Coral Sea (CV 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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28, 1948 after many land-based simulated take-offs, two P2V Neptunes flew off Coral Sea's flight deck. The Navy ordered a dozen specially configured Neptunes designed for carrier use. They were designated North American Aircraft Corporation AJ -1 Savage attack aircraft. In March 1949 a ' record 74,000 pound Savage was launched. Again in 1949, Capt. John T. Hayward, a future Chief of Naval . Operations, roared off the Coral Sea flight deck in a new Neptune, carrying a 10,000 pound dummy bomb. Hayward flew cross country, dropped the bomb on the West coast, and returned to Patuxent River, MD., a 4,500 mile, 23-hour flight. Following that flight and another series of landings and -launches in August 1950 eleven gAJ-2 Savages, modified Neptunes, were received and 'began flying from the ship. On May-3, 1949, following a seven month yard and refresher training period, Coral Sea departed Norfolk on her first r deployment to the Sixth Fleet., Eleven ldays later she passed, , , the Rock of Gibraltar and ' entered the Mediterranean Sea. 'Her first embarked Air Wing was Carrier Air Group TWO flying F4U-4 and 5 Corsairs, AD-1 Skyraiders, TBM-3E and W torpedo planes, HU3S-1 helicopters and SNJ-5C scout planes. Seven more Mediterranean deployments followed. During those eight years she set records for operational and diplomatic excellence. During her third tour in the Med. ,she participated in the first major NATO exercise Beehive I with British, French and Italian naval units. During her fourth trip to the Med. she played host to Marshall Josip Tito, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, who came aboard' V for a three-hour cruise to observe fair operations. On October 1, 1952 .she was 5 redesignated an attack aircraft .carrier CCVA-431 after winning the Battle Efficiency Award for Excellence amongst Atlantic Fleet carriers. She again - received this award during her, sixth Mediterranean cruise in 1954. During this cruise Generalissimo Franco of Spain , was hosted aboard for a one '- day visit while the ship was anchored off Valencia, Spain. On October 20, 1956 Coral Sea played host to King Paul and Queen Fredrica of Greece for a morning's demonstration of carrier task force operations. On her eighth cruise in 1957- 58 she assisted in the evacuation of ,U.S. citizens from Egypt during the Suez Crisis -and remained off the Egyptian coast until tensions eased. She departed the S-' ' O . ' s

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