Ports Visited USNS Valdez 1963-1964
Cape Town, South Africa-----18 Nov 63 - 23 Nov 63
Cape Town, South Africa-----23 Dec 63 - 03 Jan 64
Cape Town, South Africa-----23 Jan 64 - 25 Feb 64 Dry Dock Period
Abidjan, Ivory Coast-----------22 Mar 64 - 25 Mar 64
Dakar, Senegal------------------09 Apr 64 - 12 Apr 64
Abidjan, Ivory Coast-----------01 May 64 - 04 May 64
Cape Town, South Africa-----01 June 64 - 08 June 64
Cape Town, South Africa-----02 July 64 - 08 July 64
Cape Town, South Africa-----08 Aug 64 - 15 Aug 64
Mombasa, Kenya--------------29 Aug 64 - 02 Sep 64
Cape Town, South Africa-----20 Sep 64 - 27 Sep 64
Cape Town, South Africa-----22 Oct 64 - 28 Oct 64
Luanda, Angola----------------15 Nov 64 - 18 Nov 64
Cape Town, South Africa-----01 Dec 64 - 10 Dec 64 Crew Change
Ports Visited for Emergency reasons - No Liberty granted.
Walvis Bay, Southwest Africa------01 Mar 64
Lagos, Nigera-------------------------18 Mar 64 This is where they put me(Carl Cox CTRSN) off of the ship with Hepititus.
Monrovia, Liberia--------------------18 Apr 64
Port Elizabeth, South Africa--------17 Aug 64
During the tour from 63-64 the Valdez crossed the Equator on 14 Mar 64 and all polywogs were initiated into the realm of SHELLBACKS. 00:00 - 08:21E
