Antietam (CVA 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Wd S U35 if KY N0 N0 N0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 g The Log From 0000-Jen.1, 1953 2 Q 0 O By LT. F, M. Collier, USNR. K9 0 On the stroke of midnight of the first watch of the year, O 0 ANTIETAM iey moored, starboard side fe Number One Pier, 0 The Supply Depot at Bayonne is the scene of the berth, O 0 Hardly the place for merriment or mirth, 9 0 Carrier mooring lines are standard for a ship of this size, 9 0 Plus four extra wires when the Boatswain thought it wise. Q 0 All needed services are being received from the dock, o 0 Except salt water pumped by the engineers rotmd the clock. 0 O CAPTAIN R. SPERRY CLARKE, the WASP is his boat, O Gallantly serves as Senior Officer Present Afloat, g Ships present, in addition to Yard and District Craft, Include units of the Atlantic Fleet of various draft. 0 Twelve bells were struck at midnight, according to tradition, O With snow and freezing cold ruling out any inhibition. A 3 Some of the crew is sleeping in their ship safe from fear, While others are returning, full of spirits, beer, and cheer. 9 l 2 The old year is over, as we welcome in the new, 3 The United States Ship ANTIETAM bids farewell to 1952. L3 3 From Korea to Newjersey, Asia's shores to the Land of the Free, 9 Q 0 ANTIETAM'S New Year resolution: A happy cruise in 1953. S 0 o P O Q 0 f xo-Osososo vp :ZF C 0 2 g 0 O ,,. Q Q 0 O Q C370 O is Q O G 9 O 2' f J x 4 L7 U O Q' O O Q 0 XX

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' 4-6 if 0,-3' , f X 1 . J ' 5, -6 0 . The Skipper pilots the first plane ever to land on a canted deck Captain Mitchell before the take off. :i g --1. it 3 133' If CHBOSN Comorat -extends his congratulations. T-WT '42 - - 'A Af: -fq-,5f:-- ',N..,.f.-.-,,,-.A -- -... .1 .. ...i J ,.f ',.,,., ,YM-,,lf:, f Captain S, G. Mitchell will be recorded in the annals of Naval History as the first pilot ever to land on a Canted Flight Deck. - Despite a heavy overcast and extremely adverse wind condition, Captain Mitchell piloted his SNI to a perfect landing on the newly constructed deck onjanuary 12, 1953. This first flight opened a new era in Naval Aviation History.

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A Panther Jet headed for elevator. Guardian Vecdled lol flight deck Flight Quarters Flight quarters are piped. It begins again. The excitement, tension, suspense, seemed to be bound up into a single act - to see the planes up there, flying. Actually it began on the hangar deck long before the pilots were briefed, when the maintenance crews tuned the aircrafts for top performance. From the planes' recovery to the planes' launching, the airdales task was to keep them flying . Plane crew making a pleasant job of moving plane fo fhe eleyofor. Sweepers, man your brooms! N Airmen celebrate 3000th landi -if as 4 g, , I ,, yf ,V ,Q '