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    USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea...
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  • sister ship (below) was under construction and inherited the Coral Sea name. USS Coral Sea (CV-43) was an aircraft carrier in service from 1946 to 1990, including...
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  • the film Reiner would include the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) baseball cap (which had been modified to say "USS Ooral Sea OV-4B") he wore as Marty DiBergi in...
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    African-American graduate of the Naval Academy to reach flag rank. While in command of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind, Chambers gave the controversial order...
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  • the Battle of the Coral Sea USS Coral Sea (CVE-57), a Casablanca-class escort carrier, later renamed USS Anzio USS Coral Sea (CV-43), a Midway-class aircraft...
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    three Mediterranean deployments aboard USS Coral Sea (CV-43). The group's first deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from October 1985 to May 1986 was done...
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    Thirteen (CVW-13) and deployed to the Mediterranean Sea aboard USS Coral Sea VFA-131 embarked on USS Independence from 15 August – 8 October 1988 for the...
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    During November 1979, VMFA-323 and VMFA-531 deployed aboard the USS Coral Sea (CV-43). This was the first time in Naval Aviation History that the Marine...
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    USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name...
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    renamed during construction after the previous USS Lexington (CV-2) was lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. Yorktown, originally to be named...
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    assigned only to Carrier Air Wing 13 (CVW-13) on the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43). The Seabats were established on 2 September 1983 as part of the...
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    USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s...
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  • European Command. Sixth Fleet is based in Naples, Italy and its flagship is USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20). Sixth Fleet also provides the Mt Whitney as an Afloat...
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    mission success, because the eighteen A-6 available aboard USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and USS America (CV-66) could not carry enough bombs to simultaneously inflict...
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    was commissioned in October 1945, and taken out of service in 1977. USS Coral Sea was commissioned in April 1947, and decommissioned in 1990. The CVB-41-class...
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    September 1987. In May 1989, the squadron again sailed with the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) for a Med Cruise to end an eight-year absence of Beaufort-based...
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  • somewhere in the film Reiner would include the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) baseball cap (modified to say USS Ooral Sea) he wore as Marty DiBergi in the film This...
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    USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942. She was the eighth ship named USS Wasp, and...
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    Trapnell was appointed as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, effective April 29, 1950. He immediately put his extensive aviator...
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    Special Forces Helicopters, VFP-63 Detachment 5 was flown to the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) for the remainder of the deployment. By the time Captain Cochran...
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    in February 1985. They made their inaugural deployment aboard the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) and saw combat operations during Operations Prairie Fire and El...
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    following year, a similar exercise was held using the same ground rules. USS Coral Sea (CV-43) took part in Bright Star 82. After Exercise Eastern Wind 83, the...
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    USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent...
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    Battalions) USS Nimitz (CVN-68) with Carrier Air Wing 8 USS Coral Sea (CV-43) USS California (CGN-36) USS Gridley (CG-21) USS Okinawa (LPH-3) USS Alamo (LSD-33)...
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  • Thumbnail for James Sargent Russell
    From 1951 until March 1952 Russell commanded the aircraft carrier Coral Sea (CV-43) as a unit of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. He was promoted...
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    Kraft's sea duty tours include the following: Attack Squadron (VA) 55 embarked in USS Coral Sea (CV-43), VA-115 embarked in USS Midway (CV-41), and VA-95...
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  • modernization leaving the 3rd Fleet with less carriers. Carrier Group 2 USS Coral Sea CV-43 - Midway Class Aircraft Carrier (Flagship) Carrier Air Wing 13 -...
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  • Richard Dunleavy was the first NFO to command an aircraft carrier, the USS Coral Sea (CV 43). He previously flew the A-3 Skywarrior, A-5 Vigilante, RA-5C Vigilante...
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    Conyngham was one of a few warships with shamrocks on her stacks (USS Coral Sea (CV-43), USS The Sullivans (DD-537) and others for example).[citation needed]...
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    Mediterranean deployment. During its six-month cruise on board the USS Coral Sea (CV-43), the squadron's twenty jets flew more than 2700 hours, during 1800...
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