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The third USS Wainwright was DLG 28. DLG stood for Destroyer Leader Guided Missile.
The USS Wainwright (DLG-28) was laid down 2 July 1962 at Bath Iron Works, Maine, launched 25 April 1965; sponsored by Mrs. Richard W. Wainwright; and commissioned on 8 January 1966 , Boston, Ma.
The USS Wainwright (DLG-28) was laid down 2 July 1962 at Bath Iron Works, Maine, launched 25 April 1965; sponsored by Mrs. Richard W. Wainwright; and commissioned on 8 January 1966 , Boston, Ma.
1967: 1/67; Boston & post-shakedown availability. 3/67; local ops. 4/66; outbound WestPac via Panama Canal, San Diego, Pearl Harbor , Guam, entered Subic Bay 6/67. PIRAZ station, TF-77, Tonkin Gulf 1st line period. 8/66; Port call Sasebo, Japan. 8-9/67; PIRAZ station. 9/67; Hong Kong. 9/67; YANKEE station. 10/67; En route Charleston via Subic Bay, Sydney Australia; Wellington New Zealand, and Tahiti. 11/67; re-transited the Panama Canal, reentered Charleston. Awards; 2x VSM. Operation ROLLING THUNDER.
1968: 1-2/68, Newport, R.I., school ship, Destroyer School. 3-6/68; Fleet exercises & training. 6/68; outbound WestPac via Panama Canal, Pearl Harbor, Guam on the 21st, arrived Subic Bay. 7/68; Da Nang, PIRAZ station (41days), typhoon evasion. 9/68; Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Yokosuka. 10-11/68; PIRAZ station (27 days). 11/68; Sasebo. 11/68-1/69; North & South SAR stations. Departed Subic Bay 1/9/69 via Sydney Australia, Auckland New Zealand, Papeete Tahiti, Panama Canal, and St. Thomas, arrived Charleston 2/21/69. Awards; 2x VSM. Operation ROLLING THUNDER.
1969: 3-5/69; inspections. 5/69; Presidential Sea power Demonstration, Virginia Capes. 5-6/69; combat exercises/NATO exercises. 6-8/69; IN PORT. 8/69; Charleston Naval Shipyard, regular overhaul.
1970: 2/70; Training Florida coast, Virginia capes. 3-4/70; prep & refresher training, Gitmo. 5/70; Caribbean ops. 6-7/70; IN PORT, Charleston 9/70; outbound WestPac via Panama Canal, Pearl Harbor, arrived Yokosuka, Japan, 9/70. 9-11/70; bilateral ASW exercises with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, port calls Yokosuka and Sasebo for upkeep and liberty. 11/70; outbound to Tonkin gulf, support SON TAY raid ops, PIRAZ & North/South SAR stations. 12/70; port call Singapore. Awards; VSM, AFEM. TF-77/Special Ops
1971: 1/71; IN PORT Subic Bay. port call Hong Kong. 2/71; bound for Charleston via Indian Ocean, port calls at Djibouti French Somaliland, Massawa Ethiopia, Ethiopian Navy Day, hosted then-Emperor Haile Selassie I on board. Port calls Diego Suarez Madagascar & Lourenco Marques Mozambique. Rounded the Cape of Good Hope, her first circumnavigation of the globe. Crossed the Atlantic; Visits to Rio de Janeiro & Recife Brazil , St. Thomas, then weapons exercises.
1972: 2/71; arrived Charleston, extended stand down period. 4-6/71; fleet ops, Caribbean training. 6/71; installed LAMPS (light airborne multipurpose system). 7-11/71; initial evaluation of LAMPS helicopter. 12/71-1/72; conversion propulsion plant to burn heavy distillate fuel. 1/72; nine months, testing LAMPS installation, made port visits Atlantic and gulf coast ports, West Indies, participated in 2nd Fleet exercises. 11/72; Charleston, prep for tour of duty in the Mediterranean Sea. 12/72; departed to Rota Spain. Visited Barcelona and arriving in Naples Italy, on the 30th.
1973: 1/73; Ionian Sea, ASW exercises. port call, Marseilles. More AAW exercises, port visits to Palma de Mallorca ; Malaga Spain; and Genoa, Italy. 2/73; ops in company with the Italian cruiser VittorioVeneto, National Week XV naval exercise, Central Mediterranean with Greek and Turkish navies participating. 3-6/73; 6th Fleet ASW and AAW exercises, visits to ports mentioned & Athens Greece; Civitavechia and Livorno Italy and Golfe Juan France. 6/73; departed Palma de Mallorca via Strait of Gibraltar to Rota Spain. Transatlantic exercise, sea control ship. 7/73; ventured across the Arctic Circle en-route Charleston. 7/73; arrived Charleston , stand down period, Charleston. 9/73; Charleston Naval Shipyard, regular overhaul.
1974: 6/74; sea trials, post overhaul, rejoined Atlantic Fleet on 20 June, Charleston Naval Station. 7-12/74; refresher training, tests, qualifications, inspections, and evaluations, 2d Fleet operations along the southern Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean.
1975: 1/75; Norfolk Naval Shipyard, sonar dome repairs. 2/75; Charleston, tests and inspections. 3/75; En route to the Mediterranean, joined FORRESTAL (CV-59) and Tunney (SSN-682) in ASW, surface, and air action drills. 3/75; transferred to 6th fleet at Rota Spain, then arrived in Naples Italy, engaged in one training exercise after another, interrupted by frequent port calls, Mediterranean coast of Europe. 6/75; transited the Straits of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles into the Black Sea, and first American ship to visit Rumania at the port city of Constanta -in 49 years. 6/75; brief surveillance of the Soviet helicopter carrier Leningrad. Resumed schedule of training exercises and port visits. On 30 June, Wainwright was re-designated a guided missile cruiser, CG-28.