Knight, Lendall, CAPT

USS Ranger Final Cruise (1 Aug 1992 - 31 January 1993)
LCDR Lendall Knight, Assistant Intelligence Officer, CCDG-1

1 Aug - Depart San Diego

18-24 Aug - Yokosuka, Japan

Aug - Pusan, South Korea

14 Sep - Entered Persian Gulf for Operation Southern Watch (No Fly Zone for Iraq); awarded Southwest Asia Medal; coordinated communications, signals and maneuvering drills with Russian destroyer Admiral Vinogradov and first landing of Russian helicopter (KA-27 Helix) on U.S. carrier

6 Oct - Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dubai (Jebel Ali), UAE

4 Dec - Re-entered Indian Ocean from Persian Gulf

7-15 Dec - Operation Restore Hope (Somalia); Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

29 Dec - Perth (Freemantle), Australia

31 Dec - awarded Navy Battle E Pacific

9 Jan - Sydney, Australia - LCDR Knight flew home to San Diego then to Pearl Harbor

27 Jan - Pearl Harbor, HI - Tiger Cruise with Kenny Hogg and Len's father, Lendall B. Knight

31 Jan - San Diego, CA

See: http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv61-93/index.html