Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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CDR M. li. Bnmicrt l'lKL'CllI'lX'L' Utixicci' CDR M. E. Barnett, USN, who was commis- sioned in july 1940, began his naval career as a senior aviator on board the HONOLULU. He has also served as Exec and CO of VF-171, the Navjfs first jet squadron, and as Skipper of VP-172, the first Banshee squadron to see combat. CDR Barnettis other assignments include Staff, Chief of Naval Air for Trainingg Staff, Commander Fleet Air jacksonville, and the office of the CNO, where he was Assistant Detail Officer for carrier air groups and squadrons, landing signal oficers, ships and carrier division staiis. - Before coming to the XWASP in November of 1957, CDR Barnett was Commanding Officer of Carrier Air Group THREE. ln March of 1958, CDR Barnett became the XY-'XSl9's liixecutive Qfiicer, relieving CDR R. S. Mclilroy Vlr., after having served brieiiy as the ship's Operations Ofxicer. Y llf HX' fam' Cffff . . frwwli ?iJ:1 , i fmqg wmff 7!i67!207'f6f nf fnany jvfenmzff infidenis and efngfable cU r1.'F.f b:'1'ff.i'v fz.'.'fn':w f. .fff:.'r nm' nn'.fnofuffffr l'l'J.if0!i nf ffm fofn' 22'i11fiff'.9Uw1fiz1 ine Boston ZX7nnal Sbqbjard. F -if-'1'f'2-f':'i fff'm:' Cl11.:,':i.:.f,1fn,fn-I fffni'z'az',fq'-fmifiing i1f.vfez'fn'fo11r ofugfzznfifig d2'ilff-Foggy B0.ff0n-Rapid fffwff-f-i'ff1' fffji-'1'f.'f1'f'-fanfrlgi.-' in fain' ,fz.fia'n7f Q7' fin 77fgf:7f-Cdflli ilfen' nfiflv n nervous Lebanon nearby- ffi-'fflf Jffaf .ff'.'0,it:'. .f-.Y.f1.ii: lift, Q.'mff' fffvf R,:f'ff:... -fimm eiwzfr nn .fbafl renienzber. L .l1'z': r.1'f' 'O fi . -1 an s. . 1 -. - H 1. .i -X , , I ia. 1, f..n.in,f.1 ,won :aft nm, ana' men 0nf.rfnnn'n1gpeffornzanfe of dngy and pgndwf 7 ' ' H . v - :Ul! li17 filff fl!'!'.'.':f. 5 if. 'f ' J iw i - ' a A v A If mf lvknf Htl, 7cuA0h 10 L4 173101111 M7655 ggbjgygfjzgnff. -your future be most . r- . . . . 4i'7i:'u.W4l1 TYLE- 3

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Q sw' I 9 - A-V Y 1, ...IA A ' -K 1-'Y . , 3 i1'f2f 'I ?ig- V I .. 4- 'Qui' -'-. A , H it fa if it iirfli-ESB 'fi' ' fkK4f5-i31 '+- ' I I 1 'Y' CAPT Harmon T. Utter Commanding Officer it I QIII 1 NIJ? HIV. I NPI ll.IFII'f'II 'I' I INT' .lsfliilcl 1 All '11 int XX AP, I 'NPI l'tt1'r's former duty SIQIIIOII XVLIN lllilef 1 if Natl' tiff VIII: T L. I lfolloyvinlg l11s grt11I1,1.1t1-111 fri-111 the N.1x.1l Xc.11Iez11f III 11,111 'yP'I I ttcr xvzis ortleretl to the S Xlfl' I,AIili lQl'l'Y. ln 19ge, l1e took :light fr.1111111g.1t N X5 I't::11-,111oI.1, Itlwrztfa. ln 19:1 he yvis ortleretl to the ll XNLII II yyith I. li I Ile seryefl alioartl the ISN NOll'l'llANlP'I'ON in 19g9, and the liullwiyvitixg 1, e.1r lAL'U.lIIIL' .1 :light mstrtictor .it ff XX IIUIINIUIIIII. I..1te in Ilj.1fO, he cointiiissionetl and served at N XS XI1.11111, Ifl-1r11l.1. Shortly lwefore Xiorltl KY.1r ll, I XIII' I tter u..1s in Xl.iTI1l.f serying 1.1.s1tl1 I'A'IAIiONe1o1. Three days after Pearl llarhor yyxis .1tt.1elietl, his PIIY xy.1s shi -t tliiyv-11 lv tyyo 9I.ip.111ese ferries. On I.lIY'lHIITliiS of the same year, his plane yvas hurnetl on tlre yv.1ter hy e11en1i. .i1rcr.1f't. Ile spent sz'-. yy et-Its or. Iiataan and escaped to Australia, returning to the States in 1941. CIAPT Utter served yvith IfXX'y!1, until the Bpring -vt' Ilj.lQ, from there he was transferred to the Naval Torpedo Testing Station :n Long Island. In 1944, he commissioned Carrier Air Group 83 in Atlantic City. One year later the air group hoarded the IQSSI-IN. He served as Air Officer on the I.lQYTl-Q when she yvas commissioned in 1946. Iiollovving that, CA PT Utter became Assistant Director of Training on the filiief of Naval Air Training Staff. In 1948 he served at NAS ffahiness Iiield, liorpus Christi, Texas, as lixecutive Officer. A year later, he was sent to the Armed Forces Stafi' College at Norfolk, Ya. CAPT Utter then became Plans Officer on Com.-XirI.ant staff in 1950. In 1952, he was Assistant Chief of Staff, and Plans and Operations Officer of ComStrikPor, Naples, Italy. He was the Commanding Officer of NAS Anacostia in 195 3. Before reporting to ComTasl-:Group 1. 5 in 195 s, he served as Commanding Officer ofthe MONTERREY. In late july of this year CA PT Utter was relieved of command of the XYASP by CA PT Edward A. Fredericks.

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Sago of WASP ri 1775 one of the first two vessels of the Continental Navy to be placed in commission was the small schooner SCORPION, purchased in Baltimore. Renamed WAS P, she was in the first American squadron to put to sea during the Revolution, participating in the attack and capture of the island of New Providence, B.W.l. in February, 1776. , After undergoing repairs in Phila- delphia, she was dispatched on temporary escort duty to convoy a ship carrying Silas Deane on his voyage to France as an agent of Congress. ln December of 1776, she re- captured a French schooner off the north- eastern coast of the U.S. Early in 1777 WASP l was dashed to pieces during a storm on the eastern shore ot' Maryland. In the same year her Commanding Oficer, LT john Baldwin, was court-martialed for loss of the vessel, being unanimously acquitted. WASP ll, a brig, made her name in the war of 1812. Launched on 21 April. 1806. this 18-gun vessel made several cruises to Europe from that date until 1811 when, under Comdr j. jones, she captured the HAZARD, a ship previously captured by the American DOLPHIN and then retaken by the British. lf was, however, her last adventure which preserves her name in the annals of Naval history. On 13 October. 1811 , WASP left the Delaware and two days later en- countered a heavy gale which carried away her jib-boom as well as two of her crew. On the night ofthe 17th the sky cleared. To CAPTjones' surprise several sails were re- ported close at hand to eastward, apparent- ly armed. jones stood straight for them and ,. gave orders to lay the same course the strangers were then holding. A heavy sea was running, and the WASP, close hauled, crept up to windward of the fleet she had been following through the night. At the beginning of the morning watch the fleet was made out to be four large ships and two smaller vessels under a spread of canvas, all keeping close together. What was also interesting was a sturdy sloop of war, a brig, edging up slowly into the wind, evidently guarding the fleeing vessels to . 5. V' 5 f - .W f A -.- W ii .M .. Mn.. fifth, -..qfq..,. r. ,ft -xg 4 -'STEP mf A s .25 . Artisfs conception, vrzgcigjcitirsizt of WASP I1 alum-0, of the renowned and FROLIC, decribed in llmsc' pages. Painting, left, dcpicls Capture of thu US Corvette WASP in October, 1812, Eng- lisli man-0-war. WASP is slzouzn at right in painting. Bwfifiviiiiifi of ri lvtter zrritlrfn by CAPT Blalceley in 1814 to SECNAY William .imma describing WASP's capture of the I3rl'5sli Slrmp REINDEER. 'L ,X ,sf MQ! I f 7f6Q,i,,,f 41 muff ' et' . - fiy' J! A ,,', 1' ' , 5. A, A ' . Qfjlyffnyf 4. ' 2-'fig f 6171. fbi! 111 Iii, IJ, . . Iliff!! I' 1 4 , V 7 ci 'NZD f 6, W lr- wg ' 1 . D . . . , fr6hi.'d lf'fl.lyZ6r,la'Aff',fZ Ill' nf aj! 111 fffflf! flllff ffl: 'ruff flfifll llllle' ffizf I ' - -' . v - u 0 f' , My I T1 ' gif' , A lb :f'f'f55E'Q'fP fM!J Z2A-'zf,'r.111c'!'X?!d'fFff5 ' Ir'r11 'Mff'f 1131 ffftl ' hugh nm 5711411 flfflflrfsj . ffzw1.1A4 ru? rq,f1r1uzMfeIJxyf,,,.1 .fu.,ff1zd5vQv