Operation Sea Orbit

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The ships involoved in Sea Orbit, from bottom, Enterprise, Long Beach, and Bainbridge.
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The ships involoved in Sea Orbit, from bottom, Enterprise, Long Beach, and Bainbridge.

Operation: "Sea Orbit" was the 1964 around the world cruise of the United States Navy's Task Force One, consisting of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), USS Long Beach (CGN-9), and USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25). This all nuclear powered unit steamed unrefulled around the world for sixty five days.

The cruise began on July 31st and ended on October 3rd. Full itinerary was Rabat, Morocco; Dakar, Senegal; Freetown, Sierra Leone; Monrovia, Liberia; Abdjan, Ivory Coast; Nairobi, Kenya; Karachi, West Pakistan; Fremantle, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Sydney, Australia; Wellington, New Zealand; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santos, Brazil; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and Recife, Brazil. The Enterprise had only three port calls: Karachi, Sydney and Rio De Janeiro.

The exercise can be considered a statement of American technical achievement, and similar to the Great White Fleet in 1906-07.

Veterans of Operation Sea Orbit gathered on July 30, 2004 for a 40th anniversary reunion. http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=14569


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