Name/Title
The USS Bataan CVL-29 - Aug 43 - Oct 45Entry/Object ID
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The U,S.S. BATAAN, 1 August 1943 - 17 October 1945. Cover: The BATAAN. LTJG John E. Lewis, ed. Charlotte, N.C.: Observer Printing House, Inc., (1946). (220) pp., light blue hardcover with blue printing and raised image of the ship and sea.
(Launching, Maid of Honor Miss Maria Osmena, ship's sponsor Mrs. George Murray, commissioning, visit by Filipino Vice President Sergio Osmena, visit by SECNAV, plane crash into #2 stack killing four crewmen, first landing by CDR H.A. House, crossing the line, rescue of downed TBM crew by USS TANG (SS-306), strikes against Truk, Guam, and Chi Chi Jima, First Battle of the Philippine Sea, strikes against Pagan, LT Rolla S. Lemmon achieves first two kills of Japanese aircraft for the ship, change of command, 1st anniversary, USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) struck by kamikaze, downing of Japanese aircraft that crashed into USS HALSEY POWELL (DD-686), loss of CAG-47 after being shot down by Japanese aircraft, strikes against Minami Daito and Okino Daito Shima, invasion of Okinawa, rescue of LT Sam Hubbard by USS NORMAN SCOTT (DD-690) after being shot down, rescue of ENS O.L. Fisher by USS AULT (DD-698) after being shot down, strikes against Okinawa, sinking of Japanese battleship YAMATO and accompanying cruiser, kamikaze hit on USS HANCOCK (CV-19), burial at sea, kamikaze hit on USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17), strikes against Kikuchi and Waifu airfields and Kumamoto aircraft plant on mainland Japan, strikes against Kagoshima, USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) hit by kamikaze, strikes on Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Honshu, attack on Yokosuka Naval Base and Japanese battleship NAGATO, sinking of Japanese battleship HYUGA, occupation duty in Japan, demobilization, Air Group 42, VT-50, VF-47, VT-47, Air Group 47, In Memoriam: S1c Maurice E. Atkins, S1c Leo H. Battreall, S1c Robert A. Booth, CAERM(AA) William R. Browning, ARM2 Glen P. Cawley, LTJG Browne R. Chestney, S1c James A. Cocking, S1c Gene C. Craig, LTJG James A. Debell, CDR Walker Ethridge, ENS Jack D. Ezell, LTJG Clifford L. Fluitt, ENS Robert S. Fraser, AOM3 Norvell R. Gubser, S1c Ralph E. Heffner, ENS Thomas F. Henley, AOM2 Edward H. Hintz, STM2 "J" "C" King, LCDR Rolla S. Lemmon, S1c Joseph Majewicz, ENS James A. Marvin, ARM2 Jan L. Oktavec, ENS Francis O. Raison, AMM3 Joseph A. Saracena, AMM3 Reinhold W. Schnell, AOM1 Joseph W. Shell, S1c "R" "B" Short, LT Wiley A. Stoner, S2c Vincent Swager, Jr., AMM3 James W. Taylor, AOM3 Robert J. Thomas, ARM3 George T. Weidenfeller, LTJG Robert L. Westbrook, III, and LT John W. Wright, Jr)Collection
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Book, Lewis, John E. Ltjg Ed., CRUISE BOOK: USS BATAAN CVL 29Book Details
Date Published
1946Call No.
VA65.B29 1946