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January 07 - Depart Newport/enroute Gibraltar and European waters.
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January 19 - Arrive Gibraltar.
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January 26 - Underway to Augusta, Sicily.
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February 03 - Arrive Agusta, Sicily.
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February 07 - Underway to Trieste, Italy.
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February 09 - Arrive Trieste, Italy.
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February 16 - Underway to Venice, Italy, arriving same day.
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February 23 - Underway to Trieste, Italy, arriving the same day.
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March 02 - Underway to Gibraltar.
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March 07 - Arrive at Gibraltar.
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(Ware conducted ASW exercises with British ships off Northern Ireland.)
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March 08 - Underway to Portsmouth, England.
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March 11 - Arrive Portsmouth, England.
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March 12 - Underway to Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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March 14 - Arrive Londonderry.
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March 30 - Underway to Bremerhaven, Germany.
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April 01 - Arrive Bremerhaven.
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April 06 - Underway to Dublin, Ireland.
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April 08 - Arrive Dublin.
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April 13 - Underway to Stravanger, Norway.
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April 16 - Arrive Stravanger.
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April 20 - Underway to Ghent, Belgium.
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April 22 - Arrive Ghent.
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April 27 - Underway to Aalbough, Denmark.
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April 29 - Arrive Aalbough.
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May 05 - Underway to Plymouth, England.
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May 08 - Arrive Plymouth.
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(After the European tour, Ware took part in exercises with the Canadian carrier HMCS Magnificent off Narragansett Bay.)
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May 11 - Underway to Argenta, Newfoundland.
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May 16 - Arrive Argenta.
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May 17 - Underway to Newport, R.I.
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May 19 - Arrive Newport.
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June 22 - Underway for ASW exercises.
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June 26 - Arrive Newport, R.I. from ASW exercises.
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June 29 - Underway for New Bedford, Connecticut, arriving the same day.
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July 13 - Underway for type training.
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July 17 - Arrive Newport, R.I. from type training.
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July 20 - Underway to Halifax, Nova Scotia with Midshipmen aboard.
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July 30 - Arrive Halifax.
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August 03 - Underway to Newport, R.I. via Fall River, Massachusetts.
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August 07 - Arrive Newport.
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August 24 - Underway for type training.
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August 28 - Arrive Newport from type training.
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August 31 - Underway for type training.
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September 04 - Arrive Newport from type training.
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September 08 - Underway for H/K training.
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September 11 - Arrive Newport from H/K training. Operational Readiness Inspection.
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October 05 - Underway for type training.
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October 09 - Arrive Newport from type training.
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October 12 - Underway for ASW exercises.
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October 17 - Arrive Newport from ASW exercises.
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October 19 - Underway for ASW exercises.
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October 23 - Arrive Norfolk, Virginia from ASW exercises.
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November 02 - Underway for Carrier exercises enroute participation in "Operation Springboard".
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November 09 - Underway to Puerto Rico.
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November 11 - Arrive Puerto Rico via St. Thomas.
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November 16 - Underway for operations.
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November 18 - Arrive San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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November 20 - Underway to Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Massachusetts.
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November 24 - Arrive Boston Naval Shipyard.
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January 02 - Underway to Newport, R.I.
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January 03 - Arrive Newport.
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January 05 - Underway for Sixth Fleet duties.
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January 19 - Passed through the Straits of Gibraltar, enroute to Pireaus, Greece.
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January 23 - Arrive Pireaus.
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(Ware participated in several major fleet maneuvers, including "Hellenic Sky One" and Turkish Sky One".
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January 27 - Underway for Ismir, Turkey.
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January 28 - Arrive Ismir.
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February 01 - Underway to Augusta, Sicily.
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February 03 - Arrive Augusta.
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February 05 - Underway for Fleet exercises and a visit to Istanbul, Turkey.
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February 13 - Arrive Istanbul.
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February 18 - Underway to Kavallo, Greece.
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February 19 - Arrive Kavallo.
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February 24 - Underway for Fleet exercises and a visit to Genoa, Italy.
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March 03 - Arrive Genoa.
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March 10 - Underway for Fleet exercises and a visit to Naples, Italy.
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March 17 - Arrive Naples.
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March 23 - Underway to Venice, Italy.
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March 26 - Arrive Venice.
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April 01 - Underway to Trieste, Italy.
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April 02 - Arrive Trieste.
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April 07 - Underway to Ancora, Italy.
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April 10 - Arrive Ancora.
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April 14 - Underway to Bari, Italy.
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April 16 - Arrive Bari.
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April 21 - Underway to Cannes, France.
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April 24 - Arrive Cannes.
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April 29 - Underway to Rhodes, Greece.
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May 04 - Arrive Rhodes.
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May 09 - Underway to Leros, Greece.
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May 13 - Arrive Leros.
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May 20 - Underway to Phaleron, Greece.
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May 21 - Arrive Phaleron.
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May 24 - Underway to Gibraltar and home.
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May 28 - Arrive Gibraltar and continue on to home port.
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June 05 - Arrive Newport, R.I. in a dense fog and a three week tender availability alongside USS Yosemite AD-19.
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July 01 - CDR J. B. Davenport was relieved of duty by CDR J. C. Fisher as Commanding Officer and LCDR G. M. Schwartze by LCDR J. W. Hardey, Jr. as Executive Officer.
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July 04 - RADM C. C. Hartman, ComDesLant aboard to inspect the ship.
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(After tender availability, Ware took up her assigned duties as experimantal ship for the Underwater Ordnance Station.)
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August 23 - Underway to Philadelphia Navy Yard for a three month period of major alterations.
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(Upon completion of the yard overhaul, the ship spent the Christmas holidays in Providence, R.I.)
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January and half of February was spent in a leave and upkeep period.
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February 17 - Underway for the Caribbean, enroute to San Juan, Puerto Rico and Operation Springboard "64". The ship took part in extensive training exercises including an Operational Rediness Inspection and Gunfire Support exercises at Culebra, Puerto Rico. Ports of call included San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
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March 09 - Arrive home port with other units of DesRon 16 from Caribbean duties.
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March 28 - CAPT C. H. Butt relieved CAPT R. S. White III as Commander of Destroyer Division 162.
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March 31 - Underway after only ten hours notice to prepare for extended operations and to get underway.
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(This action was part of "Operation QUICKKICK V", a large scale amphibious exercise to test our ability to react quickly in an emergency. The Ware operated as a screening unit for the USS Forrestal CVA-59.)
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April 10 - Arrive homeport, Mayport, Fla. from "Operation QUICKKICK V".
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(The rest of April and May, except for three days of type training, were spent in port preparing for "LANTMIDTRARON 64", Atlantic Midshipmen Training Squadron 1964 cruise.)
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May 05 - Underway for type training.
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May 07 - Arrive home port, Mayport, Fla.
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June 01 - Underway to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, to embark Midshipmen for their annual summer training cruise. Ware conducted extensive midshipmen training in transit to and from Northern European ports of call. Oslo, Norway; Antwerp, Belgium; LeHarve, France and Southampton, England were visited by the ship.
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July 26 - Arrive home port, Mayport, Fla. after completion of "LANTMIDTRARON 64".
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September 01 - Underway for type training in the Jacksonville Ops. area with other units of DesRon 16.
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September 04 - Arrive homeport from type training.
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September 07 - Underway with all other Mayport based ships, to evade the on-rushing hurricane "Dora". The Ware rode out the storm off the coast of South Florida.
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September 12 - Arrive homeport from hurricane evasion.
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September 13 - Underway for the Gulf of Mexico and participation in "Operation CANUS-SLAMEX 2-64", a joint Canadian, U. S., ASW exercise.
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September 24 - Arrive homeport from ASW exercise.
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October 17 - Underway for duty as Naval Gunfire Support Ship at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and to conduct gunfire support exercises at Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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November 03 - Arrive homeport from Caribbean ops.
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(The remainder of November was spent in port. During this period, recovery equipment for the GEMINI two-man spacecraft was installed aboard and tested.)
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December 01 - Underway for recovery station, for the GT-2 unmanned space shot.
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December 04 - Recovery drill while enroute to recovery station.
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December 06 - Arrive San Juan, Puerto Rico for a visit. Depart San Juan the same day.
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December 09 - Space shot is cancelled and Ware is enroute to homeport.
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(Ware remained in port through the end of the year.
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January 09 - Underway in accordance with ConCruDesLant Quarterly Deployment Schedule.
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January 10 - Ware ran the degaussing range in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, and proceeded to Key West Operations Area.
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January 12&13 - Ware holding gunnery exercises.
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January 14 - Ware moored at the U.S. Naval Station, Key West.
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January 15 - Underway for homeport and arrived the same day.
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(From this time until late February, Ware was in a period of leave, upkeep and Tender availability in preparation for WesPac deployment. During this time the Ware was paid two official visits; by ComCruDesFlot 6, RADM E. P. Bonner, and ComCarDiv 6, RADM V. G. Lambert, on Feb. 06 and 20 respectively. Both visits described as courtesy calls.)
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February 11&12 - Ware selected as Open House Ship.
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(The ship played host to over 300 civilian guests of the Mayport Naval Station. A tour was provided the visitors, including top spaces of the ship, as well as the bridge and gun mounts. Members of the crew explained the working of the mounts and pilot house, and a lecture on Marlin spike seamanship completed the tour.)
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February 16 - Underway for the Jacksonville Ops. Area. After completion of her anti-aircraft gunnery exercise, Ware returned to Mayport the same day.
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February 21 - Underway for deployment to the Seventh Fleet, in company with USS Forrest Royal DD-872.
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February 23 - Arrive USNS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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(Ware and Forest Royal joined forces with USS Barney DDG-6 and USS Dahlgren DLG-12. ComDesDiv 162, CAPT. William B. Althoff, transferred his flag from Ware to Barney at this time.
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February 24 - Depart Guantanamo Bay.
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February 26 - Transit the Panama Canal. Detached from US Second Fleet/attached to US First Fleet. Arrived USNS Rodman, Canal Zone.
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February 28 - Depart Rodman, enroute Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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March 10 - At 0430, a second class petty officer from USS Dahlgren DLG-12 was lost overeboard. The seaman was not recovered, as the five hour, four ship search proved unsuccessful.
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March 12 - Arrive USNS Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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March 15 - March 16 - Type-training in local operations area. (Gunfire Support exercises off Kahoolowe Island)
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March 16 - Completion of training and return to Pearl Harbor that afternoon.
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March 18 - Depart Pearl Harbor, enroute Sasebo, Japan, in company with USS Barney DDG-6 and USS Forest Royal DD-872. (The Ware's AN/SPS 40, air-search radar, malfunctioned due to he spar gear being highly worn. Repairs to be done at Subic Bay USNS.)
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March 21 - Refuel at Midway Island. (Refueling was a seven hour stop-over, after which Ware in company with USS Forest Royal DD-872 crosses the International Date Line at 28 deg. 38' N.)
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March 26 - Detached from US First Fleet/attached to US Seventh Fleet.
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March 29 - Arrived Sasebo, Japan.
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April 03 - Depart Sasebo, in company with USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 and USS Forrest Royal DD-872, comprising Task Group 77.7, enroute Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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April 06 - Arrived Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Tender availability with USS Peidmont AD-17.
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April 11 - Departed Kaohsiung, enroute to join with USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31, enroute Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines.
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April 14 - Arrive Subic Bay USNS, R.P. and repair of radar ensued.
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(LT. Donald C. Latham, CHC, the Chaplain of DesDiv 162, reported aboard Ware on April 15. While underway, a six session discussion group on "marriage" was held, under his direction.)
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April 16 - Departed Subic Bay, in company with Task Group 77.7 (Bon Homme Richard, Forrest Royal and this ship) enroute "Yankee Station", Gulf of Tonkin.
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April 17 - Ware, at 1720, entered Vietnam War combat zone, at 15 deg. 47' N, 110 deg. 30' E. Condition III was set at 1945 and maintained from then until departure from this area. Rendezvous with "Yankee Team" units on station in Gulf of Tonkin. Commenced plane guard/rescue destroyer assignment for USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31.
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(At various times USS Forrest Royal DD-872, USS Barney DDG-6, USS Waddell DDG-24 and USS Stoddert DDG-22 were also attached to TG 77.7)
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April 28 - Ware assumed "Alpha Tango" assignment for the TG 77.9 Surface, Sub-surface Surveiliance Control (SSSC) radio control.
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(During the period from January 01 to April 30, the Ware had expended 293 rounds of 5"/38 cal. projectiles in exercises, took part in eight refuelings, one rearming and three replenishments at sea. Radio Central estimated that about 1,500 messages were received for the Ware. The crew received 2,100 vaccinations and immunizations during these months.)
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May 05 - Visited informally by RADM Mason Freeman,Commander, Cruiser - Destroyer Force, Pacific, (ComCruDesForPac). He was lowered to Ware's fantail, from a USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 helicopter.
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May 08 - Departed combat zone, enroute Subic Bay for first combat R&R period, in company with other units of Task Group.
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May 09 - Arrive Subic Bay.
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May 14 - Departed Subic Bay, enroute to "Yankee Station".
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May 15 - Entered combat zone, arrived at "Yankee Station".
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May 16 - Relieved USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25) as Commander, Task Group 77.9 SSSC.
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May 18 - Released by TG 77.7 USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31, attached to TG 77.7 USS Hancock (CVA-19) on "Yankee Station".
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May 20 - While acting as rescue destroyer in lifeguard station astern USS Hancock CVA-19, recovered seaman lost overboard from the carrier. The sailor was in the water only six minutes.
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May 22 - Detached from USS Hancock CVA-19.
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May 23 - Relieved as CTG 77.9/SSSC by Commander ASW Group Three embarked in USS Hornet (CVS-12). Attached to Bon Homme Richard as plane guard/pilot rescue destroyer on "Yankee Station".
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May 29 - June 2 & 3 - Participated in Anti-Submarine Warfare training with submarines USS Bashaw SS-241 and USS Catfish SS-339.
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June 11 - During the last night assigned to the carrier USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31, Ware located a man overboard from the carrier and directed a helicopter to the successful rescue/pickup. Leaving the combat zone that night, Ware joined with the USS Constellation CVA-64 for the return to Subic Bay.
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June 13 - Moored with the Task Group at Subic Bay.
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(Ware and other Seventh Fleet warships chalked up a notable "first". Two Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy embarked, who were among the first "Middies" assigned to warships in a war zone, for the intensive training of their "First Class Cruise". Midshipmen Conrad and Sinclair remained with the Ware until early August.)
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June 14 - Entered dry-dock, Subic Bay for minor repairs to her sonar dome, rudders and screws.
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June 16 - Afloat again and exit dry-dock.
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June 17 - Underway with USS Constellation CVA-64, leaving port two days early on a high priority "Yankee Station" assignment.
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June 18 - Entered combat zone, arrived "Yankee Station".
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June 21 - Visited informally by the Honorable Charles F. Baird, Under Secretary of the Navy Designate, accompanied by Commander Seventh Fleet, VADM John J. Hyland.
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June 27 - Relieved Hornet as CTG 77.4/SSSC.
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July 04 - Relieved as CTG 77.4/SSSC by USS Forest Royal (DD-872).
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July 08 - Departed "Yankee Station", arrived on station off the coast of North Vietnam on "Operation Sea Dragon" assignment.
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July 09 - Fired guns against an enemy target for first time in Ware's 22-year history. She took under fire a North Vietnamese coastal gun battery on an island close to the enemy shoreline.
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July 10 - Ware in company with USS St. Paul CA-73 and USS Benjamin Stoddert DDG-22 were taken under fire by North Vietnamese shore batteries while patroling north of Vinh Provience. Unhit, the ships returned fire, setting off a secondary explosion.
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July 12 - Ware still in company with USS St. Paul CA-73 and USS Benjamin Stoddert DDG-22. These ships were taken under fire by enemy defense sites while shelling a highway bridge approach, 27 miles south of Thanh Hoa. The ships returned fire, setting off three secondary explosions.
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July 13 - Ware sailing alone, came under fire from a coastal defense site on an island 32 miles SSE of Thanh Hoa. Return fire from Ware, set off a secondary explosion and the shore battery was silenced.
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July 20 - Departed "Operation Sea Dragon". Attached to TG 77.8, USS Oriskany (CVA-34), as plane guard/pilot rescue destroyer on "Yankee Station". Commander Destroyer Division 162, embarked in Ware, relieved USS McKenzie (DD-836) as CTG 77.9/SSSC.
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July 22 - ComDesDiv 162 relieved as CTG 77.9/SSSC by McKenzie.
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July 24 - Detached from USS Oriskany CVA-34. Attached to USS Constellation CVA-64 and departed combat zone, enroute to British Crown Colony, Hong Kong.
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(Enroute to Hong Kong, Ware was joined by USS Forrest Royal DD-872. USS Constellation CVA-64's visit to Hong Kong was postponed, and twenty aviators and crewmen from the carrier were transferred to the Ware for R&R in Hong Kong.)
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July 26 - Arrived BCC Hong Kong in company with USS Forest Royal DD-872 and USS Barney DDG-6 and anchored in the harbor.
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July 31 - Departed BCC Hong Kong, enroute combat zone.
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August 01 - Entered combat zone.
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August 02 - Arrived on station, "Operation Sea Dragon".
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August 03 - Completed assignment to "Operation Sea Dragon".
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(In sixteen "Sea Dragon" missions, Ware fired a total of 1,045 rounds of 5"/38 cal. projectiles at enemy positions. She scored a direct hit on a radar complex and directed many salvos of suppression fire against enemy shore batteries. Ware drew heavy fire from North Vietnamese guns during five missions. A total of 160 enemy rounds fell within wo and 1,000 yards of the ship, but no hits or casualties were sustained. Ware returned all hostile fire, setting off several secondary explosions and fires at enemy positions. Between May 01 and August 01, Radio Central received approximately 4,800 radio messages addressed to the Ware and countless thousands more that did not include the Ware as the addressee.)
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August 04 - Departed combat zone, enroute Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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(Ware was originally scheduled to steam around the world, completing her deployment by way of the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Ware was forced to return home via the Pacific Ocean when the summer war in the Middle East closed the Suez Canal to all traffic.)
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August 06 - Arrived Kaohsiung.
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August 08 - Departed Kaohsiung, enroute Yokosuka, Japan.
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August 11 - Arrived Yokosuka.
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August 14 - Departed Yokosuka, enroute Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in company with USS Forrest Royal DD-872, USS Barney DDG-6 and USS Dahlgren DLG-12.
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August 17 - Detached US Seventh Fleet/attached US First Fleet.
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August 19 - Crossed International Date Line. (Gained a day) Made brief refueling stop at Midway Island.
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August 22 - Arrived USNS Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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August 25 - Departed Pearl Harbor, enroute San Francisco, California.
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August 30 - Arrived San Francisco.
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September 02 - Departed San Francisco, enroute Acapulco, Mexico.
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September 07 - Arrived Acapulco.
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September 10 - Departed Acapulco, enroute Panama Canal.
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September 13 - Crossed Equator, traditional ceremony held aboard.
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September 16 - Made brief stop to refuel at USNS Rodman, Canal Zone. Detached from First Fleet/attached to US Second Fleet. Transited the Panama Canal.
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September 19 - Arrived Mayport, Florida and moored at the desroyer piers at 0950, two days short of seven months, since her departure in February.
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(Ware served with three of the four U.S. Fleets during 213 days of deployment. She was part of her home fleet, Second Fleet ,for 12 days. She transited the Pacific, westward and eastward, for 55 days with the First Fleet. She had also served in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet for 145 days. During that time, she had spent 90 days on station in the Vietnam Combat Zone, 75 with "Yankee Team" and 15 on "Operation Sea Dragon". She steamed 61,012 miles, at an average underway speed of 15.5 knots and consumed 4,297,332 gallons of NSFO.)
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(Ware rendezvoused with Serivce Force Ships for refueling, re-arming and replenishing underway in the Tonkin Gulf fifty-three times. A total of 48 hours - 12 minutes was spent alongside these ships and 18 of Ware's unreps (underway replenishments) occured at night. Highline and lite-line transfers of personnel or materials between ships brought Ware alongside other warships countless times. Helicopter transfers, "vertreps" (vertical replenishments) and in-flight refueling of helicopters, occupied many hours in the Western Pacific. Ware crew members brought home $74,883.16 worth of goods purchased in foreign ports. More than one third of the crew, 100 men advanced in rank or rate during the deployment.
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(A month long period of leave, with two leave parties scheduled, commenced upon arrival.)
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September 23 - CDR George B. Lindgren relieved CAPT. W. B. Althoff as ComDesDiv 162.
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October 19&20 - Ware received her Nuclear Technical Proficiency Inspection, with a final grade of 88.6. This grade showed a marked improvement over earlier grades.
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October 21 - Underway with approximately 125 family members and guests, for a one day Dependent's Cruise. A full day of activity as all ships of DesRon 16 participated in formation and tactics, and unreps were simulated.
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(Following the Dependent's Cruise, all hands turned-to during a period of intensive upkeep, prior to a Tender availability with USS Arcadia AD-23.)
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October 26 - ComCruDesForLantFlt RADM C. J. Van Arsdale, Jr., paid an official visit to the ship.
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November 13 - Underway for Key West, Florida.
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November 14 - Ware moored at U.S. Naval Station Annex, Key West, Florida.
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November 15&16 - Ware participated in ASW exercises as the Sonar School Ship.
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November 17 - After transferring students to a Key West tug at the sea bouy, Ware steamed northward for Mayport.
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November 18 - Arrive home port, Mayport, Florida.
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November 21 - Nineteen officers and enlisted men received medals and awards for outstanding performance of duties during the Vietnam deployment, at a ceremony held in the Naval Station, Mayport Fleet Training Center Lectorium. Awards received were the Navy Commendation Medal with the Combat "V", and the Navy Achievement Medal with the Combat "V", and citations from ComSeventhFlt and ComCruDesPac, Seventh Fleet.
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December 16 - Ware begins a period of holiday leave time, to close out the year in the middle of a long period of upkeep.
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December 31 - Ware's complement totaled 14 officers and 234 enlisted, of which 14 were Chief Petty Officers. Also embarked was ComDesDiv 162 and his staff of four officers and four enlisted men.
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January 01 - Ware is anchored at Mayport, Fla.
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January 13 - Underway for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for two and a half weeks of intensive underway training.
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January 30 - Arrive homeport, Mayport, Florida.
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(In port activities included the Annual Supply Inspection and two personnel inspections.)
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April 06 - Underway as escort destroyer for USS Saratoga CVA-60.
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(After more than two and a half weeks of plane guarding and rescue destroyer duty in the Caribbean Sea, Ware returned home for the weekend of April 24, before departing for another ten days of the same duty.)
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May 06 - Arrived homeport, Mayport, Florida for, in effect, the entire summer.
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(Nine and a half weeks of the nest twelve weeks, were devoted to thoroughly outfitting and repairing the ship for her upcoming Mediterranean deployment.)
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July 16&17 - Ware's Administrative-Material Inspection was conducted by the DesDiv 142 staff.
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July 20 - Ware began a two week Tender availability with USS Yellowstone AD-12.
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July 21 - Time was set aside from deployment preparations to observe the ship's 25 birthday, marking the silver anniversary of her commisioning.
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August 10-12 - Ware ran through the degaussing range at Charleston, S. C.
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August 13 - Ware conducted an at sea burial in the coastal waters off Florida.
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August 14 - Families and friends accompained Ware crewmen on a dependent's cruise.
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August 27 - Underway for six month deployment with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea.
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September 07 - Ware arrived at Palma, Mallorca.
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September 12 - Underway from Palma to the eastern Mediterranean for operations associated with the Middle East Crisis.
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September 18 - One of Ware's forward boiler safeties failed causing the stoppage to the flow of lube oil to the forward main engines, long enough to cause major damage to the bearings in the #1 main engine and reduction gear.
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September 23 - Ware anchored in Souda Bay, Crete for repair and assistance from USS Shenandoah AD-26.
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(Replacement of the bearings and other repairs would keep the ship from its duties for three weeks.)
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September 28 - CDR Thomas R. Mathis relieved CDR Francis W. Cronin as Commanding Officer of the ship.
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October 15 - Underway, remaining in the coastal waters off Crete for the next 23 days.
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(Once the turmoil in Jordan had subsided, Ware's schedule evened out once again, into the normal pattern of port calls and task group exercises.)
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November 07-16 - In port at Brindisi, Italy.
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November 23-December 01 - In port at Naples, Italy.
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December 08-15 - In port at Barcelona, Spain.
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December 21 - In port at Cannes, France, (on the French Riviera) thru the end of the year and into the next year.
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(During these visits, Ware and her crew, played host to hundreds of civilians and in return, were afforded invaluable exposure to the heritage and culture to these countries.)
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(Ware's 71 days at sea, during the 1970 phase of deployment, were very busy. Since most of the time was conducted on the task group level, Ware's officers and enlisted watch-standers acquired a wealth of experience in fleet formation steaming. Ware's capabilities in her primary tactical mission of ASW, were well proven and greatly inhanced, in more that 10,000 man hours she had devoted to ASW actions and exercises. In other areas, Ware expended nearly 100 rounds of 5"/38 ca. ammunition in surface, anti-air and naval gunfire support exercises. Ware consumed 1,645,500 gallons of fuel oil and replaced most of it, in underway refueling. Ware also participated in numerous electronic warfare and anti-air warfare exercises and other drills to improve the ship's overall readiness. The culmination of these preparations came in January 1971, when Ware's ORI was given by ComDesDiv 142 and his staff.)
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(Ten of Ware's married men ended the year in circumstances of luxury, unknown to the deployed sailor; their wives joined them via an air chartered flight, as part of "Operation REUNION". Thirteen Ware crewmen returned to the U.S. on these flights, for two precious weeks in their homes.)
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January 01 - Ware is in port at Mayport, Florida where she would remain for most of the Spring.
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(During June and July, Ware made one local cruise each to Charleston, South Carolina and the Northfolk Ops area. Charleston made it possible to check out the ship's degaussing equipment. The cruise to the Norfolk Ops area was done in conjunction with ASW exercises with nuclear powered submarines.)
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(Late July and early August found the Ware in the Caribbean for annual qualification in Naval Gunfire Support at Vieques Island, nine miles east of the main island of Puerto Rico. Port calls were made at St. Croix, Roosevelt Roads and San Juan, all in Puerto Rico.)
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September 27 - Underway for deployment to the Middle East Force (MidEastFor), and would subsequently take Ware around the world for the first time in the ship's history.
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(The ports visited while enroute to MidEastFor duty were; Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico and Port of Spain, Trinidad in the Caribbean.)
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October 07 - Ware crossed the equator for the first time in this deployment after heading east along the coast of South America.
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October 08 - Arrive Recife, Brazil.
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October 11 - Underway, heading due east, to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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October 19 - Arrive at Luanda, Angola, on the continent of Africa after Atlantic Ocean transit.
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October 21 - Underway, heading south, parallel to the African coast.
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(Ware sailed south, then rounded the tip of Africa and sailed northward into the Indian Ocean.)
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October 27 - Arrive Lourenco Marques, Mozambique.
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October 28 - Underway from Lourenco Marques/enroute to Mombassa, Keyna.
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November 01 - Arrive at Mombassa, Keyna and became a member of MidEastFor, her duty station for the next four months.
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November 06 - Ware, upon relieving the USS Basilone DDE-824, steamed northward heading for Manama, Bahrain in the Persian Gulf.
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November 08 - Second crossing of the equator in this deployment.
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November 13 - Arrive at Bahrain Island, home port of the flagship of the MidEastFor, USS LaSalle AGF-13, ex LPD-3.
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November 16 - Underway to participate in the multi-nation sea operation "MID LINK" which includes Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Great Britain and others.
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November 17-27 - Operation "MID LINK", during which Ware anchored twice at Jask and Bandar Abbis, Iran, in the Straits of Hormuz.
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(After a short visit back to Iran, Ware then steamed to Karachi, Pakistan in the Arabian Sea for a four day visit.)
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December 09 - Arrive at the Port of Jiddah, Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea.
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December 13 - Underway with approximately 20 Royal Saudi Arabian naval junior officers for at-sea training.
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December 19 - Ware engaged in at-sea training and enroute to Manama, Bahrain. The crew witnesses an explosion on the horizon in the Gulf of Oman.
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(Two super-tankers, the Korean Sea Star and the Brazilian Horta Barbosa, had collided. Thirty-one survivors were taken aboard the Ware and provided medical treatment.
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December 20 - Ware transferred 29 collision survivors to medical facilities in Manama, Bahrain. Ware remained in Manama until after the New Year's holiday.
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January 04 - Underway to Kuwait.
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January 06 - Arrive Mina-Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait.
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January 08 - Underway to Bahrain.
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January 10 - Arrive Manama, Bahrain.
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January 12 - Underway to the Red Sea, heading for and arriving at Massawa, Ethiopia the same day.
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January 17 - Underway for Djibouti, Afars (French Somaliland) in the Gulf of Aden.
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(After a four day visit in Dijbouti, Ware set sail for Mombassa, Kenya.)
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February 05 - Ware crossed the equator for the third time.
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February 06 - Arrive Mombassa, Kenya.
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February 12 - Underway to Victoria.
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February 15 - Arrive Victoria in the Seychelles Islands.
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February 19 - Underway to Port Louis, Mauritius.
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February 22 - Arrive Port Louis, Mauritius.
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(The island had just been hit by a tropical storm and the Ware's crew spent some time helping to clean up the island.)
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February 25 - Ware was relieved by USS Fiske DDR-842 and outchopped from MidEastFor. Ware underway to Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
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February 28 - Ware crossed the equator for the forth and final time.
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March 02 - Arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon).
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March 03 - Depart Colombo/enroute to Singapore.
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March 06 - Arrive British Crown Colony of Singapore.
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March 09 - Depart Singapore/enroute Hong Kong.
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March 12 - Arrive at British Crown Colony of Hong Kong.
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(Enroute to Hong Kong the Ware had gone by way of the South China Sea and inchopped with the Seventh Fleet, the Ware refueled from an oiler about 90 miles off the coast of Vietnam. Quite a few of the Ware's crew re-enlisted while the ship was in the war zone and took advantage of the tax-free re-enlistment bonus (about $10,000 for the four years).
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March 16 - Depart Hong Kong/enroute Yokosuka, Japan.
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March 20 - Arrive Yokosuka, Japan.
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March 24 - Underway from Yokosuka enroute to Midway Island.
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March 28 - Ware crossed the International Date Line and repeated a day enroute to Midway Island.
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March 30 - Arrived Midway Island where the Ware took on fuel and later in the day departed Midway Island, enroute to Pearl Harbor.
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April 02 - Arrived Pearl Harbor.
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April 03 - Underway from Pearl Harbor enroute to mainland U.S.A.
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April 09 - Arrived in San Diego, California for a short stay.
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April 11 - Underway from San Diego enroute to the Panama Canal.
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April 13 - Refueled at Manzanillo, Mexico and departed later the same day.
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April 17 - Arrived at Rodman, Canal Zone, Panama and transited the Panama Canal.
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April 21 - Arrived Mayport, Florida, after circumnavigating the globe, spending 207 days in the endeavor, with 129 days at sea. The ship consumed 3,141,255 gallons of fuel, traveled more than 45,000 miles, visited 22 foreign countries and four continents, crossing the equator four times.
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(June - In preparation to being transferred to Galveston, Texas, Ware was sent to the Todd Shipyards at New Orleans, Louisiana, to receive a complete overhaul in preparation to becoming a training ship for the Naval Reserve. Completion of this overhaul took the Ware into the month of September.)
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(Mid-September - Ware was sent to Charleston, South Carolina for further undisclosed work. During this time, Mid-East tensions flared again and Ware was placed on increased alert and the Gunner's Mates were patroling the decks and nearby piers with machine guns.)
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(Early November - Ware sailed to Galveston, Texas where she had the honor of becoming the "flagship" of the "Texas Navy" and was presented the Texas State flag to signify that point. At this time Ware was a member of DesRon 34. Reservists would come aboard ship one weekend a month and the ship would usually put out to sea, to remind the reservists what it was like on active duty.)