Med 89 Deployment:

30 Dec 1987 Depart Charleston SC
3-16 Feb Palma Mallorca
23 Feb Augusta Bay Sicily (non-liberty)
1-3 Mar Augusta Bay Sicily (non-liberty)
6-10 Mar Toulon France
13-17 Mar Malaga Spain
1-3 Apr Bizerte Tunisia
12-17 Apr Monte Carlo
26 Apr- 1 May Trieste Italy
19-24 Apr Naples Italy (forgot about this one earlier)
2 May Brindisi Italy (non-liberty)
6 May Augusta Bay Sicily (non-liberty)
15-24 May Palma Mallorca
31 May - 12 Jun Toulon France
30 Jun Arrive Charleston SC

The battle group was:

USS Theodore Roosevelt
Moose
USS William V Pratt
USS Leyte Gulf
USS South Carolina
USS Faragut
USS Conyngham
USS Charles F. Adams
USS Sellers

Cruise Trivia

43,511 miles steamed
123 days underway
60 days in port
3,427,824 gallon of fuel burned
1,317,324 gallons of water used
30 unreps

Helo Recoveries:

491 for our Helicopter (SH-60B)
20 CH-46 recoveries
6 SH-3
6 SH-2
6 SH-60B
3 H-53 vertreps
8 British Sea Lynx
1 Italian AB 212

787 hours of sonar contact time

Provided by Matt Brumell

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