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NATION, Page 41American NotesTHE NAVYCruising for A Bruising
The U.S. Navy, says retired Rear Admiral Eugene Carroll, "is
a pretty tough place to earn a living." No kidding. During one
four-day period last week:
A pilot making his first attempt at an aircraft-carrier landing
crashed into the deck of the U.S.S. Lexington, killing himself,
three crew members and a civilian.
An F/A-18 pilot from the U.S.S. Midway accidentally dropped a
500-lb. bomb on the guided-missile cruiser U.S.S. Reeves, injuring
five sailors.
A sailor on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson was swept
overboard and drowned in the Pacific.
Three sailors -- and $4 million worth of nonnuclear missiles
-- on the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower were washed away by heavy
seas near Cape Hatteras; only two of the men were recovered.
Nine sailors were injured when fire broke out in the boiler
room of the U.S.S. Monongahela as it cruised near Spain.
Despite the string of mishaps, experts insist the Navy's safety
record has improved in recent years. During the 1960s, naval
aviators averaged 15 accidents for every 100,000 hours of flying
time. By the mid-1980s, the accident rate had dropped to two.