Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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UAN ANAMO B Y, C BA 1 The ORISKANYS tirst stop outside the United States was Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After a halt year ot liberty in New York, the crew rolled up its sleeves and began to iron out the operational and technical wrinkles which re- sulted trom the inactivity ot the ORISKANY while the ship was in the New York and Bayonne, N.J., yards tor overhaul. .5 From sunrise to sunset the GRISKANY made training runs in Cuban waters, and every mecha- nism was tested and retested. General Quarters was sounded twice daily and battle conditions were simulated to train the crew to a peak ot etticient pertorm- ance. The llRed Rippersfl ot VF-I I, launched their Ban- shee jets, and the Anti-submarine Squadrons ot VS-32 tlew Avenger torpedo bombers during flight operations, which included dummy bombing and strating runs. The shipls batteries, which hadn't been tired tor eight months were manned for the most part by com- paratively new personnel who s ent man hours at 'fi ,a sw.. How much? ' ' 5-I- ' ami 1 r P Y their gun stations. The gunners soon learned how to X tire the ship's guns with precision and accuracy. At the end ot each working day, the crew relaxed over iitall-cool-ones swapping sea stories in the various clubs provided at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Ten days atter arrival in Cuba, the otticers and en- listed men ot the GRISKANY looked torward eagerly to their tirst South American Port ot Call-Rio de Janeiro. Propaganda .... I I . ,,,.M.,,,,, ,Q sir 'Y rx 2 . Where do we go from here? f rri,5' ,IHQHF A ik Y i f i 'll YC' 1 4 r i ru L. , lr , r fi , WZ' f Yzkf' fr 1 ,, ,.,,, , f ,. , ' ix l i l

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