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When Vice Admiral Charles Martell was assigned to head the Navy's lagging antisubmarine warfare program (ASW) in May 1964, the job looked even less appealing than battleship duty during the early years of the Pacific war-which he already had under his belt. Beset by political bickering, personal rivalries and red tape, ASW resembled a "zany fire department," as one dissatisfied officer...
...noted Martell, is currently spending $2.5 billion a year on ASW-only $2 billion less than it spends on strategic missiles and bombers. One reason is that the Soviet navy has a 430-sub fleet, including 150 new long-range models, of which 30 are nuclear-powered-compared with the U.S.'s 134 subs (51 nuclear). Another cause for concern is that the Russians have recently concentrated on long-range offensive strategy. Over the past year, Red subs have been sighted in strength for the first time in the Mediterranean and the Philippine Seas...
...divisions to 2 divisions at a time. To make sure the troopships get safely to their destination, the Navy is strengthening its anti-submarine-warfare forces by adding one aircraft carrier, putting an undisclosed number of sub-killing submarines back in service, ordering to active duty some ASW reserve squadrons, and retaining a dozen destroyers that were scheduled for retirement. In addition, the Navy will keep on duty one attack carrier that was slated for conversion to ASW, use it to bolster the Pacific's Seventh Fleet, which has often had to manage with no carrier...
After reading about Russia's pigboat fleet, I considered it a welcome change to know that Uncle Sam is finally doing something about the threat of enemy subs. Hurrah for Rear Admiral Thach and his men of the Navy's ASW (antisubmarine warfare) [Sept. 1]. Maybe now the Navy will show the public that they can do more than just eat good chow and shoot craps...
...Exercise. Airman Thach himself needed training in submarine warfare. He took a short course at Norfolk's ASW Tactical School, whizzed through studies in sound detection in New London, dropped anchor at Key West's weapons-testing center, climbed aboard every nuclear submarine in the Atlantic, visited destroyers, jawed with officers and bluejackets. Next he ordered a "cross-pollination" program, sent his aviators aboard submarines, his sub skippers into helicopters, his destroyer men into 52Fs. He put airplane pilots at the helms of submarines to help work out tactical underwater maneuvers...