Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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tl s F il P 1 3 A E l V w 7 E si 2 I 5 . L. ? E E i Composite Squadron ETACHMENT Eight of Composite Squadron 33 has sailed with the Oris- kany so long, starting with the first shakedown in Janu- ary, that they consider them- selves uhalf-plank ownersff They Hy under the slogan uWhenever an East Coast Flat-top Sails, a VC-33 De- tachment Always Prevailsf, Skippered by CDR R. lVl. Lindsey, the officers and men of the unit moved into the swing of shipboard activities. Henecke pitched for the Oriskany baseball team and 4'Bum Dopef' Catalano played for the softball nine. The detachment sports held a beach party at Khandia, Crete, with the athletes winding up at the bar of the CPO Club at Suda Bay. And there was the time LT uPlane Ditchern Schumacher dropped his Sky Raider AD into the drink. While men crowded the Oriskany catwalks and hatches to watch, one of the crewmen in the plane, uBuddha Sigmon, calmly stepped out on the wing, glanced to see if LT Schumacher had gotten out, tested the cold sea with his big toe, bowed to the on-lookers and jack-knifed in. He backstroked to a nearby DD. Both LT Schumacher and the other crew- man, Hinrichs, got away before the plane went down. Officer in charge of Detachment Eight was LT Henderson, with LT Schumacher as exec. iff! X VC-33 Two of the men, lVlumbles,, Derifield and 6'SquaWl-ter Youshaw have real Air Medals tucked away in lockers, following AD combat duty in Korea. All the others, from LTJG ul-ioosterj' Erk, LTJG 4'Srniley,, Speckman, LTJQ '4Pee Wveen Hancock, ENS Hjiggern Kowalsky, through to Pencil Face Peloquin, uLunch Hooksf' Franks, 'cljlate Class Charliea' Granger, HTenderfoot', Russell and Curr ner Dineen are ready for the chance to get pinned. Quoting from the Henderson book of VC-33 sayings, There will be Air Medals in the morning. Bottom Row, I-eff N Ri9 ' ' J. C. Dineen, W. H. Hinrichsf M- W. Suvuge, J. S. Youn91 D' w' Youshuw, R. D. Nault, R. E. Curl- son, R. C. Sutton, R- W- Lama' ter, F. V. Cutalano, D- P' Bu' chanun, T. R. Barker .... SEC- oNn now Len to RISM A P Wilson N A Dixon LTJGAI- Speckmun ENS B D KowllSkY ne: 1 ark u E C 'W macher Lt R R I-lendersvll Luc B N Hancock .I HW chuk A E Peloqum THIRD now Len to Right R 0'C ' n .I S Slgmon R 5 H Derltield .I M Walls R Fenty R .I Donohue W E :agen rounm now bf' to Right C I. Toul .I I. lui? R K Franks I E Heneeknf Snyder C A Grtlltleri ik' L f la , N 6 ' : - - . if i h 1 - ' b I x gi I N . I . . - I . . l t ll g v if . 'fl .1 . , . . ' Ei if fi 54 ' ' i T. 5 2 I , nfieg. t s g o H .n .. . ---5' l, 5: H, . , . . - .' 9 ji 1 1 . .l f -' - ' ' ' 7 's S I- T - w 1 rg . - - ' ' ' ' i ,I 1 . 3 , I . : . - 5 21? V Hi I lf'f .. J 4 -' r, ' eu: ' 0 I ' ' . 11 f' 2 '9 . if ff ' - i . , . II F.R- g ,' , .X e 1 4 h 5' F. P. Millar, w. H. Russe 1 A I 5 f is , ' F n I . . 1 u 1 N :.:'. v A' -' ' 'l,l,.g.1 t 1 r - r . - - ' ' 'Y ' S . . . . V Q: s , . il. ,334 I W ' 2 n I I ' 'V' 1.8.9, ' 'L ' ig iff 'I' - I :- - -,,-..l-i I.,

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C-12 Cgmposite Squadron 9 , Q 7 1' 4s E X is Q l 'Qs 1 X 1 X QX g i Q X J sa ss.-be 3' 3 5 v .v .R r cg, X N sl ,X ,fm TOP ROW, Left to Right: E. M. Prus, AD3: R. G. Patterson, AN: W. Bowling, AD3: F. H. Hall, AN: F. C. Eardley, AD3: J. A. Lowans, AN: A. G. Grappe, ADAN: G. G. Bennett, AN. . . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: C. W. Donahue, AT3: H. D. Miller, AN: Lawrence, TN: R. F. Madsen, AN: E. H. Hagel, AE3: V. D. Nocera, AN: A. S. Higbee, AE3: J. B. Jennings, AT3. . . . SECOND ROW, J J R bb AD1 C W Edens ALC' D D Norton ADC' I L Left to Right: D. R. Roller, AT2: . . o , : . . , , . . , , , , Newberry, ALC: A. J. Ferranti, AD1: R. E. Gleerup, AT2: J. L. Gleerup, AT2. . . . FRONT ROW, ht: J. R. Rundle, AM3: J. V. Williams, SN: R. W. Feix, ATAN: E. K. Harmon, ALAN: Left to Rig E. G. Miller, AN. HE t s uadron of VC-12, based at Quonset Point, R. I., supplied specially-equipped all-weather paren q radar teams for almost every carrier leaving the East Coast. Detachment Eight, aboard the Oriskany, cl of seven ilots and one electronics officer, three chiefs and 27 enlisted men. Under was ma e up p LCDR Buckowski they provided extended aircraft early-warning coverage for the Fleet in the Med. They flew four ,AD4-W Guppies, the plane with the big-belly radar dome. One of the assistant plane lled 4cGuppy.7' Another EM kept his plane uFlying ,lewel.'7 captains, Lowans, resembled his ship so closely he was Ca so well wire-brushed and shining that he earned the name f the officers added a half stripe during the cruise gg M Four o - . They became LCDR Buckowski, and Lieutenants Baber, Lehman and 4'Hopalong Hannigan. uHopalong', won his special distinction when he was thrown by a bucking horse on Crete. To make the detachment function smoothly, among the plane captains, a storekeeper, electronic maintenance men and operators, a steward and others were: Chiefs Norton, Edens and Newbury, and 'iKissin' Jima' Rundle, 4'Dad,' Robb, aWant-Out Hagel, '4Baldy Higbee, i'Rackets Wil- liams, Can You Top Thisu Bowling, 4'Ear Bangerw Ferranti, Ready Room Roller and Grappe, the c'Don Juan of Genoa. ills LTJG J. A. Deganahl LTJG N, p, fqmqsiq Lt. E. R. Wiseman Lt. C. A. Balmer ' Education Officer Electronics Officer 0Pe 9n5 omfef A 3 gi, i wg: Xi i Q LCDR G. A. Buckowski Oflicer in Charge 6: Lt. R. P. Meyers Maintenance Officer Lt. J. P. Hannigan Personnel Otlicer g . . Lt. B. A. Lehman Material Officer

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VC-62 Composite Squadron s 3 HOTOGRAPHS of the islands bombed and the reconnoitered by pilots off the Oriskany shores came through cameras aboard aircraft of Detachment 8-51 of Composite Squadron 62. They took enough to fill a gallery and tire out the Hyers who saw the photos posted in ready rooms each morning after bombing and diving on the same bleak island the day before. it Although primarily photo reconnaissance, VC-62 has also taken part as a fighter division in rockets, gunnery, combat air patrol and air group strikes. The Detachment, with four FSF-2Ps, was one of many sent out by its parent squadron as photo teams on various aircraft carriers. YC-62. based at Cecil Field, was the Navys Atlantic Fleet Photographic Squadron. lts pilots got their training in a variety of aircraft, including the Banshee. The team on the Oriskany included LTJC Turley, officer-in-chargeg LTJCs Morgan and Bliesener, and Ensigns Farrell and Workinger, and 16 enlisted men. The detachment's aircraft availability was outstanding-through the work of the maintenance crew under Chief Kelly. Ordnance work was super- vised by Chief Carpenter. ln August, LTJC Turley was transferred to Photo interpretation School at Washington, D. C., leaving LTJC Morgan as O-inaC. ENS Palmer came to the Detachment from the Coral Sea to take over the duties in aviation equipment and survival. FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Omer E. Kelly, ADC7 ENS Thomas G. Workingerp LTJG Arthur B. Bliesenerp LTJG Miles D. J. Turley: LTJG Robert L. Morgan: ENS John R. Farrell and Dale E. Carpenter, AOC .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: Peter Torkeo, AD37 Robert E. Cyran, AN: Carl V. Talbert, Jr., AT37 Vincent C. Johnson, AN7 Frank E. Sturges, AF37 Raymond A. Nolette, AE3g Alfred H. Young, AO3 .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Donald J. Allain, AN, Conard A. Phillips, AD37 Walter L. Stanley, AF37 William H. Ryan, AN7 Melvin Lynch, Jr., AN7 Frank W. Shults, Jr., AM27 and Eugene F. Wright, AD1. The two aviation photographers of VC-62 Detachment 8-51 preparing to make an installation in an F8F-2P. The AF3s are Frank E. Sturges lleftl and Walter L. Stanley Krightl.