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iVOLUME VI, NUMBER 46 ADAK SUN
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13 Novomber 1961
AXOUjND TH1 MAVY '
NgWS from AFP3 tolls of a now high-speed, air-supported boat which can reach
speeds of 31 knots that has been built for the Navy. The boat is a modified 10
to 12 knot. LCVP of WWII and Korea vintage.
Known as the Hydrokeel, Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, the boat has a com
pletely new underwater configuration consisting of one centerline keel'and two
sidewall keels,. An air pocket is produced under the craft by blowers, and the boat
rises on its keels to slide more freely over the waves, "Just right for getting
the liberty party ashore faster" says BM2 MASK of the Bering MAA forces
In other news from AFPS +Vo Navy’s First ’Bird* is placed in National Air Mus
eum Hall—called the A-l a reproduction of the famous old plane was accepted by
| the Smithsonian Institution for its National Aeronautical Collection. The reprod
uction was a feature of the 50th Anniversary of Naval Aviation byilt by members
of the San Diego, California chapter of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences and
given to the Navy, The original A-l was built by Gleen H. Curtiss and delivered
to the Navy on July 1, 1911# •
Navy Helicopters now have names associated with creatures of the deep as given
them by the Chief of Bureau of Naval Weapons. One of the whirlybirds, the single
engined HUS-1 is used by President Kennedy for local flights. It was given the
name Seahorse. Two others, the HSS-1, alsong single engine powered, and the HSS-2
.a twin-turbine amphibian type helicopter, were given the names Seabat and Seadragon
respectively. The HRB-1, now called the Sea Knight, is used by the Marine Corps
as a troop and cargo carrier.
c Aboard the Cruiser HELENA LT George Tarrico, a helicopter pilot from NAAS Ream
Field, California always asked Navy Chief Harold Mills the inevitable question?
"Where*s my green stamps?" , so Chief Mills and Master Chief R,.L. Schember put
their heads together and decided to be ready the' next time the stamps issue came
up. ■ • ' ' • .
Sure enough, LT TARRICO fluttered his craft to the Helena5sfantail and request
ed his usual supply of green stamps. However, this time Chief Mills nonchalantly
removed a sheet of the stamps and handed them to the somewhat flabbergasted
flyer.
__ ’‘’Service is our motto aboard the HELENA,"says Chief Mills.
werll get it. Just, name it." _-USN-___‘_
"If we don’t have it,