Navy to convert carriers for triple threat purposes
The United States Navy plans to convert attack and antisubmarine carriers into triple threat vessels able to destroy submarines gain air superiority and strike shore targets. The plan aims to equip carriers with fighter and attack planes plus S3 and K antisubmarine planes, with conversion costs estimated between 2 and 83 million dollars per carrier.
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California Eyeing Space Shuttle Launch and Recovery
Gov. Ed Reinecke said California would be one of two states for space shuttle launching and recovery. He named Vandenberg AFB and Kennedy Space Center as likely sites and predicted Edwards AFB could be a shuttle test site, stating the decision would come within three weeks and pledged potential thousands of jobs boosting the state economy.
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Navy Waste Discharge Target Of Bill Sacramento
Assemblywoman March K. Fong of Oakland introduced a measure urging the Navy to stop discharging wastewater from ships moored at facilities in California and to curb at sea discharges within three miles of the coast. The resolution calls Navy ships a major source of untreated domestic waste in California waters and seeks procedures to minimize or eliminate such discharges.
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Enterprise Heads Home After Western Pacific Tour
The nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise returned to Alameda California on Wednesday after eight months on duty in the Western Pacific. It completed its fifth tour in the region including operations in the Tonkin Gulf and a month in the Indian Ocean during the Indo Pakistan crisis.
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Navy wives head to Orient for rendezvous aboard Constellation
About 250 wives and children depart San Diego aboard the aircraft carrier Constellation and the Navy tanker Caliente for Hong Kong, their first sight of sailors since Oct. 1 Vietnam duty. The round trip may cost $400 or less, a new policy allowing spouses to join in an Oriental port. A Trans International chartered jet from Lindbergh Field promises ten days of hotel luxury and exotic shopping before arrival.
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