Yorktown (CVS 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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Commander Willard L. Mybufg AND LET US NO FQRGET Captain Chaffles E. Gibson

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'PUFFJCUP-4'1 11CD U14'-+HC'l1OU1P4l'l1 . Commander Wz'llz'am C. Smith Commander William C. Smith was born in Dike, Texas in 1919. He attended the East Texas State Teachers College. He completed flight training in February of 1942 and was then assigned duty in Squadron VGS-12, an escort fighter group. Following a tour in Alaska at Dutch Harbor, he proceeded to the Southwest Pacific for action at Guadalcanal. Commander Smith returned to the States in 1943 and became a member of VF-13, which deployed to the Pacific on the USS FRANKLIN. He later returned to the Training Command at Pensacola, Florida to serve as Officer-in-Charge of the Basis Instruction School. After three years at Pensacola he was ordered for duty as the Executive Officer of VF-81 at Norfolk, Virginia and Jacksonville, Florida. In 1950 he attended General Line School in Monterey, California and upon completion was assigned to the Operational Intelligence Section of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Following two years in this duty he became a member of Commander, U.S. Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, Staff as Intelligence Officer. After jet transition training in Olathe, Kansas, he becaae Commanding Officer of VF-114 and completed a WestPac tour aboard the USS ESSEX in 1 7. He was then ordered to the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, as a student in the Naval Warfare Course. Upon completion of one year as a student, he was assigned to the Staff of the Naval War College as Head of the Academic Team in the Command and Staff. Course. He was then assigned to USS YORKTOWN QCVS-10D as Operations Officer in August 1960, and became Executive Officer in June of 1961. Among his medals are the Distinguished Flying Cross, 5-Air medals, American Defense, American Theater, Asiatic-Pacific Medal, with 9 battle stars, World War II Victory, Occupation Medal,-Philippine Defense Medal, Philippine Liberation, and the National Defense Medal. Commander Smith is married to the former Miss Dorthy Angelo.

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THE YORKTOWN's ROLE IN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE ' The aircraft carrier is the key member of the Anti-Submarine Warfare KASWJ Hunter-Killer team. It is the command post of Hunter-Killer Which includes: the carrier, With Commander Carrier Division 19 embarked as the Task Group Commander, four to eight destroyers, with a Destroyers Division Commander embarked as Screen Commander g and Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 consisting of tvvo SZF Q' Tracker 7' squadrons, one helicopter squadron and a detachment of three airborne early Warning radar equipped AD Skyraiders, based aboard the carrier. The YGRKTOWN is a high-speed mobile base that can move from one troubled sea lane to another as needed and on very short notice. It serves as the logistics center for the units of the ASW team and as a command post from Which operations of the Hunter-Killer team are coordinated and controlled by the Task Group Commander. To permit timely, effective and efficient employment of the elements of the Task Group, the YGRKTOWN provides a Wide variety of surface and air search radars, high speed corn- munications equipment, electronic countermeasures devices, and electronic navigational equipment. This equipment provides a rapid continuous flow of vital. tactical information to the Combat Information Center and Flag Plot of the carrier, information Which the Task Group Commander must have in order to effectively carry out the ASW Team's mission, Hunt and Kill enemy submarines. .