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On 5 November 1986, Reeves led the USS Rentz (FFG-46) and USS Olendorf] (DD-972) into the harbor of Qingdao (Tsing Tao), the People's Republic of China (PRC) for a historic six-day port visit. This would be the first time that U.S. Navy vessels had moored in China since the repair ship USS Dixie (AD-14) departed in 1949 in the face of the communist advance which forced the evacuation of Americans from China. The visit was hosted by soldiers and sailors of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).


Reeves is the first U.S. Navy ship to visit China in 40 years. (1986)During the port call hundreds of Navy men took advantage of several tours, arranged by their Chinese hosts, that included stops at Qingdao’s carpet, embroidery, jade and shell factories. Others made it a point to sample the beer at the city’s world-renowned Tsingtao brewery. A fortunate few were able to leave the port city on tours to Qufu, birthplace of Confucius, the capital city of Beijing, the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall of China.

The port visit was important because it provided visible evidence of growing Sino-American cooperation. Adm. James Lyons, commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, was embarked in Reeves during the visit. Shortly after arriving in Qingdao, he said there are "three pillars" in the US.-China military relationship-high level visits, military exchanges and a limited amount of military technology cooperation. "I see this port visit as strengthening all three pillars," he said.

Throughout their stay, the crews of the visiting ships held lectures and discussion sessions on Navy shipboard organization, management, training, propulsion, logistics and weapons systems for their Chinese hosts. At the time such navy-to-navy orientations were conducted with many countries. However, this was the Navy’s first opportunity for such an exchange with China.

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This event was a very big deal for the US Navy. Three of our ships were selected to go to China for the first time in almost 40 years. My hubby was on the USS Reeves for this trip, it was quite an event at the time. Please note the smiley faces on the radars in the photos - the sailors were not happy that they had to cover up their radars with smiley faces!!
were those big plastic smiley faces, or just photoshopped on? I've got to find out the 6 ships my brother was on, I am loving these stories!
No, photo shop they were the real mcCoy and those FCs sure were not happy but they were under orders to cover the radars!

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