Hornet (CVA 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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. W. -r . r .n . 1 . . S.-- , -a .Y 1. .2 as Q'-..:H+-.ffm-H,,,....wa-,,rsw'g.7,a1k,, QM5mlxx'xf5Qwf:i,e:.1a.trf,a:s.1aa1tfaf2:1:2ME5'a.U25'I?:.'I'a'n13.f'f.g'EMEE!a'EN,'?lE':!P5lE:'TL?'9'5l VJ- ga, After the squadron returned from a Korean combat tour, in August, 1953, Com- mander W. T. Harding took command at Alameda, and approximately seven months were spent in reforming and training in F9F-5 aircraft. Six weeks were spent in Fallon, Nevada, and two carrier qualification cruises were completed before deploying, giving the squadron its first 3600 hours, accident free. The squadron departed from Alameda, April 27, 1954, enroute to Norfolk, Virginia, and after a very eventful, thunderstom en- countering trip, arrived. After a short cruise on the USS HORNET, the squadron departed on the Hornet World Cruise, stopping first in Lisbon, Portugal. Next was Naples, then through the Suez Canal to Ceylon and Singa- pore. In july the ship arrived in Manila and joined the fleet to operate for the next five months. During the cruise the pilots aver- aged about 40 landings, and 70 hours flying. Several aircraft received class C or D damage, but the squadron had no serious accidents, and no pilots were ever injured. Three trips were made to Japan and one to Hong Kong before the ship departed for Hawaii, enroute to the U.S. When the ship X 1 'r 2 P 'Q Ml yt , L N 'u LJ if 51 ii K. fs 11514 5' fE'iJFPlm!?7'511L.llTFl1 , 54 aw? .i 23 , , Li arrived in Alameda, the squadron moved to Moffett Field to start the cycle over again in F 7U-39s. 0 LTijgJ Russ, LT Moore, CDR Harding, LTljg3 C-F05 x, , X Solomon. LTijg Skyrud, LT Herbert, LCDR Richey, LT fjgj LTljgJ Apostolou, LT Foxton, LTfjgJ Moore, L CDR LT Slade LT Feldmeycr LTfJgJ Merrill Ochenrider.