Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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ESSEX makes history again On 21 September, 1960, ESSEX became the first combatant carrier in naval history to have 100,000 arrested landings to her credit, when LTJG Tinley Olten of VAW-12 brought his AD-5W safely on deck. Among the other crew members were Dean Hoelting, ART3, and ENS Phillip Shoe- maker. This landing took place north of the Arctic Circle, while ESSEX was operating off the Norwegian coast in support of the NATO exercises. The historic landing was made on a cold and misty night, during around the clock air opera- tions. The plane was returning from a routine three hour anti-submarine patrol when it snagged the ESSEX wire for the 100,000th landing in the history of the gallant carrier. As always, the landing was celebrated by a cake . . . which, in itself, made his- tory. The 8 x 5 ft., 1000 lb cake was the largest ever baked on ESSEX! Z , M f, ,ff .ii Wm I Q 79 .. ,MO , 1 xg .. is L I . , M' A 209 Captain R.L. Fowler congratulates LTJG T.L. Olten on his historic landing LTJG Olten cuts the great cake which celebrated the 100,000th landing. His fellow crew mem- bers from VAW-12 look on with ' anticipation.

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