Coral Sea (CV 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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Captain Allen and Captain Warren B. Christi accept the Meritorious Unit Commendation from Admiral Trost on behalf of the men of Coral Sea and Carrier Air Wing Thirteen, respectively, for superb performance during the 1989 Mediterranean Deployment. fBelow Left! The order is given to de-man the ship. QBelowD Command Master Chief RMCM Ken Teston delivers Coral Sea's commissioning pennant.

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CCHMILADUDEUZt1A11RIET!CHRCHIPfFWHD 30 April 1990 Dear Captain Allen, k in CORAL SEA, we bid a fond farewell to the Ageless Warrior. Although we will miss her in the active fleet, we are happy knowing she becomes a part of our naval heritage. As the last battle group staff to embar CORAL SEA has passed into our blue-jacket folklore and our sea stories. Sailors who man her rails for the last time know that they, too' stand in time-honored places with sailors past who also served, who fought and sacrificed so that she might sail. We salute you and the officers and men of CORAL SEA who have proudly served aboard her and have flown her colors to the end. She has done her duty well. We'll miss her. Sin ely, 7 R. D. M XSON Rear A miral, U.S. Navy Captain L. E. Allen, Jr., U.S. Navy Commanding Officer USS CORAL SEA tcv 435 FPO New York 09550-2720

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NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDINC NEWPORT NEW5,VlRC-INIA 23607 .A S04 -380 -4300 A ' ug , A EDWARD 1. CAMPBELL E PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE omcuv. January 2 5 r 1 9 9 0 Ku' Captain L. E. Allen, Jr. Commanding Officer USS CORAL SEA KCV 435 FPO New York 09550-2720 Dear Captain Allen: The day the USS CORAL SEA is decommissioned and leaves the Fleet will be a sad day for many in the Navy and at Newport News Shipbuilding. It will be like losing an old and valued friend, who has fought our country's battles for 43 years. We still have people working at Newport News Shipbuilding who remember CORAL SEA as the last of the uwartimen carriers--at that time the largest carrier ever launched in this country. They followed her career close in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. They watched her help ' during the 1956 open-bow ship. been modernized catapults, they Vietnam. These Suez Crisis when she And, almost 20 years with an angled deck, read about her helpin operations and many, evacuate Americans was a straight-deck, later, after she had closed bow and steam evacuate South Q many more have been 1Y followed with respect for a great ship by the shipbuilders of Newport News. CORAL SEA's decommissioning will be a significant event A in the history of Naval Aviation, Newport News Shipbuilding and this country. CORAL SEA has met every challenge in her long career from the time she was a state-of-the-art carrier U until her decommissioning. Captain A. P. Storrs III, CORAL Q SEA's first commanding officer, took her to sea in 1947 with A pride. I know you will leave her in her final port with A 'ust as much ride in knowin ou also commanded a ship that 1 l J P Q Y has done what her country asked of her and more. f The men and women of Newport News Shipbuilding join me 1 J in wishing you and your crew success in the future. God l 3 bless you all. w Sincerel ,ZZI47 gf af, I A Tenneoo Company l l l CThis Page, Topl Captain Allen is the last crewmember to l in 1 leave the Coral Sea A before 1 decommissioning. 9 fMiddleD Captain Allen and Master Chief Teston display a shadow box with x Coral Sea's 1 . 4 l commissioning Q pennant. 1Right5 ' Carrier Air Wing Thirteen salutes Coral Sea with a 1' formation flyover. f0DDosite Pageb The ig future of the Navy. I 182 lm