For the period May 5, 1957 to June 11, 1958, the Calvert and crew spent their time in their home port of San Diego for upkeep, training, and amphibious exercises. For a month the ship and crew participated in Operations Tradewinds in Hawaii, with a follow-on three-month period of overhaul at Hunter’s Point, San Francisco. For the final three months of this period the Calvert and crew underwent refresher training in the area of San Diego in preparation for the Calvert’s 1958 Far East Cruise.
The following 75 page document provides details for the events of this period of time:
- USS Calvert – Historical Research Notes – 1957.05.05 to 1958.06.11 (the document will open in a new tab).
Chronological highlights for this period include:
- San Diego — May 5 – July 21
- Underway to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to participate in Operation Tradewinds — July 22–30
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — July 30 – August 6
- Operation Tradewinds — Rehearsal landing, Maalaea Bay, Maui — August 7
- Operation Tradewinds — Naval gunfire exercise, Kahoolawe Island — August 8–9
- Operation Tradewinds — Amphibious assault, Barking Sands, Kauai — August 10–14
- Underway to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — August 14–15
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — August 15–19
- Underway to San Diego, California — August 19–26
- San Diego — August 26 – September 22
- Anchored off San Clemente Island and San Mateo Point — Helilex I-58 — September 23–27
- San Diego — September 27 – October 1
- Anchored off Aliso Canyon, California — Helilex II-58 — October 2–4
- San Diego — October 4 – November 13
- San Clemente Island — MAGLEX 58-G pre-D-Day FIREX — November 14–15
- Off Aliso Canyon, California — MAGLEX 58-G amphibious landing — November 17–20
- San Diego — November 20 – January 3, 1958
- Underway to San Francisco for shipyard overhaul — January 4–6
- Underway to San Diego — March 13–15
- Off Aliso Canyon, California — Helilex III-58 — October 9–11
- San Diego — Post-overhaul refresher training — March 15 – June 11