Cruise Book, 1955
April 1 - November 23, 1955Contributed by Richard J. Havener, AT3, VF-143, 1955.
(See also Richard's USS Essex (CVA-9) Cruise Book, 1954.)
 NS024719 Cover Page (50Kb) |
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| The Ship | |
 NS024720 USS Philippine Sea underway in the South Pacific. (84Kb) |
 NS024721 Flight crew readying the deck for flight quarters. (47Kb) |
| Air Task Group 2 (ATG-2) | |
 NS024723 Cover page for VF-143 section. (153Kb) |
 NS024724 70,000th landing on the "Phil Sea", by LTJG Offerman, VF-143. (87Kb) |
 NS024725 Celebration cake for the 70,000th landing. (33Kb) |
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 NS024732 Cover page for the VF-123 ("The Blue Racers") section. (65Kb) |
 NS024733 F9F-2 Panthers of VF-123 "The Blue Racers" over Mt. Fuji. (100Kb) |
 NS024734 VF-123 "The Blue Racers." (159Kb) |
 NS024735 VF-123 "The Blue Racers." (163Kb) |
 NS024736 VF-123 "The Blue Racers." The squadron transitioned to the F9F-8 Cougar shortly after this deployment (186Kb) |
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 NS024737 VA-55 "Warhorses." (173Kb) |
 NS024738 VA-55 "Warhorses." (216Kb) |
 NS024739 VC-61 Det. I. (170Kb) |
 NS024740 VC-35 Det. I. (189Kb) |
 NS024741 VC-11 Det. I. (186Kb) |
 NS024742 VC-11 Det. I. (212Kb) |
 NS024743 HU-1 Unit 16. (157Kb) |
 NS024744 HU-1 Unit 16. Helicopter #17 was a Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever, BuNo 128559. (142Kb) |
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