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I YI AN..,.-Q ,4 I TX., VS-32 -A CDRR T RADCLIFFE MOTHER SQUADRON FROM WHOSE PERSONNEL VS-22 WAS FORMED, THE HISTORY OF AIR ANTI-SUBMARINE SQUADRON THIRTY-TWO IVS-323 DATES FROM THE ORIGINAL LOG EN- TRY OF APRIL 1950. HER AIR CREWS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROGRESS FROM THE OLD TBM AVENGERS TO TO- DAY'S HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED S-2E'S AND HAVE FLOWN FROM THE DECKS OF USS ORISKANY QCVA-345, USS LEYTE KCVS-321, USS TICONDEROGA KCVA-141, USS WASP 1CVS-181, THE VENERABLE CHAMP USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN KCVS-391 AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, USS ESSEX QCVS-91 NAMESAKE OF THE CLASS. VERSATILITY HAS BEEN A MARK OF VS-32 WHOSE CREWS AND AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN USED IN LOCATING A WRECKED AND SUBMERGED C-47 BY MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTION GEAR, IN CATAPULT LAUNCHINGS FROM A CARRIER TIED AT PIER AND IN THE INITIAL EVALUATION OF USS NAUTILUS ISSN-5711. PROFESSIONALISM HAS BEEN A MARK OF HER CREWS WHO CLAIM TWO FIRSTS IN FLIGHT EMERGENCIESg THE FIRST S2F NIGHT, SINGLE ENGINE CATAPULT SHOT AND SUCCESSFUL LANDING AND ATHEN 119591 UNHEARD OF NIGHT, SINGLE ENGINE BOLTER FOLLOWED BY SUCCESS- FUL RECOVERY. - LIKE OTHER VS SQUADRONS THE PRIMARY MISSION OF VS- 32 IS THE DETECTION AND DESTRUCTION OF I-IOSTILE SUB- MARINES. SINCE 1960 THE SQUADRON HAS BEEN AN INTE- GRAL PART OF CVSG-54 PARTICIPATING IN THE CONSTANT TRAINING MISSIONS AND FLEET EXERCISES REQUISITE COMBAT READINESS, CONTINUING TO DISTINGUISH HERSELF INDIVIDUALLY WHILE CONTRIBUTING MIGHTILY TO THE RE- MARKABLE RECORD DEMONSTRATED BY CVSG-54. I Iss Essex , 2 : '-',. -' n ' , - ' 7 273