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CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF USS COMTE DE GRASSE (DD-974)
5AUG78 TO 5JUN98



1978
05 AUG 78Commissioned, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division at Pascagoula, MS. First Commanding Officer CDR Frank J. Lugo
23 SEP - 01 OCT 78Weapons System Alignment Test (WSAT) and Refresher Training (REFTRA) PREPS
04-12 OCT 78WSAT, Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT), Rocket Thrown Torpedo (RTT) Shots
20-31 OCT 78Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for Selective Refresher Training; Underwater Blade Changeout (STBD Shaft)
03-05 NOV 78Underway, VIEQUES OpArea - Naval Gunfire Support (NGFS) and Spotting Services
09 NOV - 31 DEC 78Inport Norfolk, VA. Final Contract Trials Preparations, Post Shakedown Availability Preparations
1979
01 JAN 79Inport Norfolk, VA. Post Shakedown availability preparations
03 JAN 79Ammunition Offload, Yorktown Weapons Station
09 JAN - 08 FEB 79Inport Pascagoula, MS. Post Shakedown Availability
09 FEB 79Self-noise trials underway enroute to Norfolk, VA
14 FEB - 16 JUL 79Inport Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA for Restricted Availability (RAV)
25-26 JUN 79Light-off Examination (LOE)
17 JUL 79Underway for Sea Trials
02 AUG 79Major fire in #1 Engineroom
13 AUG - 06 SEP 79Inport Pascagoula, MS for RAV
27 AUG - 4 SEP 79Ship's Qualification Trials (SQT)
12 SEP - 08 NOV 79Operation Ocean Safari, North Atlantic
05-11 OCT 79Inport Brest, France
12-17 OCT 79Inport Dunkerque, France
19-21 OCT 79Inport Hamburg, Germany
23-27 OCT 79Inport Portsmouth, England
14-16 NOV 79Underway, Virgina Capes (VACAPES), Delta Services(SVCS) and Deck Landing Qualifications(DLQ's)
1980
23 JAN 80Underway VACAPES OpArea (DC Training)
05 FEB 80Operational Readiness Inspection (O.R.I.)
19-23 FEB 80NGFS Vieques
23-25 FEB 80Inport Mayport, FL -Briefing for EXERCISE SAFEPASS-80
25 FEB - 09 MAR 80EXERCISE SAFEPASS-80
09-12 MAR 80Inport New York City
01-03 APR 80VACAPES OpArea (SLQ-32 Trials)
16 APR - 16 OCT 80Mediterranean Deployment
26-28 APR 80Inport Rota, Spain. INCHOP SIXTHFLT
03-04 MAY 80Inport La Spezia, Italy
19-24 MAY 80Inport Tunis, Tunisia
28 MAY - 05 JUN 80Inport Naples, Italy
07-12 JUN 80Inport Cannes, France
20 JUN - 5 JUL 80RAV Athens, Greece
10 JUL 80Transit Suez Canal into the Red Sea
15 JUL 80Brief Stop for Fuel (BSF), Djibouti
16 JUL - 02 AUG 80Middle East Force Operations in the Red Sea
23 JUL 80BSF, Djibouti
03-05 AUG 80Inport Djibouti
16-21 AUG 80Inport Mombasa, Kenya
03-04 SEP 80Transit Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea
06-14 SEP 80Inport Naples, Italy
08 SEP 80Change of Command in Naples Harbor, Italy. CDR Philip A. Dur relieves CDR Frank J. Lugo
26-28 SEP 80Inport Gibraltar
01-02 OCT 80Inport Tangiers, Morocco
03-05 OCT 80Inport Rota, Spain.
OUTCHOP SIXTHFLT
03-05 DEC 80Defense Nuclear Systems Inspection (DNSI)/Nuclear Technical Proficiency Inspection(NTPI)
06-31 DEC 80Inport Norfolk, VA
1981
04-06 FEB 81VIEQUES NGFS Range, Puerto Rico
08-26 FEB 81Inport/Underway Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
01-16 MAR 81READEX 1-81
06-09 MAR 81Inport Martinique
08-09 APR 81Operational Propulsion Plant Examination (OPPE)
07-08 MAY 81AMMO ONLOAD, Yorktown Weapons Station
13-22 MAY 81Comprehensive Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), VACAPES OpArea
02-05 JUN 81OPS AUTEC Range
23-24 JUN 81OPPE VACAPES OpArea
08 JUL 81Anti-Submarine Warfare(ASW) Operations, Cherry Point OpArea
20 AUG - 01 SEP 81OCEAN VENTURE-81, MAGIC SWORD
01-05 SEP 81Inport Scapa Flow, Scotland, U.K.
06-19 SEP 81OCEAN SAFARI-81
19-25 SEP 81Inport Brest, France
25-28 SEP 81Inport Plymouth, England
15-22 OCT 81Inport Yorktown, VA for Yorktown Bicentennial Celebration, Ammo Offload
08-23 NOV 81Drydocked NNSY, Portsmouth, VA for voyage repairs and replacement of Sonar Dome Rubber Window
31 NOV - 01 DEC 81AMMO ONLOAD, Yorktown Weapons Station
01 DEC - 31 DEC 81Mediterranean Deployment
11-12 DEC 81Inport Rota, Spain
22-31 DEC 81Inport Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1982
01 JAN - 26 APR 82Mediterranean Deployment
01-03 JAN 82Inport Palma De Mallorca, Spain
05-17 JAN 82IMAV Gaeta, Italy
02-12 FEB 82IMAV Ville-Franche, France
20-26 FEB 82Anchorage Cannes, France
27 FEB - 09 MAR 82Exercise SARDINIA-82
10-15 MAR 82Anchorage, Tunis, Tunisia
10 MAR - 12 APR 82OPS Western MED
22-24 MAR 82Inport Cartagena, Spain
26-29 MAR 82Inport Rota, Spain
01-05 APR 82Inport Cork, Ireland
08-12 APR 82Inport Amsterdam, Netherlands
03-04 JUN 82NTPI
14 AUG 82Change of Command inport Norfolk, VA.
CDR Stephen H. Hamilton relieves CDR Philip A. Dur
23 AUG - 20 OCT 82NORTHERN WEDDING/UNITED EFFORT-82
16-22 SEP 82Inport Plymouth, England
23-26 SEP 82Inport Cherbourg, France
08-12 NOV 82Board of Inspection and Survey Inspection (INSURV)
07-14 DEC 82COMPTUEX 1-83
1983
08 JAN - 10 JUL 83NATO Standing Naval Forces Atlantic Deployment
16 JAN 83BSF Ponta Delgada, Azores
20-23 JAN 83Inport Plymouth, England
28-31 JAN 83Inport Rosyth, Scotland
01-10 FEB 83EXERCISE ROEBUCK
12-14 FEB 83Inport Leith, Scotland
17-23 FEB 83Inport Zeebrugge, Belgium
25 FEB - 01 MAR 83Inport Hamburg, Germany
05-06 MAR 83Inport Portland, England
17-25 APR 83EXERCISE SPRING TRAIN, Gibraltar
29 APR - 02 MAY 83Inport Haakonsvern, Norway
03-13 MAY 83EXERCISE BRIGHT HORIZON
14-22 MAY 83Inport Oslo, Norway
23-26 MAY 83EXERCISE MAY WEST
27-29 MAY 83Anchored Bodo, Norway
30 MAY - 05 JUN 83EXERCISE NOR OPS
06 JUN 83Inport Portland, England
07-16 JUN 83EXERCISE OCEAN SAFARI, escort from Punta Delgada, Azores to Lisbon, Portugal
17 JUN 83Anchored Cascais, Portugal
21-30 JUN 83Inport Den Helder, Netherlands
11-14 AUG 83Anchored Annapolis, Maryland
06-07 SEP 83Ammunition Offload, Yorktown Weapons Station
28 OCT 83 - 10 JUL 84Drydock/Routine OverHaul(ROH)
Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS
1984
01 JAN - 10 JUL 84Drydock/ROH Ingalls Shipyard, Pascagoula, MS
10-15 JUN 84Light-Off Assessment (LOA)
27-29 JUN 84Sea Trials
10-14 JUL 84Transit to Norfolk, VA
31 JUL - 02 AUG 84AMMO ONLOAD, Yorktown Weapons Station
27-30 AUG 84Engineering Ship Qualification Test, CNO Project K-176, SH-2F Trials
04-13 SEP 84Harpoon Certification, Tomahawk Material Certification
24-26 SEP 84Combat Systems Ship Qualification Test (CSSQT), VACAPES OpArea
06 OCT 84Change of Command inport Port Everglades, FL.
CDR Robert L. Richardson relieves CDR Stephen H. Hamilton
11-14 OCT 84WSAT, AUTEC
22-23 OCT 84CSSQT, Puerto Rico OpArea
24 OCT - 17 DEC 84Refresher Training, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1985
11-16 JAN 85WSAT Range
09-14 FEB 85Inport Newport, Rhode Island
19-23 MAR 85Tomahawk Tactical Qualification Test (TTQT)
16-19 APR 85AMMO ONLOAD, Yorktown Weapons Station
22 APR - 07 MAY 85COMPTUEX 2-85
06 JUN - 05 DEC 85Deployment to Middle East Force
13 JUN 85BSF Ponta Delgada, Azores
16 JUN 85BSF Rota, Spain
18-20 JUN 85Inport Palma De Mallorca, Spain
26 JUN 85Transited Suez Canal into the Red Sea
30 JUN 85BSF Djibouti
04 JUL 85Entered the Persian Gulf, attached to Middle East Force
08-17 JUL 85Inport Bahrain
11 AUG 85Inport Muscat, Oman
11-17 AUG 85EXERCISE INFERNO CREEK/BRIGHT STAR '85
18 AUG 85Inport Muscat, Oman
22-24 AUG 85Inport Bahrain
12-17 SEP 85Inport Bahrain
22-24 SEP 85Inport Dammam, Saudi Arabia
26 OCT - 01 NOV 85Inport Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15 NOV 85Transited the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea
20-22 NOV 85Inport Cartagena, Spain
24 NOV 85Inport Rota, Spain
28 NOV 85BSF Ponta Delgada, Azores
1986
31 JAN 86Gunnery Exercise, VACAPES OpArea
03-05 FEB 86Gunnery Exercise, Deck Landing Qualifications (DLQ's), VACAPES OpArea
05 MAR - 09 JUN 86Selective Restricted Availability (SRA), Metro Machine Shipyard, Norfolk
19-20 AUG 86Air Targeting Exercise, Puerto Rico OpArea
04-08 SEP 86Drug Interception Ops, Caribbean
09 SEP 86Inport Port Everglades, FL
01-02 OCT 86Gunnery Exercises, VACAPES OpArea
03-05 OCT 86Inport Annapolis, Maryland
06-07 OCT 86Gunnery Exercises, VACAPES OpArea
15 OCT - 25 NOV 86Submarine Tracking Exercise, Puerto Rican OpArea
15-19 DEC 86INSURV
22 DEC 86Change of Command inport Norfolk, VA.
CDR Russell J. Lindstedt, II relieves CDR Robert L. Richardson
1987
09-28 JAN 87BLASTEX 1-87
10 FEB - 01 MAR 87FLEETEX 1-87
02-17 MAR 87Drydocked in SUSTAIN AFDM-7
30 APR - 08 MAY 87SOLID SHIELD 87
09-10 MAY 87FLEETEX 2-87
06 JUN - 17 NOV 87Mediterranean Deployment 3-87
27-30 JUN 87Inport Rapallo, Italy
01-10 JUL 87Inport La Napoule-Mandelieu, France
10-15 JUL 87Inport Villefranche, France
31 JUL - 03 AUG 87Inport Taormina, Sicily
04-18 AUG 87Inport Gaeta, Italy
18-23 AUG 87Inport Naples, Italy
10-15 SEP 87Inport Palma De Mallorca, Spain
17-18 OCT 87Inport Augusta Bay, Sicily
20-29 OCT 87Inport Palermo, Sicily
05-06 NOV 87Inport Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands
1988
01-04 FEB 88PRIME CHANCE OPS/Gas Turbine Engine Mobile TRAINING Team (GTEMTT)
04 FEB 88Service Weapons Test(SWT) 46
23 FEB - 02 MAY 88Selected Restricted Availability (SRA), NORSHIPCO, Norfolk, VA
11-23 MAY 88USN/FGN MISSILEX
15 JUN - 01 JUL 88FLEETEX 2-88 (BASIC)
12-21 JUL 88Type Training Team (TPT) 7-88 OPS
25-29 JUL 88CORTRAMID OPS
01-05 AUG 88CORTRAMID/PRIME CHANCE
12 AUG - 01 SEP 88Coast Guard Law Enforcement Operations, Caribbean OpArea
03-05 OCT 88Harpoon Tactical Qualification Test (HTQT)/TTQT
11-15 OCT 88Tail Certification
07-22 NOV 88FLEETEX 1-89 (ADV)/SOCEX 1-89
28 NOV - 02 DEC 88Gas Turbine Mobile Training Team (GTMTT) VACAPES
02-11 DEC 88SWOSCOLCOM School Ship Visit, Newport, Rhode Island
1989
08 FEB - 01 MAR 89FLEETEX 1-89
14 MAR 89Change of Command inport Norfolk, VA.
CDR William D. Lynch relieves CDR Russell J. Lindstedt, II
14 APR - 07 MAY 89Drydocked NNSY, Portsmouth, VA for replacement of Sonar DOME Rubber Window
11 MAY - 09 NOV 89Mediterranean/Indian Ocean Deployment 2-89
29 MAY - 04 JUN 89Inport Cartagena, Spain
05-08 JUN 89Inport Benidorm, Spain
20-23 JUN 89Inport Haifa, Israel
25 JUN 89Transit Suez Canal into the Red Sea
04-06 JUL 89Strait of Hormuz, Eastern Patrol Area (SOHEPA) Operations
17-22 JUL 89Inport Diego Garciav
28 JUL - 01 AUG 89Inport Phuket, Thailand
14 AUG 89Entered the Persian Gulf
23 AUG 89Inport Sitra, Bahrain
06 SEP 89Transit the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea
09-20 SEP 89Inport Marseille, France
11-22 OCT 89Inport Marseille, France
05-09 NOV 89OPPE
1990
16-28 JAN 90VIEQUES Gunnery Range, Earned designation as Top Gun of the Year
15 FEB 90Visited by a delegation of the Supreme Soviet and the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Les Aspen
05-09 MAR 90INSURV
20-23 MAR 90Ammunition Offload, Yorktown Weapons Station
23 MAR - 01 MAY 90Inport Norfolk, VA
01 MAY - 31 DEC 90ROH, NORSHIPCO, Norfolk, VA
1991
01 JAN - 08 APR 91ROH NORSHIPCO, Norfolk, VA. RAST Install, AVCERT, SQQ 89 Cert, LOE
25 APR 91Change of Command inport Norfolk, VA.
CDR Peter W. Marzluff relieves CDR William D. Lynch
01-23 MAY 91Type Training(TYT) VCOA/RAS
17-26 JUN 91Combat Systems Qualification Testing Puerto Rican OpArea (CSQT PROA)
01-03 JUL 91WSAT
08-10 JUL 91NGFS Qualifications
23 JUL - 17 OCT 91Training Evolutions, Evaluations, and Qualifications, VACAPES OpArea
24-26 OCT 91OPPE
03-05 DEC 91School Ship, Surface Warfare Officers School, Newport, Rhode Island
11-15 DEC 91Cruise Missile Tactical Qualification Training and Test (CMTQT)
16-17 DEC 91Combat Systems Assessment (CSA)
1992
06-10 JAN 92SWET Competition
13 JAN - 13 FEB 92FLEETEX 2-92
26 FEB - 03 MAR 92Exercise FABRIC FALCON BRAVE
30 MAR - 02 APR 92Engineering Mobile Training Team (EMTT)
06 MAY - 06 NOV 92Mediterranean Deployment 2-92
26-29 MAY 92Inport Naples, Italy
04-08 JUN 92Inport Gaeta, Italy
16-20 JUN 92Inport Trieste, Italy
03-06 JUL 92Inport Villefranche, France
08-11 JUL 92Inport Fiumincino, Italy
13-18 JUL 92Inport Naples, Italy
07-24 AUG 92RAV Inport Golcuk, Turkey
07 SEP 92Transit the Suez Canal into the Red Sea
08-20 SEP 92MARITME INTERDICTION FORCE OPS
21 SEP 92Transit the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea
10-12 SEP 92Inport Limassol, Cyprus
17-20 OCT 92Inport Villefranche, France
25 OCT 92BSF Rota, Spain
03 NOV 92BSF Bermuda
07 DEC 92Ammunition Offload, Yorktown Weapons Station
1993
18 JAN - 15 FEB 93Operation Sea Signal, Caribbean Sea
05 FEB 93Change of Command, underway in windward passage between Cuba and Haiti.
CDR William C. Moye relieves CDR Peter W. Marzluff
21 FEB - 26 APR 93Intermediate Maintenance Availability, Aviation Certification
03-25 MAY 93Counter Drug Operations (CD-OPS), Caribbean
29-31 MAY 93Anchored La Cieba, Honduras
03-06 JUN 93Inport Port Canaveral, Florida
09-20 JUN 93Command Assessment of Readiness and Training (CART II)
08-19 AUG 93Dry Docked, SUSTAIN AFDM-7 for replacement of port Controllable Reversible Pitch Propeller (CRP) System
14-15 SEP 93Combat Systems Assessment
13-14 OCT 93OPPE
19-22 OCT 93COMPTUEX, Caribbean Sea
13-17 NOV 93Logistics Management Assessment (LMA)
01-15 DEC 93Fleet Exercise, Cherry Point OpArea
1994
12 JAN 94Port Main Reduction Gear Sabotaged - Deployment Delayed
05 FEB - 24 JUN 94Mediterranean Deployment
16-18 FEB 94Inport Augusta Bay, Italy
05-16 MAR 94Inport Kerkira, Greece
11-16 APR 94Inport Naples, Italy
28 APR - 03 MAY 94Inport Trieste, Italy
12-15 MAY 94Inport Villefranche, France
27-31 MAY 94Inport Naples, Italy
11 JUN 94Inport Rota, Spain
22-26 AUG 94INSURV
06 SEP - 01 OCT 94Operations Support/Uphold/Restore Democracy, Haitian OpArea
17 OCT - 12 DEC 94SRA, Jonathan Ship Yard, Naval Station Norfolk, VA
13-14 DEC 94SRA Sea Trials
16 DEC 94Change of Command inport Norfolk, VA.
CDR Richard C. Hill relieves CDR William C. Moye
1995
07-16 JAN 95CART II
17-19 JAN 95Engineering Training Group (ETG)
20-31 JAN 95AVCERT Tech Assist, CSTG
03-21 FEB 95NGFS Team Trainer, CSRR Phase I
22 MAR - 04 APR 95CSTG Multi Threat
17 APROPPE
24 APR - 14 MAY 95COMPTUEX, Caribbean
15 MAY - 22 JUN 95CMTQ, FCIP, CSRR Phase II, TARGET, POM, LMA
01 JUL - 03 DEC 95UNITAS XXXVI-95, including operations and port calls in Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil
1996
24 FEB - 12 MAR 96CD-OPS, Caribbean Sea
25 MAR 96Ammunition Offload, Naval Weapons Station Earle, New Jersey
04 APR - 18 JUN 96DSRA, Metro Machine Corp., Norfolk, VA
18 JUL 96Change of Command inport Norfolk, VA.
CDR Archer M. Macy, Jr. relieves CDR Richard C. Hill, III
23-26 AUG 96Inport Boston, Massachusetts
04-13 SEP 96Tailored Ships Training Assessment (TSTA I)
23 OCT - 26 NOV 96Training and Maintenance Availability, Naval Station Mayport
10-12 DEC 96TSTA II
1997
16-22 JAN 97TSTA II/Engineering Training
28 JAN 97Engineering Certification (ECERT)
03-06 FEB 97TSTA III, LAMPS Work-Up
04 MAR - 10 APR 97SPONTEX 97-1, France and Ireland
12 MAR 97BSF Ponta Delgado, Azores
22-25 MAR 97Inport Brest, France
26-31 MAR 97Inport Cobh, Ireland
03 APR 97BSF Ponta Delgado, Azores
09-16 MAY 97INDEX 97-3, Puerto Rican OpArea
28-30 MAY 97AMMO ONLOAD, Yorktown Weapons Station
01 JUL - 26 NOV 97UNITAS XXXVIII-97, including operations and port calls in Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil
1998
02-06 FEB 98INSURV
09-12 FEB 98Ammunition Offload, Yorktown Weapons Station
19 FEB - 05 JUN 98Prestrike Preparations, NNSY Portsmouth, VA
05 JUN 98DECOMMISSIONING, NNSY Portsmouth, VA



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