trace. This was the story on Tuesday when a pair of Los Angeles attack class nuclear submarines entered Bermuda's waters. The USS Atlanta and the USS Montpelier remained offshore to take on and drop off crew members with help from the pilot boat St. David's before returning to the open ocean, said John S. Darrell spokesman Saleem Talbot.

The submarines are 360-feet long and are manned by 120 crew and 13 officers.

They are equipped to carry assorted nuclear weapons and dive to a depth of 1,475 feet.

Special features of the submarines allow them to operate under the Arctic ice for long periods and include a reinforced conning tower and retractable planes to allow for surfacing through ice.

The week's only other reported unusual visitor was the Italian-flagged high speed ferry Corsica Express which arrived on Monday from Porta la Cruz in Venezuela.

The 105-metre vessel, with crew of 15 and cruising speed of 38 knots, berthed in Dockyard to refuel and take on supplies before leaving yesterday morning for Ponta del Gada in the Azores.

In other shipping news, the Royal Majesty's arrival this week was delayed for a few hours after a passenger had to be airlifted from the ship by a Coast Guard helicopter.

Mr. Talbot said the person was involved in an accident on board the vessel and was deemed to be in serious enough condition to warrant the airlift on Monday.

The Royal Majesty arrived in St. George's late Tuesday afternoon with 1,093 passengers on board and will return to Boston tomorrow.

Elsewhere the other cruise ships were able to keep to their schedules. On Monday the Zenith and the Dreamward arrived in Hamilton and St. George's respectively, said Meyer Agencies Ltd. spokesman Stephen Paynter. The Zenith was carrying 1,335 passengers and shifted to St. George's yesterday morning while the Dreamward shifted to Hamilton on Tuesday morning with her 1,277 passengers.

Both vessels are scheduled to return to New York today.

Meanwhile the Meridian arrived on Tuesday at King's Wharf with 1,121 passengers on board. She is sailing out of the Port of Baltimore this week and is set to return there on Friday.

And the Song of America also arrived on Tuesday with 1,400 passengers on board.

It berthed in St. George's with the Royal Majesty and then switched to Hamilton Number One Dock yesterday morning. It is due to return to New York tomorrow.

In container ship news, the Bermuda Islander arrived from Salem, New Jersey on Monday with 96 containers including 14 refrigerated containers. It sailed on Tuesday.

Mr. Paynter said the Somers Isle arrived on Monday from Fernandina Beach and was due to depart today.

It off loaded 102 containers including 11 refers and loose cargo consisting of a 41-foot Viking pleasure boat, a Bobcat, a second pleasure boat, 16 bundles of lumber and an assortment of boat trailers. And a Container Ship Management spokeswoman reported that the Oleander arrived on Sunday with 121 dry containers, 39 refers, ten cars, a truck, a boat, a dumpster and various pieces of steel, pipe fittings and building materials. It left to return to Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.