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History of the Ageless Warrior Ageless Warrior History 1 1943 DECEMBER 2020 Volume The Coral Sea Breeze This Issue’s Ports of Call: History of The Ageless Warrior Ageless Warrior History 1 1943. She was re- CVB-42 was renamed President’s Corner 1 USS Coral Sea (CV/ classified as a "Large in honor of Franklin CVB/CVA-43), a Mid- Ageless Warrior (cont.) 2 Aircraft Carrier" with D. Roosevelt, the way-class aircraft hull classification late President, and Ageless Warrior (cont.) 3 carrier, was the third symbol CVB-43 on CVB-43 was named ship of the United Treasurer’s Corner 4 15 July 1943. Her the Coral Sea. States Navy to be keel was laid down Secretary’s Corner 5 named for the Battle on 10 July 1944 in Coral Sea was one of of the Coral Sea. She the last U.S Navy Chaplain’s Corner 7 Shipway 10. She was earned the affection- launched on 2 April carriers to be com- Small Stores Order Form 8 ate nickname 1946, sponsored by pleted with a straight "Ageless Warrior" flight deck, with an Membership Form 10 Mrs. Thomas C. through her long ca- Kinkaid, and com- angled flight deck Assoc. Officer’s Directory 11 reer. Initially classi- missioned on 1 Octo- added during later fied as an aircraft ber 1947 with Cap- modernizations. All Welcome Aboard! carrier with hull clas- tain A.P. Storrs III in subsequent newly sification symbol CV- command. built U.S Navy carri- 43, the contract to ers have had the an- build the ship was Before 8 May 1945, gled deck included as awarded to Newport the aircraft carrier part of the ship's News Shipbuilding of CVB-42 had been construction. Newport News, Vir- known as USS Coral ginia, on 14 June Sea. After that date, The ship promptly James C. Barlow (Continued on page 2) ENS., S-4 Div. 12/55—12/56 reunion in San Die- ville. Your President’s Corner go in 2023. Just in thoughts? talks at this time, I will have a lot Charles L. Proesel Ahoy Shipmates, but I would like to more to tell you in LT., D Div. have everyone’s I hope that every- the next issue of 6/71—6/73 input. Please let me one is in good the Sea Breeze. health over this know your thoughts on this. Take care and stay pandemic. Here in safe, Texas for my part, We are still sched- we are doing very uled to be in Colo- good. rado Spring in Wayne I have been talking 2021. And we are to the presidents of thinking about Wayne Addkison the other sister holding the 2022 President ships about another reunion in either Norfolk or Louis- P a g e 2 The Coral Sea Breeze (Continued from page 1) for Commander, Carrier Division 6, History of The Ageless Warrior… she took part in a NATO Exercise, began a series of career milestones Beehive I. She returned to Norfolk, when, on 27 April 1948, two P2V-2 Virginia 6 October for local and Car- Neptunes, piloted by Commander ibbean operations, next sailing for Thomas D. Davies and Lieutenant the Mediterranean on 19 April 1952. Commander John P. Wheatley, made While on service with the Sixth jet assisted takeoffs (JATO) from the Fleet, she visited Yugoslavia in Sep- carrier as she steamed off Norfolk, tember and carried Marshal Josip Virginia. This was the first carrier Broz Tito on a one-day cruise to ob- launchings of planes of this size and serve carrier operations. The ship TAPS weight. The Coral Sea sailed from was reclassified as an "Attack Air- Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 June 1948 for craft Carrier" with hull classification a midshipmen cruise to the Mediter- symbol CVA-43 on 1 October 1952 ranean and Caribbean, and returned while still at sea and returned to Raymond H. to Norfolk, Virginia 11 August. Norfolk, Virginia, for overhaul 12 Oc- Brown tober. After an overhaul period, Coral Sea GM2, 6th Div. was again operating off the Virginia Coral Sea trained pilots in carrier 1954—1955 Capes. On 7 March 1949, a P2V-3C operations off of the Virginia Capes Neptune, piloted by Captain John T. and Mayport, Florida, and in April Jack J. Fetsko Hayward of VC-5, was launched 1953 the ship embarked the Judici- QMQ3, OI Div. from the carrier with a 10,000-lb ary Committee of the United States 1947—1948 load of dummy bombs. The aircraft House of Representatives for a three flew across the continent, dropped -day cruise. On 26 April, she sailed Kenneth L. its load on the West Coast, and re- for a tour of duty in the Mediterra- Platz turned nonstop to land at the Naval nean. This cruise was highlighted by AN, V-1 Div. Air Station Patuxent River, Mary- a visit to Spain, and participation in 1965—1968 land. The mission proved the con- NATO Exercise Black Wave with cept of carrier-based atomic bomb Deputy Secretary of Defense R. M. Anthony T. attacks. Following training in the Kyes on board as an observer. Re- Spagnolo Caribbean, Coral Sea sailed 3 May turning to Norfolk, Virginia, on 21 PTR2 1949 for her first tour of duty in the October, she carried out tests for 1947—1948 Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet, the Bureau of Aeronautics and returning 28 September. trained members of the Naval Re- William G. serve at Mayport, Florida, and Guan- Williams Operations in the 1950s tanamo Bay. RD2, OI Div. On 21 April 1950, the first carrier Coral Sea returned to the Mediterra- 1957 takeoff of an AJ-1 Savage heavy at- nean from 7 July to 20 December tack bomber was made from Coral 1954, and during this tour was visit- Sea by Captain John T. Hayward of ed by Spanish Generalissimo Fran- VC-5. The remainder of the pilots of cisco Franco as she lay off of Valen- the squadron completed carrier cia. On her next tour of duty in the qualifications on board Coral Sea in Mediterranean from 23 March to 29 this aircraft on 31 August, marking September 1955, she called at Is- the introduction of this long-range tanbul and participated in NATO ex- atomic-attack bomber to carrier op- ercises. erations. At this time, she returned to the Mediterranean for duty with Sailing from Norfolk, Virginia 23 July the Sixth Fleet from 9 September 1956 for Mayport, Florida to embark 1950 to 1 February 1951. Carrier Air Group 10, Coral Sea con- tinued on to the Mediterranean on An overhaul and local operations up- her next tour. She participated in on her return, as well as training NATO exercises and received King with Air Group 17, prepared her for Paul of Greece, and his consort, a return to the Mediterranean once more on 20 March 1951. As flagship (Continued on page 3) P a g e 3 (Continued from page 2) eotape of every landing, the system History of The Ageless Warrior… proved useful for instructional pur- Friederike Luise Thyra of Hanover, poses and in the analysis of landing on board as visitors in October. Dur- accidents, thereby making it an in- ing the Suez Crisis, Coral Sea evacu- valuable tool in the promotion of ated American citizens from the safety. By 1963, all attack carriers troubled area and stood by off of had been equipped with PLAT and Egypt until November. plans were underway for installation in the CVSs and at shore stations. Coral Sea returned to Norfolk, Vir- ginia 11 February 1957. She cleared Following the Gulf of Tonkin incident that port on 26 February and visited in August, Coral Sea departed on 7 Santos, Brazil, Valparaíso, Chile, and December 1964 for duty with the Balboa, Canal Zone, before arriving Seventh Fleet. On 7 February 1965, at Bremerton, Washington, on 15 her aircraft, along with those from April. Ranger and Hancock, conducted Op- eration Flaming Dart against the mil- Coral Sea was decommissioned at itary barracks and staging areas the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on near Đồng Hới in the southern sector 24 May 1957 to receive a major con- of North Vietnam. The raids were in version (SCB-110A), which included retaliation for a damaging Viet Cong Salty Humor a longer angled deck canted 3 de- attack on installations around Pleiku grees more than the previous over- in South Vietnam. On 26 March, the hauls of her sister ships. As the cen- Seventh Fleet units began their par- Why does a terline elevators were relocated to ticipation in Operation Rolling Thun- the starboard deck edge forward and der, a systematic bombing of mili- slight tax in- aft of the island, Coral Sea became tary targets throughout North Vi- crease cost the first carrier to mount an elevator etnam. Pilots from Coral Sea struck on the port quarter resembling the island and coastal radar stations in you $200 and more efficient deck layout of the Kit- the vicinity of Vinh. On 3 April, MiG- a substantial ty Hawk-class then under construc- 17s attacked aircraft from Coral Sea tion. Other improvements included and Hancock in the first United tax cut save new steam catapults, an enclosed States aerial combat of the Vietnam you 50 cents? hurricane bow, hull blisters, and re- conflict. A Coral Sea RF-8 took the moval of the armor belt and several first photographs of a North Viet- anti-aircraft guns. namese surface-to-air missile site on Vietnam and operations in the 5 April. Coral Sea remained on de- 1960s to early 1970s ployment until returning home on 1 November 1965. Upon completion, she was recom- missioned on 25 January 1960 and Coral Sea made another Westpac/ rejoined the fleet.
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