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Denise Display Determination began in the Mediterranean on 23 September 1979. Among the involved in the multi-national exercise were the frigate USS McCandless (FF 1048) and the cr“tser USS Texas (CGN 39), shown while screening an amphibious task force in the Aegean.
" December the Texas was one of three nuclear-powered ships ordered from the Mediterranean to the "dian Ocean via the Cape route.
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1 January According to the Maritime Administration, there are 572 vessels of 1,000 tons and over in the active oceangoing merchant fleet as of this date—up 17 ships from one year ago. There is an increase of 6 active vessels in the privately owned fleet as compared to 1 January 1978. The number of vessels in the privately owned fleet is 584. Of these, 546 are active.
The Navy announced that Submarine Squadron 16 began moving from its homeport of Rota, Spain, to Kings Bay, Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of the 1976 Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with Spain.
4 January A Navy ski-equipped LC-130 aircraft flew injured Russian plane crash survivors from their Antarctic Research Station to New Zealand. The Russian station was 1,800 miles from the American base at McMurdo Sound.
The Navy announced that the Ninth and Fourteenth Naval Districts would be disestablished 30 June 1979, as a result of budgetary reductions and a congressional recommendation to reduce the number of naval districts.
6 January The Peleliu (LHA 5) and O'Bannon (DD 987) were christened at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
7 January The Defense Department acknowledged that the Decatur (DDG 31), Hod (DDG 13), Kinkaid (DD 965), and the Kansas City (AOR 3) had entered the Indian Ocean, but refused to tie the deployment to political unrest in Iran.
The United States and the Philippines signed an agreement, after two years of negotiations, which allowed the United States "unhampered” use of military bases in the Philippines, including the Subic Bay Naval Base complex.
8 January The 120,000-ton French tanker Betelgeuse exploded and burned, killing 50 people as the ship was being unloaded at Bantry, Ireland. The ship carried 800,000 barrels of oil.
10 January The Spruance (DD 963) and Conyngham (DDG 17) entered the Black Sea for a routine five day operation in international waters.
22 January President Carter announced his Fiscal Year 1980 Budget, which included $122.7 billion for defense. The budget proposal included about $6.1 billion for 15 new Navy ships including a $1.5 billion conventionally-powered 60,000-ton aircraft carrier.
23 January Secretary of the Navy Claytor announced plans to retire 37 ships during Fiscal Year 1980. The list is comprised of 8 active fleet ships, 5 Military Sealift Command ships, one oceanographic ship, and 23 Naval Reserve Force ships. The Sixth and Seventh Fleet flagships, Albany (CG 10) and Oklahoma City (CG 5), were among those active fleet ships to be retired.
24 January A Federal District Judge enjoined Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, fishermen from interfering with naval operations on the island range and landing areas. The fishermen had been conducting “fish ins” and “camp ins” to stop the Navy from using the island.
27 January The Yellowstone (AD 41) was christened at San Diego, California.
1 February The Washington Star reported that the Soviets launched a new type of cruise missile from the Backfire bomber in a 750-mile test firing.
3 February The destroyer Thom (DD 988) was christened at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
4 February About 100 Puerto Rican fishermen completed a one day “sit in” at two U. S. Navy landing areas on Vieques Island, off the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico. The fishermen stated the Navy’s use of the island for target practice and amphibious landings endangered their livelihood by destroying delicate offshore reefs.
5 February The guided missile de
stroyer Farragut (DDG 37), while on refresher training in the Caribbean Sea, fired eight training rounds. They fell about four miles from a Soviet research vessel which, while towing a Foxtrot class submarine to Cuba, strayed into a gunnery training area.
6 February The (Baltimore) Sun reported Iran cancelled orders for close to $7 billion worth of aircraft, ships, missiles, and other arms. The cancelled orders included two Spruance class destroyers.
11 February The New York News reported that the Soviets had delivered the first Foxtrot class diesel-powered submarine and two hydrofoil patrol craft to Cuba.
13 February The Commerce Department announced the resignation of Mr. Robert Blackwell, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs, effective 9 April 1979.
14 February Armed Iranian rebels shot their way into the U. S. Embassy compound in Tehran. Two U. S- Marines were wounded in the incident.
15 February The Wall Street Journal reported Canada and the United States reached a partial settlement on fishing rights covering the Atlantic Coast, mainly the Georges Bank region. The two governments planned to refer border claims in the Gulf of Maine- Georges Bank area to a third-party arbitrator. Conflicting U. S.-Canadian claims over maritime border areas off the Pacific Coast and in the Beaufort Sea are also reported as referred to arbitration.
21 February Six U. S. Navy ships were involved in the sea evacuation of 440 people, including 200 U. S. citizens, from the Iranian ports of Bandar Abbas and Char Bahar. The ships involved were the La Salle (AGF 3), Kin- kaid (DD 965), Decatur (DDG 3), Talbot (FFG 4), Blandy (DD 943), and Hoel (DDG 13).
22 February The Defense Depart- " ment reported that in apparent reaction to the Chinese invasion of Vietnam on 17 February, eight Sovie1
Navy ships were in the South China Sea including: a Kresta class cruiser, a Petya class frigate, a minesweeper, three intelligence collection ships, and two oilers. In addition, three Soviet ships, a Sverdlov class cruiser, a frigate, and an oiler left the Sea of Japan enroute to the South China Sea.
25 February The Soviet Navy guided missile VSTOL aircraft carrier Minsk entered the Mediterranean Sea on her maiden deployment from the Black Sea.
1 March Three Sixth Fleet ships, the Davis (DD 937), Donald B. Beary (FF 1085), and Richard L. Page (FFG 5), transited the Suez Canal to replace in the Indian Ocean three Seventh Fleet ships which had been there since November 1978.
3 March The New York City (SSN 696) was commissioned at New London, Connecticut.
4 March The Francis Marion (LPA 249) collided with the Greek merchant ship Star Light at the entrance to
Chesapeake Bay in dense fog. Three Navy men received minor injuries.
6 March United Press International reported a Soviet tank landing ship (LST) had called at the Vietnamese port of Da Nang. This was the first call at that port by a Soviet warship.
8 March The Defense Department announced that the Constellation (CV 64), Sterett (CG 31), Waddell (DDG 24), and Kansas City (AOR 3) were deployed to the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea in a show of support for North Yemen in its fight with the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen.
The (Baltimore) Sun reported that the Carter Administration was considering the formation of a new and expanded Indian Ocean naval force, to be called the Fifth Fleet, with the mission of protecting vital Western oil supply routes in the Persian Gulf.
10 March The destroyer John Hancock (DD 981) was commissioned at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
13 March The Coast Guard Cutter
Dependable (WMEC 626) seized a 65-foot shrimper, 150 miles southwest of Key West, Florida, and recovered 35,000 pounds of marijuana.
17 March The 14,000-ton American cargo ship Letitia Lykes called at Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, becoming the first American ship to call at a Red Chinese port since 1949-
The Defense Department reported the Soviet Navy had deployed what was probably its most powerful naval force ever sent to the Mediterranean. It included 10 major surface combatant ships. There were several firsts: the deployment of the carrier Minsk, dual Soviet carrier deployment (Minsk and Kiev), deployment of the Kara class cruiser Tashkent, and underway replenishment ship Berezina. Also in the Mediterranean was the Soviet Navy's largest amphibious ship, Ivan Rogov.
The Coast Guard Cutter Point Franch seized a 189-foot Liberian motor vessel off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, arrested the crew and recovered 40,000 pounds of hashish.
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ual 24 March The guided missile frigate inti Clark (ffg li) was christened at Bath, [ass Maine.
March Three Soviet Navy ships: a Kresta class guided missile cruiser, a etya class frigate, and a minesweeper Moored at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, Marking the first time since World ar II that Soviet warships had called at that port.
27 March The guided missile frigate
Antrim (FFG 20) was christened at Seattle, Washington.
28 March The Iranian Government indicated to the U. S. Government that the remaining two of four Spruance class destroyers Iran had ordered would not be needed. (See 6 February 1979 listing.)
29 March The Defense Department announced plans for the closure or consolidation of 157 military bases. Included in the plan was the announcement that by 1980, because of overcrowding at San Diego, the Navy would resume basing active fleet ships at Long Beach, California.
30 March The (Baltimore) Sun reported that Cuba was building a submarine base at Cienfuegos on that country’s south coast.
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The 24,000-ton Italian cruise ship Angelina Lauro caught fire while moored at Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands. All 700 passengers and 400 crewmembers escaped with only two minor injuries. The ship was a total loss.
31 March The British flag was lowered for the last time on Malta, marking the end of Malta’s military link with the United Kingdom and NATO.
The destroyer Deyo (DD 989) was christened at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on 31 March 1979 was 2,026,345, a decrease of 7,638 from the previous month. Navy and Marine Corps figures were 524,922 and 185,518, respectively, compared to 524,573 and 190,398 one year earlier.
The Department of Defense announced that 75,400 enlisted men or about 94 percent of the DOD January-March 1979 quarterly recruiting objective was reached. (This compared to 97 percent for January-March 1978 period.) Navy and Marine Corps quarterly figures were 19,400 or 96 percent and 8,700 or 83 percent, respectively.
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3 April The Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk, the amphibious ship Ivan Rogov, and a Kara class cruiser arrived in Luanda, Angola, on a port visit to that West African nation.
5 April The aircraft carrier Ranger (CV 61) collided with the Liberian tanker SS Fortune about 30 miles east of Singapore in the South China Sea. There were no serious injuries to the crews of either ship, and the damage to each ship was minor.
6 April The guided missile cruiser England (CG 22), guided missile destroyer Robison (DDG 12), destroyer Elliot (DD 967), frigate Downes (FF 1070), and logistics support ship Camden (AOE 2) entered the Indian Ocean
7 April The first Trident class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the Ohio (SSBN 726), was christened at Groton, Connecticut, while 3,000 anti-nuclear protesters chanted and sang nearby.
The Australian government announced a ban on whaling within Australia’s 200-mile economic sea zone.
8 April A Navy SH-3 helicopter from North Island Naval Air Station, San Diego, crashed on a mountain 50 miles east of Tucson, Arizona, killing five Navy men.
9 April Five fires set by an arsonist aboard the John F. Kennedy (CV 67) killed one civilian shipyard employee and injured 34 other people while the carrier was undergoing an overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. There was no serious structural damage to the ship.
The Washington Post reported that Iran had cancelled all remaining contracts for arms which had been ordered by the deposed Shah, including those for the two remaining Spruance class destroyers (two others had already been cancelled) and two Tang class diesel submarines.
12 April The Associated Press reported the Soviet carrier Minsk, two guided missile cruisers, and the amphibious ship Ivan Rogov had entered the Indian Ocean.
14 April A State Department spokesman stated that two Soviet long-range Bear reconnaissance aircraft had been seen at Da Nang air base in Vietnam and that the United States would be deeply concerned if Soviet ships and aircraft were using Vietnamese bases regularly.
15 April The New York Times reported that the carrier Midway (CV 4l) had entered the Indian Ocean.
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18 April The first People’s Republic of China merchant ship to call in the United States in 30 years, the 632- foot cargo ship Liu lin Hai, called at Seattle, Washington.
The Constellation (CV 64), Waddell (DDG 24), and Kansas City (AOR 3) exited the Indian Ocean.
19 April Lightning struck the Liberian oil tanker Sea Tiger at the Sun Oil Company, Nederland, Texas, starting a fire and explosion which killed two and injured 30 crewmen and two dock workers.
21 April The 28,695-ton Liberian tanker Gino, loaded with 12 million gallons of oil, collided with the empty 18,000-ton Norwegian tanker Teat» Castor, 70 miles from Brest, France, off the Brittany coast. The Gino sank, but there were no injuries to the men of either ship.
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23 April One Navy man was killed and three men were missing after an amphibious assault vehicle (LVT) sank while being towed 45 miles northwest of Rome, Italy, during a Sixth Fleet amphibious exercise.
26 April The Washington Star reported that the Soviet Union had given Cuba a second Whiskey class conventional submarine.
27 April Navy contracts were announced for the construction of eight Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigates (FFGs) as follows: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California, $214.4 million for three ships; Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington, $144.1 million for two ships; and Bath Iron Works, Inc., Bath, Maine, $209.9 million for three ships.
28 April The Cimarron (AO 177), the first of a new class of fleet oilers, was christened at Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana.
The nuclear-powered attack submarine Dallas (SSN 700) was christened at Groton, Connecticut.
30 April The 4,500-ton Israeli cargo ship SS Ashdod became the first Israeli ship to pass through the Suez Canal following signing of the Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty.
1 May The Goodyear Aerospace Corporation of Akron, Ohio, received a $72.8 million contact for production of Captor mines.
3 May The second of four Navy Fleet Communications satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral. The new satellite was to become the primary Atlantic UHF link.
4 May A Navy study was released which concluded that the cost of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines could be cut by up to 30 percent by building them smaller, and
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5 May The frigate Robert E. Peary (FF 1073) rescued 440 Vietnamese refugees from their disabled craft 400 miles south of Thailand.
8 May The Midway (CV 41), Robison (DDG 12), and Camden (AOE 2) began a port visit at Mombasa, Kenya.
Seatrain Lines, Inc., announced the end of shipbuilding and laid off 1,300 shipyard workers at their facility located at the old Brooklyn Navy Yard. Continued financial losses at the yard resulted in its closure.
10 May The Washington Post reported a Soviet Foxtrot submarine had been photographed using the former U. S. military facility at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.
11 May A Navy spokesman stated that coolant leaked from one of the two nuclear reactors aboard the aircraft carrier Nimitz (CVN 68), but there was no release of radioactivity, no damage to the core, and no danger to the ship’s crew. The Nimitz was operating off the Virginia coast at the time.
12 May The Joint Atlantic Command exercise, Solid Shield 79, began with over 19,000 Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps personnel participating.
The destroyer Nicholson (DD 982) was commissioned at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The Allied Forces Southern Europe Command (AFSOUTH) began a 12-day, eight-nation naval exercise named Dawn Patrol 79 involving 100 ships and 400 aircraft from Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, Greece, and France. Greek and French participation was despite the fact that neither is part of NATO’s integrated military structure.
14 May The Cook (FF 1083) and Mars (AFS 1) collided south of Point Loma, near San Diego, and seven men were injured. The collision ripped a hole in the Mars and flattened the Cook’s bow.
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense in London was given a $4.2 million contract for procurement of material and work necessary to begin the manufacture of engines needed for full scale development of the AV-8B.
The McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, received a $l41 million contract for pilot production of F-18 aircraft.
15 May Two Soviet IL-38 May maritime patrol aircraft flew so close to the Midway (CV 41) at about 500 feet in altitude, that aircraft in the carrier’s landing pattern had to take emergency evasive action. The Midway was operating in the Arabian Sea. The United States protested the incident under the U. S.-Soviet Incidents a' Sea Agreement.
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16 May A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft spotted the Soviet sealing stern trawler Zereche anchored about 5 miles inside the 200-mile fishing zone, near Alaska. When the Coast Guard cutter Midgett (WHEC 726) arrived and attempted to board the Russian trawler, the ship got underway and steamed outside the 200 mile limit, refusing to comply with the Coast Guard’s signals.
Twelve protesting fishermen were arrested for camping out on a U. S. Navy target range beach on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.
17 May Sixteen Puerto Rican fishing boats entered Navy restricted waters off Vieques, Puerto Rico, disrupting scheduled shore bombardment exercises, as part of a protest against the Navy’s use of Vieques Island.
An A-6 Intruder from the Independence (CV 62) disappeared while flying over Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.
18 May The Washington Post reported that the Soviet Union has built a small, light nuclear-powered submarine which can go faster and dive deeper than any U. S. submarine. The submarine was reported to be constructed with titanium and could steam 40 knots submerged and dive to a depth of 2,000 feet or more.
The Sixth Fleet’s destroyer Davis (DD 937) transited the Suez Canal enroute to the Indian Ocean to augment the Middle East Force.
19 May Twenty one persons were arrested at a restricted beach area on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, used for Navy target practice. The people were protesting the Navy’s use of the island for target practice and amphibious exercises.
The guided missile frigate Sides (FFG 14) was christened at San Pedro, California.
25 May Navy Secretary Graham Claytor was presented a petition supporting the Navy’s use of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, for target practice and amphibious exercises, signed by residents of Vieques.
26 May The Davis (DD 937) began * two-day port visit to Berbera, Somalia.
The Soviet carrier Minsk, the amphibious ship Ivan Rogov, and a Kars class cruiser conducted a demonstration cruise for Yemeni officials while visiting Aden.
The lngersoll (DD 990) was christened at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
29 May Three landing craft became the first Israeli naval vessels to entd the Suez Canal. The craft were in s northbound convoy carrying Israel' Army trucks which had been used i" the occupation of the southern Sinai.
5 June Five small fires broke ou' aboard the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CV 67) located at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. There was only mind damage, with arson suspected as th<
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6 June A six-ship battle group from the Seventh Fleet consisting of the Midway (CV 41), England (CG 22), Elliot (DD 967), Robison (DDG 12), Downes (FF 1070) and Camden (AOE 2) departed the Indian Ocean. The ships had been in the Indian Ocean since April 1979- The Military Sealift Command oiler Passumpsic (TAO 107) also departed that ocean.
The Sixth Fleet ships Sampson (DDG 10) and Barry (DD 933) transited the Suez Canal enroute to the Middle East Force in the Indian Ocean. The arrival of the two ships brought the Middle East Force up to four ships, the others being the Davis (DD 937) and Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082). The regular Middle East Force flagship, theLasalle (AGF 3), was in Naples for a routine maintenance period.
10 June The Canopus (AS 34), with Commander Submarine Squadron 16 embarked, departed Rota, Spain, completing the withdrawal of Submarine Squadron 16 from that country.
13 June The National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, received a $184.9 million contract for construction of an AD 44 class destroyer tender.
13 June President Carter nominated Mr. Samuel B. Nemirow to become Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Maritime Affairs.
16 June The Navy announced the reestablishment of the Merchant Marine Reserve program. The program provided for direct commissions to qualified merchant marine officers and training in Navy requirements including periodic active duty for training.
A Soviet task group including the carrier Minsk, amphibious ship Ivan Rogov and a Kara class cruiser departed the Indian Ocean and entered the South China Sea via the Malacca Strait.
18 June President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II) in Vienna.
The Sixth Fleet ships Richmond K. Turner (CG 20) and Lawrence (DDG 4) began the first multi-ship U. S. Navy visit to Constanta, Romania.
The Navy Times reported that the commanding officer and navigator of the Ranger (CV 6l) were relieved following an investigation of the Ranger's collision with the tanker Fortune in the Strait of Malacca on 5 April.
19 June The 575-foot Liberian freighter Sword collided with the 627-foot American oil tanker Exxon Chester off Cape Cod, about 25 miles east southeast of Chatham, Mass. The Regal Sword reported a 150-foot gash in her side and sank, but all 38 crewmen were rescued by the Exxon Chester
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^ June The U. S. Navy’s annual ^ercise with Latin American navies, nitas XX, began with those Atlantic eet ships and units: the Dewey (DDG Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089), Trippe (FF l075), Bonefish (SS 582), and Greenling SsN 614), and aircraft from Patrol Suadron 16, Fleet Logistics Support Vadron 52, Heli copter Antimarine Squadron (Light) 36, and a rone detachment from Fleet Com- P0s‘te Squadron 6.
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27 June A P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft crashed during a landing approach at Cubi Point Naval Air Station, the Philippines. Five crewmen out of fifteen were killed.
28 June General Robert H. Barrow became the 27th Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.
30 June The Associated Press reported that the Navy was investigating alleged Ku Klux Klan activity aboard two unidentified Atlantic Fleet ships.
The Associated Press reported that the Defense Department informed Congress that it plans to sell the Israeli Navy fourteen Phalanx 20mm guns at an estimated cost of $64.9 million.
The Defense Department announced that 84,200 enlistments, or 85 percent of the total DOD quarterly recruiting objective for April-June 1979, was reached. Navy and Marine Corps quarterly figures were 19,900 or 86 percent and 10,300 or 95 percent, respectively. The Army and Air Force also failed to reach their quarterly goal with 38,200 or 78 percent and 15,800 or 96 percent, respectively.
1 July According to a United Press International report, Lloyd’s of London announced that because of the danger of terrorist attacks, oil tankers traveling through the Persian Gulf must have special “war-zone” insurance in order to be properly covered.
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2 July The Navy relieved Captain Robert D. Colvin, Commander, Great Lakes Naval Training Center, and replaced him with Rear Admiral Thomas L. Malone, Jr. Captain Colvin, who was due to retire shortly, remained as an advisor to Admiral Malone in the wake of the riots by Naval Training Center sailors. (See 24 June 1979 listing.) Charges were pending against 68 sailors who took part in the 24 June incident.
3 July A fire swept through two berthing spaces aboard the Iwo Jima (LPH 2), causing $1.5 million in damage and injuries to five sailors. The ship was berthed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
A court-martial board found Commander Eugene A. Haselman, former commanding officer of the Petrel (ASR 14), guilty of participating in the theft by his crew of lobsters from privately owned pots off Rhode Island in August 1978.
The United States representative to the United Nations special committee on the Indian Ocean reaffirmed that the United States had a vital interest in ensuring the peaceful character of the Indian Ocean. The representative also stated that the United States could not support a prohibition on nuclear weapons aboard naval vessels in the Indian Ocean.
4 July The Coast Guard Cutter Cape Current (WPB 95307), commanded by Lt. Susan I. Moritz, USCG, intercepted the cabin cruiser David and seized
3,0 pounds of marijuana, valued at $1.1 million, 75 miles southeast of Miami.
6 July The Navy announced the arrest of a sailor suspected of setting fire aboard the Iwo Jima. (See 3 July listing.)
7 July The Emory S. Land (AS 39), the first submarine tender of her class, was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia.
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9 July A Seventh Fleet task grouj consisting of the Jouett (CG 29), Breu| ton (FF 1086), Badger (FF 1071 Rathburne (FF 1057), and the Passumpl< (TAO 107) entered the Indian Ocean. I
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^ July The International Whaling ^mission in London approved a ^°ddwide moratorium on whaling by fact°ry ships.
e Navy announced three men of the ^orfolk based Charleston (LKA 113) j-Jre bdng held in connection with a e *n the ship’s diesel generator pace- (See 8 July 1979 listing.)
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^ July Xhe Washington Star re- s°rttN that the Saipan (LHA 2) was nmng by off Nicaragua for possible k Cuat*on of Americans who might e er>dangered following the fall of the 01023 government.
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be 288,000-ton Greek supertanker Empress and the 207,000-ton trian supertanker Aegian Captain 'ded in clear weather about 20 q1 es °ff the island of Tobago in the ^aribbean Sea. Both ships caught fire; P crewmen of 79 were missing. The t^es 'n the Aegian Captain were ex- pj guished and the ship towed to port, otvever, the Atlantic Empress congo of 1.9 million barrels of oil into sea.
I July The final two of the original Spruance class destroyers, the Fife c,596) and the Fletcher (DD 992) were r'stened at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
th’11 ted Press International reported 3t the Concord (AFS 5) sailed for the cj cliterranean Sea amid reports of ra- I troubles aboard, sparked by al-
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July The oiler Wabash (AOR 5) CUed 19 Vietnamese refugees from a small boat in the South China Sea.
26 July The England (CG 22) rescued 44 Vietnamese refugees in the Gulf of Thailand from their sinking boat.
28 July The Arthur W. Radford (DD 968) became the first Sixth Fleet ship to fire a Harpoon missile with an over-the-horizon hit on the exercise target, the former Lansdowne (DD 486), at a range of about 60 miles.
The Nassau (LHA 4) was commissioned at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The destroyer tender Arcadia (AD 42) was christened at San Diego, California.
30 July The White Plains (AFS 4) rescued 29 Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea.
31 July United Press International reported three Italian Navy ships had picked up 700 Vietnamese boat people *in the South China Sea.
1 August The Caron (DD 970) and the Farragut (DDG 37) entered the Black Sea for five days of routine operations in international waters. The Associated Press reported that while they were in the Black Sea, Soviet aircraft, including the Backfire bomber, simulated missile attacks on the two Sixth Fleet ships.
3 August The Parsons (DDG 33) picked up 21 Vietnamese refugees about 60 miles off the east coast of Malaysia.
4 August The oiler Monongahela (AO 178) was christened at Avondale, Louisiana.
5 August A U. S. Pacific Command spokesman confirmed reports that a Soviet Echo II class submarine and a submarine tender had entered Aden, Southern Yemen, at the tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
8 August The 97-foot coastal schooner John F. Leavitt was christened at Thomaston, Maine, and became one of the few commercial sail-powered cargo ships to be built in the United States in the past 40 years.
9 August A fire broke out aboard
the Midway (CV 41) at Yokosuka, Japan. The fire, caused by a broken acetylene line, killed one Japanese shipyard worker and injured 17 sailors.
The salvage* ship Beaufort (ATS 2) rescued 20 Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea.
A Soviet intelligence trawler, operating off Guam, recovered a U. S. Navy Mark 37 practice torpedo and refused to return the torpedo until U. S. diplomats raised the issue with Moscow authorities. The torpedo had been fired during an exercise by a U. S. submarine.
The (Baltimore) Sun reported that the Navy was ordered to send ships and aircraft into or over international waters to challenge “excessive” territorial sea and airspace claims of over 12 nautical miles. The State Department announced that the United States did not recognize territorial sea claims of over 3 nautical miles.
11 August The nuclear-powered attack submarine La Jolla (SSN 701) was christened at Groton, Connecticut.
13 August A three-ship Soviet task group entered the Caribbean Sea. The ships included: a Kresta class cruiser, a Krivak class destroyer, and an oiler. This was the 20th such deployment of Soviet warships to the Caribbean since 1969. The Soviet ships were kept
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under surveillance by the Forrest Sherman (DD 931) and P-3 maritime patrol aircraft.
The Cincinnati (SSN 693) rescued a seaman who fell off the 643-foot Finnish merchant ship Finn Beaver in the Florida Strait.
14 August Fifteen yachtsmen drowned and 23 boats were sunk or abandoned as a storm, with winds reported as high as Force L1 or Force 12, hit a fleet of 306 sailing boats competing in the 600-mile Fastnet Race off the southeast coast of Ireland. A boat from the U. S. Naval Academy came through with little damage and no serious injuries to her crew of midshipmen and officers.
15 August The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a 24-year-old Yeoman Third Class who was indicted for selling classified documents to undercover FBI agents.
The Washington Post reported that the 4th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U. S. Coast Guard’s practice of searching and seizing foreign vessels in international waters under special arrangements with the foreign government with whom the ship is registered. The case involved the seizure of a Bahamian-registered vessel 200 miles off the North Carolina coast.
17 August The National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, received a S 107.1 million contract for the design and construction of one cable repair ship (T-ARC).
20 August The Pegasus (PHM l) ran aground on a mud bank at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay. The hydrofoil was later refloated and proceeded under her own power to Little Creek, Virginia.
24 August W. Graham Claytor, Jr., former Secretary of the Navy, was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of Defense.
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25 August The Leftwich (DD 9*4 was commissioned at Pascagoula, M's' sissippi.
26 August The Associated Press fe' ported that divers had discovered WEe holes in the main deck of the sunke11 Civil War ironclad Monitor, apparent!) caused by the explosions of dept? charges in World War II, and that the ship, which had sunk in 1862, coul“ not be raised as some had anticipated
27 August Admiral of the Fl^eC Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Wof^ War II Allied Commander-in-Chief'11 Southeast Asia, was killed by a tef' rorist bomb in his boat off Ireland.
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An A-6 Intruder aircraft with two crew members was reported missing on a training flight from Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia.
The Navy announced a claims settlement with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company involving a five-year-long lawsuit covering construction of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Arkansas (CGN 41). A delivery date of October 1980 was agreed upon and the agreement target price was set at $ 182.3 million for basic and change order work.
The Navy announced a revised recruiting policy effective 1 October 1979 which would increase the number of non-school eligible recruits by about 3,000, including about 2,000 more blacks and 600 other minority personnel annually. The previous policy was based upon a combination of high school diploma and school eligibility requirements.
30 August The first prototype LAMPS III helicopter, the SH-60B Sea- hawk, was publicly unveiled at Stratford, Connecticut.
The Worden (CG 18) rescued 44 Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea.
Canadian authorities seized six American tuna boats off British Columbia for fishing without a license within Canada’s claimed 200-mile limit.
31 August The Associated Press reported that three white sailors aboard the carrier Independence (CV 62) in the Mediterranean Sea were arrested after they appeared in Ku Klux Klan type sheets and hoods in a living compartment, prompting a disturbance with two black sailors.
Canadian authorities seized two more American tuna boats off British Columbia for fishing without a license within Canada’s claimed 200-mile limit.
South Africa announced that in order to lessen the chance of oil pollution disasters, all loaded tankers must sail at least 28 miles off the country’s coastline in specified lanes while sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.
1 September According to The Washington Post, the State Department confirmed that revised intelligence assessments concluded that there were
2,0 to 3,000 Soviet combat troops in Cuba.
The tanker Chevron Hawaii, with about 30,000 barrels of oil aboard, exploded and sank at the Shell Oil Company’s pier at Deer Park, Texas, during a thunder storm. Three people were killed and 12 were injured. Lightning was suspected as the cause of the explosion.
The Associated Press reported that eight American tuna boats were released by the Canadian authorities after posting $5,000 bonds each, pending court appearances. (See 30 and 31 August 1979 listings.)
2 September Vice President Mondale visited the carrier Midway (CV 41) in Hong Kong, while on a Far East trip. The Vice President praised the Navy’s Vietnamese refugee rescue efforts.
3 September The White Plains (V5 4) rescued 154 Vietnamese refugees i11 the South China Sea after they ^ been spotted by a P-3 maritime patt°* aircraft.
4 September The United State5 banned the importation of all tun» from Canada in retaliation for Can3' da’s seizure of American tuna boats- (See 30 and 3 1 August 1979 listings )
5 September The Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Minister, James McGrath- announced that 11 more America tuna boats were being charged with entering Canadian waters without aU" thorization and fishing for tuna with' out a license. (See 30 and 31 Augus‘ and 1 September 1979 listings.)
The White Plains (AFS 4) rescued 49 more Vietnamese refugees in th£ South China Sea after they were spot' ted by a P-3.
6 September The White Plains (AfS 4) rescued yet 56 more Vietnamese refugees with the assistance of a P-3- 8 September The Associated Pre*s reported two Soviet intelligence trawl' ers, the Gidro Graf and Gafti^ Sarychev had been operating about S1 miles off the Southern California coast, which was the closest such Soviet spy ships had been to the California coast in several years.
The Associated Press reported a Navf investigation of its recruiting practice* had concluded that 17 of Chicago’s T- Navy recruiters were involved *n coaching prospective enlistees on aminations.
10 September The Greek state' controlled Neorion Shipyards signed an agreement with the Soviet Unin° to repair Soviet merchant and auxili^ ships of the Soviet Mediterranean Squadron.
Thirteen midshipmen were expelR^ on drug charges from the United States Naval Academy after a month investigation in which 38 shipmen were involved.
The New York Times reported that the Superintendent of the United State* Merchant Marine Academy, Re9f Admiral Arthur B. Engel, US (Ret.), was dismissed from his post. The report was confirmed by the Superintendent. No reason was given for the action.
13 September The Wall Street Journal reported that Canadian and United States officials had failed to resolve a dispute over tuna fishing rights off Canada’s west coast.
The Jouett (CG 29) rescued 27 Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea after Soviet warships in the area refused to take the refugees aboard.
President Carter announced the nomination of Edward Hidalgo, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics), as the new Secretary of the Navy.
14 September The 152-foot Spanish fishing trawler Cudillero was boarded and seized about 90 miles east of Cape May, New Jersey, by the Coast Guard Cutter Bibb (WHEC 3 0- The trawler was charged with violating fishing limits within the 200-mile fishing zone.
15 September United Press International reported that a Soviet Osa II class patrol craft was being towed out of the Black Sea enroute to Cuba. Cuba already had eight such craft.
21 September Reuter News Agency reported Egypt had cancelled plans to buy two old destroyers from the United States.
22 September The Vulcan (AR 5) reported to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, becoming the first non-hospital ship or transport to deploy with women in the ship’s company. The Vulcan's company includes 55 women. The repair ship had departed her homeport of Norfolk on 11 September.
23 September The annual fall NATO Mediterranean exercise, Display Determination 79, began with 50 Allied ships and 400 aircraft from the U. S. Sixth Fleet and the Italian, Turkish, Portuguese, and British navies. A combined amphibious landing in Turkey was part of the exercise involving
7,0 Marines and naval infantry from the U. S. 4th Marine Brigade, Italian San Marco Tactical Group, and Turkish naval infantry.
24 September The NATO annual Atlantic exercise, Ocean Safari 79, began in the North Atlantic with naval forces from the U. S. Second Fleet, Belgium, Canada, The Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
A combined American-Canadian land, sea, and air exercise, called Kernel
Potlatch, began in the northeast^ Pacific Ocean. The exercise include 45 ships and a combined U-’’ Marine-Canadian Army amphibia* assault was planned to take place o'1 the northern tip of Vancouver Island British Columbia.
26 September Admiral Harry " Train II, Commander in Chief U- ^ Atlantic Fleet, announced that cllt Navy would shorten deployments 10 the Mediterranean based Sixth fe£[ for carriers from six months to bve Cruisers, destroyers, and frigates aC" companying the carriers were expect to benefit from the shortened depl0f' ments.
27 September A 22-year-old enbst' ed woman crewmember of the Nod® Sound (AVM 1) was lost at sea in Pacific about 230 miles southwest 0 Vancouver Island, British Columbia She was the first Navy woman lost ^ sea since the Service ordered won1611 aboard non-combatant ships in Pe’ cember 1978.
30 September The United StateS turned over control of the Panaf1'1 Canal Zone at midnight to ^e Panama government, ending three' quarters of a century of American con' trol.
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was 2,027,246, an increase of 3,615 from the previous month. Navy and Marine Corps figures were 523,720 and 185,245, respectively, compared to 530,253 and 190,815 one year ago.
The Department of Defense announced that none of the Services was able to reach its Fiscal Year 1979 recruiting goals. All services combined achieved 338,400 enlistments or 93 percent of the total FY 1979 recruiting objective. The Navy and Marine Corps figures for FY 1979 were 86,400 or 94 percent and 41,800 or 98 percent. The July-September 1979 quarterly recruiting figures were 115,100 enlistments or 91 percent of the total DOD quarterly objective. Navy and Marine Corps July-September 1979 figures were 28,700 or 94 percent and 14,600 or 97 percent, respectively.
1 October President Carter announced that the United States would respond to the presence of a Soviet combat brigade in Cuba by taking several military steps including: increased surveillance of Cuba; establishment of a permanent Caribbean
Joint Task Force Headquarters at Key West, Florida; and more military maneuvers in the Caribbean Area. He also announced that the United States had reinforced its naval presence in the Indian Ocean.
2 October The Defense Department announced that Rear Admiral Thomas H. Replogle would command the new Caribbean Contingency Joint Task Force. The Joint Task Force’s mission is to plan and conduct peacetime training and contingency operations in the Caribbean and Central America Region.
Acting Secretary of the Navy James R. Woolsey announced a new two-year appointment (Jan. 1980-Jan 1982) for Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN (Ret.), as head of the Navy’s nuclear propulsion program.
3 October The USS Lang (FF 1060) rescued 26 Vietnamese refugees from their boat in the South China Sea.
6 October The New York Times reported the 7,500-ton Soviet cargo ship Kiodo arrived at the Greek Siros Island
shipyard for the first repairs follow-'^ an agreement between the Neof1®1)
Soviet merchant and naval auxil'^l ships.
9 October Lloyd’s List reported after a year’s delay, Australia officially proclaim its 200-mile fish'q zone on 1 November 1979.
The Military Sealift Command tan^1 USNS Arabian Sea rescued 46 namese refugees 250 miles nor the*5 of Singapore.
12 October The Caron (DD 970) ^ USS AlcCandless (FF 1084) entered 'J Black Sea on a routine patrol in 1,1 ternational waters.
The McDonnell Douglas Corporat*0"' St. Louis, Missouri, received a i million modification to a prev>° contract to continue full scale deve opment of the AV-8B aircraft.
14 October A force comprised of
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Midway (CV 41), Bainbridge (CGN 25), Parsons (DDG 33), Knox (FF 1052), Stein (FF 1065), and USNS Mispillion (TAO 105) entered the Indian Ocean.
15 October The nuclear-powered ships Nimitz (CVN 68) and Texas (CGN 39) arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, for a six day visit.
17 October At the U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo, Cuba, 1,800 Marines of the 38th Marine Amphibious Unit landed from the amphibious ships: Nassau (LHA 4), Plymouth Rock (LSD 29) and Spartanburg Count (LST 1192). The landing was a demonstration of naval power in the wake of the Soviet refusal to withdraw a Russian combat brigade discovered in Cuba. (See 1 September 1979 and 1 October 1979 listings.)
According to Reuter News Service, a senior Japanese air force officer stated the Soviet air force had for the first time permanently deployed Backfire bombers in the Far East. Major General Yoshiro Inaba, Commander of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force on Hokkaido, said the Backfires were based near Irkutsk, north of Mongolia. He said the Soviet Navy might also have some Backfires in the area.
19 October The Wall Street Journal reported the Navy would require some officers to enter nuclear-power training involuntarily to help overcome an acute shortage of officers for nuclear submarines. Only 42 percent of nuclear-power trained officers remained after their initial tour of duty in 1978 despite bonus pay available.
Edward Hidalgo was confirmed as Secretary of the Navy.
The Washington Post reported a seaman assigned to the Towers (DDG 9) claimed to have early signs of asbestos disease. The seaman accused the Navy of requiring him and others to work with little protective equipment in an engine room where asbestos removal was in progress.
About 70 Marines, sleeping in their barracks at Mount Fuji, Japan, were burned (37 seriously) when flaming fuel spilled through their barracks after a 5,000-gallon rubber fuel container ruptured and the fuel ignited during Typhoon Tip.
20 October The nuclear-powered fleet ballistic submarine Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657) departed Charleston, South Carolina, and became the first such submarine to go on patrol armed with 16 Trident I missiles.
The Cushing (DD 985) was commissioned at San Diego, California.
The John A. Moore (FFG 19) was christened at San Pedro, California.
23 October The San Jose (AFS 7) rescued 46 Vietnamese refugees 250 miles northeast of Singapore.
24 October The Washington Star reported the Navy filed charges against 20 Navy recruiters in the northern New Jersey recruiting area for alleged falsification of educational records covering a three year period.
Coast Guard Academy Cadet First
Class Linda Johansen became the fifSt woman to command a cadet corps the United States. She was named tep imental commander of the 817 Co^1 Guard Academy Cadets (83 of cadets are women).
25 October Edward Hidalgo aS” sumed the office of Secretary of $ Navy.
26 October A 24-year-old NaV) Yeoman Third Class, Lee E. Madsd1' was sentenced to eight years in Federa' prison for stealing a classified do<Y ment and selling it to an FBI undd' cover agent. (See 15 August 1979 l|St’ ing.)
Lockheed Missiles and Space C01” pany, Inc., Sunnyvale, California- fC ceived a $524 million contract W procurement of Trident missiles.
27 October The San Francisco
711) was christened at Newport Ne"s’ Virginia.
28 October Defense Secretary Bro"11 announced that in the wake of the llS sassination of South Korean Preside1 Park on 26 October, the United StatcS had deployed two Air Force E-^ (AWACS) airborne warning and coa1 mand and control aircraft and order the following ships into the area: Kim Hawk (CV 63), Jouett (CG 29);
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30 October The first at-sea evaluation of the F-18 Hornet aircraft began aboard the America (CV 66).
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN (Ret.), head of the Navy’s nuclear power program, testified before a House subcommittee that the administration wants to build cheaper, less- capable nuclear-powered submarines which, he alleged, could not perform their combat role. Adm. Rickover accused the Navy of dereliction of duty for not decisively opposing the plan.
Two Marines were slightly wounded at the U. S. Embassy in San Salva- dore, El Salvador, as 200 leftist demonstrators attempted to storm the embassy, but were repulsed as Salvadoran national guardsmen opened fire on the demonstrators.
Navy Secretary Hidalgo announced plans to keep the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine the
Nautilus (SSN 571) at the Washington Navy Yard when she is decommissioned in 1980. The submarine would be put on public display.
1 November The 772-foot Liberian tanker Burmah Agate, with 400,000 barrels of oil aboard, collided with the 484-foot Greek freighter Mimosa about five miles off Galveston, Texas. The tanker caught fire, went aground, and leaked oil. Six tanker crewmen were killed and four rescued. Another 28 tanker crewmen were missing and presumed dead. All 26 freighter crewmen were rescued.
Algeria celebrated the 25th Anniversary of her independence with a parade, including a flyover of MIG-25 fighters. Observing the flyover was the top Soviet guest, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei G. Gorshkov.
3 November The Estocin (FFG 15) was christened at Bath, Maine.
A combined Naval Reserve/National
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An F-14 aircraft from the Nimitz (cV?J 68) crashed into the sea about 2^ miles off the Spanish coast, during J j combined Spanish-American exerci#' The two crewmen were killed.
4 November Iranian Muslim stU dents seized the U. S. Embassy i(1 Tehran and took the Americans in tllC embassy, including 14 Marines, h°s’ tage. The students demanded United States return the depose Shah, who was in a New York hosp1' tal, to Iran for trial.
Over 3,000 U. S. and Spamsh Marines landed on the southed1 | Spanish coast in a bilateral exer<T£ called Crisex-79.
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5 November CWO Donald K. Robinson, USCG, former Commanding Officer of the training cutter Cuyahoga, was sentenced to receive a letter of reprimand and the loss of 200 places on the seniority list after being found guilty of dereliction of duty in the loss of his ship and the lives of 11 crewmen following a collision. (See 20 October 1978 listing.)
Reuter News Agency reported that Radio Hanoi had announced the arrival in Haiphong, Vietnam, of a Soviet Navy cruiser and two destroyers to help celebrate the first anniversary of the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Treaty.
7 November The Juneau (LPD 10) rescued 43 Vietnamese refugees in the
South China sea, about 50 miIeS northeast of Singapore.
8 November A nine-day combin^ Canadian-American naval exercise called Canus Marcot 79 began, involv" ing the following ships from the U- ^ Second Fleet: Coontz (DDG 40),
(DD 817), Arthur W. Radford (DD lX>8)’ Forrest Sherman (DD 931), Talbot (ffG 4), Newman K. Perry (DD 883)’ Kalamazoo (aor 6), Glenard Lipscomb (SSN 685), and USNS Mosopl^ (T-ATF 158).
H November An E-2 Hawkeye alf craft crashed near Scranton, Pennsyl vania, and one pilot was killed.
15 November The Romanian tanker Independent, carrying 50,0®® tons of oil collided with the Gre^ freighter Evria in the Bosporous, Istanbul, Turkey. The tanker bnrSf into flames. Four of the 52 tankef crewmen were killed. All 30 of d’e
freighter’s crewmen were rescued. The collision and fire halted traffic throufd’ the Bosporous for several hours and one point over 80 ships were backe up awaiting passage of the narro" waterway that connects the Black ^ and the Mediterranean Sea.
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17 November The Harry W. ^ (DD 986) was commissioned in PllS cagoula, Mississippi.
19 November Iranian students t'r(-e three American hostages from U. S. Embassy in Tehran. The tr'0, one female and two black Marine5, were flown to the United States.
20 November Ten more Arnerk9'1 hostages were freed by Iranian stl1 dents at the American Embassy Tehran, bringing the number release to 13- About 50 hostages remained 1(1 Iranian hands.
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A Defense Department spokesman afl nounced that a force composed ot d’e Kitty Hawk (CV 63), Jouett (CG Berkeley (DDG 15), David R. Ray 971), Fanning (FF 1076) and \Cal>T' (AOR 5) had been ordered to the Indf*1 Ocean. These six ships were in ad1 tion to a task group led by the way (CV 41) already in the Ind'*111 Ocean (see 14 October 1979 lisr’n^
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flight training of 25 1 Iranian p'l°tS and navigators in the wake of the I**" nian crisis and the takeover of ^ American Embassy in Tehran.
28 November A HA-6 Prowler ^ craft from the Kitty Hawk (CV 63) crashed in the central Indian Oce All four crewmen were killed.
The canopy of an F-14 Tomcat aircr^1 blew off accidentally while the Nav) plane was flying 65 miles south of Saf Diego, California. The radar interceP1 officer ejected and was killed.
2 December A mob of Libyan derrl’ onstrators stormed the American Enr bassy in Tripoli and set fire to the fltSt floor of the building. The emb»sS) staff, composed of 14 Americans and b Libyan employees, fled to safety.
3 December A Navy bus enroute t0 a communications station site was & tacked in Puerto Rico by terrorist5' Two Navy people were killed and others wounded by gunfire.
and the five ships of the Middle East Force in the Persian Gulf area.
An F-4 Phantom aircraft from the Independence (CV 62) crashed in the Western Mediterranean Sea during routine operations and the two crewmen were killed.
21 November A mob attacked and burned the American Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. One Marine guard and one U. S. Army chief warrant officer were killed during the attack.
A Navy doctor, Lieutenant G. Steven Suits, who claimed he was not qualified as a general practitioner was sentenced to six months at hard labor and fined $15,000 for deliberately missing his ship’s deployment (the lwo Jima) to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. He was also dismissed from the Navy and ordered to forfeit $6,000 in pay during his prison term.
23 November Defense Secretary Brown announced that the Navy and Air Force had been ordered to stop
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The navies of China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the two Kor<T are discussed in individual chapters by experts on each navy. Cominan^ Brnce Swanson, USN, traces the mysterious course of Chinese naval histoO from the 19th century to the present. Commander James Auer, USN, :l1' Commander Sadao Seno, JMSDF (Ret.), together describe an efficie”’ technically advanced, but politically handicapped Japanese se lf-defe'lsCf force, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of that fleet. The navies 0 the ever-volatile Koreans are expertly examined by Norman Polmar, a|1^ Jeffrey Record explains why the Philippine Navy is principally made up 0 U.S.-supplied small combatants and amphibious ships. William Durch Pr(b vides a study in depth of the embattled, aging, but well-maintained navy 0 Taiwan, which is now turning to countries such as Israel for modern an11*1 ment.
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They were the Coral Sea (CV 43) and William H. Standley (CG 32) at Pusan, and the John Patti Jones (DDG 32) at Chinhea.
11 December The Washington Post reported that Navy Under Secretary R. James Woolsey had resigned his post to return to private law practice.
15 December The Oklahoma City (CG 5) was decommissioned in San Diego, California.
The O'Bannon (DD 987) was commissioned at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The Mclnerney (FFG 8) was com- misssioned at Bath, Maine.
16 December An EA-6 Prowler aircraft from the Nimitz (CVN 68) crashed near Palermo, Sicily. One crewman was killed and three parachuted to safety.
20 December The Navy announced that during calendar year 1980 eight ships would be homeported in Long Beach, California. They are the Wadsworth (FFG 9); Duncan (FFG 10); George Philip (FFG 12); Sides (FFG 14); Peleliu (LHA 5); Mobile (LKA 115); Moc- tobi (ATF 105); and Takelma (ATF 113). The Navy plans were to homeport about 30 ships in Long Beach by 1985.
21 December The Defense Department announced a three-ship nuclear-powered battle group from the Sixth Fleet would deploy to the Indian Ocean to relieve the Seventh Fleet battle group led by the Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The Sixth Fleet battle group consisted of the Nimitz (CVN 68), California (CGN 36), and Texas (CGN 39).
A U. S. District Court Judge ruled in a civil suit that the October 1978 collision between the Coast Guard cutter Cuyahoga and the Argentinian freighter Santa Cruz II was entirely, the fault of the Coast Guard cutter’s captain. (See 20 October 1978 listing.)
22 December The New York Times reported the Somali government had offered the United States access to the former Soviet naval and air base at Berbera, Somalia.
27 December Defense Secretary Brown announced that the Preside!11 had nominated Major General Paul M Kelley, Deputy Chief of Staff, Re' quirements and Programs, Headquac ters Marine Corps, for promotion [0 the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as Commander, Rapid De' ployment Joint Task Force.
The 97-foot cargo schooner John Leavitt foundered in heavy seas, 15® miles southeast of Cape Cod. Nint crewmen were rescued by Air National Guard helicopters as the wooden ship took on water during her maiden voyage hauling lumber to Haiti. (See 8 August 1979 listing.) 29 December A KA-6 tanker aircrah from the Kitty Hawk (CV 63) crashed in the Indian Ocean and the two-man crew was killed.
Brent Baker is public affa'rS officer in the staff of Com mander Sixth Fleet, a biHet he has held since he vVllS graduated with distinct'011 from the Naval War Colle#e in 1978. He was comn[1][2] [3] [4]'[5][6] [7] [8] [9] [10]' 1963 upon graduation fr°nl Northwestern University and served in the Okinawa (LPH 3) before being designated a* a public affairs officer in 1965. In 1970 he earned a masters degree in journalism ft011' the University of Wisconsin. He has serve in public affairs billets with TF 77, First a11 Third fleets, and CinCLant/CinCLant Fleet In Washington he was a public affairs offlCel for the CNO and for the Director, Joint Sn*1 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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A Seventh Fleet battle group led by the Kitty Hawk (CV 63) arrived on sta
tion in the Arabian Sea, bringing the
total of Seventh Fleet ships in the area
to 21.
[5] December The U. S. Marine Corps announced that it would organize a 45,000-man rapid deployment force. The force would be part of a larger joint-service rapid deployment task force. The men of the force would be flown to trouble spots, while their combat gear, stored in 15 new forward-deployed supply ships, would sail in. The first three Marine brigades of 16,500 men each were planned to be ready by 1983.
Two F-14 Tomcat aircraft collided while on a night training mission over the Caribbean killing two crewmen in one of the aircraft.
[6] December An A-6 Intruder aircraft
from the Niwitz (CVN 68) crashed in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, 35 miles northeast of Crete. The two crewmen were killed.
[8] December An S-3A aircraft from the Fvrrestal (CV 59) crashed in the Atlantic, near Rota, Spain, and the two crewmen were killed.
The Phoenix (SSN 702) was christened.
[10] December Three Seventh Fleet ships made South Korean port visits.