Yorktown Apollo Recovery (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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ul mg. SEEING THE SIGHTS--Two Yorlztown crewmembers look ouer Valparaiso.. GETTING AUTOGRAPH--Chilean girls get alitogrdph from Yorktown crewmember in downtown Valparaiso. 4' wld in V 4- Liam- D , , Avi., if L4-3 . fa! nba, 1. 1..- . 4. , CHll.EAN BEACH--One of the beaches near Valparaiso that crewmembers visited for relaxation. Page 39

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Yorktown Round Cape Horn ' Q i A RUUNDING CAPE HURN--Three crewmembers get a glimpse of Cape Horn from the Yorktown's fl ight deck. All Yorktown crewmembers be came Moss- backs when the ship sailed around the south- ernmost point of the American Continents at historic Cape Horn at 9:30 pm on February 7 on the second leg of a historic 13, 800 mile journey from Long Beach to Norfolk. Each crewmember received a scroll and wallet card proclaiming membership in the Realm of the South Wind. The Fighting Lady' ' rounded the extreme southern tip of continental land in the world, just 490 miles North of Antartica, to join the Atlantic Fleet- ending 25 years of dedicated service to Pacific waters. Although originally constructed on the East Coast, this was the Erst signing of Cape Horn for the Yorktown. The Fighting Lady by' passed the Horn by transiting through the Panama Canal on its maiden voyage into World War II in 1943. However, a wide an- gle flight deck has been added since then, in- creasing Yorktown's efficiency by allowing simultaneous recoveries and launching of air- craft. But, it also made the anti- submarine carrier too wide to travel back through the Canal. , The Fighting Lady cruised easily through seas considered extremely hazardous in ear- lier days, when sailing ships depended upon unpredictable winds to carry them around the treacherous rocks surrounding the Cape. Actuallya series of small islands, the Cape area is described by most publications as one extremely rugged sea . I Ferdinand Magellan actually missed round- ing the Cape in 15 20, but instead,threaded his way through the narrow straits between Tiera del Fuego and the mainland of Chile. It took him 38 days and one mutiny. Yorktown com- pleted the trip in a mere two days. Later in 1578, Sir Francis Drake cautious- ly worked his way into the straits, only to lose two ships inthe 16-day passage. He was also blown off course past the Southern Cape Horn area , where he discovered that the land of fire , Tierra del Fuego, was a series of islands and not another continent. The Cape received its name from two Dutch navigat ors in 1616, who named it after Hoorn in Holland. Captain James Cook mapped the area in 1768 while bound for Tahiti in his ship the Endeavor . And later in 1862 came the charting expedition of HMS Beagle, carry- ing Charles Darwin as the ship's naturalist. Page 4l -----anemia? 'f' A.. ., - - L-a,a.,,A.....-in .. ,.i....,., W, ,....4. ,.....1.,... J. F f,a1u.n.f,, ,Ma-mom