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SAN DIEGO -- A pair of Navy submarine-hunting planes conducting warfare training in rough weather collided in a fireball over the Pacific, and the weather may have been a factor in the deaths of the 27 crew members.The Navy conducted an aggressive search into today although there was little hope of survivors in the cold, choppy waters. Search teams recovered some wreckage yesterday, but no bodies were found.The two P-3 Orions stationed at Moffett Naval Air Station in Northern California were taking part in anti-submarine warfare exercises when they crashed yesterday morning off the Mexican coast, about 60 miles southwest of San Diego.

* AW3 Jon C. Eisberg has completed helicopter training school at North Island, Calif., and has been designated naval air crewman/rescue swimmer.He is en route to Naval Air Station, South Weymouth, Mass.Eisberg is the son of William H. Eisberg of Westminster. A 1989 graduate of Westminster High School, he joined the Navy in August 1989.* Navy Seaman Recruit Murdock A. Donnelly, son of Kathryn M. and Murdock A. Donnelly Jr. of Westminster, has completed recruit training at Recruit Training Command, San Diego.