Battle of Midway - NHHC
Battle of Midway - Weisheit Oral Histories, oral histories conducted by Major Bowen P. Weisheit, USMCR (Ret.) with pilots who flew from USS Hornet (CV-8) at the Battle of Midway. H-Grams. H-Gram 005-2: Carrier Versus Carrier (Us Versus Them) H-Gram 006: 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway. H-Gram 035-1: Flight of the Avenger
Carrier Deployments During the Vietnam Conflict - NHHC
Aug 3, 2016 — USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) Deployment Dates: 6 Mar 1965 – 23 Nov 1965. Source: Midway History Report for 1 Oct 1964-31 Mar 1965 and 1 Apr-30 Sep 1965. Midway did not submit a history report for 1 Oct 1965- 31 Mar 1966. Inport, Pearl Harbor 13-14 Mar 1965
Midway (CVB-41) - NHHC
Jun 20, 2024 — Named for the U.S. Navy’s landmark victory at the Battle of Midway, USS Midway (CVB-41) was commissioned 10 September 1945 with Captain Joseph F. Bolger in command. She began her service with the Navy just eight days after the instrument of surrender was signed by representatives of the Allied and Japanese governments onboard USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay. Midway, first in her class, was ...
USS Yorktown Action Report - NHHC
CV5/A16-3 (CCR-10-oah) U.S.S. YORKTOWN PACIFIC FLEET 18 JUN 1942 From: The Commanding Officer. To: The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET. Via: Commander Task Force SEVENTEEN. (Commander Cruisers, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET) Subject: Report of Action for June 4, 1942 and June 6, 1942. Enclosures: (A) Executive Officer's Report for June 4-7, 1942. (B) Sketch of Japanese Disposition when Attacked by ...
USS Hornet Action Report - NHHC
The enemy force at this time was thought to bear 325° T., distant 240 miles from Midway, and to consist of 2 BBs, 4 CAs, 1 CV and some DDs. At 2004, having failed to sight any major enemy force after conducting a 315-mile search, the attack group attacked an enemy CL or DD in a position 278 miles bearing 315° T. from the Hornet position at ...
USS SAGINAW (LST 1188) ':,USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10) 2. Unit erroneously listed in enclosure (2): VFA 151 3. There are some USNS ships listed in enclosure (1) and (2) - see listing under .J!. 4. Information on Navy Expeditionary Medal and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for 1987 are in enclosure (1) under USS~ of ship.
O-1 Bird Dog - NHHC
In April 1975, during the Saigon evacuation, RVNAF Major Bung-Ly loaded his family into an O-1, took off from Con Son Island and spotted USS Midway (CVA-41). After dropping a handwritten message detailing his situation, Midway cleared the flight deck and Bung-Ly landed aboard, his aircraft transferred to the Museum for display just months after ...
Midway III (CVB-41) - NHHC
May 31, 2019 — Midway cleared Norfolk on 27 December 1954, two days after Christmas, for a world cruise, sailing via the Cape of Good Hope for Taiwan, where she joined the Seventh Fleet for operations in the western Pacific until 28 June 1955 when she sailed for Bremerton, Wash., and overhaul at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. There she lay out of commission ...
Midway II (CVE-63) - NHHC
Feb 20, 2020 — The first Midway was named for the atoll, the second and third for the battle that occurred between 4–7 June 1942. Midway (CVE-63) was renamed St. Lo effective on 10 October 1944, to commemorate the victory of U.S. troops in France who had captured that strongly defended town on 18 July 1944. II (CVE‑63: displacement 10,982 (full load); length 512'3
USS Enterprise Action Report - NHHC
Mar 20, 2018 — At 1812 a radio message from Flight 312 to Radio Midway was intercepted "2 enemy destroyers 2 cargo vessels course 020 speed 13". 2. At 2000, June 3, 1942, Enterprise, Flagship of Commander Task Force 16 was in position 33° 16' N, 175° 46' W, course 100° T, speed 15 knots and zigzagging according to Plan Number 7.