Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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f 1 1 1 Upper Left: F. Serafini, AD2, plane captain, keeps his new plane looking new, a continual battle against wind, weather, salt spray, and soot. Says M. Serafini Shine, shine, shine, you would think this guppy was a Cadillac. Lower Left: E. O. Rheinhart ATI, probes for a possible trouble spot. in a sick piece of electronics equipment from the ADWs complicated radar system. With him in the AEW workshop IS his right-hand man, E. Percy, AL2. Center: To Employ the ADW with maximum effectiveness, the pilot and crewmen must be thoroughly briefed on their mission. LT N. R. Birkler readies crewmen V. T. Evans, ATI and W. M. Lasseter, AL3, for a search in the Mediterranean. Lower Center: J. C. WVillett, AD2, inspects landing gear of' aircraft after a hard landing. The ADW is a heavy plane. If she's cut a little high, the pilot and crewmen think they are going right on through to the hangar deck. Upper Right: G. A. Kragt, AD3, maintenance check crew member, hunts gremlins in one of the guppy's engines. This one checked out fine on deck, but went into automatic rough at 5000 feet, especially at night. l Ili l t Ieck of a carrier is conducive to many dents in aircraft surfaces. Here R. A. Riffht: The tight plane spot necessary on tme 'igi t D . . . . Carlson, AM2, and W. H. Cowart, AN, discuss damage done to the horizontal stabilizer on an ADYV aircraft. L J R'0'l t: G. R. Baldwin AD2, plane captain, had a few questions to ask about the instruments in an ADYV. LCDR R. IN. owcr ig 1 , IfVillis, detachment O-in-C climbed up on the wing and put Baldwin through a brief instrument course. COMPOSITE SQUADRON 12, organized in 1948, has a permanent home at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Back at Quonset, mother VC-I2 keeps a barn full of Guppies, pilots, crewmen, and mech- anics to send out in detachments on the carriers that put to sea. Planes from VC-IZ, stripped of conventional arma- ment, carry as a primary weapon the most powerful radar ever housed in a carrier aircraft. The AD Guppy, with its potent electronic eye, extends the vision of the fleet and provides early warning against any enemy who might strike. Day or night, fair weather or foul, VC-I2 Detaclnnent is ready for twenty-four hour service if the situation demands. U

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Upper Left: Pilots, Man Your Planes. Pilots and crewmen of Composite Squadron THIRTY-THREE leave Ready One to man their planes and carry out their assigned mission. Alter this hop, they may be briefed immediately lor a night Hiffht or spend many extra hours working on their planes. U D Upper Right: ENS WVilson and Uphoff talk it over. Pilot and plane captain make an inspection of SS 805, affectionately called The Wheezer because of its age and old engine. Despite the age of these planes, crews kept up a high rate of availability. Lower Left: Scheckles shorts a circuit. Scheckles Bidleman, AT3, selects his tools before tackling the highly technical job of trouble- shooting one of the many pieces of electronics equipment carried in VC's all-weather configured Skyraiders. Center: 80l's CREYV mans their plane. LCDR VV. Hailie Salassi, Detachment Three's Skipper, with his crewmen, Tooker and Parker, .board their plane before a launch. The three-man crew, such as these, is the keynote of the success of the all-weather attack detachments. Lower R' 'htt E ell ATl and Ross, AL2, ground-check a piece ol gear. The detachment crewmen all have a twofold job in the lg ZZ , , composite organization. They operate the gear in the air and spend many hours on the deck, constantly servicing and malfltaln- ing it. , COMPOSITE SOUADRON THIRTY-THREE. fulfills City, New Jersey. Detachment Three, under the able leadership of LCDR James VV. Salassi, flew to Guantan- amo Bay to meet the Leyte and has been an integral part of her air group every since. Besides being the Leyte's only night striking force, Detachment Three also supple- ments the air group in attack and support missions dur- ing the day. the all-weather attack requirements of the Atlantic Fleet. Its mission is to search out and sink enemy submarines, Supply skilled personnel for foul weather and night sorties, and to perform the myriad of other jobs which spell efficiency lfor the air navy. Composite Squadron Thirty-Three is commanded by CDR John T. DeVane, and is based ashore at Atlantic ' 91