The Southern Flank: D+2 (11 July, 1987) Part II

Commander 6th Fleet Vice Admiral Kendall Moranville, USN was anxious to unsheathe his command’s offensive sword and take the fight directly to the Warsaw Pact homelands. The Eastern Med was secure and Moranville wanted to turn his surface ships and submarines to the next phase of wartime operations. Two destroyers attached to the Saratoga battlegroup …

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The Southern Flank: 10 July, 1987 Part I

The destruction of the Soviet surface action groups in the Eastern Mediterranean marked the end of the 5th Eskadra. Every major surface combatant belonging to the Soviet Navy’s Mediterranean squadron was at the bottom of the sea, along with their escorts, and a number of submarines. The squadron’s commander, Rear Admiral Vladimir Yegorov had perished …

The View From The Flanks: AFSOUTH 6 July, 1987 *

For the Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe (CINC-SOUTH) Admiral James Busey USN, the bulk of 6 July was spent on the telephone with Norfolk attempting to pry an aircraft carrier away from SACLANT for use in the Mediterranean theater. As it stood, the Sixth Fleet had only one carrier in the Mediterranean at present with …