Richmond (CL 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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Eu!! Aircraft at Sea Off you go!-Ricb11z01zd's Kingfisher takes the air. From zero to sixty knots in sixty or so feet is better 'than any car ever didg but, it takes that much acceleration to get a plane off a catapult. Pilot and crew- man sit tight, heads bracedg the plane is revved upg then bang-and they're off. Heading for home-The plane comes up thru the ship's wake. In a few seconds the crewman will climb out on the wing to hook on. With the bad weather in the North, few plane operations were attempted under- way. 1 And that's that-Clear of the water the plane is almost back to where she started. The plane is being fended off the side of the ship by poles while the crewman unsnaps wing and tail guiding lines.

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TARGET FOR TODAY From February 1944 to the end of the war, the Kurile Islands Were battered by the North Pacihc Fleet. Shipping, airfields and canneries were smashed by tons of shells until all phases of Japanese life in the Kurile area were effectively tied up By the time the War ended all Northern apan dependent on fisheries was in an eco nomic chaos Like all the rest, Attu had plenty of snow. Not beautiful but it's friendly. Three of the Kuriles with two Fletchers passing by. Chirenkotan takes a look out of the fog.

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Aircraft in Port Almost clear- Standing on the plane's Wing, the crewman is just about to cast off the Whip in this at- anchor launching. Not as spectacu- lar as catapulting-it's easier on everyone's nerves. But even here ac- cidents can happen. Not long now - Taking off for a patrol flight around Mutsu Bay, Japan, the plane pounds along. Soon she'll be on her step. Then she'll lift clear of the Water and be on her Way. Getting a tow-When the space is confined, it's safer to tow the plane to the ship rather than have her taxi up alongside. In another second the line will be taut and the boat will do the Work. I r ,TE E 15 i r E I3 ls w