Enterprise pulled into Pearl Harbor for fuel and supplies on the evening of 8 December. Vice-Admiral William Halsey Jr., commander of Carrier Division 2, ordered every able-bodied man on board to help rearm and refuel Enterprise; this process normally took 24 hours to complete, but was comple...
On 19 June 1944, Enterprise was one of four carriers of Task Group 58.3 under the command of Rear Admiral John W. Reeves' during the largest carrier aircraft battle in history: the Battle of the Philippine Sea. For over eight hours, airmen of the United States and Imperial Japanese navies ...
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The USS Ahwahnee was part of the fleet of 40 ships assembled by Vice Admiral J.P. Hanson to waylay Borg cube 632[5] at Wolf 359. Hanson's fleet engaged Locutus' cube in battle and hoped to stop it from reaching Earth in Sector 001. Locutus of Borg, the assimilated Starfleet captain ...
[Photo] Carrier Task Force Commander Vice Admiral John McCain and Operations Officer Commander John Thach (fighter Ace) going over operational plans aboard USS Hancock during the Philippine campaign, Nov 1944 to Jan 1945. | World War II Database
Four destroyers and carriers INTREPID, INDEPENDENCE, and ENTERPRISE formed Task Unit 12.3.2 (Rear Admiral Francis S. Low, USN, as flag) on 16 August, and sortied for Eniwetok. Parked about INTREPID were the planes of Air Group EIGHTEEN, skippered by Commander William Edward Ellis, USN. ...
1966-1971 12 Sep 66KEEL LAID, Vallejo California, Mare Island Naval Shipyard 12 Apr 69LAUNCHED, Sponser Mrs. Bernard Roeder, wife of Vice Admiral Roeder Aug 70New Construction Power Range Testing, Mare Island California Sep 70Initial Sea Trials ...
Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcherordered the carriers to withdraw. A controversial decision, it effectively stripped the invasion troops of their air cover. Later that month, Fletcher orderedWaspsouth to refuel leading the carrier to miss theBattle of the Eastern Solomons. In the fighting,Enterprise...
On 1 September the destroyer went alongside Shangri-La (CV-38) and took on board Vice Admiral John H. Towers and staff and then transported them to Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremonies. Vice Admiral Towers shifted his flag from Shangri-La to Wallace L. Lind and upon completion of the ...
Wallin later served in the Pacific as Force Maintenance Officer South Pacific, and commanded a variety of Naval Yards, including Philadelphia and Norfolk Naval Shipyard where I currently serve. He retired in 1953 as a Vice Admiral and lived to the age of 89 years, when he died in 1984. ...