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1961 Cruise Book — 1968 Cruise Book — 1969 Cruise Book

USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14)

1961 Cruise Book

Contributed by Robert M. Cieri.

10 MAY 1961 - 15 JAN 1962, WestPac CVG-5
NScv14cb61-01 UIM patch (40Kb)	NScv14cb61-02 Cover (37Kb)	NScv14cb61-03 Hoisting an F3H-2 Demon of VF-53 "Blue Knights" to the flight deck (244Kb)	NScv14cb61-04 Pierside preparations for deployment at NAS North Island (160Kb)
NScv14cb61-05 CAPT Eugene F. Fairfax receives the Battle E Plaque for 1961 from CAPT Robert F. Farrington, whom he relieved (101Kb)	NScv14cb61-06 "Painting the Hash Mark." USS *Ticonderoga* won her second consecutive Battle Efficiency Award for 1961 (149Kb)	NScv14cb61-07 An A4D-2 Skyhawk of VA-56 "Champions" launches from the port catapult (161Kb)	NScv14cb61-08 An F8U-1 Crusader of VF-41 "Screaming Eagles" is lined up on the starboard catapult (212Kb)
NScv14cb61-09 A flight of F3H-2 Demons of VF-53 "Blue Knights" (103Kb)	NScv14cb61-10 A HUP-2 Retriever of HU-1 "Pacific Fleet Angels" off the port quarter (191Kb)	NScv14cb61-11 USS *Ticonderoga* (CVA-14) berthed at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor (244Kb)	NScv14cb61-12 An A4D-2 Skyhawk of VA-56 "Champions" being moved at NAS Cubi Point; *"Tico"* in the background (112Kb)
NScv14cb61-13 An A4D-2 Skyhawk of VA-55 "Warhorses" comes aboard (166Kb)	NScv14cb61-14 An AD-6 Skyraider ("Spad") of VA-52 "Knight Riders" in the grove (85Kb)	NScv14cb61-15 An A3D-2 Skywarrior of VAH-4 "Fourrunners" is shot from the starboard catapult (207Kb)	NScv14cb61-16 An F8U-1 Crusader of VF-51 "Screaming Eagles" snags the 3 wire. Note the LSO platform at right (64Kb)
	NScv14cb61-17 USS *Ticonderoga* (CVA-14) berthed at Piedmont Pier, Yokosuka (169Kb)	NScv14cb61-18 The Alliance Club EMC (Enlisted Men's Club), Yokosuka (111Kb)

USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14)

1968 Cruise Book

Contributed by Chester O. Morris, USS Ticonderoga, 1967-69.

28 DEC 1967 - 17 AUG 1968, WestPac-Vietnam CVW-19
NS021418 Mid-1950s image (69Kb)	NS021419 1960s image (47Kb)
NS021420 Heavy seas en route Yokosuka from Hawaii, 1968 (22Kb)	NS021421 Heavy seas en route Yokosuka from Hawaii, 1968 (18Kb)
NS021422 Tonkin Gulf UNREP, 1968 (60Kb)	NS021423 Tonkin Gulf UNREP, 1968 (32Kb)
NS021424 Tonkin Gulf, 1968 (70Kb)	NS021425 Tonkin Gulf, 1968 F-8E Crusader, VF-194 "Red Lightnings" (79Kb)
NS021475 LCDR John B. Nichols On July 9, 1968 LCDR Nichols (VF-191) shot down a MiG-17 while escorting a VFP-63 RF-8G on a low-level mission south of Vinh (see also "The Big T," July–August 1968 issue, pages 8 & 9.) (38Kb)	NS021476 Rig for Barricade Landing! (VF-194) (56Kb)
NS021426 Tonkin Gulf, 1968 (79Kb)	NS021427 Tonkin Gulf, 1968 KA-3B Skywarrior, VAH-4 Det. 14 "Fourrunners" (64Kb)

USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14)

1969 Cruise Book

Contributed by Chester O. Morris, USS Ticonderoga, 1967-69.

1 FEB - 18 SEP 1969, WestPac-Vietnam CVW-16
*Ticonderoga* turned 25 years old, and 1969 Cruise Book had a lot of historical stuff... (See also 5th Vietnam Cruise.)
NS021428 Launch of *Ticonderoga* on February 7, 1944 (54Kb)	NS021429 F6F's launching, June 10, 1944 (43Kb)
NS021430 Kamikaze hit, off Formosa, January 21, 1945 (64Kb)	NS021431 Undergoing, or shortly after, repairs, 1945 (76Kb)
NS021432 Men of USS *Ticonderoga* posed on flight deck, 1945 (146Kb)	NS021433 Mid-1950s, after SCB-27C modernization (72Kb)
NS021434 *Ticonderoga* just out of the yards, 1957 [after SCB-125 modernization] (61Kb)	NS021435 Cars on the hanger bay during the "Tico Trek" to Bremerton, Washington [1967] (77Kb)
NS021436 Off Vietnam. A-7B Corsair II, VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet" (105Kb)	NS021437 A-7B Corsair II, VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet" (foreground) A-7B Corsair II, VA-87 "Golden Warriors" (left background) A-4C Skyhawk, VA-112 "Broncos" (right background) (65Kb)
NS021438 Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) (82Kb)	NS021439 Elevator # 1 (78Kb)
NS021440 Entering Pearl Harbor (79Kb)	NS021441 Task Force 71 (132Kb)
NS021442 "Thieves Alley," Yokosuka. The Sailors in this picture are Steve Norris, Bill Greenlee, and Louis Ubailly (thanks to Denny Segar for the identification) (95Kb)	NS021443 14-14-14-14-14-14-14 On May 14 at 1400 the USS *Ticonderoga* (CVA-14) underwent replenishment with USS Firedrake (AE-14) and the USS Buchanan (DDG-14). The first line went across at 1414, and the Photographer who took the photograph, PH1 R. M. Smith was in his 14th year of naval service. Coincidence was the word of the day. (72Kb)