positions refer to USS VINCENNES's CFC operator positions.
d. When the term "in close control" or "hooked" is used with a TN it means that the operator referred to has the following displayed on the Character Read Out (CRO) display located on hls console: TN, ID, grid coordinates, course, speed, altitude, ID amplifying information, Mode I/II/III IFF received, tracking quality, bearing and range.
e. [ ].
(1). 0647Z
(a) [ ] 3, (EWS), [ ] (IDS), and [ ], (AIC-3) had an Iranian P-3 in close control. The P-3 was 62 mles west of VINCENNES, heading 085.
(b) The E-2C (AE-602) launched from USS FORRESTAL (CV 59), and proceeded to its assigned "EARNEST WILL" station.
(c) The SPY-1 radar initially reported the track of interest at a rane of 47NM, bearing 025, initial course was 210. Mode III was 6760.
(d) The radar operators in USS VINCENNES cannot discriminate size of a contact regardless of aspect angle.
(e) [ ] (RSC) determined that TN 4131 was a single track.
(f) [ ] (49 ADT) first took close close control of the southbound track out of Bandar Abbas and made an identification as "UNKNOWN-ASSUMED ENEMY" as it went "feet wet" in accordance with [ ].
(g)[ ] (Air Detector Tracker and Track Supervisor-SIDES) recalled picking up the track on a course of 200, Speed 300kts, with a Mode III- 6700 block.
(h) [ ] (IDS) picked up Mode III-6675 as the aircraft departed Bandar Abbas. System data continued to show a Mode III of 6760.
(i) [ ] (AIC-3) also recalled seeing Mode III-6675 on his CRO.
(j) [ ] (UBS) saw Mode III-66?? and later saw an unspecified Mode II.
(k) [ ].
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