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PMAS SUCCESS - REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS NOVEMBER 1990
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1 . ( U ) I have t h e honour t o r epor t t h e proceedings of HMA Ship under my command f o r t h e month of November .1990.
2 . ( R ) During November SUCCESS remained. deployed i n t h e 'Gulf of Oman f o r Operation Damask forming, with DARWIN and ADELAIDE ,' t h e on s t a t i o n component of Task Group 627.4 under t h e command o f Commodore D.B. Chalmers RAN.
3 .(R) A t t h e beginning of t h e month SUCCESS was shu t down i n 4W segment H20, a 30 x 30 nm p a t r o l area cen t red 60 ~ J U east of Muscat, where she w a s conducting merchant s h i p i d e n t i f i c a t i o n and chal lenging using t h e s h i p ' s AS350B h e l i c o p t e r , I n view of t h e very l i m i t e d a longside time a v a i l a b l e t o t h e s h i p t h e oppor tuni ty w a s taken t o conduct main .engine .maintenance, . The s h i p commenced making way l a t e i n t h e forenoon of Friday 2 and made rendezvous a t 1248D with t h e merchant s h i p under c o n t r a c t t o t h e USN f o r d e l i v e r y t anker s e r v i c e s i n t h e Gulf of Oman and t h e Pers ian Gulf, MV OVERSEAS VALDEZ. SUCCESS topped up with both d i e s e l and a v i a t i o n f u e l from VALDEZ before proceeding. Our fol lowing commitment , occurred t h e next day, Saturday 3, when both ADELAIDE' and DARWIN w e r e replenished wi th f u e l and then remained i n company t o conduct OOW manoeuvres, boat t r a n s f e r s and o t h e r e x e r c i s e s . . A f u l l summaryof e x e r c i s e s conducted during November is a t t ached a t Annex B. A t 1150D, SUCCESS detached t o r e t u r n t o h e r p a t r o l a rea . ,
4.(R) The f i r s t d i r e c t involvement with Multi National Naval Forces (MNNF) f o r t h e month was t h e replenishment of USS OLDENDORF (Commander H.C. But t USN) and USS FIFE (Commander C.A. Kemp USN) conducted dur ing t h e forenoon of Sunday 4. Both s h i p s , SPRUANCE c l a s s des t royers , were o l d f r i e n d s , SUCCESS having worked ex tens ive ly wi th OLDENDORF during and fol lowing Exercise Kangaroo 89, and FIFE during. t h e subsequent South E a s t Asian deployment. Both detached by midday when SUCCESS commenced independent passage.
t o t h e commercial s e r v i c e s anchorage o f f Fujayrah. Grays Fu jay rah provided t h e u sua l e x c e l l e n t s e r v i c e when t h e heavy launch Ahmed I1 made rendezvous w i t h SUCCESS i n t-he anchorage at 0844 on Monday 6 . The s e r v i c e s of t h i s l a r g e r v e s s e l w a s neces sa ry bec,ause t h e TG r e q u i r e d over 1000 c a s e s ' of b e e r i n a d d i t i o n t o t h e normal f r e s h p r o v i s i o n s and s t o r e s . The s h i p weighed and proceeded a t 1040D meeting w i th DARWIN and ADELAIDE s h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r when p r o v i s i o n s and . s t o r e s were passed t o bo th s h i p s - b y heavy j acks t ay . On complet ion of t h e t r a n s f e r SUCCESS de tached and commenced t r a n s i t towards Bandar Khyran, v i a t h e p a t r o l a r e a t o t h e east of Muscat.
6. ( R ) My s h i p ' s company enjoyed a welcome banyan and f i s h i n g break between s u n r i s e and s u n s e t on Tuesday 6 wh i l e t h e s h i p remained a t anchor i n p o s i t i o n 23 31t.9N 58 44 ' .9E, o f f t h e cove of Bandar Khyran. On weighing a t 1707D and once clear of Omani t e r r i t o r i a l w a t e r s , SUCCESS made s low ground towards t h e c e n t r a l a r e a o f t h e Gulf o f Oman, and made rendezvous w i t h USS CURTS (Commander J . Montgomery USN) , FIFE, OLDENDORF and ADELAIDE a t 0936D on Wednesday 8 , t o conduct a V i s i t , Board, s e a r c h and S e i z u r e (VBSS) e x e r c i s e . FIFE, OLDENDORF and CURTS had o n l y r e c e n t l y a r r i v e d i n t h e a r e a of o p e r a t i o n s ( ~ 0 1 , had been committed t o i n t e r c e p t i o n o p e r a t i o n s , and had accep ted Commodore Chalmers i n v i t a t i o n t o e x e r c i s e w i t h SUCCESS a g a i n a c t i n g t h e p a r t of a r e c a l c i t r a n t I r a q i merchant s h i p . The e x e r c i s e proceeded i n stages commencing wi th s imu la t ed VHF c h a l l e n g e s , moving th rough a g g r e s s i v e manoeuvering, s imu la t ed f i r i n g of warning s h o t s and a demons t ra t ion by ADELAIDE'S team of h e l i c o p t e r i n s e r t i o n o f a boarding p a r t y . Boarding p a r t i e s . from each of CURTS, FIFE and OLDENDORF t h e n took p a r t i n onboard VBSS o p e r a t i o n s under t h e guidance of ADELAIDE'S v e t e r a n s . The e x e r c i s e completed w i th a l l personne l r e t u r n i n g by 1930D t o t h e i r p a r e n t u n i t s , when t h e y de tached . Later t h e same evening SUCCESS w a s j o ined by DARWIN and e x e r c i s e s were conducted i n company as both s h i p s steamed towards Mina Qaboos.
. - 6 . SUCCESS be r thed p o r t s i d e t o No 6 b e r t h Mina Qaboos commercial p o r t a t 0800D on t h e morning of Thursday 8. She w a s j o ined by DARWIN sho r t l p . . . ~ i - f t e rwards when-she- .ber thed ou tboa rd s t a r b o a r d s i d e t o . T h i s , t h e s h i p ' s t h i r d s e q u e n t i a l v i s i t t o Mine Qaboos, was t o be a seven . day s e l f maintenance p e r i o d , t h e f i r s t break f o r maintenance t h e s h i p h a s had s i n c e d e p a r t i n g Sydney f o r Melbourne on Monday August 6 , and t h e o n l y one expected p r i o r t o t h e planned maintenance i n Singapore commencing i n e a r l y February 1991. A modif ied d a i l y harbour r o u t i n e w a s i n i t i a t e d w i t h an e a r l y start t o t h e workday. and a co r r e spond ing ly e a r l y s e c u r e t o enab le t h e s h i p ' s company t o make t h e most of s h o r t l e a v e o p p o r t u n i t i e s unavoidably c u r t a i l e d by t h e midnight curfew. To mark Remembrance Day c o l o u r s were flown a t ha l fmas t from 1030D t o 1103D on Sunday 11. Other a c t i v i t y o c c u r r i n g inc luded a r e c e p t i o n hos t ed by t h e American Defence At tache i n Oman a t t h e U S Embassy t o which Capta in S h a l d e r s and I accompanied Commodore Chalmers on t h e evening of Sunday 11, and lunch and d r i n k s hos t ed onboard SUCCESS t h e fo l lowing day by t h e wardroom f o r o f f i c e r s from DARWIN and USS WISCONSIN, which was .anchored o u t s i d e Mina Qaboos. A t 0900D o n Monday 1 2 DARWIN c a s t o f f and proceeded t o sea t o c o n t i n u e i n t e r c e p t i o n . p a t r o l s . ADELAIDE be r thed p o r t s i d e t o SUCCESS s t a r b o a r d s i d e a t 1025D. Due t o s h o r t n o t i c e adv ice t h a t bo th *
.' ' I h h i p s were r e q u i r e d t o move from b e r t h 6 t o a l l o w r e h e a r s a l f o r
harbour a c t i v i t i e s a s s o c i a t e d w i th Oman's fo r thcoming n a t i o n a l day , SUCCESS w a s moved c o l d a t 0830D on Wednesday 14 t o b e r t h No. 2 . ADELAIDE cast o f f ' a n d proceeded t o w a i t J u s t outs ide . . - the breakwater immediately be fo re t h e move and r e b e r t h e d ou tboa rd on comple t ion . On t h e evening o f , T h u r s d a y 15 Commodore Chalmers, a s s i s t e d by myself and some o f my s e n i o r o f f i c e r s , hos t ed a group o f Oman based Defence personne l t o " ' d inne r onboard. Gues t s i nc luded t h e US Defence A t t ache Colonel J. S i e b e r t USAF and Mrs S i e b e r t , t h e French Defence A t t ache Commandant d e F r e g a t e A . S i l l a n FN and Madame S i l l a n , t h e O f f i c e r Commanding t h e USAF detachment a t Seeb Colone l M . Drinkahn USAF, t h e B r i t i s h A i r and Naval A t t ache Commander K. Harris RN and Mrs Harris, t h e O f f i c e r Commanding t h e RAF Nimrod detachment a t Seeb Wing Commander A . Neal RAF, t h e RAFO o p e r a t i o n s o f f i c e r a t Seeb Raa ' id J. Davies RAFO, t h e o f f i c e r i n cha rge o f t h e Omani P o l i c e A i r Wing Raa ' id J. Wilkie ROP and Mrs Wi lk i e , and t h e o f f i c e r i n charge o f RNO d i v i n g o p e r a t i o n s Raa ' i d K . F a b r i s RNO. The v i s i t t o Mina Qaboos completed w i t h bo th s h i p s c a s t i n g o f f a t l O O O D on F r i d a y 16 and proceeding t o meet DARWIN.
7 . (R) Rendezvous w a s made wi th DARWIN j u s t o u t s i d e t e r r i t o r i a l w a t e r s a t 1120D when t r a n s f e r s o f pe r sonne l and material were made by boa t and h e l i c o p t e r between TG u n i t s , i n c l u d i n g t h e r e t u r n o f Commodore Chalmers and h i s accompanying s t a f f o f f i c e r s from SUCCESS t o DARWIN. Both e s c o r t s were t hen r e p l e n i s h e d wi th f u e l and a series o f e x e r c i s e s i n company conducted p r i o r t o SUCCESS d e t a c h i n g a t 1400D. S h o r t l y a f t e r 0900D t h e fo l l owing morning, Sa tu rday 1 7 , SUCCESS ach ieved a p r e v i o u s l y planned rendezvous w i t h one of h e r sister s h i p s , FNS MARNE (Commandant de F r e g a t e Schmuckel FN) w i t h ALINDIEN ( t h e FN I n d i a n Ocean CTF) Cont re Admiral Bonnet FN embarked. S h o r t l y a f t e r j o in ing each s h i p exchanged 10 pe r sonne l f o r i n fo rma l f a m i l i a r i s a t i o n and s h i p t o u r s . A t 1130D I , accompanied by SUCCESS' Engineer , Ope ra t i ons and Liquid Cargo O f f i c e r s t r a n s f e r r e d t o MARNE f o r a more formal t o u r . 'Although MARNE and SUCCESS have been i n commission f o r abou t t h e same time, MARNE was c o n s t r u c t e d by a dockyard t h a t had b u i l t s e v e r a l s h i p s o f t h e same c l a s s p r e v i o u s l y , and much had been l e a r n e d . F u r t h e r , h e r a u x i l i a r y f i t t i n g s ; - - ' f i n i s h 'and f u r n i s h i n g s are French MILSPEW- and t h i s , coupled w i t h t h e f a c t t h a t s h e is much less h a r d e r worked t h a n SUCCESS (300 v i c e 900 r ep l en i shmen t s ) h a s r e s u l t e d i n h e r looking smarter and c l e a n e r t h a n SUCCESS, p a r t i c u l a r l y a t c l o s e q u a r t e r s and i n t e r n a l 1 y. Of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t t o SUCCESS are t h e s t r u c t u r a l m o d i f i c a t i o n s i n c o r p o r a t e d d u r i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n t o MARNE, SOMME and VAR. These i n c l u d e en la rgement of t h e forward s u p e r s t r u c t u r e , r e l o c a t i o n o f t h e c r a n e and u s e o f t h e c a r g o c o n t r o l room t o p f o r equipment stowage. T h i s a l l o w s t h e s e s h i p s t o
a comprehensive o u t f i t o f HE, VHF, and UHF t r a n s m i t t e r / r e c e i v e r s . A f u r t h e r s t r u c t u r a l mod i f i ca t i on i s t h e e n c l o s u r e of t h e tankdecks. T h i s m o d i f i c a t i o n makes a n i n c r e d i b l e d i f f e r e n c e t o
a. , bhe maintenance of t h e i n t e r n a l tankdeck a r e a w i t h i t s myriad o f v u l n e r a b l e p i p e s , h y d r a u l i c and e l e c t r i c a l f i t t i n g s and t o t h e e x t e r n a l t ank deck, I n t h e s e areas MARNE is t o t a l l y d r y , w h i l e SUCCESS is e i t h e r p e r p e t u a l l y damp o r , occas iona l . l y , awash. SUCCESS is, now convinced , more t han e v e r , t h a t theS 'very minor m o d i f i c a t i o n t o t h e t a n k decks and t h e more e x t e n s i v e bu t n o t complex a1 t e r a t i o n s t o t h e forward s u p e r s t r u c t u r e are v e r y worthwhile and should be implemented as an a c h i e v a b l e p r o j e c t as soon as p o s s i b l e . MARNE's personne l w e r e s i m i l a r l y impressed w i t h . SUCCESS* extended f l i g h t deck and s l i g h t l y l a r g e r hangar , Valuable i n s i g h t s were a l s o ga ined i n t o o p e r a t i o n s , p rocedures and maintenance of equipment common t o b o t h s h i p s . A f t e r a v e r y comprehensive t o u r and b r i e f i n g t h e group from SUCCESS was h o s t e d t o a ve ry en joyab le l unch by Admiral Bonnet i n h i s mess. Among m a t t e r s d i s c u s s e d a t l unch w a s MNNF o p e r a t i o n s i n t h e area, w i t h agreement t h a t RAN and FN e s c o r t s should u se each navy ' s ' i n area' f u e l l i n g suppor t f a c i l i t i e s wi th a minimum o f f o r m a l i t y a t v e r y s h o r t n o t i c e , u s ing r e p o r t i n g procedures a l r e a d y e s t a b l i s h e d . A f t e r a n e n l i g h t e n i n g and e n t e r t a i n i n g v i s i t . c r o s s d e c k p e r s o n n e l r e t u r n e d t o t h e i r s h i p s a t 1406D. SUCCESS de t ached s h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r .
8 . ( R ) F u r t h e r MNNF c o n t a c t occu r r ed t h e fo l l owing day , Sa tu rday 1 7 , when DARWIN and SUCCESS conducted exercises i n company w i t h WNLMS WITTE DE WITH (Commander J . Van d e r ~ a ) and HNLMS PIETER FLORISZ (Commander Ir. L. Nieuvenhuis ) . These e x e r c i s e s and rep len ishment o f f u e l t o t h e two Dutch s h i p s w e r e wi tnessed by t h r e e members o f t h e Dutch Par l iament who w e r e g u e s t s o f CTG 429.1 , Capta in A . Van d e r Oarp. During t h e t ime i n company t h r e e d e n t a l p a t i e n t s from PIGTER FLORISZ were t r e a t e d onboard. Over t h e n e x t two days SUCCESS o p e r a t e d independent ly , excep t f o r a b r i e f p e r i o d i n company wi th DARWIN on Sunday 18 t o conduct a pe.rsonne1 t r a n s f e r by boa t . HMS HERALD (Commander P.H. Jones R N ) , be ing used as a n MCM command s h i p , and HMS ATHERSTONE ( L i e u t e n a n t Commander P.N. Davies R N ) , an MCM v e s s e l , were o u r nex t cus tomers . They were r e c e i v e d a longs ide f o r a QRC hookup a t 0840D on Monday 19 , a f t e r which t h e y conducted a s e r i e s of rep len ishment approaches . Having such sma l l v e s s e l s - a l o n g s i d e and hooked up . with a s t a n d a r d r i g . . ( a l b e i t a t low t e n s i o n ) was e n l i g h t e n i n g f o r SUCCESS. For some t ime now t h e q u e s t i o n o f a n e f f i c i e n t method of r e f u e l l i n g RAN MWVs a t sea has been p e r p l e x i n g . SUCCESS now b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e answer i s t o i n s t a l l a h igh p o i n t , which need no t t o be as r o b u s t a s t h a t f i t t e d t o l a r g e s h i p s , and use a QRC r i g , p r e f e r a b l y modif ied w i t h a reduced d i ame te r hose a t t a c h e d a t t h e seven inch hose end , r a t h e r t h a n a f u l l s i z e d e x t e n s i o n . Th i s p roposa l is b e i n g add re s sed by s e p a r a t e correspondence. Before t h e RN s h i p s de t ached t h e y were jo ined by DARWIN and two au toma t i c r i f l e armed SUCCESS RIBS t o conduct a s m a l l c a l i b r e weapon f i r i n g a g a i n s t a s p l a s h t a r g e t towed by SUCCESS. On comple t ion SUCCESS made ground towards h e r p a t r o l a r e a east o f Muscat and remained t h e r e u n t i l t h e e a r l y hou r s of Wednesday 21.
9 - (R) While s h u t down i n t h e p a t r o l a r e a SUCCESS w a s j o ined by USNS ANDREW J. HIGGINS, a MSC manned underway rep len ishment s h i p . She , l i k e SUCCESS, was betweep customers and t h e o p p o r t u n i t y was t a k e n f o r personne l from each s h i p t o v i s i t t h e o t h e r by b o a t f o r
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- I P a m i l i a r i s a t i o n t o u r s ~ A f t e r l e a v i n g t h e p a t r o l area SUCCESS made
ground towards Fujayrah where, a t 0745D on Thursday 2 2 , t h e l aunch Graydance made rendezvous w i th t h e s h i p a t h e r anchorage i n p o s i t i o n 25 11'.4N 56 28' .1E. A f t e r embarking p r o v i s i o n s SUCCESS weighed a t 0830D a n d proceeded t o j o i n DARWIN and 'ADELAIDE j u s t c l e a r of UAE t e r r i t o r . i a 1 waters where p r o v i s i o n s were passed on by VERTREP, wh i l e bo th s h i p s were s e q u e n t i a l l y r e f u e l l e d underway. The TG remained i-n company u n t i l . j u s t a f t e r midday when t h e FFGs de t ached t o p a t r o l t h e Alpha areas wh i l e SUCCESS r e t u r n e d t o H20.
10. ( R ) SUCCESS d e p a r t e d HZ0 l a t e i n t h e f i r s t watch on F r iday 23 and made rendezvous w i t h DARWIN t o conduct a pe r sonne l t r a n s f e r a t 0700D on Sa turday 24 as t h a t s h i p proceeded towards a n anchorage o f f J i z i r a t ( t h e i s l a n d o f ) Daymaniat o f f t h e Omani c o a s t . A f t e r t h e t r a n s f e r SUCCESS made ground towards Bandar Khyran, where t h e s h i p anchored i n p o s i t i o n 23 31'.9N 58 48'.9E between s u n r i s e and 1530D on Sunday 25, and where t h e s h i p ' s company a g a i n took a b reak t o s w i m , f i s h , p l a y beach s p o r t s and en joy a barbeque. The e a r l i e r t han normal, p r e s u n s e t d e p a r t u r e from Bandar Khyran w a s t o a l l ow SUCCESS t o meet DARWIN and ADELAIDE a t 1700D, and t o have t r a n s f e r r e d t o SUCCESS by h e l i c o p t e r a VIP p a r t y , The v i s i t o r s t o t h e A 0 and TG were t h e M i n i s t e r f o r Defence S e n a t o r The Honourable R, Ray, t h e Chief o f t h e Defence Force General P.C. G r a t i o n AC, OBE and t h e A u s t r a l i a n Ambassador t o Saudi Arab ia and Oman H i s Exce l lency M r J . McGoldrick. They were accompanied by two a d v i s o r s and two s t a f f o f f i c e r s . The t r a n s f e r completed a t 1713D and t h e M i n i s t e r ' s p a r t y remained onboard o v e r n i g h t a f t e r d i n i n g w i t h me and my heads of depar tment . . Although S e n a t o r Ray, Genera l G r a t i o n , Mr McGoldrick and t h e i r e s c o r t s had s p e n t a long day i n t h e FFGs wi tnes s ing t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s and e x e r c i s e s , t hey took c o n s i d e r a b l e t i m e and e f f o r t t o speak t o my o f f i c e r s , g i v i n g a n open and i n t e r e s t i n g p e r s p e c t i v e t o e v e n t s i n t h e Gulf r eg ion and on A u s t r a l i a ' s pe rce ived r o l e , They a l s o ve ry k ind ly added s u b s c r i p t s t o t h e s even th i n t h e s e r i e s ' of ' P e r s i a n Excurs ion ' form l e t t e r s t h a t con t inue t o be ve ry popula r w i t h t h e s h i p ' s company. A copy is a t t a c h e d a t e n c l o s u r e 1. Unfo r tuna t e ly t h e i r e a r l y d e p a r t u r e ( a g a i n by h e l i c o p t e r ) a t 0815D t h e fo l l owing morning Monday 26,. precluded.. a n y . o p p o r t u n i t y t o f o r m a l l y speak -to- .-..- - t h e s h i p s company a s a whole. There was a chance however, f o r t h e p a r t y t o s e e SUCCESS a t h e r b e s t , as s h e conducted rep len ishment of f u e l s e q u e n t i a l l y t o ADELAIDE and t o DARWIN between 0700D and 0800D.
1 1 . ( R ) A s t h e VIP p a r t y depa r t ed , HMS BRAZEN IComander J .C . Rapp RN) jo ined t h e group and ADELAIDE de t ached t o j o i n USS MIDWAY t o a c t as planeguard and c l o s e i n AAW e s c o r t ( ' S h o t g u n ' ) . For t h e remainder of t h e day1 i g h t hours SUCCESS, BRAZEN and DARWIN remained i n company conduct ing a personne l exchange, a s e r i e s o f p a r t i c u l a r l y v a l u a b l e a i r defence e x e r c i s e s which inc luded two Seawolf m i s s i l e f i r i n g s by BRAZEN a g a i n s t deployed FRADU Falcon towed LLHK Rushton t a r g e t s , goa lkeeper e x e r c i s e s i n which SUCCESS a c t e d a s t h e p r o t e c t e d u n i t , OOW manoeuvres and small c a l i b r e weapons f i r i n g s . BRAZEN w a s a l s o r e p l e n i s h e d however due t o i n c o m p a t i b i l i t y o f f i t t i n g s a v i a t i o n f u e l cou ld n o t be passed , s o SUCCESS under took t o manufacture a f i t t i n g and t h e rep len ishment w a s r e a t t empted a t 1730D, two hours a f t e r t h e i n i t i a l t r y .
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t h e f i t t i n g r e q u i r e d ad jus tmen t t o ach i eve a p e r f e c t seal and t i m e w a s n o t a v a i l a b l e . A f t e r a n i n t e r e s t i n g and v a l u a b l e day BRAZEN and DARWIN de tached and proceeded independent ly a t . 1848D. . ..
. - 1 2 . ( R ) DARWIN and SUCCESS r e j o i n e d company t h e f o l l o w i n g morning, ' ~ u e s d a y 2 7 , i n i t i a l l y t o p rov ide t a r g e t s e r v i c e s and p a r t i c i p a t e . i n a i r defence e x e r c i s e s w i t h a i r c r a f t from MIDWAY' s - CAG. These e v e n t s were cance l ed a t s h o r t n o t i c e by MIDWAY s o DARWIN and SUCCESS conducted ad hoc e x e r c i s e s which were j o i n e d by ADELAIDE a t 1425D. A heavy j a c k s t a y t r a n s f e r of 24 p a l l e t s o f equipment from SUCCESS w a s conducted t o ADELAIDE f o r onward t r a n s p o r t t o Mina Qaboos f o r even tua l r e t u r n t o A u s t r a l i a by RAAF G-130. I t is good t o see a n o t h e r e lement o f t h e ADF conduc t ing i t s des igned f u n c t i o n s o e f f e c t i v e l y , i n t h i s c a s e l o n g range c a r g o t r a n s p o r t , i n d i c a t i n g y e t a g a i n t h a t t h e ADF's f o r c e s t r u c t u r e i s a d a p t a b l e t o t h e e x t e n t t h a t it can cope w e l l under most f o r e s e e a b l e o p e r a t i o n a l c i r cums tances . Once t h e rep len ishment w a s complete DARWIN and ADELAIDE de tached t o proceed t o Mina Qaboos, wh i l e SUCCESS made ground towards Fujayrah. P r o v i s i o n s were embarked from t h e s e r v i c e v e s s e l 'Khwar Fahkan' commencing at 0615D on Thursday 29 i n t h e s h i p s anchorage p o s i t i o n of 2 5 11 ' ,2N 56 27'.9E. SUCCESS weighed and proceeded at 0805D.
1 3 . ( R ) The f i n a l i n t e r a c t i o n w i th an MNNF s h i p d u r i n g November occu r r ed w i th t h e conduct o f h e l i c o p t e r c ro s sdeck o p e r a t i o n s i n c l u d i n g a n e x e r c i s e h e l i c o p t e r i n s e r t i o n of a board ing p a r t y , and rep len ishment of f u e l w i t h USS FIFE on t h e a f t e r n o o n o f F r iday 30. A t t h e end o f t h e month SUCCESS, i n t h e absence o f DARWIN and ADELAIDE which were t a k i n g a deserved break i n p o r t , w a s p a t r o l l i n g independent ly i n t h e Gulf o f Oman, u s ing h e r embarked h e l i c o p t e r t o conduct r e g u l a r day and n i g h t s u r f a c e s e a r c h e s th rough t h e a r e a , wh i l e t h e c o n t a c t s s o d e t e c t e d were i n t e r r o g a t e d and r e p o r t e d by t h e s h i p .
14 . (R) I n summary November has s een a r e d u c t i o n i n SUCCESS' tempo. The t o t a l number of rep len ishments conducted reduced by one th.ir.d over t-he p r e v i o u s month .while t h e number .to, MNNF . .ships .. reduced by h a l f , r e f l e c t i n g t h e s h i f t of o p e r a t i o n s by t h e MNNF, excep t Aus t r a ' l i a and Argen t ina , t o t h e P e r s i a n Gu l f . The embargo a g a i n s t I r a q i P e r s i a n Gulf p o r t s i s now a f a i t accompli w i t h , t o SUCCESS' knowledge, no i n t e r c e p t i o n i n c i d e n t o c c u r r i n g th roughout t h e p e r i o d . One n e g a t i v e a s p e c t is t h a t r o u t i n e commercial t r a f f i c is a l s o much reduced , due p r i m a r i l y t o h i g h a d d i t i o n a l i n s u r a n c e premiums. The g e n e r a l nava l o p i n i o n i a t h a t w i t h such a l a r g e number of c o a l i t i o n warships p r e s e n t , t h e Gulf i s a t t h i s t . i m e as s a f e as it e v e r w a s , bu t t h e i n s u r e r s need t o be convinced t o reduce t h e i r premiums be fo re non I r a q i t r a d e can r e t u r n t o any th ing l i k e its p r e v i o u s l e v e l s . The pas sage o f UN S e c u r i t y Counci l Reso lu t ion 678 on F r iday 30 h a s been m e t w i th g r e a t i n t e r e s t . onboard,
1 5 . ( R ) SUCCESS c o n t i n u e s t o o p e r a t e l i k e a f i n e c l o c k , q u i e t l y and unob t rus ive ly . Its ,most impor tan t component, t h e s h i p ' s company, c o n t i n u e . t o r o u t i n e l y ach ieve ve ry h i g h e f f i c i e n c y i n a l l a s p e c t s of t h e s h i p s o p e r a t i o n s . T h e i r w e l f a r e is good and t h e i r
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behav iou r exemplary. ~ u e s d a ~ 27 marked the h a l f way mark i n t h e deployment as it is c u r r e n t l y programmed f o r SUCCESS, and t h e knowledge t h a t w e are now i n t h e downhi l l h a l f . h a s p rov ided a f i l l i p t o morale t h a t w a s a l r e a d y high. :.. ..r
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Your o b e d i e n t S e r v a n t ,
$& .V. SLOPER Cap t a in RAN Commanding O f f i c e r
Enc lo su re :
1. ' P e r s i a n ~ x c u r s i o n ' form l e t t e r No. 7
Annexes :
A. A c t i v i t y Summary
B. E x e r c i s e s Conducted
C. Photographs
Automatic R e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n : 1 December 1995
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ANNEX A TO HHAS SUCCESS LETTER 1/16/1 OF 5 DEC 1990
SHIP ACTIVITY SUKMARY FOR U O M dP'-' ..- NOYEXBER 1990
- - - HARBOUR I I SEA
1. Extended Maintenance
a. Refit
b. ID
Sub Total
2. Poet RefitfID Trials and Workup
a. Post Refit/ID Trials
b. Post RefitlID Workup
Sub Total
3. Operational
a. In Harbour/At Anchor . .... -. . --- ..-- ( 1 ) Programmed ' A H ~
( 2 Programmed SHP
(3) Unscheduled Maintenance . .
( 4 ) Long Leave
( 5 ) Weatherbound
( 6 ) In Port
( 7 ) Aid to Civil Community
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Grand Total: 30 days 0 hours
4. Steaming Figures
a. Distance run during the month - 3488.5 .-. .. b..-.. Hours underway during month,- 526 - ..- .... - -. . -.. .
c. Total distance steamed since first commissioning-166532.5
d . Total hours underway since first commissioning - 13073 5. Occasions for Exceeding Economical Speed
1
Date Period Speed Reason NIL
6. General
a. Number of days deployed outside Australia - 3ODays OHours b. Number of days conducting other activities
during operational deployment - NIL c. Time zone at beginning of period - DELTA (-4) d. Time zone at end of'period - DELTA (-4)
RESTRICTED'
ANNEX B TO HMAS SUCCESS LETTER 1 / 1 6 / 1 OF 5 NOV 1990
Seamanship and General Evolutions
AFXI No SHORT TITLE N o COMPLETED
8 BOARDBX 1 . .
10 OOW HANS 5
1 2 RASAP 1
N/N RAS ( S )
21 HANORD 1
26 SCREENPLAY/ 1 STN MASTER
3 6 B l i n d ~ i l o t a g e ' . 3
39 P i l o t a g e 4
DURATION REMARKS ' (Hrs) /DATES - ...
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I I 4 9 8 SECURE FOR ACTION I
I 109A FEP HARBOUR TNG LECTURE
109B FEP HARBOUR EX HOD COVERED
llOB SSFP EXERCISE
I 114 NBCD CIRCUIT TRAINING
115B FIRST A I ~ TNG FOR NON 5 .FAP
'. . : DURATION DATES/REMARKS
(Hrs)
AFXI No SHORT TITLE No COMPLETED
14 1 NCX 201 (SENAPHONE) 10
143 NCX 205 (FLAGHOIST) 8
DURATION REMARKS /DATES
7 .5 JOUT ' S 1/2/17/18 19/20/21/ 22/23/24/ 27/28/29/ 30
8 WWMAN / TRAINING 3/16/22/ 26
AFXI No
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SHORT TITLE
SHALL ARMS
QUICKDRAW
No COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS - /DATES
APXI NO SHORT TITLE., NO COMPLETED DURATION " REMARKS
(hrs /DATES
- - 2 3 3 LOSS OF MeEe 1 0.3 6
OIL PRESSURE
235 FUEL CONTAH. BY WATER 4 .15 1/7/18/23
239 LOSS OF PRI . A M . . ONGOING ON S/U & S/D OF M/E's COOLING WATER
240 LOSS OF PRI. & SEC. ONGOING AS RBQUIRED BY TEMP, COOLING WATER - .. . VARIATIONS
N/N LOSS OF PRI. ENGINE ONGOING AS REQUIRED BY HIGH FUEL FILTER DIFFERENTIAL PRESURRE ACROSS
FULL FILTERS
N/N HIGH M.E. JCW TEMP 3 1 2/16/19
N /N MAJOR FUEL SPILL 2 5 . 15/24
N/N TOTAL H .*E. FAILURE .1 .10 19
N /N EHERG. SHUT DOWN M.E. 2 0.30 6/19
N/N LOSS OF C.P.P. OIL 2 10 4/18 PUMP
N/N LOSS OF SW COOLING 2 1.30 9/17 TO D.A. 'S
N/N -- ..--- -. - LOSS OF M.E.. LUBE OIL 2 - 2 - .-.. 23/02--. . -. CLARIFIER
N/N HIGH M.E. RAS 6 15 AS REQ. BY ALTERNATOR DEPECT.IVE WINDINGS TEMP ELBCTIVE
SENSOR
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HELO TRANSFER 18
'DLP ' s
VERTREP 2 5 3.30 16/22/27
ELVA - 7 . 4 5 2/22/26
SUSCH
SSRA . ' 7 1.30 2/22/26
G I N PRAC 4 1.30 11/23/30
1 November. Restaurant n i g h t i n t h e s h i p ' s company cafe.
6 November. Melbourne Cup Day. The s h i p was a t anchor o f f
t Bandar Khyran.
1.7 November . P e r s o n n e l exchan .ge was c o n d u c t e d w i t h ALINDEN's f l a g s h i p , FNS NARNE, a s is ter s h i p t o SUCCESS. M a j o r d i f f e r e n c e s t o SUCCESS i n c l u d e a s i g n i f i c a n t l y e n 1 a r g e d f o r w a r d s u p e r s t r u c t u r e , a d d i i o n a l I
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s e q l ~ i p m e n C , a r e l o c a t e d a n d ) more c a p a b l e crane, e n c l o s e d t a n k d e c k , u s e o f - c a r g o c o n t r o l room t o p f o r e q ; ~ i p m e n t s t o w a g e , r e s h a p e d . f u n n e l s f o r b e t t e r n o i s e r e d u c t i o n a n d smaller f l i g h t d e c k a n d h a n g a r d e t a i l . "
17 November. MARNE's extended superstructure and enclosed tank
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1 9 November. SUCCESS conducted hookups and other exercises with HMS HERALD, a hydrographic ship being used as an MCM command ship and...
I 21 November. Personnel exchange w a s conducted with USNS .WDREW I J. HIGGINS.
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HMS ATHERSTONE. 19 November.
1 I 2 5 YcvV-~mbe;.. Y i n i s t e r f o r Defence Senator t h e Honourable R. Ray, visited SUCCESS. . .
2 5 November. . . . and was by t h e Austral5an Ambassador H i s E x c e l l e n c y Mr J.
McGoldrick.
6 Yovember . The minist was also accompanied by CDF, General P.C. G r a C i G AC OBE, here seen witaessirlg RAS operations .- -
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1 . ( U ) I have t h e honour t o r e p o r t t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f HMA S h i p under my command d u r i n g t h e month of December 1990. Times u s e d t h r o u g h o u t are Zone Delta ( - 4 ) .
2 . ( R ) Throughout December SUCCESS h a s remained dep loyed as a n e lement o f Task Group 6 2 7 . 4 , i n i t i a l l y u n d e r t h e command o f Commodore D . B . Chalmers RAN t h e n from Monday 3 , Commodore C . J . b
Oxenbould RAN. The t a s k group (TG) o p e r a t e d w i t h o t h e r M u l t i N a t i o n a l Naval Force (MNNF) s h i p s s u p p o r t i n g o p e r a t i o n s a g a i n s t I r a q under UN a u s p i c e s f o l l o w i n g t h e i n v a s i o n o f Kuwait on 2 August 1990. During December, i n a d d i t i o n t o TG and MNNF s u p p o r t a c t i v i t i e s , SUCCESS conduc ted p o r t v i s i t s t o Mina Qaboos (Oman) and V i c t o r i a ( S e y c h e l l e s ) . .. - 3 . ( R ) A t t h e beg inn ing o f t h e month SUCCESS w a s making
. . - i n d e p e n d e n t p a s s a g e th rough t h e s o u t h e r n .Gulf o f Oman . . towards a rendezvous w i t h BRISBANE and SYDNEY, which were t o r e l i e v e DARWIN and ADELAIDE on s t a t i o n i n t h e Area o f O p e r a t i o n s (AO) as t h e RAN combatan t s p a r t i c t p a t i n g i n . t t i e 'MNNF. While .on p a s s a g e the s h i p conduc ted merchant s h i p s u r v e i l l a n c e and r e p o r t i n g d u t i e s , f a c i l i t a t e d by t h e embakked AS350B h e l i c o p t e r . A t 1600 on S a t u r d a y 1 SUCCESS was j o i n e d from a s t e r n by DARWIN and ADELAIDE; which had d e p a r t e d from Mina Qaboos ear l ier t h e same d a y f o l l o w i n g a f i n a l p o r t v i s i t . The t h r e e s h i p s c o n t i n u e d p a s s a g e toward t h e rendezvous o v e r t h e e n s u i n g two d a y s , c o n d u c t i n g f i n a l r e p l e n i s h m e n t s , t r a n s f e r o f p e r s o n n e l and v e r t i c a l r e p l e n i s h m e n t o f equipment. Among p e r s o n n e l t r a n s f e r r i n g t o SUCCESS were Commodore Chalmers and h i s s t a f f . Rendezvous w a s made w i t h BRISBANE and SYDNEY a t 0530 on Monday 3 and t h e combined g roup c o n t i n u e d t o make ground t o t h e s o u t h eas t , c o n d u c t i n g a p h o t o g r a p h i c e x e r c i s e , replemYshment, and t r a n s f e r of O p e r a t i o n Damask r e l a t e d equipment between t h e o f f go ing and o n coming e s c o r t s . From 0700 Commddore Oxenbould, h i s s t a f f and t h e Commanding O f f i c e r s from e a c h s h i p accompanied by members o f t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s t eams embarked i n SUCCESS by h e l i c o p t e r .
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4 . I R ) Handover b r i e f i n g s and d i s c u s s i o n s were conduc ted onboard between t h e incoming and o u t g o i n g teams d u r i n g t h e fo rqnoon o f Monday 3 . T h i s i n c l u d e d t h e p a s s i n g o f t h e ' w e i g h t , ' a handsome hand wrought b r a s s Omani c o f f e e p o t , s u i t a b l y i n s c r i b e d ( see p h o t o g r a p h ' a t Annex C ) A t 0815 ADELAIDE d e t a c h e d t o c o n t i n u e p a s s a g e t o S i n g a p o r e a s t h e r ema inde r o f t h e g r o u p r e v e r s e d cou , r se t o w a r d s the - Gulf o f Oman. DARWIN was a l s o -to have d e t a c h e d a t t h i s s t a g e , however she- had d i s c o v e r e d t h a t two o f h e r f u e l . t anks - had s u f f e r e d s i q n i f i c a n t water c o n t a m i n a t i o n . She was b r o u g h t a l o n g s i d e and topped up a t 0915 and on c o m p l e t i o n s h e d e t a c h e d t o r e j o i n ADELAIDE. A t 0930 t h e Commanding O f f i c e r s and o p e r a t i o n s teams from DARWIN and ADELAIDE, a l o n g w i t h j u n i o r members o f Commodore Cha lmer ' s team, r e t u r n e d t o t h e homeward bound FFGs by h e l i c o p t e r , T h i s marked t h e l as t i n t e r a c t i o n between SUCCESS and t h e DARWIN/ADELAIDE combina t ion f o r 1990 , The t h r e e s h i p s have o p e r a t e d a l m o s t c o n t i n u o u s l y i n company t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r , i n FCP 1-90, RIMPAC 90 and .now O p e r a t i o n Damask. I b e l i e v e w e became a v e r y e f f e c t i v e team indeed and i t w a s a p r i v i l e g e and p l e a s u r e t o be p a r t o f t h e g roup . B r i e f i n g s and d i s c u s s i o n s between Commodore Cha lmers , Commodore Oxenbould, C a p t a i n R i t c h i e , Commander C o r d n e r , mysel f and o u r v a r i o u s o p e r a t i o n s teams c o n t i n u e d u n t i l a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1130. A t t h a t t i m e t h e g roup from SYDNEY r e t u r n e d t o t h e i r s h i p w h i l e BRISBANE'S team, t o g e t h e r w i t h CTG s t a f f e l e m e n t s , were t r a n s f e r r e d t o BRISBANE. Both s h i p s were t h e n r e f u e l l e d ~ r i o r t o SYDNEY d e t a c h i n g t o make r endezvous w i t h t h e MIDWAY B a t t l e Group t o conduc t CTG l e v e l b r i e f i n g s and d i s c u s s i o n s . Both Commodores remained i n SUCCESS f o r l u n c h and f u r t h e r d i s c u s s i o n s p r i o r t o t r a n s f e r r i n g t o SYDNEY by h e l i c o p t e r l a te r t h a t a f t e r n o o n . SUCCESS, w i t h BRISBANE i n company, c o n t i n u e d n o r t h wes t c o n d u c t i n g s u r v e i l l a n c e o p e r a t i o n s and e x e r c i s e s . A c o m p l e t e l i s t o f e x e r c i s e s conduc ted d u r i n g December is a t t a c h e d a t Annex B. Commodore Oxenbould f o r m a l l y assumed command o f 7'0627.4 a t 1200 on Monday 3 .
5 . ( R ) Over t h e e n s u i n g two d a y s SUCCESS c o n t i n u e d o p e r e t ' i o n s i n t h e Gu l f o f Oman w i t h BRISBANE and SYDNEY d e t a c h i n g and r e j o i n i n g
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Commodore Chalmers d e p a r t e d by h e l i c o p t e r t o S e e b , p r i o r t o l e a v i n g t h e A 0 by c i v i l a i r l i n e r . By 1750 o n t h e e v e n i n g of .Wednesday 5 a l l t h r e e s h i p s were s t eaming i n company.towards Mina Qaboos where t h e y b e r t h e d by 1140 on Thursday 6 , w i t h BRISBANE and SYDNEY n e s t i n g o u t b o a r d o f SUCCESS' a t No. 7 w h a r f , T h i s v i s i t t o Mina Qaboos w a s o p e r a t i o n a l and i n f o r m a l w i t h no o f f i c i a l f u n c t i o n s o r c a l l s c o n d u c t e d i n v o l v i n g SUCCESS. The s h i p ' s company e n j o y e d a q u i e t and r e l a x i n g v i s i t p r i o r t o t h e TO c a s t i n g o f f and p r o c e e d i n g , commenc'ing w i t h SYDNEY a t 0900 on Monday 1 0 . You, S i r , accompanied by your S e c r e t a r y and F l a g L i e u t e n a n t , embarked ' i n BRISBANE immedia t e ly p r i o r t o h e r s a i l i n g , w h i l e i n SUCCESS 48 q u e s t s , l a r g e l y s e n i o r Omani m i l i t a r y and c i v i l s e r v i c e o f f i c e r s and t h e i r s p o u s e s a l o n g w i t h some Omani and e x p a t r i a t e b u s i n e s s peopl* emberked f o r a s e a f a m i l i a r i s a t i o n day .
6 . ( R ) On c l e a r i n g h a r b o u r a s e r i e s o f e x e r c i s e s i n company were c o n d u c t e d i n c l u d i n g f l y i n g , p e r s o n n e l t r a n s f e r a n d v e r t i c a l r e p l e n i s h m e n t d e m o n s t r a t i o n s by t h e g r o u p ' s h e l i c o p t e r s , s o l i d s and l i q u i d s r e p l e n i s h m e n t s t o b o t h e s c o r t s , and OOW manoeuvers . A t
, 1330 BRISBANE and SYDNEY d e t a c h e d t o p roceed t o t h e Alpha p a t r o l a r e a s , i n t h e n o r t h west Gulf o f Oman w h i l e SUCCESS made ground back towards Mina Qaboos. The s h i p b e r t h e d a t No. 1 wharf a t 1530 where o u r g u e s t s d isembarked. From t h e s h i p ' s p o i n t o f view t h e sea d a y was v e r y s u c c e s s f u l and w a s v e r y much en joyed by o u r v i s i t o r s . I t was a p p a r e n t t h a t t h i s w a s t h e f i r s t time such a s e a day had been conducted by a v i s i t i n g w a r s h i p . SUCCESS remained - a l o n g s i d e u n t i l c a s t i n g . o f f and p r o c e e d i n g a t 0800 on Wednesday 1 2 . . - .
7 . ( R ) Over t h e n e x t two d a y s SUCCESS o p e r a t e d i n t h e mid Gulf of Oman, r e p l e n i s h i n g USS MANITOWOC, BRISBANE and SYDNEY on Wednesday 12, and t o p p i n g up c a r g o F76 f u e l from HV OVERSEAS VALDEZ d u r i n g t h e fo renoon and a f t e r n o o n of Thursday 1 3 . E a r l y i n t h e forenoon o f F r i d a y 14 SUCCESS embarked a s p e c i a l i s t t e c h n i c i a n , w h i l e a t a n c h o r i n t h e s h i p s e r v i c e anchorage o f f F u j a y r a h , t o examine t h e p o r t RAS a l t e r n a t o r and t o c o n s u l t on r e p a i r s r e q u i r e d . A t t h e same time v i c t u a l s and s t o r e s f o r t h e Tff were embarked v i a G r a y Mackenzie l a u n c h . You, S i r , f o l l o w i n g v i s i t s t o t h e m a o t h e r MNNF commanders, and accompanied by Commodore Oxenbould and a member o f h i s s t a f f , embarked i n SUCCESS by Gray.Mackenzie l a u n c h a t 1345. A f t e r you i n f o r m a l l y a d d r e s s e d t h e assembled s h i p ' s company SUCCESS weighed and proceeded t o c o n t i n u e MNNF o p e r a t i o n s . A c t i v i t i e s w i t n e s s e d by you o v e r t h e n e x t two d a y s i n c l u d e d h e l i c o p t e r s u r f a c e . s e a r c h o p e r a t i o n s , RAS(L) t o USS PENSACOLA, RAS(S) / (L) t o SYDNEY and BRISBANE, merchant v e s s e l ' i n t e r r o g a t i o n o p e r a t i o n s and e x e r c i s e s i n company. Over t h e same p e r i o d you h e l d v e r y w e l l r e c e i v e d i n f o r m a l d i s c u s s i o n s and b r i e f i n g s w i t h g roups i n SUCCESS, P r i o r t o your d e p a r t u r e from t h e TG, by S70B h e l i c o p t e r on t h e fo renoon of S a t u r d a y 1 5 , you appended a s u b s c r i p t t o t h e l a t e s t i n SUCCESS' now t r a d i t i o n a l ' l e t t e r from t h e GOO' t o
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. . -. t o d e b r i e f u s on t h e r e c e n t d i s c u s s - i o n s h e l d w i t h - o t h e r MNNF commanders and previewed RAN TG employment f o l l o w i n g t h e A u s t r a l i a n Government 's d e c i s i o n t o employ t h e TG i n s u p p o r t of UN S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l Reso ' lu t ion 678. "Th i s d e c i s i o n r e s t i l t e d i n a change to the RAN TG area o f employment, widening it t o i n c l u d e o p e r a t i o n s west
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i t r a f f i c s e p a r a t i o n scheme commencing a t 0830 on Sunday 1 6 , lear ring t h e S t r a i t s a t 1000. SUCCESS d e t a c h e d from t h e g roup a t 1430 and a t 1550 made rendezvous w i t h a Gray Mackenzie l a u n c h o f f Dubai Harbour where mail w a s embarked. The s h i p r e j o i n e d BRISBANE and
! SYDNEY a t 1700 and d i s t r i b u t e d m a i l t o t h e two e s c o r t s by R I B b e f o r e c o n t i n u i n g t h e inward t r a n s i t . A t 0715 t h e f o l l o w i n g morning, Monday 1 7 , t h e TG r e a c h e d t h e v i c i n i t y o f t h e ' C h a r l i e ' Arabian Gulf p a t r o l a r e a s . Between 1000 and 1140 b o t h e s c o r t s
I w e r e # e p l e n i s h e d b e f o r e t h e y d e t a c h e d t o remain i n mid A r a b i a n G u l f . SUCCESS r e t r a c e d h e r t r a c k t h r o u g h t h e Gulf and t r a n s i t e d ' t h e SOH e a s t b o u n d d u r i n g t h e e a r l y h o u r s o f Tuesday 18. She anchored o f f Fu jayrah i n t i m e t o r e c e i v e a l a r g e G r a y Mackenzie l a u n c h a l o n g s i d e a t 1630 which d e l i v e r e d v i c t u a l s , s t o r e s and RANLO
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, towards Mahe, t h e l a r g e s t i s l a n d i n t h e S e y c h e l l e s g roup . A f i n a l o p p o r t u n i t y f o r December t o l a n d TG-mai l by h e l i c o p t e r w a s t a k e n d u r i n g Wednesday 1 9 as SUCCESS t r a n s i t e d p a s t S e e b a i r p o r t . While a d j a c e n t Seeb and Muscat , o u t s i d e Omani t e r r i t o r i a l waters ,. t h e I r a n i a n Naval S h i p s BOOSHEHR, NAGHOI and ACVAND were s i g h t e d , c o n d u c t i n g r e p l e n i s h m e n t o p e r a t i o n s t h a t were p a r t o f t h e i r .Exerc i se ' V i c t o r y ' ( s e e pho tographs a t Annex C ) .
9 . ( R ) Passage t o t h e S e y c h e l l e s was f a s t and u n e v e n t f u l , i n smooth s e a s t h a t seemed t o be a c o n t i n u a t i o n o f t h e f l a t calm o f t h e Gulf o f Oman, A s t r o n a v i g a t i o n t r a i n i n g and v a l i d a t i o n f o r j u n i o r o f f i c e r s was recommenced as soon as t h e ' e x c e s s i v e and v a r i a b l e r e f r a c t i o n exper ienced i n t h e Gulf r educed , and maintenance t h a t p r e v i o u s l y would have been i n t e r r u p t e d by '
r e p l e n i s h m e n t a c t i v i t y w a s u n d e r t a k e n , The o p p o r t u n i t y w a s a l s o t a k e n t o commence p a r t s one and two t r a i n i n g f o r a s p i r a n t s f o r promotion t o P e t t y O f f i c e r and Chief P e t t y O f f i c e r . T h i s t r a i n i n g c o n t i n u e d and completed d u r i n g t h e r e t u r n t r a n s i t t o t h e A .O . On F r i d a y 21 good news f o r SUCCESS was r e c e i v e d i n t h e form of t h e h a l f y e a r l y promot ions s i g n a l which a d v i s e d t h a t t h e s h i p ' s Marine Engineer ing O f f i c e r Commander K.J. G r e i g R A N , t h e N a v i g a t i o n O f f i c e r L i e u t e n a n t Commander W.F. Garner RAN and t h e r e c e n t l y r e l i e v e d Medical O f f i c e r L i e u t e n a n t K . A . P a s z k i e w i c z RAN had a l l been p r o v i s i o n a l l y s e l e c t e d f o r promot ion. The f o l l o w i n g d a y a c o n g r a t u l a t o r y s i g n a l w a s r e c e i v e d from COMFLOT w i t h a n o b l i q u e r e f e r e n c e t o 'stars. ' I n view of h i s renowned s e n s e o f humour a p r a c t i c a l j o k e w a s s u s p e c t e d u n t i l t h e f o l l o w i n g day a s i g n a l announcing t h e annua l f l e e t awards w a s r e c e i v e d , a d v i s i n g ( i n t e r a l i a ) t h a t SUCCESS had been awarded t h e Duke o f G l o u c e s t e r CUP. The s i g n a l had been d e l a y e d due t o a c y c l o n e a f f e c t i n g r e t r a n s - m i s s i o n o f message t r a f f i c a t Naval Communications S t a t i o n Guam. T h i s award h a s come a s a v e r y welcome b u t v e r y unexpected s u r p r i s e
- . - t o . a l l i n SUCCESS, p a r t i c u l a r l y a £ ter .hawing worked -so . c l o s e l y o v e r t h e y e a r w i t h DARWIN, SYDNEY, ADELAIDE and BRISBANE and t h u s b e i n g aware of t h e i r e x c e l l e n t achievements d u r i n g FCP 90-1, RIMPAC 90 , o v e r s e a s dep10yment.s and O p e r a t i o n Damask. Al though 'having worked less w i t h o t h e r RAN u n i t s d u r i n g 1990 i t is u n d e r s t o o d t h a t t h e y t o o have a c h i e v e d h i g h o p e r a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d s d u r i n g 1990. SUCCESS c a n o n l y presume t h a t award o f t h e Duke o f G l o u c e s t e r Cup must have been a v e r y hard d e c i s i o n made on t h e f i n e s t of margins . The s t a r s were i n s t a l l e d i n v e r y q u i c k o r d e r and a n immediate e s c a l a t i o n o f t h e a l r e a d y h i g h morale. w a s e v i d e n t among t h e s h i p ' s company, p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e members of t h e 16 A i r Defence Regiment RBS70 Missile Detachment who a s s o c i a t e v e r y c l o s e l y w i t h t h e s h i p and are v e r y proud t o be onboard t h e r e c i p i e n t o f s u c h a p r e s t i g i o u s award.
1 0 R SUCCESS d e p a r t e d t h e O p e r a t i o n Damask A.O. a t 0110 on Saturday, 22 i n p o s i t i o n 7O 30'N 5 7 O 27'E. D e p a r t u r e and r e - e n t r y d e t a i l s were a l s o r e p o r t e d i n SUCCESS I4A/WAS/LDQ 3004512 DEC9O.
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1 1 . f ~ ) A t 1845 on Sunday 2 3 , a f t e r been g i v e n a p p r o v a l by r a d i o from ~ e y c h e l l e s a u t h o r i t i e s , t h e s h i p came t o s t a r b o a r d a n c h o r i n p o s i t i o n 031 V i c t o r i a L i g h t h o u s e la.68nm, i n P o r t V i c t o r i a O u t e r Harbour , I n r e t r o s p e c t t h i s d i s t a n c e o f f s h o r e w a s ' j u s t a d e q u a t e , f o r l a t e r t h a t e v e n i n g t h e s h i p ' s company e n j o y e d c a r o l s by c a n d l e l i g h t on t h e f l i g h t deck , o u r e f f o r t s were o f h i g h volume, i f n o t o f h i g h q u a l i t y ( s e e pho tograph a t Annex C j . A t 0830 t h e f o l l o w i n g morning, Monday 24 , a l o c a l h a r b o u r p i l o t embarked and t h e s h i p weighed and proceeded b e f o r e b e r t h i n g , p o r t s i d e t o a t t h e w e s t e r n end o f Mahe Quay a t 0920. T h i s was a n i n t e r e s t i n g b e r t h w i t h o n l y t h e a f t h a l f o f t h e s h i p a l o n g s i d e and t h e fo rward h a l f ove rhang ing . P o r t s i d e midsh ips and fo rward b e r t h i n g hawsers were s e c u r e d t o a mooring buoy o f f t h e p o r t bow, c o u n t e r b a l a n c e d by t h e s t a r b o a r d a n c h o r and two and a h a l f s h a c k l e s o f c a b l e l a i d o u t t o s t a r b o a r d . D e s p i t e a p p e a r a n c e s i t was a s e c u r e and s e r v i c e a b l e b e r t h i n g a r r a n g e m e n t , showing t h e f e a t u r e s o f a s t a n d a r d b e r t h and a M e d i t e r r a n e a n moor. Soon a f t e r b e r t h i n g I made c a l l s on t h e Harbour Master, C a p t a i n R. Morgan and on Commandant D e ' L'a Marine S e y c h e l l o i s Commodore L Lab lache , Although no fo rmal f u n c t i o n s were h e l d d u r i n g t h e v i s i t i n f o r m a l wardroom p a r t i e s w e r e h o s t e d on t h e e v e n i n g s of Nonday 2 4 and Thursday 27 . Arrangements f o r t h e v i s i t w e r e v e r y w e l l conduc ted by t h e F i r s t S e c r e t a r y o f t h e A u s t r a l i a n Embassy t o M a u r i t i u s , M r P e t e r H u r d i t c h . 'SUCCESS had been concerned t h a t Mr H u r d i t c h would have h i s C h r i s t m a s a r rangements u p s e t by t h e v i s i t , however he t o o k t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o b r i n g h i s f a m i l y t o t h e S e y c h e l l e s f o r a welcome b r e a k , a v e r y s a t i s f a c t o r y s o l u t i o n f o r a l l c o n c e r n e d . 3 a h e w a s v e r y much en joyed by t h e s h i p ' s company, w i t h most i n i t i a l l y g i v i n g a s i g h o f r e l i e f on s i g h t i n g g r e e n e r y a f t e r o u r e x p e r i e n c e s i n t h e Gulf r e g i o n . I t is a d e l i g h t f u l i s l a n d w i t h e x c e l l e n t b e a c h e s , a w e l l developed t o u r i s t i n f r a s t r u c t u r e and a s m a l l b u t v e r y . f r i e n d l y p o p u l a t i o n . I n a l l a p e r f e c t c h o i c e f o r a C h r i s t m a s n e c e s s a r i l y away from home, and f o r a b r e a k g e o g r a p h i c a l l y c l o s e t o t h e Gul f b u t l i g h t - y e a r s away i n n a t u r e . On C h r i s t m a s Day a . t r a d i t i o n a l l u n c h was s e r v e d by t h e Wardroom t o a l m o s t t h e e n t i r e s h i p ' s company who were s e a t e d i n s t y l e i n t h e manoeuvering deck and
-. . s t a r b o a r d RAS deck and c a f e t e r i a - --Af-ter .a n e a r p e r f e c t p o r t v i s i t SUCCESS cast o f f and proceeded a t 0830 on F r i d a y 28 , and commenced p a s s a g e n o r t h towards t h e AO. A d e t a i l e d r e p o r t of the p o r t v i s i t t o - V i c t o r i a was s i g n a l l e d i n SUCCESS LAXlI4A 280734ZDEC 90.
1 2 . ( R ) Re-en t ry t o t h e O p e r a t i o n Damask A.O. o c c u r r e d a t 2330 on t h e n i g h t of S a t u r d a y 29 , i n p o s i t i o n 7'30'N 57*201E.
1 3 . ( U ) Whi le c o n t i n u i n g p a s s a g e I t o o k t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o a d d r e s s my s h i p ' s company on s e c u r i t y , on t h e R A N ' S r e g u l a t i o n s w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e use of d r u g s , and on t h e d a n g e r s o f e x c e s s i v e u s e o f a l c o h o l .
I 1 4 . ( R ) A t t h e end o f t h e month SUCCESS was n o r t h east o f Mas i rah , o f f t h e c o a s t o f Oman, r e a d y t o recommence o p e r a t i o n s . 1990 *As been a s p e c t a c u l a r l y good y e a r f o r w i t h t h e s h i p h a v i n g comple ted a l m o s t o n e RAS f o r e v e r y day o f t h e y e a r ( 3 5 6 RAS, v e r s u s SUCCESS ' 1989 RAN r e c o r d o f 201 ) , s teamed t h e e q u i v a l e n t o f t w i c e around t h e g l o b e a t t h e e q u a t o r and r e f u e l l e d s h i p s from t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , Canada, New Z e a l a n d , Korea , N e t h e r l a n d s , B r i t a i n ,
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and Australia. Capping it all off of course has been participation in an operation that has showed that Australia's Navy is correctly equipped, trained and capable ' to provide our Government with a truly flexible instrument of foreign policy. SUCCESS remains in good material condition to continue her function in operation Damask, while the morale of her ship's company could not be higher following ..the Christmas break in the Seychelles, the
. award of the Gloucester Cup, and in anticipation of returning to Australia. Their health and welfare is excellent and their behaviour has been exemplary.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
a .~ . SLOPER Captain RAN Commanding Officer
Annexes :
A. Activity Summary
0 . Exercises Conducted
C. Photographs
. . . . .: ....-. . .--- -i-.. . . . - Enclosures:
1. ..Persian Excursion Let'ter'No. 8
2. ~eksian Excursion Letter No. 9
3 , Sea Day Thankyou Letter
Automatic Reclassification: 1 January 2006
RESTRICTED
ANNEX A TO HMAS SUCCESS LETTER 1/16/1 OF 5 J A N 1991
SHIP ACTIVITY SUMHARY FOR MONTH OF . DECEMBER 1991
1. Extended Maintenance
a. R e f i t
b. I D
Sub T o t a l
2. P o s t R e f i t j l D T r i a l s and Workup
a. P o s t R e f i t / I D Trials
b. P o s t R e f i t / I D Workup
Sub T o t a l
3. O p e r a t i o n a l
a. I n Harbour/At Anchor . . . . . . . . . --. . . . .
( 1 1 Programmed AMP
! 2 ) ' 'Programmed' 'SHP
( 3 1 Unscheduled Maintenance
( 4 ) Long Leave
( 5 ) Weatherbound
( 6 ) I n P o r t
( 7 ) A i d . t o C i v i l Community < p*'
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DAYS : HOURS DAYS : HOURS I I I
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DAYS HOURS I I DAYS 'I I HOURS I 1 L . I .- . .. - . 1 I I I I I I I I' 4 I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I
I I I 1 I I I I 1 I I I
Sub T o t a l -----:--,,-,-I------I------
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b. A t Sea
RESTRICTED - A2 - HARBOUR SEA.
( 1 j Operat ional Role/Deployment
(2) Combined Exerc ises
(3) J o i n t Service Exercises
( 4 ) Sing le Service Exerc ises
(5 ) Passage i n Company
( 6 ) Independent Passage
(7) Aid t o C i v i l Community
( 8 ) Ship ' s Benef i t T r i a l s and t r i a l s i n support of DSTO programmes
Sub To t a l s
DAYS HOURS I DAYS HOURS
Monthly To ta l 12 09 18 15 ......................... Grand Tota l : 31 days 0 hours
4. Steaming Figures -
a . Distance run during t h e month - 6733 .-. .- --- .. - . - -- ..-a -. . - . . . . --
b. Hours underway during month - 447
c. Tota l d i s t ance steame3 s i nce Y i r s t commfss'ioning- 173266
d . To ta l hours underway s i nce f i r s t commissioning - 13520 5. Occasions f o r Exceeding Economical Speed
Date HIL
Period Speed Reason
6. General
a . . Number of days deployed ou t s i de Aus t r a l i a - 3lDays OHours < &.'
b, Number.of days conducting o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s - ' dur ing ope ra t i ona l deployment - NIL.
c . T i m e zone a t beginning of period - DELTA ( - 4 )
d , Time zone a t end of per iod - DELTA ( - 4 ) .. ..- .-.-- -. . .. .- - .. - - . .. . - - . ..-.. -. - - . --
9' i 'ANNEX B TO ' 1
w HMAS SUCCESS LETTER I 4 ! 1/16/1 OF 5 JAN 1991 I
Seamanship gnd Generel Evolut ions I
SHORT TITLE No COMPLETED DURATION - (Hrs 1
OOW MANS
RASAP
JACKSTAY
RAS (L) 27 18 .43
RAS (S)
MANORD
REMARKS /DATES -
36 B l i n d P i l o t a g e 5 3 . 0 8 6/10/24/28
39 P i l o t a g e 5 3 . 0 8 6/10/24/28
6 5 A10 Q U I Z 6
AFXI No SHORT TITLE No COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS ( H r s ) /DATES
4 8 FLYEX 403 3 1 5.10 4/14/17/31
64 . RELELVEX 7 10.50 14/15/16/28 /29/30/31
* L NBCD
EX. NO. DESCRIPTION NO* DURATION I H r s 1
- . 9 5 A F R P STATE 1 P R E P S .30
9 5 B F R P BLANKET SEARCH . I 5
9 5 H FRP CASUALITY HANDLING 1 .30
9 5 K FRP LEAKSTOPPING/SHORING 1 . 1 5 D R I L L S
9 5 s FRP NBCDX 1 5 . 3 0
98 SECURE FOR ACTION 8
1 0 9 A F E P HARBOUR TNG LECTURE .
10 9B F E P HARBOUR EX HOD COVERED .
l l O A S S F P B R I E F .30
1 l O B S S F P E X E R C I S E 1 .15
1 1 5 A F I R S T A I D TNG FOR FAP 4
1 1 5 B F I R S T A I D TNG FOR NON 5 - FAP
a NAVCONEX
AF,XI N o SHORT T I T L E No COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS /DATES
141 NCX 201 (SEMAPHONE) 1 1 14 . .
3/5/12/ 14/17
142 NCX 202 ( F L A S H I N G ) 6 18 4/5/17/ 19/20/ 2 1
GUNNERY
A P X I No SHORT T I T L E Np COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS - . . /DATES
AAC RFX
4
ENGINEERING
AFXI No SHORT T I T L E No COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS
( hrs /DATES
- -. , -. 22 7 F.0. PUMP FAILURE 2 . - . 3 0 1 5 - 2 3 3 LOSS O F M.E. 2 . 3 0 1 6
O I L PRESSURE
23 5 FUEL CONTAM. BY WATER 4 1 . 0 0 1 0
PLUMMER BLOCK 4 O/HEATING
LOSS O F P R I . AUX. 2 -X 2 COOLING WATER
LOSS O F P R I . ENGINE 3 x 2 FUEL F I L T E R
LOSS O F RAS ALT. 1
LOSS O F JCW TO M.E. 2
HIGH M.E. JCW TEMP 2
MAJOR FUEL S P I L L 2
LOSS OF LP A I R T O 1 RAS ALTERNATOR
EMERG. SHUT DOWN M.E. 5
.N/N LOSS OF C . P, P. PITCH -5 1.00 16 CONTROL
N /N LOSS O F M,E. LUBE O I L 20 3 , O O 15 C L A R I F I E R
N /N BURST FUEL L I N E 1 .30 2 4
N/N LOSS O F CONTROL A I R 1 . l o 2 8 TO M.E.
N/N . STERRING GEAR FAILURE 4 . 4 0 6 <&.
N/N HIGH M.E. RAS ALT. 3 . 1 5 30 WINDINGS TEMP
N /N CRANKCASE EXPLOSION 4 .2O 16
I -
1 . " AIR
A F X I N o SHORT T I T L E NO COMPLETED DURATION -
F L I G H T D E C K N E R T R E P 1 6 AREA EMERGENCIES
RELO TRANSFER' 4 3 1 3 . 0 0
D L P ' s
VERTREP
ELVA
S SRA 24 2 .00
C A B I N GUNNING 8 2.00
SUSCH -
N / N S S R A
N /N G I N PRAC
2 . * - . 28 Xbvembec. . .. --.----, . CTC 6 2 7 . 4 (Commodore ~ h n l m e r s ) ready f o r all?:.
e v e n t u a l i t !- .
3 . .- ,3 . , D-e+cember . . - TG627.4 new a r r s i v a 1,s l bHlSBANE ;and S Y D N E Y 1-.-i-w- cornpanr w i t h the o l d G I I : . ~ rd ( SUt:C'ESS, I ) . l R K LX; and ADELA I DE .
. . 4 . 4 Dec.ember. .. Commodore Chalmers p a s s e s 't-he. w e i g h t ' a . .. -------. . - handwrought b r a s s Omani coffee p o t ; t o Commodore Oxenbould.
fi. 2 December . Tank Cleaning
. . 7 . .5 Deoember.. -- ~igh--speCd smoggls~a crsf t . .l.-dbaon 'dight I around Moslem countries of the Gulf I
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8 . 5 December. B R I S B A N E i n th6' G u l f o f Oman w i t h h e r Operat i o n D a m a s k e q u i p a n t ..enhancements . . . . . . i n c l u d i n g CIWS ( p o r t and s t a r b o a r d ) , e x t e n s i v e RAM and E O S S .
9 . 5 December. SYDNEY in the Gulf of Oman, she t o o has .- . - ~ - t e n s i v e RAN ..r?igged .and an. EOSS fitt&..-- - -
. -. .---- --. . - - . . - - 10. 12 December. uss MANITOWOC w a s rep1e"ished.
1 1 . 14 December. CTF 6 2 7 , Rear A d m i r a l Doo lnn v i s i t e d and .( i n L e r a l i a ) r e c e i v e d a . b c i e f i n g .- . . f r o m S G T . IJat lc ins , 16AD Regt , o n t h e o p e r - a t i o n o f t h e RBS'iO .Anti A i r Nissi1.e Systems fitted to t h e s h i p .
12. 14 December. USS PENSACOLA was repleniihed. -- . . .. - . . . , - . . - - ---- . . - .
. . . . - - 4, 19 December . - I r : . ~ n i an wrlrsh ips ACVAND itnc! BUOSHER operatirr3 in t h e GII 1 f o € 0111arr.
13 1 9 %ecernbr:r. C r a n l an : c a r s h i p N A C H D I o p v r a l i nr: i r l Lhe G i l l f of Oman.
. . _...___ - - . . . . . - - - - - - . - . - - - - 16. 20 December. RAP Nimrod conducting surveillance in the Gulf of Oman.
- . -.- - - . - - . - - - . - . .-., -. - . ' l i * D-ecember. ' Cur ino n i ~ h t f o r - ~ , i ,,I charj t y ,
- - . . .. - 1 9 . 23 December. Carold' kY-.Cijln'dl'eli'ght "&re le'd'by - the ship's
choir, the angelic 'RAS tones.'
c u s t o m e r f o r 1991 w a s USS MACDONOUGH (Commander A.T. Cooper USN), r e p l e n i s h e d a t 1230C, f o l l o w e d by USS BUNKER ,HILL ( C a p t a i n T.F. M a r f i a c USN) a t 1418C. The.se r e p l e n i s h m e n t s were c o n d u c t e d a t t h e g e o g r a p h i c a l l i m i t s imposed o n SUCCESS' o p e r a t i o n s i n t h e n o r t h e a s t e r l y p a r t o f t h e C h a r l i e areas, where t h e f i r s t l i n e o f AAW b a r r i e r s h i p s were s t a t i o n e d , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e s t r i k e m i s s i l e (Tomahawk Land A t t a c k Missile - TLAM) u n i t s . T h i s area w a s a l s o o n e o f t h e w o r s t a f f e c t e d by moored mines ( l a i d by t h e I r a q i s i n presumed d e f e n s i v e f i e l d s a l o n g t h e Kuwait and I r a q c o a s t s ) t h a t had b r o k e n a d r i f t . The t h r e a t w a s v e r y r ea l , . w i t h most s h i p s d e p l o y e d t o t h e area h a v i n g s i g h t e d s e v e r a l . SUCCESS t o o k t h e same p r e c a u t i o n s as t h e o t h e r s h i p s , w i t h d a y l i g h t a n t i - m i n e l o o k o u t s s t a t i o n e d i n t h e - e y e s o f t h e s h i p a n d w i t h n i g h t l o o k o u t s a b i l i t i e s b e i n g augmented w i t h n i g h t v i s i o n and t h e r m a l imaging equ ipmen t . A d d i t i o n a l l y s p e e d w a s r educed t o t h e minimum r e q u i r e d f o r t r a n s i t and s h i p s d r i f t e d o v e r n i g h t i n p r e v i o u s l y v i s u a l l y c l e a r e d areas. SUCCESS' AS350B h e l i c o p t e r w a s i n v a l u a b l e f o r v i s u a l a n t i - m i n e s w e e p s , a c t i n g i n c o n c e r t w i t h t h e h e l i c o p t e r s o f u n i t s i n company. Dur ing t h e fo renoon o f F r i d a y 4 , USS NICHOLAS (Commander D I G .
F i n g e r , Master), a l q n g s i d e i n Dubai . I
I 4 . i R ) SUCCESS c o n t i n u e d h e r o p e r a t i o n s i n t h e CAG o v e r t h e I p e r i o d F r i d a y 4 t o Honday 7 , c o n s o l i d a t i n g F76 f rom SS OVERSUS . . VALDEZ, and r e p l e n i s h i n g HMS BRAZEN (Commander J .C. Rapp R N ) , HMCS
TERRA NOVA (Commander S.D. Andrews) , USS LEFTWICH (Commander P.M. G a r r e t USN), USS CURTS, HMCS ATHABASKAN (Commander K . J . P i c k f o r d ) and SYDNEY. A t 0900D o n #onday 7 SUCCESS b e r t h e d a t No 1 w h a r f ,
. -- .-- .. . Mina Rashid . , t h e p o r t for! t h e UAE C a p i t a l - o-f. Duba i , -commencing a n o p e r a t i o n a l and ma in tenance v i s i t . BRISBANE had been programmed t o e n t e r h a r b o u r a t t h e same t i m e , however s h e had been d e l a y e d i n t h e Gulf o f Oman f o l l o w i n g h e r invo lvemen t i n t h e r e s c u e and s u b s e q u e n t
s h i n g b o a t . Soon a f t e r b e r t h i n g I v i s i t e d i n USNS COMFORT, who w a s
I t o o k t h e
I o p p o r t u n i t y ~ t o meet and t a l k t o t h e new RAN m e d i c a l team embarked i n COMFORT l e d by C a p t a i n M. Flynn R A N , which had o n l y a d a y . o r s o
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p r e v i o u s l y r e l i e v e d C a p t a i n D e l a n e y ' s team. C a p t a i n F l y n n w i t h some RAN and USY o f f i c e r s from COMFORT r e t u r n e d t o SUCCESS f o r d r i n k s and l u n c h . BRISBANE, w i t h Commodore Oxenbould embarked, commenced h e r d e l a y e d p o r t v i s i t on b e r t h i n g a s t e r n o f SUCCESS a t 0800D o n Thursday 8. The most i m p o r t a n t m a i n t e n a n c e work u n d e r t a k e n d u r i n g t h e v i s i t w a s p r o g r e s s on r e p a i r s t o t h e p o r t RAS a l t e r n a t o r (URDEF 52 /90) u s i n g c o n t r a c t o r a s s i s t a n c e f rom G o l t e n s - O s l o . Damaged r o t o r s h a f t b e a r i n g J o u r n a l s were g round i n s i t u , . a t c o n s i d e r a b l e s a v i n g s i n c o s t and e f f o r t i n compar i son t o t h e a l t e r n a t i v e o f removing t h e 2 t o n n e r o t o r from t h e s h i p f o r m a c h i n i n g . The a r r a n g e m e n t o f machin ing equipment o n one o f t h e j o u r n a l s c a n be s e e n i n a p h o t o g r a p h a t Annex C.
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