roobarbjapan Posted August 27, 2023 Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) Hello all, I am trying to find what ships were providing escort to CVN-69 IKE on her 88 med cruise. From my understanding, depending on which part of the cruise the escorts may have rotated but if any one could give me a rough idea that would be amazing! I have seen hints at DESRON 6, but for the composition I cant find any information. Also, I cant seem to pinpoint which Carrier Strike Group the IKE was a part of at that time (or was she in Task Group 60?) Air-wing related information is readily available but the Naval side is proving difficult for me. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? I am working on missions for the squadron I fly with and hopefully with Admirals amazing mods we can cobble together most the carrier group. Hence the need for information. Edited August 27, 2023 by roobarbjapan 1 vCVW-10 - Now Recruiting - JST
_Hoss Posted August 27, 2023 Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) The Fleets are static. You move or chop into different fleets as you cross certain points on the earth. East Coast US is the Second Fleet to the Straights Of Gibraltar, then they become the Sixth Fleet.... it doesn't change. Go through the Suez into the Indian Ocean you chop into the 5th Fleet. The third Fleet is East Pacific, Seventh Fleet, is West Pacific. Escorts stay the same with the Task Force from start to finish. I found what you needed to know in five seconds with Google..... USS Monteray CG-61, USS Mitscher, DDG-57, USS Laboon, DDG-58, USS Mahan DDG-72, USS Thomas Hudner, DDG-116. CAW-7. During the same time, I was on the USS Enterprise with VA-94 on MODLOC, GONZO Station. "Straights of Hormuz" April 18, 1988, was Operation Preying Mantis, after four previous WESTPACs, three on the Connie, with the Iranian Hostage Crisis, the war between N/S Yemen, and an excursion through the Suez Canal into the Med on my previous cruise on the Enterprise to relieve two carriers that bombed Mommar in Libya. We finally let Iran know if they Fu<ked around they would find out real quick what would happen.... Spoiler Hoss USN 77-97 Edited August 27, 2023 by _Hoss 1 3 Sempre Fortis
Gman109 Posted August 30, 2023 Posted August 30, 2023 USS Monteray CG-61, USS Mitscher, DDG-57, USS Laboon, DDG-58, USS Mahan DDG-72, USS Thomas Hudner, DDG-116. CAW-7. He said 1988 not 2018. Those Burke ships didn't even exist in the late 80s. 3 Primary DCS System: AMD 9800x3d, MSI Tomahawk 870, 6TB m.2s (2x2t, 1x2tb), MSI Ventus 5080, Seasonic 1200 PSU, 64GB Gskill 6000mhz CL30. 32" Asus 4K OLED 240hz, 49"MSI OLDED Secondary System : 14600KF, z790 Tomahawk, 32GB Gskill 6000mhz CL32, Asus 4090, 2x2TB m.2. VR: Quest 3 for now. Virpil T50x2,T50CM2x2,Warbrd x2, VFX/Delta/Flankr/CM2/Alpha/Tm Hornet sticks, VKB GF3, Tm Warthog(many), Modded Cougar, VKB Pedals/MFG Pedals/Slaw Viper RX+109Cam Pedals/Virpil Pedals x2, Virpil T50+T50CM2+T50+T50CM3+VMAX Throttles/CH Fightersticksx2/CH Throttlesx2/CH peds, Quest 3. Virpil Rotor TCS Plus. All virpil grips, TM Grips, working on VKB GF Grips.
roobarbjapan Posted September 1, 2023 Author Posted September 1, 2023 Thank you for your help gentleman! vCVW-10 - Now Recruiting - JST
Gman109 Posted September 3, 2023 Posted September 3, 2023 The closest thing I've come to possibly having the info was the cruise book from that 1988 Med cruise, it had some pics of the escorts but didn't list any of them or other support vessels. I'll keep looking. 1 Primary DCS System: AMD 9800x3d, MSI Tomahawk 870, 6TB m.2s (2x2t, 1x2tb), MSI Ventus 5080, Seasonic 1200 PSU, 64GB Gskill 6000mhz CL30. 32" Asus 4K OLED 240hz, 49"MSI OLDED Secondary System : 14600KF, z790 Tomahawk, 32GB Gskill 6000mhz CL32, Asus 4090, 2x2TB m.2. VR: Quest 3 for now. Virpil T50x2,T50CM2x2,Warbrd x2, VFX/Delta/Flankr/CM2/Alpha/Tm Hornet sticks, VKB GF3, Tm Warthog(many), Modded Cougar, VKB Pedals/MFG Pedals/Slaw Viper RX+109Cam Pedals/Virpil Pedals x2, Virpil T50+T50CM2+T50+T50CM3+VMAX Throttles/CH Fightersticksx2/CH Throttlesx2/CH peds, Quest 3. Virpil Rotor TCS Plus. All virpil grips, TM Grips, working on VKB GF Grips.
Seaeagle Posted September 12, 2023 Posted September 12, 2023 On 8/27/2023 at 1:04 PM, roobarbjapan said: Hello all, I am trying to find what ships were providing escort to CVN-69 IKE on her 88 med cruise. From my understanding, depending on which part of the cruise the escorts may have rotated but if any one could give me a rough idea that would be amazing! I have seen hints at DESRON 6, but for the composition I cant find any information. Also, I cant seem to pinpoint which Carrier Strike Group the IKE was a part of at that time (or was she in Task Group 60?) Air-wing related information is readily available but the Naval side is proving difficult for me. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? I am working on missions for the squadron I fly with and hopefully with Admirals amazing mods we can cobble together most the carrier group. Hence the need for information. It looks like it only had a single escort ship assigned to it on that cruise(Med 1988) - namely DD-978 "Stump"(Spruance class destroyer). 1
roobarbjapan Posted September 13, 2023 Author Posted September 13, 2023 A friendly person on discord managed to name all the ships in the Cruise book image so it seems mission complete. Thank you all for your help and input. vCVW-10 - Now Recruiting - JST
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