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Navy Uses Science to Guard
Harbors Asainst Enemy Subs
By NORMAN BELL
SAN DIEGO' I Much has
been said about the threat of atom
ic attack on the United States by
air. But why couldn't enemy sub
marines plant , atomic bombs in
harbors or launch guided missiles
from the sea? Vf i- ':' V
' The Navy has the answer to po
tential enemy submarine action
both in distant' waters- and near
bur shores. It's creating a deadly.
far-ranalns ' anti-submarine force
of hunter-siller, air and sea craft
Vice Adm. William Cauaghan.
commander , of UJS. naval forces
in the Far East, terms this com
bination "the greatest j potential
canability , against this - (Commu
nist) submarine threat .
: At the same' time be estimated
that 90 of 375 Russian submarines
were operating in the Pacific.
? That actual but not hostile con
tact bad been made with some
Communist submarines at unspe
cified points was reported not long
ago by Adm. Felix B. Stump, com
mander in chief of - the Pacific
fleet ': ' "
The- disclosures came while the
Navy's anti-submarine Carrier Di
visions 15 and 17 were conducting
their continuing hunter-killer ma
neuvers.
Self-Gaidiac Torpedoes'1
Some who have seen tests off
Southern California say it would
be impossible for a detected sub
marine to escape, .explaining: A
submarine would be "pin-pointed
on the line of no escape" on track
ing instrument panels. of the sea
and air craft bearing down upon
it with rockets, depth bombs and
homing (electrically self -guiding)
torpedoes. ' ' .
Should it survive the air attack,
it would still be subject to heavier
and relentless weapons of the de
stroyers, now equipped with sonar
(undersea sound detecting) de
vices greatly improved over those
of World War II.
Other craft in the Navy's hunter
killer force include helicopters,
land-based planes, harbor-based
flying boats and anti-submarine
submarines.'
Anti-Sab Service
In addition to the small escort
"ieeo'V carriers of Divisions 15
tack carriers are now in the anti
submarine service. . They are .the
Princeton; Valley Forge. Enter
prise. Leyte and Antietam.
The Philippine sea. jfxanuin,
Bunker Hill and two others of the
same class are being, or are
scheduled .to be, remodeled for the
same purpose. ", ' -' , -i
one oi me jeep -carriers, ine
Badoeng Strait' has a squadron of
the Navy's first carrier plane that
can both hunt and kifl. It previ
ously took two planes for the job.
The first of a second squadron
of the two-engine Grumman S2F1
"Sentinel : hunter-Toners was on
the dock waiting lor the . escort
carrier Point ; Cruz on its arrival
here from the Far East recently
with Carrier Division ; 17, com
manded by Rea Adm. Lester K.
Rice. . ''-..: : - ' ; -.-
Catapnlt-Laoacblag .
A catapult launches the hunter-
killers; the Navy's second largest
carrier-based ; plane: from these
smallest class, carriers.; ,
The S2F1 - planes, with their
radar-sonar detection devices, he
licopters; which . can dip a de
tector into the sea and hover or
move along; and the destroyers
are all part of the bunting force.
"Any contact is reported to the
earner r flagship s combat commu
nications center by radio. It is
then relayed to . the admiral on
the bridge.' He orders the attack.
Carriers were used in . the At-
Untie in World War n . against
German submarines but their
planes were limited to sighting un
dersea craft on or. near the sur
face. -Their 'attack weapons also
were limited in comparison with
those of today.
Defend Shipping :
f The present carriers, equipped
and manned for the specific mis
sion, range, the. seas in defense of
shipping or' other ' Navy forces,
They also are capable of shifting
quickly to : offensive action.- They
could- carry attacks across the
oceans to strike, i possibly " with
atomic bombs . or ; other nuclear
weapons, at the home pens and
operating bases of enemy subma
rines. -." I- . -
t Protection of United States
coasts and ports is left primarily
to land and harbor-based planes
and surface patrol craft The new
est of such : planes, the PSM2
Martin Mariner flying boat, is also
a hunter-killer. The first squadron
has been assigned to the Alameda.
Calif.. Naval Air Station.
Six World. War n fleet subma
rines -are. reportedly - being mod
ernized . to join: the Navy's three
new hunter-killer undersea craft
Their role - is to search' the
depths for, enemy . submarines.
then destroy them, or report their
locations to the surface, and air
teams, leaving it to them to make
the kills.
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NEW YORK (AV-When Nor-
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birthday recently, admirers hand
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'As an old-time Socialist cam-1
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