Description A Western Pacific Cruise is a ship's deployment from her home port, usually lasting between 5 and 8 months. Ships visit different ports such as Phuket, Thailand; Salalah, Oman; Darwin, Australia, Bali, Jebel Ali, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong. The ships hosted foreign militaries, performed numerous underway replenishments-at-sea and conducted general quarters drills, fire drills and maritime patrols.
US Navy provides during these deployments provocative "freedom of navigation" operations, known as FONOPS, that send warships into the disputed areas around the world on any given year.
Any cruise is hazardous with sailors injured or killed during flight, refueling, ordnance, operations or weather; day or night. Foriegn military vessels threatening by fast approach to ramming. Often at times ships are endangered by low fly overs from hostile aircraft.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 1982
To Month/Year
December / 1982
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
People You Remember USS Parche (SSN 683)
Capt Pete Graft
CDR Tim Oliver
MMCM(SS) Pete Peters
MMCM(SS) Mike Derocher
MMCM(SS) Pappy Poulson
QMC(SS) Big Bird
SK1(SS) Daniel Gonzales
SK3(SS) Billy Blank
IC2(SS) Roy C. White
