Bennington (CVA 20) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1967

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IU? Commander Brian R. Egan Executive Gfficer Relieved November 23, 1966 Commander Joseph E. Fenwick Executive Officer 7

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Captain Richard Graffy Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Bennington 6



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2 I 1 U.S.S. Bennington QCVS - 205 The second Bennington to join the fleet was commissioned as CV-20 on August 6, 1944. During the first months ofvl945, she participated in air strikes against the japanese Home Islands, the Volcano Islands ,Q 1 f 4, , and in the Gkinawa campaign. After the War, she Was decommissioned and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned in 1950, she was extensively refitted and designated a jet attack carrier CCVAD. Q After operating in the North Atlantic and Mediterrean for three years, she joined the Pacific Fleet in 1955. After three deployments to the E Far East, she was redesignated an Antisubmarine Warfare Carrier CCVSD in 1959. In 1963, Bennington became the first carrier to visit the Alaskan ports of Juneau and Kodiak. She steamed to the aid of floodtorn communities around Eureka, California in 1964. X E E E Bennington deployed from Long Beach, California on November 4, 5 1966 to begin her tenth Far Eastern cruise. This book is the story of ' that cruise. 2 1 8 S g Q

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