Bataan (CVL 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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We Get Them Ready BATAAN and ships from Australia, England, New Zealand, and Canada work- ed together with smooth pre- cision against Communism. Further evidence of United Nations teamwork was seen as the BATAAN and GLORY exchanged personnel for the purpose of observing each other ' s methods and establish- ing friendly relations between these two United Nations forces. Other noteworthy events during this cruise were the USO show and local enter- tainment witnessed by the crew. One we will remember for a long time was the Ray- mond Burr USO show from Hollywood, in which many radio and screen stars took part. But the work had to go on and the war was not finished. The BATAAN made trip after trip to the line, an average of 10 days each trip. On 10 March 1953, while operating off the coast of Korea, change of command ceremonies took place on board the BATAAN. Cap- I . . and Off They Go

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Our Home for Three Months equipment, planes, and ships attained a high degree of coordination in the im- portant phases of AWS op- erations. The ships worked with a screen, sometimes as many as eight destroyers, against two submarines em- ploying all the recent tricks of non-detection. The BATAAN operated in this manner for approximately three months and then transferred ComCarDiv 15 to the BAIROKO in Buckner Bay. She then proceeded to Yokosuka, Japan, where she disembarked VS-871 and embarked the famed Marine Checkerboard Squadron, VMA-312, on 9 February. A brief visit to her favorite buoy (18) in Sasebo and she was headed once again to a job that needed her, the war against Communism. The BATAAN relieved the HMS GLORY as CTU 95,1 on 1 5 February. The true symbol of the United Nations was again brought to light as the The Gateway to a Good Time

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tain S. S. MILLER relieved Captain H. R. HORNEY as skipper. „ , . Back They Come The B ATA AN operated in the Yellow Sea until the 5th of May 1953. She then made her last visit to Sasebo for the Third Far Eastern cruise. She picked up the ship ' s boats and vehicles and headed toward Yokosuka. On 10 May she was relieved by the BAIROKO in Yokosuka. ComCorDiv 15 em- barked again and a new squadron, VS-21, came aboard for transportation to the States. On the way to Pearl Harbor the crew enjoyed periods of sunbathing and volleyball. The BATAAN arrived in Pearl Harbor on the 1 8th of May and two days later it left for San Diego, arriving there on the 26th, During the Third Far Eastern Cruise, BATAAN ' S planes flew a total of 1548 mis- sions against the enemy, causing much heavy damage to key positions behind the lines. Now, after a short rest in San Diego, the BA- TAAN will proceed to Pearl Harbor for a four-month yard period. It is a much needed and deserved period and the crew is looking for- ward to the four months among the hula girls and beautiful sunshine. So a lady rests!! A Short Stop Before Home