Harold E Holt (FF 1074) - Naval Cruise Book

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Fog obscures sho ABOARD THE SOVIET CRUISER TALLINN tAP7 - The Soviet navy sought a hlgh seas show of glasnost, but dense fog obscured much of the Pacific Fleet's two-day maneuvers and hampered its planned display of firepower. lt invited reporters from the Unlted States, japan, Britain and Australia, who went aboard the Tallinn to watch tlte exerclses ln the Sea of japan. Also on board were offlclals from lndla, Malaysla, Vietnam and ln- donesla. 4 - The United States rejected an ln- vltatlon but dispatched the frlgate USS Holt and at least one helicopter to keep an eye on the maneuvers, Soviet officlals sald. THE FOG, which rolled ln Monday evening and remalned for the next two days, made much of the observa- tion of the shlps, Elanes and helicop- ters impossible. T e na was forced to alter its plans for mcg battles and conduct a short-range demonstration of anti-ship missiles, depth charges, mtl-aircraft guns and rocket-laun- ched torpedos. ,The ,Soviets also arranged a tour of a destroyer at fleet headquarters ln Vladlvostok and a launch ride to view the task force at anchor. They allowed reporters to wander about the shlps to which they were asslgned. - INQUIRIES ABOUT speclflc weapons and plans were ignored, however, and a request to vislt the 'l'alllnn'a Combat Information Cen- ter, the nerve center of a modern naval vessel, was polltely -rejected with the explanatlon that tlte captain 'was too busy. , I Observers dld see two shlps ready for inspection. Gray palnt, some of lt fresh, covered most surfaces on tlte Talllnn and the .destroyer Stolkl. Brass name plates were pollshed. The portralts of Presldent, Mlkhall 8. Gorbachev and Soviet founder Vladl- mlr I. Lenin were ln place along the gangwsys. In the sailors' quarters, personal belongings were put away and all bunks were made. No space was wasted. Each ordinary sallor, practi- 9 5' f ,K , MMM. K x f, K JVM. M, k fqywf ,5 .ff sk V ,hyfwf K . , .W , f g X WZ. I C, ' s ,M wr, X , ,:.M,,Weffwffg af ,ag X X , WZ , ix of fkffw .. f 75 4'f',fg,ff,, M x f .Zu f, f A . I f' WWWMW ws WM, x I I ' f f ,. .WW ,wwfwff f Nw ' of Soviet glasnost cally all of whom are drafted, gets one-thlrd of the space beneath the bottom bunk for uniforms, a cubby- hole for tolletrles and a cablnet large enough to hold about three books for personal belongings. Asked how he liked marltlme life, a 17-year-old sailor standing watch for the vlsltors replled with a shrug. Service ls service, he sald. One offlcer sald only 10 percent of the conscrlpts re-enlist after thelr three-year stlnt. The exercises were deslgned to demonstrate the Soviet navy's defen- slve posture and lts ablllty to protect a convoy from attack, but the tradi- tionally secretive navy also tried to score some political points. THE FLEET commander, Adm. Gennady A. Khvatov, called the tour an example of the new political thlnklng' supported by Gorbachev. Others emphas sed the ethnlc dlversl- ty of the sallors from a country wlth aearlng ethnlc disputes. Capt. Vlktor V. Obraztsov, head of the Communist Parti's polltlcal department for the tas force, sald members from 29 of tl S Unlon's more than l00 naffonallflg make up tlte Tallinn's 32l-man crew, WESTERN NAVAL specialists say most Soviet officers come from th, Slavlc republlcs of the Llkragn, Byelorussla and the Russian federaf tlon. The United States refused to ggnd observers to watch the exercises partly ln solidarity with japan, which considered them a provocation he- cause they were held near Islands that the Soviets selzed ln the closing days ol' World War ll, The Soviet Union and japan have UCVCI' Slllned a peace treatv endlng the war, largely because' of the dispute over possession of tlte Kurll Islands, known as the Northern Try rltorles In japan. ' X Western naval experts, speaklna on .condition of anonymity, sald the United States encouraged lts heme allles to stay away because lt does nog want to fee obligated to lnvlte Soviet officers aboard shlp during annual exerclses by the U.S. 3rd Fleet. -.wb ,este 1-s. X ,Q