Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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. 22321 10 ... 13 .. lb .., 1.5 one w,,.,, wr QSQQHHQQEEMZViiHQHE24Uggnjinuedl DL ' fx QL rj '.., A . . P . unchcu attacks against Tokyg plalns area. I It ls 1 ,., J. , r r Nm ,, - 1 . LdunCAbQ sbbecks J5MlHSt Tokyo rlains area. 'x,,. '3 1 7 s ,- . I 0,33 E L - idol boaoat All iatrol snot down two enemy Planes Qt 35 GHG 55 miles. The body of the lute LEE, 5- L', 510, 957 41 13, USNR, was committed to tae sea with appropriate ceremon- ies, following his death, caused by the pro- peller of a taxiing plane. Two Hnyrtsd snot down by yaSP Combat air Patrol at nl miles. Japanese News agency reported Japanese accept- ance of surrender note. Launched strikes against airfields in Tokyo area. has? Combat air Patrol snot down one of the last enemy planes in the war with Japan. deceived ALNAV 19A from the secretary of the Navy, addressed to all hands of the United btgtgs Navy, Ute take satisfaction in the conclusion of the war.N At 1300 Admiral Halsey, USN, Conmander of the renowned d Htet s Third Fleet, addressed his bnite Q a e Fleet and the British Pacific Fleet. The Seventh UAS? ended 205 months of very active duty in tne in months of Jorld Mar II. 5

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num.. CHt0NOLOGY CJul continued! 28 ' NAA? 91un?S Qui? G?0QP 361 struck Yonago area - . . ,g nt hure, JnSP planes rolled the light cruiser OYGDG ever on her side and thoroughly bombed and set afire the battleship HnAUNn, causing her to be beached. 29 ... Cruiser Division 10 and screening destroyers detached to report to TU 3h,8.l for duty. 30 ... Launched attacks against Hiratsuku, Fujisawa and Maizuru Bay, Japan. Cruiser Division 10 t s ce'oined dispositions and screening des royer l'3 AUGUS2 lggi 7 ... U. S, arnxydro ood first atonic bomb inyhistor .ng--up-cn, - 1.,ss-an pl -IL l --rl , , fm Y ,nv . 'J-ll 17, -'r- ve, Sailiif as before in com- SELliZfQ5hiUQlnl9PaQ4. L 15 r v pany with Task Group 38.u. Officer in Tactical d Connand is Commander Task Group 38.u in U55 YORK- il eration of the war. TOWN - last cruise and op a airfields on Honshu. skgyfs air Group 86 struck 9 Ill Tno U, Q, army dropped the second and last atomic bgmb HSQQ in ,orld oar II on Nagasaki. hmny en- env planes shot down over Task Force. Ai 1612 ins? opened fire on HGIQCG' diViHS OU ShiP1 just JGraceJ was attacked by WASP plane 7000 after ow t down into water one feet overhead. JGTGCOH QLO hundred feet off starboard beam - the last kanikaze dive gn Q fleet unit in World War II. M 0 5

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K O O I S. PART I - c:zno1'oLoGY iAu.ust Continued T Fomeii 91038 C1'11iSinc disposition at O9l+O i fir Qeflakmpgotvaraphy of victorious third -'i Twie E Hhs ning GGOPQG V joined disposition. i.io' Q ti Sn Oday tne UGSP'S task group contained ii i. .- v A a LG iollowing. TG 38.n Admiral W. F. Halsey, USN, Commander ' . Third Fleet in USS Missouri Vice Admiral J. S. KoCain, USN, CTF 38 . . in USS'ShangrieLa Vice Admiral Rawlings, RN, Commander-in- Chief British Pacafio Fleet in HMS King George V ' Rear Admiral A. W. Radford, USD, CTG 38.4 in USS Yorktown At l7OO Vice Admiral Sir Henry Bernard Rawlings, RH, in his flagship King George V, addressed the United States Third Fleet and expressed the desire that the fleets of the two nations continue to meet and work together. A l9 . . . USS Wasp Marine Detail transferred to a destroyer for attachment to TF 31 ' s scheduled for occupation of Tokyo Bay Area. V V ,fg ,N 4.3, J, I. ,:,. . fa 20 . . . Detached from TG 38.A at 1345 and ordered ww to report to GTG 38.3 for duty according gg to ConThirdFleet's l902l5.' At l53O Rn reported for duty to TG 38.3 - OTC is Qi orc 3a.3 in Uss Randolph. p 35 At l7ll Wasp broke out the flag of Vice V QE Admiral Frederick C. Shennan, USN,' QQ Commander First Carrier Task Force, who .Agp transferred from the USS Swensen with .if lS officers. pgs 2l . HKS lndefatigable took station in dis i 1 position. 951 carrier planes flying for the cameras 22 O 0 X of the Third Fleet passed over the Jasp at l500. ! 25 . . Ninety-five miles from Shikoku and riding a , . , 5 1 1 4 4 F ' no 1. 11 ' 5' S552 9 ' Lx: .. - V - i nfg ap ,. 2575 vi . . lift gk ' llc: if ' L-.,. if , 'Gif P . f'f9ff?E1 0 'jf 'Y t .V My F- A! 9 R ,-. A ' , Fwd , o 5 57 I ' ' fi Yfxi v . - 'TUE' 'ffi . 2. . Y,L3:f75 - ' ii 4