PROJECT SUN STREAK . PROJECT 120. VIEWER IDENTIFIER: 025

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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 19, 1988
• Content Type: REQ

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PROJECT NUMBER: 5120 SESSION NUMBER: i
DATE OF SESSION: 19 JUL 88 DATE OF REPORT: 19 JUL 88
START: 0837 END: 1005
METHODOLOGY: CRV VIEWER IDENTIFIER: 025
1. fS/NF/SK) MISSION: Stage 4 training. Site was an event
(explosion aboard the USS Bonefish).
2. (S/NF/SK) VIEWER TASKING: Coordinates 5120/6215.
3. (S/NF/SK) COMMENTS: 025 experienced same serious problems with
Stage 2 structure during this session; in fact, structure virtually
fell apart in Stage 2.
4. (S/NF/SK) EVALUATION: G~-J ~`~
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submarine USS Bonefish yesterday, dered the crew to ey~~yate, ~~nda~?
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seas, but poor weather prevented men hospitalized for injuries, Navy
them from going inside tq search officials said 19 were released in
for three missing crew members, Jacksonville, Fla., yesterday after-
Navy officials said. noon and returned to their home
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nova: operations, solo the msssu'S forts to enter the damaged,subma- of a Huge explosion win r.tic m~m,~- ~,~4 u~~===a}?,,~-.~~~?~;- -~-----~
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with hydrogen "and other .toxic Attempts to enter the vessel also vials.
fumes. were delayed yesterday by ,y Qf:~ Officials said ,the submarine was
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Type: Barbel.class submarine
Launched: Nov. 22, 1958 ,
Commissioned: July 9, 1959
Displacement: 2,145 tons surfaced,
2,894.tons dived.
Crew: 92
Background:, Barbel-glass vessels
were the last nonnuclear combatant
submarines built by the U.S. Navy.
The diesel-powered USS Bonefish,
Bfueback and Barbel were
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