USS Thomaston LSD-28 History Operations

Events of 1975

Operations

1958 - 1974
Lebanon	July 1 – November 1, 1958
Quemoy-Matsu	July 23, 1958 – June 1, 1963
Taiwan Straits	August 23, 1958 – June 1 1963
Vietnam	July 1, 1958 – July 3, 1965
Congo	July 14 – September 1, 1960
Laos	April 19, 1961 – October 7, 1962
Berlin	August 14, 1961 – June 1, 1963
Cuba	October 24 – December 31, 1962
Congo	November 23-27, 1964
Dominican Republic	April 18, 1965 – September 21, 1966
Korea	October 1, 1966 – June 3, 1974
Cambodia – Thailand	March 29, 1973 – August 15, 1973

1975
New Life/New Arrival	April 1 – November 1
Baby Lift	April 4 – May 9
Operation Eagle Pull	April 11-13
Operation Frequent Wind	April 20-30
Mayaquez Operation	May 15th

1976
Guatemalan Earthquake	February 4 – June 30
Typhoon Pamela	May 21 – June 15
Typhoon Olga	May 25 – June 1
Beirut Lebanon Evacuation	June 29 – July 27

1977
Snowgo, New York	January 26 – February 8
Johnstown, Pa. Flood Relief	July 20 – August 16
Entewetak Cleanup	1977-1980

1978
Snow Blow / Snow Blow II	January 26 – February 18
Restoring Water Service to Naples Italy	April 18-21
Evacuation of Iran	December 8 1978 – February 20, 1979

1979
Wichita Falls/Vernon Falls Tornado	April 10-21
Jamaica Releif	August 14 - December 23
Dominica/Dominican Republic	August 21 - November 30
Boat People 921	July 1979 – June 30, 1984
Hurricane Frederic	September 12, 1979 – February 23, 1980

1980
Azores Releif	January 1-15
Cuban Resettlement	April 27th
Haiti and Saint Lucua Hurricane	August 6-21
Fort Allen	September 23th
Italy Earthquake	November 26 – December 7
Typhoon Dinah	November 26 – December 13

1981
Air Controllers	August 3rd
Grounding of Republic of Philippines Ship DATU KALANTIAW	September 21-24

1982
Air Florida Crash	January 13-27
Beirut Lebanon Evacuation	June 23 – 25

1983
Cyclone Disaster Relief Viti levu, Figi Islands	March 9-26
Earthquake Disaster Relief Popayan, Columbia/td>	March 31 – April 8
Operation Green Earth	April – July
Mississippi River Flood	May 28 – June 1
Lebanon	June 1, 1983 – August 1, 1984
Rescue Operation of Crewmembers of M/V Lica Lu	October 25th
Grenada	October 23 – November 21
Cyclone Relief Oper. Agalega Islands, Mauritias	December 13th

1984
Disaster Relief of Diego Suarez, Madagascar	April 23-30
Beirut Lebanon Evacuation	February 10 – 12
Antigua Water Disaster	March 15 – June 18
Coalinga, CA. Earthquake	May 2-18
Operation Intense Look	August 8 – October 1
Rescue of Bombed Foreign Ship	October 19th

1985
West Virginia Flood	November 4-22
Hurricane Elena	August 29 – September 8
Mexico City Earthquake	September 19 – October 4

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