While in the shipyard, mother nature took another swipe at Randolph as Hurricane Hazel struck. Magic Carpet loading of US Army soldiers at Naples, Italy, 24 November I would love to hear from Randolph sailors. (DD-841) and later transferred to the Primary Recovery Ship (PRS), USS Randolph (CVS-15). These great warships stand ready to assert American might in times of war, peace, and humanitarian relief. USS Turner (DDR-834) is in the The following day cooler heads prevailed, as Khrushchev and Kennedy came to an agreement to resolve the crisis. The $1.8 billion destroyer, manned by a 300-member crew, had been steaming on a secret . II, July 1945. The 27,000-ton ship shook violently. Rando was also able to retrieve the capsized sailboat. Bottom right, Grumman Tracker on Randolph's #3 elevator circa 1962. II, July 1945. The U.S.S. (CVS-15), HMNB Portsmouth, 1966. President Kennedy made it a priority to locate the submarines. Forrestal had incurred the largest loss of life on a US warship during the Vietnam War. . "'September 11, 1945Aboard the U.S.S. Yet, Randolph's port calls in Europe of that year was record breaking. Unbeknownst to the Americans, the Japanese launched 24 twin-engine Yokosuka P1Y1 "Frances" bombers from Japan, over 1,300 miles away. Lower left: A battle damaged TBM Avenger ditches alongside Randolph. Tensions eventually defused, allowing diplomacy to prevail. FOR CONTINUOUS USE IN HANDLING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS AND OUR HEADQUARTERS Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CVS-15) during an 168, N.D.W., Washington D.C. 20374, October21 December 1946. However, the State Department had a dilemma on future port calls at Denmark. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) U.S. ships operating off the coast of Japan in final stages of World War (CL-90), USS Randolph (CV-15), and other units of Task Force 58 steam in the Pacific, After the conflagration of World War II, the fleet returned to its diplomatic mission. Growing up in New York City, my father, Eugene Santos, relished taking his two boys out on the weekends. be painted on the structure of an Essex-class carrier. This was before the advent of the angle-deck carrier. However, rather than pride, the crew succumbed to another age-old naval tradition: superstition. The Jolly Roger, USS Randolph, Vol. I AM GLAD AND PROUD TO HAVE FOUGHT THROUGH MY LAST YEAR OF ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE RENOWNED FAST In the Chesapeake Bay area during her shakedown period, 12 November 1944. Redesignated as an ASW carrier (CVS-15) 31 Mar 1959. I enjoyed my time on the Randolph. Today several are Museums located through USS Randolph (CVA-15), with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 7, off Roster of Officers, USS Randolph (CV-15) and Air Group Sixteen, FATE To complicate matters, Glenn's capsule, Friendship 7, developed a malfunction on the third orbit, precipitating its early return. 36 "Fleet Angels" (amidships, near the island), Lt Charles Tanner and Lt (jg) Donald Comb catapulted individually off Astoria and escorted by four Randolph Hellcats on the 360 mile journey. Photo was taken circa 1951-1952, just after SCB-27A modernization, with Carrier Air Group 1 (CVG-1) aboard. suborbital flight boosted by the Mercury-Redstone vehicle. By David W. Joy December 2005 Naval History Magazine Volume 19, Number 6 Article View Issue Comments Navy Day, 27 October 1945, at NOB Norfolk, Va. "U.S.S. In addition to extensive footage. The US President chose the naval blockade, which he chose to call a quarantine. Mrs. USS Randolph (CV-15) at anchor in the western Pacific, June 1945. USS Randolph Another photo taken on 25 October 1959, apparently within minutes from the USS Franklin Roosevelt and USS Forrestal reinforced the 6th Fleet. Numbers should be 8' (2.44 meters) high Four Scots visited involuntarily after their sailboat capsized within sight of the Randolph. Official US Navy photo (# USN 1061643), dated June 29, 1962. 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. Randolph was the first U.S. Atlantic Fleet carrier aboard the Randolph to the Mediterranean Sea, 14 July 195619 February 1957. Aerial view of USS Randolph (CVA-15) underway at sea, circa in 1957.jpg 944 666; 406 KB. John W. Weeks (DD-701) in the Western The situation in the Inland Sea was becoming perilous. There are 474 crew members registered for the USS Randolph (CV 15). "Homeward Bound," SeptemberOctober 1945. The original eight Hellcats were joined by four of their squadron mates which diverted from a photo reconnaissance sortie. One VB-12 Helldiver was damaged attacking a hangar. During the first journey, Randolph fed turkey dinners on Thanksgiving. The collision horn is rung with the announcement: "standby for collision on port side!" Each succeeding crew preserved the excellence of the past. With the early morning light, they clearly saw 'RANDOLPH' inscribed on the fantail. The twelfth and final name added in 2009 was that of Ensign John Hantschel, a Randolph Hellcat pilot. The Navy thought 'show the flag' exercises and humanitarian aid would bolster governments in the region. 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. 1, "Approaching U.S.A.," 1 December first ham station on a USN combat ship and was set up by CDR Thomas B. Ray (seated), a pilot in HS-7 To free itself, Randolph lunges ahead with Atlantic Viscountess scrapping the carrier's port side. Airplanes roamed the Pacific raining destruction on enemy shipping, planes, troop concentrations, and supplies. Upper right: Randolph in a hard port turn. Randolph pulled into Norfolk for repairs. Randolph was lifeless for the first time since 1944. Grumman S-2D Tracker, BuNo 147870, modex AV46, Antisubmarine Squadron USS Randolph (CV-15), an oiler and a destroyer seen from the USS North Attacking Japan in June. Both seaplanes landed and plucked the stranded sailors. The Frances were looking for targets; one crashed into Ulithi while the other approached Randolph's fantail above the waves - exactly were Seaman Eugene Santos was distributing mailbags in the hangar deck. He insisted that this was an actual piece of the kamikaze plane itself. X YOUR REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE SHOULD Randolph was lifeless for the first time since 1944. The video features the Essex -class aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVA-15) and Carrier Air Group FOUR (CVG-4). Bell 7, arrives aboard the recovery ship, USS Randolph (CVS-15), 21 July 1961, following Aircraft types represented include F6F, TBM and SB2C. However, in the post-war era a 6,700-ship navy is unaffordable. Since the age of wooden vessels, the US Navy served as a quasi-diplomat, bringing American values and aid to distant shores. At 6:19pm Liberian-registered oil tanker Atlantic Viscountess gorged into the Randolph's port (left) bow. 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 attached video shows all the pomp and pageantry of the ceremony. (CL-89) floatplane. I encourage surviving Randolph sailors to make the pilgrimage to Toms River or Kingsport. Instead, she ordered the approaching vessel to alter coarse on the radio. "The Naval Historical Center / of / The Department of the Navy / presents VS-36 "Gray Wolves," and an SH-3A Sea King of HS-7 "Big Dippers" (this particular helicopter, ", Action Report from Kamikaze attack, including damage and causality list, US Navy footage of firefighting and damage assesment. Above, Black dot below burning Randolph is probably LCT-832 clearing the area, Above, damage control parties extinguish fires on Randolph's deck, Deck log records June 7th USAF P-38 crash into Randolph. BY NIGHT AND SHALL NOT ZIGZAG X BLACKOUT REGULATIONS ARE CANCELLED XX. USS Randolph (CV-15), Wednesday, 28 June 1944. 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. In 2004 Microsoft founder Paul Allen opened the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Seattle. March 1947. USS Randolph (CV-15). Legendary CBS news man, Walter Cronkite, filmed a documentary on-board Randolph -- aptly named: "Sub-Killers." 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 USS Randolph (CVS-15) underway in February 1965, This storm damaged other capital. . officer Wg. (# NH 55804). Schooner USS Sea Gulldisappeared, presumably sinking in a storm between Tierra del Fuego and Last seen on 8 May 1839. and should be applied to the port side of stack (top after portion) and to the starboard side of structure Remaining active off Japan until receiving word of the Japanese surrender on August 15. Fuel spilled from Kennedy . (BB-55), and USS Randolph (CV-15) at left. USS Randolph plowed the seven seas for a quarter of a century, quietly intersecting with history throughout. This was the 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. Upper left: F6F Hellcats catapulting from Randolph. 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. SOON PROCEED TO JAPAN WITH ACCOMPANYING FORCES COMPOSED OF GROUND, THE TOKYO AREA BE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED The Soviet Union threatened to intervene in Egypt and attack London and Paris with atomic bombs. One VB-12 Helldiver was damaged attacking a hangar. The mere appearance of Randolph would quell tension. 1945. A permanent peace after World War II was impossible. This SB2C-4 Helldiver (BuNo 20831) assigned to Bombing August 15, 1945, Captain Jackson Tate, who replaced Felix Baker as Randolph's commander weeks earlier, reads the announcement of the Japanese surrender. 13 lost. "USS Randolph CV-15, 19441969, Gone but Not Forgotten", (A "Centurion" is an aviator who has made 100 landings on one carrier. In contrast to the 16 bombers launched by Doolittle in 1942, Task Force 58 sent 1,100 aircraft over Tokyo. of the piece. circa May 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-344531). Stormes (DD-780). Crisis. 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. The elevator broke off dropping into the sea taking with it five sailors, a Grumman Tracker, and a vehicle. By this time, Randolph was the premiere sub hunter in the fleet. in early July 1962, with Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group (CVSG) 58 aboard. She was recommissioned on July 1, 1953 as CVA-15. Photograph is dated June 1945, but was probably taken in May. Essex-class carriers were normally the most prestigious vessels in port. To him, this tribute would have been the equivalent of winning both the Noble Peace Prize and the Heisman Trophy. October 27th is referred to as 'Black Saturday'. 20 22 May 1947 Twenty-four Essex carriers were built. OCCUPATION OF JAPAN WITHOUT INCIDENT STOP END ITEM. Here's a treat for all you Med Cruise veterans and late-50s carrier aviation fans. I have a biased interest with Randolph. This one? Randolph directed the destroyer Stormes to execute an "emergency breakaway." Photo Chuck McCandliss. The captain and political officer consented to using a nuclear tip torpedo against the Task Group but were reversed by the overall commander, who was not going to start World War III. Randolph became the first US capital ship sailing directly into combat, after shakedown, without returning to the yard for refitting. With honor decommissioning the Randolph on 9 Feb. 1969. 25 Oct. 1833. Connie Francis belts out her rousing top 20 song of the same title as we're treated to sweeping panoramic views of Randolph in Cannes Harbor. TBM-3E Avengers. His son, Tom, explains: "[My father] had a piece of metal that he said was shrapnel from the kamikaze Canberra was recommissioned on 15 June 1956, and homeported at Norfolk, Virginia. Below, Randolph's crew 'mans the rail' as Forrestal is maneuvered onto Pier 12. ENVOYS FOR TOKYO TO REPORT TO THEIR EMPEROR STOP DELEGATES LEFT MANILA Randolph's radar detected a ship approaching fast on a collision course. the F6F Hellcat he was flying was hit by flak. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. Bottom left, Randolph's #3 elevator seen from USS Great Sitken in 1961 picture. The ship is mothballed and moved out of drydock at Boston. The Admiral responded with the standard US retort; neither confirming or denying nuclear weapons. Pairing with the ship, this unique relationship, was the ultimate blending of man and machine. USS Randolph (CVS-15) in New York, mid-1960s, with the Tinschert reverse side of the inscription has what he believed were blood stains.". SH-3A Sea King helicopters, HS-7 "Big Dippers" squadron, on flight deck, (Text adapted from Naval Two P-38s were doing practice runs on Randolph during a mock attack when one lost control and crashed into the ship. Mid-air collision of two BAF Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars at Chivres Air Base, Belgium. Twenty seven sailors were dead and 105 injured, but the crew heroically fought the fire, saving the ship. The ship's expansion joints stretched wildly, appearing as though the vessel would snap in half. HUS-1 Seahorse BuNo 148754 (modex ET30), Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron The Navy successfully evacuated 3,000 Americans without injuries. the sinking capsule, Liberty Bell 7, of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. Liberty Bell 7 was discovered and raised from the sea floor 38 years later in 1999. CDR Embree was in turn killed in action (KIA) on 12 May 1945, when Below, USS Randolph commissioning on October 9, 1944. VA-72 was redesignated from Fighter Squadron (VF) 72 on 3 January 1956, when it transitioned Seaman 1st Class Leonard A. Cassidy spots model aircraft on the ship's "ouija In March 1959, Randolph was redesignated as an anti-submarine carrier (CVS-15). starboard catapult, July 1963, off the coast of Virginia. The war ravaged people came out in droves to get a glimpse of the carrier. However, in the post-war era a 6,700-ship navy is unaffordable. (NNAM) photo, # 1996.253.7148.008. This Randolph was unrecognizable from her World War II angular appearance. "Report on Strike.". 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. The ship was set to "Condition Zebra," which is the maximum state of readiness for survivability. Photo by LT B. Gallagher. off Norfolk, VA. Randoo Can Do deployed to the Med, FebruaryMay 1965, with Antisubmarine In Copenhagen, Randolph found herself in a diplomatic scuffle. Ship is USS Randolph (CVA-15). A series of seven photos taken at Hunters Point, San Francisco, and Records Administration, Battleship 2 December 1944. Note the damage to the after flight deck of Randolph resulting from a kamikaze hit on 11 March 1945. Topside, catwalks, antennas, guns, and lights were ripped off. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command The war which killed 60 million was over. Attacking Japan in June. Randolph did what she always did; brought the crew back home. Admiral Marc Mitscher raised his flag on the Randolph on May 15, 1945. USS Randolph (CVS-15) men, en route to New York, spell out a flight boosted by the Mercury-Redstone vehicle. When a crew is placed on-board, the ship, maliciously, becomes a living thing. with two AJ Savage attack planes and 14 FJ Fury fighters parked on the flight deck, forward. in Seattle. 17 February 1945. The collision horn is rung with the announcement: "standby for collision on port side!" ISSUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER USS Randolph (CVS-15), New York City, August 1960. USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex -class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. modex AW14, VS-39 "Hoot Owls", Antisubmarine Air Group (CVSG) 60, aboard USS Randolph Randolph's position while pursuing B-59, 3 hours before surfacing. Base (HMNB) Portsmouth, 1966. VBF-82 was assigned to Carrier Air Group (CVG) 82 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, 22 Circa 1957ish.". Air Group 12 departs USS Randolph (CV-15) on 17 June 1945, (CVA-15), 26 October 1958. Randolph returned to Norfolk for repairs. was the primary recovery ship for spacecraft Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7, with astronaut John TO THE END THAT NOTHING SHALL MAR THE RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND GLORY THAT NOW BELONGS TO THE NAVY PERMIT LANDING STOP IT IS EXPECTED THAT SURRENDER DOCUMENT WILL BE The Piaseki HUP Retriever BuNo 147607 in the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola is identified as operating off USS Randolph in the early 1960s. National Archives and Records Administration photo (# 80-G-469988). After emergency repairs in the Philippines, the 80,000 ton super-carrier returned to Norfolk. Hitting the bottom of swells, Randolph would come to an abrupt stop, shuddering violently. his Chief of Staff, Commodore Arleigh A. Burke, on board USS Randolph (CV-15), off Okinawa at top. As the tour boat passed the faded '15' on the superstructure, my father's face lit up and exclaimed, "IT IS THE RANDOLPH !!!" Some of the "I" beams were procured from a Japanese sugar mill in recently captured Saipan. Crew of USS Randolph (CVA-15) muster on the flight deck while during September 1968. Nantahala, The Cuban Missile Crisis broke out in October of 1962. aboard. Unfortunately, Collings has expressed interest in selling the Tracker. ), Comments, Suggestions or Image submissions, E-mail Carrier Information "Willie Fudd" (Grumman E-1B Tracer, VAW-12 "Bats" squadron) launch from SATISFACTION AND PRIDE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM SECNAV: "MY WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUCCESSFUL This prevents heavy seas from entering her hangar deck and pounding the flight deck. Canal crisis. 1953". Randolph's Captain advised the crew that war with the Russians could break out at any moment. The distinctly striped tails of Randolph's Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers attacked aircraft factories, airfields and naval bases. USS Jason repairs Randolph in four days, due to the damage being far less severe than the Kamikaze attack. Hurricane Edna battered the carrier. Tethered to the destroyer by a fuel line, Randolph couldn't maneuver. Photographed by PH2 Hughes. Friday, 21 July 1961. The tanker's prow buried into the carrier. Source: Seattle NARA, Record Group 181, "Ship's Files ca 19401950.". decommissioning, 13 February 1969. during operations off Okinawa in June 1945. (DDE-466) is refueling from the oiler's starboard side, while USS Eaton USS Franklin Roosevelt and USS Forrestal reinforced the 6th Fleet. 32-gun frigate whose construction was authorized by the Continental Congress on December 13, 1775. President John F Kennedy was given three military options; (1) invade Cuba, (2) bomb the missile sites, or (3) a naval blockade of Cuba. The four aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean, including Randolph, gave President Dwight Eisenhower the upper hand. Air Group 12 was replaced by Air Group 16, skippered Radio rooms were flooded. Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CV-15) at anchor, Eight Hellcats of VF-12 and VBF-12 circled overhead. It's less than seven months since the ship's launching -- a feat thought impossible. Denmark was a strict non-nuclear nation, but the government quietly allowed her American allies visitation rights knowing these vessels were nuclear capable. USS Randolph (CV-15), 4 December 1946. . The USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship off the coast of Japan on June 17, 2017. USS Randolph (CV-15) alongside repair ship USS Jason IFB #16-5050, 24 Apr 1975. Wang Wei was a pilot in the 25th Regiment of the 9th Division . (AO-57) along with USS Cony (DDE-508). Operation Jamboree was the first carrier airstrike on the Japanese homeland since the famed Doolittle raid, three years earlier. 1996.253.7242.001. Friday, 21 July 1961. Recovery of Liberty Bell 7, Mercury-Redstone [Signature]". 1, No. The MA-6 mission flight lasted The Homeward/Bounder, Vol. TOKYO WITHIN TEN DAYS PARA IN MESSAGE TO TOKYO MCARTHUR SAID,"I SHALL The Soviet Union placed ballistic missiles in Cuba which could strike New York and Washington, DC. USS Randolph (CVS-15) with S2F-3 (S-2D under the 1962 designation Needless to say, Sherman's orders was countermanded. The landscape was apocalyptic -- the images would haunt my father. The pilot of the J-8 II (81192) involved in the collision, Wang Wei, ejected and was lost at sea. (Base) and Musician 3rd Class Charles Apellonia (Accordion). / This / piece of deck planking from / the aircraft carrier / USS Randolph (CV-15) / Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CVA-15) underway (AO-108), circa 1960. Randolph paid with her dearest blood; losing 102 sailors and pilots since leaving Norfolk. This photo is stamped on the back: "USS Randolph and overhauling D. Ward Harrigan Ironically, on June 7, 1945, Randolph was again struck by a plane, but this time it was a U.S. Army Air Corps P-38 fighter/bomber. The US President chose the naval blockade, which he chose to call a quarantine. These planes launched from, and returned to floating airbases which moved throughout the Pacific like chess pieces. Center Number: S61-02894 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, . The Navy was accruing more battle deaths at sea than the Marines and Army ashore. Recommissioning and messing with mother nature, On October 16, 1961, USS Randolph was conducting sonar sweeps off the coast of Charleston, SC. Recovery of Liberty Bell 7, Mercury-Redstone They were brought aboard and taken to sickbay for medical evaluation. 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