Heavy Cruiser
CA-148
West Pac 1972
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Servando PardoUSS Newport News
Heavy Cruiser
CA-148
West Pac 1972
On 13 April 1972, the United States Ship Newport News steamed for the south pacific with only three days preparation. After a one month steam run that took her thru the Panama Canal, to Pearl Harbor, Guam and Subic Bay, she finally arrived under the cover of darkness at the mouth of Haiphong Harbor in Viet Nam on 9 May 1972.
The Newport News, like a mythological sea monster terrorized the coast of North Vietnam, from the DMZ to Haiphong in the extreme north.
Subic Bay, in the Philippines, became our home port during this tour, a welcome R&R place after each gunline.
The return home to Norfolk, Virginia in December 24, 1972 was also a much welcome event.
