Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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Then positive contact is gained and the sub pinpointed- the plane attacks and reinforcements arrive as the SAU steams into the area and takes over, laying deadly patterns of lethal charges. A Again and again rhe cans go in for attacks until an oil slick trickles to the surface and the once deadly killer slowly sinks beneath the waves. The menace is no more.

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The helos take oft like a hawk after a chicken and the 3-destroyer SAU emits a white froth of sea water as they hurry to the area. The helos arrive first and fan out and hover to within 25 feet of the water as they lower their sonar dome to seek out the killer. Back on the ship an up to the minute pictorial account of the contact is kept on a HUK status board.

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The helos are vectored back to the ship, and they wearily set down on the flight deck, as the plane continuse its search. The SAD takes its place in the formation once again. The activitj ol the ship settles down into its normal routine, and the navigation department takes the morning sunline.