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US NAVAL SUPPORT

TASK FORCE ALPHA
Janurary 1961, US Navy Vessels began taking up station off Cuba
about the destroyer DD_507 / DDE-507 USS Conway
about the destroyer DD-470 / DDE-470 USS Bache
Details about DD-508 /DDe-508 USS cony
Picture and detail explanation of DD-471 /DDE-471 USS BEALE
Detail explanation and picture of DD-510 / DDE-510 USS Eaton
detail explanation of DD-446 / DDE-466 Waller
Picture of DD-576 /DDE-576 USS MURRAY
Detail explanation and picture USS Boxer (CV-9)
details about LSD-25 San Marcos
Details about landing craft vehicles
AIRPLANE A-4 USED BY ESSEX AND BOXER CARRIERS

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))
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