Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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H S- 9 The ESSEX crew enioyed many celebrations during the summer, but for HS-9, two of the most important occasions included their winning of the coveted CNO Safety Award, and the marking ot their 3000th helo landing aboard ESSEX. The Safety Award plaque was presented by RADM Ashworth, and the landing was t commemorated . . . in the traditional way . . . by q great big cake. S l Helo -7154 of HS-9 approaching for recovery. Captain Searcy, Commanding Officer, USS ESSEX, congratulates crew members on their historic 3000th landing on ESSEX. 1 l ' 55: Q A 4 S XS, f kk SS 3 - , lyy 'Vito A S A S A gg . S .W-sssjgigxc. X ' M asc SSSSS i Kg: Ss s.sscsss , J! V V f S . f so - ---aff: ' ' 1 , A S S.,SS,SSSSSSSS ,, 1 L ' 49 , y,.,N1lQ-ff Q , , S f,gQ, X XS RADM Ashworth presents the prized CNO Safety Award to CDR Cav- sg fi X Q fit? M' xx K- anaugh, Commanding Officer, HS-9. ft s A Q 5 5 X st Q ff :es :SS f WX K N. S T , 'XX i S I 151 X5 VM S XS .X My I I . x 7 X ,, A big grin for a big cake. L ' : A' ' Sw S S . 204

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Operation Sea Spray Operation Sword Thrust Operation SEA SPRAY was conducted by American and Canadian forces while enroute to the North Atlantic for the NATO exercises. Over sixty ships, four hundred carrier-based planes, and thirty-five land-based aircraft participated in the naval portion of the 1960 fall series of NATO exercises . . . Operation SWORD THRUST. The aim of the exercises was to provide training and experience for the units and personnel of the At- lantic Striking Fleet, under the command of Vice Ad- miral Deutermann. The Striking Fleet's main components consisted of two carrier striking groups, one American and one British, and the anti-submarine warfare group built around ESSEX and Destroyer Squadron Twenty. American carriers included in the exercises were ESSEX, SHANGRI-LA SARATOGA, as well as the Brit- ish ships, ARK ROYAL and HERMES. Among the cruis- ers were NORTHAMPTON, BOSTON, MACON, the British cruiser GAMBIA, and the Dutch cruiser DERUY- TER. Over thirty destroyers from the Allied countries provided a screen for the Striking Fleet while France, Norway and the United States provided submarines, Cigarette, anyone? and Canada lent escort ships for the exercises. Operation SWORD THRUST was designed to exer- cise the air defense and anti-submarine defense of the Striking Fleet, and to exercise measures designed to prevent interference between Allied maritime forces engaged in different activities in the same area. The exercises, which lasted throughout the month of Sep- tember, were divided into two parts, one in the Nor- wegian Sea, and the second part in both the Norwegian Sea and the Bay of Biscay. Part Il also provided close air support to Supreme Allied Commander Europe's exercise FLASH BACK II, being held concurrently with the NATO maneuvers. The anti-submarine unit, headed by ESSEX, and under the command of RADM Frederick L. Ashworth, provided protection to striking units throughout the exercises and tested its own anti-submarine defense capabilities against submarine opposition provided by the various NATO nations. After nearly an entire month of exercises off Northern Europe, ESSEX moved on to Lisbon, for a few days of well earned rest. 206