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LPD 17

4. LPD 17 - Th N Gat s

J st as a h b s s ha chang d, s t th g ng "N Gat " Na y s chang ng . N sh s b ng

nn at n and n t chn gy t and ng d t na y a fa cha ng s . San Ant n (LPD 17), th f st

n d t na y a sh d s gn d f th 2111 c nt y, s n a f th s "N Gat s,"

12. Mak n Is and t ansf s "B g D ck" a h b s f c

Mak n Is and (LHD 8) s th a sh that ad th t ansf at n f th Na y's "b g d ck" a h b s f c as t

nt d c s a n c nc t f a g c batant a h b s sh s : gas-t b n a n s n .

ON THE COVER:

What's n st f "Gat " Sa s and Ma n s th San Ant n (LPD 17)-c ass sh s? D s th f t nc d th

E d t na y F ght ng V h c , V-22 and LCAC? S st y sta t ng n Pag 4 . (Ph t s L-R by G n a Dyna cs, PH3

B andy T b y, PHI T d Banks, and LPD 17 c t -g n at d d ct ns d d by N th G an)

18. Naval exercis

K yst h gh gh f c UNITAS, T amw k S u h,

a d PANAMAX 2003.

22. R sc s at s a

F U .S . sh s f th st t -h n d t ad t n f

a n s, t nd a d t th s n n th s a .

28. CO c nts n NAUSEA s cc ss

USS Anz (CG 68) c nt n s t b a f t sh cas f

ng n ng nts d d by th Na a S a

Syst s C and .

29. USS M st n (DDG 89) c ss n d

Th 39th A gh B k -cLass d st y , USS M st n (DDG 89),

s c ss n d d ng a t ght c ny .

26. 3 d F t ann s c nt y t st

n JTFEX

D ng a JTFEX, th s ns b ty f COMTHIRDFLT s t a

th st k g t s cc ssf y f ts ss n .

16. What k nd f ca ab t s d y k t s add d t th n t sh c ass

c ng sh a t at ns?

24. U .S . Na a F c s c t t nat na

ASW c s

USS O'Bann n (DD 978), HSL-46, and VP-45 c nt y c t d

n q t a n ng t n t s s nt d th by a t c at ng n

th P an na y's S nt F c s E c s (SIFOREX) .

30 . IROS3 d s 1st n f d f ns

Int g at d Rada O t ca S anc S ght ng Syst (IROS')

d s gn d, d d, nt g at d, t st d f 12 nths and

b ght t th f t .

32. `D g ta Na gat n' ad ss b

th ECDIS-N

Th CNO has ad a c t nt t c t fy y c ss n d

sh t na gat th an E ct n c Cha t D s ay and Inf at n

Syst - Na y (ECDIS-N) ; a n nta task c ns d ng th

a n a y 300 sh s and n t n n has an a d syst .

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F nds f nt ng th s b cat n ha b n a d by th Na y P b cat ns and P nt ng C tt .
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U ch's d ty, and I nt nd t

b d n h s t nd s acc shnts n b ng ng S a P 21 t f t n.

W a n th c ss f d ng a n b f

t ansf at na sh s t sh n a n a n s fac

a fa . Th s ss f S fac Wa fa agaz n s

d t d t n f th s sh s : LPD 17. LPD 17

cha ng t ad t na a ad g s f a h b s a -

fa th h s h st cat d c bat syst s and c -

n n cat ns s t , a g f ght d ck, ast y d

h c ft ca ac ty and a az ng sh s ab ty

f at s . Th ch st n ng f th ad sh f th c ass,

Scant Ant n , n J y, as th c nat n f s b

t a k a ng sh b d s, th acq s t n c -

n ty Sa s, and Ma n s, t b d a b tt sh .

In add t n t b d ng LID 17, th Na y a s

a a d th c nt act f th L tt a C bat Sh (LCS)

n S ng 2004 . LCS s b ng d s gn d f th k

t nab th s fac Na y t c nt n t d

ass d acc ss t th j nt f c s th gh th cha ngng tt a s . LCS b fast, st a thy, and d a ,

and ca y a c c f 50 f Sa s th

add t na d tach nts f Sa s t at th

nsta d ss n d . LCS's n a ch t ct

c t ng n n nt nab t a y ta d

a fa ca ab t s t f ss ns s ch as ant -

s b a n a fa , n a fa and tt a s fac

a fa s b y .

In th j ct n a na, ann ng s ng

f a d a d y f th n t g n at n d st y ,

DD(X). Th Na y a a d th c nt act f DD(X) n

2005, and th f st DD(X) s d s d n th ays n

2011 . DD(X) s b ng d s gn d th an nt g at d

syst , f at ng a - ct c s n, and

ca y any f th n t-g n at n a ns y

ad ab t n th ast ss f S fac Wa fa s ch as

th Ad anc d G n Syst (AGS) . Many f y adng th s ss s n LPD 17, LCS and/ DD(X)

n th y n a f t .

W a a s ng s ft y f a d n s ng

and b tt s at ns as a a y t d n

"bang" n c bat ad n ss, f th b ck . Th s h st cat n f s at s d ng s fac at ns has

d t s n ag nab j st f y a s ag .

H gh q a ty, nt g at d, t d sc n s at n s

ss nt a t ns ng batt g staffs and sh ',,

c s ff ct y at t chn g ca y ad anc d

and nc as ng y c sh b a d syst s . Th

ay ff f s ng s at ns f q nt y s h gh

c bat ad n ss, f sca ff c ncy, and d

q a ty f f .

As ha s n n c nt at ns, t chn gy

has h d a th a y t d c s ct s th

d c d cas a t s . H , d n zat n d s n t

cc n ght, n d s t ha n th t s bstant a ff t t b ach th ba s f c n nt na

th ght. W ha d a at ca y acc at d th acq s -

t n-t -d y c ss, h f as b , t ns

Sa s ha th y b st t s a a ab q ck y.

W a a s st ad y t ansf ng Na y th n

c nst ct n sh s s ch as LPD 17, LCS, and DD(X),

h d n z ng c nt f t . I k f a d t

th g at th ngs y ach as y s ab a d

th s sh s . Tak n t f th fantast c nn at ns n

LPD 17 - th y a s gns f g at days ah ad!

RADM Ma k Ed a ds

D ct , S fac Wa fa
Fa 2003

By LT D an N a

M ta y Ed t

Th s n g at a f

b -g n t a k than th

E d t na y St k G . Ma n s

st a d y d y t th a a f

assa t th h ng f c . Th

b dg , c bat nf at n c nt ,

d ck c nt , and h c t c nt st ca f y c d nat c -

n cat ns a ng b ach ast ,

Ma n , sh b a d, and a at n

n ts, h d t s y ng

h c s and t ans t n ng b t n

d-d ck and g n- . M an h

a , s fac , and nd s a ass ts -

d d f ns n th ca s

tt a n n nt.

Th s ss s d d cat d t th San

Ant n -c ass A h b s T ans t

D ck, ch st n d n J y. Th LPD 17

c ass as d s gn d th s bstant a

Sa and Ma n n t . Eng n s,

Sa s, and Ma n s ab t

a n a th -d ns na , c -

t -g n at d d f ach c -

a t nt f th sh t d t n

t nt a b s b f a s ng

c f st as a d.

LPD 17 b a s nts n ft,

q a ty f f , and sh b a d syst s

that ak t n a y n c gn zab

f ts d c ss s . S n,

c b s f San Ant n b

ab t ad S fac Wa fa agaz n

n n f th f b - t c

Sh b a d W d A a N t k

(SWAN) c nn ct ns n th "s t- "

b ths . Na a S a Syst s C and

g nat d n a y a f th nf at n s nt d and a g at f

f th c at n. I' s y '

f nd th LPD 17 s ct n a a ab

nt d ct n t n t c ass f sh .

A s n th s ss : Ha y 14011,

ann sa y t Na a Oc an g a hy!

Th s ss f at s a t c s that h ghght c nt b t ns f Na a

Oc an g a hy t s fac a fa ,

nc d ng c ag f th Na y's

t ansf at n t ct n c na gat n and LT Matth Ma y, f st

"Na gat f th Na y."

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n s s ts f a d a ty

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th s f f t ss s and th

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a c at d and k t f f t c ns d at n. Add t na y, s b ss ns

a n't j st t d t a t c s ; s nd s

y b st h t s, a t k, th

t s y d k t s n

y agaz n .

S fac Wa fa agaz n t nds

h a ty c ng at at ns t Na y

F tba h s ha ng a h n na

s as n. M than 80 f

OPNAV N76 att nd d th s as n

n and h c ng ga s . I

k f a d t s ng th any f

y h ngag y d s ns

th th sa " st- n" att t d .

Last y, sh fa nds and f -

ng s as t VADM U ch h

ass s c and f S th F t .

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ad t na a h b tts

at ns f th d-20th

c nt y ha d nt

c , c s , and f b

d t na y a fa ss ns .

Wh a h b s a ds and assa ts

a n k y f nct ns f th Na y

and Ma n C s t a , t day's

d t na y a s f

d z ns f c c a and d s ss ns. E n t ad t na ss ns ha

chang d d ng th G ba Wa n

A S n . Kay Ba y H tch s n, s ns f PCU San Ant n (LPO 17), ch st ns th Na y's n st sh n

N O ans . San Ant n s th ad sh n a n c ass f a h b s a fa sh s that ca y

Sa s and Ma n s n d f ns f f d f th n t s a d cad s . (N th G an)

.na . /na a b/cn /n76

T s as sh s s t d and ng

f c s h nd ds f s n and n

Afghan stan act d as "Ha

Ca s" s t ng at ns n

I aq F t at ns chang

n as E d t na y St k

G s (ESG) and L tt a C bat

Sh s (LCS) j n th f t.

j st as a h b s s ha

chang d, s t th g ng "N

Cat " Na y s chang ng. N sh s

b ng nn at n and n t chn gy

t and ng d t na y a fa

cha ng s . LPD 17, th f st n

d t na y a sh d s gn d f

th 21st c nt y, s n a f

th s " N Cat s ."

T San Ant n -c ass sh s

ac f d a h b s

sh c ass s, s ch as USS Cha st n

(LKA 117), USS N t (L-ST 1171)),

USS Anc agc (LSD 3( ) and U` S

A st n (LPD 4)-c ass sh s . LPD 17 s

d s gn d t s t d t na y

a s th gh th f st ha f f th '

21st c nt y nab ng th t -

f a a ty f ss ns a

E d t na y F ght ng V h c s (f -

y AAAV), th f n nt y f

Ma n C s h c t s, MV-22

S fac W71-fa

C

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
Os s, and Land ng C aft, A -

C sh n d (LCAC) Land ng C aft,

Ut ty ss s . In add t n, by f c s ng

n th n ds f 21st c nt y Sa s

and Ma n s, th s n LPDs

d a nt nanc nhanc nts,

nn at syst s t a n ng, d

q a ty f f , and t chn g ca

ad anc nts n atchstand ng.

A B ats a n's

Mat 's D a

T ad t na y, an a h b s

sh 's a n batt y has b n ts andng f c s, and th sh 's b ats a n's

at s (BM) ha ay d k y s n

tt ng th s f c s ash . In th

n Gat Na y, th s s ha n t

chang d, b t d s gn nn at ns

bas d n d ct f t n t ha

d th BM's k ad s ch

that th y a ab t a z a " k

s a t , n t ha d " s n .

C b n ng F t

E nc th

T chn gy

T ns ff c nt and saf

d t na y ss n f anc ,

f t s ntat s k d s d -byF(711 2003

(Ed t 's N t : J st as th LPD 17 c ass s a t a ff t, TEAM-17 b s n

Wash ngt n, D.C ., N f k, Va ., and N O ans, La ., a th d th s a t c . T acy

Ba agh, D D b sk , CAPT J y D k USN (R t), W D nn y, MMCM

G g Dz ag a USN (R t), CAPT K nda K ng USN (R t), HTCM J g L z USN

(R t), Dan Mah , C a g McKay, Ca n O h , J hn O n, LT T P ath USN (R t),

A b Th b d a , and CDR St

W ds n USN (R t) a c nt b t d t

th s a t c )

s d th d s gn s . Us ng c t

d ng and s at n (M&S),

BMs and Ma n s h d a ang

and a dat th ay t f s a

d ck s ac s and q nt cat ns .

Th s ff t ns d, f a , that

W D ck C nt c d acc -

dat f nct ns n d d t c d nat

d ck, c bat ca g , ba ast c nt , and c nf ag at n c nt at ns f a s ng s ac .

"Th M ss n T a ga th

f t th d ck c nt d s gn

d a ng and a d s t

a ang tab s, q nt and

c ns s," b d T

P ath, f USS Wh db y Is and

(LSD 41)-c ass Sh 's B s'n . "Th

d s gn ng n s acc t d cndat ns and th n t n d

th a c t d f th

s d s ac that a s d nst at d s b ty nt th d ck.

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

W D ck C nt as d s gn d

th th f t f th f t ."

Th sh has t t s d

a s, and th sta b a d s d has a

s f-d y ng a that can b

s t n d n th n f . nt s . C t s at n d nst at d that and ng f c t cks

and q nt c d f

th th gh th s a s t

h c st ag s ac s, th

d ck, and, n s cas s, th

f ght d ck .

T ca g and a n t n

fast , LPD 17s ha 12 f kfts and t a t t cks, nc dng t 10,000- nd gh t a n

d s . C t s at ns

d nst at d f k ft acc ss b ty,

nc d ng th s s d n th agaz n s t saf y a n t n

f th st t cat n t

th a ns at .

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
F

21 st C nt y

C an T chn gy

N t chn gy a s act

th sh 's b at and ca g c an n

LI'D 17s . San Ant n 's 22,000-

nd "kn ck b " c an can

a nch and c th sh 's R g d

H Inf atab B ats n S a Stat 3,

ca g f ba g , fac -

tat sh b a d nt f

ca g / a ns, and. ac th t

s d a n th . Th c an 's

saf ty h st and h k chan s

n n z b at nt d ng

a nch and c y at ns.

W k ng S a t

and N t Ha d

T chn gy has d d s gn f -

cant nts t th BM's

k ad . LPD 17 has f t s d

f t s and f n s that a n t

c s n . C s n- s stant at -

a s and s c a a nts b s d n

h gh c s n a as, s ch as th

d ck h s ay f nt ng

LCACs can acc at c s n. On

th f c's , b t- n at n zz s

c an th anch cha n as t ass s

th gh th ha s s .

Ea y n th d s gn, sh dc

a nt nanc ff ct n ss s

d c d a nt n' a nt -

nanc act ns by 25 c nt,

chang d q nt s d s ch as 50-

s n f afts s s 25- s n f

afts t d c a nt nanc . Th n

d s gn t a s s d c t s at n t c nf that a Sa at th 04

b a k c d s cc ssf y

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a nch th s n ty s f afts .

Th s a nt nanc d ct ns

h y n 's k ad.

At 684 f t ng and th a b a

f 105 f t, San Ant n ay n t

s k a BM's d a . H ,

th sh 's d s gn nab BMs t

f th d t s ff c nt y

and. saf y as th y s t 21st

c nt y and ng f c at ns.

Inn at Syst s,

Inn at T a n ng

En s n th s f t sc na

ab a d San Ant n : An ng n ng

atchstand d t cts an abn a

ad ng f n f t Ma n

P s n D s Eng n s . H a ts

th Eng n ng Off c f th Watch

(EOOW) and c ntacts th Ma n

A Ba ns a as d t c b at th ch st n ng f th Na y's n st sh PCU San Ant n (LPD 17), J y 19, 2003 . (N th G an)

Stf1 fac . Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N
F II 2003

' . Mach n y R t h ad t th sc n

t t n th ng n ng ant t a

sat c nd t n .

M an h , th EOOW ca s a ay

th Cas a ty R s ns T a t th

s ac h th y ass ss, c nf g , and c ct th cas a ty. Th y

n t F nd a a ng n b ,

b t nst ad b act ng t a t a nng cas a ty, n t y s d

by an ng n ng t a n ng t a .

Th s s b t n a f h

San Ant n -c ass sh s s ak s f

d n t a n ng t n t s W th

th d s gn d nn at syst s .

Us ng th Eng n ng C nt

Syst (ECS), LID 17's ng n cn

at th ach n y

t y t n C nt a C nt

Stat ns (CCS) f nt Eng n ng

O at ng Stat ns adjac nt t

n ann d ach n y s ac s .

T a n ng t a b s s

th s sa ECS c t kstat ns t n t t a n ng and t

as cas a ty s ns s .

Wh th ECS, Da ag C nt

Syst , and Int g at d B dg

Syst ach ha b dd d t a n s,

LID 17's D s gn T a q d th

sh th ca ab t s t fac tat

sh d t a n ng. N n t n c ns s

n San Ant n a nn t f nct na

and c nn ct d a f b - t c c nd ts th gh t Sh b a d W d

A a N t k (SWAN). Th s -

d s t ns f b ty f at ns as as sh 's t a n ng ff ts .

Da ag c nt t a n ng a s

tak n a n s ct .

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

A PCU San Ant n 's (LPD 17) ay t as

d s gn d and t st d s ng a "V t a ( " ns ng

a a ts f th sh f nct na y gan z d .

Th th s ay b at d by as f as th

. (N th G an)

V On f th aj q a ty f f ss s y sh -

b a d Sa and Ma n kn s ab t f sthand -

acks and b th ng c a t nts. PCU San

Ant n 's (LPD 17) c nj y 40 c nt

st ag s ac and a tab ad ng and t ng s -

fac n th n "s t- " b th . (N th G an)

W th 13 c ns s n th CCS,

S c nda y Da ag C nt C nt a

and s a ck s, y kstat n ha acc ss t dat d

da ag c nt nf at n. R a

ck s nn s th c ns s

f tt ng, gg ng, acc ss ng th

sh 's d a ngs and da ag c nt

at s, and n t ng f at st

act at n n th ng n ng s ac s .

Th n s t f nct na

kstat ns and 1()() c nt
d ndanc s n th SWAN t

th da ag c nt syst t s

as th a y ans f g ncy

anag nt . I , g as nc stat s b a ds and s nd- -

d h n c c ts a n as

back s f n d d .

' n t at and c d nat sh -

d t a n ng, th T a n ng

D a t nt ha a T ta Sh 's

T a n ng Syst . Th gh th s syst , th y a th ss n ans;

c nd ct nd d a , t a , sh -

d t a n ng; and ass ss t a n ng

s ts b f d ng n ss n

ans. Th y ay anag batt bs s ng th SWAN t nt act

th gh t th sh .

Add t na y, th LPD 17 c ass

nc at s a a n ng R s c

C nt (LRC) f s f- ac d a n ng,

b f ng and d b f ng d s, an

ct n c c ass f nd, d a -

z d c t -bas d t a n ng, and

s ac f s ng a d yab t a

a ty t a n s ch as th s d

Ma n C s' Ind S at d

Ma ks ansh T a n (ISMT) .

'V B an Wash ngt n, a d at th A nda O at ns f N th G an C at n, ds a s ct n f th k f N O ans (LP018) at a c -

at c ny N . 8, 2002, at th A nda sh ya d . (N th G an)

.na y. /na a b/c /n7(

"Th d n day a h b s sh

"sn " b n a s t n t k

th a c t -bas d t a n ng syst n an a -c nd t n d s ac n h s

h sh and bta n f nda nta s

t a n ng that d ha th s

b n ad n st d n a ss b y d st act ng n n nt," sa d ENCS

Shann n Th nt n, s ct Sa

Ant n c h . "Th L 'D 17

t a n ng syst s c ta n y h

t a n I .PD 17 Sa s ."

T a n ng s a k y nt n ach -

ng; S a P n' 21':s s n f "S a

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
Wa ." LID 17's nn at t a n ng

f nn at syst s b ng a

n d ns n t c at ng f c nt

a f ght s n a h b s sh s .

Eq a ty

N t s nc U .S . Na y Sa s d

th ha cks and st d th

f th ast t , has q a ty f f

chang d s ch n a Na y sh

c ass . Th LI' )17 d s gn b ac s

d a ty f f f Sa s and Ma n s

and ak s th sh "h ."

In th n Gat Na y, and ng

f c s ba k f nths at a t t

j ct any h n th d.

As th f st a h b s sh c ass

ann d f th k f q a

hab tab ty f c and ba k d

t s as as f n at s a,

San Ant n 's d s gn

ng c nd t ns f y n .

F tt ng S a Wa s

nt LPD 1 7

CNO's S a P c 21 s n st ss s

th th f Sa s and Ma n s, th

S a Wa s h st b ab t

"c nt b t th f st t ss n

acc sh nt ." Ens ng that

Sa s and Ma n s "f t" n LPD 17 s

tant t th s acc sh nt .

B ca s th s n "n a -

s z d" A can, th sh 's d s gns f c s d n a ang f h an

s z s . F nstanc , 90 c nt f

Sa s a b t n 5 f t and 6 f t,

t nch s fa _ W th th h f

f t Sa s and Ma n s, n s

f yth ng t assag ay

dth t c ns h ght, th LI'D 17

d s gn t a ns d that c n -

b s and ba k d t s n Id f t

c f tab y ns d -

B th ng s ac s

In San Ant n , a b th ng s ac s

a nt chang ab f a

h 2(103

f a cc ancy. Each b th ng

c a t nt has an adjac nt ng ,

an nt g a , d d cat d san ta y fac -

ty, and an acc ss b SWAN d .

C n a tn cnts a y n s z f 12-

t 48- s n ng; s ac s .

"S t- " b ths b ng th st sb chang n b th ng. Th s th -

t d b nks a th cc ant t

s h z nta y, t s t t -

ca y and ad t s ng a

tab t ng s fac . Fach b th

has a at y 40 c nt

st ag s ac , nd d a nt at n,

H t and b t st ag , a s a

sh , a agaz n ack, ct ca tts, and ghts, nc t d ng a n ghtght f ad ng.

S n n n-c ss n d ff c s

(NCUs) and ch f tty ff c s

(CPUs) n t s s t- b ths, b t

nst ad ha s - s n d a

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

A KU San Ant n 's (LPD 17) " t a c " a s t st d th "kn ck b " c n f a nch ng and

c y f R g d H Inf atab B ats n ath c nd t ns t S a Stat 3. (N th G an)

"stat s ." Off c s n

n , t -, f - s n stat s .

F d S c

T ass st n ga y d s gn, an LI'D

17 F d T a s t d an at na

a h b s sh th Ma n s

ba k d, st d d a -t , a -

d f d s c , and nc at d

s a ab d as . San Ant n

s s a s ng c ns dat d and c -

cat d ga y. Wh ff c s, s n

NCOs/C 'Os, c , and t s

at n th s ct ss s, th

a s c f th sa ga -

y. Th s t b a n f q a -

ty f f d f th 1,200 Sa s and

Ma n s and add d ff c ncy f

M ss anag nt s c a sts .

"C b n ng t chn ca y f c nt

ng n s k ng n th sh 's

d s gn th th d ang and

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
A PCU San Ant n (LPD 17) and N O ans (LPD 18) s t s d by s d d ng c nst ct n . Aft San

Ant n 's a nch, th sh ya d d N O ans t ak f G n Bay (LPD 20) .

(N th G an)

b adth f t s gath d f

Sa s and Ma n s, d t a c tnt t q a ty f f th gh t

LPD 17," stat d CDR I a S tya ,

ast O at na T st D ct f

LPD 17 n th staff f C and ,

O at na "T st and E a at n

F c (COMOPTEVFOR).

In th LI'D 17 c ass, f t Sa s

and Ma n s f y b n f t f

th n (_.'at Na y's a ach t

q a ty f f .

21 st C nt y

Watchstat ns

T day's LPD Sa stands atch

ch as h s h fath ght ha

d n y a s ag . F ty y a s ag , a

ty ca LPD's C bat Inf at n

C nt (CIC) c ns st d f P g as

g as nc stat s b a ds, a c

f P ann d P s t n Ind cat (I' ' )

ada at s, and a f ad s .

S a y, th and ng f c 's Tact ca

L g st ca C nt (TACLOG) as tf tt d th ad s, tab s and nc s .

10

Iq

ML

D s t th t chn gy g ad s

th f cyc f t day's LPDs,

th y a n ss nt a y as th y

d s gn d s any y a s ag .

In th n C-Ga f Na y th s s

chang ng. LPD 17's c and and

c nt s ac s ha a n k, s ng

t chn gy t a t at y ab -

nt ns I nct n.

CIC

San Ant n 's CIC ks k

that f a s fac c batant than ts

[I 'D d c ss s . Watc.hstand s s t

at c t c ns s and ha acc ss

t a g -sc n d s ays, a t at d

stat s b a ds and c s d-c c t t -

s n sc ns. Th C and ng Off c

(CO) has c a s b ty th gh t

CICC t th tact ca act n ff c (TAO),

and th atchstand s . In add t n,

CIC s q d th t Int g at d

B dg Syst (IBS) kstat ns,

h ch d th CO, TAO and

CIC Watch Off c acc ss t sh

an ng nf at n .

.na . /na a b/cn /n76

Th CO has d ca ab t s

t fght th sh f CIC . Th Sh

S f D f ns Syst g n at s d s gnat n data and ngag nt d s

f th R ng /f f cnnc ss syst and a g nn 's at can

t y f th MK 46 M d-1

30 c s - n g n syst aga nst

s fac ta g ts . Oth c t

atchstat ns s t s ns

and d nt f cat n at s,

a h b s a y c nt sh

f nct ns, and h c t c nt

act t s t c d nat and ng c aft

and a c aft at ns.

T O at ns

and TACLOG

Th nc at n f stat - f-th -

a t t chn gy, "s a t s ac " ay t

and d s gn, and a ch- nhanc d

c and and c nt ca ab ty

ns th CO f T s has an

acc at s t at na a a n ss f

d t na y at ns.

T O at ns has t a g -

sc n d s ays and c t kstat ns n ac t s t th

ba k d CO f T s . A kstat ns nk th gh th SWAN .

TACLOG s a s a at s ac th a

a g -sc n d s ay, and ach g st c

c d nat ha a s a c -

t kstat n t f th

d t s . Bas d n f t n t, th

sh 's d s gn nc at d a ab

a t t n b t n T OPS and

TACLOC and b t n th s s ac s

and CIC. Th s s ts n an ab ty t

c at a g c and and c nt

s ac s f n d d t s t a " n

f ght, n Na y" c nc t .

P th s

Sa c ndat ns d t

a ang nt f th na gat n,

ada and h c ns s n th

b dg . Us ng a c t g n at d

3-D d f th th s and

S fac(' Wa fa

k

Fa 2003 V . 28 N
b dg ngs, Sa s ch ck d c nt -

n s b ty "st d" n th

b dg ngs t fy st n s b ty.

F t n t h d th th ac -

nt f c n cat ns q nt,

a t at d stat s b a ds, and t -

s n n t s th gh t th s ac .

Th f na LPD 17 d s gn t s

c t na f nct na ty f th th s . Th 113S kstat ns s -

t th c nn ng ff c by d ng

acc ss t ada d , Ad anc d

Rada P tt ng A d (ARPA) t acks,

and a V yag Manag nt Syst

(VMS) ca ab f d s ay ng ct n c cha t ays. T add t na

IBS kstat ns d acc ss t

VMS, s ng as a c nt a z d na gat n s t n f th q a t ast ;

and a h c ns c t s th IBS

nsta at n. In n a nd ay

Fcz112003

st a ng, San Ant n 's th s

can saf y b ann d by th -

s nn and t f ann ng f

a s a d ta g n a q a t s .

S gn f cant y, th atchstat n c ns s a t f nct na , and -

d th ca ab ty t acc ss any

b dg na gat n f nct n as

as ng n ng c nt and da ag

c nt f nct ns .

Th t chn gy b t nt LPD 17

a t at s any sh b a d f nct ns

and c ss s f y f d by

a s a a y f h n ta k s and stat s-b a d k s . N th ss,

t chn gy n ac th

n d f sk d Sa s - th d c s n

ak s . Th S a Wa s ab a d

LPD 17, j st k th fath s, b

t a n d and q a f d t acc -

sh th any ta ss ns

.na y.n /na a b/cn /n76

nat n q s f th Na y-Ma n

C s t a .

F f th "N " Gat s" a c -

nt y nd c nst ct n by

N th G an Sh Syst s

and th a tn s Rayth n

C at n and Int g a h

C at n n A nda , La ., and

Pascag a, M ss . As d f San

Ant n , th s sh s nc d : N

O ans (LPD I S) ; M sa V d (LPD

19) ; and G n Bay (LPD 20) . Th

f fth sh f th c ass, N Y k (LPD

21), nc d st sa ag d f

th W d T ad C nt aft 9/11

and sta t d ct n n FY04.

A&

A W k s f th A t f nd y t n st cyc d f th W d T ad ( nt (WT(), nt th d f th b st f th a h b s t ans t d ck

sh N Y k (LPD 21) . Ab t 24 t ns f st as sa ag d f th WT( d st y d n t st attacks S t . 11, 2001 . (PHI D an D n dy/USN)

11

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
1

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Mak n Is and t ansf s

L"',

By CAPT R cha d H , USN

W

th th b ght f ash f a

c tt ng t ch, th Na y

and N th G an

Sh Syst s' (NGSS) Inga s

O at ns n Pascag a, M ss . c -

b at d th sta t f th "Fab cat n

Phas f t,HD 8 ." LHD 8 s th a -

sh that ad th t ansf at n

f th Na y's "b g d ck" a h b s

f c as t nt d c s a n c nc t

f a g a h b s sh s : gas

t b n a n s n .

S ak ng at a -c ny nchn h n ng th sta t f LI -IL) 8 fabcat n, B g . G n. R b t N ,

D ct f th O at ns D s n,

I ad q a t s, U .S . Ma n C s,

ta k d ab t th s gn f canc f sh s

k LI ID 8 and th th y ay d

n O at n I aq F dn n . "Th

A can ft n nd h

g t s any Ma n s, tanks, and

a an s t ac s k I aq - t's n

sh s k th s . W ha sh n that

s a s a y g d th ng. W

can s sta n s s, as as ha

s gnty f th s as, b ca s f

th s a h b s sh s ."

F f th s n Was -c ass

LHDs a t c at d n O at n h

F d nn, nc d ng USS K a sa g

(LI-ID 3), USS B (LHD 4), USS

a h b s f c

A USS Bataan (LHD 5) nd ay ff th c ast f V g n a h n ab t 40 th Na y sh s f th

Ha t n R ads a a s t d t a d H can Is b . Th nc a ss n f LHDs s t s t

Ma n s and th Ca st n O at na C nc t f E d t na y Man Wa fa . LHD 8 b ab

t f th th s ss n by c n ca y t ng n an a a s ng a n A a y P s n Syst th

t 5,000 h s a ab -s d ct c t s . (PH2 G g R b ts/USN)

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

S fac Wa-fa
Fa 2003

I

A

Bataan (LHD 5), USS 13 nh ,nn c'

R cha d (1 .HD 6), and USS I

J n a (LI ID 7) .

Th nc a ss n f th LHD

c ass f sh s s t s t Ma n s

and th Ca st n O at na

C nc t f E d t na y Man

Wa fa . M ss n f nct ns f th

LHD c ass nc d : t ans t ng th

Na y/Ma n C s T a by s a t

ss n a as, s tng th assa t,

act ng as th c and sh f an

E d t na y St k G (ESG),

and s ng as a and ng sh f h -

c t s and th t ca y

a nch d a c aft, as as s aa nch d h c s k th LCAC and

th AAAV. F a , an LI- ID can

ba k, t ans t, d y, c and,

and f y s t nts f a

Ma n E d t na y Un t (MEU),

h ch nc d s 1,687 f th 2,500 t

2,80() Ma n s and th q nt

A In th a y n ng h s f S t 18, USS Ess (LHD 2) f ds th d ck f a nch ng and c ng Ma n s and th q nt b nd f

T nat B ach, Ph n s, n Land ng ( aft, Ut ty (KU) 1651 d ng B /G n W k s, a b -ann a j nt t a n ng c s th th 31st Ma n

E d t na y Un t. 1102 W s E n/USN)

that ak a MEU (LHD 8

a s ha a s g - ft ca ac ty f an

add t na -190 Ma n s) . An LHD

a s has s a s c nda y ss ns,

nc d ng; s t f h an ta an

ff ts, s a c nt and j ct n by h c t and f d- ng

t ca sh t tak - ff and and ng

(VSTOL) a c aft, c and and

c nt , and ss n s t .

Sh s f Was -c ass (LHD 1

th gh 7) a than 800 f t

ng and '100 f t d , and d s ac

40,000- s t ns (f A gh B k -

c ass d st y s) h n f y ad d .

Th c nc d s 1,108 Sa s and

1,894 Ma n s, h ch s gh y

q a nt t th at n f th

Fa k and Is ands. Th y can ca y 45

CH-46D/E S a K 'I t " q a nts"

( h ch n a y nc d s 6 AV-8B

Ha s) and and/ a nch CH-53E

S nn Sta ns and MV-22 Os s . In

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

O

A t.

A

add t n, th s ac s d ck

a s th t ca y and a nch

th band ng C aft, A C sh n d

(LCAC), t Land ng C aft,

Ut ty (LCU) ss s . W th a st a

s n ant ca ab f d -

ng 70,000 shaft h s , an LHD

can d ts ass h at s ds

f 20- s kn ts .

Th Was -c ass ac d th ft

ca ac ty f th n t d, I J n a

(II-'I 12)--c ass, and nc d d th add -

t n f a d ck s a t th

7a a a (LHA 1)-c ass.

A th gh LI ID 8 b th ghth

sh f th Was c ass, t f at

n t thy t chn g ca ad anc s

nc d ng at st f t ct n

syst s, ad anc d c and and

c nt , c bat syst s q nt

chang s, and n s n and

a a y syst s . LHD S's -

s n ant c ns st f t

13
A Th a h b s assa t sh USS I J a (LHD 7), th st Was -c ass sh b t s ng st a t b n s f s n, sa s th gh th A ab an G f . (PH3 K st Ea /USN)

LM2500+ gas t b n s ach at d at

35,000 bas h s , th sa as

th s f nd n A gh B k -c ass

d st y s . LHD 8 s a s tak ng an

tant st t a d th nt -

g at d ct c d n DD(X) by

nc at ng an A a y

P s n Syst (APS) that has

t 5,()00 h s a ab -

s d ct c t s . Each ct c

t can sta t a shaft th t th

a d f th gas t b n .

P s n can b s tch d

b t n th APS and th gas t -

b n s " n th f y," h ch ans that

th shaft d s n t n d t b st d

t s tch f n d f -

s n t th th . Th s f j st th

APS a LHD 8 t t a at

s ds t 10-12 kn ts . At s

s ds, th A 'S s ch c -

n ca t at than s ng th

a n s n syst . Th A 'S s

a f ct f t f an d t na y

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

a fa sh s nc sh ' s nd a

h gh c ntag f h at ng

h s at " t " s ds, ab t 10

kn ts ss . E ctat ns a that

s ng th APS d c th atng t f gas t b n s by 25 -

c nt sa ng a at y 350,000

ga ns f f y a . Ass c at d

th that s th d ct n n th

a nt f a nt nanc q d n

th gas t b n s y a ; th s

nc as ng th f s an.

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A a y

P s n

Syst M t

Th s t s that LHD 8 n t

ha any st a syst s . A a -

a s, nc d ng h at ng, c k ng,

a nd y, f sh at , tc ., b ct c . Th st a t b n g n at s

and t standby / g ncy d s

g n at 's b ac d by s 4 .0

MW d s g n at s .

A stat - f-th -a t ach n y c nt syst d cts th ach n y

ant. Th s syst d a t -

at d c nt f s n and

a a y s st s, and a f

d c d at na ann ng s .

Th gas t b n s n ant,

a ng th ts a - ct c a a s,

s a g a f st f a a g d ck

a h b s assa t sh and

s t n s gn f cant c st sa ngs n

d c d f c ns t n, a nt -

nanc , and th an c sts h st ca y ass c at d th t ad t na

st a d a h b s sh s .

A f th ann d nts

ak L ID 8 a t y "t anst at na sh ,'' as s th f nn

f f t "b g d ck" a h b s

sh s . ('N 's D ty D ct f th

E d t na y Wa fa D s n

I t 2003

I .I a+

naIINtI~ a

- -

-R.

+ I

R d ct n

G a

Gas T b n

Enc s

(N75) RL)MI . R b n B k t sa d,

"LI ID 8 b s d as a t ansf at na atf f a h b s a -

ta and ct t ag s

f th th ngs b ng d n n 1 .1 ID 8 t

t th n t b g d ck atf ."

F t f dback n I_I WS has b n

h ng y s t . Th

a h b s a fa g a ff c s

c nf d nt th f t a c at th

a n and a a y s n syst s ab ty and f b ty, a ng

.na y. /na a b/cn /n7(

D ag a sh ng ach n y a ang nt n LHD

8 Mach n y R N . 2 . On LM2500+ gas t b n

ng n an ct c A a y P s n Syst

(APS) t ach shaft . (N th

G an Sh Syst s)

Y Ma n s ad th g a n th d ck ab a d

th Was-c ass a h b s assa t sh USS Ess

(LHD 2) aft a a a and ng c aft t ty. As th

a c ass s f sh s, Was - c ass has nd g n s -

a aj d s gn chang s f sh t sh .

H , t d s n t chang th bas c ss n f th

sh s - t t ans t Ma n s and th q nt

a nd th d . (PHAN St han B g an/USN)

th a th c hab tab ty

nts b t- n San Ant n

(LPD 17)-c ass a h b s sh s (Sc'

st 'y st t n,~ n P17, 4) . Mak n

Is and's (LHD 8) ch st n ng s s at d

f 2006, th d y t th f t

n 2007.

15

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
1 , J hn 'a

j , , n

S

ss t

' and;

h

. 29 - F st

?n . - Na y

L X11 ga

X,n 24

1

1f--56

c~,_ sand

1I

, I, , s tn0~ n II k d

3- T nj d

Oct. ( F st

n c a - a -

d d st y ,

- Ba nb dg

( )T,G N 25),

d_ , n s,_sac n d .

What ca ab t s

d y k t s

add d t th n t sh

c ng

a t at ns?

"Th c nt and n-g ng

d and f a ns q a f cat ns

and th ack f a a ab s a a as

ang s andat s ntat n f

ff ct s at s t b t z d at

any t by sh s c any, Th

ans-h s sa d a n , and c st f

a n t n, t ans tat n, and

a ns a nt nanc , d -

d f a t n n n st nt . A

t ft n, s nd h s t y ng t

sch d ang t f st and

f q a f cat ns . Th s s at

sh d b tab and th n th

ca ab ty f sh s f c t ass b

t. Th s at a ds ss f ang

t d t f d ang s, ath ,

ang na a ab ty, tc . S nc t

d b ng t that sh c -

and, d ty s ct n s nn d

b aff d d th nc as d t a n ng

a a ab ty ."

-FCCS(SW) C a g Pask c

LOSS M nt Wh tn y (LCC:/JCC 20)

"I th nk th n DD(X) 1,PD 17 c ass sh d ha th at ac st syst ath than Ha n.

Wat st s a ff ct syst and d s n t h t th n n nt k Ha n ."

--f -- -- c-

.na y. n /na a b/cn /tt76

I"CCIJW%ILK I-

---- -- --_

I ITC IW,LCC I

"N ca ab t s I'd k t s : th "L-sha d" acks

that th Na y s d a h ag . Inc as d Int n t/ -

a ca ab t s f a sh c ass s and nc as d c

c at n a as/ ng s ."

-OSCS Ph Ca

LISS C st ck (LSD 45)

"I d k t s [ sh g t RO n ts f at

f cat n c d st at n . B t n, that and ct c

h at s ( th s th d f cat ns) c d g t d f

th a a y b s and a f th t and ns that

g s th th . Ba ast c nt sh d b a d th

d ck c nt nt th sa . If ngth n d th

c nt ba ast c nt s ac and th n nc s d th nt

nb a d s d th th standa d b t f g ass, c d

nc as th d ct a a f th VS.A . Th add t na

s s f d ng th s has a f th th nk ng h ads n th

sa a a at th sa t . I d nc d a t ack d, -

ab a k ay f th d ck . N s j bs q a

t f a nstak ng ff t t ct/t a d n scaff d ng. Th

LSD 36 c ass has a a k ay, b t t can n y b a s d and

d . Mak ng th a k ay t ack d and t ca y

an ab , st d ck a s c d b ad

nd ay. I th BFIMA ca ab ty f th sh .

C nt y th a a y sh s d n t nd t a d th

s f-s ff c ncy ass stanc t th Ma n s . As an a ,

th sh d b a s a ng n a sh , h ch sh d

b ab t s t b th and h c s and s a at -

c aft,"

-LT G g Bak

USS Ha s F y (LSD 49)

-ENS Ph Y h

ak ng (FL'G 42)

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N .
"N sh c ass s n d t b

b tt c nf g d f t chn gy.

LAN /Int n t c nn ct ns and tn n d t b nc at d nt sh

d s gn. Th s q nt s d ctat d

by th Na y's nc as ng anc n

th Int n t, s that Sa s at s a

d n't g t ft b h nd. C ng

s ac s n d t b and d. Th s s

a s gn f cant Q a ty f L f -

n nt that ay d d nds n

t nt n and a ."

"M t ns c n cat ns.

M c nn ct ty t f chat

( nt ab ty c n cat ns).

N d ng ds f t . M

L nk 11's n t nat na sh s .

M ass t a a ab ty ( . . P-3 and

th ab ty t c ss th TSAR)."

'OS1(SW/AW) A b y C a n

LISS McIn n y (I I-'G 8)

"Mak a k ng sts t actab t

d c q d a nt nanc and

c at t s d d ck s ac . P t

t s d d ck d a ns n th s ts

n d ck and s ant t s d d cks s

that at ns ff th . Int g at

f sh at nt th c nt as

ashd n syst t nat th

n d f f sh at ashd ns.

Fa 2()03

----LCIJR J ff K a s

USS D b q (LPD 8)

-13M2 J . W n ga dn

LIS S C (DDG 67)

" t' sa sch d ng n ght a t a ang f th c an ng

f SPY a ays y s nths. W ha t c d nat

th PWC f a c an and bask t, and k a nd yth ng s g ng n th th sh . T s th s b ,

nsta a s n th d ck b ach a ay_ fac and s -

h ab th a ay t acc dat a ab

t nd ng add ( t ) . Th add s d a SPY

t chs t ach a a t f th a ays f c an ng and c d

b st d h n n t n d d. Th d b ss t nt a

f a ay da ag ca s d by s t n ng f th

bask t . SPY t chs d a nta n th a ngs th g as

as a t f sch d d I'M'-', and c s c d b ad t

t ct th . Th s d sa th sh n y by -

ng P WC f th ct and d a th a ays t

b c an d n any t and n sh t n t c ."

.na y. / na a b / c / n76)

-FC2 Pa a Sch ak

LESS Lass n (DDG 82)

"B tt nd ay c nn ct ty f N1PRn t/SIPRn t .

I3 ttc c t ca ab ty b t nt sh 's syst s ( . .

P nt IV ca ab ty nst ad f th C d E 4 ca ab ty nh nt n th UYK-4.3) . U g adab ty. Ha b tn c t syst s ( . . UYK-4;3/44) as t g ad

( . . s tch ng t th b a ds, add ng RAM) th t

n d ng an nt syst , chang ."

----LT G g E. S g d

LISS C (DD( 67)

"Eng n ng ant n ds ctzat n.Th

h sh n ds an nt g at d syst . N d t nsta

f b t cs . I ant t b ab t ca any n n th

sh , and th y can d a n and n t sh d

ng n ng a a t s ."

-GSE1(SW) V ct F n

L.ISS McIn n y

Fa 2003

O q st n

th W nt

0 4 ss

What

nd ay

atch

atch

atat

ks

b st '

y and

h

th c t th

- 111a th

t';t 1 t s at

`•t ; f a ag,011-

I 1 . ' yn

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
By J I And Ka a s

Manag ng Ed t

U

N '1E15 s n f th

st fa a c s s

that cc s n th

I th n t n f th

',`( , st n I s h . F 44

y a s, th s ngstand ng affa

has ns d n s th

c s s th n ts f a -

s na s nc d ng Ch ,

Pana a, and A g nt na.

T a k S th s n s ch

c s any f y ay

ha a t c at d n c nt y,

b t th n st f s ch c s s

ntact f y ay ha n

n h a d f b f . It's ca d

PANAMAX 2003 and t t a ns

f c s t d f nd th Pana a

Cana aga nst t st

attacks . Th s c s

add d b th a s ns f

a - d g ncy and a

n n ng s t t

an a a b st ng th

s c a and c n c

chang . It a s s s as

n f th k yst n

h gh ghts s nt d n

th ag s that f .

USS St (DD 978)

. d USS McIn n y (FFC. S)

( , nt y c t d t aj

c n c t c s s n s -

t f C n nand , U .S .

`s th n C and's Th at

S c ty St at gy. Th y a t c -

at d n UNITAS 44-03 Pac f c

Phas n th s as ff th

Ec ad an c ast, f d n '-

d at y by th a t c at n. n

I'ANAMAX 2003 .

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N .
4 A U .K . R ya Ma n , h ds h s s t n n a Ma t Int d ct n O at n (MIO) ab a d USS O'Bann n (DD 987) d ng E c s T a k S th 2003, a t nat na c s h st d by th Ch an Na y . (PH1 Ma tha n Ba /USN)

=^=0I=C=

f Ca bb an t ast n Pac f c

D ng UNITAS, St s d as

f agsh f C and Task F c

138, th t nat na Task F c f

th A cas d by RDML V ns n

S th. TF1 38 nc d d Na y and

C ast G a d n ts f Ch ,

Ec ad , Pana a, P , and th

Un t d Stat s, as as bs s

f A g nt na, B a, and M c .

"F 44 y a s, UNITAS has

b ght t g th Sa s and na a

ff c s f any nat ns t t a n

and at s d -by-s d , and by

d ng s , d ng c at

at nsh s, f ss na nd -

stand ng and ast ng f ndsh s,"

sa d S th, as h k ck d ff

th c s .

CAPT Ja s Ma t n,

C and , D st y Sq ad n

(DESRON) 6, ba k d St as

, s ng as U .S . Task G

c and , h ch nc d d th

f gat McIn n y, and a c aft f

H c t Ant -S b a n

Fa 2003

Sq ad n L ght (HSL) 42 and 48,

and f Pat Sq ad n (VP) 5 . In

t ta , than 2,400 Sa s and

C ast G a d s nn , ass gn d t

sh s, a at n sq ad ns and C ast

G a d ss s f f c nt s,

nd z s d n Manta and Sa nas,

Ec ad , th h st c nt y f th s

y a 's UNITAS Pac f c Phas .

"O f c s' ab ty t at

t g th saf y and ff ct y s c -

c a n t day's c nt ng nc s," sa d

Ma t n. "UNITAS a s ts n t n y

t a n f ach th , b t a s t

a n t g th n a stat - f-th -a t

t a n ng n n nt."

Aft t days n t f s -

na s and a at ns, th t nat na f c s t t t s a t c nd ct a

k f t ad t na at s a at ns,

nc d ng s fac , nd s a, and a

a fa c s s n a at n f

an nt ns th -day f na batt b-

. Th batt b ac d th

f c n a a st c sc na t t st ts

Th f a d MK 45 f - nch/54-ca b g n s f d at a d n d ng a g nn y c s ab a d USS

O'Bann n (OD 987), J n 17, 2003. (PHI Ma tha n Ba /USN)

.na y. /na a b/ct /n76

ab ty t s nd as a c a t n n a

a ty f ss ns, nc d ng s a ch

and sc , a t nt d ct n and

sanct ns nf c nt.

S tan s y, s c a t n

c asta at sh s n Sa nas,

Ec ad , c nd ct d th C ast G a d

t n f UNITAS th th a t c -

at n f s nn f th U .S.

C ast G a d Int nat na T a n ng

D s n. Th C ast G a d's c s

t n f c s d n a t a

nf c nt, s a ch and sc , and

a t t n s ns s .

N than , UNITAS

ays a c t ca n a nta n ng

nt ab ty and nhanc ng c a -

t n at ns n s t f h -

s h c d f ns . It a s s nts an

t n ty f U.S . Sa s and

C ast G a d b s t k

c s y th th W st n

H s h c nt a ts, t s t

nt st ng ts and t nc

th ch c t s f C nt a and.

S th A ca.

A fast- ac d c s , UNITAS s

c nd ct d th gh t th y a n a

s s f g na has s . By d s gn,

c s nts st ss a a fa

a as t a - f s t at ns -

"t t a n as y f ght." C ns q nt y,

UNITAS b s any c d s

f th C s t T a n ng Un t

E c s (COMPTUEX) c nd ct d by

ca and d t na y st k

g s b f d y nt.

"What I' a n d f UNITAS

s that t s n b st nt st t

t a n th f gn na s . Th y'

ha d- k ng and fast- ac d th

th tasks at hand," sa d GM3 Ca b

S th, a St Sa . "O a s

ght b that d n't

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5

19
. GMSN Sc tt A st n h s n ad a n t n f USS St 's (DD 978) MK 38 25 ach n g n

d ng a -f c s c nd ct d as a t f Pana a 2003. St and USS McIn n y (FFG 8)

t a n d th na a f c s f Ch and Pana a d ng th f st c s f a c a t n s ns t th ats

n th Pana a (ana . (LTJG L g a C h n/USN)

nd stand (d t ang ag d ff -

nc s), s th s t a n ng h s s

c c n cat n ba s ."

S ng as h st f th s y a 's

Pac f c Phas , th Ec ad an na a

a ada ass b d an nt nat na

ann ng staff and d d cat d an

nt y a 's ff t t a ds b d ng

a y cha ng ng sch d f

nts, c nat ng n an nt ns

f na batt b .

"T ack ng th Ec ad an 209 s ba n as th st cha ng ng

a t f UNITAS," sa d STGI(SW)

Jas n Ada s, s na s s

ab a d McIn n y. "Y can n

g t t ch t a n ng; and h n t

20

c s t d s s b a n s, th s s

n - f-a-k nd."

As th UNITAS Pac f c Phas c nc d d, DESRON 6 staff, a g nt d

th add t na ff c s f Pana a

and Ch t n d t th c s s- ann ng has f PANAMAX 03 . Th s

sc na -bas d c s n d th

d t ct n, d nt f cat n, n t ng,

and nt d ct n f a c c a ss s s ct d f s ng a th at t th

Pana a Cana .

C nn ct ng th At ant c and

Pac f c c ans, th Pana a Cana s

ha s th st c c a c f

nf ast ct s t ng th f

f f t ad and g ds n th

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

W st n H s h . Th c n y

and stab ty f th g n a g y

d nds n th saf t ans t f

f 235 n t ns f ca g

t ans t ng th cana y y a .

PANAMAX's c s an b ds

n th c nc t f a " ay d

d f ns ," h ch s nts

Pana an an g n nt s c s

a ady s d t t ct th Cana . A

ay d d f ns nt g at s a , s -

fac , and, s ac , and t nt -

a ng z n s f t ct n. Th

t z n c ns sts f a t nat na

na a f c at ng n nt nat na

at s . In th dd z n , th

Pana an an Nat na Ma t

S c b dg s b at f c s

th th Pana an an P b c F c s,

and th Pana a Cana A th ty

c nt s th c nt a z n ta n ng

t at s ns b ty f th saf

at n f th Pana a Cana and

t ct n f ts c t ca nf ast ct .

"It ak s s ns f th c nt s t k t g th t t ct th

Cana ," sa d J s Isaza, D ct

G n a f Pana a's Nat na

Ma t S c . H a n d: "Th

Un t d Stat s s th f st s f th

Cana and Ch s th S th

A can s - f th n th d -

and Pana a, , a th n s ."

McIn n y, St , t Ch an

sh s, and f at b ats f

Pana a c s d th s fac f c

k ng n c nj nct n th E-2C

1-Ha k y a c aft f A b n Ea y

Wa n ng Sq ad n (VAW) 77, P-3C

a c aft f VP-5, and Ch an

Pat Sq ad n 1 .

W th nf at n c ct d by th

a c aft, th s fac n ts a d y

an d c s n and a d

t nt d ct th s s ct ss . Aft

t nat na staff a at d nt -

g nc data, th y c nc d d, " t as

h gh y bab " th ss nt nd d

t ca y t an attack aga nst th

Pana a Cana and d ct d th c a -

t n task f c t b a d th ss .

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
"W s nd ng t n -n t c

s t at ns," sa d LCDR R na d

Baasch, Ch an Na a L a s n Off c .

"O an had t b f b ; that as

c c a t th a s f th c s ."

Th h gh- nt ns ty Ma t

Int c t n O at n (MIO) -

c s nc d d a t c at n by b th

U.S. S th n C and (SOUTHCOM) and U.S . Na a F c s

S th n C and (USNAVSO)

Batt Staffs . Aft cat ng th ta g t

ss , an nt f Na a S c a

Wa fa Un t (NSWU) 4 and V s t,

B a d, S a ch, and S z (VBSS)

t a s f a a t c at ng sh s

t k t ns n b a d ng and s a ch ng

th ss . A Ch an z c th n

sa d th ss t Pana a f

t n th Pana an an a th -

t s t nd th c s .

An th c s , th s n h st d

by Ch and c t d n Ch an t -

t a at s, b ght t g th

na a f c s f f nat ns,

nc d ng th Un t d Stat s, t a t cat n T a k S th 2003 (TWS) .

In a , n a y 3,500 Sa s and a n

ab a d 19 sh s and 13 a c aft f

Ch , th U.S ., F anc , and th

Un t d K ngd a t c at d n th s

th - k t nat na c s .

U.S. Na y s ntat s

nc d d USS O'Bann n. (DD 987)

and Mc n n y, a ng th a c aft

and c s f VP-1, VP-47, and VP92, bas d n Wh db y Is and, Wash .,

Kan h Bay, Ha a , and

B ns ck, Ma n , s ct y.

Mc n n y's VBSS t a n c nc t

th R ya Ma n s ba k d a

Ch an sh Z nt n (PFG 08), c nd ct ng MIO t a n ng as a t f TWS . O'Bann n ay d th f Nab sc

Sta , a n n-c ant chant ss s s ct d f t ans t ng ga

ca g . Th R ya Ma n s d d

th S c ty T a , h McIn n y's

b a d ng t a d d th S

T a , s ns b f s a ch ng th

ss f s s ct d c nt aband.

Fa 2003

"B ng th 's a ch d' ss a s

s t s th ay th na a s -

c s, k th R ya Ma n s and th

Ch an Na y, d b s n ss," sa d

LTJG D nn Cat s, O'Bann n st k

ff c and MIO b a d ng t a ff -

c . "As f Mc n n y, g

th gh th sa sch s, b t y

ay f act c ng y t a ay b

d ff nt f th s . Th a g d

ss ns a n d a th ay a nd."

MIO, k any th t ns,

has t b act c d d ca y t

tak th ss ns a n d f -

s t a n ng att ts and a y

th . Th s s t ns n c st y stak s a ad h n th a

th ng ha ns.

T a n ng ays a b g a t n th

Na y, and n a na sc , hat

f c nt t chn c ans and g nn 's

at s d y k. D ng th

d n g nn y ss c s -

t n f TWS, Mc n n y ay ha

tt n a ag n Na y h st y

b ks. As t t ns t, a Standa d

M ss -1 sh t f c n b ght

( n h n f McIn n y's h n -

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

b , FFG 8) as a at d a k and

ha s th ast SM-1 sh t f an

O Haza d P y-c ass g d d

ss f gat . Th Na y s ng

SM-1 a nch s f th s c ass f

sh s . S nc th s as a " a sh t" -

n t an n t nd - th SM-1, t

q t th c chc, nt t " th

a bang."

Wh th ng nt -

ab ty th gh UNITAS, ad ancng h s h c s c ty

c at n th gh I'ANAMAX,

t a b d ng n T a k

S th, U .S . Na a f c s d y d

t th s g n as c s a t c -

ants g t a tast f th a - d,

th an nt nat na f a .

-LCDR K D n and LTJG

L g a C h n, f nt COMUSNAV

SOUTH b c affa s c nt b t d t

th s a t c th a s n s

as s and ts .

Y' GM2 D s Sa s s a s nd- d h n t s nd t C bat D ct n C nt d ng a c nt

g nn y c s ab a d US$ O'Bann n (DD 987) . (PHI Ma tha n Ba /USN)

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5

21
Ta a a's In a _1

st Ma n :

A k a ay f h , th

c f Ta a a d a t th a an

b a d n th dd f th n ght.

Man b a d d s a ft n

act c d, - h a s d and f y

nd st d, b t a st a ays n th

dd f th day. In a ng s a f

b ack at s b and shad y

sk s ab , f nd ng anyth ng that

nt th s d s t st ng at b st,

b t th c f Ta a a as

a d f th task.

Th nt c j d nt act n

h n a s n as t d -

b a d J y 7 at 11 . . Th f ght

d ck c ann d th dg f th

f ght d ck, s a ng n ght

s n g gg s, and b gan t s a ch

f th fa n Ma n . Th sh c c d

th sta b a d s d , h th Ma n

had g n b a d, and s t ghts

scann d th da k at s f th s gna b dg . Th f ght d ck c

22

a nch d ts s a ch and sc CH-46

S a Kn ght h c t (SAR B d).

Aft a at y an h f

s a ch ng, ABH1 L cas W d gg

s tt d s th ng, and th sh

A USS Ta a a (LHA 1) t ans ts San D g Bay. Ta a a c nt y c t d a d ff c t n ghtt sc f

a Ma n h nt b a d . (PH(S Mah n M /USN)

h ad d f th a a f th s ght ng.

ABH1 K y O ns b gan t f -

a " ast c bag- k " bj ct d ftng n th at and ca d t n. Th

SAR B d t k a c s k and th

Ma n as f nd . Th fa s nt

, and th Ma n as c d

th n n t s . At 12 :15 a . ., th

Ma n as c d n g d c nd -

t n and tak n t Ta a a's d ca

d a t nt. H had g n b a d

a at y 560 s n th ast f

th Ha a an Is ands.

Ca s nds

St s nt ng:

Act ng n an nt nat na d st ss

ca ay d by U .S . C ast G a d

D st ct 11, St c nd ct d an 11-

h , h gh-s d dash t nd

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

By J03 Ja s Z k

Staff J na st

ass stanc t a d st ss d f sh ng ss and ts s c b s .

Th d st y ad b st s d t

th Sa ad an-f agg d f sh ng ss

(f/ ) V k ng 's ast kn n s t n,

200 na t ca s st f C sta R ca.

St 's R sc and Ass stanc

(R&A) T a c t d a n ghtt

b a d ng f V k ng and q ck y

ass ss d ts c nd t n and ff ct d

a s . Th R&A T a a n d n

b a d f 7 h s, t b sh t ng th

fa ty chan ca and ct ca syst s and d ng th d st ss d

c th f sh f d and 55 ga ns f

c an f . Th y d ba k d h n f/

L n D ad a d at th sc n th

n t n ng t t V k ng nt t .

Th s as St 's s c nd s a ch and

sc at n n th East n Pac f c.

Ea , St ass st d th U .S .-f agg d

sa ng ss Ok a, b ca d th

ng n and sa b s 200 s

A A R sc and Ass stanc T a f USS St

(DD 978) ass sts th Sa ad an-f agg d f sh ng ss V k ng by t b sh t ng th fa ty chan -

ca and ct ca syst s and d ng th

d st ss d c th f sh f d and 55 ga ns f

c an f . (USS St )

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
F U.S . sh s ca d n t f th st t -h n d t ad t n f a n s, t nd

a d t th s n n th s a.

USS Ta a a (LHA 1), USS St (DD 978), USS G ttysb g (CCC 64) USS Anch ag (LSD 36), and

USS C st ck (LSD 45) ach ass st d c s and nd d a s that th s ay ha b n st at s a .

A Th c s USS G ttysb g ((G 64) c nt y s nd d t a d st ss s gna , h ch s t d n th

sc f f c an a n s ff th F da c ast . (PHI Ma t n Madd ck/USN)

st f Ec ad . St 's R&A T a

d d Ok a th f and ff ct d

ng n a s, a ng h t c nt n h yag f Pana a t th

Ga a ag s Is ands.

Wa s nds May t

a n s b a d

G ttysb g sc d f d st ss d

c an a n s a at y 50

s ast f May t, F a ., h c nd ct ng tn at ns ff th c ast.

Th May t-bas d g d d- ss

c s c d a ad d st ss ca

that s nt th ac ng t th sc n .

Th c s nd d d at y

and c d th f a n s th

n f th sh 's s a b ats .

Ca a had b n at anch a -

n th n ng, h n a a g

a ca s z d th 23-f t f sh ng

ss , th ng th f a n s

nt th At ant c Oc an. Th y had

s nt 10 h s n th at t

b ng sc d.

"Wh n I ta k d t th th y

a y g ad t s s," sa d LCDR

St Sa nd s, G ttysb g's cha -

a n, "Th sha ks s ng

a nd th b at. Aft f ng ff th

f a s and n b dy s nd ng, th y

Fa 2003

b gan t ha th ghts that t ght

b th ast day, th y ght n t

b c d ."

Onc ab a d, th sc d a n s

c d f sh at , f d, b ank ts,

and d ca att nt n, and th n

t ansf d t a C ast G a d n t f

t ans tat n back t sh .

Th ca s z d ss as s bs -

q nt y s nk by G ttysb g t

nat any haza d t na gat n.

25-day d a nds

at Anch ag :

Wh t ans t ng th W st n

Pac f c, Anch ag sc d f

Ph n f sh n.

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

Acc d ng t th f sh n, th

f th c b s had d d and

b n b d at s a s nc th sh

nc d ng n fa 25 days

a . Th f sh an an t f f sh

at t days b f th sc .

Anch ag and C st ck d nt -

f d th d st ss d ss ab t 313

na t ca s st f th

Ph n s . Anch ag d s atch d

a sc t a n a g d-h nf atab b at t ns ct th ss and

sc th f sh n. Th s -

s tak n ab a d

Anch ag and d d f d,

at and d ca att nt n .

(JOSN Da d P a, LISS Ta a a

b c affa s ; STG?(SW) Da d Va , LISS St ; S c nd F t b c affa s;

and C and Task F c 76 b c

affa s c nt b t d t th s a t c )

A USS Anch ag (LSD 36), th th ass stanc f USS C st ck (LSD 45), sc d f a n s f

th d st ss d ss ab t 313 na t ca s st f th Ph n s . (PHI Da d M /USN)

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5

23
U .S . Na a F c s c t a a

T

h Sa s f th d st y USS

O'Bann n (DD 978), ts

ba k d a d tach nt f

H c t Ant -S b a n Sq ad n

L ght (HSL) 46, and Pat Sq ad n

(VP) 45 c nt y c t d a b at a

c s th th P an Na y,

S nt F c s E c s (SIFOREX)

2003. An nt ns th -day ant -s ba n a fa (ASW) t a n ng -

c s , SIFOREX 2003 nab d Sa s

f F anc , P ., and th Un t d

Stat s t f n th sk s aga nst

th ty -209 d s s b a n s .

Th st a th and t s f th

P an s b a n s d d a a

t n ty f U.S. Na y f c s t

t a n and s at ngag ng t

d s - ct c s b a n s .

"T ad t na t a n ng th ds

a q t g d, b t th y can't c -

a th an act a s b a n and

c act ng and act ng t y

act ns. Th s n s bst t t f

that!" sa d LTJG J s h S s n,

an HSL-46 t .

SIFOREX t th sh s' and a -

c aft's ASW ca ab t s t th t st

f th y nt th f c s t t

s a as th sh s anag d t f nd and

ad a s b a n k ng at th ha -

b 's t t . D ng th f ng

days, th s fac f c at d

t g th n a a ty f sc na s t

c nt s b-s fac and a th ats .

"Th st b n f c a t n

f as th s t n ng f

t -th at nc nt ," sa d STG3

W a Th as. "O h s na

t a s n d and ca

t g th th gh th s c and

nt ns t n."

24

An th nt st ng nt as th

'ch k nt' t ans t, n h ch t

P an f gat s, SAP Ca aja and

BAP V a s nc h ad ng a

s b a n , sc t d O'Bann n.

"W k ng a ngs d s fac sh s

f th c nt s ga s th

t n ty t c d nat c s

t ack ng and s c t n f s ba n s," sa d LTJG W a

H bba d, O'Bann n's ant -s b an a fa ffc . "I f that th

n q t a n ng t n t s th

S th A can sh s has g at y

b ad n d tact ca ss as

b th an ASW atf and a c -

and and c nt atf ."

D s s b a n s a c ns d d

th ha d st s b-s fac ta g ts t

t ack. Th nc and sk f th

S na t chn c ans s nt any h s st n ng and t ack ng th P an's d s s b a n s d ng th

c sc na s f S nt F c s E c s . D s s b a n s a c ns d d t b n f th ha d st s b-s -

fac ta g ts t t ack. (LTJG L g a C h n/USN)

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

By LTJG L g a C h n,

COMUSNAVSO b c affa s

c s f th s b a n s BAP

Ant fagasta, SAP Ch ana, and BAP

A ca add d t th c ty f

th c s .

"M st f th t a n ng -

t n y c s s tact cs that a

d n by (U.S . Na y) s b a n

ca ta ns. Th tact cs that th

P an s b a n ca ta ns s

a y d ff nt f s, s t's a

a cha ng t at n th s

n n nt," sa d OS -1 Anth ny

A n ab a d O'Bann n . In add t n t than 60 h s

f ASW t a n ng, th s y a 's SIFOREX

and d th sch d f nts t

nc d g nn y c s s, ant -a

a fa , and c bat an ng.

"Inc d ng th a fa a as n

th SIFOREX sch d nc as s

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
nt ab ty a ng a t c ant

na s," sa d CDR Osca L na,

P an a s n ff c at U.S . Na a

F c s S th n C and

(USNAVSO), h adq a t d at Na a

Stat n R s t R ads, P t R c .

D ng a na a s fac f s -

t (NSFS) c s , Ma n s f

th II Ma n E d t na y F c

t a d th O'Bann n t d nst at h th U.S . Na y-Ma n

C s t a k t g th t ca y

t ff ct and acc at f ng

ss ns. Aft th sh s t n d.

n stat n, Ma n s tt s b gan t

ca f ng ss ns, h ch O'Rann

acc at y c t d.

"NSFS s th t at t a k

ff t," sa d OSC(SW) F d Wa n,

USNAVSO's c s c d nat .

"Th h b dg , c bat, and f

c nt t a s ha t k t g th

than at any th t . "

Th s s th th d t U.S . Na a

F c s j n d th P an c nt -

a ts n th ann ng and c t n

f th s t -th at ASW c s .

P ann s f USNAVSO, and th

P an and F nch Na s d -

d th c s th th bj ct

f d ng a st c t a n ng h

s tan s y nc as ng th ad -

n ss f a . th a t c at ng f c s .

"G tt ng th s ty f t a n ng th

d s s b a n s s c c a f

na a f c s," sa d CAPT Bas R ad,

USNAVSO Ass stant Ch f f Staff f

O at ns. "D s s b a n s can

b chas d by a st any nat n,

and s t nt a ad sa s

a ady ha th ,"

SIFOREX nab d Na y a t c -

ants t at n th S th n

Fa 2003

Pac f c th b th c a t n and NATO

f c s . M t nat na na a c s s

k STFORIEX nc as nt ab -

ty and t c at n b t n

th U,S. Na y and ts a s .

.na y. /na a h/cn /n76

As BAP Ch ana s fac s, th a c f L ght

H c t Ant -s b a n Sq ad n 46 tak s th

t n ty t sna a h t . Ch ana d d cha -

ng ng t a n ng t th a c aft and sh c s a t c -

at ng n S nt Fa c s E c s . (AWI J ff y

G s s/USN)

A USS O'Bann n (00 987) b at c ass sts a

sc s n c ng a t -c nt d

d n d ng a t a n ng t n c nd ct d as a t

f S nt f c s E c s (SIFOREX) 2003 . U .S .,

F nch and P an na a f c s a t c at d n th s

c s , h ch f c s s a y n ant -s b a n

and nd s a a fa . Th c s a s nc d d a

d f ns and na a s fac f s t t a n ng.

(ITJG L g a C h n/USN)

25

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
a tc s

3 0 F t ann s c nt tWIst I0

Th a h b s assa t sh USS P (LHA 5) t ans ts th chann nt P a Ha b f a t s t . P ad a t ca f a f days b f h ad ng t th E d t na y St k G (ESG)1 n

d y nt . An ESG c nst t t s a n na a st k f c d s gn d t q a h b s f c s th add d

f and at na ca ab t s . Th s n sh s f FSG I nc d USS P (LHA 5), USS

G ant n (LSD 42), USS Ja tt (FFG 33), USS Ogd n (LPD 5), USS P t R ya (CG 73), USS

D cat (DOG 73), and USS G n (SSN 772). (PHI W a G d n/USN)

a as a J nt Task F c

D

I c s 01, 11"IX), t

s ns b ty f

C a nand , 3 d F t (COMTF-IIRUFLT) s t a th st k g t

s cc ssf y f ts ss n.

In th cas f th f st

E d t na y St k G (FS(,),

ts f c s st b ab t d t ct,

ant c at and act t a a ty f

g ba nts n s t f th a

n t s and th s t at ns as

th n d a s s .

Th " h t c ," h ch s a t f

CC)MTHIR1)F 's J s nt E c s

C nt G (I FCC), c at s th

sc na s t s t t a n ng. IFCCC

s cat d ab a d th c and sh

USS C nad (AGE 1 .1 ) . Th ann s f th s c s ha s nt

nths d s gn ng th sc na s that

tak ac d ng th s J°1"EEX .

"Th s c s n a t c a s d ff nt: "" sa d t,C'UR St a , th

c s nt g nc c d nat f

th FS(.-I ITFEX . "W ' n d n

[anyth ng k th s h ha a

J

t, ~ TFFX that's t a n ng

g ' 1 ESC. It's a

n c nc t n th Na y, h ch s 1

d s gn d t tak th d A h b s

R ad n ss G (ARG) and Ma n

E d t na y Un t (MFU) c nc t

and hat th y a ab t b ng t

th tab , and st ngth n th and

ak , [h a ca ab , f b

a ,

f n t ."

Th FSG b ngs [t c n f -

and f b ty f th

.na y /na a b/cn /n76

ARC. /MFU and c b n s t th th

b st st k and d f ns c nb nat n f a c s , d st y , f gat

and s b a n . Th s n c b nat nn f at na ass ts d s

th a fa c and th a c nan ntaty t t th -kn n

Ca St k G

(CSG)/ARC./MEU .

Th h t c ns . k c ck k

24 h s a day d ng JTFEX and s

s t d by act -d ty Na y,

Ma n s and R s sts . E y -

s n th h t c k s t ack f

th act n by f ng t a y a g

s adsh t, at , h ch sh s

a sna sh t f th nt c s n

th ays: th b ad a ,

th day-t -day , and a n t -

t - n t , h ch s ca d th

Mast Sc na E nts L st MSI I :,

( n nc d " as s") .

"Th MSEI.L s th c f nakng th c s g ," sa d B z .

"W th t th nt g nc t n f

) 'FF.X, th a t c ants d j st b

k ng th a sch d f nts.

Th d b n t a n ng a .

"'Th sc na s k a b dy, and

th b n s a th sch d f nts.

Th b d, f sh, t ss and yth ng s s nt g nc ," a n d

I3 ad. "It's hat s ts th -

c s and ak s t f nct n th ay t

d s . Oth s , t's j st t ng th

t g and sh t a ss ."

B a. says n f th bj ct s f

th s JTFEX s t nt, and t

b ab t d sc n h n an ESG

d b th d a f c t s nd n.

Th sc na f th s JTFEX d a s

, c th at ns aga nst t s ng

Th ann s th nk f y

th t sts a n ght ak and t t

n th sc t . "Th s sc na sta t d

th t sts attack ngb t t

n c nt y ang ," sa d 13 az .

S f'ac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N
"S a ssag s s nt say ng:

'Th y attack d s, t's g t ady t

g .' That s f d by nf at n

n th s t at n and hat th b

f c s n d t d . W d a th

backg nd as , and s , b f

th act a ga g ts sta t d, '

s t th b ng ns, t y ."

As n th a d, th sc t

th s "d ct s" t d s n t

a ays g as ann d . In n scna,bas d n nt g nc gath d,

th as a th at f t sts sh tng d n a c an a c aft . Th

h t c sh d. that nf at n t

f ESG, and th y s nd d d ff -

nt y than th ann s ct d .

"W atch d th chat s and

st n d t th ad s t s

h th th y tak ng th ba t

n t," sa d B az. "If th y d n't, I can

d a c f th ngs. I can a y

nf at n s that t st -

at s th syst s and c ss s a

tt , I can s gg st t th

Batt Watch ca ta n that ask

hat's g ng n."

Fa 2003

B az says ask ng hat's ha nng acc at y s at s a ty as t

h th t a n ng a d nc s g ng t

at n th at . H says g ng a

s t at n t h s g t th nt -

at n t h gh a th ty s th

ght d c s ns can b ad .

A t a f Na y and Ma n

C s sc na -b d ng ts

sc t d th ESG-1 JTFEX s c f ca y

f th ass ts f a c b n d b -

g n Na y-Ma n C s t a .

"Th ESG s a h n c nc t," sa d G nn y Sgt. J hn

D h n, f 1st Ma n

V.na y. / na a h/cn /n7f7

By JOC(SW/AW) D b ah Ca s n

3 d F t b c affa s

W th th Wa ana M nta ns n th backg nd,

th c f g d d- ss c s USS P t R ya ((G

73) sa s t f P a Ha b t j n th a d n

d y nt f E d t na y St k G (ESG) 1 .

(101 Dan Ca d an/USN)

Sa s an th a s ab a d USS Ogd n (LPD 5)

as th a h b s t ans t d ck a s Na a Stat n

San D g , Ca f . Ogd n d y d th th n y

d s gn d E d t na y St k G (ESG) 1 th USS

P (LHA 5) s ng as f agsh . An ESG c nst t t s

a n na a st k f c d s gn d t q a h b s

f c s th add d f and at na ca ab -

t s . (PH3 E an R s/USN)

E d t na y F c . "I' s th

b s g ng a ns, b t f

th b tt . N th nat n ha

th ca ab ty f an ESG . And t s

g at t b ab t ha th ab ty t

f s Ma n C s ass ts) t nhanc

th s c s n ts c ty

b ca s f hat th Na y and

Ma n C s a ab t b ng

t g th . W ' n th ght t ack,

and that's hat t a n ng s a ab t ."

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
1. 1 Uh a

CO c nts n NAUSEA s cc ss

T

h g d d- ss c s

USS Anz (CC; 68) c nt n s

t b a f t sh cas f

ng n ng nts d -

d by th Na a S a Syst s

C and (NAVSEA).

Anz c d f a d and

nn at n t chn g s f

NAVSEA d ng th ast 15 nths.

Th s nc d th S4 sta n ss st

h ad, agn t c c ngs, gas ba

s a s f f s, and c th

nt at n nt f t s .

C t ng a s cc ssf t as

Anz 's C and ng Off c (CO),

CAPT Ma k N ss d a s d th

n t chn g s, "Each f th has

f d b y nd y ctat ns.

Th y a n th ng sh t f s ctac a ."

Th S4 h ad s a t f NAVSEA's

Ma nt nanc P c ss I nt

g a , h ch nc at s

than 20 d ff nt n t at s, a ha -

ng th g a f d c ng Sa s'

k ad. Th S4 s a c t san -

ta y s ac f b sh nt that

ac s c a n th h gh- -

f anc a nt nanc , and c -

s n-f sta n ss st c n nts

and f t s .

I tant y, t d c s Sa s

c an ng t by n -ha f, W th

Anz c nt y ha ng t 54's

nsta d, n n 1st D s n and n

n n Eng n ng, N ss d sa d

d tf t th nt sh f

g n th t n ty.

"Th h ads a bab y th ha dst," sa d N ss d . "Th y a

ns , b t ha ng t k a

th h ads f a ca d ng y

t as ng n , th n f nd ng t

that th n n d y nt, a st

a f th h ads had t b k d

says that s th ng n ds t b

d n . W sa by a g d nsta -

at n that can b a nta n d and a

2 8

b t s t h at, h dty, and ha d s than j st d ng

th h ads y a a ."

Th agn t c c ng nsta d

n Anz 's n b 1 s a at s -

c (SWS) , th sh 's kh s , a s f d

s b y. Magn t c c ngs s

t c s n- achn d a n

t s and h gh- n gy agn ts t

t ans t t q th gh a . S nc th

and t n c n c ntact th ach th , n th th

nn ng 24/7 f 18 nths,

th s and b a ng ha sh n

tt , f any, f anc d c n .

If ss b , N ss d says h

d ha agn t c c ngs

nsta d n a SWS s, as

as any th at syst .

Aft 15 nths th n aks,

N ss d s s th gas ba s a s

as a "g ds nd."

T t d ct ng ac s t ad t na

ta nt at n th an asy t

c an and a nta n c th- k at -

a . Acc d ng t N ss d , th ast

d y nt sa Anz t a

th gh y ty f n n nt .

Wh n t t d ct ng nsta d

th gh t th sh b gan t g t

d ty, t as s y tak n d n,

ash d n th sh 's a nd y and

ac d - a fa c y f th ab -

nt ns a nt nanc n c ssa y f

th d a f t s s d n any sh s .

S ng h s nc s th

NAVSEA's nn at ns, N ss d

n t d, "F n tg ng CO,

b that th s fac Na y n ds t

s s f th n t chn g s

that act a y h Sa s . Th a

th th ngs t th that a a s

s cc ss s, b t f y n y, th f

nsta d n Anz a th b st."

.na y. /na a b/cn /n7h

F Na a S a Syst s C and b c affa s

A A f n sta n ss st s nks n USS Anz

((G 68) . Th s n s nks q ha f th an-h s

t a nta n than th d c a n bas ns . (NAVSEA)

A agn t c c ng ab a d USS Anz (CG 68)

h d d c th t st a nta n ng and -

ha ng th n b 1 s a at s c .

Th gh th s f h gh- n gy agn ts, th

and t n c n d ct c ntact th ach

th . (NAVSEA)

V A USS Anz (CG 68) c b a gns a

n y nsta d agn t c c ng . (NAVSEA)

ja

S t fac Wn ft
Q

a, tIL

L

T

h

y c ss n d th

39th A gh B k -c ass

d st y , USS M st n (DDG

89), d ng a t ght c ny J y

26 at Na an N th

Is and, Ca f. CDR Ann Ph s

ass d c and.

"T

n ght,

y ga ns th

n st and st t chn g ca y

ad anc d d st y n th d. Th s

shts cnat

S n S as . Th

st n

thf h n ," sa d Ch f f

Na aat ns ADM V n C a k

hng th nc a

ss

d ng thss n ng c ny.

"Wh

n

,

kng f y ad antag

ng

t

,,' sa d C a k. "W th

s c b s sk ng th s,

at k ng f

ght."

M st n`s s ns s, L cy H c b

M st n, f f sh

's c -na sak ,

t d VADM H n y M st n 11 ; J an

Ph s M st n, f f sh 's c

-

na sak t d LCDR Th as M .

M st n and M s . D g as M st n St .

D n s, s st f H n y M stn 11 and

Th as M st n, gad

"

anng hf ."

M st n h n s a fa y th a

gacy f na a

cann ng

nt y.

CAPT H nst n (1874-1923)

a n d a d st ng sh d-s c

-

ndat n n th

t f V gan,

Ph n s, n 1899; f

st a -

c aft

t d f

; n

1914, fst at na ss ns f na a

c aft d ng th

V ac at n; and as thst

c and f a c aft sq ad ns,

battt.

H n y's s n, VADM L yd M st n

(1911-1999), c nt b t d t

-

nt f th

y's f st ad-c -

t ng ant -a c aft g n s ght, h ch

Fa

d f aj tanc n th

a -s a act ns f W d Wa

s d ab a d ths

At anta (01., 51) d ng thf

G ada cana . H s st a

c

nc d d th f at ns d ct , j nt Ch fs f Staff .

L yd's s ns, I n y M st n 11 and

Th as M st n, c nt n d th

y

gacy d ng th at

f f th

20th c nt y. H n y M st n 11 s a

d c at d V tna t an h as

na a ns ctn a , 2nd F t

C andty Ch f f

.na . /na a b/cn /n76

By J 02b cca H t n,

Na y R g n S th st b c affa s

Sa s " an th a s" f USS M st n (DDG 89), as th

y's n st a sh s b ght t f

h

ght c ss n ng c ny h d at Na a

n N th Is and, Ca f .

(PH3 E an

s/USN)

Na aat ns fans and

P cy n th.

Th as M st n a n d a B nz

Stang thtna

atbat act n.

"At th

, a f th s

st ns

a a s . Th s n

n a -

f na a ad s than th

-

sak ," sa d C a k.

"USS M

st n s a sh

b ng g basts kn s,"

sa d RADM Cha s Ha t n,

P g ac tcs .

29

c)

Fa. 28 N . 5
Y

30

,I t

I• M _'f ,_

T

h b b ng f USS C (DDG

h7) and th nts s nd ng

S S t . 11, 2001, b ght ab t a

h ght n d s ns f a a n ss f

sh b a d Ant -T s /F c

P t ct n (AT/FP). F th ,

OI'NAV N7 and N8 d n y

f D ct E g ncy R f F nd ng

t a d y d a "sh -c nt c"

s t n f t ct n f h gh- a

Na y ass ts and s nn .

Th s t n s ght t f nd and

d a d f ns syst ca ab f

c t 360-d g s t at na

a a n ss f s a b at attacks,

ff ng a n n- tha t n, a ng

th an a t at c k a n syst , th ss an , and a

d c ns nt fac t a th s

nts a t g th .

Th ans ay n an Int g at d

Rada O t ca S anc S ght ng

Syst (IROS3) that Na a S fac

Wa fa C nt (NSWC) C an

D s n, n C an , Ind ., d s gn d,

d d, nt g at d, and t st d

a 12- nth d and b ght

t th f t .

Th a y bj ct f IROS3 s

t d t n th nt nt f a t nt a y h st at b n ta g t at a

ang n c ssa y t ak s cc ssf

c and d c s ns n h b st t

d t th ta g t f a ach ng

th sh .

IROS3 d s a th s by s ng s -

fac s a ch ada , t ct - t ca

s ns s ca ab f day ght and f -

a d- k ng nf a d, t 30- -

n cand s a ch ghts, t

nt d MK 44 GAU-17 7.62

n -g ns ca ab f f ng 3,000

nds n t , and t c ns s

d s ay ng d f th ada and

th s ns s .

By SK3 J y F tz,

USS Ra ag (DDG 61) b c affa s

MW - d s 1st n

f d f ns

A Ch f f Na a O at ns ADM V n ( a k atch s th t ack ng ca ab t s f th MK 44 GAU-1 7

7.62 n -g n nt a ngs d g n at GM2(SW) Danny J n s . (SK3 J y F tz/USN)

B f nsta ng IROS3 n USS

Ra ag= (DDG 61) n J y, th syst

as f st t st d at C an n a M b

T st Enc s (MTE) t a syst

t st ng at a s cat ns and

th n ab a d a 100-f t t st ss .

H , t sts n a ab a n

th ng. An act a k ng d as

n d d, n t a t ty , ca ab f

s t ng th s syst . Th n t st

as th st c c a .

Eng n s and s ft a d -

s n t d Sa s f A gh

B k -c ass g d d- ss d st y

Ra ag t j n th d nt

t a . Ch f Wa ant Off c T thy

L nd y, OSI T dd Ca , GM2(SW)

Danny J n s and FC3(SW) B ad

W and d d ta and n c ssa y n t f a f t s ct

nt h th syst d b st b

.na y. / na a b/ cn / n76

at d and a nta n d n a g d dss d st y k Ra ag . "Mak ng s a t f th b a nst ng c ss a d s t sh

th syst d s gn s h t ak

th syst Sa -f nd y," sa d

W and . "1 th nk th f t f th s

syst b g at, and t can n y

ab ty t stand atch."

Ra ag c d th c b n d

IROS3 t a ab a d n J y d ng a

s y sch d d nd ay

d t c t th nsta at n.

Th nt c - f d ck s a an t

CC) - as c t f th n syst

and h f n ns ng ts s cc ss .

D ng th c s f th f ng

ks, th t a k d t ss y n

t and nd ay t f na z nsta -

at n f IROS3 c n nts and t

ns th syst as at na n

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
a at n f a s d c nc t

d nst at n. S n na a ff c s,

c ng ss na s ntat s, nd st y a tn s, and d a c b d

ab a d Ra ag t tn ss IR(_)S3

f anc n a c nc t d f

syst a t at n, t ack ng, n ntha ngag nt, and tha

ngag nt sc na s .

"On f th aj bstac s

had t c as th nt g at n

f t ha d a and s ft a

ackag s nt a s ng syst ,"

acc d ng t E c M dy, a syst s

ng n f Na a S fac Wa fa

C nt . "Th ct - t c s ns s,

s a ch ghts, d s ay c ns s, c -

t and n t k ng ha d a , and

d - c d ng q nt a

c c a y a a ab ; h , th

g n nt ass b y as st n a

d nta stag . (B ca s f th s,

n s chang s ha b n

q d f s cc ssf nt g at n f

th g n nt ass b y."

Th 2 .1 n d a syst s

d s gn d t s sta n Ra ag th gh

ts n t s - nth d y nt n

May. Off c a s nc at ss ns a n d f th s d y nt,

and th n s c t b ds f nd st y

f a a g b y f th q nt f

nsta at n ab a d th st f th

s fac Na y.

S f th s ss b t s nc d

a a g a ty f g ns f th

nt, th s a ca b ach n

g ns f n- t s and a g ca b

g ns h nd ay and b cksh t

nds f th f - nch g n. Un k

th standa d j ct s f d, th

b cksh t nd c nta ns th sands

f sh tg n sh ts, f s th

c s - n ta g ts .

Ch f f Na a O at ns VADM

V n C a k sa d, "IROS3 s th f st

a n t k-c nt c a ach t

nc as th f c t ct n ca ab -

ty and s t at na a a n ss f s -

fac sh s s d , at anch , and

h t ans t ng st ct d at s ."

Fa 200

A -f d nst at n f IROS3

cc d ab a d Ra nag n A g st

t d nst at th acq s t n, t ackng, and ngag nt ca ab t s f

a s ta g ts, at d ff nt ang s,

t z ng th nt IROS3 syst .

"Th c nt s n has n

ts f a t nd s t f nc as ng

th s t at na a a n ss f b dg

and CTCC atch stand s," sa d

Ra ag 's C and ng Off c CDR

Randa H nd cks n. "IROS3 n

a ch t ct d s gn d s f b ty

f s a g ad s and f st s h a thy

s ns an fact c t t n."

Th sh ans t f th t z

th s t chn gy s ng th sh s n a

t - ay d d f ns st at gy and a

ss b syst s nk b t n 1ROS3

and syst t acks th n a tact ca

n n nt t nhanc th ca ab -

ty f s fac a fa , na gat n,

a t nt c t at ns and

at d na a ss ns.

°Vf MK 44 GAU- 7 7 .62 n -g n sh ts a

"k t at " d ng th IROS3 -f d nst at n h d ab a d USS Ra ag (DDG 61). (DK3(SW)

P byn R /USN)

.na y. /,na a b/cn /n76

A USS Ra ag (DDG 61) c b GM2(SW)

Danny J n s s nts h s s ct f s ng n th

IROS3 D nt T a , and h h s d ct f t n t

a d t h th syst d b st b at d and

a nta n d n a g d d- ss c s t St han Sy,

WTKR-3 ta y t f N f k, Va . (SK3 J y

F tz/USN )

FC3(SW) B ad W and d nst at s th d ff nt

s f th IR053 d c ns t d a n USS

Ra ag 's (DDG 61) b dg d ng th s d c nc t d nst at n J y 30 n N f k, Va . (SK3 J y

F tz/USN)

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W

ant t ha y na t ca

cha t th y and a ays

a a ab n a st ag s ac

n a g than th s a CD ack y

ha at h n t t y st ?

W d y k t ha th ca ab ty

t a t at ca y dat th s cha ts

by j st ns t ng a CD d n adng th chang s, f a bs t ?

Want t kn h y a ght

n (n t th n t s ag ) and

h y b , bas d n a -t

n ts f a a ab sh 's s ns s?

Want t s th sh s t acks and

th ada ct d s ay d n a

cha t? Want t ha a th s sa

nf at n nstantan s y d say d t h n ds t s t

th gh t th sh ? Want a n ng

h n th sh a ach s dang ?

Want t b ab t sha yag ans

and tak ad antag f ss ns

W ath f cast s AG1 J nny D ng and A F c 1st Lt. R cha d St d nsk s ct n c ath

cha ts da y t h k c a t n a c aft f y ng d ng j nt at ns k O at n I aq F d . (T ch .

Sgt. Jan c (ann n/USAF)

a n d by th sh s that ha

nt d bsc ts?

A f th s ca ab t s - and

-, a th s f d g ta na -

gat n th an E ct n c Cha t

D s ay and Inf at n Syst -

Na y (ECDIS-N) .

Th Ch f f Na a O at ns has

ad a c t nt t c t fy y

c ss n d sh t na gat th

an ECDIS-N ; a n nta task c ns d ng th a than 300 sh s

and n t n n has an a d

syst . Many f y ha ask d,

"Why ct n c cha t ng syst s d d that n t b

a d as an ECDIS-N?" Th s -

ans s that at that t , n

ct n c na gat n syst as n a

ECDIS-N a a and t as n t

c a hat c b nat n f q nt

and ct n c cha t ng a cat n

.na y.n /na a b/cn /n76

d b s ct d as th Na y's s -

t n. N th ss, th s gn f -

cant b n f ts d d f ha ng

d "s t at na a a n ss"

th an ct n c cha t ng syst as

t at s t saf ty f na gat n and t

as tant t d nst at a c -

t nt t t ansf ng th Na y

th d g ta na gat n.

C and , F t F c s

C and (CFFC) and th Na gat

f th Na y (OI'NAV N096) n t at d

a g a t d ach d y ng

sh th an ct n c cha t ng syst h s ca ab ty t y d say D g ta Na t ca Cha ts (DNC ®)

had b n f d by th Nat na

I ag y and Ma ng Ag ncy

(NIMA) . R y ng n a c b nat n f

a s ct n c cha t ng a cat ns nn ng n n y nsta d syst s ( than 20 ECDIS-N

cand dat syst s and 50 syst s

c s d f c c a a t

c t s and d f d c c a

d s ays) ; a ca st k g

(CSG) and E d t na y St k

G (ESG) sh s that ha

d y d s nc th s f 2002,

a ng th a f a d d y d

sh s ( th th c t n f n -

h nt ng sh s), q d th

th s ca ab ty, a th gh n t y t th

f na ECDIS-N s t n. Bas d n

kn n q nt nsta at ns and

f dback f nd d a n ts, st

na gat n t a s ha a ady

ga n d nc th ct n c

cha t ng syst s - s g d and

s bad - d nd ng n th syst .

Th nc s ga n d n n t

g t ast . Fa a ty and f c nc s ga n d h as th t ans t n

t na gat ng s ng n y ECDIS-N. Th

s n an a d ECDIS-N ak s t

t th f t, th b tt .

aS { fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
O th ast th y a s, s nc th

Oc an g a h f th Na y ass d

th add t na t t f th Na gat

f th Na y, s gn f cant g ss

cc d th gh th a a ff ts

f th Na gat f th Na y, syst

d s n th g a ff c s,

NIMA, and C and , O at na

T st and E a at n F c . Bas d n

CFFC d s s and C)PNAV N7 d ct n, th P g a E c t Off c

(PEO) f Int g at d Wa fa Syst s

(IWS) P g a Off c s ns b f

E('DIS-N c nt and f d ng s

th c ss f s ct ng a s ng

ct n c cha t ng s ft a aP cat n and th s t f q nt n cssa y t f d th s ss nt a ca ab ty

h t ng any n q sh c ass

q nts. Th c nat n f

th s ff ts sh d b c b s

n th n t f nths th th

ct d a a f an ECDIS-N

syst , a nc as In th ac f s s

t nsta s, and c t f cat n f an

Fa 2003

g at n b f DNC"''s as

saf f na gat n.

K y t th s t ansf at n s a c -

t a chang af at that st nc d

s gn f cant a t at ns t th t a n ng

and q a f cat n c nt nt d d a

s f c and and s c a y th

na gat n t a s . Th na gat n

t a t a n ng s ha s th st

tant d f th s t ansf at n . Wh th tanc f acc -

at na gat n n t chang , th

ann n h ch b dg t a s c nd ct na gat n- at d d t s st

th th s n ca ab ty,

th by ad ng t g at a

saf ty f at ns.

Th ab ty t ag b th stng U .S . Na y and c c a t a nng standa ds s ,

c . c c a t s g

an acc at d g a , By tak ng ad antag f at a a ady d d t

s t s c f c syst s, add ng

at a t st ng c s s and -

t ng th n b f n c s s

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

By CANT F d T tt bach

D ty Oc an g a h f th Na y

q ng d nt, ch f th

n t a k s c t .

E n f th c s s a a a ab ,

th cha ng f t a n ng c s

th gh t th f t n a y sh t

t s st f dab . Th as f

s f th syst , th ab ty f th

na gat n t a s t c at f nct ns n f d s ng a

cha ts th th f nct ns b t nt

th EC.DIS-N, and th nc as ng s

f ct n c cha t ng syst s f s tat na a a n ss a s t f att n

th a n ng c . As th a syst s, f c ncy d d f -

at na nc s ss nt a t saf

at n and, s c f ca y n th s

cas , saf ty f th sh s and c .

Add t na nf at n and nks

t ant bs t s can h acc ss d

th gh th Na gat f th Na y

bs t at

tt :// na gat .na yan . As

a ays, t ff c a f dback

th gh th cha n f c and .

QM3 D c S ch and SN E.E . V t a

c s n th cha t f th n t sch d d sh 's t n

as th y stand a f -h na gat n atch n th

b dg f th 609-f t d ck and ng sh USS

C st ck (LSD 45) . C st ck as at ng n

th A ab an G f th th U .S. C ast G a d Nat na

St k F c T a (NSF) n a j nt Ma t

En n nt R s ns O at n (MERO) that

s nds t ss b n n nta d sast s s ch as

s s . NSF and C st ck f a d d y d t

th G f g n n s t f O at n End ng

F d . (PHI B n Ah /USN)

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1923 n d s ay n Na a H st ca ( nt , WtD.C C nc n d that Sa s ack d standa d z d a

nd and c nt cha ts and th ds f tak ng t -

g ca ad ngs at s a, th th n-LT Ma y ca d an

nt nat na c nf nc that t n B ss s, B g ,

n A g st 18 .53_ Th s c nf nc stab sh d nt nat na c at n as k y t a nta n ng acc at na -

gat na cha ts f a a n s . (USN)

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t h d t

ct d sc nt f c nst t t c

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Na y

Fa 2003 V . 28 N .
Pa nt ng by B y Sta tz d ct ng LT

Matth F nta n Ma y th t ad t na s afa -

ng t s b h nd h n d s ay n th US Na a

Obs at y. Ma y as kn n as th "Pathf nd

f th S as" b ca s f h s " nds and c nts

cha ts ." Th cha ts g at y sh t n d t ans t t s

b t n c an c ts and th by t d a -

t c c . (USN)

f th D t h ch as d d -

c s y at n n y day t a

sh s n th P t ac and c nc ns

ash t s t th ch n t s and

c cks t th D t t , h ch

d at b c , d fact , th

" ff c a " t f th Un t d Stat s .

N t thstand ng h s ff ts n -

c s t and ast n y, Ma y's

nt nat na tat n ca f

h s n ng st d s f th c ans

and th ath . H c ct d sh

gb ks f b th c c a and

na a sh s, and tt d any f -

nc t nds and s as n a g

cha ts f th d's c ans. By anayz ng th s data, h as ab t -

c th g ba c c at n att ns

f nds and c nts that had h tht b n nd st d n y n s gnts . F nstanc , B n F ank n had

kn n ab t and st d d th G f

St a n, th A can c ast, b t

th had b n n nd stand ng that

t as a c n nt a t f a h g

c nt gy that c c d th nt

At ant c bas n.

Fa 2003

It as th th b cat n f h s

fa s " nds and c nts" cha ts

that Ma y's tat n as f y

stab sh d. Th s as th ag f sa ,

and an nd stand ng f c an c

nds and c nts as ss nt a

b th t th Na y and th c -

c a a t nd st y. By s ng

th s cha ts, c sh s sa ng

f N Y k, a nd Ca H n,

t San F anc sc sa d a a ag f

49 days!

In 1853, Ma y n t at d a a -

t t gy c nf nc n

B ss s th s ntat s f

10 E an nat ns th a t

nt sts . H s d sha ng h s

t y a ab cha ts th any

nat n that d d n nnta nf at n f th gb ks f th sh s, and h f th

s d a standa d z d f at f

tak ng f t bs at ns. Th s

as th f st nt nat na ag -

nt f sha d n n nta data

and th b g nn ng f standa d z d

t g ca and c an g a h c

c d s . In fact, th W d

M t g ca O gan zat n f th

Un t d Nat ns t ac s th nc t n

f th c nc t f at ns t

that s na c nf nc n B ss s .

Ma y as a s an ad cat f an

A can na t ca a anac t h

d c A can d nd nc n

E . T d th ast n ca

bs at ns n c ssa y f an

a anac, th D t f Cha ts and

Inst nts n d d t and ts

g a f ast n y. As a f ct n

f th s n ss n, th D t as

na d th U.S . Na a Obs at y

and Hyd g a h c Off c , and n

1854 Ma y as a nt d ts f s

S nt nd nt . Th A can

Na t ca A anac s st d c d at

th Na a Obs at y t day,

A y a at , Ma y b sh d h s

st fa s b k, "Th Phys ca

G g a hy f th S as," a g ab y th

f st t tb k n c an g a hy and

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

a n t gy. H a s -

s d th f st t ans-At antc t -

g a h cab and d nt f d th b st

cat n f th n .

By th 1850's, Ma y as th

st nt nat na y d c at d -

s n n th Un t d Stat s . Y t h s

acc a as by n ans n -

sa . In th Un t d Stat s, h as

f q nt y n d n c nt sy

as h agg ss y st gg d t

stab sh f tat n f th

Na a Obs at y th st ff c -

t t n f th U.S . C asta

S y and th n y f nd d

S ths n an Inst t t n, th n a

c nt f sc nt f c nq y.

Th aj c nt sy s ndng Ma y, h , b gan n 1861 .

Th days aft th s nd f

F t S t t C nf d at f c s,

Ma y f t c d t s gn h s

c ss n n th U.S . Na y and

ff h s s c s t th

C nf d at Stat s . B and d as a

t a t n th N th, h as

a nt d a c and n th

C nf d at Stat s Na y and, d

t h s nt nat na tat n, as

s nt as a d at c s ntat

t Eng and . H at f c s d h s

att nt ns n ha b d f ns s, and

k d n th d nt f

ct c n s .

Aft th a , Ma y as

a nt d f ss f t gy at

th V g n a M ta y Inst t t , h

h ta ght nt h s d ath n 1873.

Ma y's k h d stab sh th

st g f th Un t d Stat s n th

d f sc nc , th tat n f

th U.S . Na y as an nn at d.

ad , and th stab sh nt f

c an g a hy and t gy as

g t at sc nt f c d sc n s .

3)

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
Sa ID Th

999000, a sha na d Na y's

FIRE OFFICER OF

T

h Na y has s ct d

DCCS(SW /AW) Ja s

Osb n , f a sha ab a d

USS B nh R cha d (LHD 6), as

th M ta y F Off c f th Y a .

Th s ct n f Osb n c gn z s th sh ft ng f c s f f ff c s

and a sha s th gh t th f t t

nc as ng a dn ss f t nt a

a ns f ass d st ct n

(WMD), s ch as ch ca , b g ca

and ad g ca (CBR) attacks .

"I th nk t's a d ff nt nds t n .

Y ' a ays ha t b a d f

DCCS(SW/AW) Ja s Osb n ( ght) bs s f f ght s and da ag c nt t a n ng t a b ,

DCC(SW/AW) J At d ng a t a n ng c s ab a d th a h b s assa t sh USS B nh R cha d

(LHD 6) . Osb n as c nt y s ct d as th M ta y F Off c f th Y a . (JOC(SW/A W) J n McM an/USN)

36

B nh R cha d f

f and f d ng, b t ' sh ft d

f c s t d a th th nc as n

ch ca and b g ca th ats," sa d

Osb n . "W ' f t d th kn -

dg and t a n ng t d a th that ."

Th s t f B nh R cha d

as an nt ns t a n ng cyc that n t

n y q a f d th sh n c bat ng

a n s ac f s, b t a s n s ndng t CBR attacks.

"Th c c t d 450

t a n ng and nab ng bj ct s n

f ks c th ty ca 20- k

cyc . . . an n c d nt d. task," sa d

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

By JOC(SW/AW) J n McM an,

USS B nh R cha d b c affa s

THE YEAR

CAPT J n B g-J hns n,

C and ng Off c f B nh

R cha d. "Th sh d t a n ng cyc

as d t an acc at d d ynt n s t f O at n I aq

F d . W d y d 15 nths

a y, and th da ag c nt gan -

zat n d dn't sk a b at ."

T g t ady f d y nt t th

A ab an G f, Osb n had t an

f a c nc ab th ats . J st n

k b f d y ng, Osb n and

t b s f h s da ag c nt

t a att nd d th n y d d

Sh b a d B g ca Wa fa

R s ns C s t a n h t

d t ct, sa and d c nta nat

a ns f ass d st ct n.

"W g t s ch t f that n -

k sch ," sa d Osb n .

Th y a n d h t c nd ct b -

sa ng at s a - a f st f

B nh R cha d - and ca back

th t ns kn dg n a s

a ns f ass d st ct n and

t nt a d y th ds .

That kn dg h d th da -

ag c nt t a c ss-t a n th th

ba k d Ma n s, Assa t C aft

Un t and E s O dnanc

D s sa d tach nt .

"1 can't b h ch c sst a n ng d d," h sa d. Th t a s

k d n sc na s f anth a -

c nta nat d a , t d ct ch ca

b g ca attacks n th sh , t

c nta nat d a c aft and ng c aft

t n ng t th sh .

"Mak ng s had a g d an

f attack as st tant t s,"

h sa d. "Th da ag c nt n a

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
A Th a h b s assa t sh USS B nh R cha d (LHD 6) s nt Na a Stat n San D g th Sa s " ann ng th a s." (PHCS Mah n M /USN)

f nt n s f d f ns n th s ty

f n n nt." Wh da ag c nt n a at th f nt n f d f ns

aga nst a ns f ass d st ct n,

tst 11 tak s an nt sh t c bat

a WMD attack, s and c nt n

th ts ss n.

T t a n th c , Osb n and h s

da ag c nt gan zat n c nd ct d

nt ns g n a q a t s d s h a

hands nt th gh ach st f th

sh 's CSR an. Add t na y, Osb n

d c d ca CBR d s t d cat

th c ab t th th at, t ct

as s, d ca s ns n s f-a d

and b ddy-a d, and s na d c ntanat n c d s . Th d s a d

c ntn s y d ng B nh

R cha d's t ans t t th A ab an G f.

In add t n t a ng

B nh R cha d f th WMD

th at, Osb n and th da ag c nt t a c nt n d t t a n and

nhanc th c 's f c ncy

n f f ght ng and f d ng cas a -

t s . Th s t a n ng d n a ab

d ng th d y nt, as atchs and s and th sh 's da ag c nt f y ng sq ad s nd d t 22

g nc s d ng th d y nt .

Fa 2003

"H s c and and c nt act ns

nt d th s g nc s f

s ad ng and ndang ng ss n

ad n ss and st a ab

ass ts - Sa s and Ma n s,"

sa d B g-J hns n.

Osb n sa d h s d s ca

ath h d h a f th cha -

ng s f b ng f a sha n a

b g-d ck a h b.

Th 16-y a Na y t an as a

tty ff c 3 d c ass ab a d th n

d c ss n d USS C nst at n

(CV 64) A g. 2, 1988, h n a aj

a n s ac f t d h th

sh as t ng th San D g chann . A b f th sh 's f y ng

sq ad, Osb n n t a y s nd d t

th f that ca s d th aj

s ns and s t th gh 17 f

th 18 d cks ab a d th ca . It

t k 36 h s t f ght.

"It as n f th st ac t

f s th n d aths n th Na y,"

sa d Osb n . "That as a b g ak -

t ca , and I' n nc d

anyth ng k that s nc , n d I

ant t ."

Aft a f -y a t ab a d

C nn , Osb n c t d a t n

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

Anta ct ca th O at n D

F z , s d as a da ag c nt

nst ct th th Af at T a n ng

G n San D g and as a t f

th -c ss n ng c f USS

R ss (DDG 71) . P t t ng t

B nh R cha d, Osb n s -

tan s y s d as th f ch f and

th R ad n ss and E ct n c S c ty

D a t nt L ad ng Ch f P tty

Off c at Ca Da d .

H s d s backg nd and a

h st f f f ght ng, ns ct n and

nst ct c s s an d c t f cat s,

q a f d h t c t n th

DOD F and E g ncy S c s

A a d g a .

Osb n sa d h f s cky t

ha n th Na y's F Off c

a a d, b t t's an a a d that a y

b ngs t th sh .

"Th sh d d a th s . It as th

c that t a n d and s cc d d,"

Osb n sa d . "I j st h d th

a ng th ay."

F-

,' ,

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Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
38

T

h c f USS E y S. Land

(AS 39) s ang nt act n n

J y, k ng th sh , th

t s t nsta at n and th astn a t f Sant St fan Is and -

h En y S. Land s h t d -

saf f an ad anc ng b sh f .

Th f t d n th st n

s d f th s and and ac d t a d

th sh n th at aft n n, aft

any c b s had a ady ft

f th day.

In s ns t th th at, th c -

and d ty ff c ass b d an a -

hands k f c t c bat th f ,

h ch as a d y n a ng b d ngs

f d th haza d s at a , f ,

and b th ng fac t s .

F th , E y S. Land, th

th ass stanc f t f ght ng t a s

f USS P d nc (SSN 719) and

Na a S t Act ty La

Madda na, k d t k th f

f ach ng th sh and ts -

d at s nd ngs.

"Th as at ast a ha f- f

t t y that n d d t d f nd

f th f a s," sa d E y S. Land

C and ng Off c CAPT Da d

V n n . "On f th n t a b s

as h t g t n gh s c s f

at and a s ff c nt n b f h s s

t th t st th a d y-s ad ng

f . O f st d as t stab sh 10

h s s and t a s . W nt a y had

13 h s s and t a s f ght ng th f ."

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

C b s ab a d th s b a n t nd USS E y S. Land (AS 39) ch ck t f f ght ng g a t h s t a b s f ght ng a b sh f n Sant

St fan Is and . (USN)

V n n , a ng th h s c -

t ff c CDR Jack G stafs n,

c d nat d th f s ns f

th b f th sh s ng VHF

ad s and c a h n s . W th an

a f th b az , th y

ab t ch st at , th gh d ct

n s f c n cat n th nsc n ad s, th tt ng d n f a

t ab t 220 ya ds f th

f . Th n, as th f d n a , th

h s t a s attack d th ad anc ng

f a s d ct y.

"Many f th f f ght s ant d

t cha g th h and attack th

f a s d ct y. I had t k ng

th t a s back th VHF ad s,"

sa d G stafs n. "My f a as that . . .

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
17 k17

Fa 2003

th as a ss b ty f h s t a s

g tt ng t fa ah ad f adjac nt

t a s and g tt ng c t ff by ck ts

f f a s b h nd th . D f nd ng

aga nst a ha f- - ng a f f a

t k th stab sh nt f a ha f- -

ng a f at ."

C and Mast Ch f (SS) J

A s n t d s ng than

5,000 f t f sh 's h s s t c bat

th f , nc d ng n h s that

t nd d t t 1,300 f t . E n at

that d stanc , E y S . Land's bank

f f s t t n gh ss t sh t at 50 f t f th

h s n zz .

In add t n t f ght ng th f ,

haza d s at a had y t t b

f f"

7

d f th st ag a as n a

th f nc n , and th n add s s -

t n d t a ft acc ss f th

f f ght s . A s , a d ca s t

t a as stab sh d n th n

f nt f th c at n c nt t t at

any t nt a ct s f s k

nha at n h at st ss, and t

n t hyd at n s .

F t nat y, n s nn nj s

t d . E y S . Land has a

c f ab t 1,300 Sa s, b t s

had a ady g n h f

th day h n th f t d. Sant

St fan Is and has n f d a tnt, b t Ita an at -ca y ng h -

c t s nd d ta ass stanc . Th

sh 's ch f ng n , LCDR T thy

-1

L db tt , st at d than 350 f

th sh 's s nn d ct y

n d n c bat ng th cas a ty.

M st k d f sta t-t -f n sh

th n b aks. A t d ., th c

f ght th f f than

f h s .

"I d n t ha th ds t

d sc b h d I a f th ,"

sa d V n n . "T g th th c f

E j S. Land, a ng th Sa s

f nt USS P d nc (SSN 719) and

f th Na a S t Act ty La

Madda na, d nst at d c ag ,

st ngth, t a k and th a f

da ag c nt ."

V S b a n t nd USS E y S. Land (AS 39) s ts at anch th t A ng -c ass n s s d and stand ng by t c a nt nanc and

st s f E y S. Land s nn . R c nt y E y S. Land h d Sant St fan Is and s a b sh f that th at n d b th Na a Stat n La

Madda na and sh . (PHI B nja n O y/USN)

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76 39

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
Na y t ansf s V q s ty

T

h D a t nt f th Na y (D N) has t ansf d a a ty n

th ast n nd f th s and f V q s, P t R c , t th ad n st at j sd ct n f th D a t nt f Int (D ) as q d nd th

F yd D. S nc Nat na D f ns A th zat n Act f F sca Y a (FY) 2001

(P b c La 106-398), as a nd d by S ct n 1049 f th Nat na D f ns

A th zat n Act f FY 2002 (P b c La 107-107) .

Und th a , D I s q d t d th and f s as a d f

f g , th th f act a a t b d s gnat d a d n ss a a and

c s d t th b c . D T n t z $2.3 n th s y a t t ct and c ns th s nat a s c s . Add t na y, D N s d sh ng and ng

a t a y fac t s and st ct s .

D N ta n s ns b ty f th n n nta c an f th s ty.

Th f na t nt and c st f th c an s nk d t and s ans b ng d -

d by D n c anc th th Nat na W d f R f g Act. D N a -

t c at n f t d c s ns and act ns ga d ng th ng-t n n nta

c an at V q s .

40

.na y. /na a b/cn /n76

F st c b n d U.S., S an sh Na y CSSQT a s cc ss

1 h U.S . and S an sh Na s s cc ssf y c nd ct d a c b n d

C bat Syst Sh Qa f cat n T a s (CSSQT) ff th c ast f

Wa s Is and, Va .

USS Mas n (DDG 87) and th S an sh f gat A a d Bazan (F 101)

a t c at d n th t a , h ch as th f st A g s C b n d CSSQT th a

f gn na y.

CSSQT, a s s f at-s a c s s and t sts, fy sh b a d syst s ha

b n nsta d c ct y, and can b at d and a nta n d saf y and ff ct y. Th P g a E c t Off c f Int g at d Wa fa Syst s and th

S an sh F 100 P g a Off c s ns d th CSSQT.

"S cc ss d s n t b g n t d sc b th day," t RADM Anth ny

L ng ch, c c and , Na a S a Syst s C and n a tt t Ch f

f Na a O at ns (CNO) ADM V n C a k.

D ng th c s f th t a s, Mas n s cc ssf y f d f Standa d

M ss -2 B ck III ss s . A a d Bazan a s s cc ssf y f d f SM-2 B ck IIIA ss s, nc d ng n f ng

c nd ct d th s U .S . sh s .

Th CSSQT c ns st d f s a f sts, nc d ng th a nch ng f th f st SM-2 f a S an sh sh .

A a d Bazan, c ss n d n S t b 2002, s th f st E an na a sh q d th th A g s W a n

Syst and s n f f b ght by S a n. A f sh s nt s c by 2006.

A USS Mas n (DDG 81) and th S an sh f gat

A a d Bazan (F 101) st a s d by s d d ng

th f st A g s c b n d C bat Syst Sh

Qa f cat n T a s th a f gn na y. (USS

Mas n/USN)

A P t st s d n f nc ng at th Na y's t a n ng

ang n th Ca bb an s and f V q s, P t

R c , A 28, 2001 . D s t s ng a dang t

th s s and th Sa s th t t ct Na y

ty, gangs f t st s b k nt th bas

att t ng t d t a n ng c s s g ng n .

T s ass s d ta n d, t ans t d t Na a

Stat n R s t R ads and t n d t th U .S.

Ma sha s S c . (PH2 Sh n McC y/USN)

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
SECNAV ann nc s

ca d nat n

A

st ng S c ta y f th a y, ansf d T. J

J hns n ann nc d th Na y nt nds t d nat

th h st c a c aft ca USS M d ay (CV 41)

t th San D g A c aft Ca M s , a q a f d

n n- f t gan zat n.

M d ay, th ast a n ng ss f th W d Wa II

a M d ay-c ass a c aft ca s, b d s ay d n

b anc f th a ant s c f ts c and as a t st n a t th n and n h b t, c nfg d

and a nta n d th s ss .

Th q st f th San D g A c aft Ca

M s as th n y c t a cat n f d nat n f

M d ay. Aft a f th ackag , J hns n d t -

n d that t s n th Na y's b st nt st t a

d nat n t th s .

Th sh 's na sak , th Batt f M d ay, as f ght

n th C nt a Pac f c f J n 4-7, 1942, and s c ns d d

th d c s batt f th a , n th th at .

B f th s batt , th Ja an s n th ff ns ;

aft t, th A cans and th a s t k th ff ns .

D ng th batt , U .S . f c s sank f Ja an s ca s

that attack d P a Ha b n y s nths b f , h

s ng n y n .

A Th h st c a c aft ca USS M d ay (CV 41) s an d by f

t gs t A a a P n S b c Bay, Ph n s, S t . 14, 1981 . (PH(S St n

Ha s/USN)

Fa 2003 .na y. /na a b/cn /n76

USS A z na h st an

a nch s `Ad t a G a '

1 h P a Ha b S s Ass c at n s ff ng

a n q ay f t b n d nt -

f d Sa s h f n th attack D c . 7, 1941 .

L a n Ma ks-Ha s , a h st an and s a ch

f th fat d USS A z na (BB 39) batt sh , ca

th th d a f a g a , ca d "Ad t a

G a ," h ch d nc ag any n - any ac -

t ay t b t and t c gn z th s h ad th

t at sac f c .

W th a sad n t n h c , Ha s sa d, "Th s

n ha n't had any f s c t n D c . 7 ."

Sh s gg sts that by ad tng g a s d n s can

h b th Sa s n at t c h days and

th t s f th y a .

Th n d nt f d ct s f th P a Ha b attack

nc d 124 Sa s f USS A z na, 381 f USS

Ok ah a (BB 37), 33 f USS W st V g n a (BB

48), 22 f USS Ca f n a (BB 44), 14 f USS

Utah (BB 31), t f USS N ada (BB 36) and n

f USS C t s (AV 4) . A a g n b f th

g a s t s s nt t s ts f a ns.

By s t ng USS A z na's bs t at . ssa z nafacts . s, th s nt st d n ad t ng a g a can ch s

a s c f c n th y d k t ad t and ak

a ang nts th th f st n n ch s th

n f st .

A M than 500 ct s f th attack n P a Ha b ay n g a s

a k d "UNKNOWN," st f h ch a n- b d c t n at -

t c h days . A n g a a t "Ad t a G a " and -

d f s th gh t th y a . (PHZ(AW/SW) J hnn R bb ns/USN)

41

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
PMIZ

A, A 2nd Ma n E d t na y B gad (H-53E S Sta n tak s ff f a

Ma n -bas d ca ns d I aq, A 14, 2003 . "As a h t j na st I'

th d at th chanc t tak a t n s th ng that has had s ch an act a

th d," sa d PH2 A c a Tasz, a h t g a h f USS K a sa g

(LHD 3) . "Y b c a a t f h st y n a ay. T ha b n a s a a t f

that s s th ng f h ch I' b f g at f . As a s n I f y

b ss d t h I d . . . n th Un t d Stat s ." (PH2 A c a Tasz/USN)

K a sa g h t g a h s s I aq f sthand

R g nta C bat T a 2-3 d Batta n Ma n s d sass b c n cat n

ant nnas c nst ct d a by a f a d d y d n t, A 25, 2003 . "What

ss d st ab t th (th Ma n s) as that th asn't a s ng c -

a nt," sa d PH2 A c a Tasz, a h t g a h f USS H a sa g (LHD 3) . "Th y'

y s t and f c s d n th j b at hand . Th y' a s y a c at f hat

th y ha back h ." (PH2 A c a Tasz/USN)

42

sn N°s ' .na y.n /na a b/c /n76

S111 - f17cc' M71 f 1 - '
F

W, st Sa s h

t d O at n f 1 js at s a, thnd a n I aq as tn ss d n th

sa anns back n A ca tn ss d t, by atch ng th

s ts n t s n . USS K s

0.1 ID 3) PH2 A c a ' sz as g n a n q t n ty t

sthand th ff cts f th c nt c nf ct .

Tasz's I aq c s n b gan a f ks ag h n A h b s Sq ad n 8 C d

gg Jacks n st d by

th

's Ph

tn ad h s d g taa . 'I hdd Tasz has d ng as sh

g d

th ag s and sa d th.

"I sa

d I as a tt n s f th ag y th b dd d j na ststt ng, and that I sh d I had th

t n ty tntaq," Tasz sa d .

Jacks n's s ns , "L t's s hat

t that ."

"A c

f ks at ," Tasz a n d, "I g t thn."

F

.

> Ma n s th th

n

E d t na y B gad nj y a f

nts j st b fns t n I aq . "It

ak s d nt n and a

ak ng a d ff nc ," sa d PH2 A c a

Tasz, a h t g a h

K a sa g

. "N t s ch th

ta y ct y ts f, b t h ng th

g nn ng t ak

. It

ans a b ghtaq s.

S th ng b ttday." (PH2 A c a

Tasz/USN)

,4 I aq

d n ca s, R ady-t -Eat) f

Ma n s f a d d y d th th

g nta

bat T a

3 d Batta n, A. "Th aj ty f th

y c t , y ha y t

s as d

gh

!t n," a n d PH2 A c a Tasz, a h t g a h

K a sa g

. "Es c a y th

d n . Th y y

ha y tn s . Tas n

nc d bng .

"Y

ant and n d n th y s," sh

nt n d .

"Wh

n yaq s nn ng ft sca ng ng

fd, a ty s a s y n th

." (PH2 A c a Tasz/USN)

By JO1(SW) Ch s H ff a ,

USS K a sa gb c affa s

.na y. /na a b/cn / 17 6

43
44

H t a y at d nt fy ng s fac c batants

f f gn na s? Can y t h th a sh n th h -

7 aa s an a y any n y? It's t t t st y sh d nt -

f cat n sk s . H ab t a f y ann ng th "b g y s"

tak a k at th sh ct d t th ght and t s hat

ty f ss t s, ts na , and hat nat n at s t .

S nd y nt y t s fty a ag,« n .a .n th Sh

Sha n th s bj ct n . B s t nc d y at ,

na , and sh n t f ass gn nt, and a c nt a -

ng add ss . Th f st nd d a t d th c ct

nf at n c c gn t n n th n t ss f

S fac Wa fa and a t k n f st f y f ss na kn dg !

Th t k n, a c n f C and , Na a S fac

Wa fa C nt , g s t STGC(IUSS) J ff Ca , stat n d n

K f a k, Ic and . H as th f st t d s th th

c ct ans f s ss 's Sh Sha .

"Th sh ct d n y S 2003 ss s th

R s t n ( -T nac s) AGS, A-14 ( -TAGOS 17)," sa d

Ca a - a . "It s a Sta a t-c ass c an s anc

sh that s d t at f SOSUS / IUSS (S nd

S anc Syst / Int g at d Und s a S anc

Syst .) . I had th as f k ng th th s c ass f

sh s f st f y ca . C ss n d n th (R ya

N Z a and Na y) n F b 1997, t has had n s

g ad s nc d ng n n 1999."

Sta a t c ass Hyd g a h c S y Sh , HMNZS R s t n A-14 s th

R ya N Z a and Na y's nc a s y and s a ch sh . F y USS

T nac s (AGOS 17), th sh as s d t N Z a and n 1996 . (F h t )

.na y. /na a b / cn / n76

A D ng th I an-I aq a , th c nt s d d 14 f th s c ass f sh .

Th Ita an sh ya d d d n y 10 f th s . What sh s th s, hat

ty /c ass, and hat n t n d s t s t day? F a b n s q st n, h ch

c nt y's d d dn't g t f d? (F h t )

S fac Wa fa

Fa 2003 V . 28 N . 5
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I nat ng f h s b ng d d

T Na y f f ght s f Lak h st, N .J ., a d ng a t na y f f ght ng h s . Th nat ng f h s , na d "M n ght H s ," s a n

saf ty as that F Ch f R cha d St ass and R g B n, b th f Na a A Syst s C and F D s n, h d c th st at d 37 .5 c nt f

f f ght fata t s ca s d by s ng c ntact th th h s s and th n nn ng t f a . In any nstanc s, th f sa ng h s n as n y a f f t a ay.

Th s d - ght f b - t c ght ng syst b dd d n th t jack t f th h s n can ha a a ty f c chang t ns that d a f c n -

cat n a a c c d syst . Th h s q s t a y n a nt nanc , can ha t f t s ght s c , and d c s n h at, gas ct c ty.

Acc d ng t St ass , "Th s h s d h d a f s ab a d sh s and b ats, d t th az - k c nf g at ns n y da k and c s q a t s . It d

b y s f n g d ng f f ght s n and t f th dang z n ," (USN)

K f O s E a AI ss f YMAN SIM Ca

F nd Any SWO

s ` .®

By Na , B t

O Sh .

S nd E a T G s By

Bas , Sh , Rank & M .

Un t d

Ma b And

Attach nt -S z .

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