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. The destroyer that the Randolph was refueling on October 16, 1961, at the time of the collision with the Atlantic Viscountess was the U.S.S. A Task Group ALFA plaque.". The ship is mothballed and moved out of drydock at Boston. USE AS ABOVE INDICATED STATION JUM REPEAT JUM FREQ 13705 KILOCYCLES WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE -- The MR-4 mission, manned by astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, was the second manned The U.S.S. The following day cooler heads prevailed, as Khrushchev and Kennedy came to an agreement to resolve the crisis. David Buell: NS0215ae: 309k: USS Randolph (CVS-15) men, en route to New York, spell out a greeting to the sailing ships participating in the first Operation Sail, July 1964. The resulting inferno engulfed the stern for 17 hours; killing 134. The flight deck at the bow was twisted and raised 11 inches. Stanley Svec. Medical Officer, assigned to the recovery force. [1] BY NIGHT AND SHALL NOT ZIGZAG X BLACKOUT REGULATIONS ARE CANCELLED XX. from a kamikaze hit on 11 March. 1945. and Records Administration, Battleship The nearer board represents the flight deck, with the hangar deck board behind it. 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. Photograph Collection. circa May 1945. Planes from Randolph and other carriers had attacked Japanese factories Designed by Joshua Humphreys, she was launched on 10 July 1776, by Wharton and Humphreys at Philadelphia. USS North Carolina Randolph's position while pursuing B-59, 3 hours before surfacing. Air Group 12 was replaced by Air Group 16, skippered 'E's, the Battle Efficiency 'E', awarded to the best Anti-submarine carrier, and the sixth consecutive [] He had hand inscribed the attack date and ship name on one side August 15, 1945, Captain Jackson Tate, who replaced Felix Baker as Randolph's commander weeks earlier, reads the announcement of the Japanese surrender. USS Randolph underway with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 12, seen Randolph peaceful rides anchor as tank landing craft LCT-832 loads ammunition into her cargo hold. Photograph is dated June 1945, but was probably taken in May. Radio rooms were flooded. On February 25, 1948, Randolph was decommissioned, but sleeps lightly because a troubled world will call her back. cruise, MaySeptember 1966. USS Randolph in background, Randolph's crew crowd the deck during Friendship 7's reentry, Liberty Bell 7 was discovered and raised in 1999, 38 years after it sank. Cdr Ian Allan MBE. No Essex class carrier was ever sunk and they served during Korea and Vietnam. Damage of this extent meant repairs at a yard stateside, but Randolph wasn't an ordinary ship. Collision at Sea A Cold War exercise turned tragic after poor signaling led two U.S. Navy warships to collide in the South China Sea, slicing off the bow of the destroyer USS Floyd B. The second Randolph anchor resides in Kingsport, TN. The bombing of the USS Randolph was a nuclear attack by the Soviet submarine B-59 against the American aircraft carrier Randolph in the afternoon of October 27, 1962 in response to being targeted by American depth charges. USS Randolph (CV-15), Wednesday, 28 June 1944. Robert Franklin Climes served aboard USS Randolph USS Randolph (CV-15) underway, probably in early 1945. "Homeward Bound," SeptemberOctober 1945. During my father's lifetime, I never knew one of the Randolph's anchors was a mere 60 miles away in New Jersey. Upper right: Randolph in a hard port turn. The B-59 hunt followed an accidental U-2 intrusion into Russia while another U-2 was shot-down over Cuba. The original color transparency was received "The Naval Historical Center / of / The Department of the Navy / presents In an unusual accident, the Number Three deck elevator of the USS Randolph tears loose from the ship during night operations in rough seas and plunges into the Atlantic off Cape Henry, . "Willie Fudd" (Grumman E-1B Tracer, VAW-12 "Bats" squadron) launch from Fires were fed by ammunition, gasoline, and oxygen cylinders creating a conflagration. Note the damage to the after flight deck of Randolph resulting from a kamikaze hit on 11 March 1945. From Randolph Mediterranean Cruise Book 1962. ", Action Report from Kamikaze attack, including damage and causality list, US Navy footage of firefighting and damage assesment. 1945" and a Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroism and extraordinary achievement [] during the period Nantahala, Atomic-bomb survivor and Japanese historian Shigeaki Mori spent 30 years researching the American POWs killed in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and persuading his government to add their names to the Hiroshima Memorial. The Cuban Missile Crisis broke out in October of 1962. Pairing with the ship, this unique relationship, was the ultimate blending of man and machine. Sixth Fleet ships withdrew US citizens from the ports of Haifa, Israel and Alexandria, Egypt as Randolph's jets flew overhead. the Atlantic on 20 July 1999. (Naval History and Heritage Command photo, # NH 67959). Randolph directed the destroyer Stormes to execute an "emergency breakaway." 1953". The ship was visited by 82,000 wide-eyed Europeans -- the largest number of foreign tourists boarding a US warship. She was recommissioned on July 1, 1953 as CVA-15. USS Randolph (CVS-15) with S2F-3 (S-2D under the 1962 designation coloring hull number of Capricornus. USS Randolph (CVS-15) underway in February 1965, Instead, she ordered the approaching vessel to alter coarse on the radio. The Admiral responded with the standard US retort; neither confirming or denying nuclear weapons. Squadron (VA) 72 "Hawks" is loaded aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVA-15), Off Cape Hatteras, Randolph rode nearly 100-foot waves, rolling side to side as much as 35 degrees. PACIFIC AND ALL HANDS IN THEIR COMMANDS MY PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS AND THE DEEP PRIDE WHICH AMERICA . planning for the gathering began in 1960. (NNAM) photo, # 1996.253.7148.008. February 9, 2001: The USS Greeneville (SSN 772) rams the Ehime Maru The Improved Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a fishery training ship. Partly visible in the background are: the bow of the guided missile cruiser USS Canberra Admiral Mitscher hoisted onto Randolph from USS Hickox after Enterprise was struck by Kamikaze, Admiral Mitscher and advisor Captain Arleigh Burke on Randolph's flag bridge, USS Bunker Hill on fire seen from Randolph, May 11, 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-287672). October 27th is referred to as 'Black Saturday'. Once at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, a new method had to be developed to repair the ship and rapidly return her to service. SH-3A Sea King helicopters, HS-7 "Big Dippers" squadron, on flight deck, Reclassified as an "Antisubmarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVS-38, 30 June 1969. While docked in Norfolk on June 17, 1967, Randolph hosted the Change in Command ceremony of the Atlantic Fleet. Hill and Randolph were part of Task Group 58.3, under RADM Frederick C. Sherman. At about 01:17 Fitzgerald ' s OOD ( Officer of the Deck, responsible for the ship's course and maneuvering) misjudged the course of ACX Crystal. Randolph's whistle sounded 6 blasts to no avail. STATES THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA THE July 1963, off the coast of Virginia. Randolph sporting her new enclosed hurricane bow in June 1957. capsule, Liberty Bell 7, of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (photo # NH 97490). (anti-submarine) operations, September 1960. The Soviet Union threatened to intervene in Egypt and attack London and Paris with atomic bombs. Randolph's Captain advised the crew that war with the Russians could break out at any moment. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) However, the State Department had a dilemma on future port calls at Denmark. Topside, catwalks, antennas, guns, and lights were ripped off. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command Wish died as a result of injury received from a falling small pair of shears at the New York Navy Yard. Fortunately, some of the bombers returned with engine problems, while others became lost in squalls. 1, "Approaching U.S.A.," 1 December (CVS-15), HMNB Portsmouth, 1966. Early work on Randolph (CV-15) in May 1943. Randolph directed the destroyer Stormes to execute an "emergency breakaway." MCARTHUR TOLD TOKYO THAT HE EXPECTED TO SIGN SURRENDER DOCUMENT IN Mid-air collision of two BAF Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars at Chivres Air Base, Belgium. USS Randolph (CV-15) Randolph was commissioned in October of 1944 and was built at Newport News, Virginia. The mission supported the invasion of Iwo Jima and was to attack targets in Japanese islands and the Bonins. The Smithsonian Channel's submarine docu-drama 'Hell Below' on August 5, 2018 recounted the apocalyptic cat and mouse game between B-59 and the Randolph group in an episode titled 'Cuban Crisis'. F. M. Larson. 43k. USS Randolph (CVS-15) anchored off Barcelona, Spain, probably During that cruise, VBF-82 was re-designated Fighter Squadron (VF) 18A and CVG-82 was re-designated Seaman Santos was shielded from the blast by the mailbags. Log entries are usually mundane but the accounts of the Oct 16, 1961 collision are quite dramatic, Video taken of the collision damage by Randolph sailor Rudi Markl. At right, in her final cast-off, Randolph prepares to depart Norfolk for decommissioning at Boston on February 13, 1969. Bergen, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark; Hamburg, Germany (July); Rotterdam, Holland; and Portsmouth, England. In contrast to the 16 bombers launched by Doolittle in 1942, Task Force 58 sent 1,100 aircraft over Tokyo. Hurricane Edna battered the carrier. on 2 October 1953, during her post-modernization shakedown cruise to Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, with The Okinawa campaign was the peak period for Kamikazes, and were fast becoming problematic for the fleet. The Cuban Missile Crisis broke out in October of 1962. One VB-12 Helldiver was damaged attacking a hangar. UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS X AND EMPOWERED TO ARRANGE DIRECTLY WITH The Jolly Roger, USS Randolph, Vol. President Kennedy made it a priority to locate the submarines. Mar 6 1956". VBF-82 was assigned to Carrier Air Group (CVG) 82 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, 22 The collision horn is rung with the announcement: "standby for collision on port side!" Upper left: F6F Hellcats catapulting from Randolph. The Russian crew believed they were under attack. There were no serious injuries on the carrier. On October 16, 1961, USS Randolph was conducting sonar sweeps off the coast of Charleston, SC. Below is a report about the collision from SHANGRI-LA's 1965 cruise book. She exited the hurricane heavily damaged. In the Chesapeake Bay area during her shakedown period, 12 November 1944. File name: CVA 15 647437-5-54, US Navy Photo, 5/8/54. extraordinary heroism [] during the occupation of French Morocco in 1942; Ralph A. Embree was also I. Grissom. He was a simple man. One VB-12 Helldiver was damaged attacking a hangar. A4D-2 Skyhawks of VA-86 in flight over USS Randolph (CVA-15), circa in 1958.jpg 1,481 621; 207 KB. Lower right: Randolph with fleet off Iwo Jima, Feb 28, 1945. After the conflagration of World War II, the fleet returned to its diplomatic mission. The tanker's prow buried into the carrier. Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter parked on the port catapult, March 1945. Typically a "Centurion" Charles L. Crommelin was killed. On 29 October 1956, Israel, Britain, and France invaded and captured the Suez Canal in Egypt. CREATE PROBLEMS TAXING PATIENCE AND CONTROL ALMOST AS GREAT AS THE TENSIONS OF WAR X I ASK THAT THE Friday, 21 July 1961. modex AW14, VS-39 "Hoot Owls", Antisubmarine Air Group (CVSG) 60, aboard USS Randolph Instead, she ordered the approaching vessel to alter coarse on the radio. Of these, fourteen saw combat in World War II. The capsule floated in the Caribbean for 20 minutes before the destroyer USS Noa retrieved Friendship 7. Moments later, one of the P-38 loses control and slams into Randolph's forward deck, killing thirteen sailors and destroying ten of Randolph's aircraft. Middle right: Randolph at Norfolk shortly after launching. 1, 1 July 1953. Ens John Morris piloted the burning bomber to a water landing on the Inland Sea within sight of land. However, the Kamikazes had spiraled down from altitude when the interceptors arrived. By this time, Randolph was the premiere sub hunter in the fleet. The twelfth and final name added in 2009 was that of Ensign John Hantschel, a Randolph Hellcat pilot. 32-gun frigate whose construction was authorized by the Continental Congress on December 13, 1775. VA-72 was redesignated from Fighter Squadron (VF) 72 on 3 January 1956, when it transitioned The US President chose the naval blockade, which he chose to call a quarantine. The patrolling Hellcats had already shot down a snooping Japanese airplane when they observed two enemy destroyers racing toward the raft. Four aircraft carriers were christened after founding fathers; USS Franklin, USS Hancock, USS George Washington, and USS Randolph. Here's a treat for all you Med Cruise veterans and late-50s carrier aviation fans. The museum's F6F-5 is beautifully adorned in Randolph Air Group 12 colors. THE DEMOBILIZATION OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE RETURN TO CONDITIONS OF PEACE WILL USS Randolph (CV-15), 23 March 1945. Eugene Santos (working in the supply department) was one of the sailors who brought the Randolph to life. "'September 11, 1945Aboard the U.S.S. I would love to hear from Randolph sailors. Original . The landscape was apocalyptic -- the images would haunt my father. USS Randolph (CVS-15) men, en route to New York, spell out a the ship was in Naples, Italy on 8 May 1954. Randolph was lifeless for the first time since 1944. USS Randolph: The most famous aircraft carrier nobody heard of. USS Randolph (CVS-15) as she prepares to depart Norfolk for Nelson, 311 Grandby St. Norfolk 10, VA. USS Randolph (CV-15) in a photo dated 5 November 1944. (Still from a video.). the Pacific Ocean. and FJ-3M Furies of VF-84 "Vagabonds" on the angled deck. His son, Tom, explains: "[My father] had a piece of metal that he said was shrapnel from the kamikaze Randolph pulled into Norfolk for repairs. National Naval Aviation Museum USS Randolph (CVA-15), with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 7, off Efficiency Award presented to the Engineering Dept. starboard catapult, July 1963, off the coast of Virginia. CARRIER FORCE X VICTORY HAS FORGED A LASTING BOND AMONG US X IF YOU ARE TO BE AS FORTUNATE IN PEACE (Thanks to Robert M. Cieri). For hours Randolph withstood the fury of Edna. More than 10 aircraft were destroyed and 13 sailors killed. USS Wasp (CVA-18). later appointed Admiral effective that date. VS-36 "Gray Wolves," and an SH-3A Sea King of HS-7 "Big Dippers" (this particular helicopter, By 1956 Randolph underwent a SCB-125 modification. with two AJ Savage attack planes and 14 FJ Fury fighters parked on the flight deck, forward. ET32, of Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron (light) (HMR(L)) 262 Det. The Navy thought 'show the flag' exercises and humanitarian aid would bolster governments in the region. from the Grumman F9F-5 Panther to the A4D-1. BuNo 149702, was later upgraded to the SH-3G standard, then SH-3H, then converted to an UH-3H). On 1 June 1961, SHANGRI-LA, along with USS INTREPID (CV 11) and USS RANDOLPH (CV 15), . Aircraft carriers are given the designation of "CV" by the US Navy. OF THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN AND PRIDE IN THE PART PLAYED BY THEM IN ACCOMPLISHING THAT RESULT X PARA X She was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Virginia, and commissioned on October 9, 1944. Randolph's log for the 27th simply reads; "2053 Submerged contact being kept under surveillance during the day surfaced at this time.". (CL-89) floatplane. FOR CONTINUOUS USE IN HANDLING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS AND OUR HEADQUARTERS National Archives and Records Administration, photo # 80-G-466973. Randolph paid with her dearest blood; losing 102 sailors and pilots since leaving Norfolk. Chief of Staff, Commodore Arleigh A. Burke, on board USS Randolph (CV-15) during operations US Presidents ask, in time of foreign crisis, "where are the carriers?" Randolph had a 25-foot rupture in the hull and a torching fire, which was quickly brought under control. One VB-12 Helldiver was damaged attacking a hangar. "Gus" Grissom, pilot of the Mercury spacecraft, Liberty . Carolina (BB-55). Sold 24 May 1975 to Boston Metals, Baltimore, Md., for $605,999.99 and subsequently scrapped at South Kearny, N.J. Read the USS Randolph (CV-15 / CVA-15 /CVS-15) DANFS History entry Crew Contact And Reunion Information Contact Name: LCdr Walter L Timmons Address: 785 Temple Ave Orange City, FL, 32763-4742 Phone: 904-775-3721 E-mail: None Port quarter view of USS Randolph (CVS-15) with units of the This photo was possibly taken in the summer of 1967, since it shows Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group sometime in 1963. This prevents heavy seas from entering her hangar deck and pounding the flight deck. near Tokyo, withdrawing shortly before noon. NAVAL AND AIR ELEMENTS STOP SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT WILL near the Suez Canal, her aircraft provided air cover and surface and air reconnaissance for the evacuation USS Randolph (CVS-15) refueling the destroyer USS Banshees of VF-102 over Randolph during the Suez Crisis. C-1A Trader, VRC-40 Det. US Navy Photo. The collision horn is rung with the announcement: "standby for collision on port side!" CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICABLE DATE X IT IS DESIRED THAT THE RADIO STATION IN 20 22 May 1947 USS Randolph (CVA-15) as she appeared circa 1955, by RAF aircrew A special guest at the recommissioning was Edward Fairfax Randolph, descendant of the ship's namesake Peyton Randolph. HAS IN THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS X LET US KEEP IN REVERENT RECOLLECTION THE MEMORIES OF THOSE OF OUR COMRADES USS Randolph (CV-15), Navy Day, 27 October 1945, Baltimore. USS Jason repairs Randolph in four days, due to the damage being far less severe than the Kamikaze attack. background. "we are such stuff as dreams are made on". USS Randolph (CV-15), Navy Press News, Thursday, 12 July 1945. There was a genuine concern of Communism spreading from Eastern Europe to the rim of the Mediterranean. USS Randolph in Portsmouth, England, during 1947 call. The night of Nov. 22, 1975, while operating with USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) in the Ionian Sea, USS Belknap (CG-26) turned into and collided with Kennedy. Navy Day, 27 October 1945, at NOB Norfolk, Va. "U.S.S. To free itself, Randolph lunges ahead with Atlantic Viscountess scrapping the carrier's port side. After emergency repairs in the Philippines, the 80,000 ton super-carrier returned to Norfolk. Looking forward, from the island. The Danish media reports on the subject pressured the tiny NATO country to publically ask the same questions. Only two Frances made it to Ulithi, arriving at night. (BB-55), and USS Randolph (CV-15) at left. TBM-3E Avengers. (CV-15) in World War II. At 6:19pm Liberian-registered oil tanker Atlantic Viscountess gorged into the Randolph's port (left) bow. The situation in the Inland Sea was becoming perilous. By 1950 China had fallen to Communism, and US forces became embroiled in Korea, fighting a Communist invasion. (CVE-30). 147537, 147872, 148749, 147881, and 147882. Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. Photo is dated 22 February 1962 (Randolph From April 4 to May 31, Randolph's engines were constantly running as the ship amassed an amazing 25,000 miles of travel -- the equivalent of sailing around the Earth -- as she darted around Okinawa. HMNB Portsmouth, 1966. AS YOU HAVE BEEN VICTORIOUS IN WAR, I AM NOW TALKING TO ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND PROSPECTIVE MILLIONAIRES The helicopter is a Sikorsky HUS-1 (redesignated UH-34D in 1962) Seahorse, BuNo 148755, modex being hit by two kamikazes, 11 May 1945, as seen from USS Randolph (CV-15). and Records Administration (NARA) photo, # 80-G-322066. Comb used all three of his cartridge starters one by one before the final starter fired up the engine. FF12-5/(15-on), serial 06820, on carrier markings, to illustrate how the ship's hull number should This was the only time Churchill boarded a US warship after World War II. Randolph's Captain advised the crew that war with the Russians could break out at any moment. The enormity of the repair at sea is evident by the material ordered; 30 tons of steel plate, 29 tons of "I" beams, and 7,500 feet of flight deck lumber. Astronaut , in 1946, sent the ship into the Mediterranean, visiting Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon. For three perilous minutes Grissom struggled to stay afloat. Just as the carrier received the air raid warning, the Kamikaze careened into the stern. US Navy photo # 181002-N-TG517-005, by Max Lonzanida. Randolph's final tally included: 143 Japanese airplanes destroyed in dogfights, shipborne gunners shotdown an additional 4, another 71 on the ground during air strikes, and 87,000 tons of shipping sunk. Official U.S. Navy photograph of USS Randolph (CVS-15), serial In February 1962, Randolph was standing-by as the command ship of a flotilla to recover astronaut John Glenn. (CV-15) as it is lowered into place in May of 1943. The crew is gone, electricity powered down, combustible fluids drained, weapons and essential equipment removed, while the ship is sealed for humidity control. Page -1-, Second Rank, #13 is Comdr. 2 December 1944. a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds before Friendship 7 splashed down in the ocean. Tethered to the destroyer by a fuel line, Randolph couldn't maneuver. The USS Randolph was in the thick of the action during the last year of the war. (light) (HMR(L)) 262 Det. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burns after Great Uncle and died at sea on 13 October 1945. Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, USN, (left), Commander Task Force 58, with his Bell 7, arrives aboard the recovery ship, USS Randolph (CVS-15), 21 July 1961, following However, the ship's photo lab had this picture cataloged as "CVS-15-2478-L-10-59," dated October Chalk notes and diagrams adorn this internal piece for Randolph (CL-90), USS Randolph (CV-15), and other units of Task Force 58 steam in the Pacific, Randolph did send a medical team to Atlantic Viscountess to render aid for an injured man, who was later bought on the carrier for treatment. The crew of the Randolph reacts. Consequently her hull number was CV-15. Another Tracker, BuNo 147894, can be seen at the right bottom of the photo. He insisted that this was an actual piece of the kamikaze plane itself. In 1959, Randolph underwent such a conversion and redesignated CVS-15. ", "Col Glenn and Admiral Eastwold admire one of the hundreds of gifts Glenn received after his historic Roads, Virginia, during the International Naval Review, 12 June 1957. in early July 1962, with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group (CVSG) 58 aboard. Elevators raise and lower aircraft between the flight deck and hangar deck. OCCUPATION OF JAPAN WITHOUT INCIDENT STOP END ITEM. TOKYO WITHIN TEN DAYS PARA IN MESSAGE TO TOKYO MCARTHUR SAID,"I SHALL After the incident, Admiral Forrest Sherman threaten to shoot down any Air Force planes practicing strafing runs on the fleet. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex -class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. PERMIT LANDING STOP IT IS EXPECTED THAT SURRENDER DOCUMENT WILL BE The "A" designates the ship as an attack carrier. The war which killed 60 million was over. capsule sank. "Electronic Manufacturers Cruise is steaming astern, waiting her turn for a "drink". US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. greeting to the sailing ships participating in the first Operation Sail, July 1964. probably taken during her shakedown cruise, November 1944. The Soviets found the Randolph's trip especially galling but were helpless to restrict her movements. The recovery ship, USS Randolph 13 crew aboard C-119G-FA, CP-23, c/n 10951, . Photo believed to have been taken by F. Ramn Pay. Calif., on 18 January 1945, showing alterations. This Randolph was unrecognizable from her World War II angular appearance. in Seattle. B-59 was subjected to nearly 24 hours of sonar pinging from the destroyers and aircraft. In May 1975, the Navy sold the ship with the priceless history to Union Material and Alloys, of Bayonne, NJ, for $1.5 million for the expressed purpose of scrapping. Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CV-15) at anchor, Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (photo # NH 97491). An Atlas launch vehicle propelled a Mercury spacecraft (Friendship Donna's father, Daniel Rosamonda, is in the third row. Photographed by J.C. Ricks. The video features the Essex -class aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVA-15) and Carrier Air Group FOUR (CVG-4). Base (HMNB) Portsmouth, 1966. cruise to Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, AugustNovember 1953, with Carrier Air Group 10 (CAG-10) Since the age of wooden vessels, the US Navy served as a quasi-diplomat, bringing American values and aid to distant shores. Today several are Museums located through The Air Force airlifted 1,200 Americans from Israel, but couldn't evacuate those beyond the reaches of airports. Cruises to the Med with stops at Rota, Naples and Barcelona; the Caribbean stops at Barbados, St. Thomas and Rio de Janeiro. The $1.8 billion destroyer, manned by a 300-member crew, had been steaming on a secret . S-2D Tracker, modex AW34, VS-34 "Proud Tigers", Antisubmarine Air From Our Navy magazine, First of March, 1954. The ship kept coming. Upper right: Randolph in a hard port turn. In May 1975, the Navy sold the ship with the priceless history to Union Material and Alloys, of Bayonne, NJ, for $1.5 million for the expressed purpose of scrapping. Randolph's crew was enjoying the movie 'A Song to Remember' in the forward hangar. Another four Hellcats from Randolph raced ahead to relieve the fighters already onsite. As I recall that night was relatively foggy: the sea was calm; visibility was probably 3 to 5 miles. his Chief of Staff, Commodore Arleigh A. Burke, on board USS Randolph (CV-15), off Okinawa housing the aerological balloon room. (Base) and Musician 3rd Class Charles Apellonia (Accordion). The USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan on June 17, 2017. Seaman Santos is on deck watching two US Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightnings practice strafing runs over Randolph. 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