Lynde McCormick (DDG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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Every other day or so we would chase a Bird Farm around YANKEE Station as we stayed in its wake acting as rescue - W destroyer, At regular intervals the car- qsw t ' 'N tx Cf vi oils rier would turn into the -wind to launch new strikes and recover returning air- craft. The sound of a jet screaming over- head and the intense activity of the launch and recovery was a powerful sight that made us feel close to the Vietnam Con- flict. PLANE GU RD Long hours spent at plane guard detail seemed worth- while as we rescued this happy bombardierf navigator from an A-6 that had crashed moments r before. A RUSSIAN TRAWLER ! x ' ' an V5 'b ,X Z I. 1.

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T... A X. A FLIGHT DECK DURING LAUNCH AND RECOVERY CARRIER CPS R The center of our activity on YANKEE Station was the carrier task force, We acted as plane guard and missile defense ' escort ship for the carriers KITTY HAWK, HANCOCK, CONSTELLATION, and RAN- GER as they launched air strikes against targets in North Vietnam on an around- the-clock basis. I' ' f f .'. ' 'P' ' i 'kc-, Z ' f 3 : -jx' ',:t R 'I xr NYALQX ,C yd' ,:' ' 2 . :V E , -5.3 ay sms! 5 L1 ff I Q Q Wi if, fy MUN, ' VA sas XXX Ns is 'T' V. vv ' ma , ' 4 HANCOCK DISPLAYS ITS MIG AIRDALE SQUADRON INSIGNIA ww' - g I I 0 r, A NP ld' I . 13 Ns , W. -uw' ' . . il 1 , Q ' f 0 P I CRUSADER HSPADH 1 WILLY FUDD 4 I

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lawns,- '41 A HELO HOVERS OVER THE FANTAIL HELD DET IL When we were with aearrier we received a helo almost daily which brought us mail and Stars and Stripes newspapers and which picked up our outgoing mail and passengers. HELO -DAY ROUTINE