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Commanding Officer Executive Officer

CDR Robert Leroy Kline
- Jul 25 1977 - Jul 29 1979

LCDR Lennox  
Change of command 29 July 1979

CDR James David Fontana 
- Jul 29 1979 - Jul 1981

LCDR B. T. Stickler  




Departs on eleventh WESPAC tour on 6 March 1979
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - 16 thru 18 March 1979
Guam, U.S. - 27 March 1979
Subic Bay, Philippines - 3 thru 11 April 1979
Keelung, Taiwan - 15 thru 21 April 1979
picks up refugees at sea
Sasebo, Japan - 23 thru 28 April 1979
Yokosuka, Japan - 1 May 1979
Subic Bay, Philippines - 10 thru 22 May 1979
Pattaya, Thailand- 29 May thru 2 June 1979
Hong Kong, China - 20 thru 24 June 1979
Subic Bay, Philippines - 27 June thru 10 July 1979
Pusan, Korea - 25 thru 29 July 1979

Subic Bay, Philippines - 9 thru 15 August 1979
Yokosuka, Japan - 19 thru 24 August 1979
Midway Island, U.S. - 30 August 1979
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - 2 September 1979
Returns to San Diego on 9 September 1979


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