Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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F.'FS'.fFiFf..YSif.F.l.P.2S5Ef.Il1sX.F.'f!iSi9 .Mmfeble Visit Blueiclckets 'S'I'ondTaIIiidsJi Ship Reaches Namesulte City I By ALLEN LlLES Tribune Stagg Writer EfliiS!6d melt A d jn their blues and Srffartl L brag-d-oflicei-5 were stanSHi7tal, ' lproudlyi Monday morning as the light cruiser USS Galveston paid its first visit to the sHip's namesake Q559i72539f1.fii.?S.i?3i.fYf,2B2?, .5 lviiir oitha mm Talos Missile Is Result' Of 13 Years of Research 1-do.. tha supersonic surface- toalr ramjet powered guided mis- sile, which furnishes thc principal armament of the USS Galveston. gg a product of the Navy's once highly secret Bumblebee program and represents some lil years of gageuch and development by a awp of universities and induse trlal organizations to provide atomic-age weapons for thq!Uni- ted States Fleet. The Talos ls n new Navy weapon designed chiefly to blast into obllvlon enemy airplanes at- tempting an attack. 'The missile .lm 1-nay. ba fired at surface craft. The program dates back to the closing months ot World War ll when the Navy Bureau of Ord' nance requested the Johns Hop- llns University Applied Physics Laboratory at Silver Spring, Maryland, which had developed the proximity fuse for shells. to suggest a means of combatting the Japanese kamikaze menace. After several months study. lab- oratory scientists advised the dc- ,velopment of li supersonic ramjet propelled guided missile, The Bureau of Ordnance auth- orized the developement and it was givm the code name of Bum- blebee. Just why this name was chosen is in doubt but it is sigg nificant that ln many APL offices and laboratories nt Silver Spring there hangs on the wall the follow Ing: , According to recognized acro- Yteclmical tests, the bumblcbce cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in reln'ion ln total wing area. But the hum- bllbee docsn't know this, so he ioes ahead and flies anyway Theory Since lil! The ramjet had been a theory ln physics since 1913 but it had M been llown successfully. Nev. ertheless APL scientists believed 5' held Brent promise as a super- l0I1ic engine. Tiic difficulty had been that lt would not operate efficiently unless it be boosted by me means to s velocity near :rsleslbeid of sound. lt was bc- ! e solid propellant rockets 0i0Ped during the war could Provide the necessary bong, It was six months later, Julie 15, 1945- that a ramjet fashioned from the six-inch exhaust pipe of a 'lhundcrbolt warplunu. nladv a successful flight over the sand dunes of Island Beach. New .lt-r-, scy, attaining a velocity ol 12001 miles per hour. ln October of the samc ycar, nnothcr ramjet ot the some size dcmonstrnlcd thrust over 'aerodynamic drag. A rep- lica ot'this flying stovcpipef' as it had been dubbed, has been given an honored place in the National Air Museum of thc- Smithsonhin Institution as the vtorld's first supersonic ramjet engine. The Bumblebee research and development program was carried on from the beginning in the same pattern as had been so successful in producing the proximity fuse. Under this pattern thc Applied Physics Laboratory acted as the central laboratory providing tech- nical guldance and supervision to a number of university :-.nd in- dustrial organizations known as associate contractors. This was known as the Section T Pattcm. Slncc the field of supcrsonlcs was virtually virgin territory, re- search was carried on in aero- clynamics. propulsion, radar, guid- ance and control systems, lafunch- ing, warheads, structure, teleme- tcring, simulation. ground and flight testing, A missllc embody- ing the concepts underlying TA- LOS was thc objoctivc of the program from the start. Missile Increases In Size Dlametors of tcst vehicles in- creased from the six inches of the flying stovepipc to thc 30 inches of the present operational missile. To beam - riding guidance was added a homing system tn make TALOS the deadly accurate weapon it is today. To convention- al high explosive warhcaos have been added atomic warheads. ln the development work on beam riding and stability control. a test vehicle powered with a solid propellant rocket motor proved so effective that it WHS recognized as having great pos- sibilities as a prototype of a lac- lically useful short range anti- aircraft missile of relatively sim- ple dcsign. It was engineered and became the TERRIER missile X mtv in service in the fleet on board the cruisers BOSTON and Another mlsslle stlll in the de- velopment stage ls TARTAR, also a Bumblebee product. ln l950. the promise of Terrier. as a means of tilllng the short range requirements of the Pleet alr defense st an early date. brought about a realignment of the objectives of Talos toward the' attainment of the most advanced mlsslle in its class available ln the foreseeable state of the art. A specific missile design was chosen to incorporate fn lm- proved ramjet. the dual guidance system and other features calcu- lated to give long range, high lethality, and great accuracy. The development, engineering and testing of the advanced de' sign, proceed to a point where in January 1955. a large Naval Industrial Ordnance Plant to manufacture the missile was for- mally opened. This plant at Ml- shawnka, Indiana, is operated for the Navy by the Bendlx Aviation Corporation, which had been a Bumblebee associate contractor since the inception of the pro' gram, Pioneering Achievements ln a program with such ad- vanced objectives ss thoaeof Talos, it is to be expected that many pioneering achievements will be made, and such has been the casc. Not only did the workers in this program make the first demonstration that the ramjet was a practical engine for pro- pulsion of supersonic missiles, they also made the first flights of fully controlled missiles pow' ered by these engines and proved the reliability of the engine in numerous long range flights. The Talos booster set a new level in the size and performance of solid fuel booster rockets. TALOS was also the flrst missile to employ a. dual guidance system whose cu-'ncy at short and long ranged has been demonstrated repeatedf ly. '1'he Talos program also pi0-' neered the introduction of atomic: warheads into antiaircraft mis-4 siles. Research and development of Talos has been the responsibility: of Johns Hopkins University AP rigid attention as the vessel sidl up to the pier. From the ea, looks adornlng the' gc , s lot th slips' compfny, as Mei? first close glimpse at Galvesto ed comments concerning Galveston r weather they had heard from Cifmxr emmerce president T, . nik who shade the . cruise from V rl Juan, Puerto it was evident their first visit, f, Rico aboard the ship- their ship's namesake city wgdld be a memorable one. Also aboard the light cruiser was Puerto Rican businessmen The ShiP's company rolled out who will combine business with the red carpet in the form of a some sightseeing while they are brow. tgangplank to lancllubbersj, in the Gulf Coast area. The five to a host of area dignitaries, a visitors are: Capt. F. B, Crocco, high school band complete with 'director of the Puerto Rican Dry maiorettes and a score ot news- dock Co.: William McCabe, gen men and photographers. , eral manager for Armco lnterna Appropriately, the cruiser ar- tional: James Davidson, genera rivecl at Pier 14 at 8:45 am' vf ing the flag of Texas belrxwft tkalated USS Galveston Story and Pictures on Page 13.1 traditional stars and stripes. n lyei manager of Puerto Rico Pape he,Products Co.: Charles Towers 'manager of the Puerto Rica branch of Shell Oil: and Alfoh Valdes. president of the lndi Brewery. Q when asked it they had experii ienced any seasickness orffthei light rain which had a noyed wel ilhreeday voyage' they laugh comers prior to the Galveston's arrival subsided immediately when the shin anchored, Cordial officers were ready o the deck to extend a smile and handshake to the visitors. Mostrim agreement' of the enlisted men seemed to eye their first glimpse of Galveston unccrtainly, being forewarned per- haps of the white blanket' of snow which covered the island Friday -' night. We really kiddcd Mr. Water- man abou' that, said one officer i rut-'1'x'E'-Q to the manv slams. land said, No, in fact not a lmuch as the regular crew. We are happy to be in Texa and especially Galveston, sai Zgvaldes, his companions -noddi Davidson, who is originally fro T the states, said he was extremel ,fond of Puerto Rico and t.hat lt' Zreally a wonderful place to live. i The visitors had been especiall impressed by the maneuver held Friday by the Galvesto which featured surface and anti great respect of the cruiser s po 1 'lble firepower Shea a 3 Echoing the same sentiment ua Manne Plc Elton Walker who l one of the 39 Marlne securlt guards attached to the ships reg ular company The Marine uh has been on the Galt eston for thlr been months said the men uer especially looklne forward to th dances sponsored by Mrs Clar Thompson and the Chamber o Commerce Walker who is from Jac-J.son Y ville Fla. said he was also look ing forward to his initial first ha view of a much-advertised topic, the beauty of Texas women. We're counting the hours be, fore tonight, he aaid. Seaman Nick Dernato of Ne York City, a verteran of nearly four years Navy service. said he had seldom seen a crew prepare for a shore visit with so much en- thusiasm. We?ve even been paint- places that haven't seen any ttantlon since l've bean aboard, he announced. We really want our ahlp to be clan, and if tha hours wa worked count anythlq, th . boa glaircraftifiring. They spoke' wit ship. concluded Towers. 1 ' ' - - l l - .' ' ina I araanotarpeelrofdmtu rd, said the young seamg Lt. tbmmander R. L. Dica d' Glen Rock. Pa.. who hu only f . ' ' ' .o ni I a 'a nl. if mlmalw.. ' H. TH'5.'fAdci Qcf'c'f25QS',lif4'I,f,'I'1ifh'wliif,i ishzlvgigm 31:10:13 nvinti:r:ii:goffi::lers.a:d' ztantgrfglif attention in e viaw is an or ' - - . . . - ht. plied Physics Laboratory. gruiggr wgg easing into 'l-he Pier I4 ftp right' on schedule I Pld'-'V' Podurd 9 been aboard the ahlp for two weeks. ramlnlscad that ha had :een a recent visitor to Tana via automobile, You hava got a large and, l might add, a very flat state hers, proclaimed Dioa. The commander. who has li years of Navy service aboard every typa of vcaaal frm an alrcratt carrier to an amplubioua flagahlp also was axcltad about the vlalt to the namesake of his alllp. You know evary CNHI! ln tba Navy. with tba emoqlth ot the USS Canberra. ls named for a eltylnuzaunltad llltll. However. lt ia a rare privllala when the crulnr can acagauy vlalt lu aanlaaala. Tliorafon. you can raadlly account for tha crews ui- cltoment concerning thla trip. lmao aala The ship'a arrival also was a acrt ot homecoming to Maaleal OHlcarl.t.t..t.Itoch.Alls graduate ct the University of Tex- as medical branch ln 011311- loiea lsarlataallyaaauvo 'renal Iran laa Antonio. I-la ts ami' his lllllillfy chilli' i' Nlfilll-tll . iahdardtllatillvldonanlwlllfll namprlvatapractlcalalavll months. ,- umaaimlu mumdn- l.HClllllM.!lwl0f the ' tacladaghodaaaqa- anda lata, ham. -an -I--, of the US bel'-s mea from the am: as the mul S Galvest0n's'f,'Sunday Punch' lima me uss Grimm. MI the HW 'M' ' r RANGE radar a 1 ng, be equlwed Wm' lim wclpmi'-Iwmch M: It ls usd la connection with IIIIIUG HHH' wmv fleet to carry this latest WPC

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