U, S.S. KF,ARSA3GE (CV 33) Fleet Post Office San Francisco, California

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTEIWALS; NOV I 1952 DECLASSIFIED AFTER 22 YEARS From: Ccmmanding Officer DOD DIR 5200.10 I7 Chief of Naval Operations Via: (1) Comander CarrSer Division FIVE (2) Commander Seventh Fleet (3) Cemmwlder Naval Forces, Far East (4) Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Subj: ActTon Report for the Period lf+ September 1952 to 20 October 1952

Ref: (a) OPN4V INSTWT':TION 3480.4 Rricl: (1) Carrier Air Group 101 Action Report for the period a September 1952 ta 20 October 1952,

1, Tn accordmze with reference (a), the action report for the period I,!+ Sept,ember 1952 to %C October 1952 is herein submitted.

PART I COMPOSITIOfi OF OTlTl FORCSS AVD 'IISSION

(a) bring the period of this report the U.S.>?. KYARSAFGE jdperzted in company with the U.q.S. WJHOPE1" rZTCH,TRD (CV 37), U.S.T. PRIITCETO'T (CV 3l), the U.c.c. RSWX (CV 9) and with various heavy smport and screen?.n,o ships. The composition of carriers in the force varied from two (2) to four (4) carriers'

(b) During the subject period the U.S.S. KUWARGY (CV 33) opepated off the Tast coast of Korea in accordance with CTF 77 Operation Order 22-51, second rqvj SZ oq> plus sulcrplemental plans and orders issued during the period.

(c) The assinned mission-of the force, in supnort of the United Bations conflict w5th-Morth Korea, was interdiction of supply and transportation facilities and. close air support of United Nations troops.

PART I1

14 Sepz 0552 Underway from Yokosuka, Japn, for Operating Area in accerdance with Cbii5C9W~IV5 dispatch 13006162 of September J y53 and C.fMSWIQJTf-4 FIATdispatch lG@l36Z of SeFternber 1952, 15 Sep: Proceeding to operatin? area, 1315 Conducted AA "Uncle" firing exercise. 1512 Refueled U. P .5. KIUD (DD-661).

1 ORIGINAL 1 9 ' DECLASSIFIED PP~RT 11 GCbntinued) 16 sep: Conducted r fr sher air operations, 1622 Refueled USS KIDD (DD-661). 23?2 Joined TP 77. OTC MDM H, T. R'TA'T, USN CTF 77 adCO!.ICLR 3TV 1, in the lJ.S.S. BON HOMJIF: RICHARD (CV 31j. i'7 c. i UF2TZ Conducted Air Gperations. 1844 Refukled U.S.S. HUBBARD (DD 7'48)i 2l40 IJ. S .S. FRIMCETON (CV-37) departed 3he Task Force ,

18 Sep: Conchcted air operations. 0942 U.F.S. TOLTDO (CA 133) joined Task Force.

19 @ep: Task Force reQlenished.

20 Sep: Conducted air operations, lC45 lJ.C.S. TSSEX (cv 9) joined Task Force. 1852 Refieled Us?.?. "73DTRQUR.N ("D 684)

21 sep: Conducted air operations. 1850 IZADY 3. F. hiCKVY, IJSN, COECARDIV 5, in this ship, relieved RA4Q1T Ii. 7. TCTGAJT, USX, COMCARDIV 1, in the U.~.~.EON HONXF, RICH4'D (CV-3l), as CTF v7. 1904 Refueled 7.c. c. HO'JT TLL (39 681). 2030 U .@ .$. TPLYDO (CA-133) departed the Task Force.

22 Sep: Conducted air operat: ons. 1245 U.S.S. HTTA (CA 75) joined Task Force.

23 Sepr Task Force replenished. 0745 U,' .S. HEL'WA (CA 75) departed Task Force. 1757 U.S.S. E'SFX (CV-0) departed Task Force.

24 Sep: Conducted 3ir oper%tions, 0,500 [email protected]. IO'*'A (BB 61) joined Task Force. 1'3830 General Mark CLARK, Commander, United N? tions Forces Far East, VADN Ii. P. 9RIJC@E, CC!";N,?VFE, and VADIY J. J. CLARK , CQ14FWHJTTHFLT, came on board via helicopter from the U.S.S. TOWA (SB 61) for an official visit, 1253 the abo e visiting officers returned to U.S.3. IO-'-h (P- 61) via, helicopter, 1305 U.S.S. IOJA (BB 01) departed Task Force.

25 Sep: Air operations cancelled due to weath-r. 0702 U.S.S. JUNYAU (CLU 119) jo5ned Task Force, 2000 U.S.-C. JUNQU (CLAA 119) departed Task Force.

26 Sep: Conducted air operst'ons. C525 U.S.S. 1O'~'A (BS 61) joined Task Force.

27 S(?F: Conducted air operations. 0711 U.S.S. JuTJ%?'7 (CLA1 119) jo'ned Task Force, 1008 I:.@.?. 1O.i' (?R 61) deuarted Task Foroe.

28 Sep: Task Force reDlenished. 0559 U,S.S. F"S2X (CV 9) joined Task Force. 1320 T1.S.c. SON HOI?')T RTCHORD (CV 31) departed Task Force. l419 Conducted AA qnnery exercise. 2125 U.C.S. JUM'WJ (CLAA 119) departed Task Force.

2 , CLASSIFIED P

PART I1 (Continued) 29 Sep: Conducted a.i r operati ons .

30 Sep: Conducted eir operations, ,1515 LT.JG J. TsJ. SHOOK, 521443/1310, in F41J Bureau Number 81277, crashed in water near Songjin. Probable cause unknown, rdnqnan reports no SurVivors, 1650 U.p.S. TOT'? (BT! 61) joined Task Force,

1 Octr Conduc%ed air operations, 0825 VADF J, *J. CLARK, COKSYVTJTHFLT, came on board via helicopter from V.S.S. IOTTA (RB 61) for conference with CTF 77, 0940 V4DI5 CL".",K deprted via helicopter. 0945 [email protected]. J0"A (FB 61) departed Task Force.

2.0ct: Task Force reQlenished. 1447 Conducted 'A firing exercise.

3 Oct: Conducted ?ir operations,

4 Oct: Conducted air operations, 0930 U,?.S. PRIIJCYTCY (CV 37) joined Task Force. 1015 LT., R. F. JOHVON, 3057Pr/1305, USNR, in air- craft B4VY Bureau Number 80798, while on scr,cdulec! combat mission, was shot down bv MTG aircraft near WOXSX'L', VORTH KORE?=. Filot preslimed killed. 1945 U.S.?. IQrU (FB 61) jo'nld Task Force. 5 Oct: Conducted air operations, 1110 V'Dr? J. J. CLfiRK, CONSEVPJTHFLT, came on board via helicopter, l4O4 VfibDP? CL?.hqK departed the ship viF helicopter. 1747 4D brean Vwnber 125712 crashed into water due to f~jhlreof catanult sling on take-off, Pilot and crew member recovered, unink-ed. ltSZl, U.S.C. I0"A (BB 61) departed Task Force.

6 Oct: Ta,sk Force renler;ished, 1558 Conducted firing 2xcrcise.

7 Oct: Conducted air operations. ll01 F4U Bureau ?lumber 96769, Ensign Lioyd F. TR@UTl 139355/1315, USVR, landed with wheels up due to mechanical failure of landing gear. I10 personiel injured. 1512~AQ Bureau Nwber 123993, Lieutenant C. Q. >I?JRPHY, 4195C4/1315, USNR, cmshed in water off T?OB?S'N HARBOR, NORTH KORU, due to enqine failure. Pilot rescued uniqjurod,

8 Oct: Conducted air operations. 0901 U.=.S. IC:r. (I32 61) joincd Task Force. 0935 V.".DM J. J. CL'IGC, COI'ISYVEYTHFLT, came en board via helicopter. 1041 V'DM CL"V departed via helicopter. 1133 V'Pr CLnRK retumled on board. 1259 V?Dr/( CL'RK departed via helicopter. 1545 U.S.S. 10'" (23 61) departed Task Force. 9 Oct: Conducted air operations. 1010 2. F .S . JUNPXJ (CL.L: 119) joined Task Force.

3 DECLASSIFIED PART I1 (Continued)

10 Oct: Task Force replenished. 0645 U.S.S. FELENA (CYi-75) joined Task Force. 1130 R'IX T,T. G. SCHINDLVR, C'E 77.1 and COMCL"L;XCIV3, came cn board via helicopter. 1340 R'DM SCFINDLER departed via helicopter. 1539 Conducted nA firing exercise. il Oct: I4orninq air operations cancelled due to weath, r. Flew t? sorties during afternoon. 0845 U. -,c. H,7LEDlR:11(C:? 75) departed Task Force.

12 Oct: Conducted air operations. G7C4 1J.S.S. IOTR(a" 61) joined Task Force, 0839 ADM A. W. R-',DFCRD, CINCP'CFLT, VA'iDIvI 3. P. BRISCG3, C0fiPizVrr7;;, V"_CY J. J, CI,''?,K, C@?%TVr;S\jTMFLT, -2JD R"<.DIY J. %. GTNGRICH, CTF 95, c-me on boqrd vla helicopter on official visit. lS09 U.S.S. BOb3 HOIr'T: 9ICF ?I! (CV 31) joiii,d Task Force, 1130 R"DH H. E. T?G'V, CO!fCnRDJV 1, came on board via helicoptcr, 1301 the above visiting officers departed via helicopter. 1339 U.P.S. 10';" (BB 61) denartcd Task Force.

13 oct: Conducted air opcr8tions. ill5 IJOC.FC,Er"SEY (CV 9) and U.'.S. JTThiT"^.!T (CLYi 119) departed Task Force to replenish. 1404 U.c.S. TC)": (RR 61) joined Task Force. 1408 V'.C?I J. 2. CL-"RK, C0XSEEXTH-r FLT, came on board via helicopter for conference. 1700 U.S. C. ,TTTnT"XJ ( CLoUr:119) joined Task Force. 1825 U.cI. S. IUCi (EE 61) departed Task Force. U.S.S. R@S.!X (CV 9) joined Task Force.

If+ Oct: Conducted air opera tjons during morning. 0400 U .S, S PRINCETON (CV-37) departed.Task Force to renlenish. C937 R*DDiI H. 3. R'G.'J> IlSiY, CONCFRDTV I, assumed Tactical Ccmarld of Task Force 7'7. 0940 9"DM R. F. HICKPI-', CGVC*J.DIV 5, departed this ship for the U.S.S. RODT HOW RJCH"P,D (CV 31) via helicopter. 1045 U.S.S. KB;RS'RGE (CV 33) departed Task Force to replenish. 1740 R'DM HICKEY returned on board via. helicopter. 2312 Rejoined Task Force 77. 2318 R'DM HTCKEY, in tkis ship assumed Tactical Ccmmand of Task Force 77.

15 oct: Conducted air operations.

16 Oct: Condu-cted air operations. 0940 'D Bureau Number 123962, pilot Cammaqder B, T. SII.IPlJDS, lO@25G, crashed while making deck launch. at Pilot was not recovered. 1210 U .$. S. FRINC3TGR (CV 37) departed Task Force.

17 Oct: Conducted air operations. 0328 U,?.S. BOI3 HOPME XCH RD (CV 31) departed Task Force to real ezish. 1010 U.S.S. 13OV HOIP'X TZICH RD (CV 31) rejoined Task Ferce, lU+5 U.,C.S, LC' >JJGELTS (C~L135) joined Task Force. __ 18 Gctr Tssk Yoorce replenished. 1745 X"DN H. E. F,ES;'&nI C@MC"J?DIV 1, assunied Tactical Command of Task Fcirce 77. l4OO 1T.T.S. KX,R3'.RGE (CV 33) took departure from Task Force 77, proceeding to YOKOSUKI,, JP-'&N, 14 th COflCXiDTV 5 embarked.

19 Oct: Enroute to YOiCOSIJK"-, J'L?'T;"J 20 Ocf: Arrived YOICOSlTK' , JAPAN for rest, recre?tion, and yard availability. DECLASSIFIED PART I11 PERFORMANCE OF ORDNANCE MAT&RIf'J, AND EQUIFMFrNT

(a) lixpnditure and performance of Air Ordnance is contained in enclosure (l), (b) Expenditure of Ship's Ordnance.

The following ammunition was expended during transit periods and re- plenishment day firing exercises!

Pro.jectile 74 iuc 5 VT Frag. 5 Non F'lasfiloes 3"/50 262 VT Frag, Non Flashless Powder 36 VT Non Frag. Non Flasilless Powder

(c) Performnce of Shipls Ordnance

(1) The ordnance casualties on the 511/38 caliber battery were: (1) Failure of the train brake switch on mount 56. (2) Break down of the in- stallation of the wires on the firing circuit on all port guns, the port battery has the original guns installed, These casualties are considered of a &or nature and were corrected by the ships force,

(2) Ordnance casualties incurred on the 3"/50 caliber battery were of a minor nature which usually consisted of; (1) Damaged shear pins in the loader mechanisms due to improper loading by personnel, (2) Damaged stud phs, slide bar and gate operating cam levers for the front gate, operating mechanisms due to the rear gate being out of adjustment. These mechanisms were repaired by the shipls force, (3) Fire control equipent casualties incurred An the Mk 37 GFCS were of a minor nature,

a. The first casualty consisted of the failure of the stop pawl (NO. 2956-197014-3) in the fuze SoCter"Indipator.RegulrLor PX 8 iJlodtQ,? '!%is 5s' fourth.:casuZt.ty ofrLthis typec ofi'ooard this ship since comissionhg,

b, The second casulty consisted af the failure of the dowel pias in the spiral gear (No, 2951-209854-3) in the Mk L4 Nod 13 computer. New dowels were installed but did not hold, A new shaft collar was manufactured, press fit and doweled to the Spiral gear, This apparently has corrected this casualty.

(4) Fire control equipment casualties incurred in the Mk 56 GFCS were of a major natqre: a, The first aasualty consisted of an opdh spiral connection in the elevation torque motor in the Gyroscope unit for director 32, Replacement has not been obtained, this director is out of codssiohr

b. The second casualty consisted of an open 2s pick off coil in the Gyroscope unit for director 33, Replacement has net been obtained, this director is out of comtrdssion,

PART IV BATTLE DAMAGE

(a) ship.

Theap sustained no battle damage,

(b) Damage inflicted on the enemy by ship's aircraft is contained in en- closure (1).

(c) Damage inflicted on ship's aircraft is contained in enclosure (l),

PART V PEWOWL PEXFGPXANCE AND CASUALTIE

(a) Performance.

(1) Personnel Personnel performance and morale has been excellent during the period of thiics~xqxvt. During this period the average on board count of navy enlisted personnel was 2072 inclu8inG marines. During the period of this report, thirteen (13) enlisted men were transferred and six (6) received

(2) Legal Legal assistance work for this period has consisted of drafting pwers of attorney, specinl instruments, and various letters on subjects ranging from adoption to naturalization of aliens.

(3) Educqtion Despite the intensified schedule of operations necessitated by duty with TF-77, the personnel on board the WSLFGE have demonstrated a keen in- terest in educatioml advancemat, twenty one (21) GED tests have been ad- ministered on board since leaving Yokosukc, Twenty six (26) men have applied for USAFI correspondence courses while ninty eight (98) others have checked out educational mnuals for self-study adimprovement. Eighty (80) men have taken advcmtage of Navy Correspondence Courses in order to improve them- selves profession

4 f The records of all enlisted personnel have been screened, one hundred f+rty seven (147) men with a GCT score of thirty five (35) or less have been en- rolled in an elementary reading and arithmetic program. These ene hundred Brty seven (147) men are presently taking a series of WAF1 Placement Tests so that they may be placed in the proper grade level.

(k) Divine Services The religious pro:,ram )n bpard has been increased since reporting tc ths line. The schedule totals twenty six (26) Givim &%ices held each week. Three (3) Catholic lvlasses are said cach Sunday; three (3) irytestant Divine dervices, and a service fpr Latter Day Saints aro alee cpducted each Sunday, Jewish services are conducted on Friday night, and the &Wish High Hoiidays were obsmvad by special. servicas for New Year and Yom Fippur. Daily Protestant Dcvotions are held. &. daip Nass is said 2nd a Roshry Service is conducted each evening for Catholic men. Prwtestant 3ible class is held each

(5) wlfare and Racr2atiqn kotiqn pictures constituted the main form of recreatien along with reading and small games. On the avorags twenty one (21) showings rf mevies per week are held, The librarj was extensivialyxsed, issuing on tha average forty (40) boks per day. Pocket baoks were circulated without accounta’ojlity in great numbers, Sub-libraries in the various messcs like thc Irardrom, &arrant Officers Mess and Chief Petty Officers Less furnished much reading matter on wXch statistics are not aFilable, Daily press news and 3. bi- weekly ship’s paper were published. .,pproximately three hundred twenty threa (323) copies of magazines are distrbbutzd on board monthly. li small games tmmmrnent including chess, checkers, acoy ducey, etc., is now in progress.

Cisc jockey pograms were iiistituted as sorn as the facilities were Coil pleted, and for several weeks valuntecrs have conducted programs from 1130 to 13OJ and from 1630 to 21333 each day, .i pmgram at 1900 of ship‘s news, operatiqnal, task ferce and werld news has hecome wery popular.

Arrangements were made te send di1,. hundred ninety (1$0) officers, principnlly pilets, and up to forty (40) per cent af enlisted men t,.o Rest and Kccusmation Camps.

(6) ..ork has begun on a Cruise Book, which the ship expects to have ready for distribution and sale by the time the Far Bastern Cruise is campleted.

(7) Thr: hobby shop store was openot officially Scteber 1952. A large selection of modol airpl(ancs, ships and boats was dizplayed with thc cntire stqck bcing sold within two weeks, Nar the end of thL\ period leather was made Zvailable nnd numLrous belt, billfold yld purse kits were purchased by thc mdn. ri work s op was opened and leather warking tools were Fade available to bG checked out. Thi: present plan is to opm ths work shop daily from 1603 to 2100 and thc store thre;, nights 3 wuek from 1800 ti) 2100. (b) Casualties.

Sed Part VI, -pragraph (fc) (6). 7 PART VI

(a) Air Department

(1) Flight Deck Landing Problems. No bad barrLer crashes or flight deck fires were exverienced during this period on the line. However, a serious accident occured when the helicoyter overturned as it was being respotted with its rotors turning. This accident resulted in major damage to the helicopter and four men being killed plus several others injured.

Due to the long deck take off run wquired for AD-4 tme aircraft under minimum wind conditlons while carrying a large bomb load it is necessary to spot AD-4's across the flight deck. Outboard wing stubs must be loaded before they are placed into the final respot position.

Carriers with Banshee toe aircraft should equip their tractors and tow-bars for towing aft, This can be accomplished by turning the towing lugs on the universal tow-bsr 90 degrees, and equiping the tractors with a padded 'ITf1 frane to keep the tail from injuring the driver, It is also considered desirable to tow F9F's backwards, esDecially under high wind conditions, and a tow-bar for that purpose is being manufactured,

(2) Arresting Gear. During the period of this report, the total number of landings was 2132. The number of barrier engagements w;?s four, and a total of twenty-two cross deck pend-znts were replaced. No barricade engagements (i. e, complete engagements) resulted, although the upper shear pins were sheered in one instance, dropning the webqing on the aircm"e.

A more detailed account of t5e care gSven the barric.de might nossibly prove of some v-;lue. Difficulty wcs emerienced at first in keeping the lower loading st,raps in the r.mn. Ifbile other means ~-*3available, it was found that the pieces of barrier adeotor lifter stram including the six snap fnstentms could readily be modified to serve as szcuring strms in this instance. r"i hole was cut through the center of the strar, an eyelet in- serted 2nd e large wood screw used to secure the strap to the deck between the forward and after section of the r2,mp. 3::cellent results arcre obtained.

It F~Sfurther found that the tape used to secure the two sets of uqer lo;?ding strans togethcr wzs rc?qidly beirig crpxked and dried out due to deck tr.ffic a7.nd heat from jet exhausts. Since it requires ebout eiglit rolls of tape to com?letely assemble a double barriczde installtqwtion,and several more to repair and replace torn tnpe, it wm found that suFplies of tape were repidly being depleted. kccordiwly, a substitute was sought and marlin w2s found to be the answer. Not only is it sufficizntly strong, but it seems to have good wearing qualities as well. It certainly is cheaper and plenty is availnble. Three or four turns of marlin are enoqh, except towads thc center engnging stra7s where deck traffic during launches and recoveries is extremely high.

Tha life of bungee straps is quite low, a total of approximately one hundred bungees being used during this operating period. Not only is the

8 ECLASSkFI ED PART VI (Continued) bungee itself crimped and stretched by deck traffic, but the snap fasteners (especially the spring snaps themselves) are constantly being broken S. that the bungees are falling off the r*Erlrings as the barricade is raised. No solution has been Yound as yet, but a modification in manufacture of bungee hold-do.n?ls to include IrDrt rings with an insertable piece would be advantageous in that bungees wauld not have to be replaced nearly so often - except of course when they are stretched or crimped so that the elastic limit is exceeded,

At this time no excessive stanchion deflection has been noticed in the barricade installation,

With constant attention and barring anjr engagement, it has been found that the operating life of a barricade is approximately one month, At the end of this time, it has been found that the center engaging straps have been thoroughly darkened by jet exhaust fumes and deck traffic has caused the seams of the straps to become torn,

(3) Cata ul&, During this period, a total of 116Ef catapult shats were fired;I-$ 14 aircraft were launched from the Port 2atapult and 554 from the Starboard Catapult, No major difficulties were rxperienced with the equipment during these operations,

One AD was lost during a launch fern the Starboard Catapult, The Catapult functioned perfectly. Fqssible cause was a faulty bridle or plane catapult hook causing the bridle to come apart and the plane to dmp gver the bow into the water with little or no assistance from the catapult.

During this operational period it was noticed that launcbhg +f aircraft Fnuld be facilitated by having the farward end of the holdback and release unit track open as will as the after end, This would allew either end to be used for placing or remwing haldback units and wuld speed up the launching interval time between different types ef aircraft, U.S.S. EARSARGE (CYA-33) alteration request number 5-52 regarding subject hange is new being prepared,

(4) Maintenance. During the period of this report the fallowing air- craft engine changes were accomplished:

cIiANG3S c--TYFE 2 3350 3 2800 6 5-34 Same difficulty was experienced in that ?EX units obtained at San Diegm were in many instances incomplete, The QYC unit for 3350 engines was not obtained until just prior to leaving Yoicosuka, and was also incomplete, Four starter Jeeps were assigned to the Air Group by COFiIRFAS, and VC-11 Detachment brought an additional one, At one t?ie during the operating period, two Jeeps were out of commission due to mechanical difficulties, g shortage caused some delay in eperztiFns, -c , 9 ,I A speed-letter was originated to COMFAJR2AP requesting two additiona,l Jeeps to fill allomnce. It is considered necesszm that the full allowance of starkr Jeeps be provided ships that have hnshee Squedrons aboard. The

B-mshcc takes much longer to stsrt thm the F9F, aid ~ en it is required to launch about 20 jets at one tima, at lesst 4 Jeeps are rquired to ke2p up with the cztapults 2nd not hrzve too lmg a turn up on deck,

The deck edge jet starting units were not used due to the the eiement involved in rig;ing extension cords for different type rcceptzcles, ?.nd the additional man power required to ketp two systems nmnned. The units were only used 2s emergency sterting equipment.

(5) Ordnance Handling Equipment. Considerzble difficulty was experienced with the commercial load binder used in conjunction with thz Mark 1, Mod 0 AdaFter and the Mark 1Nodl Bmb Skid, Tnese binders are unsatisfactory for sustzined usq,ge due to their structural woakncss. lifter twenty days of operation, ninety percent of the 130 new binders were bent or broken, A RUU-03 has been submitted on these Sinders.

(6) Gesoline and Lube Oil Expenditurzs. -DATE GASOLINE -OIL 10-30 Sept 578,880 (gd. ) 2,758 (gal-) 1-17 Oct 666,421 (gnl.) 2,968 (gP.1.) '771 55) *: , > .A (7) Oxygen-Nitrogen Plant I Opesction of the ox;.gcn-nitrogen plmts during this period WZ,~sntisfcctory. Howcver, it WF-S necess?ry to stop production once in each plant to effect rmnirs. Total voduction for the period 10-30 September was 36,U+2.36 cubic feet and for the 7eriod 1-i7 Octobzr 47,489.32 cubic feet. Sixty-six 220 cubic feet bottles were fillecl and trqnsferred to the supply ship for us8 by other c-iricrs opersting in the ;Lrca.

Considerable difficulty ms experienced in hr?ndling the f lzxible oxygen service hose during oTerations. A11 of the service outlets ?non the port side of the ship, and in order to service planes on the starboard side the use of a 200 foot length of hose is necesswy. Handling this much hose, with planes, trwtors and bomb sZj-ds moving about the deck, is difficult and dangerous. Extreme caution is necessary to prcvant dmzging the hose.

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PART VI (Contisued)

(b) EXGIlJXZRING DEPARTNEXT

(1) Main Propulsion There were no mjor casunlties and all steaming requirements were met vjithout difficulty, The only problems encountered were in boiler main- ten?-nce. The ojxrztional requirement for full boiler power, combined with the wide range of boiler power used, results in a larger nurber of econimizer header hand hole and superheater hand hole leaks, th.m normally experienced, These are corrected at night when boilers can be coolcd down, and during replenishment days

(2) Uectric,d No major casualties were experienced in the electrical equipment. Continuous maintenance and minor repairs were conducted without difficulty,

(3) .iuxiLiaries Considereble difficulty hczs been zxperienced with the C.H. WHEEJXR nectro-fiydraulic Rearming at Sea \$inches. This h-?s been reported on Material Data Reports, serisls: 1-52, 2-52 and 3-52 2nd by letter GO, USS KEARSi&E (CV 33) CV33/S20 Sw: 1267 of 9 Oct 1952, to type commander and interested activities, It was discussed with RADi J.B. PdAitSON, JF;., USN Force Material Maintenance Officer, COTQ+IEF,X, ~mdCaFT. -:.KO BOMBERG, USE, Ships Material Officer on COlU-IRPACrs stp-ff chrirlg their visit to the Task Force Sept 12-16. CLPT. ROMBLRG, moreover, observed the operation of the winches durisg the replenishment on 14 Oct 1952, and is familiar with the details of the repairs affected, and the ectud. winch perfompmce *sq re- arming *

(4) Damge Control This vessel is experiencing growing difficul"jr with maintenance of a watertight flight deck, It is a combination of two factors. JL& blast is mclting the mrine glue, 2nd blowing loose the 0a.b permitting water to workbelow the wooden deck, Repczir facilities at Yokosuka have been requested to recwlk and pitch the wooden flight deck during the forthcoming 3vai.l- zbil.ity period. The second problem, and the more serious fxtor, is the E apprent thinness of th6 steel decking below the wood* Ijherever the leakage on the 02 level overh%>?,dw?as serious enough to justify tearing out gl?-ss 1 insul?tion to stop leaks by welding, it h?s been observed that; the wood i dmk securing studs are shot through or close to through the steel, that novement of the deck under heavy aircrCt cwses the stud to work and leaks I develop. ? This is particularly true in the mea of the c&zpult flash plating, i A more complete study of this _mobla will be mde after observation of the i successfulness of curtailing leaks by ncw cmlking and some experience with the deck under winter conditions, At tht time a letter report will be for- ! warded to the type commander if it apperzs thzt availability at a west coast , shiward will be require-?,upn return to COWS.

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P,'&T VI (Continued)

(5) Electronics

a. Gznerel No major difficulties have been experienced with the electronic equipent. During replenishment days, every effort h2s been w-de to bring preventztive maintenance schedules up to date, and correct all potentid fail- ures noted during operations on line. Equipents are retuned and "peaked- upfr before placing equipment in operation7-1 status *

Maintenance and technical difficulties have been normal. The following coment s are given: b. Radar, SG-CB The .mtenna ahws and labors considerably in winds of approximately 45 knots or better. It has not stalled Or windmilled,

Sl/SPS-6B No antenna ratationax difficulties hz.ve been experienc- ed to date. The AFC unit intermittently dropped out of tune, over a 4/5 day period about once TL day. Simple retuning would correct the discrepancy. dornplete failure of unit occurad when suppressor grid bypass capacitor, C835, permanently shorted, c?.using filter choke L8C4 to chw excessive current, and open. It is assumed the intcrmittent shorting of c835 p5or to fin,al break- down was cause of preceding AFC difficulties.

Considerable interference from similsr rzders in the force necessitzted retuning of equipment. It is recommended ;hat frequency msign- ments be closely supervised,

Side lobes, 30-40 degrebs wide and et 150 2nd 230 degrees re- lative to antenna head, were of sufficient strength to smea lad tzrgets at a rwge of rzpproximately 25 miles. No side lobeeohoes have been observed at greater or lesser ranges,

Radar wzs tuned to 1318 MCS, Retuning to a frequency 20 MCS awsy eliminated all traces of side lobes. Radio c. _I_ Considerable intra-ship radio interference ha5 been expcrienced on the VHF radio nets. This interference has been definitely established as "spill-Overtt and crossmodulation. Shifting antennae, 2nd edjustment of trans- mitter power output, and receiver silencer bias have reduced the interference to an acwwtable level. A thorough inspection of antenna insulators, and cable bonding should further reduce interference to the minimum. This will be accomplished during next upkeep period, The RCK receiver has proved very unreliable for long range communications (35 miles plus) with aircraft.

d. Miscellaneous. It is recomcnded that a remote start/stop switch for the AN/CPrJ-6 R-LCON equipment be located in ;9r Operations in order to provide for the immediate energizing of the IZI,CON in thes of emergency. PART Vi (Coztinued) (5) Lnnery ,department

(1) hmunition r-suuply.

’ (a) Replenishment was accomplished three times during the period 17 to 30 Se?tem:>er and five times during the period 1 to 20 GctoLer as follows: -DATE -FROM TOEJNAGE 9-19-52 uss 1m BAKER (AE-4) uc7 66.8 9-a-52 USS MT BAKER (AJ3-4) 239.8 79.95 9-28-52 USS KT SAIm (AE-4) 163.3 45.15 E-2-52 USS CKARA (AKA-58) 206.5 77.6 10-6-52 USS @€&@,A (AKA-58) 239.6 108,9 10-10-52 TJSS CiiARA (AKA-58) 250.5 125.9 10-u-52 uss PAEiICI!Tl;i (XE-3-8) 20’7.5 81.5 10-18-52 USS IiT BAIG3R (43-4) 160 81

(2) Amnunition Haridliqg Froblens

(a) During the month of Segtenber and the first week in October this ship experienced considerable difficulty in burtoning muni- tion dne to the inoperative status of on? or both of the interim winches used in the burtoning operation. Through the corA5nued ef,”orts of the Egineering Force, the winches were repaired and operated satisfactorily except during the replenishment from the U.S.S. PARIC:!TII\J (AE-18) on L!+ October 1952. F;e Torward winch was t,err,porarily out of corrki;ission on two occasions due to blown gaskets d.uril-:g this operation, TLe irire straps an6 the beckets on the cargo nets were of svch length tliat the PliRIClJTIN winch operator was required to told a strain, and the ISURSJGE winch operator was required to haul against this strain to raise the cargo nets high enough to clear the ships side. Tkis put an overload on this ships winches, which resulted ic tize blown gaskets, The interim winches installed on board this ship weTe izot designed to take this ova- load. T:-x gaskets were renexed and loadirg operations were continwd. It has bem observed that t3e presently i::stallei winc 3s operate at a much slower speed than the cargo winches installed on the vessels re- plenishing this ship.

(3) Recoxmendstions The interim winches should be replaced by tke winches de- signed for use at the burtoning points, on board this skip, at the first opmrtunity . (a! 02erations Department

( 1) Cornbat Inf omation Center a. Orjerating Prccedures. CIC functioned as Flag CIC during the period of this report. Ccordination was very effective in the

13 PART VI (Continued.) t \ Of CLASSIFIED

The coxttrol 0-C Jets would have been impossible without Mc 10 IFF. Jets would fail to shov o- 211 radars mom often than not, and it was usunl.ly Icith IFF th2.t ysitive control could be mi,-itained with CtLP or returning jet strikes. Detcction of enc'rny ,jet aircraft could not be depended upon reliably, Upon one occasion MIG15fs were tracked oveP the beach at a distance of 120 miles, but: this was rare4 On nnother day the MIG's dame within sighting distance of (the force without b.ehg detected bj. radar. :Lr defense exercises were held periodically usi: strike flights as simulated bogeys, The everage intercept was acde by CAP ,?,t about thirty miles. The primary difficulty ir, interceptions was always in altitude determination. The present equipmnt is in- adequate since it was impossible to obtain reliabl.; altitude ation outside of ?.boldt 30 miles. Thc use of 2 kdar Control Officer, placed 02 a VK repeater with IFF near the ktch Officer, has greatly improved the qualitj of presmtation of the Vertical Plot, There was an iizxlcquacy of IFF hstallztion, there being oniyone VII repeater and one SX. corsole with IFF Iiistalled. i~ircontrol functions 2JCjrC greatly limited thereby bccausc so much dependence :lad to be plecsd on IFF. The Froblem hns becn soivcd temporarily by putting IF!? izto all scopes th-ough an unusod radw switch position from the HLdar 3r.ritcl-i Board, with a central control box on the VX r52eai;er as originally iizstalled.

b. Equfgmcnt Ferforrnancc, General]-y tho SPS will ?ick up a targat at a longer range th;.,n thc SX. However, the SPS will not hold the target every swecp until the target cl-oscs to about 60 miles for prop planes and zbout 30 to 40 riles for jets. The SX xi11 hold a target on the majority of swecps. The SPS rcquiris inor., fre- quent tuning and adjustrncnt thm thc SX to obtrin m~xirnunperfomance. The SX radar is hirhly sulsceptable to interference fron other radars in thc force, T12.c only serious interfcrencc in the SPS is the c..bnormally large side lobcs inhzrent in this eqzipent. When onerating close to land this side 1obir.g c9.n render a large portion of thL scope unusuable, Thc SFS radw has been ii7 coristcnt usc except when shut down for routine maintenznce, nnd much greater dependence use has becn i~~.deof it than the SX radar. The SX h-s Seen kept in 2 stmciby condition qs ruch BS possikle &en its use was not required, so as to rcdcce operzting time ami mintenmce difficz3.ties.

c. Commnications. P.c overzll operation 2nd adequacy of communications in CIC during this scriod 7ere wcrage to below a good workable level. 2.c maximim rcli.-ble rmge of thc TIQ trmsscittcr w2.s found to be 90 milts. T:.is is considmad to be sztisfactory for zir control. T5s ship is seriously I2iiitod, however, in VEF comTunic&ions fledbility because of therr. being q, tot31 of only six TDQ W transmitters installed and only one iJS/,SC-l av2-ili?.bllZ to CIC, At least three additional VHF transnitters aQd receivers are needed for present operations beyond those permitted by current eo&iguI.ab&on.

..- I" E:e RCK PeceivcrS were ver'y limited. in range reliability and it was hCCeSS2try to uge the AX/h?C-X and 'LR.D-2 receivers for strike control in order to. receive the planes tr~,nsnrissionsbeyond 45-50 miles. ii split headset w&s used for air control with good rcsults. A Western Electric headset type AU 52 F~Sadapted so that the TDQ/RCK combination could be used with the major component and the LI~/ARC-l or UFD-2 audio input coupled to the second earpiccc, wAch vrzs joined to the mc?,jor co~iiponent (LU 52) by a como~iheadband. The Western Elcctric headset is considercd to be excellent piece of equipment for both air control and gcncrel CIC uslge. Since there wei-e an inedequ&d nuicber of VHF trznsmitters available and since the RCK rcccivers were undependable, a second A'LN/IJIC-l unit was piped into CIC from the CCfi room. In addition, the mdio from three additional i2J/;JIC-1 receivers was piped into the P?S mdio system through the patch board panel in Air Operations. T: is h2-s inproved communications, al.though still not to an acceptable lcvcl. There was an excessive cross-talk and fcedover bctwecn antennas oli iriost of the VHF circuits wLich mczde air control very difficult. Commnication equipniefit and frcqucncy c..ssi&ments were inndcquate when more thantwo cczrriers were oparating or when participation was attempted in afiy brge coordinated operatior! with the idr Force or with ground fecilities. The ship does not hzve sufficient VHF equip- ment. Frequencies available were very lhited as to number. Such circuits as were available were overloaded end circuit discipline W~Spoor. Upon several occasions thc G'JGiD channel of V€IF w?.s wed so ixessively for routine communications that it was virtually worth- less in sn emergency. d. Recommendations: The ultimate IFF installation according to design plans for this 'ship provides four complete units which is considered adequate at this time. No further recormendations concerning IFF equipment is made, other than local temporary employment mentioned abovs, pending availability of equipment and the subsequent issue of the ultimate Ship ALT by BUSfiIPS. CincPacFlt Instruction 02810,l has established an early target date for employment of UHF vice VHF in Pacific Fleet aircraft. This ship has mple rUHF tr?ansmitters and receivers. It is therefore not desired to recornend permanent alterations in VHF equipment installation. It is felt that temp- orary local alterations to meet present operations will suffice until the ultimate program is achieved. It is probzble that one additional AN/k&C-l control unit may be piped into CIC from CCA for thzt purpose, since CCA equip- I ment has been unavailable to this ship, The Western Electric head set type AV-52 is highly recommended as standard equipment for CIC air control use, It is light in weight and permits the con- troller the use of both hands for radar manipulation snd tracking of targets, .’

PART VI (Continued)

(2) Communications

a. Shortages of experienced rated personnel continue to act as the greatest threat to rapid communications. With the high volume of traffic extent in this area, errors intechniquebecome especially onerow and time-consuming in rectification. The Communication Unit has been operating below 50% of rated Petty Officer allowance. A Vigorous training program is improving on that figure in spite of continued losses engendered by expiration of enlistment and termination of period of obligzted service.

b. The Hain Communication Station handles approximately 265 messages per day addressed to or sent from the &barked staff or ship while operating as part of TF 77. About 5G of this traffic is class- ified, requiring encryption, It has been found necessary to maintain a continuous officer watch of two persons which is augmented by one or two additional officers as required during peak hours, for cryptocenter operations,

C. Material difficulties of importancr: occurred in two part- iculars :

1. Feed-over in CIC between UHF circuits continued through the operating period. Strike, land-launch, and secondary tactical nets were involved.

-2.. Complete loss of communications was experienced nightly on NDT-CTF 77 duplex TATT circuit, throwing a workitoad on ComVavFe Command Net (Circuit C18) for which this 0,:circuit is not designed. Aspects of iinproper tuning of the TF@l radio transmitter utilized, complete check of the transmitter, and alertness on the part of the receiving activity are being investigated,

d. Non-delivery of action and information messages is increasing.. Most cases have been traced to NDT, which activity has been found-to be in the process of relocation, e. Interference on ComSEVEWHFlt Comnd Net (Circuit C16) continues. The TF 77, Joint Operation Center Korea Voice net is simi- larly subject to annoying but ineffective jdng.

f. The Nancy method of visual signalling is often misused for the transmission of lengthy messsges, sometines of questionable irnport.

(a) That increased numbers of communications strikers be provided, Where schooling facilities 3re sufficient to permit, it is recommded that ZW. and T3.Y be allocated to afloat cormnands, !.here schooling facilities will not permit, it is recommended that semen who haw 5:- PART VI (Continued) indicate2 an aptituds for communications be earmarked for duty in that field by clsssificr,tion centers. If is considered that, given a nucleus crow, opcrc.,ting vessels Ere in an excellent position to train and rat2 young nen in communication specialties. The qxricnce of this comizaiid points to the pzucit2r of pronising strikers assigned to communiKtion duties . (b) 31r.t increased emghasis and continuing attention be directed to the necessity of sending rness3,ges by electronic means. Hail should be eaiployed whenever possible. Attention of dispatch originators should be dirccted to the daily guard rnci.1 trip throushout the task force. The concijpts of dual precedence and infomation addrcssec?s receiving copies by mail shouid by thoroughly disscinin~ted.

(c) That n,mcy method of visual communications be ernploycd sparingly and rnost Judiciously in the cese of encrypted traffic.

(3) Fhotographic Lzboratory

During this pariod sevmty scvcn photogra7hi.c sortias were flown, shooting a totel of 135 rolls of reconnaissvlcc film. The photographic laboratory delivered 34,#67 prints of rcconnais- sance negatives, 174 plot she& negatives, 2,715 prints of plot sheet ilcgativzs, 234 ncgativix of mosnics, and 2,$19 prints -'ro.rt negatives of nosaics. To ~cc0ii;plishthis work it wzs soieti-.c?s nzcvss?xy to dcl2.y Public information Fhotogr?.phs, d.U. C.1.i. photogr?-phs and other photo- grapnic work orders, in addition to tlic photogrqhic qwrterly rqort.

7cpipmnt failure wzs held to a minimum, but two II-20 cameras, two 16 12: cine' xigazine cm'eras, four :C-17 camerz magazines, one K-17, 24" lens cone and one A-8, modified ma,qezine proved to be mechanically inadequate.

The amount xid quyLity of $otogrwhic vork roduced during this period wVsgreatly hainpred due to a shortayi: cf rq.tL?dpersonnel, only six of the 13 allowd rating being on bolrd. In addition to the ratcc? mcn on board, the photogrzphic laborstory hns twsfvc non-retcd men. At prasent two of thesc

Tilt: ship at prG.sent do-s not h3v.? a czincrs repairman. It is recommended that one ratnd photographer assigned to each carrier, be a camgra repair school graduate.

18 (k) -Rwto Interpret %tion hrinz this opoating perio.", 77 photographic sortios wers interpreted, cinsisting of target s=arches, route surv,illances, fltk studius, 2nd a li,iut,t$inumbor of damage assessments niiz call missions, Because of the cic-umphsis of r-\,il.inter?iction, only 4 5ourGcis werb produced, !LA estimated 2q L-z:;:dt studids -ere prepared and reproduccc? for disscmin,-,tion to strike squ;.ckons.

1 The job of photo intbrprt.tztion has bbbn handicquppcdto son?e degree I j hy 2 shortr;ge of Frop,r fxilitics ax? equipent; but thc largest impi-;diment h-s :x,n the 19ck of addqunte tcining :md ,xpcrience on the pmt of both 5hc. F.I. Officer -and tiic two enlisted ?ssistnnts. The unique problm prG- smted by Koresn photogrnpbhj-rtnders stmdwlized tr-.ining inadequate on ?I. mny points, 3rd indic2.tes a chfinitc need for instruction in the opLrntiona1 a -rea, Ailsothe :l.I;ortcncc of experience under tno conditions imposed by an o:,c;r:.ting czrriur cmmt iso overstress;)!. Thus it would be morc th-u? desir- ble th?t pcrsonncl-.bo given the advzntegt, of 3t l;-.st ono tour on tho line ur.der the guidznce or" -i trq-imd in+utrp?vtalxforb assurning unsup~rvisedduty. PART VI (Continued)

( 5) !JR ,rN~TLLT~'%CE This shiDfs "r Intelliseqce Office has operated on the assumption that squadron '10's are able to do a more efficierh job when they have first- hmd ~CCCSSto all latest .:ir Intclliqeqce inform-tion. In putting this idea to pmct;ce it his been found that its success depends to a 1Prse degree on the physical set-up of the office. Sufficient maps must be prepared with ir,formqtj.on plotted thereon, 311 latest dispatches must be rmdily accessible, f.2rrliliarity lath ~11pu%lications is essential, and sauadron A101 s must keep a, contjxmous check on all Pources of inform*Ttionwhich are col-lected for them in the '1 Office. The facilities of the 'I Office have 5cen arranqcd 14th thls prirlqry aim of accoinplishinq this end.

Flak is plotted on l:5O,OOO maps. These maps are available for briefing purposes: a lnrqe renroduction of the hir Plan is kept current with the latest chanqcs indic2ted; sliding map psnels are utiliz\:d to premre charts for target informDtion, general situzt; on etc.; dispatches are posted on a-Dronriately mqrked boards as soon 2s tbey -7re received 2nd reed; a "read and initial" sirstem is maintained for a11 nublic?t ons, I11 important informrtim- is post-d ?long with dispatch 's. In short, an attempt is mzlde to assure th=t by checking the PJ O'fice imqediately beforc each briefing, squadron '10's will be aware of rll the lRtest_ intelliqence inforn2tion awilabl'e to the ship, and 1611 bc able to DRSS it on to their pilots.

During this initial onerating pcriod much tine h2s been spent in establishing md ironing out flP.ws-in t is systcJm. Its worth has been demonstr2tcd throughout the pcriod, esnecia' !y in the elabor?.t,e prepsrztion for, and execlition of, the amnhibiovs tmjning exercise,

During the eveninq, prior to e;ch operating day, a brS.efing conferencc for the Commqnding Officcr, Executive Offic2r and all heads of departments WPS conducted by the ship's ?J Officer. This program has served its purpose well in kwpinq the ships officers infonncd of the progress of *perations and has led to Settcr coordinrtion of ships activ5tS S. ?+ll infomation regarding operations is degaiminated on a "need to know" basis.

The task of attempting to do justlcc to the m2ny directives rep trding Public Information continues to be a mTjor one. Tnexperienced personnel, vorkirq Tace, and tjne present thc great; st problem, -171 are at a very high premiim. The ships PI0 has a ?dell orgmizcd unit of reporters and photogranhers thst are just now becoming expericnced enough to stvt routine production 02 good PI materia,l,

During the perj-od of this rcport the following material was produced:

20 P,*,RT VI (Ctontinued)

24 N~vyNews dispatches. . 656 Fleet Hometown NCVS storios 2 Feature stories 59.Sti11 pictures released 85 Tqpc recorded Hometorm intsrv?em.

It is highly recommended thzt if continuing emphasis is to be nlsccd on public informntion, (qnd t’ js connand believes it should be) emirrimcad persoi?el should be made avzi:;rble to u-Lts of this size cngxzged in combqt activities. The rxent visit of CINCPACIS PTO representative served. its purx)osc: well in stirnul?tj

a. k,q’i? items reoucsted,

b. 4,544 items furnished from stock which IGS 917 of the items renuested. Of the 429 itms not in stock, apwoxixc7trely ?a? represented nori-21 renlenjshmLent for ite-w issud on a shop stori: 32sis.

(2) AOG neouests

?OG recruests totaled 27, CVls on the line supqli‘-d 18 of the items; L!+ of than in less than 2.4 hours; four within 4cZ hours.

The princind cmses of the AOGls were in order of importqnce:

a. Non receipt of initial ~llovmcs.

b. Items not listed in allowance.

(3) On 3 October the main nviition structures storeroom TVrlS flooded with ten inches of sslt water by the fire sprinkler systern. Cause unknown. Fast action bv cram fron Cu~nlvsnd :’?in enance in uncr-ting, wF2shing all ?lumim mat r-id with fresh water and oiling a11 steel surfzci s, resulted in neg’iigable loss.

(4) 3ecomnend~~.tions

a. Plane types and Sureau Number series should be firm sufficiently in qdvsrlce of dealo3mmt to insure tine to p..cauire a full alloimnce for the tmas conczrncd. On the Kcarsnrqe the F@F-4 ?t 5 aircraft on bor-lrd wcre ZL ., 1 '.

PART VI (Continued) replaced by F9F-2 and F2H-2 with insufficient time to acquire a rUll allowance for the F9F-2 or Fa-2 prior to deployment,

b. Allowance lists should be brought up to date and current usage, The allowance lists proved particularly inadequate for F4U-4 engine seais and gzskets. The VC detachments with a zero allowace for many items operated with an allowance handicep, It is suggested that the allowance for VC squadrons consider the total number of each plene type operating on all CVA's in a given nrea.

c, Squadrons should be screened prior to deployment to assure that all aircraft inventory logs, flight log books, end squadron allowaces are complete,

( f ) Kedical Department

(1) Nedical Department supplies and equipment were adequate, % significant equipment breakdown or supply shoi*tagcs occurred during this period. Fore-si,eht in procuring several ftems of supplies md equipment in excess of allowance and others not listed as initial allowance paid dividends, he to the great variety of casualties and illnesses md because ships of this type function also as hospttzl shfps, it is strongly recormended thzt all CVAIs be prepered and equipped to handle medical problems of all categories while in the opewting area,

(2) Msdical Department personnel shortage continues to be an acute problem, The authorized rllowancc of 25 men is considered Rdequate but the present on boqd qount Qf 19 is considered insufficient to properly accomplish the prescribed misslan a#' the department, kdditionpl losses, by reslson of discherge, thst will oaour in the neer future Will seriously handicap the overall performance of Chs remaining personnel and the efficiency of the department.

(3) Nedical Evduetion of Air Group and Ship's compaq a. For the first 3 weeks of this operc.t!.ng period the general morale and physical well being of both the Air Group and Ship's Company remzined good, During the remaining two weeks of this period, it WFS noted thst per-' sonnel, particularly those directly associated with air operctions, tended to show moderate signs of stress. Some tenseness became apperent and early signs of fatigue begnn to partially encrozch unon the physic& viger pre- viously demonstrated. There was no signifiwn.'; morale problem, individually or collectively, which required Specific ottcntion,

b. Although this was the first period of such operstions, for this ~ ship, oertain personnel developements tend to indicate that repeated oper- Dtians prolonged over a period of 3 weeks, may well result in physical and norale problems which will merit future considoretion,

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PART VI (Continued)

(4) Medicd Stp,tisticpl Suiir.ry Air Group 2nd Ship's company a. 'dnittI?d to sick list,. ,, ...... , . . . ,. . . .* ...... I56 b. TotP.1 sick days out of ll2850 Dossi5lc imrks dyys,. .. .2@6 C. Officers admitted to sick list...,.....,...... ~.~..~2 d. Total p.tiL'nt visits to sick call., ,*. .. . . , ...... ,3812 e. Total medic.1 trcqtments...,..,...... +,...... 6244 f. Patimts receivd from other ~~ip5...... *.** D5 4. Pqtients transferred to hosnit~"1...... ,...~...,. .~7 h. 'Jun-ibcr minor j_niuri:ls trezted, ., , . , , . . .I ,. . . . , . . . .. , , . , e% 1, P!imb:r major injuries trcated,...... , ...... UC .l . b'r shipboard iniurics resulting in death.....,.....4 k. Minor surqic-1.1 procedures...... , . . . , . . , . , ...... lo6 1. flr ior surgic?l procedures.. .. , . . , , ...... ,12 m. Venerec7.1 disease clses qnd "lon-s?xxifj c Urethritis totsl. ,69 1. Gonorrhea. 35, Chancroid 12 2. \Ton-sQeclfi c Urethritis follod.ng sexual exposure 22 n. Penicillin t.tblcts issued I-sst in port period...... 2516

a. Plznes lost; enemy qction, pilot kiLled, not recovered.1 , Plqn. s lost; oper->tionsl, pilot no+ recovercd...... , .1 Plincs lost; operationn.1, pilot recovered, minor irljurics 1 Plwes lost; operTtiona1, pilot recovere?, unin5ured ... 1 Plsncs lost, oper-itionql, crewman recovered uniniured. .1 Plqnes dnmqqed, enmy SctTon, crewman injurjd, .. . , . . . .1 Plqncs damaqed, enemy action, pj-lot in.jured...... ,. .1 b. Pilots temorar;lv groundid for medical reasons.. ,. . . . .13 Pilots pemanentlj qrounded pmdine medic21 evalu?tion.l Averape number dsps pilots grounded...... 3.7 Crewmen ?rounded for madicnl reasons...... ,...... l (6) C2 suzlti7s

2. On 17 5eDtmber an nD-&N ins hit by cnerzy ?round fire which entered the s,ft r comp? tnent, struck the radar scope, splpttered mctc.1 and gl~ssfrqqents throuqh the compartment. The crcwmsn sust-incd a frsctu-id skull It thc site of entrv of sever71 fr?qvrlts in the left temporrll bone, X-ran rcv2qlcd rctzincd foreiqn bodixs .bout the left orbit. Generr.1

condition :hrq s qood, TWnsf erred to Nn--,>l Hospitpl, Yokosuks, J?.ps,n.

b, On 18 Peptmber =" hunq rocket brokc loose from an F2H2, skidded for-.rqrd on the flisht deck 2nd struck two men. One sustr.1'ncd ? fr2.ctw-c of thc lqft femur Dlus 7. comnound comminuted frqcture of the tibia md Eibula which nccc-eit2tcd Fmputqtion of the left lo-rer leg. The oth:r sustained a very severe compound comminuted fs xtu--c of thi: left tibin. -1nd fibu1.t which reouired oDen redueti orl with bono dqtes Fnd screws. Both were trsnsferrcd to thc ?J--v~lHosnitc7,1, Yokosuka, Rftm the above tren.t?mt on bo.rd,

23 MCLASSlFlED PART VI (Continued)

C. On 30 September LTJG. J.W. SIiOO’, while flying an F4U in a strefing and bombing mission off the coast c:‘ Korea.was seen to go into a sudden inverted dive position followinR a st;*csfing run, He failed to recover from tkis position and crashed into the watcr. Survival vms not considered possibl, md he ms reported ;IS ldlled in action,

d. On 4 October LT. E, F. JOhNSGIi while flying ?, combat mission in an F4U wzs P‘ttacked by enemy jet aircraft near the cost of Korea. His pl?ne crashed into the water in a steep dive and survivd WS not considered possiblo, He vas reported as killed in action. e, On 5 October LT. F. C. AMJERSON and crewmn in an AD4.N crashed into the wczter after 2. cdiapult launch, Both LT N\TDE-U,J

f. On 7 October LT. C. 0. MURPHY, while flying an AD4 in a bornbing VAssion over Yongpo, developed engine fire and failure efter a run, It was not determined whether the engine troubla developed as a result of enemy ground fire, Ee was forced to ditch his plane, but was recovered returned to the ship with only minor Elbrasions and contusions.

g, On 11 October the shipls helicopter, while being parked on deck edge elevc7tor with rotors engaged, suddenly tipped over. Three men were killed instantly due to injuTies, multiple &reme cnnd one dicd 2 hours and 44 minutes after the accident, One man suSt?’.ned 8 fractured ribs with hemo- pneumothora, bilateral frscture of the pelvis and kidney 2nd kidney and bledder dxnage. Six othel-s sustained minor injuries, 3 of when required prolonged in-patient czre, The report of the Boerd of Investigation, con- vend hediately after the Ficcident, is now being prepared. h. On 16 October CDR, B. T. SEOOFPZ, Cormsadin$ Officer of VA-702, while flying an kD4, crwhed into the water imediztely c:fter an app.rently norwal deck l~unc??, He was seen floating free of the plane, epparently hlive, along the port side of the ship, Obscrvers state th?t his life vest ilpparcd inflFted, but thzt his paracbute was still strapped to his chest, Belicopters end a destroycr were on the scene P-mediatel?i, but fqr some un- explained rr,?son did not sight OR. SDQN2S. A prolon-cd ssarch was con- tinued, but no recovery w2s rnsde md CTR, SE-OfDS was rcnortzd missing,

21r C0,F'TRBETCTP2"LC (2) Cc?, Cornposit Squadron T1IRI;;E CO, Composit Squadron ELFJrEN CO, Cornposit Scpadron TXIRTY FIVE CO, Composit Squadron SIXTY ONE USS YORKTO' W (CV-:-iO) USS R'+IU'DOLPH ( CVLl5) USS HL'2JCOCK ( CVL,-19)

uss uss U 7s uss uqs uss IJSS uss USS U"S IJSS UCC ITSS USS uss U $S Carrier nir Group TWO Carrier !,ir Group FIVE Carrier kir Grour, SEVEN Carrier Air Group NTNR Carrier '.ir Group ELTmT Carrj-er Air Group FIFTEEN Carrinr lir Grour, NINTEEN Carrier Xr Grow ONE HWDRED OI'JE Carrier Fir Groi1.p @KT3 hVNDRqD TYO Carrier Air Task Group OVE Carrier Air Task Group T% U.S.S. KEARcA~%E (CVA 33) heet Post+Ofjc"ice San Francisco, Cdifornia 0200 DEC 24 1952

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVM; DECLASlFlED AFTER J2 From: Commandhg Officer .YW To: Chief' of Naval Oserations ROD DJR 5200.14

Subj: ?ction Report for tlie lerPqd 20 October 1952 .LQ 6 Ilecember 1952

Ref: (a) OTN IV 1WTRUCTI:C)X f;8'J /+

Encl: (1) Carrier Air Grvip l:Si Action Report for c>>3 peFi0c-I 20 October 1952 to 6 IJecember 2.952

1. In accordance with reference (a) the subject repx-t is submitted hereath

-+-PTT 1 COMPOSITION OF OVN FORCES XDEIVSIOH

1, Durinq the period of this report the U.S.S, K3";YZTZSJ3GE, with Carrier Air Group ObJV H.VDRED.ON?? embarked, operqted for various periods with the U.S.S, ORISK'ISY4(CV!. 34), the tJ.S.S. ESSM (CVA 9), the U.S.S. RON HOME 3ICKLRD (CVA'l 3l), and with various heavy suFport i..nd screening ships. 2. The 1J.S.S. KE'~?C;RC?3 (CVA 33) opcrat&d off the 3ist Coast of Korea in accordance with CTF 97 Operation Order 22-51 (2nd revision) c?.nd CTF 77 Operation Order 2-52, plus supplemental plans and or3.ers issued during the period.

3. The assigned mission of the force, in support of'the United Nations Forces in Karea, was interdiction of supply 2nd transportation facilities and close air support of United Nations Roops, P"RT lS CHRO~?OKGY , 20 Oct: 1137 Anchored in Berth 132, Yokomka Hwbor, Yokosuka, Japan, 21 Oct? 0746'Shifted berth to'Berth 12, Ticchont Pier, Yokosuka Maml Yard, Pokosuka, Japan.

21-28 Oct: Noored port side to Berth 12, Piechont Pier, Yokosuka PkvrZ1 Yard, Yokosuka, Japan.

1 ORIGINALI 28 Oct: 1315 Underway fnom Yokosuka, 3span for the operating area in accordance with COMCARDIV 5 dispatch 2406502 of October 19523 1503 Fcmed Task Force 70 with U.S.S. TOLE30 (CL'L-133) and U.S.S. 03ISKiJJJ (CVA--34). OTC is RAIN R.F, HlCKEY, USN CTF 70 and COMCkRDIV 5: 21 this ship, U.S.S. l4ISSGURI (BB-63) joined Task Force, SOPA is VADM J. J. CLARK, USN, CO1%EiiTHFLT, in the U.S.S. KIS23OU3.L (BE!-63),

'29 Oct; Proceeding to operatiag arear 30 Oct: Condiic tad air operations. 0854 VfDM J, J. CLARK, USN CONSEVEPJTH FLT, cxx on board via helicopter, L!+& V,',DK J.3. CLILRK, USN, left the ship, 31 Oct: Psoceedmg to rendezvous with Task Force 77e 0205 Dis@roLvedTa%k Force '70, fomed Task Element, 7TJC?1, C)K' is R'DM R.F. HICKEX, USN, CO~C~~IV5, in this ship, 19L9 Randeztoused with Task Force 77, (l+9?o?:-JdTask Elwent 77.01, Or< is 12:JjM H.E. REGAl CTF 77, COPiCA231V 1, in the U.G.S. EOPJ hCIJE lilCX+RD (CVaL-31S. Heavies pinesent: U.S.S. i30N €IOlWE RIChRD (CVLi 3l), U.S.S. =SEX (CVA 9), iT S.S. OXISKL~NY (CVi, 34), U,S.S, ICLRSJLGE (CVT, 33), U.S.S. TOiEDC (?A 133), and the U.S.S. MISSOURI (2B 63). 2250 U.S.S. ESSm (CVL 9) departed T-sk Force,

1 Nov: Conducted air o2erations during morning , 19ternoon operations cancelled due to heavy seasI 073.0 ET C.0, GLISSON, JR, 1;85;189/ 1310, in F9F2, Bureau Number 123586, presumed crashed in water off K-50 .&field, Caase unknown, pilot not-recovered, listed as missing, '0835 LT R.G. RIDER, 4809&2/1310, in FLU, Bureau Nunber 37255, crashed on a scheduled conbat mission, Probable cause, enemy anti-aircraft fire. Pilot declared missing in action 1631 U.S.S. KISSOUR1 (39 63) departed Task Force. 1701 U.S.S. TOLEDO (L133) departed Thsk Force, 1730 RiDM R.F. HICKEY, USN, COEXJiDIV 5, in this ship assumed Tactical Connand of Tzsk Force 77. 2 Nov:

3 Now Task Force replenished, 133.4 Conducted Anti-aircraft firing exercise

I$ Nov: Conducted air operations, 13U+ Cnnclucted Anti-aircraft firing exercise. 2100 U.S.S. Lot AGELES (CA 135) ,-ad U.S.S* BON H0"E RICHtm (CVtb 31) departed Task Force.

5 Nov: Co:9xAed sir operations , 6 Nov: Ccnc7ucted ab operations,

2 -~I DECLASSlFl ED (Chronology continued)

7 Nov: Task Force replenished. 0607 U,S.S. MISSOURI (BB 63) joined Task Force. 1122 VADM J.J. CLAEiK, USN, COIVISdVENTHFLT, came on board via helicopter. 1235 VADM J.J. CLaK, USN departed via AD air- craft. 1721 U.S.S. MISSOURI (BB 63) departed Task Force, 8 Nov: Conducted air operations, 1009 LCDH. F.W. EowEN, 116326/1310, in F&U, Bureau Number 97100, crashed while on a scheduled combat mission over North Korea. Probable cause, enemy anti-aircraft fire, Pilot declared missing in action. 1325 U.S.S. MISSOURI (BB 63) and U.S.S. TOLEDO (CA 13’3) joined Task Foree. a32 Mrs. ~~A M. ROSENBERG, ASSISTANT SECREThhY OF DkXFitNSE, VADM J.J. CbIIZK, USN, COMSEVEMTHFLT,. MGEN B. MILBORN, USA, znd BGEN J.F. COLLINS, USii, came on board via helicopter, 1550 U.S.S. MISSOURI (BB 63) departed Task Force. 1620 Mrs. ANNA M. ROtXNnEEiG, VADM J.J. CLARK, USN, MGEN B. MILBORN, USA, and BGZN J.F. COLLINS, USfi, departed via COD aircraft.

9 Nav: Morning air operations caneelled due to weather. Conducted air operations during afternoon, 2235 U.S.S. Tom0 (CA 133) departed Task Force.

10 Nov: Conducted air operations.

11 Nov: Task Force replenished. 1230 U.S.S. TOLEDO (CX 133) joined Task Force, I2 Nov: siir operations cancelled due to weather. 0800 U.S.S.. PAISSOURI (BB 63) joined Task Force. 1638 U.S.S. TOUDO (CA 133) departed Task Force.

13 .Nov: Air operations cancelled due to weather. 0926 VADM J. J. CLARK, USH, CObiSEV”HFLT, came on board via helicopter. 1003 ViiDM J.J. CLHFX, USN, departed via helicopter. 1012 U.S.S. MISSOURI (BB 63) departed Task Force. 1023 U.S.S. %LENA (Cii 75) joined Task Force. 1410 RXIN d.G. SCHINDUE, C@ICRIJDIV 3, came on board via helicopter. 1533 RDM LCHINDMR departed via helicopter.

U, Nov: Air operations cancelled due to weather. l&l3 U.S,S. MISSOURI (BB 63) joined Task Force. 1506 VUIM J.J. CLfIRK, USN, COMSEXENTH- FLT, LTGEN W.K. H&€XSON, USA, RdlL bv’.G. SCHINDLZR, USN, and RADM J.C. DANEL, USN, came on board via helicopter. 1655 VdlM J. J. CLiRK, USN, CO~~SLXENTHFLT,LTGEN ,J .K. LFKEON, USli, RiDM J.G. SCHiNDLEh, USN and RIDN J.C. DIINL-;L, USN, departed via helicopter. 1708 U.S.S. kISSOUhI (Bi3 63) dep:>.rted Task Force, 2000 U.S.S. HF;UNth (CA 75) departed Task Force. 15 Nov: Conducted air operations,

3 I '* .kt DE~LASSI F IED (Chronology conthued)

16 Nov: Conducted air operations. 0632 UoS,SIESSEX (CVA 9) joined Tzsk FGrce. llll U.S.S. lE3XXRI (BB 63) joined Task Farce. 1332 U,S,S, !-XrQ2L (CL 75) joined T'zsk Forceo 13~15ViDN J.J. CLJ'LX, U5V7 COaiS3mTHFLT, came on board via hd?~~~$zr~1605 VADM J.J. CLIISK, ::'I,asparted v3.a helicopter, 3)i? i-251 J,d, CLARK, USN, returned on hoard via helicopter. 1900 U.2 .,?, lXSS3u"nI (BB 63) and U.S,L;, K.-XJJL~(C, 75) departed Task Force, 17 Nov:

18 Now

19 Nov: Tak Force reylcnishIii4, EO& U,S,S. TOLEDO (CA 133) joined Task Force. 1702 'J.S.S. Gi~SKdY(CV,, 34) departed l'&sK Force. 20 Nov: *Conducted air operations. 3730 U.S.S. TOLEDO (Cb 133) departed Twk Force.

21 Nov: Conducted air operations, 0913 Cond.ucted anti-aircraft firing exercise. 1527 U.S.S. HELmTiL(CJL 75) joined TAsk Force. 1553 LCDA LC. HOPPING, 33,6741/1310, in F9F2, Bureau Number- 125173 crashed on a scheduled combat mission. Probable CauSej enmy anti-aircraft fire. Pilot declared missing in action,

22 Nov: Conducted air operations, 0723 U.S.S. H3LE3?L (C~L75) departed Task Force. OSl9 U.S.S. TOLEDO (Ci. 133) Joined Tc?sk Force.

23 NOV: Conducted air operations. ]c337 F9F2, Bureau Nunber l2'7l.75, Pilot LCDii D.W. DtAVIE, uk58O/ UlO, czught fire while being catapulted. Pilot made controlled water lanhg and was recovered by helicoptei Pilot suffered njnor 5n$ries.

24 Nov: Task Force replenished. 0855 U.S,S. BON HOEKE liICH;&D (CVL 31) 9 joined Task Force. 1637 U.S.S. ESCM (CV,, 9) departed T?-=sk Force.

25 NOV: Conducted air o?erations, 1720 IiJX ?.Do SOEX5ON, 'JSI!!, COKCdDIV 1, in the U,S.S. BOX HOME iiICIcJE (CV,, 31), assmied Tzctical Cbim.md of T:sk Force 77. 1809 U.S.S. TOLEDO (CA 133) departed Tcsk force. 9. ,

(Chronology con t inued) 26 Nov: Conducted air operations. 1304 U.S.S. LOS WGdLE;S (CA 135) joined Task Force.

27 Nov: Air dperat'ions wstricted due to weather, only 16 sorties flown, 28 Nov: Task Force replenished . 1745 U.S.5, LOS HNGEUS (CA 135) departed Task Force.

29 Nov: Conducted air opernticns. ~16RAIN R.F. IIICKEY, 5, departed via COD aircraft.

30 NOW Planned air operations cancelled dau to we8ther. Flw weather RECCO and searched for downed :,ir Force transrjort plane - negative results.

1 Dec: 0858 U.S.S. ROCHESTER (Cdi 124) joined Task Force, Lir ope rati on s cancelled due to weather.

2 Dec: 0817 Task Force rendezvoused with replenishment force, Task Element 92.11. Replenishment postponed due to heavy seas. Flight operations cancelled due to weather,

3.Dec: Task Force replenished from Task Element 92.11, 1058 RADM R.F. HICKEY, USN, CONCL~RDIV5, arrived on board via COD aircraft. 1905 Task Force departed replenishment f crce. 4 Dec: 0400 Eight (8) sorties flown by dawn hecklers. 0820 U.S.S. ORISKANY (CVA 34) joined Task Force, 0948 detached from Task Force 77, proceeding to Yokosuka Harbor, Xokosuka, Japan in amordance with CTF 77 CONFIDENTIAL dispatch 3OllEZ of October 1952, 1652 recovered 3 U.S. k&IJ%2Corps hclicopters on board for transportation to Yokosuka, Japan.

5.Dec: Proceeding to Yokosuka, Japan, 1101 launched one F2H2P aircraft for NAS lit sugi, Japan .\ 6 Dec: Launched 3 U.S. NARIiQE Corps helicopters for Yokosuka, Japan at 0753. 1014 moored starboard side to Piedmont Pier, Berth 12, Yokosuka,NavaL Yard, Yokosuka, Japan.

, 1. lixpenditure and performance of Air Ordnance is contained in enclosure (1) I. I I

' (PART III Ccntbued) 2. Em.enditure of Shipts Grclnclnc-2 for dl gractice. 5V38 Projectile Powder L1_ lt34 Non-Flzshless 5 Ron-Flashless

fr,~~Li,t? of ships ordnance is considc.#-,>:pxi 53 exellent

except that, +:I:: .3,:s, ~1~1'TU.~; of the E4K 56 GFCS prLyar)3 ..*J:' ~icei Lb2 Mod 13 for director ?? -3 P-:J~ :,s 52 aEd 54 was outside the pras.T:bco, smts. This was a,pparam;ljr ci.5 w a ~eclz-znicalslippage in the fuaa :!mu lhc conputer could still aci*ur;i,ely cwtrol the firing of 5" VT grojediles from these mounts, therefore Ed$us'ur.,ents which would haw placed the en'cilre system out of cormissfon, were not atterqtcd while on the liiie, rlssistance of the GE3iEi'LcL ELLCTXK rcnrescntative at Yokosuka has been rcquestcd to conduct required repairs while in -?orto There were no other major casualties, A few minor casuzlties occurred on the 3'' bz.ttwy but were quickly repaired by Gunners M;.,tesa It was noted that constant adjustr.ient of the loader mechanisiii of the 3" batter? was necessmy during cold weather.

b, Considerable trouble was experienced with the Mmk 25 radar as outlined in PART VI paragraph 2, 8. (3) of this report, DurinK the periods the Nzk 25 radar was inoperative, optical pointing and training with range- finder ranges were used with good results. in extensive training program ?! ?! has been established for the training of rangefinder operators to meet such a casualty on the Mcrk 25 radar4

C. 'Durinp, Air Rzid &ills the ordnance equi,paent, other than the Mark 25 radar, functioned excellmtly; During these drills the Wk.&5radk wab out of comAssion 50% of the the, but taxgets were aquircd outside of gun range using optical methodsr The GFCS Mark 56 and 63 were in excellent op erating condition, It is estimated that 90% of targets were ticpired outside of range, 1 niaximum gun

1, Ship, The ship was not attsckcd and sustzined no battle damage, 2. D.:u,qe inflicted on the enemy by ship's aircraft is contained in en- closure (l), 34 kmagc inflicpd on ship's waft is contained in enclosure (1). 6 ,.-, 4cJ PiiRT V PERSONNEL PERFOliMiUCii AND CASUI'LTIES.

1. Performance, a. Personnel Personnel performance and morale has been excellent during the period of this report, During this period the average on board count of enlisted personnel was 1981 Navy and 59 Marines, There were nineteen (19) enlisted men received and twenty one (21) transferred.

b. Legal During the period since our last report there has been an alarming increase in the number of domeiatic relations problems of men servinp aboard ship. Special attention has been given to advising the men concerned of theIr rights under the Sold5.erst and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 and amend- ment s thereto. The routine preparation and drafting of powers of attorney, wills and special instruments continued as w~llas the disposition of administrative matters touching legal assistance problems in relation to allotments a& dependents, Disciplinary cases continue at a low level. The offense of unauthorized absence in port supplies the greatest percentage of the total cases, c. --Education Personnel aboard the EAFtSALGE have demonstrated a continued in- terest in improving their educational background during the present tour of duty on the line. Nineteen GED and end-of-course tests have been administered, thirty five USAFI correspondence courses have been applied for, and one hundred fifty educational manuals ha3e been checked out. Sixty four applica- tions for Navy Correspondence courses have been completed. One hundred seven- ty seven men have been interviewed in an effort to assist each with his indi- vidual educational problem. A screening and testing progrm involving one hundred sixty men with GCT scores less than 35 haw been cmpleted. Courses in basic grammer, read- ing, spelling and arithmetic are offered nightly. Participants have shown a keen interest and it is fblt that they will profit greatly from these courses af instruction, Recommendations for service-wide competitive examinatims to be conduc- ted in February were received, eligibility determined and examinations re- quested for I282 nominees. The trai>Angroom has been constantly in use. In addition to the 200 one hour periods utilized for professional advancement instruction and billet training, Catholic Rosary services are held daily and a Protestant Bible Class meets weekly in this compartment,

d. nivine Semices. The number of Divine Services scheduled each week during the ship's second action peric%lon the line WLLS twenty six (26). Three Catholic Masses were said, three Protestant Divine Services, and a service for Latter Day Saints were conducted each Sunday. All Saints and dl Souls Day were observed by two additional Masses. Daily Protestant devotions were held each week day , tr ..DECLASSIFItD I 'r

(PL~IT v Continuo<) conducted each evening for 6ahholi.c personnel. In addition to these Divine Sorvices, Protestant Bible Class was held each Wcdnesday and Latter Day Saint class each Thursday; Tslrc Prctestant Mclnorial Services were conducted for pilots who were lost, and one CFd+holicIiequ5en l\/lc-sswas held for a Cstholic pilot who was lost. Thznksciving services were conducted for both Protestant and Ccthclic porsonnol on Thanksziving Day. el Character Guidance both chaplains gave character &dace talks to the enlisted men in the ship durin$ the second tour on the line, Thc talks were abed at the bolstering of the nioral. character and the sense of responsibility of the men, Ezcli.Cha&iin covered about one half of the crew-during this tour on the lint Thus, the men of all divisions and Squsdrons constituting the enlisted pop ulation of the ship were given one character guidance lecture during the ship's second tour on the line, f, Welfzre an$ Recreation &tion pictures ccnstitutod thc'nain fom of recreation along with reading &nd mall gaues, On the-average, twenty one showings'of movies per week were held, The library was, as-always, extensively used, issuing an average of l+O books per day; Pocket, paper bound books were circulated with+ out accountability in grezt numbers. Sub-libraries in the various msses like the Wwdrcon, TvJisrant Officers MCSS, and the Chief's mess furnished much reading natter onmch statistics are not available, Daily press news and three issues of the sh%p*s ;:a?er were published. kppoximtely throe hundred twenty three copies of nagazines per month were distributed. Smll Eaes such as chess, checkers, acey ducey and monopoly remained popular amng the men, Disc Jcckey p-ocframs were broadcasti from 1130 until 1300 and fro2 1600 until 2030 each day over the shipts RBO system, At 1900 a program of Tcsk Force and world news continued to be a popular feature. Onc happy hour was staged while the ship was returning to Yokosuka after completion of the first tour on the line; Another hay?y hour was staged whil enroute to Yokosuka upon completion of our 2nd tour on the liner One Ur Force variety show f'Pocl.~Gufonplqed on.boWd while thoiahXp baaq'%Yokosuka. i"rU attending enjoyed the performance greatly, Several divisions1 prties were held at the EN club or at &.paneso establishments in Yokosuka. In hrt recreation included four (4) si:,htseeing tours; two to Tckyo and two to Kzmakura. More tours will be ccnclucted in port as the demand continues. Mcre than sixty officers wbnt to Fujiya Hotel for a 72 hour period of rest and recreation, Scmewhat over 10 percent of enlisted personne went to a rest cm.p or a rest hotel wh2l.w the ship was in Yokosuka, Arrange- ments are in the making for rest camps and hotels on'= extensive scale dur- ing the shipfs next in port period, Tbe Cruise book, which the ship eqects' to publish on the F.w Ekstern Cr-c;riae 3_s beginning to take shape, w?rangernent for printing in Jqw-~have been mde. It is 2lanned to have the book ready for distribution during the trip back to the U.S. b

i, Hobby Shop Despite the low stock of hobby eupplies fromthe states, an in- creasing number of men are working on hobbies, These men are taking advan- tage of the workshop ‘and meet regularly to work and discuss new ideas. An exhibit of hobby crafts was on display in hanger bay #1 on 5 Dec, 1952, This included leather carving, model build”dg, photography, sketches, draw- ings and plabtics. After we reach Yokosuka 911builders of U-control flying models plan to fly their planes at the base athletic field. The total Hobby Shop sales has dropped considerably due to the lack of supplies. Notice has been received of two large orders of model kits and su?plies, but they have not yet been delivered, The hobby ptogram is an excellent morale factor for the crew and could be expanded in mmy directions 3s space and supplies per- mit.

2, Casualti.es, See PHfzT VI, paragraph 6,f,

9 .'/ ..

1. Air Department

a. Pliqht Deck, *&ended air operations cturin3 cold weather, and the resiltant fatigue and discomfort of personnel, has, required that fliqht deck opemtions be conducted with a minimum number of personyiel for e2ch of the various evolutions durinq a twenty-four hour period. Niqht respots were accomnlished with three (3) handling crews, Early morning heckler lsunches were conducted with one (1) crew, three directors, and hzlf of Repair Riqht on deck as long as an bediate ready deck was not rewired.

The pilots ability to see the Dhne directors was greatly improved by sewing yel1o.s Plourosoent cloth on the sleeves and fronts of the director's- foul weather jackets. This served a. twofold purpose of aiding the pilots, and provided increased nrotection for the d5rectors from the wind. b. Arrestin Gear. DurLng this period, the total number of arrested landings__$t_ tras 1 83 and only two (2) barrier engagements occurred. One barricade enq:r.qement (F2H-2) took place during the period. An excessively pitching deck was the primary cause of the accident. The noFe w.s high as the plane anproached the barriers and as a result proper barrier engaqment did not occur. At $he lzst possible moment, PI3 was engaged, but this did not prevent the aircrzft frcm continuing on into the barricade, The runout of the purchase cable was slight (four feet starboard and two feet port). The pilot wrts uninjured. Damace to the aircraft was slight, and the plane was .in an rrupll status the following day.

c, Catnu. During the period of this report therewere no accidents caused by malfunction of the catqmlts. One F9F suddenly caught fire en the track aftw being "fired!', ,and subsemently ditched, There were 1129 aircraft launched during this tour on the line, Of these, 866 were jets and 263 were convenkional aircraft, Total number of launch68 on the Port Catapult was 563 and on the Starboar?d Catapult was 566, The F9F forgcxi eye pendant is currently being used with excellent results, This was accomplished only after ensherhhing all bungee strands inside a suitable length of fire hose to protect the skrands from being cut between the shuttle too fitting and pendant at the end of the brake stroke. The forged we has been striking the shuttle causing dents in both shuttle 2nd eye

A decrcsse in the crews efficier-ay due to the swkwdness of winter clothing hss incre?sed the catnpult launching $ntcirv& slightly,

LO (P.lrlT VJ Continued) .DECLA SS I FI E 0 M4nt enance , -a* -...l-.-r

(1) Slectronic__y .shogc This ship hss received sevcral radio receivers ANflRC-1-fran destroyers in Task Force 7'7 for routine mintensnce and rep9,ir. To facilitate transfer, a system has been put into effect whereby a stand*.rd AN/hRC-l rsdio is set up on the frequencies used by the destroyers and turned into the ship aviition supply storeroom, Th5s set is 4 then av?ilq.ble to the destrover En an exchange bzsis.

With the help of the ship's electricians, an indicating Ught WRS instqlled in the electronic shop to register whenever the ships 400 cycle 1\12 gencrr,tor is operqtinq. This eliminat6stho possibility of the ships svstim opernthg when the current isn't being used.

(2) ylec'-ric Shop-. The electric shop has wrperienccd some difficulty with the Ze.5 volt D.C. Homelite Auxiliary Power Units in that the battery vents nre in qn exposed position wd are continurilly being broken. They we nirde of pl-stic clnd there %re no spares ,rtVaila.bJ.e. With the help of the metal shop, metal bsttory cover8 hDve been manufactured locslly .ind instslled on 4-1 Hamelite *PUfs.

(3) Pwnchute Loft. Survival Rear. The lwge end of an R2800 engine cont..iner ws plq'ccd mdcr the electric hoist on the after end of the hanger deck md filled -with T%vuter. The pilots then used these facilties te test out their survival suits, It is not only R good way to test the suits for leTkPqe but 71so s3rves twrefrcsh t5nc pilots in ditching nnd recovery by helicopter. ?".e %sts were Snflptcd rdth the pr,rachuto hF.rness in positSon. The helicopter sling wqs lowered into the water by the hoist wid the pilot ws hoisted clear of the water in the sling. The operation was highly successful,

(4) Xngine Shop, h5ck enqrine change units were built up as follows : 3 2 3 Jet enqfnes are left in the shipping conts.3rJEr until needed for an engine chctnee,

(5) Metal Shop. The v.sfsl shop personnel const:.ucted a wire mesh tool cape on the hanger dock for stowaqe of spec531 engS.ne build-up tools. "nothcr caqc was completcd in the enP;lne stowage compartment for stomge of nccountzble wintor clothing he5 np held for Air Departrnent personnel . c DECLASSIHED (Pj?RT VI Continued)

e. --Ordnance Handling Equipment. Seven new '.era Mod 12B Bomb Skids with "dapters Yods 8B'~nd9R were received on 3 December for test and ev-.tlu,?ti'n, f. -Gasoline and Lube Oil Ihp+itures,

__eDate Gasoline (gall Lube 051 (FT4 28-31 October 44;985 w 1-30 Wovember 858;601 3406 1-6 December 1,450 0

g, Oxyeen-Nitrocen Plank. Operation of the oqTgen-nitrogen plants during the operating period was satisfactory. Oxygen production figume are a s indicated Selowt -Date Quantity 28-31 October 20;764 SGF 1-33 November 72,188 SGF 1-6 December %me

2 EndneerinFtD_eepartment

a, Main Propulsion, The most formidPble problem facing the main promlsion qrcup is that of maintenance. This vessel is operating with a task force under difficult engineering conditions. The cornbigrztion of bevy aircraft and light winds ha.s reouired the ship to operpte 17 days of the 38 dav- period at speeds in excess of 25 knots for flinht operstions. %ls demmds in awilclbility of awdliary mschinery to ;?n eAuti?ntsuch th?,t even

emergency re&&--o must be done .It nicht os on rcplinisknlcnt dqys. Since I departure from Can Diego, the longest period this vessel hw h2.d for main- tensnce has been six days in October, with the prosp,:ct of nine (9) days in December. In order to perform even the.minimum mzintenance, particularly cleaning of boilers in these short periods, it is .necessaryto work some sections of the deprtment on shifts during rest and recreation periods,,_ The plwt emcr' enced one propulsion cvu?ltiy during this operzting period. On cormsletion of the forenoon strike lwnch at ?.bout 0800, 27 Nov 1952, F?t 2 speed of 29 knots, 3 metshanie;.l failure of the differential regulsting vTlve in No. 3 mnin condenw.tc systm cwsed a, loss of deaeratinq tank hend pressure, resultirig in loss of feed booster pressure in No, 3 and No, 4 fireroons. Person-?cl on watch h3nCtcd the c%m?lty effectively and no dm-ee to machinery resulted. Propulsion w.s restored to the sfter pl%t in amroximtely thirty (30) minutes; the ship was brought up to 29 knots for succceding l%unchbs 'wjrth na.''difT&cMty. (P??T VX Continued) DECLASS! FED b. Tlectr-j.crl, To major cnsuftlties were experienced in the elcctrical equipmcnt. - Continuous m.tintfsn-tnce 2nd minor repa5.rb were conductcd without dif‘iatlt?r, except in the IC section where hemy attrition losses of qericnccd ma,interi?nce personnel hps occured.

C. -nLuxiU?.ries. During a routinn inspection of the port steering unit, the oil se?,l insert on the motor end of the HS pinion sh2ft ws found crqcked md pRrtislly cmbl.cd. ’his unit w?s put on standby service, Jnspection OF the stgrboird unit revealed identicd cracking, but to a lesser degree. Since the instcllption entails disassembly of the entire high speed pinion assembly both inserts will be replxed durjng the in port period at Yokosuka,, Naterlal, Da,ta. repouts will be prepared in accordance with existing instructlon when detsAls are known. These inserts are not allowance items nor wesufficisnt detqils r?v?.ila,ble in the instruction book to permit manufacture, T3et-K.t pl?.ns hqve bcen requested from hget Sound Naval Shig- y2sd disxvtch, No f’urther m2,jor troubles have been experienced with the elcctro-hydraulic rewmine 2.t sea. winches. Of interest, is the extreme di”ficult7r of ohtn.ini:ig re?lvxment pmts for these winches. A ststus report from Inspection bterial, PhilzdelDhia,, on 7. valve control block assembly ordered prior to deployment in .’.upst 1952, indic-.tes the m3,turial will be delivered FOE the contractors plnnt in @ril1953, It is doubtful if this pwt, needed now, will be avail~bleeven at the nwct deployment of the KX‘LRS-”JtGT. d. Dw.i=r.neControl, The difficulty previousljr reported, of rraintaining 1, watertight flight deck is stiU present. ’dditioxl recaulking and pitch- ing hp.s b+en requested from Z9F Yokosuk? during the next in port period, The steel deck below the wcd in the are? of the catq.pult flish plating continues to leak bsdly. The presence of the embarked zircrazft, end the short durqtion of in port periods in the forrmrd vea, Umits flight deck rev>irsto p?,tchfnq cr?ulking Qnly the worst aren,s. Complete repa.irs entail yqrd wqil5,bility and this subject will be h;..ndlod by letter to the typ e commn.nd cr. e. Slectronics,

(1) Gener.1, Xo mczjor difftcultins were experienced with the electronics equipment durinq the pst oper7,tiond period, During replenish- ment d37s, 2,s mch equipment -?$ the situstion would clllow was secur8d in order to bring up to dnto the preventstive malntnn2.nce schedules ;..nd to correct anv potential failures noticed during the tjmo the euulpment wqs in opers5ion. MTintenmce Ind technical dirficultics h::ve been norm3.l 2nd routine in nature, except ?.s indicqted in the follopslng psrr.grp,phs,

23 . I '1 5DECLASSIFIED,. (P"T VI COntrinued) .

(2.) Radar- AX/S?5hB, The transmitter hss been g radudly settling on its mountings, cmsiny a. misslignment of the couplinq; where the mve guide joins the transmitter. Hence the stallding wave ratio hcqLsincrmsed to 1:1.54 cnusing R subsecpent loss of power; as evidenced by ring time reading of 4200 y.,rds, RePligment of the wsvcguide coupling by shinnhing up the trans- mitter h.ts t-wice been accompljshed (June and October l952),but the trsnsmittcr settles over a period of time cmsing the mis?ligment to recur. This comsnd 7.11invzstigate the possibiity of a flexible wave guide coupling to eliminq.te future misnlignments, The side lobing mentioned in the previous action report his returned qnd retuning does not seem to be more thQn a temporary answer to the problem, On-discussing thc problem wit,h field Engineers in this wea (IETU-5 & SIZF, Yokosuks) they mentioned thst this side lobinq n.ppc>,rs to be am inherent chpracteristic of 'N/?PS6B antenna with the integrsl MK 10 PFantem%, No further inforn2tion is m;iil.tble st nresent

6.) MK25-3 FC R'-D1R. Lhlring operations on the line it wys discovered th.tt Director 52 ra.d-?r would not shift from conic11 sc3n. The difficulty ws found to be of a. mechanic4 n-turc Ind ,ms corrected by re-sdju$ting the bP1nnce spring snd the fewle clutch lock in the sc=micr mechnnism, Identical trouble w?s experienced with Director during t5is period and ws ccmrected ' F,S reportcd dxve, Fn intermittent hich voltpqe src (4.5 KV plus setting on HV vwiac) developed between the rnqqetron shield sub-assembly, aqnrently due to the loss of filment voltwe. This wqs found to be cased by a malfiTctioninq of the 4 mimte time delzy relyr which ws brc-,king, but not mqF3ng contsct. Nomal [email protected] obfxdned by adjusting the relay, g.4) -R?dio, Inter-Ship intorfmence between the VHF radlo circuit continues I be the mi jor electronic problm. ,'is nentioned in the last action report, the interference is definitzly I1spill over" into receivers from shipbowd vF!F transTitters, with sexerzl cases of cross-modulstion noted. Between the nost =xtive and importmt ITcirciiitts, (l41.48 mcs, 142,56 mcs, l42.74 mcs l43.64 mcs qnd U5.08 mcs) the interference is such 9s to practicnlly preclude full tin.: simltmeous operqtion, in thTt received signqls are blocked out or over-riden. s nuch as 4 volts of RF energy h2.s been detected 9.t the receiver antews comcct'on, and on one 0:cPvsioh a !IE-XL/U mttneter needle h.ts been axu-peqmed by the RF energy from a shipbovd trmsmitter. Trans- mitters tuned to 116.10 rncs md 121.5 rncs c-wFe come intarference with the 9,bove mentioned frequencies, key-clicks rn occqsional breakdown of silencer bias, but not enmgh of these difficuLtics hwe occured to cause a,q- concern. It h?.s been noted t1-q.t the interference from a psrticulw trmsmitter affects higher chwnels considerab1:T more than the lower ones, snd not necess-q4.y the "nccn,rer" hiqhcr chmi?cl; ie-l41,f+8 mcs can be rend much louder and clewer on A ri.ceivc.r tuned to ll+5,Oe mcs, than on s rccejvcr tuned to l42,56 mcs. The t, 'pe of equipment used seem to hwe little effect on the mount of lnterference experienced. It hcls been observed when us5ng "DQ and RCK, or APJ,/ASC-l. Transmitter power @&put and receiver sensitivity ?.nd selectivitv hwe their expected effect, but opera tionsl requirenents pra cticPlly llfixt'these v?rinblc?s. Similarly, channel frequency selection is fixed. .' , .,# f (PART VI Continued) DECtASSl It'3

(41 Kzdio Continued ' Lntenna selection, as expected, has the most marked effect ' on interference levels and for any'= case of interference, possibly @, tho ititerference can be eliminated, however only at the eqenae of creating it on another channel. P.c Shii2'S force has been mble, to c?.ate, to find an antenna. cmbination that is an all-aroune inlFrovement, With the 2roFosed shift to TJHF in the imme2iate future, the ship's force went to considerable trouble to set up sim'Ld. interference problems in the US-IF ban:! for study. Very little or no interference was noted, even between adjacent channels. lit yesent, it appears that the only aswer to the poblem is the maximum physical sepzration of receiving and tk.?msmitting VHF antennae, utilizing rrulti-couplers to reduce the number of antennae; sr the ca.Uocation of wic'ely sep-mated frequencies to each of the various commds; or a conbination of both. On ccxp1etic.n of the forthcoming inport period on 15 Dec 1952, a full letter report on radio interference will be submitted to the type comander.

3. Gunnery De:,artment

a. imwnition re-sup?&y.

(1) Xe$enishment was accomplished six times c?uring the period: DAl% TCWLGE ~L'JEFLLGETOT3 PER _L IFECM HE. 11-3-52 u.s,s. C%& (xu 5e) 102 $5 ll-7-52 U.S.S. CK&L (k.Ki 58) 22@ 9901 11-11-52 U.S.3. P.3ICUTlK (I3 18) 176 97; 2 11-19-52 U.S.S, PA4ICUTIN (LB 18) 295 as3 11-24-52 U.S.S. ?~&IC'JTIK (La 18) 365 970 2 11-28-52 U.S,S. TITAJLL (LK 13) 137 60

br -fl;;.i;:uniticn Hmdlin;: Pr,2blcns , (1) 3urir-q the pried of this report no. riajor Cifficulties were experience6 in the handling of amunition, Minor difficulties are still being experienced with the presently installed interim winches. Thrcufjb the continued efforts of the Enb%eering force the winches have been kept in an operationel status but with a slower rate of oFerati.cn. c. Rccomendations,

(1) Tlxt the U,S.S, KE:dS,9SE (CV.* 33) alteration request No. 7-52 be given strong consideration, ?".is request rcccniends changes at No. 3 loading s*at;ion, It is believed that by makin5 these changes the tons per hour loaarig at this staticn cc1ul2 be greatly increased and that an added improvement :Ln safety to prscnnel and equipment would result. DECLASSIFIED I ’

( PA-RT‘03: ’ Contfnued)

a. C0mb.r.t Information Center,,

(1) ODer3ting Procedures. CIC contimed to function RS the Fl~g CIC until 25 November, when tactical comnnd v~usshifted from ComCarDiv FIVE to ComCarDiv OW in the BON HOI4YE RIC€!d’LW(CV-I-3l). CIC functioned prjmwily %as air control center for TF 77 from 25 Kovember to 4 December, since the F1a.g Ship wr.s without sir scarch radars during this period, Dur5ng normal operations 3trj ke r.nd C ‘3 controls were assumed alternately evTy oth7r day, and on days of C”P control, strike flights were monitcred in w.se strike control necded to be sssurnd without notice. From 25 Nov to 4 Dttc sll air control was assumed, with only in ocwsiond relinguishment of ’SP contmlto 3 destrover or cruiser.

Strikes were under positive control with ezch flight identified st all tjmes betw-+en the beach and the T?sk Force, with the r,mqe of control rlvsr-qing nbout 70 miles and rewhing P,S far 9s 100 mil:.s; Positive control md ident5 ficqtion w,s usu?,lly accomnlished with the cmbined use of S?S-6B radar, YK 10 I”?, md commcnicqtions, the 15,ttt:r by usiq a combinztion of TDQ trsnsmitters, a!J/4RC-1 receivers, and the TJRD-2 receiver,

The entire period continued to head the same routine pattern of continuous strikcs 3gpjnst lmd targets from 0400 until 2000, except for thc defensjve me?stlres taken agsinst eneP3 aircr?ft on 18 Hovmber. On 17-18 Novmber str: kss were conducted agasnst major tarqets in IUorthesstcrn North KorGa. The rrorthemcetposj tion of the force wqs at 41-33N. At 1310 I and for a duration of two and one half hours, enemy aircraft became vcary active in the scwwd qrms to the north, aymra. ching to within 25 mi1~of the force. Effective and continuous radar trscking *s accomplished as f3.r 2.9 120 miles aa,q,inst jet wd prop targets, One successful interception wgs msde qainst Kfc-l5fs Q. the CRISK,”IHY, Tt 40 mS.1 s distance with two engly .ti rcratft destroyed, J second interception w-Anst prop 3ircraft at a distpnce of about .!+5*niilzsfailed duo to the lFLck or“ sltit?rdc dctermin-i,tion. A third hterception, agqinst PIIC-l5fs, ms sccomplishod by this ship at 45 m5lc.s but CA?w?.s brokzn off &en the enmy yetired, Difficulty w’?s experjmced in bre-+king(2°F’ off frm aombct due to fadjng communic ti-ns,

This wss the first time t his ship hzs experi_encc a true comb?t situptior xpinst encmy aircraft in the vicinity of the force, Coordinntion of CIC with Flag md teth the CIC’s of 0th~ships appeared good. ClcC chznged its mode of oporrttion from surveillence of strike fliqhts to A local comb?t situ9tlon 7~5thno appreciable diffic1:lty and with Z ttle change in internal orgmization. It is belived that continuous air defense drills for the pas” fcw mmths hs:~been most productive in this respect,

16 D ECLASS i Fl ED (P"?T VI Continued)

(1) Operi ti ng Procedures (continued)

This period comprised the second tour on the line for this ship, It is believed, from the experiencc g-ined, that the following msjor factxs me reauisite to the efficient oper;.tion of CICr

(a) Sufficient personnel to mn 211 positions without undue doubling of f'unctions perfomed by individuals,

(b) hn efficient and cooper?-Live EX division of the Engineering Deoartment.

-(c) Constant tr?Aine: of all enlisted men in more than one CIC function, 2nd. i.ssipxent of enlisted men to positicns of responsibility and control, there57 st5mxlD.tjng interest and raising mornle.

(d) Closc cooperstion between ship 2nd F1a.g CIC wAtchofficers w'ithout restrictive rvqvrdto demarcation of commnnd, Thps ship bsu uxperienced the advantages of all these factors.

(2) Eouinnicnt Perfgmance. The SPS-6B radar was continually used where2,s the SX ws kept in stancl5y as much as possible to reduce maintenmce dj fficulties and a1wa.y~insuve the availability of one nir search radar, SFS perfomznce hq.s b .An excellent although major relj mce still is made on IFF for the tracking of Set n.ircraft, On 18 Yovaiber SPS performance in trncking frIC-15's IP s mqzj-ng, with reli?ble tr-7cKing r(

The SG-6B rFd3.r h2s bcen reli.zble except for excessive sea return during hmvy we-$her. The antenna lsbors consideu%bly in winds above 40 knots,

The SX Height Finder performance was extrme3y pcor, with a msxim?im reli?ble w'rlgc of only 30 milw. (3) .Com:ini~~ti~ns,The scope of operatfms durinq this preiod was not great enough to overtax avn,Fl?.Sl.e circuits. VHF' cmmunicatims were barely r,ccent?'^~lefcr thc t:Fe of oper.itj.ms being conducted, due to the lack of surficimt raEge 2nd duc to thd excessive feed-ov?r and mutual inter- f erence orl ".ale ship between difference frequencies. Considerable experiment- ation has beg:: mnductd with VHF eauipnent to eliminate feed-over. c (See Part VT, Far 2ce,(4,)), This plnces comunic2,tions in P &lama since it is ?bsolutely essential to qet rmge and 81SO to niniri6ze feed-over. A compromise hn.s not been found, It is believed thst a mhhm acceptable range for reli-tbk ccmmtlnicstions is 80 miles, It is becoming incressingly mpsrent thnt the freuucncy rnnao of transmitters, receivcrs, 2nd antennas is being present install?t _ion de si,m. -17- (PART VI Continued) CLASS!F\ FO

(4) ?ERSO"EL. The state of training has progressed much more rapidly than was thought possible. This ship reached the line in September with less than 10 percent of enlisted men and only one officer having pre- vious CIC experience and less than half of the non-rated men had any formal CIC training except for a short course in elementary basic functions at CIC Team Training Center, Sm Diego. There was little opportunity for actuaJ operations prior to September, except for routine ship control functions, routine air control during Cadjuals, and mock battle problemsf Therefore, the real training conducted has been on the line ir, Korea, lit the end of this second period on the line, it is believed that the air control functions of GIG are very efficiently performed, The Surface Control functions are continually improving.

Sixty-two enlisted watch standers were employed in two heavy sections of 24 men each for air operations and one light section of l.4 men for the night watch. Officers included the CIC Officer, threz CIC Natch Officers, three air controllers,

18 I'

(P'PT VI Continued) DECLASSIFI ED

(1) Postr.1 'ffzirs contintled. "5th the sfcmntioned vrlhme of mail, attendl.nt suqdies becqe crj tj~71;- Tt f?* st €€ie meet Post Office, Yokosui3,, be e to issue mcG$ o n forms, le9.d seals, custom decl.

By kkwz6rx 331 hwds zdvised of the posts1 situstion It 211 times via the Plan of the Day, cnmlqints frcm unbarked personrlel 2nd their coorespondents hqve been vre. "n interxt n,nd understanding of the difficulties encountered in the fcr-mrd arm hn,s-b ?cn engendcred. Especially important, for informqtion of t,he crew, hqs bt-en the time normslly rewired for deliver of sir Pnd surfqce mail rn.4 parcel post to the U.E., recommended wrapping, custnms infmm-tion, Ind spec:Tl fees,

Distribution cf incming Prrcel Tlnst et the rate of 80 to 300 bngs st a time h2.s bcen accmnlished in c7 mstter of hours by extending the limits cf the Pest Of,C;'ce to jnclude the Hanger or Mess Decks 3s convenient, 2nd cdling upon prnpcrly instructed division Mail TetCJy Officers to aid in Fm-tinq and distrf buting m9tL

(2) Viw~J.%an-YSnq, iY9ncy siqnal-ling at night, difficult under ideal c3 rcwnst~ncr~s,becr s unfea.slhle except for the shortest of plain lc".nLqawmess;iees d th thc onsat of GxtrerneLv cmld wwther. Physicd disc-nfnrt conb! nod rdth inc.,deouq.tc cmipricnt reduces opcr?,ting zbilities to a mint of djninishinq return, It is strcnqlgi recommcndkd that binocular type X?ncy receivors be desiqned and issued to allcvizte the universal eye- stmi n pmbl em now enccuntcred In 311 'Jancy rnethcd sign:,:.ling, This vessel js ecmjpped with types C-3,C-34, p,nd C% t3Tpc receivers, The lptter hsve prcven tr be conpletely without valuea It is recornended that procurment and Nayy issue therecf be discontlnued, ."I separate letter Will be written on tFis subject.

The inter-task force Ultra. High Frequf,ncy RRdio Teletype net con- tinups to pr9ve its valce, especia11y during ~CIJ-S of dprkncss 2nd in view of the hbovv rewrks.

(3) Req! stered Fublicq tirnsI Xapid supwcessi an of crypt9gmphic nubllcqtic-ns plus the extmdad perid. nf this comwd on the line necessitsted trnnsfnl. by rn-!!il of certnj n registered puhllcs ticns. Eepetition of these ci rcunstances is n-cbqble. The effccient, r7~Frlresponse cf the Registered Public.tt'nris Office ?t YCk3su'-n t- 3- Tne-sqpe remiest fm superceding ntb1ic.r tions x~i?~notewsrthy,

19 1

c -1

(7"T VI Continued)

(3) --Rccistered TublicTtj rns continued._c- General ness~.q:cszqnounci ng emcrqenuy supercessim of orntographi-c publiwt- icns are prcnxlg?t d by deferred xessag?, Du tq the lvge vdume of high- precedence traf"ic hmdlzd both by this vessel sand rel-ying comands, little xiv~.ncenotice ins adx141y received in the qerqting wen, qnd in some c-?s,?s, nctSdcrtim T~Srcceivecl after the effectjve dztte of a ncw editinn.

Thjs vesPel h9,s 51vn dcsiPnaLJed as a Miner CRF znd has been called up-n tq firnj sh services, under emercztmcy cirmstmcns while in the oper:>ting arm, In esch inst-nce, prrblas hDw bcm- sn.tisfit.?d by the closc attention nf ~fficer-pc--soniiclto emLj prirnt 2-vimen in the fleet. Low1 shqre Pstivities reauire R of 30 days t~ service an ECM, which is unPccent?,ble cnvlsideri n? the sFrrt in-port periccls expcric:?lced in this 2rn;l. /Notewerthy slso, vith remrd to this prcblen, js the fDct that this 1 vessel, QS 8 flqgshiD, emplcys tm TCNs cnntinuous1.r whiln on the line with i?. third fn use -7bwt eiqht kcurs per dng, seven davs r, week. The idell sPlut5.cn tc tho Cy:&qppi--fc ?rr?blmn is corai-'ercd %.= be the trmsfer of a c;.ypto-repairnan with taolis ccirid spare parts kit by helicopter to cmuancls reouldng these sed-ees.

(4) R,x!in, Thc ncss e traffic wlum crntinuas tp meram 250 tc I 2,CO mr:ss.?FeS p"r clay dth ncre thm half cf these ~:SS~PCS~l-~ssified, ?dciitir?n, the Fnrcc, Flagship rel9p 211 ship t c) shore trafEic for veswls CorqposjnT TRsk P,rcc 77. The efficient hmdliy of trzffic PLt this volume is fewible only by:

Reductj m of mess? PP tr?,f'i c tn m absblute minimm, mhe use 9f radio teletype for shipshore md shme-ship tr2f"i c,

R.tdjo telebpe ::?ntimod to prove its vilue. Tt is crnsidered thqt connunicat- ion effectiveness would ?J~G,,F25 to 50 gercent 1kthw.t the CTF 77-R?dic Tokyo dqlox RITT circuit 2nd the intrht T~skForce (he2qr ships only) UHF RATT sir?plex. The lzttcr circuit reduces visial signalljng t,c r. role of minor irpcrtmce emloyed for rzl?tS vel;~un-iqmrt?nt TC SOTP+:S cf low precedence, and for L~SCdth clestrcyers rd--ich are twcluc'ed frctm e,ircuit T6 by equipment snd nanpower 15 mi t~ti ms ,

20 DECLASSI FiEQ a ,.' (PART VI Continued)

C. Zhotographic Laboratory, During the last in-port period mechanical- ly defective K-20 cameras, K-17 magazines and a K-17 lens cone were sent to the photographic laboratory, NAS, kitsugi for repairs. Repairs were not ef- fected due to the lack of spare parts, If a competent camera repair school graduate had been assigned to the ship it is felt that some of these cameras and magazines could have been put into operation by an interchangiig of parts by the ship' s photographic labcratory,

Supplies were ordered ad received from Fleet Activities, Aviation Sup- ply depot in sufficimt quantity to fulfill all needs during this operating period . There were a total of sixty seven photographic sorties flown, SfiooDin~ a total of one hundred forty one rolls of aerial reconnaissanue film from 30 October 1952 to 29 Novembei 1952. The photographic laboratory delivered 24,261 9 X 18'l Sonne prints, 11,985 9 X 9" Sonnc prints, 191 plot chart negatives, 3427 plot chart prints, 723 negatives of aerial mosaics, 5009 8 X 10" prints of aerial mosaic negative?, 79 18 X 22" enlargements of aerial mosaic negatives in addition to prints and negatives for public information, RUDMIs and identification of personnel,

d. Air Intellipence. This second tour on the line has been free of all but minor difficulties. It is believed that adequate and proper plan- ning prior to departure for forward areas, @an assure this result in all cases.

In almost each instance, it has been possible to have all intelligence materials, i.e. brief notes, mosaics, charts, plotted flak, ete,, available for Squadron AIOls by 1930 each evening far the next day's operations. This has allowed the flight leaders to make preliminary plans prior to actual briefings . The &ollowing diagram illustrates a satisfactory method to facilitate Squadron A1Ot s procuring the latest intelligence available prior to each briefing.

21 (Tlieuppr prt of this board is usod for intelliqence of a’ st-,tic n2ture pertaining to 311 operqtjxms, An entire pcrj-cd of opcrqtions, or of a general nat1a-e presented prir-rmrily for bnckgmnd inf orin2 tion, All must be repd and initizlled by Squndrion AIOrs 2nd m9.y be checked out for use in Ready Recms.)

(This portion of the bwrd supports 10 clip bozrds for disp;ltchcs on the indimted subjects. Each disnp-tzh rnust be rz9.d wcl initiq.lled by each Scu4ron “10 prior to his briefing. It is essentid thr3t cfficer persornel enter the time of actup1 receipt on wch disp tch,) i 1t

Brief5 ng Intelliwnce Board tmlmhmm 22 I'

DECLASSIFIED (PART VI Continued)

5. SuTrily Gepartmnt a. Aviation Stores

(1) Avpzilability ., 2,928 items requested, 2,801, item furnished-from stock or 95% of all items requested. Of the 124 items not in-stock, approxhztely.- 57% represented items for direct sturnover. .-

(2) AOG Requests LOG requests totaled 30 item. Other Carriers on the line furnished 7 of these items.

AOG REQUESTS 28 OCTOBEi T€ROUGH 4 DECEESER H F F F F F k A k k 044922DDDD S U U F H H 4 4L4NQ"f 3 4 5N2 2 2P TOTiiII NOT ON ~LTLO?~L'~NCE 8 551 19 --NIS 51 12 9 FLmT CONTROLLED 11 2 TOTAL ' OU20563 OD0 30 (3) On 30 Ncvwiber a salt muter Iilain in the main Aviation Struct- ures Stcrerom (C-414-a) ruptured, covering the deck with approximately two (2) inches of salt water, kU material contacted by salt w&er was quicldy rerioved, and washed with fresh water; steel surfaces were also oiled. NO lcss of naterial was involved. (4) Line replenishment by U.S.S. CIiOZ2iIE f3V 1. 231 requisitions for 477 items were submitted to the CHOUiW3 between 29 October and 19 Novemb 206 item or 43% were furnished by the CHOIEEE on line replenishment 19 Nov. (5) Rocomenc1ations It is reccimended that advance notice be given of fleet ' freight to be rece$ved during replenishment. An estimate of cube, weight, and nmber of pieces of such freight, 24 hours in advance of rep1edshr:EE;it '( wculC: greatly facilitate plans for handling and stowa;le, This mitter wiZ.1 be hzndled by separate correspondencer

(1) When receiving provisions at sea, damage znc! breakage of bozs and crates has been excessive. Most canned gcods, celery, lettuce, tomatoes and

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(PART VI Continued) oranges havk been deliverel in regular cornmerc5al containers. The ettuce crates are much too weak to stand-the strain which is imposed on them in the nets when being handled fron? the reefer ship, Kcny paper containms are opened at the top, split, torn, and crushed in this sane procsss, A heavier overseas pack of all provisions would be extrenely hulpful in preventing waste when re- ceiving these stores at sea. It was noted during a recent provisioning at sea thrzt V-3 type paper cartons with wire bands hold up unusually well. Large quantities of item such as tomtoes, lettuce and cdery have had to be sur- veyed as a result of rust and decw due to zgz and their poor keeping qualities.

(2) It was found to be expedient to pregare arm Sands in various col- ors nnd conibinztions of colors for use by workbag prties, WorkLg parties are assigned i;l uiita of eleven r.en - tcn men and a pctty officer in charge, Thi men place thc colored arm band on their left am and the petty officer wears two of tht sane color - one on each am. Thus, it is very easy for the officer or chiel“ in chwge of 3 particular operation to distinguish his mn from other groups workir-g in the 5amc arca. It is felt that replenishment has been accomblished r,iore 0rderl.y and efficiently by Gr:.Ahyingthis systcix of identificxt ion qnd responsibility,

(3) .ewcentage of provisions received or! 3 ITovabsr and 19 November from the U.S.S. GRAFFIAS wen 2s follows: Tons Tons Per cent Date Ordered R6ceivi:d Received - I__- 11/3 80 50 02.5%

(4) Comon usage itenis such as lernb, grapefruit, American cheese, blackeye beans, tomto paste, blueberries, fruit cocktail, pineapple chunks, jams, jellies, vanilk. flavoriag, s-w-,t picklts and rip olives were NIS on 3 Novmber. ’ White ptatms, tomtoes, grapfsuit, aprico.ts, fruit cocktail, jams, jellies, tomato catsup 2nd sierect pickles were NIS on 19 November. 6. Mediccll Depart;?ent,

a. hedical Deprirtment supplies eqcipnent were replenished during the last inport p~~b~t.This, togethor with receipt of a requisition from CLUSA provided adequate supplies and ecpipunt during the op*rat,ive period. No sig- nif icmt equipent breakdown occared.

be hledical Department personnel shortzp continues to be m acute problem. It has been an midous task to perform thd roquirenents of the department with odjj 76% of allowance on board, I ‘I 1r

(PAET YI Continued)

0. Xedical I?;v-luation of t.,e Ar Group pilots ahd ii-r Crewmen. (1) The general hs;iilth, well bting and mor-1, of the Air Group pilots and Air Ortvraen was excdlmt for thc first 21 to 26 days on the lim* With tht postponer-ent of rcturn to port there wss gen,rd let dovm in n-orale bxt PO significaht alteratior, in physicd. well beirig or cfficicncy was noted.

(2) Despite the frcqumc;. of bGl.-nent wt,athen End concoci%znt in- crease i;l up,pr resGiretor infection, exctstioniilp few pilots and crewmen were grounded. Ot’zer illnesses or injuries wsre very riniiriLL ad did Rot create any mdic3: problm.

(3) Defiiiitc mod swings were coxurrcntly. abscrvtd with combat casualties and successful encanters with enLqaircr7.ftr With each of the four (4; pilots reported missing i;l action, a noticeable adpression aid un- certaintjxwas observed, T.owcver, this reaction was of a relativdy temporwy md btnign nature. 1l;ith thc cmplction of’ successful aission or engzgement with elleiv aircraft, a dd’idte msurgence 0: entbusixm and vigor was Itoted,

(4) iilthougli no problems of (z signif;c-mt nature referrable to com- bat aid its er;otisn;,l secuelx were encountered, the polojiged period on the line did create sonic ,ener-3J_izzdunrest cu?d lxiguidntss which repl3ced the initial vitalit-j thct existec. &<,ring the first 3 weeks.

d. KeCc-1 Xv-lwtLon of ahi-p’s Officers m6 Crew, -I_---_ -- - -I (1) In gsner:.;l, thL h6czlthy well bding md rmr?,le of the ship’s officers 2nd crew follomci z pattern shi1.x to that of the Ar Group. No significant mdicnl or psychologic problems, directly attributable to the ship’s oj+raticms, OCCUPTI;~. However, awest and l-nguictness did becow sppwent with thc pmlxgztion of the operating +riod,

(1) Adnitttd to sick list,, ...... 163 Totd Tick days oct of 120,000 possibli? Frcrk days.,.. 275 Off’ict-s admitted to sick list...... 6 Total p,?tient visit7 to sick cQl,, ,. ,. , *. . .I .+ .. 4210 Tota1 medics1 tr;atnmts...... 8214 Patients rtccived from other ships., ...... 2 Pztients transfa-ed to hospitd...... i4 Nuriber winor lnjuries trecited...... 23 Number major injcries trcated ...... 2 Number shipkmrd i Juries resulting i:i duzth ...... G r surgic-.l proctdures....,...... 85 k-.J-t surgicd prcjcccures,, ...... i ...... 4 VeneruL disexe exes and Nun-spcific irrethritis total .*.* 114 , Gonorrl;ea 63 ChRncroid 25 Non-speoific ‘Urethritis followLrig sexual expsur6. 26 -,f 25 i 9, ', ..

(PART VI Continued)

Penicillin tablets issued during last in port period,..,,5400

(2) Planes lost, enemy actkpn, pilot missing in action.,.,... 3 Planes lost, operational, pilot missjn~.,...(...~...,,,. . 1 Flanes lost, operational, pilot recovered, minor injuries, 1 (3) Pilots temporarily grounded for medical reasonsoob.,,.,., 2 Pilots indefinitely grounded pending medical evaluation,. 3 Pilot availability., ,.. . ., . . . . , . ., 0. * .. ** 1) .*+ 98.8% Crewmen grounded for medical reasons...... ,..,..,. 1

f , Description of Aircraft Casualties, 1 November LT Charles 0. GLISSON, USN, VF-721, flying a F9F-2, Bdo 123586, enroute cn strike mission over North Korea apparently developed engine trouble and presumably crashed into the sea. No other infomatton was avail- abls . LT GLISSOIV was dcclared missing, 1 November LT Richard G, KIDEE, USN, VF-884, fl-ying a F4U-4, BuNo 97255, on a strike mission over North Korea was hit by enemy 1,; fire. -His plane crashed into the ground in %be vicinity of Chun-Chon. LT RIDE2 was declared missing in action.

8 November LCDR Frederick William BOWEN, USN, CO of VF-884, flying a F4U-4, BUN0 97100, on a else air support mission in ths'aicinity of Pyongyang, was apparently hit by enemy AA fire and crashed, LCDR BWl3N was declared missing in action.

21 November LCDR Robert C, HOPPIUG, USN,'XO'of VF-721, flying a F9F-2, BuIfo 125l.45 on c?. flack suppression mission over North Korea, was hit by enemy liA fire and crashed about five (5) milas west of Yangdok, LCDE HOPPING was de- clared missing in action,

23 November LCDR D.W. DAVIS, USN, ditched his F9F-2, BuNo 127175, after it caught fire during a ccttapault launch. After two attempts he was rescued by helicopter suffering from immersion, laceration of the right wrist md a simple fracture of the ripht ulnar slyloid. Encumbered by his Mark I11 exposure suib, lit, was unable to unbuckle his parachute or -inflate his life vest and because of ex- haustion he could not enter $he helicopter yoke properly. Recommendltions for n Guick detachable prachute harness and revision of the helicopter rescue yoke were sub- mit+ed with Pieaicnl Officer's Report of Aircraft Accident OPNriJ FOW 3760-22 (Rev 8-51).

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ECLASSIFIED .

DISTRIBUT 13I3 LIST

u3s uss uss US3 us 3 uss U 3s uss uss IJS7 uss uss us5 I TJSS us; U ,S .S KEARSJ-RGF ( CVA-33) Fleet Po~t~Cffice San Francisco, Callfornia 0; DOWNGRADED AT a YEAR INEERYA& From: Commanding Officer DECLASSIFIED AFTER I2 YMs JAN 21 1953 To: Chief of Naval Operations DO0 DIR 5ZoO.lfl 1) ComadcP "fa& FOFC~77 (CC'J-5) 2) Comander Seventh Fleet Commander Naval Forces, Far East [z{ Commander in Chief, U.P. Pacific Fleet Subjt Action Report for the Period 6 December 1952 to 8 January 1953 / Ref: (a) OPNAV INSTRUCTION 31280.4

End: (1) Carrier l'bGroup 101 kctior: Report for the-Period 6 Dec- ember 1952 to 8 January 1953

/ 1, Xn accordance with reference (a) the suSjoct report is suhitted herewith: --PART I

1. During the perj-od of this report the U,,[email protected], KE:?LRS?~R.GE,with Carrier Air Group ONE HUNDRED Om abarked, opa2aled for vwioas periods with the U.S.Sc OXTSK',NY (CV!,-34), the TJ,C.S, EFSEX (CVi;-9), the U,S.S. BON HOW RICHiZRD (CVL3l), and with various heavy support and screenire ships, 2. The U.$.S. KFU:RS'ZGE (CVF.-33)?.operated off the East Coast of Korea in accordance with CTF 77 Operatioxi Omer 2-52, CCD-5 Operations Order 6-52, plus supplemental plans ?ad olnders issacxi during the period.

3. The assised mission of the force, in wip2ort of the United Nations Forces in Korea, was interdiction of sLqm>.yand transportation facilities and close air support of United Nztions TYOG~S,

PFRT I1 CHRONmloGY- 6-16 DECt Moored alongside' kidmont~Pier, Yokosuka Harbor, Yokosuka, Japan 16 DEC: 0630 Undemy*'frcan Yokosuka, Jman for the operating area in accordance td&Lr'GUXC,:RDTV 5 OpOrder 6-52. OS06 Formed Task Elanent $'7.C!l pith U.S.S. TWTNIVG (DD-%O) screen ship, SOPA Ez?;uM R, F, HICKEY, UFY, CCMC'ADIV 5, OTC CAPTJJN L, E, FRENCII, IISN,

1 17 Dec: Proceeding to operating area. 1152 Conducted refresher air operations and special weapons exercises in accordance with. COMCAkDIV 5 dispatch 150?.062,

18 Dect Proceeding to operating area, 0717 Rendezvoused with Task Force 77; Task ELenient, 77,Ol dissolved, SOPA VADM J, J. CLARK, USN, COMSEVE>JTIIFbT, in the U.S,S, BGN HOMME KCCHARD (CVA-31)b OTC RADX 'do D. JOHNSON, USN, CTF 77, in the U,S,S, BON HOMC4E RIWARD (CVA-31), Heavies present U.S,S. ROSHESTER (Cil-l24), UoS.S, ORTSKANY (CViZ-34), U,S.S* BON HOIlME RICHAW (CVA-31) , U S, S, KEiIZShIiGE (CVA-33) , U.S.S. E3Sm (CVA-9). 1304 VBDM J, Je CLARK, USN, COM- SEVEETHFLT, xxived on board. 3321 RADM R, F, HICKEY, USN, COMCARUIV 5, in this ship, assxiled Tactical Command of Task Force 77. 1323 U,S,S, DON H9ml RICHARD (CVA-31) departed from Task Forcec Condccted af.r operationsu

19 Dec: Task Force replenished from Tzsk EZement, 92,11, 0710 U.S,S. 1vIISSOUiiI (RE-63) jained formtion, Og12 VADM J. Jo CL!J3<, USN, COMSEVENTHFLT, departed far U,SoS, MISSOUPJ via helicopter, ll4O U,S,S, IIISSOICiI left foi-mation. 1857 U.S.S. ROCHESTEIZ (CLL-124)left fornation,

20 Dec: Conducted air oper-tions , Anti-aircraft firing exercises conducted.

21 Dec: Conducted air oper.&tions

22 Dec: 0658 U,S,S RWIESTEI-2 (CL-1-24) joined formation. 0751 U.S,S, MLSSOUliI (BB-63) joined formation, SOPA VADM J, JO CLiJK,, USN, C9N,3EV2WW".,~ToOQ.4.7 VLIDM Jb J. CLk',,FK, USN, COMShVEK'IiFLT, a,-r!-~~:~d0;: bawd via helicopter from the U,S, ,30 I~ESSO~.*R.I (BD-63) :nLi-aircraft firing exercises wereamducted, 1053 VIL9JI J, Jo CLidX, USN, CObWDENTHFLT, departed Via helicopter for the U,SoS, MISSOUiilI (~2-63) 1103 U.S,S, PIISSOURI departed from the Ti'iSK FORCE, SOP>& RaF. HICKEY, USBl, COEChi3DIV 5. ll08 LT, C STILES, 477377/1310, USN VA. 702, engaged barrier in AD aircraft Uureavl Ishmber 128928, Aircraft sustained Glass I1Cf1 damage No personnel injuries 23 Dec: Conducted air operationso 173Q U,S, S, IiCCEESTEIZ (CA-lZ+) departed from the Task Force.

21+ Dec: Ta;'.: Force replenished from Task Flement 92*ll. 1300 UJS,SeTOLEDO (C+133) joined the Task Forceo 1708 U,S.S, OSZSKLNY (CVA-34) departed from the Task Force, -- n 3 . f *. -.

25 Dec: Conducted air operatrons. 1734 U,S.S. TOLEDO (CA-133) departed from the Task Force,

26 D~C: Anti-aircraft firing exercises and Air operations were conducted

27 Dec: 0915 LT D,k, CRirJDAU, 424643, USNR, VF 8$4, in F4U, Bweau Number 80966, ditched in water near formation due to engine failure, Pilot rocovered uninjured, 1136 LTJG R,J, PETUSON, 521770, USN, VT 721, in F9F-2, Bureau Number 125117 engaged barrier. Class rrCtr damage to aircrafto No personnel injuries,

28 Dec: 0917 LTJG F,J, PESTER, 508336, TJSN, VF 721, in F9F-2, Bureau Nmber 7.23636, craske6 lin water near formation. Pilot recovered uninjured. 'U35 Francis Cardinal Spsllman arrived on board via air?raft fmm Soraa, 1223 U,S,S, MISSOCET (GE-62) $o.;llc!d the ZS ::mY,fS;i-, SOFA VIiDM J .J CLXK, USN, COIVISEVENTIIFLT 1353 Frml;is Cardinal Spellman depcirted via helicopter for ihe U.S.S. ESSM (CVL-9),

29 Dec: Task Force replenished from Trsk Element 92*ll, 1603 U.S.S. NISSOURI (BB-63) departed from the Task Forceo SOPA F&DM R.F. HICKEY, USY, COMCIJtDIV 5,

30 Dee: ll5O LT James Fo LEE, 485310, US!, IT ll, in F2H-2, Bureau Number 125060, creshed aboK% 15 miles West of WONSAN, KOREA while on scheduled combat nCssion, Pilot declared as miss- ing in action.

31 Dec: Conducted air operations, 1436 U.S.S. LOS ANGELES (C&-135) ;joined the formatAon,

1 Jan: Air operations cancelled because of weather over target - area.

2 Jan: Conducted air operations. OCl5 U,S.S. VWEY FORGE (CVA-45) joined the fcrmntlon, OG20 U,S.S, &XSSOUR.I (BE-63) joined the formation, SOi'k VI',DM J.J. CLARK, USN , COMSEYENlYIFLT . 1626 U L. S S . FIISSOUIU ( BR.-63) de- parted from the fonnatioa, SOPA K-DN i"l, SOUCEK,USN, C0MC::lIDIV 3 1728 U .So S . LOS L'LNGZLES(CL-135) departed from uhe Task Force.

3 Jan: lati-aircraft firkg exercise and sir operations were conducted.

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4 JAN: Task Force replenished from Task Elment 92.11, Departed Task Force in cmpany with U.S.S. MC DE3UT (DD-677) for ShSEBO, JS.?,2N in accordance d.th CTF 77 dispztch 0209482 of January,

5 JAN: kchored SASEBO, JAPZN at OSO3, Departed SXERO, JAP.YN at 1459 proceeding to HONG KCi'G, B.C.C. in accordance with CTF 77 dispatch 02091+8Z of Janwry.

6 JAN: Underway to HONG KONG, B. C,C.

7 JAN! Underway to E0NG KONG, 13, C.C.

8 JAN! Moored HONG KONG HARBOR, F5 *I is?.

1, F(3. enditure and performance of Air Ordnq-ncc is contained in enclosure Expenditure of Shipls Ordnance for Jd proctice, 2. .I- --P-m > ---w

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Projectile POWdF3S pa

197 llAC . 19'7 Non-Flashless 16 VT Frag, 16 Non-Flashless 3"/50

620 Frag, VT, Non-Flashless F'owder 3. Performance of S%isGz-&n.-~cz, a, The performmce of ships ordnance is considered excellent, There were no major material cwimlties. A few minor materi3l casualties occurredon the 311/50 Battery but were quickly repaired by Ship's Gunners Mates.

b. Sane trouble was experienced G.th the Mzrk 29 Mod 1 gunsight. Replacements were quickly obtained, It is recornended that repail. faci- lities be established in this area for the repair of the Mark 29 sights.

c. Dz-2 ng !lWarning Mngcnt,n drills the ordnsnco equipment functioned excellcntlj ,, It is estimated th.t 90 percent of targets were acquired outside of mx;:mun gun ranoe. D ECL ASS 1F 1 ED PhRT JV

1. Ship.

9. The ship tms not att.cked and sustained no b5ttle drunn,ge.

2. Dcm.tge inflicted on the enemy by ship's Rircrnft is contained in enclosure (1). 3. h?Iaqe inflicted on ship's aircraft is contxined in enclosure (I)*

a, Personnel,

(1) Personnel pcrformmcc and morale hrs been excellent during the period of this report, During thjs period the avernge on board count of enlisted persome1 was 1998 Nn.vy 9,nd 59 Mnrincs, There were 23 Navy enlisted men received md 7 transferred.

b, Legal, (1) Thc number of Legal mml.stance problcans has dropped off considerably, The numbor of unmthorized absmces during the last in port period incre? sed sliF?;htxy, Two speci-4 courts-martial and six summqy cou?ts-martid were held during this period,

c, Fduc-l.tfon.

(1) Psrsonnel aboqrd the KFj:,RFnRGE have demonstrated a continued interest in improving thcir educo tjons.1 background during the present tour of duty on the line, Twenty-one W tests and end-of-course-tests hcve been dtninistered, sixteen US 1FI correspondence courses have been andied for, and forty-six education-J m?nurtls hy.ve been checked out, Thirty-five ?wppLicWons for Navy correspondence courses have been mailed 3nd seventeen have been completed. Sixty-three men h2ve been interviewed in an effort to assist each with his individual cducntional problan,

(2) Classes in elementqy educ-tion were continued, A new class in &sic Mathematics was org*rnizcd and attindmce records indicate a steady interest in this progrm,

(3) Pie training room has hccn in constmt use. In addition to the one hour pcriods utilized for professional sdvancment instructj on p.nd billet training, Cot,holic Roasary services are hold daily and Protestant Biblc Class meets weekly in this compartment.

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. d, Didnc Services, OECLASSlFIED

(1) The number of Divine Services scheduled and normally conducted during eTch week w?s twenty six (26), The Christmw Holidays swelled the tot4 number of divine services held*on bowd, On Sundays three Catholic Massps snd a Rosary Service are held, and three Protestant Services md a Latter Day Saints Serv?tcc are conducted, On week days a Catholic Mass is said daily by the Catholic Chaplq5-n at 1630 and Rossry Services are held 3.t 1845. A Protestqnt devotional. Service is held each week day from 1340 to 1300,

(2) On Christm2s Eve a ?rotestant Carol Service was conducted at ‘ 2130 and a Catholic H3.gh Mass ws held starting at 240L On Christmas Day, 25 December 1952, three Divine Services were held for Protestant men, and an additS.onxlMass for Cnfholic Zen, Ca the afternoon of 25 Decanbcr both the Chaplains went to Destroyers for Divine Serviccso On 26 and 27 Dec- ember both Chaplajns conducted divine services on two additiorn‘l Destroyers opersting with Task Forw 77. Transfer of the G’nr.plains was effected by highline and hclicoptcr

(3) On Sund8y 28 December 1952 Francis Cardinal Spellman said a Mass in the Ship at 1200 while on his Christmas tour of the Korein front areas,

(,Q) On New Year‘s Day two divine services were held by both Chaplains,

(5) In addition to the above a Protestant Bible Class meets each ‘Puesday md A Lstter Drzy Saints Class mcets on Thursday. h Protestant MemorbAl Service was conducted for a pilot lost during the last operating period.

e4 Welfare and Recre-tioni

(1) A Christmss pwty for 57 under privileged Japanese children was held on board on 14 Decmber 1952 in Pokosukn, Japan. A committee composed of members of the ship’s company supervised the outfitting of the children zt 9. Department Store in Yokosiika on 13 December. Ehch child - received a new outfit of clot’ing including shoes and co,q,t, On Sunday U, December the chjldren cCme on board in their new clottes for the noon mnnl and il. pwty nt which they were ewh given a Christmas present, of toys Rnd a bc.,g of cl-ndy,

(2) On Christmw Ehe, 24 Decerber 1952, a Christsnns concert was given on board by the KE’~S’LRGE Glee Club, (3) During the period on the lint there was an average of 22 movies per week shown. Req.di.ng constituted ~n equally engrossing form of activity, T:?e library issu2d pun average of fibout 45 books per day. Several dozen new title Navy pocket, p,iper bound books were circulzted.

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?ART V Continued DECLASS’lF! ED

e. Welf-$e and ,Recreation. continue.

(4) Daily .Press News and three issues of the ship’s paper were published, \

(5) Approximately three hundrcd twcnbj copies of maeazines were received and distributed, new supply of-small games hnve been received and distrlbuted, The disc jockey programs, Task Force and world news continue to be a popular feature,

(6) Another hamy hour was held enroute to Hong Kong. Zuring our last inport period mmy divisional 2nd squzdron parties were held. Sightseeing tours were conducted as before and approximately 580 enlisted men went to Rest Hotels or Rest Ccmps. f, Hobby ShoE, (I) The Hobby Shop still is a dr3,wing cmd for many of the personnel on board, As new shipments of miterial are received aboard notices are published and the supply is sol? immediately, The hobby program is a stimulathg morale builder,

2. Casualties.

a. See PART vf, Paragraph 6..en ,

1, Air Department,

a. FliEht Deck, With the coming of cold weather, it was found necessary to set up an ice and snow crew to be on call any tinlo during the night to ulcar the deck prior to the morning bunch. mis crew is composed of two tractor drivers to operate the bmsh and snow plow, one plane pushing crew and an Air Department Officer in fhrtrge,

’ b, !wresting Gear. The total rnmber of lnndinps for this period was 2,122. Total barrier engagements consj-sted of two (2) conventional and two (2) jet type.

On 27 Decomber 1952, an F9F-2 T~Sbroughtabonrd after sustaining damp,?qe when a hung bomb inadvertmtly rele*scd from an altitude of 300 feet, The only infomation hown prior to thc landing was that the air- craft would h;ve to be brought a$o?rd flaps up, The approach speed was approximately ~g0knots, with 40 knots of wind over the deck, resulting

7 b, Arrestiw Gear Continued. in an actual landing speed of 90 knots. The hook contacted P8 but was torn from its moiint due to dzmage received by the bomb blast. The air- crqft; eng-iged B2 but failed to successfully enege B3, possibly due to its exoessive speed. Complete arrestation ms accomplished only after the aircraft engaged the barricade, producing a barracade purchase cable runout of three (3) feet, c, Catapults, No major ditficulties were experienced during this period on the line. There were 364 hunchings made on the Port Cat2,pult and 351 lnunchinqs made on the Starbozrd Catapult, These figures break- down to 637 jet aircraft a& 78 conventional aircraft launched,

The packing gland and packing lJblew" out of the cable tensioner on the ?ort Catapult, slightly expanding the gland, The cwse has not been determined, d, Maintenance. Continued difficulty hr.s been experienced with a catapult tieback rings entering the inta.kcs of J34 engines, It is believed thst this trouble will be el.iminn.ted when 911 the intake screens have been modified in accordnnce with Technical Order Number 92-52,

e, Ordnance Hnndling Equ ipment. On 3 December 1952, seven new AERO 12B Bomb Skids with Adapters Mods 8B and 9B were received for test and evaluation, The evalu.ttion was conducted during carrier ba sed operatlons which utiliaed these Skids day md night conti.nuously for R period of nineteen days. Report will be submitted by separate correspondence.

f, Gasoline and Lube Oil Expenditixres. D;TZt e Gasoline (Gallons 1 Lube Oil (Gallons) I 16 Dcc - 31 Dec 52 678; 000 2223 1 Jan - 5 Jan 53 111,665 257 gr oxm en-Nitrogen Plants. Operation of the Oxygen-Nitrogen 2lants during the operr,ting period was satiefpxtory. A total of 53,179.5 Stnndard Cubic Feet of Oxygen was produced for the period 16 December to 31 December 1952.

2, aineerinp: Department

nc Electrical, Only one casualty of any note occurred, A ziero ground was recorded in the low speed winding of the 40 H,?, motor for the 5500 lb. lower stage bomb elevator A-535. Considerable difficulty was encount- ered in removing the motor as its locytion required removal of structural interference and instal’iation of handling padeyes, Inspection of the stator Windings revealed that the old glyntol insulation had become brit- tle and cracked allowing one coil to ground to thd frame and burn open, and caube damage to the two adjacent coils. Since no repair facilities Will be available during this vessels next upkeep period-at Hong Kong, a technical availability was requested from CO!YXRVRON-3, and the stator was left on the U.S.C. DELTA at Sasebo for rewinding and return to the ship either at Hong Kong or at the next replenishment on the line, b, Electronics. I-, I-, There were no major difficulties experienced with electronics equipment during the past operational period, Replenishment days‘are being utilized to bring preventative maintenance schedules up to date, and correct any malfunction of equipment that cannot be secured during4operations. Maintenance and technic,nl difficulties have been normal, except as indicated in the fo1~owinrr;paragraphs,

(a) SG-6B RADAR. The nhtenna appears to be dragging on the half cycle into high winds. A cmplbte examination is to be conduct- ed during our in-port period, The difficulty appears similar to that reported b.ir the U.S.S. TAMW (CVA.40) in Electronics Installation bul- letin No, 343, (b) I\N/SP%6B RADAR. Settling of the transmitter foundation as reported on page I&, para 2 1T.S.S. KEhlZSARGE Action Report 20 October to 6 December 1952, necessitated realignment of the waveguide coupling into the transmitter, It has been discovered that this mSsalignment caused excessive failure of internal components due to mismatching and that the overall efficiency and capabilities of the system were not realized. Rearming trouble within the AFC circuit has necessitated constant manual tuning until the system could be de-energized for cor- rective maintenance, The repairs were well within the scope of ships I force and normal operation was restored, The major portion of correct- ive maintenance concerned the AFC circuit.

‘ (c) RADTO. Intra-ship VHF radio interference as reported on paqe l4, para 4 U.S.S. KEhRSARGE ktion Report 20 October to 6 December 1952, still continues to be a major electronics problem, There has been no change in this situation since the last action report.

(2) SU73T’LY. No major electrcnics equipment has been out of aannnissisn due to lark of electronics repair parts. 3. Gunnery Department

a* -*4.-.12mr;laiition re-supply, (I) Replenishment was accom2lished as indicated below

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,J, - (Part VZ: cant ,) DATE FROM TONNAGE AVJRAGE TON EER HR. 12-19- 52 USS CI%IR;I (AKA-58) 156 Jll, 12-27-52 U3S' TITnNIA ( AK-Yj ) 343 * 7 62 12-29- 52 USS PARICUTIN (AE-18) 330 135 1-4- 53 USS TITINIiI (kK-13) 246 93 B, Ammunition HandlinR Problems,

(1) During the period of this report no maJor difficulties were experienced in the h,mdlfng of awrmrdtion,

C, R&omendations

(I) None,

4, Operations Departnent a, Communications

(1) Fersonnel

The rated personnel situation continues to deteriorate in fjpite of a stringent training program,, Fqerienced personnel are detached for WLD, expiration of enlistmefit, and transfer to other commands with replacement by inexperienced strikers from radio school, or semen drawn from other dirtsions of the ship.

Radio school graduates continue to prove the value of their training. Their full attention to subjects presented at school allows them to pro- gress much more rapidly than is poasiblt:! cn board ship,

(2) Radio The present cruise'represents the first time since arrival of this command in Far East Waters, that departure from the Japan Area has . been taken. Tt has been forcibly brought to the attention of communicat- .ion personnel that NDT Radio Tokyo cannot be worked directly on a long- range ship/shore net, Traffic for the NavFe comand must be transmitted to NPO, 1b.dio Sangley Point, or NFN, radio Guam, for relay to the Tokyo nrea.

Communication traffie volume continues at thc high rate previously reported, As*'expertenoe is gained at rdl communication levels, the traffic is handled with more facility, though continuous alertness and energy on the part of ail hands is of the csscncc,

Lack of orypto-repair personoel continues +.c hmoer comu&

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(?art VI Cont,) . cation functions, Though this command is designcted as a minor crypto- repair activity, the lack of aqy qualified personnel will not pennit ef- -ficient upkeep of the crypto-facilities of this command, let alone of other ships ofthe force, Area-wide shortage of qualified personncl is apparent. (4) Rewistered 'Publications, Mesaages snnouncing the compromise and supercession of crypto-key lists are often received within hours of the effective time of the new publication, The delivery of such messages, carry- ing defemdpreccdence, could easily hxvc been delayed several more hours, with the result that a compromised key list would have been employed, The time difference between Mash., D.C. and the Koran Operating Area, the large volume of high prededence traffic extant in this area, and the preponder- ance of encrypted messages, are contdbuting factors in late delivery and should be anticipated to the mwtimun extclnt. The efficiency and speed of issue of required registered publications by R?MO NO. 3 in the USS ?IEDMOf\JT (AD 17) at Sasebo, Japan was noted with pleasure and appreciation, (5) ?ostal Affairs. It has been found desimble to maintain on board at least 100 empt;. U.S. mail bags, with this munber considered to be minimum upon leaving foreign ports, The numbur of gJSfts, souvenirs, znd curios accumulated and presented for md.ling by personnel is phenomenal, Important and interesting mail statistics are as-follows: Incorrdng Mnil: 80 to 100 bags per replenishment, ihcluding 10 to 15 bags of first class, Outgoing Mail: About 1&,000 letters daily plus packages in widely varying rmmber up to 90 bags or crates per replenishment, Money Orders? Sales average 1800 per month of total v?.lue of approximately One hundred thousand dollars. Stamp sales: About $3500 per month with heavy volume in 6$ airmail, when not in the free mail area, ;ind in larqc denominations for package mailing, PI Air Intelligence (1) The replenishment of maps which is nanal.ly handled in a most satisfactory manner by the AN0 represcnt8tfve from COMFAIRJAP Ltsugi, be- comes somewhat more difficult when the ship puts in to any port other than Yokosuka. ft is recommended that, when possiblet AIO's anticfpnte such occurances and arrange to order sufficient suppxles during the inport period in Yokuska for two tours on the line.

(2) During the last tour, the Air Intelligence Office was called upon to assist in the implaentation of thc ship's information program in connection with the coming visit to Hong Kong, It is suggested that all AIOIs become thoroughly famiLtar with tke rcquirm-ents for such programs as laid down in CfNCPACFLT INSTRUCTTON 1560.1 prior to departure Continental Limits of the hiked States of kneric?., a,nd procure all available intell- igence including ri.+,g plan mzps etc, .~fmajor Far bst ports, This pro- cedure will greatly expedite the nccessar$ work in preparation of briefs and brochures of useful information, (part VI Cont )

5. Supply Department

2. Aviation Stores

(1) Availabilitx Of 1,164 items requested, l,l40 were furnished from stock. “his represents 98 percent of all items requested.

(2) ACOG Requests ACOG requests totaled U. items. Other carriers on the line furnished 3 of these. USS KEARS ARCE CVA-33 ACOG REQUESTS 7 DXE34LIEn Ti.IEUGH 5 JANUARY H F F F F F k A A A O44922DDDD 3 U U F l-i H 4 4LW4W s 4 5r~2 2 213 TOTAL

NOT ON ALLOWANCE 115 2 9 NIS 1 1 2 FLmT CONTROLLED 0

(3) The F4U-4 continued to be a difficult plane type to properly support. While no new kCOG requests were received during this oruise on the line, BUN0 80848 remained ACOG for an Rc2-CV-VS-ltO2l+@ Sliding Section from 17 November until13 December.

(k) The assistance of COMF~LIHJAPin screening parts available on stricken aircraft has been found most vczluable, this is particularly true in the case of code M and MI items for the F&U-/+,

(5) The KEARSARGE was able to support other carriers on the line to the following extent: -12 items supplied of which lo were to fill ACOG requests.

(1) R~pl-enishmentof Frovisions in Yokosuka from the USS Graffias AF-29 and the USS PIerapi AF-38 were ex;wtited by allowing the provisions to remain in the cargo nets when placed in the delivering boats. The handllng of provisions in this manner Incmi-Lsect the eff-icienq- nE +he operation.

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. (Part VI Cont.) BECLAWED The total time and m hours required were reduced and d.amge to the con- tainers lessened due to the reduced handling, The cooperntion of the receiving ship is of prime import3nce for :ill. cnrgo nets must be returned immediately for re-use,

(2) Recomniendction---Frovisi,ons, clothing, ship s store and other items which lend themselves to net operations be allowed to remain in the nets for hoisting aboard by the receiving ship.

C. Msbursm

(1) A difficulty encountered wr?s the imbility to obtcin mCts and Yen prior to reaching Jqmn. This necessitated a complete change of U.S. currency into PkC's and Yen after ;:rriml in Japan, The Disbtlrsing Officer spent the first haif-clay in port procuring md verifying this money. Fom officers were busy for two fuU days effecting the transition, Considerable delay in grenting liberty was necessary for only U,S. dollars were available upon arrival,

A similar problem will exist 8.t the time of leaving the area. It will be more difficult for the disbursing officer, becwse everyone will want to keep his MFC until the very last minute before turning it in, Under existing instructions 3% CIS must be turned in by the disbursing officer prior to the ehip*s do~rbure&?onthe armc I*&o$he~problem Is . %hat cf no$ pexdAting the wchange of Pcn for U.S. currency upon departure.

In a vessel of this size several d:>ys are required to effect a complete change of currency from one kin.1 to another,

(2) Recommendrtion---

1, That WCfs and Yen be rmdta nvailzble either stateside or at Pearl Harbor for vessels scheduled to go to Japan or areas where U.S. dollars are not acceptable currency. / 2, That authority be grzntcd to exchange MF'Crs and Yen c for U,S. currency during the return trip to the United States and Disbursing Officer be allowed to turn it in at the first port of call--- either Pearl Harbor or the contincntal lJnite:l States.

a, During +,he operating period no significant shortages of medical department supplies occwred. However, due to the sudden onset of a great number of influenza type illnesses, antibiotic usage rates exceeded all other operating, periods. 6 13 ,

b. With the detachment of two hospital corpsmen, near the end of this operating period, detachment of two others during the last in ~ort period and the receipt of three oorpsrncn at the beginkng of this oper- $Ang pt?rio$ the medical department persmile1 situation remains at approx- irmtely 75 of allowance,

c. Medical evaluation of Air Group and Shipts Officers and Men

(1) In general, the mrxale of all personnel, including the Air Group pilots, w;ts excellent during this operating period. This improved morale situation is attributed entirely to the relatively shorter operating period and serves to emphasize that three weeks is the optimum time for a tour on the line.

(2) Because of the peat number of influcnzi type illnesses coupled with nmerous common colds and up-er reepirztory infections, mny pilots and other personnel were inccpacitcted during the first 12 dsys of this period, ;,t one time 20 ilots were gr,mnded and rmny other personnel were admitted to tho siuk lisg.

(3) With the mwkcd increase in rospiratory infections among the pilots, it was observed that mny AC and F4U pilots were reluctant to seek therapy in fear that by bein(; grounded they would he putting undue hardship on their squadron mates. This situation was rapidly corrected and the attitudes toward groundin;. altered when n CTF-77 dispatch put a limitation of one canbat missi.cn per clr-y for each LD and FJ pilot, unless otherwise directed. hJith the fe.tr of imposin;: n burden dispelled, early therapy wzs instituted and thcre w,s a noticmble decrease in pilot morbidity.

d, Medical Statisticd Sunuwzy AiqyGZoup end Ship1 s Company

(1) Admitted to sick list,,, .. , , ., . . + .. # . .. . .*.., 151 Tch1 sick dzys out of 35542 possible work days. . *. 331 Officers admitted to sick list,...... 10 Total patient visits to sick cnll...... ,...... ,.3797 Total medicel treatments...... 6520 Patients transferred to hospit~l,.,...... h..~..~..o~~~ 23 Number of minor injuries trcntcd...... 26 Mnor surgicel procedures...... 31 Venere:.,l diseaso casos and Non-spacific Urethritis tots1 64 1. Gonorrhea Chrincroid 18 2, Non-specific ilrethritis following sexual exposure 10

(2) rlanes lgst, enemy action, pilot missing in action,.,,. 1 I-’lcmeslost, operational, pi! nf rect>vc?n+ + ;.njvries 2 '- '- (~artVI Cont.) reasons . .. . . 32 Pilots evaluation 2 Pilot .availability.. ,,, .. ,, b . + .. . * .. . * .. * 9 + *90.5% Crewmen grounded for medical reasOns.....r.rr...... r. 2

e, Description of Aircraft Casualtie2

(1) On 12-27-52, LT D, A. CFWTDALL, 42464'3/1315, USNR, VF-884, flyinganF4U-4, BulUo 80796, ditched near the task force because of enginra failure, He was rescued by helicopter znd suffered only from mild strain and exposure.

(2) On 12-28-52, LTJG I?. J, PESTER, 508236/1310, USN, VF-721, flyingm F9F2, 3dqo 123636, ditched folloibing a flame out. Re was rescued by helicopter and suffered mild abrasions of the face and strain of the posterior ceFvical muscles.

(3) On 12-23-52, LT W,L, MGVDE, 4Gf+jB9/1315/U;;hii?, VA-702, fly- ing an AD-4 on a combat mission over Kasong was hit by enemy ground fire, A piece of shrapnel pierced the floor plate of his plane and imbedded it- self into the skin of his right foot, The shrapnel was easily removed, the wound was cleansed and dressed and LT HOVDE was returned to duty. (4) On 12-39-52, LT J.F. LZE, 435819/1310, USN, VF-11, flying an F2H-2, BuNo 125060, on a combat mission, crashed over North Korea after apparently being hit by enew ground fire, LT LF3 was declared missing in action. c

DISTRIBUTION LIST .

CNO (2) Advance CO, FkITZBXI'Ui'AC (2) CINCI'LCFLT (2) Advance CO, Conrposit Squadron THEE CGMRLVFE (1) Ldvance CO, Coniposit Sqwdron ELMEN CYF-77 (1) hdvance CO, Composit Squadron THIRTY FIVE CINCPLCFLT Evaluzt ion Group CO, Gonposit Squadron SIXTY ONE COMIUWE Evaluation Group USS YOLXT~JI(CVA-10) CO?ULIW~~C(5) USS RANDOLFII (CVA-15) COMSERVI: kC uss HiirdCOCii (CvJL-19) c~~m?~iIlui~-;JI Czrrier Air Group MINE COMFi,I SiLiJZj.lz'i Carrier Air Group NINETEEN COT4Ft LIR.H:LJ:iII Navd l,zic?.r College CONC~"LRDIVONE COMCiiRDIV THREE COMCARDIV FIVE COICARDIV FIFTEEN COMCLF1DIV SEVEETE3J USESSEX (CVA-9) uss BOX&? ( CVk-21) uss BONHOFJ iE RICH,'LRD ( CV;,-3l) uss i'RINCETON (CVL-3'7) USS ORISKJ'SJY (CViL-34) uss VLiLLEY FORGE (CVLL-45) uss FH1LI;'iINE SEA (C3,.-47) USS BLTL'JJ (CVL-29) us3 us3 BitIWKlr (CVE-115 uss ELDOEFG STRJT (cV~-ll6) US,? SICILY (CVE-116) uss GILBEHT ISLd'lDS (CvExO7) uss FOINT CNJZ (CVE119) uss TRIPOLI (cv~64) Carrier ?,ir Group TrlO Carrier fLr Group FIVE Carrier Lir Group SEVEN Carrier Lir Group ELEVExi Carrier Air Group FII"T7UDJ Carrier 1J.r Group ORE HiIJDRXD ONE Carrier Air Grcqp OI'Z? !!?ROXZD TYO Carrier Air T2-A Group ONE Carrier Air Task Group TWO

, .- I 16 c -'--' 4 U.S.S. KPARSARGE (CTrA->3) CVA33 Fleet Post Office Ag/JT@/fo San Francisco, California Ser:

From: Commanding Officer To: Chief of Naval ODerations

(5) Commander in Chief U.S; Pacific Fleet

Subj: Action Report for the Period 8 January to 28 February 1953 Ref: (a) OPN'V INSTRUCTION 3480,4 Enclt (1) Carrier Air Group 14 Action Report for the Period 8 January to 28 February1953 (2) USS KFARS*RGE:summary report of operations during deployment in hFFlY?fiC (3) Carrier Air Group 14 summary report of operations from 14 September 1952 to 28 February 1953

1, In accordance with reference (a) the subject report is submitted herewith : PART I COdP@S?TION OF OWN FORCES AND MI:*STON 1, During the period of this report the USS KEARSARGE, with Carrier Air Group T0lJRTEFJ embarked, operated for,varicus periods wit.h the USS ORISKANY (CVA34), the USS VAT,L;IY FCRGF, (CVA45), the fJSS PHILIPPIhB STA (CV447), and with various heavy support and screening ships,

2, The USS K?Y1RSAEE (CVh33) operated off the East Cost of Korea in accordancewlth CTF 77 Operation Order 2-52 plus supplemental plans and orders issued during the period. 3. The assigned mission of the force, in suppox-t of the United Nations Forces in Korea, was interdiction of supply and transportation facilities and close air support of United Nations Troops.

Q 1 r 0 t" Part I1 Continued 16 Jan: oh38 Under way for Korean operating area, in accordance with CTF 77 CONFIDENTIAL dispatch 13,01542 of Januarv, 0753 DEH,~~N(D~-727) and USE LYlL1N K . SVENSON (DD4'29) joined up. SOPA is €&',DM 11, F. HICKEY, USN, COMCARDIV 5, OTC is Cid'T!.Jnl L. E. FRENCH, [JSFJ. llOO-lf+O3 Flight operations were conducted,

17 Jan: Enroute to Korean operpting area. 1000-1139 Flight operations were conducted, 2240 USr." DEH'IVXI'J (OD-727) and USS LPILN K. SW3NSOiJ (IID-729) were released.

18 Jan: Enroute to Korean operatiny area. l9 Jan: Enroute to Korean operatine area. 0639 US? L"-VS (DD-558) joined up.

20 Jan: Enroute to Korean operating wea. Replenished from Task Unit 92,l.l. 1625 Joined Task Force 77, heavies present: usKE.:RS 'RGE ( cvA-33), Uss o€tIsK'-m (CViL-3k), USS VAILEX FORGX (CCrL45)c SOPA and OTC is XDM A. SOUCEK, USN, CO1aI:TZDIV 3 . 21 Jan: Combat air operations. 1221 USS LO5 il;,GLLS (Cit-135) joined the Task Force.

22 Jan: Conzb& air operntj ons. 0853 An F9F aircraft discharged one round of 20 IN miunition upon rnp-king a normal arrested lending, fatally wounding a plane director on the flight deck. 0929 ELDM R. F. KCKEY, USU, COflCLRDIV 5, assumed Tacticr,l Command of Task Force 77, relieving UDM fl. SOUC'j'K, 1JS)T, CONCARDIV 3. ll43 USS VXT,EY FORGE (CVA-45) departed from Tnsk Force.

23 J an : Combat air opers ti ms. 0925 flntl-aircraft firing exercise conducted by the Task Force, 1100 pilot CDR., D. P. ?HILLIPS, IJPN,dCommanding Officer VF-11, crashed at 29-16 N, 127-15 E; pilot declazed missing in action,

24 Jan: Task Force replenished. 1708 U?S LOS ANGELES (CA-135) departed from Task Force, 25 Jan: Combat Air operations, r-nti-aircraft firing exercises conducted by Tqsk Force, Oh28 USS MISSOURI (eB-63) Joined Task Force. SOPA V'iDM J, J. CLSRK, USN, COM SEVBTHFLT. 1655 IJSS MISSOURI ( BF-63) departed from Task Force. SO€'4*LR'LW R. F. HICKEY, USN, COl'ICI1RDIV 5

2 v- Part I1 Continued 26 Jan: Combat air 6perations. 27 Jan: Combat air operations, 0613 USS LOS ANGEL% (CP-135) joined the Tssk Force, 0927 USS LOS ANGELES (CA-135) departed from Task Force, 28 Jan: C0mba.t air operatinns. Anti-aircraft firing exercises conducted by the Task Force, 1006 IJSF TOLRDO (CA-133) lotned the Task Force, Transferred helicopber UP-30 io the USS TOT,?DO. 1036 USS TOZEDO (C!x433) departed from Task Force, 1520 US' ROCIIF;ST?B (CA-124) joined Task Force. 2045 pilot, LT. F, C. ILNDFXSON, USNR., VC 35, air crewman SCHNID, JOHN R., LT3, liSN,VC 35, fDLJ-cd to return from night heckler mission, Pilot and crewman were declared missing in action,

29 Jan: The ship replenished fuel oil and aviation g-soline but was unable to receive mimition on board due to rough SWLS, 0740 ViZEM J, Je CLIIIK, USN, CONSWDTTHFLT, r.rri.ved on board by helicopter from the IJSS MISFOUR? (9'2-63). SOPI'I Vr?DII J. J , CL'LRX, USFJ, COlNSEVENTHFLT, 0745 US8 MISSOURI (EB-63) ,joined the Task Force. 0805 V-.:DTI J,J; CL*JIK, USN, departed by AD aircraft for Korean ?-irfield, K-3.6. SOPL R"AN 9. F. HICKEY, USN, COMCiiRDIV 5. 1633 VADb'I J.

30 Jan: Task Force completed replenishment. Combat nir operations. 1730 USS ROCHYSTRR (CA-124) departed frm Task Force, lSll US? JUSSCXTRI (BB-63) departed from Task Force, 8OPA R!-UiY R. F, HICKEY, U3f, CCMCIiRDIV 5. 31 Jan: Combat air operat.inns. 0620 UPS PIIILIFPINE SFA (CVA-47) joined the,Task Force. 1601 CRPT'IN THURSTON B. CL:RK, 61379, USW, arrived on board by COD aircraft for duty as prospective commanding officer,

1 Feb: Combat air operations.

2 Feb: Combat air operations Jnti-nircmft firing cxercirjes conducted by Task Force, 0636 USS ROCIESTFJ1 (CA-124) joined the Task Force. 1720 USS ROCHXSTER (CA-124) depwted from the T?.sk Force,

3 Feb: Task Force replenished. 1345 USS TOLTDO (CA-133) joined the Task Force.

3 4 Feb: Combat air Operstions, kti-aircraft firkg exercises conducted by- Task Force. 0001 Air Group 101 redesignated Air Group 14, in accordance with OPN B INSTRU7TION 03110 of 23 December 1952,

5 Feb: Due to unfavorable weather only 2 sorties were flown,

6 Febt Combat air' operati ms. 0757 CAnTATM T€WRSTON R. CLlRK 61739/1310; USN, relieved C'PTAIN JBUIS E, FREVCH, 603f30/1310, IJLSN, as commanding officer of this vessel, 1355 USS MTSSOtJSI (BB-63) joined the Tgsk Force. SOPA V,1DbI J . J CL.??K, TJSN, CWSEVEN'EIFLT. 1427 V;IDE J ,I CL"RK, TTY, and V;',DpI TAT, V. SOHN, and COl-Q?ODORE KUK MO JOIJNG, ROK Navy, arrived on board by helicopter. 1650 V'DM J. J. CL'RK, IJSV, departed by helicopter for the USS KJSSOIJRI (GR-63). 1808 USYTT_CIS@URZ (Br~63) departed from T?sk Force, SOPZ R'IN R, F. IJIPCKEY, USN, COMClRDIV 3. 7 Feb: Tmk Force replenished;. 0815 V',DiY W. V. SOHN and COYflIODOYFC IWK NO JOIJhJC,, 9OI( Nn.vy depArted by COD air- crsft to Korean firfjeld, K-16. 8 Feb: Combat air operations. 1500 pilot LTJG., DOMlLD H. H;.fX3?,~ IISN, V?. 145, shot down in North Korea at 38-23 N, X??-l+9 E; pilot declared missing in action.

9 Feb: Combat air operations, 10 Feb: Combat air operations, 0210 U?S TOLEDO (Cfi 133) departed from T:--rsk Force, 0242 UES LOS ANGELFS (CA-135) joined the Task Force.

11 Fcb: Task Force replenished. 1147 %?DM A. SOUCEK,, USN, assumed Tactical Command of Tnsk Force 77. Cormander Carrier Division 5 Aclmlnistration transferred to USS ORISKANY (CVA 34) 1720 US$ ORISIb'W'Y (c'7A-34) departed from Task Force. 12 Feb: Combat air operations . 13 Feb: Combat air opera t'ions.

14 Feb: Conbnt air operations, 0840 RAIN R. F, HICKEY, USN, COMCARDI'J 5, Gepartcd by aircraft, 1000 pjlot, LT,, . JOHN R, BAI,XKX~, USK, VF la, made 30,OOOth landing. 15 Feb: Task Force replcnished,

4 16 Feb: Combat air operations.

17 Feb: Combat air operations.

18 Feb: Combat air operatims. 19 Feb: Task Force replenished. 20 Feb: Combat air operations.

21 Feb: Combat air operations.

22 Feb 081-5 IJSS MISSOURI (RB-63) joFned the formation, SOPA VAiM J. J. CIJRK, IJSN, COi\lSETE!;NTHFLT, in the USS MISSOURI. OQLb9 VZDN J, J. CLARK, USN, arrived on board by helicopter from the USS ITISSOURI. 1000 VXbI J, J. CLARK, USN, presentcd nmrds to Air Group and Ship’s Company personnel. 1146 IT‘D14 J, J. CIXK2 USN, departed by helicopter to the US? MI? CIJIZT (RR-63). 1212 In accovdance~withCTF 77 COWFl D%JTZ~LLdispatch 1907402 of Februcry, USS KFAFiShRGE (CVA-33) detached from Task Force 77* Froceeding in cornpmy with the U?S KIDD (DD-661) enroute YOKOSUKI, JkLP‘ N,

23 Feb: Undcrm.y for YOKOSTJK” JI:P.”.N. 1000 Launched 9 jet 2nd 26 propeller aircrTft to Naval *.ir Station, TSUGI, J;2AN. 1600 Refueled the USS KIDD (DD-661). 1745 US5 ICIDD (DD661) detached and proceeded on duty assigned,

24 Feb: Undermy for YOKOSUKA, J.IPJ?N.

25 - 28 Feb: Upkeep Yolcosuka Nsvy Yard, Yokosuka, Japan, Turnover to USS PRINCETON completed, At 1611 I 28 Feb underway for Cc:IU3 via Pearl Harbor.

FLRT I11

1. Ekpenditure and performance of Air Ordnance is contained in enclosure (I),

2. Expenditure of ship! s ordnmce,

Pro5 ectile -Powder 9f3 ARC 98 Non-flashless

5 2. Expenditure of ship's ordnmce continued.

-Powder 630 Frag, VT Non-f lsshless 3. Porformmce of shiprs ordnsnce. a. The performace of ships ordnance considered excellent, Two major casualties developed on the 3" battery 3nd one on the 5" battery. Mount 39 elevation amplidyne unit ws plqced 0v.t of commission due to grit and foreign matter lodging on the armature. The armature was removed and a light cut taken to remove rough spots. The elevation runplidyne unit on Mount 311 developed a foreign noise. The end bearings on the amnature were renewed and the casualty rectified. The para1lP.x sei-vo motor in the elevation indicqtor regulator on 5" mount 56 burned out, The motor was replaced. The cause of this casualty is undetermined at this time, All repairs were effected by the ship' s force.

b, hiring Waminy: Magenta" drills the ordnance equipr:ent functfoned excellently. It is estimated thctt 90% of targets were acquired outside of maximum gun range.

PhRT IV

a. The ship was not 2tt;tcked and sustained no battle dmsge,

2. D'maqe inflicted on the eneny by ship's cziycraft is contained in enclosure (1).

3. Damage inflicted on ship's aircraft is contained in enclosure (1). .

1. Performsnce. a. Personnel,

(1) Ships personnel performance has bcen excellent and morale has Xn general been very good during the period of this report, During this period the werage on board count of enlisted personnel was 2015 Navy and 60 Marines. There were 23 Navy enlisted men transferred and 52 received.

6 #* \ Part V' Continued b. Lc,cal.

(1) In snite of increasing fatigue among members of the,crew, disciplinqy cascs did not increase apprecinbly during this period.

(2) Legal assistance cases handled during this puri.od decreased, The majority of these cmes dealt with domestic rol*?.tions,

c, Fducstion,.

(1) During the firial tour on the line, pcrsoancl :),board the KFaIRSABGE continued to pursue their educ7tional go;:ls with imfl;".g,~inpinterest. Seventy-five (75) GED and End-of-Course ixsts were administered, twenty4wb (22) USAFl correspondence courses hwc bwn -*pplied for nnrl seventy-eight (78) education- 1wnu31s hwe bean checked out + 1Ting:ty-one (91) applic7tions for N-vy Corrcspondence courses hve been maj led. TJ~hundred-one (201) men hwe been interviewed in m offort to assist e-ich with his educational problm.

(2) The trajning room h9.s becn in constant; use, One hundred thirty- five (135) hours were utilized for professional advc..iiceinent instruction and billet tradning.

(3) Since Icaving CONUS ow hundred forty-fivc (l-45) GED and End- of-Course Tests have been xl.ministered. One hundred eighty-seven (187) WAF1 courses hive been applied for md four hundred eightaen (418) educational manuals h<-,vebeen checked out, Eight hundrcd twenty-six (826) training courses hwe been distributed and three hundred forty-one (341) men have started Navy Correspondence Courses,

d. Divine ServFces,

(1) The number of Divine Services conducted each week continucd r?t twentv six (26). This includes three (3) Catholic Services and a Rosary Service snd three (3) F'rotestmt Services and a Iatter Day Saints Service on Sundays, Daily Catholic Mass st 1630 md Rosavj Services at 1845 and ddly Protestant Devotions .It 1240 grew in attend,zl.nce over previous periods,

(2) A Protest.int Bible Cl3,ss wet eqch Tuesday and a Latter Day Saints Cl:?ss each Friday.

(3) Protestant PIemorial Services were held for two pilots missing in action md one enlisted man killed 011 board. A Catholic Requiem Mass was said for one enlisted man missing in action.

e. %lfare cnd Recrcntion,

(1) The averaqe number of movies shown per wsek was twenty-@ne, Reading books was not as popular as previously. The librzry circulqtion was about 35 books per day, Nmy papar bound pocket books continued to be in demand as usual. *> r 7 .. , .

Part V Continued

8. Welfare and Recreation continued

(2) Daily Press Mews rand two issues of the Ship’s paper were published,

(3) f‘ipproximq.tely four hundred twenty-five (425) conies of magazines were received and distributed. The disc jockey programs, Task Force and Tirorld News, continued to be popular,

(4) While the ship was in Hong Kong five (5) tours were orgnnized for a total of three hundred thirty-four (334) persons.

(5) A troupe ef Chinese entertainers staged a show on board on two (2) niqhts while in Hang gong which was thoroughly enjoyed by allb (6) Another hanny hour was held cnroute from the line to Yokosuka, Plms are being made for mnny divisionnl parties to be helc! at Yokosukn and Pearl Harbor, while onroute to the TJnitedStatcs,

2. Casualties.

a, See P,1RT VI, Pnrc..graph 6,e.

1, Air Department.

a, FliRht Deck. Snow flurries encoiintered during this period on the line brought forth a, serious problem, The tr:tctors were shorted out electrically nnd could not be reqdily st?rted. It was found thzt graphite. used in polishing the hnngm deck collected on the ignition harness, This, plus the moisture from snow and rain completely short-clrcuited the ignition systm, To prevent this from recurrlng, the tractors wcre dropped to the hangar deck after each njyht rcspot, and during my rsin or snow showers when they were not actudlytowing aircraft, It Wts found that if the tractors were in operation durinq the snow or rain shower, the heat generated by the enqine was sufficient to prevent shorttng of the ignition harness.

b. Arrestinq Gear. During the-period of this report there were two thousand one hundred eiqhty five (2,185) arrcstcd lsndj-ngs. One of these resulted in R conventional barrier engagement,

One complete bnrricsde cng-.gcmcnt was made on 23 Januzry 1953, in which nejther of the jet bwriers were eng3qed. The F2H-2 touched down at \zbout P11 but did not engage 212 or Pl3, It engngcd B2 with the nose low nnd B3 with the nose slightly high at a speed of npproximcte7.y seventy (70)

8 Part VI Continued

b, Arresting Genr Continued, knots, The left lomding geq.r 7ms sheared off by one of the barrier cables just before the aircr:.ift entered the barricade. Eight (8) engRging straps contacted the left wing while ten (10) aontactt?d the riqht wing. The purchase cczble mot& was sixty (60) feet. Dampge to the aircraft was substmtin 1, but the pilot was unf njured,

b. Catapults. A total of one thousqnd three hundred eighty two (1382) shots were fjred using both H-8 catapults. This figure breaks down as follows:

Fort C ? t 2pult Starbonrd Catrzpult

No lozds 9 0 Convent ionnl '&xr:?ft 86 79 Jet 'ircraft 578 630 TOT! L x 709 For a period of apFroxjm'ttely ten (10) drlys, Cifficulty w-7.s experienced when tsking tension on the port catapult, shuttle, The cause w?m determined when the piston val.re forwmd flango tms removed during D. check of the piston rings and rubber ttO1t rings, This disassembly revealed that the securing pin (dW-397-121) for locking the castellrited nut (R9ONl'LF-A89909-13) of the piston valve was missjng and the nut msbacked off approximately six (6) turns. Tht: pin, bmt double and brzttered, ms locsted in the launching gr'tvity t.nk return line screen. The forward end of the ram snd main engine cylindar were dcnted and sliehtly gouged, but not appreciably dunsged, This explclined the difficulty in tensioning the shuttle A recommendation-for a visual inspection of safety pins on piston valvcs of H-8 Catapults, has bt-!n sent to Conunander Air Force, I?*$* Pacific Fleet, by Com?nding Officer, U'S KXGTAXGE (CVA-33) spclltr 1+94 of 22 Feb 1953.

d , If! int, matnc e

(1) Fllobile Fmipment, The work load required to keep the tractors in r, high stc..te of re?,diness hr,s increased. The Ford Ferguson Tractor was designed for use when relntively light-weight aircraft were being operated from carriers, This trrlctor can adequately hqhdlo the pres#jnt-day henvier aircraft only when the towing is done in n low gear. Pressure of operations requires thnt towing be done at speeds in excess of that which ccqnbe obtaincd in low Rear. To obtain the speed riecessmy with this light powered towing equipment, it is noceswry to overstress tho engine in order to shift to n higher geRr ratio, thereby increqsing the maintenxnce problems with this equipment. A separitc lottcr will be written to recornmend acquisition of new lnrqer tractors. Part VI Continued

(2) Atrcraft ?1Aintemnce. The embarked squadrons used almost as many engines durinE this period as all previous periods cocibined. The

J34-'43-34 J 42-m ~2800-32w R2800-18bJ 233 50-26:al

e, Gasoline and Ixibe Oil Xxpenditure,

_u-Date Gs.sol.ine (Gals, 1 Lube Oil (Gals. ) 16 Jan - 31 Jan 433 ;170 991 1 Feb - 22 Feb 812,700 2,157

f. OyyEen-NitroPm I?l-rlts, Opzratir-ms of the oqrgcn-nitrogen plants during this operc?tina parlod were satisfactory, 2 totd of 103,963 S.C.F. of oqqen for the period 16 January to 23. Febyuriry w?m produced,

2, EngincerinE Dep8rtmcnt.

a. Main F'ropulsion, Elcctri cal gnd Dnm:ige ConkoA. No casualties or derangenents were experienced dzring t his period. khj-ntenance continued to be 1imi.ted +,o th-lt which could be accomnlished at night and on replenish- ment days while underway.

b. Electronics, /

(1) General, 'Thore werc no mnjor difficulties experienced with elect,ronics equipitient durinp the pnst operz t,innal pcriod. Replenishment days are being utilized to briqg preventive rnzintenince schedules up to date and correct rn?lfunctjons of any cqiipmnt that csnnct be secured during operstinns. Mnintenzncc and technic21 difficulties have been normi21 except as iiidicatcd in the following pc2ragraL)hs,

(2) SX R*DD,?IZ. Fxcessive hunting was expericnced in the leveland cross ].eve1 system of the Mzrk 8 Mod 4 sta'nle element, causing intolerable vibration in the heicht system yntennn. Inspection rcvenled excess~veplay of several thousqndths of zn inch in the st,ible C-li\ricwt gear trains for both level and cross lcvel. This pliy w2s removed by nechnnical Tdjustment requiring removal of the gem box adjustm;.nt pins.

(3) MARK 25 MOD 3 Fire Cont,rol. R:id?r,.u CowSderable "out of servjce" time> was expcrienccd on both Mzrk 35 radar systois due to the failure of various components, The m,ljor trouble ws t,hc fzilure of the V-1 and V-2 tubes in unit 25B of the PI 572,bFG power supply, requiring the replacement of 3,s mRny 2s eight (8) 3934 magnetron tubes in A period of two (2) days. a 10 Part VI Continued:

(3) Mark 2fj P?od 3 Firc Control Radar continued.)

The trouble seemed to poJnt to faulty tubes as the only tubes which failed were old tubes m-nuf‘.(’tilrcd by United ElectroTiics Co~ipnny. Since the 3014 tubes manufactured by R,z;rthcon or Western Elecl ric Comp2ng weye obt-zincd ,znd iiistnlled, only routine troubles hive occurrod, Fd.lums Qf mmy other minor component s (resistors, capncitors, and tubes ) were e-xperienced during this pcriod. The cwrx of these niinor failures ms felt to be the result of in$er-action between components clue to circuit unbalance when the 393-A r:agnetrori tubes failed,

(4) Radlo, Intr2-ship VNF mdio interference still persS sts 3s previously reported. No further action has been tzken ;is it is understood the proposed shift to UIF frequencies will be effected in the vwy new future.

(5) Supply. No nisJor elcctronics equipment has ban out of commission due to the lzck of electronics rew5.r parts. 3 . Gunnery Demrtmeiit. a. Funmuniti on Rc?-Sup;clly,

(1) Replenishrnent was accornpli slicd thrce times during the period 16 to 31 January 1953 znd five times durinp; the p<\riod1 to 22 FcbruFiry 1953.

1-24- 53 273 .6 102 3tl-29-53 42 1-30-53 299 8.4 2-3- 53 292 11.7 2-7- 53 106.4 79 2-11-53 2 51 120 2-15-53 159 82.2 2-19-53 26 5 114.5 * Due to rou.gh wenthcr rearmimp on this daLe had to be cancell.ed, Ren.rmS ng was completed on 30 Febrcqry 1953.

b, ihunition Hnndlina problems.

(1) None

c. Recommendations

(1) None

11 - Part v1: Continued 4. Operations Department, EECLASS1 F1 ED

a Communications..

(1) 1__-Personnel.

Personnel in communications have profited greatly froin preceding tours on the line and are now capable of handling greater traffic loads with less time consumed per message. Procedures have nlso become more standard- ized, particularly with repetitive types of messages, With the debarking of COMCAIZDIV FIVE staff, traffic vo1w.e ,and the number of circuits guarded, was greatly reduced, permitting more training in other types of work in each man's rate, Lack of rated personnel continued to impair operabional eff- iciency and effectiveness of training.

During this period no personnel were received or transferred. (2) Equipment . Radio and teletype equipnent have been naintained in a good state of operationdl readiness, and breakdowns have been promptly and effect- ively corrected, There is no qualified teletype or cryypto repair-man attach- ' ed to the ship, Maintenance of teletype equipment during this last period on the line consisted mainly of removing the machinery from one teletype and using it in another. Only once during this psriod wa traffic interrupted due to a mechanical breakdown,

(3) Postal Affairs.

During this period the Post Office handled 550 Bags of incoming mail, 108 bags of outgoing and 1225 money orders ($53,935.00). The supply situation in regard to stamps, forriis etco remains unsatisfactory. The large amount of gifts and souvenirs sent home by Parcel Post, even after the Christ- mas rush, has continuously threatened to exhaust the ship's supply of stamps, The stamp allowance, although increased to $19,000 in accordance with Para 6, section 20 of the Navy Nail Service Manual, has proved inadequate. Before returning to the Far East, an increase to $15,000 will be requested. Replen- ishing the stanip and money order form supply can now be done only by mailing readsitions to the Postmaster, New York, New York which often takes five to s& weeks. During this time the remaining part, of the stamp allowance dwindles to practically nothing, In orderto alleviate this situation, even with in- creased allowances, it is again recommended that fleet post offices at major fleet bases in the Far East be given an adequate supply of stamps to permit direct sale to fleet units.

12 5 . Supply Department . a. Aviation Stcres.

(1) Availability. 1,665 items were requested from Aviation Stores of which 1,648 were furnished from Stock. Availability from stock was 98.9 per cent.

(2) ACOG Requests 16 January 1953 to 25 February 1953.

ACOG ITEMS E;LTSTED T AR 11 A FF FFF H 0 DD D D 44 922 0 T 44L4N4WUU FHH 3 A 45N222PS L

Not on Allowance :I2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 18

NIS 10 1020 320 1 10

Total 130 1040 62"l 1 28 Aircraft for Which ;\,COG Items were Ordered iili A A FP FFF €I T DD D D 44 922 0 0 4 fJ. 4.N 4117 U U F I4 H 3 T 4 5N 2 2 2P S ti T

40 1030 211 1

(3) The usage of engines on this cruise was high, At the end of the tour two F4U-4 were ACCG for R-2800-18W engines.

Engines Chgnpd

J 42-P 8 3 (4) The KEARSRRGE, prior to its departure for CONUS, initigted a system which advised other CVAs on the line of the availability of aeronauti- cal items believed difficult to obtain. On the basis of the KEARSARGEls experience, five hundred and eighty (580) such items were selected and pub- . lished in stock number order listing nomenclature, aircraft type application, 3rd the quantity then available, These lists were guard mailed to the USS ORISKANY, USS VILLEY FORGE, and the USS PHILIWIlTE SUL, to be marked up and returned with any additional requests,

This procedure was well received by these ships, and over one hundred and thirty (130) items were thus supplied, approximately seventy-five per cent being transferred prior to leaving the line, The items supplied were exclus- ive of those items directed to be off-loaded by ComFairJapm.

b, Provisions,

.I Replenishment of provisions at sea on 20 Janmry from the USS GWiFFIAS (AF-29) proved to be a highly successful operation, k total of 154. tons were requisitioned and 122 tons were received on board or 79.22$, It should be noted that of the 32 tons not received, the only highly desirable item not .furnished was fresh tomatoes,

The transfer of 122 tons of provisions from the USS GmFFIAS (13-29) wits completed in one hour and twenty minutes, or a rate of 1.575 tons per minute,

This proved to be the most efficient transfer experienced by this vessel. 'I

C, General Stores, Shipfs Stores --and Clothing and Small Stores.

%ple,llishent of subject stocks under the present system is accomp- lished during Ytn Port" periods, This works a hardship on vessels operating for periods in excess of four wecks. Stocks become depleted near the end of a cruise, and with lbitod availability during the next ItIn Port'l period, it is difficult to replenish with sufficient stocks. Items marked itNIS1lby mobile supply ships remain unfilled until the next time "In Port,I1 It is therefore recommended that urgently required stores be consolidated with fleet freight, and at-sea delivery be effected for those ships operating for extended periods,

6. Medical Department

a. Supplies were adequate cnd equipment functioned satisfactorily during this period,

b. There was no change in thc previously reported shortage of hospital corpsmen. Past VI Continued

C. Medical Evaluation of Air Group and Ship’s Officers and Men.

(1) Morale-in general slumped somewhat because of the length of this period on the line. Pilots, particularly, had hoped that this final period might either bc a rclativcly short one or at least broken by an in- port visit. The combat loss of the well-liked commanding Officer of VF-11 on 1-23-53 dealt an early severe blow to morale.

(2) It becamc necessary to assign an additional daytime deeping ?cried for the gunnevy mid-watch because of dawn and dusk alerts to prevent over-exhaustion.

(3) Although morale and exhaustion were fectors of greater concerny due in part to the cumulative effects of previous periods, the health of all hands in general remined excellent. One accidental flight deck death, one serious foot injury, onc ca3e of active tuberculosis and two cases of con- version hysteria occurred during this Qperating period.

(4) From a purely personnel standpoint, as mentioned in previous reports, three weeks appears to be the optimx period for unrestricted op- erations. After three weeks, there hns consistently been a decline in physical well-being and morale, p45,cularly noticeable during wintar operations, It is again recommended that favorable consideration be dveh to line periods not exceeding three weeks.

Current Overall - -- Period Period Admitted to sick list...... 171 641 Total sick days.$...... 464 1368 Officers admitted to sick 13 31 Total patient visits to sick call...... 4858 16677 Total rnedical treatments...... 5844 26818 Patients transferred. to hospital...... c.....**. 5 49 Number of minor injuries treated...... 22 127 Number of major injuries tre~”ted....,...... ~~ 4 20 Number of shipboard injuries resulting in death,., 1 5 Minor surgical proceduresg...... **.** ...... 75 297 Major surgical procedure^...... ^...... 4 20 Venerscl disease cases and Non-Specific Urethritis total...... ~~...~~~~~a.o 52 300 Gonorrhea.,....#...... 12 146 Chancroid...... 5 61 Non-Specific Urethritis following sexual e;YPosure..I...... a...... o.~...a.~ 35 93

Planes lost, encq action, pilot killed, not recovered 0 1

15 L -’ ” __ i, :.1ki:r Part VI Continued

Current Overall Period Period Planes lost, enemy action, pilot missing in action.;...... 3 7 Planes lost; operational, pilot not rccovered,, 0 1 Planes lost, operational, pilot recovered, Idnor injuries...... ;,.,...... ,,,,,,..4~4 0 4 Planes lost, operational, pilot recovered -8 ~jnjured...... 0 1 ?lanes lost, enemy action, cremen missing in action...... o~.~...... e 1 1 Planes damaged, enemy action, pilot injured.... 1 2 l’lanes damaged, enemy action, crewmen injured.. 0 1 Pilots temporarily grounded for medic21 reasons. 18 65 Filots availability...... 96.3% 96.75% Crewmen grounded for rmdical reasons...... ,...,. 3 7 e. Casualties,

(1) On 1422-53 Kay Sherrill PLIiTT 233, USX, a flight deck director was instantly killed when he was struck by a 20mn shell which discharged from an F9F2 upon arrested lanciing.

2) On 1-23-53 CDR Denny I?.. PHILLIPS, USN, CO of VF-11, while fly- ing his B2H2 on a mission over North Korea, wc?s shot down by enemy ground fire. CDR PHILLIFS was declared missing in action.

(3) On 1-28-53 LT Francis C. IJDERSON, USm, pilot and SCHMID, John R, AT3, USgr, crevmn, VC-35, did not return fron a, night ilD,!,N heckler mission. A comprehensive search fnilod to reveal nny information as to their loss. LT 1,NDERSON and SCMDwere declared missing in action.

(4) On 2-8-53 LTJG Donald H. HAGGE, USN, VA-145, while flying an AD4 on a combat mission ova North Korea, was hit by enctmy ground fire. Al-though his parachute was seen to stream from the cockpit it is believed that LTJG HZGE was not actually able to leave his plane. Intensive search failed to reveal any sign of LTJG HAGGE and he was declared dssing in action.

16 PART VII Sumnary of Recornendations

1, Pzce 9 para. 1 c. Recommendation for a visual inspection of safety pins on piston vdves of H-8 Catapults. Eefer to USS EFARS1BGE (CVA-33) spdltr 494 of 22 Feb 1953.. 2; Page 9 para, 1 d (l), !i?ecommendation that tractors d-th greater power be acquired to~~lacethe Ford Ferguson tractor, A report wj-U. be submitted by sepamte correspondence.

3, Page 12 para. 4d31: Recommendation that fleet post offices at ma

5. PaRe 15 para.. 6 c (4), Recommendation that unrestricted operations on the 1i.m with TF 77 be limited to three (3) weeks where conditions permit.

6. Sncl 2 n~ 1 pprq 1 P. Recomend:-tion that regulv scheduled mqintenance Deriods be considered in the prepmztion of opera,ting schedules for ships oper3tine; in the lnttar two-thirds of their deployment,

Encl 2 p~ 2 pr2 Recommendation that pLme captains attend a 76 -* 1 ,111 course in fire fishting, 2nd V-1 md V-3 division personnel attend a refresher course mior to deployment.

8. Encl 2 pg?p?m 2 d. Recommend.2ation that qualified crypt0 repaimen be assigned to deployed carriers desienatcd

9. 9x1 2 ,p&10 para 2 e; Recommendstion thst greater advmce notice or hishey precedence be P ssigned changes to crypt0 systems, publicstions,znd circuits,

10, --Sncl 3 PB Spr?, 1 b, Recomendstion that the Fir Group complment of boatswain matas and ship servicmen be filled prior to embzrkation.

11. 3&cl 3 TIE 5 para 2, Recommendation that critical mtes be frozen during the deployment of the Air Group.

12. Fncl 3 DF?:9 Photogrmhic. 2ecomendntion that the Center Cmera bay of thm-2k be modified to take a high speed K-17, 6 inch camera.

13. Fncl 3 pg 12 par2 6, Recornendation ",A a -Jaterproof radio speaker be installed at the LSO pl.".tform;

17 14. Encl 3 pg 18 para 4, Recommendation thxt the leg straps on the parzchute harness be 1enTthened.

15. Encl 3 pq 22 pqr~4 a, Recommendation tkqt wch sauadron be authorized one (1) smre of e-ch of the esqential aircr-ft electrorkcs equipments ind the CiG be authorized two (2) spares to care for the VC detichments,

16. sl3 pr?; 24-2=rsI- 1 ad 2, Consolidqted reco-mendation regvding ?.! rcraft electronics,

18 CNO (2) tdvance Carrier Air Group NINE CINCP;,CFLT (2) Advance Carrier iiir Group l?IELVE COMNAVFE (1) Adyance Carrier Air Group NINETEEN Carrier Air Task Group O%JE CTF 77 (1) Ldvance Carrier Air Task Group TWO CINCPXFLT Evaluation Group CO, F>,IRBETIJ;’:,C (2) COMNAVFE Evaluation Group CO, Composit Squadron THREE COI~iIW~~C(5) CO, Composit Squadron ELEVEN cOIIsmvp:Lc CO, Coraposit Squadron THIRTY FIVE COj!JIFkIRJ,3 ra CO, CCEF-~PCSquadron SIXTY ONE COMFiLtRiiLimE.\ CO, USS LAICE CHAIWUIN (CVA 39) CO~F;;IRH~~\I;I1 Naval War College CONC,’,RDIV ONE CO1ICI;RDIV THREE COMCAFLDIV FIVE COMCiiRDIV FIFTEEN COMCARDIV SEmJT3m uss ESSEX (CVA 9) uss BOXER (CVA 21) uss BON HOMME UCHLRD (CVA 31) uss PRINCETON (CVA 37) uss ORISKiLNY (CVii 34) uss VLLLEY FORGE (CVA 45) uss PHILIPFINE SEA, (CVR 47) uss YORKTOIdN (CVL 10) uss RINDOLTH (CVLi 15) uss HL’JJCOCK ( CVi, 19) uss BILTAAN (CVL 29) uss RENDOVE (CVE 114) uss B!JROKii (CVE 115) us3 BI,DOENG STR,”,IT (CWE 116) uss SICILY (CVE 118) uss GILBERT ISL,’SDS (CVE 107) uss IOINT CRUZ (CVI 119) uss TIUFOLI (CVE 64) Carrier Lir Group TWO Carrier Air Group FIVE Carrier Air Group SEVEN Carrier Air Group ELEVEN Garrier Air Group FOUETEEE Carrier Air Group FIFTEEN