Currently working on a detailed history of post Vietnam war naval ship deployments from January 1, 1976 to June 30, 2009. Need the deployment dates for the U.S.S. Jarrett for the 2007 Carat deployment. The deployment date for U.S.S. Ford for the 2008 Carat deployment. I have been unable to find these dates in Navy news releases or in direct phone calls to the ships commands. Thanks in advance. the complete ship deployment list will be posted on line soon.

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Currently working on a detailed history of post Vietnam war naval ship deployments from January 1, 1976 to June 30, 2009.

If anybody puts up a current deployment schedual for anything out to June 30th it'll be my pleasure to sink em.

Better explain yourself.

What is being compiled is a listing of u.s. navy ship deployments for the time period from 1-1-76 through 6-30-09. The 6-30-09 is the cut off date for gathering any ship deployments. The data base has been compiled from ship command histories at the Naval Historical Center, various magazines (surface warfare, naval aviation news) and navy news releases.The primary purpose is to have a basic referance sourse for use on U.S. Navy ship histories. I have no intension on posting anything that could be used of a classified nature.

Current (june 2009) ship deployments are classified, thus the reason for Gerry's response.

You should then probably wait until they are publically released by the Navy. You're NOT getting them here

You might get the dates from the Navy for deployment dates back in the 70s but you're not going to get current ones. There is even some doubt that you could get ones for submarines that far back as submarine movements are classified secret.

Charleston area ship movements can be found by contacting any barmaid on Reynolds Ave. Opps I almost forgot the Navy don't live here anymore, and Reynolds Ave is a fond but distant memory.

Thanks for the responses. It should be noted that this is primarily a historical list of ship deployments of only CV, CVN, BB, CG, CGN, DD, DDG, FF, FFG, LPH, LHA, LHD, LPD, LSD, LKA, LST, AE, AFS, AO, AOE and AOR deployments. Composition of CVBG, ARG, Middle eastern force, Standing Naval Force Atlantic Fleet, Unitas, Baltic Ops and Carat deployments. The imformation would not be posted on this site. I was only trying to find ship deployment dates from earlier deployments that I have been unable to locate, in order to complete the list, nothing more. Have a nice day.

If you're looking for deployment dates in the distant past then why did you ask for information through next week? That is where you stepped into a big pile of poo.

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The imformation would not be posted on this site.

It doesn't make a damn bit of difference WHERE you post the information.

Will your report be any less compelling if you use a 5/31/09 cut off date?

There is a reason you can't get the information from "Navy news releases or in direct phone calls to the ships commands". It is called "Need to Know" and you don't have it.

Sorry that you feel that I have no need to know the various ship deployment/return dates. I have compiled about 99% of the ship deployments for the time period of this research project. If you have any questions concerning this project, please contact Dr David Winkler at the Naval Historical Foundation at (202) 678-4333. Have a nice day.

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Sorry that you feel that I have no need to know the various ship deployment/return dates. I have compiled about 99% of the ship deployments for the time period of this research project. If you have any questions concerning this project, please contact Dr David Winkler at the Naval Historical Foundation at (202) 678-4333. Have a nice day.

I'm not a bit sorry.

If you have such good friends in high places, why don't you have them get the info for you. Or maybe the good Dr. knows better than to five that info out.

I have no questions about this project, in fact I don't even care. If the Dr. has any questions for me, he can contact me right here on military.com Navy Forums.

Don't come on here and threaten me with some Dr. who works at the Naval Historical Foundation. He has no influence over me nor these forums. So I suggest you drop your attitude and drop trying to get OPSEC information over open sources. IT WON'T WORK.

I do believe the Retired TMC has a touch of Boatswain's Mate blood in him
That was a much better then average dressing down if I ever read one.

Shipmate it seems to me that if you have 99% of your info and a Dr At naval historical area you are two things, putting us on or just plain stupid. I will go with the latter. I suggest you call your doc friend and ask him for the info. if you need further info from me I can be reached at I 8 1 2 GREEN. ask for the Chief in Charge. Westpac Willie

Like the others have said, you stepped into it when you asked for current information. If you stopped at, say, 30 June 2005 you may have been a little safer, although depending on the mission some dates may still be sensitive in nature.

Not that it makes a difference, but the organization itself is legit - located at the Navy Yard.

If you want current information I suggest you contact the local talent in Norfolk, San Diego, Yokuska, etc. - they always seemed to know the movements of a ship better than the CO did (submarines included).

Not blowing smoke. I have contacted Comnavsurflant, Comnavsurfpac in the past. This is just a test in trying tofind the few deployment, or return dates for ships that deployed between 2006 and 2008. These ships command histories were not available at the current time. Most likely, the dates can also be found in recent shipo cruise books. The purpose of gathering this data is that it can be used in serious historical research for the time period covered. It has been a very hard time in trying to find deployment dates for the U.S.S. Davidson (FF-1045) for her 1975-76 WestPac. Only the months of deployment and return were found in a change of command booklet published in 1986. There is no command history for the years of that deployment. I cite this as just an example. Have any questions, contact the Naval Historical Foundation and talk to Dr. Winkler. Have a nice day, and thank youy all for your service to your country.

If it's not available, and you can't find it through your various resources, you probably will never find it. You're in a better position to use your bosses, etc to find the info than we are anyway. If we don't have the need to know something we don't get it either.

There are certain things the public will never know about, nor should they. And as I stated, there's probably a reason why those dates aren't public. 1986 (a year you use), for example, was during the cold war and there are plenty of records from that time that are not public.

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There is no command history for the years of that deployment.

That can certainly be true, however the Navy ships Log Book does exist and can be researched. Hell, just about every fact contained in the Command History is taken from the Deck Logs.

Hell, the original DANFS, and updates since then, were taken from those Deck Logs.

The Dr. should know that and where the Deck Logs are located. Heck, depending on their age are stored in different locations, and I know where that is and how to get them,as have done it numerous times.

Hell, even the www.history.navy.mil website has links to the Deck Log info,where they are and how/where to research and/or get copies.

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This is my suggestion. Asking for ships future schedules is a no no. Even though any good bar maid in Subic could probably tell you. As for past ship schedules what I suggest you do is google the ship. All active duty ships have a website, but that will not give you really what you want, but most of the decommissioned ships will have a website usually hosted by a former crew member. There is a lot of info that can be gathered from these websites. A lot of these websites will have contact information of past crew members. They may or may not want to talk to you. 95 percent of the surface ship information is no longer classified, but there will be things that are still kept under wraps. Most submarine ops are classified, but even those are coming out. Read the book Blind Mans Bluff. Good luck in your research.