Coral Sea (CV 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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CoralSe way training CD - Spears, the ship's tor, piloted the first alrcr launched from Coral Se recommissioning. 18 da on May 9th, CDR J. Swope, Commander Air A A n the first day of . . I 1 ' a I Y Group 15 landed an 1 FSU-1E Crusader for Coral Sea's first arrest- missioning In the ensuing years Coral Sea regularly joined the Seventh Fleet for visits to Japan Okinawa, Hong ' Kong and the Philippines. In those years of relative quiet she routinely rep resented the U.S. as am bassador, playing host to one from orphans to ,hy state in the Far East. f On August 18, 1961sI tered San Diego for ag celebration of the 50th A sary of Naval Aviation. . time she was the largests ever enter the bay. Early in September, P.L. Working of VF-121, t down on the flight deck ed. landing since recom- te 1 1 F4H-1 Phantom II. Cor 1 was the first Pacific carrie erate with this record setti craft. s . a W a e r 1 1 During her second cruise Prime Minister boarded at Yokosuka Jap spent the day at sea Following that cruis played host in San Fran c Prince Juan Carlos of Sp Princess Sophia of Greec they stopped for a sho while on their honeymoo While on her third Wes Australia observed the c aircraft in action when a ic Cruise the citizens of S man C-1A Trader was

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Coral Sea overrunning the city. Coral Sea's denouement of the Vietnam era happened shortly after a maintenance visit to Singaporeg in early May she was on her way to Perth, Australia when the SS Mayaguez was seized by Khmer Rouge gunboats 60 miles southwest of Cambodia on 13 May. Proceeding to the Gulf of Thailand Coral Sea flew 63 combat support missions in two attacks, 15 May, against Koh Tang Island and the Cambodian mainland in support of Marines effecting the recovery of Mayaguez and its crew. For their part in the rescue, Coral Sea and Air Wing 15 received yet another Meritorious Unit Commendation. Coral Sea spent the mid and late 1970's on deployments in the Pacific Ocean. When not deployed she was in the yards undergoing overhauls repairing years of abuse off Vietnam. Her final deployment with Air Wing 15 occurred in 1977, and was Coral Sea's only deployment with the Navy's newer F-4J Phantom, then the Navy's top fighter. The ship's 272,000th arrested landing was recorded on September 6, 1977. She completed her 20th overseas deployment in October at Alameda, CA. In 1978 Coral Sea moved to Bremerton, Washington for overhaul. The ship was overhauled and returned to Alameda, where she deployed to the Western Pacific two more times. In late January 1980, Coral Sea entered the Indian Ocean, where she would remain for the next 102 days. During that time the 34-year- old ship never went on restricted use Water-hours , nor suffered any significant wins awards engineering casualties. A significant opportunity for the Navy was lost, however, during the abortive rescue 0 attempt of the U.S. hostages in Iran on April 25, 1980. The I rescue attempt was launched from USS Nimitz p Coral Sea aircraft and ready to execut raids in support of the ground exit from USS also in the was technical ground, America Alameda was final and the last March 21 Air Wing 1 Ageless under the for the last Her her birth, Hampton Norfolk, Virginia. During the six-month World Cruise, Coral Sea traveled 50,000 miles, recorded 7,000 aircraft launches and recoveries, passed through 28 bodies of water, crossed the Equator twice, transited the Suez Canal, visited six foreign countries and made her triumphant return to the Hampton Roads area after an absence of more than 26 years, on September 12, 1983. In October 1984, Coral Sea began a 16-month overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, and a Jet. The Navy's newest fighterfattack jet, the FIA-18 Hornet strike-fighter, with its dual attack and fighter capabilities, seemed an appropriate partner for Coral Sea. The ship's smaller :f,',.,g.,:, of i 3, -,lf-11,75 5 Q' -f.-'-5 i'l.'.l2.-I-'Z-Q A '.,'3:l'5.'71 44:4 5. 1 - j: at f 5, , , V O O X O