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April 29, 1969 as USS FORRESTAL CVA-59 steamed independently en route from Rota, Spain to Norfolk, VA, on course 268, at 19 knots. SOPA and OTC is Captain James W. Nance. Condition of readiness IV and material condition Yoke are set. Boilers 1B, 2B, 3B, 4A, and generators 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 are on the line.
Home Again.
At 1252 hours, LTJG R. M. Campbell assumed the OOD watch. Set the Special Sea and Anchor Detail. At 1301 hours, set course 316. At 1307 hours, all engines stopped. Maneuvering while maneuvering to Berth 123, Pier 12, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA, LT R. M. Campbell has the conn. Captain Nance and Navigator CDR J. A. Cochran are on the bridge. 1509 pilot, Captain Adams is on board. At 1515 hours, pilot Adams has the conn. At 1548 hours, first line over, moored at Pier 12 with standard carrier mooring lines. Moored at Pier 12 with standard mooring lines. At1607 hours, secured the Special Sea and Anchor Detail.
FORRESTAL’s return after the 282-day deployment marks the longest deployment by a CVA carrier in the SIXTH Fleet to this date.
FORRESTAL moored to Pier 12 at Norfolk, VA after an uneventful seven day voyage from the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar and across the Atlantic, completing a nine-month deployment–her longest to the Mediterranean to date.
Cloudy skies and showers failed to dampen the spirits of the families, friends and dignitaries on hand to greet the 4,3000 officers and enlisted men of USS FORRESTAL as they brought their ship into Norfolk after a nine-month deployment to the Mediterranean.
Under the command of Captain James w. Nance, the carrier participated in numerous Sixth Fleet exercises while CVW-17 logged 14,000 catapult launched and arrested landings. The ship steamed 78,348 miles, visiting 12 ports from Barcelona, Spain, to Istanbul, Turkey.
But before she left the Mediterranean 293 men earned their “crows” in the semiannual, Navy-wide advancement-in-rating exams.
IN MEMORIAM
During 1968- 1969 Mediterranean Cruise
LCDR James Leo DeLaney
LCDR Paul M. Wright
LT Ronald W. Gerard
RIO Donald Ellis Dorsey
Pilot Rodney Archibald Reed
LTJG Howard Booth Rutledge
ADJ3 Thomas E. Treadwell

 

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Although February's carrier raids had removed Truk as a major threat, the Japanese had reinforced the base with a number of aircraft, so it was scheduled for another attack two months later.
TG 58.2 R Adm A.E. Montgomery
CV Bunker Hill, Yorktown II
CVL Monterey, Cabot
CA San Francisco, Wichita
DD Aylwin, MacDonough, The Sullivans, Stephen Potter, Miller, Owen, Tingey, Marshall, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Hickox
TG 58.3 R Adm J.W. Reeves
CV Enterprise, Lexington II
CVL Princeton, Langley II
BB North Carolina, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Alabama
CA Louisville, Portland, Canberra II
DD Charles Ausburne, Dyson, Converse, Spence, Thatcher, Clarence K. Bronson, Cotten, Dortch, Gatling, Healy, Cogswell, Caperton, Ingersoll, Knapp
By the second day, it was apparent that little of value remained to be attacked, so the operation was curtailed. Several small ships were sunk, and well over 100 Japanese aircraft were destroyed either on the ground or midair. Twenty-six US aircraft were lost.
In the course of the operation, USS Tang (SS-306) rescued 22 downed aviators, earning the ship a Presidential Unit Citation (PUC). In terms of sinkings, Tang was the highest-scoring submarine in the Pacific War, credited with sinking 24 Japanese ships (increased postwar to 31).
During her fifth patrol the following October, USS Tang fired the last torpedo she was carrying but it malfunctioned, made a circular run, and struck the sub. Nine crew members survived, including the commander, Richard H. O'Kane, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his WWII service. USS Tang had been commissioned barely a year before sinking herself.


Ships of the U.S. Pacific fleet anchored at Majuro, 25 April 1944, shortly before leaving to attack Truk. USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) is at right, with four "Essex" class carriers beyond her. Battleships at left include USS IOWA (BB-61) and NEW JERSEY (BB-62). There are three other "fast" battleships and three light carriers (CVL) present, as well as several old battleships, cruisers and auxiliaries.
Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog #: 80-G-225251

Carrier raids on Truk Island, April 1944: Smoke rising after bombing attack on Dublon I., Truk Is. In the Carolines by carrier based planes.
Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog #: 80-G-45465

Carrier raids on Ulalu Island, April 1944: Five SBD's from a Navy carrier peel off for a strafing attack on a Japanese radio station, Ulalu Island, Truk Atoll, in the strike of April 29-30, 1944.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-45463

U.S. Navy strike photograph from the attack on the Japanese bomber strip on Moen island, Truk, on 29 April 1944.
The photo was taken from a Grumman TBF Avenger of Torpedo Squadron 32 (VT-32), Carrier Air Group 32 (CVG-32), from the light aircraft carrier USS Langley (CVL-27).

 

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Two Japanese ships being bombed during attack on Truk, Caroline Island by U.S. carrier based planes. Taken by plane from the USS INTREPID.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-221244

Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane, from USS North Carolina (BB-55) Off Truk with nine aviators on board, awaiting rescue by USS Tang (SS-306), 1 May 1944. The plane had landed inside Truk lagoon to recover downed airmen. Unable to take off with such a load, it then taxiied out to Tang, which was serving as lifeguard submarine during the 29 April-1 May carrier strikes on Truk. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-227991

Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane, from USS North Carolina (BB-55) Off Truk with nine aviators on board, awaiting rescue by USS Tang (SS-306), 1 May 1944. The plane had landed inside Truk lagoon to recover downed airmen. Unable to take off with such a load, it then taxiied out to Tang, which was serving as lifeguard submarine during the 29 April-1 May carrier strikes on Truk. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-227990

USS Tang (SS-306) takes aboard aircrewmen of downed aircraft and of a USS North Carolina (BB-55) OS2U floatplane that had landed to rescue them, off Truk on 1 May 1944. Tang was serving as lifeguard submarine during the 29 April-1 May carrier strikes on Truk. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-22798

 

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USS Tang (SS-306): the submarine's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Richard H. O'Kane (center), poses with the twenty-two aircrewmen that Tang rescued off Truk during the carrier air raids there on 29 April-1 May 1944. The photograph was taken upon Tang's return to Pearl Harbor from her second war patrol, in May 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-227987

Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplane, from USS North Carolina (BB-55) Afire after it was hit by gunfire from USS Tang (SS-306), off Truk, 1 May 1944. The plane had landed inside Truk lagoon to recover downed airmen. Unable to take off with a load of nine men, it then taxiied out to Tang, which was serving as lifeguard submarine during the 29 April-1 May carrier strikes on Truk. The plane was destroyed after its crew and passengers were removed. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-227992

USS Tang (SS-306) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 2 December 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 42273

Lieutenant Commander E.C. Outlaw, and fighter pilots on board USS LANGLEY (CVL-27), after sweep over Truk, 29 April 1944.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-244783

 

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Nakajima B6N2 "Jill" torpedo plane
Caption: Attacks through heavy anti-aircraft fire, during a raid on TG 58.2 off Truk. Seen from USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) undated. Probably taken 30 April 1944, during raid on Truk by TF 58.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-366988

A Nakajima B6N2 "Jill" torpedo plane attacks MONTEREY off Truk. Date not given, probably taken during TG 58.2 raid on Truk 30 April, 1944.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-366989

B6N2 "Jill" torpedo plane seen from MONTEREY, off Truk. Date not given, probably taken during TG 58.2 raid on Truk 30 April, 1944. Note torpedo.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-366984

Nakajima B6N2 "Jill" torpedo plane begins to burn from A.A. fire hits during an attack on TG 58.2 off Truk. Seen from USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) undated. Probably taken 30 April 1944, during raid on Truk by TF 58.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-366985

Nakajima B6N2 "Jill" torpedo plane
Caption: Is shot down during an attack on TG 58.2 off Truk. Seen from USS MONTEREY (CVL-26) undated. Probably taken 30 April 1944, during raid on Truk by TF 58.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-366987

USS MONTEREY (CVL-26): Japanese torpedo plane crashed near the ship during an attack off Truk on TG 58.2. Date not given, probably taken during TG 58.2 raid on Truk 30 April, 1944. Ship at left is probably USS CABOT, the other CVL with MONTEREY on that date.
NHHC Catalog #: 80-G-366990

 

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RAF 26 Sqn Bristol Belvedere pictured ferrying equipment and troops ship to shore at Mombasa during the Tanganyika Uprising in 1964, these twin rotor helicopters along with Royal Navy Wessex carried Royal Marine Commandos ashore at the beginning of the conflict, this image taken from HMS Victorious with Sea Vixen, Gannet, & Wessex seen on the flightdeck, the Carrier in the distance is Centaur Class Carrier HMS Albion in her role as a Commando Carrier.

 

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Illustrious Class Carrier HMS Victorious pictured with 801 NAS Buccaneer S.1s & Sea Vixen FAW.1s of 893 NAS, with a solitary Wessex HAS.1 of 814 NAS visible on the flight deck in 1963

 

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The tremendous size of the aircraft carriers USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) is apparent in this overhead view of elements of the U.S. Fleet at anchor off the Panama Canal Zone in 1934.

 

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USS Midway, San Diego, CA.

 

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K-class airship K-69 of Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-1 lifts off the flight deck of escort carrier USS Mindoro (CVE-120), Apr 28, 1950.
United States Navy