Talk:USS Newport (LST-1179)

Deployments
moved to talk This list is too detailed, to much just a list, and badly formatted. RJFJR (talk) 20:32, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Initially dry docked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, followed by move to Horn Brother, Newport News, Virginia. Commander William Naldrett relieves Commander Fred – June 1979. Refresher training after Regular Overhaul included a post visit to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 12 March 1980 – Crosses Arctic Circle off the coast of Norway. 17 March 1982 – Fire destroys No. 3 Engine Room while anchored in the port of Berbera, Somalia December 1990 – Shellback Initiation off the coast of Liberia
 * May 1970; Caribbean
 * April 1971 – Oct 71 Mediterranean
 * August 1972; Caribbean
 * November 1973 – June 1974; Regular Overhaul
 * August 1974 – Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
 * January 1975 – March 1975; Caribbean
 * August 1975 ; Caribbean
 * October 1975 – December 1975; North Atlantic
 * March 1976; Caribbean
 * June 1976 – December 1976; Mediterranean
 * June 1977; Caribbean
 * February 1978 – August 1978; Mediterranean
 * September 1978 – September 1979; Regular Overhaul
 * October 1979; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba/Haiti
 * February 1980; North Atlantic
 * July 1980; Caribbean
 * August 1980 – February 1981; North Atlantic-Mediterranean–Indian Ocean
 * 5 November 1980 – Shellback Initiation off the coast of Kenya crossing the Equator
 * Early December 1980 - Supporting Amphibious landings on the island of Sardinia and training in Italy with port calls to Naples and Gaieta, Italy
 * December Holiday Season and New Years in Malaga, Spain
 * January 1981 - 2 of four engines fail and one shaft fails. Ship under tow. Embarked Navy SEEBEES cut through decks to move remaining good engine to good shaft. Ship makes 8 knots back to the USA under her own power.
 * February 1981 - Return to Morehead City, NC, USA to offload embarked Marines
 * February 1981 - Return to Naval Amphibous Base, Little Creek, VA
 * January 1982 – Mediterranean-Indian Ocean
 * April 1982 – December 1982; yard period
 * December 1982; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
 * January 1983 – April 1983; North Atlantic
 * September 1984 – February 1985; Mediterranean
 * April 1986; Caribbean Included port call in St. John's, Antigua
 * August 1986 – October 1986; Northern Wedding Included crossing of Arctic Circle in August, port calls in Bergen, Norway and Edinburgh, Scotland and traverse of Kiel Canal, Germany
 * January 1987 – August 1987; Mediterranean, Included port calls in Genoa and Naples, Italy; Marseilles and Villefranche sur mer, France; Valencia, Spain; and Lisbon, Portugal; Completed OPPE on return trip
 * December 1988 – June 1989; Mediterranean
 * September 1989 – March 1990; regular overhaul
 * April 1990; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
 * August 1990 – March 1991; Mediterranean – West Africa
 * November 1991 – June 1992; Mediterranean
 * September 1992; decommissioned