America (CVA 66) - Naval Cruise Book

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'B COMMANOING OFFICER CAPTAIN FREDERICK C. TURNER JULY 1967 - OCTOBER 1968 i I ffl lv If li 'Q JL -Aoi, Cuiiimaiiriirig Otfifc-r Navy Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Md. lilifi Mil if-PA VM1, Corvirriaridiiig Officer First Jet Fighter Squadron f ni iii I Ulf, Our-rfiticiriaOfficer Fighter Pilot, USS BENNINGTONICV-20I i ii- V'l.i'.iiiii'jI ll Llriiversity Designated Naval Aviator - I943 i ii i 1 lirfii iii riff- Armed Forces Legion of Merit :iii I lll l lf, Cnrrirnanding Officer Distinguished Flying Cross ,ii , iii Iiiiii fl, f iiiiirrmndiriq Officer Air Medal, Three Stars i , iiiiifniuiiyiilMarylarid Pacific Theatre. Two Stars i i i i 4 iliiiiik I'IifIlIIIllfI Officer Atlantic Theatre ii i ',l.iIl'filli-vii-,NiirIUIIf,Virglr1Ia Navy Occupation Service Medal ii iii i fllfli I VictoryMedaIiWorIdWarllt i i i . ii 'iii iii National Defense Service Medal, One Star ii i i. ..f. i lfiiiiii-ivy, r .ililrirriia Vietnam Service Medal, One Star i i i i-ini' fl iiiiiiii Vietnam Campaign Medal , , . , ,,.i ,,.,,.tiinii i, Allniilii rity, N J Married: Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson Turner i ii IIl'I ' f Iifiiil, l .ii iiIiiiiiiiiqli,l iiqlniid Children: Frederick, Pamela, Robert, David and Susan ' ' e ,....,,. ,M 15211 .N I 1 A F an

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AM ERICA'S Although AMERlCA's history is short, it is an eventful and proud history. USS AMERICA lCVA-661 is the fourth vessel to bear the name AMERICA and the first warship of this name to be commissioned into the service. Weighing 77,000 tons, AMERICA was built at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Her keel was laid 9 January 1961. She was launched and christened by her sponsor, Mrs. David L. McDonald, wife of the former Chief of Naval Operations, on 1 February 1964. Commissioning ceremonies were held at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, on 23 January 1965. After serving as host for the change of command of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, AMERICA sailed for the Caribbean on 1 May 1965, with Carrier Air Wing SIX embarked, for her initial Operational Read- iness Inspection CORIJ. AMERlCA's overall ORI grade of excellent while in the Caribbean won her the Atlantic Fleet Attack Carrier Battle Efficiency E for the period ending 31 December 1966. Five Departments lOperations, Engineering, Weapons, Communications, and Airl were awarded individual E 's for their proficiency. On 20 July 1966, after AMERICA completed her first deployment with the U.S. SIXTH FLEET in the Mediterranean, Captain Law- rence Heyworth, Jr., AMERlCA's first Commanding Officer, was relieved by Captain Donald D. Engen. After a brief yard period, AMERICA operated off the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean during the summer and fall of 1966. Prior to Christmas, she participated in the SECOND FLEET's maior exercise, Operation LANTFLEX 66.