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From: nak%archie@att.att.com (Neil A Kirby)
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Subject: US Naval Forces in Gulf, Air Nat'l Gaurd units.
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Date: 11 Aug 90 01:51:50 GMT
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From: nak%archie@att.att.com (Neil A Kirby)

To follow up a previous post about what US Naval forces are near/headed
towards the gulf:

    In the Persian gulf, from North to south:

	Aegis missile cruiser Antietam
	Guided missile cruiser England
	Missile frigate Vandergrift

	Command ship LaSalle

	Missile frigate Robert G. Bradley

	Missile frigate Taylor

	Destroyer David R. Ray
	Guided missile frigate Rentz

	Frigate Barbey

    At the mouth of the gulf, in the Arabian Sea is the Independence Battle
    Group:
	Command attack carrier Independence
	Missile cruiser Jouett
	Fleet oiler Cimarron
	Frigates Brewton and Reasoner
	Missile destroyer Goldsborough
	Ammunition ship Flint

    South of the Suez canal, the Eisenhower Battle group:
	Carrier Esienhower
	5 other ships including 3 destroyers

    In the Med, the Saratoga battle group [my previous posting suggesting
    the JFK was incorrect, as I suspected] (This group is heaeded for the
    Suez canal)
	Attack carrier Saratoga
	Battleship Wisconsin
	Aegis missile cruiser Phillippine Sea
	Destroyer Spruance
	Guided missile destroyer Sampson
	Frigates Elmer Montgomery and Thomas Hart
	Destroyer/Tender Yellowstone

The Ohio Air Nat'l Gaurd 160th and 179th have volunteered to help ferry
troops, equipment and planes.  The 160th flies KC-135E tankers, the 179th
flies C 130 Hercules.  Details unavailable due to DoD request for
security.

Source: 10 August Columbus Dispatch, which cited DoD, Jane's Fighting Ships
and a CIA map of the gulf.

Neil Kirby
...att!archie