USS Randolph (CV-15), Navy Day, 27 October 1945, Baltimore. (AKA-57) and an Iowa-class battleship. "Electronic Manufacturers Cruise Carrier in the background might be USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). and Records Administration (NARA) photo, # 80-G-322066. Upon splashdown, the spacecraft's hatch prematurely blew off. NAVAL AND AIR ELEMENTS STOP SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT WILL Eight Hellcats of VF-12 and VBF-12 circled overhead. Known as a SCB-27A modification, the flight deck and elevators were strengthen to handle the heavier jets. 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. The second US Navy ship to bear the name, she was named for Founding Father Peyton Randolph, president of the First Continental Congress. Since the age of wooden vessels, the US Navy served as a quasi-diplomat, bringing American values and aid to distant shores. The Cuban Missile Crisis broke out in October of 1962. Official U.S. Navy photo of USS Randolph (CVA-15) underway Friday, 21 July 1961. More than 10 aircraft were destroyed and 13 sailors killed. Ens John Morris piloted the burning bomber to a water landing on the Inland Sea within sight of land. TBM-3E Avengers. He pointed to the handsome figure of a Essex-Class carrier in the distance and stated it was the same type he served on. (Base) and Musician 3rd Class Charles Apellonia (Accordion). 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. Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth. The Navy thought 'show the flag' exercises and humanitarian aid would bolster governments in the region. This prevents heavy seas from entering her hangar deck and pounding the flight deck. Randolph sailed straight into a category 3 hurricane during the night of September 10-11, 1954. 13 lost. OPERATIONAL PRIORITY X I HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS THE SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS THE UNITED off Norfolk, VA. Randoo Can Do deployed to the Med, FebruaryMay 1965, with Antisubmarine While navigating crisis after crisis, she maintained the fragile peace without firing a shot in anger. just before entering Pearl Harbor on return trip from Japan'Some men from Fighting Squadron 16". Seen behind the Corsairs are Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldivers and Eastern Ship is USS Randolph (CVA-15). 25, 1959: "USS Randolph, CVS-15, making high speed turn." Randolph CVA-15 Recommissioning, Wednesday, 1 July One VB-12 Helldiver was damaged attacking a hangar. IMPERIAL GENERAL HEADQUARTERS X HUS-1 Seahorse BuNo 148754 (modex ET30), Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron Comb used all three of his cartridge starters one by one before the final starter fired up the engine. Today several are Museums located through Morris and Phegley were returned to Randolph in time for dinner. 32-gun frigate whose construction was authorized by the Continental Congress on December 13, 1775. Sir Winston Churchill, who led Britain during its darkest hours, came aboard at Cannes, France. (light) (HMR(L)) 262 Det. attack while at anchor at Ulithi Atoll, 11 March 1945. 1945. At right, British destroyer HMS Urchin crosses the bow of Randolph in August of 1945, off Japan. As the formation exited through the Bunga Strait, they flew through withering anti aircraft fire, fortunately, both Kingfishers and all Hellcats made it back to the fleet. During that cruise, VBF-82 was re-designated Fighter Squadron (VF) 18A and CVG-82 was re-designated to launch a Regulus missile. "Goblin at the Doorstep" highlighted the company's S2F Trackers flying off the deck of the USS 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. a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds before Friendship 7 splashed down in the ocean. Port side sponson, 5" gun mount. The tanker's prow buried into the carrier. Growing up in New York City, my father, Eugene Santos, relished taking his two boys out on the weekends. An accidental rocket launch on deck detonated a fully loaded A-4 Skyhawk, manned by future Senator, John McCain. Randolph sounded fire quarters and man overboard alarms -- then came to a stop and turned on the man overboard lights. At 1636 hours on May 15, 1945, the Admiral's flag is transferred to Randolph. The recovery AS YOU HAVE BEEN VICTORIOUS IN WAR, I AM NOW TALKING TO ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND PROSPECTIVE MILLIONAIRES USS Randolph underway with Carrier Air Group (CVG) 12, seen A ship is an inanimate object forged out of cold steel. Remaining active off Japan until receiving word of the Japanese surrender on August 15. Media in category "USS Randolph (CV-15)" The following 51 files are in this category, out of 51 total. Guy M. Gillette, wife of the senator from Iowa, christens the future National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) photo, A series of seven photos taken at Hunters Point, San Francisco, Wang Wei was a pilot in the 25th Regiment of the 9th Division . Pensacola, Fla., in July 1831. From the carnage of Pearl Harbor aircraft carriers rose to rule the sea. 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. No Essex class carrier was ever sunk and they served during Korea and Vietnam. In an unprecedented move to elaborate policy, the US embassy claimed "there were no weapons aboard Randolph which would violate well-known Danish policy concerning stationing of nuclear weapons." 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. Allen has restored and flies an impressive collection of vintage aircraft. Landing aircraft couldn't be spotted on the side but, rather, lowered in the forward elevator, fueled and armed in the hangar deck, then raised in the aft elevator for launch. Great Images In NASA (GRIN) DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001332. Moorer, who was becoming Chief of Naval Operation, outlined the groundbreaking creation of a multi-national naval force by NATO allies to counter Russian seaborne threats in the Atlantic. On October 9, 1944 Randolph is officially commissioned into the US Navy, In 2004 Microsoft founder Paul Allen opened the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Seattle. Another Tracker, BuNo 147894, can be seen at the right bottom of the photo. Waves crashed over the bow, washing through the open hangar deck, pulverizing everything in its path. Dippers" in attendance. Now in a museum in Kansas, Friendship 7 is in the Smithsonian Institute. and Records Administration, Battleship on 27 February 1962, with two S2F airplanes on her catapults. The collision horn is rung with the announcement: "standby for collision on port side!" The other at scenic Toms River, NJ. 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. Essex-class carriers were normally the most prestigious vessels in port. Liberty Bell 7 was fully submerged and pulling the helicopter into the water. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-274099). officer Wg. At 6:19pm Liberian-registered oil tanker Atlantic Viscountess gorged into the Randolph's port (left) bow. coloring hull number of Capricornus. The patrolling Hellcats had already shot down a snooping Japanese airplane when they observed two enemy destroyers racing toward the raft. I enjoyed my time on the Randolph. National Naval Aviation Museum The video features the Essex -class aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVA-15) and Carrier Air Group FOUR (CVG-4). Field commanders had their fingers on the nuclear trigger rather than the leadership of the United States and Soviet Union. By this time, Randolph was the premiere sub hunter in the fleet. Damage sustained by USS Randolph (CV-15) from a kamikaze August 15, 1945, Captain Jackson Tate, who replaced Felix Baker as Randolph's commander weeks earlier, reads the announcement of the Japanese surrender. The Randolph immediately launched the duty lifeboat and within 10 minutes rescued the four sailors floundering in the water. attack on March 11th, 1945. Base (HMNB) Portsmouth, 1966. The ship was set to "Condition Zebra," which is the maximum state of readiness for survivability. However, during this visit, Randolph relinquished that honor to the small wooden sailing ship at left, which is non other than HMS Victory -- flagship of the Battle of Trafalgar. decommissioning, 13 February 1969. cruise to Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, AugustNovember 1953, with Carrier Air Group 10 (CAG-10) commissioned October 9, 1944 / to plankowner / Jack D. Kerr, Lt.j.g., U.S.N.R.". Hill and Randolph were part of Task Group 58.3, under RADM Frederick C. Sherman. Randolph's radar detected a ship approaching fast on a collision course. By 1950 China had fallen to Communism, and US forces became embroiled in Korea, fighting a Communist invasion. Carrier Air Group 10 (CAG-10) aboard. (VS) 36 "Gray Wolves," Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 58, aboard USS Randolph (CVS-15), Left: Peyton Randolph's descendant Edward Fairfax Randolph with Captain Quackerbush during recommissioning. The crew scurries out of the sinking bomber. Only two Frances made it to Ulithi, arriving at night. Photographed from a USS Miami BuNo 149702, was later upgraded to the SH-3G standard, then SH-3H, then converted to an UH-3H). 1945. The attack killed 25 of her crew. The ship is mothballed and moved out of drydock at Boston. Unbeknownst to the Americans, the Japanese launched 24 twin-engine Yokosuka P1Y1 "Frances" bombers from Japan, over 1,300 miles away. Captain Nicholas Biddle was appointed commander of the Randolph on 11 July, and he took charge Sixth Fleet ships withdrew US citizens from the ports of Haifa, Israel and Alexandria, Egypt as Randolph's jets flew overhead. Lower right: Randolph with fleet off Iwo Jima, Feb 28, 1945. "we are such stuff as dreams are made on". 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. Photographed by PH2 Hughes. While some 250 allied warships participated in the surrender ceremony, Randolph steamed in open waters to provide an umbrella over the fleet in case of a sneak attack. National Archives and Records Administration photo, # 80-G-466983. over USS Randolph (CVA-15) in the Mediterranean Sea in October 1956, during the Suez Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (photo # NH 97491). The show aired on November 13, 1960, and featured the wide ranging capabilities of the carrier to hunt and attack submarines. Rando was also able to retrieve the capsized sailboat. 2 December 1944. 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. National Archives and Records Administration photo (# 80-G-469988). Randolph's Captain advised the crew that war with the Russians could break out at any moment. Randolph's radar detected a ship approaching fast on a collision course. "'September 11, 1945Aboard the U.S.S. I encourage surviving Randolph sailors to make the pilgrimage to Toms River or Kingsport. Randolph sporting her new enclosed hurricane bow in June 1957. Early work on Randolph (CV-15) in May 1943. USS Randolph (CVA-15) 19531955. San Diego Air and Space Museum, Ren The Russian crew believed they were under attack. The Liberty Bell 7 was eventually recovered from 15,000 feet (4,572 m) below the surface of The crew scurries out of the sinking bomber. 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 . Randolph's position while pursuing B-59, 3 hours before surfacing. CV-15 (on left) tied up in Bayonne around the time my dad was reunited with her. starboard catapult, July 1963, off the coast of Virginia. The distinctly striped tails of Randolph's Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers attacked aircraft factories, airfields and naval bases. USS Waller AT ONE PM (MANILA TIME) AFTER SUPPLYING "ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED"FOR U.S. ships operating off the coast of Japan in final stages of World War USS Randolph (CV-15) underway, probably in early 1945. Squadron (light) (HMR(L)) 262 Det. Reference Numbers: An Atlas launch vehicle propelled a Mercury spacecraft (Friendship USS Randolph was pulled out of mothball and underwent a 30-month overhaul. 58K views 11 years ago The 1954 Mediterranean cruise of the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) with the Sixth Fleet is the subject of this Navy documentary. Three of the four founders are titular figures in American history, while Peyton Randolph has faded from the national consciousnesses -- much like the ship that bears his name. However, Randolph weathered the storm, but was unable, From Randolph's WWII cruise book: The Gangway. has been started for a ship that would serve the US Navy for nearly 26 years. Ens John Morris piloted the burning bomber to a water landing on the Inland Sea within sight of land. The 1,700 pound bomb blew downward, destroying 4,000 square feet of flight deck. capsule, Liberty Bell 7, of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. (CV-15) as it is lowered into place in May of 1943. from the Grumman F9F-5 Panther to the A4D-1. Soviet forces deployed to Syria for an invasion of Israel. Randolph returned to Norfolk, VA on October 15. US Navy photo now in the collections of the National Archives Medical Officer, assigned to the recovery force. "Big Dippers" Helo Squadron, on board at the time. Photo Chuck McCandliss. September 14, 1967, USS Randolph awaits the arrival of USS Forrestal. / This / piece of deck planking from / the aircraft carrier / USS Randolph (CV-15) / Efficiency Award presented to the Engineering Dept. "Flying Tigers." While other carriers off Okinawa were torpedoed, bombed, and kamikazed, Randolph was unscathed despite being under daily attack. Some. Radio rooms were flooded. In contrast to the 16 bombers launched by Doolittle in 1942, Task Force 58 sent 1,100 aircraft over Tokyo. The carrier was floated out of drydock on November 1, 1954, months earlier than expected. OF THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN AND PRIDE IN THE PART PLAYED BY THEM IN ACCOMPLISHING THAT RESULT X PARA X The reception in Turkey was overwhelming. This, forever, made him a "plank-owner" of the ship. Chalk notes and diagrams adorn this internal piece for Randolph Families are reunited with Forrestal sailors on Randolph. During the first journey, Randolph fed turkey dinners on Thanksgiving. Partly visible in the background are: the bow of the guided missile cruiser USS Canberra capsule sank soon after splashdown and was not recovered until nearly forty years later. Lawson Photograph Collection. Carrier Air Group (CVSG) 58. Unfortunately, Collings has expressed interest in selling the Tracker. Retired in 1996 as a CWO4. The other vessels weren't as fortunate. The pilot had to release the capsule to the murky depths of the Caribbean. (CVS-15) is visible in the distance. Since commissioning the ship sailed 72,800 miles and launched 11,864 missions. There was a genuine concern of Communism spreading from Eastern Europe to the rim of the Mediterranean. 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. John Maxwell Walker (center) playing the "fiddle" with some buddies. reverse side of the inscription has what he believed were blood stains.". Admiral Thomas Moorer, a WWII hero, passed command of the fleet to another WWII hero, Admiral Ephraim Holmes. The collision ruptures a gasoline line on the carrier causing a flash fire which is extinguished in less than 5 minutes. Left to right: HUS-1 Seahorse BuNo 148755 (modex ET32), Marine Helicopter Transport # 80-G-273768. CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICABLE DATE X IT IS DESIRED THAT THE RADIO STATION IN By 1956 Randolph underwent a SCB-125 modification. Grissom's [1] The mission supported the invasion of Iwo Jima and was to attack targets in Japanese islands and the Bonins. The Air Force airlifted 1,200 Americans from Israel, but couldn't evacuate those beyond the reaches of airports. The USS Randolph is the first ship in the Atlantic Fleet to win the Engineering Award six consecutive years." Official U.S. Navy photograph, dated 25 July 1963. E-1B Tracer, BuNo 148139, modex AW725, VAW-12 "Bats" Det. 16 February to 4 May 1945. Tensions eventually defused, allowing diplomacy to prevail. Donna's father, Daniel Rosamonda, is in the third row. F. M. Larson. background. In addition to extensive footage. "USS Randolph (CVA-15) island. At the press conference, after docking, Task Group R/Admiral Paul Hartman was asked if Randolph had nuclear weapons. Glenn and Friendship 7 were transferred to Randolph. Above, USS Randolph floated out of drydock in Newport News. There are 474 crew members registered for the USS Randolph (CV 15). 'Randolph' was an old family name and one of the reasons precipitating the visit, Sir Winston explained to Randolph's Captain Strean. The MR-4 mission, manned by astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, was the second manned Aerial view of USS Randolph (CVA-15) underway . Designed by Joshua Humphreys, she was launched on 10 July 1776, by Wharton and Humphreys at Philadelphia. from a kamikaze hit on 11 March. Center: Johnson Space Center (JSC) Repair to the gaping I would love to hear from Randolph sailors. Official US Navy photo (# USN 1061643), dated June 29, 1962. By 1966 Randolph was no longer the behemoth of the 1940s. Page -1-, Second Rank, #13 is Comdr. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No. from the back seat of an SB2C Helldiver that has just launched, FebruaryMarch 1945, in August 15, 1945, Captain Jackson Tate, who replaced Felix Baker as Randolph's commander weeks earlier, reads the announcement of the Japanese surrender. A musical trio plays for crewmen in the carrier's sickbay, 11 August 1945. January 10, 1970: off Jacksonville, Fla. USS SHANGRI-LA suffers a fire during training when an A-4 Skyhawk aircraft parked on the flight deck ignites, killing one. Photo and text taken from Carrier Air War In Original Color by Robert Lawson and Barrett Tillman. 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'. Air Group 12 was replaced by Air Group 16, skippered Instead, she ordered the approaching vessel to alter coarse on the radio. The Italians were homeless, starving, and dispirited. Reclassified as an "Antisubmarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVS-38, 30 June 1969. the ship was in Naples, Italy on 8 May 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (# 80-G-468931). Aircraft on deck are S-2D Trackers of VS-26 "Lucky Tigers" and The film, titled "A Force for Peace," was shot during the 1957-1958 timeframe. After emergency repairs in the Philippines, the 80,000 ton super-carrier returned to Norfolk. However, the Kamikazes had spiraled down from altitude when the interceptors arrived. Crisis. In 2004 Microsoft founder Paul Allen opened the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum in Seattle. A special guest at the recommissioning was Edward Fairfax Randolph, descendant of the ship's namesake Peyton Randolph. In 1963, Grumman Aircraft produced its own anti-submarine film. Canberra was recommissioned on 15 June 1956, and homeported at Norfolk, Virginia. circa 1956. PACIFIC AND ALL HANDS IN THEIR COMMANDS MY PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS AND THE DEEP PRIDE WHICH AMERICA F2H-4 Banshee of Fighter Squadron (VF) 102 "Diamondbacks" in flight and capsule were actually recovered by USS Noa His son, Tom, explains: "[My father] had a piece of metal that he said was shrapnel from the kamikaze Hurricane Edna battered the carrier. near Tokyo, withdrawing shortly before noon. Although USS Randolph is long gone, both her 15-ton anchors have been preserved. 1945" and a Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroism and extraordinary achievement [] during the period As above. Randolph's whistle sounded 6 blasts to no avail. 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. The Cuban Missile Crisis broke out in October of 1962. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History & Heritage Command 1953". USS Randolph (CVS-15) men, en route to New York, spell out a Guided Missile Group 2 Det. 'E's, the Battle Efficiency 'E', awarded to the best Anti-submarine carrier, and the sixth consecutive 56 (tail code "AU") aboard Randolph. With honor decommissioning the Randolph on 9 Feb. 1969. For the first time opposing fleets would not come in sight of each other. SIGNED WITHIN TEN DAYS" PARA BROADCAST SAID MC ARTHUR STATEMENT WAS Upper left: F6F Hellcats catapulting from Randolph. USS Essex was the first and namesake a class of 24 aircraft carriers which formed the nucleus of the fast carrier task groups which were very important to the defeat of Japan in the Pacific in WWII. Dad spent two years on the Randolph but that ship remained in his heart for the rest of his life. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-287672). 82 "Checkmates," piloted by Bud Geer, is preparing to take off from the deck of the aircraft carrier On July 14, 1956, Randolph departed for a seven-month cruise in the Mediterranean. USS Randolph (CVS-15) in New York, mid-1960s, with the Tinschert The Soviets found the Randolph's trip especially galling but were helpless to restrict her movements. 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