Stein (FF 1065) - Naval Cruise Book

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FRIE Usually vessels turn out to be friendly merchants, but we had numerous opportunities to see what the other guy looked like. OS2 Irwin and the Snoopy Team were busy taking pictures from the Signal Bridge for identifica- tion later. On several occasions S TEIN was overflown by Soviet Bear D's, planes used to observe our ships. During peace time these sightings were a curiosity but in the time of war the ability to identify friend or foe is critical gf, Uss SAN BERNAD1No T X u i. Russian Ropucha class LST. With a cargo capacity of 450 I tons, it can carry 230 troops and over 10 light armored vehi- cles for beach landings and assaults USS RODNE Y M. DA VIS .Lx v Q ..A. Q t X Japanese ship HIEI a Haruna class heh An Iranian merchant ship copter carrying destroyer 78

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i i 3 i 1 f R mf may D aircraft flying overhead g Swan to determine the location and in- p f fentlons uf Battle Group l-lumen A E 4 I ' ' -F 1- 1 'f-11 f f W Q ' L My e XMI 1 i 1 1 WABASH, carrying over 175.000 barrels of fuel. dfammunltion. and 5 75 tons nfpmvislons. the Primary mission ls to replenish ships un- OR POE USS ENTERPRISE, a nuclear pow- ered aircraft carrier. The big E is over 1,000 ft. long and carries over 5,500 personnel. it can carry 86 air- planes and helicopters and can sus- tain intensive air operations for 12 days before refueling e '11, A Russian Primorye class AGI. Its primafy mission is to gather any 6 Allied vessels nd all information it can on Amerillall and 79