Coral Sea (CVA 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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t , , - ' th allies in World War II which halted the To historians, CORAL SEA was a strategic victczypggih 'SEA is an anonymous supporting member 0 southern advance of the japanese. To the Pentagon f our Far Eastern bulwark of Olejiuses. To the Chinese Cp7gnfQll1j:ij'iniZg9R2i2L3'?'5i15 Zjeilgfgzz Zfollsegggig CORAL SEA is both an, address on post cards, letters, and packages and also a mythical militazy machine whose primary identjying characteristic is its unfailing practice of getting underway fiom' Pwr T ree mth at NAS Alarngda and remaining away therqfrom for eight months a year. fiat to the men and ojjhcers who find their home in Coral Sea, she is a snorting gray monster smelling alternately of cooking bacon, fresh paint, burning JP-5, NSFO, gunpowder, ozone, and even popcorn. As. she is tied. alongside the pier, she is pointed out by her proud men who crown her the queen of the aircraft carriers, The best looking birdfarm in the Fleetf, endless array of angled deck thorns-in-their-sides Whilst the sights and sounds will doubtless fade into dim recollection, the cacophony that is Coral Sea will linger forever in our ringing ears. Who will forget the bark of the IMC jarring the soundest sleeper from the peace of hard-won rest? Who cannot but recall with vague annoyance, perhaps, the rattle of the screws violently shaking the fantail as in protest against the speeds required of this attack aircraj? carrier P Who will fail to remember the doublepitched whine q' an A3D's twin f57s as she taxis onto the catapult, or the spastic idle of the AD's powejul engine which soon breaks into a sure, steady, ear- splitting roar as she rises from the angled deck .9 None will forget the relentless bleat of the general alarm or the clatter and conversation of the mess decks or the ring of the cash register at ship's store number two. All will remember with varying emotions the tolling of eight bells which reminds us that time passes at sea as surely, seemingly more slowbf, as on the beach. Of Japan we will recall fondly the rush of Tokyo trafic, the call of the fish mon ers th l' ' ' ' and the sgueal of the bar girls. g , 6 fait ing and ringing of a pachinko parlor, In years to come, with every incident and emotion ev k d o e from our jaded memories will be associated some characteristic sound which has been recorded indelibly in our mind's ear. To every Coral Searnan, each of whom has contributed to both the writing and the pegformance of our Coral Sea Sm hon d t h ' l 7 P 7, an o t eir oved ones so that they may better share and understand th i Q e experiences and adventures of a modern carrier sazlorman, we dedicate this story I' x ' V ' 'xg NL

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