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ROUT INE R 23183?Z AUG 68 F"M COMSUB I. At\?T
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NAVY DEPARTMENT
1. HONEYWELL HX21 COMPUTER BUF"VER INSTALLED IN MIZAR BY APL JOHNS HOPKINS NOT OPtRATING PROPERLY WITH SRN-9 SYSTEM AND HAS NOT OPERATIEO PROPERL Y SINCE !NSTALATI ON. ERRORS ARE REPORTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH RECEIV I NG F"ROM ITT SATELLITE SYSTEM TO SRN~9SYST E M. AS PRESENTLY ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUH BUFFER, NAV IGATION REQUIRES MANUAL INSERTI ON Of 38 wORDS OF INFO PAREN RE-NAVIGA TION MODE NECESSARY PAHEN PLUS NUMEROUS MANUAL RECHECKS FOR SOLUTION ACCURACY .
2. MR BUCHANAN INDICATES THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN BY NRL AN D APL JOHNS HO PKINS AND LONG DISCUSSED BUT NOT CORRECTED DUE TO LACK OF AGREEME NT AND SUPPORT OF A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR MIZAR SEARCH OPS, CURRENT INSTALLATIO N WAS MADE WITH VIEW TO WAi OPS TO ONE AUGUS T ONLY. THIS SITUA TION CO NTRIBUTING TO NAVPROBS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY CAPT
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3. URGEN TLY REQUIRE APL JOHNS HOPKINS DESIGN ENGINEER ON SCENE A~AP TO CORReC T REWIRING PROBLEM IN ~UfFER UNlT IN ORDER TO INCREASE SPEED OF OUTPUT. DECREASE ERRORS AND MAVPOSITS PO INCREASE ABILITY TO DEFI NE AND HECOVER POSITS QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY.
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TO CINCLANTFLT COM SECONDFL T C 0 I~ N A V A l R l AN T COMSE RVLANT COMASWFO RLANT COMNAVBA SE NORVA COMEASTSEAFRON COM CRUDE SLANT COM~A!RW l N GSLA~T
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INFO CNO COMSUBF LOT SI X SUBRONCO MSLANT COMNAVSH JP SYSCDMHQ COMS UB FLOT TWO COM SERVR ON EIGHT USS STANDL EY COMCRUDESLAN TREP NORVA COMSUB FLOT E IGHT VCOAC COMCR UD ESFLOT TWO CTG EIGHT ONE PT FIVE CTG EIGHT ONE PT NINE
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1. SURFACE/SUBMARINE/~IRCRAFT SEARCHS CONTINUING. NO SIGNIFICANT '?ES ULTS.
2 . ANTICIPATE ONE MORE DAY OF SEARCH OPERATIONS BY REQUIN VIC I NITY MARSALA BANK AND BY NORWALK VICINITY LAT 28-35N LONG 36~02W,
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3. HOIST AND PRESERVER WILL: REMAIN AZORES PENDING COMPLETION OF CRUISE R BANK AND HYERES BANK SEARCHES,
4, COMPASS ISLAND WILL · COMPLETE HER EASTWARD TRANSIT OF SCORPION'S TRA CK TO LONG 34W AT ABOUT ~ 032000Z AT WHICH TIME SHE WILL PROCEED DIRECT TO TERCEIRA,
5 . NEXT SITREP 040400Z,
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0 AT 1:00 PQ HQ MONDAYo MAY 27 0 THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE SCORPION WAS DUE AT H~R HOMEPORT OF NORFOLK, VtRG!NIA~ AVTER ROUflNE EXTENUEU TR AINING OPERATIONS WITH TH6 S ! X T H F L E f: T I N T H c M E lJI T E R A N N E AN Q T H E S H I P 0 E P l. 0 Y E D F R 0 M N 0 R F 0 l K 0 N F E 8 R U A R Y 15 , T H E L A S T 0 f F I C I A L C 0 t·H1 UN ! C AT I 0 N FROM THE ~CORPION WAS ON MAY . 21g AND WAS A HDUT!NE POSIJI~N
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-REPORT, IT IS NORMAL FOH SUBMARINES MAKING SUBMERGED PASSAGE TO MAINTAiN RADIO Sl~ENCE FOR EXTTENUED PERIODS OF TIME. wHEN THE SCORPION WAS SEVERA~ HOURS OVERDUt , THE ATLANT IC FLE~T LAUNCHED A WIDE SEA ~ AND . AIR SEARCH U T I L I l I N G SURF ACt S H I P S , SUB MAR I N E·S AND . ~ 0 N G RANGE A 1 R ., CRAFT FROM H0~1f: PORTS All. ALONG THE EAST c·OAST AND AIR BASES IN THE UNITED - STATES~ BERMUDA~ AND TH.E AZORES, THE SEARC~ FORCES WER~ UNDER THE OVERAL~ COMMAND OF VICE AOMIHAL ARNOLD Fi SCHADE, COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCES AT LANTIC FLEET, WITH REAR AD MIRAL - LAWRENCE G~ BERNARD, C 0 M MANDER S U 8 MAR I N E. F l:O T I L LA S I X i A C Tl'N G AS A T S E 1\ C 0 M,. MANDER ABOARD THE GUIDED NISS!LE fR!GAJE USS STANDLEYQ THE SEARCH FORCE WAS UONTINUALLY AUG MENTED UNTI~ , AT ONE TIME lT NUMBERED 55 S8 IPS -AND 35 U1S• AND CANADIAN SEARCH AIRCRAFT UURING THE PEAK PERIOD. (28 THROUGH 30 MAY); SE~R~H AIRCRAFT INCLUDeD P-2'S, pa3 1 $g s~2'S AND C~130 1 S fROM TH§ NAVYt A! RFORCE ANU COAST GUARD. AS AREAS WERE THOROUGHLY SEARCHo EDg FORCES WERE REDUCED AND REMAINING SHIPS. AND AIRCRAFT CONCEN TRATED THEJR EFrORTS IN OTHER AREAS! ON THE EVEN ING OF MAY 29 - A BRIEF RADto MESSAGE WAS PICKED UP BY A SEARCH PLANE, THE SUBMARI~E LAPON, AND SI X SURFACE SHIPS. TH~ MESSAGE CONTAINED THE SCORP!ONVS CODE NAME 1 8RAN DYW1Nc 1 • ALTHOUGH A BEA~ING WAS OBTAINED ON .THE · POSSI8Lf AREA FROM WHICH THE MESSAGE COULD HAVE BEEN SENT P SEAR CH : FORCES ~ AFTER ' AN · EX~AUSTIVE : SEAR£H . WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ITS SOUBCE~ J ~ .,~. ~ . THE CODE NAMEQ HOWEVER, IS ALSO THE NAMt OF SEVERAL CIVILIAN VESS~LS IN THE ATLANTIC AREA, AND IT JS POSSI8LE THAT THE MESSAGE COULD HAVE ~EENSENT BY ONE OF THEM. INITIALLY THE SEARCH CONCENTRATED NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE CONTI NENTAL SH~LF OF THE EAST
··cOAST AT THE 14ES1ERN END OF SCORPJON 9 S PROJI:CTED TRACK,· AND EASHIARD ALONG THt TRACK lO~~ARDS SCORPION'S LAST -·· ·. KNOWN POS ITi ON SOME -360 HILES SOUTH OF THE AZORESi DURING THE EXTENSIVE SEARCH SEVERAL SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS BU~YS AND OIL CANS WERE S!GHTbO BY SEARCH UNITS BUT WERE IDENTI~ f I E D A S N 0 T C 0 11! N G F' R 0 M S C 0 R P ! 0 N v nJO SUNKEN H U L K S ~ 0 N E OFF CAPE HENRYP V!RGINIA~ AND ONE OFF CAPE CHARLESi WER~ INVESTIGATED BY THE SUBMARINE RESCUE VESSEL SUNBIRD AND
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WERE DETEHMlNED TO BE WW II SUBMARINE ANb THE BARNACLEo ENCRUSTED HULL OF AN OLD I~EF~CHANT . VESSELl ~1EAN~!Hl l.E, THE SCIEN1lfiC RESEARCH SH!P USNS MIZAR ~6~T NORFOLK JUNE 2 TO ASSIST SEARCH FORC~S OFF THE CRUISER AND lRV!NG BANKS S 0 U T H 0 F T H E: A Z 0 R E S , T HE M I Z A R 1 S S C H G.D LJ L. !; D ·, i 0 R E A C H · T HE A R E A W I Hl - H E R D E E P S E A R C H G E A R 0 N J U N f: 9 ~ ' .. i H E S I) B f! E R S 1 8 L. E ~ DEEP OIVEI! AND THE ADS MARK IV WERE fbO~N PROM THE UNITED-STATE~ TO THE AZOR ES AND ARE. B!:ING l.OADED ABOARD iHE SALVAGE VESSELS PRESERVER AND HOIST~ TO 8E US~D If THE SEARCH NARROW~D 10 A SPECIFIC ARE~, PRESERVE~ AND HOlST, · wXTH THE EQU!PAENT ABOAR0i W!L~ JOIN THE SEARCH FORCES NEAR THE CRUlStR AND IRV I NG BANKS~ THE FRENCH SUBMARINE . REQUIN JOJN~D THE SEARCH ON JUNE 2 NEAR THE MARSA~A BANK, 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES 1\ND I S CONTJNUING TO ASSIST u. so UNITS a ON - JUNE 3 A TOTP,l.. OF' 22 ' SHIPS AND 27
. ARICRAPT wERE CONTINUING THE SEARCH FOR SCORP!ON a THE LARGEST PART or · THIS FORCE lS A GHOUP OF SUBMARlNES AND I' 1 V E DE S T K 0 '( E R S W H I C H .. A R E T RAN S ! TI N G 16 0 0 M ll. E S E AS HI A R D FROM NORFOLK ALONG tH~ SCORPION 1 S PROJECTED ·rRAGKit 5c YOUR COMMAND WILC 8E ADDED TO O!S T RI~U T !ON Of PAESS UPDATES. JNFORMATION CONTAlNED THEREIN WILL HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO THE MEDI A AND MAY BE UTl~IZED AS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY YOU WITH LOCAL MEDl~ REPRESENTATIVES 9
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TO C JN .. :L ANTFL T COMS EC ON DFLT COMNAVA IRLANT COt1SERVLAN T COMASWFORLANT COMNAV8ASE NORVA COMEASTSEAFRON CO MCR UD ESLANT COMFAIRW INGSLANT CUMINEL ANT CU MFIVE COMEAS TA REA COAST GUARD
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1 . SURFACE/SUBMARINE SEARCHES CONTI NUING. NO S!GNlFlCANT ·RcSUL TS.
2. 24 VP AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS FLOWN 3 JUN ON OR NEAR SCORPION TRACK , NO S!GHTJNGS SUBMARINES ASSOCIATED,
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NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPARTMENT
3 . NORWALK RECOVERED SEVERAL PLASTIC BOTTLES AND OTHER FLOTSUM RcPORTEQ BY VP IN VICINITY LAT 28-49N LONG 36-0lW. ALL EVALUATED NONnSUBMARINE ORIGIN,
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iMMEDIATE 0 041655Z JUN 68 Ft-1 CTU FOUR TWO PT ·rwo PT FOUR
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1· ON COMPLETION FUELING PONTA DELyADA PRESER VER GET uNDERWAY AND PROCEED VlCINITY LAT 31-55N LONG 28·00W TO CONDUCT EXPLORATORY SEARCH ON TOP OF CRUISER BANK PLATEAU WITH DEEP DIVER. ADVISE IF NAV REFERENCE WILL BE REQUIRED .
2 . UT:LJZE OBSS FO~ SEARCH AT DISCRETION OF COMMANDING OFFICER U~il !LI NG ~ECHNICAL ADVICE OF PERSONNEL ON BOARD,
3 FO R SUPSALV REP, D~S!GNATE TECrlN!CAL ADVISOR IN CHA~GE,
4. ANTICIPATE DURATION OF OPS ON CRUISER BANK TWO DlVING DAYS , SURMIT TWELVt HOUR SITREPS AT OOO OZ AND 1200Z, FILE OWN UNCLAS MOVREP,
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