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A t;ood landint; — the pilot and crewman ualkfd away. pilots continued to do a bang-up job. Those accidents hurt, but they had to be expected. BATAAN shrugged it off as best she could and sailed on. But she would not forget. During this period BATAAN ' S crew rested, pulled liberty and worked. In Yokosuka there were sightseeing tours to Kamakura, the city of shrines and curio shops, and On the evening of the 26th. BATAAN felt her first pain of the new operation. An AV circled sickening- ly and lost altitude. It fell into the sea, carrying with it a pilot and two crew- men. The pilot sank with the plane. One crewman was injured seriously and he died in the water. There was some consolation for BATAAN in the fact that one of the crewmen was rescued. BATAAN never slowed. Her crew- continued to launch planes and the Transfer of the dead. Chaplain C ' offee celebrates a nieiiiorial mass for our dead shipmate J. F. Lyons, AT2. to Okura, the China factory area. Intra-mural bowling teams were organized and exciting contests en- sued. BATAAN basketball teams w on and lost games, but the morale and spirit were high. A great time was had by all. On Sunday, 6 April, BATAAN left Buckner Bay for the last time. She w as bound for a bigger job in a place called Korea.
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The aircraft of VS-25 carried out searches, made attacks on identified submarines, vectored surface forces to contacts and assisted them in gaining contact, and functioned as the investi- gator and attack member of the group. Accompanying destroyers furnished sonar protection to BATAAN while a Okinawa from the air. AF hunter-killer teams on deck before start- ing ASW. part of the screen. Upon making con- tact with a submarine, they were de- tached and formed into units to search for and engage the contact. World War II developed the concept of the hunter-killer group and successful operation confirmed its effec- tiveness against enemy submarines. Continual improvement in submarine capabilities necessitates a corresponding improvement in the ability of the hunter-killer group. BATAAN was The first AF is launched, starting our ASW exercises. primarily engaged in operational train- ing in the employment of available proven equipments and techniques in order that maximum effectiveness could be realized against enemy forces. Though no one had told her, BATAAN felt that her new job was itally important to the war effort. She was training men, an essential element in any kind of war. Several nights she did not sleep. She continued to ride the seas, launching her aircraft into the moonlit sky.
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