Coral Sea (CV 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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- K i V w I . N 1 4 I i V V 3 unl- CDR Robert L. Leitzel CDR Earle L. Rudolph, Jr. LCDR Kevin C. Albright LCDR William R Bradbury LCDR Kevin R. Stroyeck LCDR John W. Thomas, Jr. LT Daniel S. Dealy LT Michael G. Hayes LT Kenneth S. Hunter 419 F

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ovw-is 6 o perform her combat mission, N Coral Sea relies upon her embarked 4 g air wing,,The Guardians of Carrier Air Wing TI-IIRTEEN. Four carrier air groups have carried the number '5Thirteen g the first from November 1943 to October 1945, the second from November 1946through the redesignation of aWor1d War II groupwhich went out of existence inrNovember 1949. The third wasp reborn in August 1961 as a result of the,Berlin crisis of 1961-62 and was decommissioned in October 1962. The Guardians,the fourth CVW-13, was reestablished in March 1984 and embarked in Coral Sea in February 1985 tovform the most advanced air-sea combat platform in existence. '.Comprised, of eight squadrons, flying a varietyjof today's Navy combat and support aircraft, airwing aircrews provide Cora1,QSea with a powerful offensive and defensive air combat and strike capability. Aboutv300, officers and 1200 enlisted men r if andfsupportp AirWing THIRTEEN's 60- p,111sQ5a1rcraft.i ,v , 1 wwf I X

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LT Leonard R. Klein LT Michael Lauzen LT Gary D. Summer LT Karl J. Wiegand PRCMCAW5 William H. , Horn D AFCMQAWD Dennis A. Fedor ADCS James E. Graham D AZCS David J. Robertsnn YNC John F. Lee 420