U.S. DEDICATES ANTISUB BASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000101620001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 15, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/1
W ASH I NGTON STAR':
PR _1 5 1966
U.S. Dediccrces
Anti:sub Base
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP)?A
new U.S. antisubmarine base
was dedicated yesterday at
Andros Island, 45 miles south-
west of Nassau. Rear Adm.
Norman J. Dustrup said it
"surpase anything we know of
in the entire world."
'The Communist? bloc today
ha S- dr e :lian400 submarines
IrrolieratiOn';a fleet eight times
'Jar ger?th an' he told
50Who :gathered., for. the .cere-
Meny.
antisubmarine
. :1-fare. improvement is. on? ,of
the . top 'priority .missions. of the
Navy'.:.;'and.,4he?British
.AdmiTalty."
?
The $130-Million base, called
,the Atlantic Undersea Testing
and rv?artialia Center, will
lenetbrient?Witlraii methods
lof seeking and ? destroying
I enemy submarines. ? ? '
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