Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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All hands keep clear of the tlight deck and catwalks. CAPE At sunrise Sunday, June 29, l952, atter twenty-tour hours ot buck- ing some ot the worst swells and gales the South Atlantic could otter, the ORISKANY became the tirst aircratt carrier in history to go around Cape Horn. As the l39l-toot peak ot the l-lorn came into view, the sea suddenly calmed and the sky was light with a spectacularly beautitul winter sunrise. Chaplain R. K. Wilson, in divine services that historic Sunday, remarked: lt is probably the most beautitul sight that any ot us will ever see. ln contrast to the beauty ot the sunrise, the regions ot Cape l-lorn appeared barren and liteless, and on gray mountains the sun caught the sparkle ot snow-capped peaks. l-lere was Nature at its best! The Cape l-lorn region is so stormy that Rounding the l-torn has always been dreaded by sailors. It a sailor makes this trip, he is said to have taced the worst danger ottered by the sea. Most ot the shipping that once went around the l-lorn now goes through the Panama Canal. HUR History books note that Cape l lorn was an ancient trade route used by merchants in their conquest tor the riches ot the East lndies. Ferdinand Magellan tirst attempted the trip August IG, l5l9, with a tleet ot tive ships. l-lis ettorts, however, were thwarted by stark cold, lack ot tood, and a rebellious and frightened crew. l-lis dreams ot rounding the l-lorn were dashed and he was torced, out ot a desperate ettort tor survival, to seek a sater and quicker route to the East lndies and the tortunes he thought awaited him there. February 20, l52I, Magellan entered the barren reaches ot the rugged straits and thus reached the Pacitic Ocean. Magellan may not have tound the tortunes he was seeking, but he did, nevertheless, achieve his secondary goal-tame! When Cape l-lorn had taded to a dot on the horizon, the sea resumed its stormy resistance, and tor two days the ORISKANY tossed like a matchbox on the heavy Pacitic swells.