Antietam (CVA 36) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1953

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r v , i ,yi , E ,, , r 2 1 ' i , , is I ls 2 l l ' l 1 l 1 , it ll lli I I, li 11 1 ell 1 , I 1 P Q l s 4 , l , , r 1 I 1 3 1 1 i I I I 1 r I 1 ,gi l . 1 Captain S. G. Mitchell will be recorded in history as the first Skipper of a Canted Carrier, and also as the first Pilot to land on a canted flight deck. Captain Mitchell assumed command of the USS ANTIETAM in September 1952, while lille shiP was in the Brooklyn NaVY Yard undergoing construction of the new canted deck. He remained as Commanding Offl' cer of the ANTIETAM throughout this Canted Deck Evaluation Cruise. Bom in Tennessee in 1904, Captain Mitchell was graduated from Annapolis in 1927. Three years later he received his wings at Pensacola. During the past World War, he served aboard the USS HORNET until she was sunk in 1942 in the Battle of Santa Cruz. Other duties found Captain Mitchell serving as Commanding Officer of Cecil Field, the USS CORREGIDOR CVE 58 and CASU-1 at Barber's Point, Hawaii and also the USS WOLVERINE., Captain Mitchellwas awarded the Am the Presidential Citation with one star, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal. In the Reserve Fleet, he was Commanding Officer of Sub Group One, at Norfolk Va. Later he became the Guided 1 Missile Representative of the Western District in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Captain Mitchell was on the staff of We He was Commanding Officer of the USS SHANGRI-LA CVA 38 from April to September of 1952. erican Defense Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three battle St-US, stern Sea Frontier from February, 1950 to March: 1952' . ' ,' ' '. - -. Ji r' --, le- v- ' '1.-A - . - , . 1 ,,i .n..ulJ+ ,.q'v.1ALNHL!1-i'.4,' l -' 'el-.f..:.4:.l :rin---f.L-:4,L.i-isnfe--f- ...3,u1-51--..4.,.za..1:n Mil, ..:1n..u!C-Fuzz. -,., L, - .., 1 '4--. ....- v.. v-,.. -. 1.2 ,- , - . , . 1 ' '

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