David Ray (DD 971) - Naval Cruise Book

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Our first real taste of the exotic overseas came in the form of the Island of Singapore. This modern day metropolis still holds many of the charms of the ancient orient. Through many tours, the crew was able to learn about the culture, history, and the leisure life of Singapore.

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SINGAPORE Singapore by Night

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Indian ■HJBUSHED FROM AHMEDA8AD BANGALORE BARODA BOMBAY CHANDIGARH COIMBATORE ► City Joint exercises off Kochi coast from today NEW DELI II - Ai (he anck of dawn on ' IhuRday, Inilian find American waiships would tnntch llielr warskills in the liiRh seas off llie Kochi coast in tlie Arnbian Sea in U)c day-long Joint nnval exerdsej - llie first to be held between the navies- o(- iJie two countiie aftei almost 8 gap of Wyears. Tlie Russiaii-ncv iiircd Indian euided missile destroyct of llie Ra- jput class and the indigenous Goda- vari class multipurpose frigate INS Gomti would undeitake high speed war manoeuvres with a Spniance class destroyer and an Olivei llazArd Perry class guided missile frigate of the US navy between Kochi and Goa. While the Indian warsliip be- longing to ihe Western Naval Com- mand would be led by flag officer commanding, western flecl, Rear- Admiral Avinash Tandon, the US warships liave been drawn from the Seventh Fleet operating under the US FadOc Naval Command. The navAl IiIbIi commnnd ncre was liglitllpprd alxnit the joint exer- cises, merely saying that these were pait of llie Navy ' s efforts to have Delter interaction with naval forces of other countries. While the Sniuante class ucs- Hojcrs of the US boast » displace- ment of 8.(M0 Ions and have an opcraliorul i.ioge of 0,000 km »i tlie top speed of 33 knots, India ' s Ila- jpul desiroyeis have a displacement of 4,950 tons, with a ranfc of 4,900 km with Ihe top speed of 35 knots.- Both the warships are among the front-ranking warships In the world lodav sporting a wide array of letlial missiles. The Spruance class des- troyers, which were in action in the Gulf war, have nuclear warhead and submuniljon Siiiface-to-siirfnce Tomahawk missiles Ihe US navy has 31 Spruance class destroyers and Sboul 10 of ihem are in Ihe Indian Ocean with the Seventh flccl. According, to naval experts, this would be probably Ihe first time that the AmcTicnn and Russian watshins of such advanced class would be matching their wcrewithal in the high sens. During the almost I ' lhour, day- indjiighj[ exeicises, the warships would l e, ns one ton naval ccmman- der put it, indulging in almost a cat-and-mou.se sequence, testing each otlier ' s reaction lime, compu- ters and alwve all Ihe sailors fighting skills and adaptability. llu ' s would be the fouith joint naval exercises belweeri Indian and foreign navies during the current year. Ihe Indian and Australian navies held a joint exeitise off Foil Dlair last Noveml er, the Indian and Fienrli navy held joint exeicises off the Bombay Foit in March this year which was followed by a similar txeicisc with the British navy off Goa in Apiil. • m • BOMBA ' photo by QM3 Triei Naval exercises conclude Tlic I ' liMCB of India Ncivs Service NEW DnLlll, May 29: The 24- lioiir Indo-U.S. naval exercises concluded olT the Goa coast this aAcrnoon, uiulcrlining llic new cliinalc in the rchiiions bclwccii the two counlrics and llic desire to mainlain coiiliicls in all spheres. The exercises involving four ships — INS Hnjpul, INS Goinli, USS Vandcgrin and USS David R. Hay — carried out general drills, innnociivres, rciilcnisliincnl al sen, corniiuinicalion, search and rescue hndcr the overall laclicfll com- mand of Rciir Admiral A.R. Tan- don, flag officer, commanding the western fleet.