Deployments and Overhauls
Summary of all 16 major deployments and 5 yard overhauls.
| Year | Location | Start | End | Comments |
| 1964 | Mediterranean | 17 JUL 1964 | 22 DEC 1964 | Operations with USS Forrestal (CV-59) task group
Port calls in France, Greece, Italy & Spain |
| 1965-66 | Mediterranean | 30 NOV 1965 | 8 APR 1966 | Operations with Task Group 60.1 and USS America (CV-66)
Port calls in Italy & Spain |
| 1966 | South America (UNITAS VII) | 24 AUG 1966 | 15 DEC 1966 | Operations with S.A. naval units. Port calls in Puerto Rico, Colombia, Canal
Zone, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Trinidad, St. Thomas |
| 1967-68 | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | 18 FEB 1967 | 4 MAY 1968 | Decommissioned; AAW & ASW modernization |
| 1969 | South America (UNITAS X) | 25 JUL 1969 | 11 DEC 1969 | Operations with South American naval units. Port calls in Puerto Rico, Colombia,
Canal Zone, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela |
| 1970-71 | Mediterranean | 14 SEP 1970 | 1 MAY 1971 | Emergency early deployment with USS Forrestal (CV-59) in response to
Jordanian Crisis. Port calls in Greece, Malta, Italy & Spain |
| 1972 | Mediterranean | 14 FEB 1972 | 5 SEP 1972 | Operations with USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) task group
Port calls in Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey & France |
| 1972-73 | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 14 NOV 1972 | 10 MAY 1973 | Regular overhaul |
| 1974 | Mediterranean | 4 JAN 1974 | 3 JUL 1974 | Operations with USS America (CV-66) battle group
Port calls in France, Spain, Italy, Greece & Turkey |
| 1975 | Northern Europe, Mediterranean | 25 APR 1975 | 23 OCT 1975 | Port calls in England, Russia, Finland, Spain, Monaco, France & Italy
First U.S. Navy post-WWII visit to Russia (Leningrad) |
| 1976-77 | Long Beach Naval Shipyard | 9 SEP 1976 | 15 AUG 1977 | Regular overhaul |
| 1978-79 | Western Pacific | 6 JUL 1978 | 19 FEB 1979 | Operations with USS Constellation (CV-64) battle group. Port calls in
Hawaii, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore & Guam |
| 1980 | Western Pacific, Indian Ocean | 15 MAY 1980 | 4 DEC 1980 | Operations with USS Midway (CV-41) & USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
Port calls in Hawaii, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Diego Garcia, Singapore, Kenya |
| 1981-82 | Long Beach Naval Shipyard | 16 JAN 1981 | 25 FEB 1982 | Regular overhaul |
| 1983 | Western Pacific | 20 MAR 1983 | ?? SEP 1983 | Operations with USS New Jersey (BB-62) battle group.
Port calls in Hawaii, Alaska (Adak), Japan, Korea, Hong Kong & Philippines |
| 1984-85 | Western Pacific, Indian Ocean | 18 OCT 1984 | 25 MAY 1985 | Operations with USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) battle group.
Port calls in Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Philippines, Kenya & Australia |
| 1986-87 | Western Pacific, Indian Ocean | 12 AUG 1986 | 6 FEB 1987 | Operations with USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) battle group. Port calls in Hawaii,
Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Maldives, Kenya, Diego Garcia & Australia |
| 1987-88 | Long Beach Naval Shipyard | 27 JUL 1987 | 25 AUG 1988 | New Threat Upgrade (NTU) |
| 1989-90 | Western Pacific, Indian Ocean | 10 AUG 1989 | 9 FEB 1990 | Port calls in Hawaii, Philippines, Singapore, India, Bahrain,
Dubai, Sri Lanka, Malaysia & Hong Kong |
| 1991 | Western Pacific, Indian Ocean | 26 FEB 1991 | ?? AUG 1991 | Operation Desert Storm follow-up. Port calls in Hawaii, Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Thailand & Hong Kong |
| 1992-93 | Western Pacific, Indian Ocean | 3 NOV 1992 | 3 MAY 1993 | Operation Restore Hope & Operation Southern Watch
Port calls in Hong Kong, UAE, Bahrain, Thailand, Singapore & Hawaii |
Note: Cruise books were published for all major deployments except 1972 and 1975. A Leahy Pictogram was published in August 1972 with deployment details and photographs of officers and crew.
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