Official U.S. Navy Photograph (photo The Danish media reports on the subject pressured the tiny NATO country to publically ask the same questions. Crew of USS Randolph (CVA-15) muster on the flight deck while Morris and Phegley were returned to Randolph in time for dinner. USS Randolph (CVS-15), New York City, August 1960. Attack Carrier Air Wing (CVAG) 17, 15 November 1946. As fortunate as Randolph was in combat, she seemed cursed in friendly harbors. For the first time the crew of the Randolph saw the ravages of war up close. A Task Group ALFA plaque.". A sonic boom was heard over the fleet as the spacecraft reentered the atmosphere. Their worries proved for naught. Mothballed fleet at Bayonne, NJ. There were no serious injuries on the carrier. The MR-4 mission, manned by astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, was the second manned Air Group (CVSG) 60, aboard USS Randolph (CVS-15), HMNB Portsmouth, 1966. During the morning of May 14, 1945, 60 planes of Randolph's Group 12 were streaking over Japan's southern most island, Kyushu -- bombing, strafing, and rocketing Usa Airfield. Roads, Virginia, during the International Naval Review, 12 June 1957. "Willie Fudd" (Grumman E-1B Tracer, VAW-12 "Bats" squadron) launch from Bottom right, Grumman Tracker on Randolph's #3 elevator circa 1962. (AO-57) along with USS Cony (DDE-508). President Kennedy made it a priority to locate the submarines. The following day cooler heads prevailed, as Khrushchev and Kennedy came to an agreement to resolve the crisis. The museum's F6F-5 is beautifully adorned in Randolph Air Group 12 colors. The Russian crew believed they were under attack. (CV-15) in World War II. dated 25 July 1963. (# NH 55804). October 27th is referred to as 'Black Saturday'. This photo was possibly taken in the summer of 1967, since it shows Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 'Randolph' was an old family name and one of the reasons precipitating the visit, Sir Winston explained to Randolph's Captain Strean. aboard. Middle right: Randolph at Norfolk shortly after launching. The Air Force airlifted 1,200 Americans from Israel, but couldn't evacuate those beyond the reaches of airports. Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CVA-15) underway The destroyer USS Holder (DD-814), trailing the carrier as the "lifeguard," retrieved three sailors from the water. In the previous three days the flag ships, Bunker Hill and Enterprise, were blown up from under Mitscher's feet. The RANDOLPH was subsequently scrapped. The U.S.S. From Randolph Mediterranean Cruise Book 1962. photo above. Since commissioning the ship sailed 72,800 miles and launched 11,864 missions. # USN 1059601).". To free itself, Randolph lunges ahead with Atlantic Viscountess scrapping the carrier's port side. The MR-4 mission, manned by astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, was the second manned suborbital FRAM II life extension 1960-1961. awarded, posthumously, a Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity [] on 16 and 17 February Allen has restored and flies an impressive collection of vintage aircraft. Carrier in the background might be USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Squadron (VA) 72 "Hawks" is loaded aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVA-15), from the Grumman F9F-5 Panther to the A4D-1. Photograph is dated June 1945, but was probably taken in May. USS Randolph (CV-15), 4 December 1946. his Chief of Staff, Commodore Arleigh A. Burke, on the Flag Bridge of USS Randolph (CV-15), The pilot of the J-8 II (81192) involved in the collision, Wang Wei, ejected and was lost at sea. 16 February to 4 May 1945. The Soviet Union placed ballistic missiles in Cuba which could strike New York and Washington, DC. number K-57262, received by DAVA Still Media Depository, Bldg. TEXT. (Thanks to Robert M. Cieri). after her SCB-27A modernization, with an interesting mix of F9F Cougars, AD Skyraiders system) Trackers of Anti-Submarine Squadrons (VS) 26 "Lucky Tigers" and 36 "Gray Wolves," Antisubmarine HAS IN THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS X LET US KEEP IN REVERENT RECOLLECTION THE MEMORIES OF THOSE OF OUR COMRADES was the primary recovery ship for spacecraft Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7, with astronaut John USS Randolph (CV-15) underway, probably in early 1945. Air Group 12 departs USS Randolph (CV-15) on 17 June 1945, Canberra was recommissioned on 15 June 1956, and homeported at Norfolk, Virginia. in late December 1958early January 1959. I would love to hear from Randolph sailors. COMPLETION OF A GREAT TASK X PLEASE SEND TO THE COMMANDERS OF THE FLEETS AND FORCES THROUGHOUT THE Stormes (DD-780). The landscape was apocalyptic -- the images would haunt my father. Left to right: HUS-1 Seahorse BuNo 148755 (modex ET32), Marine Helicopter Transport January 10, 1970: off Jacksonville, Fla. USS SHANGRI-LA suffers a fire during training when an A-4 Skyhawk aircraft parked on the flight deck ignites, killing one. However, luck was abound; none of the airplanes on deck were fueled nor was the ammunition on LCT-832 ignited. Randolph's last log book entry. SH-3A Sea King helicopters, HS-7 "Big Dippers" squadron, on flight deck, The Randolph immediately launched the duty lifeboat and within 10 minutes rescued the four sailors floundering in the water. The repair at sea was so exceptional, Randolph didn't require follow-up at a yard. Liberty Bell 7 was fully submerged and pulling the helicopter into the water. "Flying Tigers." A U.S. Marine helicopter attempts to retrieve Attacking Japan in June. Floating at sea for four days, a Japanese fishing boat finally picked up the pilot and delivered Hantschel to the Hiroshima jail, where he was killed by the 15-kiloton atomic blast that help end the war. Comb used all three of his cartridge starters one by one before the final starter fired up the engine. He and his gunner Cletis Phegley scurried onto the survival raft. Photo was taken circa 1951-1952, just after SCB-27A modernization, with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) aboard. U.S. ships operating off the coast of Japan in final stages of World War Some. A musical trio plays for crewmen in the carrier's sickbay, 11 August 1945. The war ravaged people came out in droves to get a glimpse of the carrier. Cruises to the Med with stops at Rota, Naples and Barcelona; the Caribbean stops at Barbados, St. Thomas and Rio de Janeiro. Repair crews from USS Jason went to work with help from the Randolph sailors. Randolph hams operating radios in ham shack. The elevator broke off dropping into the sea taking with it five sailors, a Grumman Tracker, and a vehicle. By 1956 Randolph underwent a SCB-125 modification. The Okinawa campaign was the peak period for Kamikazes, and were fast becoming problematic for the fleet. The Navy thought 'show the flag' exercises and humanitarian aid would bolster governments in the region. In 1959, Randolph underwent such a conversion and redesignated CVS-15. in 1945. Ship is USS Randolph (CVA-15). Original . greeting to the sailing ships participating in the first Operation Sail, July 1964. Russian submarine B-59 forced to the surface with a Randolph Sikorsky Seabat helicopter hovering above. (NNAM) photo, # 1996.253.7148.008. Port side sponson, 5" gun mount. Base (HMNB) Portsmouth, 1966. HUS-1 Seahorse BuNo 148754 (modex ET30), Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron MCARTHUR TOLD TOKYO THAT HE EXPECTED TO SIGN SURRENDER DOCUMENT IN The 1,700 pound bomb blew downward, destroying 4,000 square feet of flight deck. of the frigate in mid-October. F2H-4 Banshee of Fighter Squadron (VF) 102 "Diamondbacks" in flight USS Randolph plowed the seven seas for a quarter of a century, quietly intersecting with history throughout. This S2F Tracker is in the markings of Randolph's VS-34. Squadron (VB) 12 crashed while trying to recover on the flight deck of USS Randolph (CV-15), Reclassified as an "Antisubmarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVS-38, 30 June 1969. In 2004 Microsoft founder Paul Allen opened the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Seattle. (Naval History and Heritage Command photo, # NH 67959). Randolph's radar detected a ship approaching fast on a collision course. Today several are Museums located through USS Jason repairs Randolph in four days, due to the damage being far less severe than the Kamikaze attack. USS Franklin Roosevelt and USS Forrestal reinforced the 6th Fleet. In 1963, Grumman Aircraft produced its own anti-submarine film. with two AJ Savage attack planes and 14 FJ Fury fighters parked on the flight deck, forward. The Danish media reports on the subject pressured the tiny NATO country to publically ask the same questions. capsule sank soon after splashdown and was not recovered until nearly forty years later. After two days Randolph and the detachment joined the fleet off Iwo Jima to support US Marines during the invasion. "Gus" Grissom, pilot of the Mercury spacecraft, Liberty Structure was damaged or demolished. US Navy Photo. The film features everything from Spads, Banshees, Cougars, and . Photo Chuck McCandliss. The second US Navy ship to bear the name, she was named for Founding Father Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Congress. Admiral Marc Mitscher raised his flag on the Randolph on May 15, 1945. Since commissioning the ship sailed 72,800 miles and launched 11,864 missions. Donna's father, Daniel Rosamonda, is in the third row. to launch a Regulus missile. Randolph's first post-war cruise. USS Randolph (CV-15), 23 March 1945. Randolph's Captain advised the crew that war with the Russians could break out at any moment. For three perilous minutes Grissom struggled to stay afloat. In July 1961 Randolph sailed into the Caribbean as the recover ship for astronaut Gus Grissom on America's second manned space flight, which lasted a mere 15 minutes. One weekend he took us on a boat ride around Manhattan. To further complicate global dynamics, four Soviet submarines were traversing into the Caribbean as a prelude to a larger Russian naval presence. aboard the Randolph to the Mediterranean Sea, 14 July 195619 February 1957. Center Number: S61-02894 a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds before Friendship 7 splashed down in the ocean. Center: Johnson Space Center (JSC) late 1958early 1959, during her last deployment as an attack aircraft carrier. From Our Navy magazine, First of March, 1954. Now in a museum in Kansas, Friendship 7 is in the Smithsonian Institute. Note the unusual Aircraft types represented include F6F, TBM and SB2C. Hill and Randolph were part of Task Group 58.3, under RADM Frederick C. Sherman. The fleet off Okinawa just finished dodging a Kamikaze raid as the cruiser USS Astoria received the most unlikeliest of orders; launch two Kingfisher seaplanes deep into Japanese territory for a rescue mission. Waves crashed over the bow, washing through the open hangar deck, pulverizing everything in its path. Field commanders had their fingers on the nuclear trigger rather than the leadership of the United States and Soviet Union. attack while at anchor at Ulithi Atoll, 11 March 1945. Atlantic, circa 19671968. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The Pacific Ocean covers 30 percent of the Earth's surface, approximately 60 million square miles. capsule, Liberty Bell 7, of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. Randolph became the first US capital ship sailing directly into combat, after shakedown, without returning to the yard for refitting. Russian painting by Valentin Pechatin depicting the surfacing of B-59 by the Randolph Task Group. Randolph's aircraft raided airfields, and naval bases. Media in category "USS Randolph (CV-15)" The following 51 files are in this category, out of 51 total. Hurricane Edna battered the carrier. It's less than seven months since the ship's launching -- a feat thought impossible. Tethered to the destroyer by a fuel line, Randolph couldn't maneuver. flight deck is seen here. and Records Administration, Battleship Off Cape Hatteras, Randolph rode nearly 100-foot waves, rolling side to side as much as 35 degrees. The Admiral responded with the standard US retort; neither confirming or denying nuclear weapons. (DD-841) and later transferred to the Primary Recovery Ship (PRS), USS Randolph (CVS-15). off Norfolk, VA. Randoo Can Do deployed to the Med, FebruaryMay 1965, with Antisubmarine The Tracker is a twin 1,136.4kW Wright R-1820-82WA-powered carrier-based antisubmarine search and attack aircraft, produced originally for the US Navy but currently also in service with the air forces and navies of several countries. by CDR Ray Davis. "Big Dippers" Helo Squadron, on board at the time. 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