US Navy Recruit Training Command - Keel Yearbook (Great Lakes, IL)

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forces built around the present capital ship-of-the-line, the aircraft carrier. Fast carrier task forces composed of carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers and other combatant vessels, are the principal ele- ments of today,s offensive naval strength and, as such, comprise the Navy's main striking force. The Navy is no longer shackled by the historic barriers of the shoreline, nor by the range of its shipborn guns, but can strike blows deep in enemy territory, and can deliver at the target the atom bomb, when and if needed. Fast car- rier task forces are able, without resort- ing to diplomatic channels, to establish off- shore anywhere in the world airfields com- pletely equipped with machine shops, am- munition dumps, tank farms, warehouses, together with quarters and all types of ac- commodations for operating personnel. Such task forces are virtually as complete as any air base ever established ashore. They constitute the only air bases which can be made available at the enemy's fron- tier without assault and conquest. AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT AND NAVAL BOMBARDMENT Whenever and Wherever assault and con- quest is deemed necessary, the accomplish- ment of an amphibious assault until a stable beachhead has been established is solely the responsibility of the Navy. The amphibious task forces are composed of all types of ships, naval aircraft, under-water demolition teams, reconnaissance facilities, and the specialized troops--the Marine Corps. Before, during, and after an initial assault naval guns and rocket launchers, in close coordination with naval aircraft, are able to devastatingly bombard enemy troops and installations, and lend close strategical and tactical support to our own ground forces in their advance to a desired objective. SUBMARINE AND ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE The Navy's submarine forces, with a history of outstanding performance in World War II, are ready to assume again their vital tasks of offense or defense in any mission assigned. And, as a defensive measure, the Navy's Hunter-Killerv task units, composed of escort carriers, blimps, and destroyers equipped with newly devel- oped electronic devices, are training to- gether as a team to track down and de- stroy any undersea craft of an aggressor nation. LOGISTICAL SUPPLY In addition to its function of denying the use of the sea to an enemy, the Navy now has the responsibility of lifting cargo CContinuedJ

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