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On 23-24JAN GMT the following happened during the Cold War
1946
The new British light fleet carrier the HMS Warrior is transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Where she was renamed the HMCS Magnificent. This is the start of numerous transfers of the large Royal Navy Carrier fleet to friendly nations through out the world, such as Argentina, France, Australia, Holland, Denmark, Canada, and India
1959
To demostrated the capabilities of the A4D Skyhawk. One USMC Major J.P. Flynn and USN Captain C.D.Warfield, take two USMC A4D's on a non-stop and unrefueled flight from MCAS El Toro, California to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina covering over 2082 miles in 4hrs and 25mins.
1960
The USS Trieste, a USN bathyscaphe piloted by Lt. Don Walsh and the civilian Jacques Piccard reach a depth of 35800ft (10910m) in the Challenger Deep off the Mariana Islands. This dive is part of a series of dives to the deepest spots through out the world. It is referred to as Project Nekton. The craft remains on the bottom for 20mins before ascending to the surface again.
1963
The DASH program or Drone Anti-submarine Helicopter, completes shipboard qualification on board the USS Buck (DD-761) an Allen M. Summer class destroyer. The DASH system employs the QH-50C unmanned helicopter and is consider operational at this point. Fleet units begin to receive their control equipment and training in the months to come.
1965
The USS America, CVA-66, is commissioned at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia. She is the 8th "Super carrier" to enter the US Navy.
1967
A Soviet built contact mine is found at Nha Be, South Vietnam by US forces. This mine was found to be floating main shipping channel. It had a 4000lb warhead and had been swept from the Long Tau River on 31DEC66 by US Riverine forces.
1971
A USN P-3C Orion MPA sets a world turboprop flight distance record. Flying 5963 miles in 15hrs and 21min. Flying from NAF Atsugi, Japan via the great circle route to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The aircraft is actually considered to have flown 6095 miles, the extra mileage was done to avoid over flying the Kamchatka Peninsula. The next day the same plane and crew will set a speed record of 501.44mph over a 15to25km course at NAS Patuxent River.
1973
US and Japanese governments have announced a major re-alignment of US basing structure in Japan. The will consolidate a large number of US Forces Japan to few bases and increse the size of these bases. This agreement will keep a large number of forces and the new large basing structuring in Japan for at least 5 more years
Dr. Kissinger, current Secretary of State, and Le Duc Tho (the North Vietnamese rep)sign the Paris agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam. Under the terms of this accord, all American POW's will be released and the remaining 23700 American force will be with drawn over the next 60 days.
1974
The US Department of Interior issues a permit for the building of the Alaska oil pipeline. This pipeline will stretch 789 miles from Alaska's north coast oil fields to the port of Valdez. From the port, oil tankers will transport the oil to various US west coast ports for refinement. One of the more interesting ideas rejected by the US Department of Energy and Department of Interior was the use of submarine oil tankers that would be able to penetrate the ice fields at the North coast and then transport it south to west coast ports.
Secretary of Defense Schlesinger will confirm reports that US oil companies under pressure from OPEC reduced oil supplies to US military forces during the 1973 Middle East War.
1976
The US and Spain sign a 5yr treaty of friendship. Under the terms of this treaty the US agrees to move the Poseidon submarine force from Naval Base Rota by 1979.
1979
Secretary of the Navy Claytor will announce the plan to retire 37 ships from the active and reserve force for fiscal year 1980. This retirement will consist of 8 active duty ships, 5 from Military Sea lift Command, 1 National Oceanic And Atmosphere ship, and 23 from the US Naval Reserve Force. The two most recognized active duty ships to be retired is 6th Fleet's flagship the USS Albany, CG-10, a Oregon City class cruiser that had been modified to carry Terrier and Talos surface to air missiles. The other famous ship to be retired was 7th Fleet's flagship the USS Oklahoma City (CG-5), A Cleveland class cruiser that was considered single ended guided missile ship. She still mounted a turret forward with three 6in/47cal guns and on the after deck a dual Talos missile rail.
A US Federal Judge will prevent fishermen from interfering with naval operations in the landing and gunnery ranges off Vieques Island, PR. The fishermen and been acting as hazards to navigation and camping in on the beach areas near the US Navy ranges.
1983
The USS Ticonderoga, CG-47, is placed in commissioned with the US Navy. Her first commanding officer is Captain Roland Guilbault. She is the first of a revolutionary class that is mounting the AEGIS radar and combat system. It is considered one of the most flexible surface ships to arrive in the fleet since World War 2. She also the first of 27 total ships to be delivered over the course of a decade.
1986
Sixth Fleet carrier battle groups centered on the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) being operation Attain Document (I) in and near the Gulf of Sidra to demonstrate the freedom of seats to Libya. The Operation will end on 31 Jan but will be followed by more over the course of the year.
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A6BSTARM, on Jan 23 2007, 06:17 PM, said:
On 23-24JAN GMT the following happened during the Cold War
1946
The new British light fleet carrier the HMS Warrior is transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Where she was renamed the HMCS Magnificent. This is the start of numerous transfers of the large Royal Navy Carrier fleet to friendly nations through out the world, such as Argentina, France, Australia, Holland, Denmark, Canada, and India
1959
To demostrated the capabilities of the A4D Skyhawk. One USMC Major J.P. Flynn and USN Captain C.D.Warfield, take two USMC A4D's on a non-stop and unrefueled flight from MCAS El Toro, California to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina covering over 2082 miles in 4hrs and 25mins.
1960
The USS Trieste, a USN bathyscaphe piloted by Lt. Don Walsh and the civilian Jacques Piccard reach a depth of 35800ft (10910m) in the Challenger Deep off the Mariana Islands. This dive is part of a series of dives to the deepest spots through out the world. It is referred to as Project Nekton. The craft remains on the bottom for 20mins before ascending to the surface again.
1963
The DASH program or Drone Anti-submarine Helicopter, completes shipboard qualification on board the USS Buck (DD-761) an Allen M. Summer class destroyer. The DASH system employs the QH-50C unmanned helicopter and is consider operational at this point. Fleet units begin to receive their control equipment and training in the months to come.
1965
The USS America, CVA-66, is commissioned at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia. She is the 8th "Super carrier" to enter the US Navy.
1967
A Soviet built contact mine is found at Nha Be, South Vietnam by US forces. This mine was found to be floating main shipping channel. It had a 4000lb warhead and had been swept from the Long Tau River on 31DEC66 by US Riverine forces.
1971
A USN P-3C Orion MPA sets a world turboprop flight distance record. Flying 5963 miles in 15hrs and 21min. Flying from NAF Atsugi, Japan via the great circle route to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The aircraft is actually considered to have flown 6095 miles, the extra mileage was done to avoid over flying the Kamchatka Peninsula. The next day the same plane and crew will set a speed record of 501.44mph over a 15to25km course at NAS Patuxent River.
1973
US and Japanese governments have announced a major re-alignment of US basing structure in Japan. The will consolidate a large number of US Forces Japan to few bases and increse the size of these bases. This agreement will keep a large number of forces and the new large basing structuring in Japan for at least 5 more years
Dr. Kissinger, current Secretary of State, and Le Duc Tho (the North Vietnamese rep)sign the Paris agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam. Under the terms of this accord, all American POW's will be released and the remaining 23700 American force will be with drawn over the next 60 days.
1974
The US Department of Interior issues a permit for the building of the Alaska oil pipeline. This pipeline will stretch 789 miles from Alaska's north coast oil fields to the port of Valdez. From the port, oil tankers will transport the oil to various US west coast ports for refinement. One of the more interesting ideas rejected by the US Department of Energy and Department of Interior was the use of submarine oil tankers that would be able to penetrate the ice fields at the North coast and then transport it south to west coast ports.
Secretary of Defense Schlesinger will confirm reports that US oil companies under pressure from OPEC reduced oil supplies to US military forces during the 1973 Middle East War.
1976
The US and Spain sign a 5yr treaty of friendship. Under the terms of this treaty the US agrees to move the Poseidon submarine force from Naval Base Rota by 1979.
1979
Secretary of the Navy Claytor will announce the plan to retire 37 ships from the active and reserve force for fiscal year 1980. This retirement will consist of 8 active duty ships, 5 from Military Sea lift Command, 1 National Oceanic And Atmosphere ship, and 23 from the US Naval Reserve Force. The two most recognized active duty ships to be retired is 6th Fleet's flagship the USS Albany, CG-10, a Oregon City class cruiser that had been modified to carry Terrier and Talos surface to air missiles. The other famous ship to be retired was 7th Fleet's flagship the USS Oklahoma City (CG-5), A Cleveland class cruiser that was considered single ended guided missile ship. She still mounted a turret forward with three 6in/47cal guns and on the after deck a dual Talos missile rail.
A US Federal Judge will prevent fishermen from interfering with naval operations in the landing and gunnery ranges off Vieques Island, PR. The fishermen and been acting as hazards to navigation and camping in on the beach areas near the US Navy ranges.
1983
The USS Ticonderoga, CG-47, is placed in commissioned with the US Navy. Her first commanding officer is Captain Roland Guilbault. She is the first of a revolutionary class that is mounting the AEGIS radar and combat system. It is considered one of the most flexible surface ships to arrive in the fleet since World War 2. She also the first of 27 total ships to be delivered over the course of a decade.
1986
Sixth Fleet carrier battle groups centered on the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) being operation Attain Document (I) in and near the Gulf of Sidra to demonstrate the freedom of seats to Libya. The Operation will end on 31 Jan but will be followed by more over the course of the year.
1946
The new British light fleet carrier the HMS Warrior is transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Where she was renamed the HMCS Magnificent. This is the start of numerous transfers of the large Royal Navy Carrier fleet to friendly nations through out the world, such as Argentina, France, Australia, Holland, Denmark, Canada, and India
1959
To demostrated the capabilities of the A4D Skyhawk. One USMC Major J.P. Flynn and USN Captain C.D.Warfield, take two USMC A4D's on a non-stop and unrefueled flight from MCAS El Toro, California to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina covering over 2082 miles in 4hrs and 25mins.
1960
The USS Trieste, a USN bathyscaphe piloted by Lt. Don Walsh and the civilian Jacques Piccard reach a depth of 35800ft (10910m) in the Challenger Deep off the Mariana Islands. This dive is part of a series of dives to the deepest spots through out the world. It is referred to as Project Nekton. The craft remains on the bottom for 20mins before ascending to the surface again.
1963
The DASH program or Drone Anti-submarine Helicopter, completes shipboard qualification on board the USS Buck (DD-761) an Allen M. Summer class destroyer. The DASH system employs the QH-50C unmanned helicopter and is consider operational at this point. Fleet units begin to receive their control equipment and training in the months to come.
1965
The USS America, CVA-66, is commissioned at Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia. She is the 8th "Super carrier" to enter the US Navy.
1967
A Soviet built contact mine is found at Nha Be, South Vietnam by US forces. This mine was found to be floating main shipping channel. It had a 4000lb warhead and had been swept from the Long Tau River on 31DEC66 by US Riverine forces.
1971
A USN P-3C Orion MPA sets a world turboprop flight distance record. Flying 5963 miles in 15hrs and 21min. Flying from NAF Atsugi, Japan via the great circle route to NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. The aircraft is actually considered to have flown 6095 miles, the extra mileage was done to avoid over flying the Kamchatka Peninsula. The next day the same plane and crew will set a speed record of 501.44mph over a 15to25km course at NAS Patuxent River.
1973
US and Japanese governments have announced a major re-alignment of US basing structure in Japan. The will consolidate a large number of US Forces Japan to few bases and increse the size of these bases. This agreement will keep a large number of forces and the new large basing structuring in Japan for at least 5 more years
Dr. Kissinger, current Secretary of State, and Le Duc Tho (the North Vietnamese rep)sign the Paris agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam. Under the terms of this accord, all American POW's will be released and the remaining 23700 American force will be with drawn over the next 60 days.
1974
The US Department of Interior issues a permit for the building of the Alaska oil pipeline. This pipeline will stretch 789 miles from Alaska's north coast oil fields to the port of Valdez. From the port, oil tankers will transport the oil to various US west coast ports for refinement. One of the more interesting ideas rejected by the US Department of Energy and Department of Interior was the use of submarine oil tankers that would be able to penetrate the ice fields at the North coast and then transport it south to west coast ports.
Secretary of Defense Schlesinger will confirm reports that US oil companies under pressure from OPEC reduced oil supplies to US military forces during the 1973 Middle East War.
1976
The US and Spain sign a 5yr treaty of friendship. Under the terms of this treaty the US agrees to move the Poseidon submarine force from Naval Base Rota by 1979.
1979
Secretary of the Navy Claytor will announce the plan to retire 37 ships from the active and reserve force for fiscal year 1980. This retirement will consist of 8 active duty ships, 5 from Military Sea lift Command, 1 National Oceanic And Atmosphere ship, and 23 from the US Naval Reserve Force. The two most recognized active duty ships to be retired is 6th Fleet's flagship the USS Albany, CG-10, a Oregon City class cruiser that had been modified to carry Terrier and Talos surface to air missiles. The other famous ship to be retired was 7th Fleet's flagship the USS Oklahoma City (CG-5), A Cleveland class cruiser that was considered single ended guided missile ship. She still mounted a turret forward with three 6in/47cal guns and on the after deck a dual Talos missile rail.
A US Federal Judge will prevent fishermen from interfering with naval operations in the landing and gunnery ranges off Vieques Island, PR. The fishermen and been acting as hazards to navigation and camping in on the beach areas near the US Navy ranges.
1983
The USS Ticonderoga, CG-47, is placed in commissioned with the US Navy. Her first commanding officer is Captain Roland Guilbault. She is the first of a revolutionary class that is mounting the AEGIS radar and combat system. It is considered one of the most flexible surface ships to arrive in the fleet since World War 2. She also the first of 27 total ships to be delivered over the course of a decade.
1986
Sixth Fleet carrier battle groups centered on the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) being operation Attain Document (I) in and near the Gulf of Sidra to demonstrate the freedom of seats to Libya. The Operation will end on 31 Jan but will be followed by more over the course of the year.
Operation Attain Document, huh? Sounds like someone going on a mail run. I often wondered who thought up these names.
Buddha
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