Calendar Project

Doing Research for our USS Newport News Calendar.

USS Newport News Calendar

We are creating a "USS Newport News Calendar" to be available to all shipmate from the ship's store.

This will be a wall hanging calendar. It will have pictures of our ship on the Top Flap page.
The bottom flap page (Day / Date Section) we want to have any dates that are important to the history of the USS Newport News marked on the calendar.

Do you have any dates you think should be added to this calendar?

If you know any dates that should be added to the list, please let me know by sending an email to ****

Below is a list of dates that we have collected so far. Dates that have the Red "??" are dates we can't use because we don't know what day of the month to put the event on. If you have any documentations that will let us know the exact dates of the below events, or have any new events to add, please let me know at ****

I want to thank everyone who has already sent in their ideas and information. Remember that the event, or the Day the event started, will be marked on the calendar in the "Day square" for that Month/Day. We need to know the DAY of the month for the event. Many of you have sent in information like, "We did this wonderful thing in early January of 1956", Or "I remember sometime in the summer of 1965 going to....". Without knowing what DAY of the month to put the even on, we can't use your great ideas. Also, don't go by memory. We are all a bunch of Old Sailors and our memories just isn't what it use to be. Please only provide documented dates.

Date collected so far.

Year	Mth	Day	Event	Notes about this date, where did his information come from? Is it verified?
1945	11	01	Ship's Keel laid down	From USS NN Over view web page; & www.hazegray.org
1948	03	06	Launched	www.hazegray.org
1949	01	29	Commissioned	www.hazegray.org
1949	08	??	First Cruise, Visited Nova Scotia.	Huge Baird.
1949	11	??	Start 6 month Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1950	11	12	USS Newport News first crossed the Arctic Circle	Huge Baird. 1949/50 Cruise book
1950	11	20	Began Second Med cruise	Huge Baird. 1949/50 Cruise book
1951	01	??	Ship's visit to Barcelona Spain. First American war vessel to visit Spain in 30 years	Huge Baird. 1949/50 Cruise book
1951	06	??	Start Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1952	09	??	Start 2 month cruise to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1953	01	??	Start 5 month Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1954	01	??	Start 4 month Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1955	02	??	Start 3 month Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1956	01	??	Start 4 month Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
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1957	02	??	Start 2 month cruise to Cuba, San Juan, PR, Jamaica, Fort Lauderdale	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1957	04	25	10 day Dependents Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1957	05	??	Start 5 month Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1957	09	??	Crisis in Syria began ”Early September” www.hazegray.org	From USS NN Over view web page; & www.hazegray.org
1958	09	??	Start 3 month cruise to Europe	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1959	??	??	No major cruises this year, Sort cruises and Dry Doc	USSNN History Page
1960	01	??	Start 7 month Mediterranean Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
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1960	03	03	NEWPORT NEWS was arrived at Agadir, Morocco, to render assistance to the survivors of that earthquake shattered city. She steamed 1,225 miles in 40.5 hours at an average speed of 31 knots, to provide medical and material aid.	From USS NN Over view web page; & www.hazegray.org
1961	02	??	Start 2 month “Atlantic & Caribbean Operation” Cruise; Gilbraltar and Naples; Rome, Pompeii, Izmir , Thessalonika, Athens Greece & Villia , Genoa Italy, Barcelona Spain	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1961	06	04	Gave Assistance to the crisis in San Domingo	From USS NN Over view web page; & www.hazegray.org
1961	01	03	Peden: Won the Navy Expeditionary Medal for the Berlin Crisis in 1961, so that's a pretty significant event,.	Email from Jim Peden & George Klos http://www.history.navy. mil/faqs/faq90-3.htm
1962	??	??	Wintered at yard for modification as flagship to accommodate Commander, Second Fleet.	From USS NN Over view web page; & www.hazegray.org
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1962	02 ?		Spent the winter in Portsmouth Shipyard for conversion to Second Fleet and repairs.	Jim Sollee
1962	08	??	In August 1962, she participated in NATO Exercise RIPTIDE III, and upon the end of the exercise, made a month long tour of Northern European ports as flagship of ComStrikFltLant, the NATO role of Commander, Second Fleet.	www.hazegray.org; Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1962	10	22	The Cuban Crises. Served as flagship for ComSecondFlt. Station northeast of Cuba. When the Soviet MRBM's were dismantled and removed from Cuba, NEWPORT NEWS assisted in the missile count.	From USS NN website; www.hazegray.org & Jim Sollee
1962	10	24	Received the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Participating in the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962	http://www.history.navy .mil/faqs/faq90-3.htm from George Klos
1962	11	27	Upon cancellation of the quarantine, she returned to her homeport of Norfolk the day before Thanksgiving."	Gregory Jimmie
1963	08	??	North Atlantic 3 month cruise - Portsmouth, England, Hanburg, Germany, Copenhagen, Denmark, Stochulm, Sweeden, Oslo, Norway; Artic Circle	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1964	09	??	2 month NATO Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
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1965	04	29	Began helping with the San Domingo crisis Mike Gallo, “Santo Domingo was April; 1965, it was hot, it was hard going down the landing nets but even worse getting back up the landing nets after four days and nights of no real rest.”	From USS NN Over view web page; & from email Mike Gallo;
1965	05	07	Ended Santo Domingo crisis and headed back to home port.	Gregory Jimmie
1965	06	??	North Atlantic 4 month Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1966	08	??	North Atlantic 2 month Cruise	Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1967	09	05	NEWPORT NEWS departed Norfolk for a six month deployment to Vietnam	www.hazegray.org - Chuck z Cruise Book on CD research page
1967	10	09	Arrived Da Nang, Vietnam; She became the flagship of ComCruDesFlot 3. That night, at 2300, she fired her eight inch rifles for the first time in anger against shore targets in North Vietnam as part of "Operation Sea Dragon".	From USS NN Over view web page; & www.hazegray.org
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1968	05	13	Returned to Norfolk, VA From Viet Name Cruise #1	From USS NN Over view web page; & www.hazegray.org
1968	11	19	Departed NOB for WestPac, Second Viet Nam tour	From USS NN Over view web page; & Dan Weisenburger email
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1969	07	03	Return to Norfolk, VA From Viet Name Cruise #2	From USS NN Over view web page;
1969	09	08	Departed NOB for a 6 week NATO cruise. Visited 6 ports, Plymouth England, Helsinki Findland, Copenhagen Denmark, Kiel Germany, Brest France, and Cassablanca, Morrocco	From Dan Weisenburger email, Verified on History page. & Gene Mazzei EM2 68/71
1971	09	??	2 month NATO Cruise
1972	04	13	Sailed through Panama Canal enroute to Viet Nam for third tour of duty	From USS NN Over view web page;
1972	10	01	Explosion in No.2 turret during coastal bombardment, center gun barrel destroyed; entire turret out of action for remainder of service. Twenty crewmembers were killed in the explosion.	From USS NN Over view web page;
1972	12	24	Arrived Norfolk, VA From Viet Name Cruise #3	From USS NN Over view web page; &
1973	09	??	2 month NATO Cruise
1974	09	??	2 month NATO Cruise
1975	06	27	Decommissioned	From USS NN Over view web page; &
1978	07	31	Stricken from Navy Register	From USS NN Over view web page;
1993	02	25	Was sold to Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd, New Orleans, LA. for scrapping	From USS NN Over view web page;
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Count as of	08/02/03	08/31/03
Unconfirmed dates	27	25
Confirmed dates	20	26
Total Dates	47	51


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