9 Sept Operation SHARP EDGE continues as 94 more people are evacuated, including 10 Americans. This brings the total number of people evacuated from Uberia to 2030, including 161 Americans. 11 Sept ARG BRAVO units USS DUBUQUE, USS SCHENECTADY and USS SAN BERNADINO, with the 1/6 Battalion embarked, arrive in the Gulf of Oman. Amphibious ships USS SHREVEPORT, USS TRENTON, USS GUNSTON HALL, USS PORTLAND, and USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY, with components of the 4th MEB embarked, arrive in the Gulf of Oman. 12 Sept Operation SHARP EDGE continu-es as 12 more people are evacuated, including 6 Americans. This brings the total number of people evacuated from Liberia to 2042, including 167 Americans. USS BIDDLE (CG-34) diverts freighter in N. Red Sea. 13Sept ARG BRAVO units USS DUBUQUE, USS SCHENECTADY and USS SAN BERNADINO, with the 1/6 Battalion embarked, arrive in Saudi Arabia. 14 Sept USS JOHN F. KENNEDY Carrier Battle Group transits Suez Canal into Red Sea. Hospital ship USNS MERCY arrives in the Gulf of Oman. Amphibious ships USS NASSAU, USS PENSACOLA and USS SAGINAW, with components of the 4th MEB embarked, arrive in the Gulf of Oman. 16 Sept USS O'BRIEN (DD-975) intercepted the Bahamian-flagged merchant tanker DAIMON, logging the 1,000th intercept since the multinational operations began (averaging 40 intercepts and 4 boardings per day). Amphibious ships USS IWO JIMA, USS GUAM, USS RALEIGH and USS LA MOURE COUNTY, with the remainder of the 4th MEB embarked, arrive in the Gulf of Oman. 20 Sept SECDEF announces that effective 17 Sept 1990, personnel on duty in the Middle East will receive Imminent Danger Pay (IDP). USS MONTGOMERY (FF-1082) diverts freighter in N. Red Sea. 21 Sept Off the coast of Liberia, Operation SHARP EDGE units embark 25 additional evacuees, including one American. This brings the total number of evacuees to 2,116, including 162 Americans. 23 Sept iUSNS MERCY (T-AH-19) and USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20) steam together for the first time in the Arabian Gul~, making Naval medical history. 27 Sept With Operation SHARP EDGE, U.S. Marine helicopters carried more than a ton of emergency medical supplies from the U.S. Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia. The USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY and the USS WHIDBEY ISLAND, the two amphibious ships remain off-shore. A-6
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