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US NAVAL SUPPORT
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![Janurary 1961, US Navy Vessels began taking up station off Cuba](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_83e18cb2d6e64e33a60b9ced99217ee9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_710,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/3d30b7_83e18cb2d6e64e33a60b9ced99217ee9~mv2.jpg)
![about the destroyer DD_507 / DDE-507 USS Conway](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_64e9201d482744e7ab522fc3910a8f94~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_78,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_64e9201d482744e7ab522fc3910a8f94~mv2.png)
![about the destroyer DD-470 / DDE-470 USS Bache](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_862df673bee943e7a062fcfe13a2eb25~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_80,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_862df673bee943e7a062fcfe13a2eb25~mv2.png)
![Details about DD-508 /DDe-508 USS cony](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_00f952748ebd4ec9b2e977ed976819fb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_79,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_00f952748ebd4ec9b2e977ed976819fb~mv2.png)
![Picture and detail explanation of DD-471 /DDE-471 USS BEALE](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_e847f94917d843c08cdd9cae4f2d9bec~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_63,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_e847f94917d843c08cdd9cae4f2d9bec~mv2.png)
![Detail explanation and picture of DD-510 / DDE-510 USS Eaton](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_2b6f75aff1f443fe830c0271a75fc0e7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_78,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_2b6f75aff1f443fe830c0271a75fc0e7~mv2.png)
![detail explanation of DD-446 / DDE-466 Waller](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_357a761a378b4723828350a3f58e36e2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_66,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_357a761a378b4723828350a3f58e36e2~mv2.png)
![Picture of DD-576 /DDE-576 USS MURRAY](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_8fd4e841ff324e1b853fb7ffee845f44~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_79,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_8fd4e841ff324e1b853fb7ffee845f44~mv2.png)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_e169c1fca33841018de0e131aeb09fc4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_108,h_133,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_e169c1fca33841018de0e131aeb09fc4~mv2.jpg)
![Detail explanation and picture USS Boxer (CV-9)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_5ce4a75e9fcb42ad950fb88f3d2b3c11~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_70,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_5ce4a75e9fcb42ad950fb88f3d2b3c11~mv2.png)
![details about LSD-25 San Marcos](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_627d825b2a864bb78ae522616b1316a5~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_73,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_627d825b2a864bb78ae522616b1316a5~mv2.png)
![Details about landing craft vehicles](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_fda00557c66f4363816c6d2166b5c3c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_108,h_139,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_fda00557c66f4363816c6d2166b5c3c2~mv2.jpg)
![AIRPLANE A-4 USED BY ESSEX AND BOXER CARRIERS](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_0f8c73a451984b7683287c3c918481a9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_25,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_0f8c73a451984b7683287c3c918481a9~mv2.png)
AIRPLANE A-4 USED BY ESSEX AND BOXER CARRIERS, FLY WHITE PAINTED, BUT THEY WERE FORBIDDEN TO PARTICIPATE AND EVEN AT THE SAME TIME REQUESTED PERMISSION TO DEFEND AN AIRCRAFT OF THE BRIGADE, WHICH WAS BEEN ATTACHED AND WAS DENIED. PERMITTED TO FLY OFFERING ESCOLTA TO SCARE THE AIRCRAFT OF CASTRO, THE SCHEDULE WAS NOT TOLD IN ZULU TIME, AND FLY IN DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND ONLY WERE AUTHORIZED ONCE ONCE WITH THAT PURPOSE.
![Submarine Balao class (Cobbler (SS-344))](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3d30b7_19ed65877c7e4239805ef828321be293~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_60,h_75,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3d30b7_19ed65877c7e4239805ef828321be293~mv2.png)
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