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Show The vessel is a unit of the 26-ship task force, composed of cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and service1 support ships. They are shooting at surface and air targets; repelling re-pelling simulated enemy submarine sub-marine and air attacks; exercising exer-cising at replenishing and refueling refuel-ing underway, and executing intricate in-tricate maneuvers. The ships left from West Coast ports yesterday. The two-week two-week operation will be broken by a visit to San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 10 and 11. Rear Admiral Herbert G. Hop-wood, Hop-wood, USN, is in command of the exercise. |