Hornet (CVS 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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i x is a key force in countering this Soviet submarine 't' t threat. f . .. 1. S Q Z2 y order to effect constant and reliable clearance of the l sea lanes to and from the free world. 5 t HORNET and her Task Group, under the command of Radm. G. R. Luker has assumed this responsibility y t to provide the Seventh Fleet with an eiiective, strong ASW team on the job or on call at all times. This is that team in action. . . . l f l - . .-- .- - . - . .' . . :' L- . - t --,,.,rs .- g sm .s hy Lair .. . --2:2 - -- . .. ..., y ,. A - 'Q?TF 7?'l'h 'ii 'l '- --- - F31 anal - -,1,...E::2'3-?Q-- -s'1?l'f s3a1Q5T1z-.ci s , -'-'Wir '1 if WL. - -J T- . T- +-'f'- ....a1'.:'-1-HE? iii' .Q vt 59 . l ,XL ' l af '17 An ASW group is a highly mobile group g N designed specifically to search out and kill Q submarines. The mission of the U.S.S. C lr 'F K' i 4' 1 t HORNET and the Task Group of which she 1. ,J 1 V is a part, therefore, is the detection, and if A necessary, the destruction of enemy sub- marines. g During the Second World War, the threat 1. of underwater attack was brought home hard 4 to the Allies, as submarine torpedo attacks accounted for hundreds of ships sunk and , thousands of lives lost. .. With the advent of the nuclear submarine, J ts 5. A y the danger of the threat has increased immea- surably. The speed and ability to stay sub- y A merged for months at a time possesed by these .. i new weapons has made the requirement for l r- . a strong ASW force an absolute necessity. ,W All the free countries of Europe and l t . . . . - Asia have two things in common: their back .,. I5 E rl fa ' p, , . i- -4 i ll! steps boarder on the communist colonial em- -yll pire and their front door is on one of the it oceans of the world. Oceans which cover ,'1' T, more than 1,000 miles of vital ocean routes. li There is one way and one way only that 3 we can insure a continued supply of strategic 4 raw materials-adequate, effective, seapower. qw, Geography, then, is the key. Sea power, the A guarantee of free world security. iv I K.. 5 . .g. .3 it ' One area of the communist strategy is to be pre- 1 H pared to cut the sea lanes which bind together the free 5 world oceanic coalition. They are very definitely T l preparing for that eventuality by building the world's All largest submarine fleet. The Antisubmarine Group ,. 4- ' :T - The ASW task force responsibility is clear, to operate in areas of probable enemy concentration in 24 2 fi . 0 'S .lv s-ATA-..n.n ' ' 'A' ' '- 'X ' ' --- 'Y-T1 . 1-S..-. , .-. , . . . H H- ---'K-'-w -rs --.---- f ow. -- L 1 LL Y,.,,,u ., s , A ggkecnulgk . , M . i. -.-..-,..,...uQ

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