Saratoga (CVA 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 Q.. . Captain Warren H. O'Nei1, USN, Commanding Officer Saratoga's Commanding Officer, Captain ZS H. O'Neil, came to Saratoga from a tour of commanding officer, USS SACRAMENTO took command of the Saratoga during her training period in the Caribbean, April and, in rapid succession, saw her through period, an Operational and Readiness major exercise with units ofthe North Organization and a Presidential before the final days of re aration for a six- M 9 , P P ed-iterranean Cruise. n O'Neil graduated from the United Naval Academy in june 1944. iif. srrvetl USS BOSTON fCA-691 for the remainder of War ll and the occupation of japan. In he was designated a Naval Aviator. He in Attack Squadron 44, Atlantic Fleet 50. After a tour of duty as flight instructor in Pensacola, Fla., he reported to Composite Squadron Three and participated in the development of iet night-fighter operations, He was Officer in Charge Of the fir-gi irgr might-J A'1'i 4: -g,,.: of ffhvfi ii-,,1'g.iI iS to deploy in the Pacific at the cl-use of the korean War. He later joined All Weather Squadron 193. In 1956, he completed a year of post graduate study in Personnel Management at Stanford Uni- versity and received an MA degree in EdUC2li0r1- A two-ymf ion: at the Bureau of Naval Personnel followed. After a tour as Executive Officer of Fighter Squadron 102, in the Atlantic Fleet, he commanded Fighter Squadrra 92 in the Pacific and returned to Washimft I to attend the Industrial College of the Armed Forces during l96l'62. In 1963, Captain CQYNL-il commanded Carrier Air Wing Eleven aboard the USS KITTY HAWK fCVA-635. From there, he reported as Navigator of the USS CORAL SEA CCVA-435. During the first year of the Vietnam conflict, he served as the Operations Officer and left the CORAL SEA to re- port the Bureau of Naval Operations. During 1966-67, he was head of the Sea Based Air Strike Forces Section of the Office of DCNO CAirD. In late 1967, he attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Business School. Captain O'Neil and his wife, Elizabeth Fitz' gffrald O'Neil, have one son who is a Lieutenant Cjunior gradeb, U.S. Navy, serving in nuclear sub- marines, another son in the llnited States Naval Academy, and two dgiupliii-rs at home. Captain O'Neii's firm hand at the helm, fre- quent all-hands briefings and generous atta boys has made maintaining thirty knots across the flight deck easier for everyone.

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I l 1 l L f X, . . 1- D n ,i5'f. 2113! he 4 AWS: 1 ' X ' fr? viva wg 1? g- -.1 , lg:-ji 'f tang l,...,,J LLL? ig.:..J iL.1iiJ'f - A fighting cock, its whole stance one of defiance, has been the symbol if five Na ships to bear the name Saratoga. The symbol was born in battle, during the War of 1812. Four British men-of-war were engaged on Lake Champlain by a smaller American fleet. Saratoga was the flagship. A British cannonball smashed a coop, releasing a sailor's gamecock. The startled bird flew to the rail and crowed lustily and defiantly! Taking the cock's crow as a sign of good luck, the men fought with renewed courage and won the battle. Though the sailing ships are gone, the spirit of the fighting cock lives on as an inspiration to the men of today's Saratoga.

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Commander Frank Crambet, USN Executlve Ofhcers Commander Frank Cramblet relieved Captain R- C. Adams as Saratoga's Executive Officer Angus: H. 1069. iusr before Sara anchored at Barcelona, Spain. Captain Adams was ordered to duty at the Pengagsr. 'fpsrinaton D.C. Commander Cramblet reported iromijtnzjj as the commanding officer of Attack Squadron 42. Captain R C 'FM i