USS LEAHY (DLG-16) BASIC CHRONOLOGY 1976

January	05	Underway from Norfolk for Yorktown; first underway period in two months; first step of voyage to San Diego, CA - Leahy's new homeport
	07	Underway for Fort Lauderdale, FL
	09	Arrival Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
	10	Underway for Panama Canal
	14	Arrival at east end of Panama Canal; anchor at Cristobal, Panama
	14	Underway for transit of canal; Guardia National personnel embarked
	14	Moor at Rodman Naval Station, Canal Zone
	16	Underway for Acapulco, Mexico
	18	LEAHY officially becomes a unit of U.S. Pacific Fleet
	20 - 24	Port visit; Acapulco, Mexico
	28	EW drill with French ship Commandant Riviere; followed by AAWEX, SSCEX and COMM drills
	28	Arrival San Diego, CA
February	10	Underway for EW test range, local operations, return to San Diego
	19	Underway for local operations
	27	Arrival San Diego
March	02	Underway for local operations
	06	Arrival San Diego
	15	Underway for local operations
	19	Arrival San Diego
	29	Underway for local operations
April	02	Arrival San Diego
	12	Underway for local operations
	15	Arrival San Diego
	27	Underway for local operations
	30	Arrival San Diego
May	14	Ship's picnic at Mission Gorge Naval Recreation Center
	22	Tour of ship by Pasadena, CA High School Band
	28	Moor at Broadway Street Pier, downtown San Diego, CA
	29 - 31	Official visit ship during three day Memorial Day weekend; more than 3,200 visitors during 1300-1600 visiting hours each day
June	01	Underway for local operations
	06	Fight fire for four hours aboard research ship AQUASITION; abandon fire after reflash threatens explosion
	07	Six-hour tow of disabled landing craft to rendezvous with tug off San Clemente Island, CA
	11	Arrival San Diego, CA
	21	Underway for local operations
	26	Arrival San Diego, CA
July	02	Ceremonial Becentennial cake cutting by Captain Sinclair on crew's messdeck
	04	LEAHY, acting for all ships in San Diego Harbor, fires 21-gun salute to United States 200th birthday
	12	Underway for local operations
	24	Arrival San Diego, CA
	29	Visit by Assistant Secretary of the Navy H. Tyler Marcy
	30	Visit by Vice Admiral James H. Doyle, Jr., Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare)
August	23	Underway for local operations
	30	Successful practice shoot of Terrier missile
September	01	Arrival San Diego, CA
	07	Underway for Long Beach Naval Station, arrival Pier 6
October	13	Underway for Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, CA
	13 - 14	Offload Terrier missiles, torpedoes, 3-inch gun shells, saluting gun shells
	14	Return to Long Beach Naval Station
	22	Change of Command ceremonies; Captain Alexander M. Sinclair relieved by Captain Samuel S. Pearlman
November	10	LEAHY enters Drydock #3 in long Beach Naval Shipyard
DECLASSIFIED