Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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DIVISION ENS R. S. BROWN CS, THE SIGNAL DIVISION, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING ALL VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS WHETHER BY FLAG HOIST, LIGHT OR SEMAPHORE FLAGS. AS PART OF THE BRIDGE WATCH, THE SIGNAL GANG IS RESPONSI- BLE FOR OBSERVING, INTERPRETING, AND REPORTING ALL TACTICAL SIGNALS ADDRESSED TO ESSEX AND FOR DELIVERING ALL SIGNALS ORIGINATED BY THE SHIP. THEY CANNOT ALLOW THE SMALLEST EVENT TO ESCAPE DE- TECTION OR RESPONSE, WHETHER IT BE RENDERING PASSING HONORS TO ANOTHER SHIP, RECOGNIZING A SMALL BOAT BEARING IMPORTANT VISITORS, OR ANY- THING WHICH MIGHT AFFECT THE SAFETY OF ESSEX. LAST, THEY ARE CHARGED WITH THE CARE OF AND FLY- ING OF ESSEX PROUD FLAGS. SMC R. A- HUNTER SMI J. D. BRYAN SM2 W. J. FISHER SM2 H. S. ANESGAR SMSN G. G. BAUER SN A. MORGAN, JR. SMSN C. H. PHILLIPS SM2 M. S. SCOTT SMSN D. M. SHARP SMSN J. L. TAYLOR SMSN G. C. WILLIAMS SMSN W. W. WISE SN J. A. MASELLI SM2 H. V. MOON SM3 J. T. DAVIS SM3 J. L. SKROCKI nn I I 1 if

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CVS G-54 CARRIER ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE AIR GROUP FIFTY FOUR CDR J. R. HENDERSON I LCDR W. M. CALLAGHAN, JR. CARRIER ANTI-SUBMARINE AIR GROUP FIFTY-FOUR WAS COMMISSIONED 18 MAY 1960 FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNITING ITS COMPONENT SQUADRONS INTO A MORE EFFICIENT TEAM. THAT CVSG-54 HAS SUCCESSFULLY FULFILLED ITS MISSION IS ELOQUENTLY EVIDENCED IN ITS BEI WG AWARDED THE RED ROOSTER , EMBLEMATIC OF THE TOP EAST COAST ASW AIR GROUP, THREE OF THE SIX TIMES IT HAS BEEN CON- FERRED AND NO LESS ELOQUENTLY BY THE FACT THAT EACH OF ITS SQUADRONS HAVE BEEN FREQUENT RECIPIENTS OF BATTLE EXCELLENCE lE7 AWARDS, SAFETY AWARDS AND ASW EXCELLENCE AWARDS. ALTHOUGH ITS HISTORY IS A RELATIVELY SHORT ONE IT IS A PROUD AND EVENTFUL ONE. WHILE EMBARKED IN THE VENERABLE ,USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN KCVS-395 CVSG-54 PER- SONNEL PARTICIPATED IN THE RECOVERY PHASE OF LCDR SHEPARD'S'FREEDOM 7 SPACE CRAFT, OF THE UNMANNED GEMINI IIJAND OF ASTRONAUTS COOPER AND CONRAD AND WHILE EMBARKED IN USS BOXERMILPH-45 THEY PA,RJ:r',-3ATED IN RECOVERY OF THE FIRST APOLLO. ON A QQSOMBRE NOTE, AGAIN ABOARD THE CHAMP , THEY ,FICIPATED IN THE CUBAN QUARANTINE FORCES IN 1962- '3 FULFILLING THEIR SECONDARY MISSION OF SURFACE ,JRVEILLANCE AS WELL AS THEIR ASW FUNCTION. DEDICATED ATO THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY THE MEN AND FLYING MACHINES OF CVSG-54 WILLINGLY PAY THE PRICE OF CONSTANT VIGILANCE OVER THE EASTERN TERRITO- RIAL WATERS OF AMERICA OR WHEREVER THEY' ARE NEEDED. '