Jul,Aug-Sep, Nov-Dec 1965-Jan 1966 - Navy League of Australia

Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the Naval Association new journal from:Con Dobre^-fnter&tate ^rraulaae(contractor561 MAIN NORTH ROAD, ENFIELD, S.A.• • •Your Transport Worries taken care of when youcall in or PHONE CON 62-3537^»—1#—UHi«#«HJM*-*-*^#-**-*-»*****'«>#>«>*'*****l»*l»«l»**Christmas Greetings are extended to the Naval Association from . . .J. R. Tregonning Ltd.W600*0**000l1 l *W***0060mB66+General and StructuralEngineers43-69 STURT STREET, ADELAIDE, S.A.Phone 51-5221t00006OO0*l0l00t*4t0600006060000**6*06G0001*O0tO01+O000O0000O00l4**O0THE NAVY, Nov.-Doc.-Jan., 1965-1966United Staresof AmericaNAVY TFX FLIESThe first example of the U .S.Navy's Grumman/General Dynamic*F-ltIB was flown for the firsttime on May 18. thirteen daysahead of schedule, from Calverton.NY. The F-IIIB is still the subject•f some controversy, and the U.S.Nat y is unenthusiastic about theaircraft, and recently awardedGrumman a $l.9m. (£678,000) studycontract lo analyse F-I1IB performancefrom aiiack carriers andsuggest improvements to thea re raft to suit it more closetyto the Navy's requirements-One of the key questions to be answeredby the flight test programmeof the F-IIIB concerns the abilityof an aircraft so overweight to fulfilits performance goals withoutmajor redesign. The U.S. Navy'sprimary mission for the F-IIIB ispatrolling the fleet perimeter andintercepting intruding enemy aircraft,and the significant questionis the penalty that the extra weightwill exact on speed, manoeuvrability,altitude, range and loiter time.Rear-Admiral William I. Martin,acting deputy chief of naval operationsfor air. recently told the SenateArmed Services Committee thaithe U.S. Navy was not irrevocablycommitted to F-IIIB production.SEA-SITTING SUB-SEEKERLockheed-California is proposingan ASW compound helicopter ofstopped-rotor" concept capable ofsitting on the sea on inflatable bagsand extending its sonar rather thanhovering over the surface. Poweredby two turboshaft engines, havinga rigid rotor and carrying fourcrew members, the aircraft wouldbe capable of maximum speeds ofthe order of 345 m.p.h. (556 km./h.)with the main rotor blades stoppedand folded back. After taking-offfrom the sea, the aircraft would retractits flotation bags into thewings and fuselage.The U.S. Navy has launched theForty-first nuclear powered PolarisTHE NAVY, NOV.-DK.-JOO., 1965-1966iOrumonn S-2E tracker.submarine — the last one in thePolaris underwater fleet programme—at Vallejo. California.The submarine. "Mariano G. Vallejo".was christened by PatriciaMcGettigan, 21, great-great-granddaughterof the pioneer soldier afterwhom Vallejo is named.West IndiesNavy Helps Private SubmarineH.M.S. "Relentless" recentlysighted a strange blue and red objectafloat in the sea about fortymiles off Freeport. Grand BahamaIsland. On closer investigation itappeared to be something out of aJules Verne novel, and the FirstLieutenant was sent away in oneof the ship's Gemini dinghies toinvestigate.It was discovered that the objectwas. in fact, a privately owned andoperated submarine named the"Hydronaut". and that she had abroken fuel line and had been drifting."Relentless' " Engineer Officerwas sent to investigate (he damage,and two of his staff made repairs.Afterwards the "Hydronaut wascast off to continue her journeyfrom Port Everglades to Nassau.For a time the "Relentless" stoodby the "Hydronaut" and later shewas relieved by an American CoastGuard cutter.During this operation of mercya passing cruise liner out of Freeport steered close to the "Relentless".There must have been considerablespeculation on boardabout what a British warship wasdoing with an obviously sinistersubmarine.Best Wishes to the Naval Association from:J. C FORBESLimitedManufacturing Engineers11a ROYCE AVENUECROYDON PARKS.A.Phone 46-2611AFTER HOURS 46-2578fofTfckty-ciMi