European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d judge won t drop or reduce charges against Lonetree Page 4 d knuckle Baller Joe Niekro Gate 10-Day  17 n plus. Stripes Magazine the soft Nayf ripes Lutho Iitto us official puilic1tioh Fob the armed foil to vol. 46, no. 111 Friday. August 7, 1987 d 8693 a Iran launches min submarine Manama Bahrain a Iran said it launched ils first submarine wednesday and would practice Locking missile guidance systems onto targe is in the narrow Strait of Hormuz where commercial shipping traffic has declined sharply. The sub As shown on iranian television appeared to be Only about 20 feet Long ran said it was built by revolutionary guards Pentagon sources in Washington said three empty kuwaiti tankers had arrived in the arabian sea South of the persian Gulf. They Are to be put under the american Flag then escorted by . Warships through the Strait and up the Gulf where Iran and Iraq have been at War since september 1980. None or the three was to move into the Gulf on thursday As originally planned the sources said but some probably will pass through the Strait next week Tor the 500-mile voyage North to Kuwait the Pentagon has decided to dispatch . Army helicopter gunships to operate aboard Navy ships in the Gulf to help defend against possible attacks by Ira Nian speedboats said officials in Washington who spoke on condition they not be identified. One official said Bur such helicopters were being sent.  tankers getting ready Iran began three Days of naval Maneu vers it mid night tuesday in Hormuz the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman South of the 44-Milc-Widc Gulf Gateway and told foreign ships to stay out of ils territorial Waters until Midnight thursday. The French aircraft Carrier Clemcnceau and two other French warships steamed through the Sulz canal into inc red sea bound for the Gulf area Tehran radio said the naval exercises displayed tic Power and greatness of islam against world arrogance in particular against the mischief of plotter  it said Iran s first submarine built by tie revolutionary guards was launched wednesday stale television showed the Small sub wallowing in Gulf Waters surrounded by dozens of fishing vessels and speedboats armed with Maxiine guns. Beside the conning Tower stood a revolutionary guard Manning a Mae Hinc gun attached to the Hull. Most of the vessel was submerged helicopters hovered overhead and Young men on some of the speedboats fired rocket propelled grenades at the Mountain fringed Beach nearby. The explosions sent up geysers of Sand. A Western military expert in London said before the sub was shown on television that such rudimentary Craft Are Little More than Large torpedoes carrying one or two men intended to sneak up to larger vessels and attach mines to their hulls. Although die sub s precise dimensions could nol be determined in appeared to be no More than 20 feel Long. Gulf shipping sources were sceptical about the sub Marine s usefulness. They pointed out that the Gulf is shallow dolled with Oil rigs and submerged pipelines. The persian Gulf has a maximum depth of less than 300 feet Only 150 to 200 feel at most Points and is Loo murky in places Lor submarines to of Craig. The sources said. They spoke on condition of anonymity. Iran s official islamic Republic news Agency quoted Mohsen Repaci. A revolutionary guards commander As saying ground to sea and surface to air missiles would be locked onto hypothetical targets in the Strait of Hormuz. He said the missiles would Noi be continued on Page 24 Back in the .a. Appolo Mayport is. Fla., on wednesday with the lid of i tugboat. The Styk we Street by iraqi my tors and set mire my 17 mulling in the deaths of 11 crewmen. Story on Page 1. Gis divided on merits Oak itch army overt by the in s and stripes american  in Europe reacted with a mix of Nowise and Patri Otic disdain wednesday Lor dutch army plan that will compensate so Wicks for working overtime. While few of those interviewed cd agree on the merits of inc dutch almost everyone concurred on overtime pay Likely will Neurow up in . Military paycheck spec. 4 Tom Shaw a assigned to he co 1st trans  Agency in Ober Ursel Gwyn Ray said the dutch program Whid Ope sales for Over time with re Itra Days of pay a year is a Jok a Soldier Means More than working 40 hours a week he said. It Means something else being committed. In our army. By with in in the Nch i would be urn they could Orlandy " Distafino. Aligned 10 the ordnance co at Kaiserslautern s Fine ordnance Barracks said the 5ulch program must be  but i Don t think we would Ever get h us we have a Job to do and some ones that takes More than a nor Mal wolday he said. "1 Worteck ends regularly said .1st la. Lee Ilsc he 2nd military Intelli gence in in Heinberg. I Don t have to but if there is a or Thuon somebody has to do it. In  a Pentagon expert a military com pc Sal Ion agrees the Bottom line is lha in jury scr sae overtime on be 24 Yonk relay team of 6 English Channel by Dave Del . Bureau at 6 56 wednesday evening Vankuilenbur stepped onto the West co ail of France and jumped up am Down in Joy. A few minutes before he d been crying in pain. The water was just getting heavy in pulled the 22-year-old passenger Sci ice specialist from Ramstein a " Vankuilenbur a senior air in was the crowning glory in a Lenour Chal Lenge. Sin american  from the kaisers Lautem Kuji Uffen swim team conquered one of  sport s greatest Challenge Jii English Channel. Of Newman and five men three of Lac Ned nagers swam 11 hours cover ibets Miles of Seaway wednesday from Dover England to audrus scale. France. The Sis from the european forces league team at kaiscrsaulu�4 relay style across inc pour Effait. Along the Way they Foughi Fulps sea sickness seaweed. A Lossani a fish. Garbage tides carrying Taij Rinc wrong Way and one ""1 dog. Passing Cross Channel a Craft freight ships and a helped to Challenge the g up wakes and rolling out while c3 he the Sun came Jpugh the Douds in inc last hours of the a calling swim inc team had prepared some. Itomi Olhs Lor. Nude Beach nude Beach Cyl Dbruce Artman from their specially charter fishing trawler Helen Ann mane. He was idding but trying to encourage 22-Ycar-ok\ Ankum i Coburg. Who was Only a few Hundred me ters from inc French Coas Olinc. The idea of swimming the Channel see Channel on Page 24