U.S. carrier’s mistake kills seven
WASHINGTON (AP) - A
U.S. aircraft carrior acciden
tally blasted a Turkish de
stroyer with missilo fire
Thursday during a NATO ox
orclso, sotting thn vossoi amaze anu Killing ai ioasi
soven poopln. Pentagon officials said.
Initial reports indicated at least 15 other mem
bers of the Turkish crew were injured, but there
wore no reports of U.S. Navy casualties, said a
Pentagon spokeswoman. Maj. Katherine Ingram.
The IJSS Saratoga aircraft carrier accidentally
launched two Sea Sparrow missiles during ma
neuvers in the eastern Mediterranean and appar
ently hit the Turkish destroyer Mauvenet with
both missiles, officials said.
Ingram said one missile hit the bridge of the
Mauvenet, an area of the ship that controls navi
gation. A fire broko out but was extinguished in
15 minutes, the spokoswoman said,
"It was an accidental launching," Ingram said
Crewmen from the Saratoga were dropped onto
the stricken ship by helicopter to help with the
rescue. A multinational contingent of ships In the
region also rushed to the vessel's aid.
It was not known how many crew members the
Mauvenet was carrying.
Ingram said the accident occurred about mid
night local time (6 p.m. EDT) in the Aegean Sea.
an arm of the Mediterranean between Turkey and
Greece. The two U.S. and Turkish ships wore
about three miles apart at the time.
Both ships were taking part in "Display Deter
mination," an annual NATO exercise consisting
of vessels from the southern NATO region, the
Pentagon said The exorcise usually involves the
United States. Turkey. Graeco and Italy.
U.S. Navy officials wore dispatched to tho
Mauvenet. a 376-foot destroyer, to assess damages
it was an accidental
launching.1
— Mai Katherine Ingram,
Pentagon spokeswoman
and Injuries to Turkish allied crew The USS Del
knap, flagship for Adm William Lopez, com
mander of the U S. Navy's 6th Fleet, was headed
for tho scene Thursday night
The Mauvenet was formerly the American Hub
ert H Smith-class destroyer commissioned In
1944. It was transferred to Turkey In 1971 after
having l>een converted for minelaying
Tho 1.063-foot Saratoga Is a conventionally
powered aircraft carrier commissioned In 1956 It
was among tho first class of carriers designed spe
cifically to launch jet aircraft.
Tho Soa Sparrow missile Is a scaled-down ver
sion of the Sparrow, which is used on fighter air
craft such us the F-14 and F-15 It is modified for
use on board surface ships so that it could lie
launched against attacking aircraft and Cruise
missiles.
In November 1969, the Nuvy ordered a two-day
suspension of normal operations after 1(1 acci
dents at sea and in tho air within a 10-duv period
Ton Navy personnel were killed and at least 71
injured in that series of accidents.
Exhaustive safety inspections of Navy craft
were conducted (luring the 48-houi "stand
down."
Wallace
chances
small
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP)
— Former Gov. George C.
Wallace remained in critical
condition Thursday after sur
gery to insert a breathing
tube thut doctors hope will
ease him off a respirator
Wallace, 73. who was hos
pitalized last Friday with the
potentially deadly blood in
fection septicemia, was in in
tensive care after surgery,
said Vicky Jones, a spokes
woman for Jackson Hospital.
“He's certainly still in criti
cal condition," Jones said
Thursday ovnning. "His phy
sicians continue to hold his
prognosis at about a 20-per
cont chance of survival."
Soldiers say sex in sand
damaged Gulf War morale
ARLINGTON. Va (AP) -
Two-thirds of American troops
who served in coed units dur
ing the Gulf War say men und
women were having sex, and
more than half satd it hurt mo
rale, according to a study for a
government panel.
There was no data to indicate
how much sex occurred or how
many men and women wore in
volved About one-fourth of the
4,442 members of the armed
forces interviewed served in
the Persian Gulf.
Those who served In mixed
units were asked whether there
was sexual activity between
men and women in their unit,
und (>4 percent said yos. The
other 34 percent said they
didn't believe there had boon
sexual contact.
The highest incidents of re
ported sexual activity was in
the Army arm Marinas, at 74
porcont and 73 porcont respec
tively.
Stxty-two porcont of thoso
who reported sexual goings-on
said it did iittlo or no harm to
Iho unit's readiness, while 55
porcont said it hurt moralo. No
questions wore asked to oxplain
how Iho activity might have
hurt moralo.
All of the surveyed personnel
who woro in Iho war woro
askod whether men und women
in thoir unit had sex with mem
bers of other units. Sixty-one
porcont said yes und 34 porcont
no.
The poll said <»8 percent of
the military who served In the
(iulf Wur rated the military per
formance of men in thoir unit
as excellent or good, but only
61 percent gave similar ratings
to the women
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