Uss Philippine Sea Cvs-47 Korean War Deployment Cruise Book Year 1952-53

CRUISE BOOK FOR THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER. USS PHILIPPINE SEA CVS-47 THIRD KOREAN WAR DEPLOYMENT DECEMBER 15, 1952 TO AUGUST 15 1953. RAMSEY - EXECUTIVE OFFICER K.

ADMINISTRATION - AIR - COMMUNICATIONS - DECK - DENTAL - ENGINEERING - EXECUTIVE - GUNNERY - NAVIGATION - OPERATIONS - SUPPLY - WEAPONS DEPARTMENTS. CARRIER AIR GROUP NINE - VA-95 - VC-35 - VC-11 - VF-94 - VC-3 - VF-93 - VF-91 - VC-61 AND HU-1. SHIPS HISTORY - AIRCRAFT HOISTED ABOARD - DEPARTURE DAY DECEMBER 15, 1952 - TO THE WEST WE GO - UNDERWAY DRILLS - FIRST STOP DIAMOND HEAD - CHRISTMAS IN PEARL HARBOR 1952 - ANGRY SEAS AND HURRICANE WINDS DELAYED OUR ARRIVAL IN JAPAN - THE LAST BOMBS DROPPED ON THE ENEMY - REPLENISHMENT AT SEA - SPORTS ONBOARD - FLIGHT DECK CRASH - BOMB DAMAGE PHOTOS - HOMEWARD BOUND SAN DIEGO AUGUST 15, 1953.

BOOK ALSO CONTAINS A MEMORIAM PAGE WITH A LIST OF ALL THE PILOTS AND CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION ON THIS CRUISE. THIS IS A DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE SHIPS ACTIVITIES DURING HER KOREAN WAR DEPLOYMENT 1952-53. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD PRE-OWNED CONDITION - PLEASE SEE SCANS. PLEASE VISIT OUR E-BAY STORE TO SEE OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION OVER 1000 THOUSAND U.

NAVY CRUISE BOOK FOR SALE. ALL SALES ARE FINAL AND SUBJECT TO STORE POLICIES. USS Philippine Sea , a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier.

Was built at Quincy, Massachusetts. Commissioned in May 1946, she made an initial cruise to the Caribbean, then took part in Operation "Highjump", the 1947 expedition to the Antarctic led by Rear Admiral Richard E.

In 1948 and again in 1949, Philippine Sea deployed to the Mediterranean, with a period of Arctic operations intervening in late 1948. Following exercises in the Caribbean and the western Atlantic, in May 1950 the carrier was sent through the Panama Canal to join the Pacific Fleet.

When war erupted in Korea. Late in June 1950, Philippine Sea was soon ordered to steam westward to support United Nations forces as they attempted to defend the Republic of Korea against Communist aggression. She entered action in early August, and thrust air power into the conflict for ten months as the fighting front retreated, advanced northward, retreated and advanced again, and finally stabilized near where it had started a year earlier. In June 1951, but made two more Korean combat tours, one in January-July 1952 and the last in January-July 1953. During this time, in October 1952, she was redesignated CVA-47. With the fighting over, Philippine Sea continued her pattern of Far Eastern tours with a deployment in March-November 1954, during which her planes shot down two attacking Chinese fighters off Hainan Island. In that role, Philippine Sea made two more cruises in Asian waters, one in the Spring of 1957 and the last in January-July 1958. She was decommissioned in December 1958. Reclassified as an aircraft transport, with the hull number AVT-11, she spent more than a decade in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. THANKS FOR VISITING THE U.

The item "USS PHILIPPINE SEA CVS-47 KOREAN WAR DEPLOYMENT CRUISE BOOK YEAR 1952-53" is in sale since Tuesday, January 24, 2017. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Korea (1950-53)\Original Period Items". The seller is "usn-ca35" and is located in Brunswick, Maine. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Original or Reproduction: Original - Hard Covered
• Country: United States Of America
• Time Period, War: 1952-53 Korean War
• Subject: Military - U. Navy
• Category: Military Collectibles