The following day cooler heads prevailed, as Khrushchev and Kennedy came to an agreement to resolve the crisis. deck. 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. "Electronic Manufacturers Cruise The crew of the Randolph displays two Battle Efficiency "E" awards, one awarded to the best anti-submarine carrier, and the other the sixth consecutive Efficiency Award presented to the Engineering Department. capsule sank. ", "Col Glenn and Admiral Eastwold admire one of the hundreds of gifts Glenn received after his historic (VS) 36 "Gray Wolves," Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 58, aboard USS Randolph (CVS-15), Note the SPS-8 air search radar However, the State Department had a dilemma on future port calls at Denmark. Either would have led to a catastrophic explosion. 8, Thursday, The other at scenic Toms River, NJ. the Pacific Ocean. An SSM-N-8 Regulus I cruise missile is launched from USS Randolph The crew scurries out of the sinking bomber. There were no serious injuries on the carrier. X YOUR REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE SHOULD Only two Frances made it to Ulithi, arriving at night. Determining the splashdown area from a orbit was exponentially harder than a 15-minute vertical flight into space and back. "Homeward Bound," SeptemberOctober 1945. X GOOD BYE, GOOD LUCK, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU X XXXXXXX MCCAIN X, [Vice Admiral McCain died 6 September 1945, just after arriving back in the United States, and was With the early morning light, they clearly saw 'RANDOLPH' inscribed on the fantail. John W. Weeks (DD-701) in the Western Left to right: HUS-1 Seahorse BuNo 148755 (modex ET32), Marine Helicopter Transport HUS-1 Seahorse BuNo 148754 (modex ET30), Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. The crew of the Randolph reacts. Hitting the bottom of swells, Randolph would come to an abrupt stop, shuddering violently. Official US Navy photo (# USN 1061643), dated June 29, 1962. The ship is mothballed and moved out of drydock at Boston. Carrier Air Group (CVSG) 58, circa 19611962. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burns after (CL-89) floatplane. 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. Efficiency Award presented to the Engineering Dept. TOKYO WITHIN TEN DAYS PARA IN MESSAGE TO TOKYO MCARTHUR SAID,"I SHALL July 1963, off the coast of Virginia. in Seattle. is steaming astern, waiting her turn for a "drink". By this time, Randolph was the premiere sub hunter in the fleet. off Norfolk, VA. Randoo Can Do deployed to the Med, FebruaryMay 1965, with Antisubmarine Fred Millard Larson was Christoper M. Larson's However, Randolph weathered the storm, but was unable, From Randolph's WWII cruise book: The Gangway. planning for the gathering began in 1960. Recovery of Liberty Bell 7, Mercury-Redstone Note the plane's tail markings, unique to this ship. circa 1956. Randolph did what she always did; brought the crew back home. and Records Administration, Battleship The pilot had to release the capsule to the murky depths of the Caribbean. (ARH-1) at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, 13 March 1945, showing damage to her after flight deck resulting USS Randolph (CV-15), an oiler and a destroyer seen from the USS North USS Randolph (CV-15), 23 March 1945. Page -1-, Second Rank, #13 is Comdr. In 1966, the tanker operator settled with the US Government for $277,000 in damages for Randolph. Of these, fourteen saw combat in World War II. Russian painting by Valentin Pechatin depicting the surfacing of B-59 by the Randolph Task Group. Grissom's She had been dwarfed by the modern super carriers. Furthermore, the Cairo airport was under daily attack. Randolph's aircraft raided airfields, and naval bases. USS Randolph underway with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 12, seen The Okinawa campaign was the peak period for Kamikazes, and were fast becoming problematic for the fleet. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-K-6355). However, the homesick ship couldn't be kept from the sea. Yet, Randolph's port calls in Europe of that year was record breaking. Sep 15, 1966 - Feb 12, 1969. cruise, MaySeptember 1966. Another Tracker, BuNo 147894, can be seen at the right bottom of the photo. Randolph's last log book entry. Medical Officer, assigned to the recovery force. The landscape was apocalyptic -- the images would haunt my father. March 1947. The recovery ship, USS Randolph Legendary CBS news man, Walter Cronkite, filmed a documentary on-board Randolph -- aptly named: "Sub-Killers." The late President Kennedy planned to participate in the event. The pilot of the J-8 II (81192) involved in the collision, Wang Wei, ejected and was lost at sea. Instead, she ordered the approaching vessel to alter coarse on the radio. Attacking Japan in June. Fires were fed by ammunition, gasoline, and oxygen cylinders creating a conflagration. One VB-12 Helldiver was damaged attacking a hangar. Identifiable aircraft are, left to right: BuNos attack while at anchor at Ulithi Atoll, 11 March 1945. (# NH 55804). The Randolph seafarers saw the Admiral as jinxed. 1 September 1945. Stanley Svec. A U.S. Marine helicopter attempts to retrieve to launch a Regulus missile. Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CVA-15) underway The "A" designates the ship as an attack carrier. SH-3A Sea King, BuNo 149928(? USS Randolph (CV-15), 4 December 1946. There was a genuine concern of Communism spreading from Eastern Europe to the rim of the Mediterranean. The resulting inferno engulfed the stern for 17 hours; killing 134. The war ravaged people came out in droves to get a glimpse of the carrier. The carriers Randolph and Coral Sea were participating in amphibious exercises in nearby Crete and were ideally suited for evacuating Americans from the war zone. However, nothing can top CVS-15 appearance in the opening credits of the 1963 movie "Follow the Boys." Photograph Collection. USS Randolph (CVA-15) anchored off Barcelona, Spain, possibly The ship's expansion joints stretched wildly, appearing as though the vessel would snap in half. Russian submarine B-59 forced to the surface with a Randolph Sikorsky Seabat helicopter hovering above. Rando hung banners from her side; the first read "Welcome Home VF-11, World Famous Red Rippers." Randolph's aircraft raided airfields, and naval bases. Within a minute the speedy Stormes clears out. 1945" and a Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroism and extraordinary achievement [] during the period The Pacific war was now being prosecuted from the Randolph's bridge. CREATE PROBLEMS TAXING PATIENCE AND CONTROL ALMOST AS GREAT AS THE TENSIONS OF WAR X I ASK THAT THE Source: Seattle NARA, Record Group 181, "Ship's Files ca 19401950.". But, alas, it came to an untimely end in October 1968, when the Navy announced Randolph would be retired. Hangar Bay Two, after Glenn's physical examination in Sick Bay. Deployments like these by Randolph and other capital ships reaffirmed America's leadership in global dynamics, and peacefully prevented a Communist takeover of the Mediterranean. Glenn, on 20 February). 1, No. Ship is USS Randolph (CVA-15). USS Randolph (CV-15) at anchor in the western Pacific, June 1945. Elevators raise and lower aircraft between the flight deck and hangar deck. Tethered to the destroyer by a fuel line, Randolph couldn't maneuver. Randolph's deck logs from Edna. USS Randolph (CV-15) underway, probably in early 1945. Note the damage to the after flight deck of Randolph resulting from a kamikaze hit on 11 March 1945. He insisted that this was an actual piece of the kamikaze plane itself. Top, Randolph returning to Norfolk after loss of elevator. The ship kept coming. 1945. After the incident, Admiral Forrest Sherman threaten to shoot down any Air Force planes practicing strafing runs on the fleet. A U.S. Marine helicopter attempts to retrieve the sinking Mid-air collision of two BAF Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars at Chivres Air Base, Belgium. The destroyer USS Holder (DD-814), trailing the carrier as the "lifeguard," retrieved three sailors from the water. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command Randolph's Captain advised the crew that war with the Russians could break out at any moment. (CAG-2), the attack transport USS Capricornus 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. to orbit Earth. Attacking Japan in June. The prototype flew for the first time on 4 December 1952 and more than 1,000 S-2s were delivered by Grumman. Needless to say, Sherman's orders was countermanded. In the Chesapeake Bay area during her shakedown period, 12 November 1944. When a crew is placed on-board, the ship, maliciously, becomes a living thing. At the press conference, after docking, Task Group R/Admiral Paul Hartman was asked if Randolph had nuclear weapons. II, July 1945. awarded, posthumously, a Silver Star "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity [] on 16 and 17 February ], UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED AT ONCE NAVAL VESSELS SHALL BURN NAVIGATION LIGHTS AT FULL BRILLIANCY A4D-2 Skyhawk aircraft of VA-86 "Sidewinders" conducting in-flight ), modex AW63, Left: Peyton Randolph's descendant Edward Fairfax Randolph with Captain Quackerbush during recommissioning. PERMIT LANDING STOP IT IS EXPECTED THAT SURRENDER DOCUMENT WILL BE CAG (Air Group Commander) in mid-April 1945, when CDR 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. from the back seat of an SB2C Helldiver that has just launched, FebruaryMarch 1945, in After two days Randolph and the detachment joined the fleet off Iwo Jima to support US Marines during the invasion. Banshees of VF-102 over Randolph during the Suez Crisis. The USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan on June 17, 2017. President Kennedy made it a priority to locate the submarines. 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. Ens John Morris piloted the burning bomber to a water landing on the Inland Sea within sight of land. In the attached telegram, he recounted the trip as a "delightful and exciting experience." You see, my father, Eugene Santos, called this ship home during World War II. In Copenhagen, Randolph found herself in a diplomatic scuffle. Four Scots visited involuntarily after their sailboat capsized within sight of the Randolph. The Randolph immediately launched the duty lifeboat and within 10 minutes rescued the four sailors floundering in the water. USS North Carolina Attack Carrier Air Wing (CVAG) 17, 15 November 1946. He was a simple man. A Task Group ALFA plaque.". Admiral Thomas Moorer, a WWII hero, passed command of the fleet to another WWII hero, Admiral Ephraim Holmes. The distinctly striped tails of Randolph's Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers attacked aircraft factories, airfields and naval bases. Original (DDE-466) is refueling from the oiler's starboard side, while USS Eaton Mar 6 1956". The tanker's prow buried into the carrier. Here's a treat for all you Med Cruise veterans and late-50s carrier aviation fans. Base (HMNB) Portsmouth, 1966. The Jolly Roger, USS Randolph, Vol. OPERATIONAL PRIORITY X I HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS THE UNITED 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. background. near Tokyo, withdrawing shortly before noon. The ship was visited by 82,000 wide-eyed Europeans -- the largest number of foreign tourists boarding a US warship. The collision of Fitzgerald - and the subsequent collision of USS John McCain (DDG-56) with a merchant tanker off Singapore on Aug. 20, 2017, that killed 10 sailors - resulted in the removal . Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CV-15) at anchor, The original color transparency was received OF THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN AND PRIDE IN THE PART PLAYED BY THEM IN ACCOMPLISHING THAT RESULT X PARA X Friday, 21 July 1961. Randolph returned to Norfolk, VA on October 15. Photographed by J.C. Ricks. To complicate matters, Glenn's capsule, Friendship 7, developed a malfunction on the third orbit, precipitating its early return. Another four Hellcats from Randolph raced ahead to relieve the fighters already onsite. Official U.S. Navy photograph of USS Randolph (CVS-15), serial USS Randolph: The most famous aircraft carrier nobody heard of. Second page details the extensive damage, Sir Winston Churchill exchanges salute with Randolph Captain Strean, Churchill tours Randolph with telegram below, One of the most influential figures of the 20th century toured USS Randolph on October 26, 1958. He pointed to the handsome figure of a Essex-Class carrier in the distance and stated it was the same type he served on. FOR CONTINUOUS USE IN HANDLING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS AND OUR HEADQUARTERS The Dawn Alert, USS Randolph (CV-15), Tuesday, 14 August As seen from USS Essex (CV-9), USS Astoria SIGNED WITHIN TEN DAYS" PARA BROADCAST SAID MC ARTHUR STATEMENT WAS Structure was damaged or demolished. An Atlas launch vehicle propelled a Mercury spacecraft (Friendship Pairing with the ship, this unique relationship, was the ultimate blending of man and machine. This S2F Tracker is in the markings of Randolph's VS-34. Work began in November 1952 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Shangri-La recommissioned in January 1955, with angled flight deck, enclosed bow, new island, steam catapults and many other improvements. D. Ward Harrigan "Willie Fudd" (Grumman E-1B Tracer, VAW-12 "Bats" squadron) launch from "'September 11, 1945Aboard the U.S.S. Navy Day, 27 October 1945, at NOB Norfolk, Va. "U.S.S. They were enclosed with the 5 October 1945 Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet letter FF39/S1, Fowler, Thomas (Tom) STG-2. The Navy successfully evacuated 3,000 Americans without injuries. The ship kept coming. Rando was also able to retrieve the capsized sailboat. Note the unusual The other banner displayed: "USS Forrestal Welcome Home." Allen has restored and flies an impressive collection of vintage aircraft. The tanker's prow buried into the carrier. The recovery RANDOLPH'S BLOOD IN THE ASHES OF HIROSHIMA. I would love to hear from Randolph sailors. The collision horn is rung with the announcement: "standby for collision on port side!" 4 (MR-4) mission. Both seaplanes landed and plucked the stranded sailors. the F6F Hellcat he was flying was hit by flak. Randolph sounded fire quarters and man overboard alarms -- then came to a stop and turned on the man overboard lights. More than 10 aircraft were destroyed and 13 sailors killed. On August 30, 2017, the city of Toms River installed a memorial paver, with dad's name, steps away from the Randolph's anchor. (CVS-15), HMNB Portsmouth, 1966. The carrier began fueling the destroyer at 5:48pm. Randolph sailed straight into a category 3 hurricane during the night of September 10-11, 1954. Planes from Randolph and other carriers had attacked Japanese factories Carolina (BB-55). S-2D Tracker, BuNo 148742, modex AW32, VS-34 "Proud Tigers", Antisubmarine and capsule were actually recovered by USS Noa The MA-6 mission flight lasted Randolph's log for the 27th simply reads; "2053 Submerged contact being kept under surveillance during the day surfaced at this time.". I have a biased interest with Randolph. Upper left: F6F Hellcats catapulting from Randolph. (BB-55), and USS Randolph (CV-15) at left. The flight deck at the bow was twisted and raised 11 inches. Photographed from a USS Miami On February 16, 1945, a detachment of Task Force 58, concealed by poor weather, raced to within 60 miles of Japan. 36 "Fleet Angels" (amidships, near the island), The Russian crew believed they were under attack. IFB #16-5050, 24 Apr 1975. Decommissioned to reserve 13 Feb 1969. (AKA-57) and an Iowa-class battleship. 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