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
 

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