Yorktown (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, And the wheel 's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking, And a gray mist on the sea's face and a gray down breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be cleniedg And all I ask is a windy clay with the white clouds And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the Seagulls crying. I must go down to the sea again to the vagrant gypsy lie, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knyfeg And all I ask is a merry yam from a la hing fellowbroverg And quiet sleep and a sweet dream whenugie long treck's over. From JOHN MA YSFIELD: SEA FEVER 3

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INTRODUCTION: HISTORY: TRAVEL: ART: PERSONNEL: Sea Fever Two Decades Plus Seven The Last Ports- 0-Call A Ship and Her Environment A Warship At Work Administrative: 66 AIMD: 76 Air: 92 Communications: 116 Dental: 128 Engineering: 136 Medical: 166 Operations: 174 Supply: 212 Weapons: 250 CVSG-56: 290 Flag: 340 2 I

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CVS-IO The fourth ship of War to fiat, the proud 'lame YQRKTQVVXEH war II, second tonsf?6,IeiIr21riqcCeXiVnN slid down the tfl1SyDSrersGIa?1uilrlHe1943, seven minutes aheagifigihllalljyi designated HS tllllibflolil Homme Ric ard, YORKTUW f flint her proud name in honor o 1-ii gallant third YORKTOWN lost at Ida Battle of Midway in 1942. Qll1C Y earning a reputation for excellence, YORKTOWN's first war-cruise was preserved for posterity in the film The Fighting LHdY - . The World War II record of this, the fourth YORKTOWN included bat- tle action at Marcus, Trulc, the Ph1hp- pine invasion, the Marianas, Guam andthe battle for the Homelslands . YORKTOWN roamed the P8C1f1C'8f wilt, launching her aircraft against enemy shipping, aircraft and shore in- stallations. When the smoke cleared and the final tally was made, YORK- TOWN's team had accounted for 2,358 enemy aircraft destroyed, ordam ed, 119 surface craft sunk and 329 aged. Over 244,770 tons of enemy s 'pping lies at the bottom of the ocean in tribute to the professionalism of the YORKTOWN team. The sinking ofthe giant battleship Yamato was due in paavt tom tlgs teiam, it t e a vent of eace, - TOVVN spread her Mggic Cgrgdlli re tuning more than ' the United States. 10,000 men to YO RKTOWN rested in the reserve fleet from 1947 until the war trumpets sounded in Korea. From April 1952 until the armistice, YORKT . OWN d her aQf5mT861arded the allied forciiels ufaceslifen .WN received a major modifi d III' 1958 when she was e to suit her - submarine warfare Pillai?-ng role' anu- Dl0ytnents to the liar East Qvelaldlie- zzaacfirtei-iwa S.....tfa.i.a's, capture. fifea.9SefeSP1f of the Pueblo is 8 Ladyu the if .X . X . I hip USS YORKTOWN was chosen as the prime recovery ship for the tlhristmas 1968 moon-girdling flight of Agollo YORKTOWN left Long lloac , tiall- fornia in November 1968. On December 27, Astronauts Frank Borman, james l.ovell and Wil- liam Anders piloted their Apollo tl spacecraft to within 3,000 yards of YORKTOWN, thus writin a close to their 10-orbit flight around the moon. After returning to l.ong lieach to bid adieu to her Pacific lfleet home of 26 years, YORKTUWN left the west coast for her present homeport, Nor- folk, on Ianuary 21, 1969. Arriving home on February 28, after round- ing Cape Horn, YURKTCJVVN joined the Atlantic Fleet, opening a new chap- ter in her history. Although a newcomer to the At- lantic Fleet, YORKTKJWN has shown herself an effective addition to the Atlantic team. ln the short span of a few months, YORKT! JWN participate-tl 1IliW0 NATO exercises, fil'AltKl'l.l lt: and PEACH Klililllilt, serve-tl as thi- P1l0i Ship for a newly fcirmulntt-tl Operational readiness testing program and has cruised the lpasterii Atlantic That CTUISC and YtlltK'l'tlWNs nwii f0I'In the DUClf3t.lS til this lmtila HISTORY 4