1 Sept USS BLUE RIDGE, command ship for Commander, SEVENTH Fleet, arrives in the Persian Gulf. 3 Sept Operation SHARP EDGE continues as 63 more people are evacuated. This brings the total number of people evacuated from Liberia to 1,858, including 147 Americans. USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER and USS ~CONDEROGA transit Strait of Gibraltar en route East coast homeports. 4 Sept Department of Defense announces that there have been about 550 intercepts and about 20 boardings since maritime intercept operations began. USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG 20) intercepted and an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Detachment boarded the Iraqi bound and. Iraqi registered motor vessel ZANOOBIA. The motor vessel, loaded with tea, had refused orders t6 either return to its port of origin or proceed to a non prohibited port. Amphibious ships USS SHREVEPORT, USS TRENTON, USS GUNSTON HALL, USS PORmAND, and USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY, with. components of the 4th MEB embarked, transit Suez Canal. The Fast Sealift Cargo Ship ALGOL, with elements of the 24th (Mechanized) Infantry Division embarked, arrives in Saudi Arabia. 5 Sept The Navy lifts the firing suspension for USS WISCONSIN's 16 inch guns. USS ACADIA (AD-42) departs San Diego with crew of 1,260, including 360 women. This is the first war-time test of the combined male-female fighting force. 6 Sept Department of Defense announces that there have been about 580 intercepts and about 25 boardings since maritime intercept operations began. Amphibious ships USS NASSAU, USS RALEIGH, USS PENSACOLA and USS SAGINAW, with components of the 4th MEB embarked, transit the Suez Canal. The Fast Sealift Cargo Ship DENEBOLA, with elements pf the 24th (Mechanized) Infantry Division embarked, arrives in Saudi Arabia. Effective today, Liberia and Kuwait are designated as countries at which Imminent Danger Pay is authorized. Operation SHARP EDGE continues as 76 more people are evacuated. This brings the total number of people evacuated from Liberia to 1,936, including 151 Americans. 7 Sept ARG ALFA units USS OKINAWA, USS OGDEN, USS FORT MCHENRY, USS DURHAM and USS CUYUGA, with the 13th MEU embarked arrive in the Gulf of Oman. Hospital Ship USNS COMFORT arrives in Gulf of Oman. 8 Sept Amphibious ships USS IWO JIMA, USS GUAM, USS LA MOURE COUNTY and USS MANITOWOC, with elements of the 4th MEB embarked, transit Suez Canal. Hospital Ship USNS COMFORT arrives in the Persian Gulf. A-5
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