Yorktown (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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Top Left: The Apollo 8 crew, Left to Right, Astronauts William A. Anders, lunar mo ule pilot: Iames A. Lovell Ir., command module pilot: and Frank Borman, commander. Top Right: Capt. james A. Lovell, U. S. N.: Astronaut. Middle Left: Apollo 8 Spacecraft. Center: Col. Frank Borman, USAF: Astronaut. Middle and Bottom Right: Get Smart films aboard Yorktown. ii 5 . Y O l , I 8 . 'S 3 tl x ' a lx A 1 X

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CARDIV-I6 Carrier Division SIXTEEN was established in April. 1958 and tasked with the development of antisubmarine tactics, doctrine and ecgiipment in order to im rove the antisu marine warfare lASlflll readiness of the fleet. . Numerous existing tywes of air, surface and subsurface AS craft are employed in performing the CARDIV mission. New and improved weapons systems are constantly integrate into the ASW team, toget er with newly developed tactics encompassingthe fu l spectrum of the ASW concept. CARDIV SIXTEEN flagships have included the carriers VALLEY FORGE, RANDOLPH, ESSEX, INTREPID, LAKE CHAMPLAIN, WASP and YORKTOWN. In addition to partici- pating in major Atlantic Fleet exercises, CARDIV SIXTEEN took part in the Project Mercury and Gemini recoveries of astronauts Virgil Grissom, Iohn Glen and Scott Carpenter as well as the space chimpcs Enos and I-lam. Since embar ing aboard YORK- TOWN on February 28, 1969, CAR- DIV SIXTEEN has participated in two ASW exercises, PEACE - KEEPER and SPARKPLUG. - Under the command of Rear Ad- 'Wal L Iflpyd ABBOT. USN, the car- rier Division SLYTEEN EASTLANT team was composed of both aviation and surface units including the YORK- TOWN with her fixed-wing, helicopter and jet aircraft the fleet oil W - ' er acc the destroyers, Trawall, Barr? CVS-56 Commissioned May 26, 1959, Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group FIF- TY-SIX ICVSG-561 is composed of Antisubmarine Squadrons TWENTY- FOUR and TWENTY-SEVEN CVS-24 and VS-271 as well as Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron THREE IHS-31. In addition, embarked de- tachments of Airborne Early Warn- ing Squadron ONE TWENTY-ONE IVAW-1211 and AntisubmarineFight- er Squadron ONE LVSF-11 augment the air roup in order to provide a balancetf, versatile team. First embarked in the USS VAL- LEY FORGE fcvs45J, cvsc-se participated in Project Mercury, the initial U. S. Man in Space pro- gram. In 1962, the air group was assigned to the USS ESSEX ICVS-91 and later to the USS INTREPID LCVS-111. The air group represented y the commanding o ficer of HS-3, performed the first helico ter re- covery of an astronaut when the LCDR lnow Capt. ret.J Scott Gar- p enter was hoisted aboard. The Cuban missile crisis found units of CVSG-56 at Key West, Fla., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and aboard the USS INTREPID fcvsui and Uss WASP fcvsisy during the Deriod 1962-1963. March 1967 found the air group transferred to the USS RANDOLPH ICVS-151. March 1969 saw them move aboard their present home, USS YORKTOWN ICVS-101. The same month saw HS-3 again enter the Man in Space program when her commanding officer recovered the Apollo 9 crew. CVSG-56 search and attack air- craft are among the most modern antisubmarine aircraft in the world. In addition to the S-2E, and SH-3D flown by the air group, E-1B and A-4O detachments served as mem- bers of the team. The entire aircraftpackage, S-2E, SH-3D, A-4O and E-1B, provided the YORKTOWN and Carrier Division SIXTEEN with an antisubmarine search, detection and attack cap- ability, long range radar detection, an airborne radar search and an airborne air control and intercept capability. Truly a versatile group, Carrier Antisubmarine Air Group FIFTY-SIX served as a proud member of the YORKTOWN team.

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