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- 3339 Jefferson Scio Drive SE, Jefferson, Oregon 97352
- (EQNEEDF) – EQ EIN #26-1692876
- New Homes Generation INC. and
- Do All Service, former Busy Bee Construction
- http://eqneedsinc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1639
- Owner: EQNEED & David C. Henion
- http://www.eqneedsinc.com
http://eqneedf.blogspot.com
http://eqneedf.spaces.live.com
http://www.eqneedf.bravejournal.com
http://batman47.bravejournal.com
http://www.myspace.com/eqneedf
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- From the beginning of Naval Aviation, aircraft carriers have played a
role in nearly every
- world conflict with the exception of World War I, the Iraq/Iran and the
Afghan/Soviet
- Union Wars. A portal to the past
and a gateway to the future best describe my
- publications on U. S. Aircraft Carrier Deployments. Carriers were evaluated
- individually, and deployments include Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Cape
Horn and
- Cape of Good Hope transits that exceeded a month, conducting training
exercises and
- visiting countries, enroute for the most part to a new homeport on an
inter fleet transfer.
- In many cases carriers underwent overhaul in east coast shipyards, and
upon
- conclusion of overhaul often returned to the west coast. Until the U. S.
Navy releases
- Carrier Ship Logs, Deployment Charts and Letter of Instructions (LOI’s),
the exact
- numbering of carrier deployments will never be known. Counting of
Foreign Water Fleet
- Deployments is within a count of ten, and numbering of deployments
although not 100
- percent correct is the most accurate accounting to date and establishes
the foundation
- for future reports once all required information is released by the U.
S. Navy.
- In general, the carriers performed three types of operations: carrier
raids; carrier versus
- carrier battles; and amphibious landing support.
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- USS CORAL SEA CV-43 CREW ON THE FLIGHT DECK – Slide 1
- ENERGY QUEST – Slide 2
- PREVIEW – Slide 3
- POWER POINT INDEX – Slides 4 - 5
- Energy Quest National Energy Efficient Development Inc., Founder Official
Autobiography of the EQNEEDF Slide – 6 to 10
- USS CORAL SEA CV-42, CVB-43, CVA-43 and CV-43 HISTORY FRONT AND BACK
COVER – Slide 11
- INTRODUCTION – Slide 12
- INDEX – 13 - 19
- Coral Sea (CVB-43), former CV-42, the 42nd aircraft carrier of the U.S.
Navy – Slides 20 to 22
- Battle of the Coral Sea – Slides 23 to 25
- THIRTEENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND FIRST INDIAN & ARABIAN SEA
DEPLOYMENT – Slides 26 to 27
- Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN (CVW-14) – Slides 28 to 29
- USS Coral Sea (CV-43) (13 Nov 1979 to 11 Jun 1980)
(1st IO & and Arabian Sea) - Operation Evening Light and
Operation Eagle Claw – Slides 30 to 32
- Photo References – Slide 33
- CV-43 SEAL – Slide 34
- XO and CO at the beginning of the deployment – Slide 35
- F-8 from VFP-63 flying over NAS Alameda, California prior to CV-43
79/80 “Westpac” – Slide 36
- A-7’s flying at home prior to deployment – Slide 37
- USS CORAL SEA CV-43 with San Francisco, California in the back ground
prior to 79/80 “Westpack” – Slide 38
- SMALL PHOTOS – Slide 39
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- USS Nimitz (CVN-68) 10 Sep 1979 to 26 May 1980
(1st IO and Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf) - Operation Evening
Light and Operation Eagle Claw – Slides 63 – 64
- Aircraft Photos – Slides – 65 – 71
- USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) in formation with Task Force
(13 November 1979 to 11 June 1981) – Slide 72
- USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) UNREP AT SEA – Slide 73
- SHIPS’ in the Theater of Operations -
Slides – 74 – 99
- CV-43 and Pirate Ship next to the Golden Gate Bridge – Slide 100
- CV-43 and Pirate Ship upon return from “Westpack” – Slide 101
- Sailors on the deck upon return from “Westpac” looking at the Golden
Gate Bridge – Slide 102
- Tug boats spraying water with a U. S. Coast Card Ship alongside on the
east side of the Golden Gate Bridge – Slide 103
- Tug boat spraying water with San Francisco, California in the back
ground – Slide 104
- USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) returning from “Westpack” with San Francisco,
California in the back ground – Slide 105
- US Aircraft Carrier History Books On Line – Slides 106 – 111
- THANK YOU – Slide 112
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- From my birth in Sacramento, California, when my father named me Bruce
Wayne Henion, Batman as my nickname, to my 5th year of age, Galt,
California was home until my family moved to Marion, Oregon where we
lived for several years, prior to moving back to Galt, California until
the fourth grade, when we moved to Tehachapi and then Bakersfield before
returning to Jefferson, Oregon where my father’s fathers farm was
located. From the 6th grade forward and until present short 5 ½ years in
the Navy, a year in Texas and a year in San Francisco/San Jose after my
discharge February 1983, Jefferson, Oregon has been my home residence.
In the last eleven years I have spent 7 years at different intervals in
La Mission BA JA Mexico where I’m presently living with friends who are
caring for me as care attendants with pay as I am a C5/C6 QUAD of
22-years due to a construction accident that resulted in February 1985 a
broken neck when I fail from a roof on a cold winter day. My life has been devoted to
understanding my plight and the reason for my very existence.
- From the age of 14, my father taught me the construction trade and
cousins and grandfather taught me the secrets of farming. By the age of
18, I was a journeyman carpenter and could operate tractors, backhoes
& trucks. As a construction estimator, blue print reader and
building designer, I’ve worked with my father who has built over
500 homes and manufactured, farm
use and commercial buildings.
- Rather then writing fiction stories I chose 21-years ago to study and
learn about our environment, natural resources and renewable energy
technologies. In the last ten
years I've expanded my research to include trucking issues/NAFTA and
PCD'S.
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- In the last seven years thus far of my life, I have learned to design
web sites/forums and have been researching and writing the USS Coral Sea
(CV-43) History and as well, the history of all aircraft carrier's
published under the titles of U. S. Aircraft Carriers History ( http://www.uscarrierhistory.com
). As of April 15, 2008, eleven of 17 books are published, the remaining
by the end of the year. Overhaul, my knowledge of U. S. Aircraft
Carriers is much greater then when I was in the U. S. Navy, having had
the opportunity to research the history of the U. S. Navy’s Fleet of
Aircraft Carriers from 1922 to present.
- Past activities have included operating as an owner a small Mechanic,
Body and Paint Shop and Small Long Haul Trucking Business, working with
NuWest Commodities Exchange and have in the past been an agent for
Transportation Unlimited, Bend, Oregon and Valley Transportation,
Milwaukee, Oregon locating trucks for loads. I have also independently
dispatched other trucking business trucks from 1999 to 2002 and from
2000 to 2002, served as the Executive Assistant for Chairman and
President of Sun Rivers Investment, Inc., Idaho and American Modular
Systems International (AMSI), Jefferson, Oregon, Chairman and President
Sam Sarich. Publication of The Magnificence of the Treasure Valley and
Growth of Ada and Canyon County of Idaho and A Planned Community District
or Municipality known as Montebello; illustrates one of the largest
proposed Planned Communities in Idaho as of 2002.
- Present activities include Designing Steel Homs serving as the
CEO/President of both New Home Generation, Inc. and Energy Equest
National Energy Efficient Development, Inc. (EQNEED) (http://www.eqneedsinc.com
) publishing books on U. S. Navy Aircraft Carriers.
- As the EQNEED Founder, in the last 25-years I have written many books on
the Environment and Natural Resources, Renewable Energy Technologies,
Planned Community Districts, Trucking issues and Energy Quest. The California Energy Commission uses
my book name "Energy Quest."
I wrote my first two books when I was in the U. S. Navy in 1980
and 1982.
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- Serving onboard an aircraft carrier for 3 ½ years, from December 1971 to
August 1981, I obtained my GED (Actually received a Jefferson High
School Diploma to my surprise), the rank of E-4 and Student Pilots
license, serving first in the Deck Department and then in the Operations
Department as the Departmental Yoeman, where my duties ranged from
typing top secret manuals to Officer FITREP’s and Enlisted Evaluations
to Letter of Instructions, messages and assisting in the management of
the OPRDER during Operation Evening Light and Operation Eagle Claw April
1980.
- Reenlisting in September 1980, the Chief of Naval Personnel assigned me
to the Naval Amphibious School (NAVPHIBSCOL); where I was assigned to
the Naval Special Warfare Training Department (NSWTD or (BUDS/SEALS),
Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, San Diego, California on 5 October
1981. While assigned to NSWTD I was encouraged to run and swim with the
students and instructors, during which time I wrote, typed and published
Energy Quest Political and Economic Rights. I had recently finished my
second book, Energy Quest Political and Economic Rights and was awaiting
entrance into the SEALS when I was given a choice by Captain William's,
CO, NAVPHIBSCOL, co-sponsored by Captain Conley, Director Human Resource
Management Training Department (HRMTD), NAVPHIBSCOL, to either join the
SEALS or become the Administrative Assistant of HRMTD; with the
responsibility of editing all curriculum submitted by instructors to
Captain Conley prior to teaching Leadership Management Education and
Training curriculum to Commanders and below.
- Accompanied with this position, I would be frocked to Petty Officer E-5
on 16 June 1982 and allowed to publish Energy Quest Political and
Economic Rights. One of the NAVPHIBSCOL civilian secretaries was typing
final drafts on EQ and everyone knew it.
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- I accepted the position of HRMTD Administrative Assistant and published
EQ Political and Economic Rights.
- When the Navy Petty Officer Introduction Course for E-4 Petty Officer’s
was ordered published by the Chief of Naval Operations, Tomas B.
Hayward; Captain Conley made sure I attended the first Navy Petty
Officer Introduction for E-4 Petty Officer’s training course lasting
several weeks.
- My life is difficult. A major
challenge has been to maintain my health through therapy, exercise and
diet. My belief in our Lord Jesus
Christ and the Almighty gives me peace and comfort.
- My family from the beginning to now, have and will forever, believe all
men and women were created equal under YAHWEA (GOD/LORD –YHVH – ADONAI -
YAHOVAH – JAHOVAH).
- When I die my knowledge of the world will go with me, yet I like to
think that those who received my publications receive some benefit. My existence remembered by family,
friends and our Lord Jesus Christ.
I shall remain alive as long as our Lord Jesus Christ deems it
necessary. Having been diagnosed
with Post Traumatic Syringomyelia in 1997, I have already out lived the
two years of life I was given by several Doctors. I know my luck won't last forever or
should I say, one day my usefulness will be at an end. Completely up to our Lord Jesus Christ
and GOD the Father. I can only
pray I'll be worthily of the Kingdom of GOD.
- Very Respectfully, BRUCE WAYNE HENION
- (http://eqneedsinc.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2033 )
- bwhenion@hotmail.com
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- Narrative summary of the USS CORAL SEA CV-42, CVA-43, CVB-43 and CV-43
history and a tour of duty of a young sailor serving as the Operations
Departmental Yeoman onboard Cv-43 for 3-years (August 1977—February
1983) CONSTRUCTION to LAUNCHING and EARLY JET AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT (10
July 1944—2 April 1946).
- From the beginning of Naval Aviation, aircraft carriers have played a
role in nearly every world conflict with the exception of World War I,
the Iraq/Iran and the Afghan/Soviet Union Wars. A portal to the past and
a gateway to the future best describe my publications on U. S. Aircraft
Carrier Deployments. The history of the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and a tour
of duty illustrate the life of a young sailor who was given
responsibilities normally associated with senior officers. Every sailor
stationed onboard Coral Sea from her commission October 1 1947, to her
decommission in 1994, played a role in naval engagements and activities
while in port state side or over seas. My name is Bruce Wayne Henion and
I was onboard USS Coral Sea (CV-43) from December 1977 to August 1981.
While stationed onboard the Coral Sea, I was known to thousands of
sailors as the Green Sheet Man. I was the Operations Department Yeoman
for three years and the Special Services Yeoman in port Bremerton,
Washington for six months. I
arranged ski trips for the crew. My fellow shipmates and I, along with
other service members of the USS Nimitz (CVN-68), naval escort ships;
Army Rangers, Air Force and Marines, all played a role in “Operation Eagle
Claw” regardless of his duty. Now
days I guess I would have to say his or her role. The Coral Sea left
Singapore 29 January 1980 and was at sea for 7-days prior to relieving
USS Midway (CVW-41) in the northern part of the Arabian Sea on 5
February 1980 in connection with the continuing hostage crisis in Iran.
The Coral Sea traveled 6-days before entering a port, spending 89-days
in the Indian Ocean and "GONZO" Station in the North Arabian
Sea; while the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was at sea a continuous
102-days. The Coral Sea crew was
awarded the Sea Service Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Commendation and the
Navy Expeditionary Medal. The Coral Sea story and tour of duty discloses
events that have never been disclosed before.
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- CHAPTER I CONSTRUCTION to LAUNCHING (10 July 1944 to 2 April 1946)
- CHAPTER II SIX FLEET AND ATLANTIC FLEET CVs AND CVBs
- DEPLOYMENTS (1946 to 1948)
- CHAPTER III COMMISSIONING, SHAKEDOWN CRUISE & TRAINING
- (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Caribbean Sea for West Indies and Panama
Canal)
- CVs AND CVBs OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA (1 January 1947 to 6 June
1948)
- CHAPTER IV MEDITERRANEAN
AND CARIBBEAN MIDSHIPMAN CRUISE REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS & TRAINING
off the Virginia Capes (7 June 1948 to 2 May 1949)
- CHAPTER V SECOND MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS
& TRAINING off the Virginia Capes (outbreak of hostilities in
Korea) (3 May 1949 to 8 September 1950)
- CHAPTER VI THIRD MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT
- REPAIRS & TRAINING off the Virginia Capes (Hostilities in Korea
continue) (9
- September 1950 to 19 March 1951)
- CHAPTER VII FOURTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT & OVERHAUL AT
NORFOLK NAVY YARD (Local Virginia Capes operations and refresher
training out of Guantanamo Bay) Iran History & Air Arm
(Hostilities in Korea continue) (20 March 1951 to 18 April 1952)
- CHAPTER VIII FIFTH
MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT, OVERHAUL AT NORFOLK NAVY YARD VA. &
CARRIER QUALIFICATIONS off the Virginia Capes to Mayport, Fl., and
into Cuban waters and the West Indies (Hostilities in Korea continue
& carriers participating with the Seventh Fleet) (19 April to 25
April 1953)
- CHAPTER IX SIXTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT & CARRIER
QUALIFICATIONS off the Virginia Capes carrying out tests for the
Bureau of Aeronautics and trained members of the Naval Reserve at
Mayport, Fl., and Guantanamo Bay Iran History & Air Arm)
(Hostilities in Korea continue) (26 April 1953 to 6 July 1954)
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- CHAPTER X KOREA AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CV-CVA, CVE & CVL) DEPLOYMENT DATES - Korean Theater
of Operation (1950 to 1953)
- CHAPTER XI SEVENTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT CARRIER
QUALIFICATIONS off the Virginia Capes to Mayport, Fl., and into
Cuban waters and the West Indies (7 July 1954 to 4 April 1955)
- CHAPTER XII EIGHTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT operated out of
Norfolk, ranging from the Virginia Capes to Mayport, Fl., and into
Cuban waters and the West Indies (Iran History and Air Arm) (5
April 1955 to 12 August 1956)
- CHAPTER XIII NINTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT CARRIER
QUALIFICATIONS SOUTHERN
ATLANTIC, SOUTHERN & WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE AND TRANSFER TO THE
WEST COAST FOR OVERALL AT PUDGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, BREMERTON
WA., (Suez Canal Crisis) 13 August 1956 to 25 February 1957)
- CHAPTER XIV DEPLOYMENT HISTORY, AWARDS AND CITATIONS OPERATING with United
States Atlantic Command (Atlantic Fleet) (8th/2nd) and 6th Fleet
operating in the Mediterranean Sea (19 January 1948 to 15 April 1957)
- CHAPTER XV SOUTHERN ATLANTIC, SOUTHERN & WESTERN PACIFIC CRUISE
AND TRANSFER TO THE WEST COAST FOR OVERALL AT PUDGET SOUND NAVAL
SHIPYARD, BREMERTON WASHINGTON (Amphibious units landed 1,800 Marines
on the beach near Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanon Crisis of summer 1958 -
Nationalist Chinese islands of Quemoy and Matsu were threatened with
communist invasion in August 1958 - Evacuation of 56 U.S. citizens
and three foreign nationals from Nicara, Cuba) Iran History & Air
Arm (1 January 1957 to 10 March 1960)
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- CHAPTER XVI PUDGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, BREMERTON, WA. DEPLOYMENT TO ALAMEDA, CA. VIA
VANCOUVER, B. C. (11 March 1960 to 18 September 1960)
- CHAPTER XVII FIRST “WESTPAC” AND VIETNAM EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (VEF)
DEPLOYMENT Vietnam History (19 September 1960 to 11 December 1961)
- CHAPTER XVIII SECOND “WESTPAC” AND SECOND VIETNAM EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (VEF)
DEPLOYMENT (Installation of the Pilot Landing Aid Television (PLAT)) OVERHAUL
& REPAIR - CVAs OPERATING DURING THE CUBA MISSLE CRISIS (12
December 1961 to 2 April 1963)
- CHAPTER XIX THIRD “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA (Iran History - Gulf of Tonkin
Incident/Vietnam Conflict/War Begins (3 April 1963 to 6 December 1964)
- CHAPTER XX FOURTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND FIRST VIETNAM COMBAT
CRUISE, U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA - MAJOR
OVERHAUL AT HUNTERS POINT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. AND LOCAL TRAINING
OPERATIONS (7 December 1964 to 28 July 1966)
- CHAPTER XXI FIFTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND SECOND VIETNAM COMBAT
CRUISE - U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA -
RESTRICTED AVAILABILTY AT HUNTERS POINT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. &
LOCAL TRAINING OPERATIONS (29 July 1966 to 25 July 1967)
- CHAPTER XXII SIXTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND THIRD VIETNAM COMBAT
CRUISE - U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA - OVERHAUL
AT HUNTERS POINT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. & LOCAL TRAINING OPERATIONS (Iran
History & Air Arm (26 July 1967 to 5 September 1968)
- CHAPTER XXIII SEVENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND FOURTH VIETNAM COMBAT
CRUISE - U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA- RESTRICTED
AVAILABILITY AT BREMERTON, WA. & LOCAL TRAINING OPERATIONS (6
September 1968 to 22 September 1969)
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- CHAPTER XXIV EIGHTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND FIFTH VIETNAM COMBAT
CRUISE - U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA - OVERHAUL
AT HUNTER’S POINT NAVAL SHIPYARD, SAN FRANCISO, CA. & LOCAL
TRAINING OPERATIONS (23 September 1969 to 11 November 1971)
- CHAPTER XXV NINTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND SIXTH VIETNAM COMBAT CRUISE
- U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA OVERHAUL AT HUNTERS
POINT, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. & LOCAL TRAINING OPERATIONS (ReTra and
air wing operations) Iran History & Air Arm - Operation
Homecoming, the repatriation of U.S. POWs commenced 27 January 1973 (12
November 1971 to 8 March 1973)
- CHAPTER XXVI USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43) WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT, VIETNAM
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (VEF), COMBAT CRUISE AND PEACE KEEPING PATROL
DATES, PLANES LOST AND LINE DAYS/LINE PERIODS AWARDS/MEDALS/CITATIONS,
KIA/MIA/POW, U.S. MILITARY CASUALTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (19 September
1960 to 11 August 1973)
- CHAPTER XXVII TENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND FIRST VIETNAM
PEACE- KEEPING CRUISE - U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL
SEA - CARQUALS AND RRESTRICTED
AVAILABILTY (History & Air Arm) Operation Homecoming, the
repatriation of U.S. POWs (9 March 1973 to 4 December 1973)
- CHAPTER XXVIII ELEVENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT - U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA (The evacuation of U.S. citizens from
Cyprus - Collapse of Cambodia - Operation Eagle Pull AND Fall of
Saigon to the North Vietnamese - Operation Frequent Wind (Iran History
& Air Arm - EXTENDED SELECTED RESTRICTED AVAILABILTY (ERSA) NAVAL
SHIPYARD, LONG BEACH, CA. (1 January 1974 to 31 December 1975)
- CHAPTER XXIX U.S. ALLIES AND NORTH VIETNAM AIRCRAFT DURING VIETNAM
CONFLICT-WAR/CAMBODIA INDEPENDENCE (1964 – 1975)
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- CHAPTER XXX U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA- CORAL SEA
EXTENDED SELECTED RESTRICTED AVAILABILTY (ERSA) NAVAL SHIPYARD,
LONG BEACH, CA. - SEA TRIALS AND TRAINING (Iran History & Air Arm)
(1 January 1976 to 1 December 1976)
- CHAPTER XXXI SUMMARY OF U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER VIETNAM DEPLOYMENTS (Evacuation
of the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh 12 April 1975 in Operation
Eagle Pull and Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon 28
April 1975
- CHAPTER XXXII TWELFTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND LOCAL TRAINING
OPERATIONS (Multi-nation combat exercises with Japan, Korea, and the
Republic of China) (Iran History & Air Arm) (1 January 1977 to 31
December 1977)
- CHAPTER XXXIII ARRIVING ONBOARD CORAL SEA AT NAS ALAMEDA, CA. - LOCAL
TRAINING OPERATIONS & CARQUALS (December 1977 to 5 March 1978)
(Iran History & Air Arm)
- CHAPTER XXXIV U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING ON “WESTPAC” AND INDIAN
& ARABIAN SEA DEPLOYMENTS (1 January 1978 to 12 November 1979)
(Iran History & Air Arm)
- CHAPTER XXXV OVERHAUL AT PUDGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, BREMERTON, WA. (Iran
History & Air Arm) (6 March 1978 to 8 February 1979)
- CHAPTER XXXVI ONBOARD CORAL SEA (CV-43) AT NAS ALAMEDA, CA. (9 February
to 12 November 1979)
- CHAPTER
- XXXVII THIRTEENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND FIRST INDIAN & ARABIAN
SEA DEPLOYMENT - LOCAL TRAINING OPERATIONS & CARQUALS -
OPERATION EAGLE CLAW - U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL
SEA (Iran History & Air Arm) Iranian revolution & Iran hostage
crisis - Cheju-Do Islands in the Sea of Japan on the way home via
Korea (13 November 1979 to 11 June 1981)
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- CHAPTER
- XXXVIII ONBOARD
CORAL SEA (CV-43) AT NAS Alameda, Ca.
- (11 June 1980 to 1 August 1981)
- CHAPTER IXL U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING IN THE INDIAN OCEAN &
ARABIAN SEA – (Iran History & Air Arm – Iran hostage crisis - Iraq
and Iran War) (12 June 1980 to 30 August 1981)
- CHAPTER XL REINLISTED AND STATIONED AT NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE
CORONADO, SAN DIEGO, CA., NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS SCHOOL AND NAVAL SPECIAL
WARFARE TRAINING DEPARTMENT (NSWTD OR (BUDS/SEALS) (August 1981 to
February 1983)
- CHAPTER XLI FOURTEENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT - U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA (Iran History & Air Arm - Iraq and Iran
War) (20 August 1981 to 22 March 1983)
- CHAPTER XLII FIFTHTEENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT - CVs & CVNs
OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA - 15-MONTH COMPLEX OVERHAUL &
ALTERATIONS AT NORFOLK NAVY YARD, VA. (Iran History & Air Arm -
Iraq and Iran War) (23 March 1983 to 24 May 1985)
- CHAPTER XLIII TENTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT CVs & CVNs
OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA (Exercise Dasix '85, Attain Document I, II
& III in the Gulf of Sidra - Libya Air Attacks against Libya
(Palestinian Liberation Front hijacked the Italian luxury liner,
Achille Lauro – Bomb exploded on board a Trans World Airways flight en
route to Athens from Rome, killing four American citizens) Operation
Eldorado Canyon (Final Carrier launching of a Navy fleet F-4S Phantom
II) (Iran History & Air Arm - Iraq and Iran War) SEA TRIALS AND
CARQUALS - SELECTED RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY AT NORFOLK, VA. - LOCAL
TRAINING OPERATIONS off the Virginia Capes & Cherry Point, while
visiting Halifax, Nova Scotia (1 January 1985 to18 September 1987)
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- CHAPTER XLIV ELEVENTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT - LOCAL TRAINING
OPERATIONS off the Virginia Capes and Cherry Point (October 1988 to
March 1989) USS Enterprise (CVN-65) responded during Iran 1 April
incident in which USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) struck an Iranian
mine in international waters (Iraq and Iran War) During Cuba and
Panama Canal shakedown cruise (March to May 1989) USS Coral Sea
(CV-43) responded to a call for assistance from USS Iowa (BB-61)
operating in the Caribbean Sea due to an explosion in the battleship's
number two gun turret in which 47 crewmembers were killed 19 April
1989 (19 September 1987 to 30 May 1989)
- CHAPTER XLV TWELFTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA DEPLOYMENT - CVs & CVNs OPERATING WITH CORAL
SEA (The evacuation of the American embassy in Beirut, Lebanon) (31
May 1989 to 30 Sep 1989)
- CHAPTER XLVI DECOMMISSIONING 26 April 1990 AT NORFOLK, VA., NAVY
SHIPYARD, PIER 12 (Sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing
Service (DRMS) for scrapping on 7 May 1993 - Scrapping completed as
last 80' section is pulled ashore 9 August 2000 (13 April 1990 to 9
August 2000)
- CHAPTER XLVII CORAL SEA DEPLOYMENT AND TOUR OF DUTY DATES (19/01/48 -
30/09/89)
- CHAPTER XLVIII CORAL SEA (CV-43) AWARDS AND CITATION DATES (19/01/48 -
30/09/89)
- CHAPTER XLIX U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER REFERENCES
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- “The U.S. Naval construction program of World War II produced a fleet of
the finest warships ever to sail in any navy or the world. These
included the Iowa class battleships, Essex-class carriers,
Baltimore-class heavy cruisers and Fletcher-class destroyers” (Ref. 43).
- “Capitalizing on wartime experience, USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) and her
sisters, USS Midway (CVB-41) and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42),
battle-class carriers, were constructed with the most advanced damage
control innovations possible, including an armored flight deck and
intensive internal subdivision not found on any carrier or other
combatant before or since during World War II” (Ref. 35/43).
- “A redesignation from CV to CVB was made on 10 June 1942. CV was used to
designate multi-role Fleet Carriers” (Ref. 35/43).
- “The CVB-41-class ships were to be named for what had been determined to
be the three naval turning points of the war in the Pacific: Coral Sea,
Midway and Leyte Gulf.
- “Naval experience produced a pedigree of combatant ships in the latter
part of the war; one of those was the large aircraft carrier, USS Coral
Sea (CVB-43)” (Ref. 43).
- “The Coral Sea (CVB-43), former CV-42, the 42nd aircraft carrier of the U.S.
Navy, was originally classified as an aircraft carrier with hull
classification symbol CV-42, reclassified as a ‘Large Aircraft Carrier’
(CVB-43) on 15 July 1943, while the contract to build her was awarded 14
June 1943” (Ref.1-Coral Sea, 2-USS Coral Sea “Welcome Aboard” brochure,
34, 35 and 72).
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- “The Coral Sea (CVB-43), former CV-42, the 42nd aircraft carrier of the U.S.
Navy keel was laid down 10 July 1944 at the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia, originally classified as
an aircraft carrier with hull classification symbol CV-42, reclassified
as a ‘Large Aircraft Carrier’ (CVB-43) on 15 July 1943, while the
contract to build her was awarded 14 June 1943” (Ref.1-Coral Sea, 2-USS Coral Sea
“Welcome Aboard” brochure, 34, 35 and 72).
- USS Coral Sea (CVB-43), a 45,000-ton Midway class large aircraft
carrier:
- “USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) was a 45,000-ton Midway-class aircraft carrier, one
of three Midway Class Large Fleet carriers built out of the six planned and
was one of the last battle-class carriers under construction during
World War II” (Ref. 2-USS Coral Sea “Welcome Aboard” brochure).
- “USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) original length was 968 ft., extreme beam 112
ft., maximum draft 34 ft., and her full load displacement was 60,100
tons. Her 12 Babcock and Wilcox boilers fed four Westinghouse engines
that developed a total of 212,000 shaft horsepower for a designed speed
of 33 kts. Her original armament consisted of 14 5-in./54cal
dual-purpose guns. She was scheduled to receive 3-in./50 cal. AA
battery, but they were not ready by commissioning, and she completed her
first overseas deployment prior to their instillation” (Ref. 35/43).
- “USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) was built so that she could be scuttled in less
than hour. Keep in mind that the ship was designed during World War II.
If the ship was abandoned, the navy did not want it to fall into enemy
hands. There were four layers of outer voids that ran the length of the
ship port and starboard and top to bottom. Every outer frame had a valve
to let seawater in to the voids for flooding” (Ref. 35).
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- “The First Coral Sea was an escort carrier, USS Alikula Bay CVE- 57”
(Ref. 2-USS Coral Sea “Welcome Aboard” brochure 43).
- “Alikula Bay was assigned the name of one of the many Alaskan bays
(Alikula Bay). Originally a auxiliary aircraft carrier (ACV-57), she was
laid down 12 December 1942 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver,
Wa., under a maritime commission contract (MC hull 1094) named Alikula
Bay, 22 January 1943; renamed Coral Sea, 3 April 1943, and was launched
1 May 1943. Redesignated CVE-57 and reclassified as a Casablanca-class
Escort Carrier 15 July 1943, she was commissioned at Astoria, Or., 27
August 1943. The USS Coral Sea saw combat in World War II, participating
in actions at Makin Island, Kwajalein, Emirau Island, New Guinea and
Saipan where she sustained minor battle damage. Ultimately, USS Coral
Sea was ordered back to the United States for a much needed overhaul. On
15 September 1944, the ship was officially renamed USS Anzio to honor
the soldiers who won a fierce and decisive four-month battle at Anzio,
Italy in early 1944 and to free the name for the larger aircraft carrier
under construction” (Ref. 2-USS
Coral Sea “Welcome Aboard” brochure and ((Ref. 35)).
- “While under construction, the unnamed (CV-42) was first named the Coral
Sea (CVB-43), former CV-42, the 42nd aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy 10
October 1944; keel was laid down 10 July 1944 at the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Va., originally
classified as an aircraft carrier with hull classification symbol CV-42,
and reclassified as a ‘Large Aircraft Carrier’ (CVB-43) on 15 July 1943,
while the contract to build her was awarded 14 June 1943” (Ref.1-Coral Sea, 2-USS Coral Sea
“Welcome Aboard” brochure, 34, 35 and 72).
- “The Coral Sea (CV-42), the 42nd aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy, was
the second ship of the fleet to be named for the famous battle that not
only blunted a Japanese thrust toward Port Moresby, but was the first
marked successful U.S. naval engagement in the Pacific Ocean and the
first naval battle in which two opposing fleets operated with no visual
contact during World War II”
(Ref. 2-USS Coral Sea “Welcome Aboard” brochure).
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- “The Battle of the Coral Sea (4-8 May 1942) proved a serious setback to
Japanese movement toward Australia, and the anniversary of the battle is
still commemorated ‘down under’” (Ref. 35/43).
- “President Frankin D. Roosevelt’s death on 12 April 1945 prompted the
reassignment of the name ‘Coral Sea’ for a second time on 8 May 1945
from CV-43 to CVB-43 in the late-chief executive and war leader’s honor,
the last unnamed Midway-class carrier”
(Ref. 35/43).
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- “Prior to the battle, Japanese forces had been advancing toward
Australia in preparation for an invasion. The Battle of Coral Sea ended
the southward Japanese drive and prevented the invasion. For this
reason, the anniversary of the battle is still celebrated in Australia”
(Ref. 2-USS Coral Sea “Welcome Aboard” brochure).
- “On 7 December 1941, Lexington was at sea with Task Force 12 (TF 12),
carrying marine aircraft from Pearl Harbor to reinforce Midway when word
of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was received. She immediately
launched search planes to hunt for the Japanese fleet, and at
mid-morning headed south to rendezvous with USS Indianapolis (CA 35) and
USS Enterprise (CV 6) task forces to conduct a search southwest of Oahu
until returning Pearl Harbor 18 December.
- “Lexington sailed next day to raid Japanese forces on Jaluit to relieve
pressure on Wake; these orders were canceled 20 December, and she was
directed to cover the USS Saratoga force in reinforcing Wake. When the
island fell 23 December, the two carrier forces were recalled to Pearl
Harbor, arriving on 27 December. “Lexington patrolled to block enemy
raids in the Oahu-Johnston-Palmyra triangle until 11 January 1942, when
she sailed from Pearl Harbor as flagship for Vice Adm. Wilson Brown,
commanding TF 11. On 16 February, the force headed for an attack on
Rabaul, New Britain, scheduled for 21 February. While approaching the
day previous, Lexington was attacked by two waves of enemy aircraft,
with nine planes to a wave. The carrier’s own combat air patrol and
antiaircraft fire splashed 17 of the attackers. During a single sortie,
Lt. E. H ‘Butch’ O’Hare won the Medal of Honor by downing five planes.
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- “Her offensive patrols in the Coral Sea continued until 6 March, when
she rendezvoused with Yorktown’s TF 17 for a thoroughly successful
surprise attack flown over the Owen Stanley mountains of New Guinea to
inflict heavy damage on shipping and installations at Salamaua and Lae
10 March. She now returned to Pearl Harbor, arriving 26 March 1942.
Lexington’s task force sortied from Pearl Harbor 15 April, rejoining TF
17 on 1 May. As Japanese fleet concentrations threatening the Coral Sea
were observed, Lexington and USS Yorktown (CV 5) moved into the sea to
search for the enemies force, covering a projected troop movement. The
Japanese must now be blocked in their southward expansion, or sea
communication with Australia and New Zealand would be cut, and the
dominions threatened with invasion.
- “On 7 May 1942, search planes reported contact with an enemy carrier
task force, and Lexington’s air group flew an eminently successful
mission against it, sinking light carrier Shoho. Later that day, 12
bombers and 15 torpedo planes from still-unlocated heavy carriers
Shokaku and Zuikaku were intercepted by fighter groups from Lexington
and Yorktown, which splashed 9 enemy aircraft.
- “On the morning of the eighth, a Lexington plane located the Shokaku
group. A strike was immediately launched from the American carriers, and
the Japanese ship was heavily damaged. The enemy penetrated to the
American carriers at 1100, and 20 minutes later Lexington was struck by
a torpedo to port. Seconds later, a second torpedo hit to port directly
abreast the bridge. At the same time, she took three bomb hits from
enemy dive bombers, producing a seven degree list to port and several
raging fires. By 1300, her skilled damage control parties had brought
the fires under control and returned the ship to even keel. Making 25
knots, she was ready to recover her air group. Then suddenly, Lexington
was shaken by a tremendous explosion, caused by the ignition of gasoline
vapors below, and again fire raged out of control.
- “At 1558, Capt. Frederick C. Sherman, fearing for the safety of men
working below, secured salvage operations, and ordered all hands to the
flight deck. At 1707 he ordered, “Abandon ship!”, and the orderly
disembarkation began, men going over the side into the warm water,
almost immediately to be picked up by nearby cruisers and destroyers.
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- Admiral Fitch and his staff transferred to cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA
36), Capt. Sherman and his executive officer, Cmdr. M. T. Seligman,
while ensuring all their men were safe and they were the last to leave
the ship.
- “Lexington blazed on, flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air. The
destroyer USS Phelps (DD 360) closed to 1500 yards and fired two
torpedoes into her hull. With one last heavy explosion, Lexington sank
at 1956 on 8 May 1942 at 15º 20' S., 155º 30' E. She was part of the
price that was paid to halt the Japanese overseas empire and safeguard
Australia and New Zealand, but perhaps an equally great contribution had
been her pioneer role in developing the naval aviators and the
techniques, which played so vital a role in ultimate victory in the
Pacific. Lexington received two battle stars for World War II service”
(Ref. 1-Lexington).
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- THIRTEENTH “WESTPAC” DEPLOYMENT AND FIRST INDIAN & ARABIAN SEA
DEPLOYMENT LOCAL TRAINING OPERATIONS & CARQUALS OPERATION EAGLE CLAW
U. S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OPERATING WITH CORAL SEA - Iran History &
Air Arm - Iranian revolution & Iran hostage crisis Cheju-Do Islands
in the Sea of Japan on the way home via Korea (13 November 1979 to 11
June 1980) CHAPTER XXXVII
- “USS Coral Sea (CV-43) with CVW-14 embarked (tail code NK) departed 13
November 1979 Alameda, California, on her 13th “Westpac” deployment
operating with the Pacific Fleet (25 January 1960 to Present) and tour
of duty with the 7th Fleet in the Far East, she will under go her first
Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea deployment during the Iranian revolution &
Iran Hostage Crisis to strengthen the U.S. Naval presence in the crucial
Indian Ocean area as tensions heightened over Iran's taking of 52
American diplomats’ hostage, in what would turn out to be Operation
Evening Light during Operation Eagle Claw, the attempt to rescue the US
Embassy workers being held hostage in Tehran, Iran. Prior to her
deployment she conducted an intensive workup cycle, refresher training
and CarQuals, to include many visits at North Island Naval Air Station,
San Diego, Ca. February to November 1979 and was the ready carrier off
the coast of California for about four months going from off the coast
of Mexico, up to the Aleutians, and back, completing overhaul at Puget
Sound Naval Ship Yard, Bremerton, Washington and sailed for Alameda, Ca.
(6 March 1978 to 8 February 1979), during which time on 20 November
1978, Coral Sea suffers a fire of unknown origin while moored at Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., which causes damage to the
medical and dental spaces, delaying departure from the Ship Yard as the
medical department was completely gutted by the fire (11 months - the
carrier underwent $80,000,000 overhaul, during which the last of her
5-inch battery and all gun directors were removed - thirty-six years
old., during which time Captain Stanley R. Arthur, relieved Captain
Aitcheson, Jr. 3 June 1978 with Commander Hutchinson being relieved by
Commander Curtain, USN, the Operations Department Head, frocked to
Captain and assumed duties as the XO, while Captain Stanley R. Arthur is
scheduled for rotation in December with Captain Richard M Dunleavy, to
become the first Naval Flight Officer in history to command an aircraft
carrier (NHC Battle Order p _).
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- Reclassified CV-43 30 June 1975; involved in two Vietnam peace coast
patrol cruises, ending with Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of
Saigon 28 April 1975 during the evacuation of the Cambodian capital of
Phnom Penh 12 April 1975 in Operation Eagle Pull, while her first Vietnam
peace coast patrol cruise was during Operation Homecoming (9 March 1973
to 11 August 1973), following six Vietnam War Combat cruises during the Vietnam
Conflict/War (1 November 1965 to 17 July 1972), completing her 1st &
2nd Vietnam Expeditionary Force (VEF) deployments during her 1st &
2nd “Westpac,” (first CVA in the Bering Sea during 12 December 1961 to
17 July 1962 deployment). She will under go her 13th foreign water
deployment since her visit to Vancouver, B.C. (18 to 22 March 1960) when
she deployed from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington upon
completion of sea trials and a post-overhaul inspection and survey
evaluation, commencing once recommissioned, following SCB 110A conversion
(16 April 1957 to 25 January 1960), decommissioned 24 April 1957,
completing nine tours of duty in the Mediterranean Sea operating with
the 6th Fleet (7 June 1948 to 13 August 1956); reclassified hull
classification symbol CVA-43 1 October 1952. She will under go her 24th deployment
since her commission 1 October 1947” (Ref.1-Coral Sea, 2-USS Coral Sea
“Welcome Aboard” brochure, 34, 35 & 72).
- “On 5 October 1960, Coral Sea debarked her two fighter squadrons ashore
at Atsugi while embarking two Marine Douglas Skyraider' -Night fighter modified for
cold weather Jet Attack Bomber squadrons, VMA-121 and VMA-324, thus
pioneering the "all attack" carrier concept” (Ref. 43 & 72).
- "USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) Air Wing would change from Carrier Air Wing
FIFTEEN (CVW-15) to Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN (CVW-14); marking the
first time since World War II that two Marine fighter squadrons
comprised the fighter arm of a Navy Air Wing. VMFA-323 and 531 F-4Ns
covered CVW-14 during a period of hectic West Coast fighter
transition" (Ref. 43).
- “The Air Wing was comprised of six squadrons and two detachments
(elements of a parent squadron) which, acting in concert, perform the
vital functions of attack, air intercept and support.
- Photos of Marine and Navy Aircraft during 1960 that flew onboard USS
Coral Sea (CV-43) http://www.usscoralsea.net/pages/lnr60s.html
- Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) mounts was in place prior to
“Westpac.”
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- Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN (CVW-14) was comprised of highly accurate,
light-attack weapons platform incorporation a number intricate computer
systems adding in the precise deliverance of a variety of ordnance as is
the case in the A-7E Corasir, flown by the Shrikes of VA-94 and Redcocks
of VA-22, both based at NAS Lemoore, Ca. in 1978.
- The first time onboard, CVW-14 embarked on Coral Sea in November 1979 in
route to the Western Pacific.
- The air wing’s fighter arm was comprised of two U.S. Marine Corps
fighter squadrons, flying F-4N Phantom II’s. The Death Rattlers of VMFA-323 and the
Grey Ghosts of VMFA-531 joined the CVW-14 team, marking the first time
since World War II that two Marine fighter squadrons comprised the
fighter arm of a Navy Air Wing.
They Grey Ghosts were normally a part of the 3rd Marine Air Wing
home based at MCAS El Toro.
- VMFA-323 and VMFA-531 joined Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN officially on 1
July 1979, and for the first time since World War II, two Marine fighter
squadrons deployed aboard a Pacific Fleet carrier. It was also the first
time without a Navy fighter squadron in the air wing.
- Captain Dave Rogers, USN, assumed command of CVW-14 aboard the USS
Enterprise (CV-65) when the wing had F-14A Tomcats in place of the F-4Ns
deployed onboard the Coral Sea. Captain Rogers or CAG, qualified in the
RF-8G Crusader while attached to the Enterprise, bringing a total of 12
different types of aircraft he flew during his tour aboard the USS
Enterprise. Prior to Captain Rogers's assignment to the Coral Sea as CAG
of CVW-14, CAG Rogers had flown 40 different types of military aircraft,
with over 900 landings on 14 different carriers.
- The Snakes were commanded by LTCOL Dave Denton, and were last deployed
overseas during the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1969. During World War
II they were one of the most highly decorated Marine squadrons and
downed 124 enemy aircraft during the Okinawa campaign. During the Korean
conflict, a Snake Corsair shot down a North Korean MIG-15 in aerial
combat.
- The Ghosts were commanded by LTCOL Gary Braun and were last deployed
overseas in 1972 when they made a Mediterranean cruise in USS Forrestal
(CV-59). The squadron saw action in Vietnam deploying to DaNang in 1965.
In 1978, the Ghosts received the Hanson Award in recognition of being
the best fighter squadron in the Marine Corps.
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- CVW-14's attack and early warning squadrons (VA-27, VA-97, VA-196 and
VAW-113) have been with the wing for several years and made the USS
Enterprise (CV-65) cruise. VA-27, commanded by Commander John McGrath,
flew the A-7E Corsair II. VA-96, commanded by Commander Tom Woodka, flew
the A-6F Intruder and VAW-113 under the command of Commander Dieter
Olsen, flew the E-2B Hawkeye. Rounding out the air wing were VFP-63
Detachment 2 RF-8G's under the OinC, LCDR W. H. Reidelberger and HC-1
Detachment 3 SH-3's with LCDR Richard Sadlier as OinC.
- VMFA-323 Death Rattlers - Combat Squadron flew McDonnell-Douglas -
Phantom II Jet Fighter - NK100 (C) on the F-4N http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980f4vmfa323.jpg
- VMFA-323 Death Rattlers and VMFA-531 Grey Ghosts 79/80
http://rleeermey.org/viewtopic.php?t=10068
VMFA-531 Grey Ghosts - Combat Squadron flew the McDonnell-Douglas
- Phantom II Jet Fighter - NK200 (TC) on the F-4N http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980f4vmfa531.jpg
- VA-97 Warhawks - Attack Squadron flew the Vought - Corsair II “Jet
attack aircraft - NK300 (TC) on the A-7E http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980a7va97.jpg
- http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980a7va97.jpg
- http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/va27a7iranpaintbh.jpg and Bruce Henion
- VA-27 Royal Maces - Attack Squadron flew the Vought - Corsair II – Jet
attack aircraft - NK400 (TC) on the A-7E http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980a7va27.jpg
- VAW-113 Black Eagles - Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron flew the
Grumman Hawkeye equipped with Electronics - NK600 (TC) on the E-2B http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980e2vaw113.jpg
http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980e2vaw113.jpg
- *VFP-63 DET 2 Eyes of the Fleet - Light Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron flew the Vought Crusader - Jet Fighter - Reconnaissance - NK620
(TC) on the RF-8G http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980f8vfp63.jpg
- http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980f8vfp63.jpg and Bruce Henion
- HC-1 DET 3 Pacific Fleet Angels - Helicopter Combat Support Squadron
flew the Sikorsky Sea King - Anti-submarine - NK720 (TC) on the SH-3G http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980h3hc1.jpg
- http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980h3hc1.jpg
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- http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/7980h3hc1.jpg
- References: http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0012.htm
- Photos of Marine and Navy Aircraft during 1979/80 that flew onboard USS
Coral Sea (CV-43) http://www.usscoralsea.net/pages/lnr70s.html
- Aircraft of USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and Nimitz: http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0005.htm
- Photos of Ships during 79/80 Cruise: http://www.uscarrierhistory.com/index_files/page0008.htm
- Video Clips of the USS Coral Sea http://www.usscoralsea.net/pages/video.html
- Bruce Wayne Henion
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