Chenango (CVE 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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After graduation from the Naval Academy at Annapolis with the class of '23 he spent two years aboard the Battleship MISSISSIPPI in the gunnery department and three years as First Lieutenant, Communications and Gunnery officer on the Destroyer 1-'Am-:NHo1:r. - , ' Q , Captin Felt went to Pensacola to get his wings in 1928 and while there, on August 3, 1929, he was married. Mrs. Felt and their fourteen year old son' now live in Coronado, Calif. - After two years in a scouting squadron on the LEX he returned to Pen' sacola for a two-year tour as Flight instructor. And for the ensuing ten years, afloat and ashore, he rounded out- his experience as a Naval Aviator. He served in succession aboard the Cruiser HOUSTON, with a V5 squadron at San Diego, a VB squadron on the old LEXIXCTON and during the early phases of the war,'as Air Group Commander and ,then Air Ofiicer on the sAnA'rocA. . , , ' ' During 1943 he served ashore as commanding ofiicer of the NAVAL All! STATIONS at Daytona and then at Miami. A ten-month tour with our,Military Mission to Russia preceded his reporting, on'April 8, to yss CH ENANGO whose CO he became on May 2, 1945. A , ' ,' . . , .., . .- ..... -. .- .-Q.: '- a..4.g.::..kaxa...--.. '.-.1:-1'.'. .tif -.. -,- ,-f -, .. . ..., f. 7 F ' .L ai-yu -0 .. -v t I 4 s +L ,ffl ,- as .. I f.f',,- f Ol - .i.f3,,f-fuzz' 'fl rr.-,gb ., ' Lf '. 1. .fs '15 M .Q . ' 0 fwfixf -,XT TIQ- 9. '-if-I, 1. .Q 1 '- 'Hifi - 'Q 'Q t rf rf, U iii

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I:L4'- , J' I 5 CHI-INANGO Executive Officer left his birthplace, Cabot, . jgjg--3, -.I1I,-,,eI, - ' .-Q .- 'V ,- ' ' V ' s o Lzifll-l': fl-, 'll is -3 ' it - L- 1 ' .'?v' ' V. V . ' l Vermont in 1919 when his parents moved to California. 2-as-itr ' ' ' V F T?',,SVVefV.V2 ---,,.-sf , . . .rim-'fV V 37.4-:I--1 V .- -f-,- .1-s-f . -' From the Atascadero High School he entered the Naval ggi ,- .g,.. ,Q 4 , , V. - ' - '?rf1.'1i' . .Ig 'V ' .'. ff-Q' Q Academy to graduate in 1931. ln 1932, after duty on the f 42:4-Vw' V. V 3 3 IQ 'Q' -4- a-'-5 . Vs. ' .- - - - 0 'P'i7?.l5i5fEf:'. I ..5. Z: . 'Tj-11943 . P 7 ,V V e Battleship MARYLAND, he was married in San Francisco gjgj- Vfjgggg-4,V1 7VfI ,t-Q3 gif-. V '-, - where his wife and two sons nowlive. -,,1s,?' I I,IIIILV?I-,J ' After a two-year tour on the Destroyer LEA he went to ' 597.-Q?-'fygiz-? 'jj I . ,I ' Pensacola, completed flight training in 1934, and joined ff 3 V' f.f2'-.,l'? S3Qf' 3 ,224 vin ' ' - -.' 1- 5.. '.' ' ',.' '. Elf . wax th stan-oct Bf P IH 1, 1. n -4 T4 I - 3 ,gif -I ' on e . . . . e ore ear ar or e ew . V' -- H. N -.-2 - patrol Catalinas in Alaska and at Pearl. He was an instru- .. 3 1 if! ' 1 . ment instructor at Corpus Christi when warcame. From ' T -Q px-., . . ff ' -.aw 11. 'fi ' fi- 'jf-g.--'55, . - V ' V -' V1 V. -1- f ' - L-' ' -f-'ef:'.. ' 1942 until December of 194-4 when he came to CHENANGO - -II--fi .V ' Ii I5 - ' - I I, ' he was busy, First on the Staff of comwrzsmraox, then as 1, V fe.IVVQ.a-44 'ii 5951.-.-Q VI,'.:Q,j'2j,1 I ' . . I 'II,I.gI L., . VI ' ,ff :' 'jf' .'.:IfI.Ia.:-I, 'gf ,I I .', . skipper of VPB 91 doing patrol and DUMBO 'duty In the Lip I ' If .I -. . .. .,5'I,- Q .- I-II. I. ' . -. South Pacific and Solomons and finally ASW Oicer on .if-I-'.?'.QfI -. -1IVqff' ' i -f+.VgIf,'f' cor-rsomtc Staff. '- V s V- ' A V' w VT.rL:,' z '- 15.5, ff U- - 4, . -fill?--?1Z-V' f'gQ'i.i: 4 - 'x 'l.'3 '- fi . V ' . . .2 '1'V- .--ia HV- 'H-.'-' ' V -fi fr? 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Q Q V - , , . - . . r' 'ti'-. -. -7' ' ' Navy and in 1930 began his naval flying. As a former f ' -4 f' 1 'V . . . . .' a - - V II'i'k,II. 3 ' I . Chief Aviation Pilot and test pilot he specialized in big T5-if Q S boats. Before Pearl Harbor he made Warrant Machinist I If I: and in March, 1942, became Lieutenant fjgl. Q .Ill .313 A l-'A ' His tours of duty on the LANGLEY, SARATOGA, LEXING- ' Ii , rox, and mtxcx-tn familiarized him with carrier opera-, .I -- I .. Q 1 . - . V ' .- ' - jf 1 , tions. He also served in four squadrons: Patrol FOUR, I . II T lx, if . 'V' 'P' Utility TWO, Scouting ONE, and Torpedo TWO. Shore duty Qi. I 1 - ' ' 'lfff 1 has included Naval Aircraft Factory at Philadelphia, and I F, L . - iff- ag - I T' Naval Air Station, Quonset Point. From Quonset be came -I X 'I . 'V ' 3: Q ' aboard this ship, in March, 1944, as Asktant Flight Deck 'Q lx- 3 -If 1 I' g r,'l,' . ' . il OECCT. 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