - 16	Upkeep and maintenance, Palma de Mallorca
	17 - 19	Underway operations
	20 - 25	Inport, Palma de Mallorca, host to World Business Council Meeting
	26 - 27	Enroute to Naples, Italy
	28 - 30	Port visit, Naples, Italy
October	01 - 04	Port visit, Naples, Italy
	05 - 09	Exercise National Week XIX
	10 - 12	Arrive Rota, Spain, turnover with USS Dale (CG-19)
	13 - 23	Enroute to Norfolk, Virginia
	23	Arrive Norfolk
	23 - 31	Inport, Norfolk, installation Design to Price Electronic Warfare equipment, stand down
November	01 - 30	Holiday leave and upkeep, restricted availability. Design to Price Electronic Warfare installation
December	01-31	Holiday leave and upkeep, restricted availability. Design to Price Electronic Warfare installation
*INCHOP - CHange of OPerational command, spoken as "inchop" (entering a command region or zone) or "outchop" (leaving a command region)