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is the Port of Call by the USS Hassayampa AO-145 a 7th Fleet WESTPAC Replenishment Ship On 20-23 April 1964 . with Task Force 90 First Concord Squadron .The United
States government detached an expeditionary force to the Indian Ocean.
Designated the Concord Squadron with Bon Homme Richard at its heart.
The squadron transited the narrow Straits of Malacca , and became the
first United States Task Force to patrol the waters of the Indian
Ocean, since the mid 1950's. Its mission- peace and good- will.
..........................................................Hassayampa visited again
in 1978
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important port was a thriving, sophisticated city with established
trade routes to China, Persia, and India. Today Mombasa continues to be
the largest port on the East African coast serving the countries of
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Zaire, and of course, Kenya. The
population is fast approaching half a million with 70% of African
descent and a small minority of Asians and Europeans. Over the centuries Mombasa has struggled with numerous foreign invaders and hostility. The Portuguese, the ferocious Zimba tribe, and the Omanis have all laid claim to Mombasa since the 12th century. By the late 1800's it became the base of exploration for British expeditions to Kenya’s interior. In 1988, the Imperial British East Africa Company set up headquarters in Mombasa. British rule of Mombasa became official in 1895 when they leased a stretch of the coast including the port city from the Sultan of Zanzibar. Officially this coastal strip still belonged to Zanzibar until ceded to a newly independent Kenya in 1963. |
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