Coral Sea (CVA 43) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 312 of the 1973 volume:

VJXW 1 •-•■Tt-. jyyJ-: ' ' • ' -. ' : ' ■ ' ' ?. :■ ' ■ ' -■ ' ' ik. ' :: m ' I This book is dedicated to the city of San Francisco. Table of Contents San Francisco ' s Own San Francisco 7 March 9, 1973 21 Command at Sea 27 Carrier Operations 35 Ports of Call 129 The Officers and Men of the Ship 193 November 8, 1973 289 San Francisco A Picture A City ABOVE AND BELOW Fisherman ' s Wharf is one of the main attractions in San Francisco. It Is two different worlds. One of these is the area of sea- food restaurants, excursion boats, souvenirs and shops. The other world is that of fishermen, shipwrights, chanlers. net makers, divers and crab- pickers. The (iolden date Bridge at the lime of its completion in was the worlds longest suspension bridge. A plague on a statue of Joseph B. Strau.ss. who built the bridge, reads. Here at the Golden Gate Is the eternal rainbow that he conceived and set to form a promise indeed that the race of man shall endure unto the ages. FACINC; TOP The Oakland Bay Bridge. FACINC, BOTTOM The San Francisco skyline at night. LEFT A .statue of .John B. Strauss, the de- signer of the Golden Gate Bridge. HELOW Just one of the millions of tourists visiting San Francisco. LOWER LEFT Construction continues on a new stream-lined way of transportation, the Bart system. San Francisco is America ' s Western Gateway. Along with Rio de Janeiro and Hong Kong, San Francisco is one of the world ' s perfect harbors. Ships from all over the world pass under the famed Golden Gate Bridge. The products of the West flow into San Francisco for shipment to the rest of the world. Wheat, fruit, wine, precious medals and a thousand other products flow into San Francisco for distribution via ships. San Francisco is a city built on hills. Telegraph and Rus- sian hills are just a few of the world famous names as- sociated with the city. From Golden Gate Park to Chinatown and from Nob Hill to Fisherman ' s Wharf, San Francisco offers sights, sounds and smells that engulf the visitor in its rich her- itage and future. San Francisco offers diversity of entertainment, from topless bars to opera. San Francisco is a city of contrast, offering a nostalgic ;i view of part of America ' s past and a vision of her future. AHDVK A sailboat glides past the famed prison island of Alcatra . Alcatraz Ls currently a state park. HEI.OW A cable car stops to lei off passengers. The table cars of San Francisco are a world famous attraction. ABOVE The Palace of Fine Arts in San Fran- cisco. UPPER RIGHT Coit Tower. BELOW San Francisco is a city of hills. SIMPOIJL IT UAN ■ S yj. . fJ f 24 July 1967 Many people have heard the song I Left My Heart In San Francisco. but the men jf Coral Sea actually know what its like to leave their hearts there. In a ceremony held in the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda on July 24. 1967. the City extended her hospitality to Coral Sea and formally a- dopted this ship as San Francisco ' s Own The high p«int of the ceremony was reached when Captain Shawcross ac- cepted a bronze plaque inscribed. The City of San Fran- cisco on July 24. 1967 adopts the I ' SS Coral Sea as San Francisco ' s Own Ship. Mayor Shelley also presented the Coral Sea with a set of San Francisco ceremonial silver. 1 rf ' X ' ' ' ' CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ON JULY 24.1967 ADOPTS THE USS CORAL StA At SAN FRANCISCO ' S OWN SHIP The Golden Fleet As part of the adoption, Coral Sea was inducted into the famed San Francisco (lolden Fleet. The ceremony took place on Coral Sea ' s flifjht deck with officers and men of the crew participating. Coral Sea ' s induction became official when Vice Commodore Donald Watson of the (lolden F leet presented the fleet ' s pennant to Captain Shawcross. ■ ■ 1 9i H IS ' ' ■- ' ■• J) H 1 1 ■ l 1 ■bW T mmh B X i HB - 2 01 - ■ ioi jCi MARCH 9 1973 A Long Farewell . . . From San Francisco Bay . . On the ninth of March, a melange of emotions descended on Alameda. Regret was there, and Pride, in his Dress Blues. HefKjnsibility showed up wearing two faces. Sweet Sorrow wept a giMjdbye kiss to Adventure, and Novelty could have sold popcorn to Innocence. On the pier wives and lovers and children clung to dress blue jumpers bid- ding farewell to their men. Emotion was cast in sadness as loved ones watched the ship slip away towards long seperation. As they have done for thousands of years, sailors bid goodby to tearful families and climb a gang- plank into the long months. Thus the Cora! Sea began her first peace time cruise in 10 years. FACING TOP A final kiss by a Coral Seaman before a long separation. FACING BOTTOM A Navy band serenades the crew as they man the rail. LEFT A lieutenant hugs his wife for a last farewell. ABOVE The last line is cast away as the ship gets underway. 24 kiS T _ r l - ■•• T -  7 a ' .!Wf 1- ' 1 1 mI H. t ' 1 mmm ji -■- «• ' ••r k m Stay, sweet, and do not rise! The light that shines comes from thine eyes; The day breaks not; it is my heart. Because you and I must part. ' Daybreak ' John Donne COMMAND AT SEA A Biography Captain Paul A. Peck, Commanding Captain Paul A. Peck, a native of Birminjjham, Michi- gan, has been in the Navy for 29 years. In this time he has served in numerous assignments at sea and ashore, including a tour with the Naval Air Training Command at Pensacola, Florida and the Naval Air Systems Com- mand. Captain Peck was assigned to the commissioning crew of the USS KITTY HAWK as the Air Operations Officer. From 1963 to 1965 he served as the Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 94. Then came a tour of duty at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, D.C. Captain Peck assumed command of Attack Carrier Air Wing NINE in July 1967, participating in the Vietna- mese conflict from the USS ENTERPRISE. In 1968 he joined the staff of the Commander Naval Air Forces, Pacific Fleet at San Diego, California. In November 1971, Captain Peck was ordered to the USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) as Commanding Officer. On November 2, 1972 he relieved Captain William H. Harris as Commanding Officer of the USS CORAL SEA. Among his medals are a Bronze Star and two Distinguished Flying Crosses. Captain Peck holds a B.S. from Northwestern Universi- ty and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Uni- versity of San Diego. Captain Peck is married to the for- mer Betty Mae Aeunert, and they have three daughters. FACINd Captain F eck (in the bridge. He is responsible for the safely, well being and morale of his command as well as for its mission. LEFT Captain Peck cuts a cake. ABOVE Captain Peck in the TV .Studio answers ques- tions phoned in by the crew. BELOW Captain Peck leaves on one of the many calls he must make in port . CDRJohnWasson Executive Officer Commander John E. Wasson, native of San Francisco, joined the Navy in 1950. In December 1952 he was com- missioned as an ensign and was designated a naval aviator. As a pilot. Commander Wasson has accumulated over 4,500 hours in various types of carrier aircraft, including most types of jet aircraft currently used by the Nav ' . He has served in several squadrons in various capacities. Dur- ing one of his infrequent tours ashore, he served as a flight instructor. Commander Wasson served in Vietnam with VA-94 as her Commanding Officer. He w£is assigned as Assistant Navigator to the USS SHANGRI LA while the ship was in the Mediterranean. In April 1971 Commander Wasson reported aboard CORAL SEA as Operations Of- ficer and was fleeted up to Executive Officer in August 1972. Commander Wasson has a B.A. in Business Admin- istration from the University of Maryland. Among his many decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal and Navy Com- mendations Medal. Commander Wasson is married to the former Emily Jean Schoenberger of Jacksonville, Florida. They have three daughters: Sydney, Karen, and Louis. AH() ' H ( oinnmnder Was-son at work in his of ( ipral Sea. hv is responsible for the crew ' s Wasson and (Oniinandfr Wheeler inspect a bj ' cabin. As svcund-incummand morale. BEHIW Commander rlhint; area • .  .- - ' 7fr- • .•: X • PvM 2 . CDR John Wheeler Executive Officer Commander John R. Wheeler, a native of Nampa, Idaho, entered the Navy in 1953. He received an appointment to Officers Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. He served as a communications officer with Command- er Western Sea Frontier for 2 years and then entered flight training. During his career. Commander Wheeler has served in various capacities with patrol and carrier anti-submarine warfare squadrons and air groups. He has accumulated over 3500 pilot hours and 200 carrier landings mostly in ASW type aircraft. In 1959-60 he served as Flag Lieutenant with Task Force Seventy Two. From 1962 through 1965 Commander Wheeler served as the Assistant Naval Attache in Singapore. He has at- tended Naval Intelligence School, Naval Language School (Chinese) and the Naval War College. In July 1970 Commander Wheeler assumed command of Fleet Tactical Support Squadron Thirty. Commander Wheel- er reported to the CORAL SEA in May 1972 as the ship ' s Navigation Officer. In June 1973 he was fleeted up to Executive Officer. Commander Wheeler has a B.S. de- gree in Pharmacy from Idaho State College. He also holds a Masters degree in Foreign Affairs from George Washington University. Among his medals are the Meri- torious Service Medal and Air Medal. Commander Whe- eler is married to the former Irene Diane Mahin and they have two sons and one daughter. LEFT Commander Whei-ler and his wife relax at the Base Motel in Subic Naval Station. TOI ' CUK Wheeler discusses his nightly inspection with his orderly. AHOVE CDR Wheeler takes reports from the department heads at flight deck prade in Subic. Commander George A. Aitcheson Commander, CVW-15 - Commander George A. Aitcheson entered the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet and completed flight training in 1953. He was assigned to VF-192 and then spent a tour with the Fleet All-Weather Training I ' nit, Pacific. In 1958, Commander Aitcheson reported to the L ' .S. Naval Test Pilot School. Patuxent River. Maryland as a stu- dent. Following graduation he was assigned to Weapons System Test as a test pilot. In 1965 he returned to the school as an instructor. Commander Aitcheson reported to VF 124 in 1961 for training in the F8 Crusader prior to reporting to VF-141. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served aboard the USS INTREPID as aircraft hand- ling officer and made two deployments to Southeast Asia. In 1969 he reported to ' F-191 as Executive Officer, as- suming command of the Squadron in May 1970. Com- mander Aitcheson assumed command of Attack Carrier Air Wing P IFTPLEN in February 1973. He has attended b(jth the Naval War College and the Army War College. Commander Aitcheson has over 5500 hours of flight, 700 carrier landing and 1.50 combat missions. Commander Aitcheson has a Master ' s Degree in International Re- lations from George Washington University. His deco- rations include a Bronze Star and 7 Air Medals. He is married to the former Claudia Pringle of Oakland. (Cali- fornia; they have two sons and one daughter. ' tcl («v,. !t 32 Rear Admiral William McClendon Commander, CTF-77 Rear Admiral William R. McClendon, a native of Ma- bank, Texas, enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1941. In June 1942 he was appointed an Ensign and designated Naval Aviator. During World War 11 he participated in the invasion of North Africa, the Marianas and Caroline Islands campaign, and in the invasion of the Philippines From the end of the war until 1954 he served in various shore and sea billets related to Naval Aviation. In 1951 he took command of Fighter Squadron 173, the Navy ' s first FJ-3 Fury Squadron to deploy with the Fleet, em barked in the USS INTREPID. Next he spent a tour in Naval Intelligence followed by school at the Naval War College. In 1963 he assumed command of the USS FIRK DRAKE (AE-14) and in 1964 he became commander of the USS BON HOMME RICHARD. In 1966 he became Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Carrier Division ONE. In 1969 he assumed command of Carrier Division NINE. After a tour as Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air), RADM McClendon became Com- mander Attack Carrier Striking Force SEVENTH Fleet Commander Carrier Division FIVE. His medals include the Legion of Merit with three Gold Stars, Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon. He i s married to the former Anna Louise Johnston and they have four children. LEFT Rear Admiral McClendon arrives aboard in an A-6. ABOVE RADM McClendon greets Vice Admiral Steel. CARRIER OPERATIONS A Synopsis Administration X Division Admin., CO Office Legal X Division works for the Executive Officer and Ls concerned with the organization, welfare, morale, education, and en- tertainment of the crew. The Administrative Assistant re- ports directly to the XO in matters relating to these duties. The Administrative Office also types the Plan of the Day. The Legal Office handles command and discipline work as well as legal assistance to the crew. The { ' aptain ' s Office is responsible for a multitude of administrative functions. UPPER LEFT YNSN Lovelace and LCDR Jones, the Admin AMi l«nt. (o over a note for the POD. AHOVE SA Warren works on a letter BELOW KNS Applf. the A.ssistant UruI Officer, checks a will LEFT YNC Bakef types up a ship ' s iastruction. Personnel MAA ABOVE PNSN Foss, PN3 McKinnon and PN3 Kinney work at the serv- ice counter in Personnel. UPPER RIGHT RM2 Bowers deposits a man ' s money for safe keeping. BELOW BMC Rose and SKI Wallace discuss a report. The Personnel Office is responsible for the safety and maintenance of enlisted service records. They handle everything from leave requests to retirement. The Mas- ter-at-Arms force is the ship ' s police force whose duties range from handing out haircut chits to monitoring the paylines. The MAA Office is responsible for restricted mens muster and provides a safe where men can keep money. . Post Office Mail Call two words that electrify the crew and change the m(K)d of the whole ship. Of all the services offered by the ship the Post Office is perhaps the most important to the morale of the ship. The letters from home help to break the monotony of the day. The Post Office also provides money orders, registered mail and sales of stamps. LEFT PC2 Farrales checks the days sale of stamps while PCI SKambel- luri answers a question by phone. ABOVE SN Connally excepts a package for mailing BELOW SN Johnson, SN Stanton. PC2 Farrales. and SN Pedrora sort the day ' s load of incoming mail. Chaplain ' s Office The ship has a Protestant and a Catholic Chaplain on board to provide spiritual and religious guidance for her personnel. The Chaplain ' s provide full religious services for men of all faiths. The Chaplains also handle emergency messages, maintaining liaison with the American Red Cross and Navy Relief Society. They also provide personal counselling. The Chaplains manage the ship ' s library of 3,500 volumes. While in foreign ports they arrange tours for the crew. UPPER LEFT Chaplain Tipton gives a sermon at Sunday services. UP- PER RIGHT Chaplain Linzey shakes hands with an officer at the end of services. CENTER LEFT Father Maloney celebrates mass. ABOVE SN Sierra catalogues a book in the ship ' s library. LEFT Father Casey holds communion. Safety, 3-M, EDT, Peoples Program, Special Service Safety is the guardian of the ship. It seeks to prevent in- jury of personnel and loss of valuable gear. The 3-M Of- fice is responsible for the 3-M system which provides a standard menas to schedule, accomplish and record main- tenance on equipment. The Educational Service Office Ls responsible for advancement exams, correspondence cours- es, and individual programs such as, ADCOF and NESEP. The Peoples Programs consists of the Command Career Counselors, the Minority Affairs Advisor and the Drug Education Specialist. The Special Services Office handles the Hobby Shop and other recreational facilities available aboard the ship. AHOVh: S. .SliiiiKin ii.Idh | iiiil I.. llif llol.liy Shop ' s  t Kk fl ' t ' KH HiailT HMC I ' hmmy chi kH u ciitwulk for HiifHy Hldlll AOl Hirinmi! ham and SN KinK iiun fl u mun on hui vi ' t Tan ' ii hfiii-filR 40 LOWER LEFT YN3 Landry types up aschool request. LOWER RIGHT ENS McAlpin, YN3 Wheeler, LCDR Alden, MMl Sevigny and SN Eb- ner review and discuss a 2-Kilo. RIGHT SN Olsen and AT2 Peale check a catalogue for possible stock for the Hobby Shop. Print Shop The basic job of ihe Print Shop is to provide the ship with all types of printed material not provided through the sup ply system. On a day to day basts the shop provides such items as the Plan of the Day, newspaper and Air Plan ABOVE SN While cleans a roller on a printing press. RIGHT LIl Eck prepares a job for photo-offset printing. BELUW CW02 Draelle and L12 Wakefield discuss a printing request. PAO The Public Affairs Office is charged with the task of putting out the ship ' s newspaper, running the ship ' s entertain- ment radio and television station, and writing the ship ' s familygrams. The television station presents a daily half hour news show as well as movies and TV shows. The radio station provides 24 hours of listening pleasure. Operations OA Division X LEFT AG2 Clay and AMN Abshire prepare to launch a weather bal- loon. ABOVR AMN Johnson checks the teletype for information on weather conditions throughout the Pacific. HEl.OW AMN Ferhetich monitors the satellite receiver for the weather inffrmatmn OE Division The Operations Aerology Division, OA, collects, ana- lyzes and disseminates meteorological information. OA Division utilizes weather balloons, teletype, satellites and other sophisticated electronic gear to keep track of the elements. OE Division is responsible for the mainte- nance and upkeep of the ship ' s electronic equipment. They work on such equipment as communications gear, radar and television equipment. LEFT D.Sl Barne.-, li.stens to the ship ' .s radio station as he works. UP- PER LEFT PTl Little checks the manual to repair a piece of equip- ment. UPPER RKIHT SN Contrares reads a printout from a electronic marsel. .4HOVi, ' RMC LaCave tests communication gear. OP-1 Division OP-l Division is responsible for processing film shot by VFP-63. They collect and develop reconnaissance film taken by aircraft from VFF-63. As socjn as they develop the film. OPl turns it over to the Air InteiliRente Office. Personnel from Air Intelligence edit and analyse the film. Air Intelligence is also resp jnsible for briefing and de- briefing pilots. OS Division is the ship ' s Naval Security Group, and no one knows, or is supposed to know, what they do, or are supposed to do. ■BBiiilG r , ■ ' w % 1 f ■  Si wr ' -•■ Jjk AhOVh: I.I.K; l.iiinixri Kivis II li-.iiiri- on Air liili-lliuiii. i im.hii f- .. ir a cliBi- (ircuit IV  vHlc-in Iffh:!! I.F.hT KNS Kirkpiiinc k l.l)r.i-t ( UK Markli-y ll ' I ' KK HKiU ' l ITAN ChnU-wu. l.CDK N..II. ITI Horri.s iiixl YNl Nell HiuilyNr iin uir rfcoiinni).Hiiiin- |iuluri- KKIHT ITl (Irydc-r iind l r AI)lH lt c-valuiiti- iiKr ii| (j| | h it iKru|ilu OS-Division Top Secret OC-Division OC Division runs the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCCi and Air Operations. CATCC co-ordinates all launches and recoveries. It provides precise and deli- cate control of departing and approaching aircraft. CA- TCC is responsible for supplying the correct information in the event of an aircraft emergency. CATCC operates the Automatic Carrier Landing System. : :?? LEFT AA Austin. AA Covington. ACAN Kissinger, and AA Williams ketp up the status b.)ard in CATCC. ABOVE AN Johnson and CDR Aurion go over the days Air Plan BELOW AT2 Bortoff. AC l.ariMichell. and ACC Kni) ht wcirk at the automatic landin): con.sole ® e- ' ' - ' A OI-Division 01 Division runs the ship ' s Combat Information Center. The job of CIC is to collect, process, display, evaluate and disseminate tactical information to command and control stations. To carry out this task a complex array of radar, computers and other sophisticated electronic gear is used. With these the operations specialists of CIC keep track of all ships and aircraft within radar range of the ship. ABOVE AND BELOW 0S.3 Householder and 0S2 Radke track an uni- dentified ship while LT.JG Okerson, ENS Stone, OSSN Elek and 0S3 Liddle plot the unidentified vessel ' s course. LOWER LEFT SN Torres and SA Simpson operate two radar scopes as 0S2 Ott looks on. BOT- TOM A radar console. OVE flLEAF A look at the heart of CIC. iiij. TKlR ' r 09 7204 MIM0MM7.11OSM Mnc- nnr D}ss.7 - :vi II II t«iii •till • •-II ••■Ml •H i ' - ' ..,. 2kiia3, II fi ■■■■CI era )AL: awTiw . X •••11, ••(Ml •••••• •••••I •••••I Engineering A-Division The Engineering Department provides the power that not only moves the 63, (XK) tons of Coral Sea at speeds in excess of ;J0 knots, but also operates the innumerable pieces of equipment needed to make the ship a floating city. Engineering must also maintain the equipment — elevators, air conditioners, diesels. electrical systems, gyros and turbogenerators, to name a few. The Engi- neering Department is divided into five divisions. Aux- iliaries, or A Division, maintains the air conditioning and steam heat system as well as the ship ' s diesels, air compressors, machine shop and Nitrogen and Oxygen plants. S2 FACH G UPPER LEFT FN Jtedmon, KN Aldriflge and FA Alms (HELOW) work on a waler tank. FACr.NC, IPPER RIGHT FA Dultra tests a water valve. FAClNi! LOWEIt LEFT FN Graves checks an electrical Imx. FACIM; lower right fa Rov-ster doses a steam valve. ABOVE MM:3 Blanchard slowly releases steam pressure. B-Division . . nil N Dill. in mini !- « viilvr ai lirr«ti-«l (r.nu ll al■r .wr tlu K.rtiiid |.ow.n l plic.iu-N rof H r:i Miivir i ll k thr |Miril ••( ihr «lrr 4 t ' U ; KN Laiiiiirw iinil KN Mnlmir wnrk cm « turliinc M(7.V(. ' ( ' ' t ' EH LEh ' T WW Tnvlor tnkfit hrrnk ndrr roininc up (r im ihc boiler room FACIS ' C riTt: H HICUV BTJ S ulh li|!hl ..rf « bi.ilrr B Division is responsible for maintaining and operating the 12 boilers which drive the steam turbines and the catapults. Working in spaces where the temperature reaches 130 degree, the men of B Division deserve special recognition for long hours under trying conditions. B Division also work the evaporators that change sea water into fresh water for use throughout the ship. E-Division BELOW EM2 Emborsky operates switchboard  2 FACINC UPPER LEFT LT Herda and KM 2 Neihaus watch switchboard « 2 FACISC UPPER RHIHT IC3 Harland works on a piece of electrical equipment FACL (; CES ' TER FN Diaz and FN Harper replace a light bulb. FACL a LOWER RICHT FN Beck checks a batter, to see ifit needs more fluid FACING LOWER LEFT FN Folt and FN Root repair a generator. E Division handles the upkeep of the ship ' s electrical equipment. This includes ever thing from air condi- tioners to movie projectors. The power shop works on such things as rewinding electric motors, maintaining the ship ' s ventilation system and maintaining all elec- trical equipment that requires 440 volts, such as air conditioners. E Division is also responsible for all in- terior communications — telephones, MC, and sound- powered phones. Upjjer deck lighting works on the ship ' s lighting system. The Movie Booth is responsible for handling the ship ' s movies and movie projectors. Finally, E Division works on the ship ' s gyrocompass system. M-Division M Division is in charge of the four engine nwrns aboard the ship. Main Control, 3 Engine R M m, directs and controls the ship ' s propulsion operations. M Division coordinates the running of the ship ' s boilers and engines. It also operates the ship ' s service generators, condenser motors and performs repairs on all types of mechanical gear. ' - ' - FACING TOP FA Stevenson stands in one of the ship ' s shaft alleys, which is about as far down as one can go on the ship. FACING BOTTOM FN Pope mans the throttles watch in 1 Engine Room. ABOVE FN Lange works on one of the many steam pipes throughout the ship. RIGHT FN Alston opens a main steam stop. TOP FN Stroth, BTC Martin and LT Bowman stand watch in Main Control. ] BELOW HTFN I cx:;hart and HTFN Haiuan w.rt on a broken watM- pipe. CESTEH FN Douartr and FA Bu tamcute  ld a pipe LOWER RICHT FN Hoagland duplaya ship '  plaque LOWER LEFT HTl U Ham wurlu on a report R-Division R Division, Repair, can and dov fix almtKt anything on the ship. Welded, riveted, glued, nailed, whatever the problem, R Division probably has the gear and the people able to fix it. R Division is responsible for Damage Control aboard the ship. This job is more preventive then corrective. Fire hoses, water mains. Oxygen Breath ing Appratus (OBA), light-water stations and all the other madrid equipment necessary to combat a major fire or disaster aboard the ship has to be kept in working condition. Damage Contoi also includes insuring the water-tight integrity of the ship is maintained. Supply S-1 Division S-l Division is responsible for obtaining the thousands and thousands of parts, pencils, parcels, and pieces of equipment necessary to keep the ship in operation. A veritable jungle of stock and accountability numbers. S-l maintains computerized catalogues of all available gear either on Ixjard or on order. The store-keepers of S-l requisition, stow, issue, and account for that portion of the 60,()(X) items in catalogue which the ship ' s company requires to keep Coral Sea run- ning. K TOI ' LEFT SKSN BonoLst reports a damaRed part in the electronics storercH.m to Mr. Clarke (TOf RIGHT), the SI Division Officer AHOVK SA Hanay issues forms from ( .SK I LEFT SKC Hooper: No. no. Six gross of pencils, not pretzels ' BOTTOM LEFT SK2 McNeal and SKI Powell (BELOW) search (hrough ihe myriad (torace bins S-6 Division S-6 Division is responsible for material requisition, stowage, issue, and accountability for the supplies nec- essary to keep the Air Wing in the air. A combat jet aircraft requires some 80 man-hours of servicing for every hour it spends aloft. All the parts involved in this servicing, from rip-cords to entire jet engines, are sup- plied by S-6. S-6 also acts as an intermediary between the squadrons and AIMD. Squadron repair jobs are accounted through S-6 before being farmed out to AIMD. ABOVE AK2 Paschall work.s on S-6 message traffic in the Supply Office BELOW LEFT AN Rakes in FliRht Clothing Issue. The various colored jerseys indicate the wearers flight deck responsibilities. BELOW AN Blankenship prepares to ship supplies to another carrier. BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT AN Bryson, AA Milburn, AK.i Caampued: shipping, receiving, MSP. S-2, S-2M Divisions ABOVE SN Foiworth fills a machine with kool aide, known as bug juice. ( ' I ' f ' ER RIGHT AN Snoke slices tomatoes for the day ' s salads LOWEH RICHT Chow time. BELOW SN Hickman fries meat for tht eveninK meal S-2 and S-2M work around-the-clock feeding the 3,400 enlisted men aboard the ship. The men of S-2 are the ship ' s cooks and are responsible for preparing the food for the crew. They also are responsible for the supervision of the men of S-2M. The men of S-2M are temporarily assigned as mess cooks for a period of 90 days. Every division and squadron aboard the ship provide men for mess cooking. The mess- man may work in the bake shop, butcher shop, spud locker, galley, cargo, trash or the scullery. When the main mess decks are closed, the Doggie Diner is open to feed the crew. Another service provided by S-2 and S-2M are division parties in which the division eats as a group; the food served is usually steak and lobster. S-4 Division Two divisions popular with the crew are S-3 and S-4, Disbursing. S-3 Divison, the ship ' s Servicemen, pro- vides a wide variety of personal services to the crew. The division manages the Retail Stores, Laundry, Tailor Shop, Cobbler Shop, Barber Shop, Special Order Office and Small Stores. S-4 Division is in charge of paying the crew, from seaman to Captain. Every two weeks the Disbursing Office distributes more then one million dollars to the more than 3,800 men aboard the Coral Sea. FACING UPPER LEFT SN Estenson stocks one of the ship ' s stores. FACING UPPER RIGHT SH2 Watts sews a seam on a uniform. FACING CENTER LEFT SN Wisely is the ship ' s cobbler. F IC NG CENTER SN McCreay takes change for the cash register from LTJG Taber. FACING CENTER RIGHT SN Ridge- ard prepares to iron a shirt. FACING LOWER LEFT SA Clark cuts AN Epps hair. FACING LOWER RIGHT SA Martin weighs a laundry bag. TOP DKSN Sutherland likes to have a touch of nature on his desk. FAR RIGHT DKC Landangan works on a pay record. RIGHT DKl Nodora makes an entry in a ledger. LOW ER RIGHT ENS Hedman closes one of Dis bursing ' s manv safes. BELOW MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! H T M£ Ifetal p wi pl w Hi m, HI B ? S-5 Division S-5 Division is responsible for the care and feeding of ihi- ship ' s embarked officers. The men of S-5 run the ward rooms and statercxjms as would an efficient hotel and restaurant complex. They prepare and serve meals with the competence of a fine restaurant. They also manage the staterooms as expertly as a hotel would. The men of S-5 must be ready on a moments notice to berth and feed guests invited aboard the ship. 1.1.1-1 .SUj li.il,i.. .SlJl . laniuil and Sl):i Kiwru wrk m a mt-nu Un ihr wardriHim. Tdl ' SL)S. Gundson serves ice lea in the wardr«im. AHOVK SD:i Cuzman renn ves a tray of rolls from the oven BKLOW Supper in the wardroom S-7 Division One of the most difficult jobs in Supply Department is keeping track of all stores aboard the ship. The men and computers of S-7 Division handle this task with ease. The computers save hundreds of man hours of work in keeping track of all the different supplies aboard. S-7 also provides computer services for other departments. For example, they provided Personnel Office with a current personnel roster. 1st Division Deck Department is the domain of the Boatswain ' s Mate, traditionally the oldest rate in the Navy. First Division maintains the area of the ship known as the forecastle, which houses the anchor winches and anchor chains. The men of 1st Division handle the anchors and the forward hawsers when the ship pulls in or out of port. 70 2nd Division Second Division is responsible for maintaining the interior of the ship. The men of 2nd Division are con- tinually chipping paint, repainting and cleaning the passageways and storage areas. 3rd Division Third Division is responsible for the upkeep of the fan tail and the after portion of the ship. The men of 3rd Division maintain the rigging and appara tus for mooring the after part of the ship. The division also is responsible for the towing line in the event the ship came to the res- cue of another disabled vessel. Fourth Division has one of the most difficult and dirty jobs on the ship, side cleaning. The men of 4th Division continually clean, scrape and paint the sides of the ship to keep the Coral Sea looking its best. Theirs is a job that is never com- pleted. H-Division The Medical Department treats a great assortment of aches, pains, agues, fevers, paroxysms and malaise daily. Facilities include a full X-ray equipment, lah- oratories, a pharmacy, a 29 bed ward and complete facilities for general surgery. Sickcall is held daily at specific hours, with emergencies taken any time. The Medical Department also provides medical services for accompanying destroyers which are beyond the more limited scojje of such ships. Tor HMl l.aliKiu- chi ' iks thr riKht ear ol a patiriK in ihf ward AHOVE I)r l.tc qiii-stions a patienl on his pitsl medical hi li r .WT ' HM2 (Kwuici draws bl.KKl for laboratory analysui. HEI.OW SA Meyens prrporm meduat ion for future use. T.-y D-Division The Dental Department, throughout a large part of the cruise, has had a backlog of patients waiting for dental care. The four dentists and 10 staff members worked at all hours to take care of the large number of patients. Each dentist took care of 8 to 10 patients a day while at sea. The Dental Department may not be one of the best liked offices on the ship but it is one of the busiest. UPPER LEFT Dr. Lorshbough works on one of the many patients to visit Dental sickcall. UPPER RIGHT Dr. Richter fills a patient ' s tooth with the help of DT3 Sanford. ABOVE DN Knight prepares to take an X-ray of a patient ' s teeth. LEFT DTI Robbins relaxes after a hard day of work. Navigation N-Division The Navigation Department answers the questions where are wei and where are we g(nr g Using the loran. radar and satellite tracking the Quartermasters continually plot the exact pf)sition of the ship, its course and the shortest way to get the ship from one place to another. RIGHT QM:! Marson answers a question about the ship ' s course and speed BELOW QM.1 1-ee and LCDR Evans discuss a possible correction to the ship ' s course. Weapons G-Division The Weapons Department is responsible for the storage, care, arming and operation of the ship ' s weapons and ord- nance. G Division is accountable for the stowage, assem- bling and transportation of all bombs and rockets aboard ship. G Division also is responsible for the ship ' s Armory which maintains and issues all small arms. LEFT AOAN Keck checks the nose of a 500 pound bomb. ABOVE AOAN Mclntrvre, AN Garver.AOAN Keck, SA Pipkin and AOAN Morgan check the condition of a mine. BELOW SA Pipkin. A03 Moffett. SA Rick and AOl Murphy test a bomb. 5th Fox Divisions Fifth Division mans the ship ' s three 5 54 caliber gun mounts, related gear and their magazines. The men of 5th Division also handle the two saluting guns. Fox Division maintains the highly complicated firecontol radar and computers which control the pointing, aiming and firing of the ship ' s guns. The equipment is designed to deal with targets as elusive as a Mach 2 aircraft. FACING UPPER LEFT fiie contol ladar. FACING UPPER RIGHT SA Coleman, SN Greer and GMG2 Knight handle practice 5 shells. FACING BOTTOM FTG3 Farac and FTG2 Turner man a 5 gun direc- tor. BELOW SA Ortiz loads a 5 shell. LOWER RIGHT SA Montero and SN Greer work in a 5 mount. RIGHT SN Flores on lookout. GM-Division (IM l)ivi.si( n is responsible for the handlin);. storage, and assembly of the aircraft guided missies. It also checks the electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems used in the missle systems as well as proper assembly on the aircraft. LEFT AOAN Scachowiak pu hes a toad erf missies onto an elevator. BELOW A03 Howard returns missies (o a magazine. W Division EOD W Division handles all the special weapons carried by the ship. The Explosive Ordnance Team (EOD) locate and identify conventional and nuclear explosives. They also are qualified divers and check the ship ' s screw and rudders. ABOVE GMT3 Bare checks a bomb hoist. UPPER LEFT LTJG Boyd checks a missle on the flight deck. LEFT GMT2 Beauiieu oils a weap- ons hoist. Marine Detachment 7th Division Security of the ship is provided by the ship ' s detachmeni of marines (MARI)KTl. MARDKT Ls responsible for securi ty in certain restricted areas, orderlies for the Captain and the Executive Officer, operation of the brig, maintenance of MAKDKT small arms and manning of the ship ' s gun bat teries. The marines also handle many official and formal ceremonies, such as color guard. 62 Communications CS Division Communication Department was responsible for insuring fast and accurate communication between the ship and other ships and shore commands. CS Division was re- sponsible for communications between the CORAL SEA and other ships. From the Signal Bridge, the men of CS Di- vision utilized colored signal flags, flashing lights and semaphore to maintain a link with the ships that ac- compained the CORAL SEA. LEFT Sending a message by using semaphore flags. ABOVE a man reads a me.ssage from another ship while the signalman prepares to re- ply. BELOW Sending a message by a flashing light. CR Division was responsible for manning Main Com munications Center. CryptoKraphic Center and other related spaces. In Main Communications information was received and transmitted through the use of radio- receiver and transmitters, teletypewriters, and radio tele- graph. CR Division also was responsible for the delivery and routing of all incoming messages. LEFT RMl Han.son and RMC Buse take a coffee break ABOVE RM2 Or- 1..W plays solitaire HEI.OW R.MM Zulin work-s on a teletype FACISC CESTFH .Krr RM.iDanner repairs a teletype FACISC TO ' R.M3 I ' l- lenbrach tunes a tran.smitter FACIS ' C RHiHT RMr! M Kir« work on ■ transceiver FACING LOWER LEFT RMSN Ardrion checki. a metugt tape. .••U?? Air Dept V-l Division The mission of an aircraft carrier is the launching and recover - of aircraft, and the Air Department is responsi- ble for seeing that thus mission Ls ceirried out. V-l Di vision has the job of positioning aircraft on the flight deck. V-l moves the airplanes into the catapults for launching. Flight Deck Control maintains control of all planes parked on the flight deck. V-l also is responsible for the Crash and Salvage Crew in case of a flight deck accident. ■! O. LEFT AA Carrero ties down an aircraft. ABOVE AA Bailey and AN DavLs put on protective a.sbcst is clolhint; for work with the Crash Crew. BELOW AN Murphy removes an airplanes wheel stops BOTTOM ROW Pnailion ing an aircraft in one of the ship ' s catapults BELOW AA Dickson takes a five minute smoke break. RKIHT ABH ' i Landrv and l.CDR Mcrriman keep traik of aircraft on a mock-up at FliKht Deck Control. BOTTOM ABHAN moves an A-7 on the fliKht deck with a tow truck. V-2 Division Engines started and tie-downs removed, the aircraft is guided to the catapult by a yellow-shirted plane direc- tor. The aircraft ' s weight is checked, double, and triple- checked. The hold-back, a small dumbell-shaped piece of metal, is attached to the rear of the aircraft. The pilot raises his hands to his helmet, indicating that he is not touching any of the controls, and the ordnance crew pulls the safety pins from bomb and missile racks. Then the plane is moved onto the catapult. The hold-back is at- tached to the deck: the nose tow is attached - F-4 ' s and A-3 ' s have their bridle attached and nose jacked up. The launch officer signals for full power, exchanges sa- lutes with the pilot, and. with a dramatic flourish, sig- nals for the launch. The launch PO, in the catwalk, safe ty checks foreward and aft and hits the launch button. The hold-back rips apart under the steam pressure, and the plane accelerates to 160 knots in as many feet. LOWER LEFT A.N ' Ackerly operates, a catapult control panel AHOVE AfiEM Novay holds hLs hand.s in the air to show he is not tuuchinf; the launch button. BELOW Catapult officer signals for launch. FACISO TOP Preparing an A-7 for launch. 89 V-2 Division is responsible for the operation of the ship ' s three catapults and the arresting gear. V-2 Ls also responsi- ble for the jet blast deflectors, visual landing aids and the PLAT closed circuit television system. Landing an aircraft on a carrier is something like making a controlled crash. The aircraft, directed by the landing signal safety officer (LSOl. must catch one of four arresting cables in order to land. If it misses the four cables the pilot applies full throt- tle and flies around for another try. SO FACING TOP V-2 men on watch. FACING BOTTOM A whale, hook down, comes in for a landing. ABOVE PLAT closed television system. UPPER RIGHT Unpacking new arresting cable. RIGHT Miss San Francisco returns home. BELOW Freeing arresting cable from hook. p 1 % . ' K .N.f al ' ' _- .. - ' t ' ' ' V-3 Division V-3 Division is responsible for the movement of aircraft to and from the hangar deck. ' -3 also operates the three elevators that carry aircraft to the flight deck. Hangar Deck Control directs the movement of aircraft out of thi hangar bay onto the flight deck in preparation for launching, as well as the movement on the hangar deck itself. I.ht i AKH Lawrence drives a tractor for moving aircraft AHOVK Men from V.:t man fire fitthtinj; equipment during a Cli. LOWER HIHHT ABHl Trythall and ABHC fonover supervise the movement of aircraft on the hangar deck. LOWER LEFT V-2 personnel listen to a safety lecture 92 ABOVE AA Jones handles a two-nozzle piece of fire fighting equip ment. RIGHT AN Patten ties down an aircraft. BELOW ABHii Law rence moves a F-4 off an elevator. V-4 Division The purple shirts of V-4 Division are responsible for the re- ceipt, storage, and issue of all aviation fuels and oil. The jets burn .JP-5 jet fuel and the propeller-driven planes use AVdAS. The men of V-4 o|)erate the machiner - and pumps involved in the transfer of fuels from the replenishment ship and to the airplanes themselves. ABOVE AA Vanzandl and AN Hubert work on a fuel service pump RK ' iHT ABFC Holman checks with Chief Adams im an aircrafts Una tiun HEUIW AN C x)k mans refueling station  22. FACING TOP AA Carandanz refuels an Phantom F 4 jet. FACING LOWER RIGHT AN Hernandez struggles with a refueling hose. FACING LOWER LEFI Wrapping up a refueling hose after fueling up the aircraft. ITi : Air Displays A squadron of jet fighters and bombers flash across the sky. They dive, some of them, firing flares, then ascend and spiral upward at speeds eclipsing the sound bfirrier. Others swinjp down the streak toward the target. MLssiles and rockets find their mark. A thirsty fighter gulps fuel from a large tanker flying 300 miles per hour. A rescue helicopter floats into where the shoot-out has been just moments before, hovers briefly, and recovers his man. Thus does Coral Sea and Carrier Air Wing FIFTEEN dis- play the capabilities of an aircraft carrier to guests of the ship. A-7E Corsair II VA-22 and VA-94 The Vought A-7 is a single seat light attack aircraft. It is capable of speeds of over 600 miles per hour and has a range of over 2.8(X) miles. The A-7K version in use aboard Cora! Sea is a light attack bomber powered by an Allison TF41-A -2 turbofan engine. Two squadrons fly the A-7E from Coral Sea: VA-2J and VA-94. VA-22 was commissioned in 1948 as VF-6.1. Nick- named the Fighting Redc(Kks, this squadron partici- pated in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and has flown the F-8F Bearcat, the F4U Corsair, the F9F Pan- ther, the F9F-6 8 Cougar, the F.I-4B Fur . and the A-4B CfV Skyhawk before receiving the A-7K Corsair II ' s. The squadron is commanded by CDR G.A. Scof- field. VA-94 was redesignated Attack Squadron 94 in 1958. Nicknamed the Mighty Shrikes. the squadron has flown the FJ-4B Fury and the A4B C E Skyhawk before receiving the A-7K Corsair II ' s. The squadron is com- manded bv CDR T.W. Revnolds. FACING BOTTOM A-7E Corsair n. FACING LEFT Launching an A-7 from VA-94. FACING TOP A pilot and his plane captain confer. ABOVE Loading an ammo belt. RIGHT Five A-7 ' s from VA94 fly- ing in formation. CENTER RIGHT A pilot checks his aircraft ' s wheel. LOWER RIGHT Three A-7 ' s from VA-22 fly over the Philippines. LOWER LEFT VA-94 ' sreadvroom. BELOW Working on a tail hook from an A-7. F-4B Phantom II VF-51and VF-lll ass CORAL scfi iita The McDonnell Douglas Y- Phantom It ls a two seal, twin engine, long range, all-weather attack fighter. It is capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2 and has a range of over two thousand miles. .Aboard the Coral Sea the F-4B version, with .)-79-( -8 jet engines, is in use. VA-nl. nicknamed the Screaming Eagles. was com- missioned in 19-iM and has participated in the Pacific Theater in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. V ' F 51 has flown a wide variety of aircraft rang- ing from the F ' BF Hellcat to the F-4 Phantom. The com- mander of the squadron is CDR D.R. Brooks. VFlll was commLssioned in 1942 and fought in World War II. the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict. Nick- named the ' .Sundowners. ' the squadron has also flown a wide variety of aircraft. The squadron is commanded by CDRW.E. Marklev. ' yAVY FACING BOTTOM Night launch (if an F-4. FAC- ING LEFT Hook down. FACING TOP Resting af- ter a hard day. TOP F 4B. FAH RIGHT An F-4 drops his hook to land. RIGHT A pilot boards his aircraft. ABOVE A man checks the 02 cannister of an F-4. CENTER LEFT Smile please. A-6 Intruder VA-95 The Grumman A-6 Intruder is a two seat, twin engine, all-weather, low level attack bomber. It is capable of speeds approachintJ Mach 1 and has a range of o%er 2..S00 miles. The A-6A, A-6B (with avionics modifications for an air-to-surface missle). and the KA-6D (tankerl are in use aboard Coral Sea by VA-95. VA-95 began its career in 1943 when it was commissioned Torpedo Squadron TWENTY. In 1945 the squadn n was renamed VA lOA. and in 194 it was again redesignated, this time to VA-95. The squadron, nicknamed the Green Lizards. has participated in World War II and the Korean and S ' ietnam conflicts. The squadron has flown the TBM Avenger, the F6F Hellcat. AU-1 Skyraid- er and the A-4 Skyhawk. The squadron is commanded by COR W.D Zirbei. ABOVE Intruder gets the go signal. UPPER RICHT A Whale refuels an A-6. BELOW Intruder passes over Coral Sea. 5?n . EKA-3B, E-1B RF-8G VAQ-130, VAW-111 BVFP-63 Coral Sea carried several small detachments of two or three aircraft each. These aircraft perform support oper- ations of a specialized nature which do not require an en- tire squadron. VFP-63 is the ship ' s photo-reconnaissance detachment. They fly the Vought RF-8G Crusader, an F-8 fighter bomber modified for high-altitude reconnaissance. The Officer in Charge is LT N.H. Reidelberger. VAQ-1.30 flys the EKA-HB, a three seat attack bomber modified as a combination Electronic Countermeasures tanker aircraft. The Officer in Charge is LCDR K.M. Vandervelde. VAW-111 flys the E-lB Early Warning System aircraft. It carries a large radar antenna in the huge radome mounted on top of the fusilage. The Officer in Charge is LCURN.K.Matheson. HEl.OW WalchiiiK a rudar so.pc in a K IB I.KkT Sroil itiK Kudd (K iHl AHOVt: A KM r mr in for a landini: FACI.SC rol ' Launch of an K H FM ' ISC, CKSTKH LEFT A pilot ' s view AV4(7.V(; CKSTFH Thrercrewmem bers of a KKA :tH whale FMISC, IKSTKH RICHT Checking out an K 8. FMIM: HOTTOM Thrw whalr fly in formation over San Francisco Bay mm si lili i l -c   ,- ,__ 1 ■ ■ 1 i aSi- 4 5 r ' ' 1 ■ p Hi i -■ 1 r J B J NAVr fl n Hf ' V- | 4?EEI H H F? m I K H 1 1 • li _ 1 SH-3G HC-l HC-1 flys the SH-3G Sea King helicopter. Its primar missions are plane guard and Search and Rescue (SAR). The Officer in Charge is LCDRJ.A. Jenkins. The hovering capability of helipcopters makes them i- deally suited for a variety of jobs aboard aircraft carriers. Transfer of personnel and cargo, and mail runs (both ship-to-ship and into Cubi Point) are popular functions of the helo. but their basic duty is plane guard during flight operations. The SAR duties are the most dramatic, if not common, of their functions. The helos are also used for vertical replenishment oper- ations and on Sundays, the Holy helo carries the chaplains around to the smaller ships steaming in com pany with Coral Sea to hold Divine Services. 106 C-IA COD The COD (Carrier On-Deck Delivery u. the only aircraft that belongs to the ship and not the attached Air Wing. The COD is flown by pilots attached to the ship. The COD. MLss San Framuico. carries out the important mission of flying the mail and guests out to the ship. The COD also brings out high priority supply items. Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance IM-l Division The Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) is responsible for the efficient and co-ordinated maintenance of embarked aircraft. AIMD is composed of both ship ' s company and squadron personnel. IM-l Di- vision acts as the administrative branch of AIMD. IM-l is charged with supervision and administration, production control, 3-M analysis, the Technical Publications library, and requisitions. UPPER LEFT AA Hummel utilizes a view finder to find some FSN numbers. ABOVE AZ. ' ! Rice and AZ.3 Day preform routine admin du- ties. BELOW AZ.3 Caizey and AFCM Grove screen messages. LOWER LEFT ASE:i Bradley and ASC Knox take an inventory of the GSE Shop. IM-2 Division IM-2 DivLsion is responsible for maintaining all aircraft and all aircraft support equipment. The division works with jet and reciprocating engines, as well as survival gear, airframe and hydraulic repair and maintenance, and the ship ' s yellow gear. IM-2 includes the Jet Engine Shop, the Survival Equipment Shop and the C-IA plane crew who maintain the COD and fly the plane as crew-members. LEFT AMH:t Shaffer weld;, a ii.w bar icgelher ABOVE AN Mabie checks an engine. HELOW AMS.t Knoblauch use« a turn punch. LOW- ER LEFT ADJ2 Smith adjusu an engine. ABOVE AMS3 Smith makes a high-pressure hose for an aircrnft- I ' l ' - PER LEFT PRAN Popo repairs a seat pan of an aircraft. UPPER RIGHT AMS2 Page examines an X-ray picture of a jet. RIGHT PR:f Ferrell and PRAN Strider repack a parachute. IM-3 Division IM-3 Division, the Avionics Division, is concerned with avionics and armament maintenance. It performs com- plex repair and calibration of the sophisticated elec- tronic sensing, navigation, auto flight control, commu- nications, and radar gear, in addition to repair and adjustment of testing and measuring devices. J- FACINd I ' Pf ' ER LEFT AQAN Burry and AQ:! Williams discuss the repair of a radar test set. FACINd UPPER RIGHT ATC Finn and AT:i Ciirtese work on avionics gear. FACIM! BOTTOM AQ2 Bullock. AK2 Gomez and AQl Thompson check out an electroic board. LOWER LEFT AT:! Trump works with a radar test bench. LEFT AQ2 Wilmott fixes a piece of avionics gear. ABOVE AE3 Teeter calibrates an ADC module. BELOW AT2 Carseu catches a quick forty winks. I Division I Division is charged with the task of indoctrin;itin ; new men reporting aboard for duty. I Division presents lec- tures to the new men on topics ranging from when chow Ls served to what to expect in a liberty port. I Division has representatives from various divisions, such as med- ical, legal and the MAA to give lectures on their jobs. Lighthouse The Coral Sea has many of the problems that a city of 4,000 people w ould have, including that of drug abuse. To combat this problem the Lighthouse, a drug care center, was established in 1971. The Lighthouse is the only drug care center afloat. The Lighthouse not only tackles the drug problem but the problems of alcohol- ism and smoking. ■ ' .i f ' v inf iS The Lighthouse has enabled more than seventy-five men to becomse drug free, and return back to the Navy com- munity. The Lighthouse works on freeing a man from drugs and making him able to preform in his job. No disciplinary action is taken against those who voluntar- ily try to free themselves of a drug problem. Once in the program the drug user is placed on a 30-day Rehab status. During this period, the individual daily attends a three hour session. The man also continues to do his job while being rehabilitated. The Lighthouse also provides a drug drop box where anyone with drugs on board can drop them. The motto of the Lighthouse is What You See or Hear While Here LEAVE IT HERE. The Lighthouse provides up-to-date information on drugs and drug abuse, alcoholism and smoking. Unreps The lifeline of a carrier while at sea is the underway replen- ishment operation. (rSKKPl. While conducting oiM-rations the ship needs to he replenished every week or so with fintd and ammo. The ships, carefully maneuver alongside each other, are joined hy a shot line, a light thin line which us fired across by a I ) ?!) cal. line gun. It is used to haul over the messenger line, which in turn is used to haul acrtiss the span line. Then hy means of winches, cargo can lie hauled across on a variety of rigs. Fuel lines are also strung hetsveen the ships to transfer distillate fuel, .IP . ' i and . ' WCAS. l.t:FT Fuel Is lakfn al)oard while underwav , I ' dl ' , ■ ■ the line to be shot across from a supply ship. ABOVE A boatswains male gives orders over a sound powered phones during an I ' N ' RH P. 2 U t FACISlI I ' OI ' ' I ' lmi- exposure iii| BOTTOM TrailmK riMBmlW signals wilh a flashlighl fi hauled awav HOVK The weathe seen duryfc a niuht UNRKI ' . Vertrep 2Q Off Duty Coral Seamen occasionally found time to relax and enjoy a stand-down day. The flight deck became a sun deck. Twice during the crui.se boxing and wrestling smokers were held. The Coral Sea Country and Western band, the Mustangs, entertained the crew at various time during the cruise. • FACINd TOP The Coral Sea basketball team played the four top basket- ball teams of the Philippines during the ship ' s second visit to Manila. FACINC BOTTOM Les Hugie, Bob Taylor. Jim Madewell. and Harry Hosier organized the Mustangs, a country western band, and on occasion played for the crew. BELOW Checking a race car on the flight deck. UP- PER RICHT A sailor skeet shoots during a stand-down day. CENTER RIGHT Chaplain Maloney joggs on the flight deck. BOTTOM Two boxers mix it up during one of the ship ' s smokers. I ' lTER .KATRADM McDonald procnli. Ihr Nax I ' nil Ciimm ndation til the ( ' i)fnl Sen Utr her i-omhal rectird i n her prevuiuk WKSTI ' AC cTui e HKl.OW KADM Creer t iur the fliichl derk durini: a vuil to the thip. HOTTOM Nine pniminrni men (ruin San Kranci ru were Kue t irf the Ciiptain duriiiK the Iran il fr • . . ii During the ship ' s transit from Subic to Manila in Septem- ber the Coral Sea was honored to have aboard 100 distin- guished Philippine government and military officials. Include in the guest were Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, Executive Secretary Alegandro Melchor and U.S. Ambassador William Sullivan. VADM Steele, RADM McClendon and RADM Shelton acted as official hosts during the transit. Air Wing 15 staged an air and firepower demonstration during the transit . LEFT Guest watch the air and firepower show from the island during the transit to Manila. ABOVE Defense Secretary Enrile tours the flight deck during his visit. BEIJ)W Sideboys salute I ' .S. Ambassador William Sullivan as he boards the Coral Sea in Subic. The Party During the cruise the sailors of the Coral Sea were adop- ted as Sons and Brothers of the Philippine barrio of New Kalalake. In celebration Coral Seamen and the people of the barrio held a two-day street party. The ship provided food and beverages for the party while the barrio people decorated the city block and prepared the f(xxi. I.ocal bands entertained the crowd. It was an all hands affair-Philippine-American style. PORTS OF CALL An Adventure sO • o Hawaii X.h ' .V ' T A Hnwitiinn | rf( irm « 1 ' iilynci.niM firr (liiiuc y.MlM! II ' I ' EH I.Hh ' T A kt..u|i 111 lliiuiiiiiiiiA in nulivr lirrw y. ( ' l. l! t ' I ' I ' hH KICHi r i liimcn rnlrrlniii l. iri l« hACISC HOITl ' M ( 111.1.011  irr u. iM ' rtIrd l « k lu. ihr Iwn men i| rii llir pit ( i rrnioVF n Rtmnmi pii: l. r n Itinii 130 How beautiful these islands were! How shot through with Harmony and peace! How the mind lingers on their pristine grandeur that nothing so far devised could per- manently destroy. If paradise consists solely of beauty, then these islands were the fairest that man ever in- vaded, for the land and the sea are beautiful, and the climate congenial. Thus James A. Michener aptly de- scribes the Hawaiian Islands in his famous novel HA- WAII. The Hawaiian Islands are a paradise of blazing blue skies, white sandy beaches and beautiful tropical vegetation. Hawaii is in the tropical latitudes, but trade winds keep the Islands cool most of the year. Over one million tourists a year come to the Islands to enjoy a taste of paradise. Wf vS. ' i-,- - ' The Hawaiian Islands are a delightful mixture of Poly- nesian, Oriental, and American cultures. Each culture — Japanese, Chinese, Filipino. Korean, Polynesian and A- merican — adds its own flavor to the overall charm of Hawaii. Buddhist temples and skyscrapers exist side by side. One of the chief attractions of Hawaii is the variety of interesting foods produced by the mixing; of cultures. Ethnic festivals and cultural centers provide the visitor with intriguing glimpses of far-off times and places. Philippine Islands Subic Bay -Si LHh ' T A iiir«l nii rnrt limiini with Kilipino ■rlwiirk UrniU (or ()lon|in|Mi MC .N ' J. Tint Ciiriil Sriiiiirii K|irn(l nti nltrrnixm rrlnxini: over n K ' B ' ' «■ Himrliinn V«Ur GiilfCiniritr : -• ■f . • . RKIHT The ruins of this old Spanish fori in Subir are a vivid reminder of Spanish influence in the Philippines BOTTOM The base clubs provide f(M d. drink and entertainment for re laxint! sailors. HKLOW A sailor carries aboard stereo gear pur chased from the base exchange at modest r  il ' ♦ ( f ' 1  . C .. V v 136 f ' % Subic Cubi L ' ' I ' EH LEFT A Drck Urpartmenl (caman applm gray paint to ihr ihip Mdr HKl.OW A 5 gun mount a tern at niicht HOTTitS4 Seamiin Bvers of ihr Public A((air Office givr Kilipino  choul chil- dren a (our of thr xhip FACIS ' C TOP The bake gorart track includes amonc ilk  x lurnn a loni: (rai|;ht away, esM and a tricky rifht- hand hair pin FACIM! (FSTFN I. EFT Letting go with a 3U Kuace FACIS ' C LOWER KU.HT Sailon. (rs iut their e )uc trian tkilU f C INC, LOWER LEFT A future Robin H.««l practicn ha art. FACING CENTER RICHT Let  bowl The ship spent the majority of its inport periods in Subic and Cubi. The bases went out of their way to provide the visitor with recreational facilities. Deep-sea fishing and sailing, skeet and trap shtxjting. archery, golf, bowling, miniature golf, horseback riding, swimming and skin div- ing are all available. (Irande Island, just a short ride across the bay offers the low-key enjoyment of a tropical isle. The bases also allowed the ship ' s crew to use their baseball field.s to hold tournaments. IM 4 i; r Grande W ABOVE Coral Seamen relax with i li.i.-t ball ffame on (irande. TOI ' A beach on Grande Island. CENTER KldHT A sailor cooks himself some lunch at (irande. KldHT A skin diver searches fur sea shells on the ocean Irattom. FACINCl One for you. three for me. ' ' ' b f ? UPPER LEFT Two Filipino boys display their toy guns for the photog- rapher. HEl.OW A fishmonger offers her best price. LOWER LEFT Fresh fruil is abundant in the Philippines. I.Kh ' T A musician entertains patrons at one nf OlonfcapoV finer restau- rants. Papagayo. AHDVE Street vendiir sells barlxvued pork. hrr( and chicken, known affectionately as monkey meat. l.OWKK RKIHT A local youth displays his pet monkey. IJIWKH I.KFT A lO ' oup of Chicant relax III a party in Olongupo -7 i V AH i ' E A view of Magsaysav Avenue in Olcmgapn and its many night clubs and bars. LOWER RIGHT The Olongapn jail is one of the places that Coral Seamen do not want to visit. LOWER LEFT Two of the unfor- gettable bar hostesses of Olongapo enjoy the cool night air. The Philippine Islands, like most tropical isles, are ex- quisitely beautiful. A trip to Baguio, the summer capitol in northern Luzon, gives one a look at mountains of im- possible volcanic shapes, lush forests, narrow winding roads between villages, waterfalls, and streams. Baguio is the center of the Philippine wood carving industry and a favorite liberty spot for Coral Seamen. Pagsanjan Falls Another area visited by men from the ship was Pagsan- jan Falls. To get to the falls, one may hire a Banca boat with crew and paddle up the river through teeming jun- gles, past small villages and into 40() foot gorges. The ride back involves shtK)ting the rapids, quite an inter- esting proposition during the monsoon setison ' s torren- tial rains, at which time the falls become a massive cascade. The Philippines ' culture has been shaped by both the East and the West. Malayan, Chinese. Spanish and American life styles have influenced the formation of the Filipino nation and people. The Philippines is the only country in Asia which is dominately Christian. The Filipino is an Asian in Western garb. The Filipino society blends both the East and the West into a new culture. vfc . l ' ' [ -4 ?-i? ' . Xr The Filipino is extremely regionalistic. and it is difficult for the Filipino to think in terms of national boundaries. In part this Ls due to the fact that the Philippines is a na tion of islands. The Filipino considers himself a Ilokano. Tagalog, Bikolano, Visayan or Moro depending on where he is from. However, the people are developing a more na- tionalistic feeling. ' iiii i ' e-4: v IBOVE Boys Town of Olongapo provides a home for orphan children. CENTER Three Coral Seamen carry a wooden beam while working with fellow shipmates at Boys Town. LOWER LEFT An amateur gui- tarist entertains his fellow orphans at Boys Town. LOWER RldHT A small waif at Boys Town holds his pet parrot for the photographer. During the inport periods in Subic many Coral Seamen spent their off duty hours in helping others. Volunteers from the ship helped in the maintenance of Boys Town in Olongapo, which is run by the Columban Mission- aries. Other crew members assembled desks for the Di- nalupihan Institute, a poor school in Bataan Province. The children of this school are too p oor to afford desks and were using makeshift boxes with boards to sit on. Manila k; ■ii tt Mii ' i ' 1 UPPER LEFT The cultural center in Manila IPPER RIGHT A Riant globe located in Kizal Park HEl.OW A new skywrraper under con struction in Manila LOWER LEFT A plaque on one o( the many mat ues in Kizal I ' ark. f ' .UV.Vf. ' II ' PER RKIHT One «l Manilas skyscrap ers as seen fr .m Kizal I ' ark. FACISi: (ESTER RKIHT A young Kil ipina holds her brother in one of the many small shops that o(fer Phil- ippine handicrafts FAVINC LOWER RICHT A fountain in Rizml PaikFACL C LOWER .KfT An old man poses for a picture. I . ■•114, i IF ' ' 9 IS S ■Si ' ft m -- Manila, founded in 1571, grew up siround the INTRA- MUROS, or walled city of an older town known as MAY- NILA. Manila is the largest city in the Philippines with a population of 1,500,000. The Coral Sea was lucky enough to visit this beautiful city twice during the cruise. Sight- seeing opportunities include the Manila American Cem- etery, Rizal Park,, the Walled City, and Nyang Filipino, a park where different styles of native architecture are displayed. The city offers a fine selection of hotels, res- taurants and entertaining night life. 155 ■ItflOIA LEFT During the Spanish rule many fine churches were buill The influence of Spanish rule can he seen in the architecture of the Church, ' ri ' HK HICHTThe ceiling of the church ftA .MHThe Manila Amer- • u Ci ' nu-tiry and Metnorial Ls the burial sight of many Ameriraia y. ' t died in the Philippines during World War II It ls a symbol of the fnindship between the I ' nited Slates and the I ' hilippines. l.OWHH LEFT The interior of one of the old Spanush churches. FACISll A memorial monument at the Manila American { ' emeter isa FACING UPPER LEFT A farmer checks his rice field. FACING UPPER RIGHT A young Filipino climbs a palm tree for a coconut. FACING BOT- TOM A bamboo house. BELOW T e interior of a Filipino home. LOWER RIGHT A Filipino boy and his carabao. LOWER LEFT A Filipino family poses for the camera. Sasebo, Japan 160 Sasebo. a city on the southern Japanese island of Kyus- hu, is a key port and ship-building center. During the ship ' s stay in Sasebo, the crew had the opportunity to sample the exotic flavor of -lapan and its people. Some Coral Seamen took tours to interesting areas on Kyushu, including Nagasaki, where the second atomic bomb was dropped. Others tried out the local cuisine and at- tempted to use Oriental chopsticks. Many Coral Seamen bought cameras, stereo equipment and other products for which Japan is famous. LEFT .lapanese handicrafl.s fiw sale. 7 ' A local vegetablf stand. AHOVE A pirthura of cUnks. HEI.OW The Japanese kitnonu LOWEH LEFT A sailor attempt to eat with chopsticks. 163 t MM . - « T 4 -U it .. ' 75 «.  .L 4 :  u . ) t «.. ♦it- Mt ■• !«• ' ,  ' • ' . •■ )i4. 1 «tAi« li 671 ♦.0 8 0 r f c EPI CENIEF OF ATOMIC BOMB THIS ' ' • AI ' ■ I« STOV ON- MAS ' AS A ' K THIS AK« IS NW  na K -  • CULTl :i H c. CIV m- 3l.000 f ' t AfCigifMT 2 KOUBE! T£31«0- cofLfTi. ' sun . .  ASUITIES: RIUBI IHJiG) TOTH ' •«FOF PBPlf HM« i.iTft- ' l(jQFTtCSO-U ' NAGASAKI CITY rT, ii - 1 ?J tf '  .,., - £il; SigSfes2g 5H : tJlJ3 gJ v : - ' - Jisi.. -? 3S2r- THE PEACE STATUE T)€ PEOPLE OF NAGASAAI BUILT THIS STATUE TO SYTKLIZE AM) APPEAL EVERUSTING WORLD PEACE IN MJGUST 0FI«5.Tf€ TENTH AWIVERSARY OF Tf£ ATOMIC BONHNG VMCH CAUSED THE PECfLE Of MGASAKI TO EW=ERIENCE THE UN-f? ELIEWBLE TRAGEDY AM) LOSE GREAT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE. THIS TEN- ETEfi-HIGH BRONZE STATUE WAS COMPLETED BY AUTHORITATIVE SCULPTOR MR.SEIBO KITAMURA THROUGH BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CONTRIBUTION. THE RIGHT HAND PONTING TO THE SKY TELLS THE UTOflC BOM ' S TfftEAT.THE LEFT ONE STRETCHING OUT HORIZCNTNXY SHOWS TR)WQUIL PEACE. ITS SOLID BUILD BODY IS THE DiGNin OF GOO. ine gemtle face is the SYMBX Of DI-VI NE LOVE. THE FAST CLOSED EYES PRAY FOR Tl REPOSE OF THE WAR VICTIMS ' SOULS. WHILE THE FaDED RIGHT LEG SHOWS rtDITATlON OR QUIESCENCE AND BEND LEFT ONE WHOWS HELP OR MOVEMENT. THIS IS T € UNPARALLELED MAJESTC WORK OF ART IN THE WORLD IN ITS SCALE AND Ca C£PTION. NAGASAKI CITY Aft b i f54:--t- ' « 4 SiidKi ' liri --la«.+ fl- 4 ' : L t L t J ' 30i n 955+) 8)i- 1 « Jf-ti; a K Jtia n tflt r 10 n filU Ar JL .« fi L : + ! •) AAtTU. .-Mwj ' .4T ia ' =-.t - oiK i + - - ' , •■: ««f.- . i ' .m FOUNTAIN 0 PEACE AIG ' .SI 9 . 194 . MANY Mi BIM ALL OVB BY 1 MDHIC RMffiERINGTHISMIRUSIKSIRtAM) OFMVICIIHS OfFERHtHTHIS PRUITRSFOREmASIINGWRLDPEIKI IHE NUIIONAL COIICIL FOfi PtWJ MC AND NAGASAKI ClUf COfClJCe IHIS PtAdPffiKIIIHlCONMiniONS PWm FORM SOULS ALSOKIIH NUaEARUEAPdC l«INII{ ROIALLWERl m mm mm m lo prat for m ms of nt DEAD Alfi FOR WRLD PEACE. NAYOROFIUGASAKI IK FONIAIN IS 1 IN DIAff B . MN ftlSff AH) HAS imETED imiSI . I?69 . Il£ WIER SffilNB UP IN M f«MI OF FLYING HINGS . AS IF M DOVE OF PEACE AMI Tlf CP Alf IffilCH SMIZES Tit SHAPE OF M NIGASIKI HARBOUR IflE SUGGESIED. I ' lU ' A JopnnpHf roupir spend thpir lunrh hour enjtn ' inii lh« quiel of nii lurr O. ' .VV ' KW I.HhT A mirror for pmonT.hv to uw AHOVK A iiampir u( .lii| iini- c nnhllnliiri ' iiin h- nwii in thiK htninr . ' .Inp«tir c rhililren on llHir wnv lo h.hiK.I f.4(7.V(. ' tl ' I ' hH T A .li«p«np r pi«|{.«l« FAC- IS ! I ri ' HH KICIir I ' wo i.hip li«l up in Snwix. hACIM! CA ' -VrK f A tvpi.iil .lH|i;inp r homp in ihr riHinlr M(7.V . ' lUHTOM The city al SuivImiuI nii;ht. Hong Kong I hhT A ChinMf junk uiib inio Hong Ki n« Hnrlmr FACIS ' d Thin rhttrminn Krnllptnan innkro (hr lirllrr iux i ( hu li mg hy |M in( liir ploXiicrnphrrs 166 - •% ' 1i • JL v ii - _i ....a ' .- v-: LEFT Letting go the starboard anchor. TOP Cora Sea rides at anchor in Hong Kong. ABOVE The (HID KNS Steele talk.s on the shore phone. RIGHT i Stamen board liberty boat. BELOW Rent .1 , boat. i ' - - --t f ABOVE Coral Sea wives wait for their husbands at Fenwick pier. RIGHT Captain ' s gig speeds toward shore. LOWER RIGHT A Coral Seaman greets his wife. BOTTOM RIGHT Captain Peck kisses his wife on Fenwick pier. BELOW happy reunion. j ' ir;, ks?i.v „„««M The City The city of Hong Kong is a blend of East and West A British Crown Colony. Hong Kong has a Chinese popuia tion. The contrast between Kast and West is evident everywhere: the new commercial buildings beside old temples, the car passing a rick-shaw and a mini-skirted girl next to a woman in traditional dress. wr M rmfnimM nil 5S-5S2 -;:: V .. ' T ABOVE Cars speed along one of Hong Kong ' s busy streets. LOWER RIGHT A Chinese boy waits as his father buys him a toy. LOWER LEFT One of the double-deck buses that abound in Hong Kong. k s.S ' Wam- BMMIUiliHiiBM - — iii,,,, - J J 1, ■ f b- - f ' • ' TS-- c fc- • ' - - ' n iiiiliijiiiin!!!! V ' w wilf Hong Kong includes Victoria, Kowloon and the New Territories. Victoria, located on the North Side of Hong Kong Island is the capital and center of commerce. On the mainland, opposite Victoria is the ceded territory of Kowloon. Kowloon means Nine Dragons, a reference to its eight hills; it seems that a young emperor was asked by his advisor to count the dragons which lived beneath the hills, and on counting eight, was told that since the emperor himself counted as a dragon, there were really Kow Loon. I 1 1 n 9 m 3 is i n. ■ il f •! Ik I jBLF fi vw r • 1 1 t LS «aH 3. «t, ,♦ 1 i A As a result of the efforts of the ship ' s Public Affairs Of- fice, some two hundred wives of men on board flew to Hong Kong to be reunited with their husbands and in- cidentally get in a good deal of shopping. Hong Kong is a duty-free port and offers some of the best shopping in the Orient. Bargains in clothes, ivory, jade, silk and camera gear are available. All manner of duty-free pack- ages were made up in town and hauled back to the ship. The China Fleet Sailor ' s Club provided many reliable shops in one area as well as knowledgeable pricings for those who sought bargains in the rest of the colony. im IH O Wi hI m Di Jr ' miiitj. ; MgB North of Kowloon, stretching to the Chinese border Ls the New Territories. The New Territories and some 2:1 ' ) outlying islands were ceded to the British for 99 year in 1898. Almost all of the cultivation carried out in Hon Kong Ls in the New Territories, where all flat, low-lying land is used. The New Territories is also the center of Hong KongV industry. Here one finds many resettle- ment projects to accommodate the l.SOO.UOO refugees from Red China. Ninety-eight percent of the population is Chinese. tf- ' ' ■ ' ■- i -M . Hong Kong Harbor Hoii}; Koiif: ' .III .iii I- r.irii 1--1 n iiMii Km (If .Ihiuthi. Ls one if thi ' worlds prrU ' i ' t harlxirs. iiiid is I hi- husu ' st in Asia. FreiKhtcrs. naval shifts, fishing junks, sampans, walla wallas, ft-rrit ' s and hydrofoils weave pallcriis on the water (iailv Hong Kong at Sunset A Portrait by Reese Freeman T H e P E IM « IM S iu L « « l.EhT. HKLOW AND FACISC TOP N«on   r  ik™ lower right a wide  «lrclion vl rtfrnihmenl m duplavwl CESTER LEFT Htrt anyone ' .OWKK LEhT Hatli FACISC LOWER I.EI-T A pntlrrn U tr n)!«r lijchu FACISC lJl hH Hli.lir |)«n. i.ik: m adL- ..lh«jur L THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SHIP A Gallery LEFT BMC Phinney checkx a nafMy linp. AROVK Chaplain Malnnry rnn- ductK Catholic Services in the I.ihrar ' Chapel. HKI.nW l NS !■ ' ■■• itivw a man his service record to review as I ' NC Nace loi ks on. h ' ACISC YN3 1 - cas and LT Myers discuss a legal point . Alden. .I.H. .. ,. . Ijimpman. W. Slevnslra. ( A. Lin .ov. S.K. Maloney. W. I ierrelholz. H. ' JIV -TL I ■ f ' Hnleslriere, A. , Oazellr. K W l)rrrrherf -. I). ll«i|P lrlt.M. ill AlHiAkik 13 ii  A. MMJl m Executive Staff . , Lacoste. R.A. Moore, R. Steele, R.J. Binns, E.H. Cassidy. H.D, Dotson, L. Kane. L.W. Laughridge, J. Kontny, M. Williams, L Hudson, D.C. Kinne, J.  ) 1 Byquist, R. Fobs, E. 1 lyi 1 1 Personnel Nace, N. r!) i Loe.G. Lucas, J. j Myers, J.C. -a Apple, J.L. Fields, R. Rosner, D.C. Olsen, R. Strubing, D. Radlauer. E.Tim, J. S 3f m f MM MUiy a M I Ul -•-■ -  ic« . ABOVE LJ:i Butler adjusts a printing press. RICHT IX DR Jones, the Administrative Assistant, takes a break in the TV Studio prior to a Cap- tain ' s Call. HEI.OW SN Stanton and KM I MiKniKhl check the stock in the Hobby Shop. FACINC, 7 0 ' JO:l Olsen lays out the ship ' s newspaper. FACINC HDTTOM CW02 Dranc has a talk with X-Division men. ivr • ' [MKicrro. I) Diirhiim, l)..l Umdr . N. Wofford. W. Adylett. K.B. BurKhardl. I). Butler. M. J r Jli Mfibi H ikiyM Birmingham. R. Walters. J. L. 1 1 Isaacs. H. ■ Smith. W.K. J Hj Lorshbough. H. M Estrada. ( ' . 1 1 i Qfl Sabourin. (:.l{. 1 m Lighthouse McKnight. R. Olson. G. McBride. R..I. Palmer. R. Longfellow, R. Rose. R.R. Wallace. L. Bowers. E. Enriquez. R.R. Gray. JR. Lamb. V. . M. Manuel. R. m jt Miitaa -a. ADM Bixby.H.CUR. Mm H ■ Mitchell. F. H Benson. N. McNamara. T. CDR. T.C.Steele f: Operations Department. OA Fancher, B. D. Abshire. R. Arbise.J.M. Beachler. M. BlomquiKt, I. Hmc ' k..). Clay. MR. Kerketich, M. L FraM-one, ( ' . K. Hi-nKiT. A. ( ' . Johmton, •!. Pertle, W, Vandevi-lder. W.F. Bddleman. H. Wall. 1). McCarlhy. M. , ., OC Ng.K. AucoinJ.B.CDR. Rabin.-. V Cumminii. J. KniKhi.R. Amle . T. AiMlin. ( ' . H FAClNd An anemometer is used to judce the velority of the wind. LEFT Weathermen ponder over a weather chart. HELOW Wali-hing the radar scopes in CIC. ?.- ?• « : ' ' l- v ' V- ' . ■X? f Bottorff, F. Colev, ( ' . F. Dehart.C. Dore. D.J. English. J. Glennan, H. Henshaw. R. Hunter. S. Jackson, R. W. Johnson, J. Kissinger. P Kosciak, S. La Rochelle. ' 1 ' . McHenrv. .. Messina, D. Richardsf)n. L Roff. B. Shepherd. T. Sherry, R. Slorch, K. f . m n m m c m ( m .N- % £ A KtoU Ml lliM4kiyi4iiy i . FACING LEFT Is he really checking the voltage on hi: aquarium? BELOW Electronic repair is a constant jol on the Coral Sea. ■ _«r- V: Loftus. R. Lyng. D. Williams, L. Pfingston. D. Strapple, D. Voder, J. West, R. Whalen. T.G Al ttlkl ikkM iktM kmi kkmM. f Burek. F. Ingham, D. Burtcin. D. Ingram. D. M .a. .1 -Q = Doniihue. M.R. Fulton. P. HallNtrom, G. Hat lev. J. Householder. D.H. Barboza, J. Boardman, B. Ward. A.R. Adams. M. Westray. R. McCarthy. D. Kaiser. J. H. Stone. T. Damme. R. Dillon. T. Doherty. Cdr. Kegyeii. G. Kohlhorst. W. Kurel. R. Kwiat. E. Liddle. D. Mizaon. R. Mar«e. I). Uieonuwaki. J. 1 i ) Oil. J HhillipK. J.  Tr. 1 :w; AHOVK lnf rmuli.m ii. ri-lnvid from the liridKf durinn n drill. l- ' ACINt! AHnVK CIV kveiw liusv traikiiiK oth«-r vii m ' U. h ' AflSl! l.dWHH HIHHT pilot mrviw a lir ««r- ing. FACINti UtWKH i.f.f 7 ' C ' K ' rhvck a ahipx |M iii m. 1 .. . .« n r) m o . j f m Smith, W.L. Southworth. P. Thompson, 0. Torres, R. Gryder, K. Faulkner, M. Laguitan, D. Maroney, D. Meli, A. Nelson, R. Schlueter, R. Cholewa, K. . i f i g£ is £ maiL i fi Snyder. K. ' H Skalski. P. 1 % 1 n iH J V 1 H CarriK. T.K. I)alu. T, Diaz. A. Klli.rtt. E.C. ' -i Kpps. K.W. ( iMirge. P. Krampfert.J. MillH.J.S. Norlmri!, S. OlivtT. S.L. I ' lmliicn. I). Slu ' lKin. J.M .SteKiniin. J. ViifllniT. I). Y Graham. R. Johiw. K. i UnKford. K. Sillinip.. K. -O, MftillMJ £ f . ft D ( 1 LCDRD.T. Graxx Communications Department ABOVE A radio man checks the day ' s traffii Bartholomay, G Coward, J. Desy. M. Hellermann. K. Huntoon, .1. Lewis. L. Lenington, C. Martin. S. Miller. R. Morton. D. Buse. D.J. Carroll. D. r © m AiidMiifi f 1 ■ li pft • ' -• (p n f Jl Ccirrell. D.I). Davidge. D. IHirliin. .1. Morse. W K. Andenuin, T. Arevald..). AiiweKiin. W. AveriK. W.S. Baker. T. Blnndin.J.M. Borders. M. Bowman, J. I). Buckley. N. Cap.!. S. (•.ile%..l Cutler. H..I Detienne. I A. IVwRherty. D.D. rVK 8MHA Hininn KenriK a rnittuHKe with a IJKht iteinaphore. h ' ACISd P SA Hwhop keeiw watch Uh other itiKnalN. hMINC liOlTOM KMSN ■ eTcopii-Klrafrii ' Forbus, D. Hanf, C. Lee, J. Liburdi, M. Lovell. R. Lvkken.J. Ramsey. T. Rhodes. M. Riggle. M. Stambaugh, R. Stratlon, K. Ullenbruch, W. Werle, J.R. IBII - , r a o p Martin. R. Proesel, C. Downs, W.D. Knight, M.J. Alonzo, J. Cruz. C Leith, D. Murray, D. Kopp, M. Kreitel. D.K. Robbins, W. Sanchez, S. Sanford, W. Shoffner, R. Sturkie, C. Dental Department ABOVE DTP2 Cruz prepares a bridge for a crew member ' BiinclN. P. ' ' Bnreir, H C. Paexe. W Hnrr A|MldH(-N. •]. Hb • n sii : f 1 t f-t ' o P fc H P ' f K M bi vL hBI m E H nT ' iS y 1 H a iX Andemon. L. Anhbiirn, L. J J AuMnnp, ( ' Biirkor. S.I) Bcnedirkt. O.K. Hr«iin,i. W H. AHDVK BTI Barliiw and BTKN Krrnrh rhrrk prcmur« gauiic in room. FACINC, BT: Dunlea check forrteam leaka in a btNler. Brewer, M . BiicHit.C. ButU.J.D. Charles. C.L. rhinR. A. ChriHten. R. DiiURlak. K. KUion. I) FillinKame. K Fuitii.l. - o r i r, o ,- n r t Kearny. K Kelley. R. Kirby, I).R. Knutsen, D.d. Keswii Killpack, C. r Villalpando, A. Ware.M. Roberts, .1. South, R.P. Petterson, B. Rich, N. Norris, R.D. Oseto, V. Nelson, J. Nelson, T. L. B i LaM Leett Hayef.W.J. Hiller,.). r Lewis, H. [ Littrell, E. Logan, R. Longchamps, A. Lynch. C.P. _ Malone, D. ■ ■P- Marin, S.T. • ' - Mayer, G.E. 41 nio.A. Ki -..I.E. K;. Dekiwter, M.K. Rdie. K. iOn. D.O noftman, R. Hudson, G.K Jayme, F. Knudson. B. Koering, J. Ladenhurge Lepley. C. J llT! Hl« , 1 1 1 1 r, o «% H il Starwi, R. •■■ i - Stevens. M. kii Tolman. D.E. t% f k Tomlin, K. Vaiiklerpool, J. n kkkk Villanveva. C Williams. I ' . Winuert. J. Winiecki. R. li. P Wriuht. L. m H| HH B Wunderlich. 0.1 Smith. M. AinJi H B DiV-J( ' - Zi-elui..).L. Woffi.rd. C. Baerfl HH I H|H B r Ccnrhel.W Culeman. W. Anthony, D.A. Barnrlt.R. C(M«n.G.W. Durrett. B. Atwatcr. L.W. Hriniiin, M. Cum. R.J. 9 « r - c « fift - ri o r 4i% 4ft4 i l i Dowdle. R. Dykes, S.M. English, O. Fenske, D. Freer, R.A. Freeze, R. Ghent, T.R. Gipp, M.E. Haffner, L. Halverson, C. Hibbert, D. Holbrook, L. Hudson, D.A. Hulett, D. Hurd, B. Kiehn, S.L Mclntyre, L.M. McKinnon, B. Ladenburger, M. Lundeen, R.M. f ( . O .- r- O j  J O ( J f f , Q Bravo, D. Bustamante, Duarte. R. Edwards, A. Faust. K.L Frazier. R. HoaRland, W. JenniriL ' . T. )  O • A I ' l ' iiry. I ' M Kinil.l) TrtiilHilh. K Schuurmiin. •!. S.r..u-. W.K. , Sniilli. S.N. Stewurl, K. SUKldurl. T. Nfls..n. C. OReillv.M. ' ■ -4 : ' -. A-1 it. Mehrinxer. J. Miller. I).L. McClure. I). McKeniia, ' I ' . H K9 n 3 F vS9B k 1 r _] I K Bs. lohllMIII. 1). 1 - 1 Itirdiin. ( ' . . -:«s,i| H IE ' llHI HH Hl l ' IL Vj ' vll ■9hI H5 1 K -i ' - ' ' v ' I M P J i l ip M 1 i ► Z HS5c ' T ' ■ H ■m v h- m B if il H I r m 0 f s . ) , k mi jJHmI f Smart. L. Sullivan. J. Voparil. K.A. Wallace. J. J? H Wineinger. R. Alexander. J. f « wr a £ r .£ ♦j t) n n «i - , Jukkikk Mkt kk kt BicklinK.M. Boa. AW. Pronovoat, R. Barcus. L. Cabana. E. Casebeer. K. Datoon.W. Faurnier. L. Gallar io.T GleMaii.F. Purrencs, D. e m mnf f r nk is ' ii :y r-, o o McLauchlan, W. Mount, G. , , Reed, D. „ ,, Stone. W. Johnson. L.M. Meintel Okerstrom J. Reynolds K. T g jje Kielman.M. Messerole. S. Orgovan, J. Shilling, D. Uncangco. J. Valenzuela, F. Anderson. C. i • . «t ? FACINC I ' l ' I ' ER LEFT Keeping gear in shape. FACINd UPPER RldHT Getting ship shape FACINd LOWER RldHT More and more painting. FACINd LOWER LEFT SN Okerstrom and BM2 Bishop test gas hot- ties. A HOVE AND RldHT The seamen of Deck keep an eye on the line as LT-IG Sowa is high lined from a destroyer escort. H ' - i Bishop. J. Brown. DR. Gordon, R. Jennings. A. Jolly. S.C. Jones. G. Martinez. J. Miller, R. Padrigan. A. Perone. S.A. Puckett, D.M. 9kl ! t!r av- . Navigation Department Pcnton. C. PIUCM. K. Hanium. K. HyneK. T. Jnhiuuin, D. KovacK, T. ABOVE LEFT LCDK Kvanx rheckh the ship ' s pmition. itfiOVK Loralion and course i r Coral Sea are plotted by QMP Rupri|(ht . MatthewK. .1. Mikwold.J. U-e.J.A. MarHiin, S. Petenen. T. Rumethart. M. RupriRhl. V. S «lir. K • . . O O (« ' s BELOW IM3 Yearnd overhauls an electric typewriter. wmmmm m ■ 4 m 1 I r J - K ¥ d . 1 ' 4 .1 CDRG.N. Kachigian ITn Edwards, D. Hallgran, C. CDRJ.J. McGarvey Alcaz£ir, V. Supply « ' t N Department Parrish, C. Peau, F. Janney. L. Price, J. Johnson, J. H. Wilson, D. Hutson, R. McDonald, G. Yearnd, J.A. llano, B. McNeal. D. White, W.J. Lewis, J. Mackey, A Cummings, I Krause, M. Bautista, G. Branstrup, W liiii S!! Q O O o O n D o ite MAI ftii k f o liliriiL te m hk f } f UPl ' KR LEFT AKAC Adams and AKI Mendc. .a p supply requeue. UPI ' KR CKNTKK CS2 Dercisa and SN CummingH prepare a pie. VI ' I ' KR RICHT Pouring baiter. RIGHT CSSN KrauRe slices bread. ABOVE SN Frasco trims the hair of LCDR St. T.ermain. LEFT LT.iC, Stnkaa and AKCS relax with a smoke. Bouchard. T. Haddad, H. Halstead. K Hcckalhorn. I). Hudnk,.I.L Kinsfv. (5. Martinez..!. Mojica, H. Kiogard, S. Wiseiey. H.K. ► ii? n n r5 4 ♦ ' r P .jaj-jjait ' ; Iviar. K. AharqiiFt. T..I Rlundon, C. Cirn. W.I. 1 1 Q «M iV 34, ABOVE SA Woodall sets a shirt for a patron of the ships small stores a m Carretero, A.H. Castaneda.J.P. Alarcon, E. Bryson, J. Peterson, L.C Stokes, D. ri- Drasoon, R.D. Ferrer, A. Kearney, A. Nodora. D.R. Sutherland, D. Tennant, R.L. Barkley, E. Santiago, C. Luna, E. Manuel, D. Ladiero. F. List, L.W. Calix, P.I. Delostrinos, R.C Garcia, D.T. Goodson, D.W. GuUaba, M. Huffman. G. Kell, R. Bascara. P. Kusler, J. n a gl a 0 MmM m lii n n n ! ( m 0ti n m f-. iA n n r BELOW DP2 Banex thivads a computfr tape. FACINC VI ' I ' KR LEFT SDSN Uarria leU a table. FACISC UIWEK I.EhT AN Kako. mutt nichl tfv.FACINi; FAR HIUHT AN Daimunand AN Hvaunool chcrkacumpulcr printout far available Mippliaa. Chaney.J.M. Deguzman, B. HiKim, R. Huck. R. Humphries, J. Husemann, D. Kcomt. M. Lynch, J. March, F. Mendoza, A. Okeratrom, A. Rakex, C.J. Randall. K.R. RubinHun, L.T. SinKletim, R. Tt ' DDrio. D. Erickwm, S. Williamsun. R.A. BarneH K.L. Wilwin.J. . Aleman. H WoodH.R. Banez.J. ■ 1 .w ( 4 M Bickham.C. Edney. T. Hall. C. Harrisun.J. Javonek, D. LipM-tmb. K. Lillrell. R. M I n 1 i ■ w 9l W L B m m -O. y IM 1 LCDK Albert. V 4 P II kM Clark. A. Henderson Martinez, J. L. Anderson. J. . ' -: Carey. W. Durant. C. m r HouthcMifd, M. Hummel, (j. .lohnHon, L. Lopez. J. MeekH. C.K. Meyer. J. W. I ' lantr. A.R. Pruett. T. A KcycH, K. Kidcaux, L. AIMD CDRJ.H. Withsosky Pozzl. L. ThumpHon. J.L. Hradlr .J. Hrackler. 1) AnderMin. 11.1. o ftk Mh ' iMJIi iA Hi ik iiii FACING TOP ATI Ford checks his list against the computer list. FACING BOTTOM LCDR Albert keeps up on paperwork. ABOVE AMH3 Gordon checks equipment. RIGHT PRAN Popo inventories some equipment. Bright, R. Broman, R.G. Chovinard, R.A. Clark, J.R. Garlick, D. Gordon, W. Griffin, P. Haizlip, D. Hanover, R. Hans, D. Harvey. O. Henderson, P. Jackson, R. Knoblauch. D. Krebs, T. Legros, R. Lemley, C. Maxwell, R. 4F- e f e £ f ' r o p €| t f ♦% I w ASJ d£ rlh, Aj « k j - -i. .. JL A ' % :iMm. ' i kl . yiiiki .J S5 A o Bennick. L. Hamillon, D. Brooks. W.M. Hammer. N. Bullock. C. h Childress. D. h IXxlds. D. FunderburKh. T. Oarrard. K.E. Gomez. R.B. D «rn. D. Navarre, R. Verhage. L.K. n Timmerman. D. Tores. T. Robichaude. E. Simcox, R. F«t«, H. Rice. R.K. Hemphill, J. HouMe. W. Hutchinson Knoepfle, H.H. Mumford. B Overton. W. Lanen, A. Mottet, C.F. Perry, D. Schafer. S. Schradcr. 1. Sim. D. L L [ 1 HL iK 4 AhdVK AMSC IhompHon tnkw a breok from a busy day. FAVlNr, I ' I ' I ' KH I.KFT AQi Judah and AH ' J HvntKPx work on repairinK a piece o( downed equipment. FACINt! ri ' l ' KH RUillT AQ:i Kenni- ly ti«ti. a pica- of eltHtronic genr. h ' ACINl! HorroM AKI Teeter and AKi Motet •xaniim a repair niunuel. Thompson, Toribio, G. Snowdon, M. Swenson, R. Trump, D. Wilmott, J. ■ % • _ I r - 1 ♦ ' — _ : % f f i ♦•• Kflly. C. Kuss. ' R. KrinK. S. Sack, M McKillip. K. Morgan. ■!. Mischel.G. Opell. N. Pierce. D. i Kettke. R. ' Heeley. K. Jenninfpi. R.H. RaUlim. G. WalNon. A.D. Stokke. M. Stone, U. CDR L.M. Meier Anderstm. M. Andersun. W. Braphy.D. CDRM.W. Dixon Weapons Department Hargix, T. Harms. K. Bare. K. 1 p £ ( 1 Diiwning, T.P. M ie ch. R.K. m Weup. Admin. LyoHH. K. ti k f %ih ' J, Sf H . - ' -- J 1 ' v ' ■ 1 1 « iilliyr ' 4 inarirfcnnlriil J «-rn|Min ' K rlrvaliir. FAVINt! On w«uh Bryant, T.D. Cameron, R. uantu, A. Champi, J.W. Cordary, L. Corey, W.L. DoUinger, R. Harrison, W.V. .o ■ •; % .. L-jrl y Herrera, L. Houston, M. Hoyt, R. Johnson, H. Jones, R.D. Joseph, B. Keck, R. Lovisell, H. McMahon, A. Medina. V. Morris, L. Murphy. B.R. f ' i • • Iff If Wk •t 3n ■ • . r. i Ortiz, A.G. Oraeck.R. Pwei,J. Poirell. D. x iM Prather. R. Prince, B. iiJ Puenten. F. Quinn, D. 1UmMS.J. Simmons, L. Sim mom, T. m 1 ' A H Udinic. W. Anderson. A. Carbin.T. ; V LKFT SN Uiomi-r rt-plncw n 5  hell in Iih MnriiKr hinn j4««n : AOI Murphy chrrltii n miwlr. FM ' INU CMCi Smiw wairKp« iht ftttcl t4 ihr •hip ' 5 (unfirt. it. 3i«(,.JSv ' , m .W,«??.«| p ' A ■ ' ' ; ' ' t ' ' ¥ .v ' : ' Bernard, W.A Beckett, T. M, - Weinel. R. ■ 5lh Greer, J. Heincv. J. 4 Mil Mm fl HlL H Jfl HI Mj ., ,J « ■ BhGDP s m '  5! - :J Jri ' B 1 A LF.VT FT( ..« Slewarl tpsis a pii-cc nf p|e«lr..nic gear. AW ' V. rn .! ' Turner and rrca Farac man a Run ii nlr«l iiirrei. HKI.OW Men (r« m Mh Divwion pnpare to fire the Hhip ' H Hignal num. : m i :4 ' r- ■ ,0 jttik kllyL 9 m n f Ledesma, S. Legard, P. Melton, L. Reddie, J.W. Robinson, R. Cronin, T. Olson, R. Renfro, W. Weckerun, Bonner, R. Ortiz, G. Rhinehart, T. Wiggens, C. Farak, S. Peterson, F. G. Roberts, R. Wilson. T. Fuller, R.R. Gibson, T. McGill, C. Norton, R. KiB ii iii lii iii O Q Perdock, D. Richardson, G. Sporrer, P. Stewart, D. Suders. H. Wooton. D. to Mares. J.N. Cook .1 A MM ikM mm mar ' HiiftiiMii FACING TOP LEFT Two EOD men take a look at a bomb head. FACING UPPER LI Men work on a belt. FACING LEFT LTjg Oakes up-to-dates the FWD SASS board. TOP Cpl Morales inspects the M1911A1 45 Cal. pistol with the Supervisor of the Guard L Cpl Roznowski. ABOVE Sgt E.W. Hall gives instructions for operation of the 45 Cal. Air Dept CDR Dimon :wr r ff m lift; 4 W •W K 1 max L LEFT Men hoM off the niRht deck to el rid ofeiccm fuel. ARttVE Man ninfc the firetrack. FACINC HICHT Three men hook an airrrafl to the catapult. Davw. R. Helton.. I Tuck. A R. Ballard.. I Bracken, M. Campbell. K Crav. M. DaviH. R.S. Dixon. DA FlanderH. M Giirdon. R.I. (irayMin. .1. Headrick. D Jiirdan. D K Ijindrv. K MarDiMiald K o o =-a Cnisie, J. Droukas, T. -W% (i- Mance, W. Murphy. D. Ison, S. Peterson, G. Colton, W Corcoran. . Bush, T. P. Carter,.]. I Houck, W. Antonius. R. Ashwurth, R. Berryhill. R. Bokesch, Bingham, K. Tabique,R. W,M. Briksi.T. Watson, J. Blakeney,J. Holmes, T. Brulay, L. 1 f f f , r f ABOVE A man adjusts a valve in one of the catapult roiims h ' AClSi! I ' l ' PEK KU:HT The Cat controller signals to the men rigginf; the sling that he in ready. h ' ACINO RldHT An F ' 4 catches the wire. Morris, R. Mowery. J. Mercer, K.I.. MUler.J. Neighbors, L. NoblM.T. Norman,.!. J.L. Novav, T. Keed. H King. K OwinK . I) Radford. K. Rtaemark. A Swi(atd.N. n 1ft « ' f 1 n  kM  i%M.mhi M V Schultz. R. Serna, J. Skirvin. H. Smith, D.D. Steil, S. Summers, M. Taylor, R. Thrower, G. TUIer, D.A. Wedell, R. fl |t I?) •. Weise, J. Wright, R. ? l Kelly, R. Pierce, R. , 1 m 31 ii iii iiiii4ijiH H g| iy ii r 1- (i 4a. f I mLmk f W k Br,, H J Omover. L. AdaniH. J. j ( Albertuk. M. Bailev S i life . 1 Beauchamp, B 1 S| ■ .it. K BerquLsl, M Hurton. W. ( ' hulewu, T. DobbH.J. Khck. K. Kiird. M.D. Kiwlcr. V. (ieib.C. {;vork i. , HackiT, M. Hibli-, I HiirniT. ' I . JcincK. R.L. KIcpfer. K. p p r , v.: NoUro. G. I ' ulitn. J.W. fS t C i fi , f r — r-a !wsm c- L_J  -f ' ..- bl m 27 1 r fe Gyorko move aircraft with a ' yellow tractor ' . LEFT AN Patton and AA Holsomback spread a compound to absorb fuel spill. ABOVE AA Holsomback secures aircraft with tie-down chain. Simons, E.V. Tilley. E.D. Baran, J.B. Bilby, R. Castillo, N. Clark, C. SherwcMKl, IVythall, P R.M. A.W. SSSkr, D. Shipman, J. Weis. D. Zimmer, M. Cabuag, • Holman E.J. Bajune, L. Callejas, A. n « ' f , .0 n « n ! Bit lift ( n m . ' , ' •5 a r. Lupez. .1. MadiHon, H a n n n n njb Hinson. J. Learh. A. Hopkins, I. l cwui. N. HuhiTt. B. Karli. R Klurk. A Kooser. S. Laska. L. Lawrence. C. Harris. R. Hernandez, Guzman. O. Hammel. R. ' v Gortz. R. Flores, I, Elkins.-I.R. Favard. G. Cox, DR. Uaviii. (i. 4%i | | m V-5 I ■I y M Yun, A. SchwarzotM E. Stephanoff. R.A. Shumack, R. A. WUkins.G. „ ...,., Richardson, Simms, T. Susor, T. Williams, T. Martin, R.H. W. Sims, G. Swansan, H. Williamson, Sanchez, G. C. FACING LEFT AN Pagan attentively fuels an aircraft. ABOVE AA Vandzandt and AN Hubert, assigned to the pump room, work feverishly on the vacuum priming system. BE- LOW A man hooks up an aircraft fueling hose. It is important to hook it up correctly so that fuel is not spilled on the flight deck. m Clurk. I) Neai«n i C Bates. K. Klurt-s. M. HarriMin, K. IjitiKue. A Adams. W BaKwell. S Schi.ll R.C Upte(trove, E Miuhell. K Ohvieri. r Klappcrich. UH. Lilly.. J. K. r I R Aitcheson FACING LEFT YN2 Goode verifies a personnel record. BELOW A 3rd class talks over future plans with LCDR Harmon. BOTTOM YN2 Owens and SA Marker are type administrative papers in triplicate. 7 s:9r 2 . -ni fija. a - a FaD • w- T   ==5 -.r,- f p - fc Aii tii flt A Mi m) A jii yife illilliiii iiiiAiii « jA - j - - Ajjnew. W Fahv. K Heycr. K W McAuley.J Feme. R H .ws..n. K Kiunds. Dail. (;. King. F. Korh. K Simkiru., G Eric. H Harrell.T Lewis. D. Slater. G. WJc«.i M ' VA-22 CDR Giuliani ); B CDR Scoff ield liy li tiili iiii ii f i r m f m o ' Robinson, G. Allen, M. Winkler, M. Gridley, A.C. Barslou, P. Baumgar- dner, D. Araomson, R. Blank, W. Balay. M.C. Boch, C.F. Brown, E. Brown. W.C. FACING LEFT LTJG Winkler checks security of a Mk 76 target bomb on his A-7E Corsair 2. ABOVE LT Eck, LCDR Heyer and LT Dail attend a pre-flight briefing. BELOW An A7-R Corsair 11 is getting ready for take-off. i Christof- ferson, A. Clabeaux, Caldwel l,.]. d. Cena, R. Clark. M. Clarno, M.D Cordaro. L. Cory, D. Culbertson, Hebert.H. ■ ' J7 r r ' fy - t 1 £ a i n n A i iitjliii kkaii £ Hemni!. Jenkins..!. Kelley. H.K. KoMtmnnn. GE. JohnMon, J. Kimbrell. R. W. Hendennn. Holmes. G. Homar. S. Julin. R. Kinu. I. Lee.D. Little. M P. JamcH. B. Keith. G. Kkt. L.E. Unk.G. Hernandez, J. FACING LEFT The launching of an A7-E Corsair 2. ABOVE Members of VA-22 check the bearings of a wheel on an aircraft. BELOW AOAN Forrest, A02 Tracey and AOAN Johnson very carefully check ammo belts for a 20mm cannon. ■ I M . Burkhead. F. Caccret, R. 1 k • ' .- tZ i te| W ' I BiK HHl lH Hi K k m KM Colie. T.B. Graham, Dacsett. D. Hazelrie. D. Jacob . 1. H J J.C. PaliMt, p. . A. Rnehn. S. De I uw, 1). D inovan. (1. Hnlep. L. Hickman..!. Markin. M. Mcljemon. R. --a ; j jJ ■a a. a. F5 ; Aii[IAi 4il aitfeiAl ■ -5| r VA-94 H CDR Lacy CDR Reynolds ■ P 1 Carman, M. Ca8a88a.G. ' -9 I H FACINd LEFT PR:! 3user works on a letterinj; machine. BELOW AN Valadez gets 40 winks. . i HS BuiTv, D. H Callahan, L Nuss.J.L. Allen, H.B. Vaugh. C. Webb, S.L. Cook, D. Goldsmith, P. Haglund, R.L. Lascott, W. Raper, R.L. Regen, B. oitti rs A Latsha, S. McVey, G. Robinson, W. Wade, R.D. Brubaker, J. Buck, R.S. Bentley, G. Bradley, R.C. Adragna, F. Accardo, K.A. Arimboanga, N. Arnold, C.G. Aitchison, G. Baker, J. Banks, L. Barbour, .). mm n f f p n «i%?A? «% . i ai )i v i - V m- F • ' •v.vf ■ l r H H Cuda.O. Dnemer.J. Bm HHB Bvam.T. GrMB.r.R. ,. ,, „ Daniel . C.R. _ . _ DeRoM. .1. _ Emlw ffKa FitihuRh. C. , _ Griffin. R ( Horn B Darby. D. Donovan. D. Bp|w. D. Galyoo. 0. • ■•Hill H Dawiion.J. EUeii..l.F. Erickwm. D. Gold. PL. ,- i, -s jr r n k f r. Maxwell. J. May. R.E. Ok M V t - ' ' • ' d ' ««7a vms n Hi H u ti fii i. m.i 1 ' . ' 7 f .« , iSCTiii ' f iii isterkamp, M ller, R. Henderson, Hendrickson, W. Martin, B. Martinez, V. Maberry, F. Manow, H. Lochridge, J. Lynch, R.L. Ladasky, R. Lamasters, M. i Kliegl, S. Kytonen, M.C. Jacobsen, R. Jimenez, R. Johnson, C. Jones, B. Kelloge, B. King, S. Hough, J. Knieff, C. Isreal, C.E. Kress, L. , f O f np ■j ■ ' r M- ; = ' •■ ii ikikibi ii k4kA Tallent, D. Thompkins, H Thompson, R. Thompson, S. Thompson, T. Turner, R. Van Natta Vaughn, D. Vaughn, R. Viado, R. Wade, D. Wade, S.E. Walkley, R. Walton, D. Wandnaker, R.C. Warner. K. Wendt, M. Whisenand, T. m ' . h.. JIj ' ' i-O ' Wickline. R. YU.n. A. Zimmermaii. C. Zuurbier, A. ; -r -a :rii  w -a =ii «Sj liiiiiilii BAiiiiliki c ; sO. r: ; ' r a ' = r= iii iiii Ail i «ttiiiiiiiii -Q a a U.S. McKee.J. Grirrith.D.K. Norwood. B. Grunberg, K. Hill.. I. L. Kanze. R. Laughead, D. Lind. R.W. Martiniten, L. Dolan. F.F. Emmons, F. m Ji --ii -a iiil =a M Nye. E.B. Pabpove, K. Patterson, 1 ' . Rceber.K. Seth.R. Shaffar.J. Shroai.s, I ' St«rne . C. Ward. J. Wwhcr. W. W.mK. M K. Zeittt. HA. Burcham. D. Cohen. D. Anderson. B.M. Bond, J. VA-95 CDRWestfall CDR Zirbel r. 5 r .■ -__« y , f o f . . r bi % i4 r J n J ' i li iAiiM iiMiii Cozad, L.J. Daily, W.L. Jernegan, K.L Linde, G.H. Myers, R.M. Rose, E.L. Skaare, G.E. Smith, C.T. Taylor, L.A. Vanderschel, J Anderegg, J. Ayers, R. Barnes, R.L. Bartels, C.L. Clark, R.K. Clemmons, S.R Cremeans, R.A. Davenport, W. f P c jAik, Leone. G. Lecaraky.M.T Lein. I). Marquete, (i Marquez. R. Martin. B.F. Mumtw. y.y Nibun.D. , Kl r-rvf mim n ' n r Vi 1 Harris. .1. Harvey. R.T. HaiKh. G.G. Hanium, R. Prank. W. Grove. R. Davb. L. Evann.J.O. DaveH. r.R. Davw.J. Nutter. M Owcna. D. Patlim. J Peabudy. HA Howard..). Kendrick.J Hutchens, .).( ' . Lacrciix, L.D. Ule . I)B. ■Jackson, R. Jones. B.F. Jones. R. Kaller. L. , Kanady. E. Hashimoto Hinnant.W.M. V v Piel, S. Quemado, R.D. Ramey, V. Reid, W. Rogers, J. Roylance, E.L Salopek, M.J. Shafer, S.C. Singh, B. Slack, p.H. Smith, T.R. Stiteley, J.G. Sweet, S.J. Thomas, W.H Valerga, J.G. Walton, T.E. Weaver William L.G. s, D.y Williamson Wohler, C. ,C.R sy5 • H ' ■ i VF-51 t - -a Si 1 o « Bertsch, R. HiUidge. G.W. 1 Rowe, R.H. Thompson, B Andrews, R.V. Bay, C. rt Beck.R. shman, G. Fain, H. Downing, J. Gensch, M. Dye, P.L. Hickerson, T. Estep,J. Lubcke,M. Btchison. B. i .._« r„.  Mabini, J. Maddox, A. Peterman, R. HRandall. R. t ■ Smith, D. W - Staidl. R.J. TUlery.S.L. i IE f Tucker, S.E. Vassale. S. V m r Venzon, N. Whaley. R.W. Haremba. Kullo..l.A.  . n Vf )AV ' o ABOVE A formation flight of 4 of VF-111 '  F-4 D aircraft. Kormalian flying takes a lot of practice and liming. BELOW A maintenance repairman makes some last minute changes on an aircraft. FACISC KldHT Maintenance man checks the pressure on valve. 275 VF-111 CDR. Rice CDR. Marklj H i 1 H - , 1 m V .1 U 1 S£8 f ' - C l r • t_ V L ■ - . r . ' ' ' J!P f 1 M. 1 i.k _ ' ' ! H E p i L B r Bnurher..l..l. J 4l DFrmnnupl. K. M. Ferrih, K. I.. Gatew ) d..l.W. Geiin . R. R Gray. R. K. Guenther. M. L. GihHon. R. I. Granl..!. Guthrip. B Kaye. R. Uinc. G. W. MrFartand. S. K. J. f J ' ; i :?@f - . ; T ' ' ' pr ' riit, - ' i(p V Murphy, A. Obszarski, J. M ' ■ ■■ ' A ■ . Wibert, B. Stanfield, W. C. Weigand, G. L Crockett, C. f Hoffman. J. ett. N. Ford, B. Hastie, R. D. Cywinski, J. Eccke, D. Bracamonte, C. Campbell, C. iGiiAl Benoit, P. Bollum, R. Acabco, E. Banks, M. Elyea, W. L. Houghton, H. L. Jordan, W. L. Lynn, W. B. Pasalich, G. W. Pickett, W. Price, E. R. Abayon, A. f r v .VL4 McNary, C. J. Motsinger, J. A. Pre ndergast, T. E. Saltier, M. VanNostrand, C.R. Wade, K. Bloomquis Consla, 0. =a w p N l Ki iiiiA 4iiiii MMm M FACING UPPER LEFT NBC ' s Paul Udell interviews CDR Markley for a story he ' s doing on the 7th Fleet. FACING LEFT The flight deck crew works on the aircraft getting them ready for flight. ABOVE Men work on instruments in the cockpit. VFP-63 ml Mil m m Hmnlry. W. 9B ■ ' -- , Pai.. A. 1 1 L 1 ; v Weatherup. M. ZinkKTaf. S. 1 1 m ¥ ' «i , Br. Bremner, J. Tale. A. 1 t J Aschman, C. Barlar. D. m Bennett. R. Bingham. M.C. J HS Buothe. .1. , ■ HR HI HEsS Vt k Campliell. K. ■ Corradino. R. CiirlH-tt.G. Diaz. R Johniuin. W.H. H Knderwm, R. Kittle. D. M- GibMin. B. Koiplel. T. GilliH. 1). Uvinc. D. iMcAnally. B. Mae. M. ■ H Parent. C. J H BF Petenum. D.K H Monre, RC. ItombiNmlii. A OHavir. R. R.nwll. P. f sr p iU £ f n, Kiiiii ikii ili3 Whittaker, K.E. ACING UPPER LEFT An F-8 catches the wire on a landing after a routine flight. FACING LEFT A maintenance man cleans the lens of the closed circuit flight ops camera. LEFT Men work on the nose of an F-4. ABOVE Bill Weidelberger straps on the remaining parts of his flight suit. i| c HL e r.- ' , f) r « o ikkk A JXM 9JM Kail r, V K Biirnflt. A FerRUMin. C Hedblon. R. Krailrr. D .1 WriKht.l.W Huller. C. Gavigan. T. H.-iuvmh W Liipci. M Albin. .1 C(X)ml .. W (Iramlirk. J. Hobhii. N. Amison. R.W. Copeland, I). Cuerrero, V.I ' JenninKk, I ' .L. Austin. W.H. Blarkwell. W. Bona part. W. Briius.sard. I . Mm OLsen. F.I.. K.«der. I ' R. I inK, n. McKee. M R Keller. .IB. Lang. T.C. VAW 111 VAW-111 Pmr T WJf HimmelwriKht, II Hrc.wn. R l{ Klimerrce. R Allen. M K FACING LEFT A pilot makes a last minute pre-flight check of his nose wheel. ABOVE Two pilots talk over a few details before they man their aircraft. BELOW The smiling face of the Willy Fudd comes in for a landing. n ' Dell. R. Driscoll. D. Gunk, C. Goodwin, J. Gutiei Ha«enK. D. Henderson, K. Hendrix. K. HudKe. (• Howard. K. JohiMon. V. LrivcKiad. K. Loawry. D. Maaey. O. Wuhirt rd. E. Allen. T. Andenuin. i). Blidewell. .J. C.chran.J.H. Connell. A.B. Davis. K. Eldridge. C.S. Pre8M n.C. MM Young. W.K. Baley. T. Pierce. R. Pcirterfield. C. -li M VAQ 130 BELOW Two pilots Ulk over ■ few iMt min- ule details hefore mannini: their aircraft. FACINC II ' I ' KR HICHT An A :« refueU an F-8. FACING RIGHT Two pilou hook up their parachutaa. I Mazzucchi, D. McCall, T.L. McGraw, J. Mendoza, J. A. Mericle. K. Merillion, G. Miller, W.C. Milo, D. Poppleton, M. Posey. B.J. Neal, J.R. Riechman. D. Parayno, R. Smith, D. Smith, J.J. Taylor, W. Ward, CM Worman, J .151 . . . _iH 1 E 1 L ii « = ' ' x -N _ rfc r3 ™ — r5 JPV iBA r J . m r i ihmM t MSklk Challain. E. Havwood, H. HU ' l.J. Parruh. N. Poillucci. A. Sincpr, R. Williamaon. M.A. Campbrll. M Cyr. W lln.G. kman, D. J- Hope, M. James. K Jones. W Legere, S. Salinas, R. HC-1 FACING LEFT A helicopter from HC-1 de- tatchment flies alongside the ship. FACING BOTTOM LEFT The radar and bridge are shown as a helo circles preparing to land. BELOW A pilot takes a few minutes off of his many tasks to think things over. 288 November 8, 1973 A Recapitulation Operation Tiger Fathers, sons and brothers of nearly a hundred Coral Seamen were reunited with their kin in Fearl Harbor for the transit to Alameda. Operation Tiger allowed the guest to observe how their sponsor spent his time aboard the ship. They were given tours and talks on various aspects of shipboard activity and life. They experienced the drugery and occasional thrills of shipboard living. During General Quarters the guests joined their sponsors in participating in a battle problem with its attendent thrills and chills. -■■jL -• - - A 4a FACING Participants of Operation Tiger arrive aboard Coral Sea. ABOVE Captain Peck greets a guest of Operation Tiger. RIGHT Crew- members and junior Coral Seamen pose for the photographer. BELOW Admiral Harris, former Coral Sea CO, visits with Captain Peck. iH;i;i:i;i:i;i;iri:!:i;!;: ' -: ' Home Is the Sailor On November 8th the Coral Sea returned to San F an- cisco after an eight month deployment to the Western Pacific. As the crew mustered on the flight deck the Golden Gate slowly materalized out of the fog and mist, a symbol of home to the crew. The City of San Francisco welcomed hew own home in style. Some 50 VIP ' s flew out to the carrier to welcome her home. As the ship passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. Mr. Steven I. ()noudakis. President of the Gold- en Gate Bridge Board presented the ship with a large plaque with original section from the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge on it. The San Francisco Fire Boat Phoenix. 10 yachts and Coral Sea II, a small version of the Coral Sea. met the ship outside the harbor and escorted her in. The wives of the ships crew made large signs which decorated the ends of piers 1 thru 41 from the Ferry Building to Fisherman ' s Wharf. 292 ' Home is the sailor, home from the sea, And the hunter home from the hill. Requiem Robert Louis Stevenson S ' 4. On the pier, relatives, friends, wives, parents and chil- dren waved and cheered as the ship slowly drew up to the pier. ihen lanu ' the endless wnitinj; for the routine of lying the ship up and settinj; the ganKplanks up. Finally the waiting; wits over and the crew swarmed down to the welcoming i-mhraces of their kin. I ' he ionj; months of waiting were over as fanulys were once again reunited. For awhile the pier was one of the happiest spots in Sar) Francisco. SIciwK I hf people Ijcgaii to leave the pu-r and head ftir home and lUr pier again lu ' caine a lonely s| ot with the crewmcmlurs left on duty aboard the ship thinking of t heir own reiiiuoi) m I he near future. t V ' FACINd I ' I ' I ' ER LEFT AN Shelton and PH2 Dais check a 4X5 Speed graphic camera. FACINU VI ' I ' EH KICHT PH2 i)al.v and AN Steg- man process Ektrachnime film. FACISd HdTTO.M AN Diaz and AA Vaught mix chemicals for developing film. LEFT AN Burke and An Epps check a black and white print. HELOW PHAN Mills removes color prints from the processing tank. LOWER LEFT AN Kpps and PHC Skalski check color prints The Photo Lab. OP-2, provides support for the Air In- telligence Office. In addition, it provides recordings of historical events, identification and passport photos, records of damaged parts and general photography. Facilities include hlack and white, color, movies, and aerial photographs. The Photo Lab was the main source of photographs used in this book. AHOVH KMSN Keid Hverh, ihi- CruiM I k I ,hi r ,lul il,.- phol.. s.lc. lion und layout a well iii. Ihi- fditiiiK. I ' I ' I ' EK KUiliV l.T.K; Kiil|)h Siiv dcr. the I ' hdlo Officer, iind ihe I ' holo I.iil) iimvidfd must of iho piitiirc-- for the CruwelxH.k. KKIIIT JOSA .lim Mun .ii ihc.kcd nHml■ . di l ■month layout, crii|i|H d picturvH nnd hi ' lpcd with sides h ' ACI.S ' tl (I ' l ' HIl LEFT .)()2 StriicbinK, Amioitiute Kdilnr. helped with the phc)I i selei l loii and liiviiui, ediicd purl nf the IxMik nnd wrote inimi of the opy F.Xt ' lSi, I ' l ' I ' KH KlliHT I ' H ' 2 Kreem m wiu. the Cruiiieliook I ' hotocriipher, and pn. vided 11 liirKe (mrtion of ihe piilurei. lined in the IxHik h ' A( ' l. l! . ' Uif , LEFT SA I.iirrv WiiuKoner heljM-d with croppiiiK, finnl Imv  uI und mileh FACINC I.OWFII lilClir .l():t Kd Hinnn provided timely critieiiim The Staff wishes to express its appreciation to Dick Bald- win. LTJG Guthrie. ENS Steele. PH2 Dotson. JO.i Olsen. JOSA Kpps. SA Laughridge. AN Weissleder. Captain Peck. Commander Wasson. Commander Wheeler, the Coral Sea Welfare and Recreation Committee, the Naval Air Station Photo Lah at Alameda. VFP-G.i, SN Rosner. the Pace Photo Class. Jim Howell and everyone at -Josten-American Year- book Company. 304 J: - W- ,i ' ' •, ' AHl h: A lime ila| s(il |ihi l K -4 ill iiichi Thf lroiikiil liyhi