Coral Sea (CVA 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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H - . .v RADM G B H HALL USN Rear Admiral Grover Budd Hartley Hall born in Franklin vlle N Y January 28 1900 graduated from the Naval Academy in 1920 served in destroyers and in the USS ARKANSAS and in 1925 received his wings at Pensacola He served with various squadrons Cond at Coco Solo CZJ Admiral Hall then began study at the Naval Postgraduate School Annapolis going on to the University of California CBerkeleyJ to receive his M S in 1933 Duty with Commander Aircraft Bose Force and at Anacostia followed ln 1938 he assumed command of Scouting Squadron 42 the following year of Patrol Wing Five then to the WASP as Air Group Commander. He next served in the Bureau of Aeronautics. ln 1942-43, Admiral Hall commanded the U.S.S. CHARGER, returning to Washington to assume command of the Combined Research Group at the Naval Research Laboratory. He next commanded the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, taking part in numerous critical operations in the Pacific. 0 o a 0 1 , I . .- I , . . . . I In until 1931. I .I . . . . . . 1 I 1 ' V . I . I . . I . Following a second tour of duty in the Bureau of Aero- nautics, Admiral Hall commanded.Carrier Division Fourteen. In August, 1949, he became Director, Guided Missiles Divi- sions, in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Hall's following assignment was Commander, Fleet Air Wings, Atlantic Fleet, at NAS Breezy Point, Va. Admiral Hall broke his flag in CORAL SEA on 9 July 1953. COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION six RADM. C. R. BROWN, USN Rear Admiral Charles R. Brown was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., December 13, 1899. He graduated from the Academy in 1921, and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1925. Admiral Brown assisted in commissioning the Navy's first carrier, the U,S.S. LANGLEY, 19 1922. During World War ll, he was Air Officer aboard the U.S.S. SARATOGA, and in 1942 became a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined CU.S. - Britishl Chiefs of Staff. ln 1943, he assumed command of the U.S.S. KALININ BAY. He was next Chief of Staff of a Fast Carrier Task Group under Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman. Admiral Brown assumed command of the U.S.S. HORNET in 1945. Since the war, Admiral Brown has served as: Head of the Naval Division, Air University, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala., Chief of Staff to the President of the Naval War College, Newport, R. I., and, in 1950, Deputy Director, Joint American Military Assistance Group, Europe, in London. Admiral Brown broke his flag in CORAL SEA on April 9, 1952. -r-QE

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Q r PREFACE ln the autumn of 1942, when, ENTERPRISE, and RANGER were the only ships of our fleet carrier forces the United States Navy had just begun to recover from the devastating Q.,LLThLe fiasco of 7 December 1941 had caught us with only seven ci converted .merchant ship, but the construction of aircraft one of the most spectacular phases of the naval shipbuilding more than 50 carriers of all types had been put into service Quickly the Navy began ., from a defen- sive war in the Marshalls and an offensive- defensive phase with landings on 6Qu.lVfancl K I L N - . L ,..f-, LL.VV-.lV i Xlt, L ,WXI LQ,-V-L --' . -r L 2 '-,k V .,,, '-v, 0 Ombfmgafc- A PQWSF -QW -VWGS iill I L L Ashi L L L L LLVQQVVVQ ,..V L ,LL,L,V,f V, ,V kL,,.L ,V'. A Wal' 'n The PC'C'f'C- isii K isir f sres rsrr .srrr V V erir V ssrs - s - - s issr scsr irris Fleet Admiral Ernest' J. 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CAPT. H. H. CALDWELL USN Captain Howard Caldwell was born in Rocklin Calif October 3, 1905, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927. Receiving his wings in 1930, Caldwell subsequently served in observation and scouting squadrons until in 1934 he became an instructor in the Seamanship and Navigation Department at the Academy - and coached football - an in 1937 joined a carrier scouting squadron, serving as gunnery flight, and executive officer. Captain Caldwell was transferred to the Division of Fleet Training in 1940, and reported in 1942 to Headquarters Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet. Command of a carrier air group followed. In 1943 he became Air Officer of the U.S.S SARATOGA, then served as Combat Training Officer on the staff of the Chief of Naval Air Training. Captain CaIdweIl's next assignment was as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. PINE ISLAND, taking part in the Antarctic Expedition of 1946-47, during which the crash of a patrol plane stranded the Captain and his crew on the ice cap After thirteen days they made their way to the sea and were rescued by another plane. Captain Caldwell then served for a year on the staff of Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, as Aviation Operations Officer. He then returned to the Naval Academy as Head of the Department of Physical Training and Director of Athletics. In July, 1951, Captain Caldwell reported as Chief of Staff, Commander Carrier Division Six, in the U.S.S. CORAL SEA. He was next ordered to the Naval War College at Newport, R. I. He returned to the CORAL SEA as Commanding Officer in August, 1953. COMMANDINC OFFICER CAPT. H. D. RILEY, USN Captain Herbert D. Riley, born in Maryland, December 24, 1904, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927, and re- ceived his wings in 1930. Duty with all types of squadrons followed. In 1940 Captain Riley became Aide and Flag Lieutenant to ComCarDivOne, the following year served as Aide and Flag Secretary to Commander Patrol Wings, U.S. Fleet. In 1941, Captain Riley was assigned to the staff of Com- mander Fleet Air, West Coast. In 1942 he took part in operations in the South Pacific, returning to Washington to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations ifAir1. Captain Riley - then a commander - became Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MAKASSAR STRAIT, supporting the landings at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, in 1944. J Captain Riley's post-war assignments have been: Assistant Deputy Task Force Commander for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini, Long-Range War Plans Officer, Strategic Plans Section, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval As- sistant to Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, student at the National War College, Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans on the staff of Commander in Chief Atlantic Command and U. S. Atlantic Fleet, and Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans, Policy and Operations on the st-aff of Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. He assumed command of the CORAL SEA in November, 1952.