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Maiden Sara Med Cruise:
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1958 Sara Med Cruise:
port's of call:
01Feb-depart Mayport;
13-15Feb-Gibraltar; 18-28Feb Naples; 10-21Mar-Barcelona;
31Mar-10Apr Genoa; 17-25Apr Cannes; 02-08May Palma; 09-16May
Barcelona; 25-28May Suda Bay; 10-16Jun Athens; 18-24Jan
Rhodes; 01-15Jul Cannes
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1966 Sara Med Cruise:
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11Mar-depart Mayport;
17-20Mar-anchored off St. Thomas; 30Mar-Pollensa Bay, relieve USS
Forrestal
1st port-Valletta, Malta; 2nd port-Thessaloniki,
Greece; 3rd port-Istanbul, Turkey; 4th-port-Rhodes,
Greece; 5th port-Naples, Italy; 6th port-Genoa, Italy;
7th port-Palermo, Sicily; 8th port-Taranto, Italy;
9th port-Athens, Greece; 10th port-Barcelona, Spain;
11th port-Palma, Spain
Pollensa Bay, turnover with USS Shangri-La, and home to Mayport.
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CDR Robert A. Weenink (USN
ret.) Jul66 to Jan67 (AA-AN)
I reported to Sara, late July, 1966 fresh from boot camp and was
assigned to V-3. My total Navy sea duty consisted of the 6 months I spent
on Sara. I was transferred to school at NATTC, Memphis in Jan67.
After graduation I was stationed there as ships-company. In Aug72 I
transferred to San Diego leaving active duty in Dec73 as a TD2.
After completing college I stating a new career at Ford Motor in Dearborn.
I joined the Navy Reserve in 1980 as an ADJ1. After earning my commission
in 1981, I transferred to the Seabee Navy where I served until I retired in
2001.
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1994 Sara Med Cruise:
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