Malta
She played again a role in the Malta Summit between US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev on 2 December and 3 December 1989. The US President, along with his advisors, James Baker, John Sununu and Brent Scowcroft, had their sleeping quarters aboard the Belknap, whereas the meetings took place (due to the stormy weather) on the Soviet cruise ship SS Maxim Gorkiy. Engineers from the Navy Ship Systems Engineering Station(NAVSSES)devised a mooring arrangement for this event, and despite the worst case 100 year storm event, the ship held its ground using emergency operating procedures as outlined by NAVSSES engineers.
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