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On the night of 26 May, while the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) was operating 60 miles off the coast of Florida, a Marine Corps EA-6B electronic warfare plane crashed on the flight deck while attempting to land. The ship is shown here with damaged planes on her bow, steaming to her home port of Norfolk following the crash.
January
1: According to the Maritime Administration, there are 543 vessels of 1,000 tons or over in the active oceangoing merchant fleet as of this date, down 17 ships from one year ago. There is a decrease of 8 active vessels in the privately owned fleet as compared to 1 January 1980. The number of vessels in the privately owned fleet is 578. Of these, 525 are active. The total U. S.-fiag merchant fleet decreased from 1 January 1980 by one to 864.
2: The Navy announced that Naval Air Reservist volunteers from VAW- 78 and VAW-18 would be spending their two-week active duty flying their E-2 Hawkeye aircraft at Keflavik, Iceland. Thus they would relieve the regular Navy Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 (VAW-124) which had been sent to Iceland in December 1980 to relieve Air Force E- 3A AWACS aircraft. The latter had been sent to West Germany to enable NATO to monitor Soviet troop movements near Poland.
5: A three-ship Seventh Fleet amphibious group, including 1,800 Marines, entered the Indian Ocean via lhe Strait of Malacca. The ships included the Tarawa (LHA-1), St Louis ILKA-! 16), and Barbour County (LST- 1195). A fourth ship, the Niagara Falls (AFS-3) also entered the Indian Ocean. This was the fifth amphibious group lo deploy to the Indian Ocean since March 1980.
5: Commander Submarine Squadron 17 was activated at the Submarine Support Base, Bangor, Washington.
7: General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division, Groton. Connecticut, was awarded a $401 million contract for construction of the eighth O/i/o-class Trident submarine, SSBN- 733.
7: Admiral Harry D. Train II, USN, Commander-in-Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet, reported that fleet retention figures were up in the wake of the October 1980 compensation increases passed by Congress. Citing November 1980 figures. Admiral Train stated that first-term Atlantic Fleet reenlistments were up 25%, second term reenlistments were up 21%, and career reenlistments were up 14% over the previous year’s figures.
9: The Washington Post reported the Soviet Union launched a new 10,000- ton cruise missile-firing submarine, code-named "Oscar,” which is about 4,000 tons larger than the U. S. Navy’s Los Angeles (SSN-688)-class submarine. The speed and diving capabilities of the new Soviet submarine were unknown, but it was estimated to be armed with 24 cruise missiles, each with a range of about 250 miles.
15: The Annapolis Evening Capital reported that following a Naval Academy investigation into the 22 November 1980 incident at Bancroft Hall where six midshipmen, including one female, were involved in sexual activity, two male midshipmen were separated from the Navy, the female was allowed to resign in lieu of separation, and three other male midshipmen received lesser disciplinary action.
15: President Jimmy Carter announced his Fiscal Year 1981 Supplemental and Fiscal Year 1982 Defense Budget proposals. They contained Department of the Navy proposals for FY 1981 (Supplemental) and FY 1982 amounting to $56.7 billion and $63.3 billion respectively. Included in the FY 1982 Navy proposal were funds for 14 new ships and 121 new aircraft.
15: The American tuna trawler Rosa D was seized by the Ecuadorian Navy 65 miles off Ecuador’s coast and charged with unauthorized passage through Ecuadorian claimed territorial waters and fishing without a license.
15: Representative Bill Lowery (RCa.) announced plans to challenge the proposed sale of the USS Southerland (DD-743) to the government of Ecuador in view of that government’s seizure of American tuna boats.
19: Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, was awarded a $135.4 million contract for time charter of two rollon, roll-off ships to be used by the Military Sealift Command.
20: President Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
20: Iran freed 52 American hostages, including 9 Marines and 3 Navy
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20: Defense Secretary designate Caspar Weinberger was confirmed by ft the Senate.
22: The Los Angeles Times reported the Navy had halted the proposed sale ™ of the U. S. Navy destroyer Southerland (DD-743) to Ecuador. The sale was stopped at the direction of the State and Defense departments after congressional protests in the wake of the 15 January Ecuadorian Navy seizure of an American tuna boat. (See 15 January 1981 listing.)
23: President Reagan announced his nomination of John F. Lehman, Jr., to be Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Lehman was President of Abington Cor- y poration, Washington, D.C., and a [ Naval Reserve lieutenant commander.
23: The Philadelphia (SSN-690) re- y turned to Groton, Connecticut, after a seven-month around-the-world deployment with both Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
23: The Associated Press reported the Soviet carrier Kiev returned to the Mediterranean Sea for the first time in nine months, having stayed in the Northern Fleet operating area since April 1980.
25: Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fourteen (HM-14) returned to Norfolk, Virginia, after a 285- day Indian Ocean deployment. The 119-man squadron had left Norfolk 15 i April 1980 on board the Eisenhower (CVN-69) and was extended in the area and transferred to another carrier.
25: Fifty-two former American hostages of Iran arrived in New York.
26: The United States Court of Ap- , peals in Boston ordered the Navy to stop firing live ordnance into the waters off Vieques, Puerto Rico, until the Navy obtains a key permit from the .. Environmental Protection Agency. However, the order also stated if the +g court’s action resulted in significant ^ interference with Navy preparedness, * the Navy was free to request a pres- V idential exemption in the interest of national security.
29: John F. Lehman, Jr., was confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of the Navy. ^
February
1: United Press International re- *** ported that a three-ship battle group, including the Independence (CV-62), Yarnell (CG-17), and Charles F. Ad-
ams (DDG-2), entered the Australian port of Fremantle, leaving only one battle group on station in the Arabian Sea.
1: The Combined United States- South Korean Exercise Team Spirit 81 began in Korea.
4: The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Air National Guard F-106 aircraft intercepted two Soviet naval “Bear" bombers about 180 miles off Cape Cod in late January and escorted them southward in the Atlantic. The Soviet bombers were en route to Cuba. A similar interception was made 25 September 1980.
5: John F. Lehman, Jr., was sworn in as the 65th Secretary of the Navy.
5: Navy Secretary Lehman testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee and stated that the United States must reestablish maritime superiority. including a 600-ship active force composed of 15 carrier battle groups. At the same hearing. Admiral
Thomas B. Hayward, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, stated “Our margin of comfort is gone. We are operating at the ragged edge of adequacy when it comes to our globally disposed naval forces.”
5: At Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, a court martial found PFC Robert R. Garwood, USMC, guilty of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
5: Representative G. William Whitehurst (R-Va.), at a news conference, cited poor Navy overhaul work on the Guam (LPH-9), saying the ship broke down and experienced severe material problems following a $23 million overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. He called for a House Armed Services Committee investigation of the Navy management of ship repairs and overhauls.
5: Vice Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, Director National Security Agency, was confirmed by the Senate as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence with promotion to the rank of admiral in that position.
5: NATO Maritime Exercise Test Gate 81 began in the North Atlantic and Western Mediterranean Sea. Forces from Belgium, Canada, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated.
7: The Soviet Army newspaper Red Star reported the Soviet Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Emil N. Spiridonov, and several other high ranking Soviet Pacific Fleet officers were killed in an aircraft accident. The site of the accident was not reported.
7: The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the Thai Navy, with $2 million in U. S. aid, began operation of an air- sea anti-pirate task force to stop the high seas pirate raids on Vietnamese refugees in the Gulf of Thailand.
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10: Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, was awarded a $338.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract for design and construction of the lead dock landing ship °f her class (LSD-41).
19: Fighter Attack Squadron 125 (VFA-125) received its first F/A-18 Hornet aircraft at NAS Lemoore, California.
20: Two Navy crewmen were killed during a midair collision between their F-4 Phantom fighter and an A-7 Corsair II attack aircraft operating near the carrier Independence (CV-62) in (he Indian Ocean. The A-7 pilot was rescued.
24: The Navy announced the guided missile cruiser Sterett (CG-31) would be homeported in Subic Bay. Republic of the Philippines.
24: Forty-one Second Fleet ships began Readex 1-81 including operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.
25: The New York Times reported that 87% of the eligible young men registered for the draft in January.
28: The State Department announced the United States would send a six-man U. S. Navy training team to El Salvador to assist the Salvadoran Navy in repairing patrol craft.
March
2: Reuters News Service reported that the French Government halted delivery of ten missile-carrying patrol boats ordered by Libya because of Libya’s military intervention in the central African nation of Chad.
4: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced details of the Reagan Administration's revised FY 1981 Supplemental and FY 1982 Defense
Budget. The amended budget proposal for the Department of the Navy called for $57.8 billion for FY 1981 and $70.8 billion in FY 1982, an increase of 11% in FY 1981 and 15% in FY 1982, compared with the Carter budget proposals. The revised FY 1981 Reagan budget increases included: 47 additional aircraft and initial funding to reactivate the carrier Oriskany (CV- 34) and battleships New Jersey (BB- 62) and Iowa (BB-61). The FY 1982 additions included: 162 new aircraft, four new construction ships, including an additional CG-47, one SSN-688, and two FFG-7s. Nine conversions or reactivations were added—Oriskany, New Jersey, six SL-7s, and one T- AKX. Advance FY 1982 procurement funding was also added for CVN-72, the Iowa, and the LSD-41 programs. (See also 15 January 1981 listing.)
7: The Memphis (SSN-691) returned to Norfolk, Virginia, after a six- month around-the-world cruise in-
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eluding deployments with both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.
8: The 666-foot Israeli merchant ship Mezada, with a crew of 36 people, sank 96 miles southeast of Bermuda in a gale and 16-foot seas. A Navy P-3 maritime patrol aircraft and Coast Guard HC-130 aircraft rescued 11 survivors, along with assistance from the Paul (FF-1080), Forrestal (CV-59), Edson (DD-945), and Miller (FF-1091).
9: The 10th session of the 3rd United Nations Law of the Sea Conference began in New York City.
9: The Josephus Daniels (CG-27) and Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) departed Norfolk, Virginia, to conduct a Navy goodwill cruise with port visits in Central America and the Caribbean area.
10: The carrier Midway (CV-41) rescued 17 civilians following the crash of their Gulf Oil Company helicopter in the South China Sea, 270 miles northeast of Singapore. The Midway also recovered the disabled helicopter from the water with the ship's crane.
12: Vice Admiral Earl B. Fowler, Jr., USN, Commander Naval Sea Systems Command, testified before a House Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee and outlined the Navy’s view of problems at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., which led to delays in delivery of the Trident and Los Angeles-class submarines. According to Vice Admiral Fowler, quality assurance problems had significantly delayed both submarine construction programs at Electric Boat.
12: The five-ship battle group Ranger (CV-61), Fox (CG-33), Goldsborough (DDG-20), Badger (FF-1071), and Ouellet (FF-1077) exited the Indian Ocean, ending a 133-day deployment. At the same time, the seven-ship battle group Midway (CV-41), Reeves (CG-24), Towers (DDG-9), Lang (FF- 1060), Lockwood(FF-1064), Kirk (FF- 1087), and Gray (FF-1054) entered the Indian Ocean as the Ranger group’s relief.
17: Navy Secretary Lehman announced that contracts for building three Los Angeles (SSN-688)-class submarines, authorized in the FY 198081 budget would be awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, rather than be opened to competitive bidding. The contract was being awarded, according to the Navy Secretary, to keep the Newport News industrial base support for SSN construction functioning. The last SSN contract to Newport News had been awarded in 1978 with eight SSN-688s currently under construction at the Newport News yard. A decision on the award of a fourth authorized SSN- 688 submarine was held in abeyance.
17: In San Jose, Costa Rica, a bomb was hurled at an American Embassy van carrying U. S. Marines. Three Marines were injured.
20: The Maritime Administration announced the sale of the passenger liner SS United States to United States Cruises, Inc., following a final payment of $3 million. The ship is to be refurbished and used for warm weather cruises between the West Coast and Hawaii.
22: Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., USN (Ret), former Commander in Chief Pacific and well known sea power advocate, died of a heart attack at the age of 70 on board an aircraft returning to the United States from Europe.
25: Mr. P. Takis Veliotis, General Manager of Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., testified before the House Armed Services Sea- power Subcommittee and stated that his yard had been unfairly criticized by the Navy for delays in the delivery of Trident and Los Angeles-class submarines. According to Veliotis, much of the blame for the delays was due to Navy-provided equipment and design changes. He also criticized the Navy for awarding three submarine construction contracts to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. (See also 17 March 1981 listing.)
30: The President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, was shot in Washington, D.C., by a lone gunman.
31: Ajoint Navy-General Dynamics study group met in the Pentagon to review the problems and future outlook for submarine construction at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp.
31: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced changes in the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS) that reflected a shift to greater emphasis on long-range strategic planning. more responsibility to the services, decentralization, closer attention to cost savings, and general streamlining of the process. The service secretaries were added to the membership of the top DOD management board—the Defense Resources Board (DRB).
31: The Defense Department an-
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31: The Defense Department announced first-term and career reenlistment rates for FY 1981 through 31 March 1981. The Navy-Marine Corps first term reenlistment rates were 11,354 or 44.1% and 2,968 or 27.5% respectively. Career Navy and Marine Corps reenlistments were 13,991 or 73.4% and 5,019 or 74.3% respectively.
31: Total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on 31 March 1981 was 2,062,050. an increase of 28,983 from one year ago. Navy and Marine Corps strength figures were 536,483 and 187,740 respectively, compared with 525,787 and 182,328 one year ago.
April
1: The Navy announced that it would not exercise an option with Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation for construction of the ninth Trident class submarine, SSBN- 734, authorized in fiscal year 1981. The option expired at midnight on 31 March 1981, and Navy spokesmen said the delay in the contract award was a signal of the Navy’s concern over the slippages in the construction schedule of the eight Trident submarines now being built at Electric Boat Division.
3: A fire broke out in the engine room of the USNS Taluga (T-AO-62) while the ship was operating 80 miles west of San Diego. Two injured crew members were airlifted by a helicopter from the Constellation (CV-64) to San Diego. The fire was extinguished and the ship proceeded to port.
6: Navy Secretary Lehman testified before Congress and stated that the Navy was considering buying submarines abroad, if necessary. He stated that the Navy would prefer to buy ships in the United States, but the American yards would have to make themselves more competitive.
9: The submerged submarine George Washington (SSBN 598) collided with the 2,350-ton Japanese merchant ship Nissho Marti in the East China Sea, about 110 miles south-southwest of
Sasebo, Japan. The Nissho Maru sank shortly after the collision, with two crewmen killed and 13 rescued. There was only minor damage and no injuries in the American submarine.
10: Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Chief of Naval Operations, announced that on 1 July 1981 a Center for Naval Warfare would be established at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, to serve as a focal point for Navy strategic thinking.
10: The Defense Department announced it would reactivate the Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) project near Clam Lake, Wisconsin, with an initial operational status in the fall of 1981. ELF is a shore-to-submarine command and control system, which permits signal reception at operational depths and speeds.
11: The Virginian Pilot reported the Conolly (DD-979) departed Norfolk. Virginia, en route to monitor movements of a Soviet Navy task group operating in the Caribbean Sea, about 100 miles east of Havana, Cuba. The four Soviet Navy ships led by a “Kara”-class cruiser were the first such Soviet ships to deploy to the Caribbean since August 1979 and the 20th such deployment in the past 12 years.
12: The American space shuttle Columbia was successfully launched with a Navy astronaut crew composed of mission commander, Captain John W. Young, USN (Ret.) and pilot. Captain Robert L. Crippen. USN. The craft later safely landed on 14 April 1981, completing the first space shuttle mission.
13: Litton Systems, Inc., Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, Mississippi, received a $49.5 million contract for long-lead material for CG- 51.
13: The Nassau (LHA-4) departed Norfolk. Virginia, en route to the Sixth Fleet to demonstrate the Navy-Marine Corps capability to augment Sixth Fleet. On board the Nassau were two vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft.
14: Airman Recruit Paul A. Trerice died of cardiac arrest and heat stroke, while assigned to the correctional custody unit (CCU) on board the Ranger (CV-61) moored at Subic Bay in the Philippines. His death touched off an investigation into allegations by a former Ranger crewmen of maltreatment and physical abuse in the Ranger’s brig and CCU. This investigation later led to the suspension of operations of all Navy CCUs afloat and punishment of the commanding officer and other personnel on board the Ranger. (See 28 April, 18 May, and 28 July 1981 listings.)
15: Four Soviet Navy ships—one cruiser, two frigates, and an oiler— arrived in Havana, Cuba, for a ten- day visit.
19: Four U. S. Navy sailors from the Raleigh (LPD-1) were picked up by a Cuban patrol boat when their recreation boat strayed into Cuban waters near the U. S. Naval Base, Guantanamo, Cuba.
20: Cuban authorities released four American Navy sailors who had been captured in Cuban waters to diplomats representing U. S. interests in Havanna. (See 19 April 1981 listing.)
20: Navy Secretary Lehman announced that the U. S. Navy accepted liability for the 9 April 1981 collision between the George Washington (SSBN-598) and the Japanese freighter Nissho Maru.
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20: The Defense Department announced Congress had been notified of the following foreign military sales: Japan, sale of 32 Harpoon missiles with associated equipment and support, $39 million; Saudi Arabia, training programs for the Saudi naval forces during fiscal years 1981-1985, $42 million; and Saudi Arabia, funding an additional $504 million for a total of $4.27
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21: The Defense Department announced the Congress had been notified of a letter to offer to the Australian Government for the sale of U. S. government furnished equipment, technical services, training, and support valued at $450 million in connection with the Royal Australian Navy program for the construction of FFG- 7 class frigates in Australia. The construction of the first two ships was to begin in 1982 with a program of two to four more ships later.
23: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the establishment of an office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Review and Oversight to provide a single official to coordinate ongoing efforts to detect waste, fraud, and abuse in the DoD.
24: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced that over a period of three to five years the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF) should evolve into a separate unified command. The first action toward this goal was to direct the assignment of the XVIII Airborne Corps to the RDJTF.
24: The Washington Star reported the Navy had given up on the idea of forward basing a second carrier overseas. The Star quoted Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, as saying, “. . . as we get our program built up (with more ships and crews), there will be less need to look toward overseas home-porting.”
27: The Navy officially transferred the aircraft carrier Intrepid (ex-CVS- 11) to the Intrepid Museum Foundation for conversion to a Sea-Air-Space Museum at New York City.
28: The Washington Post reported the Navy upgraded its investigation into the 14 April 1981 death of Airman Recruit Paul A. Trerice on board the Ranger (CV-61) by appointing Rear Admiral George A. Aitcheson, Jr., Pacific Fleet Inspector General, as chief investigator.
28: Navy Secretary Lehman announced he had completed a review of a joint Navy-General Dynamics Corp. Committee report on the status of submarine construction at Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut. He concluded that there are the necessary plant facilities at Electric Boat to build a Trident submarine every eight months and a Los Angeles (SSN-688)- class submarine every six months. Parts of the report would be used, according to the Navy Secretary, to reach a decision regarding the award of contracts for a fourth Los Angeles submarine authorized in FY 1981 and decisions on the award of contracts for the 9th and 10th Trident submarines.
30: The first P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft purchased by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force was delivered at Jacksonville, Fla.
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1: The Atlantic Command exercise Solid Shield 81 began in the Atlantic with over 27,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines. Second Fleet operations included an amphibious landing at Camp Lejeune.
3: The Associated Press reported an American-owned seismographic research ship Western Sea, with a British crew of 19 was seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf. The 141-foot, 247- ton ship had strayed into the Iran-Iraq declared war zone in the Persian Gulf while under contract to Kuwait.
4: A combined Australian-New Zealand-United States naval exercise called Beacon South 81-2 began in the Indian Ocean off the western coast of Australia. The exercise involved 10 ships, 120 aircraft, and 8,000 men.
5: Admiral Hyman Rickover, USN (Ret), in congressional testimony pointed to alleged inefficiency in private shipyards building Navy ships and stated that the Navy should start building its own submarines and perhaps acquire private facilities such as the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp., and hire civilian management to run them.
5: The Navy released results of a preliminary investigation into the 9 April 1981 collision of the USS George Washington (SSBN-598) and the Japanese freighter Nissho Mam which indicated the U. S. Navy ship was at fault.
5: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President nominated Major General Harold A. Hatch, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics; Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps, for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics, Headquarters USMC.
6: The 471-foot Greek cargo ship Hellenic Carrier and the 825-foot American cargo ship Lash Atlantico collided in heavy fog 25 miles southeast of Cape Henry, Virginia. Both ships suffered damage to their bows, but there were no crew injuries. The ships were able to proceed under their own power to port. Navy ships responding to the distress signal were the Spruance (DD-963), Preserver (ARS-8), Hoist (ARS-40), and Paiute (ATF-159).
6: The America (CV-66) became the first large-deck carrier to steam through
the Suez Canal in nearly 14 years. She was en route to the Indian Ocean. The last American carrier to transit the Suez canal was the smaller Fi.iex-class Intrepid on 1 June 1976.
7: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the reassignment of Vice Admiral M Staser Holcomb, USN, Director, Navy Program Planning, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, as new Commander Seventh Fleet. Also, announced was the reassignment of Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence, USN, Superintendent U. S. Naval Academy, as Commander Third Fleet.
11: A combined American-Austra- lian-New Zealand exercise called Beacon Express 81 began in the eastern Indian Ocean. A Seventh Fleet battle group led by the Midway (CV- 41) and the Australian-New Zealand Battle Group led by the Austrialian carrier Melbourne participated. A total of 12 ships, 85 aircraft, and 10,000 men were involved.
12: A Soviet Navy task group, consisting of a “Kara"-class guided missile cruiser, two “Krivak”-class guided missile destroyers, and a tanker passed 17 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida, en route to the Soviet Union after a visit to Cuba. The Pharris (FF- 1094) was monitoring the Soviet operations.
15: A Soviet Navy task group and U. S. Sixth Fleet task group were operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to The Washington Post, as diplomatic efforts continued to ease a crisis over Syrian deployment of Soviet-made SAM missiles in Lebanon. The American car- P rier Forrestal (CV-59) and the Soviet H carrier Moskva were operating in the p Eastern Mediterranean, according to the report.
15: The Independence (CV-62), Harry E. Yarnell (CG-17), and Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) transited the Suez Canal and arrived in the Mediterranean Sea after an Indian Ocean deployment. This brought the Sixth Fleet up to two battle groups in strength.
15: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President had nominated Admiral Donald C. Davis, USN, Commander in Chief U. S. Pacific Fleet,- to be placed on the retired list in his current grade and the reassignment of Admiral James D. Watkins, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Opera- I tions. as Admiral Davis's relief. Also announced was the President’s nomination of Vice Admiral William N. Small, USN, Commander Sixth Fleet, as Admiral Watkins’s relief and for promotion to full admiral. Rear Admiral Robert L. Walters, USN, Director General Planning and Program Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, was nominated for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare). Major General John K. Davis, USMC, Director of Operations (J-3), U. S. Pacific Command, was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific Fleet.
16: Japanese fishermen claimed Seventh Fleet ships taking part in a combined Japanese-American exercise sliced through the nets of Japanese salmon fishing vessels off the northern Japanese Island of Hokkaido. It was later indicated by the Commander Seventh Fleet that a Soviet Navy ship monitoring the exercise most likely did the damage to the nets. (See 18 May 1981 listing.)
18: Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Chief of Naval Operations, announced the Navy was temporarily suspending operations of all correctional custody units (CCUs) afloat. This action followed a review of procedures and policies of CCUs afloat. (See also 14 April 1981 listing.)
18: The Associated Press reported Syria moved Soviet-made SAM-6 antiaircraft missiles into eastern Lebanon, raising tension between Israel and Syria.
18: President Reagan announced the nomination of George A. Sawyer, a nuclear engineer and former Navy submarine officer, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics). He was president of John J. McMullen Associates.
18: The Associated Press reported that a Soviet diplomat was summoned to the Japanese Foreign Ministry to comment on allegations that the Soviet Navy cruiser Petropavlovsk may
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18: Touching off a political storm in Japan, former United States Ambassador to Japan (1961-66), Edwin O. Reischauer, a Harvard professor, stated that Japan permitted American warships to carry nuclear weapons into Japanese ports under a 21-year- old confidential agreement. According to the former ambassador, the “introduction of nuclear weapons” in the agreement meant putting nuclear weapons ashore or storing them and did not prevent the United States from moving such weapons through Japan. State Department and Defense Department officials refused to discuss the deployment of nuclear weapons and Japanese officials denied there was ' any such agreement.
19: Two Navy crewmen were killed when their Cobra helicopter crashed near Chaptico. Maryland. The helicopter was based at the U. S. Naval
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19: The Washington Star reported that the carrier Independence (C V-62) and escorts were in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea because of increased Israeli-Syrian tension. The carrier battle group had been scheduled to return to Norfolk, Virginia, after an Indian Ocean deployment. (See 15 May 1981 listing.)
20: An eight-ship battle group, the Kitty Hawk (CV-63), Halsey (CG-23), Hoel (DDG-13), Berkeley (DDG-I5), David R. Ray (DD-971), Fanning (FF- 1076), Hepburn (FF-1055), and Wabash (AOR-5), relieved the five-ship Midway (CV-41) battle group as it departed the Indian Ocean.
20: United Press International reported that the Royal Navy nuclear- powered submarine HMS Valiant (S-102) had just left Devonport, England, when a minor leak was discovered in the nuclear reactor water cooling system. There was no nuclear material discharged into the sea, and the submarine returned to port for repairs.
21: The Soviet Union warned Japan against becoming a hostage to the Pentagon by allowing American warships, with nuclear weapons on board, to dock at Japanese ports. (See 18 May 1981 listing.)
21: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President nominated Admiral Alfred J. Whittle, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Material, to be placed on the retired list in his present grade. Also announced was the reassignment of Vice Admiral William H. Rowden, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare), to the post of Commander Sixth Fleet.
21: The Associated Press reported the Navy sent nine jet aircraft from Oceana Naval Air Station to the Mediterranean to replace aircraft on board the carrier Independence (CV-62) which had been extended on deployment. The aircraft (unnamed by type) were needed to replace aircraft that had exceeded their scheduled maintenance overhaul times. The Independence had begun an Indian Ocean deployment on 18 November 1980.
22: The Navy awarded contracts for construction of six FY 1981 authorized Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)-class frigates as follows: three to Bath Iron Works, Bath. Maine, for $247 million; two to Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles, California, for $181.9 million; and one to Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Seattle. Washington, for $93.6 million.
23: President Reagan nominated Lieutenant General Paul X. Kelley, USMC, Commander Rapid Joint Deployment Task Force, for promotion to general and assignment as Assistant Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps.
23: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President had nominated Rear Admiral James A. Lyons, Jr., USN, Commander Naval Surface Group, Western Pacific, for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as Commander Second Fleet.
23: Seafarer’s International Union President Frank Drozak announced his union was prepared to offer the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard a “no strike, no-interference-in-shipping” contract in return for an agreement allowing full-scale, private manning of military fleet support ships. The proposal would free 26,195 uniformed and government employees, according to the union official.
25: Japanese Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki told the Diet he believed nuclear weapons had not been brought into Japan despite statements by former U. S. officials. The Japanese Government also rejected a demand by the opposition party that the carrier Midway (CV-41) be banned from returning to her homeport of Yokuska, Japan. (See 18 May 1981 listing.)
26: A Marine EA-6B aircraft crashed while attempting to land aboard the Nimitz (CVN-68), 60 miles off the Florida coast. The aircraft skidded across the flight deck starting fires and killing the EA-6B crew of 3 and 11 other flight deck crewmen. Another 48 men were injured. The fire was quickly put out.
28: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the reassignment of Vice Admiral Thomas J. Bigley, USN, Commander Second Fleet, to the post of Director, Plans and Policy (J-5), Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-
30: The Nimitz (CVN-68) departed Norfolk and continued training operations after two days of minor repairs following the 26 May 1981 aircraft ac-
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June
1: The Navy announced the relief of the commanding officer, USS George Washington (SSBN-598), gold crew, commander Robert D. Woehl, USN, and issuance to him of a punitive letter of reprimand resulting from his failure to take appropriate action to ascertain the status and safety of the Japanese merchant ship Nissho Marti following a 9 April 1981 collision of the American submarine and the Japanese ship. The officer of the deck at the time of the collision. Lieutenant Roy D. Hampton, USN, also received a letter of reprimand for failure to conduct a more thorough periscope search prior to the collision.
1: The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Navy Regulations in a case in which a former Navy man had appealed his 1975 discharge for engaging ■n homosexual acts while in the service. The justices, without comment, let stand a lower court ruling.
1: Retired Representative Carl Vinson died at the age of 97 years. He served in Congress for 50 years (19141964) and for 32 years of that period Was chairman of the House Naval Affairs Subcommittee and then chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Carl Vinson (CVN-70) was named in his honor.
2: The Sixth Fleet ships Caron (DD- 979) and Miller (FF-1091) began a five- day goodwill visit to Constanta, Romania, after entering the Black Sea on 1 June for a periodic deployment in international waters.
2: A major fuel oil fire broke out in the main boiler room of the Nitro (AE- 23) while the ship was operating in the Sea of Crete, 60 miles northeast of Souda Bay. Six crewmen were injured before the fire was put out. The ship Was towed to Souda Bay.
3: Navy Secretary Lehman announced the establishment of a Council on Review and Oversight for top management attention to reduce fraud, Waste, and abuse. The council was to be chaired by the Under Secretary of the Navy and include the Vice CNO and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
5: After a three-month deployment, the carrier Midway (CV-41) arrived at Yokosuka, Japan, as thousands of antinuclear demonstrators protested near
the naval base.
6: The San Diego Union reported the results of a surprise Navy random urinalysis test on 8 December 1980. The results showed 48.2% of the 1,050 San Diego sailors (E-l to E-5) and 48.6% of the 1,017 Norfolk sailors had positive signs of marijuana or hashish use. The test confidence level was 95%.
8: The Marine Corps announced that Major General David Barker, Commanding General Camp Lejeune, upheld the February 1981 court martial conviction of Private First Class Robert Garwood for collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Vietnam. (See 5 February 1981 listing.)
10: The Detroit (AOE-4) ran aground on a sandbar near Old Point Comfort, Hampton Roads, Virginia, as the ship prepared to enter port at Norfolk, Virginia. There were no injuries and no apparent damage. The ship was refloated the following day after offloading fuel.
11: The Associated Press reported the largest submarine in the world, the 25,000-ton Soviet “Typhoon,” started sea trials off the northern coast of the Soviet Union.
11: The New York Post reported the U. S. Air Force dedicated the former Navy cargo ship Observation Island (T-AGM-23) as a spy ship with a modern phased array radar system designed to monitor Soviet ballistic missile tests. The ship would operate in the Pacific Ocean.
12: The Associated Press reported the Soviet Union stationed an intelligence trawler off Groton, Connecticut, in anticipation of the beginning of sea trials for the first Trident missile submarine, Ohio (SSBN-726).
15: Representative Joseph P. Ad- dabbo (D-NY), Chairman, Defense Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee, charged that illegal drug usage on board the Nimitz (CVN- 68) may have contributed to the 26 May 1981 crash of a Marine A-6B aircraft. Addabbo stated that autopsies revealed that a majority of the flight deck sailors and Marines killed were found to have traces of drugs in their systems. Navy Secretary Lehman labeled the Congressman’s information as inaccurate and categorically denied that drug use or abuse contributed to the accident. (See 26 May 1981 listing.)
16: The first delivery of a CH-53E Super Stallion to the Marine Corps was made at Stratford. Connecticut.
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17: The first Trident submarine Ohio (SSBN-726) departed Groton, Connecticut, beginning three days of initial builder’s sea trials for the 560-foot, 18,700-ton nuclear-powered submarine.
17: The General Accounting Office (GAO) in a report to the House Appropriations Committee on Navy mine warfare capabilities, stated that the Navy would find it hard to conduct even the most limited mining or mine countermeasures operations. The GAO called for a higher budget priority for Navy mine warfare programs.
18: Navy witnesses testified before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and stated that there was no evidence of illegal drug usage found in the remains of the two recovered crewmen of the EA-6B which crashed aboard the Nimitz (CVN-68) on 26 May 1981. Also, the Navy reported that urine samples from 6 of the 11 flight deck crewmen killed during the crash, were found to contain varying quantities of byproducts of the drug marijuana. The Navy witnesses stressed that drug use or abuse did not contribute to the tragic crash. (See 15 June 1981 listing.)
19: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President had nominated Rear Admiral Eugene A. Grin- stead, Jr., Supply Corps, Commander Naval Supply Systems Command and Chief of the Supply Corps, for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as Director, Defense Logistics Agency.
20: The Ohio (SSBN-726) returned to Groton, Connecticut, after completing initial sea trials. Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN. (Ret), who observed the sea trials, stated, “The ship completed all tests, including full power operation, surfaced and submerged.”
20: The Senate ratified by a vote of 97to0aU. S.-Canadian Tuna Vessels Treaty delineating the rights of Pacific Coast albacore tuna fishermen from both countries.
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23: The Navy announced the start of the combined United States and South American annual naval exercise UNITAS XXII. In a six-month period U. S. Navy units will visit 27 ports in 10 countries and 7 Caribbean islands. The United States will participate in series of bilateral operations with each of the navies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
23: Navy Secretary Lehman announced the Navy would reactivate the battleship New Jersey (BB-62) at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
24: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President nominated Vice Admiral John D. Williams, Jr., Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Submarine Warfare), for promotion to admiral and assignment as Chief of Naval Material.
25: The Supreme Court in a 6 to 3 decision ruled that the Constitution permits Congress, in the context of authority over national defense and military affairs, to limit draft registration to men only.
25: United Press International reported the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected an appeal by Rolling Stone magazine for disclosure of information on the Glo- mar Explorer Project that involved a 1975 attempt to recover a sunken Soviet submarine near Hawaii.
25: The British Defense Minister, John Nott, announced a plan to cut 9 of 59 Royal Navy ships assigned to NATO. Eight of the remaining 50 ships would be reduced to a “standby" status and tied up in port with skeleton crews. These cuts were based on savings needed to finance a $12 billion British program to modernize its defense forces, including the deployment of Trident missiles on British ballistic missile submarines.
26: The Supreme Court ruled in a 6 to 3 decision that a military wife who gets divorced does not have a right to share her former husband’s military pension since Congress had meant that a military pension was to be the sole property of the person who served in the military.
26: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President had nominated Major General Robert C. Kingston. USA, Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division (Korea) as the new Commander. Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force, and for promotion to lieutenant general.
26: A Marine Corps pilot was killed when his AV-8A Harrier aircraft crashed into the sea off San Diego, California. The aircraft was operating from the Tarawa (LHA-1).
26: The Nassau (LHA-4) departed the Mediterranean after a successful two-month deployment with 19 AV- 8A Harriers embarked on a special demonstration deployment of the capabilities and flexibilities of Harrier operations.
27: The James K. Polk (SSBN-645) returned to Charleston. South Carolina, completing the Navy’s 2,000th fleet ballistic missile patrol. Since such patrols began in 1960, the Navy’s original 41 Polaris-Poseidon submarines (some armed with Trident I missiles) accounted for over 100,000 submerged days of patrol.
27: A Navy A-7 Corsair II aircraft from the Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the Caribbean Sea. 50 miles from St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands. The pilot was killed.
27: A Navy F-14 Tomcat aircraft from the Kitty Hawk (CV-63) crashed at sea in the Indian Ocean. Both crewmen were rescued.
29: Deputy Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci approved full production of the F/A-18 Hornet fighter version and certified the F-18 met all requirements for use as a Navy-Marine Corps fighter.
30: The Department of Defense announced that during the first three quarters of FY 1981 (Oct 1980-June 1981) the services achieved 99% of their overall recruiting objectives with only the Army falling short with 98% of its objective. This compares with the same period last year when the services obtained 101% of their overall recruiting goals. The Navy and Marine Corps achieved 100% or 71,700 recruits and 102% or 28,700 recruits, respectively, for October 1980 through June 1981. For that same period one year ago, the Navy-Marine corps recruiting figures were 100 percent or 69,500 and 94% or 28,200 recruits, respectively.
30: The Defense Department announced first-term and career reenlistment rates for the first three quarters of FY 1981. A total of 11,400 more men and women were reenlisted during this period than in the same period one year ago. The Navy-Marine Corps first-term reenlistment rates for Oct 1980 through June 1981 were 16,900 or 45.9% and 4,500 or 28.0%, respectively. The Navy-Marine Corps career reenlistment figures for the same nine months were 21,800 or 74.7% and 7,500 or 74.9%, respectively. Both first- term and career figures were up from the same period one year ago when the figures were: Navy first-term, 36.7% and career, 67.0%; Marine Corps first-term, 23.2 and career, 50.4%.
July
1: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President nominated Rear Admiral Nils R. Thunman, USN, Commander Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet, for promotion to vice admiral and assignment as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Submarine Warfare), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
1: The Navy began payment of aviation officer continuation pay (AOCP) for eligible pilots and naval flight officers with 6 to 16 years of service who agreed to extend their obligated service.
6: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the President nominated Vice Admiral Carl T. Hanson, USN, Director, Joint Staff, to be placed on the retired list in his present grade. Also announced was the nomination of Rear Admiral Leland S. Kollmor- gan, USN, Director, Systems Analysis Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, as Chief of Naval Research.
6: A Navy A-6E Intruder from the Forrestal (CV-59) crashed in the Mediterranean Sea about 90 miles south of Naples, Italy. Both crewmen were recovered without injury.
7: Soviet Marines from the Soviet Mediterranean Squadron landed in a training exercise in Syria. This was the first such amphibious exercise that has been reported.
7: Vietnamese authorities turned over the remains of three unknown American servicemen who died dur- lr>g the Vietnamese Conflict. (See listing for 21 July.)
7: Deputy Defense Secretary Car- lucci announced he directed the Army and Navy to plan to transfer the sealift cargo and passenger booking and contract administration functions from the Navy’s Military Sealift Command to the Army’s Military Traffic Manage- nient Command (MTMC). The oper- ntional management of Defense intermodal container and other dry cargo moving in partial or full shiploads was to be consolidated under MTMC dur- >ng peace and war. The Military Sealift Command would continue as the sealift operator and procurement agent and the principal DoD intermediary with the U. S. Merchant Marine and the Maritime Administration.
8: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the reassignment of Vice Admiral Edward C. Waller III, USN, Commander Third Fleet, as Superintendent, U. S. Naval Academy.
8: President Reagan announced the establishment of a Military Manpower Task Force, to be chaired by defense Secretary Weinberger. The task force was to evaluate the total manpower situation of both active and reserve forces.
9: Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, Chief of Naval Operations, called for an enhanced Navy drug abuse control program, including aggressive use of all tools available—prevention, education, awareness training, law enforcement services, command drug assessment team services, urinalysis, drug dogs, punishment, etc. The CNO stated, "Pride and Professionalism and Drug Abuse are incompatible.”
10: Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas B. Hayward launched a "Pride and Professionalism Phase II” program which included restrictions on beards and reinstitution of liberty cards for non-rated personnel. Also, petty officers (E-6 and above) were given head of mess line privileges. While not directive in nature, the CNO stated that it was inappropriate for those in high-visibility positions of leadership, such as commanding and executive officers, to wear beards.
14: A Harpoon cruise missile, with a conventional warhead, was accidently launched during a maintenance test from the Coontz (DDG-40) about 70 miles southwest of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. The missile crashed harmlessly into the sea.
14: The Virginian Pilot reported the Navy gave commanding officers until 31 August 1981 to rid their ranks of poor performers and thus upgrade their units’ combat readiness. Called “Project Upgrade” the Navy program guidelines were sent Navy-wide and commanding officers were permitted to avoid lengthy administrative “red tape” and to discharge substandard performers in grades E-3 or below who were on their first enlistment.
16: In the Arabian Sea, an S-3A Viking aircraft from the America (CV- 66) spotted the burning 25,000-ton merchant ship Irene Sincerity 180 miles southwest of Karachi, Pakistan. The plane guided the California (CGN-36) to the scene where 39 crewmen were rescued and taken to Karachi.
17: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced a major reorganization streamlining the functions of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, & Logistics). The number of deputy assistant secretaries were reduced from 9 to 7 and the supporting staff was reduced by about 10%, resulting in a savings of about $ 1 million a year. The OSD staff reductions were said to be in keeping with the shifting of operating responsibilities from OSD to the services.
17: Navy Secretary Lehman announced the Navy Secretariat would be reduced by 127 positions. The reduction was to be accomplished through attrition. Some of the eliminated positions were to be used elsewhere in the Navy.
19: A Marine Reserve CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashed and burned while landing aboard the Guam (LPH- 9) killing 4 Marines and injuring 11 other Marines and Navy personnel. The ship was involved in training operations in the Atlantic, 35 miles southeast of Morehead City, North Carolina.
20: A 20-year-old airman stationed on board the Saipan (LHA-1) disappeared from his living space, leaving a trail of blood from what were assessed later as self-inflicted wounds. The ship was moored at the Norfolk Naval Base. The airman’s body was later recovered from the water.
20: Navy Secretary John Lehman began two weeks of reserve active duty training as a lieutenant commander and bombardier-navigator in an A-6 squadron based at Oceana, Virginia.
21: The Defense Department announced the identification of the three American servicemen whose bodies were turned over to American authorities by the Vietnamese on 7 July. Two of the servicemen were Navy officers: Commander Ronald W. Dodge, USN, shot down on 17 May 1967 and Lieutenant Stephen O. Musselman, USN, who was shot down on 10 September 1972. Both were shot down over North Vietnam.
24: Reuters News Service reported that French President Francois Mitterrand announced that France would build a new nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine in the 1980s
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27: The battleship New Jersey (BB- 62) departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, under tow, en route to Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a 21-month reactivation and modernization period.
28: The Navy announced that disciplinary procedures had been initiated in the case of three Ranger (CV- 61) officers, including the commanding officer. Captain Dan A. Pedersen, USN. Also, action had begun against 17 Navy enlisted men and 8 enlisted Marines growing out of the investigation into the death of airman recruit Paul E. Trerice on board the Ranger on 14 April 1981.
29: Captain Dan A. Pedersen, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Ranger (CV-61) was given a letter of censure by the Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet, in connection with the circumstances surrounding the 14 April 1981 death of an airman recruit on board his ship. (See 14 April and 28 July 1981 listings.)
30: The Associated Press reported
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August
1: The largest U. S. Maritime exercise in recent years, Exercise Ocean Venture 81, began in the South Atlantic. During the two and a half month exercise, units from 14 countries, 120.000 people, 250 ships, and 1,000 aircraft would be involved. The six- phase exercise was scheduled to conclude on 15 October 1981 after operations in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and Baltic Sea.
1: The Associated Press reported a 2,300-ton Soviet-built “Koni”-class frigate was sighted in the Mediterranean Sea. under tow. flying the Cuban flag.
3: The Associated Press reported a major Soviet naval force was forming in the Baltic Sea, including the carrier Kiev and amphibious ship Ivan Rogov. NATO sources said that the exercise was unrelated to continued tension in Poland.
6: The battleship New Jersey (BB- 62) arrived at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, under tow. The ship was scheduled to begin a 21-month, $326 million reactivation on 1 October 1981.
6: President Reagan signed into law the authorization to transfer the Maritime Administration from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Transportation.
7: The Cincinnati (SSN-693) arrived at Norfolk. Virginia, completing an around-the-world cruise and serving with both Pacific and Atlantic fleets since her deployment on 29 January 1981.
12: The Associated Press reported that the Iranian News Agency (PARS) stated a Danish vessel, the 399-ton Else Cat, carrying military hardware and explosives to Iraq, was seized by the Iranian Navy as she passed through the Strait of Hormuz. Danish officials stated the ship was carrying 177 tons of dynamite bound for Baghdad and another consignment of ammunition destined for the Arabian Gulf Emirate of Dubai.
13: Navy Secretary Lehman announced that Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, was awarded a $675 million contract for construction of three Los Ange/es-class submarines, SSN-721, -722, and -723.
15: A fire on board the Independence (CV-62) in the Norfolk Naval Shipyard damaged the air operations and carrier control approach spaces. There were no injuries.
19: Two Nimitz (CVN-68)-based Fighter Squadron 41 F-14 Tomcat fighters shot down two Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 “Fitter" fighters over the Mediterranean Sea, about 60 miles off the Libyan coast in international waters and airspace. The U. S. Navy fighters returned fire with Sidewinder missiles after an unprovoked attack by the Libyan planes during a previously announced routine Sixth Fleet exercise.
19: A Navy EA-6B aircraft crashed five miles south of Forks, Washington. The three crewmen ejected and were recovered with only minor injuries.
20: President Reagan visited the Constellation (CV-64) off the coast of Southern California and observed an air firepower demonstration.
20: The U. S. Court of Military Appeals, by a vote of 2 to 1, ruled that the constitutional protection against
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unreasonable searches and seizures was violated by a military regulation allowing commanding officers to delegate their search powers to others. According to the court, if a search cannot be handled by a commander, personally, it may be referred to higher authority or to a military judge or magistrate.
21: The Navy awarded Sea-Land Industries Inc., Edison, New Jersey, a $207.5 million contract for the purchase of six SL-7 container ships.
25: The Wall Street Journal reported McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, and British Aerospace Ltd., signed an agreement to build AV-8B aircraft jointly for the U. S. Marine Corps and Royal Air Force. The agreement was said to already cover plans for 418 Harrier U. S. Navy-Marine Corps AV-8Bs and Royal Air Force models valued at $10.9 billion.
26: A North Korean surface-to-air missile was fired at a U. S. Air Force SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft over the sea, south of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. The unarmed aircraft was not hit.
28: Peterson Builders, Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was awarded a $54.5 million contract for design and construction of an ARS-50 class salvage ship.
30: Protesting Puerto Rican fishermen refused to allow Rear Admiral Ralph Hedges, USN, Commander U. S. Naval Forces Caribbean, to moor his barge at Vieques for a local welcoming ceremony. He had to transfer to a police boat and was greeted on shore by a pro-Navy group which then got into a fight with anti-Navy protestors. Several teen-aged naval sea cadets were injured when bottles were thrown.
31: The Navy announced the final report of the investigation into the 9 April 1981 collision of the George Washington (SSN-598) and the Japanese merchant ship Nissho Maru was delivered to the Japanese Government. The final review upheld earlier disciplinary actions taken and U. S. Navy admission of responsibility for the collision.
31: The Virginian Pilot reported the Navy had discharged 2,612 Navy personnel at the convenience of the government through “Project Upgrade." (See 14 July 1981 listing.)
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September
2: The Associated Press reported a four-ship Soviet naval task group, including a “Kara”-class guided missile cruiser, two “Krivak”-class guided missile frigates, and a “Dubna”-class replenishment ship were located 230 miles off the Oregon coast. This was the closest such Soviet naval deployment off the West Coast since 1971. The Soviet task group had been monitored by U. S. Coast Guard, Canadian Navy, and U. S. Navy units since entering the Gulf of Alaska on 28 August 1981. Units monitoring the Soviet task group included: the USCGC Bout- well (WHEC-719), HMCS Kootenay (F-258), HMCS Provider (AOR-508), and USS Fife (DD-991).
3: The Seattle Post Intelligencer reported delays in the overhaul of the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise (CVN-65) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard were placing a significant burden on the other Pacific Fleet carriers. Admiral James D. Watkins, USN, Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, according to the newspaper, stated that the Enterprise overhaul was expected to last until early 1982. The carrier had been in the yard since January 1979 for what was originally scheduled as a 20-month overhaul.
6: One Kitty Hawk (CV-63) flight deck crewman was killed and two others injured when a landing A-7 Corsair II aircraft collidied with a taxiing F- 14 Tomcat fighter. The A-7 aborted the landing and was later safely recovered. The F-14 crew ejected safely as their aircraft rolled overboard. The carrier was operating in the Indian Ocean.
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8: The Soviet news agency TASS announced that 100,000 Soviet mill' tary personnel were taking part in training maneuvers near the northeastern borders of Poland. A U. S. State Department spokesman stated that this action violated the Helsink1 Accords of 1975 when the Soviet Union signed the agreement to notify NATO countries in advance of any military exercise involving over 25,000 troops-
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9: A Marine A-4M Skyhawk aircraft crashed on a mountain about 60 miles northeast of Iwakuni Air Station, Japan. The pilot safely ejected and was recovered.
9: The Navy announced plans to retire two Military Sealift Command ships in Fiscal Year 1982, the USNS Taluga (T-AO-62) and USNS Marias (T-AO-57).
9: The Navy announced the carrier Carl Vinson (CVN-70) would be homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, following commissioning in March 1982.
9: President Reagan announced his nomination of James G. Goodrich, former Chairman of the Board. Bath Iron Works, as Under Secretary of the Navy.
9: The Associated Press reported Syria extended its territorial waters to 35 nautical miles in place of the old 12 nautical miles.
10: President Reagan announced his nomination of Admiral Harold E. Shear, USN (Ret), former Commander in Chief of NATO’s Southern Command, as Administrator, Maritime Administration.
15: The Navy announced it had requested a proposal for construction of the ninth Trident class submarine (SSBN-934) which was authorized in FY 1981. (See 1 April 1981 listing.)
15: Terrorists using guns and antitank grenades ambushed the car of General Frederick Kroesen, USA, Commander in Chief U. S. Army Forces Europe, near Heidelberg, West Germany. He received only minor injuries.
16: The Navy announced that it had reached agreement with Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Connecticut, for delivery dates for the first eight Trident class submarines. Also, Electric Boat in contract modifications agreed not to submit insurance reimbursement claims for known events as of 28 July 1981, including the Trident welding, painting, and carbon steel problems. Included in the modification was a broad contractor release of claims which covered events prior to 28 July 1981. The first of the eight submarines, Ohio (SSBN-726), was scheduled to be delivered to the Navy on 31 October 1981.
16: The House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control released its report on drug abuse in the military. The report included results of a June-July 1981 survey of 1,906 military personnel in Europe. The Navy- Marine Corps sample size was 770 (548 Navy, 222 Marines). According to the congressional report, the Navy sample reflected higher illegal drug use rates than any of the other services for all drug categories except heroin, which was the highest among Army respondents and alcohol which was highest among the Marine sample. Report figures indicated 49.27% of the Navy sample and 17% of the Marine sample used drugs on duty. More than 60% of the Navy E-l through E-4 personnel surveyed on board the Forrestal (CV-59) admitted, according to the report, using drugs and/or alcohol while on duty at least once in the previous month.
17: A Marine CH-53C Sea Stallion helicopter crashed while attempting to land aboard the Guadalcanal (WH-1) during a Sixth Fleet training exercise in the Mediterranean, near Sardinia. All five crewmen were killed.
18: Representative Joseph Addabbo (D-NY), Chairman. Defense Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee, claimed that 20% of the naval air crashes in 1979 resulted from alcohol abuse. However, a Navy spokesman later said that only five of 128 major 1979 air crashes were proven to be related to alcohol abuse. Alcohol could have been a factor in another 17 accidents, but was listed as marginal or doubtful as a probable cause.
20: The 300-foot, 1,200-ton Philippine Navy frigate Data Kalantiaw (PF- 76) was forced aground by 127-mile- an-hour winds from Typhoon Clara, while at anchor near Calayan Island, 340 miles north of Manila. Eighteen of the crew survived, and 40 bodies were recovered. The ship had a crew of 97. The Mount Hood (AE-29) with a special medical team embarked joined in rescue operations on 21 September. Also, Navy helicopters from VC-5 at Cubi Point assisted. The Philippine frigate was capsized on her port side in heavy surf. The ship was the former USS Booth (DE-170) which was transferred to the Philippine Navy in 1967.
22: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced the establishment of a DoD Council on Integrity and Management Improvement. The New council would explore all areas of management improvement and promulgate the results of Review and Oversight activities of DoD. The council was to be chaired by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and included the service under secretaries.
23: Defense Secretary Weinberger testified before the House Budget Committee and stated the DoD would make program adjustments to achieve outlay reductions of $13 billion in the Defense Budget from FY 1982 through FY 1984. The proposed DoD cuts included $2 billion in FY 1982. Included in Navy cuts were early retirement of 18 ships (10 in FY 1982) and reduced ship steaming and aircraft flying hours.
23: In a ceremony at Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Washington, the Navy officially accepted the Harpoon missile as an operational system capability on the A-6E aircraft.
23: The Navy announced a three- ship task group, the Coontz (DDG-40), Conyngham (DDG-17), and Kalamazoo (AOR-6), would conduct a West African cruise visiting ten western and central African countries in late September and October.
23: United Press International reported two Soviet Tu-95 “Bear” aircraft were intercepted by the Air Force
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and Air National Guard about 220 miles southeast of Nantucket, Maine, on 22 September. The Soviet aircraft flew southward and returned to Cuba.
25: James F. Goodrich and John S. Herrington were confirmed by the Senate for the posts of Under Secretary of the Navy and Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) respectively.
29: A Navy UH-1N helicopter crashed a mile off Virginia Beach. Three crewmen were rescued and one was killed.
29: A Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter from the America (CV-66) crashed in the Arabian Sea. The two crewmen were rescued.
29: President Reagan, after an agreement with Haiti, ordered the Coast Guard to intercept and turn around ships on the high seas suspected of carrying illegal Haitian immigrants.
October
1: The Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) completed the final Navy Polaris ballistic missile patrol, ending the Polaris weapon system’s service as part of the nation’s strategic triad.
2: President Reagan announced his program to revitalize the U. S. strategic deterrent including five elements: (1) Improvements in communications and control systems; (2) modernization of strategic bombers with development of a variant of the B-l bomber (and deployment of 100 such aircraft operational in 1986) and continued research and development on the so- called “stealth” aircraft; (3) continued construction of Trident submarines at the rate of one a year in 1981 through 1987 period and development of the Trident II (D-5) missile with initial 1989 deployment, and deployment of several hundred nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles on attack submarines beginning in 1984; (4) development of the MX missile and deployment of 100 such missiles in hardened Titan or Minuteman silos, with research on three other promising longterm basing options for MX with option selection by 1984; and (5) upgrading of strategic defenses including research on ballistic missile defense, replacement of aging F-106 intercep- ters with F-15’s, assignment of six AWACS aircraft for North American Air Defense, upgrading the North American Air Surveillance network, and an upgraded civil defense program.
6: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was killed in Cairo when a group of disgruntled Egyptian soldiers jumped out of a truck during a military parade and shot him. In reaction, elements of the Rapid Deployment Force and Sixth Fleet were put on alert.
8: The Defense Department announced the President approved a plan to proceed with an improved extremely low frequency (ELF) shore- to-submarine communications system with transmitter sites in Michigan and Wisconsin.
8: The Associated Press reported the Navy was temporarily delaying the return of a 2,000-man Marine amphibious unit deployed to the Sixth Fleet. With its relief unit on station, this brought the Sixth Fleet Amphibious Force strength to 4.000 Marines.
9: The Associated Press reported 19 sailors on board the Midway (CV-41) were under investigation in a marijuana selling conspiracy. During the investigation, 18 pounds of marijuana were seized by Navy agents on a Subic Bay pier. The marijuana, which was about to be loaded aboard the carrier, had a street value of about $50,000.
13: The Associated Press reported the Navy confirmed the discovery by Icelandic sheep farmers of the wreckage of a Navy P-2V Neptune aircraft which crashed on the Myrdalsjokull Glacier on Iceland’s south coast on 17 December 1953. The remains of eight crewmen were recovered.
14: The Associated Press reported a 320-foot Chinese submarine exploded underwater while attempting to launch a ballistic missile in the North China Sea sometime in late August or early September 1981. The submarine’s crew of about 100 men were killed, according to the delayed report.
14: Representative Joseph P. Ad- dabbo (D-NY), Chairman of the Defense Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee, reported that autopsy records revealed that the pilot of a Marine Corps EA-6B aircraft, who was killed during a 26 May crash aboard the Nimitz (CVN-68) had an abnormally high (6-11 times the recommended level) dosage of a prescription drug in the antihistamine family of drugs. (See 26 May 1981 listing.)
19: President Reagan, by remote control from Yorktown, Virginia, engraved his initials in the keel plate of the Yorktown (CG-48) located at Pascagoula, Mississippi.
19: The Associated Press reported that Australia decided to buy 75 F/A- 18 Hornet aircraft at a cost of $2.79 billion to replace the Royal Australian Air Force’s Mirages.
21: The Associated Press reported the America (CV-66) and Preble (DDG- 46) were en route to the Mediterranean Sea, via the Suez Canal, from the Indian Ocean. This action left only one carrier battle group in the Indian Ocean for the first time since November 1979.
22: Navy Secretary Lehman announced the Navy would proceed to negotiate the procurement of the one remaining FY 1981 Los Angeles-class submarine with Electric Boat Division. General Dynamics Corp. In addition, Electric Boat was asked to submit options for three additional submarines. (See also 17 March 1981 listing.)
23: President Reagan announced his nomination of Melvyn R. Paisley to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering, and Systems-
27: A Soviet "Whiskey”-class submarine ran aground near the Swedish naval base at Karlskrona, 300 miles
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28: General Dynamics Corporation’s Electric Boat Division delivered the Ohio (SSBN-726) to the Navy. The original contract had called for delivery in April 1979, but delays were caused by a number of problems.
29: A Navy EA-6B Prowler aircraft exploded and crashed in a field near NAS Oceana, Virginia. The three crewmen were killed.
November
6: Swedish Navy craft escorted a Soviet “Whiskey”-class submarine into international waters 11 days after the submarine had run aground inside a Swedish military restricted zone near the Karlskrona naval base. (See 27 October 1981 listing.)
13: The Defense Department announced the President had asked Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN, Deputy Assistant Secretary For Naval Reactors, Department of Energy and Deputy Commander for Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea Systems Command, to move from his present posts to serve as a presidential advisor on nuclear science. Admiral Rickover’s extension on active duty was scheduled to expire on 31 January 1982.
17: A Navy S-3A Viking aircraft from the Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the Mediterranean Sea, 70 miles northwest of Sicily. All four crewmen were killed.
20: The Navy announced new standardized policies and procedures for the administration of its brigs and correctional custody units (CCUs). Shipboard CCUs had been closed in May 1981 following an investigation into the death of an airman recruit on board the Ranger (CV-61).
20: The California (CGN-36) arrived in Norfolk after circumnavigating the globe. The ship departed the Indian Ocean and returned to the Atlantic via the Panama Canal.
23: Defense Secretary Weinberger announced that on 1 December 1981 the Commander Caribbean Contingency Joint Task Force, Key West, Florida, would become a new unified Commander U. S. Forces Caribbean, reporting to the Commander in Chief Atlantic Command.
23: A Navy A-7 Corsair from the Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, 120 miles northwest of Sardinia, and the pilot was killed.
30: The USS Tacoma (PG-92) and USS Welch (PG-93) were decommissioned.
December
3: A 21-year-old Navy Ensign, Stephen Baba was charged in San Diego with passing military secrets to the South African Embassy.
3: Two Navy men were killed and three others injured on board the John F. Kennedy (CV-67) when an arresting wire parted during the landing of an A-7 Corsair aircraft. Four aircraft, including the A-7 were damaged on the flight deck. The ship was operating in the Caribbean Sea.
7: The Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company signed a contract modification agreement which provided the shipbuilder with $21.2 million in incentive money if the carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is delivered in December 1986 instead of the original date of February 1988. Such an early delivery date would save $53 million, according to the Navy.
8: The Navy announced plans to homeport three naval reserve force frigates in Philadelphia. The Patterson (FF-1061), Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082), and William S. Sims (FF- 1059) would transfer to Philadelphia beginning in 1984.
31: Total numerical strength of the Armed Forces on 31 December 1981 was 2,093,030. a decrease of 4,088 front the previous month. Navy and Marine Corps figures were 544.713 and 190,249 respectively, compared to 531,504 and 187,192 one year ago.
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