Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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LCDR Cleland V. lvlcBurney, USN GFFICER-IN-CHARGE VAW 'IQ DET 9 Currier Airborne Eorly Worning Squodron Twelve, DeTochmenT Nine, The Willy Eudd ouTTiT oboord, is one of mony AEWXASW deTochmenTs To serve Essex during The posT eleven yeors. ln The posT, The eorly vvorning deToch- menTs were furnished by VC-12, VAW-33 ond The old VAW-T2 Guppies . In SepTember of i962, VAW-i2 DeT-9 Troveled from Their home bose oT NAS Norfolk, Virginio ond come oboord Essex wiTh on oircroTT ThoT hod previously mode iTs debuT on only one oTher CVS. This oircroTT, The E-l B, is pri- morily used in The EleeT os on AEW ploTTorm buT since The orrivol oT DeT-19 ond The Euddsmen oboord Essex, iT hos proved iTselT on inTegrol porT oT The ASW Teom. The mission we hove in The l-lunTer Killer Eorce is To provide rodor seorch, ossume conTrol oT oircroTT, eiTher posiTive or odvisory ond communicoTions. The Eudd's vveopon is iTs rodor, copoble oT deTecTing The smoll exposed suricoce oT The submorine's snorkle ond onTenno orroy GT long ronges. IT olvvoys sTonds ready To deTecT The presence oT enemy oircroTT ond vecTor o TighTer To inTercepT in defense oT The ship. ThoT huge Tlying soucer riding on The bock oT The E-l B, under The deli- coTe guidonce ond loving core oT our Triendly NAO's, is olso exTensively used To ossisT in The conTrol oT oir TroTTic going To ond Trom The ship during bod weoTher so ThoT ASW moy be on oil vveoTher business. Einolly, we ore o communicoTions reloy ploTTorm reloying boTh video ond voice communicoTions. DeT-9, 68 men and Ll oircroTT sTrong, heoded by Essex CenTurion LCDR. CV. McBurney, sTonds os o reody Teom To supporT Essex ond her ASW operoTions.

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C. Briggs, AMS1 W. Cobble, AN D. Deation, AN J. Kniche 1, AN K. Naglitsch, AN N. Potter, AN G- Stahl, AN L. Thompson, AN 'WWW , 2 4, Wy, ', 4 M. Thompson, AN L. Tucker, AN M, McGee, AMEAA X NOW I Icy me down To sleep... R. O ' ' Q ' rslnl, ATNAA R. R1b1ch, ADRAA K. Winklebleck, ADRAA B, B k ' AA AA 3 al' R. Burton, AA R, Dubberly,

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