Franklin D Roosevelt (CV 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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re Z2 Z Q QSNERXM XX E Si XX 'L KS Off the coast of Spain on February 9 for a three day operation, Air Group One squadrons were launched against Spanish targets. For this cruise Air Group One had exchanged the Marine Fighter Squadron's Skyrays for VF-11's Red Rippers flying the supersonic F8U-1 Crusader. . I FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT relieved the ESSEX CVA-9 on February 12, 1960 and was host to the Honorable Simon H. Vissor, Minister of Defense of the Netherlands on March 1st. He was greeted with full honors by Vice Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. USN, Commander Sixth Fleet, Vice 'Admiral Fitzhugh Lee, USN, Prospective Deputy Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, Rear Admiral I. J. Golatin, USN, Commander Cruiser Division Two, and Captain Hugh Winters, Commanding Officer of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. The Minister was briefed on the Sixth Fleet, witnessed day and night air operations, and participated in a destroyer orientation cruise. He returned to the Hague on March 3rd. Operating off Athens, Greece on March 22, 1960, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT received a message indicating a Greek civilian had been seriously injured on the island of Sifnos. ROOSEVELT altered course and launched a helicopter with a doctor aboard to the village of Apollonia. The injured man was transported to the ship by helicopter and later was transferred to a hospital in Athens. On April 2nd a surprise training exercise Quicktrain was conducted on the FDR simulating a wartime condition wherein aircraft were armed and launched as the ship got underway. The exercise was to evaluate the carrier's ability to retaliate with little prior warning of hostilities. ln the following weeks FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT launched aircraft to support amphibious assault exercises on a beach, providing landing ships and infantry, with naval air support. She also launched simulated nuclear strikes against Italian, Greek, and Turkish targets. She arrived in Palermo, Sicily June 12th in preparation for joint exercises with the FORRESTAL CVA-59, the British carrier HMS ARK ROYAL, and a large number of escort ships as well. On July 25th, 1960, LTJG R. D. Richards of VA-46 flying an A4D Skyhawk, made the 97,000th carrier arrested landing aboard the FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT since her original commissioning. She was relieved in the Mediterranean August 16 by the INTREPID CVA-11. She arrived in Mayport on August 24th. For her outstanding safety record the FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT was awarded her first Admiral Flatley Aviation Safety Award for the year 1960. She was forced to sortie from Mayport September 10 to escape the fury of Hurricane Donna and spent two days riding out very rough seas and winds up to 65 knots. She set course to New York on September 17 and tied up at the New York Naval Shipyard on September 20 for a repair availability which lasted until December 16, 1960. Returning to Mayport for the Christmas and New Year's holiday leave period, she then conducted refresher training out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. N - unv-

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