Evening star., 1954-12-21


tain bcmhprOof submarine pens
e the Germans did. Bombs from
Allied planes bounced on the
concrete tops Of these shelters IL |
World War u.
ii i new var. submarines win
have to operate from 1 mother
ship. far at sea. and alWays on
the move. It Is hardly conceiy-
able that the Russian submarine
force could operate long under
such conditions. Refueiing and
reproyisioning would BE difticlllt.
iOverhaunng would be next To
impossible.
Carriers Nnb of Force.
These submarines, homeless
and harried, win be hunted down
ID the first weeks of 8 new war
hy United States hunter killer
groups centered around resnod-
eled large carriers 81 the World
War r type.
There win be hunter killer
submarines operating. too. hut as
ZIG stands now the main anti
submarine duty win Be carried
BY the carrier group.
These 27.O00-ton carriers win
carry several helicopters and two
or possibly three types Of air
planes. There win be 10 big car
|riers. Five of these carriers are
already In anti-subnarine serv-
ice. They are the Princeton. VAL
ley Forge. Enterprise. Leyte and
AntietaIn.
The Philippine Sea s0on Is I'd,
undergo renod deling. The moth
Iballed carriers Franklin and
Bunker Hill are understood also
| to be scheduled for rernode de1ing.
The other carriers are yet to be
designated.
'Copters Fill Basic Need.
The helicCpter was added toI
Ithe anti submarine arsenal only
| six months ago. ri supplies n
basic need lii anti-suhEnarine
warfare the detection and pin
pointing Of . submarine before
the submarine can escape. A
helicopter can hover and dangle
! locating device In the water.
The Nays newest anti-sub-
marine killer Is an airplane. the
Grumxnan S2F-l, nicknamed the
Sentinel. It was tested for carrier
use In mid September. An S2F-1
took on and landed on the escort
carrier Badoeng Strait.
The Badoeng Strait is an ex-
perimental ship, q sister Of the
Point Cruz. In the same tests.
the first night landing on q car
rier with an S2F-1 was made.
The S2F-l is designed to de-
tect. track and destroy enemy
submarines. job that formerly
required two planes. It has q
crew Of four and has two en-
gines that drive propellers. It is
intended to replace the single
engine Grumnan AF2-S Guard
ians.
Another anti-suhmarine plane
Ii the P5M-2 Martin Marlin. The
first unit to get the big gull
wing, twin-engine craft was Pa
troll Squadron VP-47 at Alameda.
Calf.
Atomic Depth Charge.
Modern anti-submarine weap-
ons include an atomic depth
charge, q spiraling torpedo that
homes on its underseas target.
quick sinking depth charges.
shaped-charge projectiles, and
an undersea model of the ba-
zooka rocket.
None Of these, Of course. would
be useful unless the submarine
could be found. Navy officials
said . year ago that q new un-
derwater listening device had
been developed which could de-
tect submarines miles away.
This device win be used by the
Nays killer submarines that
win lie beneath the water. lis
tening for sounds Of the move
ments Of enemy submarines. The
Navy has three new killer sub
marines. Six World War II feet
submarines are being modernized
as killers.
Some time In the future, Of
course, the atomic submarine will
be an even more important part
Of this antt-submarine warfare.
After the Nautilus, the first
atomic submarine, has finished
operational trials some time rext
year. her anti-submarine possi-
bilities will be evaluated.
tCopsright 1854. " san Dieso union.,