1970 to 1992
FF-1068 USS Vreeland
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| 1964-jul-22 | Ordered | Ordered | | | 1968-mar-20 | Laid down | Laid down | | | 1969-jun-14 | Launched | Launched | | | 1970-jun-13 | Commissioned | Commissioned | | | 1974-oct-04 | | Towed by USS William H Standley (CG-32) in the Med due to serious boiler trouble | | | 1978-aug | Port Visit | Port Visit  off Mogadishu First American warship to visit Mogadishu since military came to power in October, 1969 | | | 1980-sep-25 | | Ordered by US official to make room for Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorky at Manhattan dock | | | 1982-jul | | Central Mediterranean UNREP with USS Mount Baker (AE-34) in Mediterranean | | | 1982-sep-14 | | Red Sea In the Red Sea searching for missing pilot that crashed F-4 Phantom jet while attempting to land on the USS Forrestal | | | 1984-dec-24 | | assigned to escort a Soviet flotilla headed to Cuba | | | 1984-dec-29 | | off Florida Relieved by USS John L Hall (FFG-32) along Florida coast | | | 1985-may | | Caribbean Sea Deployed to Honduras | | | 1985-aug | | Ocean Safari 85, Aug 28-Sept 20, Atlantic Ocean | | | 1985-aug | Deployment | Deployment North Atlantic Refueled in the North Atlantic by RFA Grey Rover | | | 1985-sep | Port Visit | Port Visit  Gironde Estuary Port visit Bordeaux, France | | | 1985-dec | Refit | Refit Drydock | | | 1986 | | Central Mediterranean Mediterranean Deployment | | | 1986-apr | Deployment | Deployment  Libyan coast Operation El Dorado Canyon - Libya, April 12-17 | | | 1986-aug | Port Visit | Port Visit  off Naples Port visit Naples, Italy | | | 1987-aug | |  Guantanamo Bay GITMO Cuba | | | 1987-oct | | CV escort services | | | 1988 | | Dragon Hammer 88, HSL-36 helicopter crashed and sank attempting to land in heavy fog | | | 1988-feb | | Central Mediterranean Mediterranean Deployment | | | 1988-mar | Port Visit | Port Visit  Ibiza Port visit Ibiza, Spain | | | 1988-may-01 | | Dragon Hammer 88, May 1-14 | | | 1988-may-08 | Aircraft | Aircraft Central Mediterranean accident SH-2F 161903 | | | 1988-jun | Port Visit | Port Visit Malaga Port Port visit Malaga, Spain | | | 1992-jun-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | | | 1992-jul-25 | Fate: transfered | Fate: transfered leased to Greece as Macedonia | | | |
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| 1992-jul-25 | | caught fire on her maiden voyage in middle atlantic | | | 1992-aug-25 | | towed to Greece | | | 1999-jan | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | |
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