Coral Sea (CVB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1952 volume:

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MOREOVER, YOU WILL OUICKLY FIND THAT THIS IS NOT AFAMILY ALBUM TO BE LOOKEID AT ONCE AND LOCKED IN THE ATTIC. THERE ARE NO DIVISION PICTURES, LEFT TO RIGHT, SMALTZ, JOE SN, ETC., BECAUSE WE HAD BETTER PICTURES TO FILL THE SPACE, AND WE FIGURED YOU'D HAVE PICTURES OF YOUR BUDDIES, ANYWAY. NOR WILL WE BORE YOU WITH THE UNEXCITING DETAILS OF HOW THE NAVIGATOR ACCOUNTS FOR HIS CHARTS OR WHY THE COOKS undhlhldr M ,L..m - USE POWDEREDPOTATOES, OR WHAT SOUADRON THE AIR BOSS FLEW .WITH BACK '39. WHAT YOU DO HAVE THOUGH, IS THE PICK OF THE CROPOF ALL THE PICTURES OF THE PLACES WE HAVE SEEN ON THIS CRUISE. AND DON'T BE HEARTBROKEN IF YOU FIND YOUR PEPSODENT SMILE MISSING ON THESE PAGES - THE EDITORS' DIDNIT MAKE THE GRADE EITHER. FROM PIER SEVEN TO PIER SEVEN VIA AFRICA, SARDINIA, FRANCE, ITALY, GREECE, SICILY, YUGOSLAVIA, FRANCE, AND PORTUGAL IS AN UNFORGETTABLE JAUNT PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU THROW IN A FEW WEEKS OF FLIGHT OUARTERS, A CAN OR TWO OF BRIGHT WORK POLISH A CHOW LINE NOW AND THEN, AND AN OC- CASIONAL WATERLESS SHOWER AND OF COURSE, BEER ON THE SUNNY SANDS OF SUDA BAY NATURALLY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TRADED THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAVEL FOR THE WORLD - OR I I I EVEN SHORE DUTY IUGHII. BUT THE CHANCES ARE YOU WILL FORGET SOME OF THE RIGORS OF THIS TAIL HOOK LIFE WHEN YOU RECALL A FEW BIKINI BEAUTIES ON THE RIVIERA, PERHAPS A WEEKEND IN PARIS, SOME YODEL PRACTICE IN SWITZERLAND, OR THE WINE AND SPAGHETTI IN NAPLES. THERE WERE A FEW PICTURES WE COULDN'T GET AND SOME WE COULDN'T PRINT. WE NEVER COULD FIND THE GUY WHO KEPT BLOWING OUT THE SMOKING LAMP, BUT WE THINK HE'S THE SAME ONE THAT BLOWS TUBES OVER THE FLIGHT DECK. AND YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE PARIS TOUR GOT CARRIED AWAY AT THE FOLIES ,BERGERE TO THE EXTENT THAT THOSE PICTURES MAY BE SEEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. BUT THE BIG THING, THE THING THAT DOESN'T SHOW IN THE PICTURES IS FIGHTING SPIRIT, AND WE HAD PLENTY OF THAT. DAMN RIGHT, BUDDY, CORAL SEA, 1952. f l f N 3 ,ifkg ,, 59 in NJ 4 ,M 'if' ' Q 'am . Y ' g, gg xx M ,f f 5 Q ' Q f. ' .- 5,x V B 5 ff mem! 6 Q ' f 1. 4 Q .' 5 jx X x 41 1, , A , '55 ' Q .5 X I Lx FIRST LAUNCH . . . NO COLD SHOTS, PLEASE FILL HER UP, MAC YELLOW NOSE HIDING PRUDENTIAL SIGN CORAL SEA CARAVAN ENROUTE TO MIDWAY PARTY WITH BEAUTIFUL GIRLS . . . AND REFRESHMENTS . . . TYPICAL MIDWAY RELAXATION . . . AND RECREATION T I M -.- ., lf' IJIPH ESMWW A 3' .3 S Q 2 'E R , W5 Avy: f, ,,,,lp? R . ,. . ,,' ...fy-4 'PMP - 4. ' ' 'bww-v:g4,,, N CAPTAIN ON BRIDGE IN USUAL DISGUISE A -gl1u CHECK THE CORAL SEA TWIST Einsovu. OUI MONSIEURS, BUT I THINK EET IS OUTA BOUNDS V T ' Q f i X H ,,'- 0,ie'.zf,M'9 '.-'M 'Y W , T ' TTT T 3 QA f- W 1 V ' 5y,.?:W ,, 'T' T Y! 'A ' X -'f1,f5,,4: 51 , ' .r , T , TH , Q TT T T AW ' - ' ' 29' -5 ' ff ff!! I -415 1 ' H Aw, ,W I I, ' u T f X f I T fxf' 2 , T ' X , T ,nf , ' - gm Xe Q ff , 43 4 T VTT, Q 7 , f f m ,, AQ T ' T . N gm QP, ' ,. 5' .. if T 'Af 7 ' T ' X ' ?'gjff?s gy iS7ff3sE T gg 7 5 E, 51 W . AM , , :. ' Q AAQA X . 4 1 R. L N - -,M gw,,,f.J ,QV , - WHEN IN DOUBT GO ASHORE NEVER CAN TELL WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF A DARK ALLEY ON YOU JOE, IT LOOKS GOOD! DIAL SOAP . . . CHECK . . . CHECK . . . CHECK THE NEXT JOB LIKE THIS WILL BE PIER SEVEN EASY, DEM'S REAL MEN'S EGGS, MATE READY TEDDY' ADVENTURE EXCITEMENT . f,i-.lzffbo W- 1 OUR COOK'S MASTERPIECE DEVOURED TERRIFIC CAKE! CAGLIARI SARDINIA FIRST TEAM . . . OFF AND RUNNING THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY 5 -Af 4-.s':fMFf . 314' 255 L ,. N W, M- f MQJIL .71.'Z,w fa .,....-.,, - ,T-nw ,, ,. A ,. WONT BE LONG NOW. GIRLS AND THERE'S GOOD NEWS TONITE! Q72 g T 7 ers- f' g A: k V' Q.. 4 Q6 ' --g, 'AAF ,QW , ':4.2, 3mf, , 'Q M 0 It , , fxv jjj' ,P.,,1. I Q . V 'Q I jx- A jwiff' 4 'iffifi ffffw ,ff , W, ., , 4 , Y, .. ,.. , 5 - ,ff ' ,.L m y l f Lf k .1 h ,f ., 1 . 7- 9 gk iv Q '32 ,' fr: 'I I f 1 ' i b -'A 'V 4 it f V Qfx X I 'r-H ' 2- f ,-ff K R fx .V . . -LZ 2.8 5 5' 4 l g! k is-F X K L Ll I ff f X f iw' ,.. , x Q img? i . it-K gg ,, CHOW HOUNDS WOLF HOUNDS BIG DEALER CORAL SEA HOT SHOTS TIME OUT FOR SWEET STUFF I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME . . . BUT yn. . , , f-Lt. K, W My ,W '1' - .4 ,L,,,,,,.,u ., J j 'I Ykx ,wana Mmdig. 1 f - ,fy ,,,,.. UP ANCHOR OOPHS . . . , ,f-.. Z 7253, frm, W nmqvmvh -b K ul .,, if 4. K: ,gr W W.,,xV, - .NET ,.MJ,,WV. , k K av ., ., . ,,,,W5-thu, .,, v MQ T5 J I . Lf '--v f Nami.-1, K w 5 F'., 'N 'E 'Q I' K V L, ' TWA-WP 2' 'Q f 'wiv' G E N 0 A LOOKING FOR AN ANGLE STILL LOOKING TEMPORARY SET BACK FULL STOP BREAKFAST AT TEN PICKET PATROL WHAT THE HELL IS THIS . . . ? WHAT TIME DID SHE SAY? EEENIE . . . MEENIE . . . MINIE . . . MOE THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE TOO STEEP FOR ME HO HUM! TRAVEL AND ROMANCE fm STEADY NOW, CAPTAIN ONLY 566 FEET MORE MAIL MUST GO THRU TARANTO I SIDE CLEANERS NIGHT MARE SOME SUGAR REPORTS i- GOOD FIGHT GOOD FOOD -1 PAY DAY . . . DONATIONS SHIP'S STORE GEDUNK FIRST CORAL SEA FIRST i 1 is '51 . ,Y f! QI :f L, N A P LE s Y r A ' 1 - AMATEUR NIGHT IN NAPLES PERSONALLY I LIKE FRISCO' IT AlN'T TIMES SQUARE, BUT . . . NAPLES FINEST ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME WHERE NERO FIDDLED ANCIENT HISTORY ON THE SPOT HOT STUFF SHOWING UNIFORM OF THE DAY . . . WITH WAR'S AFTERMATH NECKERCHIEF 'TWAS ON THE ISLE OF CAPRI . . . WHERE I WAS LOOKING FOR I as iii W, 'sm :QS Q1 Q9 Q3-Ing' if h . T' F ,T a I 5? Qgazur E, tt, 3 ,hy TRAVEL ADVENTURE AND ROMANCE FOUND IT HANDLE WITH CARE vw PLASH REPORT BIKINIS STILL POPULAR LOCAL AREA OU-Y-A-TIL LES FEMMES? THE PRETTIEST GREEK IN FRANCE NOTRE DAME de PARIS LES FEMMES TRES JOLIES THIS IS REALLY LIVING HO HUM FIRST BOAT IN LET S BEAT THE CROWD CIGARETTE, JOE? WELL WELL, NO FLIGHT DECK SCENIC TOUR CALLOONS JOE7 LOURDES PILGRIMAGE ' f A me N Xfff ,f 3 -mm W 0 1 ..'l NZ r A fs. 52 wwivy ' A 3, www, ,sei , js THIS WON'T HURT YOU A BIT ALL STEAMED UP TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH LET'S HIT IT BAKER'S DOZENS IL PONDEROSO THE STAG AT EVE HAS DRUNK HIS FILL OVER THE SIDE THIS WILL MAKE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS 1 3 I SUDA SHAMPOO UP SHE COMES SN-JET JOCKEY r l i W , . 5 N N 4 ATHENS , TRAVEL . . . AND ADVENTURE . . . AND ROMANCE THE PROMENADE HOW MUCH TO THE STATES, BUD? SALONIKA l SMOKING LAMP IS OUT WHILE GASSING AIRCRAFT BANSHEE - TAIL CHASE NERVOUS NIGHT L.S.O. me NOW LEAN ON IT THIS STUFF'S FOR . . Q HAPPY HERMAN'S HAMBURGER HEAVEN DONKEY SERENADE GUNNERSMATE PALERMO WHAT, NO BIKINIS! ARTEESTIC PEECTURES JOE JOIN UP NOW . . . F AND HEAR THE WORLD . . . AND SEE THE WORLD AND MILES OF SALTY WATER u. lx. .4 . f in ijE1i A x 'A K 2!n -' ' .4 X llh al LX 1x' IH'u lun: ugii iiiz. E-'T.. 'P ' ill HSS - W lu - lFl1lAVL.i 'lL'l'- 'hJ Jm -5' ii?-'X l5?...4- - V ,,,1-, A-saw! fs. ' f' , n5??A':i 5g1'f22 f ' E, 5- 1753512 , , . 'V - ' 7- . A ' ' ' ' '. ,W , , , ,H g 5 .- -, ,-N f ,, 5 . A i v E by-' 11 . A w ll q',,-W,.4-xl:xQ'y Q big ' 04' r' s 9 -.af . ,.,:1 S s N 'W 5 WILD ROOT CREAM OIL CHARLIE JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS 43.000+h LANDING, WITH HONORABLE JOHN J. FLOBERG PRESIDING -1 I Ani i x i l , l S MARSHAL TITO, AMBASSADOR ALLEN, AND VADM CASSIDY HOT DOG FOR TITO DOUBLE EXPOSURE AIR GROUP FOUR ON TARGET IT WON'T BE LONG NOW CANNES AGAIN BEACH BUNNY EYES LEFT RENDEZVOUS AT EIGHT I P . :T , 3 ,. 1 A is A . . - , ,bl .ih- af-f ' . 1 ONE FOR THE MONEY TWO FOR THE SHOW . . . A THREE TO GET READY AND FOUR LET'S GO! THE HISTORY OF THE CORAL SEA THE U.S.S. CORAL SEA, 'rhird in Ihe class of 45,000 'ron super-carriers, was builf a+ 'I'he NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING and DRYDOCK COMPANY, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA. These 'rhree are fhe worId's larges+, s'rronges'I and speediesr aircra'F'I' car riers. The CORAL SEA was launched 2 April I946 and was placed in commission on I OcI'ober I947. A The ship is named for Ihe Ba1 I'Ie of Ihe CORAL SEA, foughf during 4-8 May l942. This baH'le eFFecI'iveIy checked Ihe Japanese advance soufhward in Ihe Pacific and was his- I'ory's firs'r maior naval engagemenl' in which Ihe fighling was done solely by aircrafl' from opposing aircrafl' carriers. The CORAL SEA, a floafing ciI'y in ifself, is 968 feel' in Ienglh and has horsepower sufficienl' Io supply eIecI'riciI'y Io a ciI'y wi+h a popuIa'I'ion of one million. She can carry over I00 combal' planes of various Iypes and has a crew of more Ihan 3000 men. Since commissioning, 'rhe CORAL SEA has operafed exiensively in A'I'IanI'ic wafers. She is presen'rIy assigned Io duly wiI'h 'rhe Sixfh Fleer in Ihe Mediferranean Area. This is her fourfh four of du'I'y in Ihe Medi+erranean, having previously operaled wi+h 'rhe Medifer- ranean Fleer 'From April I95I 'ro Oc'I'ober I95I. 4 The U.S.S. CORAL SEA is commanded by Caplain ROBERT B. PIRIE, U.S. NAVY. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Lenglh Overall ,..........,... -.-----.-- 9 68 Feel Leng+h of FIigh+ Deck ,...... -,-.-.---. 9 32 Feel Breadlh a+ Widesl Poinl' ,,..... .--..----- I 36 Feel' ,, S'I'andard Displacemeni' ......., --.----,- 4 5-000 Tells Full Load Displacemenl' .............................,.,......... .,....... 6 0.000 Tons Number of Pieces of SI'eeI Used in ConsIrucI'ion .,... ......... 2 l6.000 Number of Telephones ....................,................, ....--..- I .750 Number of EIecI'ric Mo+ors .. -----'--- 2-000 Miles of Piping ...,....,..,.....,........,......... -------'- I 50 Miles of Insulaled Copper Conduclors .... ......... 2 .500 BR 4-, faif ROM ME D Ev T Ib'-X - Q wbri We Q2 WW A if .9 E, vs I E