Naval Public Relations.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

VISIT FROM U.S. ANTI-SUBMARINE FORCE  COMMANDER.

'  The Admiral who commands the United States' antiÂ­

submarine forces in the Pacific and Indian Oceans will arrive

in Canberra next week for discussions with Australian Naval

authorities.

He is Vice-Admiral John T .  Hayward, the. Commander,

Anti-Submarine Warfare Force,  United States Pacific Fleet.

A Navy Office spokesman said today that Admiral Hayward

would arrive’  in Canberra on Monday and would spend six days in

Australia.  He would discuss aspects of anti-submarine warfare,

and visit Naval and R.A.A.F. establishments.  He would also go

to Woomera.

Admiral Hayward is regarded as one of the most outÂ­

standing officers in the United States Navy. In a 'Naval career

of 38 yearsÃ¢ÂÂ he has logged over 12,000 hours as a pilot;  has

achieved distinction in the field of science and physics; has

assisted with the development of new weapons and techniques,

and has commanded aircraft carriers.

As the first Deputy Director of Naval Operations for

Development,  Admiral Hayward was responsible for the acceleration

of research and development in anti-submarine warfare.

In his present post at Pearl Harbour, he directs a

twenty-four hour a day surveillance of submarine activities in

85-million square miles of ocean.  He is the principal advisor

to the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet onÂ· all antiÂ­

submarine matters and- commands all forces, Sea and Air, allocated

to the control and protection of shipping in the Pacific area,

and the Indian Ocean.

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Admiral Hayward organised and trained the U.S.N.'s

first Heavy Attack Bomber Squadron, giving the Navy its initial

atomic capability.  He was the first Naval aviator to land a

heavy attack aircraft on a U.S. carrier.

On the scientific side, he has worked on all phases

of rocket development, took part in the designÂ· of ordnance

components of the original atomic weapons, and was responsible

for the design and development of the first atomic depth charge

and for a new family of anti-submarine warfare mines.

He holds 11 decorations for outstanding service in

action during World War Two and the Korean War, and during the.

Cuban crisis he commanded the first U.S. nuclear powered task

force, with his flag in the attack carrier, ENTERPRISE. This

force was responsible for the surfacing of the Russian

Submarines in the Cuban area.

On his visit next week, Admiral Hayward will be giving

Australia its first glimpse of the U.S. Navy's newest anti- .

submarine aircraft - the P3A Orion. The Admiral will fly from

Hawaii to Canberra in the Orion, which is being introduced in

to the U.S.N. as the successor to the Neptune.

Admiral Hayward will be in Canberra on Monday and

Tuesday;  he will visit the Naval Air Station at Nowra and the

Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay on Wednesday;

arrive in .Sydney late on Wednesday afternoon; visit service

establishments in the Sydney area on Thursday;  go to Salisbury Â·

and Woomera on Friday;  arrive in Melbourne at 6 p.m. on

Saturday;  and leave Essendon the next day for-New Zealand.

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Canberra.  17th April, 1964.

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Memo;

Admiral Hayward is due at Fairbairn at 10 a.m. on

Monday 20th April, where he will be met by the Chief,of the -

Naval Staff (Vice Admiral Sir Hastings Harrington) and the

U.S. Naval Attache (Captain J .  D. Mooney).

A news conference with Admiral Hayward will be

held at the United States Embassy at 11 a.m, on the same day

(Monday).  It would be appreciated if newsmen proposing to Â·

attend the conference would advise Mr. John Kelso (U1351, Ex. 252).

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