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...more hilltop fires were flaring from one end of the British Isles to the other. It was a reminder of a difficult moment in the reign of her namesake and ancestor, Elizabeth I; similar fires had been set in 1588 to warn the country of the approaching Spanish Armada...
...gargantuan quantities of supplies required by any future conventional war that are not already prepositioned at depots in Europe will have to be sent by ship. This means that the U.S. Navy will need enough forces to keep the North Atlantic's sea lanes free from the increasingly threatening armada of Russian warships...
...Harvard armada had a pleasant vacation, edging the Naval Academy on Easter Sunday to capture the prestigious Owen Trophy for the third time in the last four years. Senior Tom Reps sailed home with low-point honors as the meet's top skipper, as he and classmate Terry Neff bested the rest of the 12-team field in the whitecaps off West Point...
...ashore in the Christian-controlled port of Jounieh, some nine miles north of Beirut. As soon as they established contact with the Lebanese garrison, both forces spread out and secured a landing area. A helicopter slowly whirred up from an Israeli cargo ship standing offshore, guarded by a small armada of missile ships. The helicopter, TIME has learned, brought to Jounieh a top Israeli official who spent the night in a series of secret conferences with various Lebanese leaders, then climbed back aboard his helicopter and flew out to sea again, just before dawn...
...most spectacular event was the gathering at New York of 212 sailing ships from 34 nations, including 16 of the world's largest windjammers. Led by the Coast Guard training ship Eagle, the armada glided past an honor guard of warships in the harbor and up the Hudson River. By Coast Guard estimate, some 30,000 small boats, ranging from 90-ft. yachts to dinghies and kayaks, maneuvered for a view in the crowded waters. Aboard the 80,000-ton aircraft carrier U.S.S. Forrestal, host ship for the nautical review, a radar operator stared at his screen in disbelief...