1973–1975 USS Badger (FF-1071)



badger being refueled carrier midway in south china sea in 1975.


badger put sea on 17 april rendezvous sistership uss harold e. holt (ff-1074) , guided missile destroyer escort uss schofield (ffg-3), , kiska voyage western pacific. task group stopped @ guam fuel on 28 april but, after completing operation, continued on subic bay where, after short diversion south china sea assist in evacuation of vietnam, arrived on 4 may. next day, badger @ sea escorting midway guam load of american aircraft removed vietnam. 2 warships arrived there on 11 may, unloaded planes, , returned sea on 12th. en route subic bay, received orders diverting assist in recovery of american containership ss mayagüez had been seized cambodians. merchantman, however, freed before badger s arrival on scene, , escort resumed original course , reentered subic bay on 17th. spent 2 days escorting hancock in local operating area before returning port on 22 may. after week of upkeep, put sea guam. arriving in apra harbor on 2 june begin period of upkeep, remained there until 13 june when put sea special operations in company brewton.


badger returned guam on 22 june, spent 3 days there, , headed subic bay on 25th. on last day of month, put sea unit of tg 75.1 begin 60-day training cruise indian ocean. 1 day out, on 1 july 1975, badger reclassified frigate , redesignated ff-1071. extended voyage brought exercises of types: refueling, replenishment, towing, communications, gunnery, , engineering. made port calls @ singapore, port louis in mauritius, mombasa in kenya, karachi in pakistan, , colombo in sri lanka. ship concluded voyage @ subic bay on 11 september. upkeep there, including period in drydock, lasted until 29 september. on 1 october, badger headed hong kong. arrived there on 3 october , exception of 2 days @ sea 5 7 october evade typhoon, remained in port until 9th when shaped course guam. warship arrived there on 15 october 2 weeks of upkeep , operations locally sea trials. on 29 october. set course pearl harbor , pulled home port on 8 november. post-deployment standdown period followed, in turn, holiday leave , upkeep period.







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