7th Fleet not gone back yet
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI)-The U.S. nuclear aircraft-carrier, Enterprise, and nine accompanying ships are still in the India Ocean sailing around between Ceylon and the Maldive Islands the Pentagon said yesterday.
The ships were sent into the area in December during the IndiaPakistan war.
Navy Officers speculated that the carrier would leave the Indian Ocean soon since it has been at sea continuously since Nov. 15 when it ended a port call at Singapore and sailed for the Tonkin Gulf. For the morale of its seamen, the Navy likes its ships to call at ports about every 30 days and the Enterprise is now overdue.
Reference: Hindustan Standard 05.01.1972